15 December 2021

Newsletter Articles

Important Dates

Principal’s Report

Christmas is almost here again, another year over! It has slipped by so quickly and it seems like only yesterday that we had the last summer vacation extended by a week.

2022 Planning

School resumes for students in 2022 on Monday January 31st. The class lists will be placed on our web page on Thursday 27th January and paper copies attached to pin up boards around the school on Friday 28th January. Next year, owing to some odd student numbers we will be running three classes of Year 5/6. We believe this will make many of the senior student tasks much easier to manage throughout the year.

Staff Changes

There are a couple of staff changes for 2022. Ms Schirripa will be leaving us to teach full time at Wattle Grove PS, we thank her for the seven months she has been with us in K2. Mrs Speldewinde will be going on maternity leave and Mrs Horrocks is taking Long Service Leave for the year. We will be welcoming back Mrs Falcone in a part time capacity next year. The full list of who is where will go up next year with the class lists.

Presentation Assemblies

Last week was the Year Six Presentation assembly. Thank you to Mr Ker, Mrs Cunningham and Mrs Donetta for all your hard work in organising this. Yesterday we held the book awards for the Year One to Six and today we are presenting books to all the Kindergarten and Pre-primary children. Such a treat with all their singing.

To Mrs Clare Moore, a massive thank you for all the work you have done this year. The singing during the Public Speaking contest, the One Big Voice singing, the Year Six singing last week plus the special items this week have all been fantastic. We can’t wait to watch Hampton’s Got Talent on Thursday afternoon. Great work.

High School Specialist Programs

We are very pleased to announce that 19 of our Year Six students have been successful in being placed into specialist programs for Year Seven in 2022. Congratulations to the following children:

Abhinav – Academic Extension at Shenton College
Hiroki - Academic Extension at Bob Hawke College
Kaarthika -Applied Science at Hampton Senior High School (HSHS)
Sari - Music John Forest Secondary College, (JFSC)
Isabella - Music JFSC
Aslan - Music JFSC
Jack D - Music JFSC
Klidi - Music JFSC
Nevaeh - Music JFSC
Madison S- Music at JFSC
Logan - Performance Plus at Morley SHS
Svyatoslav - Extension and Aviation Program at Morley SHS
Ngakau - Netball program at Aranmore
Nazamia -Netball program and Music at JFSC
Grace - Netball program at JFSC
Hayden - Specialist ICT and Applied Science at HSHS
Ariane - Specialist ICT and Applied Science at HSHS
Corey - Specialist ICT and Applied Science at HSHS
Maddison M - Cheer and Applied Science at HSHS
Ezra - Applied Science at HSHS
Matilda - Dance at HSHS
Tenielle - Cheer at HSHS
Rou Yi - Agriculture at Kiara College
Joshua - Media at MSHS
Drew - Cricket at JFSC
Tahleesha – AFL Academy Governor Stirling SHS (GSSHS)
Laiken - AFL Academy GSSHS
Dylan - AFL Academy GSSHS
Kai - Athletics Program at HSHS

What an amazing talented list of students. Well done everyone.

Student Reports

A reminder that these are available for collection on Wednesday between 3-3.15pm from your child’s class room. Alternatively, from the front office on Thursday until 9.30am, after which time they will be posted home.

COVID Vaccinations

A connect notice was sent home yesterday to all families explaining who is required to be double vaccinated when on school site. If you have any questions regarding this please contact Mrs Clamp or myself.

Rollerdrome Disco

A huge thank you to the P&C for organising the highly successful disco on Friday 3rd December. By all accounts it was a great session.

Water Slides

Thanks to Mr Ker for his amazing work with the water slides last Friday, it was a terrific day for all students who demonstrate the school values.

Award Winners

Congratulations to the following Year Six children who received an award at the Graduation Assembly.

Dux – Abhinav V
Citizenship – Jack K
Endeavour – Aslan M
Music – Nazamia T
Language – Corey H
Science – Jacob G and Hayden B
Phys Ed – Tahleesha D

Each year the teachers in Years One to Five choose two children from their class to receive the Excellence Award and the Meritorious Award. The Excellence Award is for the child who has obtained the highest grades in that room and the Meritorious Award is the child that is praiseworthy for his/her endeavours throughout the year. There is also a Junior, Middle and Upper Primary award given by our specialist teachers.

Congratulations to the following children:

Kindergarten and Pre Primary have their assembly this morning. All the children have made amazing progress this year. To encourage them in their love of reading all children in these class groups receive a book from the school. Congratulations to them and their teachers on their amazing achievements for the year.

Merit and Values Awards

Congratulations to the following students who received a Merit Certificate or Values Award at our assembly on the 1st December.

Lastly thank you to all families for your continued support of the school. Merry Christmas to all, happy holidays and we hope to see you in the New Year.

Yvonne Arnott
Principal

Eagle’s Cup Trophy

The school football team have finally received their trophy for their undefeated season. A package arrived today with the trophy and some signed merchandise for the school. A plan will be made for the jumper and football, unfortunately the plan doesn't include Mr Lee's pool room.

Michael Lee
Phys Ed Specialist

Inflatable World

Our C5, R1, R2 and R3 students had a fantastic time celebrating the end of year at Inflatable World in Week 8.

Jess Owsiak
Year Three Teacher

Celebrating Hanukah

Last week the children in the Cluster block celebrated the Jewish Festival of Lights - Hanukah . In keeping with the tradition, they lit the candles and ate delicious doughnuts.

Michelle Avichzer
Year 2/3 Teacher

Mandarin News

We had our final cooking activity for the year. I trust all have had an enjoyable time making tāng yuán 汤圆 (glutinous rice balls) and cōng yóu bǐng 葱油饼 (spring onion pancakes). I was happy to see almost all students were keen to sample the Chinese food. In fact, production couldn’t meet demand, especially over the crispy fragrant pancakes. Our students were very appreciative and well mannered. Such GEMS! The hard work has been well worth it. I would not have been able to run the cooking successfully by myself. A very huge thank you to the parents who read and responded to the request for help on the day. I would like to thank Mrs Andrea Todd for helping me set up and for coming to check on me whenever she was available. I would also like to thank Molly Zhang, my colleague from Confucius Institute for her help this year. My appreciation also goes to Dorianna Z’s Grandma and Dad, Angela‘s Mum, Kristal and Casey A’s Grandma, Emily G’s Mum and Zoe‘s Mum for coming in to help with the activity.

Here are some highlights of the activity from Monday to Wednesday.

Finally, I would like to wish our Year Six students all the best for the future as they move on to their respective high schools. It has been a pleasure to teach them over the past few years. And I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a safe and blessed holiday.

Mrs Chiew Hoon Lee
Mandarin Teacher

School Board

Under the guidance of our school principal, Yvonne Arnott, Hampton Park Primary School has done well over the past 12 months.

Three major developments occurred at our School:

1. Our Year 3 and Year 5 students have made great achievements in their NAPLAN performance which have resulted in our school position in the “Higher Progress, Higher Achievement” category for all the subjects (Reading, Spelling, Numeracy, Writing and, Grammar and Punctuation). We would like to thank our teachers and their support over the last 12 months.
2. The Department of Education WA conducted a school review to which in Yvonne’s words “We had a fantastic review”. The School Board and Staff would like to thank the amazing work Adele Salleo did with the process and getting it finalized.
3. Earlier this year, the Hon. Amber-Jade Sanderson MLA approached the School Board and P&C regarding the funding of $30,000. The School Board prioritized several projects which resulted in a new Kiss and Drive Shelter and another shelter from the gate to our early childhood centre. We like to thank the Hon. Amber-Jade Sanderson for her contribution to Hampton Park Primary School.

Going into 2022, there are plans to have a community garden that will help educate our kids more about nature. Additionally, the School Board is looking to build relationships with local businesses which could help further support our School.

On behalf of the School Board, we would like to thank Jessica Owsiak for taking on the role of Board Secretary.

We wish everyone Merry Christmas and have a safe Happy New Year.

P&C

Hello Families and Friends.

What a way to wrap up 2021! We had a massive turnout for our Christmas Roller Disco at Morley Rollerdrome, thank you to all who attended. It was a great afternoon of thrills, a few spills and all-round fun had by everyone. Congratulations to Linda Batchelor who was the lucky raffle winner of a Galaxy Tab A, kindly donated by Amber-Jade Sanderson, Member for Morley. Ozzie and the Rollerdrome team are fantastic hosts, so we hope to plan another event with them sometime next year, so stay tuned.

It’s been an interesting time trying to keep all things P&C running over the last 2 years, the one thing that still stands is that we have a wonderful and supportive school community here at Hampton Park. We thank you all for your support this year, every contribution counts towards making our school an even better place for our kids to learn and grow. We look forward to an amazing 2022! Merry Christmas and we wish everyone a safe and happy Holidays!

Our next P&C meeting will be the 2022 Annual General Meeting and is scheduled for Monday Feb 14th at 2pm. This is the meeting in which we vote in our new P&C Office Bearers. If you are interested in joining the committee or just want some more information on what the P&C are about, please get in touch via our socials or e-mail info@hppspandc.org.au

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

Facebook (Public) – Hampton Park Primary School P&C Association - @hppspandcmorley

Facebook Group (Closed Group) – Hampton Park Primary Community Chat, Morley WA

Instagram - @hamptonparkpandc_morley

Fundraising and Events

Colour Fun Run Prizes

Just in time for the end of the year, the prizes arrived and were distributed earlier this week.

Containers for Change

Coming in 2022!

Hungry Hamptons Canteen

Yes, we are open right up until the last day of term!

Please place orders online via the Flexischools app, or at the canteen windows by 9am.

PLEASE NOTE: As we approach the end of the year it is necessary to wind back on stock levels, therefore there may be limited availability for some of our regular menu items and daily specials. We will update availability on Flexischools as items run out, or check with us when placing window orders.

Much appreciation goes to all our canteen volunteers this year, we thank you for your time and efforts.

Thank you for supporting Hungry Hamptons Canteen in 2021.

Community Notices

Aces Netball Club