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Ocean Road, Dawesville WA 6211. Phone: 9582 2311 Fax: 9582 2355
Week 7 - Term 2, Wednesday 3 2015
News Flash
Dear Parents/Caregivers,
Congratulations and thanks to everyone involved in last week’s Faction Athletics Carnival. The
carnival was an outstanding success with fantastic participation from all children. It was also
wonderful to see so many parents, grandparents and family members cheering. Special thanks
to Mr Freshwater for organising the event and to everyone who contributed to the day in any
way. Well done to Green Faction who won for the fourth consecutive year. It was good to see
the other factions were snapping at their heals!
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Lollypop Crossing News
Thank you to all the children who are now walking their bikes and scooters through the Lollypop
Crossing. Chris, our new Lollypop Lady, has described Ocean Road Primary School students as
very polite and well mannered – great job everyone! Please be reminded that the process for
crossing the road is for Chris to raise the two flags and then give two short whistle blasts
before anyone can commence their crossing. Stay safe!
Nature Play Update
As you can see we are making steady progress in the nature play areas. The pre-primary
students are having a delightful time stretching their imaginations and creating fantasies in
their new fairy garden. In the coming weeks a chicken coop will be arriving for the Year 1 area
and we will be installing three water tanks. One for the middle primary water feature, one for
the junior primary wet area and the third will provide water for the tropical garden bed. We
also have plans for an Aquaponics area for the upper primary students to enjoy and learn from.
These are exciting times at Ocean Road.
As you may be aware Mrs Finlay and I will be taking three weeks Long Service Leave from this
Thursday (The WA Government has mandated that all employees must take their leave within a
given time frame). Ms Lay will be Principal during my absence.
Attached to this News Flash is the Education Department’s latest Consent Form. It covers a
range of activities and will decrease the number of forms you will have to complete in the
future. Can you please complete and return to the front office ASAP.
Kind Regards
Dean Finlay
Principal
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Consent Form
At Ocean Road Primary School we aim to offer your child the widest range of learning opportunities and celebrate
learning whenever possible. This may often require some form of parental consent. This form asks you to consent
(or otherwise) to your child’s participation / use / access to several aspects of the school program. At all times we
make the very best efforts to exercise exemplary standards in respect of duty of care.
MEDIA CONSENT
Children’s images and/or their work are often published to recognise excellence or effort and may appear in
newspapers, on the internet (eg: You Tube, Twitter, Facebook), in newsletters or on film or video. Their names may
also be included but no contact details are provided. Work/images captured by the school will be kept for no longer
than is necessary for the purposes outlined above and will be stored and disposed of securely.
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Yes, I give consent to my child to have his/her image and/or work published as described above.
No, I do not give consent.
In addition, see Appendix F of the Student’s online policy.
INTERNET ACCESS
Student access to the internet is provided in accordance with the school policy (available from the office or school
website). Student access is contingent on abiding by the users’ Code of Conduct.
Yes, my child has permission to access the internet in accordance with school policy.
No, I do not give consent.
In addition, see the School’s policy and the Student’s online policy.
VIEWING CONSENT
Children often watch videos / DVDs / television documentaries as part of their learning. Almost always these are ‘G’
rated and don’t require consent. Very occasionally something with a ‘PG’ rating is appropriate for which we would
need parental permission.
Yes, I consent to my child viewing items with a ‘PG’ rating if deemed suitable by the teacher and school
administration.
No, I do not give consent.
LOCAL EXCURSIONS
Children occasionally walk within the local area for minor excursions under the supervision of the teacher and attend
activities in local parks, nature reserves, another school, city council library or shopping centre. On all occasions,
parents will be notified of the local excursion.
Yes, I consent to my child participating in teacher supervised local excursions which may involve short walks
to and from the school.
No, I do not give consent.
The school also has the Newsletter accessible on the Website.
Please subscribe to www:oceanroadps.wa.edu.au
Name and year of student/s:
Name of person signing the consent form:
Title:
First Name:
Surname:
Please indicate relationship to the student (e.g. parent/guardian/responsible person):
Date:
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