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Dear Parents / Carers

What an incredibly busy past few weeks we have all had here at the

school. This has included the Noongar Walk to Forrestdale Lake, Book

Character Dress Up Day, Faction and Interschool Athletics Carnivals,

Dale Fest Music Festival, SCITEC and World of Maths incursions, and

numerous Assemblies. Well done to all our staff and students who have

kept a very strong focus on their teaching and learning programs

throughout this time as it has been quite disruptive. I would also like to

thank all our parents who have done their very best to be flexible and

cater for all of these events within their own busy schedules whilst also

supporting the school.

Next term from week 3, 23 October, we are excited about establishing

a 0-3 Years Playgroup every Monday from 9:00-10:30. This is a great

opportunity for our community and to promote Forrestdale PS.

Enrolments 2018

If you know of any children that will be enrolling in Forrestdale Primary

School in 2018, please ask their parents to contact the school. If you are

leaving us in the future, please let us know.

Children’s Personal Property

With school holidays fast approaching, now is a good time to

check that your child has all the stationery that they need for

Term 4.

Lost Property

Please check the lost property box near Room 3. There are

many items.

As this is the last newsletter of the term I hope that all our students have

a relaxing, safe and enjoyable holiday, as it has been well deserved.

Please be aware that all students start on Tuesday 10 October.

A Day Made Better

Thank you very much to the parents who took the time to

recognise outstanding teaching and nominating Ms Stephanie

Webb, Mr Warren Knox and Mrs Anna Fletcher for the Day Made

Better teaching awards by Office Max.

Wayne Bariolo - Principal

ISSUE 15 Wednesday 20 September 2017

IMPORTANT DATES

Thursday 21 September Electric Shock Incursion

St Johns (Free)

Friday 22 September

Students Finish Term 3

School Holidays 25 September - 6 October

Monday 9 October Student Free Day

(PD Day for Teachers)

Tuesday 10 October Students Start Term 4

Wednesday 18 October

Yr 6 Graduation & Prefect Photos

FORRESTDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL: ONE SCHOOL; ONE TEAM

35 Broome Street, Forrestdale WA 6112 Tel: 9397 0393 Fax: 9397 0643 Email: Forrestdale.PS@educa0on.wa.edu.au

SCHOOL WATCH

If you see anyone on the

school premises after hours

please help to

protect our school from

vandalism by calling the

Education Department

Security

9264 4771

or

Police 131 444.

Principal’s Note

EARN & LEARN STICKERS

NEED TO BE IN BY

FRIDAY 22 SEPTEMBER

PERTH OBSERVATORY SCHOOL HOLIDAY TOUR

Perth Observatory is offering a school holiday tour for parents and children

during the next school holidays.

Thank you

Chris Coulstock

Perth Observatory Volunteer Group

School Day Tours Coordinator

337 Walnut Road BICKLEY - 9293 8255

NOONGAR WALK TO FORRESTDALE LAKE

Wednesday 6 September 2017

Deputy Principal’s Note

Congratulations to the following students who were Congratulations to the following students who were Congratulations to the following students who were Congratulations to the following students who were Awarded Honour Certificates on Thursday 7 September Awarded Honour Certificates on Thursday 7 September Awarded Honour Certificates on Thursday 7 September Awarded Honour Certificates on Thursday 7 September

2017201720172017

EC1: LeylaEC1: LeylaEC1: LeylaEC1: Leyla EC3: Oliver, Lauren & VeronicaEC3: Oliver, Lauren & VeronicaEC3: Oliver, Lauren & VeronicaEC3: Oliver, Lauren & Veronica Room 3: Cameron & CourtneyRoom 3: Cameron & CourtneyRoom 3: Cameron & CourtneyRoom 3: Cameron & Courtney Room 5: Sophie, Kavlin, Hayley, Kingston & KaydeRoom 5: Sophie, Kavlin, Hayley, Kingston & KaydeRoom 5: Sophie, Kavlin, Hayley, Kingston & KaydeRoom 5: Sophie, Kavlin, Hayley, Kingston & Kayde Room 7: Room 7: Room 7: Room 7: Music: Room 3Music: Room 3Music: Room 3Music: Room 3 Tidy Class: Room 5Tidy Class: Room 5Tidy Class: Room 5Tidy Class: Room 5

FACTION SPORTS CARNIVAL

Champion Runner Up

Senior - Tyler & Courtney Hunter, Thane & Aysha

Intermediate - Ben & Teneah Noah & Kaitlyn

Junior - Zac & Halleigh Isiaha & Indiana

INTER SCHOOL CARNIVAL

1ST - SERPENTINE PS

2ND - FORRESTDALE PS

3RD - MUNDIJONG PS

GREEN 303 RED 276 BLUE 259

The Cloud 9 Club Spreads Happiness throughout Armadale

The Cloud 9 Club was formed in Room 5 last term as part of our mental health and wellbeing program. We have been learning that through random acts of kindness we can spread a little happiness in our corner of the world and that giving to others without expecting anything in return is actually a way of increasing our own happiness and self-esteem. Since forming the club, we have started practising kindness in our school. You may have received a bottle of water, a bag of stationary, a voucher for Subway, an uplifting message in a card or a ‘free hug’. But last week it was time for us to go on our biggest mission yet. We wanted to spread some happiness outside of our school, in our local community – the City of Armadale. Our first stop was Opal Aged Care. The residents and carers were all gathered in the function room waiting for us and we put on a little show with three upbeat songs. After our performance, we greeted the residents with biscuits and flowers. We witnessed some beautiful exchanges and there were a few hugs and kisses from the grandmas and grandpas! We gave the carers candles and cards, thanking them for taking such good care of the elderly citizens of our community. It was on to Minnawarra Park next, where we hid 75 little rocks with inspirational messages in the gardens. We hoped others will have fun discovering these hidden gems and maybe re-hide them in other places around Armadale, like the WA Rocks movement. We wrote messages like ‘Life is tough, but so are you!’ and ‘Wonderful things are about to happen!’ We spent the rest of the day walking around the block, giving out homemade cards and gifts to everyone we met, smiling and waving and spreading Cloud 9 cheer. You can read about some of our experiences below. We noticed that people who are touched by kindness often feel compelled to be kind too. So your act of kindness can be passed on from one person to the next and you never know – that act of kindness may make it all the way back to you one day! We would love for you to join us in spreading happiness and welcome new members of the Cloud 9 Club. Don’t forget – anybody can be kind, at any time of the day, anywhere!

“I saw a lady who was crying on the phone

and I thought she was having a bad day and

needed something to brighten her day. So I

gave her a bunch of flowers and she tried to

pay us but we said it was for free. Then she

started crying even more and said ‘This is

what I needed today’. I felt like we picked the

right person at the right time and I’m glad I

found her.” – Taylor

“My favourite moment was when I gave the

police officers a big bag full of goodies. I said

it was a delivery for the Cloud 9 Club and

thanked them for making our community safe.

They seemed very surprised and glad that we

noticed them. One policeman ran back into

the building to get us pop-out hats and

stickers. He said that he could give out free

things as well!” – Amelia

“We saw a group of ladies outside the courthouse and we gave them some hair clips

with flowers on them. The lady I gave a hairclip to said ‘Oh, I’m going to look pretty tonight!’ and she was very cheerful when I

gave the present. – Kingston

“When we were at the park we saw cameras

around so we thought something special was

happening and my mum told me it was the

Mayor of Armadale. When I gave him a

cupcake and told him it was from the Cloud 9

Club he was very happy and surprised. He said

that the community would be a happier place if

everyone was like the Cloud 9 Club.” – Kaitlyn

“We saw a ranger near a tall building. We gave a

gift with a card on it and said it was a little

something from the Cloud 9 Club. He had a big

smile and read the card. Then he said that he

wanted to do something kind today as well. He

said that instead of taking dogs to the pound

today he was going to bring them home. That

made us feel very happy.” – Jaiya and Chloe

FORRESTDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL CHOIR PERFORMS

AT THE DALE DISTRICT MUSIC FESTIVAL

On the 8th of September our school choir participated in the Dale District

Music Festival. This year ten schools performed throughout the day and the

massed singing which is when all schools sang songs together was

outstanding. Our choir performed with great skill and enthusiasm and were

very warmly received by the audience. I would like to take this opportunity

to congratulate the choir on their polished performance, they were a credit

to our school.

School Banking

There will be NO School Banking on Tuesday 10 October

2017.

Banking will resume the following week.

ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING

☻I don’t care if you get it right or wrong, you can make as many mistakes as you want.

We don’t call them mistakes, we call them learning experiences.

☻There are 4 steps to be successful in life in anything you do.

Step No 1 Get into Action, you just have to get into action and start doing something. Step No 2 is make mistakes because it is OK to make mistakes. Step No 3 is correct your mistakes. Step no 4 is “Just keep going.”

☻Practice makes perfect is not true because if you practice the wrong thing, you will continue to do

the wrong thing. We should say “Practice makes progress” and progress means we are getting better and better.

☻There are 2 types of people in the world, winners and learners. Never think of yourself as a loser,

you are a learner.

☻We all have 2 inner voices that talk to us in our head. One is called the negative voice but you

don’t want to listen to the negative voice. You want to develop a Positive voice.

☻When ever you do things in life you want to do it with 100 passion, 100% commitment, 100%

enthusiasm. You don’t want to go through out you life doing things half heartedly.

☻Always have a go. You can’t die from embarrassment.

☻If you don’t do well in exams, all it means is you do not know how to study correctly.

☻FAIL stands for First Attempt In Learning. Celebrate your failures because it means you are

“giving it a go” and you will learn from your mistakes. Mike Mathews World of Maths