POYNTER PRIMARY SCHOOL Issue 14

24 October 2018

Coming Events

Friday 26 October

CANTEEN Bandana Day

Buy bandana for $5

Wear own bandana for gold coin dona�on

Tuesday 30 October

Produc�on Dress Rehearsal

Wednesday 31 October

Music Produc�on Ma�nee

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Thursday 1 November

Music Produc�on Evening Performance

Friday 2 November

SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT DAY

(Children do not a$end school)

Monday 5 November

SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT DAY

(Children do not a$end school)

Wednesday 7 November

Assembly Yr2 Rm2

2019 Kindy Orienta�on

Friday 7 December

P&C Staff Lunch

Monday 10 December

Reports emailed to parents

Tuesday 11 December

Yr 1 to Yr 5 Book Awards

Parent thank you morning tea

Yr 6 Dinner Dance

Wednesday 12 December

Yr 6 Gradua�on 9am

Thursday 13 December

Last day of school

Monday 4 February

First day for students 2019

Next Farmers’ Market Saturday 3 November

Education Security 9264 4632 (24 hours) or

Police 131 444

Absentee SMS: 0437 311 380 (OR through App)

WE WON THE INTERSCHOOL ATHLETICS CARNIVAL!! We are pleased to say that we have now won the Outright Shield for the third year in a row. This is a remarkable achievement. Congratulations to all our competitors and to our Champion and Runner-up medallion recipients.

RIO TINTO RECYCLED ART AWARD Charlotte Penn came 2nd in the awards and she also won the People’s Choice Award by a

landslide. Out of the 11 finalists, seven came from Poynter. Congratulations to all

participants!

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From the Principal…From the Principal…From the Principal…From the Principal… I hope that you have all had a good start to the term and you managed to have some rest and relaxation

over the school holidays. This term we welcome four new students to Poynter PS all from our local area.

I hope that our new families have a long and fruitful association with Poynter PS. We have many

avenues available for parents to be engaged in their children’s education so make sure that you touch

base with your child’s teacher, our wonderful class coordinators and the P&C or Board members.

Last term we finished on a buzz as Poynter won the Interschool Carnival for the third year in a row. Thank you for the

tremendous effort to all the staff who worked extremely hard to make it such a success. On the day our students’ were

welcomed by the whole school out the front to acknowledge their efforts as they got out of the bus. I did thank the staff,

students and parents at our last assembly in Term 3 but if you missed out on the wonderful news, you should be very

proud, as we are, of our students’ achievements. Well done to Mr Riley, Mr Joyce and Mr Barr for all the organisation and

thank you to Mr Ring, Mr Beard, Mr Righton and Mrs Duim for organising our students on the day.

At the last P&C meeting last term a decision was made for the Uniform Shop to be outsourced to a company called Nell

Gray. As part of this process it means that school uniforms will no longer be available here at the school but instead you

will be able to purchase them directly from the supplier in Joondalup or order them online. This Friday will be the last

opportunity for you to purchase from our Uniform Shop here at school. The Uniform Shop will be open this Friday for the

last time from 2:45 -3:15 before the remaining stock is moved to Joondalup. The advantages of having it outsourced are

many but the main one is that we will only have one supplier instead of six. I would like to thank the many parents that

helped in the running of the Uniform Shop but particularly Leanne Masterson for coordinating the shop for so many years

and to Helen Cawley for taking over from Leanne. Please know that the uniform will not change and that the new contract

is drawn between the school and Nell Gray and the P&C are no longer involved. A flyer will come out shortly to let you

know of the new process.

Next week we farewell Mrs Lorraine Edwards from the front office, who will be taking leave without pay to

join her husband for possibly a year in Serbia. Mrs Edwards has been at Poynter Primary School for over

13 years and will be very much missed. As always we wish her well in her new adventure and hopefully

she will come back to us after that. Mrs Mel Bursey will continue in the front office for two days with Mrs

Allen who returns from leave next week.

Continuing with the Teachers Can Code program, Mrs Reid worked with the Year 3 and 4 staff yesterday on how to use

the Ozbot’s that the P&C kindly paid for to support our Technologies Program. The Year 5 students in Mrs Reid’s class

had a go at them first and thoroughly enjoyed the activities. The Ozbots will be used with the Year 3 and 4 classes.

Operational Matters

School Development Days 2019

Last term I advised the School Board and the P&C that there was going to be a change to our School Development Days

(SDD) for 2019. SDDs are allocated to schools so that all staff can be involved in planning, reviewing and professional

learning. The Department has allocated six days again for 2019. For the past five years we have had two consecutive

days in November to allow for a Network Conference on one of these days.

From the PrincipalFrom the PrincipalFrom the PrincipalFrom the Principal cont…..cont…..cont…..cont….. However, as a Network of schools we have not had a conference for the last four years and will not be having a conference

next year as well. I have checked with my colleagues to determine what days they are having (as most of us are doing

something different) and I have tried to align our SDD to most of the other schools including Carine SHS. Therefore, our

scheduled SD days for 2019 will be:

• Term 1 - Thursday 31 January and Friday 1 February (before students begin)

• Term 2 - Monday 29 April (first day of the term)

• Term 3 - Monday 22 July (first day of the term)

• Term 4 - Monday 18 November and Friday 20 December (students finish 19 December)

School Server

Once every 7 or 8 years we have to replace our school server and we have been told that this is going to occur from 3:00pm

Friday 23 November until possibly COB Wednesday 28 November. Although this is not an ideal time for the school given

that we are working on student reports, we are required to upgrade. I am letting you know early that there will be no email

communication of any type from the school from the 23 Nov to 28 Nov 2018. The only way to communicate will be via phone

so please make sure that your contact information is up to date on our system as we will be printing emergency contacts to

ensure that we can contact you in case of an emergency. As all our systems work through our server we are going

completely off line. Please mark these dates on your calendar as you will need to notify us the old fashioned way if your

children are absent.

Kiss and Drive

I am just letting you know that we managed to extend the Kiss and Drive bays by two over the school holidays. We have

been working with the City of Joondalup to improve the traffic flow in that area to make it easier for pick up and drop off.

Thank you for your patience when using the Kiss and Drive. I will continue to work with the City of Joondalup and the

Department to improve the parking facilities around the school. I have been at this since the 23 September 2015 but

unfortunately these things cost money and always take time.

Lost Property

Hopefully winter is almost over and because of the weather we seemed to have accumulated quite a number of items of

clothing. Please make sure you ask your child to check the lost property as we are seeing quite a number of students

wearing jackets other than what is part of our uniform.

Have a good week! Keyla Jeffers

PRINCIPAL

POYNTER WAY CERTIFICATES - 19 September Congratulations to the following students who received Poynter Way Certificates at our last assembly:

PP – Zoey Kyle, Lenay Richter, Dylan Drea, Peyton Kemp, Brooke Kinsella, Toby Lee

Y1 – Novak Vojinovic, Maeve O’Connor, Fraser Lamont, Charlotte Chatfield, Mitchell King

Y2 – Evan Sherwood, David Gavenea, Caitlyn Walker, Seth Boelen, David Chong, Mia Swart

Y3 – Aliyah Beach, Mia Richter, Campbell McNeil, Samuel Wright

Y4 – Jack Yuswak, James Hussey, Chloe Copley, Andrew Love, Rachel Lawrence

Y5 – Leonard van den Berg, Jordy Goncalves, Monty Estrada-Gray, Stephanie Cunningham, Erik Henrick, Max Tucker

Sport Award – Kieran Yare, Isaac Robertson

Art Award – Brielle Tucker, Mya Yamauchi

French Award – April Hicks, Robyn Jensen, Alyssa Mohr, Bella Bugg, Annaliese Daley, Liam Yare

UNSW English

Year 5 High Distinction Anna Mackie, Dewald Steyn

Year 5 Distinction Riley Parry, Oliver Tucker

Year 6 Distinction Conrad Steyn

SOIREES:

Instrumental Group Soiree: Thursday 29 November (Week 8). This Soiree will include all the instrumental groups in

the school from Year 3 to Year 6 – Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Flute, Clarinet, Brass and Percussion.

Ensemble Soiree: Thursday 6 December (Week 9). This evening will be performances from the Year 5 Training Band,

Year 6 Band, String Ensemble, String Quartet, Orchestra and the Year 5/6 Choir.

Further details will be forwarded early next term but please mark your diaries with these dates.

A TRAVELLER’S TALE: The production includes all students from Years 3-6.

Venue: Churchlands Senior High School Concert Hall

Dates: 30 October: Dress rehearsal

31 October: Matinee Performance

1 November: Evening Performance

Reminder: NO PRAMS ARE PERMITTED IN THE CONCERT HALL (this is an OSH requirement)

CLASS SCENE ALLOCATIONS:

Year 3: Rooms 9 and 10: VENICE

Year 3: Room 13: TURKEY

Year 4: Room 11: PERSIA

Year 6: Rooms 5 and 6: CHINA/MONGOLIA

Year 4: Room 12: BURMA

Year 5: Rooms 7 and 8: INDIA

Year 4/5: Room 16: JOURNEY HOME

COSTUMES:

Simple design pictures and suggestions for costumes have been placed in the school office and circulated via email to

your parent co-ordinators for distribution to you.

MAKEUP

Can you help? We need people to help with makeup. Please see me if you can assist.

DID YOU KNOW? Persia became Iran in 1935 but that many Iranians still refer to themselves as

Persian? Persia is the home of the Zoroastrian religion - a faith that embodies the notion of light and fire as being good.

Mandy Herriman

Music Specialist

MusicMusicMusicMusic

Production News Production News Production News Production News

Year 6 French 2018 I have thoroughly enjoyed teaching French to the Year 6s

over the past four years. What a delightful group of

students! They have been most enthusiastic, participating

keenly in lessons. It has been very satisfying to watch

them grow in confidence as their listening and speaking

skills improved and their reading and writing skills

developed. Many talented Languages students have emerged within this group.

The highlight for Year 6 students this year was our French Cultural Day in Term 3 in which

all students played a significant role. ‘Merci beaucoup’ to everyone who made it a

successful and wonderful, entertainment filled day, celebrating French Culture. You all did

yourselves very proud!

Can Can Girls: Teah, Emma, Alicia, Emily, Charley, Charlotte M, Keeley, Madi and Ruby.

Can Can Boys: Christian, Callum, Harry, Daniel, Michael P, Jarrad, Jack, Alex, Isaac and

Darien.

PA: Flynn

Mimes: Callum, Conrad, Christian, Luke and Dewald.

Marionettes: Kyla, Sophie, Lucy G and Jorja.

Musicians: Zeke, Jens, Dewald, Harriet and Sarah.

Jugglers and Acrobat: Leo, Alicia and Federica.

French ‘Boules’: Alexander, Kai, Cameron and James.

Football: Charlie G, Michael P, Harry, Darien and Tri.

Handball: Noah, Tom, Charlie B and Isaac.

Tour de France: Charlie H, Cian, Xavier, Jens and Jaxon.

‘French’ Origami: Maya and Sophie.

Balloon Poodles: Amelie, Tilly, Daniel N and Zeke.

French Impressionism: Charlotte P and Jorja.

Cinémas Madeline & Tin Tin: Bella, Lucy C, Jake & Daniel P.

French Stall Sales Assistants: Sienna, Jack, Marcus, Anisha, Safah, Brielle, Jarrad, Madi,

Charley, Mya, Cara, Tilly, Jens, Kyla and Sophie.

Crêpe Making: Alix, Federica, Kieran and Leo.

Food Platters Duty: Cara, Mya, Harriet and Sarah.

Photographers: Anneliese, Zoe and Matilda.

Special thanks to Madame Bugg and Madame Rasmussen for their invaluable assistance!

Language Perfect:

Congratulations to the following students on their success in the 2018 Language Perfect

World Championships: Silver award winner: Jack; Bronze award winners: Harriet, Charley,

Sienna and Charlie G; Credit award winners: Conrad and Lucy G. Très bien fait!

Thank you also to those students who participated in our French Pen Pal programme over the last few years.

French Report cont…

I would also like to sincerely thank and congratulate our two ‘incroyable’ French

Captains Sienna and Jack for the outstanding contribution they made this year. They

willingly and happily carried out their many duties with great maturity and a smile!

Merci! Your effort was very much appreciated by everyone!

Thank you Year 6s for four very enjoyable years. You have all grown into wonderful

young men and women and have been excellent role models for younger students. It

has been a privilege and a pleasure to teach you. I wish you all every success for

Secondary School and beyond … and remember “Vive la France!”

Au revoir et bonne chance!

Madame Theo - French Specialist

BANDANA DAY

The Year 6 Fundraising Committee has organised a

BANDANA DAY this Friday 26 October for Years 1 to

6 to support CanTeen.

Bandana’s will be on sale for $5 each before school,

at recess and lunch outside Room 5.

You may wear your own bandana for a gold coin

donation.

Baked goodies can be purchased at recess and

lunch for 50c to $2.

All proceeds will be donated to CanTeen to support

young people affected by cancer.

Thank you for your support.

Please Note: This is NOT a free dress day.

SPORTS NEWS Interschool Athletics Carnival

On Thursday 13 September and Friday 14 September our school athletics team headed to Joondalup Arena to compete in the 2018 CDSSA Interschool Athletics Carnival. Once again, we achieved great success across a range of events, especially in the team events. Many thanks to Mrs Duim, Mr Ring, Mr Beard and Mr Righton for coaching the leaderball and passball teams. These teachers gave up a lot of their time to coach the teams and they did a marvellous job.

Our students represented Poynter Primary well through their dedication and perseverance. We are pleased to say that we have now won the Outright Shield for the third year in a row. This is a remarkable achievement. Congratulations to all our competitors and to our Champion and Runner-up medallion recipients.

Coles Sports for Schools

Our new Tee-ball equipment has finally arrived. Big thanks to Yasmine Harland and Pam Birnie for all the hard work put into this, including counting the vouchers. Thank you to everyone who collected vouchers.

CrossFit

CrossFit started again on Friday 19 October and will be held on all Friday mornings up until 7 December.

CrossFit Kids combines weight lifting, body-weight training, such as squats and pull-ups and endurance training such as running and jumping.

CrossFit is a fun way for students to develop the strength and conditioning they need to excel in sport. It’s also a great way for students to develop healthy habits and social skills.

Scott Riley

Physical Education Specialist

TENNIS

Benjamin Galvao and Nathan Weaver participated in some tennis tournaments

during the school holidays and managed to be finalists at the Hills Fall Bronze

tournament at Kalamunda Tennis Club. Well done boys!

2018 OCTOBER AUSSIE OF THE MONTH - Jessica McGregor-Bayne Rm 4 The Aussie of the Month Award recognises the positive qualities in a student’s character and those who uphold Australian

values. Our Aussie of Month is a very organised student who attempts to complete all given tasks in a quietly persistent

manner. This student does not seek out reward or recognition but would rather go about things in a quiet manner.

Respect of self, of others, our community and the environment are high on the list of positive qualities of this student.

This student is a reflective learner who is always challenging herself in class. Poynter Primary School’s core values of

Resilience, Confidence, Organisation, Respect, Persistence and Compassion are followed closely and with great pride.

This student is inclusive of others, both in the classroom and outside in the community. This student has a generosity of

spirit and compassion for those in need. We are very proud of this student and her fine achievements.

Congratulations to Jessica McGregor-Bayne for proudly being October Aussie of the Month.

2018 OCTOBER AUSSIE OF THE MONTH - Varuniyan Mokhanarajah Rm 11 The Room 11 teachers are very proud to nominate a deserving student the special award of Aussie of the Month for

October 2018. This Aussie of the Month is friendly and kind to his classmates. He is an excellent role model to the rest of

the students in the class as he displays exemplary behaviour and a positive attitude in all subjects every single day. He

gives every task his absolute best and is always seeking to better himself. He enjoys participating in whole school

activities and represents Poynter Primary School with determination and pride. He thrives on competition, yet he displays

modesty in winning and is gracious in defeat. This person is extremely hard working and likes to complete tasks to the

best of his ability. He does his best to follow the instructions and expectations very carefully and puts in a big effort to

make each piece of work better than his last. This student is a quiet student, who listens carefully to instructions and thinks

critically about tasks. His positive attitude, compassion for others, determination and love of learning make Varuniyan

Mokhanarajah Room 11’s Aussie of the Month.

POYNTER PRIMARY FARMERS’ MARKET - NEXT MARKET 3 NOVEMBER

With the weather heating up we have enjoyed some fantastic Poynter Markets. Well done to everyone

who has taken part in hosting the P&C Stall you have all done an amazing job. The sausage sizzle is

always a big hit as well as the egg and bacon rolls and delicious home baked goods. Please come along

and support your Poynter P&C.

Jodie Penny

P&C Market Stall Coordinator

Hello from the Market.

Our next Market is on Saturday 3 November. We will be having some of our Christmas stall holders coming in early over

the next three Markets to launch their Christmas collections and to take any pre Christmas orders.

Save the date as well for our big Christmas Market to be held on Saturday 15 December. Lots of great gift ideas and

fun for the kids as well as a visit from Santa.

You can keep up to date on our Facebook page. Thank you for supporting the Market, see you there.

Cheryl Hamel-Smith

Farmers’ Market Coordinator

P&C NEWS - Next meeting Wednesday 7 November

Welcome to Term 4.

How 2018 has flown by and we are into the downhill run. Class coordinators will be putting the word out for donations and

people to assist in coordinating and helping on the day for the CHRISTMAS STAFF LUNCH. This has been scheduled for

Friday 7 December and a long standing tradition at Poynter Primary. If you can assist on this sub committee please let us

know; calls for donations of food and other items will come out shortly.

As Mrs Jeffers has mentioned, the Uniform Shop will have its last opening this Friday before moving to Joondalup with

Nell Gray. I would like to acknowledge the work that all the volunteers have done in the Uniform Shop over the years and

say a big thank you to them all! Also huge thanks to Helen Cawley and Mrs Jeffers for their efforts in coordinating the

move and doing the leg work to make this happen. The flexibility of ordering will make it a much more streamlined

process going forward, and a less arduous process for our volunteers for very little reward. If you have additional funds in

QuickCliq and you are worried about leaving it there, there is means to get a refund by going through the website, however

remember this can also be used for P&C events in the future.

Poynter P&C will still support second hand uniforms sales as an ongoing service. This will now however, be managed

through the Poynter P&C Farmers Market Stall. Good quality, unwanted uniforms that have been donated will be sold at

the P&C Stand at upcoming markets (start date to be confirmed), with the proceeds going back to the P&C. Items from

lost property will not be sold, therefore donated items will require names to be erased with a permanent marker prior to

donation please. Any ‘named’ items will be returned to the lost property basket.

Our next meeting will be held on WEDNESDAY 7 NOVEMBER. Please note that it is a Wednesday and is an altered date

from the calendar to allow fund allocation for items requested to be approved after discussion at the last meeting

(23/10/2018). For more information please attend the next meeting. New members are always welcome, you can join at

any meeting with a gold coin fee.

We do require some positions to be filled in the very near future.

• Market Buyer

• Treasurer for 2019 (to commence training now, this will need to be officially voted in at the AGM in 2019)

• All executive roles will automatically become available in 2019 to be voted in at the AGM.

Executive committee includes:

♦ President

♦ Vice President

♦ Secretary

♦ Treasurer

♦ Executive members (x3)

If you are interested please contact us at poynterpandcpresident@yahoo.com.au and more information can be provided.

If you are a P&C member and you are not receiving the minutes can you please let us know by emailing

poynterpandcpresident@yahoo.com.au. We have endeavoured to get them to all our new members from the last meeting

however some have bounced back. Thank you.

We look forward to seeing many new members on 7 November.

Lisa Amin P&C Vice President

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It’s natural to want your child to do well at school and some parents use a reward such as money to encourage their children to get better grades. I’ve often heard of parents offering their child money for every “A” on their end of term report card.

One of the problems with giving children financial incentives for good end-of-term grades is that the reward comes too long after the effort is made.

Rather than waiting till the end of term, it’s much more effective to set up a system of rewards which are brief and frequent and which encourage positive daily habits. These daily habits then build towards an eventual outcome, such as a good homework and study routine.

However, you can encourage children to build good study and homework habits without having to resort to offering money.

Why not try a reward such as spending time with your child doing an activity they really like? Or you could offer a special treat you know they’ll enjoy. The object is to encourage good routines by giving extra attention and praise or small frequent rewards when they are doing the right thing.

When kids are struggling that little bit of extra attention can encourage them into new patterns of behaviour – and they may end up getting that A after all!

Lauren Twomey School Psychologist

VacSwim is Australia’s longest running program operating in the

January school holidays, offering swimming lessons for children

aged five to 17 years of age. Your children can join in the fun of

learning to swim and vital swimming and water safety skills

with lessons conducted at pools and open water venues across the

State.

VacSwim has grown from its beginnings in 1919 when five

instructors taught 248 children at three venues, to become the

largest vacation swimming program in Australia. In recent years

55,000 children participate in lessons each year with more than 1500

qualified instructors at more than 180 locations throughout the State.

VacSwim enrolments are now open.

Please follow the link below:

https://apps.det.wa.edu.au/sws/registration/family

JANUARY VACSWIM ENROLMENTS ARE NOW OPEN

Inclusion of the items below does not represent endorsement by PPS - originals can be viewed at the office.

Next Term Keyed Up Music will be teaching Guitar Lessons on Thursday after school, as well as Keyboard Lessons on Tuesday and Thursday after school. Lessons start from $17.55 for a group lesson of 4, $18.10 for a group lesson of 3, $22.55 for a shared lesson and $33.00 for an Indi-vidual lesson. If you are interested please ring Therese on 1300 366 243 or enrol at www.keyedupmusic.com.au/enrolment-form

Hot-Shots Tennis lessons with InStyle Tennis!

Tennis lessons at Poynter Primary school are held Wed 7.50-8.35am, starting Week 2 of Term 4. All first time players receive a free racquet! And Mum’s, after school drop off why not try Cardio Tennis at Sorrento TC. 9.15am Mon-Fri! Great fun and all ages/ levels welcome! Details and online registration at instyletennis.com.au/ 0433 777 195

Seamer Sports Junior Netball Fundraising Tournament!

Sunday 11th November 2018

Age Groups: Sub-juniors: 10-12yr olds

(Max 6 teams) Juniors: 13-15yr olds (Max 6 teams)

Cost: Registration $300 for team, includes lunch.

Fee’s to be paid by Fri 9th November. Teams to be in

their uniform colour. Hot food, snacks and drinks are

available all day. Medallions will be awarded to the Win-

ners in each division. Tournament Director: Sharee

Jones

Phone: 0424 679 378 Email: sjones804@bigpond.com

Places strictly limited – be quick!