Flinders Park Primary School

Yatana Road,

Bayonet Head, WA 6330

flinderspark.ps@education.wa.edu.au

www.flindersparkps.wa.edu.au

Phone: (08) 9892 5200

BAGS

Children will need a LARGE bag to hold their fruit, lunch box and to bring home their work. They will also need a library bag as we will visit the school library each week. Please ensure ALL children’s belongings are named. (lunch box, jumpers, hats etc.)

PUPIL REQUIREMENTS

Children need a healthy piece of food for morning break each day. This can be a choice of fruit, vegetables, dried fruit or cheese. Also a water bottle, taken home at the end of the day to clean and refill. The children will need to bring a nutritious lunch. Canteen lunches are available Tuesday to Friday. Lollies and chocolates in your child’s lunch are discouraged, as outlined in our school policy. Please refer to your child’s booklist for stationery requirements. CONTACT TIMES

If you need to contact Pre-primary please call the school office on 9892 5200. They will pass on a message. You can also speak with the teacher if you would like to talk about your child’s pre-primary learning. Please see teachers to arrange a suitable time.

We look forward to a productive and happy year for you and your child in 2021.

A warm welcome is extended to you and your child

FLINDERS PARK

PRE-PRIMARY

2021

An Independent Public School

PARENT INVOLVEMENT

Staff and children enjoy the benefits of having a parent or family member involved with the Pre-primary experience. Parents are welcome to come and help at the Centres when they can. Please see classroom teachers.

2021 Parent Involvement may be impacted due to COVID - 19 restrictions. Further information will be provided in 2021.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE

Children must be brought to the room each morning and picked up from the room each afternoon by an adult.

Please bring and pick up your child on time. Classes open at 8:30 am

If your child’s arrival or departure routine is changed for any reason, e.g. change of bus, different bus stop, he/she is being picked up by someone else, the school needs to be notified. A note to the teacher or a signed message in the communication book will be sufficient to ensure we know what is happening. We must have written notification or a phone call to allow your child to go home with anyone else. If you need to pick your child up early, or drop them off late, please sign them in and out at the School Reception.

PARKING

There is some parking available at the side of the Early Learning Centre, accessible from the school drive way. There are also drop-off and pick-up bays at the front and side of the main school buildings. Please don’t park for extended periods of time in these bays.

DEAR PARENTS AND FAMILIES

Welcome to Flinders Park Primary School. Pre-primary is the beginning of your child’s fulltime formal education. Your child will be in an exciting and challenging environment that enables them to learn at his/her own pace.

Enrolment and attendance at pre-primary is COMPULSORY. Regular attendance helps with consistent reinforcement of social skills, behaviour and learning. In saying this it is also important that in the case of sickness the child stays at home.

As parents we encourage you to support the program in a variety of ways as the learning program is very much a team approach between parents, children and staff. ATTENDANCE

The full-time Pre-primary program commences for all students on Monday 1st February 2021. If your child needs a more gradual introduction to full time schooling, please discuss this with the Principal.

Hours of operation are from 8.50am to 3.00pm. Classrooms will be open from 8:30 am.

Any absences from school requires a note, email, phone call or SMS with the reason to be provided to the school within 3 days of returning to school. SCHOOL VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS

The School Contributions are set by the School Board and for 2020 will be $60 per student. For families of 3 or more children the contributions are set at a maximum of $180. Funds collected benefit the school and contribute towards the purchase of valuable resources.

Our school is a change point for school buses and they need access to the school driveway in the morning and afternoon. Please keep this area clear for bus use from 8:00am to 8:30am, as well as from 3:20pm to 3:45pm.

CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR

It is suggested that you don’t send your child in ‘best’ clothes. Quite a lot of our activities are messy and although we do our best with aprons and so on, accidents do happen. Please include a spare set of underwear and pants, in the students school bag, in case of accidents. During the day children will be removing their shoes to play on equipment. This is to maintain safe practices and for optimal physical development. HATS

As children are engaged in active outdoor play it is important for them to bring a sun-safe hat every day. During Terms 1 and 4, we have a “NO HAT, NO FUN IN THE SUN” Policy at the school. Sun Safe hats are either legionnaire styled or broad brimmed. Baseball style caps are not suitable.