School News
Year 6 Camp
On 15 September, the Year 6 students went on a 3 day camp to Nanga Bush Camp in Dwellingup. They stayed in cabins and completed many fun activities. They did rock climbing, zip lining, flat water rafting, raft building and fun night time activities. One of the night time activities was a newspaper outfit competition where groups of 4-6 people had to make an outfit from newspaper and tape! There was a lot of rain over the 3 days but that didn’t dampen anyone’s spirits and added to the adventure. Everyone had a great time!
Music Concert
On Tuesday, 21 September, we held our now annual music concert to help celebrate Well-Being Week. It was our biggest, most ambitious and entertaining concert to date. After an Acknowledgement to Country, the whole school sung “Little Talks” by Of Monsters and Men. We then had the first of our five piano soloists, Gabe, followed by the Senior Choir singing the round C-O-F-F-E-E and the sea shanty Wellerman. Teddy and Charlie played piano, then the Xylophone Club took to the stage with special guests Sarafina and her dad Shane. To finish, Anousha and Theo played piano and the whole school sang “Starman”.
All performers received huge applause for their amazing and polished performances, and we have already started thinking about what we could possibly work on for next year’s concert.
See you next year!
Mr Kaloczy
Honour Certificates
When in Pre-Primary, all students will receive an Honour Certificate in both Semester 1 and Semester 2. For students from Year 1, they will receive 1 Honour Certificate during the course of the year. Some students may also receive an Honour Certificate from a Specialist Teacher during the course of the year.
Room 1 - Indy
Room 2 - Gabe
Room 3 - Sam, Sol and Leo
Room 5 - Miela, Alba, Alby and Sietta
Room 6 - James, Katalayah, Alastair, Mitchell and Isla
Room 7 - Charley and Oscar
Room 8 - Ella, Persia and Biara
Room 9 - Harriet and Liam
Room 10 - Luminara and Sophia
Room 11 - Iris and Caddie
Room 12 - Bella and Jimi
Attendance Matters
Congratulations to Bill from Room 7 who won the Individual Attendance Raffle in Week 9.
Room 12 won the class competition for week 8 and Room 1 won for week 9.
At the beginning of next term, we will be celebrating positive attendance for Term 3. We celebrate the many achievements of our students in the sporting, academic and creative arts spaces. Attendance is another space that our children achieve in.
Last week, parents of students from Pre-Primary to Year 3 will have received an invitation to log onto Connect. If you have children in the older years, your younger children will have been added to your account. If you did not receive an invitation, please connect our Deputy Principal, Sam Tingle via email. Samantha.Tingle@education.wa.edu.au You can get information about Connect using this link https://vimeo.com/connectwa/welcome
E-Safety
Internet Safety with the
The e-safety commissioner has released dates for parent/carer webinars that are taking place in Term 4. Details can be found https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/webinars The topics being covered next term include eSafety's parent guide to digital technologies and mental health and eSafety’s parent guide to online gaming
The website teaches children how to be safe, curious, kind and secure whilst on the internet.
Why not go on line with your child and learn together.
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 School Term. 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
White Gum Valley - Good Standing Policy