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INSIDE THIS

ISSUE:

Message from

Principal

1

More on

Growth

mindset

1

Semester One

Reports

1

Calendar of

Events

2

Merit Awards 2

Website 2

School

Banking

2

Faction Cross

Country

3-4

NAIDOC

Week—basket

weaving

5

Community

News

5

Uniform Shop 6

Book Club 6

P&C Update 6

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Greenmount Primary School

NEWSLETTER

50—68 Innamincka Road GREENMOUNT 6056 9294 1155 Email School : greenmount.ps@education.wa.edu.au Email Principal : lucy.webb@education.wa.edu.au Website : www.greenmountps.wa.edu.au

Please SMS if your child is absent: name, class and reason.

Lucy Webb PRINCIPAL

Dear Greenmount families

More on Growth Mindset

Students with a growth mindset believe that intelligence can be developed. These students focus on learning, see effort as the key to success, and thrive in the face of a challenge.

Students with a fixed mindset believe that people are born with a certain amount of intelligence, and they can’t do much to change that. These students see effort as a sign of low ability, and may not be resilient in the face of a challenge. Students with a growth mindset do better in school.

Understanding that learning is a process, and accepting that there are things we don’t know YET is part of having a growth mindset. At Greenmount Primary School we encourage and support our students to be risk takers and ‘have a go’ because there is learning in making mistakes. Making an effort and persevering are important in the development of understanding concepts and deeper learning.

SEMESTER ONE REPORTS Semester 1 reports have been prepared by class teachers, ready to be sent home Wednesday 27th June. These reports provide you with information about your child’s progress and achievement for the year so far. Importantly, the reports will also provide you with information about your child’s attitude, behaviour and effort – all key dispositions for successful learners. In WA student achievement is reported on a five point scale for all years from Pre Primary to Year 10. For Pre Primary, Year 1 and Year 2 reports, student achievement is reported using achievement descriptors, without letter grades. From Years 3 – 6, letter grades and achievement descriptors are used. The letter grades and descriptors are as follows: A - the student demonstrates excellent achievement of what is expected for this year level B - the student demonstrates high achievement of what is expected for this year level C - the student demonstrates satisfactory achievement of what is expected for this year level D - the student demonstrates limited achievement of what is expected for this year level E - the student demonstrates very low achievement of what is expected for this year level The assigned grades/descriptors are based on ongoing assessment of students undertaken by classroom teachers throughout Terms 1 and 2 with teachers making a professional judgement about each child’s progress for this stage of the year. Attitude, behaviour and effort are of particular importance and, as well as the general comments included at the end of the report, should be the focus of discussions you have with your child.

P A G E 2

Please mark these dates on your Calendars Fri 15th June Basketball– Kalamunda Cup Tues 19th June P&C Meeting (6.30pm) Wed 20th June Interschool Cross Country Fri 22nd June Room 12 Assembly Wed 27th June Reports go home Fri 29th June Last Day of Term 2

School Banking

The Bendigo Bank School

banking is on a Monday from

8.30am-9.00am in the Library. Teach your

children about saving.

G R E E N M O U N T P R I M A R Y S C H O O L

Friday 8th June

Rm 1 Connor Armstrong Mahlie Hill Rm 2 Abbey Jeater Johnny Sucur Rm 5 Bryannie Prentice Jaxon Howard Rm 6 Grace Agostino Alfred Brown Rm 7 Zion Nyakpo Roby Houghton Rm 8 Helen Gossage Thomas Dunn Rm 9 Cameron McLennan Nehemiah Bassie-Smith Rm 10 Oscar Prentice Hudson Rogers Ivy Anderson Rm 12 Saraya Digney Lily Foster Rm 14 Isabelle Agostino Chenoa Olsen Sarah Marshall Rm 15 Zhenya Otto Ashleen Kaur Rm 16 Emily Hayward Samara Hitchcock Rm 17 Rejoice Iloh Lucas King

Please take the time to look at these new items on our website:- Class Items Room 6 Classroom Activities Room 9 Term 2 Activities Room 12 ANZAC and Science Room 14 The Moon Princess Room 15 Earthquake Experiment

Specialist Programs Music

K I N D E R G A R T E N & P R E P R I M A R Y

A P P L I C A T I O N S F O R 2 0 1 9

If you know of any parents who have students at Greenmount or who live within

the catchment area and have a child who was born between 1 July 2014 and 30 June

2015. please remind them that we are taking applications up until the 20th July

2018. There are forms online and at the front office and these should be brought in

together with proof of Residency, Birth Certificate and Immunisation Record.

If you have a child attending Kindergarten this year, parents are reminded that it is a

requirement to put in an Application for Pre Primary 2019, together with proof of

residency and updated immunisation forms.

MERIT AWARDS

A chilly but clear morning dawned over the school. Not a cloud in sight, a firm Cross Country track and not a puddle or hint of mud about. The children were excited with anticipation. The running of our Faction Cross Country Carnival was scheduled to begin at 8.50am. The Year 3 and 4 students run a course of 1 kilometre in distance. The Year 5 and 6 students compete over a distance of 1.5 kilometres. All races were on schedule and we finished on time. A special thanks to Mrs Bays (School Chaplain), Mrs Nelson and Miss Waitland for supervising our children around the course. A regular thanks to our Faction Captains and Faction Vice-Captains for the terrific job they always do. A good job by Mrs McEwen and Mrs Astle for their announcing prowess. Well done to all participants. Every runner earned their Faction 1 point. The first 4 placegetters earned bonus points for their faction. Well done to the following placegetters:

Year 3 Girls – 1st Lacie Ogg 2nd Donna Walley 3rd Mikayla Moody 4th Samara Slater

Year 3 Boys – 1st Anthony Punaivaha 2nd Aidan Francis 3rd Riley Spring 4th Seth Eade

Year 4 Girls – 1st Penelope Punaivaha 2nd Anaysha Clohessy 3rd Saraya Digney = 4th Sienna Laval & Charlotte Saunders

Year 4 Boys – 1st Lachy Saunders 2nd Sean York 3rd Elvis Reynolds 4th Jackson Lucas

P A G E 3

G R E E N M O U N T P R I M A R Y S C H O O L

Year 5 Girls – 1st Leona Nebel

2nd Rejoice Iloh 3rd Olivia Blight 4th Annabel McLennon

Year 5 Boys – 1st Lucas King 2nd Xavier Francis 3rd Peter Walley 4th Lucas Moody

Year 6 Girls – 1st Naomi Punavaiha 2nd Aniwa Carpenter 3rd Kembrey Desmond 4th Sienna Green

Year 6 Boys – 1st Thomas Houghton 2nd Hunter Pearce 3rd William Roach 4th Charles Porter

The results;

Third place with 50 points was Prichard. Second place with 60 points was Passmore. First place with 90 points was Chipper.

Thank you Mr Hodgson

Chipper

Pritchard

Bread Tags and Ring Pulls for Charity

Miss Waitland is collecting Bread Tags and Ring Pulls for Charity. Ring Pulls are recycled and used for making wheelchairs. Bread Tags are sold then recycled into item such as coat hangers, seedling trays and picture frames. The money is used to buy wheel chairs for people overseas. There are two boxes in the foyer that you can put your ring pulls and bread tags into.

Thankyou

P A G E 6

Uniform Shop

The Uniform shop is open on a Wednesday morning from 8.30—9.15am

and a Thursday afternoon from 2.30 to 3.15pm

(next to Room 5).

G R E E N M O U N T P R I M A R Y S C H O O L

Entertainment Books are available to purchase online: https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/8607k4

Enjoy great savings on meals, activities, car hire & more

Any Entertainment orders received by 30 June 2018 supporting Greenmount Primary School P&C will automatically go into a draw to win 2 Grand Cinema Gold Class Tickets (expiring in March 2019). Planning a trip to Bali to escape this cold Perth weather? The Entertainment Book includes approximately 60 vouchers for use in Bali!

On Tuesday 26th June (week 9) the P&C will be holding a $2 cupcake day at recess.

Students are invited to bring along their $2 and come and choose from a delicious range of cup-cakes. We will have a range of gluten free, dairy free & egg free available also. Please email fundraising@gpspnc.org.au if you have any queries regarding cupcakes. There will be a limit of 1 cupcake per student .

MythBusters - Part 2 Busting Myths about joining our P&C

Myth 4: I don’t have any ideas so I can’t contribute

Busted: While we always need new ideas for fun new events and activities, we also need people who are just happy to pull their sleeves up and offer their help. Some events are well established and we have guides to follow, other times we are making it up as we go along. Whether you are a think-outside-the-box person or prefer to be methodical and follow guidelines, we need people like you.

Myth 5: If I join I will be hounded to help at lots of events

Busted: The P&C is not a one-way ticket to endless drudgery. You can choose to help at one event, all events or no events. We respect each other’s limits and your right to say no.

The next P&C meeting will be held on Tuesday 19th June 2018 at 6.30pm in the Staff Room. Please enter through the service entry and park on the basketball court. Everyone

welcome.

The P&C would like to advise that Emma Prentice has taken over the role of Uniform Shop Co-ordinator. Thank you Emma and welcome!