25 September 2019

Newsletter Articles

Important Dates

Principal’s Report

Term three is nearly at an end and what a busy term it has been, particularly for the students. Alongside their classroom curriculum work the students have been very busy with a wealth of other activities designed to complement the curriculum work. We have had Faction and Interschool Cross Country, Public Speaking Competition, Book Week activities, One Big Voice, Athletics carnival, PEAC testing, school photos, various incursions with the Police and Fire Brigade plus the author incursion last Friday, and the Interschool Athletics carnival being held today. We’ve also had several fundraising activities from the P & C and the Year Six children, along with Helping Hands fundraising this week for Telethon.

I’d like to take this opportunity to wish you all a safe and happy holiday. The Royal Agricultural Show is on during the first week, which I personally find a wonderful time to show the city children aspects of rural life that makes up the greater percentage of Western Australia. Discount tickets are available from the link below. Please use the promo code ROYALSHOW19996 which will ensure a portion of each ticket sold goes directly to the P & C fundraising.

School Photos

Thank you to all our families for the wonderful way the children were presented for the School Photos last week. While the children are always neat and tidy it was obvious that some extra effort had gone in to spruce everyone up.

Woolworths Promotional Seeds

Currently Woolworths has a promotion where they give out little tubs with a sheet containing vegetable or herb seeds. If you have an opportunity to receive some but don’t wish to use them yourself, please bring them into the school as Mrs Cardy would be very happy to plant them in the school’s vegetable garden.

Students Not Returning

If you have a child who is not returning to Hampton Park next year would you please advise the office as soon as possible as planning for 2020 is already underway. This obviously doesn’t apply to the year six children, who hopefully by now are all enrolled into a high school for next year.

Professional Development Day

Please remember that Monday 14th October is a Professional Development Day. The students do not attend school on that day.

Car Park

Parents please remember that children walk through the carpark in the Kiss and Ride area. Please take care and drive slowly though the car park to avoid collision with others.

Canteen

The school canteen is running low on volunteers to assist with lunch orders and counter sales. If you are able to spare even one hour per week on a Wednesday, Thursday or Friday it would be greatly appreciated. Please see Sam Barrett, Canteen Manageress, if you are interested in assisting.

Administration Building Update

Next year the school is having a new Administration building being built. The building will be placed on the eastern side of the cluster building where the current playground is. The playground will be relocated to the space between the cluster building and the classroom buildings. The cleaners shed will be relocated, as will the large green storage shed. The new playground area will have grass featured at either end. It was decided at the last planning meeting that the builder will take on the responsibility of installing the benches that the P & C purchased with funds raised last year to be installed around the new playground location. The building won’t commence until next year.

Yvonne Arnott
Principal

Mandarin News Update

Last month, 6 entries were submitted for the Chinese Language Teachers’ Association (CLTAWA) State-wide Chinese Writing Competition. We are happy to announce that of the 6 maximum entries submitted, 5 were awarded Certificates of Excellence. There were 26 schools that participated, with over 140 entries submitted. Congratulations to all our students who worked very hard to produce work of a very high standard. They will be presented with their certificates at the next assembly.

We also have 3 HPPS Mandarin Ambassadors at the recent Speaking Competition held by the same organisation. On Saturday 14th September, Bronte S, Jade B and Nicolle T took part in the competition. Prior to the event they had practised very hard and did a fantastic job delivering their speeches with expressions and actions. Jade and Nicolle, their second time around, upped their game. Not only did they memorise their speeches, they brought props along too. Bronte, in her debut performance, showed great confidence and presence and I am sure she will certainly do even better next year. Although her Mum had said in jest that she would not allow her to participate again. I was blamed for wasting 3 hours on a Saturday afternoon as she was bored stiff, having to sit through the speeches in a foreign language. When I told Mrs O’Neill, she said tongue- in -cheek, “spare a thought for a non-English speaking person in an English-speaking environment!”. So right, Mrs O’Neill.

I would like to thank the parents and siblings of the girls for enduring the 3 hours! Thank you for the support and encouragement you gave the girls so they could enjoy their learning of a second language. Below are some pictures of the girls receiving their participating awards and a group picture with Ms Gong.

The videos of the girls at the competition will be screened next Friday at the Values Assembly.

Mrs Lee
Teacher of Mandarin

Descriptive Writing Incursion

There was a great deal of excitement on Friday as Dr Cameron Stelzer entered the school. He was here to teach the students in Cluster 5 and Rooms 1 to 9 how to use descriptive language in their narrative writing. He is a Superstar Author and Illustrator in our school for his Stroogle, Scallywags, Pie Rats and drawing books. You could have heard a pin drop as the students repeatedly rushed to write down their exciting ideas that were full of the descriptive language that Cameron had inspired.

The students had also prepared Artwork to show him. He has selected some of the Artwork to receive a prize. These prizes will be sent to the school for them after the holidays. Cameron left forms for the students to return if their parents would like to purchase a signed personalised book for them. Please return this to the box in the office by Friday.

Adele Salleo

Library News

WAYRBA Voting/Nominations

Voting for WAYRBA has now finished and I would like to thank all the students that voted for their favourite book and Author.  Now it is time to nominate new books for next year. There is a poster on the Library circulation desk on how to nominate and with nomination forms. Another way for students to nominate is to go to the WAYRBA website. The link for WAYRBA is https://wayrba.org.au/nominate-and-vote/ Please either hand them in to the Library or post the completed forms to the address on the website.

Di Roberts
Library

Kindy Enrolments 2020

Do you know anyone in the community looking for a Kindy place for 2020? We have limited places still available. Applications forms are due NOW. For more information, please contact the school office.

Tooth Brushes

It is recommended that toothbrushes are replaced every three months and a good way to remember when to change them is at the start of each season. Spring has sprung so it is time to change the toothbrushes at your house. If you are replacing them please send the old ones to Room 1. We send them to Terra cycle and they are made into park benches. It takes 100 years for a tooth brush to break down and contaminate the soil. Please don't throw them in the bin! Your children will get 100 faction points for each toothbrush and/or tooth paste tube they bring to Room 1. Remember together we can make a difference.

Glynis Cardy
Room 1

P&C News

Hello Families and Friends!

We’d like to thank the HPPS community for all your support during this very busy term. We hope you all have a safe and enjoyable holiday break!

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 WA
Instagram - @hamptonparkpandc_morley

“HUNGRY HAMPTONS” Canteen

Open Wednesday, Thursday & Friday

*NEW MENU COMING 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, our social media or call in and say Hi!

Yes! We are open with our regular Menu on the last day of term! Orders can be placed online via Flexischools (app or website) and at the window by 9:30am.

Fundraising

Thank you to all our wonderful families for supporting our fundraising events this term! We are pleased to let you all know the total profits raised for the following fundraisers:

Billy G’s Cookie Dough - $1940
Fathers Day Stall - $695
Faction Sports Carnival Stall and Raffle - $1017
Our Total this year is standing at just over $16000!!!!

Well Done! We are getting closer to reaching our goal total for our Shade Shelter project!!!

5-Cent Drive

HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO WEEK 1 TERM 4! Get collecting over the School Holidays and keep that change coming in!

Each class has a bottle to deposit their 5c pieces. The class with the most 5c pieces wins a VIP LUNCH during Week 2! Proceeds from this will go towards our school Christmas Disco.

Entertainment Books

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 the link below to sign up or renew, books are also available at the Office.

Royal Show Offer

Looking for something to do these school holiday? We have a 25% off deal on Perth Royal Show tickets! Go to the site below and use Promo Code: Royalshow19996

School Fete

Please see our attached advertisement for more information about this exciting event for our school and community.

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 in the Library on Wednesday mornings for more info.

Community Notices

Thank you to everyone who supported our bake sale yesterday. We worked hard over the last week to bring it all together and the children have had a great time preparing for it. We are so excited this year to join with other Helping Hands and Osh Club services to make this year our biggest and best year so far. If you would like to follow our progress or if you would like to donate, please follow the link below. You can also see pictures as we host our last 2 Telethon bake sales at sister school.

The children at Helping Hands have had a great term exploring the world of travel and flight, we are looking forward to continuing this journey next term. We would like to put the call out to families and see if anyone is/was or knows a Flight Attendant or Pilot that might be interested in visiting our service to speak to the children about their job. Please contact us on 0428624999 or hamptonpark@helpinghandsnetwork.com.au. Please remember that all enrolments for Helping Hands are now done online, simply visit the Helping Hands Network website and click register. You are also welcome to register if you think you may need casual bookings in the future as bookings can be made at any time with a completed enrolment (these take about a day or two to be completed). We hope everyone has a wonderful school holidays. We are open for care over this time at Sutherland Dianella Primary should you need care.

We look forward to seeing you all next term.

GuitarWorks School Holiday Workshops

GuitarWorks is holding “Free School Holiday Guitar Workshops” for anyone interested in learning guitar. These 90 minute demonstrations cover all aspects of guitar playing and styles. Bookings are essential. For more information and dates contact Stefan Cutri at guitarworks@iinet.net.au or 041 444 8907.