2 November 2022

Newsletter Articles

Important Dates

Principal’s Report

Thank you to everyone for welcoming me back, it is lovely to see the children and staff. Thank you to Ben Ker for the excellent work he did as Principal in my absence and Mike Lee for his terrific work as the Deputy Principal.

World Teacher’s Day

Last week Australia celebrated World Teacher’s Day. At Hampton Park we are all educators of the children regardless of our job title and description. I would like to say thank you to all the staff that help to teach the children.

Constable Care Incursion

This week is the first of our visits to the Constable Care Safety House. A big thank you to the P&C for their amazing contribution of paying for everyone to attend, I can’t remember the exact figure but between admission cost and bus fares the P&C will pay over $7,000 for all classes, except the Kindergarten to attend. Unfortunately, the Safety House doesn’t run the program for Kindergarten children. Of course, the P&C are only able to do this because of the generosity of families that have supported their past fundraising events.

Dr Cameron Stelzer Incursion

On Thursday, Dr Cameron Stelzer will be visiting the school and talking with all the students. Cameron has been a full time author since 2004. He has written and illustrated thirty two books for children and has worked with over eight hundred schools. His books have won sixteen international book awards. He has been a guest blogger for the Summer Reading Club and the Reading Adventure Club. We can’t wait to hear from him again.

Technology Day

Technology Day was a huge success with the students raising $3067.70. Half of this will be donated to The Australian Wildlife Conservancy, which is the charity that the students voted for. The other half will go towards buying more technology products for the students to use. Thank you to everyone that assisted with the day.

Swimming Carnival

The annual swimming carnival for Year 3 to 6 students is being held this Friday at Bayswater Waves. Family members are welcome to attend. The events commence at 11:30 am with the anticipated finish time of 2:30 pm. It is a day designed to have fun and participate.

Merit and Values Awards

Congratulations to the following students who received a Merit Certificate or Values Award at our last assembly.

Yvonne Arnott
Principal

Technology Day

Thank you to all the parents that came along on Friday to make the day such a successful event. A special thanks to the parents who helped the students on the stalls. A huge thank you also goes to every staff member who put so much effort in to both the preparation for the day and on Friday. We raised $3067.70! This will be used to purchase more robotics equipment and also go to the charity the students chose, The Australian Wildlife Conservancy. The students did an amazing job making all their Design Technology products to sell and most stalls were sold out.

Adele Salleo
Technology Committee

Glass Pasta Jars

Mrs Firby is collecting glass pasta jars. If you have some please leave them in the Cluster 4 Wet Area. Thank you.

Planning for the 2023 School Year

Now is the ideal time to notify us if you are moving home or school. If your child/children won’t be returning to Hampton Park Primary School next year, please advise us via email at hamptonpark.ps@education.wa.edu.au

School Board

Following our Monday 15 August Board meeting, we would like to update you with the main items which were discussed.

Agenda Items

A number of outstanding actions were completed.
Classroom Placement Policy was endorsed.

The Board agreed to keep the Voluntary Contribution prices in 2023 the same.
The Board was presented and provided feedback on the annual school report.
The Board has one vacant position for a community member.
The Board has one vacant position for a school parent.

Principal's Report

Student numbers were 355 and an additional family joined the school.
The Board provided input to the staff professional development dates.
School is tracking well and met three targets in the current Business Plan.
School is also on track with the spending of finances.
The Board and Leadership team submitted a nomination for the school for the Excellence in Teaching and Learning (Primary) category in this year’s WA Education Award.

Our next board meeting will be held on Monday 7 November 2022 at 5:30 pm in the school boardroom which is located in the Administration building.

If you have any questions for the Board, please feel free to contact the office to be put in touch with one of the Board members. Alternatively, you can email the school board at hpps.schoolboard@gmail.com

Natalie Batchelor
Board Member

Community Notices

Midvale Hub Parenting Service – Free Parenting Programs

We have an upcoming parenting program for parents and caregivers of young people aged 11 to 18 years, Engaging Adolescents online. We have a couple of vacancies left.

“The program explores the changing landscape of young people, and the different skills parents can use to keep connected with their young person”

It’s a free program for families who reside in the local government areas of Swan, Mundaring, Bassendean and Bayswater.