The Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD) on School Students with Disability takes place every year.

A student is counted in the NCCD if they receive reasonable adjustments at school due to disability.

Please see information below from the NCCD for parents, guardians and carers of children with disabilities. 

Tammy Hanrahan

Associate Principal

On Monday 22nd June the Social Justice Committee organsied a Pyjama Day for the School. Both students and staff had fun coming to school in their pyjamas and helped raised $494.40 for our sister school in Cambodia, Srang Primary School. Well done everyone!

The students in Year 6 participate in Cooperative Reading, which brings together strategies that enable students to set and reach their personal goals as well as promoting a cooperative learning community. Reading practices are explicitly taught and students have many opportunities to use their reading strategies. Students then present the texts they have read to the rest of the class through creative and interesting ways.

Miss Mercer and Mr Easther

Year 6 Class Teachers

Combining the BEST two subjects at Joondalup Primary School…

SPORT + SCIENCE

What is Sport Science?

Sport Science applies the study of science and sporting activities. The focus of sport science is to help maximise performance and endurance. It is used to help identify strengths and weaknesses so that a training program can be individualised and personal performance and endurance goals can be set.

The Year 5 and Year 6 students were willing candidates to participate in the inaugural Sport Science Program at JPS. The program uses a set of fitness test skills which provide solid baseline data. The data is used to track, compare and evaluate the fitness, strength, agility and mental progress of students throughout 2020.

The program tested students’ physical performance, endurance and mental capability across a 7 exercises:

• Timed 50 metre sprint
• Vertical Wall Jump
• Push Ups
• Cone Shuffle
• 3 Cone Drill
• Long Jump
• Wonderlic Test

Pre–testing involved a self-evaluation of their current physical status, followed by performance and endurance testing and lastly a self-reflection which focused on goal setting. Students were amazing to watch as they put themselves through their paces and were so positive about their individualised results.

Could you pass the JPS Sport Science Test? Ask any of the Year 5 or Year 6 students to put you through your paces!

Mr Lee and Mrs Phillips

Lower Primary

The students have enjoyed playing on the instruments once again. They have worked as a whole class ensemble as they played along to 'We All Go Traveling By', a song about the different ways students travel to school. They have played on a range of different percussion instruments and practised sectional work as they needed to wait patiently for their part before they play!

Middle Primary

The classes have completed their unit of work on the Instruments of the Orchestra and have enjoyed once again playing on the boom whackers as they finished the term.

Upper Primary

The upper primary students have finished their work on dynamics and tempo. It has been a joy every week listening to new orchestral pieces and discussing the music with the students.

Art with Miss O’Connor

The Pre-Primary and Year 1 students have completed their very hungry caterpillars.

Choir started up again for Term 2.  Tuesday and Thursday mornings have been a buzz as the eager Choir students have returned ready to sing once more! Choir has been truly missed over these last couple of months and I am excited to explore new pieces with the students.

If your child is interested in joining the Joondalup Schools Choir please ask them to visit Miss O’Connor in the Music room.

Self Portraits

Students across the campus used mirrors to observe their face. Drawing in pencil they created a self portrait and then added colour with watercolour paints. These portraits were created by students in years 1,2 and 6.

 

Pattern

Pattern is one of the principles of design. Students in years 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 created a pattern on an A4 piece of paper using wax crayon. Next semester we will add a dye wash and then use the work to create a whole school collaborative artwork.

NAIDOC Celebrations 

The artwork of John Smith Gumbula was viewed. He has a strong connection to culture and his people, drawing strength from those before him. Gumbula's work has lots of pattern. 

The students in years 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 drew an Australian animal and then filled the different shapes with patterns using felt pen.

Shape People

The students in Room 31 worked with the elements of shape and texture while creating these little people out of clay and wire.

Mrs Sweet

Art Teacher

The cycle of life continues, thanks to JPS students!

A biologist is a scientist who studies life, specifically organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists study humans, animals, plants and bacteria to gain a better understanding of how the body and nature works, and how external factors may influence each organism.

Term Two saw students at JPS step into the role of being a Biologist. The Year 2 students explored their own life cycle before comparing it to that of Jack and the Beanstalk. The Year 3 students became Taxonomists, collecting animals in the Nature Play Area and using a scientific key to classify them. The Year 4 students became parents and successfully germinated a bean seed so that it could complete a full life cycle. The Year 5 students have been deconstructing plants and animals to look at the adaptations that allow them to survive. Lastly, the Year 6 students explored the environmental conditions needed to grow yeast…they used this knowledge to make and bake their own bread!

Biology is a very relatable subject for students as it is all about life and living, something they do naturally on a daily basis and observe and engage with through play. This has been evident with the Year 4 students who have used their scientific knowledge of the plant life cycle to create crops in the Nature Play Area at recess and lunch. As young parents of about 300 different seeds, the cycle of life is in very good hands!

Nerelle Phillips

Science Teacher

Enrolments for Kindy 2021 are now open. Children born between the 1st July 2016 and 30th June 2017 are eligible to attend Kindy in 2021. To enrol your child please download and complete the Application form below and email it to the School Office at joondalup.ps@education.wa.edu.au along with supporting documentation by Friday 24th July. 

Due to the current health regulations we are minimising visitors to the school which is why we ask that you do not submit this form in person at the office. Acknowldgement of enrolment forms will be sent out.

School Banking will resume in Term 3 every Thursday from 8.15am until 8.45am in the B Black Wet Area.

Dear Parents,

Re: Cashless Canteen Update

If you wish to order recess or lunch for your child, but don't wish to proceed with the online option; Quickcliq, then simply call the canteen & set up an account over phone via VISA or Mastercard.

Recess - your child needs to come to canteen in the morning on their way to class to place an order, it will then be ready at recess for collection.

Lunch – simply fill out a lunch bag & your child is to place it in their class room crate or drop at canteen on their way to class.

Monies spent will then be deducted from account accordingly. You will receive an SMS alert when funds are getting low.

Birthday cupcakes are still available to be ordered through Quickcliq or alternatively give us a call 9233 5818.

We would like to thank you  for your positive feedback regarding move to a Cashless System. We appreciate it is a big change and have been overwhelmed by such a great response.

Thank you

Carolyn

Uniform Concepts will be closed for the first week of the holidays from 1pm Saturday 4^th July 2020 reopening again at 9am Monday 13^th July 2020.

Please keep to the 40 km speed limit during the drop off and pick up times. 

Term Dates 2020

Staff Development Days 2020