16th October 2014 No. 16

Telephone: (08) 9439 2299 Fax: (08) 9419 4790

P R I M A R Y S C H O O L and L E D A E S C

Hi everyone Welcome back to Term 4. I hope that everyone had an enjoyable holiday.

The staff certainly had a jam-packed day on Monday engaged in Protective Behaviours sessions, Trauma Training and Speech and Language presentations.

This term we have some additional students making regular transition trips to high school, both Warnbro CHS ESC and Rockingham SHS ESC and I wish them well. We also have Parent Night on Thursday 6th November between 5pm & 6pm. Please take the opportunity to visit your child’s classroom and view their work. We are also gearing up for the senior school camp in Week 6 and I already have many excited children.

Staff are busily trying to access funding to support our end of year Christmas lunch. Our increased student numbers mean that we need to look outside the Centre for a venue. If you have any contacts who would like to offer us a discounted rate for a venue please see either Mrs Barrodeen, Mrs Lucken or myself in the office. Thank you. Mrs Howorth - ESC Principal

Welcome back,

We have made a tremendous start to Term 4. It was a joy to note the many happy

faces of students returning to school, and hear their many positive holiday stories

spent with families. We ended last term on a high note with our fantastically

organised Talent Quest run by our music teacher Mrs Jeffrey. The quality and

diversity of the acts were tremendous. We have a lot of budding talent at Leda PS.

On Monday, before the students returned to school, our staff undertook some very

worthwhile professional development. Letters and Sounds (Years K-2) and Words

Their Way (Years 3-7) are two very successful language programs already operating

in the school. Several of our staff ran these sessions. The wealth of knowledge of

Leda staff is tremendous.

Class placements for 2015 will be determined in staff meetings this Term once we

know exactly what staff we will have for the 2015 academic year. If you have any

educational concerns/requirements about your child for next year that we should

know about, please place these concerns/requirements in an email that is

forwarded straight to me using the attached link or drop a letter into the

office addressed to the principal marked “Private and Confidential”.

Mr Davies - Principal

P & C Meeting Monday 27th October 8.45am Staffroom

Hope to see you there

What a great way to end the term with Miss Milton and the students of Room 9

hosting the last assembly. They acted out a story called ‘One’ by Katherine Otoshi

with a great message about accepting each others differences and how it

sometimes just takes one voice to make everyone count. They concluded their

item with a warm rendition of ‘You’ve got a Friend in Me’ from Toy Story.

Congratulations to the Honour Certificate winners: Isiah, Tyrese, Joseph, Ariella,

Vihas, Piuti, Dakota, Kallum, Nickolai, Liam ESC, Savina and Natasha Rm 1,

Kimberley Rm 2, Jason and Curtis Rm 4, James Rm 5, Noah and Benjamin Rm 8,

Paina-Sue and Emily Rm 9, Raighne and Angelyn Rm 10, Benjamin Rm 11, Donna

Rm 12, Keenan and Madeleine Rm 13, Jacob Rm 14, Lawrence and Daniel Rm 15,

Owen and Sean Rm 16, Curtis and Ella Rm 24.

The next assembly will be held on Friday 24th October and be hosted by Rm 18.

Next Tuesday 21st October, the year two’s will be selling icy

poles for 50c each from the undercover area at recess and

lunch to raise money for Telethon. Please come down and

support this great cause!

Wednesday 29th October - Friday 31st October 3 DAYS ONLY

Take this opportunity to come along anytime during the day and purchase

some great items. Wednesday 29th October will be a book character

dress up day for a gold coin donation which will go towards new resources

for the library. A whole school parade will commence at 8.45am in the

undercover area.

Battle of the Year !

Who will be the Victors ?

Our annual Staff v Students soccer

match will be held tomorrow. Come

and cheer - match commences at

approx. 1.30pm

K 44.85%

PP 46.64%

1 37.29%

2 39.80%

3 41.70%

4 39.68%

5 89.05%

6 34.18%

Total 60.82% Voluntary Contributions

2014 C

ollection Rates

If your child(ren) will not be at this school in 2015 please complete the form below and return this to the office at your earliest convenience. We are doing our best to organise a smooth start to 2015 and we rely on your help in this important area. All schools are funded according to our enrolments so it is very important that we plan with accurate enrolment numbers. � - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Leaving Leda - My child(ren) will NOT be attending Leda in 2015. Names: __________________________________________________________________

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New School: _____________________________________________

Signature: ___________________________________ Phone No: __________________

THE SPACEDOME FROM SCITECH

VISITED LEDA LAST TERM

Mental Health Week Mental Health Week Mental Health Week Mental Health Week Congratulations to Maria and

Gellianne Rm 24 who were

finalists in designing a poster for

Mental Health Week. The

feedback on the standard of the

posters was fantastic - ‘amazingly

inspiring and creative with positive

mental health messages’.

Well done to both girls !!

We still have places in Kindy for 2015.We still have places in Kindy for 2015.We still have places in Kindy for 2015.We still have places in Kindy for 2015.

Eligible date range: 1st July 2010 Eligible date range: 1st July 2010 Eligible date range: 1st July 2010 Eligible date range: 1st July 2010 ---- 30th June 2011.30th June 2011.30th June 2011.30th June 2011. If you know of anyone who may be eligible, please let them If you know of anyone who may be eligible, please let them If you know of anyone who may be eligible, please let them If you know of anyone who may be eligible, please let them

know we are now taking enrolments. Parents will need to bring know we are now taking enrolments. Parents will need to bring know we are now taking enrolments. Parents will need to bring know we are now taking enrolments. Parents will need to bring

birth certificate, immunisation details and proof of address.birth certificate, immunisation details and proof of address.birth certificate, immunisation details and proof of address.birth certificate, immunisation details and proof of address.

Kindy open day Wednesday 5th November 8.30am - 10am

Undercover Area

Please

coma along

we hope to

see you

there

Child and Parent Centre—Calista Harlow Rd Calista Located on the Calista Primary School site

Eat Play Thrive 9-11.30am Mondays 20th, 27th Oct & 3rd Nov

Sing & Grow 9-10.30am Tuesdays 21st Oct to 9th Dec

KEYS to Safety 2.50-3.50pm Thursdays 30th Oct until 11th Dec Ph KEYS 9439 1838

KEYS to School 9-11am Fridays

Further information - Term 4 Bookings are essential - Phone 9367 0960

Leda Cooking Club continues Term 4 - Watch this space !

If anyone would like to donate any small bikes, scooters or trikes in good condition could they please take them to Block 5.

Thank you for your support.

AUTISM What is Autism?

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD or Autism) is a disorder that effects a child’s social development, communication skills and the child may have repetitive behaviours and restricted interests. A referral is needed from your family doctor to visit a Paediatrician who will then refer your child on for further assessments with a multidisciplinary team in order for a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder to be given.

Social Development

A child with Autism has difficulty reading the body language, facial expressions or tone of voice of others. The child also does not see himself/herself influencing what is happening around them. Without these skills the child may not understand how to behave or interact appropriately. Therefore it is important to teach social routines and strategies to use in social situations.

As of 2015 we wish to advise the Leda Schools newsletter will only be available

electronically on our website. Should you not have access to a computer, a

number of printed copies will be available for collection from the front office.

DISABLED PARKING BAYS

Please do not park or stand in these bays if you do not have

an ACROD sticker on your vehicle. Even dropping children

off in these bays can be inconvenient for those people who need to use

them. Please be considerate for the safety and convenience of others.