ENDEAVOUR ACHIEVEMENT SUSTAINABILITY THOUGHTFULNESS Principal: Miss Kate Wilson Email: [email protected] Phone: 9881 1581 Newsletter No: 02 Deputy Principal: Mrs Joanna Hayes http://www.eastnarroginps.wa.edu.au Fax: 9881 1707 Date: 24 February 2015 Deputy Principal: Mr Johan Van Wyk Off-Site Kindergarten: 9881 2015 Established 1963 From the Principal Please remember that we have early close at ENPS every Monday. Dear Parents and Members of the School Community, School closes at 2.30pm We are now four weeks into Term One of the 2015 school Kindy closes at 2.30pm year. Staff have established rigorous learning programs and students are significantly contributing to the positive vibe felt within the school on a daily basis. To ensure students get the Coming Events most out of the educational offerings provided, as you are well aware, regular attendance at school is fundamental. Consistent attendance and participation is essential for your ✩ Year 6 Leaders’ Assembly child’s social and academic learning. As parents or legal 8.45am—Presentation of guardians of an enrolled child, you are responsible under the badges School Education Act 1999 to ensure the attendance of your Friday 27 February child at school every day. It is important to assist your child’s achievement and learning by making regular school ✩ Public Holiday—No School attendance a priority in your child’s life. The Department of Monday 2 March Education’s Student Attendance Policy requires parents or ✩ Faction Swimming Carnival guardians to provide an acceptable explanation to the school Friday 6 March Principal for any absence of their children. The Act defines health, religious and cultural observances as reasonable ✩ P&C AGM, 7.00pm cause for a school absence and the absence would be Monday 9 March recorded as ‘authorised’ by the Principal. As the parent or guardian, you must obtain the Principal’s approval for any ✩ Interschool Swimming Carnival planned absence, including, but not limited to, holidays Friday 13 March during school times and the like. Please remember going to school is a legal requirement and there are fines of up to $1000 for non-compliance. Periodically over the course of each term you will receive official notification from the school requesting information about student absences that have not been explained or approved by myself. You will be required East Narrogin Primary School to complete the document sent home and return it in a timely Banking details for Voluntary manner. We thank you in anticipation of your Contributions acknowledgment of this Department requirement. Commonwealth Bank BSB: 066040 The table below provides some information for your Account No: 19901631 consideration: Period of Absence from Rate of Attendance Equivalent Schooling Level of Educational Year 1-10 Missed Risk Average of 5 days per 90% 1 year Regular Attendance term 1 day per week 80% 2 years Indicated Risk 1.5 days per week 70% 3 years Moderate Risk 2 days per week 60% 4 years Moderate Risk 3 days per week 40% 6 years Severe Risk 5 weeks a term 50% 5 years Severe Risk From the Principal (Cont) From the Board In short, it is clear to see that even five days of absence per Dear Parents, Guardians and Students, term equates to a significant amount of learning lost. Please consider this next time you plan to allow your child I hope everyone enjoyed their summer holidays and festive to be absent for school for a reason that you know would period. I think everyone will agree 2015 has already been a not be “authorised”. very productive and busy year for us at ENPS! The board met last week on Tuesday 17 February. We were very “Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle lucky and excited to welcome two new members, Lesley you arrive in.” Budrovich and Mark Batt. Thank you again for giving up ~ Bill Bradley ~ your time and providing your expertise to the Board. By joining the Board you are now able to actively help guide Kate Wilson our school through this year and well into the future. I Principal, East Narrogin Primary School would also like to thank Mrs Jude Jones, who has decided to step down from the Board. Mrs Jones, your contribution to discussions and the knowledge you hold, has been very From the Deputies beneficial to us all. Faction Shirts We have had many new students start this year so Please be reminded that faction shirts are worn on Fridays welcome to you and your families. At our meeting we only. reviewed our Dress Code Criteria. This is a document the Board uses when deciding on changing or adding new Leadership Assembly items onto the Uniform List. It is important that we, as This Friday our student leaders will be hosting the formal parents, try to always dress our kids in correct school assembly. We will be presenting their leadership badges uniform. Though it may be hard sometimes juggling work, during this assembly. children and life, making sure we represent our school Students arriving early to school proudly and loudly is vital for building confidence and The school does not provide supervision prior to 8.30am in school spirit. the morning. We ask that students are not on school premises before this time. Students are required to go The P & C brought to the Board samples of new girls’ directly to their classes at 8.30am and get ready for the skorts. Parent of girls will know that the previous ones we day. had were quite bulky and cumbersome. The new sample endorsed by the Board, is made of a lighter material and BIKE2SCHOOL DAY Tuesday 10 March allows easier movement. There are still old ones available On Tuesday the 10 of March we are having Bike2School for purchase, however when these ones are sold out the Day. All students are encouraged to participate in riding new skorts will be available at the Canteen. Also we were their bikes to school (or to the bus stop for farm students). shown a sample of a new shorts material, again like the The Narrogin Police will assess students’ bikes and will skorts, these are less bulky and cumbersome and will allow address our whole school assembly in the undercover area the boys to be able to move a little more freely. and give some important messages about bike and road safety (helmets, brakes, lights, road rules). Also discussed at the meeting were the upcoming Swimming Carnivals and also the wonderful development that Darkan/Williams Primary Schools will be joining our Interschool competition for the Athletics Carnival later in the year. I know that we are all excited at the chance to increase the competition and show a wider audience how fair, competitive and just plain awesome our school is!! Please remember our Faction Swimming Carnival is on 6 March at the Leisure Centre. I hope you can come down Faction Swimming Carnival and cheer on your faction. Go Marri!! On Friday 6 March all Year 3 – 6 students will be participating in our Faction Swimming Carnival. If students One last reminder, if you haven’t already, please see Fiona have not nominated themselves for any events they will still or Katrina in the front office and pay your Voluntary participate in the Novelty Tabloids in the afternoon. Contributions. Prizes will be drawn for families who have Students are asked to wear their Faction shirts on the day. paid. Your children are the ones that benefit from the This will also be the first year that we participate in Year money collected from the Contributions. It is all directly groups and not Age groups like we did in the past. All first used to better our school and the programs we can provide. place times, except for the Freestyle 100m Open, will be new records on the day!! Lunch orders to be marked with Our next meeting will be held on 17 March at 6.00pm in the student’s name, Carnival and Faction please and must be Library. Anyone wishing to come along and listen and/or ordered before school starts. Students are also asked not participate in our discussions is more than welcome to do to use Hair Dye or any Texta on arms and legs. We hope to so. see many parents on the day to support their child/ren and our school. Thank you Joanna Hayes & Johan van Wyk Gemma Ward Deputy Principals School Board President From the Early Childhood Centre HEALTHY KIDS at East Narrogin Easter Raffle Mrs Kensett-Smith and Mrs Dyke are excited to be Once again the P&C and Early Childhood centre are teaching Health across the school this year. Our health running an Easter raffle. Please send in donations of Easter topics this term are: Being Sunsmart and Resiliency. eggs and Easter products to the Early Childhood Centre as Syd the seagull has helped us to remember the 5- soon as possible. Raffle tickets will accompany the next steps to being Sunsmart. More Sunsmart information newsletter in week 7. The raffle will be drawn at a special can be found at The Cancer Coucil of WA website small assembly on the Thursday prior to Easter. Thank you. https://www.cancerwa.asn.au/prevention/sunsmart/. Early Childhood Centre Busy Bee The ‘Sunsmart’ App can be downloaded for FREE. It On Saturday 7 March at 8am we are having a busy bee in will give you a daily UV Index, and the exact time the Early Childhood Centre to complete some sunsmart protection is required. jobs in the outdoor area. If you are able to come along and help, please let Mrs Fowler know.