Issue 16 Friday, 26 October, 2012

FROM THE PRINCIPAL Welcome back!

World Teachers’ Day You may be aware that today is World Teachers’ Day. This is a time when we can acknowledge the wonderful work of our teachers. We sometimes take for granted the positive influence they have on the children in their care and fabulous classroom learning environments they have established. I am delighted to be associated with such a fine group of educators for without their dedication and commitment Rostrata

would not be the school it is.

And while on this subject I’m really pleased to mention the fact that Mrs Thompson (A4) has been recognized by the National Excellence and Teaching Awards as an inspirational teacher. This is a prestigious

nomination and one which is richly deserved.

School Board Nominations You will notice within the newsletter information regarding our School Board for 2013. This will be an integral part of our being an Independent Public School . If interested I would urge you to consider nominating for

this important role.

School Council Meeting Our final School Council meeting will be held on November 22nd. This will be an open meeting where school community members are welcome to attend. If you would like to take part please ring the office to let us know

you will be attending.

Earn and Learn Thank you for your participation in the Earn and Learn voucher collection. We have 73 000 vouchers to redeem for classroom

resources.

Athletics Carnival Despite the fact our carnival was threatened with unpredictable weather we made it through the day with barely a drop. Miss Vedel organised and facilitated the day in exemplary fashion. The children clearly enjoyed the variety and were very keen to do the best they could for their faction. We had a number of stars on the day who I’m sure will be great representatives at the interschool carnival in a couple of weeks. As important as our champions are all the other children who take part on

the day. Without them we wouldn’t have such a great carnival.

Bandana Day This week the children have been selling bandanas in support of the fight against children’s cancer. It has been so successful that Mrs Giles had to make a dash for more supplies. I must say the bandanas look

pretty cool.

In recent weeks our staff have been focusing on encouraging the children to always use their best manners and continue to be caring and show respect for others. We are also endeavouring to help them become more resilient. At times, with so much happening in their world, we have some children who become despondent or give up when the going gets a bit tough. We want to convince them that it is better to bounce back and have another go and not be upset when things don’t go their way.

Friday 26 October

⇒ Bandana Day (Canteen)

Friday 2 November

⇒ Junior Tabloid Sports Carnival

Wednesday 7 November

⇒ Interschool Athletics Carnival Yrs 4-7 Jumps and Throws

Thursday 8 November

⇒ Rostrata Remembrance & Poppy Day

Friday 9 November

⇒ Interschool Athletics Carnival Yrs 4-7 Track and Field

ROSTRATA AVENUE, WILLETTON 6155 EMAIL: admin@rostrata.wa.edu.au

HOMEPAGE: www.rostrata.wa.edu.au TEL: 9457 9455 CANTEEN: 9354 3332 FAX: 9354 3922 SCHOOL SECURITY 1800 177 777

Tom Campbell,

Principal

CAN YOU HELP?CAN YOU HELP?CAN YOU HELP?CAN YOU HELP? This term we would like to support Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation and encour-age people to donate to the Foundation. They are dedicated to helping the commu-nity and improving the quality of life for children and adult healthcare at Princess Margaret Hospital by providing much needed medical equipment, specialised staff and further research. You can donate everyday essentials l ike clothing (for all ages), books, toys, nappies, sporting equipment or food vouchers. The donation box is located outside the school library. Please note: Do not donate money! The last day for donations is Friday 16th November.

DON’T FORGET! If your child/ren will not be attending Rostrata next year, please notify the school office, to assist with class allocations for 2013. Thank you!

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SCHOOL BOARD NOMINATIONS

With Rostrata becoming an Independent Public School there are quite a number of modifications we will be making to our organisation and operations. An important one of these is the formation of a School Board. The board will take the place of the School Council but wil l undertake many of the same functions. Essentially these functions include the following: * Please see included attachment for Roles and Responsibilities of School Board Our School Board will comprise the following members: • 5 staff including the Principal • 6 parents • 1 community representative (someone other than a parent from the school) If you are interested in taking up a position as a parent representative on the board please complete the nomination form within the newsletter.

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SCHOOL BOARD NOMINATION FORM

I, …………………………………………..……..……….. wish to nominate for a position on the Rostrata Primary School Board. I understand that should more nominations be received than positions available, an election will be held by members of the Parent Body. Signed…………………………………….……………….

ROSTRATA JOKE

BOOK!

TOMORROW IS THE LAST

DAY!

All students and staff, please remem-ber to enter your favourite jokes into

the Rostrata Joke Book by Friday 26th October.

You can enter as many jokes as you like.

Place your entry in the box at reception or email to

rostratajokebook@hotmail.com Thanks for joining the fun!

Rostrata Remembers...

Rostrata’s 30th Birthday Celebration Outdoor Movie Night

When: Saturday November 10th

Time: 4.30pm until 9.00pm Where: Rostrata Primary

School Oval Cost: $5 per ticket (children 5

and under are FREE) Movie: Mr Popper’s Penguins

(Rated G)

Tickets are on sale now!

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2012 FACTION ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

CHAMPION BOY / GIRL

Year 4 Champion Boy: Will R. (B1) Faction: Mason Points: 15

Year 4 Runner-Up Champion Boy: Alex Mc. (B7) Faction: Willett Points: 9

Year 4 Champion Girl: Teya S. (B1) Faction: Riley Points: 18

Year 4 Runner-Up Champion Girl: Danielle R. (B7) Faction: Mason Points: 13

Year 5 Champion Boy: Anakin W. (B4) Faction: Collins Points: 15

Year 5 Runner-Up Champion Boy: Raymond B. (B6) Faction: Willett Points: 9

Year 5 Champion Girl: Kutemba N. (B6) Faction: Riley Points: 15

Year 5 Runner-Up Champion Girl: Hannah H. (B6) Faction: Riley Points: 5

Adine S. (B6) Faction: Willett Points: 5

Isabelle S. (B6) Faction: Willett Points: 5

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Year 6 Champion Boy: Brian M. (C7) Faction: Collins Points: 16

Year 6 Runner-Up Champion Boy: Conor Mc. (C3) Faction: Collins Points: 10

Year 6 Champion Girl: Tyler Nel Faction: Collins Points: 23

Year 6 Runner-Up Champion Girl: Chelsea N. (C3) Faction: Collins Points: 10

Year 7 Champion Boy: Jasper T. (C6) Faction: Collins Points: 21

Year 7 Runner-Up Champion Boy: Kazi H. (C7) Faction: Willett Points: 9

Year 7 Champion Girl: Abbey T. (C2) Faction: Collins Points: 21

Year 7 Runner-Up Champion Girl: Jennifer C. (C7) Faction: Collins Points: 10

CHAMPION FACTION

Champion Faction: Collins Points: 282

Runner-Up Champion Faction: Willett Points: 233

3rd Place Faction: Riley Points: 176

4th Place Faction: Mason Points: 137

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SUPA Club started again on Thursday 25th Octo-ber at 3pm. Children in Yrs 2-7 should make their own way to the undercover area. PP/1 students w ill be collected from their classroom. Parents, please let your classroom teacher (and SUPA club) know of this arrangement. All children must be collected at 4.15pm from the B block gates (unless we have been notified that they have per-mission to walk/cycle home alone). We would love to see some new faces. Registration forms can be completed on Thursday at the start of the session. Our last session for the year will be on December 6th.

Anglicare WA Christmas Giving 2012

Each year, Anglicare WA provides food hampers to Western Australians through their Christmas Giving Program. These people are connected with Anglicare WA via the services they provide. Last year they distributed food hampers and toys to over 1100 individuals and families across We stern Australia. The School Captains, will be collecting non-perishable goods for this cause. Non-Perishable Food and Essential Items that are required are listed below, although any other non-perishable food items within the used-by date would also be most welcome. Biscuits (sweet & savoury) Snack Foods/Lollies/Chips Pasta Sauces Cereal Peanut Butter/Vegemite Pasta & Rice Christmas Puddings Jams/Sauces 2 Minute Noodles Cordial/Fruit Juices Plain & Self Raising Flour Sanitary Items Custard/Jellies Tea/Coffee/Milo Shampoo & Conditioner Tinned Ham Tinned Fish & Meat Tissues Kraft Cheese Tinned Fruit/Dried Fruit Serviettes Milk (long life) Nutella Deodorant Baby Formula & Food Toothbrushes/Toothpaste Donations of Non-Perishable Food and Essential Items can be brought in to school from Monday 12 Nov ember and left in your child’s classroom, where the School Captains will collect them.

JUNIOR TABLOID SPORTS DAY FRIDAY 2 NOVEMBER 2012

Parents of students in Years PP—3 are invited to join us for the Junior Tabloid Sports Day. Timetable (Times are approximate)

9.00 – 10.15am Tabloid Games 10.15 – 10.30am Morning tea in faction bays- Crunch and Sip 10.30 – 12.15pm Running Races 12.15 – 12.30pm Presentation of Faction Shield/Conclusion of carnival 12.30 – 1.15pm Lunch Break

(Lunch break can be taken with family on the school grounds)

At the completion of the carnival, children may be collected from the oval after notifying their class teacher and by signing out their child otherwise the children will return to their classrooms as usual. Thank you Rhonda Barnes Deputy Principal

SCHOOL OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC (SIM) STRINGS PROGRAM

During Term 4 the children in Years 2 and 3 will be participating in the School of Instrumental Music test. This enables us to select students to participate in the violin (Year 2) and the cello (Year 3) instrumental programs in 2013. Final selections are not made until early Term 1, 2013 Leanne Rankin and Kendall Genders Music Teachers

From the President…

Our next General Meeting will be on Tuesday 13 November at 7pm in the staffroom. Everyone is welcome

to attend and we always love to see new faces.

From the Graduation Committee…

Ticket orders for the Graduation Celebration on December 14 are now due in. If you haven't placed your order, please make sure you put it in the graduation box in the school office on Monday so you don't miss out. If you have chosen to pay online, we still require the completed

order form so please return to office also.

From the Canteen…

Please ensure you are using the Term 4 2012 menu as we use a Summer menu for this Term and Term 1. We have a couple of lovely new items on the menu—a yummy chicken mayo and lettuce sub for $4 and a crunchy tuna salad which has lettuce, cucumber, corn, celery and tuna all combined with a creamy mayonnaise. Delicious, fresh and made by our wonderful staff and

volunteers! A steal at $3.50.

Keep an eye out for Classroom Hero order forms coming

to all families in the next couple of weeks!

We are in need of more volunteers just one morning a term. We are losing a few of our stalwart volunteers who have assisted us for many years as their children move through to high school. Please consider helping us out just a few hours once a term. Call Mel at the canteen on 9354 3332 or just pop in and see her on any Monday,

Wednesday or Friday morning.

From the Uniform Shop…

School Bags— If you would like to purchase a Rostrata school bag, please fil l in the order form which is a available at the front office and place it along with correct money into the box. The bag will be delivered to your

child’s classroom.

Leavers’ Jackets— Fittings for Leavers’ Jackets for class of 2013 will be held near the end of term. Please look out for the note which will be sent out soon. Cost of jacket is

$35 and must be paid on day of fitting.

Willetton SHS Uniform Fittings— If your child is attending WSHS next year, he or she can be fitted for a uniform at the Rostrata uniform shop. From November 2 (Friday) you can pop into the uniform shop on Wednesday

or Friday and Anna will help you with fitting and sizing.

This will be an ‘order only’ system and you will be notified when your order is available for pick up. If you would prefer to take the uniform home with you, please attend the WSHS Uniform Shop on either Tuesday (1-3.30pm),

Wednesday (8 -11.30am) or Thursday (1-3.30pm).

From the Fundraising Committee…

Last week flyers were sent home to all families giving you the opportunity to purchase a personalised engraved paving brick as part of our school’s 30th birthday celebrations. These pavers are a beautiful way to have a permanent reminder of all of the students, teachers and volunteers who have created our school so we encourage every family to become involved. This is also open to all past students and families so please feel free to pass this information on to anyone you may know. Extra order forms are available from the school office. 30th November 2012! Mark this date on your calendar for our last school disco for the year........

IGA and The West Australian are giving all West Australian schools the chance to WIN a share in $20,000 to turn our school’s wishes into reality. Earlier this year our school won $1,000 from IGA so we are very excited to have the chance to win even more much needed funds to improve our school!

To be in the running to win, all we need to do is cut out as many coupons as possible which will appear in The West Australian on Saturday November 3rd, 10th and 17th and place them in the collection box in our school office, each

coupon collected represents one entry into the prize draw.

From the Birthday Committee... Rostrata’s 30th Birthday Celebration and Movie Night is just around the corner. If you haven’t yet purchased your tickets, please be sure to put them in the P&C box in the front office. If you are able to assist on the night with set up or pack down, we would love to hear from you. Also don’t forget to order your Dominoes Pizza and have it delivered directly

to the oval.

There are stil l places available for sponsors to advertise their businesses on the big screen. Please email rostratapandc@optusnet.com.au for more information.

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Our ovens are in!!

Once again, a big thank you to all the parents of Rostrata who raised the money through our cake stalls to purchase them. We made some delicious Mini Cara-melized Leek and Bacon Quiches this week , with a puff pastry base. They were a great hit with the students all wanting a seconds. I wish to urge parents to volunteer in the Kitchen as it is an essential part of our program.

The first week back from holidays and the children The first week back from holidays and the children The first week back from holidays and the children The first week back from holidays and the children have been harvesting broad beans and potatoes. We have been harvesting broad beans and potatoes. We have been harvesting broad beans and potatoes. We have been harvesting broad beans and potatoes. We received seed potato from Western Potato and they received seed potato from Western Potato and they received seed potato from Western Potato and they received seed potato from Western Potato and they

produced 14kg for the kitchen. Our biggest Royal Blue produced 14kg for the kitchen. Our biggest Royal Blue produced 14kg for the kitchen. Our biggest Royal Blue produced 14kg for the kitchen. Our biggest Royal Blue potato was 400g. potato was 400g. potato was 400g. potato was 400g.

Thanks to the Hoffmans for donating some curry leaf trees. Thanks to all the families who ably looked

after the chickens over the holidays. We will need some families to help in December and the Christmas school holidays. Ring Karina on 0427586139 to put your name on the roster.roster.roster.roster. Thanks Thanks Thanks Thanks to all the parents and grandparents who have been supporting the garden classes this term. Your help is very much appreciated. We still need volunteers in all classes for this term. See you child’s classroom teacher to put your name on the roster.

We are looking for more pavers pavers pavers pavers (second hand) to start the paths. They need to be 200mm x 200mm x 60mm and cream.

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Gardening Timetable http://rostratagarden. weebly.com/

uploads/7/0/2/9/7029118/timetable_for_newsletter.pdf

Do you know when your child is in the garden?

Use the link above to help you work out which week is

gardening or cooking so that you can help out.

Volunteer in the garden with your child’s class.

Buy Worm Wiz from outside the front office. $1 for 2 litres. Instructions for how to use it

are on our webpage at http://rostratagarden.weebly.com/garden-

hints.html

Help out on the weekends looking after the chickens.

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OSHC NEWS

Hi and welcome back to school everyone; we cannot

believe we are in our last term for the year.

We have had a great Holiday Club and are really amazed

how word is spreading about our service; we are very proud

about this. A big thank you to the fantastic parents who filled

in our feedback forms and gave us great testimonials.

This Holiday Club we had lots of fun with Connie the Clown,

enjoyed munching on popcorn at the movies watching Hotel

Transylvania, and a beautiful day at Kings Park, just to

name a few fun things, not to mention Camp Australia’s 25th

Birthday celebration.

This term we will be starting our Christmas

preparations, and of course we have

Halloween next week, so watch out for the

black bats flying around our room as well

as spooky Witches.

This week we have started recycling all our

food scraps and have been feeding the

chickens. This is a great project for the

children.

We would like to thank all the parents who donated to our

Puppies and Kitties Fundraiser for Shenton Park animal

shelter. Please log on to their website to see some great

photos of our donations.

Bookings are now open for Christmas Holiday club so

please get in early. Our last day of Camp Australia will be

the 21 December and we will be closed for 2 weeks before

our Holiday Club commences.

OSHC phone: 0402 425 386

Coordinator: Deborah

REMINDERS

How to get started before using our programs you

must register online for an account. Registering is

quick and easy. Visit our website to begin

www.campaustralia.com.au

Once registered you can make bookings and cancel-

lations, view your statements and manage your details

anytime of the day online. Keep in mind we are able to

take bookings at short notice to help busy families.

Save on Care You can save 50% or more on Before and After School Care fees with the non-means tested Child Care Rebate. Almost all families are eligible. To find out more call our Customer Service Team on 1300 105 343 Monday to Friday.

DID YOU KNOW…..

One in 20 people are

born with an extra Rib!

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The following items ar e mentioned as community news and are not school endorsed activities.

Riverton Primary School Spring Fair

Corinthian Road Campus, Riverton Sunday 28 October

10am—3pm Rides, Shows, Displays, Grand Raffle &

lots of yummy food. Come along for a fantastic family day out!

Canning Show Cannington Exhibition Centre

Children under 12 enter FREE! 2&3 November

9451 1820

Rossmoyne Swimming Club Lynwood SHS

Monday, Wednesday and Friday 4.30—5.30pm

Minimum requirement for participation, Education Department Swimming Level 5

or be able to complete 25m freestyle. Season commences 24/10/12.

For more info visit: www.rossmoyneswimmimg.myclub.org.au

Have Your Say! The City of Canning is undertaking a study to plan the future of the area of

Kent Street Weir and adjacent parklands

WHEN: Saturday 3 November WHERE: Canning River Eco Education

Centre TIME: 10am—12noon

For more information please phone Jayne Bryant 9231 0573

Or email jayne.bryant@canning.wa.gov.au

The Uniform Shop are in the process of planning the Back to School program for 2013 and as always, our aim is to alleviate some of the long queues and congestion often experienced in January prior to commencement of the new school year. We would like to encourage new, and existing students progressing to higher year groups, to purchase their uniform requirements in Te rm 4 and as an incentive to do this, are offering a the following promotion:

• The promotion will run throughout Term 4, from Monday 15 October to Tuesday 18 December 2012

• All purchases of school uniform over $100 will gain entry into the prize draw

• The draw will take place on Thursday 20th December and winners will be notified by telephone

• All entries from participating schools will be pooled and 3 prizes will be awarded

• ·1st prize $3000, 2nd prize $2000, 3rd prize $1000 • There will also be 1 prize from each individual school, the

winner receiving back the cost of their purchase.

THE GLOBAL EXPERIENCE – LIVE AT HOME

In January 2013 students from over 20 countries around

the world will be arriving in Australia to study at local

high schools for 5 or 10 months.

Opportunities exist for families to act as a host family, in

a volunteer capacity. Hosting can be on a temporary,

short or long term basis. Host families help provide

international students with the chance to study and

experience life in Australia. This is a great way to learn

about another country and culture, establish a lifelong

link to a family in another country and contribute to

international goodwill. If your family can offer a friendly, supportive and caring

home environment, contact us today.

To hear more about this wonderful opportunity

or our student exchange programs out of

Australia call Student Exchange Australia New

Zealand on 1300 135 331 or visit

www.studentexchange.org.au/host-a-student