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Year 2 Encounter to Rottnest Island, November 2019.

Year 5 Night of Living Treasures

The Upper Primary was transformed into a virtual wax museum, or so we thought, on Wednesday 13 November. The open space sparkled with life-size statues of people who’s creativity, innovation or imagination has contributed to our society. Year 5 families were delighted when they placed tokens in the boxes at the foot of each statue, watching as the statue miraculously came to life and informed them of their life stories. This was the Year 5 Night of Living Treasures. The evening opened with the Queen reading the Welcome to Country and famous people including Stephen Hawking, William Shakespeare, Bob Hawke and Anna Pavlova delivering their biographies to the audience. For this special event, the Year 5 students learnt how to conduct research and write a biography, as well as use their creativity and ingenuity, deciding how to present their chosen 'treasure'. This spectacular evening was testament to the curiosity, creativity and confidence of our Year 5s. Thank you to Year 5 teachers, Kim Haring and Luke Basson for their excellent work in preparing the students.

Year 6 PYP Exhibition

We are looking forward to the Year 6 PYP Exhibition on Monday 2 December. The students are now well- underway with their research into a significant global issue, which has been informed by the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Last week students ventured out to survey the school community to find some first-hand information to inform their research. The Year 6s will now start thinking about what action can be taken in response to their research. There are many different ways in which our students can take action including conducting research, becoming knowledgeable about the problem, advocating for a cause, making a lifestyle choice, designing solutions to the problem or developing initiatives to support a cause. The exhibition will be open to the school community on Tuesday 3 December from 8:30am to 10:00am.

 

Envision Hands! Bottle Caps for Prosthetic Limbs

Written by Hiruni, Makabongwe and Zennor

Did you know that bottle cars are NOT recyclable? They go into landfill! Well, Mrs Burman found out about an organisation called Envision Hands who make prosthetic limbs for children who don’t have enough money to buy high-tech prosthetic limbs. The best part is that is that they use bottle caps to do this.

 

So, we decided we wanted to take action and help disadvantaged children and the environment. We decided to collect bottle tops to send to Envision Hands. First, we made signs that we put onto boxes for people to put their bottle tops into, rather than the bin, and placed them around the School. Next, we visited each class and told them about our idea. Next we set our goal of collecting 250 bottle caps by the end of term. We reached that goal within the first two days, so we set a new goal of 500. But we smashed that too! So, following Ms Ford's advice, our new goal became 5000! We are happy to report that by Monday 18 November 2019 we had reached 5069 bottle caps!

We have worked together as a class to collect, sort, wash and tell others about our idea and we keep a tally to record how many bottle caps we have collected. We have many boxes that are now full and ready to be sent to be turned into prosthetic limbs for children. When the bottle tops reach Envision Hands, they sort them into the different types of plastic, wash them and then shred them. They turn the shredded plastic into 3D printer filament and use it in a 3D printer to print prosthetic limbs. They make them look colourful and exciting and then donate them to children who need them.

It’s not hard to donate your plastic bottle tops in stead of putting them in the bin and if you do you could be helping a child in need. The Wedge Tailed Eagle Class are happy to take your donations!

 

ELC Nativity

Save the date for the ELC Nativity on Friday 6 December at 8:45am. The ELC Nativity is always a highlight of the calendar for parents, grandparents, staff and students. We hope you can make it.

 

Primary Commendations

At John Wollaston Anglican Community School, we believe in using every opportunity to build students’ sense of worth. We know that when students sense their efforts towards attaining excellence are recognised, there is the capacity for them to feel a greater sense of belonging and more connected. This in turn has the effect of building confidence and resilience. Whilst we acknowledge, that intrinsic rewards are as important, we believe that students who have represented the School loyally and well, and achieved a high standard in their chosen field(s) should have their efforts recognised through the extrinsic reward of School Awards. This rationale is strongly aligned to and in keeping with the pastoral philosophy of the School.

 

Families will be aware that one way the Primary School acknowledges student achievement is through the awarding of Primary Commendations at the end of year Primary Praise and Thanksgiving Ceremony. We have recently undertaken a review of the Primary Commendation Award to align it with the application for and awarding of Colours in the Secondary School.

 

Primary Commendations Award Criteria

  1. State and/or national representation e.g. member of the WA State Rugby League team.
  2. Holding a State title at an open State competition – in sports, academic or arts e.g. Achieved State Champion for 100m and 200m at the State Athletics Carnival.
  3. Placing at a national competition e.g. Achieving 1st place in the National Cross Country Olympic Series Mountain Bike Riding competition.
  4. External representative at elite level.
  5. Parents are required to inform the School of their child’s achievement in this category using the Application for Primary Commendation form. This form is available from SEQTA Documents or from Primary Reception.
  6. Primary Commendations are endorsed by the Senior Deputy Head of Primary with regards to the suitability of the application, the student’s general behaviour and their commitment to the School.  This includes a letter of verification of their achievement attached to the Application for Primary Commendation form.
  7. Primary Commendations approved by the Senior Deputy Head of Primary are forwarded to the Head of Primary for ratification. Once ratified, Primary Commendations are awarded. The Head of Primary is the final arbiter on all matters pertaining to Primary Commendations.
  8. Primary Commendations will be presented at the annual Primary Praise and Thanksgiving Ceremony and successful students will receive a school Primary Commendation badge.
  9. Students may complete multiple Application for Primary Commendation forms and be successful in their application but only one badge will be presented at the Primary Praise and Thanksgiving Ceremony at the conclusion of the school year.
  10. Names of Primary Commendation recipients are published in the Primary Praise and Thanksgiving Award Winners booklet and may also be noted in the School Newsletter.

Application Process

Any Primary student applying for a Primary Commendation must meet the criteria above. The Application for Primary Commendation form must be completed and submitted to the Senior Deputy Head of Primary by Friday of Week 6 each term. The application will be reviewed and the student and their famil