8 December 2023

School Vision

From the Principal

Dear parents and carers,

I can’t believe how quickly the year has flown by. It has been an incredibly productive year with lots of achievements to be proud of. I would like to congratulate all staff and students for a successful year and thank all parents for their contributions and support to our school community. 

Thank you also to our dedicated School Board and School Board Chairperson, Mr Matthew White as well as the amazing work of the P & C led by President, Mr Joseph Madafferi. We are so fortunate to have such a supportive and engaged school community who give up their time to support and assist our school in achieving the aims set out in our Business Plan. There is very strong research evidence stating that students whose parents are involved in their schooling, have better educational outcomes. I encourage you, where possible, to get involved with the school community, parent help, events and activities.

Jungle Book Production

Wow! What an amazing event this was. A very large congratulations to all the students involved be it on or off the stage. It was such an impressive performance for such a young cast and crew. A big thank you goes out to our amazing Performing Arts teacher Mr Townsager, and to all of the staff and parents who assisted him throughout rehearsals and in the development of the stage, costumes and props. The feedback from the community was outstanding and we are all looking forward to finding out what the next show will be.

School Reports  

School Reports will be emailed out on the afternoon of Monday 11^th December. Please ensure that your email and contact details are up to date at the office to enable you to receive them on the day. Please note that the link sent to you will only be valid for two weeks so please ensure that you download the reports within this time.

Staffing for 2024

I would like to acknowledge the wonderful staff who, unfortunately, will be leaving Madeley permanently at the end of this year.  A very big thank you and best wishes to:

• Mr Jarred Moon,
• Mr Tony Silvio,
• Mrs Johanna Vincent,

In addition, we wish Ms Bee Visser, Mr Andrew Eddison and Mrs Jennifer Wheeler all the very best for their year of leave coming up. We thank Mr Malland for his time at Madeley PS this year.

Student Leaders

I would like to thank all of our school leaders for 2023 who were absolutely fantastic and very proudly represented the students of Madeley PS.  We took the leaders to a celebratory breakfast on Monday to congratulate and thank them for a job well done. Our Student Leaders for 2024 will be announced at the Awards Ceremony next week.

Madeley’s Got Talent

We were witness to some sensational performances by our students at Madeley’s Got Talent on Wednesday. Congratulations to all performers, from those who auditioned to those who performed on the day, as they were all very impressive performers. A very big thank you to Ms Hardwick and Mr Townsager who have dedicated countless hours to auditioning and rehearsing all acts for the show.

The winners were:

1^st Place: William Blair

2^nd Place: Eve Patterson  

3^rd Place: Christian Madafferi and Jason Searson

Classes 2024

Next year, to enable a warm welcome to the start of the school year, we will be holding a Meet and Greet with classroom teachers. On Tuesday 30 Jan 2024 from 2pm – 3pm, we welcome all parents and students to come along to a meet and greet with their new class teacher and unpack their belongings. Please bring along students’ stationery and booklist items to assist them to set up for Day 1 and allow the teachers to welcome and get to know their students. Please note that class lists can only be viewed from 2pm onwards, not before this time.

Later that afternoon, we will post class lists on Connect. Upon posting on Connect, we ask that parents do not repost this information to social media or any other location, as this is private information and not for general circulation.  

At 2pm, we invite parents and students to view class lists and then attend their Meet & Greet. The class lists will be available at the following locations:

School Year 2024

The students’ last day of the school year is next Thursday 14^th December. The first day back to school next year is Wednesday 31^st January 2024.  The school office will be open from Wednesday 24^th January – Tuesday 30^th  January 2024 from 8 am – 4 pm for any enquiries or enrolments.

School Security During the Holidays

We rely on the community for support to keep our school secure and safe during the holiday period.  Parents are asked to keep an eye on our school during the holiday period and report any suspicious behaviour to Education Security on 9264 4632 or Police 131 444.  The Education Security phone number is on signage on the school fencing also.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all our staff, students, parents and the wider community a very happy and safe Christmas and holiday season.  We all look forward to seeing you all again in 2024. 

Kind regards

Lainie Beccegato

Principal

2023 Upcoming Events

**Please be aware the dates published are a guide and may change**

2023 Term Dates

2023 School Development Days

Robotics Competition

On Wednesday the 15^th of November Madeley’s two robotics teams competed in the FIRST LEGO League Competition at Aveley Secondary College. Brick Code and Brick Legends showed great resilience and determination throughout the day as they overcame challenges and celebrated their successes. At the end of the competition our Brick Code team were recognised as Rising All-Stars, a team to watch out for, and our Brick Legends team have moved through to the Regional Finals at Curtin University on December 9.

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Year 5 Night Sky Incursion

Our annual Year 5 Night Sky evening was once again a huge hit.

Year 5 students and their families headed back to school from 6.30pm for a picnic dinner and then a tour of the sky on Friday 1^st December.

We were joined by the head astronomer of the Gravity Discovery Centre, Rick. Rick talked us through the things we would see, engrossing everyone with his knowledge and information. Then it was out to the oval to look through the 3 telescopes where we got to see Saturn, Jupiter and 4 of its moons, the Seven Sisters and Orion’s Nebular.

There were plenty of amazed children and parents when they looked through the telescopes.

Thanks to all who attended.

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The Jungle Book Production

A Cast and Crew of 45 donned their costumes and shined brightly under the limelight for three magical performances across 2 days!  After almost 2 whole terms of rehearsals, the students could not wait to grace the stage and show their stuff!  The undercover area was transformed into a theatrical experience this school has never seen before and those who were fortunate enough to witness it exclaimed they could not believe what they were seeing!"

Board Members 2024

We welcome Anshul Sharma (Parent representative) and Anita Vague (Staff representative) to the Madeley School Board, Anshul & Anita will begin their tenure in 2024.

We would also like to sincerely thank Christine Ashkenazy (Parent representative) and Katie Cawthorne (staff representative) for their valuable contributions during their time on Madeley’s school Board.

Harvey Cooper (Yr 6, BLA2)

Harvey won the State Champs in Go Karting for the 9-12 years age division. This also gives him a ranking of 8^th in Australia for his age group. Well done Harvey!

School Chaplain

Hello from the School Chaplain,

Hi mums, dads, carers, grandparents and staff,

I would like to say a big thank you for making me feel very welcome here at Madeley Primary School.

I have been here for two terms and have loved meeting you and your children as you enter the school each day. I have really enjoyed it, as it a very new career move for me. The children have been delightful, and I have loved building relationships with some of them. I have also really learnt a lot from them. It’s certainly tested my memory, (hehe) remembering names. Oh my gosh. 

To all the Year 6s, what an amazing, smart, funny, crazy, talented, raw bunch you are. I have so enjoyed meeting and chatting with so many of you. You are all an incredible group of children with so many gifts and talents. As you take the next step in your journey in life, may you always remember, you each are very unique individuals and you were created that way, so don’t try to be like anyone else. Just be you, and like the person you are. Enjoy your high school years, it’s only a small part of your life. Pick your friends wisely, don’t sweet the small stuff, enjoy learning and having fun with friends that could turn into lifetime friends.  

So really looking forward to next year.

Have a very blessed Christmas and New Year,

Keep safe and be kind to one another.

Yours Sincerely, 

Tania Malloch

Playgroup

Crunch & Sip

Student Absence Line

Emergency Contact (Parent/Carers)

It is important that the school always has up-to-date contact details of parents, carers and emergency contacts. If you have court orders in place, please ensure that the school office has an up-to-date copy.

Please use the following link to notify the school:

Contact the School: https://madeleyps.schoolzineplus.com/contact 
Email Madeley.ps@education.wa.edu.au

P&C News

Drive in Movies: 14^th December

Please don’t forget to purchase your ticket for the drive-ins from QkR! for our family Christmas night next Thursday. All friends and family are welcome to help celebrate the year and  if anyone doesn’t have QkR! please feel free to email us at MadeleyPandC@gmail.com to purchase a ticket.

Entertainment Book:

Looking to save money in the New Year...? then why not take advantage of the Entertainment book, which are still available, with Madeley Primary every purchase our P&C receives 20% of the sales. A great way to spend and save with thousands of local vendors to choose from. 

Please use this link http://au.entdigital.net/orderbooks/921g52 to buy a copy and thank you for supporting your local P&C.

P&C Thank you 2023

The P&C would like to say a massive thank you to our community for making 2023 such a successful year. This year the P&C has raised $17,655 which has allowed all children across the Primary School to enjoy these funded activities for this year and many more to come,

• Library bookshelves
• PE resources
• STEM, robotics
• Year 2 collaborative tables
• Year 6 camp
• Table tennis tables
• PA System
• Ninja course

Throughout the entire year we have been able to facilitate a very heavy event schedule and run a most impressive canteen, which is only ever possible with the commitment from our Volunteers, Office Bearers, P&C Members and the support of all the staff and Madeley Primary. We thank everyone that has shown support across multiple platforms such as attending our meetings, volunteering time and kind donations. 

For 2024 we are very excited to announce our Office Bearers. 

•      President – Joseph Madafferi 
•      Vice-President – Adam Marinich 
•      Secretary – Rebecca Dundon 
•      Treasurer – Giao Valenti 
•      Fundraising Officer – Alana Foley 
•      Communications Officer – Vacant
•      Executive Committee - Carolyne Cole and Andrew Beech

We have just one vacant position remaining which we hope to fill early in the New Year, so keep and eye out on our Facebook page for more of the role details.

The next meeting is our AGM and first meeting of 2024, starting at 7:00pm on Wednesday 7^th February 2024. 

We all love being part of this P&C, we have said it before, we are a community within a community, for those who may look to become more involved in an office bearer role in the coming years please allow yourself some time in the new year to come to our meetings and see for yourself just how wonderful the people are that attend and run them.  We can assure you, the fun and collaboration between everyone is truly a wonderful experience, and its a great way to see what is needed for each role. For those that also  want to have a voice as a member of our community without a formal role, then this is really where the best ideas come from to benefit all our children within the school and we want nothing more than to see more and more people getting involved and hear from those so we can all help shape a better future for our community.

Please keep and eye out for our last few posts this year on our Facebook page with some great info to wrap up the year.

On behalf on the P&C we say thank you again, and we hope you and your entire families have a safe festive season, may it be filled with love and laughter.

Canteen News

Containers for Change

Please use the P&C scheme ID when you take your eligible containers to the recycling depot or bag drop facility!

P&C scheme ID – C10340367

Entertainment books

Entertainment Books are now available with Madeley Primary School P&C receiving 20% of sales. Entertainment Book access is available for a full 12 months from purchase date. There are also exciting new vendors and suppliers that have been added this year.

Download the App and get started today!

Buy your Entertainment Membership at the link below The Entertainment Membership has thousands of up to 50% off and 2-for-1 offers near you. Instantly available, valid year-round, gladly accepted. Get yours today and save.

Your purchase of an Entertainment Membership contributes to our school. Help us achieve our goal by sharing this link with your friends and family. Thanks for your support!

Camp Australia

Before & After School Care

Camp Australia provides a before and after school care program for students. This is located on the school site.

Times:

Before Care 7am – 9am
After Care      2.30pm – 6pm

For further information, please contact the contacting the following:

Mobile Phone No:    0413 588 434
Camp Australia:       1300 105 343
Fax No:                      (03) 8610 2044

How Do I Register?

Registration is free, simple and hassle free! visit the link below:

Join in the fun at our OSHC program, your first session is FREE!

We are excited to announce that your child can now come and try their first day of Outside School Hours Care for FREE! This is a great chance for families and children to see what our Camp Australia program is like.

Not yet registered?

To register and book your child in our program, visit the link below and use the school finder on our homepage to search for your school. To secure a spot for your child, we always recommend making your bookings in advance.

We look forward to seeing you and your family soon!
From the Team at Camp Australia

Community News

Please see NOTICE BOARD for more local clubs located at the end of the newsletter.
Please click on Links to open Information:

Athletics Clinic

Tackers Day

Creative Kids Art Club

Twilight Christmas Market

Community Groups/Clubs

Click on Link to View Club Information