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Edition Highlights
• Year 7 Graduation
• Presentation Night
• Pre-Primary assembly
• Anglicare Christmas
Appeal
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School Times
8.45am: Start of day
10.20-10.40am: Recess
12.00-12.40pm: Lunch
3.00pm: End of day
Term Dates
Term 4 2012
Tues Oct 16-Tues
Dec18
Term 1 2013
Mon Feb 4-Fri April 19
Term 2 2013
Mon May 6-Fri July 5
Term 3 2013
Mon 22 July-Fri 27 Sept
Term 4 2013
Mon 14 Oct-Thurs19
Dec
2013 Voluntary
School
Contributions
K-Yr 7:
$60 per child
Churchlands Primary School
Newsletter Edition No. 18
12th December 2012
Principal’s Principal’s Message
Message
Dear Parents and Friends,
Year 7 Graduation
Last Friday the Year 7 students had an amazing day of graduation celebrations. The
formal graduation ceremony, morning tea and dinner dance will always hold a special
place in the student’s hearts. The Year 7 Parent Graduation Committee, Mrs Kennedy,
Mrs Woods, Mrs Cockerill and Mr Howesmith, staff and students are to be congratulated
for working together to make graduation an event to be proud of. Congratulations
to recipients of awards.
Things to remember: sometimes you are the plankton and sometimes you are the
whale, stay connected, remember the voice of Mr Jones (make the right choices), and
remember with fondness the words in the school song.
Churchlands School Board
The school board plays a pivotal role in being an Independent Public School (IPS).
Three current board members Alicia Benzie, Leanda De Klerk and Mark Lewer –
School Board Chair have indicated they will not be continuing next year. I sincerely
thank the inaugural members of the Churchlands School Board for their valuable contribution,
expertise, time and commitment to ensuring an effective school board. In
particular I have worked closely with Mark Lewer and his leadership has been outstanding.
The results of the school board election process have been finalised. The three new
representatives on the School Board for 2013 are : Danielle Douglas (Max and
Cassidy), Adam Floyd (Jamie, Nick and Darcy) and Sonia McKeiver (Caitlin and
Caleb). Next year the members of the school board will elect a School Board Chair
and they will lead the school with the Principal Donna Snow for the school’s first Independent
Review by the Department of Education Services on the 15th March and two
days in early April. The school will receive a report which goes online and is made
public. The DES review team will make recommendations to assist the school in future
planning.
Churchlands Changeling Public Screening
It’s so exciting that the Churchlands Changeling movie is going public this SUNDAY
16th December at 6:30pm! It will be screened at the Perth Cultural Centre on the BIG
screen in the court yard next to the WA State Library, Art Gallery and PICA. The
Changeling is also advertised on the ArtsEdge home page;http://
www.artsedge.dca.wa.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx and promo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMC9WLvaB5k&feature=plcp Negotiations are underway
for the City of Stirling Summerset Festival 2013 .
Parent Afternoon Tea—Monday 17 December at 2:00pm
Through out the year parents have worked with the school as partners in education. It
is only with your support that the school is able to provide an array of activities, events
and support for families such as Canteen duty, library, Support-a-reader, school excursions,
ANZAC flowers, 9R Shed duty, busy bees, Year 7 graduation activities,

sport and carnivals, classroom rosters, P&C and School Board support, book club, uniform
shop. An invitation is extended to all parents who have helped at the school this year to
attend a Thank You afternoon tea on MONDAY 17th December from 2:00pm. Staff will be
attending this social occasion. Please RSVP by emailing the school, or notifying your classroom
teacher.
Student Reports: Kindergarten to Year 7
All students will bring home a Semester 2 Report on Friday 14th December, with the exception
of Kindy Red as their reports will be issued on Thursday 13th December. If you need
clarification of anything in the report, please discuss with classroom teachers.
End of Year
Parents are reminded that students finish 2012 at 3.00pm on Tuesday 18th December and
return to school on Monday 4th February 2013.
Class Lists 2013
Class lists for 2013 will be placed on display in the undercover area from 1.30pm on Friday
1 February. Parents may have placed a request for consideration in class placements. Not
all requests can be accommodated and the school will place students in classes after considering
all factors e.g. gender, friendships, dates of birth, parent requests and teacher
input. Therefore it is unwise to make an assumption of who will be your child’s teacher. All
will be revealed next year.
Students Leaving the School
Parents must inform the school in writing if students are leaving the school and not returning
in 2013.
Presentation Night
Your understanding is sought as due to inclement weather predicted on Wednesday and
Thursday, the Presentation Night has been moved to Monday 17th December 5:45 arrival
for 6:00pm start. Wild weather in December?
Farewell
We say farewell to Ms Frances McDermott, Mrs Marija Joyce and Ms Kate Allaway: all fantastic
teachers who have stepped up into a teaching role as required.
Thank You
Churchlands is a top public school and sustaining success can not be left to chance. I would
like to thank the wonderful staff at Churchlands the deputy principals, teachers, education
assistants, office staff, library support staff, gardener, cleaners, School of Instrumental Music
teachers, school chaplain, school psychologist and relief teachers for your hard work,
expertise, professionalism and dedication in building Churchlands’ reputation as an excellent
school and community. When this energy is combined with strong parental support, an
effective school board and P&C Association then a successful school is achieved.
I have thoroughly enjoyed my position as Acting Principal and I have gained valuable experience
in leading a school. Next year represents a new chapter in Churchlands story with
the appointment of Ms Donna Snow as principal and I will return to my role as Deputy Principal.
Thank you for your support and take care over the festive season and summer break.
Tracey Oakes
Principal
DUE TO PREDICTED POOR WEATHER,
THE PRESENTATION NIGHT HAS
BEEN MOVED TO MONDAY EVENING

School Board 2013
Principal
Donna Snow
Chairperson TBA
Parent Reps
George Aslanis
Danielle Douglas
Adam Floyd
Narelle Knights
Sonia McKeiver
Christine Lewis (P&C)
Staff Reps
Jenny Kennedy
Barbara Greyling
Michelle Rimmer
Mark Jones
Tracey Oakes
The next School
Board meeting will
be held in 2013 on
Monday 4 March @
6.30pm
P&C COMMITTEE
Lucette Quinlan
President
Andrea Montague
Vice President
Robert Armstrong
Treasurer
Lisa Langdon
Secretary
The next P&C
meeting will be
held in 2013 on
Tuesday Feb
19th @ 7.30pm
Anglicare Christmas Appeal
Coming Coming Coming Events
Events
DATE EVENT
Thurs 13 Dec Kindy Red reports home
Fri 14 Dec All Semester 2 reports go home
Mon 17 Dec PARENT AFTERNOON TEA—Monday 17 December
at 2:00pm
Mon 17 Dec Presentation evening. Children to be at
classrooms 5.45 for 6.00pm start
Tues 18 Dec Last day of school
2013 Tues 29 Administration staff in front office 8.30—3.00
Jan
2013 Thur 31 Teachers @ school
Jan
2013 Fri 1 Feb 1.30pm: Class lists on display on assembly
area windows
2013 Mon 4 Feb First day of school for children
School School News
News
Some of our 2012 Councillors with the four new 2013 Student Councillors showing
off some of the many varieties of food donated so far.
The final charity event for our Student Councillors is the collection of
foodstuffs to support the Anglicare Christmas Appeal. Each class has a box to
place donations. Collections will continue until and including next Monday 17th
December.

2012 P&C Voluntary
Support Fund
$40 per child or
$80 per family
Uniform Shop is
open every Monday
before school @
8:30
Education Security
If you notice suspicious
behaviour on our
school site call:
1800 177 777
9264 4632
YEAR 7 GRADUATION AWARDS
As part of Friday’s Year 7 Graduation the following awards were made to 2012 Year
Seven students.
CITY CITY OF OF OF STIRLING STIRLING CITIZENSHIP CITIZENSHIP CITIZENSHIP AWARDS
AWARDS
Sophie Roberts
Tom Miloro
SPORT SPORT AWARD AWARD
AWARD
Jordan Clarke
Ross Kimberley
WOODSIDE WOODSIDE SCITECH SCITECH SCIENCE SCIENCE AWARD
AWARD
India Sadd & Tristan King
MUSIC MUSIC AWARD
AWARD
Isabel Weng
LOTE LOTE AWARD
AWARD
Syra Reshi
VISUAL VISUAL ARTS ARTS ARTS AWARD
AWARD
Amanda Sun
PARENTS PARENTS AND AND AND CITIZENS CITIZENS ENDEAVOUR
ENDEAVOUR
AWARDS
AWARDS
Michael Savva
Lorena Graham
2012 2012 2012 DUX DUX AWARD AWARD
AWARD
Vihara Ellepola
2012 2012 COMMITMENT COMMITMENT TO TO TO EXCELLENCE EXCELLENCE AWARD
AWARD
Vihara Ellepola
Year 7’s in full flight for their song to the school
India & Tristan receiving their Science
prize from Valerie Deal of Scitech.
Vihara received both the Dux Award
from Dr Constable (pictured) and the
DET Commitment to Excellence
Award!
New Student Councillors
We welcome Kane Alexander, Michael Stewart, Lisa Ma and Olivia Burgess as our initial
intake of 2013 School Councillors. Their names were announced at the Year 7
Graduation last Friday.

Pre-Primary Angels!
Parents were recently enthralled by the angelic performances of our combined Pre-Primary children
in their Christmas costumes. It is impressive to see the confidence of the children who spoke
and the memory of all the children for their dance moves. Well done!
Music Music News
News
Mr Gillam and his merry band of Year 7 Clarinetists entertained nearly all the separate classrooms
with their various Christmas carols on Monday morning.

Merit Merit Certificate Certificate Recipients
Recipients
Congratulations to the following students who were awarded Merit Certificates at
our recent assembly.
PP 3
Ashlee Herkes, Holly Williams
Room 1 Jeremy Reeve, Gary Xu
Room 2 Julian Hawson, Kalen Bulseco
Room 3 Amy Button, Jessie Pang
Room 4 Sienna Scotter, Annabelle Willis
Room 5 Edmand Cheung, Isuri Liyanage
Room 6 Saoirse Larkin, Jordan Fleming
Room 9 Jun Park, Lauren Siggs
Room 10 Mia Yokohata, Joe Cheung
Room 11 Kendrick Lai, Jeremy Kwong
Room 12 Ronnie Ratna, Daniella Savva
Room 13 Madeleine Shain, Max Douglas
P & C News for 2013
Get organised and open your diaries for 2 very important
dates for 2013.
The P&C AGM will be held on Tuesday 19th February 2013
and the fantastic P&C Welcome Picnic will be on Friday 22nd
February 2013. More details will follow at the start of next
year. Please speak with me if you are interested in taking up
any positions on the P&C Executive next year.
Lucette Quinlan
P & C President

RSPCA Visit
SURF’S UP!
For our last meeting in 2012 the Animal
Club students enjoyed listening to a
guest speaker from the RSPCA. We
loved meeting Oscar the RSPCA mascot
and learning about what work the
organisation does, who works at the
RSPCA and how important donations
and volunteers are to the organisation.
We were very proud to be able to hand
over a cheque totalling $140.00 on the
day to the RSPCA. Thank you to all the
parents that have supported the Animal
Club activities this year. We have had a
very successful year, raising over
$600.00 for various animal welfare
groups.
Our last session at surfing lessons. Thank you to all the parents for their support and to Mrs
McDermott. We all “had a ball” and many surf boards are now on Christmas Wish Lists!!

After School Chess Club
There were 20 budding chess champions attending Afterschool Chess Club in Term 4.
Thanks again to Dennis Holland from Total Chess for running this great service. The
students all learned more about the game, enjoyed the competitive matches and tested
their brains with a weekly puzzle with a raffle prize going to the lucky winner. Our Chess
Champions for Term 4 are as follows:
Year 1 - 1 st Jeremy Yip, 2 nd Amelia Lai (a great effort as she is only in pre-primary!)
Year 2 – 1 st Andre Whitehead, 2 nd Duncan Wong
Year 3 – 1 st Declan Moore, 2 nd Edmand Cheung
Year 4-7 –1 st Joshua Yip, 2 nd Kendrick Lai
Congratulations everyone!
Jump Rope for Heart “Fun”draisers
A huge congratulations and "Thank you" goes out to those students who went the extra mile to
get donations for their participation in the Jump Rope for Heart "Jump Off Day". These included
Emily Hewitt, Hannah Fleming, Rebecca Fleming, Callum Coull, Alex Chen, Kahlea Aslanis and
Declan Moore. These children managed to raise $295 in total between them for the Heart
Foundation. These children will receive their prizes at the beginning of the new school
year. Again, thank you to all the parents who got behind their children in this fundraiser.

COMMUNITY COMMUNITY NEWS
NEWS
Our school does not in any way endorse the following events or programs
Wembley Bright Blue - Friday 7 th December 2012
Venue: Wembley Community Centre
40 Alexander Street Wembley
JUNIOR DISCO KINDY TO YEAR 4
5.30PM TO 6.30PM
MUSIC, GAMES, PRIZES AND MORE
Free Face Painting with Famous Rosie O
Parents encouraged and welcome to stay)
SENIOR DISCO YEAR 4 TO YEAR 10
7.00PM TO 9.00PM
MUSIC, BIG SCREEN, HUGE PRIZES AND MORE
The Junior Disco will incorporate games for the kids. Parents are encouraged to stay, have coffee
and watch their kids have fun. Both events as usual will have full canteen facilities.
Tickets will be available at the Community Centre on the day of the disco. Purchase tickets on the
day to avoid missing out! Cost is $7.00 per child including GST.
If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me - Senior Constable Rita Di Stefano