Volume 3, 10 March February 2020

Upcoming Events

TERM 1, 2020

Tuesday, 10 March Harmony Day International Food Day

Friday, 20 March Student Council Assembly

Wednesday, 25 March Yr 3 Brownes Dairy Excursion

Wednesday, 1 April School Photos (Kindy Blue & PP to Year 6)

Thursday, 2 April School Photos (Kindy Red only)

Friday, 3 April Student Council Assembly

Thursday, 9 April Easter Assembly (8:45am) Last Day of Term 1

Friday, 10 April Good Friday Public Holiday

TERM 2, 2020

Monday, 27 April ANZAC Day Public Holiday

Tuesday, 28 April First Day of Term 2

Wednesday, 29 April Edudance

Friday, 1 May

Dear Parents and Carers

We are happy to announce our newly appointed Parent

Representative Board Members; Natalie Gray and Sarah

Henshaw. Staff members Loretta Clarke and Theresa Pryce also

join our Board as Staff Representatives. Congratulations on your

appointment and we hope you enjoy your new role.

Our first Canberra Café went well with 45 orders placed. This is

an ongoing fundraiser for the Year 4/5 students to go towards

their Canberra Camp in 2021. Every Friday an order form will go

home for the following Monday. Simply fill out the form and

bring it in with correct cash to the front office on Monday

morning before school to order for that day.

An Independent Public School 97 Poseidon Road, Heathridge WA 6027

Phone: (08) 9233 8900 Absentee SMS: 0447 924 008

Email: poseidon.ps@education.wa.edu.au Web: www.poseidon.wa.edu.au

Poseidon Primary School Page: PoseidonPrimarySchoolHeathridge

Poseidon Primary P&C Group: PoseidonPrimarySchoolP&C

Quote for the fortnight “I’m sorry, if you were right, I’d agree with you.”

Robin Williams

2020 Student Leaders At our Student Councillor Assembly held last Friday morning, 6 March, a proud group of students were

badged to officially acknowledge their election to the position of Faction Captains and Vice Captains. These

students will assist staff and students to ensure that our fitness programmes, sports and physical education

days run smoothly. We all look forward to seeing these students discharging their duties as conscientiously

as possible. Congratulations to our 2020 Faction Captains and Vice Captains.

Vice Captains Captains

Antaeus Olivia Godecke & Roidyn McCullum-Perawiti Indy Chatfield & Ella Gleeson

Oceanus Adler Henshaw & Noah Redinger Kaylee Bartosch & Kian Davitt

Triton Darcy McFarlane & Amy Proctor Dylan Delaney & Mya Thomas

Also badged at the last Assembly were our Sustainability Team and Waste Wise Warriors. These children

wrote letters to their teachers to apply for this position. Congratulations to our 2020 Sustainability Team:

Stevie-Jean Nicholls, Mia Gleeson, Ivy Scott, Chanaye Barreto-Browning, Mya Thomas, Chianne Barreto-

Browning, Ben Ashworth, Beth Scott, Jayde Newbury and Cassandra Zorde.

School Clubs This week our Chess Club for our Year 3 - 6 students started in the library at recess and lunch times on

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Our Lego Club for our Year 1 - 3 students at

lunch time every Monday, Tuesday and

Wednesday.

Mrs Clarke and Mrs Paragalli have an Art Club

every Thursday afternoon after school during

Term 1. The focus year groups are Year 5 and

Year 6 students.

Kindergarten Enrolments 2021 We are now accepting applications for enrolment for children eligible to commence Kindergarten in 2021

(born between 1 July 2016 – 30 June 2017). Students in the pre-compulsory year of schooling (Kindergarten)

will be offered a place subject to meeting the immunisation requirements for enrolment. The Department

of Education’s selection process for places in Kindergarten for local intake schools is as follows:

First Priority Second Priority Third Priority Fourth Priority

Child residing in the

local-intake area who

has a sibling also

enrolled at the school in

that year, and who lives

nearest to the school

Child in the local-intake

area who does not have

a sibling enrolled at the

school in that year, and

who lives nearest to the

school.

Child not residing in the

local-intake area who

has a sibling also

enrolled at the school in

that year, and who lives

nearest to the school.

Child not residing in

the local-intake area

who does not have a

sibling enrolled at the

school in that year,

and who lives nearest

to the school.

Applications close of Friday 24 July 2020.

Merit Award Winners

Chaplain’s Chatter My name is Claire Willis and I am the school chaplain at Poseidon Primary. I started

out in my role last year and am so pleased to be back at Poseidon for 2020! I hope

the term has started well for you and your children are settling into their new

classes. A very warm welcome to those of you who are new to our school.

Some of you may be wondering, "What does a school chaplain do?" Whilst every

day can be so varied, my focus is on the wellbeing of our school community.

A school chaplain is present in the school to:

Provide pastoral care for students, families and staff

Link schools with the local community, support agencies and organisations

Play an active role assisting with and supporting school events

Support, mentor, encourage and empower the school community

My office is now located next to the Kindy in Room 1 and my usual work days are Mondays and Fridays.

Please see Mrs Guy if you think I can be of any assistance to you or your child.

Claire Willis

School Chaplain

Term 1 – Week 5, Merit Award Winners Thank you to our parents and friends who attended our Assembly last Friday.

The following children were awarded Merit Certificates:

Nia Ahmed Madelyne Fogwill Amy Moloney Chase Williams

Ethan Colgan Tate Gray Jack O’Brien Hunter Willoughby

Elle Clarke Tyson Grossman Ryan O’Neill Sienna Wood

Lockie Clarke Jenna Kachinski Ana Pavlovic

Dylan Delaney Kyra Kachinski Clayton Payne

Douglas Edmonds Levi Kestel Jack Slater

Winter Sport Coaches Needed

Calling all parents!

Are you a netball, hockey, AFL or soccer coach? Or do you have good game knowledge and want

to give coaching a try? If so, please speak to our phys ed. teacher, Rob Pickering, who is after

some help in coaching our year 5/6 sporting teams for the winter carnival.

Our Year 5/6 teams train every Friday from 1:40 to 2:40, and you would need to be able to commit to

being available during this time for terms 1 and 2.

Please email robert.pickering@education.wa.edu.au for more details.

Community Health Nurse Notice Welcome to the new school year. My name is Andrea Zulch and I am the Community Health Nurse who

visits your school.

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 0409 067 441.

Colour blindness means that a person cannot distinguish some colours or see the colours differently to other

people. Very few people who are colour blind are ‘blind’ to all colours. Commonly, the colours seen

differently are greens, yellows, oranges and reds.

An information leaflet on colour blindness will be distributed to all year Pre-primary students in term one.

Please take the time to read the pamphlet.

For more information and see the Colour Blind Awareness and Support Group on

http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/~doverton/

If you have any concerns, colour vision testing can be performed by some general practitioners, eye

specialists or optometrists. You can also contact your local Community Health Nurse, Andrea Zulch on 0409

067 441.

P & C News

Next P & C Meeting

Tuesday, 17 March 2020 at 7pm Held in the Poseidon Primary staff room. All are welcome and encouraged to attend!

Sundowner Thank you to all the families who came along to our Annual P&C Sundowner. It was a very successful and

an enjoyable event! Thank you to Emily Hamilton MLA for the donation towards our bouncy castle, and a

big thank you to all our volunteers, we couldn’t do it without you.

Easter Raffle & Hat Parade

Thursday, 9 April, 8:40am

Hello everyone it would be greatly appreciated if you could please help us with some donations of anything

Easter! Easter eggs, plush toys, craft, books etc. The more donations given, the more prizes we have!

Please drop donations to the Office by Friday 3rd April

All Raffle Tickets and money to be placed together in a sealed envelope in the drop boxes at the Office or

Undercover area by Wednesday 8th April.

Prizes are awarded to the best Easter hats in each class, so it’s time to get creative!!

We look forward to seeing you there!

Coffee and Hot cross buns will be available to purchase at the assembly.

Jodie Carroll & Lara Stewart

Fundraising team- Poseidon Primary P&C

P&C Executive Team I am delighted to introduce our new P&C Executive team appointed at the AGM held on 25 February 2020

President Emma Garside

Vice President Melinda McAndrew Secretary Leanne Colgan Treasurers Jade Kersey & Ilona Malinowska Fundraising Coordinators Jodie Carroll & Lara Stewart Communications Coordinator Tannille Purcell

Thank you all for joining me in 2020, I am excited to see what this year will bring.

I would also like to acknowledge the wonderful Exec team members from 2019 who stepped down from

their roles at last night’s AGM, Cameron Walton Yvonne

Atkinson & Gemma Gardiner thank you.

💚 Everything is better when we do it together 💚

Emma Garside

President

Canteen News Harmony Day Canteen Lunch Special On Wednesday 18th March the canteen will be celebrating Harmony Day

with a sushi special. Chicken or Tuna Sushi is back for one day only!

Orders need to be placed by Monday 16th March using your QuickCliq online

account.

Sandwiches and toasties will still be available but no hot food items.

Lunch Orders

Lunch orders are to be placed by 9:30am on our online platform, QuickCliq - https://www.quickcliq.com.au/

You can place an order for your child’s lunch, and/or recess items from the comfort of your home, while at

work or out and about! You can also plan ahead and place orders in advance. Make sure to register your

child with QuickCliq and create their account - https://www.quickcliq.com.au/LearnMoreParents.aspx

Recess & Lunch Extras

Recess and lunch extras can also be ordered online, or the children can purchase with cash at the counter.

We do not have EFTPOS at the canteen.

Volunteering

As always, we rely on volunteers and all help is appreciated. If you are able to lend a hand in the canteen,

just pop in on the days we are open, from 10am. If you are a dab hand at making pikelets, can help pack

lunch bags or have a spare half an hour to help with food prep or washing dishes, we would love to see you!

Please make sure to wear closed in shoes and have long hair tied back. Gloves and aprons will be available

at the canteen.