Dear Caladenia Community,

We are now into the second half of the term, our final 4 weeks of the year.

As the year winds down, we are, as always, continuing to celebrate achievement and success with our students. Today, I had the pleasure to attend my first junior assembly. As always, student behaviour was exemplary and the singing was most enjoyable.

I am currently working on our workforce plan and confirming the school’s staffing levels and requirements. Class allocations are then, my next priority, ensuring we have appropriate teacher allocations in all year levels.

Moving forward we are busy planning and finalising Year 6 Graduation, Graduation Lunch and Year 6 Day Camp (2 Days). It will be a special time for our Year 6 students as they “Graduate” and “Transition” to the next stage of their learning journeys.

Paul Bottcher

Caladenia PS Principal

Below – Mr Bottcher greeting students at recess.

School News

School App

Our school App is called School Stream and you can download it for free. It is an essential resource for parents to have as we use the app for all communication. It is also advised to keep your notifications setting turned on as, at times, it may be the only way the school can communicate. Scan the barcode below or Download the School Stream app today.

Student Achievement

Pia in Year 2 achieved gold at the WA Gymnastics State Championships.  She competed against WA’s best gymnasts and reach her goal of becoming a state champion.  She is extremely proud of her achievement and can’t wait to get back into the gym and learn more skills. Congratulations Pia on your amazing achievement.

Revva a Year 4 student recently competed in the Star Mite Gymnastics Championship Competition and  came 1st place. Congratulations on such a wonderful accomplishment Revva.

Sisters, Ebony in Year 6 and Ivy in Year 2, competed at the 2024 State Dance Championships this October with the following outstanding results:

Ebony placed 2^nd in her Jazz Solo at State Championships and Ivy placed 1^st in her Jazz Solo and 3^rd in her Lyrical Solo.

Both girls are in the top 3 of dancers in their age group in Western Australia. Congratulations girls on such a wonderful achievement.

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 the email address below:

Justine.arnold@education.wa.edu.au

Class News

Year 1 Room 10 – Miss Jacobsen

This term in Room 10, we have been learning about Australian states and territories and their famous landmarks! We have learned that Australia has six states and two territories. We followed Hush and Grandma Poss on their journey around Australia to find a way to make Hush visible in Possum Magic and learned about the state capitals. We have also learned some interesting facts. ·Western Australia is the biggest state in Australia. ·Uluru is found in the Northern Territory. ·Queensland is home to Great Barrier Reef and amazing sea creatures. ·New South Wales and Victoria couldn’t agree on who should have the capital, so the Australian Capital Territory was formed.  ·Tasmania is separated from mainland Australia by the Bass Strait. ·The Great Australian Bight stretches across Western Australia and South Australia.

Year 4 Room 20 – Mrs Devenish-Krauth

This term, Room 20’s Year Four students have been diving into the fascinating world of forces in Science lessons. This week, through hands-on activities, we’ve learned how friction affects the movement of objects in our daily lives. We have been experimenting with various surfaces, discovering how different materials can either increase or decrease friction.

One of the highlights of our investigation was an exciting game of tug-o-war, followed by a second game where students donned gloves coated with soap! This fun experiment allowed them to directly experience how friction can change the outcome of a competition. As they pulled against each other, they quickly learned that the slippery gloves significantly reduced friction, making it more challenging to hold on. This hands-on activity not only brought the concept of friction to life but also fostered teamwork and problem-solving skills. We can’t wait to see what our young scientists discover next.

Year 1 Room 30 – Miss Williams

The students of Room 30 have been busy learning how to recognise and describe the features of Australian coins and order them according to their value. We played a fun game called ‘Show Me the Money’. Students had three guesses to solve the hidden coin under the flap!

In Geography, we have been studying ‘The World Around Us’. We have been writing and drawing the features of our suburb and city on small maps. Then we identified the States and capital cities of Australia and their major landmarks. Possum Magic even made a special appearance taking us on a magical journey around our beautiful country eating yummy Australian food!

On the 11th of November, Room 30 commemorated Remembrance Day by painting poppies and displaying them proudly on our classroom door.

P&C and Community News

Willetton Basketball Stadium

School Holiday Camps

December ” Christmas ”

holiday camp

Monday 16th – Friday 20th

7 – 12 years of age

[ 9.00am – 3.30pm daily ]

January 2025 summer

holiday camp

First Week

Monday 20th – Friday 24th

 9 years and under [ eg minimum 6 yrs ]

[ 9.00am – 3.30pm daily ]

Second Week

Tuesday 28th – Friday 31st

 9 years and over

[ 9.00am – 3.30pm daily ]

Please visit www.willettonbasketball.com.au via the ‘’ Program ‘’ page

where you will find Holiday Camps

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

School Phone Number

 6258 9350

 Text Absences

0417 984 196

Caladenia App

School Stream

Uniform Concepts

9270 4669

30 Kembla Way, Willetton 6155

Excelsior Dental Therapy

9256 4170

School Hours

Gates open at 8.15am

School starts at 8.30am

Recess 10.35am

Lunch 12.55pm

School finishes 2.30pm

Office Hours

Monday to Friday

8.00am – 4.00pm

For payments please see the front office.

 We accept cash,EFT and Direct Deposit

Dear Caladenia Community,

Term 3 was a busy Term with excursions, debates, Faction Captain elections. We began with NAIDOC week and finished with swimming and RUOK Day.

I take this opportunity to acknowledge the amazing work that all staff at Caladenia Primary School do, every week, every day in every classroom, for every student.

I also take this opportunity to introduce myself to you. I am Paul Bottcher and will be Principal at Caladenia PS until 29 January 2025, whilst Mr Nastasi is on leave.

Coming to Caladenia PS from retirement is exciting as it is my first experience in a Primary School. I have an extensive career as a school administrator since 1992 and have worked in public education since 1984. My last school was a five week “stint” as Principal at Katanning SHS and prior to that I was Principal at CVC from January 2018.

I am excited to be here in an “exemplary” school and a Centre for Excellence. Week 1 saw us having an amazing Athletics Carnival and I must acknowledge all involved in the organisation, set up, running of the day, delivering lunches and Boost Juices along with all the other essential roles involved in a fantastic day. Parental support on days like this make schools a great place for our students and staff.

I look forward to meeting you throughout the rest of Term 4. It is an exciting time and opportunity to celebrate student achievement all the great things we do in our school.

Paul Bottcher

Caladenia PS Principal

School News

School AppOur school App is called School Stream and you can download it for free. It is an essential resource for parents to have as we use the app for all communication. It is also advised to keep your notifications setting turned on, as at times, it may be the only way the school can communicate.

Scan the barcode below or Download the School Stream app today.

Student Achievement 

Ahil in Year 4 competed in an online competition in Term 3 called ‘Have Sum Fun’. Ahil came 2nd and received a certificate and a prize of $30 cash. Well done and congratulations on your achievement Ahil.

If you would like to share your child’s achievements, please email through a photo and a small paragraph with their accomplishment to : Justine.arnold@education.wa.edu.au

2024 Athletics Carnival

What a fantastic two days of competition at our Primary School Athletics Carnival! The team games were full of energy and teamwork, and the track events showcased some incredible speed and endurance. We were so impressed by the sportsmanship and competitive spirit displayed by all factions. Congratulations to Green faction for taking out first place, followed by Red in second, Gold in third, and Blue in fourth. Well done to all the individual award winners who displayed great athleticism across the events. A huge thank you to the staff, students, and parents for all their support in making this event a success. We look forward to the Interschool Carnival at Ranford Primary in Week 4, on Wednesday 31st of October and Friday 1st of November.

Class News

Pre Primary Room 6 – Mrs Haug

This term in Pre-Primary we are learning about Australian animals. We will be learning about where they live,  what they look like  and other interesting facts. This will be integrated into our literacy and science programmes. This week we went to Caversham Wildlife park to visit the animals and learn about them first hand.  Here are some photos from our excursion.

Year 2 Room 36 – Mrs Hemelaar and Mrs Stevens

There have been a lot of fun, games and activities to keep us busy in Room 36. End of Term 3 had us getting wet with swimming lessons. We all enjoyed this even though the weather was cold and blustery for weeks 7 and 8.

In English we used descriptive language to create a Cinquain Poem about an element in nature. We worked together to brainstorm some strong adjectives, verbs to describe the movement, words to describe how it made us feel and synonyms for the chosen element. Our collaboration sparked some creative ideas. Finally, we created our own exciting Cinquain poem.

In Mathematics we have been learning about fractions. The denominator is the number on the bottom which represents the entire collection required to equal a whole. While the number on the top, the numerator, represents how many parts are remaining. The students were very enthusiastic about creating Fraction Robots. We are excited to see what new activities and learning adventures wait us in Term 4.

Kindy and Pre Primary Grandparents Day

Day: Thursday, 24 October 2024

Time: 1:00 – 1:30pm

Venue: Kindy and Pre-Primary play area

BYO Picnic lunch

School Board, P&C and Community News

A reminder that Issue 7 closes Friday, October 25. No cash orders, please head online to place orders.

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

This term has certainly been busy!

As the term comes to a close, it is good to look back and see what we have accomplished. We started the term with NAIDOC Week and the assembly, the Yr 4 AQWA Excursion, the Yr 5 Scitech Excursion, the MAC class Pawsey Research Centre Excursion as well as the MAC Great Debate, the well-loved Book Parades and Book Fair, our Parent Open Night, the Science and Technology Week, our Student Executive visit to Parliament House, Student Elections for 2025, the P&C Fathers’ Day Stalls, our Choir’s inclusion in One Big Voice, the Interschool Cross Country, the Kindy Farm Incursion, R U Okay? Day and finishing off with swimming lessons. We hope you have enjoyed them all and thank our P&C as well as our staff for all their planning and assistance in organising and running these events.

As I’m sure you know, the school holidays start this afternoon and the school will be unattended from Monday, 23 September until we come back to school on Monday, 7 October. We hope you all have a lovely break and enjoy some time together. We have included some community events in the newsletter that you may be interested in attending – they are free, though you may need to book. Once again, we are asking our local community members to keep a watch over our school during the holiday period. If you see or hear anything unusual at the school, can you please call the Police or School Watch Security. The Police can be contacted on 13 14 44 and School Watch can be contacted on 1800 177 777 (free call).

Next term we will start the first week with the School Athletics Carnival. The jumps and throws are organised for Tuesday, 8 October and the whole School Carnival with the other events will be on Friday, 11 October. The Pre-Primary students will have their events in the Kindy and Pre-Primary play area at 11am, so if you have children in Pre-Primary please go down and watch their events. Our teaching and sports staff have been working hard in organising the events and placed posters around the school with a Q-Code outlining the programs for both days. The P&C have organised for a coffee van and are trying to get volunteers to assist in delivering Boost Juice drinks to the children in the bays, so if you can help out, we would really appreciate it.

We hope that parents and families are able to come and enjoy the day with us.

Please remember that we have a Staff Development Day organised for Week 3 Friday, 25 October – so the students do not come to school on that day. Our staff will be involved in Professional Learning as well as reviewing our results and planning.

We hope that you all have a great break, and we look forward to seeing you all next term!

Kind regards,

Paula Asplin

Acting Principal

School News

Student Achievement 

Pia, a member of the Forefront Gymnastics national team, recently competed in the WA Gymnastics Judges Invitational against 60 other top-level gymnasts. Her dedication and hard work paid off as she earned the gold medal, excelling in all apparatus. Pia’s impressive performance has secured her a spot in the upcoming WA State Championships in October. Congratulations Pia on your wonderful achievement.  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 the email address below:

Justine.arnold@education.wa.edu.au

R U OK? Day

Caladenia embraced R U Okay? Day in conjunction with the Blue Tree Project on Thursday 12 September. Both of these organisations promote the encouragement of people speaking up when they are experiencing mental health concerns and build trust to normalise having meaningful conversations about how they are.

We were able to find a tree in the Kindy and PP area, which needed a ‘blue lease on life’ and painted it blue as a regular reminder to all about the importance of reaching out. We also provided all our students and teachers with an R U OK? Wristband and staff and students all wore blue to promote being aware of others’ wellbeing.

Please remember to contact Lifeline for support if you or anyone you know is experiencing a personal crisis on 13 11 14.

Class News

Pre Primary Room 4 – Mrs Hemingway

This term in PP2, Room 4, we have been learning about Fairy Tales. We have enjoyed reading lots of different stories with some of our favourites being Jack and the Beanstalk, The Three Little Pigs and The Three Billy Goats Gruff. We have been discovering all about the characters and different settings in these stories as well as identifying the problem and solution in each one. It has been fun to complete different activities like designing a bridge for The Three Billy Goats Gruff, sequencing pictures from the story, writing lists for Little Red Riding Hood and retelling the stories in our own words.

Year 2 Room 22 – Miss Chan

In Year 2 Room 22, students explored 2D shapes and their properties in an exciting and collaborative way! They quizzed each other using the Quiz-Quiz-Trade method to reinforce their understanding of various shapes and their attributes. The class also got creative by making compound shapes using basic 2D shapes and combining them to form new designs. To top it off, they went on a shape hunt around the classroom, spotting different shapes used in everyday objects. Finally, the students showcased their knowledge by creating posters that highlighted the properties of 2D shapes.

Year 5 Room 23 – Miss Mc Allister

In the final week of Term Three, there’s no rest for the busy bees in Room 23! Students have been hard at work on their final display copies of biographies about famous scientists. We have got a range from Isaac Newton to Marie Curie!

In Mathematics this week, we dove into the world of averages—mean, median, mode, and range! We took our learning outside and measured the distance of T-Ball throws within our faction groups. It was like the Olympics! After measuring the throws with trundle wheels and recording the data, students worked together to work out all four types of averages. The results were in: Red Faction came in 4th place with a mean of 26.4m, Gold Faction snagged 3rd with a mean of 28.1m, Green Faction took 2nd place with a mean of 30m, and Blue Faction triumphed with a whopping mean average of 35.6m!

As swimming lessons come to an end, it’s been fantastic to see the students splashing around and developing their swimming skills.

Keep up the great work, everyone and enjoy your holidays!

School Board, P&C and Community News

Wishing all our Caladenia Families a very safe and happy break. Term 4 resumes on Monday 7th October 2024. 

Affirmation∼ “The less you want, the richer you are”. – Yanni

Dear Parents/Care Givers,

Thank You

• The Fathers’ Day Stalls have been a big success this year with many students accessing some wonderful presents for their dads for Fathers’ Day this Sunday.
  We wish all dads/granddads a happy and joyous day on Sunday.
• Well done Lucas and Revva (Caladenia students) for successes in ice skating and Jiu-Jitsu respectively. That is a huge achievement – you must be very proud of yourselves as we are at Caladenia.
• Thank you to all the Cross Country Caladenia competitors for your tremendous efforts – you not only performed admirably but also represented our school with the best sportsmanship – we are so proud of you in representing Caladenia.
• The Year 5 students again showed their dedication to our school in wanting to be Student Executive for 2025. All students who wished to be considered for voting presented speeches for their inclusion to the process – each class voted on their representatives for Student Exec and went forward to the school-wide voting after speeches were repeated. The student body voted and the results will be published next term with the Captains and Vice Captains for 2025.
  Well done to everyone who entered the election process. The speeches were delightful and appropriate to our Caladenia quality standards. Thank you.
• Our massively large choir represented the school at the One Big Voice event at the RAC Arena on 22 August. Three of our students were selected from the 2000 strong students to be the comperes and perform solos. We are very proud of you as a whole performing group. Thank you. Ms Connolly, Ms Rivett and Mr Frost are the most amazing music teachers and, together, they are making a huge difference in the production of quality instrumental and choral music in our school.Thank you.
• We are well on the way to training our new Intern Schools in teaching excellence and I thank our Mentor Teams for their quality commitment to Public School Education in WA.

Term 3

• Protective Behaviours – Caladenia carried out training in this area for staff on 8 August. Staff are aware through these sessions and their own training online (Dept Training), the importance and significance of student knowledge and strategies for difficult situations.
• On Monday 2 Sept (next week), there is no school for students. This day has been set aside for Professional Learning for staff. It is a full day’s session by one of the gurus of Explicit Instruction in Australia – John Fleming is from Melbourne and believes our school is one of the best in the nation.
• Swimming in 2025 is becoming a problem in fitting in our growing school for In-Term Swimming lessons. More on this later.
• The Kindy Farm Incursion was a huge success with student exposure to rich language being magnificent – the students learned about animals and their care but also absorbed mant words and phrases that they would not otherwise hear. Thanks to our wonderful teachers.
• Swimming is progressing well with many students opting out of the lessons for 2024 due to illness.
• RUOK Day on 12 September – please remember to acknowledge mental health issues in a positive and determined way that leads to better and active treatment. Wear BLUE on the day.
• Canning Vale College Transition Day (Yr 6) Visit to Caladenia.
• Caladenia Master Plan meeting with Dept of Education on 4 September

Traffic Flow

Remember, to drive anticlockwise around the school and slow down. Walking to school is a great way to create a safe environment for our children.

Education

The School Board met on 22 August at 5.30pm. The agenda included Year 6 Graduation and Lunch as well as Day Camps, Student Executive elections, Centre for Excellence, September 2 Professional Learning, Christmas Carols, Open Board Meeting (21 October at 5.30pm), procedures for Planning Days (Board Planning Day, Staff Planning Day. Exec Team Planning Day, Leadership Team Recommendations) and 2025.

Caladenia must continue to be relevant in a changing world while being mindful of cultures and values that are shared and expected of our children. We will continue working with you to develop these values and expectations of us as a school community.

Happy Fathers’ Day to all our wonderful dads.

Thought:    “The more risks you allow your children to take, the better they learn to look after themselves.”  –Roald Dahl

Ted Nastasi

Principal

School News

School AppOur school App is called School Stream and you can download it for free. It is an essential resource for parents to have as we use the app for all communication. It is also advised to keep your notifications setting turned on as at times it may be the only way the school can communicate.

Scan the barcode below or Download the School Stream app today.

Student Achievement

Lucas in Year 3 represented WA in an ice-skating competition called Crystal Challenge 2024. The competition was held in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago. Lucas competed against skaters from interstates and overseas and won the first place in Elementary boys divison.

What an achievement, congratulations Lucas.

Year 4 student, Revva, who has recently represented Australia in the Abu Dhabi Jiu-Jitsu Pro National Championship held last weekend in Singapore, has brought home bronze medal in her respective categories, an accomplishment we are incredibly proud of. Well done Revva, what a wonderful accomplishment.

Cross Country

We took our best 6 boy and girl runners from years 3-6 to compete in the in SCSSA Interschool Cross Country Carnival. They ran hard and competed against best long-distance runners from all the primary schools in our area.  Well done Caladenia runners you made us proud!

Cross Country Individual results:

Year 3 girls Cherilyn Leoputra 2nd

Year 3 boys Rui-Loong Lim (Joelle) 3rd

Year 5 boys Andres Martinez Yanes 3rd

Year 6 girls Amanda Tsekos 2nd

Year 6 boys Ryan Ghaderi Arab 3rd

Year level trophies:

Year 3 – 2nd

Year 5 – 2nd

Year 6 – 2nd

Caladenia came 4th Place in the Overall Standings!

STEM

During STEM Week 2024, students from Year 1 to Year 6 were thrilled to participate in a special sustainability workshop hosted by Engineers Without Borders. The workshop challenged students to collaborate on designing and building a wind turbine within a set budget. This hands-on activity not only encouraged teamwork but also sparked creativity and innovative thinking among the students. They embraced the opportunity to think outside the box and thoroughly enjoyed the practical experience. The event highlighted the importance of sustainability and showcased the bright potential of our young engineers.

Year 2 Room – Miss Sheed

In Room 16 this term we have been learning about the Water Cycle in our Science program. Students have been demonstrating what they have learnt so far about the four stages; precipitation, collection, evaporation and condensation. This week we made a rain gauge to test the “collection” part of the cycle and measure how much rainfall we will receive in Canning Vale each day over the week (we think we might get lucky!) We can’t wait to analyse the results!

Year 4 Room 31 – Miss McKoy

This term the Year 4 cohort had an excursion to AQWA. The excursion linked in with our curriculum as we have been learning about ‘Waste in our Waterways’. Students engaged in an instructional talk from a staff member at AQWA, who discussed the different types of turtles, how we can help save sea animals and engaged in mini activities. After the learning session, we went and explored the Aquarium, seeing all the different sea animals and seeing if we could see ‘Captain’ the huge turtle down in the tunnel. Back in class, students created a persuasive writing piece on how and why we need to stop putting waste into our waterways.

P&C and Community News

Willetton Basketball Stadium

School Holiday Camps

First Week

Tuesday 24th – Friday 27th September 2024

 9 years and under [ eg minimum 6 yrs ]

[ 9.00am – 3.30pm daily ]

Second Week

Monday 30th Sept – Friday 4th October 2024

 9 years and over

[ 9.00am – 3.30pm daily ]

Please visit www.willettonbasketball.com.au via the ‘’ Program ‘’ page where you will find Holiday Camps

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

School Phone Number

6258 9350

Text Absences

0417 984 196

Excelsior Dental Therapy

9256 4170

Caladenia App

School Stream

Uniform Concepts

9270 4669

30 Kembla Way, Willetton 6155

School Hours

School starts at 8.30am

Recess 10.35am

Lunch 12.55pm

School finishes 2.30pm

         Office Hours

Monday to Friday

8.00am – 4.00pm

For payments please see the front office.

 We accept cash, EFT and Direct Deposit

Affirmation: “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein (German-born theoretical physicist) 

Dear Parents and Carers,

Thank You

• Caladenia is a special place. I thank parents and students for their patience and supportive nature during this time of upheaval. I am so proud to be a member of the staff at this school – we try very hard to always have the best interests of students at heart and the students believe in us for that very fact. Our children are such great kids at school and their ability to be “kids” and join in all our school activities means that they are happy as well as successful. Thank you to every family in this beautiful school for allowing us to help grow your children. It is a pleasure and an honour.
• We also thank our staff for their dedication to our whole school plans for the improvement and well-being of all students.
• Ms Sanders (Deputy Principal) has been working into her new role with excellence and with a wonderfully inclusive and supportive nature. Well done.
• Thank you to the Music Dept at Caladenia for the enjoyment they give our children in immersing them in all genres of music, both instrumentally and chorally. The Ensembles are truly magical and performing together expertly. Thank you, Ms Connolly, Ms Rivett and Mr Frost…you are a fantastic team.
• Our fantastic staff has once again produced the best results for NAPLAN with ALL of our students doing the National Tests in Literacy and Numeracy. We have a sea of “Greens” (Well above National and Like-Schools) – we outperformed Western Suburbs schools and, for the second year running, outperformed most schools in WA. This means our children are excellent readers and writers as well as performing above expectations in all areas of Mathematics.
  Well done students and staff.

The strategies we adopted and have reviewed and amended over the years are working very well – we will continue to pursue best practice in everything we do at Caladenia. We are a well-respected school in WA, helping other Public Schools in literacy improvement strategies. We are proud of our school and our students. I hope the community is equally as proud of what we achieve and how we do so.

Term 3

• Protective Behaviours – we have commenced professional learning for staff and students in children being aware of dangers and how to deal with them in and out of school.
• Our MAC enjoyed a Debate with Wattle Grove on 1 August and performed very well in the arguments on varying topics on the day. We were just beaten 3-2 over the five debates but the loss was admirable as our students (and Wattle Grove) gave some outstanding performances in research and content which was truly amazing and high calibre. Well done, MAC and Mr Kaempf.
• Swimming starts in a few weeks (3 September).
• 2025 Student Executive voting by students (years 3 – 5) has taken place and results will be available by Monday 19 August. We wish all the candidates the very best.
• We loved the Book Week Parade – parents outdid yourselves in creativity of favourite book costumes. Well done.
• Science and Technology Week has introduced “Engineers Without Borders” this week with a high degree of enthusiasm and interest. Well done, Ms Avery and Team for organizing Science and Technology Week to the school.
• School Development Day Monday 2 September (no school day for students) – this day has been approved by the School Board for professional development of staff in the area of learning strategies with a well-respected educationist from the Eastern States, Mr John Fleming. This is an honour to have him at our school as he rarely does so unless he is invested in what the school is achieving.
• Fathers’ Day – the P&C will be running stalls as normal and we thank them for their generosity. More on this later.

Traffic Flow

Remember, to drive anticlockwise around the school and slow down. Walking to school is a great way to create a safe environment for our children.

Education

Caladenia continues to learn from research and best practices in education. We are a constantly evolving school, looking for better ways to achieve growth in our social, emotional and academic areas of development. Our behaviour management model is based on building strong and sustainable relationships between teachers and students, teachers and teachers and teachers with parents. We will continue to explore and generate new strategies as our societal expectations change and ways of operating develop – we must continue to be relevant in a changing world while being mindful of cultures and values that are shared and expected of our children. We will continue working with you to develop these values and expectations of us as a school community.

Thought:      “Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.” – Marian Wright Edelman

Ted Nastasi

Principal

School News

School App

Our school App is called School Stream and you can download it for free. It is an essential resource for parents to have as we use the app for all communication. It is also advised to keep your notifications setting turned on as at times it may be the only way the school can communicate.

Scan the barcode below or Download the School Stream app today.

Student Achievement

During the July school holidays, the State Junior Chess Championships 2024, organized by the Chess Association of Western Australia, brought together talented young players from across the state. Senudi delivered an outstanding performance, successfully retaining her titles as the Under 10 Girls and Under 12 Girls Champion.

In addition to these accomplishments, Senudi was crowned the State Junior Girls Blitz Chess Champion for 2024 (Under 18), and Under 10 Blitz Chess Champion (Open), showcasing her versatility and proficiency in quick gameplay. Earlier in the year, at the State Junior Rapid Play Chess Championships 2024, Senudi demonstrated her remarkable skills by winning both the Under 12 (Open) and Under 12 (Girls) titles.

Alongside her success in chess, Senudi reached a significant milestone in music by being selected for the Emerging Talents Program 2024. From thousands of singers across participating schools in the One Big Voice 2024 concert, she was one of just 15 chosen for this esteemed program. The ETP serves as a pathway, offering promising Year 5 and 6 students an introduction to the Studio Choir Program and the essential skills and training needed for advancement.

Congratulations, Senudi, on your fantastic achievements this year!

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 the email address below:

Justine.arnold@education.wa.edu.au

Book Week 2024

It has been brilliant to see the magic of reading come alive during Book Week.  Classes from Kindy to Year 6 took part in the Decorate a Door Competition to once again, show us their remarkable creative streak. On Wednesday morning all the students and staff did a gallery walk around the school to appreciate all the beautiful doors presented by each class. After much deliberation the winners were as follows.

Kindy to Year 2: Year 1 Room 21 Mrs Bartlett

Year 3 to Year 6: Year 4 Room 29 Mr Chandler

Whole School: Year 6 Room 39 Mr Griffiths and Mr Bailey

People’s Choice: Year 4 Room 34 Mrs Hardy

Students from Year One to Year Six took up their colouring pencils to design a poster to promote their favourite book or author. It was incredibly difficult to choose just one poster from each class as they were all spectacular. Well done to the following students: Alexis, Audrey, Elijah, Max, Mahi, Osindi, Ariana, Smithika, Shreya, Cherilyn, Fiona, Nathaniel, Daniela, Mayher, Serena, Avrielle, Garnoor, Safiyah, Kashika, Ayra, Aanya, Shanaya, Ethan, Aavin, Zoe, Karen, Yathri, Mahdia, Emily, Renee, Asher, Elizabeth and Nate.

The highlight of the week was Friday’s Book Parade where staff and students dressed up as their favourite book characters. It was pleasing to witness the excitement on everyone’s faces. Many familiar faces made an appearance including The Minions, Willy Wonka, and Alice and her friends from Wonderland. Even the Oxford Dictionary and the Titanic made its voyage to the parade! What a fabulous week! Huge congratulations to the English Committee for all their hard work and dedication to ensuring the week was an absolute success.

Kindy’s Book Week Parade

Mrs Hardy, Mr Chandler and the EA’s

Some of the class room door winners

Miss Sanders and Mrs Asplin – Thing one and Where is Green Sheep?

Some of the amazing costume winners

Posters

The Book Fair held in the library was once again a huge success, and we sincerely thank all families for their continued support. The grand total of sales was $8125.00. Your generosity through purchasing items at the fair has given us commission to the value of $1747.00.  The school has selected to take that value in Scholastic Rewards Points to be put towards valuable resources. Thank you again to all families that supported this wonderful event.

If you placed an order for a book at the fair, it will be delivered directly to students in class within 2-3 weeks.

Class News

Kindy Room 43 – Miss Ellis

In Kindy this term we have been learning all about farmyards. We are enjoying reading a variety of books that include farm animals. We focused on “A squash and a Squeeze” for our decorate a door competition. We decorated a range of farm animals from the story using different collage materials. We have also enjoyed reading “The Little Red Hen” we got a little bit messy making our own Red Hen’s using paper plates, red paint and PVA glue. In small groups we used the wooden animals to act out the story, we all had a turn being the “The Little Red Hen”, it was so much fun!!

We have had a wonderful start to Term 3 in Kindy!Year 3 Room 35 –  Mrs De Courcey

It has definitely been a busy time in Room 35!

The end of Term 2 took us to the past with a trip to Boola Bardip, the WA Museum in Perth City. We learnt the importance of classifying new specimens – both living and non-living by sorting and grouping characteristics when looking at facts, pictures and x-rays of both insects and items. While the evolution of video games was always going to be a hit, we couldn’t get over the size of the Blue Whale skeleton hanging above the old section of the museum. Then again, the smells of the past definitely left an impression – and turned some of our complexions a little green… This term has seen us examining what happens to our bodies, thoughts and feeling when experiencing a variety of emotions. The challenge to each other is to show what emotion our characters are feeling without SAYING the actual emotion…

Book week saw our creating side come out with a very hungry caterpillar tempted to devour some of the classroom and a few wizards practicing their spells. After all, we are a bunch of Smart Cookies with a lot of positive influences and people we trust that make us the amazing humans we are today.

This is topped off with trying to persuade the teacher that they should or shouldn’t be replaced by robots. Luckily there was a relieved look on our teachers face when we all agreed that teachers should be here to stay.

We can’t wait to see what the rest of the year brings!

P&C and Community News

Father’s Day Stall

The P&C will be holding the Father’s Day stalls on Monday the 19th and Tuesday the 20th of August. Gifts will be available from $7 (No change available, so please send correct money)

There will also be an open stall on Friday the 23rd of August during the schools Father’s Day event.

Book Club

Issue 6 closes September 6. Orders are online only.

Affirmation ∼ “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”                                                    – Confucius

Dear Parents/Care Givers,

Thank You

Our wonderful staff recently hosted 100 Intern Teachers and Principals of WA Public Schools showcasing our strategies in teaching English across the school. The visiting teachers and Principals were amazed at the level of sophistication of teaching and learning, calmness and beautiful behaviours of our students. There were 20 schools represented in all on Wednesday and Thursday of last week and 4 of these schools are our Intern Schools who we will work with to improve their teaching over the next twelve months. We are very proud of our teacher-Mentors at Caladenia and I thank them for sharing and preparing professional learning and classroom observations for Interns. This program was established by the Dept of Education and we were selected as a Centre School for Excellence to carry out this training of Public School in WA.  Well done, Caladenia.

Reflection

“We are committed to the values which protect the dignity of each person and fosters respect and integrity for every member of our community.  We treat everyone with love, care and concern. Our relationships are based on trust, honesty, mutual respect and acceptance of personal responsibilities.”  (from School Board Statement of Community Expectations 2024).

Term 3

• Book Week next week – Favourite Book Character Assembly next Friday
• Science and Technology Week 5
• Swimming lessons – last four weeks of this term (each child does two weeks)
• Interschool Cross Country 16 August
• School Development Day Monday 2 September (no school day for students)
• Fathers’ Day – a P&C event

Thankfulness

We are often wishing for better things to happen in our lives or hoping to get things – children are no different. However, we seldom take time to be thankful for the things we already have in our lives, both in terms of possessions and people. We are trying to have our children learn about THANKFULNESS and what this really means in our lives – our family, our teachers, our friends, toys, cars, house, everything. We really do have a lot to be thankful for/about. When you have the time, talk about thankfulness with your children – get them to appreciate and enjoy these things every day. Thank you.

Traffic Flow

Most families are now aware of the dangers of breaking rules when driving around our school – a seriously dangerous accident can be avoided if we are super-careful of our children crossing roads and walking/riding close to road verges. Thank you for your continued awareness of our children around the school. Remember, to drive anticlockwise around the school and slow down. Walking to school is a great way to create a safe environment for our children.

Education

We are researching all the time and recently we have been looking at better ways to teach Mathematics and Reading – we are constantly looking at improved ways of mentoring our own graduate/new teachers so that our unique Caladenia Way is understood and applied by all staff. With over 100 staff members and over 980 students, it is a challenge to keep ahead of the game as we have done for many years at Caladenia – but keep ahead we do, and I am very proud of our staff who each day give their best in teaching and the work they do for children.

Thought:  “Do it with passion or not at all.”

Ted Nastasi

Principal

School News

School App 

Our school App is called School Stream and you can download it for free. It is an essential resource for parents to have as we use the app for all communication. It is also advised to keep your notifications setting turned on as at times it may be the only way the school can communicate. Scan the barcode below or Download the School Stream app today.

Student Achievement 

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 the email address below:

Justine.arnold@education.wa.edu.au

Class News

Year 1 Room 21 – Mrs Bartlett

Room 21 has explored the vast blue ocean and the animals that call it home. We have studied a range of fiction and non-fiction texts to learn about turtles, whales, seahorses, and the amazing sea life within the Great Barrier Reef. We learned that male seahorses carry their eggs in a pouch and compared Baleen and Toothed Whales. We joined Tilly the Green Turtle on her perilous quest, journeying from her nest to the Great Barrier Reef. Students created interesting writing pieces, artwork, and Venn diagrams to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of life under water.

Year 5 Room 26 – Mr Lam

The Year 5 students in Room 26 have been excited as we master the art of ‘Show, Don’t Tell’ in our writing. This technique has opened up a world of creativity and expression, allowing us to craft more vivid and engaging pieces. From persuasive essays to narrative stories, we are learning to paint pictures with our words, making our writing come alive.

One of the highlights has been using the ‘Pebble, Rock, Boulder’ strategy in narrative writing. This method helps us build our stories from small, simple and captivating beginnings (the pebble) to more complex and detailed scenes (the rock and boulder). We have also delved into informative writing, exploring different natural disasters and sharing fascinating facts in a way that grabs the reader’s attention. Additionally, we dabbled in poetry, experimenting with different styles to express our thoughts and emotions vividly.

As book week approaches, Room 26 is busy preparing insightful book reviews. We are eager to share our opinions and recommendations, showcasing our growing ability to analyse and critique literature. With such dedication and passion for writing, it’s clear that Room 26 is ready to impress!

School Board, P&C and Community News

Monday 29th July 2024 at 7pm 

Just a reminder that Issue 5 of book club is due in by Monday 5th August. Orders are online only.

STOP! No Traffic Warden

Unfortunately, we have no Traffic Warden available at this stage on Boardman Road. Please take care and be vigilant whilst crossing without a warden present.