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Cottesloe Primary School Newsletter
ISSUE NUMBER 8
WEDNESDAY 20th May 2015
WHAT’S ON THIS FORTNIGHT?
WED
THUR
MON
TUE
25 May
26 May
27 May
28 May
Interschool Cross
Country at Jolimont
Primary School
29 May
SCHOOL
DEVELOPMENT
DAY – Students do
not attend
FRI
1 June
WA DAY
PUBLIC
HOLIDAY
2 June
3 June
KAPTURE SCHOOL
PHOTO DAY
4 June
5 June
Assembly
Year 4/5
Room 16
Interschool Winter
Sport @
Mosman Park PS
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK
With NAPLAN complete and PEAC testing finished for another year, the business of teaching and
learning continues.
At Cottesloe Primary we not only believe it is vital students have their literacy and numeracy and
problem solving skills developed to the highest level, we want our students to be contributors to
the wider community. To coincide with Walk to School Day on Friday 22nd May, the Green Scene
and Travel Smart groups are supporting Soles4Souls, a shoe collecting activity that provides gently
worn shoes to children who do not have any shoes. The P&C are supporting the activity by
providing a healthy breakfast to those who donate shoes. What a great opportunity for us to
support our students in learning about communty issues!
On Friday, Cottesloe Primary take on Freshwater Bay Primay as a part of the Winter Interschool
Competition. Netball and Minkey will be played at school whilst Soccer and Football is to be played
at Harvey Field. Our last interschool fixture against Mosman Park Primary gave us mixed results
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with a loss and a draw with soccer, wins in netball, a loss in football and a split result with Minkey.
Importantly, however, our school teams displayed outstanding sportsmanship and endeavour- they
made me, their coaches and their teachers proud. Parents are welcome to attend all fixtures.
Next week, the Inteschool Cross Country Team will compete against other schools at Jolimont
Primary with the first race commencing at 12.45pm. Competitors will be notified later in the week.
The Department is focussing stongly on attendance. In the past families that have requested an interm vacation have been required to receive “permission” from the Principal. I have then, usually,
given approval and the attendance has been recorded as an “Approved Vacation”. Families who
now request the in-term vacation will recieve a note explaning the importance of regular
attendance. Families who withdraw students for in- school tutoring are now required to complete
an agreement that describes the school’s requirement of the Tutor Provider. Students who are
withdrawn for therapies, such as Speech or OT will not be required to complete the form. Thank
you for your understanding with these issues.
The major P&C fundraiser is the Quiz Night. This year it takes place on the Friday, 12th June. Please
support our P&C with this function. It is always a fun night that raises a lot of money for the school
and works at making this strong community even tighter. I have my table organised, I know we
won’t win but we will have fun! I hope to see you there.
On Monday night a small group of the Cottfathers met to make plans for the rest of the year. Some
fun Dad and Children events are on the cards including a Camp Out in Dwellingup, a Day at the
Motor Races and 10-pin Bowling, plus a couple of Dad get togethers. Cottesloe Fathers, please
support the Cottfathers.
The School Board meets tonight in the school Library at 6pm. It is always an open meeting and
visitors are welcome to attend.
Reporting:
Semester One Reports will be completed and sent home at the end of this term. Please remember:
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A Grade means the student is achieving well above the expected standard/level for a student
at that year level.
B Grade means the student is achieving above the expected standard/level for a student at
that year level.
C Grade means the student is working and achieving at the expected standard at that year
level.
A ‘C’ Grade indicates appropriate progress. Although I would not expect that Cottesloe Primary
School Students’ grade allocations reflect the regular normative distribution curve, there should be
a weighting to the right, a ‘C’ Grade will probably be the most awarded grade.
Reports will be distributed on Tuesday, 30th June.
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As always, if there are any questions about your child’s report please speak with your child’s
teacher.
Graham Dart
Principal
Cottesloe Primary School
Ph
Mob
Web
93842426
0408914923
www.cottesloeps.wa.edu.au
MERIT AWARDS
Congratulations to the following students who will be receiving Merit Awards at Friday’s Assembly.
Ben Cockle
Hudson Little
Alani Webber
Louis Fontaine
Phoebe Mau
Joe Sweet
Ella Newman
Addity Mahendranathan
Elliott Kluken
Zoe Colvin
Zemirah John
Year 1
Year 1
Year 2
Year 2
Year 2
Year 3
Year 3
Year 4
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Stella Phillips
Lucas Disley
Daniel Roe
Josiah John
Tyler Russell
Georgie Kay
Kai Allen
Isabella Van Ingen-kal
Sarah Lim
Hugo Butler
Noah Bell
Year 1
Year 1
Year 2
Year 2
Year 3
Year 3
Year 4
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Year 6
APPLICATION TO ENROL FOR 2016 – NOW OPEN
Applications are now open for Kindy, Pre-Primary and Year 1 enrolments for 2016. Application
forms are available from the office or can be downloaded from our website
www.cottesloeps.wa.edu.au on the ‘Contact Us’ page. Applications will remain open until Friday
24th July 2015 but we would appreciate forms being returned as soon as possible so that we can
anticipate staff needs for 2016.
HOW CYBER PROTECTED ARE YOU?
It came to my attention recently that, by “checking in” to a location or by simply having your Location
Services on, you are enabling Facebook to use your photos on public websites. For example, you watch your
favourite football team play at Domain Stadium. Whilst there you take a photo and post it on your Facebook
page. If either your Location Services are on or you tag where you are, your photo will not only appear on
your Facebook page but also on Domain Stadium’s Facebook page – a public site for anyone to view. Without
your knowledge, Facebook may have posted photos of you and also your children on public sites.
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What can you do about it?
The first place to check is the Settings App on your phone. Go to Privacy and check to see if the Location
Services is on. This can simply be turned off. If you use your phone as a GPS this may be affected so you may
need to turn it on for Maps only.
Secondly, check your Privacy settings on Facebook.
Finally, stop and think when you post your next photo. Do you really need to include your location?
Caroline Brades
IT Co-ordinator
CYBER SAFETY SEMINAR
Dalkeith Primary School is hosting a Cyber Safety seminar for parents on Tuesday 9 June from 78:30pm. It will be presented by Paul Litherland. Paul worked as a West Australian Police Officer for
twenty years, the last five of which were spent working extensively in the field of technology crime;
working directly with children and adults who were the victims of online crime.
Paul now works full time presenting these seminars to schools in WA. During the session, Paul will
share his insight into the dangers of the online world, providing advice and solutions to concerns
for our children as they engage with their technological worlds. Paul comes very highly
recommended from other schools and community groups around the state.
There will be a charge of $5 per family to help cover the cost of the seminar, which will be
collected on the night.
EDI'S #1 HAIRCUT
$6909.55 was raised for The Leukaemia Foundation!!!!
I would like to thank Cottesloe Primary School community as well as
all my friends and family for supporting me.
The Water and Wig Day went really well and everyone had a great
time. I would like to thank Mr Dart, the teachers, the other students
and the parents who helped me on the day.
I hope many more people get out there and give it a go because there is nothing to lose [except for
your hair] and it doesn't change the person that you are.
Thanks again,
Edi
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Dear Parents,
From the school’s newsletter you will know that the school’s art teacher, Marguerite Andel has been absent
for some time due to illness.
Marguerite is loved by many of the students, with art, at least, one of their favourite classes at school. She
has an incredible ability to turn all our kids into great artists. Except for the kindy and pre primary kids,
who won’t yet have had the pleasure of her classes and her trademark use of gilt finishes to most art
pieces. Marguerite literally has a “golden” touch with our kids.
Students and parents alike have been missing her and asking after her a lot. Consequently a few parents
decided to coordinate some get well gifts for her. Through our art relief teacher (Louise Jones) every child
from year 1 to 6 has done an individual piece of art for their Ms Andel, which parent Suzy Venn, collated into
a large art folder. It came to 33 pages of art works.
We are now asking if parents would like to donate toward a food roster for Marguerite and her family to
provide some meals for when she comes out of hospital. Marguerite also normally looks after her mother
but can’t at the moment. Meals would be a huge help to her.
After consulting Marguerite and other staff, the favoured approach is not for us to prepare and deliver meals
ourselves, but donate some money instead for meals to be provided by a local catering company.
A red box will be set up at the school’s office marked Ms Andel. If any of you would like to contribute to
helping Marguerite please would you deposit some money (cash), in envelopes, into the box as soon as
possible, and volunteer parents and staff will coordinate the meals? If you do decide to contribute, perhaps
tell your kids as they may be very interested to know of the help you will all be giving to her.
Thank you everyone.
If anyone has any questions about this, feel free to contact me using my contacts below. However, I’m not
privy to details of Ms Andel’s health so I can’t comment on that.
Regards
Rosemary (Ry) Glass. (Parent and volunteer at Cottesloe Primary School.)
0403 358 467, ryglass@optusnet.com.au
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Make Morning Time Special
One of my goals in life is to be around in the morning. Alice is not a morning person so I
tend to get up and help the kids with breakfast, help reduce the squabbling amongst the children. Geoff Creelman
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Can you take a chore off your wife's hands in order to spend more time with your children?
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You might make them breakfast, get them ready for school, or even help out with a school
project. Even helping out a couple of times a week could make a big difference in the life of your
family.
Thoughts?
Join the discussion on the website. We love to hear from you too!
The Fathering Project Team
CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING
The BAR Key stands for Bigger Add Replace and is the focus for our thinking this week. The BAR is a step
by step strategy for developing innovative and highly unusual products. This type of strategy is often used in
today’s high-tech product development labs to create new products for the market.
How could we BAR a camping tent?
First; Draw a camping tent.
Second; Make it Bigger
Third; Add something to it
Finally; Replace something
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Try using a table;
Draw your tent here
Now make it bigger
Add something to it
Replace something
I hope you now have a design for the ultimate tent for camping over the long weekend!
You will probably be using the Habits of Mind “Thinking Flexibly” , “Thinking and Communicating with
Clarity and Precision”, “ Creating, Imagining and Innovating” and “Applying Past Knowledge to New
Situations”.
Show your teacher the best ideas!!
Kind regards,
Denise Johnston
SCHOOL PHOTO DAY IS COMING!
Our school photo day is coming! Approximately two weeks prior to the photo day every student will receive
a Kapture Photography order envelope to bring home. The recommended method of ordering your photos
is online through Kapture’s website as your payment is secure and can be easily verified at any time.
Alternatively you can pay by cash or cheque and return the provided envelope to the school on the
photography day. If you place your order online please DO NOT return your envelope to school.
Any parent who forgets or is unable to supply their envelope on the photo day will have five (5) days to
complete an order online. Late payment envelopes cannot be accepted by the school office or by Kapture.
You also have the option to order a sibling photo package online, however please be aware there may be a
limited number of sibling orders that can be placed due to time constraints on photo day. We suggest you
place your online sibling order as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Please note sibling orders close @ midday Tuesday 2nd June 2015
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Kapture offer a money back guarantee for any parent who is not fully satisfied
with their photo package. Should you have any queries before or after photo
day, please direct them to the Kapture office on 9240 1714 or email
enquiries@kapture.com.au
All students will be photographed individually on photo day for school administration records AS WELL as
included in their class group photo available for purchase to all families. Should there be any reason why your
child should NOT be included in the photo shoot – please contact the school office.
Please see the attached notice with regard to a local Immunisation Clinic
which commenced in February 2015.
No appointment necessary.
Available the first Wednesday of every month from 9.30am to 12.30pm
NEWSLETTER ITEMS
If you wish to submit an item for inclusion in our newsletter could you please send to Jenni Mitchell, School Officer by Tuesday
afternoon of each week or by email to jennifer.mitchell@education.wa.edu.au
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email: cottesloe.ps@education.wa.edu.au