Friday, 24 October 2025 / Published in NEWSLETTER

Newsletter Issue 1 Term 4

W.A. NAPLAN TOP 20 SCHOOLS – 2024

Centre School for Excellence 2023-2026

Great Students, Great Staff, Great Parents, Building Greater Communities

Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome to Term 4, we hope that you have all had an enjoyable break! We have lots on in Term 4, so please keep checking the school stream app, your child’s folders, emails and look around the school for posters about upcoming events, that way you will be updated as to what is happening around the school.

Last week we had our sporting events – Jumps and Throws on Tuesday 4th and our School Athletics Carnival on Friday 17th. Both days were brilliant with all of our students embracing the events on the day/s and trying their best. Our carnival had a lovely addition this year with the coloured gazebos to match our four factions. Special thanks to the P&C for purchasing these for the school as well as the extra gazebos and the eskies, we really appreciate your support.

As I mentioned on the day, thank you to the parents that came and supported their children. Also, thank you to the parents that helped staff erect and pack away the gazebos, your support was really appreciated. I’d also like to formally acknowledge and thank the whole staff from Caladenia PS, as I’m sure you are all aware there is a lot of planning and work that happens prior to events like last week as well as on the day; and all staff – from the gardener to the office staff all supported both days where and how they could. The day was filled with a positive atmosphere and enjoyment.

We have the Interschool Athletics Carnival coming up later in the term – in Weeks 4 & 5 – good luck to the students that will be representing our school and participating in those events.

This week we started the week with the Art Show, which was amazing! The Art Team have supported the students from Year 1 to 6 in preparing items to display and every student should be proud of their work. Special thanks to Louise Ewing, Andrew Frost and Katia Stirling (our wonderful art team) for all their work in organising the event. I also want to thank Grace Goncalves, Esther Tai, Kellie Hatton, Lynne Suttie, Andrea Smith, Angela O’Malley, Andrew Frost and Louise Ewing for coming in on Saturday to help set up for the event and also to Joanne Thompson for assisting in getting the items packed away. Thanks also to the Music Team for organising the students to present music to accompany the Art Show on Tuesday evening.

We also had our Parent Open Night on Tuesday, to coincide with the Art Show. Thanks to our classroom teachers for opening their classrooms, so that parents could view their child’s work. During my visits throughout the evening, I was really impressed with the high standards and quality of the work that the students showcased.

This week we have also been working with the Centre for Excellence schools and welcomed staff from Aspiri PS, Safety Bay PS, Subiaco PS and Vasse PS, who visited us on Thursday 23rd October. Many of our teachers opened their classrooms for staff from these schools to visit and observe our teaching practices.We have a number of members of our board that are coming to the end of their period with us this year. One of which is our Board Chair, Carole Veneris. Carole has been a great supporter to Caladenia PS, we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to Carole, for her outstanding service and dedication over the past 11 years as Board Chair. Her leadership, commitment and unwavering support have had a lasting impact on our school community, guiding us through times of growth and change with wisdom and care. While we are truly sad to see her step down, we fully understand and respect her decision, and we are deeply appreciative of the many years she has devoted to the school. Her contributions have strengthened our school and will continue to inspire us for years to come.

We will be sending an email to parents in the next few weeks, asking if parents are interested in joining the School Board. We will attach information to the email advising what is involved in being a member of the School Board, and how to nominate.

Our P&C also have members that will be leaving our school at the end of the year. Two that we are currently aware of are Kylie Chapman, our Book Club organiser; and the other is Stacey Walker our Treasurer. Again, we wish to thank both Kylie and Stacey for their support to the P&C and Caladenia PS. Both of you have supported our school community and offered your expertise in the roles that you have performed. We are grateful for your contributions and how you have continually championed the P&C in all of the events at the school.

If you are interested in either of these positions, please contact Leanna Roos our P&C President, as we may be able to organise interested parents to shadow these roles during Term 4. The P&C will be holding their AGM on 9th February, Week 2 in Term 1 2026, to elect representatives: please keep this in mind and look out for the flyers regarding this event.

Please remember that we have a pupil free day on Friday 31st October, as it is our Staff Development Day.

Thoughts:

“Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out” – Robert Collier

Paula Asplin

Principal

School News

Reminder: Pupil free day on Friday 31st October, as it is our Staff Development Day.

Traffic Flow and Parking

Please remember to be patient and courteous during drop off and pick up times. Below is information from the council regarding parking.

Superhero Day Term 3

On Thursday 18^th September we held dress like a Superhero Day to raise money for Telethon. All students and staff looked amazing and a total of $696 was raised.

Art Show

What a beautiful start to term 4 we have had here at Caladenia this week, with the Visual Arts exhibition that took place on Tuesday. It was a wonderful afternoon in celebration of all our students and being able to share this experience with parents and local community, was a pure delight. The undercover area was bursting with colour as parents and students wondered through the exhibition with an amazing musical performance, led by our fabulous Music department. I would like to say a massive well done to each and every student, for all their hard work this year with their Art and Music teachers, and to all the wonderful staff who helped with all the set up in making this a wonderful experience for the whole school community. Ms Ewing

Athletics Carnival

Last Friday, our school came alive with colour, cheers, and incredible sportsmanship at the Caladenia Primary School Faction Athletics Carnival! The sun was shining, spirits were high, and our students gave it their all across a full day of exciting events. From sprints and team games to relays, everyone showed determination, teamwork, and pride in their factions.

A big thank you goes to our dedicated staff and volunteers for organising such a fantastic day, and to all the families who came along to cheer on our athletes. It was wonderful to see our school community come together in such a positive and supportive way.

Congratulations to all our participants — you made Caladenia proud! 🥇🎉

2026 Student Leaders

Congratulations to the following students. They have been selected as our new Leaders for 2026.

Muhammad	Dhrithi
Ahil	Emma
Rafan	Sukhreet
Jax	Sanvi
Aviv	Lucy
George	Oliva
Nihilash	Angel
Eric	Revva
Caleb	Imogen
Simrat	Ariana
Lani	Cherilyn
Aiden	Natalie
Nadine	Aryan
Evyaan	Claudia
Zachary	Martina

Student Achievement

We are excited to share some wonderful news with the Caladenia community! Our talented students Victoria and Cherilyn proudly represented Western Australia as part of the WA U13 Badminton Team 2025. The team achieved a bronze medal at the Yonex U13 National Championships that was held on 3-10 October 2025. It is an amazing achievement, Congratulations Victoria and Cherilyn.

At Caladenia, we love showcasing our students’ sporting achievements and events, as well as any other interests that they would like to share with our Caladenia Community. If you have something your child would like to share, please email along with photos to Justine.arnold@education.wa.edu.au

Class News

Year 1 Room 8 – Mrs Evans

We had a fabulous time at our Sports Carnival last week. Our recount writing showed that while it was a warm day and we got sweaty, everyone enjoyed their events. We’d like to thank the Phys Ed department for organising such an awesome day. We also loved visiting the Art Show this week on Tuesday. We couldn’t believe how incredible the talented, artistic and inspired pieces of work were on display. We would like to congratulate our spectacular Art teachers for their guidance and ingenious teaching!

This term, we are using non-fiction books to write about Australian wildlife and habitats. We created excellent, interesting reports with pictures of Little Penguins that are actually life sized! Come and see our amazing work!

Year 4 Room 31 – Miss McKoy

Towards the end of Term 3, the Year 4 students explored the fascinating topic of World Biomes in HASS. They investigated the unique characteristics of different biomes around the world, such as deserts, rainforests, tundras, and many more. Each student selected a specific biome to research in detail, focusing on its climate, native animals, and natural landforms. To showcase their understanding, students then designed and created their own biome pictures, carefully incorporating the features and ecosystems relevant to their chosen climate.

Year 5 Room 15 – Miss Taylor

The Room 15 Food Trucks
This year has been exciting for the Year 5’s in Room 15! But one particular prospect stands above all others, guitar solo please … Food Trucks!

First, we had to understand and practise calculating GST, whilst also learning how to use formulas to help us calculate in Excel. Once we were familiar with the procedure, we started making using these formulas to create a budget sheet for our trucks, deciding what equipment our trucks would need and what we would need to design them. When we had finalised our budget and GST work, then came the task of how to build the truck itself.

We worked in teams to create a business license, a measured floor plan, a truck design, menu and logo, with students dedicating any spare time they had to their food truck work – basically working on food truck related work across all different subjects for the entirety of Term 3! Everything was fine lined, coloured and finalised. We also learnt about advertising techniques in print posters, where we then used these techniques to create our own advertisement posters for our businesses! We were to design and draw a draft before creating beautiful final copies which now decorate Room 15!

We had a whole two hours to build our project! The timing was intense… finding ways to stick pieces together and nailing the design, the trucks kept breaking but with some creative thinking and initiative, everyone got it in the end. The trucks all had miscellaneous and unique properties and features about them. Some room 15 students got into the gizmos this year! We had LED’s, LEGO, and even RC food trucks that moved! All constructed and built by the students themselves.

The Year 5’s in Room 15 worked in pairs or groups of 3. They worked collaboratively and shared materials with other groups trying to make it the best build possible. They had struggles and mistakes while success and accomplishment swayed in other people’s meticulous work. Some people stuck to the purchases they made with their budget while others definitely pushed the boundaries budget wise.

This activity was all about cross-curricular integration, and I think both students and teachers can agree it was a success! With so much hard work, creativity and teamwork, the food truck unit will be one we won’t ever forget.

By Muhammad, Aaryan and Zachary (with the help of Miss Taylor)