Dates to Remember

Early Close Every Wednesday at 2.30pm

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Wednesdays Thurs 31st May

Leadership Day

Mon 4th June WA Day (No School)

Wed 6th June Year 3 Yanchep Excursion

Thurs 7th June Assembly Year 3 D1

Thursday 31st May 2018 Term 2 Issue # 9

The Pearsall Post

Newsletter

Kindy for 2019 2019 Kindy Applica-tions opened on the 1st May. Enrolment forms are available from the office or can be downloaded from the school website. A copy of your child’s birth certificate, ACIR (Australian Childhood Immunization Register) im-munization record and proof of address are to be attached to the enrolment. Assembly The next class assembly will take place on Thursday 7th June. This assembly will be conducted by Mr Gartrell’s Year 3 class. All are welcome to attend. Faction Cross Country This event will be held on Wednesday 13th June at 9.00am. Parents are welcome to attend. We encourage all students to participate in the cross coun-try, even if they walk the course. Stu-dents who are not participating should have a note explaining their reason. Running Club Mr Gartrell conducts a running club every Tuesday on the oval. This com-mences at 8.00am. Students and parents are welcome to attend.

Merit Award Certificates—Week 4

Excellence Every Day Joel—DM 1

Isaac—DM 2 Prisha—DM 3 Jamie—DM 4 Blake—Rm 3 Ryley—Rm 3

Maddison—Rm 4 Levi—Rm 5 Diya—Rm 6 Lucy—Rm 7

Lachie—Rm 8 Cooper—Rm 9 Xavier—Rm 10 Kade—Rm 11

Mikayla—Rm 12 Kioka—Rm 13

Tia—Rm 14 Marley—Rm 15 Tiana—Rm 16

Leader In Me Jayven—DM 1 Dean—DM 2 Dylan—DM 3

Lily—DM 4 Ella—Rm 3

Kush—Rm 4 Cadence—Rm 5

Holly—Rm 6 Destiny—Rm 7

Lily—Rm 8 Tapiwa—Rm 9

Braithen—Rm 10 Ava—Rm 11

Thomas—Rm12 Cassie—Rm 13 Jake—Rm 14

Tadiwa—Rm 15 Ava—Rm 16

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Second Hand Uniform Shop

8:00-8:30am

Thursday mornings in the under covered

area. Run by the P&C Committee.

8.30am Classrooms

Open

8.40am Siren for start

of day

10.40am Recess

11.05am End of Recess

12.45pm Lunch

1.25 End of Lunch

3.00pm School Day

Ends

Please note:

2.30pm finish on

Wednesdays

Assemblies held

every 2nd

Thursday at

8.45am

Electronic Delivery of School Reports Reports this term will be delivered electronically via Connect. It is absolutely essential that you provide the office with your email

address and if it has changed or will change that you let the office know. By using Con-nect to deliver reports you will have a permanent electronic copy of your child's re-port. Prior to obtaining your report you will be required to access Connect.

Connect Connect access to parents is now being used in our school as a means of sharing learn-ing content. Each parent and guardian has been given their own secure login to Con-nect. If you have not received yours please email the school at pearsall.ps.contact@education.wa.edu.au You can access Connect at the following link http://connect.det.wa.edu.au When you login to Connect you will be able to see information related to your child’s class. Riding to School It is wonderful to see so many families and children riding, scootering and skate board-ing to school. Some important points to remember when riding to school are:

Always wear a helmet that is properly fitted and fastened; Park your bike, scooter, skateboard in the bike racks and lock them;

Dismount your bike, scooter, skateboard on school grounds;

School Attendance We greatly appreciate you having your child attend school regularly and arrive on time. Consistent and punctual attendance is essential for your child’s social and academic learning. As parents or legal guardians of an enrolled child, you are responsible under the School Education Act 1999 to ensure the attendance of your child at school every day. It is important to assist your child’s achievement and learning by making regular school attendance a priority in your child’s life. The Department of Education’s Stu-dent Attendance policy requires parents/guardians to provide an acceptable explana-tion to the school Principal for any absence of their children. Your continued support in maximizing your child’s attendance at school is valued and will significantly benefit your child. Dogs on School Grounds Please do not bring your dogs (and other animals) onto our school grounds. Some students may be fearful of animals and need to feel safe. Should you and your child(ren) walk to and from school with your dog, please have your dog walked on a lead. You are responsible for your dog at all times – please do not tie your dog up unsupervised near any school entrances while you are within the school grounds. For health reasons we do not want dog (or other animal) excreta within and around our school. Please be considerate to our school community and clean-up after your dog. Before School Kindergarten Playground It is imperative that you closely supervise your child(ren) before school and ensure that your child(ren) are not using the Kindergarten playground. The Department of Educa-tion has a Duty of Care to ensure all children are safe and ready for the school day.

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Payments

Please note that all payments to

the school can be made by EFTPOS in the front office or Direct Deposit:

Acc: Pearsall Primary School

BSB: 066040 Acc: 19904146 Put your child’s initial, surname and reason e.g,

J.Smith swimming.

You can combine the amount if you have more than

one child.

Please note, Eftpos and Direct Deposit are for school related

payment and not for P&C

payments.

Year 2 Zoo Excursion

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Entertainment Book On Friday 1st June all families who did NOT return the OPT OUT letters will be receiving an Entertainment Book to purchase. School Lunches A note was sent home last week regarding lunches. Every second Monday is Subway Day (commenced Monday 14th May), Sushi will be every other Thurs-day (commenced 24th May) and EVERY Friday is Hel'z lunchbar, all orders are to be placed through the Quickcliq website. www.quickcliq.com.au Bring Back Summer Disco Will be held on Friday 22nd June in the undercover area. Tickets will be $10 each, this includes entry, glow band, sausage sizzle and a bottle of water. PLEASE NOTE: The wrong year groups were on the letter that came home last week. The discos are: 4pm - 5.30pm Kindy and PP's; 5.45pm - 7.15pm Yr 1's - Yr 3's (no par-ents) and 7.30pm—9pm Yr 4's - Yr 6's (no parents). Please ensure you have your order form returned by 15th June 2018. Casino Night (Adults Only) To be held Saturday 7th July. A bus will pick up from the school and then return us later in the evening. A letter will be coming out about this very soon. Bogan Bingo (Adults Only) 25th August 2018, more information coming soon.

permanently, and is in every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Parents may obtain a confidential referral form from admin.

Building Resilient Children All children are capable of extraordinary things. There is no happiness gene, no success gene, and no ‘doer of extraordinary things’ gene. The potential for happiness and greatness lies in all of them, and will mean different things to different kids. We can’t change that they will face challenges along the way. What we can do is give them the skills so these challenges are never able to break them. We can build their resilience. Resilience is being able to bounce back from stress, challenge, tragedy, trauma or adversity. When children are resilient, they are braver, more curious, more adaptable, and more able to extend their reach into the world. The great news is that resilience is something that can be nurtured in all children. Building small humans into healthy, thriving big ones isn’t about clearing adversity out of their way. Of course, if we could scoop them up and lift them over the things that would cause them to stumble, that would be a wonderful thing, but it wouldn’t necessarily be doing them any favours. A little bit of stress is life-giving and helps them to develop the skills they need to flourish. Strengthening them towards healthy living is about nurturing within them the strategies to deal with that adversity. Here’s some great tips;

Encourage the reliable presence of at least one supportive relationship.

Increase their exposure to people who care about them. Let them know that it’s okay to ask for help.

Help them manage their own behaviour and feelings.

Exercise - it strengthens and reorganises the brain to make it more resilient to stress.

Nurture the feeling of confidence in them – reminds them they can do hard things.

Model resiliency - Imitation is such a powerful way to learn.

Reference: www.heysigmund.com