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As Term Two comes to an end it is always good to look back at some of the amazing activities that have occurred at Joondalup Primary, besides all the wonderful day to day teaching and learning programs. Here are a few:
- ANZAC Ceremony
- Faction Cross Country
- NAPLAN
- Interschool Cross Country
- Various Excursions: Parliament House (Year 5), Telethon Institute (Year 3,4,6), Wanneroo Museum (Year 3)
- Gold Incursion
- Reconciliation Week Launch
- 80’s dress-up day
- School Disco
- Interschool Winter Carnival
- Numerous Assemblies
Looking ahead to Term Three it is going to be just as busy.
School reports will be emailed to parents next Wednesday 30th June.
Winter Carnival
Last Friday 18th June, the students from Years 4, 5 and 6 participated in the Interschool Winter Carnival at HBF Arena. All students represented our school respectfully and responsibly, showing the community what wonderful sports people we are. At the end of the carnival Joondalup Primary had participated in three grand finals and won two events- Rugby and Netball B. We are proud of all their achievements. Thank you to Mr Lee for organising our teams and to all the teachers who trained them.
Staffing
We would like to thank and say farewell to Mrs Michelle Schoch, who has won a merit selected position at Alkimos Beach Primary School. She has worked at Joondalup Primary for several years and we appreciate all her hard work and effort. We wish her all the best in her new school.
From Term Three we welcome these staff into classrooms:
Mrs Cobbledick who will be working in Room 8, every Friday.
Mrs Cobbledick will also be working in Room 18, every Thursday.
Mr Tansey who will be working in Room 5, every Tuesday.
We hope they enjoy working in our school.
Cleaners
As WA transitions into Phase 5 of the Covid-19 roadmap we would like to thank the cleaning crew who have worked with us since Term 1 2020. Camilla, Christel, Jiranan and Sharon thank you for keeping our school safe during these challenging times. We wish you best of luck in your future endeavours.
School Development Day
Don’t forget Monday 19th July is a student free day. Please do not send your child to school as the staff are all engaging in School Development Learning.
Kapture Photos
Due to Covid lockdowns our school photo day had to be changed. The new dates are Week 2, Term 3 on Tuesday 27th July and Thursday 29th July.
New order forms will be sent home with students in the coming days, with new dates. This only needs to be completed online if you have not already ordered your photos.
Any orders placed in Term 1 will be honoured and processed once the student photos have been taken.
More information will be provided regarding class and sibling photo times soon.
School Holidays
The staff at Joondalup Primary wish all our families a happy school holidays. We hope all the students spend time exploring the outside environment and will see them on Tuesday 20th July, happy and rested. Please have a look at the link below for some fun holiday ideas.
If you notice any suspicious activity on School Grounds, please contact Security on 9264 4771 or the Police on 131 444.
Talk For Writing in Room 30.
In Year 1, Room 30 we learn to write using the Talk For Writing or T4W approach. T4W has a strong emphasis on using oral language and learning texts to develop our writing skills. We have used a text about Superhero Learners to learn about description, Jack and the Beanstalk to learn about characters, Unicorns to learn how to write an information report and Mr Big to look at settings. Each unit follows a three stage process that can take up to five weeks to complete.
- Imitation – we are ‘hooked’ into the text with a fun activity and then orally learn to tell a story using storymaps, drama, construction and art. We learn skills to develop our writing with a lot of ‘short burst’ writing activities.
- Innovation – we have a lot of fun changing the original story and having a go at writing the new story.
- Independent – we innovate and write our own story based on the original story. We often make our stories into books and love sharing our stories with each other.
We enjoy storytelling and story writing.
Mrs Waddell
Joondalup Education Support Centre and Joondalup Primary School are the recipients of two funding pledges, from the Labor party from both Burns Beach and Joondalup.
Receiving a total of $130,000 the two schools will work together to build new playground facilities in the kindergarten playground of the campus.
Zebras
The students in Year Four worked with the contrast, one of principles of design. The contrasting element was with black and white.
Giraffe
The students in Year Four continued working with the principle of design, contrast, to create a giraffe. The focus principle of design was pattern. Simple patterns were used in the giraffe spots.
Pizza
The students in Pre-Primary listened to the story "The Little Red Hen Makes Pizza". Working with the focus on the elements of form, colour and texture they created a sculpture of pizza on a plate.
Landscape in Windy Weather
We have had some very strong winds on Mondays when the Year Three's attend Visual Arts. After viewing the artwork of Vincent van Gogh, "Landscape in Windy Weather", the students worked with charcoal to create a windy weather landscape. The focus was on movement, a principle of design.
Cushion Cover
The Year Six students created a cushion cover. This was a long term project involving many different elements. They drew the wildflower, hibbertia and cut out a paper stencil. The hibbertia was silk screened onto calico. The centres of the flowers were then embroidered in coloured cotton. Some students had great success with sewing a French knot, while others worked with small stitches to create their design. Fabric crayons were used to make leaf rubbings. The students then used the sewing machines to stitch the cushion cover up. An insect or spider was drawn and transferred onto the cushion cover using an iron on transfer.
Makuru
Makuru is the start of the first rains. The Year One students used wax crayons to draw rain, puddles and a rainbow. The colour spectrum was revised before drawing the rainbow. Using the wet on wet technique water colour paints were painted across the page to create a stormy sky. The students worked with the principle of design pattern to colour the umbrella. The collage was then completed by pasting on their pre-cut photo, umbrella and drawing in the umbrella handle.
Kaya Wanjoo
As this term in Sustainability throughout the campus comes to a close, we have begun to plant a new area with Bush Tucker and an orchard. It is near the existing vegetable garden. Come on over and take a look.
Our campus had an amazing Reconciliation Week. This was well attended by parents and caregivers and has been a wonderful opportunity to learn from our First Nation people how for 60,000 years they have lived sustainably, using only what is needed, respecting the environment and sharing their wonderful culture and knowledge.
After School Garden Club
Our small but dedicated group of students, parents and staff come together every Monday afternoon from 3.15pm to 4pm to look after the garden. This term we tended to the garden and helped with the establishment of our new orchard. Look out for Term 3 invitation soon.
Please continue to bring in:
- Batteries
- Coffee pods (make sure they are DRY and EMPTY). You can bag the grounds up and sent to school as well.
- Ring pulls from cans of drink
- Plastic lids from bottles (wash and remove inner seal)
- Containers for change bottles/cans (clean and LIDS removed). Place in the BIG blue recycling skip near the admin area
I attended a fantastic professional learning day where Sustainability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander priorities were delivered in hands on lessons for us to take back to school. Did you know these priorities are taught in many different learning areas such as Science, HASS and Maths? Our school was acknowledged for our progressive journey in these two areas.
Happy gardening and sustainable thinking,
Sandra Bennett – Science/Sustainability Teacher (JESC). Sustainability Coordinator (Joondalup Schools)
Winter Holidays are Approaching
Well, it is that time of year again, school holidays! While some families love the break from routine, for others, it can be quite hard filling in the time, especially when it is cold outside!
Check out the links below for some inspiring ideas.
10 tips for surviving school holidays | Parent Line NSW
https://www.brightstarkids.com.au/blog/printables/school-holiday-boredom-busters
Don’t forget to try to get some down time for you too. Even if that means setting the children's activities up and seizing 5 minutes to have a coffee.
Chaplain Amanda
One Big Voice:
The Choir is hard at work preparing for the One Big Voice festival. Permission slips were sent home on Tuesday 15th June. This has all the information for parents regarding the performance. Please make sure you have read through the documentation.
Permission slips are due on Monday 28th June. Please return permission slips and payment to the office. Any questions please see Miss O'Connor or Mrs Butler.
Choir Assembly:
This is an invitation for parents to join us for the Choir assembly on Tuesday 29th June, the final assembly for the term.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Enrolments for Kindergarten 2022 are now open. Children born between 1st July 2017 and 30th June 2018 are eligible to attend Kindy in 2022. To enrol your child please collect an Application form from the School Office or download and email to joondalup.ps@education.wa.edu.au along with supporting documentation by Friday 23rd July.