Issue 7 Friday, 18 May, 2012

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Plan for WA Public Schools 2012-2015

The Director General of Education has recently released the strategic plan for public schools over the next three years. The strategic plan is essentially the ‘ big picture’ or our vision and once again addresses some exciting ideas. The focus is on Excellence and Equity with priorities in four areas. These include:

• Success for all students

• Distinctive schools

• High quality teaching and leadership and

• A capable and responsive organisation

In the first of these priorities it is expected that schools, among other things, will improve student learning with engagement, expand and strengthen education for gifted and talented students, increase the use of technology to enhance student learning and establish better intervention strategies and integration of services for children and families before they start school and in the early years of school.

Priority two focuses on continuing to provide opportunities for schools to become independent which in turn will hopefully result in them meeting the needs of their particular communities and allow greater choice to parents and students as well as involve parents and the community in the life of each school.

High quality teaching and leadership outlined in priority three is something we all strive for in education. We want to attract, retain and develop high quality teachers and leaders. This will be achieved by providing staff with access to quality professional learning and schools with an opportunity to develop staffing profiles and select and appoint staff. There is also an acknowledgement that within a school there will be high expectations of performance and high standards of professional conduct and ethics.

Priority four focuses on promoting greater equity, transparency and flexibility in school resourcing and providing rigorous and transpar-ent accountability practice at classroom, school and system levels.

If you have an interest in this area the document can be downloaded at: www.det.wa.edu.au.

NAPLAN Testing

We were really pleased that our NAPLAN testing went off smoothly with little apparent stress for the children. It was our intention for it to be low key and our expectation was just that each child had an opportunity to do their best.

Kitchen/garden/canteen volunteer afternoon tea

Although we had hoped for a few more people on Wednesday, the afternoon tea was sensational. The purpose of the meeting was to encourage parents/carers to volunteer to help out in the kitchen, garden or canteen. So, even though you missed out on the scrumptious afternoon tea please feel free to join us as a volunteer. It is very satisfying and a great way to support your children at school. If you are happy to help out complete an Expression of Interest slip and drop it into the volunteers box in the front office.

Rostrata School Uniform Shop Opens on Wednesdays & Fridays between 8.00am-10.00am Phone: 9457 1837

ROSTRATA AVENUE, WILLETTON 6155 EMAIL: admin@rostrata.wa.edu.au HOMEPAGE: www.rostrata.wa.edu.au TEL: 9457 9455 CANTEEN: 9354 3332 FAX: 9354 3922 SCHOOL SECURITY 1800 177 777

The captains have organised a free dress day for charity next Wednesday 23 May. Children are asked to bring a gold coin. Also we are looking for any un-wanted toys which we can sell at our Toy stall on June 20th. These can be dropped off with the captains in C Cluster. You may be aware that in addition to our

charity fund support we also sponsor a World Vi-sion child. So we would appreciate your help.

Tuesday 22 May

• Senior Assembly C6, Year 6/7

• P&C Meeting—Staff Room at 7.00pm

Wednesday 23 May

• Free Dress Day

Friday 25 May

• Dance Sport Years 6/7

Monday 28 May

• Singapore Visit

Tuesday 29 May

• Junior Assembly D5/D7, Yrs 3/2/1

• Singapore Visit

Wednesday 30 May

• Band Recruitment Show and Tell Yr 4/5 Band Room at 1.20pm

• Singapore Visit

Thursday 31 May

• School Council Meeting at 9.00am

• Singapore Visit

Friday 1 June

• Dance Sport Years 6/7

This term we are focusing on Earth and Space

Sciences. Year 4’s are exploring the idea of the

Earth’s surface changing over time, while the

Year 5’s are investigating Earth’s place in space.

This week, Year fours completed an investigation exploring the properties of rocks. We re-

cently purchased a new class set of magnifying glasses to replace the old ones which were

over 15 years old, and they have proved to be an important tool in our science observations

so far this term.

The Year fives have been busy completing their solar system posters, and learning about the

movements of the Earth around the Sun, and the moon around the Earth

A band information evening will be held

for all interested Year 4-5 parents. The meeting will be held in the Library on

Wednesday, 6 June at 7.00-8.00pm. All aspects of the band program (eg in-

strument choice, tuition, etc) will be ex-

plained at this session by Mrs Annette De Hoog, the Band Di-

rector. The children will begin tuition next term.

Enrolments for 2013 are now open. Stu-dents whose birthdates fall between 1 July 2008 and 30 June 2009 are eligi-ble to enrol in our Kindergarten pro-gram in 2013. Application for Enrol-ment forms can be obtained from the front office. Children whose birth dates fall between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008 are eligible for our Pre-Primary program. Applications close Friday 3 August, 2012. Please note you must provide your child's birth certificate, immunisation records and proof of residence within Rostrata in-take area. Students currently enrolled in Kindy and Pre-Primary must complete an appli-cation for enrolment for 2013. These will be sent home in the near future. Once students have been enrolled into Year 1 they no longer need to complete applica-tions each year.

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Miss Brennan is the new year 6 teacher in C3 and came to us from Booragoon Primary School where she taught the year 6/7’s. Miss Brennan went to Ross-moyne Primary school and did her first prac at Rostrata Primary School with Mr Wilkinson in D3. Some of the then Year 2’s are now Year 7 students in C Block!

Miss Brennan said that it was her Year 6 teacher that inspired her to become a teacher because of her fun and creative style of teaching which engaged the stu-dents every day. Having two aunties, who are also teachers, furthered her passion for teaching. It was always her passion to teach the upper school years as she enjoyed the satisfaction of watching the ‘light globes’ switch on during lessons.

In her spare time, Miss Brennan plays netball for Rossmoyne Netball Club on Saturday afternoons at the Fremantle Netball Association. Some of our Rostrata students are also involved with this competition.

Miss Brennans said “My time at home is taken up by training my one year old Border Collie Labrador puppy (called Albie—short for Albert Einstein) not to kill my one year old kitten (called Chardie—short for Chardonnay).

The Waste Wise Schools Program is celebrating 10 years of waste education this year and we want to recognise the work of students, staff and schools in reducing waste.

What is your school doing to reduce waste? Do you have a green team running a successful worm farm? Is there an outstanding teacher, parent or staff member at your school running the Waste Wise program? If so, we would like you to nominate them for a Waste Wise Schools award at the following website: http://www.zerowaste.wa.gov.au/programs/public-submissions/waste-wise-schools-competition/ All you need to do is submit one paragraph telling us about your school’s waste wise achievements. You can nominate a person, a team of people or the whole school.

Entries close on 31 May 2012. Outstanding schools will be invited to attend the Waste Wise 10 year celebration event in June. All entries will receive a certificate and go in the draw to win a waste education prize pack.

T he kitchen has been producing some lovely dishes this week.

Our bumper harvest of silver beet had

introduced our delicious creamy silver

beet pasta with parmesan.

T he rocket and mezzuna have been the basis of our delicious salad

with warm red onion syrup dressing

and bacon and pine nuts as finishing

touches.

W e produced more zucchini

scones last week and our Year

4’s were introduced to their first com-

plicated practical lesson. They pro-

duced a squash stir-fry and a delicious

Master Salad.

T his week we had a visit from our Project Manager Marcelle Coak-

ley who shared a lovely dining experi-

ence and was most

impressed.

Well done!

Vickie Richards

Preparing and Sharing

S ome beautiful weather for gardening and for laying eggs. The chickens are happily laying almost an egg a day each. Thanks to

the Roscoe family for the last two weekends. If you would like to give your children the experience of looking after chickens but can’t have them at home, putting your name down on the chicken roster is ideal. I am currently looking for families to help during the July holi-days.

T hank you to all who helped to-wards the afternoon tea and at-

tended. We were able to answer many questions about volunteering in the school.

I f you were unable to attend fill in an Expression of Interest form at the

front office so that the appropriate per-son can call you to answer any ques-tions about volunteering in the kitchen, garden or canteen.

I n the garden we have been germinat-ing pea, leek and fennel seeds and

planting out different types of broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage. The peas are already sprouting their first leaves after only a few days so we hope the slaters are not too hungry. We now have red wooden spoons decorated by the pp/1 classes that signify a plant is not to be harvested as the fruit from the plant will be kept for seed for follow-ing seasons. Thank you to Mrs Blake's class for the first batch of spoons. They are so colourful in our garden.

What you can do to help : Volunteer in the kitchen or garden on a Tuesday or

Wednesday. There are Volunteer Expressions of Interest

forms at the front office for you to fill in contact details and then we can give you a call.

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Watering the grapefruit tree .

They are nearly ready to pick!

From the President…

Our next P&C Meeting will be held on Tuesday

May 22 at 7.00pm in the staffroom.

Everyone is welcome!

From The Fundraising Committee…

Our first school disco for the year is next Friday May

25th

. The junior session will be held from 5.30 to

7.00pm and the senior session from 7.30 to 9.00pm.

DJ Eugene is super excited to be coming to Rostrata

again and we are looking forward to a great night!

If there are any parents out there who could spare a

couple of hours to help out at the disco please call Kathy

on 0428 944 066 or email rostratafundrais-

ing@iinet.net.au . Without your assistance these fun

events for our kids would not happen and any time you

can spare is greatly appreciated by our P&C and our

kids.

From the Canteen Committee…

NEW CANTEEN ITEM FOR WINTER

Please find the updated menu for Rostrata

Kids Cafe - we have added the Sweet Chilli

Chicken Wrap which is back on the menu by

popular demand.

Please remember, if you are ordering online, the cut-off

time is 8.15am on the morning of your order. After this

time, you will need to submit an order personally to the

canteen.

We'd like to thank all our volunteers for their time and

hard work, and a special mention this month to Saffron,

Kirsty and Jodie - THANKYOU ladies!!

Don't forget our Classroom Hero day on 28th May. For

your child's chance to win a Quelch stick for their entire

class, all you need to do is order anything from the can-

teen for the Monday 28th May, and place your order by

the Monday 21st May. EASY!!

Thank you again for your support

From School Banking…

The Commonwealth Bank is holding a

fantastic competition. To be in the

draw all you need to do is make a mini-

mum of 5 deposits into your account at

school banking between 16th April and

30th June, then give the bank your best savings tips in 25

words or less at commbank.com.au/beadollarmite.

There are great prizes to be won for you, your family,

your class and for the school. A brochure has gone out to

every student this week with all the details. If you have

any queries you can come and see us at school banking

on Wednesday morning in the undercover area between

8am and 8.45am or contact Natalie on 0418 928 867.

Look forward to seeing you at school banking.

School Banking Team

I wish to raise the awareness of the school community that Rostrata Primary School is a nut friendly (free) school.

There are a few students who have high al-lergic reactions—life threatening—to nuts and nut products. To minimize the effects of these foods we would appreciate if parents could be aware of foods or packaging coming into the school that may cause an anaphylactic reaction .

Thank you very much for your support. It is greatly appreciated. Together we can provide a safe environment for all students.

Friday 25th May is

65 Roses Day... ...is the national day of awareness for Cystic

Fibrosis. Cystic Fibrosis is the most common

genetic life threatening condition affecting

Australian children. People with cystic fibrosis get a thick,

sticky mucus in their lungs which makes them need to cough a

lot and requires them to have extensive daily physiotherapy.

There is no cure of Cystic Fibrosis at this stage, however, with

continued support and research the actual life expectancy of a

child born with Cystic Fibrosis has risen from 5 years to mid

thirties today. If you would like to support 65 Roses Day, there

will be a collection box in the front office where your generous

donation can be left. Thank you.

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OSHC phone: 0402 425 386

Coordinator: Deborah

REMINDERS

How to get started before using our programs you

must register online for an account. Registering is

quick and easy. Visit our website to begin

www.campaustralia.com.au.

Once registered, you can make cancellations,

view your statements and manage your details any-

time of the day online. Keep in mind we are able to

take bookings at short notice to help busy families.

Save on Care You can save 50% or more on Before

and After School Care fees with the non-means

tested Child Care Rebate. Almost all families are

eligible. To find out more call our Customer

Service Team on 1300 105 343 Monday to Friday.

OSHC NEWS

Hi and welcome to our newsletter, isn’t the weather

getting colder? With winter fast approaching we will

be spending more time inside doing lots of fun activi-

ties and arts and crafts, so make so make room on

the fridge mums and dads ! We have been learning

all about music and have had lots of fun dancing

along to our favourite pop groups and singers.

We had lots of fun on Tuesday as we had karaoke ,

all the Children had a chance to sing along to the

songs on the screen And it was very entertaining to

watch. Bookings are being taken for Holiday Club

and we would love to see lots of new faces at our

service, parents please book early to avoid disap-

pointment as we did run to full capacity last Holiday

Club on a few occasions.

Remember to let your friends and family know we do

take bookings from other schools during Holiday Club

as well so everyone is welcome.

We are learning all about autumn next week and

have already decorated our windows with beautiful

leaf designs.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any

queries about our service I am only too happy to

help.

Did you know …..

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors!

MONDAY We are making a handprint tree

today to put on our wall for our

autumn theme

TUESDAY

We will be doing lots of leaf rub-bings today

WEDNESDAY We are making scarecrows to-

day out of pop sticks and talking

about what they are used for.

THURSDAY Today we are making a cheeky

crow out of paper cups “squawk

squawk“!

FRIDAY Today we are making an autumn

collage out of different materials

and papers.

WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK

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MIDLAND BRICK DEMONS

NETBALL CARNIVAL

The Midland Brick Demons are holding a Netball Carnival on Sunday 20th May to have some fun, meet our Demons Play-ers for 2012. Each team will participate in a round robin and coaching clinic. Age: Netta, Sub Junior and Junior Cost: $10 per player Time: All day The state League Midland Brick Demons players will be around on the day run-ning the match office, canteen and mini games/competitions. If you have any questions or enquiries for registration of a team please contact Re-gional Office/Carmie Desai on 9470 9904 or semnr@westnet.com.au

Champion Lakes Boating Club... ... is running Beginners Rowing Lessons

at Champion Lakes Regatta Centre,

Henley Drive, off Lake Road, Opposite

CAmillo Drive, Champion Lakes.

Dates: Saturday 2, 9 June and Sunday

3,10 June

Time: From 7.30-8.30am. Cost: $80 for 4 lessons. Book now!

Pay prior to Wednesday 30 May to guar-

antee your place. Contact Daniel on

0413 361512 or email fou-

car@live.com.au

NEW SEASON 2012

JUNIOR INDOOR CRICKET / JUNIOR INDOOR CRICKET / JUNIOR INDOOR CRICKET / JUNIOR INDOOR CRICKET /

NETBALL / SOCCERNETBALL / SOCCERNETBALL / SOCCERNETBALL / SOCCER

Terms 2 & 3Terms 2 & 3Terms 2 & 3Terms 2 & 3

Team and individual enrolments open now

Registration fees $10.00 per person $40.00 per team weekly

MUMS MUMS MUMS MUMS

Come and join our Daytime,Come and join our Daytime,Come and join our Daytime,Come and join our Daytime,

Daytime Crèche AvailableDaytime Crèche AvailableDaytime Crèche AvailableDaytime Crèche Available

SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM

JUNIOR INDOOR CRICKET CLINICJUNIOR INDOOR CRICKET CLINICJUNIOR INDOOR CRICKET CLINICJUNIOR INDOOR CRICKET CLINIC

Boys & Girls from 8 – 16 Learn all skills: $6.00 per child

Endorsed by Indoor Cricket Australia

35 Catalano Rd, Canning Vale. Ph: (08) 9455 4322

www.courtside.com.au Email info@courtside.com.au

PARENT EVENING

Parents as Partners

Why free-play will make your child happier and smarter!

Presented by: Griffin Longley - Nature Play WA

Wednesday, 7.30pm, 20 June, 2012 Grand Ballroom

Burswood Entertainment Complex Cost $18 per ticket

Any profit made from this event will be donated to the Smart Future Foun-dation, a fund set up to assist students from low-socio economic communities in Western Australia

An evening with Sue Dengate:An evening with Sue Dengate:An evening with Sue Dengate:An evening with Sue Dengate: Fed Up with Children's BehaviourFed Up with Children's BehaviourFed Up with Children's BehaviourFed Up with Children's Behaviour 7pm 7pm 7pm 7pm –––– 9pm Monday 18th June 9pm Monday 18th June 9pm Monday 18th June 9pm Monday 18th June Proudly Hosted by Burrendah Proudly Hosted by Burrendah Proudly Hosted by Burrendah Proudly Hosted by Burrendah

Primary School P&C AssociationPrimary School P&C AssociationPrimary School P&C AssociationPrimary School P&C Association Burrendah Primary School Hall, Burrendah Primary School Hall, Burrendah Primary School Hall, Burrendah Primary School Hall,

Pine Tree Gully Road WillettonPine Tree Gully Road WillettonPine Tree Gully Road WillettonPine Tree Gully Road Willetton Former teacher and psychology graduate, author of the famous Fed Up series, Australian of the Year finalist in 2009, Sue Dengate be-came interested in food intolerance after recognising the effect of foods on her own children. In the past 20 years, Sue has spoken to tens of thousands of parents in Australia, the USA and the UK. For further information on Sue's work see www.fedup.com.au. This talk includes …

• Arguments, oppositional defiance, tantrums,

• Bedwetting, sneaky poos, sticky poos

• Asthma, itchy skin rashes, migraine

• Difficulty falling asleep, frequent night waking

• Depression, unexplained tiredness, difficulty concentrating

• Hidden and new food additives, what’s wrong with fruit Sue's Fed UP Failsafe Cookbook and DVD Fed UP with Children's Behaviour will be available at the talk at discounted prices. CASH, CHEQUE or CREDIT/DEBIT CARD ACCEPTED Purchase Tickets for $15.00: Online: www.fedup.com.au or through the Burrendah P&C. Tickets may be available at door if unsold. Buy in advance to avoid disappointment. For more info contact: Tiffany vicepresi-dent@burrendahpandc.org.au

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Parent-Child Connection Raising children should be one of life’s greatest experiences, but as any parent knows, it is not an easy task. People with children under ten are invited to this four-week course to learn new skills, feel better about their parenting and gain confidence. Monday 11, 18, 25, June & 2 July 2012. Time: 6.30 – 9.00pm

Fee: $50 per person - $75 per couple

The following items are mentioned as community news and are not school endorsed activities.

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Places are limited so book now on

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WANSLEA FAMILY SERVICES Do you have room in your heart and

home for a child in need? If you would like to find out how you can

make a difference for a night, a week, months or years, please come along to WANSLEA's information session

on SATURDAY 16th June from 12.00 -2.00pm at 110 Scarborough Beach Road, Scarborough. Light

refreshments provided. For more in-formation call 9245 2441 or email:

support@wanslea.asn.au Check us out online:

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