Year 5 Rooms 12 & 13 Assembly      

From The Principal's Desk

Dear Parents and Friends, 

Instrumental Concert

Our Instrumental Concert held last Tuesday 22 May was a showcase of excellence. Supported by our hard working P&C, the school music department provided a concert that allowed our talented music students to excel. The education of the 'whole child' was very much on show through this performance and highlighted the notion of learning for life that playing a musical instrument provides. My sincere thanks goes to all staff and parents who work towards making the music program at Nedlands Primary exemplary.                                                               

                                                                                                                               A Malcolm

Congratulations to the students for their conscientious approach to their rehearsals in preparation for this special evening.

All ensembles gave wonderful performances including solo brackets from Bruce Acosta [Year 7 student] on electric guitar and Devin He [ex-Nedlands student] on piano. Devin also accompanied the String Orchestra on piano - many thanks Devin.

Thanks also goes to the many parents who attended the performance to support their child and the school's Instrumental Program.

Not many primary schools can present a musical evening that includes performances by a String Orchestra, Jazz Band and Concert Band. The level of performance is a reflection of the talent and time and effort that our students give in preparation for performances such as last Tuesday evening.                                                                                                                 

                                                                                                                                  G Jones 

Principal's Position Semester 2 

Mr Hewitt has had his tenure as DoE WA Acting Executive Director Early Childhood Development and Learning extended to the end of 2012. As a result, Mrs Terlick will continue on as our Year 4 teacher and Mr Malcolm will continue as Principal until the end of the year. 

Interschool Sport

On Friday 18 May our students competed against Swanbourne PS in interschool sports with the following results: 

Football   Nedlands 60 Swanbourne 33

Netball    Netball A Nedlands 6 Swanbourne 22

        Netball B Nedlands 4 Swanbourne 11

Hockey    Hockey Nedlands 2 Swanbourne 2

Soccer    Soccer A Nedlands 7 Swanbourne 3

              Soccer B Nedlands 11 Swanbourne 0

Congratulations to all those involved. 

The 'You Can Do It' program fosters student success, well being and positive relationships. This program is widely used in 100's of Australian schools and has been in existence for about 25 years.

The main focus is on building emotional resilience (to not sweat the small stuff) and to weaken the impact of negative thinking.

 The five keys to success of 'You Can Do It' are:

• Confidence
• Resilience
• Persistence
• Organisation
• Getting along 

The teachers teach specific lessons relating to the 5 keys to success and we also reinforce these keys through our 'Green Card' system.   

School Photos

Dogs on school grounds

I understand that dogs are loved and valued members of some of our school community families, however due to school policy, could I please ask dog owners not to bring them onto the school grounds.

Contact Details Update 

Please advise the office if you have any new land line phone numbers or mobile numbers, as these need to be kept updated for our student information sheets in case of emergency.

Important Dates

Wed 30th May                              School Photos P/P - Year 7

Thurs 31st May                            Year 4 - 7 Dance

                                                   Centenary meeting 9am - (Staffroom)

                                                   School Photos - Nedlands Park

Frid 1st June                                HEY HEY

                                                   Uniform Shop open (pm) 

Mon 4th June                               PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Tues 5th June                              Year 4's Excursion (Zoo)

Wed 6th June                               ICAS Science testing

Thurs 7th June                             Year 4 - 7 Dance

Frid 8th June                                Assembly Year 1 Room 1

                                                   Writing competition closes

                                                   Interschool Sport

Mon 11th June                              Uniform Shop open (am)

                                                   TOMS Workshop pm

Tues 12th June                             Yr 7 Immunisation

                                                    Neddies X Country

Wed 13th June                              Senton College visit for Year 7's

                                                    Yr 5 - 7's Violin Concert (7pm)

Thurs 14th June                            Year 4 - 7 Dance

Frid 15th June                               Life On Ice - Incursion

                                                    Interschool Sport

Monday 18th June                          ICAS - Writing

Oracy

TOMS Workshop pm

School Board Meeting

Tuesday 19th June                         Oracy

Wednesday 20th June                     Open School Board Meeting

                                                     P&C Meeting 8pm

Thursday 21st June                        Year 4 - 5 Dancing

Lightning Carnival 

Friday 22nd June                            Assembly Year 6s Rooms 16/17

                                                     Uniform Shop open pm