School News
A.N.Z.A.C. School Service
(Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.)
On Wednesday, 21 April, White Gum Valley Primary School commemorated A.N.Z.A.C. Day with a school service. The year six students participated in a march and service organized by the R.S.L. Cockburn held in Spearwood.
Meanwhile back at White Gum Valley Primary School, a solemn service was presented by the year three students from rooms eight and nine. The school choir sang a beautiful song called, In Flanders Fields. A former student, Gino from Fremantle College, played the bugle for the Last Post and Requiem.
The A.N.Z.A.C. Service commemorates the landing at what was to become known as A.N.Z.A.C. Cove in Turkey on 25 April, 1915. During the eight months at A.N.Z.A.C. Cove 35,000 soldiers arrived of which 10,000 died and 23,000 were wounded. We honour those who sacrificed their lives for their country.
We will remember them…
Colour Fun Run
On the last day of Term 1, White Gum Valley PS students braved the heat and participated in our yearly Colour Run/Lapathon. Students enthusiastically completed many laps around our school oval and got covered in colourful powder. Students received donations and sponsorships from family and friends to contribute to and raise money for the school's upcoming Aboriginal Projects and 120th Year Anniversary celebrations. Well done to everyone! Classes from PP - Year 3 and Yr 4 - 6 who raise the most, will be rewarded with a pizza lunch in a few weeks time. Many thanks to all teachers and parents who also took part in the event!
Brownes Dairy
On Tuesday, 20 April, our school was fortunate enough to have Brownes Dairy visit Rooms 1, 2, 3 and 8. Our other classes will enjoy a visit either 5 or 6 of May.
The incursion was organised as part of our Moneysmart grant and has/will give our students the opportunity to learn in a hands-on way how a dairy operates and produces products; which is part of the WA Curriculum. It will also assist individual classes develop their own enterprise project over Semester 2, which will be marketed on our School Market Place Day planned for Friday, 25 June, 2021.
Attendance Matters
Many thanks to the parents who inform the school of student absences.
This can be done in a number of ways
- Using the online absence form - https://whitegumvalleyps.wa.edu.au/information/online-absent-form/
- Emailing or sending a note to the classroom teacher directly
- Calling the school on 9435 6900
- Informing the classroom teacher face-to-face.
It is important that we are made aware of a reason for absence as our records are official to the department.
Attendance Winners
Many congratulations to the following students who achieved 100% attendance for the whole of Term 1.
| Year Group | Room | Student | Year Group | Room | Student |
P | Room 5 | Sarafina | 4 | Room 3 | Tama |
P | Room 5 | Miela | 4 | Room 3 | Sol |
P | Room 5 | Basil | 4 | Room 3 | Joshua |
P | Room 5 | Brock | 4 | Room 3 | Clancy |
P | Room 5 | Leeuwin | 4 | Room 3 | Gus T |
P | Room 6 | Orla | 4 | Room 7 | Charley |
P | Room 6 | James | 4 | Room 7 | Yasmin |
P | Room 6 | Sylvie | 4 | Room 7 | Beau |
P | Room 6 | Alastair | 4 | Room 7 | Caroline |
P | Room 6 | Alexandra | 4 | Room 7 | Steve |
P | Room 6 | Sampson | 4 | Room 7 | Sofia |
P | Room 6 | Mitchell | 4 | Room 7 | Lily |
P | Room 6 | Harriet | 4 | Room 7 | Max |
P | Room 6 | Miles | 4 | Room 7 | Vivienne |
P | Room 6 | Eadie | 5 | Room 1 | Zoe |
1 | Room 12 | Gretchen | 5 | Room 1 | Darcie |
2 | Room 9 | Sarah | 5 | Room 2 | Saffron |
2 | Room 9 | Mia | 5 | Room 2 | Gabriel |
2 | Room 9 | Lily | 5 | Room 2 | Dot |
2 | Room 10 | Jasmine | 5 | Room 3 | Heidi |
2 | Room 10 | Gracie | 5 | Room 3 | Kai |
2 | Room 10 | Otto | 6 | Room 1 | Conrad |
2 | Room 10 | John | 6 | Room 1 | Elsa |
2 | Room 10 | Arlo | 6 | Room 1 | Temyka |
2 | Room 11 | Mary | 6 | Room 1 | Kaiya |
2 | Room 11 | Felix | 6 | Room 1 | Niamh |
2 | Room 11 | Maximo | 6 | Room 1 | Hayden |
2 | Room 11 | Sienna | 6 | Room 2 | Gianella |
2 | Room 11 | Ned | 6 | Room 2 | Xavier L |
3 | Room 8 | Sophia | 6 | Room 2 | Aliyah |
3 | Room 8 | Blue | 6 | Room 2 | Freddy |
3 | Room 8 | Anna | 6 | Room 2 | Ella |
3 | Room 9 | Ruth | |||
3 | Room 9 | India | |||
3 | Room 9 | Abbie | |||
3 | Room 9 | Charlie | |||
3 | Room 9 | Emilia | |||
3 | Room 9 | Arthur | |||
3 | Room 9 | Heidi | |||
3 | Room 9 | Nathaniel |
We look forward to continue celebrating our students’ fabulous attendance as the term goes by.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR WINNERS!
In-Term Holidays
Many thanks to parents who send in the Students Taking In-Term Holidays form when you and your family take a break during the holiday. It is important that one is signed and sent to school for a holiday absence to be authorised by our principal. The form can be found at
https://whitegumvalleyps.wa.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/WGVPS-Students-taking-In-Term-Holidays.pdf
E-Safety
Life Education is a group that cares for the children of Australia. They deliver incursions to children educating them on a number of different health and well-being topics. You may have heard of Harold, who is their ambassador.
They have produced a number of VLOGs and other resources in the space of cyber safety that may interest you.
https://www.lifeeducation.org.au/parents/bcyberwise
We encourage you to check them out.
White Gum Valley - Good Standing Policy
Keeping up to date with the latest tech trends and challenges can be time consuming. The eSafety Commissioner takes the hard work out of this for you and publishes information that you need to keep up to date.
https://www.esafety.gov.au/about-us/tech-trends-and-challenges is the link to find the latest information that we encourage you to keep aware of.