Health and Wellness Day

Congratulations to everyone that participated in the Health and Wellness Day. It was fantastic to see all staff and students engaged in their activities and having fun. A big thank you to Miss Mercer and her team for organising this for Joondalup Schools, the feedback from staff and students has been extremely positive.

Online Safety for Parents and Carers

As parents and carers, you know your child better than anyone and have the best opportunity to support and guide them to have safer online experiences. The Office of the eSafety Commissioner is Australia's leader in online safety. The website offers a downloadable guide which covers some of the key online safety issues for young people and includes a range of practical tips and advice on what to do if things go wrong. You can also find a list of important services that can offer extra support.  Please visit https://esafety.gov.au/parents/ for further information.

NAPLAN

The first summary results from NAPLAN have been released and I would like to share with you some comments from the Director General of Education, Lisa Rogers contained below.

The 2019 NAPLAN summary report contains very positive outcomes for Western Australia.

Key Results:

1. These results are for all WA schools and although they are very indicative of public school results due to the large number of students involved. They are also subject to change before the final results are released.

        Year 3:

• WA achieved its highest ever mean scores in Numeracy, Reading, Writing and Grammar & Punctuation

        Year 5:

• WA achieved its highest ever mean scores in Numeracy and Writing

        Year 7:

• WA results were close to the Australian mean in all areas.

        Year 9:

• WA mean scores were higher than the Australian means in all Year 9 assessments. 

        − Ranked 1st in Numeracy and Writing

        − Ranked 2nd in Reading.

        − Ranked 3rd in Spelling, Grammar & Punctuation

2. Performance against National Minimum Standard

• Year 9 percentages at or above national minimum standard were higher than the Australian percentages in all assessments.

Individual student reports have been sent home today. Please spend some time discussing the results that your son/daughter achieved.

School Board Vacancy

The School Board is seeking a parent representative to fill a vacancy on the School Board. If you are interested in being part of our School Board please contact Ashley Gunning, the Chairperson via email,  ashley.gunning@education.wa.edu.au or Tammy Hanrahan on 9233 5800.

The Board’s role is to take part in establishing and, from time to time:

• Reviewing school objectives, priorities and general policy directions and the financial arrangements to fund these;
• Evaluating school performance in achieving the set objectives and priorities;
• Endorsing codes of conduct for students at the school.
• It determines the School’s long-term plans and oversees the School’s performance.
• Charges, responsibility for and contributions towards the provision of certain materials, services and facilities;

However, it’s important to note that the School Board does NOT take part in any day-to-day management of the School or its staff. For example, it cannot:

• Intervene in the control or management of a School;
• Intervene in the educational instruction of students;
• Exercise authority over teaching staff or other persons employed at the School; or
• Intervene in the management or operation of a school fund.

Below is an abridged version of our last agenda.

• Behaviour Guidelines
• Business Plan
• Booklists 2020
• Bankwest Easy Grants and the application process
• Finances
• Voluntary Contributions

The Board meets twice at term on Wednesdays from 6.00-7.00pm. Our next Board Meeting is on Wednesday 18^th September. 

2020 Class Room Personal Items Booklists

Next year we will be using a new supplier – Ziggies Educational Supplies. In Term 4 we will be sending home Personal Items Lists for next year. If you are unfamiliar with Ziggies, they are a local company based in Joondalup. We made the decision to use Ziggies as our preferred supplier because their prices are extremely competitive, and there are so many options for families to access materials.

JPS Website

Our website is currently under construction, we are changing over to Schoolzine, the same company that designs the school newsletter. The timeline will be between 9-12 weeks. Thank you for your patience during this time. We anticipate by switching to Schoolzine, the website will be a lot easier to navigate as well as easier to locate specific information about our school. 

Thank you to the P&C

Our P&C have recently organised bottles of sunscreen for each classroom. Perfect timing as the weather becomes warmer. Students are encouraged to put sunscreen on before play times.

Our P&C also approved the funds to donate a mud kitchen for our Junior Playground. The mud kitchen has been purchased and installed in one of our sand pits in the Junior Playground (where the boat used to be.)