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SHELLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL
Our vision, as a community, is to inspire a passion for learning.
NEWSLETTER
WEBSITE: www.shelleyps.wa.edu.au
3 March
EMAILING: School Admin: shelley.ps@education.wa.edu.au
2015
Phone: 9354 5233
Absences Only: admin@shelleyps.wa.edu.au
Principal Patter…….
Hello Shelley Families
As a response to the department’s directions, our school has
developed a strategic plan to “provide the opportunities for all
students to develop knowledge, skills and confidence to
achieve their individual potential.” I am pleased to inform our
community that our new Shelley Strategic Plan 2015 - 2017 is
now available on our school website and hard copies will be
available from the front office. The targets and milestones that
Shelley Primary School has set indicate the level of progress towards achieving our
three priority areas:
 Successful students
 High quality teaching, learning and leadership
 Strong sustainable partnerships.
Our plan takes into account the department’s strategic directions and over the year, I would like to outline
some of these for you. Please click on this link to view Strategic Plan 2015-2017.pdf
FOCUS 2015
Focus 2015 is a document from the Director General outlining the important directions
for all schools in 2015. Focus 2015 is based around four priority areas. It also reiterates
the importance of core education endeavours including an explicit focus on literacy and
numeracy instruction, specific attention on student attendance at school, and continued
emphasis on high quality teaching. Please click on this link to view Focus 2015.pdf
1. Success for All Students
• Focus age appropriate instruction for students on phonemic awareness, phonics,
fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
• Plan to increase emphasis on STEM (science, technology, engineering and
mathematics) education, particularly in the early years of school and for Aboriginal
students.
• Teach, assess and report on year level specific phase one Australian Curriculum
content.
• Plan and implement adjustments to teaching programs for students specifically
identified for additional funding in the student centred funding model.
2. Improved Student Attendance, Engagement and Behaviour.
• Ensure parents of all students in the severe non-attendance category are offered, and are supported to
participate in, Student Attendance Panels involving family and community.
• Work with school communities to promote the safe use of social media by students.
• Implement strategies to develop emotional regulation skills in young children.
• Improve planning and communication for students in care of the Department for Child Protection and
Family Support.
• Focus on positive engagement as a prevention strategy for poor student attendance.
3. High Quality Teaching and Leadership
• Increase teacher peer review and classroom observation as improvement tools.
• Develop whole school approaches to improve teacher quality using the Australian Professional Standards
for Teachers as the basis.
4. A Capable and Responsive Organisation
• Manage within one line budgets, including workforce and cash requirements.
• Ensure required National School Opinion Surveys for parents, students and staff are undertaken to drive
improvement and report results.
• Ensure compliance with the new School Resource Agreement and revised annual School Report
requirements.
• Deliver agreed specified outcomes for targeted initiatives.
• Ensure leave entitlements of staff are cleared within the prescribed timeframe.
All staff at Shelley Primary have reflected on these priority areas and the programs and strategies currently
in operation that support the achievement of these priorities. Staff work extremely hard to ensure that the
directions for schools outlined in Focus 2015 are met and indeed exceeded!
School Council 2015
Thank you to the parents and community members who nominated for the School Council this year.
I am pleased to advise that the new members of the School Council for 2015 are:
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Gillian Murgia (ex officio, Principal)
Fran Stanley( Parent, Chair)
Carolyn Saggers (Parent)
Paul Madlener (P&C Representative)
Travis Miller (Parent)
Jason Moynahan (Parent)
Bernie Hartley (Parent)
Larni Bathgate (Parent)
Lindsay Garside (Parent)
Chris Leeuwangh (Staff)
Caroline van den Herik (Staff)
Jenn O’Connor (Staff)
Gail Bowering (Staff)
We look forward to their contributions and I am sure they will find the School Council both interesting and
informative.
Kind regards
Gillian Murgia
Principal
Copies of excursion/incursion notes are on the website under newsletters and notes/student notes.
Report after hours vandalism, trespassing, etc to SCHOOL WATCH: 1800 177 777
ASSEMBLY DAY THURSDAY 5 MARCH - ROOM 11
Room 11 invites all parents, grandparents and friends to attend their assembly
this Thursday, 5 March commencing at 8:45am.
DIARY DATES - TERM 1 2015
What’s on in the coming weeks?
Week 5
Wed 4 March
Religious Education classes start Years 1 - 6
Thurs 5 March
Assembly: Room 11 commencing at 8:45am
Week 6
Wed 11 March
Year 6 Camp Woodman Point - be at school by 8:30am
Friday 13 March
Campers returning to school at 2:30pm
Week 7
Tue 17 March
P&C meeting 7:30pm
Wed 18 March
Book club orders and money due today
Thurs 19 March
Assembly: Room 9 commencing at 8:45am
Fri 20 March
P&C Family Fun Night from 5 - 7:30pm
SAUSAGE SIZZLE – RESCHEDULED TO TUESDAY 31 MARCH
Please note that the planned sausage sizzle for this term has been moved to
Tuesday 31 March.
NO DOGS AT SCHOOL PLEASE
We are asking parents to please keep dogs away from the school grounds as we are having
trouble with dog droppings. If you know of neighbours who walk their dogs through the school yard
please make them aware.
CRE AND BAHA’I RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 2015
CRE and Baha’i lessons begin this week on Wednesday at 2:15pm. Only students who have permission in
writing and have paid for CRE will be attending. If you have not paid and wish your child to attend CRE
lessons then please pay on Wednesday/Thursday this week. Students who do not participate in CRE or
Baha’i will be fully supervised in a separate classroom or the library.
BAHA’I LESSONS 2015
To send your child to Baha’i please complete the form below and return to the classroom teacher. This
year Baha’i lessons will be held on a Wednesday afternoon starting at 2:15pm.
I give permission for my child ____________________________________from room: ___________ to
participate in the Baha’i class for 2015.
Parent/guardian signature: __________________________________
Date: _________
SCHOLASTIC BOOKCLUBS - ISSUE 2 ORDERS DUE BY: AM WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH
Please complete the order form neatly (so that we can read it), PUT YOUR NAME & ROOM No AT THE TOP (so you
get your order back), detach from the pamphlet, place in a sealed envelope containing the correct money (or the
payment voucher if you have used the on-line payment system) and put it in
the specially marked box in the Office. The school receives a lot of free books for
the library from the scheme. It takes about two weeks for the books to be returned
after the order has been placed, ie the due date.
No late orders will be accepted as this means we will miss the cut-off date for
orders. Please make sure your orders are in before the due date so your children
won’t be disappointed.
SCHOLASTIC BOOKCLUBS - LOOP (Linked Online Ordering and Payment System)
Book Club Issue 2 was given to students today. We encourage parents to order and
pay using the Loop to create orders and pay online! This is a new feature of Bookclub
available to parents. The school will still accept cash or cheques.
For more Information on using LOOP and payment options please click on the link below:
http://parentpayments.scholastic.com.au/EnterCCPayment/Index?i=0
REMEMBER:
 When you use LOOP DO NOT send your orders to school (as this can cause a double up)
 Know your child’s ROOM Number. This is important as you enter your order to the appropriate
room number (the room order is then delivered appropriately)
Thank you for ordering through Scholastic and supporting our school.
P & C NEWS
UNIFORM SHOP NEWS - UNIFORM SHOP (located next to the canteen)
The opening days for term 1 will be on the following days: 17th Mar and 31st Mar.
UNIFORM OPEN DAYS
STUDENT SCHOOL BANKING DAY
Tuesday 17 March
TUESDAY BEFORE SCHOOL
AT 8:30AM AT A BLOCK
8:30am – 9:00am
FUNDRAISING
Help the school by helping the P & C raise funds to improve the resources at the school. Your youngest child should
receive a flyer today with details of our Family Photo Session to be held on Sunday 8 March 2015. If you have any
questions please contact Amy Do on 0420 908 388. Please also spread this to anyone else you know may be keen to
get family photos done. (They do not need to be a Shelley Primary family it is open to the public).
Shelley Primary P&C and the teaching staff would like to invite you to our 2015 Family Fun Night which is planned for
20 March from 5 - 7:30pm. Please below for more information.
ROSSMOYNE/SHELLEY COMPETITION
Save the date for our Rossmoyne/Shelley lawn bowls competition which is
being held on 27 March 2015.
More information to follow next week so stay tuned.
CANTEEN CORNER
CANTEEN OPENING DAYS ARE
MONDAY, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
CANTEEN ROSTER
TERM ONE
WEEK
MONDAY
5
6
7
9 Mar
Jacquee Osborne
Michelle Marshall
16 Mar
Bernie Hartley
Mel Malone
WEDNESDAY
FRIDAY
4 Mar
6 Mar
Lou McCartin
Pamela Honeyford
11 Mar
Jane Wright
Nicki Jones
18 Mar
Kim Dalton
Lou McCartin
Julie Cooper
Dhanashri Patil, Sasha Kelly
13 Mar
Sarah Ferguson, Nikki McGarry
Dhanashri Patil
20 Mar
Angela Duncan
Sasha Kelly, Janthy
COMMUNITY NEWS
Please watch the noticeboards outside the administration building and B Block for the latest community news.
IN ORDER TO EASE CONGESTION
IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED IF PARENTS
WHEN LEAVING THE SCHOOL
DO NOT TURN RIGHT INTO TRIBUTE STREET
BETWEEN 2:30 – 3:30 PM
And BETWEEN 8:00am – 9:30am
Your cooperation would be much appreciated