Dear Greenmount families,

NAPLAN 2014 This week Year 3,5 and 7 students will be bringing home their NAPLAN 2014 report along with an information brochure outlining the assessment program and the report.

While the report provides you with information of your child’s achievement compared with other Australian students and in relation to the national minimum standard, it is important to remember that it is a ‘snapshot’ of your child’s achievement and may not reflect the full range of his/her progress or abilities. Later this term, we will receive school based data from the NAPLAN testing. This data provides us with information about how cohorts of students have progressed over time, how our school’s achievement aligns with ‘like’ schools and information about key areas which may warrant further investigation. This data is used to develop plans for teaching and learning programs – at class and school level - for 2015 and beyond. If you have any queries about the report, please contact your child’s teacher or Admin to discuss.

A reminder that our Faction Carnival is around the corner – Thursday 18th September – and the school canteen will be closed for the day. The P&C will be offering morning tea and sausage sizzle on the day. Please look out for the order forms as it will be essential to pre-order. All students from Pre Primary through to Year 7 will be participating on the same day. Come along and support your child and faction!

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Independent

Public School

1

Naplan 2014 1

Faction Carnival 1

Safety House 2

Mrs Marchenko 2

Lost Property 2

Merit Awards 2

Calendar Dates 3

Dental Van 3

Canteen Closed 3

P&C News 3/4

Interschool Cross

Country

5

Community

News

5

Cyber Bullying 6

Sports Day

Recess/Lunch

Order Form

7

Disco Order

Form

8

Greenmount Primary School

NEWSLETTER 3 S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 4 N O . 1 4

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

I N D E P E N D E N T P U B L I C S C H O O LI N D E P E N D E N T P U B L I C S C H O O L I am delighted and excited by news received last week that Greenmount Primary School has been selected to become an Independent Public School in 2015. I would like to acknowledge the work of staff members and parent representatives who have been involved in the development and selection process over the last few months. This is a significant achievement and acknowledges the positive partnership between the school and its community. Greenmount Primary School is part of a group of 178 schools granted IPS status for 2015. This will open a number of opportunities for us as a school community. As an Independent Public School, we will work with the School Board in the development of a Business Plan (similar to the development of previous Strategic Plans). This will set priorities for our future work and programs in the school. Importantly, IPS allows us some flexibilities around the use of our budget and resources, ensuring expenditure can be more accurately targeted towards our key priorities and targets. The next step in this journey is a program of extensive training and transition beginning in a few weeks.

Fantastic effort everyone!

HELP

UNIFORM SHOP

URGENTLY NEED A

HELPER ON WEDNESDAY MORNINGS

8.30—9.15am

If you do not have to rush

to work please

consider helping the

ladies.

Please mark these dates on your Calendars 5th Nov P & C Meeting 8th Nov Rm 5 Assembly 12th Nov Interschool Jumps & Throws 15th Nov Interschool Athletics Carnival 22nd Nov Rm 9 Assembly 3rd Dec P & C Meeting 6th Dec Staff Assembly

Athletics Carnival

It turned out to be a wonderful day weather wise and with all

students encouraged to participate within the spirit of competition.

A great team effort from all students and staff resulted in a great

day.

.Our Champion Boys and Girls are:

The final results:

In Third Place with 629 points was Prichard.

In Second Place with 800 points was Chipper.

In First Place with 904 points was Passmore.

Well Done Passmore! Thanks to everyone.

Mr Hodgson

Our Champions and Runners Up

Year 3 Girls

Year 3 Boys

Eloise Phillips

Cumoran Desmond

Monique Purling

Luka Tolj

Year 4 Girls

Year 4 Boys

Emily O’Shea

Ethan Daly

Taya Andrews

Bernadette Pollock

Ben Brown

Rory Charles

Fynn Letts

Year 5 Girls

Year 5 Boys

Charley Beazley

Thomas Simpson

Caitlin Smith

Tom Matthews

Year 6 Girls

Year 6 Boys

Nicole Purling

Thomas Inwood

Brooke Parnaby

Taraia Carpenter

Year 7 Girls

Year 7 Boys

Kristy Jalipot

Monty Kporto

Annika Paul

Robbie Johnston

P A G E 2

Mrs Marchenko has won an Acting Deputy position at Clayton

View Primary School for the remainder of the year. We extend

our congratulations to Sharon and wish her well for her new

role. Ms Kristiina Harris will resume full time teaching in Room

5.

LOST PROPERTY The Lost Property container is over flowing again! Our School Prefects have taken all labelled items around to classrooms and returned them to owners. However,

most of the uniform jumpers, shirts, shorts and hats are NOT labelled, and finding the owners is proving difficult.

As most of these items have been in the container for more than three weeks, we are looking

at the option of having them laundered and then putting them aside as spare uniforms. If

your child is missing part of their uniform, please take the time to check and reclaim from the

lost property before next Friday.

Lucy Webb

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

MERIT AWARDS

Friday 29th August

Rm 1 Mitchell Loam Kiara Olsen

4 Calais Wilson Oscar Kennedy-Grabbi

Samara Hitchcock

5 Charlotte Saunders Deegan Donnelly

3 Breanna Grieves Grace Henfrey

6 Travis Milne Taine Lineham

7 Jasleen Kaur Kembry Desmond

8 Mitchell White Blake Kenny

10 Sean Pollock Claire Martin

9 Scott Jamieson Anastacia Merkouris

11 Rose Dunstan Rory Clohessy

12 Taneisha Thorburn Braydn McGilvray

17 Emilie O’Shea Jacob Minutillo

Stephanie Howe

14 Hayley Frost Doust Jack Mouchemore

15 Keturah Manby Ebony Bell

Bendigo Bank

A representative

from Bendigo

Bank will be in the

Uniform Shop for

student banking

every Monday

morning from

8.30 — 9.00 am.

Fantastic effort everyone!

Safety House Week has kicked off successfully. The Kindy to Year 3 students were entertained by a lively performance on Monday morning and readily joined in (with little prompting!) In fitting with the themes of Safety House week we have included in today’s newsletter some information on cyber bullying and internet use. There are some useful links mentioned should parents wish to have a guide or structure to conversations with their child about the safe use of social media, mobile phones etc.

Fantastic effort everyone!

P A G E 3

Please mark these dates on your Calendars

Monday 1—5 Sept Safety House Week Tuesday 9 Sept P & C Meeting Friday 12 Sept Rm 10 Assembly Tuesday 16 Sept Faction Jumps and Throws Thursday 18 Sept Faction Athletics Carnival Yrs 1—7 Friday 19 Sept P & C Disco Friday 26 Sept Rm 8 Assembly Friday 26 Sept Last Day of Term 3 Monday 13 Oct Staff PD Day—STUDENTS DO NOT ATTEND Tuesday 14 Oct First Day of Term 4

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

Sports Day

Canteen Closed

The P & C will be

offering food

and drinks for

the parents and

students on

Thursday 18th

September—

Sports Day.

Please note that

the canteen will

be closed on that

day.

Swan View Dental Therapy Centre School Holiday Closure

The Swan View Dental Therapy Centre will be CLOSED from

Monday 29th September until Friday 10th September inclusive dur-

ing the School Holidays. Please see below for Emergency only

Clinic details:-

Mon 29/9 - Public Holiday

Tues 30/9 - Mundaring Dental Mobile ph: 0429120614

Wed 1/10 - Fri 3/10 - Lockridge Dental Therapy Centre ph: 92792440

Mon 6/10 –Darlington Dental Mobile ph: 0407594254

Tues 7/10 – Fri 10/10 – Lockridge Dental Therapy Centre ph: 92792440

The Swan View Dental Therapy will re open on Monday 13th October.

Enjoy the holidays!

There’s a lot of events happening between now and the end of the year so keep watching

the newsletter for details. We’ll also keep you updated through our Facebook page, so if

you haven’t Liked us yet, this is a great way to keep up to date with the latest information.

SPORTS DAY Hopefully the bakers have been practising for the Sports Day morning tea! The P&C will be selling tea/coffee and cakes for parents and visitors. If you are able to

assist with baking to help make our morning tea awesome, we’d love your help. Please

could you bring individual muffins, small cakes or slices and make a list of the ingredients

(remembering the school’s no nuts policy). Label your container with your name for

collection, and drop them off at the canteen on Thurs 18/9 in the morning. Thank you to

all our wonderful bakers!

The P&C will also be offering a special recess menu and a sausage sizzle lunch at the

Sports Day as an option. Parents/families are welcome to order if they’re attending on the

day (note that lunch will be at the normal time of 12.40pm).

All recess and lunch items must be pre-ordered – the order form is attached to the news-

letter and was sent home yesterday. Spare copies also available from the office or our

Facebook page. Orders/payment must be returned to the office by Monday 15 September.

Fantastic effort everyone!

REMINDER

P&C

MEETING

The next P&C

meeting will be

held on Tuesday

9th September at

6.30pm in the

staff room.

Everyone is

welcome to come

along and join in

the discussions.

Lynne

P A G E 4

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

There will be NO normal canteen orders on Sports Day, and there will NOT be any

online ordering available.

All parents and family are welcome to come and watch your children at the Sports Day!

Dress in your faction colours, bring a chair, rug and picnic and join in the fun! Adult

size faction shirts will be available for purchase to help you support your family’s

faction.

DISCO We’re finishing up term 3 with a bang! The disco is happening on Friday 19 September

at the Swan View Youth Centre at Brown Park.

K to year 2 will be 5.30 - 6.45pm, and years 3-7 will be 7 - 8.30pm. Tickets are $7 each

and must be pre-ordered. Drinks, snacks and glow necklaces will be available for sale

on the night. Please see attached order form, with orders/payment due back to the office

by Monday 15/9.

Please note: Children must be delivered and collected at the entrance of Swan View

Youth Centre. Parents are welcome to stay for the duration of the session (but do not

have to) – all children will still need to be delivered and collected from the entrance.

Once in, your child will not be allowed out until you pick them up.

SAFETY HOUSE WEEK This week is Safety House Week which recognises the importance of safety houses in our com-

munity. The Safety House Program is an invaluable service (provided by volunteers) for

children whenever they’re feeling unsafe, hurt, unwell, bullied, lost or frightened by animals on

their way to or from school.

On Monday, our Kindy to Year 3 students enjoyed a fantastic show which provided

lots of ideas on how to stay safe. Students could see how a safety house can be clearly

identified by a yellow and black triangular smiling house sign, known as IMA, that is

affixed to letterboxes of participating houses. On Thursday, all students will enjoy a

different show from Constable Care that provides more important tips on keeping themselves

safe.

For parents, the Safety House sign represents reassurance and peace of mind and shows that the

local community is helping to keep their area a safer place for children. If you would like any

information on the Safety House Program, please contact our Safety House Coordinator (Mardi)

on 0418 800 481.

We have heard a rumour that IMA left a very special jar near the office on Monday for students

to guess how many yellow bananas are in the jar! Make sure you get your guesses in by

Thursday and you could be the lucky winner!

YELLOW RECESS – SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Although there was a fantastic assortment of yellow themed goodies at our Yellow Recess yes-

terday, there were a number of students that missed out on receiving their order. We would like

to apologise to these students and thank them for their patience while we solved the mystery of

the missing bag of orders.

TOY CATALOGUES Just a reminder that the Chalk and Parent Direct toy catalogues were sent home last week. Order

forms are due back to the office before Friday 26th September.

Fantastic effort everyone!

P A G E 5

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

OSHC Fun Station Midland

We are starting OSHC in the

Sept-Oct holidays. Families can

call 9250-6634 to register their

interest.

Thank You

Colleen Farawah Manager

Hills Night Hockey Association Inc. Hills Night Hockey 2014/15 season will commence in October. Registration Night 7pm Wed 10th Sept Where The Pavillion, Mundaring Weir Rd, Mundaring Hockey website www.hnha.com.au For more information please contact Kerry Duncan 0408 809 543 or Email Kerry at kidunc@bigpond.com

Little Big Shots, Australia’s premier film festival for kids, is com-

ing to Fremantle Arts Centre! An inspiring, hand-picked selection of leading international and Australian kids films, LBS includes short animations and live action films for all ages which will be screened outdoors in FAC’s idyllic Inner Courtyard. Founded in Melbourne in 2004, LBS now holds festivals right around Australia. Book your session now as this is sure to be the hottest ticket in Freo next school holidays. Tues 7 - Thurs 9 Oct | Fremantle Arts Centre | Sessions 9.30am, 10.30am, 11.30am | Tickets $10 per session via fac.oztix.com.au The full program is also available online here: http://issuu.com/fremantleartscentre/docs/1407_little_big_shots_program and more information can be found on our website http://fac.org.au/little-big-shots

Greenmount Little Athletics Training at Brown Park on Tuesdays Season is from Oct-Mar Registration for 2014/15 season is on Saturday 6th September at Mundaring Oval 10am-1pm For more details email Lynda Mar-tin lynda_emilee@hotmail.com Or see our website www.greenmountlac.yolasite.com Family – Fun - Fitness

Hills Interschool Cross Country 2014

On Friday 22nd August, Greenmount Primary School entered the Hills Interschool Cross Country Carnival full of enthusiasm and vigour. Our runners were cheered on by our vocal cheer squad. There were some terrific individual efforts for our runners. We achieved two 1st places, Rory Charles and Charlie Beazley, and 3 top 10 finishes against 12 oth-er schools each having 4 runners each. Our Year 5 boys achieved 3rd Place in the Team Event. Overall, Greenmount Primary finished in 10th position (one position in front of St Anthony’s). A great effort for all our competitors, reserves, EAs who deserve a pat on the back. Well done.

Help and advice on Cyber-bullying/Internet usage

What is it?

Cyber-bullying involves the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to support

deliberate, repeated, and hostile behaviour by an individual or group that is intended to harm others

(Bill Belsey, cyberbullying.org).

This form of bullying is often committed using mobile phones or the Internet and includes things such as:

Posting hurtful messages on social networking sites.

Sending repeated unwanted messages either by SMS, instant messaging (IM) or email.

Excluding someone from an online group.

Creating fake social networking profiles or websites that are mean and hurtful.

Advice

It is vital to talk to young people about behaving appropriately online and with their mobile phone. They

need to be aware that there are real world consequences for their virtual world actions.

Young people also need to know that they can tell someone if they are being cyber-bullied. Ignoring the

problem won’t make it go away, and there are steps that they can take to address the cyber-bullying. What

is most important is that they tell someone.

What to do next

In order to prevent and address cyber-bullying, investigate what your child is doing online by:

Place computer in a visual part of your home, to do spot checks.

Know your child’s password.

Be tagged as your child’s friend, to receive online activity.

Communicate with your children.

Use family safety software to keep track of what your children are able to access online.

Report cyber-bullying to your child’s school and/or ISP, if you have serious concerns for your child’s

safety, contact your local police.

Block communications from cyber-bullies. Most IM applications, chat rooms and email account

providers allow you to block messages from identified people.

If you want to talk to someone about being cyber-bullied, there are a number of options available:

Bullying No Way

Kids Help Line 1800 55 1800

LifeLine 13 11 14

Greenmount Primary School P&C

Sports Day, Thursday 18 September 2014

All parents and family are welcome to come and watch your children at the sports

day! Dress in your faction colours, bring a chair, rug and picnic and join in the fun!

The P&C will be offering a special recess and lunch for this day as an option. Parents are also welcome to order

if they’re attending on the day. Note that lunch will be at the normal time of 12.40pm.

All recess and lunch items must be pre-ordered (please complete appropriate sections). Please complete an order

form for each child.

There will NO normal canteen orders on this day, and there will not be any online ordering

Tea/coffee and cakes will be available for sale for parents

If you are able to assist with baking to make our morning tea awesome, we’d love your help. Please could you

bring individual muffins, small cakes or slices. Please make a list of the ingredients, and ensure no nuts are

used. Label your container with your name for collection, and drop them off at the canteen on Thurs 18/9 in the

morning. Thank you to all our wonderful bakers!

Return this section - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -

Recess (to be collected at the canteen)

Cheesie x ____ @ $1.00 Garlic cheesie x ____ @ $1.00 Pizza x ____ @ $2.00

Brownes Chill milk @ $2.00

Chocolate x ___ Chocmint x ___ Strawberry x ___ Banana x ___

Total recess: $____________

Child name/room number: ___________________________________ / _______

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Lunch (to be collected on the top oval)

Sausage Sizzle Meal Deal only

BBQ Sausage in a bun, plus a juice box x ____ @ $4.00

Total lunch: $____________

Child name/room number: ___________________________________ / _______

TOTAL COMBINED PAYMENT if ordering both: $_____________

ORDER MUST BE RETURNED TO THE SCHOOL WITH PAYMENT BY MONDAY

15th SEPTEMBER (Cash only)

This is a P&C fundraising event, and proceeds will go towards our new IT project of computer tablets for classrooms

Greenmount Primary School P & C

School Disco

When: Friday 19th September 2014

Where: Swan View Youth Centre

Cost: $7.00 per ticket

Sessions: Junior K – Yr 2 5:30 - 6:45pm

Senior Yr 3 – 7 7:00 - 8:30pm

Snacks, drinks & glow necklaces will be on sale during the evening:

Juice Box $1.50 Flashing Glow Necklace $2.00 Freddo 50c Water $1.50

Chips $1.00 Children must be delivered and collected at the entrance of Swan View Youth Centre. Only Green-

mount Primary School students are able to attend. Parents are welcome to stay for the duration of the session (ticket not required), but do not have to – all children will still need to be delivered and collected from the entrance. Once in, your child will not be allowed out until you pick them up.

ORDERS DUE BY MONDAY 15

th SEPTEMBER

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I would like to buy disco tickets for: Child’s Name Year Room JUNIOR – Quantity _________

______________________________________ ______ _______ SENIOR – Quantity _________

______________________________________ ______ _______

______________________________________ ______ _______ TOTAL Tickets Required ______

______________________________________ ______ _______

TOTAL $ ________________

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I can help on the night:

Junior Session

Senior Session

Packing Up Name & Phone Number ______________________________