Project Compassion 2019

Water – Source of Life

This year, the Student Council has decided to focus the school’s Project Compassion efforts on helping school students in the Solomon Islands. Many children must travel considerable distances to get safe drinking water while at school.

$50.00 will buy five metres of guttering to attach to buildings that will then collect clean rain water for storage in tanks. $5.00 will buy a tap to attach to the rainwater tank. In this way, each $55.00 donated will ensure school children can have safe drinking water at school.

What a great way to help those in the world who are less fortunate than us!

Confirmation Parent Information Evening

To all parents of a child in Year 6 who are receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation, the Parent Information Meetings will occur tonight (WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 27 at 7.00pm) OR tomorrow (THURSDAY FEBRUARY 28 at 7.00pm). Parents are expected to attend one of the meetings.

Ash Wednesday Liturgy

All parents are warmly invited to attend the Ash Wednesday liturgy on Wednesday March 6 commencing at 11.00am in the school hall.

Pre-Primary On-Entry Assessments

This week, our Pre-Primary teachers, Nadene Andrews and Carolyn Ince have been conducting On-Entry Assessments with all children in their classes.  This is just one of the many tools we use at Francis Jordan to gain understandings of each student.  The information collected assists with the delivery of best teaching and learning practices, catering for individual’s needs. 

On-Entry summaries will be available towards the end of Term One.

How to support your child with home reading

Practice in reading aloud is very important for literacy development. Reading with a parent or carer is a great opportunity to do this, but parents often do not get good advice about how to help their child. The Pause, Prompt, Praise method is research-based and effective. When your child is a Beginning Reader and has difficulty with a word click HERE to find out the best way to help them.

For Older Students who might misread a word and continue, wait until they get to the end of the sentence before stopping them. Sometimes the reader will realise their mistake because it doesn’t make sense—and then self-correct—but they often need to get to the end of the sentence to realise this. We want readers to be able to read for meaning, and it’s an important skill for them to develop. If we immediately stop and correct them again, we undermine the development of this process. For tips on how to help our older readers click HERE.

A huge thank you to all those that attended our first P&F meeting for 2019. We had a record-breaking 20 people there, which was a great way to start the year. We hope to see just as many people at our next meeting, which will be at 7.15pm on Wednesday, 20 March.

Easter is approaching which means so is our Easter egg raffle, which will be drawn on the last day of Term 1. We are asking that each child bring in an Easter egg of some kind (or an alternative like a colouring in book and pencils) which will be put towards the raffle while a portion of eggs we receive will be donated to St Vincent De Paul.

Tickets for the Easter raffle will be sent via the kiddy post over the next few days. Tickets are 50 cents each and your child can by as many as they want.

If you have any queries regarding involvement in the P&F please do not hesitate to contact me.

Shannon Britten
P&F President
0417 183 345

britten.shannon@fjcs.wa.edu.au

Asthma and Medical Conditions Action Plan 

The 2019 Action Plans for all students listed with the school as having Asthma or a medical condition have been sent home over the last 2 weeks.  If your child has Asthma, then the Action Plan needs to be completed and signed by a doctor.  For all other medical conditions, the Action Plan needs to be completed and signed by a parent or guardian.  Please ensure you attach a current photo of your child and return the forms ASAP. 

Should your child have a medical condition that the school is not yet aware of, please ask for a form, either from your child’s teacher or the front office.  The forms are also available to download from the school website.

Medication at School

If it is at all possible it would be preferred that medication be administered to students at home.  If this is unavoidable and medication needs to be administered at school, the relevant documentation must be completed.

Over the counter medication (any medication that does not require a script to be purchased)

Student Medication Request/Record – Appendix 1, needs to be completed and signed by a parent or guardian.

Prescription Medication (any medication that requires a script issued by a doctor to be purchased)

Student Medication Request/Record – Appendix 1, needs to be completed and signed by a parent or guardian.

Medication Instructions from a prescribing doctor – Appendix 2, needs to be completed and signed by the prescribing doctor.

Both forms are available from your child’s teacher or the front office.  They are also available to download from the school website.

Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me at school Monday – Friday 8am – 12.00pm. 

Thank you

Anita Woodall

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Night under the Stars!

We are looking forward to seeing all registered players at Night Under The Stars, FJCS netball courts at 5pm on Thursday night. Please wear suitable clothes and trainers – old FJNC netball dresses are a good idea 😊 if you wish. No jewellery or earrings are to be worn. Please bring water bottles.

FJNC have the following age and year groups registered (see below). Most teams have a volunteer coach and manager, thank you very much, however, please see which year groups do not and we would ask you to consider this opportunity to be involved with the nurturing of your daughter in sport.

Coaching involves one training session a week, assistance is provided by our Coaching and Development Co-ordinator, Bronwyn Perkins and Vice President Karen Holmes, there is one game per week and a player rotation spreadsheet is provided. Managers are responsible to manage parent rosters and help the coach where needed, as well as managing the scorecard on the match day with the parent volunteer. There is one JNA meeting to attend all season. It’s great fun and we have a fun dinner planned! Love to hear from you if you’re interested!

Important Dates for your FJNC Calendar

FJNC 2019 Committee