FFROM THE PRINCIPALROM THE PRINCIPAL

Welcome back to our final term for 2017. This term our students will be involved in a number of additional activities to support the teaching and learning programs. These include sporting events and excursions to SciTech and AQWA. We have our House Carnival and the popular P&C annual disco on Friday, 3 November. Our graduating students will be refining their speeches and preparation for our end of year Awards Assembly is under way. We also look forward to you joining our school community for our Open Night on Wednesday, 1

November.

BEHAVIOUR EXPECTATIONSBEHAVIOUR EXPECTATIONS

This fortnight’s behaviour expectation is … to wear an APS hat.

DES REVIEW DES REVIEW

Aveley Primary School was involved in the Department of Education Services (DES) review of Independent Public Schools (IPS) last term. The purpose of this review is to provide assurance to the principal and school community, the board and the Director General of the Department of Education of the extent to which the school staff and board have met the commitments of the Delivery and Performance Agreement (DPA). The review verifies the degree to which there are effective processes in place bringing about

improved student learning.

The review was positive for our school. We were provided with feedback on areas of strength and areas that require some improvement. These will inform our next 2018 – 2020 Business Plan. A copy of the full report is available on the APS web

site or through the front office.

APS OPEN NIGHTAPS OPEN NIGHT

This year’s APS Open Night will be held on Wednesday, 1 November from 5 to 7pm. The themes for last two years were around sport and our Multicultural school. The theme for 2017 is ICT and sustainability. This evening will promote the high level of engagement of

our students in these two areas. We look forward to seeing families on the night.

CYBER WORKSHOPCYBER WORKSHOP

As families would be aware, children are avid social media users. It is reported that 45% of eight to eleven year olds regularly use social networking sites. Being active on social

networking sites means increased risk of personal information being made public.

To support parents and carers to assist their children in safely navigating the online world, Aveley Primary School will be hosting a parent workshop. See the attached flier for more

information.

Principal: Michelle Murray

Deputy Principals:

Adam Marchant, Lyn Fussell and Kylie Davis

Manager Corporate Services: Olivia Wood

8 Bolero Road AVELEY WA 6069

Phone 6296 5466 Fax 6296 5439

Aveley.ps@education.wa.edu.au

EARLY CLOSE EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 2.30PM

In this Edition

From the Principal

Behaviour Expectations

DES Review

APS Open Night

Cyber workshop

Waste wise

Interhouse Carnival

Second hand uniforms

End of Year Awards and

Graduation

Student leaders

Year 6 Camp

VacSwim

Cultural wonders of Bali

P & C News

Community Notices

Upcoming Events

Thursday, 19 October

Assembly Rm 9

Monday, 23 October Jumps

and Throws

Wednesday, 25 October

Distance events

Friday, 27 October Interhouse

sports carnival

Wednesday, 1 November

Open Night

Friday, 3 November School

Disco evening

An Independent Primary School

Issue 16 13 October 2017

WASTE WISE WASTE WISE

Coordinated by Lyndall Griffiths, APS has successfully met the requirements to maintain our Waste Wise accreditation for 2017. The certificate has been received in recognition of our school’s excellent efforts to reduce waste and develop positive environmental values

and long-term behaviour change in our school and community.

INTERINTER--HOUSE CARNIVALHOUSE CARNIVAL

Students and staff are looking forward to coming together for our annual Interhouse Carnival, to be held next Friday, 27 October. This is an opportunity for all members of the school community to support each other by demonstrating good sportsmanship. Students

should wear House colours for this event.

SECOND HAND SCHOOL UNIFORMSSECOND HAND SCHOOL UNIFORMS

Second hand school uniforms will be available for purchase in the Undercover Area on Tuesdays mornings from 8.30am. This stock will include unnamed items of lost property from our school. Lost property with names will be returned to students. Lost property without names will be retained by the school for a couple of weeks. If these are not claimed in this time, they will be passed on to the P & C to be included in the second-hand

uniform sales.

END OF YEAR AWARDS & GRADUATION DETAILSEND OF YEAR AWARDS & GRADUATION DETAILS

To cater for our increased student population there has been some changes to this year’s awards and graduation events. Additional

information will be made available throughout the term.

Year 6 Graduation Ceremony: 6pm, Tuesday 12 December, Undercover Area.

Pre event photos and catch up from 5pm.

Year 6 Big Day Out: Wednesday 13 December.

Kindergarten – Year 2 Book Award Assembly: 9am, Wednesday 13 December.

Undercover Area

Year 3 – Year 6 Book Award Assembly: 9am, Thursday 14 December, Undercover Area.

Honour Certificate Recipients

Noah Vassallo G6

Zeina Abdelhakam G6

Aysia Rouse G7

Riley Anderson G7

Sophie Sammut G8

Yana Shah G8

Anika Deokule G9

Saskia Tomacruz G9

Asharna Middleton H10

Mark Mhandire H10

Mason Thompson H11

Mia Prentice H11

Aiden Gallarde H12

Roweena Shanmuga

Sundaram H12

Ishika Guleria H13

Rayyaan Jacobs H13

Wilson Ta H13

Zayyaan Jacobs H13

Caleb Taylor T9

Molly Turner T9

Ashley Tomacruz T10

Tahlia Dawson T10

Jack Burgin T11

Jack Johnson T11

Brooke Robinson T12

Jolie Bernard T12

2018 STUDENT LEADERS2018 STUDENT LEADERS

Being a Student Leader at school provides our senior students with the opportunity to build and refine their leadership skills. These students also play an important role in supporting our school. The selection of our 2018 School Captains, Student Councillors and House Captains will be taking place this term. To provide an opportunity for training, these positions will be announced before the end of this term. Students currently in Year 5 will receive more information through their classroom

teachers.

If you have a child in Year 5, I would encourage you to have a conversation with them around leadership and associated

responsibilities. Your discussion could include the characteristics of an effective leader, including:

Responsibility

Integrity

Persistence

Creativity

Organisation

Emotional Awareness (of self and others)

Openness (to new ideas and alternative points of view)

YEAR 6 CAMPYEAR 6 CAMP

Our Year 6 students have enjoyed this week on camp at Fairbridge Village, located on the South West Highway Pinjarra. They have enjoyed some mild weather while participating in a range of team building activities with their peers. Feedback from staff has been very positive. I’m sure students will have many stories to tell after they have caught up on some sleep this weekend. We would like to thank the Year 6 parents for providing an opportunity for their children to attend this memorable experience. Thank you also to Mrs Williamson, Mrs Watson, Mr Harvie, Mr Del Nero, Mr Anderson and Mr Tullio for supporting our students

at camp this week.

Families should consider that school camps always prove to be a lifetime memory. If you think your child may be hesitant in attending camp in the next couple of years, I encourage you to begin talking about it in a positive way with

them.

VACSWIMVACSWIM

Enrol your children now in VacSwim swimming lessons during the summer school holidays. With swimming pools and beaches a part of the Western Australian lifestyle, ensuring your children learn how to swim and are safe in the water is a

must for all families.

Your children can join in the fun of learning to swim in lessons run at pools and open water venues across the State.

VacSwim is for all children – from beginners through to advanced survival, rescue and resuscitation.

Your children can learn to swim for just:

$7.00 per child for a five day short program

$13.00 per child for all other programs.

It's even cheaper if you have three or more children:

$18.00 a family for a five day short program

$35.00 a family for all other programs.

To find out more about VacSwim and to enrol online please visit education.wa.edu.au/swimming.

CULTURAL WONDERS OF BALICULTURAL WONDERS OF BALI

“Experience The Cultural Wonders of Bali’ was the theme of our cultural show on Saturday, 16 September 2017 in the Performing Arts Centre at Ellenbrook Secondary College. Aveley Primary School was very lucky to work collaboratively with Eling Nusantara Foundation from Bali and Ms Rose Ngatikao of Indonesian

Dance Studio Perth in presenting this awesome event.

Our students Nikola Crnkovich and Kaitlyn Radaich were the presenters who did an outstanding job for the night. The ushers were Kate Paterson and Ava Spencer who also did a brilliant job. The show was very well received by the local community and we had a sell out audience. We were also fortunate to have the Honourable Consul General of the Republic of Indonesia, Mr Ade Padmo

Sarwono and his wife to grace the occasion.

The performances were outstanding and the costumes were incredibly stunning. The audience were treated to gamelan and a profusion of Balinese dance and culture right smack in Perth! A big thank you to Pancer Langiit Dance troupe and

Indonesian Dance Studio Perth. We certainly hope to be able to bring more cultural events like this in future.

Ibu Yang

(Language Specialist - Indonesian)

Welcome back and we hope you all had a lovely break and are ready for the excitement coming in term 4.

Thank you to everyone who sent in the Earn and Learn stickers and sheets. Our school and community collected well over

40000 stickers! We will keep you updated on the arrival of the equipment we have earned when they arrive at school.

There are only two weeks left to get the Entertainment Books! You can order books on-line or obtain an order form from the

office.

The sports carnival is nearly here. Hopefully your child brought home the sausage sizzle order form this week. Orders are to

be placed in the P&C box which is located on the outside of the administration block, or order online with flexi schools.

Please make sure your child’s House is marked as they will be delivered to each House bay and not their classroom. This

year the P &C will be holding a cake stall on the oval and donations would be gratefully received either on the Thursday or

Friday morning.

Next week the Halloween disco ticket order forms shall be sent home with tickets also available to be purchased through

Flexi schools. The disco will be held on Friday, 3 November with two sessions Kindy – Year 2 from 4.30-5.45pm and Year 3-6

from 6.00-7.30pm. Dress up as your favorite spooky Halloween character. Lolly bags, juice boxes and water will be on sale

throughout the night, and ice creams will be on sale at the end of each disco.

The next P&C meeting will be held on Monday, 20 November in the staff room. Please come and support the P&C. It’s only

$1 to join and is a wonderful opportunity to have your say and hear about different activities and projects around the school.

Thank you

Your P&C Committee

AVELEY PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENTS AND CITIZENS ASSOCIATION

COMMUNITY NOTICES