W.A. NAPLAN TOP 20 SCHOOLS – 2024
Centre School for Excellence 2023-2026
Dear Parents/ Carers,
Thanks
To Miss Chloe Rowe and her band of supporters and helpers including the HASS Committee for a wonderful family event on Wednesday afternoon and evening.
Thanks to the community for coming together to create “Harmony”.
Thanks to our vendors for making the event enjoyable and the “Ice Cream van is sold out!”
School Changes
• Mrs Brylie Clements will be going on Maternity leave in Term 2 commencing the end of Week 1. Mrs Angela O’Malley will move in to the role of Deputy Principal for all of Term 2. Miss Kira Sunkar will take on the role of K3A and K3B teacher, replacing Mrs O’Malley. Miss Sunkar’s role will be replaced by Ms Darcy Pickett, a teacher with 3 years of experience in early childhood education in the North West of WA. We have been lucky to have Ms Pickett join us as a relief teacher since the start of 2025. We know she will move into Miss Sunkar’s current roles with ease.
• Ms Lee-Anne Bartlett is going to be away in the Wheatbelt as a Level 3 Primary Principal at Yealering for the first 5 weeks of term 2. She will be replaced by Ms Marie Lynch who joined us as a relief teacher earlier this term. We welcome Marie to a classroom teaching role in our great school.
Traffic Flow and Parking
Parking and Pick Up has improved over the last two weeks thanks to the majority of parents doing the right thing. Let us all work together and make Drop Off and Pick Up as safe as is possible.
Remember that the Kiss and Drive is not a parking zone.
The City of Gosnells Ranger will be in attendance from time to time and will issue infringement notices.
Please do not carry out dangerous driving around the school or park where and how you should not – please do not be the person who, for the sake of a few minutes of patience, creates an accident outside our wonderful school.
It is only for a short twenty minutes in the mornings and afternoons that we need to be super careful, polite and patient.
Our school happenings
• NAPLAN is completed for all the children in Years 3 and 5.
• Harmony Week activities and Assemblies occurred this week (Tuesday – Friday)
• Summer Carnival Day (Year 5 & 6 only) has been scheduled by the South-Central School Sports Assoc. for Friday 4th April and a back-up day for Wednesday 9th April if needed due to weather conditions. More information will come out soon.
• Year 2 Kalamunda Excursions – Monday 7th, Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th April (2 classes a day)
• Our ANZAC Day Ceremonies/Assemblies will be held on Thursday 10th April.
A very busy end to Term One!
This is a 10-week term and ends on Friday 11th April for students and Staff.
Term 2 is also an 10-week term – starting on 28th April and ending on 4th July.
THOUGHT: Working Together
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” – Henry Ford
Have a great weekend. See you all in Week 9.
Paul Bottcher
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.
And that’s a Wrap…
Harmony Day Celebrations
Wow, what a wonderful week of Harmony Day celebrations we have shared with the student’s, staff and community. From wearing orange on Tuesday, to our Family event where the ice cream truck was very much appreciated on that hot day and sold out of ice cream. We had the beautiful Harmony Week tree set up where each class created leaves to display. To finish off the week, students dressed in cultural outfits for our Harmony Week assembly.
Thank you to everyone for participating in all the events.
Kindy Fairy Incursion
On Monday and Tuesday the Kindy classes enjoyed a morning of music and songs through storytelling by Fairy Rebecca.
This experience was fun for all students, please see the photos below.
Student Achievement
On the March long weekend, Ethan had the awesome chance to represent the Thornlie & Districts Teeball Association at the Teeball State Championships at Yokine Reserve. Over 80 teams from across metro and country areas competed, each playing 5-6 games throughout the weekend.
Ethan made the U10 Gold Teeball Team and has been working hard since October, with twice-weekly training and 5 pre-state carnivals (in addition to his club training and games). These carnivals were key in helping the team gel and get ready for the championship.
Ethan’s team finished 3rd in A Division, bringing home a bronze medal. Ethan was a key player, mainly as an outfielder and 5th batter, contributing to the team’s success both in the field and at the plate. Ethan got two home runs at the States Championships, which was absolutely wonderful to celebrate.
Ethan and the team showed incredible dedication, and their bronze medal reflects their hard work and sportsmanship. Well done Ethan.
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 – Ms Duracic and Mrs Hemelaar
Harmony Week Celebrations: Everyone Belongs!
This week, our school has been proudly celebrating Harmony Week, a time to recognise and embrace the rich diversity of our community. Harmony Week is all about inclusiveness, respect, and ensuring that everyone feels a sense of belonging.
As part of the celebrations, students have been learning about kindness and how we can show it to our friends and teachers. We read inspiring books such as Whoever You Are by Mem Fox and Born to Stand Out by Nikki Rogers, which remind us of the importance of compassion and kindness.
On Tuesday, everyone wore orange to show their support for the values of Harmony Week. In class, each student decorated a leaf with their name, colours, and pictures representing what they love and reminds them of kindness. These individual leaves will come together to form a beautiful school-wide art collaboration, creating a colourful tree of Harmony that will be proudly displayed. We also created chameleon puppets inspired by the story Born to Stand Out.
Thank you to everyone for your participation in making this week a meaningful celebration of diversity and inclusion. 
Year 6 Room 20 – Mr Lam
Year 6 Maths in Action: Carpark Investigation!
Room 20 students recently took their learning beyond the classroom with an exciting hands-on Maths activity! The students worked together on a cohort-wide investigation that turned the staff carparks into a real-world data collection site.
The task? To observe the license plates of parked cars and record the letters and numbers they spotted. Armed with tally sheets and sharp eyes, students carefully counted how often each letter and number appeared.
Once back in the classroom, they transformed their raw data into bar graphs, allowing them to visually interpret their findings. This activity helped reinforce key mathematical concepts like data collection, frequency tables and graphing while also encouraging teamwork and observation skills.
The students thoroughly enjoyed this interactive lesson, proving that Maths is all around us—even in the school carpark! Well done to all the Year 6s for their enthusiasm and effort in making this a successful learning experience.
P&C and Community News
