28 August 2018

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Principal’s Report

As expected this term has had many wonderful events taking place and more still to come. Thank you to everyone for their wonderful involvement in ‘Book week’ last week. The children looked amazing in all their costumes. The treasure maps were terrific and the treasure boxes were extremely creative, making judging very difficult.

The School Choir represented HPPS on Friday 17th August in the One Big Voice event. The children did a wonderful performance, thank you to Mrs Fiona Cunningham on all the amazing work you did in training the awesome choir for this event.

Weather permitting this Friday is our main Faction Athletics carnival. Hopefully all children will be able to wear a shirt in the colour of their faction. If you are unsure of your child’s faction please contact the front office.

School Survey:

Early next term you will be invited to take part in a School Survey. The survey is conducted every two years in accordance with the Education Departments regulations. The survey is a very important tool that influences planning at the school. This year some extra questions are being added to personalize the survey to Hampton Park Primary School. Please note the survey is completely anonymous. An opportunity will be given for parents to complete the survey in paper form if on line is not an option for you. More information will follow closer to the date.

Nature Playground

We were privileged to have a visit last week from the Hon Dave Kelly MLA BA and Ms Amber-Jade Sanderson MLA BA as they visited the new Nature Playground. MS Sanderson and Mr Kelly previously visited the site before construction was commenced. They were both extremely impressed with the finished work. The construction costs had been subsidized by the McGowan Labor Government, Local Projects, Local Jobs funds that we received last year.

Yvonne Arnott
Principal

Public Speaking Competition

On the 15th August we held our annual Public Speaking Competition. The judges were Mrs Jo Carroll and Mrs Kelly Horrocks. They both were impressed by the quality of all the speeches. Congratulations to all the finalist who spoke with clarity and expression on the day.

One Big Voice

On Friday 17th August our wonderful, dedicated and passionate Year 5 choir represented us at the Matinee performance at the One Big Voice concert at Perth Arena. Along with 2000 other students, our choir sang 11 songs for a large and appreciative audience.

Our students were absolutely wonderful and conducted themselves professionally and capably, singing many songs with accompanying parts, harmonies and actions. I couldn’t be prouder of their efforts and behaviour.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank these wonderful kids for their enthusiasm and hard work and also to their fabulous families, many of who were able to be in the audience and cheer us on. A big thank you to Mrs Fraser for all of her wonderful assistance and to Mrs Arnott and the Hampton Park staff for their support and encouragement.

Mrs Fiona Cunningham
Music Specialist

Faction Carnival

If any parents would like to assist at the faction carnival on 31st August, please let the front office know. Thank you.

Photos

Dear Parents

Following our recent school photography by Kapture, you can now view and order any special photos taken on the day. When visiting the link below you will need to enter our school code under the Sports & Event tab to access the gallery; Code: D9JN6E

Milk Bottle Lids

We are collecting milk bottle lids to make number signs for each room. They can be placed in the tub in Room 1. Thank you.

Scooter

A scooter has been found in the tunnel under Tonkin Highway. Please contact the front office if you have any queries regarding this.

Cluster 4

In Cluster 4 we have been learning all about animals. We have been working really hard on writing Information Reports. We carefully read a non-fiction book and then brainstorm as a class. We then use the information we have read to put into our information reports. We have learnt to edit and check our spelling and grammar. Once we are happy we then publish and create amazing work!! Here are our WOW workers for the week.

Mrs Farthing

Book Week

We have had lots of fun with books this week and on Wednesday many of the characters that we have grown to love and cherish had stepped out of their books and into our assembly area. The students had a very exciting week hunting for treasure and creating treasure maps and chests. A very big thank you to all of the families and school community for participating and supporting this incredible week!

Community News

Helping Hands after School Care

We are having so much fun at Helping Hands learning about different cultures, our recent themes have been Italian and African! One of our major focus' this term is community and how we can help others. Through brainstorming and research the children have decided that they would like to donate to an animal shelter. We have chosen APS or the Animal Protection Society as we will be going in to visit the shelter and interview the volunteers later this term. When we go in we would love to be able to take in some supplies with us as they are a not for profit organisation.

The items we are currently collecting are

• dine/fancy feast/whisker's tins and sachets
• clay or rolled paper kitty litter
• whiteboard markers
• pens
• copy paper

If you can spare any of these items we would love to take them to APS on your behalf and help these wonderful volunteers.

You, can also donate via their website

Thank you
Sam, Courtney and the children of Helping Hands

Positive Parenting Program:

Most parents have times when they find their children’s behaviour challenging.

Triple P – Term 3

All parents of children aged 3-12 years are invited to attend free Triple P seminars at Brockman Community House in Beechboro. Parents can attend one, two or all three seminars

When: Fridays
31st August - Children's behaviour - the tough part of parenting
7th September - Raising confident children
14th September - Raising emotionally resilient children
Time: 12:00-2:00pm
Venue: Brockman Community House – 27 Hull Way, Beechboro.
Cost: Free – however bookings are essential

Bayswater Little Athletics

Bayswater Little Athletics Club consists of 6 clubs. Beechboro, Camboon, Emberson, Embleton, Eden Hill and North Bassendean. Clubs compete together on Saturday mornings starting on the 6th October 2018. Ages are from U6 to U17.

Information regarding training venues and times can be found on the website bayswaterlittleathletics.com or on our Facebook page: Bayswater Little Athletics Centre

Online registrations open on the 1st September 2018 at 9am through resultshq.com.

For more information contact Evan Crute on 0417991218

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