Newsletter 2

Inside this issue:

: Halogen Young Leaders

: Harmony Day

: Maintenance

REMINDER: Children are not

permitted to play on playground

equipment before/after school as

there will be no duty staff.

Best’ are in Faction colours

and the large ‘Believe you

can’ TED has on our school

uniform. These are proudly

displayed in our undercover

area and are a visual

reminder of our values.

Maintenance Blitz As part of the West

Australian Government

maintenance blitz, we were

lucky enough to secure

funding to have some of the

school refreshed with

plastering and painting,

paving of the high traffic

area outside the Music and

Art room, increased flood

lights and security cameras,

plus tiling and ceiling

repairs. In addition, work

will begin this week on

resurfacing the

basketball/netball

courts. Please look

inside this

newsletter for information

on the Working Bee

where you could help out

to make more spaces

around the school ready for

student projects and

activities.

Welcome to the second

newsletter of 2020. The

long weekend mid-term

was a pleasant chance to

rest and spend some quality

time with family. As usual,

there is a lot happening at

Caralee and we will try to

capture some of the

highlights below.

Family Picnic

Thanks to all the parents

who attended our Family

Picnic today. It was a great

opportunity to have lunch

with your children at

school.

Halogen Young

Leaders Conference Our Student Councillors

will attend a Young Leaders

Conference on Monday, 9

March where they will hear

from motivational speakers

from diverse fields, and we

know they will represent

Caralee successfully. We

hope they find this day

beneficial as they grow into

their leadership roles.

Harmony Day

Breakfast Harmony Week celebrates

Australia’s cultural diversity.

It’s about inclusiveness,

respect and a sense of

belonging for everyone. A

reminder that our

Harmony Day Breakfast

will occur on Thursday, 19

March. Come along for a

bacon and egg muffin

breakfast served near the

Art Room.

Parents and Citizens

Association It was a pleasure to attend

the P&C Annual General

Meeting last week. The P&C

have a great positive

influence on our school, and

it was great to see so many

parents volunteer to be

Office Bearers. I would like

to thank the outgoing

Committee, as many of

them had been with the

school for a significant

amount of time. On page 2

is a full list of the Office

Bearers for 2020.

Positive Behaviour

Support (PBS) Our PBS team has

undertaken some training

this week as we begin to

work towards teaching our

expected behaviours

explicitly linked to our

behaviour matrix. You may

have noticed our terrific

TED posters behind the

stage in the Undercover

Area. Thanks to our student

support officer Sam Atkins,

and a team of students who

worked hard to make these

link to our values. You will

notice that our three values

of ‘Be Responsible’, Be

Respectful’ and ‘Be Your

Caralee CS acknowledges the Beeliar people as the Traditional Owners of the land on which the

school stands today, and pays its respects to the Noongar people and Elders both past and present.

Principal 04 March 2020

EVENT CALENDAR

Sat, 14 Mar

Caralee Working

Bee (8am to 10am)

Wed, 18 Mar

Assembly (D3)

Thu, 19 Mar

Harmony Day

Breakfast

Tue, 24 Mar

P&C Mtg 7pm

Wed, 02 Apr

Assembly (D1)

Thu, 09 Apr

ANZAC Service

Thu, 09 Apr

Students last day

of term

Our email address:

Caralee.cs@education.wa.edu.au

Our website:

www.caraleecs.wa.edu.au

Website Absentee Line:

Report an Absence

or SMS Attendance

0409 883 536

Allergy friendly school:

Please remember NO

NUTS or nut products.

R EC EIV E N EW SL ET T ER S V IA E MA IL : S U B SC RIB E N OW

Newsletter 2 RECYCLING AT

CARALEE

https://www.caraleecs.wa.edu.au/page/230/Recycling-at-Caralee

Thank you to those who supported our first

(trial) RE-USEDAY TUESDAY

To help our children understand

the responsibilities that go with

the products we use, a stand

was set up outside the Admin-

istration office last Tuesday.

Families are encouraged to

deposit our specified recyclables

every Tuesday morning from

8.30am to 8.45am. Any volun-

teers to assist with the sorting

stand are welcome too!

Note: Please ensure that any bottle tops are rinsed of any residue

(eg. milk). You can also speed up the process by removing the white

foam insert from some milk bottle tops if possible (these are not

plastic and so have to go in land-fill). The sorted items are now

ready to be taken to Greenbatch this weekend by School Officers,

Mrs Charlton & Mrs Gleed, with the school’s E-Waste being taken

to the City of Melville’s Free Drop Off this Sunday.

Our current list of recyclables are:

Batteries for recycling plus aluminium coffee pods

Bread Tags for recycling to provide wheelchairs

Pens, markers, highlighters plus empty correction fluid pots

PET 1 - Strawberry, blueberry & tomato plastic packaging

containers (clean) & plastic bottle tops (clean)

P&C Committee for 2020 Office Bearers:

President: Kylie Marchese

Vice President: Bernadette

Brown

Secretary: Maha White

Treasurer: Meredith Hathaway

Executive Committee Mem-

bers: Amanda Buisman, Jennifer

Brown, Emma Harper

Fundraising/Canteen Co-

ordinator: Flo Paitai

Uniform Shop: Nadia Norrish,

with assistance from Lexi Pozzi

Caralee Community School have

a very busy and successful P&C.

This could not have been

achieved without a dedicated

number of hard-working

volunteers, who organise events

to promote a cohesive school

community, as well as raise

funds to provide much needed

resources and facilities for our

students, raising just over

$40,000 for combined years of

2017 and 2018, and $30,000 for

the 2019 year.

2019 Contributions from

P&C to the School

Total of $8,935 donated to the

school, with financial contribu-

tions to the following:

End of year Graduation

and class books

Playground shade (near

main oval)

Paving painted games

(outside uncover area)

3 x Marquee shades for

sports days (red, yellow

and blue)

Fundraising

The P&C Fundraising sub-

committee organised and co-

ordinated some fantastic social

and fundraising events, such as

Food Stalls on Election Day,

Bunnings Sausage Sizzles

(2018 & 2019; the Fathering

Project (Gee Dads) taking the

lead). Easter Raffle, Colour

Run, Book Fair and the big

finish in 2019 with the School

Fete.

We hope to again carry on

through this year with the

continued support of volunteers

and new members to the P&C

Committee.

Our school’s P&C are always in

need of someone willing to help

out or be involved. Please come

along to a P&C meeting for a fun

and informal chat about what’s

going on in the school.

Thank you for taking the time to

learn about the P&C. We look

forward to working with you to

continue to build a stronger

community here at Caralee.

Currently the P&C meet Week

Two (2) and Week Eight (8) of

each term.

To the outgoing 2019 P&C

Committee, your time and

efforts have been greatly

appreciated.

CARALEE COMMUNITY SCHOOL

P&C

Ask Questions Be Involved

since 2011

Saturday, 14 March 8.00am to 10.00am

Come on down and be a part of our two hour working bee to

help remove the leaves and garden waste around the school,

and prepare the Veggie Patch (with an expected delivery of soil)

so that students can then be involved in a new season of planting!

BEFORE...

This year at Caralee, we have

introduced a new school initiative for

some of our Year 5/6 students.

STEAMEC is an extension class

designed to extend those students who

excel in the Science, Technologies, Arts

and Mathematics.

The students participate in an

extension class once a week, where

they will be challenged to participate in

open-ended activities to enhance their

problem solving skills, as well as

develop their coding skills and explore

new avenues for creativity and creative

expression. Stay tuned for some

exciting activities from the STEAMEC

group.

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Newsletter 2

Wanjoo!

Wanjoo is Noongar for welcome, and

everyone is always welcome in the

Music room. To show that everyone is

welcome and belongs in the common

room that we share, students and staff

all created their own music note for

the Wanjoo Tree (pictured).

Under the guidance of myself and Mr

Acott, Caralee has started a band!

Made up of students in Year 5 and 6

the ensemble features two drummers,

three clarinet players, a bassist, two

guitarists, a piano player and a violinist.

The band is open to anyone who has

had prior music lessons. I am sure it

won’t be long before you hear us all

rocking – just like everyone at the

Highway to Hell event on the weekend.

Choir is back and better than ever! I

am really impressed with how the choir

is sounding this year, having only had a

handful of rehearsals so far. We are set

to perform on Harmony Day and the

ANZAC Day Service at the school

this term. The Choir will be

participating in The Massed Choir

Festival this year, giving them the

opportunity to perform on stage at the

Perth Concert Hall.

There’s plenty to come from the Music

Room, so buckle up and wait for the

show/s!

Music Mr Matthew Ryder

It’s been a busy start to the term. We

have been designing our dream cars for

the Toyota Dream Car Art Contest.

We have some fabulous designs.

With Mrs Wain

Ashlyn

Isabelle P

Lucas B

Wanted... If you have any baby jars with lids, or Cot-

tees jam jars, we would love them in the

Art room.

We are still collecting old jewellery, in

particular large beaded necklaces, we

would love to use them in some projects

we are working on.

All items can be dropped off to the Art

Room and left in the box at the back of

the room. Thank you.

SCHOOL PHOTO DAY

IS COMING!

Our school photo day will be held in the

beginning of Term 2.

Towards the end of this term, every

student will receive a Kapture Photo-

graphy order envelope to bring home.

More information to follow.

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Parent Representative, School Board Chairperson Amanda Buisman

My name is Amanda Buisman and I am the School Board

Chairperson. I have been a part of the Caralee School Commu-

nity for 10 years, and have had two boys at the school. My

eldest is now at Melville High School, and my youngest is in

Year Four. I joined the Board as one of the parent representa-

tives, and enjoy working with the staff, community members

and parents to ensure that we are achieving the best outcomes

for Caralee students.

Parent Representative David Cousins

My name is David Cousins and I am currently working at the

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development,

working in the Entomology (insects) branch. I also spend time

working with the Emergency Management branch when there

is a new exotic pest incursion, such as the relatively local

outbreak of Red Imported Fire Ants in Fremantle. I moved into

Willagee with my wife a little over 10 years ago and am a

parent of two kids enrolled at Caralee. I would like to see an

increase in the connection of kids with the school community as well as an

improvement in computer literacy.

Community Representative Councillor Karen Wheatland

My name is Karen Wheatland and I am a Councillor at the City

of Melville, Ward councillor for Palmyra, Melville, Willagee. I

am an active community member and love Willagee and the

people within it. Both of my daughters are graduates of

Caralee Community school. Kimberley was Head Girl in 2012,

and Karri a councillor in 2014. I previously was on the School

Board, and am so happy to be back involved in such an

awesome school and community. I would like to help get the children of Willagee

access to everything they need to give their education, social and physical needs

the best chances to develop and grow. This is very important for us to do as all

children deserve the same access to these fundamental tools that will set them

up for the future

Community Representative Jenny Bawden

I am Jenny Bawden and I’m the team leader at Willagee

Library and also live locally. I’ve had the privilege of working

closely with Jason and the rest of the staff at Caralee/FLDC

since 2012 to run programs at the library after school that

support our young people. The benefits are amazing, we have

a real community feel about our library and it’s great to have a

space enjoyed by people of all generations. It’s probably the

best thing about my job, I really look forward to catching up

with the kids every day! I wanted to join the Board because I value the way

Caralee nurtures the students’ talents and aspirations from their first day of

school until they graduate. I think our library has a similar role to this which con-

tinues on with the students as they graduate to high school, and seeing them

grow and achieve their goals is a great thing to be a part of.

Principal Dane Franklin – Semester One (ex officio)

My name is Dane Franklin and I have previously worked in

schools in Western Australia, interstate and overseas and will

be Principal of Caralee Community School for Semester 1

2020. I want to assist, in any way I can, to support the school

community to achieve goals outlined in the 2019-2021

Business Plan. I acknowledge the well-recognised job the

school does in developing the social, emotional and academic

needs of our students.

Staff Deputy Principal Pearl Norman

My name is Pearl Norman and I am a Deputy Principal at

Caralee Community School. I joined the staff at this school in

2009, and am really passionate about what we represent and

what we strive to achieve – encouraging students to be the

best that they can be, through being responsible and respect-

ful, whilst “believing they can”. On a personal note, I am

married, I have two daughters and a son and two grand-

daughters and five grandsons.

Staff Teacher Janine Wain

My name is Janine Wain and I’m a teacher and mum of five. I

have spent most of my life in the country, born in Mullewa and

then teaching for many years in the Pilbara. We moved to

Perth in 2012, and this is my fifth year teaching at Caralee

Community School. I have loved watching our school grow

and develop over the last five years. It’s a wonderful school

with fantastic opportunities for all our students. I hope to

continue working towards enhancing our school and keeping it

great. I want to continue to provide fantastic opportunities for

all our students to flourish.

Staff Education Assistant Natasha Deery

I am Natasha Deery and I am a mother of two boys. I enjoy

many social activities but mostly my time is taken up with kids

sports and volunteer roles i.e. football club secretary. I love

animals and own a horse and soon I will own a greyhound. I

enjoy all aspects of ICT. I perform the roles of Special Needs

Education Assistant (SNEA) and Student Services Officer

(SSO) at Caralee. I also assist in co-coordinating the Caralee

Homework group held at the Willagee Library. I also hold a

position on the School Board as a staff member. I would like to see all children,

who don't always have the best start in life, have access to the same opportuni-

ties as others. I would also like to see that they are always doing their best and

by creating a prime learning environment, ensure that each child reaches their

full potential.

Meet our School Board!

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