Author: DUFFY Deb

Yangebup Primary School

26th Aug 2022
Issue 12

Dear Parents and Caregivers
Our motto: Pride and Achievement
Our values: Kindness, Achievement, Respect and Responsibility
2023 Planning: We are currently planning classes and staffing for next year. If your children are not going to be at the school next year, can you please let us know immediately. This information is extremely important as it ensures we will have the right number of staff.
School Council: Thank you and welcome to Emma Mader for joining the School Council.
Phonics and Reading Information for Parents of Pre-Primary and Year 1 Students: During Book Week, on Thursday, 8th September at 3pm, we will be offering a parent information session which will explain our new phonics and reading program, as well as give you information about how to help your child at home. More information is in the flyer contained in this newsletter. This is for parents of Year 1 and Pre-Primary students.
RATS: Thank you to parents who have collected their children’s allocated RATs. We will only be disseminating them until next Friday 2nd September.
Behaviour Expectation: This fortnight we are focussing on:
We get to class on time after breaks.
One behaviour we have noticed that seems to have escalated this term is students getting back at each other when there is a problem. This is called retribution and can include name calling, hitting or taking property. It may seem like they are standing up for themselves but in reality all it does is compound the problem and create unhappiness and relationship breakdowns. We want our children to be able to seek effective solutions to problems which will set them up to have effective work and personal relationships into the future. We, and society in general, do not accept retribution as a solution and occasionally the first issue even turns out to be a misunderstanding. Students are encouraged to talk about the problem or talk to an adult about what happened and seek a resolution. We are continually working with students to show them ways we can deal with conflict and we would love you to talk to your child to help them see that retribution is unhelpful.
Unexplained Attendance: Due to staff absences, we were unable to send out the unexplained absences from last week. If your child is away, please let us know the reason as soon as you can by phone, email or response to our text messaging. Our aim is to follow up any outstanding unexplained absences every Monday for the previous week. If you receive a letter, please fill in the reasons for your child’s absence and return the form to school. We really appreciate your assistance to try to reduce the number of unexplained absences our school has.
Andrea Macfarlane
Principal

Tel: 9395 3200 Email: Yangebup.ps@education.wa.edu.au
School Watch Security—1800 177 777

Dates to
Remember
Wed 31st Aug
Assembly Rm 4
Tues 6th Sept
Book Fair Dress Up Parade 9am
Thurs 8th Sept
PP/Yr 1 Info Session
Mon 12th-Fri 23rd Sept
Swimming
Yrs PP & 1
Fri 23rd Sept
End of Term 3
Mon 10th Oct
Commencement of Term 4
Mon 17th Oct
Jumps & Throws
Carnival.
Thursday 20th Oct
Faction Carnival
Thurs 3rd Nov
40th Anniversary
Celebration.
Friday 4th Nov
PUPIL FREE DAY

Our Book Week Parade will commence at
9am
on
Tuesday 6th Sept.
6th September.

Wednesday Recess is
Cheesie ($2) and Milo ($1) time.
Don’t forget your money and plastic mug.

Room 7 Got right into the swing of things on our Pyjama Day this year.
Thank you so much to everyone who got involved and donated a gold coin to our fund-raising efforts.
We raised a total of $265.50 from the day.

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS
We hope the following students had, or will have, a wonderful birthday during the month of August.
Mason, Blade, Justin, Layla, Eryk, Daniel, Alex, Owen, River, Bentley, Ivy, Jasmine, Ellia, Mitchell, Mia, Ally, Ayla, Lucas, Harry, Ethan, Spencer, Mason, Stella, Rafael, Riley, Oliver and Paige.

STATE CROSS COUNTRY
Congratulations to Jaimie, Alex and
Matthew on their
participation at the State Cross Country recently. We are so proud of your efforts.

2023 HIGH SCHOOL ENROLMENTS
Reminding all parents of students in Year Six that NOW is the time to enrol them for high school next year.
Enrolment packs for Lakeland Senior High School can be picked up from the school office — or sent home with your child on request.

Baby Announcement
We are pleased to announce our YPS family has grown with the safe arrival of Mr Field’s son
Wesley James Field.
Mum and Bub are both well, and Dad is enjoying being a father of two.

SCIENCE EXPO 2022
Congratulations to all the students that competed in our Science Challenge for 2022. Our visiting judge from Lakelands Senior High School was very impressed with the standard of our entries.
Here are a few photos from the event.

Have you collected your child’s free allocation of
RATS from the school office???
You have until next Friday to grab them.

P&C News
We will be holding our Father’s Day Stall next week. (30th Aug-1st Sept)
Tuesday —in the Kindy/PP playground.
Wednesday-Thursday—outside the Undercover Area.
8.20-8.40am
If any of our ‘crafty’ parents have items to donate to the stall please advise the P&C (yangebuppandc@gmail.com), and leave your donations at the school office.
Thank you.

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