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NEWSLETTER
iSSUe 5 | 13 mAY 2015
2015 ANZAC Ceremony
We had a wonderful AnZAc
Service on Friday, 1st may,
outside near our new flag poles.
the students who conducted
the service did an outstanding
job and delivered some really
important messages that
explained the AnZAc story in
a meaningful way for all who
attended.
our students showed great
respect in the manner in which
they listened attentively and
participated during the service.
it was an honour for us to have
mr norm eaton, a veteran and
member of the rSl, address our
students.
At 95 years of age he was able
to relate a real life story that
involved a number of family
members fighting for our
country.
SkoolbAg App
Adam road primary School
Hotchin Street, Bunbury WA 6230
Phone 9795 8999 | Fax 9795 8945
Email adamroad.ps@education.wa.edu.au
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GIVE A DAMN,
GIVE A CAN
pleASe bring in bY
WedneSdAY 20 mAY
Please bring to the school office.
FACTION CROSS
COUNTRY CARNIVAL
INTERM SWIMMING
LESSONS
8tH JUne - 19tH JUne
Interm Swimming Lessons for students in Years
PP – 6 will be held this year in 2nd Term, from
the 8th June - 19th June.
The cost is $45.00 per student and payments
can now be made at the school office by cash,
eftpos or cheque. Alternatively payment can
be made by Internet Banking to the school
account: BSB 016560 Account Number:
340823513 (Your child’s name as detail).
tHUrSdAY, 21St mAY
on tHe ScHool ovAl
(after the Family Picnic)
Year 3 Girls
1:10pm
1500m
Year 3 Boys
1:25pm
1500m
Year 4 Girls
1:35pm
2000m
Year 4 Boys
1:50 pm
2000m
Year 5 Girls
1:55pm
2500m
Year 5 Boys
2:10pm
2500m
Year 6 Girls
2:25pm
2500m
Year 6 Boys
2:40pm
2500m
*Year 3’s will run
around the School
Oval, Years 4 to 6
will run around the
Newton Moore
Oval and the
School Oval.
From the Principal’s Desk
reSpect reSilience reSponSibilitY endeAvoUr tolerAnce
These are the five most important words at Adam Road Primary
School. They are the School Values. All staff members, teaching
and non-teaching, and a member of our school board met last
Thursday afternoon to develop a set of values for the school.
The five values above were chosen from a long list, after much
discussion and debate and agreed on as the key values we as a
school community are committed to developing in our students.
All classes are now developing quite specific lists of behaviours
that demonstrate these values.
To reinforce these behaviours each class will be awarding two
Values Awards each fortnight to students who have demonstrated
one or more of our values. These awards will be presented by
me or a Deputy Principal as they are earnt during the fortnight and
the student will receive five faction tokens.
All students who earn a Values Award during the fortnight will
go into the draw for one of two canteen vouchers that will be
presented at each assembly.
Please reinforce the importance of these values in all aspects of life
with your children. It is important that we all demonstrate these
values, particularly when at Adam Road, to ensure our school is
providing a supportive and encouraging learning environment for
all students.
Our Year 3 and 5 students are completing NAPLAN Tests to
assess their literacy and numeracy skills this week as are students
of this age all over Australia. Reports detailing the results of these
tests will be sent home at the end of this term.
Guy Asser
PRINCIPAL
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P&C News
FAMILY PICNIC
THURSDAY, 21ST MAY
There will be a family picnic day before the Faction Cross Country.
Lunch orders for the canteen have gone home and are due back as
soon as possible.
don’t forget to get your faction shirts from the Uniform Shop
this Friday if you child doesn’t already have one. They are $17.50
each.
FREE DRESS DAY
FRIDAY, 22ND MAY
Come dressed to support your favourite sporting team. Eagles,
dockers, Perth Glory, Scorchers, West Coast Fever, The Force,
whoever you support. Please provide a gold coin donation to your
teacher.
BUNBURY FORUM REWARD
YOUR SCHOOL 2015
Adam Road Primary has been selected to participate in the Reward
Your School program promotion held by the Bunbury Forum.
Between monday the 18th of may to Sunday the 14th of
June, families are asked to collect and save their receipts from any
participating Bunbury Forum shop and place them in the Adam
Road Primary School envelopes, then place this in the collection box
located outside Big W and Coles.
Receipts must total $100.00 per envelope. Receipts can also be left at
the school office. The more envelopes collected, the more money
we will receive.
order forms to purchase the Adam road primary swimming
bags will be out soon. Water bottles $7.50 and cook books
$10.00 are still for sale.
National Family Reading Month 2015
Having reading role models and reading together are critically important factors in a child’s
learning and literacy development. Research shows us that family reading time is one of
the BEST ways to grow a child’s interest in the wonderful world of books!
Scholastic is committed to helping our school inspire a lifelong love of reading in all
children. To help motivate our students we are invited to participate in National Family
Reading Month! Scholastic is giving away $10000 worth of prizes to the families,
classrooms and schools that read most in May.
NATIONAL FAMILY READING MONTH
Website opens 1st may 2015
www.scholastic.com.au/nfrm
It’ll include everything you need to get involved in the Read More in May Challenge!
To participate:
• On 1st May download the Reading Logs. Students record the number of minutes they
spend reading on each day in May.
• In the first week of June, students and their families can enter their total Reading
Minutes online for a chance to WIN!
The more families participating in National Family Reading Month the greater
chance to share in the $10,000 prize pool!
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Radio Adam Road
On Tuesday the 12th of May, 15 lucky (and extremely excited!) Year
6 students got to visit the HOTFM/RadioWest Building as part of
their clubs program, “Radio Adam Road”. The program is designed
to investigate working in the radio industry with the ultimate goal of
creating their own lunch time radio stations.
The tour was run by breakfast show hosts, RYAN AND ROSIE as
the students got to explore studios, play music and meet the writers,
producers, sound engineers, hosts and even the BIG BOSS of HOTFM.
They even got to have their voices recorded to play on the air! So keep
an ear on the radio, you might just hear some familiar Adam Roadster
voices! Before we knew it, it was time to go back to school, but all
students felt inspired and excited about possibly working in the radio
industry in the future as it seems like a ‘pretty cool’ place to work.
Miss Olsen would like to thank the people from HOTFM who
organised, ran or were a part of our tour that took the time to meet
and talk with the Clubs- Music group. Well done to the students who
represented Adam Road; HOTFM are excited to see us again in the
future.
OUR ANNUAL SCHOOL
BOOK FAIR IS BEING HELD
THIS TERM IN WEEK 6
The theme for this year is KINGS, QUEENS & CASTLES
ENTER THE KINGDOM OF BOOKS!
As usual, the Book Fair will be held in the library. The preview days for the Book
Fair will be Monday, 25th May and Tuesday, 26th May with Wednesday 27th and
Thursday 28th the days for purchasing. Book Fair provides a wonderful opportunity
to purchase good quality books at very reasonable prices. It is a great chance to
make purchases to be put away for future presents. Book Fair is the only fund raising
venture that our school library holds. Hope to see you there.
Book Fair will be at Adam Road Primary School
Wednesday 27th & Thursday 28th May 2015
Bring this ticket with you, place in entry box for a
chance to win a prize!
Name: ___________________________________
Class: ___________________________________
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Seeking Volunteers for our
Adam Road Book Fair
Kings Queens and Castles Enter the
Kingdom of Books!
Can you help at our Book Fair?
The Scholastic Book Fair will be at our school from Friday 22nd May (set up), selling is scheduled for
Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th with pack up on Friday 29th May.
The exciting theme for our 2015 Book Fair is Kings Queens and Castles Enter the Kingdom of Books!
We need volunteers to help put on a one-of-a-kind Book Fair. We hope you will share your talents and join
us as we bring this memorable reading celebration to our school.
If you have some time to help us plan or conduct our next Book Fair, please complete the form below and
circle the areas where you would like to help out. Send the form back to Sandy in the Library.
Sincerely,
Sandy Taylor
Book Fair Organiser
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Name
Sign me up to help at the Book Fair!
Telephone
E-mail
I have circled areas where I’d like to help out:
• Decorating (Friday 22nd May)
• Setting up the Fair (Friday 22nd May)
• Helping shoppers at the Fair Wednesday 27th, Thursday 28th May (8am-9am / 3pm-4pm)
• Cashiering Wednesday 27th, Thursday 28th May (8am-9am/ 3pm-4pm)
• Packing up the Fair (Friday 29th May - 8am)
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2016
If your child is starting Kindergarten in 2016 (born between 1 July 2011 and 30 June 2012)
or if they’re changing schools to Adam Road Primary School (enrolling in Years PP to 6),
applications for enrolment are now being taken at the school office.
Please present your child’s Immunisation record and Birth Certificate at time of
application.
ENROLMENTS
cloSing dAte For All enrolmentS iS FridAY 24 JUlY 2015
TERM 2 - Dates to Remember
Week
mondAY
tUeSdAY
WedneSdAY
tHUrSdAY
FridAY
5
18 may
19 may
20 may
21 may
Faction Cross
Country
Years 3-6
1pm-3pm
22 may
P&C
Free dress day
6
25 may
book FAir
26 may
27 may
28 may
29 may
Assembly 2.10pm
Room 11, Yr 5
this Week’s Assembly – Friday, 15th may
Assembly Area - 2.10pm • Room 18 – Year 6
Merit Certificates
congratulations to the following students who have demonstrated exceptional effort
and achievement in order to receive a merit certificate at the upcoming assembly.
parents are invited to watch your child receive their award.
YeAr 1
Rm 1 Lexie & Cameron
Rm 2 Karianne & Keira
Rm 3 Azaria & Nathan
YeAr 3
Rm 7 Dayna & Kurtis
Rm 8 Alex & Nick
Rm 16 Reef & Imogen
YeAr 2
Rm 4 Kayshia & Kate
Rm 5 Carli & Talon
Rm 6 Xavier & Hailee
YeAr 4
Rm 12 Darcie & Jayden
Rm 13 Chloe & Rhys
YeAr 5
Rm 11 Josie & Issac
Rm 20 Bailey & Zaiden
YeAr 6
Rm 18 Caleb & Amber
Rm 19 Monica & Jayden
Rm 21 Jessica & Tauv
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Community Notices
OPPORTUNITY
FOR STUDENTS TO
EXPERIENCE ANOTHER
CULTURE, MAKE NEW
FRIENDS AND IMPROVE
THEIR LANGUAGE
STUDIES AT HOME
In late June - early July we will be receiving
exchange students from Argentina, Bolivia,
Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy,
Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland,
Sweden and the USA. Our new arrivals will live
with a host family and attend a local school for
3, 5 or 10 months. As we plan for their arrival,
we are keen to hear from suitable families who
might be interested to host a student.
Host families come in all shapes and sizes,
backgrounds and ages. To this end, we would
be grateful if you would place a notice in your
newsletter or mention it on your website. You
can download the newsletter notice here in
Word format or as a PDF.
Our 2015 Cadet program will be commencing
in June. We are currently seeking expressions
of interest from children aged 11-16yrs, and any
parents who would be interested in assisting.
Cadet training is held on a fortnightly basis, and
includes learning about basic fire-fighting skills, use
of equipment, general safety and first aid, team
building and lots of fun activities.
It is a great opportunity to invest in the future of
the local volunteer bush fire brigade. Our Cadet
Co-ordinator contact is Warren Burton, and he
can be reached after 5pm on 0498 642 613.
Willetton Senior High School
A Leading School Celebrating
Achievement
Specialist Basketball Program 2016
Willetton SHS is offering current Year 6 to Year 11 students with proven
basketball talent the opportunity to develop their potential through expert
coaching and intensive tuition. Selection will be based on students having
academic record, good personal character references, athletic talent and a
commitment to basketball. The Prospectus and application forms can be found
on our website: www.willettonshs.wa.edu.au
The closing date for application is Wednesday, 24 June 2015.
The program is available to any eligible student throughout Western Australia.
Ph: 9334 7200
Fax: 9333 4907
Email: willetton.shs@education.wa.edu.au
Pinetree Gully Road, Willetton WA 6155
Hosting an exchange student can be a truly
rewarding experience. It allows a family to
experience a foreign culture first hand, be
exposed to a new language and pass on a bit
of our own culture. They might even make a
friend for life!
All students have at least basic levels of English,
would attend a school in your local area and
live the life of a local.
Student Exchange Australia New Zealand is
a not-for-profit organisation that is registered
with all state and territory Departments of
Education around Australia and with the
Ministry of Education in NZ. We are the first
and only secondary exchange organisation in
Australia and New Zealand to be certified to
ISO 9001 (Quality Management System) and
we ensure the highest standards of care and
support to our participants. You can find out
more about our organisation by visiting www.
studentexchange.org.au.
If students, families or language teachers have
any questions about hosting an exchange
student or would like to view profiles of
students arriving from other countries, they
can call our office on 1300 135 331 or visit our
website. Our staff members will be happy to
discuss which student might be best suited to
their family. No obligation.
Please note that the purpose of this letter is
to find families to host international exchange
students. Thank you in advance for your
assistance.
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