Issue 8 2019 IMPORTANT DATES: Tuesday 10th September Student Banking Wednesday 11th September Maths Activity Day Friday 13th September Interschool Cross Country Tuesday 17th September Interschool Jumps/ Throws Wednesday 18th September 3 Way Conferences Thursday 19th September Interschool Athletics Carnival Friday 20th September P&C Disco Friday 20th September Rm 6 Assembly Principal : Di Miller - Deputy Principals: Sue Ashworth - Michael Ostaszewskyj Phone: 99234 200 Email: [email protected] - Maths Activity Day All students will be parcipang in the Maths Acvity Day on Wednesday 11th September aſter recess unl lunch me (11.15am-1pm). Children will be playing fun maths acvies with a focus on geometry. Parents are welcome to come along and parcipate. MAD Maths Day will be loads of fun!! 3 Way Conferences Term 3 On Wednesday 18th of September the school will be closed for the parent, teacher and student meengs from 11.50am onwards. Parents are encouraged to pick their children up at 11.50am and to schedule an interview with your child's teacher online at www.schoolinterviews.com.au. Notes have gone home with children and parents need to complete the permission note and return to class teachers as soon as possible. 2019 Overview of NAPLAN results for WA Key Results: The 2019 NAPLAN summary report contains very posive outcomes for Western Australia. Year 3: • WA achieved its highest ever mean scores in Numeracy, Reading, Wring and Grammar & Punctuaon Year 5: • WA achieved its highest ever mean scores in Numeracy and Wring Year 7: • WA results were close to the Australian mean in all areas. Year 9: • WA mean scores were higher than the Australian means in all Year 9 assessments. − Ranked 1st in Numeracy and Wring − Ranked 2nd in Reading. − Ranked 3rd in Spelling, Grammar & Punctuaon. Performance against Naonal Minimum Standard • Year 9 percentages at or above naonal minimum standard were higher than the Australian percentages in all assessments. • Year 3, 5 and 7 percentages at or above naonal minimum standard across all tests were within 1.2 percentage points of the Australian percentages. WA remains the “most improved jurisdicon” in Australia. WA had the highest number of improved mean scores of any State, (16 out of 20 assessments) when comparing 2019 results to the base year; 2011 for Wring and 2008 for all other tests. Headspace Sleepy September Students in Rooms 7 & 8 will be taking part in the Headspace Sleepy September. 66% of Australia’s young people are not geng enough sleep. Not geng enough quality sleep has significant negave short term and long term health effects. Students will be using a sleep passport to track their sleeping and how it relates to their mental health and wellbeing. The Great Vegie Crunch! Our school is taking part in The Great Vegie Crunch, joining with schools across Western Australia to simultaneously crunch on fresh vegetables—and have fun doing it. WHEN: Tuesday 10th September Please ensure your child brings: some fresh, washed vegetables to crunch on. Maybe a carrot or sugar snap peas, or cut up some capsicum, broccoli, cucumber or celery. More informaon is available on the website crunchandsip.com.au/events Room 5 Assembly- Possum Magic Talk for Wring Story
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Issue 8 2019
IMPORTANT DATES:
Tuesday 10th
September
Student Banking
Wednesday 11th
September
Maths Activity Day
Friday 13th September
Interschool Cross Country
Tuesday 17th
September
Interschool Jumps/Throws
Wednesday 18th
September
3 Way Conferences
Thursday 19th
September
Interschool Athletics Carnival
Friday 20th September
P&C Disco
Friday 20th September
Rm 6 Assembly
Principal : Di Miller - Deputy Principals: Sue Ashworth - Michael Ostaszewskyj
All students will be participating in the Maths Activity Day on Wednesday 11th September after recess until lunch time (11.15am-1pm). Children will be playing fun maths activities with a focus on geometry. Parents are welcome to come along and participate. MAD Maths Day will be loads of fun!!
3 Way Conferences Term 3
On Wednesday 18th of September the school will be closed for the parent, teacher and student meetings from 11.50am onwards. Parents are encouraged to pick their children up at 11.50am and to schedule an interview with your child's teacher online at www.schoolinterviews.com.au. Notes have gone home with children and parents need to complete the permission note and return to class teachers as soon as possible.
2019 Overview of NAPLAN results for WA
Key Results: The 2019 NAPLAN summary report contains very positive outcomes for Western Australia. Year 3: • WA achieved its highest ever mean scores in Numeracy, Reading, Writing and Grammar & Punctuation Year 5: • WA achieved its highest ever mean scores in Numeracy and Writing Year 7: • WA results were close to the Australian mean in all areas. Year 9: • WA mean scores were higher than the Australian means in all Year 9 assessments. − Ranked 1st in Numeracy and Writing − Ranked 2nd in Reading. − Ranked 3rd in Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation. Performance against National Minimum Standard • Year 9 percentages at or above national minimum standard were higher than the Australian percentages in all assessments. • Year 3, 5 and 7 percentages at or above national minimum standard across all tests were within 1.2 percentage points of the Australian percentages. WA remains the “most improved jurisdiction” in Australia. WA had the highest number of improved mean scores of any State, (16 out of 20 assessments) when comparing 2019 results to the base year; 2011 for Writing and 2008 for all other tests.
Headspace Sleepy September
Students in Rooms 7 & 8 will be taking part in the Headspace Sleepy September. 66% of Australia’s young people are not getting enough sleep. Not getting enough quality sleep has significant negative short term and long term health effects. Students will be using a sleep passport to track their sleeping and how it relates to their mental health and wellbeing.
The Great Vegie Crunch!
Our school is taking part in The Great Vegie Crunch, joining with schools across Western Australia to simultaneously crunch on fresh vegetables—and have fun doing it. WHEN: Tuesday 10th September Please ensure your child brings: some fresh, washed vegetables to crunch on. Maybe a carrot or sugar snap peas, or cut up some capsicum, broccoli, cucumber or celery. More information is available on the website crunchandsip.com.au/events
Wandina Half Field Hockey had an awesome season, training after school on a Friday and playing Saturday mornings. Hopefully we can get more players interested in playing next year to make a full field Wandina Hockey Team! The team: Oliver Pardoe, Ethan O’Malley, Thomas Piggott, Brody Schwarz, Connor Evans, Tate Prout and Leo McNaught. Thank you to Mrs Schwarz for all of her hard work with the Half Field Hockey Team.
Year 5 and 6 students participated in the Eagles Cup competition over a 5 week period this term. The team had some great wins over the Beachlands, Geraldton Primary and St Johns teams, a loss to Rangeway Primary and a draw with Geraldton Grammar. Students played well as a team, encouraged each other and displayed great sportsmanship. Best players throughout the competition were Cooper Lines, Jett McDonald, Blake Tapper and Jarrad Mongoo. A big thank you to Caleb and Brett for coaching, Mr Anderson and Jack for umpiring and the many parents for supplying oranges, washing jumpers, scoring, timekeeping and cheering on our team. Well done to all the players for representing Wandina Primary School with pride.
Randolph Stow
Congratulations to Zyla Smith on receiving a Highly Commended for her entry in the Randolph Stow Upper Primary Poetry Division with her piece ’Christmas Day” .
Mass Choir
Well done to all of our students that took part in Mass Choir on Thursday night and a massive thank you to Mrs Butler for all of her hard work.
The Kindy and Pre Primary students enjoyed a wonderful incursion by author and Illustrator Wendy Binks on Friday 30th August. Wendy Binks is a well known artist and author based in Fremantle. She taught the children how to draw fantastic emus and shared some of her stories about Stripy the Emu. Stripy has many adventures in the Australian Bush.
