12 August 2020

Newsletter Articles

Important Dates

Principal’s Report

Administration Building

Each day the staff and I get more excited as we watch the new administration building and playground begin to take shape. The administration building is on track for its completion date at the end of this year. We have had an issue with vehicles using the delivery road at the end of the school day, this has been addressed with the builders and the sub-contractors concerned.

Athletics Carnival

It is that time of the year again, the athletics carnival is almost upon us. Hopefully your children are urging you to take them to the park to practise their running daily. The carnival will be a little different this year in terms of parent participation. We hope to know closer to the date as to how many parents can be in attendance. Currently we are still limited to 100 parents onsite at any one time.

Kiss and Drive Carpark

I would like to remind parents that this is a shared zone and the speed limit is 10kph. We have had some parents arriving early and parking in the Kiss and Drive pickup area up to 30 minutes before the school siren. From 2:30pm onwards the Kiss and Drive carpark is a one-minute waiting zone only. Please be mindful of this at school pick up.

Public Speaking Contest

We are going ahead with our annual public speaking contest. It will be held in week two of term four on Wednesday 21st October. Again, depending on our limitations of parents on the school grounds we may have to make arrangements to limit those who can attend. More on that closer to the date.

Merit Awards

Congratulations to the Certificate and Award winners at our last assembly.

Yvonne Arnott
Principal

Sporting News

Interschool Cross Country

Last Friday's event saw Hampton Park Primary School go ohhhhhh so close to winning. Last year we came 2nd to Anzac Terrace by 10 points and this year we came third. There were only nine points separating us and 1st place.

All our runners performed at their best and we had numerous top 10 placings (24 competitors per race).

Special mentions go to:

Roxanna and Zoe - Gold Medal winners.
Madison and Jayden - Silver Medal winners.
Tyrone - Bronze Medal winner.

Faction Athletics

The faction athletics carnival is set for week seven.

Wednesday 2nd September - jumps, throws, 400m and 800m, Year 1 and 2 Cross Country.
Friday 4th September - main carnival.

Interschool Athletics

The interschool athletics carnival is set for week ten.

Monday 21st September - jumps, throws, 400m and 800m.
Wednesday 23rd September - main carnival.

Room 7 News

The year 5's in Room 7 have been creating marble mazes. On Thursday we had the Marble Race Olympics. Congratulations Tenielle on the fastest maze run. Congratulations to Corey and Reilly-James for the most creative maze.

PP1 News

In PP1 we have been learning to be birdwatchers or “Twitchers”. We take a little mindful time most days to sit quietly in our nature playground, looking and listening for birds. Already, we have spotted quite a variety! We are learning about each bird – what it looks like, what it eats and some of its habits. We like listening to the song of each bird and trying to copy it. Here is a photo of our birdwatching wall. Hopefully we will add even more birds to it soon.

School Photos 16th and 17th September

Photo envelopes will be sent home next week and will need to be returned to the office letterbox no later than the 9th September. We have a new company this year called Midland Photographers. All the information including sibling photos is clearly marked on the envelope.

Vac Swim

Enrolments are now open for VacSwim swimming lessons during the October and December/January school holidays.

October is a great time to get your children ready for summer and January offers fun lessons at beach or pool locations during the long break.

Your children can start as young as five years old.

Enrol your children in VacSwim now at education.wa.edu.au/vacswim

School Board

Dear Parents/Carers/Guardians,

I trust this update finds you and your family well.

To keep you informed on what the School Board does, please find below the items we have endorsed in our 22nd June Board meeting:

• Annual review and election of Deputy Chairperson and Secretary Positions at the first meeting of every year; and
• New HPPS School Board Terms of Reference.

We also discussed the 2020 to 2022 School Business plan which the school leadership and staff have drafted for our review.

The Board provided constructive feedback for the school’s consideration and action as it is not the Board’s role to endorse school business plans.

The new Terms of Reference and minutes, which captures all our discussions and feedback, can be viewed or downloaded from our School Board webpage.

If you have any questions for the Board, please email us at hpps.schoolboard@gmail.com.

Thank you and stay safe.

Kind Regards,
Xavier Teo
Board Chairperson

P&C News

Hello families and friends!

For all P&C information and events within our school community, stay tuned to our Social Media for updates, like and follow us on:

Next P&C Meeting

Term Four, Week Three, Monday 26th October 2020, 6pm, HPPS Staffroom.

Attending P&C meetings is a great way to meet people within the school community, be informed with what’s happening in your child’s school and play a part in your child’s school experience, just to name a few of the benefits. We welcome all parents and carers within the Hampton Park Primary School community to come along to a meeting, we love to see new faces.

A very warm welcome and thank you to our new Secretary, Vera Abeli, who was voted in at our last meeting.

Hungry Hamptons Canteen

Term 3 Daily Specials

Recess Winter Warmers

Hashbrowns $1 (Pre-order essential)
Mini Pizza $1 (Pre-order essential)
Warm Milo $1
Cheesies $1
Pikelets 50c each

Fundraising and Events

Please stay tuned to our Social Media for all updates on Fundraising and events through the year.

Entertainment Memberships are still available and are now completely digital. To purchase your 2020/2021 Membership please follow the link below -

School Banking

Returning soon. Please stay tuned to our social media for updates.

Community Notices

Community Education

Dance Jam

Perth’s freshest school dance education programs – making an impact in the classroom and on the dancefloor! We are on a mission to inspire the love of dance, to boys and girls from Kindy – Year 6 in their own school setting, by delivering high impact, high energy, and maximum fun dance programs! Our DANCE JAM programs have been carefully constructed by highly experienced, qualified & passionate team of dance educators with over 30+ years’ experience in the dance & entertainment industry.

Please find attached a DANCE JAM information sheet for your perusal. We are now taking bookings for Term 4 2020 (filing fast!) & for the 2021 school year, and we offer competitive pricing. We would love the opportunity to provide your students with the DANCE JAM experience & look forward to hearing from you soon.