Centre School for Excellence 2023-2026

 

Affirmation ∼    “Animals are like little angels sent to earth to teach us                                       how to love. They don’t get angry or play silly games.                                        They are always there for us.” – Whitney Mandel

Dear Parents/Care Givers,

Thanks

Thank you to all families for helping us have a smooth start to the year. Children and staff have blended beautifully and are forming strong and lasting relationships. We are grateful to all new staff for the wonderful way they have committed to our beautiful school and the feedback from them is that they enjoy the school’s culture and support they are given by our school community.

Thank you for your understanding in the recent heatwaves we have experienced – these extreme conditions place an enormous stress load on power and it happens that the overload causes issues at times. We keep the students safe and hydrated – any issues with heat stress is reported to parents immediately. Thanks.

The Welcome to Caladenia afternoon last Friday was very successful with many parents meeting new families and staff members. These celebrations help us to bond as early as possible with families so that everyone feels that they are part of the larger family of Caladenia. Thanks to the Executive Team for their work to make this event happen – staff are great cooks.

School Events

Thanks to the staff and P&C for the wonderful Christmas Markets last term. I believe it was fantastic. This term, we are planning for the

• P&C AGM is on Monday 26 February in Staff Room
• Planning Meeting with Dept Education for feasibility plans for Caladenia
• Centre for Excellence program Intern Schools at Caladenia 28 Feb
• Pre-Primary and Primary Meet the Teacher –thank you for the great turn out of parents
• NAPLAN – 13 March to 25 March
• Moderation Day with Wattle Grove PS – 28 March (no school for students on this day).
• Summer Carnival Day has been scheduled by the Nicholson Network of Schools for 28 March and was changed from the 26 March without warning. This has unfortunately caused us some concern as we have a School Development Day on 28 March and this is set with another school and cannot be changed as the authority to have these SDD are approved by the community through the School Board.
  As a consequence, we will be asking parents to drop off students at various venues on 28 March. We will inform families closer to the date when we know who is a competitor in the Carnival from Caladenia. We do not want to disappoint our students, and this is a way of keeping them in the competition with their peers. Thank you for your understanding.

Repeat – Traffic Flow and Parking

The City of Gosnells request that all school families observe traffic rules around the school – the Ranger will be visiting our school in the mornings and afternoons during the term to observe traffic flow and rules of parking. The Ranger requests

• Do not park in a Kiss and Drive bay or NO STOPPING, NO PARKING areas
• Do not double park
• Do not drive on the wrong side of the road for ANY distance
• Do onto park on the nature strips/lawns around the school
• Do not park against the flow of traffic
• Do not stop or park in bus bays
• Always be aware of children on roads and footpaths, grassed areas
• Walk or cycle/ride to school
• Always stop on the school side of the road so your child is not crossing the road
• Use the crosswalk at all times
• Use parent parking on school site properly – be quick so others can also access the parking
• Do not block driveways
• Do not park on footpaths
• Don’t get frustrated – it doesn’t help and children will be the losers if you “lose it”
• Observe the 40km/hour speed zone – it is there to protect your children
  A fine will be imposed of $100 for not observing the above and $500 for parking in a Disabled Parking Bay

Our School

·       Our ANZAC Day ceremony/Assembly will be held on 24 April

·       This is a 9-week term and ends on Wednesday 27 March for students and 28 March for staff.

·       Term 2 is an 11-week term – starts 15 April and ends 28 June

THANKS

Thank you for entrusting us with your loved ones. You need to know, that no matter what you hear, our care and love for your children is real and constant. We will never do anything that would endanger their well-being or their dignity. Are we perfect? No. Do we try hard to do our very best we can? Yes.

Please come and let us know how we are going when you wish. If you let us know face-to-face, we can do our very best for you and keep you informed along the way on how we are progressing your problem/issue. You will always get a calm and respectful hearing, no matter the topic.

THOUGHT:     “If animals spoke, humanity would cry.” – Manuj Rajput

Ted Nastasi

Principal

School News

Student Achievement

Last weekend Cherilyn in Year 3 competed in the LiveLighter Kingsway WA Badminton Tournament. Cherilyn won in the Under 11 Girls’ Singles category. Well done Cherilyn and congratulations on your achievement.

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Class News

Year 1 Room 32 Mrs Heinzman

It’s Teddy Bear fortnight for the Year 1s and Room 32 have been super excited about bringing their favourite Teddy Bear to school. This week, we have drawn and written about our class bear, Buddy. We wrote about Buddy’s yellow fur and the picture of a sun on his belly. We decided that he loves happy people and but doesn’t like the colour grey.

In Maths, we had a great time measuring our own teddy bears with blocks, straws and popsticks. We compared the length of our bears against those of our classmates. We also ordered some numbered bears from 1-20 and found the missing numbers in between!

There are so many more activities we will be doing with our bears next week. And we can’t wait for the Teddy Bears’ Picnic on Friday 1 March!

Year 6 Room 39 – Mrs Wingfield and Mr Bailey

In Room 39 we have really enjoyed designing and creating our “All about Me” T-shirts during the first few weeks of school. It has been wonderful to share and learn more about each other and our favourite things. “Today you are YOU, that is truer than true. There is NO ONE alive that is YOUER than YOU!” Dr Suess.

School Board, P&C News and Community News

AGM

The P&C AGM will be held this Monday, 26th February at 7pm in the Staff Room 

Everyone is welcome to come along!

We have several scooters in the front office that have been found and handed in. If you are missing one, please see the front office staff.