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Dear Parents, Students and Community Members There are a lot of events planned at Lake Monger Primary School in the next few weeks to further enhance the children’s teaching and learning program. Please read below.

STIG WEMYSS INCURSION

The Town of Cambridge Library has Stig Wemyss, a narrator and writer of children’s books; and actor visiting. Stig will perform for the children in Years 1 – 6 in our undercover area on Tuesday 14 March 1:30 – 2:30 pm. There is no cost to the children to attend however photo permission forms; separate to our generic photo permission form, will need to be completed by parents. Please complete the form which will be coming home shortly and return to your child’s classroom teacher as soon as possible. This incursion supports our priorities of Reading for Meaning and Writing.

NATIONAL RIDE TO SCHOOL DAY FRIDAY 17 MARCH

It is great to see children wearing their helmets when riding their bikes to and from school. To increase the awareness of bike riding to and from school Lake Monger Primary School has registered for the National Ride to School Day on Friday 17 March. All you have to do on this day is ride your bike to school. We would like to see as many children as possible participate in this event. PLEASE NOTE: If you do not have a bike you come to and from school on this day the way you usually do.

WEST COAST EAGLES

LAKE MONGER PRIMARY SCHOOL 26 Dodd Street, Wembley. Phone 9387 4536

[email protected] www.lakemongerps.wa.edu.au

NEWSLETTER No 3 2017 7 March 2017

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY

SUSTAINABLE GARDEN

There was great activity in the sustainable garden on Friday 24 February with parents, students and staff working together in the sustainable garden. Thank you to Miss Sarah Boswell for all her work with organising the garden busy bee.

VISITORS TO THE SCHOOL

All parents and other visitors that call into the school during instruction time must enter the school grounds via the front office.

PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT

Due to safety reasons children are asked not to play on equipment before and after school, this includes the early childhood area.

SCHOOL BANKING CHANGE OF DAY

School banking will resume on Thursday 16 March 8:30 am in the school library. Thank you to Mr Moein Izadi and Ms Sonam Choden for volunteering to take on the school banking coordinators role.

HARMONY CELEBRATION

Harmony Day will be celebrated on Friday 24 March. Ms Pam Duncan and Mrs Patrizia Chambers along with the staff have a great day planned for the children that includes rotational activities, a multi-cultural lunch and an assembly. Further information will be out to parents as soon as possible. On this day children are encouraged to wear their national costumes. If you do not have a national costume you are encouraged to wear something orange on this day e.g. hair ribbons, T shirt, socks etc. because orange is the Harmony colour. Please see Ms Duncan if you have any queries.

ASSEMBLY

Thank you very much to Ms Carol Johnson’s Year 4 class for hosting the last assembly. The children did a terrific job conducting the assembly.

Congratulations to the following children who received awards:

Student of the Week

The next assembly (item) will be held on Friday 10 March and presented by Mrs Pam Taylor’s and Mr Carl Sexton’s Year 2 class commencing at 8:40 am in the undercover area. The recently elected student councillors/ faction captains will be presented with their badge at this assembly.

We look forward to seeing you at the assemblies.

WORK OF THE FORTNIGHT

Please view the children’s work on display in the front office foyer, next time you are in the school.

MATHLETICS GOLD CERTIFICATE Emerald Diamante Year 5 Pema Djorji Year 5

A note from the Community Health Nurse Community Health Nurses work in schools to promote healthy development and wellbeing so students may reach their full potential. A major part of my work is focused on early intervention and the School Entry Health Assessment program. Community Health Nurses serve as a health contact point for children and their families, providing information, assessment, health counselling and referral. The services provided are free and confidential. If you have a concern about your child’s health or development, please contact me on 0417 851 497.

NO DOGS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS

For health and safety reasons dogs are not permitted on school grounds.

SUNSMART

The damage to your skin caused by sunbaking is irreparable. Peeling after sunburn is your body’s way of getting rid of damaged cells.

PRE-PRIMARY Ninanma Rai Neil Melly

YEAR 1 Vaidik Dave Jenish Patel

YEAR 2 Jasmin Chircop Caroline Mok

YEAR 3 David Stefkovski Madhav Namburi

YEAR 4 Olivia Rohani Tiba Al-Bayati

YEAR 5 Gabriel Krzak Sienna Pritchard

YEAR 6 Ashley Starkey

Year Name For

PP Tenzin Dorji Namdrol Wangdi

Self Portrait Self Portrait

1 Rosie Driscoll Recount writing

2 Jasmin Chircop Caroline Mok

Name symmetry art Name symmetry art

3 Cassandra Cox ExFantastic narrative writing

4 Mayank Gakhar Thi-Ana Aisbett

Narrative story ending Aboriginal life story

5 Josiah Chung Persuasive text

6 Jesal Sinhar Kardinski Trees

EALD Namgay Pelyang Sentences in spelling

School Entry Health Assessment All children in Western Australia are offered a health assessment during their first year of primary school. This usually occurs in kindergarten and is provided by the local Community Health Nurse. The program is an excellent opportunity to look at the health and development of each child at the beginning of school life. At Lake Monger Primary School, the Kindy assessments start in Term 2 and will continue until Term 3. The assessments are simple, standard tests which are non-invasive, quick and easy. The tests screen for problems which can be addressed, if picked up and treated early. The tests include:

vision checks

developmental evaluation according to parent responses

on the form

teacher and nurse observations any other health, development and wellbeing concerns raised by parents. Please note, the screening tests indicate if there may be a problem – they do not diagnose a condition. If the test results for your child suggest there may be a problem, the Community Health Nurse will ring you to talk about further assessment and possible referral. This year, hearing, ear health, weight and height measurements will not be completed routinely, however if you have any concerns regarding your child’s hearing or growth, please indicate your concern on the form and the Community Health Nurse will contact you to discuss. Your child’s results will be sent home after their health check has been completed. Results are always treated confidentially. School Entry Health Assessment forms are currently being distributed for parents to complete. Please complete and sign the front page of the form before you return it. Please return the form to the school office or class teacher, as soon as possible. I look forward to working with you and your family. Please phone if you wish to discuss anything to do with the School Entry Health Assessment. Deb Aggett, Community Health Nurse, Mobile: 0417 851 497

COMING EVENTS

Wed 8 March 8:10am Breakfast Club Canteen School photos pm Constable Care incursion Years Pre Primary - Year 6 (no cost to students) Thurs 9 March 9:40am Years 4 – 6 Sport (Children can wear their faction T shirt) Fri 10` March 8:40am Year 2 (item) Assembly Mon 13 March Scorchers cricket clinics Tues 14 March am Freo Fundamentals – PP and Yr 1 1:30pm Stig Wemyss incursion Yrs 1-6 Wed 15 March 8:10am Breakfast Club 8:15am Uniform Shop Canteen 9:00am Eagles Football clinic Thurs 16 March 8:30am School Banking 9:40am Years 4 – 6 Sport (Children can wear their faction T shirt) Fri 17 March National Ride to School Day National Young Leaders Day – Student Council attending Cricket at the WACA for selected students Mon 20 March Water Corporation incursion PP - Yr 5 am – Gymnastics program 5:00pm P&C meeting (AGM) Tues 21 March NEWSLETTER Wed 22 March 2:40pm Staff meeting

P&C NEWS

The AGM of the P&C will be held on Monday 20 March commencing at 5:00 pm in the Conference Room. Please come along to this meeting and support your P&C.

CONTACT DETAILS AND FORMS

If any details have changed in regard to your contact details e.g. change of address, phone numbers and emergency contacts, please advise the school as soon as possible. Thank you to parents that have already attended to this matter. Student update forms will be sent home next week.

PARENT/ TEACHER MEETINGS

Thank you to our parents who were able to attend the recently held teacher/ parent class meetings.

Parents are encouraged to make interview appointments to see their child’s classroom and / or support teacher at any point throughout the year. Any queries regarding your child’s learning program needs to be discussed with the teacher concerned firstly, before making an appointment to see the Principal.

DANCE CONCERT FEEDBACK

Thank you very much to parents that provided feedback regarding the dance concert held at the end of last year. The feedback received is appreciated and will certainly be considered.

FOOTPATH AND STAFF CAR PARK

For safety reasons please follow the footpath when entering and exiting the school grounds. Please do not walk through the staff car park.

Please be aware that the staff car park is for staff parking only.

PARENT THANK YOU Thank you to the following parents for recently assisting with the sustainable garden-

Mrs Sarah Masterton Mr Sonam Dhendup Ms Liz Hill Mr Gavin Sibly Ms Alexia Caraes Mrs Fazilah Jamal Ms Lisa Miller

Thank you also to Ms Lisa Miller for donating seeds for the sustainable garden.

Thank you to Ms Belinda Lim for covering library books.

REPORTING TO PARENTS

KINDERGARTEN Parent Meeting (November 2016) Teacher /Parent class meeting by Week 4 Term 1 Report work samples Semester 1 Parent Night – Wednesday 20 September 6.00pm-7.00pm Report work samples Semester 2 Parent interviews as required throughout the year

PRE PRIMARY Parent meeting (November 2016) Term 1 – On Entry Report and Teacher/Parent class meeting by Week 4 Term 1 Term 2 – Report/Work Sample Book Term 3 – Parent Night – Wednesday 20 September 6.00pm – 7.00pm Term 4 – On Entry Report (for identified students)Report/Work Sample Book. Parent interviews as required throughout the year.

YEARS 1 – 6 TERM 1 - TEACHER/ PARENT CLASS MEETINGS(by the end of Week 4) Interview as requested by teacher or parent.

TERM 2 - SUMMATIVE REPORT - TO GO HOME AT END OF TERM Interview as requested by teacher or parent.

TERM 3 – PARENT OPEN NIGHT Wednesday 20 September 6.00pm – 7.00pm Parent Night - Parents will have the opportunity to view stu-dents’ work, have informal discussions with teachers and ar-range formal interviews if required. Interview as requested by teacher or parent.

TERM 4 - SUMMATIVE REPORT - TO GO HOME AT END OF TERM Interview as requested by teacher or parent

WATERWISE FACT Thirst is an indication that your body has already begun to dehydrate: drink water before you feel thirsty

COMMUNITY NEWS

ADHD – BUSTING MYTHS AND SUPPORTING STUDENTS Rotary Cambridge Guest Speaker : LAD’s Dr Michele Toner Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common condition affecting 5%-7% of school-aged children. Whilst much information about ADHD centres on the publicly recognised symptoms of Inattention, Hyperactivity and Impulsivity, it is important to focus on the Executive Function impairments which have serious implications in the classroom for students with ADHD. Michele Toner will bust some myths and share some strategies for engaging students in the classroom. Michele is a member of the Professional Advisory Body, and Vice-President of the Learning and Attentional Disorders Society of WA (LADS). For more information about LADS, visit: http://www.lads.org.au/ Presentation Date & Time: Wednesday 15 March at 8.50 a.m. for 9.00 a.m. Venue: Cambridge Bowling Club, Chandler Avenue, Floreat Enquiries: Jeanette Wood : 0413 190 412 or [email protected] Cost: Gold Coin donation for coffee

Dental Health Services The mobile dental clinic will return to Mt Hawthorn Primary School at the end of March 2017

and will remain at this location for six months. Any queries can be directed to

[email protected] or phone 9313 0555

During the 2017 NAB AFL Women’s Competition FREE clinics are taking place around the country, giving girls the opportunity to have heaps of fun learning the basics of Australian Football. The clinics will involve fun footy activities and an introduction to AFL Skills.

Fremantle Pat Goodridge Reserve - 187 Selby St, Floreat 15/3/2017 5:00 - 6.30pm

PLUS you have the chance to meet some of the amazing AFL Women’s players!

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