11 - North Tom Price Primary School
11 - North Tom Price Primary School
11 - North Tom Price Primary School
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ISSUE<br />
<strong>11</strong><br />
1 August 2012<br />
Term 3 Week 2 www.northtompriceps.wa.edu.au<br />
Calendar of<br />
Events<br />
Thursday, 2 August<br />
Assembly - Student<br />
Councillors<br />
Monday, 6 August<br />
8.10am P&C - Library - All<br />
Welcome<br />
Tuesday, 7 August<br />
Kaboom - Rms 6, 9, 10, <strong>11</strong>, 12<br />
Wednesday, 8 August<br />
Dot Marshall - Rms 5, 9, 10,<br />
<strong>11</strong>, 12<br />
Thursday, 9 August &<br />
Friday, 10 August<br />
Screen Printing - Rms 1 & 2<br />
Saturday, <strong>11</strong> August<br />
Nameless Festival Float<br />
Parade<br />
P&C MEETING<br />
Date: Monday, 6 August<br />
Time: 8.10am<br />
Venue: NTPPS Library<br />
ALL WELCOME!!<br />
PO Box 6<br />
Tanunda Street<br />
ph: 9189 1299<br />
fax: 9189 1342<br />
Dockers’ Cup Action<br />
Welcome Back<br />
Principal’s Report<br />
Welcome back to what promises to be<br />
another very busy term. The Nameless<br />
Festival is just around the corner, our Year<br />
7s are looking forward to camp and Mrs<br />
McGregor is working hard on organising the<br />
cross country and athletics carnivals. We<br />
will also be celebrating some special events<br />
including Book Week and hosting some<br />
special visitors including Paul Bray from the<br />
ABC.<br />
IPS (Independent Public<br />
<strong>School</strong>s)<br />
I am very pleased to be able to announce<br />
that our application to become an IPS was<br />
successful. We were one of the 48 schools<br />
selected from 141 Expressions of Interest<br />
to commence as an IPS in 2013. I will be<br />
attending the Official Launch and Minister’s<br />
Reception today in Perth. The IPS initiative<br />
honours the State Government’s key<br />
election commitment to empower school<br />
communities by giving them greater<br />
capacity to shape the ethos, priorities and<br />
direction of their school. I look forward to<br />
sharing more information about the<br />
flexibilities and autonomy available to us as<br />
we prepare to become an IPS throughout<br />
the remainder of 2012.<br />
NAIDOC<br />
Special thanks to Cecilia Fernandez, Joyce<br />
Drummond, Cara and Abel from IBN for<br />
joining us and helping us celebrate<br />
NAIDOC.<br />
In This Issue<br />
Independent Public <strong>School</strong>s P.1<br />
NAIDOC P.1<br />
Reading Eggs & Mathletics P.1<br />
RFDS Donation P.2<br />
National Self-Detection Program for Scoliosis P.2<br />
Server Upgrade P.2<br />
Dockers’ Cup P.2<br />
Semester 2 Councillors, Captains & Vice Captains P3<br />
Reading Eggs & Mathletics<br />
It has been decided not to renew our<br />
school’s subscription to the Reading Eggs<br />
and Mathletics programs as student use<br />
has declined significantly and the version of<br />
flash player required to run these programs<br />
is not compatible with our school network.<br />
The P&C will reconsider funding our<br />
subscriptions if the access issues can be<br />
resolved. In the interim parents can<br />
organise a private subscription for your<br />
child/ren through the websites -<br />
http://www.mathletics.com.au/ and<br />
http://readingeggs.com.au/
Constable Care Puppet Show<br />
Constable Care visited us last Tuesday, 24 July.<br />
Our Kindy to Year 3 students learnt about getting to<br />
school safely while our Year 4 to 7 students learnt<br />
about being safe in today’s cyber world.<br />
RFDS Donation<br />
Thank you to the families who donated money for<br />
their children (with less than 90% attendance<br />
throughout Term 2) to participate in the rock climbing<br />
activity at the end of last term. The $162 raised has<br />
been forwarded to RFDS.<br />
National Self-Detection Program<br />
for Scoliosis<br />
Scoliosis (spinal curvature) is an important health<br />
problem for adolescent girls and 25 per thousand are<br />
at risk of developing a significant curve. Three girls<br />
per thousand require active treatment (spinal brace<br />
or surgery). Screening in the age range <strong>11</strong> to 13<br />
years is a sound preventative health measure.<br />
<strong>School</strong> screening has been abandoned but a self<br />
detection program has been introduced as a<br />
practical alternative. All Year 7 girls have received a<br />
Scoliosis Self Detection brochure with today’s<br />
newsletter and are encouraged to read and action<br />
the information. For more information visit<br />
www.scoliosis-australia.org<br />
Please note that our school server is currently being<br />
upgraded so staff have no access to computers or<br />
emails. Consequently, please do not email urgent<br />
enquiries or requests for assistance. We are hoping<br />
that this process will be completed by mid next week.<br />
Thank you for your patience during this time.<br />
Thank you to all the parents and staff who helped<br />
train our students for the Dockers’ Cup or were able<br />
to attend to support on the day. Special thanks to Mr<br />
Hutchinson, Mr Bateman, Mr Gordon, Mr Hughes,<br />
Mrs McGregor, Mr Bilsby and Mrs Cole.<br />
Semester 2 Student Councillors, Faction Captains and Vice Captains<br />
Thank you to our Semester 1 Student Councillors, Faction Captains and Vice Captains. You have all done a<br />
wonderful job during the first part of this year. Thank you also to all students who nominated for these positions. It<br />
was great to see so many of you interested in leadership roles. Jake and Caitlin will continue as our Head Boy and<br />
Head Girl for the rest of the year. Our new Semester 2 Student Councillors, Faction Captains and Vice Captains<br />
were announced at Assembly on 5 July. Congratulations to the following students:<br />
Semester 2 Student Councillors<br />
Jai, Cody, Dempsey and Isabelle<br />
FACTION CAPTAINS VICE CAPTAINS<br />
Nameless Shelby<br />
Corey<br />
Meharry Dempsey<br />
Nathan<br />
Bruce Tsukeissa<br />
Jake<br />
Tanaya<br />
Jai<br />
Isabelle<br />
Cody<br />
Rylee<br />
Brodie<br />
Server Upgrade<br />
Dockers’ Cup
Room 6 presented<br />
Room 6’s favourite Australian<br />
Settlement facts<br />
• James Cook was the first British<br />
explorer to discover the East Coast of<br />
Australia. Joseph<br />
• Matthew Flinders discovered that<br />
Tasmania was an island and he was the<br />
first to sail right around Australia.<br />
Jaxon<br />
• Willem Janszoon was the first Dutch<br />
explorer to discover Australia. Jack<br />
• Australia’s original name was New<br />
Holland. Kody<br />
• Captain Arthur Phillip led the first<br />
fleet from Britain to Australia. They<br />
brought convicts to Australia because<br />
the jails in Britain were over-crowded.<br />
• The calculate gurus<br />
showed quick ways to mentally<br />
calculate large sums.<br />
• Multiplication<br />
Madness showed their<br />
quick recall of multiplication<br />
facts through a rap.<br />
• Loyal Crew performed a<br />
self composed readers theatre<br />
script about the virtue of loyalty.<br />
• Come on Aussies<br />
presented a dance based on<br />
the settlement of Australia.
Cameron<br />
Tarryn<br />
Jade<br />
Reagan<br />
Samantha<br />
Jason<br />
Harrison<br />
Grace<br />
Angelino<br />
Bagherra<br />
Isha<br />
WELCOME<br />
A big welcome to our new students<br />
who have recently arrived at <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Tom</strong> <strong>Price</strong> <strong>Primary</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
Braydan<br />
Abilene<br />
James<br />
Ethan<br />
Grace<br />
Hunter<br />
Kira<br />
Riley<br />
Junior Road Safety Winners<br />
Congratulations to Jade and Kody who were this<br />
month’s winners of the Junior Road Safety Awards.<br />
Jade and Kody won gift vouchers after being<br />
‘caught’ by the local<br />
police doing the right<br />
thing whilst riding their<br />
bikes. Thank you to<br />
FMG and the local<br />
police for supporting<br />
this initiative that<br />
encourages our kids to<br />
be safe on the roads.<br />
PLAYGROUND AWARDS<br />
Congratulations to Toshiko<br />
w h o w o n t h e J u n i o r<br />
Playground Award. This award<br />
is drawn at every assembly<br />
and recognises children who<br />
have shown outstanding<br />
behaviour in the playground.<br />
VIRTUE VOUCHER WINNERS<br />
Well done to all the children who received virtue<br />
vouchers during the last fortnight. Congratulations<br />
to the following winners who were drawn at the<br />
Assembly on Thursday, 5 July 2012.<br />
Nameless<br />
Kaela<br />
Dana<br />
Bruce<br />
Fraser<br />
Meharry<br />
Kathryn<br />
Harrison<br />
MERIT CERTIFICATES<br />
Jacinta Brodie<br />
Isabelle Sophie<br />
Jaimie Fiona<br />
Meleah Jack<br />
Georgia Jayme<br />
Jayda Braiden<br />
Euan Ned<br />
Maddison Cameron<br />
Joel Abby<br />
Tyson Bella<br />
Tsukeissa Shelby<br />
Ashlynn Caitlin<br />
Corey Brayden<br />
Jeremy Jack<br />
Caitlin Alex<br />
FORTNIGHTLY VIRTUE WINNERS<br />
Last fortnight’s virtue was Tact. Congratulations to<br />
the following classroom winners who were<br />
presented with their certificate at Assembly on<br />
Thursday, 5 July 2012.<br />
Jake<br />
Jacinta<br />
Courtney<br />
Kiersten<br />
Ella<br />
Ella<br />
Opal<br />
Keira<br />
Jack