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Newsletter 6/2015
10 Spencer St, Leeman, 6514
Dates to
Remember
Mon
27 Apr
ANZAC Day
holiday
Parent Interviews
Tue
start 28 May
contact teacher
Canteen
Wed
29 Apr
After School Sport
Fri
Clean-up Australia
1 May Day (with CRC)
Wed
After School Sport
6 May
Thur
7 May
Assembly
Sun
10 May
P&C Mothers Day
raffle drawn
- Thermomix
12 - 14
May
NAPLAN
testing
Phone: 9953 1083
Fax: 9953 1450
www.leemanps.wa.edu.au
Friday 24 April 2015
From the Principal’s Desk
School Attendance
Welcome to our first newsletter of term two. Our rate of regular attendance
moved from below 50% for 2013 and 2014 to 78% at the end of term one,
2015.
This means that 78% of our students attended school regularly (more than 9
days out of every 10). This is 90% and the Department of Education calls this
regular attendance. Although this may seem good, we still need to do better
by the end of this year.
Teachers find it very difficult to make huge improvements to the grades of
students who attend less than 9 days out of every 10. Our goal for the end
of 2015 is to see 80% of or more of our students with coming to school at
least 9 days out of every 10 for most of the time.
11 students had 100% attendance last term. They will be awarded a prize at
the next assembly.
Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD)
I will be sending home letters and forms soon requesting information about
students with a disability for the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data for
students with disabilities. This is an Australia-wide initiative and data will be
collected every year starting from this year from every school across the
country.
A disability could be in a number of different categories:
Physical (e.g. asthma, vision, anaphylaxis, celebral palsy, juvenile
arthritis)
Cognitive (e.g. epilepsy; autism, stuttering, intellectual disability,
ADHD)
Social/emotional (e.g. anxiety, depression, bulimia nervosa)
to the following students who won merit certificates at the assembly on 26 March
Kristen
Josh
Daniel
Luke
Dean
Tazmin
Isaac
Coorow Primary School
School Board Training
Norah Jones, Principal of Coorow Primary School has
suggested a collaborative event between our schools
as the only two schools in the Shire of Coorow. Her
suggestion is outlined below. At this stage we will be
looking at visiting Coorow in either week 6 or week 8
of this term. The date and day will be confirmed soon.
One of the areas that we have set goals in this year is
engaging with and having a positive impact on our
community. There sometimes appears to be a large
divide between “the coast” and the “the inland”. As
the only 2 schools in our shire I am hoping that in
2015 we can begin to develop a stronger relationship
between our two school communities (with some
input and help from our Shire).
This will take place on Monday 11th May at Jurien
Bay at a venue and time yet to be decided. This is
only for School Board members.
An idea that has been suggested by Coorow staff is
inviting our Shire “coastal cousins” (Leeman PS) to
Coorow for a Joint Schools picnic/activity day during
the wild flower season (at the Coorow Community
Farm) and our school making the return visit to
Leeman in December during Coast Care Week.
Cross Country
We need to start training ASAP for the Cross Country
competition at Eneabba which will be held early in
term three. We are looking for someone who can
train our students 2, 3 or 4 times a week for
approximately 20 minutes to half an hour each time.
Training could start at 8.30am before the start of
school OR from 2.40pm -3:00pm at the end of each
day, whichever is suitable. If there is anyone or a few
people who can support our students with training for
this event please contact the front office at school on
9953 1083 as we need to start training soon.
Winter Carnival
Lapathon
We will organise a Lapathon date soon for later this
term. Over the past two years we have raised almost
$3000 in only two hours from everyone’s generous
donations to our Lapathon events. We look forward to
raising a record amount this year.
This year’s Winter Carnival will be held at Jurien Bay
SHS on Friday 19th June. Our Years 3-6 students will
be competing against other schools in soccer and
netball. Thanks go to Bianca Collins and Bec Voss
who have offered to coach our soccer and netball
teams respectively.
Warm regards
Jackie Miller
Lest We Forget
Healthy Eating
Traffic Light Healthy Eating classifies different types of food and drink according to their nutritional value under three categories –
green, amber or red.
Green
Food and drink in this category are the healthiest choices. They:
 are excellent sources of important nutrients
 contain low amounts of saturated fat, sugar and salt
 help avoid an intake of excess energy.
Food and drink in this category include:
 breads, cereals, rice, pasta and noodles
 fruit and vegetables
 reduced or low fat dairy foods
 lean meat and poultry, fish
 eggs, nuts and legumes
 water
Amber
These are foods that are okay in small amounts but should not be consumed too often. Parents should check the labels first. These foods:
 have some nutritional value
 contain moderate amounts of saturated fat, added sugar or salt
 can contribute to excess energy in large serves.
Food and drink in this category include:
 full fat dairy foods and processed meats
 some baked savoury snack foods, cakes and biscuits
 breakfast cereals
 fruit juice
Red
These foods are not for sale in the school canteen because they:
 lack adequate nutritional value
 are high in saturated fat, sugar or salt
 contribute to excess energy.
Food and drink in this category include:
 confectionary
 snack foods such as chips
 deep-fried foods


ice-cream
artificially sweetened soft drinks and energy drinks
8 May 2015
Term 2, 2015 Planner
W
1
2
MON
TUE
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
SUN
April 20
21
22
23
Audrey Chaplain
24
School ANZAC
ceremony
25
ANZAC
Day
26
2
3
8
9
10
Mothers Day
raffle drawn
(thermomix)
15
16
17
27
ANZAC Day
28
Parent
Interviews start
(contact teacher)
3
4
5
4
11
School Board
Training (new
date)
12
NAPLAN
5
18
19
6
25
26
7
8
9
10
June 1
WA Day
2
8
9
15
29
After School
Sport
30
Audrey –
Chaplain
Canteen
6
After School
Sport
7
Audrey Chaplain
13
NAPLAN
Assembly
14
NAPLAN
After School
Sport
Audrey Chaplain
Canteen
20
After School
Sport
21
Audrey Chaplain
22
23
24
27
After School
Sport
28
Audrey –
Chaplain
29
School
Development
Day
30
31
Canteen
6
7
After School
Sport
Assembly
4
Audrey Chaplain
10
After School
Sport
11
Audrey Chaplain
12
13
14
18
Audrey –
Chaplain
19
Winter Carnival
20
21
26
27
28
3
Canteen
17
16
P&C meeting
3pm
May 1
Clean-up
Australia Day
(with CRC)
Assembly
25
Audrey Chaplain
5
RAD Rock
Climbing
wall
22
23
24
Canteen
29
30
July 1
Reports home
2
Audrey Chaplain
3
Sausage sizzle
(good standing)
4
5
6
holidays
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
11
holidays