Both parents and teachers talk about the importance of resilience in enabling children to succeed in an uncertain future.  Lifelong learning involves capabilities such as flexibility, curiosity, tolerance for failure and collaboration.  These skills are of critical importance.

We tend to think that every moment, decision, success and failure is critical, but what’s critical over time is that our children develop worthy attributes such as treating others with respect, compassion and care.
Our goal is to give children the time and opportunities they need to nurture these qualities, and to model them ourselves.

If we think of children growing up as a movie, not as a snapshot.  What looks critical at one moment often becomes incidental over the course of time.  Rather than shielding children from failure or choreographing successes for them, we turn them into opportunities in order to grow.

Adapted from Raising Resilient Kids Who Are Prepared For the Future.

This weekend is the Labour day long weekend.  Students return on school on Tuesday 2 March.

The role of the School Board is to set the long term future for the school. The Board’s role is strategic and has ni involvement in the day to day operational management. To read more about the roles and responsibilities of a School Board click HERE.

This year Emma Thunder joins our Board. Emma was elected as parent representatives late in 2020 replacing Angela Snowball, who held a 3-year term on the Board.

The Year 6 children made lots of memories that will last a lifetime while engaging in outdoor adventures this week at Naga Bush Camp in Dwellingup. To see some photos click HERE.

Every term, a year level curriculum letter is written for parents. These letters explain curriculum coverage, information about incursions and excursions and important upcoming dates. All teachers collaboratively plan with their year level colleagues and teach the same content from the WA Curriculum. To read what your child will be learning this term level click HERE.

Thank you to all families who have submitted the 421 response to this form so far.
If you have not done so, please complete a copy of this form, one for each of your children. To be compliant with new Department of Education guidelines we are required to seek your approval for your child to have access to online services provided by the Department of Education. At Subiaco it is the student’s Department assigned username that gives them access to the internet when working in 1-1 iPad classes. In all other year groups this username is their login to selected programs such as the Acer PATs assessments.    K-6 Students Online Permission Form

Thank you for the 281 K-3 responses, and the 183 Yr4-6 responses that we have received so far to the Third Party Permission and Viewing Consent Form. If you have not done so, please complete a copy of this form, one for each of your children. You can select the appropriate form from the links below.

The Department of Education has updated school requirements around the use of Third Party Services when students work in an online environment.

The purpose of the Third Party Permissions form is to notify you, in compliance with Department of Education requirements, of some of the Third Party Services that we use as part of running the school. It is also to seek permission for your child/children to use the suite of Apps, Programs, and other online resources that are integrated into our learning programs, where we have to share some student information and clarify the sort of information that may get shared.

K-3 Student's Third Party Services Permission and Viewing Consent Form

Yr4-6 Students' Third Party Services Permission and Viewing Consent Form

Thank you to all the parents who attended last week’s information sessions.

The Year 1 students will be participating in swimming lessons at Subiaco Primary School Pool commencing Monday 8 March and concluding Friday 19 March (Weeks 6 & 7). This is a 10-day program. 
There is no cost associated with the swimming lessons, and the swimming instructors have been provided by the Department of Education. Information including swimming gear, lesson times and permission forms have been sent out via Compass.

Once again a food stall will be open at recess during the Year 4-6 swimming carnival, which will be held on Wednesday 10 March. All children from Year 1-6 can purchase items from the food stall during the recess break. Please remind children to bring in their pocket money so they can buy from the selection of food available. The Year 4 parents are running the stall and encourage nut free food donations from all year levels on the day. Due to Covid health guidelines food to be sold has to be prepared in a commercial kitchen.

A parent explanation is required for all student absences. Please enter this on Compass. Parent reminders will be emailed to parents every Monday for any unexplained absences. Click on the image to enlarge it.

To view all the features from the Compass app – make sure you select Click Open in Browser

Thank you to parents who have already signed up as CLP or Fundraising rep. The CLP and Fundraising reps will work together. For more information about what the roles entail contact Kezia George keziawork@gmail.com or Narissa Perks narissaperks@bigpond.com. If you are interested in undertaking the roles please let your class teacher know.

Next Thursday 4 March will be our first school assembly in the Church Auditorium for 2021. Due to ongoing Covid restrictions, limited numbers in the Auditorium are still in place. The parents of students in Year 2/L5 and the parents of Honour Award recipients in Years 1 and 2 are invited to attend. Parents will need to sign into the auditorium by scanning the QR code via the SafeWA app. As the assembly is held at the Subi Church we respectfully ask parents not to bring food or coffee into the auditorium. School aged siblings will not attend but the item will be recorded and shown to the students.

Click HERE for the 2021 Assembly timetable

Ayyam-i-Ha Baha’i Festival
Thursday 25 - Sunday 28 February
Ayyam-i-Ha, or the Intercalary Days, is a festival of the attributes of generosity and compassion, characterised by charity and the giving of simple gifts to friends and family.

As an initiative inspired by our P&C, we are seeking to acknowledge significant cultural celebrations & events in our school community.

If you participate in a cultural celebration that you would like placed in a 2021 Compass Cultural Celebration’s calendar please email trisha.bebek@education.wa.edu.au with the Title, Date & Description of the event.

The green tab in Compass shows cultural celebrations that are important to Subiaco Families.  Simply hover over the title to find out about the event.

My name is Shan Carberry and I am the new Uniform Shop Coordinator. I am very familiar with the school as my 2 adults daughters are past students and now my 2 grandsons are here as students!

The start of Term 1 has been a little difficult for everyone with the short supply of essential school uniform items. My sincere apologies for this, the pandemic and closures of factories had a huge impact on our deliveries. I am working through the delays and can assure you the Uniform Shop will soon be fully stocked with the majority of items!

The new extended trading hours for the Uniform Shop are :
Tuesday- 8.30 till 10.30
Thursday- 8.30 till 10.30

I do hope the extended hours and extra day will give you more shopping time after drop off! Please come and say hello and shop at your leisure. Shopping online is always available if you find it easier.

If any parents would like to volunteer helping with stock for an hour on Tuesday or Thursday, please come and have a chat to me. I am looking forward to becoming part of the School Community once again.

Newsletters
We have a fortnightly newsletter that is emailed. Our next Newsletter will be emailed on Friday 12 March. Remaining Newsletter dates for Term 1 are 12 and 26 March.
Copies of past Newsletters can be found on our website at https://subiacops.wa.edu.au/information/newsletters-and-newsfeed/ 

Frozen Fruit Thursdays
As a special treat, the Social Justice Group will be selling icy poles (99% frozen fruit juice) for $1 every Thursday lunchtime throughout Term 1. The proceeds go to our sister school in Cambodia and other charities nominated by the group.

Sports News
Year 1
Junior Fun Swimming Carnival Wednesday 3 March  2.00 pm – 3.10 pm

Year 2/3
Junior Swimming Carnival Wednesday 3 March  9.30 am – 1.00 pm

Year 4-6
Before School Swimming Squad Training Weeks 1-8  Tuesday and Thursdays  6:45am – 8.00am
Year 4-6 Friday Swimming Grading School Pool -  February 12, 19, 26 & March 5 (Yr 6 miss the 26th due to Camp)
Year 4-6 Faction Swimming Carnival Claremont Pool - 9.00am - 3.10pm  Wednesday 10 March
2021 Champion Schools Swimming HBF Stadium - 9.00am - 2.00pm Monday 29 March

Lunch Orders
All parents who currently order lunches through the School Lunch Online website are reminded to update their child’s information, especially their year level. New parents who wish to order their children’s lunches on Monday and Friday should:

• Go to www.schoollunchonline.com.au to register your family
• Choose from your school supplier’s lunch selection
• Order your child’s lunches (by no later than 8.00am on the day of delivery)
• Pay as you go or top up your account regularly.

School TV Parent Resource
School TV is an online resource that is available to our parents and publishes 10 editions per year. Current topics now on the website address issues that are relevant for children both in primary and secondary school settings including; Physical activity and Exercise, Diet and Nutrition, Anxiety, Social Media and Digital reputation as well as a number of other relevant topics. Thank you to our P&C association for supporting this initiative and paying for the yearly subscription. Visit https://subiacops.wa.schooltv.me/ to scan through what is available online 

Dogs on the school Premises
For the health and safety of all children we ask you do not bring your dog onto school grounds at drop off and pick up times and do not tie up your dogs at an entrance to the school.

Lessons Available Before and After School
Many parents have requested details of the external providers who utilise the school facilities outside of school hours. Please click HERE for a list of lessons that they offer during each school term.

The hiring of the school facilities to external providers is done so in good faith. Whilst every effort is made to ensure providers offer an appropriate service, the school takes no responsibility nor endorses the quality of these businesses.   
In addition, our facilities are also used by school teams such as netball, football, basketball etc.

Crossing Guard Reminder
A reminder for children to use the crossing outside the school entrance when the crossing guard is working. If the crossing guard is absent, which happens from time to time, children should cross at the lights.

Head Lice
We request that you check your child’s hair once per week and follow the recommended treatment if necessary. Please take the time to read the attached fact sheet which gives information on signs, what to look for and treatment options.

Student Photos
All parents like to take photos of their children at assemblies and whole school events. If you are including children other than your own children in the photo, as a courtesy, it would be appreciated if group photos are not placed on social media unless you have
the permission of the other parents.

P&C AGM - Monday 8 March 7.00pm school library.

Junior Swimming Carnival - Wednesday 3 March
The Year 2 parents are organising a food stall to raise money for the P&C which will be held next Wednesday, 3 March at recess time.  This will be held during the junior swimming carnival as the older years are now going to Claremont Pool for their carnival.

We would love donations of food to sell at the stall and there are collection boxes outside the art room, in the upper & lower block halls.  We are not able to sell home baked goods under the Education Dept COVID guidelines but welcome donations of packaged food (cakes, muffins, popcorn, chips etc) and items prepared in a commercial kitchen.

On the day, food will be sold for prices of 50c to $2 and children are encouraged to bring along their small change to purchase morning tea. 

Uniform Shop Parent Volunteers
We have a lovely new uniform shop lady named Shan who started at the beginning of the year in the role.  The uniform shop is very busy on the mornings it is open (Tues & Thurs) and we are looking for parent helpers who are available for an hour on either of those mornings from 8.30 to 9.30 am to help with orders.  Ideally we’d like to do a roster up and so you can nominate whether you’re available once a week, once a month etc.  If you’re interested, please email the uniform shop (uniform@subiprimarypc.com.au)

Sale Items in the Uniform Shop
We have discounted the price of swimming ponchos to $30. These are great with the swimming carnivals coming up to help keep the kids warm.

The fundraising tea towels for the 2020 Kindy, PP and Year 6 classes are all discounted to $9 if you’d like to purchase any more of these.

Western Metropolitan Regional Council - 7 Top Tips to Reduce Waste in 2021.

Go digital
Choose to receive your bills and subscriptions online. If you love reading, are you ready to give up the hardcopy in preference for online books?

Quit disposables
Can you give up disposable coffee cups for good? Need a coffee hit but forgot your cup? Take a seat and dine in. Your coffee will taste better and the breather might be just what you need! Visit Plastic Free July for more simple swaps to avoid disposables and single use plastics.

Buy in bulk
Seek out your closest bulk food store and buy what you can in your own bags and jars. Check out our handy factsheet on How to Reduce Packaging.

Make your own
Taking your own lunch to work is a great way to use up leftovers, save money, reduce food waste and reduce food packaging.  What’s not to love?

Embrace reuse
Before buying new or getting rid of the old, consider local reuse and repair avenues. You can gift, donate, sell, repair or find just about anything with a little know how. And, it’s easy!

Love your food
Thirty-five percent (35%) of the contents of a general waste bin is unwanted food. This accounts for 5 million tonnes of food wasted, or the equivalent of 9,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools of food waste landfilled each year. Simple tips like menu planning, making a list, sticking to your list, loving your fridge and freezer and eating your leftovers can all reduce the amount of food landfilled each year. And for food that can’t be kept, you can Compost It.

Put your waste in the right place
You can reduce your waste by putting it in the right bins or taking it to the appropriate facilities to be recycled or disposed of safely. The WMRC offers workshops, online information, recycling and disposal facilities and events to help you put your waste in the right place! Follow us on socials or subscribe to our Word on Waste newsletter to be kept informed of upcoming events and up to date recycling information.

Keyed Up Music Lessons
Keyed Up Music will be teaching guitar and keyboard group lessons this term after school. Lessons start from $18.65 for 4 lessons. If you are interested in your son/daughter learning an instrument, ring Savanna on 1300 366 243 or enrol at www.keyedupmusic.com.au/enrolment-form

Subi Lions Auskickers
Registrations for the Subiaco Junior Football Club Auskick 2021 season are now OPEN on the SJFC website at the following link:
www.subiacojfc.com.au/index.php/auskick/auskick-registrations/

Please note that Auskick registrations are via the new PlayHQ platform this year, and the league has moved away from SportsTG for Auskick. This should be a new and cleaner platform for us going forward, but it means you may need to register as new if you do not have any type of registration with PlayHQ (i.e. you may already have a login for your player which you have used for other sports).
If you played Auskick last year, but are now playing in the Year 3 competition, please register on the SJFC website at the following link: www.subiacojfc.com.au/

As the Junior competition has not moved over to PlayHQ (for now), the Junior club registration (Yr 3 and above) will still be in SportsTG. Year 3 members will need to register as a new member even if they were previously an Auskicker with our club.
We are always excited to see new players at the club, so if you of anyone transferring from another club, or if you have any specific queries on registration, please pass on my contact details (mattwright37@hotmail.com).
We are looking forward to another exciting year for the mighty Subi Lions!

Click HERE for other Community News and School Holiday activities. This document includes information on activities available around our community for children and families

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SUBIACO PRIMARY SCHOOL
271 Bagot Rd, Subiaco WA 6008.
Phone: 08 9207 7900
Email: subiaco.ps@education.wa.edu.au