Scarborough Primary School Newsletter - The Link

Issue 14 – 24 September 2021

Upcoming Events and Reminders

OctoberNovember
  • 11 October - STUDENTS DO NOT ATTEND - School Development Day
  • 12 October - Students Commence
  • 22 October - Assembly
  • 25 October to 5 November - Swimming Lessons
  • 18 November - Year 6 Orientation Day at Churchlands SHS
  • 19 November - Music Assembly

Principal's Message

Dear Community

All of a sudden we are at the end of Term 3!

We finished off our ‘sporting’ term with our interschool carnival at Doubleview Primary School. We were blessed with magnificent weather for both of the days that our students participated and it was great to see so many parents come along to cheer and support. We are very proud of our students who showed fantastic enthusiasm and sportsmanship throughout.

The biggest news from the day was that one of our students won a Championship medal! Congratulations Darcy Tate for taking out the award for Year 3 Champion Boy. Not only are you a fierce competitor, but also a great role model for sportsmanship. 

Term 4

Please see below for some initial information about upcoming Term 4 events to help with your planning.

  • Swimming lessons will run daily across Weeks 3 and 4. A note will go home in Week 1
  • Surfing: times for sessions are currently under negotiation.
  • Booklists: A date for orders to be due is currently being decided, but is likely to be between the middle and end of term
  • End of Year Concerts/Award Presentations are scheduled for Week 9 and will be held in two sessions, one for juniors and one for seniors. Specific times and dates to be confirmed
  • Year 6 Graduation will be held on Tuesday, December 14
  • Reports will be emailed home on Tuesday 14 December
  • Last day for students is Thursday 16 December

COVID Vaccinations and school students

There has been a lot of information in the media around vaccine rollouts for children aged between 12 and 16 and opportunities for student vaccinations both inside and outside schools. When hearing this information there are several important points to remember:

  • It is not mandated that students be vaccinated and there are no plans to change this.
  • Whilst some schools will be participating in trials to vaccinate students aged 12 and over in school from the start of this term, this does not impact us at all at this stage. It will initially be rolled out as an opportunity for vaccination in residential and agricultural colleges as well as Secondary Education Support Centres.
  • Any in school vaccinations require parental consent. If parental consent is not given, their child will not be vaccinated at school.
  • The Department of Health is the lead agency in WA’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For further information on the state’s response to COVID-19, including current health advice regarding COVID-19 testing and vaccinations, please visit the Department of Health website, or call the COVID-19 Help Line on 13 268 43
  • The Department of Health is leading the planning for the walk-in and school-based clinics. Parents and carers can visit the Healthy WA website - https://www.healthywa.wa.gov.au/Articles/A_E/Coronavirus/COVID19- vaccine/Vaccination-for-secondary-students-and-school-staff for more information.


As always, if you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to call or email me on Sarah.Dawson@education.wa.edu.au

Sarah Dawson

Principal

 

Wrapper Free Wednesday

    Scarborough Primary School is dedicated to promoting change within the school and will be introducing Wrapper Free Wednesday throughout Term 4 to encourage healthy eating and teach waste minimisation. Students are encouraged to bring food without packaging. All waste will be put back into students’ lunchboxes and taken home.

    Now is great time to start thinking about what goes into your child’s lunchbox and considering healthy alternatives.

     Tips for parents packing wrapper free lunches:

    • Let children help make their own lunches. Pack lunches the night before to avoid morning rush.
    • Purchase a lunchbox with different compartments to separate food.
    • Discuss with your child what they like to eat and how much. Bin audits in schools show large quantities of unopened packaged foods are being thrown away.  
    • Cut up fruit and vegetables and pack them in reusable containers so that children can eat some and save some for later.
    • Encourage your children to bring home uneaten food to eat later.
    • Buy in bulk to prevent individual packaging and use reusable containers to store.
    • Avoid buying items in packaging that cannot be resealed
    • If lunchboxes have plastic, encourage children to bring home soft plastics to be taken to REDcycle centres. To find out more, please visit https://www.redcycle.net.au/.

    Your Move

    Parent Survey

    You still have a few days left until the end of September to be included in the prize draw to complete the parent survey. Please complete and email it to sandra.cooke@education.wa.edu.au. We want to hear from you.

    Trusty Tuesday and Thursday Active Travel Trial (TTTATT)

    Trusty Tuesday and Thursday Active Travel Days have concluded. The winning class for being the most consistent active travellers out of the whole school throughout the duration is our lovely Room 12. Well-done Mr Brunt to your Year 4’s and Year 5’s - 74% of you were active travellers! It wasn’t always easy because of the weather, but you kept trying.

    Also, well-done to all the students who participated in this whole school active travel event. This was a great effort by all! 

    Connecting Schools Grant

    Over 2000 points were earned through the Your Move events and activities, meaning Scarborough Primary School was successful in unlocking a Gold Connecting Schools Grant. We are now eligible for up to $2,499 in funding, which will go toward active travel related infrastructure, education and more. The funding will help promote active travel in our school, to increase the number of students and families cycling, scootering, or walking to and from school. Additionally, the funding will be used in the early childhood classes (Kindy and Pre-primary) to explore road safety.

    School Holiday - Active Travel Challenge

    Here is a school holiday challenge for you: 

    If any families participate in fun active travel such as riding the bus, train, ferry, walking, cycling or scootering, take a photo and email it to me. 

    Have a fabulous and active school break.

    Sandy Cooke

     

     

    P&C News

    P&C News

    Hello SPS families!

    Thank you to everyone who turned up to our Quiz Night! Our families and friends packed into Grill'd Scarborough for a fantastic night, and together we raised around $3,000 for our P&C. We couldn't have done it without the support of our local community - more than 30 businesses donated their goods and services to our silent auction and raffle. We can't thank them all here, but we have listed them on our Facebook page so please check that out if you get the chance. A special thank you however must be given to our local MP Stuart Aubrey and to the City of Stirling for their respective donations. 

    A shout out to everyone who participated and donated towards Crazy Hair Day! Always so much fun to see the creations!!

    WE NEED YOU!

    All our fundraising events require many hands to organise them. So, we are asking all SPS families (parents/ grandparents/ carers/ families) to be prepared to put your hand up. You don’t have to be a member of the P&C to help out with the events, but if you have any amazing fundraising ideas we would love to hear from you. Either at a meeting, email or chat to our team.

    CANTEEN AND UNIFORM SHOP

    Did you know that the P&C also runs the School Canteen and the Uniform Shop? In order for us to keep canteen running and the uniform shop prices low, we rely on volunteers from our school community. This means that WE NEED YOU!

    The Uniform Shop is open on Wednesdays between 8.45am-9.15am (yes, only half an hour!) and Canteen is open on Fridays between 10am-12pm. During these times we are in need for more volunteers. Our school is growing and our current small team needs extra support in order to keep these services going. So please check your diary and sign up to help!

    We also welcome extended family members to be part of our community, so if you can’t help, perhaps your parents can (-:

    The easiest way is to email us with your availability, but feel free to chat to the team personally.

    Entertainment Book

    Back by overwhelming request is the FREE upgrade to Multi City when you purchase a Single City PLUS get 1 extra month for FREE! That’s a $50 saving and a 13-month Membership!! This is a limited time offer, ending on Wednesday 29th September at 11.59am AEST

    Order your membership here https://www.entertainment.com.au/orderbooks/86y129

    Containers for Change

    We will continue to fundraise through the Containers for Change initiative. The Containers for Change bins can be found at the school entry at Hinderwell Street near the Room 9 Heritage Building. Keep on bringing those empty cans and bottles to support the P&C!

    Please note that these bins are not for rubbish but for eligible empty drink containers only, thank you!

    Alternatively, if you wish to donate at a refund point of your choosing you can quote our Scheme ID C10240685. If you prefer to attend a Reverse Vending Machine location please use the barcode at the top of the P&C news. This may be your preference if you have a larger donation and be rest assured that the money goes back to the P&C.

    Next Meeting

    Our next General Meeting will be held Monday 18th October at 6.30pm in the school library.

    If you have questions and/or suggestions please don’t hesitate to email us scarboroughprimarypc@gmail.com

    And make sure you follow us on Facebook!  

    https://www.facebook.com/ScarboroughPrimaryPandC

    Lost Property

    We had a pendant handed in to the school this week.

    Please contact the office if this belongs to you.

    Community News

    Please see the Community News section on the school website for courses and events going on around the community. 

    The advertising material in the Community News section does not represent endorsement by Scarborough Primary School.  For further information please contact the company directly.

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    Address: 60 Hinderwell Street, Scarborough WA 

    Phone: 08) 9222 9200   

    Email: scarborough.ps@education.wa.edu.au

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