School Newsletter Issue 03

Education Ministers met this morning to discuss the evolving COVID-19 situation and the implications for schools.

As a result they have today decided that NAPLAN testing will not proceed for 2020, therefore the pre-testing that was scheduled for Monday 23 March has been cancelled. 

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TikTok – Is it Safe for our Kids?

TikTok (formerly Music.ly) is a social media app for creating and sharing short videos. You can create and share short lip-sync, comedy and talent videos of 3 to 15 seconds. You can also create short looping videos up to 60 seconds long.

TikTok is intended for users age 13 and over. It is not recommended to allow a child under the age of 13 to use the app

TikTok Safety Information for Parents

If you believe that your child has this app downloaded on their device, please read this safety information for parents.

https://support.tiktok.com/en/privacy-safety/for-parents-default

Article on TikTok by The Cyber Safety Lady

A comprehensive article on TikTok written by Leonie Smith. Leonie has other information on TikTok and other apps on her website:

https://thecybersafetylady.com.au/2019/02/is-tiktok-safe-for-kids/

TikTok esafety guide

To read more about Tik Tok – access the safety guide here:

https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-issues/esafety-guide/tiktok

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2020 TERM DATES

SECONDARY ASSISTANCE SCHEME

As in previous years, the Department of Education and Training Secondary Assistance Scheme forms will be available to eligible parents. Forms are available from the School Office from February 2020. Applications close Thursday 9 April 2020.

Please contact Mrs Lesley Hedley, Assistant Business Manager, in the School Office should you require additional information. 

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TERM 1 2020 FEE STATEMENTS

Term 1 Fee Statements were emailed to families by Tuesday 11 February 2020 and were due for payment by Friday 21 February 2020. 

Families who have not paid or made payment arrangements with the Business Manager by the due date should be aware that a late penalty of $55.00 (GST included) may be imposed. The School has BPAY facilities and we encourage parents to avail themselves of this.

To assist families to budget for their school fee payments, we also offer weekly, fortnightly, bi-monthly or monthly payment plans.  For further information, please contact Mrs Lesley Hedley, Assistant Business Manager, in the School Office.

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YEAR 7 2022 ENROLMENTS

Was your child born between 1 July 2009 and 30 June 2010? This term, Frederick Irwin Anglican School will accept Applications for Admission to Year 7 for the 2022 school year. The School will be accepting general applications in addition to applications from brothers and sisters of existing students. Places are limited; therefore, parents who wish their son or daughter to be considered for enrolment should submit an application as soon as possible. If you have any queries, please contact the Registrar, Mrs Jackie Smith, at the School Office on (08) 9537 0000 or email registrar@fias.wa.edu.au

YEAR 6 CANBERRA TRIP

In Week 4, ninety Year 6 students undertook an education tour of the national capital.

Students were given the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational programs with a focus on Australia’s history, culture, heritage and democracy. The Australian Government recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to visit the national capital as part of their Civics and Citizenship education.

To assist families in meeting the cost of the excursion the Australian Government is contributing funding of $310 per student under the Parliament and Civics Education Rebate program towards those costs. The tour was a wonderful experience filled with many and varied activities: old and new Parliament House, Government House, Royal Australian Mint, Australian Institute of Sport, the Australian War Memorial, Geoscience, Questacon, National Museum, Australian Electoral Commission as well as many others.

The students finished the trip with a visit down to Sydney where they met Ms Robertson before boarding a ferry ride out to Manly. The students represented the school exceptionally well and received many positive comments from the public about their behaviour.

It was a privilege for all staff to accompany this group of students.

YERA 6 ALTERNATIVE TO CANBERRA TRIP

During Week 6, Year 6 students from both campuses who did not attend the Canberra Tour joined together for some wonderful learning experiences. They had the opportunity to visit the State Parliament House, The Education Centre and Kings Park War Memorial. At Parliament House they enacted passing a bill, with some students taking on the speaking role of local politicians.

Following a refreshing break in the courtyard, they then spent time touring the building interiors and admiring the Parliament House extensive art collection, representing who we are as a state and how we have evolved over time.  READ MORE

YEAR 5 CAMP ADVENTURES

Our Halls Head and Meadow Springs Year 5 students had an amazing time at their camp last week. This year it was held at Swan Valley Adventure Centre and the students were nonstop. 

Activities included canoeing, flying fox, archery, high ropes and so much more. Everyone commented on how well behaved all of our students were, so congratulations to all of them. 

A big thank you to the staff who attended and helped make this week so memorable for our Year 5 students. 

YEAR 5 SOLAR SYSTEM INVESTIGATION – HALLS HEAD CAMPUS

The Year 5s at Halls Head have been learning about our Solar System in Science this term. Their most recent investigation involved scaling both the planets and their distance from the sun in order to make a model that would fit on our oval.

The students were most engaged during our discussion on scaling. They worked out that the diameter of the Sun was comparable to approximately 250 return trips to Adelaide in the car!

 Congratulations to the following students: 

• Ryleigh Allan (Year 6) has qualified for the State Athletics Championships in the 1500m and 800m. She has also made the School Sports WA Aquathon Team.
  
  
• Alasdair McKenzie (Year 8).  He is vice captain of Mandurah City FC Under-13's soccer team that won the Under-13's Armadale Cup pre-season competition
  
  
• Adara Storey (Year 11) won a Gold medal in the Under 17 beach sprint at the Lifesaving WA Country Championship on 29 February
  
  
• Hitomi Cording (Year 6) won a Silver medal in Under 11 Beach Sprint, a Bronze medal in Under 11 Rescue Board Rescue race and came 8th in Under 11 Board Race at the Lifesaving WA Country Championship on 29 February

SCHOOL SPORT WA – CHAMPION SCHOOLS TENNIS

In Week 5 Frederick Irwin was involved in the 2020 Champion Schools Tennis competition run by Tennis WEST.  This year we participated in the South West Zone held at Bunbury Tennis Club.  We took three teams; two senior boys and one junior boys. The students played incredibly well, and conducted themselves in an exemplary manner.

After playing all morning in a round robin competition – our Senior Boys A team was undefeated and then went on to narrowly beat Georgiana Molloy Anglican School in the final making them the winners of the South West Zone Mursell Shield.

Our other two teams played some fantastic tennis.  Our Senior Boys B team, played five games of singles and five games of doubles each.  They had some very close games and long rallies.  Our Junior Boys team played eight matches, only dropping two, and also demonstrated great sportsmanship and they gained lots of valuable game play experience. 

Thank you to all the parents who drove team members to Bunbury and came up to support the teams.

Senior Boys A Team – South West Zone Winners

Declan Lillis, Ben Warren, Jye Kenward, Balsa Vujacic

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2019 ATAR STUDENT CIVIC RECEPTION

On Friday 21 February 2020 the Mayor of Mandurah, Rhys Williams, hosted a Civic Reception to recognise the achievements of our 2019 Year 12 students with an ATAR of 90+.

The Mayor expressed pride at having such a high calibre of young people in our community. As a token of that pride, he and the Councillors invited students, parents/guardians and siblings to attend a reception to celebrate their achievements.

Students who attended were:

Students who were invited, but unable to attend were:

It was a wonderful evening and great to catch up with students and hear about their plans. 

2020 UNIFORM SHOP OPENING HOURS

For further information including Easter opening hours, uniform news, winter uniform information and updates please click here. 

TUTORS WANTED

Private tutors are being requested by students, so if you are available to tutor Years 11 and 12 subjects please contact Mrs Georgina Solomon - Deputy Principal, Curriculum. Tutor contact details would be provided to the student and a private arrangement between the tutor and student could be arranged. This would not involve the School in any way.

To discuss this further, you can call 9537 0000 or email georgina.solomon@fias.wa.ed.au

TUITION CLASSES - SEMESTER 1 2020

Tuition classes are for students who require some extra help with a subject. Students who attend tuition must be prepared with questions for the teacher. Attendance is not compulsory; however, an attendance register will be kept.  See below for the current timetable.