Scarborough Primary School Newsletter - The Link

• 3 June: Western Australia Day Public Holiday - NO SCHOOL
• 4 June: Dental screening for PP and Years 3 and 6 students
• 7 June: Room 9 Assembly
• 7 June: Police Pipe Band Performance 10.00am
• 7 June: Winter Sports at Deanmore PS 1:30pm
• 12 June: School Board Meeting 6.00pm in Library
• 14 June: Senior Winter Sport at Scarborough PS 1.30pm
• 21 June: Room 2 Assembly
• 21 June: School Cross Country at Deanmore Square
• 21 June: No Canteen today

Please read below for some information on what has been happening and what we have to look forward to!

Reconciliation Week

This week marked Reconciliation Week across Australia, an opportunity to further develop positive relationships between all Australians. Here at Scarborough we started the week with a mini assembly to acknowledge the significance and importance of the week. This was further reinforced with an interactive display in the hallway for classes to engage with and a range of curriculum embedded classroom activities throughout the school. These included everything from reflections on Sally Morgan art work to guided reading activities with a focus on Aboriginal culture to inquiries into Aboriginal role models who have made significant contributions to our country.

 It is important to remember that at Scarborough PS, developing Aboriginal cultural awareness as well as cultural awareness in general amongst our students does not begin and end with events such as Reconciliation Week. A respect for cultural diversity is embedded throughout the year in all that we do.  Our school has a Reconciliation Action Plan that guides us in developing links with our local Aboriginal environment and culture on an ongoing basis. Developing cultural understanding is also heavily embedded in the Australian Curriculum in a range of areas including Science, The Arts and HASS.

 This year, our upcoming STEAM EXPO also has an Indigenous focus. Please look out for more information on this in the next newsletter.

School Board

Our dedicated School Board has met twice over the last fortnight; the scheduled meeting was held on May 22 and was followed up on May 29 with a training session.

At the 22 May meeting the Board heard more details about upcoming capital works at the school. This included the news that the disability access works planned for the front of the school will start during the July holidays and are expected to take up to a month to complete. The most disruptive parts of the works will occur in holiday time; however, more minor disruptions can be expected in the first two weeks of term 3. This may include alternate access to the staff car park and the reception area being put in place.

On 29 May the Board engaged the consultancy services of Geoff Metcalf, a former Principal of 26 years, Director of Early Childhood in the Department of Education and advisor to the Department’s School Improvement Directorate.  Geoff spoke to us about strategies to maximise the effectiveness of the work carried out by the Board to enhance the impact that this important body can have on the strategic direction of the school.

The next Board meeting is due to be held on 12 June. At this meeting the Board will be focussing on the Strong Governance and Support section of the Business Plan to monitor progress being made in this area. As with all Board meetings, this meeting is open to any members of the public who might like to come along and get a sense of the type of work that School Boards engage in.

One of the wonderful resources we have available to us at Scarborough Primary School is our chaplain, Will Veldman. We would really appreciate your feedback on Will's role within our school, from a community perspective. The link below will take you to a survey that will take no more than 5 minutes to complete. Thank you so much for your time and support.

*Please note the survey closes Tuesday 4 June.

Mrs Erica Salt

Deputy Principal

School Enrolments 

You need to apply to enrol your children in school for 2020 if they are:

• starting Kindergarten – 4 years old by 30 June 2020. *Applications for Kindergarten close Friday 26 July 2019
• starting Pre-primary, the first year of compulsory school – 5 years old by 30 June 2020
• Kindergarten students out of area must re-enrol for Pre-primary
• starting Year 7, the first year of secondary school
• changing schools.

All children from Pre-primary to Year 12 are guaranteed a place at their local public school.

Come and see us to enrol your children today. 

We are excited to be taking part in the 2019 Woolworths Earn & Learn program. During the previous campaign, we were able to purchase some great resources with the points we earned, thanks to you. Collect your stickers at Woolworths and for every $10 you spend (excluding the purchase of tobacco, liquor and gift cards), you will receive a sticker. Your children can then place them on the special sticker sheet. Once completed, bring it to school or you drop them into your local Woolworths collection box.

You can collect a sticker sheet in store or you can download them by clicking here.

The more points we earn, the more we can redeem from a choice of over 10,000 educational resources including mathematics and English resources, art & crafts materials and much, much more!

We are grateful for your support and look forward to a successful program. 

Inclusion of the items below does not represent endorsement by Scarborough Primary School.

• Artspace Collective
• Australian Sports Camps
• Helen O'Grady Drama Academy
• Junior Goals Support
• LFCC Lions Soccer
• Newman Knights Hockey Club
• Scarborough Tennis Academy
• Waapa Short Courses 2019/2020
• North Metropolitan Tafe - non teaching school employment courses

Address: 60 Hinderwell Street, Scarborough WA, Australia 

Phone: 08) 9341 1202

Email: scarborough.ps@education.edu.au

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