28 August 2019

Newsletter Articles

Important Dates

Principal’s Report

I would sincerely like to thank Mr Ben Ker for the work he did as Principal while I was on Long Service Leave for the first four weeks of term. Mr Ker by all accounts did a superb job as Principal; for me it was wonderful to know that I could leave the leadership of Hampton Park Primary in such capable hands. Thank you Ben. Also many thanks to Adele and Mike for their continued successful work as Deputy Principals in my absence.

Staff Changes

A merit select process will be run later this term to fill the vacancy of Deputy Principal created by the retirement of Mrs de Jonk. With the role commencing in 2020, Mrs Adele Salleo and Mr Mike Lee will continue two days a week each in the role until the end of this year. Mrs Salleo is available on Mondays and Tuesdays and Mr Lee on Thursdays and Fridays. As a result, Mr Lee will not be taking the majority of the students for Health this semester; Mrs Michelle Avichzer will be undertaking that role. Mrs Avichzer is also teaching in C3 on the Mondays and Tuesdays. I look forward to working with Adele, Mike and Michelle again.

One Big Voice

The One Big Voice concert is this Friday 30th August at the Perth Arena. We have 48 children attending as members of the school choir. Congratulations to Sara M and Gabby O who successfully auditioned for solo singing roles and to Holly M for her Master of Ceremonies role. If you still wish to book tickets to attend you can do so through Ticketek. The performance is the 12:30pm session. You need to book in the Beethoven section in order to have the best viewing angle of our students. Many thanks to Mrs Clare Moore for all the additional work she has done in preparing the students for this amazing event.

Congratulations

Last Tuesday Mr and Mrs Speldewinde welcomed the newest little member to their family, Oliver Parker Speldewinde. Born on August 20th, at 9.49am, weighing a tiny 2.79kg and 48cm long. We wish them all the very best at this special time.

Public Speaking Assembly

Last Wednesday we held the final of the 2019 Public Speaking Competition. Congratulations to the finalists (mentioned below) and also every student who has been involved over the last five weeks. A special thank you to the judges, Mrs Jan deJonk and Mrs Joanna Carroll, for their fair and transparent feedback to the speakers who were of a very high standard and made the judging difficult. We would like thank the parents for the support they have provided to their children with this.

We would also like to acknowledge all the students for performing and the Choir for their beautiful singing. What an absolutely amazing job by all and to Mrs Salleo, Mr Lee and Ms Moore for organising such a wonderful event.

Book Week

This week is Book Week and we are having a fun filled week celebrating with lots of activities including book readings, dress up parade, a quiz, treasure hunt and Pre/1’s Book Week assembly. At this assembly the Karen Kennett Book Award will be presented by a student who has shown a great interest in reading in the Library. Please make a special effort this week to read to your children no matter how old they are to promote the value of reading a good book together.

Book Week Parade

Tomorrow our students are encouraged to wear a costume of their favourite book character. This will be part of a week of fun-filled activities around the Book Week theme of Reading is My Secret Power.

Voluntary Contributions

Thank you to everyone who supports the school by paying their voluntary contributions. I know we do receive funds from the Government for the managing of the school, however sometimes it doesn’t seem quite enough to cover all the extra bits and pieces. We can only afford to do extras like this through the generous donations of those who pay their voluntary contributions. It is $60 per student and payment plans are welcome. Please discuss with Mrs Clamp in the front office if you would like to make such an arrangement.

Yvonne Arnott
Principal

Year 6 Fundraiser

On Friday 16th August the Year 6’s hosted a fundraiser which was a Cupcake stall. We had a large number of cupcakes to sell so thank you so much to the parents and students who baked and donated these. In total we raised $600 which will be going towards our Year 6 Graduation.

Thank you to our students and families who supported us and helped raise such a large amount.

Year 6 Students
Miss Smith and Mrs Cunningham

Pre Primary 2

Last week the children in Pre-Primary 2 spent some time viewing and appreciating artwork by Jackson Pollock. Taking inspiration from his technique, our kids had a fantastic time experimenting with flick painting outside. Their resulting work looked amazing. The lawn and easels looked pretty special too!

Author Visit – Dr Cameron Stelzer, The Story Doctor

On Friday 20th September, we have a special visit from Author and Illustrator Dr Cameron Stelzer. Dr Cameron is visiting Hampton Park Primary School to run workshops with our Year 3 to 6 students. Cameron will be engaging students in a writing workshop exploring exciting and descriptive language. The students are reading his fabulous books in their classes. We are looking forward to a great day! A note for the students involved with the cost and details will be sent out prior to the big day.

In conjunction with the Author Visit, Hampton Park PS families have a special opportunity to purchase signed and personalised copies of Cameron’s books at special prices. Individual books are $15 each and there are also exclusive book sets available. Students will receive an order form on the day of the workshops. Forms and payment can be returned to the office Monday 23rd September.

Phys Ed News

Perth Scorchers

The Scorcher's Bus parked on the school oval on Wednesday Afternoon and the players within jumped out to deliver a fun, fast paced and enjoyable cricket experience for 50 of Hampton Park's keenest cricketers. Our students, ranging from Pre Primary through to Year Six played Scorcher Ball, Rapid Fire and Cricket Ball Circus to practice, batting, bowling and fielding skills. Some lucky kids even went home with a cricket ball as a prize!!!!

Seda Cricket Clinic

A wet Friday morning greeted 12 SEDA students as they gathered to deliver Cricket Clinics to some of our classes. The year ones did a Mascot Challenge and had many laughs whilst practicing catching and fielding skills. Some of our older classes played fun games similar to the Scorcher's Have a Go program.

Faction Athletics Carnival

The Faction Athletics Carnival is rapidly approaching!! Mr Lee would love to hear from any parents/older siblings who would be available to assist with some activities on Wednesday 4th September. Assistance in the jump pit, raking, measuring, recording would be most appreciated.

Cheerleading Workshop

Last week Hampton Senior High School visited our Year 6 students to promote their Cheerleading program. The students participated enthusiastically and had fun practising some of the new skills they were taught.

Recycling

Room 1 is continuing to collect old tooth brushes and tooth paste tubes. Please do not throw them in the bin as they take years to break down and they contaminate the soil. We send them to Terra Cycle and they are made into park benches. Your child will receive 100 Faction Points for each item brought in.

Each class is responsible for a different area of recycling so please check the purple chart in each room to see how you can help in other areas to reduce waste going to landfill.

Please remember if we work together we can make a difference!

School Photo Day is Coming 18th and 19th September

Our school photo day is coming! Approximately two weeks prior to the photo day every student will receive a Kapture Photography order envelope to bring home. The recommended method of ordering your photos is online through Kapture’s website as your payment is secure and can be easily verified at any time. If you pay online, there is no need to return the order envelope to school.

Alternatively you can pay by cash and return the provided envelope to the school on the photography day. Please note the photographers cannot open sealed envelopes and cannot provide change.

SIBLING ORDERS CAN ONLY BE PLACED ONLINE: Late requests cannot be granted.

You have the option to order a sibling photo package online, however please note sibling orders will close in most instances @midday sharp at least one business day before the first photo date. We suggest you place your online sibling order as soon as you receive your order envelope with your order instructions as places are limited.

Log on to the link below for your sibling photo order cut-off date and time.

Late payment envelopes cannot be accepted by the school office or by Kapture. You can place an order online for class or individual photographs at any time for the remainder of the current school year however a $15 fee will apply if you order more than 10 days after photography.

If your child is in a sports or special group photo, you can use the same school code on your order envelope to view and order these photos on Kapture’s website, around the time that school photos are ready to be delivered. Please note; Class group, individual and sibling portraits are not available to view online.

Kapture offer a money back guarantee for any parent who is not fully satisfied with their photo package. Should you have any queries before or after photo day, please direct them to the Kapture office on 9240 1714 or email enquiries@kapture.com.au .

All students will be photographed individually on photo day for school administration records AS WELL as included in their class group photo available for purchase to all families. Should there be any reason why your child should NOT be included in the photo shoot –please contact the school office.

Speech Information Afternoon

There will be an information session presented by our visiting Lead Speech Pathologist student from Curtin University Louise Prior for parents. Louise has a wealth of knowledge about identifying speech issues and helping students to overcome them. It will mainly be aimed at helping parents of students in Kindy to Year two but all parents are very welcome to attend. This event will be held in our school Library at 2pm Tuesday 10th September.

Community Notices

Helping Hands

The children at Helping Hands have been super busy rearranging our room. Over the holidays we got new carpet so have been finding the best layout and design to create a wonderful learning space.

This term we are starting to focus on travel, we have set a dramatic play space like our own mini flight center and have some guest speakers coming in to talk with the children and extend their interest in learning about how holidays and flights are booked. Over the coming weeks we will be looking at different countries and cultures and learning some new interesting facts about the countries we are focusing on. We are hoping to run our 2019 Telethon event toward the end of this term/ start of next term and we will keep you updated on our plans.

Numbers are increasing and spaces are filling up very fast, if you are planning to use our service or think you may need it in the future we advise starting the enrolment process before you require care as we cannot take bookings on the day if an enrolment has not been completed. Enrolments can be done online at the Helping Hands Network site and will be sent through directly to us once completed. We are having so much fun in service and we are enjoying meeting our new friends. We look forward to seeing you around the school. Please have a look at some of the awesome things we have been doing. Check out the pictures of some of the cool things we have been up to since last term.

Sam and Courtney

Join Helping Hands for a 5 week course and learn some cake decorating skills.

Classes are held Thursday after school from 4pm-5pm
29th August,5th September
12th September,19th September
26th September

Must be enrolled in Helping Hands to participate. Spaces limited

P&C NEWS

Hello Families and Friends! For all P&C information and events stay tuned to our Social Media for updates, like and follow us on:Facebook -@hppspandcmorley Facebook group – Hampton Park Primary Community Chat, Morley WAInstagram - @hamptonparkpandc_morley

“HUNGRY HAMPTONS” CANTEEN – Open Wednesday, Thursday & Friday

*NEW MENU COMING SOON*

Please see our attached advertisement for our Sports Carnival Day Special! Order forms will be sent home very soon.

Can you help? Have a spare hour or two in the morning? Want to get to know other parents at school? Can you grill a mean toastie? Volunteers are always welcome to come in and assist with lunch prep, unlimited tea/coffee and laughs guaranteed! Contact Canteen Manageress – Sam Barrett - via email canteen@hppspandc.org.au , via our social media or call in and say Hi!

Orders can be placed online via Flexischools (app or website) and at the window by 9:30am

FUNDRAISING

Billy G’s Gourmet Cookie Dough – Thankyou for the amazing support for this delicious fundraiser, we hope you are all enjoying your purchases! Prizes will be delivered to students very soon. Stay tuned for the grand total!

5c Drive – Our Annual 5c drive is back for Term 3! Each class has a bottle to deposit their 5c pieces. The class with the most 5c pieces by the end of term wins a VIP LUNCH! Proceeds from this will go towards our school Christmas Disco.

Faction Sports Carnival 2019 –Please see the attached notices for all we have happening for this years Carnival. If you can offer any assistance with volunteering on the day or donating goods, please let us know, your time and efforts are kindly appreciated.

2019/2020 Entertainment Books are still available! Book and Digital memberships are $70 for the year. Please check out the link on our Facebook page or go to to sign up or renew, books are also available at the Office.

School Fete – please see our attached advertisement for more information about this exciting event for our school and community.

UNIFORM SHOP

Open First Tuesday of each Term.

Uniform orders can be place online via Flexischools (app or website) or by completing forms available from the canteen, EFTPOS is available at the canteen. It is very important to provide us with your MOBILE CONTACT NUMBER, as when your order is available you will receive an SMS to collect and sign for your order at the Office.

Hats are available to purchase from the canteen on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Please contact Gus Jeanne for enquiries on 0415 426 023

SCHOOL BANKING

Every Wednesday in the Library from 8:15am. Banking books can also be placed in the P&C Drop Box in the office. Banking is with the Commonwealth Bank. Please see Connie and Gus in the Library on Wednesday mornings for more info.