Principal McNeil will be sending out a special End of Year Compass newsfeed next week.

The following is information from our Deputies.

School Culture Survey – Community
Thank you to the ninety-three families who completed the School Culture Survey. This information helps the school tailor its programs and services to meet the community's requirements. Key details were ascertained across the educational domains of Relationships, Teaching Quality, Learning Environment, Resources, and Leadership.

The survey confirmed many positive aspects of school life and outlined areas for improvement. Our school prides itself on the quality of education our staff provides, which is achieved by being professional, committed, and enthusiastic, and your results support this. The data also highlighted that your children feel safe, have a strong sense of belonging and pride in the school, and agree that mutually respectful relationships are promoted and valued.  

In 2025, we plan to address some key areas raised. Communication between school and home will be a focus, especially around sharing academic progress and improving the short notice provided for excursions and incursions. Well-being and engagement are crucial to allowing students to be more productive and motivated and pursue academic goals. Our specialist committee will continue to drive this area by launching two evidence-based programs to promote and protect positive mental health. Finally, we will provide more information about the role of the Chaplain and School Psychologist and the process of seeking support.

Thank you again for taking the time to complete the survey. We will continue to strive to maintain the high scores and implement changes to make needed improvements.

MultiLit Program
Thank you to all the students who participated in MiniLit and MultiLit this year. It has been another incredible year, with many students progressing in phonemic awareness and reading fluency. More importantly, staff reported a noticeable improvement in students' self-esteem, allowing them to participate more confidently in-class activities. This year, the school supported twenty-five students with targeted reading intervention across Years 1 to 4.

As this was the program's final week, I want to acknowledge the students and parents, particularly of the two groups before school, who woke up early to attend regularly each week, especially during winter. To the teachers, Miss Hall-Stickland and Ms Hall, thank you! Your dedication, motivation, and enthusiasm for supporting each student’s development are key reasons why the program is successful.   

We are excited and look forward to continuing next year!

Last term, approximately 100 of our students across Years 4 to 6 sat ICAS testing for English and Mathematics. These assessments test students from all over Australia and New Zealand and are known to be difficult and extremely challenging. They are designed to test like-minded students. Subiaco had many amazing results, with fifteen of our students receiving a DISTINCTION and finishing in the top 10% of students in Australasia.

Congratulations to our Year 4 student Jack L., who received a HIGH DISTINCTION in mathematics, finishing in the top 1% of all students. What a phenomenal effort!

 

Year 4	Year 5	Year 6
Sebastian B - Maths	Odette PL - English	Lexie S - Maths
Yoona H - Maths	Shreeya M - English	Kelsey W - Maths
Binal K - Maths/English	Mujtaba J - Maths/English
William S - English	Darlene L - Maths/English
	Travis W - Maths
	Ben T - Maths/English
	Avika GG - Maths
	Aahana GG - English
	Vihaan G - Maths

 

Over the last four years the Subiaco Primary school Socal Justice Group has been fundraising to assist the Care Bags Foundation in their mission to make a meaningful difference in the lives of children in care and at risk within Western Australia. 

This year the Foundation sent us a letter of heartfelt thanks and gratitude to the staff, students and caregivers for their valuable contributions.

The letter can be read HERE.

Provide school supplies to WA students
To provide essential school stationery to disadvantaged students.

Re-purpose excess stationery
To create a means for new and pre-loved stationery to be repurposed.

Support WA Teachers
Provide classroom resources so teachers can deliver lessons.

Once again we will be collecting stationery items to donate to Give Write a charity which processes donated stationery to produce Student Packs for WA kids in need.

There is a bin located outside the library where you can drop off new and lightly used stationery items that you no longer need.

Please note we cannot take lever arch folders, file dividers, hole punches, ring binder folders, text books or staplers.

Thank you for supporting this very worthwhile cause.

Applications are now open for the Gifted and Talented Secondary Selective Entrance Programs. These programs challenge students to achieve their best by providing an enriched learning environment for those with exceptional ability and talent. The programs include unique academic, arts, and languages options, available at 24 select public secondary schools, including a fully selective academic school and an arts college.

Applications close on Sunday, 9 February 2025.

For key dates and applicant guidelines, please visit:
www.education.wa.edu.au/key-dates-and-application-guidelines

Families can apply online at:
www.education.wa.edu.au/gifted-and-talented

For further information, please see the attached guideline or contact the Gifted and Talented Selection Unit at 9264 4307 or via email at gtsu@education.wa.edu.au.

Playgrounds Update
Senior Playground – Look what’s coming in 2025!
The Playgrounds Committee is excited to share the new Senior Playground designs!

The designs will be on display in the School Library from Monday 9 December so pop in and check them out. We will also be posting them on the P&C Facebook page from next week.

We would like to thank the Subiaco School community for your time and feedback for the new playground design. All your comments have been very helpful in creating the new design. We hope you love it and create many happy memories playing on it!

In the new year we will be working with the School and the Department of Education to arrange the contracts and installation.

We have reached our fundraising target to replace the Junior Playground!
Thanks to your contributions and fundraising efforts this year, we are now able to fund the replacement of our Junior Playground in 2025!

At the AGM in March 2025, we will be recommending the P&C allocate $130,000 to replace our Junior Playground. In the meantime, the Playgrounds Committee will start working with suppliers on designs, based on your survey feedback from last year. This is an incredible achievement so a huge thank you for your amazing support!

Hamersley Road Pedestrian Safety
The P&C has been working closely with the City of Subiaco on traffic calming initiatives to improve safety for our children coming to and from school via Hamersley Road. As well as applying for several grants, we have obtained traffic and pedestrian counts to support an application for a Children’s Crossing with a Traffic Warden (funded by WA Police).

Thanks to the parents who volunteered their time last term to undertake the pedestrian counts – Chloe Senior, Natalia Smyth, Katie Minchin, Cat Skreiner and Brian Middleton.

Children’s Crossing with Traffic Warden
We believe that the School is eligible for a Children’s Crossing with a Traffic Warden (funded by WA Police).

The City of Subiaco has recommended a Children’s Crossing opposite the Pre-primary buildings, near Union Street, based on a number of factors, including:

• Traffic and pedestrian counts – taken at various points along Hamersley Rd
• City of Subiaco’s Rokeby Road South Streetscape Masterplan - scheduled to introduce 4-way zebra crossings at the intersection of Hamersley & Rokeby Rds in H1 2025
• Site visits

Following approval at the P&C General Meeting on 2 December, the P&C will be submitting our Children’s Crossing with Traffic Warden application with this location suggested. The P&C and the School will continue to work with the City on the design with the aim of minimising any loss of car bays.

If you would like to be involved in these initiatives or find out more, please email president@subiprimarypc.com.au

P&C Contributions
Your voluntary P&C contributions make up around 60% of our revenue so you can make a huge difference by paying them!

Where do your contributions go?
In 2024, the P&C paid or committed around $130,000 towards experiences and facilities for the benefit of our children at the school:

• New Senior Playground
• New kiln housing – for a $20,000 donated kiln, allowing children to make art clay projects
• Swimming coaching and lane hire
• Drama workshops - for Years 1-6
• Year 6 Leavers Book

As outlined above, the P&C has also reached our fundraising target to replace the Junior Playground and is recommending that $130,000 is allocated towards this in 2025!
Please pay your 2025 contributions with your Campion booklists by Friday 13 December! This can be done very easily, and Campion do not charge anything for this, so we receive your contribution in full.

Thank you from the P&C - Get involved in 2025!
I would like to thank the entire school community for helping make 2024 such a successful year for the P&C. 
A huge thanks to our Subiaco families, staff and children who attended events, volunteered their time and paid their voluntary contributions. The P&C and what it contributes to the school is only as strong as the people that support it - without you none of this could happen. 

Get involved in 2025!
A number of our Committee members will be moving on next year, so we are looking for volunteers to fill a number of important roles in 2025:

President:
Represents the P&C, chairs the P&C meetings and supports the other P&C roles and committees. If you think you might be interested, please email Fiona Plant at president@subiprimarypc.com.au or call 0448 698 937. Other P&Cs have had joint Presidents so if you and a friend want to share the role, that’s an option too.

Vice-President:
In 2025, we will be introducing a second Vice-President role to represent the P&C and support the other P&C roles and committees. If you think you might be interested, please email Fiona Plant at president@subiprimarypc.com.au or call 0448 698 937. 

Secretary or Co-Secretary:
Responsible for issuing agendas and taking minutes for P&C meetings, twice a term, and maintaining P&C records. If you’re organised and think you might be interested, please contact Co-Secretary Tamara Brestovac at secretary@subiprimarypc.com.au

Pool Coordinator:
This aim of this committee is to manage the operation of the school pool which includes managing the ongoing relationships with Royal Life Saving and the City of Subiaco. The Committee markets the pool, generates income by selling passes, ensures all insurances and contracts are sought and current and seeks funding support from external parties.

P&C Communications Coordinator:
Next year we are looking for someone – or even better a couple of friends – to take on the P&C Communications. If you think you might be interested, please email Fiona Plant at president@subiprimarypc.com.au or call 0448 698 937.

Events & Fundraising Committee members:
Join a great team of volunteers to help organise our fantastic events and fundraising activities If you have events, graphic design, communications or events experience or just enthusiasm to get involved in our school community, please contact our Events & Fundraising Coordinator Veronica Wilshaw at events@subiprimarypc.com.au

There will be plenty of support for the new roles from current and former P&C members, and the outgoing members will provide handovers and assistance as required. Subiaco Primary has a wonderful school community, and we encourage you to be an active part of it!

Buying Pool Passes Over the Holidays
If you haven’t already bought your pool pass, you can still purchase them online now and during the holidays. More detailed information about the pool is on the School’s website.

Online orders will take up to 3 business days to process.  Lifeguards are not able to grant entry to the pool without a physical membership card or pass.  To avoid disappointment, please allow ample time for your membership card or pass to be processed by our volunteers.

Holiday Opening Hours
During school holidays the pool will be open (apart from on public holidays):
Sunday to Thursday 1:00 – 6:00pm
Friday   1:00 – 6:30pm
Saturday  2:00 – 6:30pm
The pool is closed on Public Holidays – December 25, 26, January 1, 26 & 27.

Pool Parties
Enjoy exclusive use of the pool! 

The pool can be booked for pool parties on Saturdays, Sundays and during the school holidays between 9:00am to 1:00pm for either a 2-hour period for $350 or a 3-hour period for extended fun for $450.

Click HERE for more information.

Splash Party
Thanks to our amazing Year 3 volunteers and Pool Coordinators – Lindsay Dodd, Peter Schwarzbach & Andrew Devitt - for making this year’s Splash Party such a success!

Everyone was so excited to see the pool open again. Luckily the sun came out and the kids had a fantastic time!

Thanks to the City of Subiaco
A huge thankyou to the City of Subiaco for their generous support for our pool through our annual Community Partnership Agreement.

Contact
Get in touch via pool@subiprimarypc.com.au if you have any questions about anything to do with the pool.

Thanks for your support

P&C Pool Committee
pool@subiprimarypc.com.au

Birthday Celebrations
If your child’s birthday falls on a school day and you would like bring in a treat for the class please consider healthy, nut free alternatives. Commercially bought, individual cup cakes are acceptable but due to our healthy eating policy we would rather parents not provide chocolates or lollies.

Student Absences
Enter an Attendance Note on Compass
A parent explanation is required for all student absences. Please enter this on Compass. Parent reminders will be emailed every Monday for any unexplained absences.

Updating School Records
If your address, telephone number or email address has changed, please contact the school office.

Publications Permission
Upon enrolment, parents decide whether to give consent for their child’s name, photo or work to be published in school newsletters, school related activities, promotional material for the Department of Education and articles for the West Australian and community newspapers. This consent continues for your child while enrolled at our school. If at any stage you want to change the permission status then you will need to notify the office in writing.

Wishing all our Subiaco School community a joyful Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year!

Shan (Uniform Shop Coordinator)

1. Choose your gift wrap carefully and recycle responsibly
Did you know glitter and sticky tape can’t be recycled as they are types of plastic? Remove sticky tape from wrapping paper before recycling it in your kerbside bin. Remember it’s always best to reuse instead of buy new.

2. Recycle polystyrene packaging
Polystyrene, EPS or poly can be terrible for our environment, particularly if it isn’t disposed of properly and ends up in our waterways. The great news is that it can be recycled into new products, you can recycle your polystyrene packaging at the West Metro Recycling Centre cnr  Brockway Road and Lemnos Street (enter off Brockway Road), Shenton Park.

3. Recycle all your cardboard
You can take any extra cardboard and packaging to your local Community Recycling Centre for free recycling.

4. Freeze or store leftovers properly straight away
We’ve all been there on Christmas day, there’s too much food and you tell yourself you will eat it tomorrow but when tomorrow comes the food isn’t eaten. Storing food well and freezing it means there is less food waste and allows you to enjoy it for longer.  Food waste is the biggest producer of greenhouse gas emissions in landfill. You can make a real difference by composting or using a worm farm to dispose of food scraps.

5. Compost your real Christmas tree
If you’re using your kerbside green bin, cut the tree into small pieces before placing it in the bin. Plastic Christmas trees are reusable but they aren’t recyclable. Plastic Christmas trees in good condition can be donated to your local charity shop otherwise, sadly they are destined for landfill, so please choose carefully.

6. Recycle your e-waste
Broken electrical waste including fairy lights, computers, monitors, TVs can be recycled for free at the West Metro Recycling Centre.

7. Recycle your batteries
Used batteries can deteriorate in landfill, leaking acid and causing environmental damage. Recycling batteries is simple, you can recycle batteries free of charge at your local Community Recycling Centre, at many supermarkets or at the Subiaco PS library.

8. Recycle your cans and bottles with your local Container Deposit Scheme
Using your local container deposit scheme to recycle your containers is a great way to do your part to beat litter and reduce waste to landfill. You can also drop these items off at the school library.

9. Donate
You can donate unwanted gifts to your local charity shop. We’ve all been there, a thoughtful gift that doesn’t suit your home, style or that you’re allergic to, these items can be donated to local reuse or charity shops to help support our local community.

10. Celebrate a little differently
Instead of a traditional gift you could donate to a charity, create a reuse project together or give an experience gift. An experience gift may include the gift of time, a cooking session with Nan, bowling with your siblings or a waterpark adventure.

11. Style second hand
A great way to support both the community and the environment is to “style second-hand”. Search your local reuse shop, charity or second-hand shop to find unique, beautiful and antique items to style your holiday parties and events. The unique treasures can take your next party from drab to fab and it won’t cost the earth because no new items were manufactured

“Kids Tell It Like It Is”

The Quadrangle is a unique verbatim theatre performance that explores the candid perspectives of young people. In this production, actors present live interviews with children, and relay the words exactly as they hear them, without any embellishment. Accompanied by live music, this performance captures the raw, heartfelt, and humorous insights of children as they share their views on life, the world, and their dreams for the future. The show inspires reflection on the value of young voices and their often-profound wisdom.

Where: State Theatre Centre of WA

When: 23, 24, 25 January - 2.30pm
          30, 31, 1 January/February - 6.30pm

 https://fringeworld.com.au/whats_on/the-quadrangle-fw2025

For other community classes, activities and events that are available to families in Subiaco please click HERE.

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