School News

2023 Voluntary Contributions

The following Charges and Voluntary Contributions have been endorsed by the School Board for 2023.

Voluntary School Contribution:  The Voluntary Contribution has been set at $60.00 per child and $150 for families with 3 or more children currently enrolled at White Gum Valley Primary School for 2023. This is the maximum recommended amount as determined by the Education Department. 

Funds raised will go towards supplementing resources including: 

• sporting equipment replacement
• general resources for hands-on activities across the curriculum
• Arts resources
• Information Technology software resources

Where possible please pay the Voluntary Contribution by the end of May to assist with school budgeting.  If you need to pay by installments, please contact Mrs Kapiteyn at our Administration Office.

Thank you to all the families who have already paid.

Payments can be made at the Front Office either by cash or cheque or if you prefer you can pay directly into our bank account (details as below).

Account name: White Gum Valley Primary School

BSB: 066-107       

Account number: 0090-1498

Ref:  Students surname and Vols

Applications for Enrolment of Students in Kindergarten and Pre-Primary 2024

KINDY 2024

If you know of any families in our area who will have a Kindy aged child next year, please advise them we are now taking Applications for Enrolment. These are available from the office or can be downloaded from our website 

www.whitegumvalleyps.wa.edu.au

PRE PRIMARY 2024

Students currently attending at Hazel Orme Community Kindergarten will be requested to fill out a new Application for Enrolment, which can be collected from Hazel Orme Kindergarten or the Front Office, to be considered for enrolment in the White Gum Valley PS Pre Primary for 2024.

Applications for both Kindergarten and Pre-Primary 2024 close Friday, 21 July 2023. Families will be contacted shortly after this date regarding their application.

YEAR 1 2024

As Pre Primary is compulsory, all existing Pre Primary 2023 students will be automatically enrolled into Year 1 2024 - no further enrolment action is necessary.

If you have any queries regarding enrolments, please contact the School Office on 9435 6900.

Room 7

This term in Science we are learning about Physical Sciences and the physical characteristics of objects and how this affects their movement. We learnt that objects move as a result of a push or pull force and that forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance. 

This week we focused on balanced and unbalanced forces and as an experiment we played a (friendly) game of Tug of War to experience the push and pull of forces, exploring Newtons' Third Law of Motion: for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.   

Natasha Donica 

Year 4 Classroom Teacher

White Gum Valley Primary School

Room 9

Room 9 have been working very hard for the past couple of weeks on our assembly item. The students presented an adaptation of the Oliver Jeffers book, “The Great Paper Caper”. The learning taking place along the way, was so rewarding to be a part of. Students shared their ideas for actions, costumes, scenery and props. Collaboration was in full swing with problem solving, listening, trial and error, resilience, reflection, patience and kindness taking place. The paper plane making was certainly a highlight too. The children were so encouraging of one another.

The students also sang the Australian National Anthem accompanied by Key Word Sign. We are increasing our use of KWS in our everyday communications, including words such as; more, finish, toilet, break, okay, work, play, help, like, please, thank-you.

Well done everyone.

Library News

Pre Primary

The Pre Primary was very lucky to receive some money from the P&C to buy some new outside play equipment. The request was for some toys that the children could use to build, create and problem solve with, all while working cooperatively and most importantly having fun! We feel so lucky 😊 Even the weather has been magnificent for us to be able to play with them! 

Karen Colkin

Senior Teacher

Honour Certificates

Room 1:   Heidi, Callum and Vamuyan

Room 2:   Kai and Joshua

Room 3:   Biara and Orlando

Room 5:   Kaia, Orsen and Aster

Room 6:   Holly, Eleanor and Aoife

Room 7:   Mae and Leighton

Room 8:   Mary, Felix and Arlo

Room 9:   Rose, Clara and Hayden - Art:   Sophie and Aidan

Room 10: Beau and Valentina

Room 11: Basil and Emily

Room 12: Leo and Abel

Sport

This term in sport we are focusing on basketball skills (dribbling, passing and shooting). Our junior years have been enjoying games of octopus and line chasy to aid their dribbling skills and they have been showing off their shooting ability. Our older students have jumped into modified basketball games as we polish off our skills from past years. We might have some budding basketball stars here at White Gum! 

There is a strong focus on teamwork and supporting each other this term, with almost all of our activities this term being team based. At White Gum Valley we always try to cheer on our team and win or lose with grace. 

The Senior Students are also busy training for the Winter Carnival. Students from year 5 and 6 will be representing White Gum Valley in the sports of football, soccer and netball on Friday in Week 9 this term. Each week during Senior Sport our teams go through practice led by our awesome Faction Captains and trained by our coaches (the senior block teachers). 

We hope to bring home the trophies again this year and would love to see parents there to cheer us on.

AFL

We were also very lucky to get a visit from the Western Australian Football Commission who ran a wonderful AFL clinic for our school. Students from all years took part in kicking and handball drills before taking shots at goal. 

Diane Foster and Eric Truong.

Mothers Day 2023

Attendance Matters

Many Congratulations to Rooms 2 and 10 who have both won the Class Attendance Competition during Week 2 and Week 3.

Molly in Year 3 won the individual competition in Week 3. Well done Molly.

You may have received a letter this week asking for an explanation for an unexplained absence over the last couple of weeks. Many thanks for returning them as soon as possible.  This will allow us to update our records.

Mrs Tingle has recently become an eSafety Champion meaning the the school will now have access to a range of extended tools and resources that will be shared with the community. She will also share the  tools you need to safeguard against online harms and promote positive online experiences with your children. Watch this space for more information as it is sent to us.

The eSafety Commissioner is offering a number of webinars, this term, that might be of interest to you. You can subcribe to eSafetyNews for dates and registration details or visit esafety.gov.au/parents/webinars for more information.

E-Safety

WGV Good Standing Policy