Dear Parents and Care Givers MULTICULTURAL CELEBRATION

On Wednesday 21 November Rooms 16, 18 and 19 held a Multicultural Celebration. It was fantastic to see the number of families join in the lunch time celebration and particularly pleasing to see the ‘pride’ in both adults and children alike, as they got to share a little bit of their home culture with their peers and teachers. The smorgasbord of food was something to behold, with dishes from most of the 48 different cultures represented at our school on offer it is little wonder most children (and their teachers) rolled back into class for the afternoon! A special thank you to Mrs Marcellus for her co-ordination of this wonderful event and the families who provided the delightful food and great company. ADVANCE NOTICE - CELEBRATING GOSNELLS ASSEMBLY

Our Celebrating Gosnells Assembly will be held on the morning of Thursday 13 December. The day will commence with an awards assembly at 8:45am followed by a family picnic in the grounds of the school. After our picnic, we will re-assemble in the UCA for our ‘Gosnells Does Christmas’ performance to celebrate the end of another fantastic year at our school. After the Gosnells Does Christmas performance, students will return to class on the normal school timetable for the remainder of the day. SCHOOL REPORTS

That time of year is fast approaching, where the school provides formal, electronic reports to all students from K - Year 6. From Tuesday 11 December, parents/caregivers will be provided access to their children’s reports electronically. Please ensure the school has an up-to-date email contact for this to occur seamlessly. Hard copies of reports will not be sent home with children without a written request from the parent/caregiver. I ask all parents to take the time to read and understand their child’s report as it contains valuable information about their achievement and progress in 2018. Vital explanatory notes to assist you in making sense of your child’s report will be provided in an accompanying letter from me. As our expectation of students at each year of schooling is increased under the West Australian Curriculum, it is possible that your child’s “grades” may appear to have declined in comparison to previous years. This does not necessarily mean they have not progressed; rather it is most likely that our expectations of them have lifted. It is important at this stage to clarify that ‘A’ and ‘B’ grades are only issued when a student is consistently performing at a level that exceeds the expected standard for their year level. These grades are awarded far less than when you and I went to school. The information contained in this report is a valid and reliable summary of your child’s achievement, attitude, behaviour and effort throughout 2018. I would strongly recommend that if you are concerned about any aspect of your child’s report that you make an appointment to discuss your concerns with the classroom teacher. If you are still concerned after this, please feel free to discuss these concerns with me. Information on how your child performed in the subjects studied compared to that of other children at Gosnells Primary School is available from the office upon request. The School Position Report shows you the number of students in each of the achievement levels at our school and will be included in the report package when requested before Wednesday 5 December.

Regards

Craig

Friday 23 November Deadly Sista Outreach

Wednesday 28 November

Volunteer Morning Tea 10:15am (Library)

Thursday 6 December

Last day Uniform Shop open in 2018

Tuesday 11 December Year 6 Graduation Excursion

Wednesday 12 December

Year 6 Graduation and Disco

Thursday 13 December Celebrating Gosnells Assembly, Morning Tea and “Gosnells Does

Christmas” Performance LAST DAY OF TERM 4

Principal: MR CRAIG ANDERSON

Deputy Principals: MS LAUREN HOOK AND

MRS SUZANNE PEARSON

Program Coordinator (Autism):

MRS ALISON WADE

22 November 2018 20

The 2019 Personal Use Items List and the 2019 Voluntary Contributions and Charges sheet

were sent home with your child on Monday 29 October.

Dear Parents/Caregivers

The Gosnells Dental Therapy Centre will be open 8:00am to 4:00pm Monday to Thursday until Thursday 13 December 2018. The Clinic will also be operational on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 December.

In January 2019 the clinic will be open and operational on the following dates:

Wednesday 16 January 2019

Thursday 17 January 2019

Tuesday 22 January 2019

Wednesday 23 January 2019

We will be closed for the remainder of January and re-open on Monday 4 February 2019.

Regards - Gosnells DTC

TAKE CAUTION - NO TRAFFIC WARDEN AT THE CHILDREN’S CROSSING

Dorothy Street - near Terence Street - 22 and 23 November 2018

Congratulations to the following students who achieved their Silver Pride Award Certificate on 9 November 2018:

Shaine and Alethea Ann.

Congratulations to the following students who achieved their Silver Pride Award Certificate on 16 November 2018:

Darzel, Emma and Zebb.

SILVER AWARDS

GOLD AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who achieved their Gold Pride Award Certificate on 9 November 2018:

Katie-Laine, Cody, Cristal, Raidan, Caleb, Blessing, Amadeus, Christine, Tanika, Dylen, Fokiola,

Nur Azmina, Mohd, Sayeed Khalil and Arvind.

Congratulations to the following students who achieved their Gold Pride Award Certificate on 16 November 2018:

Syed Mahad, Stefanie, Rhegan, Amrutha, Gabrielle, Summer and Trent.

Congratulations to the following students who achieved their Bronze Pride Award Certificate on 9 November 2018:

Zekria.

Congratulations to the following students who achieved their Bronze Pride Award Certificate on 16 November 2018:

Kim and Seth.

BRONZE AWARDS

PLATINUM AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who achieved their Platinum Pride Award Certificate on 9 November 2018:

Dion, Layla, Harsimran, Bella, Willow, Lochlan, Selina, Tara, Marley, Markies, Charlie, Jack, Liam,

Lilah, Hadiya, Alexander and Emma.

Congratulations to the following students who achieved their Platinum Pride Award Certificate on 16 November 2018:

Joshua, Phenyx, Emily, Amanat, Erolyn and Chloe.

Taavi, Abbas Ali, Lance, Maxwell, Erolyn, Alethea Ann, Andrei, Samar, Miley, Nanthethaa, Pearse, Lochlan, Stephanie, Jayrelle, Seth, Shinoy, Abdullah, Amadeus, Karanvir, Matthew, Nea, Ishae and Caela.

HONOUR CERTIFICATES - 16 NOVEMBER 2018

AWARDS - CONGRATULATIONS

Kobe, Ali Akbar, Lame and Arvind.

PRIDE POINT RAFFLE PERTH ROYAL SHOW ART WINNER

Congratulations to

Destiny-David who won

Third Prize in the

Perth Royal Show

Schools Poultry Art

Competition.

NOT RETURNING IN 2019?

Please inform the School Office if your child WILL NOT be returning to Gosnells

Primary School in 2019. This will enable 2019 class lists to be accurately assembled.

LOST PROPERTY

If your child has lost an item of clothing please visit the School

Office to check our lost property bin.

Any items of clothing not collected by the end of term will be donated to charity.

Please ensure your child’s clothing is clearly labelled so

items can be returned to them.

GOSNELLS PRIMARY SCHOOL VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS 2018 Kindergarten - $60 per year ($15 per term)

Pre-Primary to Year 6 - $50 per child

PERSONAL USE ITEMS LIST 2019 Personal Use items lists for 2019 were sent home with your children on Monday 29 October. Orders can be placed as follows: Option 1: Order online with OfficeMax - www.officemaxschools.com.au Option 2: Visit OfficeMax’s self service educational retail stores in Osborne Park or Willetton. All the information is on the 2019 requirements sheets. NO ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THE SCHOOL OFFICE.

NEWS FROM THE SCHOOL OFFICE THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SCHOOL SUPPORTERS

A special ‘Thank You Morning Tea’

is being organised for

Wednesday 28 November at 10:15am to

give staff an opportunity to say

“Thank You” to our school volunteers

and parent helpers. All welcome!

PRIDE POINT MEDALLION RECIPIENTS

Congratulations to the following students who achieved their Pride Point Medallion on 16 November 2018:

Nanthana, Natasha, Yahya, Sheridan, Destiny-David, Layla, Emily, Chal Hser Dot Paw, Felicia, Hamish, Billion, Abbey, Jayden, Kobe-Jackz, Jack, Jensikan, Penny, Abang, William, Matilda and Emilie.

COMMUNITY INFORMATION

P&C NEWS CANTEEN Congratulations to our Raffle Ticket winners Charlize and Pearse. As the year comes to a close we will be running down our stock in the Canteen. Please be aware options may be limited. We will be having a Subway lunch on Thursday 13 December - the final day of school for this Term. Order forms will be distributed at the beginning of December. VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED Do you love research? You could find Grants to apply for on behalf of our P&C. These funds help us improve / purchase items for the school and students. UNIFORM SHOP - NEW HATS New reversible bucket hats are now available for purchase from the Uniform Shop. School colours on one side and faction colour on the reverse - Available in small, medium and large sizes for $15. Karen Schokker (P&C Vice President)

UNIFORM SHOP

Tuesdays (8:15-9:00am) Thursdays (8:30-9:15am)

SCHOOL BANKING REWARDS

School Banking Rewards can still be ordered until the end of Term 4; however, please note that Commonwealth Bank has advised rewards ordered after 23 November 2018 will not be processed until Term 1 next year. Tim Lesko - School Banking Co-ordinator SCHOOL BANKING

Mondays from 8:10am in the Muster Area