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I would like to extend my ongoing appreciation for the staff, students and families as we continue to navigate the circumstances that COVID-19 presents. It is wonderful to see so many staff and students return to school after being unwell. For each class we are appreciating the consistency in teaching, classroom routines and work expectations that come with the same teachers and education assistants in classes every day.
Whilst our school management of COVID-19 has been good, staff and student absences have impacted on the amount and depth of the curriculum content taught and assessed. Consequently, we need to do some aspects of the Semester 1 reports differently. The report will include the A to E grades (or equivalent 5 point scale) for required learning areas, and information regarding your child’s attitude, behaviour and effort. There will, however, be one general comment rather than subject-specific comments.
Should you wish for additional information on your child’s progress, you will have the opportunity to discuss this at a parent/teacher conference and we are planning time for these in Term 3.
National Sorry Day and National Reconciliation Week
It has been wonderful to see the class work that has been done for National Sorry Day and National Reconciliation Week. Together the staff and students are developing a shared understanding of history, culture, stories, achievement, and people.
The display of the purple hibiscus flower signifies compassion and healing, representing the stolen generation and the deep trauma suffered by many as a result.
National Reconciliation Week is celebrated in workplaces, schools, community organisations, and by individuals across the country.
Yesterday we held our annual smoking ceremony as an important component of reconciliation efforts at Joondalup Schools and we were very happy so many of our families supported this event.
School Captains Lunch
Last week the school captains shared lunch with Emily Hamilton, MLA, Member for Joondalup, at school. It was a great opportunity for Ms Hamilton and the captains to talk about leadership and service. The captains also saw a live presentation about the Western Australian Parliament and learnt about how laws are created and asked some well-considered questions about the levels of Government. I would like to thank Ms Hamilton for visiting the school.
School Development Day
Please remember that this Friday 3 June is a School Development Day so no children come to school.
Staff will be participating in a range of training including Talk for Writing, reviewing new curriculum support materials, and meeting with education assistants from other schools at the Joondalup Learning Community conference.
Assembly update
The next assembly will be held on Tuesday 7 June at 2.15pm and is being presented by the Year 1 students.
COVID-19 RATs
RATs continue to be available for families and if you have not collected your family’s allocation, please do so by the end of the week.
P&C Association
The next meeting is Wednesday 8 June 2022 at 7.00pm at the school. Mark it in your diary and plan to come along.
Upcoming important dates
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Friday 3 June |
School Development Day |
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Monday 6 June |
WA Day – Public Holiday |
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Tuesday 7 June |
Assembly at 2.15 pm – Year 1 classes |
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Wednesday 8 June |
P&C Association meeting at 7.00pm |
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Monday 13 June |
Kapture School Photos |
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Tuesday 14 June |
ThinkUKnow – Year 5 and 6 parent information session |
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Thursday 16 June |
Kapture School Photos |
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Friday 17 June |
Free Dress Day – Gold coin donation for Srang PS, our Cambodian Sister School |
If you notice any suspicious activity on School Grounds, please contact Security on 9264 4771 or the Police on 131 444.
Unfortunately a number of Camp Australia staff have COVID-19 across the metropolitan region, meaning that we are not able to staff the centre on Friday 3 June, our School Development Day.
We understand the frustrations you may feel and sincerely apologise for any inconvenience that your family may face as a result. Unfortunately, we have exhausted all our options to prevent this from happening.
Should you require care, we encourage you to visit your Parent Portal and book into other nearby services:
- Grandis Primary School
- Woodvale Primary School
- East Beechboro Primary School
Again, we apologise for the inconvenience that this may cause you and appreciate your patience and understanding.
Should you have any questions, you are welcome to speak to our friendly Customer Care Team. They can be contacted on 1300 105 343 and are available from 5am – 9pm, 7 days a week (except on public holidays).
Kind regards,
Camp Australia
The students viewed the Native Hibiscus. It is the Stolen Generation Commemorative flower. The colour purple denoted compassion and spiritual healing. The plant grows widely across Australia. The students drew, cut and painted the flower. They worked with the paint to imply the textures of the flower, and the flowers have been pasted onto large sheets of green card and displayed in the windows of the Art, Music and Science rooms.
As part of Science and Sustainability, I have signed JPS up for a Wonder Recycling Rewards program, which focuses on the recycling and repurposing of soft plastic bread bags (bread bags, hot dog bags, hot cross bun bags, pizza scroll bags, sweet bun bags, vegemite scroll bags…basically, if it contains a bread product and is soft plastic it can be repurposed).
For every 5kg of soft plastic bread bags JPS return to Red Cycle, the school gets $500 and we can earn up to $2500 as a total which goes towards the purchasing of sport equipment or a repurposed ninja obstacle course!
So…what does the JPS community need to do?
- Start talking to family, friends, sporting groups, Bunnings to spread the word that JPS students are keen to reduce and repurpose the soft plastics in our environment which are going to landfill!
- Collect bread bags and return to the Wonder boxes at school.
- Enjoy the rewards.
The more bread bags the school collects, the more chance we have to earn cash for sports equipment and reduce the plastic waste.
