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Dear Parents,

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data

Our school is part of a national project about students with disability and/or learning difficulties.

I have been asked to provide data about the number and learning needs of children at our school. The name

of the school and the name of the students will not be reported. Information about the different types of

needs and the programs and resources the school uses to overcome barriers and support children with

special educational needs will be collected.

I believe it is important to contribute to this because it will help Governments and the Department of

Education develop better policies that acknowledge the level of resources needed in schools to meet the

needs of all students in Western Australia.

If you would like to learn more about the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data for School Students with

Disability you can find information on this website:

http://det.wa.edu.au/supportfroschools

P&C—New President

Congratulations to Ash Best who was voted in as President last Friday. I’m confident that the organisation will

continue to flourish under Ash’s leadership and management.

My thanks to Leanne Withers for all her work in Term 1 during her time as President and the time generously

given to the school as Secretary of the P&C last year. Leanne is a strong supporter of our school who has had

to resign due to family circumstances.

Canberra Study Tour

The audience sat enthralled on Friday as our year six students shared the many

highlights of their trip to Canberra. Thank you to the year six parents and P&C

who help make this happen to ensure that children at Golden Bay Primary

School are given the best opportunities to learn.

PETA LAWRENCE

PRINCIPAL

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK Website: www.goldenbayps.wa.edu.au

NEWSLETTER

9 Thundelarra Drive, Golden Bay WA 6174

Telephone: (08) 95838800

Facsimile: (08)95838823

Email: goldenbayps@education.wa.edu.au

Web Address: www.goldenbayps.wa.edu.au

Volume 3 Issue 6 23 May 2017

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SCHOOL NOTICE BOARD

TERM DATES 2017

Term 2

Wednesday 26 April—Friday 30 June

Term 3

Tuesday 18 July—Friday 22 September

Term 4

Tuesday 10 October –Thursday 14 December

Public Holidays

5 June—Western Australian Day

SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT DAYS:

17 July

9 October

15 December

(No students on these days)

SCHOOL HOURS AND BREAK TIMES

School Commences 8.40am

Lunch Announcements 10.50—11.00am

Lunch Break 11.00—11.30am

Afternoon Recess 1.30pm—1.45pm

End of School Day 2.45pm

School Website:

www.goldenbayps.wa.edu.au

VERY IMPORTANT - School Car Parks

We are very fortunate to have a total of 96 car parking bays

for parents and visitors in the Tangadee Road and Arizona

Parade car parks down either side of the school. A further 28

indented parallel bays can be accessed roadside.

For safety reasons I allocated the car park at the front of the

school on Thundelarra Drive as a ‘Staff Only’ car park. A

number of families cross in the ‘walk area’ of the car park at

the start and finish of school.

Additionally, we have had four staff cars accidently damaged

by people in a hurry when using the staff car parking area and

one incident where a car smashed in to our front fencing at

home time.

With good reason, I respectfully ask that parents not use this

car park at all, unless they have a child with a disability

requiring close parking.

PETA LAWRENCE

PRINCIPAL

2017 IMPORTANT DATES

TERM 2

Assembly Dates

2 June

16 June

30 June

Playgroup

Every Friday

8.40—10.30

Gymbus

26 April—31 May

Afterschool Soccer Program (Year 4-6)

Tuesday’s—3.30-4.30pm

Winter Sport Round Robin

24 May

7 June

Constable Care Incursion

23 May

Dental Screening

1 June

Year 5 Orientation Day CBC

2 June

Winter Carnival

21 June

Spelling Bee

22 June

Piney Lakes Excursion

26 June—29 June

Last Day for Students

30 June 2017

ADMINISTRATION OPENING HOURS

8.00AM—3.30PM

Canberra Study Tour 2017

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William Year PP 1.3

Kai Year PP 1.3

Scarlett Year PP 1.3

Chloe Year PP 1.3

Davide Year PP 1.2

Ayaan Year PP 1.2

Jasper Year PP 1.2

Sanyah Year PP 1.2

Matilda Year 1 T1

Chloe Year 1 T1

Jack Year 1 T1

Skye Year 1 4.2

Logan Year 1 4.2

Ruby Year 2 I.E

Nicolas Year 3 I.E

Alex Year 3 4.1

Kyani Year 2 4.1

Benjamin Year 3 4.1

Ella Year 2 4.1

Tyler Year 3 3.1

Hollie Year 3 3.1

Teliah Year 2 3.1

Astrid Year 2 3.1

Naydine Year 2 3.2

Kye Year 2 3.2

Logan Year 3 3.2

Makenzie Year 2 3.2

Dillian Year 2 3.4

Isobel Year 2 3.4

Steven Year 5 3.3

Isabella Year 5 3.3

Ethan Year 5 3.3

Jess Year 6 3.3

Zak Year 4 2.2

Tommy Year 4 2.2

Ebony Year 4 2.2

Avah Year 4 2.2

Brooklyn Year 5 2.3

Owen Year 4 2.1

Chloe Year 4 2.1

Patrick Year 4 2.1

Lukas Year 5 2.4

Jacinta Year 5 2.4

Laylah Year 5 2.4

Danika Year 5 2.4

Tankia Year 6 2.3

Tom Year 6 2.4

Mollie Year 6 2.4

Oscar Year 5 3.3

Indy Year 2 I.E

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Positive Behaviour Support

At Golden Bay Primary School we explicitly teach, model and reinforce the expected

behaviours from our Behaviour Matrix as part of our Positive Behaviour Support

Framework. This week we are focusing on the value of Excellence. We are teaching the behaviour

agreement “I stand and sit without talking or noise” and next week the focus will be “I

look at and listen to, the speakers and presenters”. This agreement links to the value of

Respect. Our communication team has made a new Positive Behaviour Support display board in our

staffroom, promoting our school-wide systems and sharing gathered data. So far this term

we have acknowledged 77 students through the presentation of Values Certificates and

Golden Tickets. Each assembly five children with Golden

Tickets are drawn from the barrel and they select a prize

from the PBS Store. Five children who have been awarded

faction points in the playground are also drawn out. At the

first assembly of the term, the Golden Broom was awarded

to room 3.3 and the Purple Paintbrush awarded to room 4.1.

It is wonderful to see so many children actively following

the agreed behaviour expectations. It helps make Golden

Bay Primary School a great place to be!

Kindy Child’s Play Incursion

On Monday and Tuesday our Kindy classes received a visit from Alec the Music Man. Alec brought over 60 handmade instruments for the children to explore. The children learnt how to play in an Orchestra and how to make patterns with music. We all had a great time experimenting with the different sounds of each instrument and loved being loud and creative.

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Interschool Round Robin Sports

Congratulations to the 54 students who competed for Golden Bay Primary School

against Secret Harbour Primary School in Netball, AFL and Soccer.

Our teams worked well together with enthusiasm, determination and sportsmanship.

There were some close results but unfortunately we didn’t have a win.

We travel to Endeavour Primary for our next games.

Keep up the good work, teams. We are proud of you all.

ASSEMBLY

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FREE PARENTING SEMINARS

Parents with children between the ages of 3 and 8 are invited to attend the Triple P Seminar Series. You will learn practical, positive and effective ways to deal with common behavioural problems and ways to help your child achieve their best at school and in the future.

Parents are encouraged to attend all 3 seminars:

The Power of Positive Parenting

Raising Confident Competent Children

Raising Resilient Children

The next FREE 3 week Series will be held:

When: 16, 23, 30 May 2017

9.00 am – 10.30 am

Location: Baldivis Gardens PS

Nadine Promenade, Baldivis

RSVP: Bookings are essential and places are limited.

Please contact

Baldivis Gardens Primary School

on 9523 7000

to book your place.

FREE POSITIVE PARENTING PROGRAM

You are invited to attend a Group Triple P - Positive Parenting course. Triple P teaches positive, practical and effective ways to manage common issues which most parents will face.

Parents will learn effective parenting strategies such as ways to encourage behaviour you like, how to promote your child’s development and how to prevent or manage common child behaviour problems.

The next FREE 8 week Group is held:

When: Tue 30 May – 18 Jul 2017

Time: 9.30am – 11.30am

Location: Darius Wells Library

RSVP: Bookings are essential and places are limited.

Please call Joanne on 9419 2266

to book your place.

To find other available programs visit our website

www.healthywa.wa.gov.au/Triple_P

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Next Week’s OSH Activities

Program Update

Dear Parents and Children.

We are well underway with our OSHClub fun this Term. We have been really enjoying our outside play

while the weather is good, a lot of us are forgetting our hats because they are kept in our trays. So if

parents could possibly have a spare hat (does not have to be a school hat) handy for their children to

keep at OSHClub so we can always be prepared to be Sun Smart!

Coming up this Term we are looking at Sustainability and how we can be sustainable in our OSHClub

center, school, home and community! With lots of fun, hands on activities we will learn together

about how to take care of our natural world!

A reminder that enrolling you child or children in OSHCLUB is easy and free. All you need to do is

complete an enrolment form on line at www.OSHCLUB.com.au where you will have the option of

booking as either permanent or casual user. I believe this to be beneficial for all families as once

your child is enrolled you then have the comfort of knowing the program is available to you

anytime should any unforeseen circumstance arise. It also gives you the assurance that your child

or children will be cared for in safe, warm and friendly environment.

Please drop in and say Hello in Teaching Block 4

Opening hours are 6.45am to 9.00am and 2.15pm to 6pm.

Also our lost property box is starting to over flow, so if your child is missing a hat or jacket feel free to

pop into Block 4 and have a look through if your child is missing an item.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Before Care Activities

Making own

word puzzles Star Wars Craft Team Sports

Children’s

choice craft Friday fun day

After Care Activities

Textured

painting Food Art

Cooking Honey

Joys

Dinosaur

Origami Friday fun day

Parent Information

OSHC program phone: 0408 757 425 Coordinator: Natalie Chapman Assistants: Kristina Calder OSHClub Head Office: 08 9261 3200 All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember this is Free!! Please create an account online at www.oshclub.com.au all bookings and cancellations can also be managed via your online account. For on the day bookings

please contact the Coordinator direct at the program.