27th October 2023

Dates to remember

Dates to remember – view live calendar on side panel of newsletter, website, or communication app.

Principal’s Report

Dear Parents and Community Members,

The first few weeks of Term 4 at Ashdale Primary have been busy and rewarding. We participated in the Interschool Cross Country and the team, led by Mrs Grinceri was successful in winning the overall shield. The Discos were a great success and totally enjoyed by students and adults. Thank you to our exceptional P&C team for organising such a fun-filled evening. Finally, The Year six cohort are presently enjoying themselves at the Kerem Camp site for a two-night fun-filled stay.

Ashdale Secondary College recently held their year 12 graduation and we witnessed the 2017 Ashdale Primary year 6 students graduate from year 12. We are very proud of the following award winners.

Farewells – 2023

It’s important that the community are informed well in advance that two of our Foundation teaching staff members will be leaving Ashdale Primary at the end of 2023.

Mrs Hilary O’Brien will be retiring after an outstanding career and Mrs Michelle Dempster has been merit selected to a position at Wembley Primary School.

I’m sure the community will ensure their final term at Ashdale Primary is memorable.

Classroom Planning – 2024

An important planning task for the end of 2023, is the compilation of the 2024 classroom groupings. We include the involvement of the students in this process by asking them to list 4-5 friends who they would like to be in their classroom in 2024. The students will be asked to complete this task in the near future.

Past experiences have shown us that when parents discuss this process with their children, the friend selections are balanced, and considered.

Secondary Enrolments – 2025

If your year five student is keen on looking at alternative secondary opportunities in 2025, please keep abreast of all information available online.

https://www.education.wa.edu.au/gifted-and-talented

https://www.education.wa.edu.au/approved-specialist-programs

Please note that Ashdale Primary does not facilitate either of these processes.

Regards

Tony Watson

Interschool Athletics Shield

Ashdale Wins 10^th Consecutive Interschool Athletics Shield

At the end of Term 3, the Interschool Athletics Carnival was this year hosted at Ashdale. Ashdale’s students displayed outstanding athleticism, sportsmanship and determination to achieve overall success.

The final placings for the overall shield were as follows:

1^st        Ashdale

2^nd        Landsdale

3^rd        Carnaby Rise

4^th         Madeley

5^th         West Greenwood

The placing for the Meritorious Shield (Awarded to the school who improved their overall score the most from the previous year) were as follows:

1^st        Landsdale

2^nd        Carnaby Rise

3^rd        West Greenwood

4^th         Ashdale

5^th         Madeley

Congratulations to all the fantastic Ashdale athletes who helped the school win this year’s Interschool Athletics Shield.

Thanks to the Year 4, 5 and 6 team game squads who gave up numerous lunches to prepare for the interschool carnival. Also, special thanks to all the staff who were involved in the success of this event.

Post Faction Carnival

Congratulations to the students in Perkins Faction on winning this year’s Faction Athletics Shield.

The results of the Faction Athletics were:

1^st Perkins – 1094.5 points

2^nd Elliott – 1035 Points

3^rd Cooper – 1021 Points

4^th Freeman – 857.5 Points

The Champion Athletes were:

Year 3 Champion Girl – Jordy Boreham

Year 3 Runner up Champion Girl – Ariah Zoccoli

Year 3 Champion Boy – Ethan Staring and Adin Cavcic

Year 3 Runner up Champion Boy – Alex Vosika

Year 4 Champion Girl – Jasmine Teav

Year 4 Runner up Champion Girl – Kayla Doan and Rachel Lotter

Year 4 Champion Boy – Jai Lawson

Year 4 Runner up Champion Boy – Allan Stehlin

Year 5 Champion Girl – Kavy Bhangu

Year 5 Runner up Champion Girl – Samantha Shreiweis

Year 5 Champion Boy – Callan McKinney

Year 5 Runner up Champion Boy – Jackson Panevski

Year 6 Champion Girl – Emma Hill

Year 6 Runner up Champion Girl – Peyton Adams

Year 6 Champion Boy – Philip Ionita

Year 6 Runner up Champion Boy – Max Anderson

2024 Planning

Planning is underway for 2024.  If your child/ren won’t be returning to  Ashdale Primary School in 2024, or leaving prior to the end of this year, can you please email the office ashdale.ps@education.wa.edu.au

Chaplain Chat

It is term 4! A favourite term for many as we look forward to exciting events, excursions and celebrations nearing the end of the school year. My hope is that all our precious students will have wonderful new learning experiences during this last term, reach their potential and that friendships would flourish as the year draws to a close.

I would like to take this opportunity to promote the Lord Mayor's Christmas Appeal 2023:

Each year the City of Wanneroo conducts the Mayor's Christmas Appeal to assist members of our community who are currently facing hardship. Many local schools participate, and Ashdale PS is supporting the event this year! We will place donation boxes on display in the co-labs of the different blocks in our school from week beginning 30^th October and will be collecting donations of non-perishable food items or gifts, from our school community. (Monetary donations or gift cards can NOT be accepted.) The items will be collected the week beginning 27^th November. All donations received will be distributed to those who are doing it tough within the Wanneroo Community. Please consider supporting this event.

Inspirational quote for Term 4:

“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”

Abraham Lincoln

Warm Regards

Denise

Chaplain at Ashdale PS

Community Gardening Club

At the end of last term, students in the Community Garden Gardening Club harvested the potatoes they had planted and been caring for each Thursday lunchtime with Mrs Schneider.  The students worked together to harvest, clean and wash the crop. 

They harvested enough to make wedges to share together in the Yarning Circle and for the enthusiastic gardeners to take a few home to share with their families.

They were delicious! We look forward to welcoming students to the Gardening Club.

Office News

THE NEW AND IMPROVED CONNECT APP IS HERE!

The new and improved Connect Now app is now available! We listened to you and improved the app.

• We made it easier than ever to use, and you will now stay logged in until you log out.
• All your school info is now available in one single app, with quick access to notices, learning content, and calendar events.
• Check your children’s reports, notices from the school and upcoming events all from your mobile device.

The new features can be accessed by updating to the latest version of Connect Now or if, you don’t have it yet, download it from the Apple Store or Google Play Store.

CHANGES TO THE CONNECT NOTIFICATION EMAIL ADDRESSES

The Connect Team has implemented changes to the email address from which notifications are sent to your personal inbox. This was a security update to ensure the uninterrupted receival of Department emails. 

If you have set up rules or filters in your email client to handle notification emails sent from Connect, you will need to set up new rules for filtering/organising these emails following the change. 

SCHOOL VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS (including P & C Contribution)

Have you paid the voluntary contribution $60/student and P & C Levy $40/family?

We encourage payments via the Qkr! app – this is a very simple and quick process and alleviates the need for busy parents to come into the office or send money in with students.

Instructions on how to download the App are available on our website from the link below or see the Qkr! Tip article below.

• Remember to change the profile (year, LAs etc) for your children when first accessing Qkr! for the year
• Alternative payment methods (cash/eftpos/credit card) are available through the front office.
• Families may pay the Voluntary Contribution in instalments.

QKR! TIP

Download Qkr!

Parents and carers at Ashdale Primary School can enjoy the benefits and convenience of online credit card facilities.

Qkr! by MasterCard can be downloaded for free from Apple’s app store for iPhones (iPads should download the iPhone app) or from Google Play for Android phones and tablets.

After downloading the app and registering, simply select Ashdale Primary School from ‘Nearby Locations’ on Qkr! or type ASHDALE after tapping the magnifying glass in the top right of the home screen of Qkr! and select the appropriate school.  Once you have made your first payment on Qkr! the app will always recognise you as part of the school in future to make payments even easier.

You can pay for:

• School Voluntary Contributions and P&C Contributions
• excursions
  
• canteen orders

Student Update Forms

It is important that our school’s database is up to date with student’s current details.  Families can update their child’s details held at the school by completing an online form on the Ashdale Primary School website.  This is located under the home tab, or use the following link, 

If you require any further information, please contact the school on 6207 4500 or email Ashdale.ps@education.wa.edu.au.

Legends

P&C News

The end of Term 3 and the beginning of Term 4 have been a busy time for the P&C and our wonderful volunteers. On Thursday 21^st of September all students participated in our second ever colour run, and what a fantastic event it was for everyone. An amazing effort from our students and cape wearing champions with fundraising bringing in a grand total of $14,259.50 towards building our new ninja course play area. A massive thank you to all of the staff and teachers for allowing participation and organising the children on the day.

The Canteen Menu has changed over for summer and all items are available to view and order via QKR. We value feedback on our canteens food options so please keep a look out for a survey coming out in November – there will be prizes for your participation!

One of our favourite days on the calendar is celebrating our hardworking Teachers, EA’s, Support Staff and Admin for World Teacher’s Day. On Friday the 13^th October an amazing morning tea was put on in the staff room, provided by our generous volunteers.

Our 2023 Disco was a great success, again with the support of our valuable volunteers before the event and on the night. Local businesses including Darch IGA, Big W, First Choice Variety Darch, Bunnings, Chips on a Stick, and Precision Formatting along with some personal support from councillor Nat Herridge & the Velicovski family. It was great to see all the kids having such fun getting their dancing groove on!

Box Art Framing, regular supporters of the P&C have offered a percentage of all sales of their school years frames to the P&C.

The frames are cut to suit the sizes of the photo packages available at Ashdale PS. Orders can be placed on Qkr! throughout the term. They are currently on display in the library.

If you would like to know more about what it means to join the P&C, please reach out to our team at pandc.ashdaleps@outlook.com

The next P&C Meeting will be held on Tuesday 21^st November, 7pm.

Community News

DoE SECURITY

Please help to keep our school safe!  As part of our school community, we ask that if you see any unusual behaviour, evidence of theft or vandalism of our school outside of school hours, could you please contact school security on the number below. 

Please do not approach any individuals, just contact security and they will investigate the situation or contact the Police.  Working together will help protect our school.

9264 4771 (24-hour number) or 9264 4635