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Ellen Stirling Primary School
An Independent Public School
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Official Newsletter 13 May 2015
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Webpage link : http://www.ellenstirlingps.wa.edu.au/
Edition 6
Within the spirit of excellence and mutual respect, Ellen Stirling Primary School is a safe and supportive environment with a
clear focus on values, literacy and numeracy.
As they progress through their primary learning, all students are encouraged
encouraged to reach their full potential as confident,
independent and responsible contributors to society.
A sense of community and collaborative partnerships enhance our school’s effectiveness.
Dates to Remember
Thursday, 14 May
Year PP – Kidsafe Incursion
Tuesday, 19 May
Year 1- Farmyard Incursion
Friday, 22 May
Assembly – LB 3, 4and 5
LB3.2 hosting
Monday, 1 June
Western Australia Day –
Public Holiday
Friday, 5 June
Assembly – LB 1and 2
LB1.5 hosting
Monday, 22 June –
Thursday 2 July
Swimming Lessons Year P – 2
Ellen’s Lunch Box
6296 7567
Open Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday.
Menu is available from the
front office or from website:
http://ellenstirlingps.wa.edu.au/
index.php?page=canteen
To order on OurOnlineCanteen
use link:
www.ouronlinecanteen.com.au
Arbor Grove Dental
Therapy
Open Monday – Friday
8:00 am – 4:00 pm
9296 7388
Email: arborgrovedtc@
dental.health.wa.gov.au
Absences from School
It is a legal requirement that
the school is notified for all
absences from school. It is
appreciated if parents phone,
email or write a letter to the
school in the morning stating
the reason for absence.
Ellen Stirling Primary School
23 Strathmore Parkway Ellenbrook
From the Principal
NAPLAN
NAPLAN Testing is underway for the students in Years 3 and 5. The children
are meeting this challenge with enthusiasm and to the best of their ability. Could
all parents make sure that for the rest of the week, all noise is kept to a minimum
and there are no classroom interruptions prior to recess.
LATE STUDENTS
There have been a number of students coming to school late in recent weeks. This is not acceptable as
the students disturb the class when they enter and they miss out on the activities to prepare for the day,
which are set up in the classroom prior to the siren going at 8:45 am. Please make sure your child is at
school by the time the classroom doors open at 8.30 am so they can be in class with their possessions
organised and ready to start when class starts.
CAR PARKING
Parents are not permitted to use the staff carpark for picking up and setting down their children. Parents
who are delivering their children to school should use the designated carpark. It is not acceptable to sit
with your car idling in the staff carpark restricting staff entry. Please be sensible about parking and drive
carefully to care for other people’s children as well as your own.
STUDENT SCHOOL UNIFORM
Recently there have been a few issues with regard to deviation from the school uniform. Some of the older
girls are wearing very short bike pants to school, which are fine if covered with a school skirt, but on their
own are not acceptable. Also now that the cold weather has begun, children are wearing multi coloured
skivvies under their school shirts, which are not school uniform. There are zip jackets for sale at the
uniform shop which will provide warmth on cold mornings and still look smart as part of the required school
uniform. Please ensure your child has the correct school uniform and appropriate foot cover.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE PARENTS WHO:
Encourage their children to access Mathletics at home. The Year 3 and Year 2 students are
leading the whole school with accessing Mathletics
Dress their children beautifully in their uniform every day. The way your children are presented
shows pride that they are part of the Ellen Stirling community and they are a credit to the love
and care you have for your children
Send their children to school every day. Attendance data has a huge amount of children
attending 100% of the time
Have made a time with their child’s classroom teacher to come in and be a parent helper in the
classroom. Teachers love having parents in the class to help with daily activities
Support the new Ellen Stirling Behaviour Plan Our children are working well in class with such
purpose and are trying hard to keep our play community a peaceful and harmonious environment
Meet regularly with Mrs Barton on health plans and any changes as they occur
Thank you to all parents, you have been such a big part of our school changing to becoming an
Independent Public School.
Phone 6296 7155
Fax 6296 7562
Email [email protected]
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SCHOOL BOARD
We now have an active School Board who, as part of the community,
is active in many matters occurring at the school level. Already they
have helped with the draft of the School Annual Report which you
can view by following this link to Schools Online.
http://www.det.wa.edu.au/schoolsonline/annual_report.do?schoolID=
5805&pageID=AD08
We would like to take this opportunity to welcome as members of the
board:
Michelle Ward
Parent Representative
Sharon Craig
Parent Representative
Alison Barklam
Parent Representative
Katrina McCartney
Parent Representative
Helen Pickin
Parent Representative
Sharon Abbott
Staff Representative
Janet Jacques
Staff Representative
Wendy Gallagher
Principal
Ms Wendy Gallagher
Principal
RUNNING CLUB
Running Club has continued to be a roaring success at Ellen Stirling
Primary School, with large numbers of students showing up every
Thursday morning at 8:00 am to improve their fitness levels.
WINTER SPORTS
Winter sports training began on Wednesday, 13 May on the oval and
netball courts. We had a large number of Year 5 and 6 students
involved and they will be focussing on the development of crucial
skills and tactics in preparation for the upcoming Winter Sports
Carnival. Training begins at 8:00 am every Wednesday morning.
CONGRATULATIONS
A huge congratulations to Ashtyn Moss from Year 5 who has been
selected to participate in Super 10s Tennis League, an amazing
achievement! Well done!
Honour Certificate Winners
8 May 2015
Amber Soni
Karen Wong
Cobey Farrell
Jesse Rebbeck
Laikymm Rowley
Hayden Greenhouse
Alicia Suszczewicz
Leona Jimson
Michael Moroney
Atong Deng
Logan Klemke
Bronte Forbes
Alfie White
Lochlan Farr
Annaliese Fido
Zak Hockin
Mia Simpkins-Wall
Dace Dixon
Eva Durham
Ms Eliza Wenden and Mr Michael McGeever
Physical Education Teachers
Performing Arts
P E Corner
SEDA
For the last three Thursdays, Year 1, 2 and 3 students at Ellen
Stirling Primary School have been participating in Football clinics with
senior students from the SEDA Fremantle Football Club
Development Squad. Students have actively engaged with the
training drills and have developed some amazing skills as a result.
CHOIR
Big CONGRATULATIONS to our certificate recipients for near perfect
attendance, or 100% attendance last term. Attendance has been
very disappointing over the last couple of weeks. It is essential that
all students attend all choir rehearsals as we are constantly learning
new songs and changing around the songs we are currently working
on. If you are unable to attend choir it is imperative that you inform
Miss Church so this can be recorded against your attendance and
not just simply put down as a no show.
Rehearsals
Monday lunchtime 12:35 – 12: 50 pm
Wednesday morning before school, 8:15 – 8:45 am
(please can parents/guardians make sure students are not at school
any earlier than 8:10 am)
ROBIN HOOD AND THE SHERWOOD HOODIES
Rehearsals have been going great. It is so good to see that the cast
have been learning their lines even if they are an understudy. Keep
up the good work everyone! This week’s rehearsal we will be going
through scenes one and two, the entire cast is in both these scenes
so all will need to attend. Next week’s rehearsals will be discussed
on Thursday and a note sent home early that week outlining who will
need to attend. Please keep an eye on the Performing Arts room
door for any information regarding the production.
Rehearsals
Thursday afternoon after school 2:50 – 4:30 pm
Ellen Stirling Primary School
23 Strathmore Parkway Ellenbrook
Phone 6296 7155
Fax 6296 7562
Email [email protected]
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JUMP JAM
What a fantastic experience our Jump Jam Squad had at last week’s
Leadership Workshop with Brett Fairweather. The students and I
went to Swan Valley Anglican School along with several other
schools from around Perth, to learn how to be leaders in Jump Jam.
The squad learnt a lot about technique and energy and this is
something we have been working on during our rehearsal sessions. I
cannot express how proud I am of our Jump Jam squad and the way
they represented Ellen Stirling this past week.
Rehearsals
Tuesday morning before school 8:00 – 8:45 am
Friday lunchtime 12:35 – 12:50 pm
P&C Association
From the Fundraising Team
Thank you to all of the families and staff that supported our 50/50
Raffle drawn last week. The total raised was $2,301 so the first prize
winner received $1,000 which was won by the Barnes family and the
second place winner was Tanya Smith receiving $150-50.
Congratulations to both winners and we are getting closer to those all
weather playground shade covers with an extra $1,150-50 in our
kitty.
Playground Legends
8 May 2015
Isabella Robertson
Anrica Morelli
Tahnee Neesham
Layla Nikoloski
Riley Allan
Joshua Abramo
Summer Keating
Deegan Thewlis
Kaidence Lewis
PEOPLE’S CHOICE CREDIT UNION
Position Vacant
Ms Lauren Church
Performing Arts Teacher
Wanted a Uniform Coordinator for the Uniform shop
If you have a spare couple of hours a week and would like to earn a
little pocket money. The William Apparel Company is looking for a
Uniform Coordinator to run the Uniform Shop. The hours are flexible
but during the term are approximately 2 – 3 hours a week. The
Coordinator opens the shop, records all the transactions does the
banking and fills the online orders. The person needs to enjoy
dealing with people and have a bright and helpful attitude. The
William Apparel Company will fully train the successful person.
Please contact Claire Giles at [email protected]
Worm
Worm Wiz
Just a quick message to let you know that our
famous Worm Wiz garden fertiliser is ready for
sale again. Anytime is a good time to be treating
your gardens! We are also able to sell worm
castings at $5 a snack bag, but you will need to
give us notice before hand. This is great to mix into your soil or to
put around the base of plants. You may even be lucky to find some
worms still digging around which will be introduced to your garden
soil!
Community Notices
ELLENBROOK RUGBY UNION
RUGBY UNION SEASON IS HERE - COME AND TRY!!!
We are hosting rugby training sessions at Bolero Road, Aveley
(Behind Aveley Primary School). Come down and visit us on
Worm wiz is for sale at the office for a gold coin donation!
Ellen Stirling Primary School
23 Strathmore Parkway Ellenbrook
Phone 6296 7155
Fax 6296 7562
Email [email protected]
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Monday and Wednesday at 5:30 pm. A few of your schoolmates are
already playing for us so come and join them.
We welcome all junior boys and girls.
Info : [email protected] Web:www.perthrugby.com.au
All games are played in the Perth Metropolitan area!!!
CITY OF SWAN
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA SURVEY
ELLENBROOK SALVATION ARMY
AVELEY PRIMARY SCHOOL – FUNDRAISER
Ellen Stirling Primary School
23 Strathmore Parkway Ellenbrook
Phone 6296 7155
Fax 6296 7562
Email [email protected]
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