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25.01.2022 This website has been created by some GP colleagues and the pictures may be helpful in conveying the salient information regarding the COVID-19 virus.

25.01.2022 John Marsden has recently released a parenting book. Here are ten quotes from John Marsden's book The Art of Growing Up. MARSDEN'S RULES Some advice for adults. 1. "The first principle of good parenting is to be aware of the unhealthy ways we construct childhood and adolescence.... Parents may need to rethink their prejudices. Their children may not be as perfect as they pretend to be, and their teenagers might be better than is generally acknowledged." 2. "We can reasonably assume that a parent who does not say 'no' at least once a day to their child is failing as a parent." 3. "It is worth teaching your children how to be interesting conversationalists. Face it, some kids, like some adults, are boring. Some are excruciatingly boring." 4. "Young people have an absolute right to know about puberty, about sex, about politics, about human behaviours, about money, about important global issues. To deliberately block the access of children and teenagers to such essential information is a form of child abuse." 5. "We must give our children fear. It is a rich and immensely valuable experience to know fear. The only myths many modern parents want to offer children are Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. We are scared to give them the Bogeyman as well, not realising how nourishing the Bogeyman can be." 6. "Parents should strongly even forcefully! - encourage teenagers to get paid jobs. They are, after all, members of a family, not business class passengers on a plane." 7. "People who feel angry or upset when they get a glimpse of children's hatred or greed or sexuality or rage or dishonesty are overlooking the fact that the child is acting in the same way as every other human being in the history of the world." 8. "Every parent should wish for their child nothing more than 'I want him or her to experience life to the fullest'. Every child should be able to exult in the 10,000 joys that life brings, and feel with full force the sadness of the 10,000 sorrows." 9. "The only important academic skill needed by children is literacy. We must ensure that children have access to books with realistic characters, credible situations, authentic language and we must not shrink from showing life in all its many forms." 10. "Parenting means teaching children to get their own Weet-Bix." See more

24.01.2022 Dont forget Bill and his coffee van will be at the Woolwich Street gates this morning if you need a coffee kick to get your morning going.

24.01.2022 Cross Country take 2. This mornings events went off without a hitch. Congratulations to all the students who took part. Medals will be awarded at the assembly this week.

22.01.2022 Classroom displays help to give purpose and value to children's work. Our classrooms looks wonderful.

22.01.2022 Anxious Kids Seminar Tour Michael Grose and Dr. Jodi Richardson are co-authors of the highly-acclaimed new book Anxious Kids: How children can turn their anxiety into resilience. Their refreshing, down-to-earth approach to helping kids manage anxiety has led to a wave of positive feedback from parents. Its clear they want to work through the things that are impacting kids learning, wellbeing and happiness. As a result, Michael Grose and Dr Jodi will be touring across Austra...lia and New Zealand to present their evidence-based approach to managing kids anxiety. This special seminar is ideal for parents, carers, teachers and other professionals who work with children and their parents. https://www.parentingideas.com.au//anxious-kids-seminar-to

20.01.2022 ...and this happened. All smiles though.

19.01.2022 Today is the last day for applications to enrol into our 2020 Kindergarten class.

18.01.2022 Refining your parenting style - from Michael Grose https://vimeo.com/344271282/b0c4f92ad1

17.01.2022 With Michael Grose. When relationships go wrong for girls. https://vimeo.com/353938246/869afbea05

17.01.2022 Storms and rain plus cross country don't mix. We have re-scheduled for next Monday and hopefully some sunshine.

16.01.2022 Good luck to our interschool athletics team travelling to City Beach PS today.

16.01.2022 Welcome to the West Leederville Primary School page. The purpose of this page is to celebrate school activities and events enriching our community by building school spirit. We ask that our community accentuate the positives and bring to their friends attention the little things that make our school community great. Please ask express permission before re-posting or copying photos from this Facebook page. West Leederville Primary School reserves the right to ban any user from interacting with this Facebook page. Our Facebook Code of Conduct is available on our website.

16.01.2022 John Marsden has recently released a parenting book. Here are ten quotes from John Marsdens book The Art of Growing Up. MARSDENS RULES Some advice for adults. 1. "The first principle of good parenting is to be aware of the unhealthy ways we construct childhood and adolescence.... Parents may need to rethink their prejudices. Their children may not be as perfect as they pretend to be, and their teenagers might be better than is generally acknowledged." 2. "We can reasonably assume that a parent who does not say no at least once a day to their child is failing as a parent." 3. "It is worth teaching your children how to be interesting conversationalists. Face it, some kids, like some adults, are boring. Some are excruciatingly boring." 4. "Young people have an absolute right to know about puberty, about sex, about politics, about human behaviours, about money, about important global issues. To deliberately block the access of children and teenagers to such essential information is a form of child abuse." 5. "We must give our children fear. It is a rich and immensely valuable experience to know fear. The only myths many modern parents want to offer children are Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. We are scared to give them the Bogeyman as well, not realising how nourishing the Bogeyman can be." 6. "Parents should strongly even forcefully! - encourage teenagers to get paid jobs. They are, after all, members of a family, not business class passengers on a plane." 7. "People who feel angry or upset when they get a glimpse of childrens hatred or greed or sexuality or rage or dishonesty are overlooking the fact that the child is acting in the same way as every other human being in the history of the world." 8. "Every parent should wish for their child nothing more than I want him or her to experience life to the fullest. Every child should be able to exult in the 10,000 joys that life brings, and feel with full force the sadness of the 10,000 sorrows." 9. "The only important academic skill needed by children is literacy. We must ensure that children have access to books with realistic characters, credible situations, authentic language and we must not shrink from showing life in all its many forms." 10. "Parenting means teaching children to get their own Weet-Bix." See more

15.01.2022 The rain held off and it was a great day at the Faction Athletics Carnival today. Congratulations to Cambridge for taking home the shield and all our individual medal winners.

15.01.2022 BOOK WEEK Next week, we will be celebrating Book Week. Wednesday 21st August. ... * Students are invited to come to school dressed as their favourite book character. * Open night will be between 5pm and 7pm. Parents and families are invited to come and view the student work in our classrooms. * A Book Fair will operate from the library. It will be open from 8.30 to 9am on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week and between 3.05pm and 3.30pm on Monday and Tuesday, as well as during the hours of Open Night. Please support our library and buy a book for your child or donate one to the school. A percentage of all sales will be returned to the school. Come along and wander around the classrooms to see the displays, meet the teachers and buy a book.

14.01.2022 Our Year 2 students went on a history walk around West Leederville recently. They searched for signs of days gone by in the local streets and lanes.

13.01.2022 The Year 4 and 5 students from Rooms 9 & 10 piloted out new 'Spheros' today using codes that they had made up.

13.01.2022 Parent webinar - Managing your childs anxiety Through our membership with Parenting Ideas, parents can attend webinars at no charge. Were pleased to let you know about our upcoming webinar. About Anxiety is one the biggest problems facing children and young people today, impacting on their learning, happiness and their wellbeing. Research shows that when anxiety goes unmanaged in childhood it will recur in adulthood. Fortunately, theres a lot parents can do to assist kids ...when they become anxious. Join Michael Grose in this webinar where he will help parents better understand the nature of anxiety, equip them to recognise it in children, and provide practical tools to help children and young people manage and minimise their anxious states. When Tuesday 25 June 2019 6:00pm AWST. How to redeem the voucher Click this link: https://www.parentingideas.com.au//webinar-managing-your-c Click Add to cart Click View cart Enter the voucher code ANXIETY and click Apply Coupon. Your discount of $37 will be applied to the order. This voucher is valid until 25 July 2019. Click Proceed to checkout Fill in your account details. These are the details you will use to login to your account and access your parenting material Click Place Order

12.01.2022 Managing separation anxiety at school drop-offs It’s naturally distressing to see your child upset at school drop-off but there is a great deal you can do to make school drop-offs easier for you and your child. Parenting Ideas have some suggestions. https://wlps.wa.edu.au//insights-managing-separation-anxie

12.01.2022 The Year 4 and 5 students from Rooms 9 & 10 piloted out new Spheros today using codes that they had made up.

12.01.2022 The Year 6 students were set the task to design and make a Taco Truck in Design and technologies. Here are a few of their impressive efforts.

11.01.2022 Autumn colours and scenes from sport and play.

11.01.2022 Winter Solstice Day Join us in celebrating the Winter Solstice this Friday (21st June) by wearing pyjamas to school. Shortest day of the year...not worth getting dressed really. Gold coin donations going to Childrens Leukaemia and Cancer Research.

11.01.2022 Parent webinar - Managing your child's anxiety Through our membership with Parenting Ideas, parents can attend webinars at no charge. We're pleased to let you know about our upcoming webinar. About Anxiety is one the biggest problems facing children and young people today, impacting on their learning, happiness and their wellbeing. Research shows that when anxiety goes unmanaged in childhood it will recur in adulthood. Fortunately, theres a lot parents can do to assist kids ...when they become anxious. Join Michael Grose in this webinar where he will help parents better understand the nature of anxiety, equip them to recognise it in children, and provide practical tools to help children and young people manage and minimise their anxious states. When Tuesday 25 June 2019 6:00pm AWST. How to redeem the voucher Click this link: https://www.parentingideas.com.au//webinar-managing-your-c Click Add to cart Click View cart Enter the voucher code ANXIETY and click Apply Coupon. Your discount of $37 will be applied to the order. This voucher is valid until 25 July 2019. Click Proceed to checkout Fill in your account details. These are the details you will use to login to your account and access your parenting material Click Place Order

11.01.2022 Yesterday was the junior cross country at Cowden Park. The little ones loved the opportunity to run around the course.

11.01.2022 It was sad to lose one of our oldest trees last night in the storm. The eucalypt on Woolwich Street has seen many generations play under its branches and is suspected to be nearly as old as the school itself. The photo below taken around 1914, shows the corner of Woolwich Street and Northwood Streets with eucalypt trees clearly in the background. We also believe it was the tree referred to in this recollection. "A large tree stood in the grounds near the shelter shed along W...oolwich Rd. About a foot from the base there was an outgrowth that formed a ledge that made possible a game that some unknown person had devised. We formed up in line, the boy in front armed with a stout knife. The object of the game was to leap up as high as possible and plunge the knife in. Next in line attempted to withdraw it. If successful, he was given the chance to stick it in, higher if possible. If he failed, he was out of the game. I daresay the one who planted it out of reach of the others won the game." Harold McCorkill 1920 to 1922 See more

11.01.2022 Storms and rain plus cross country dont mix. We have re-scheduled for next Monday and hopefully some sunshine.

10.01.2022 Our final interschool sport fixture today. Football and Netball A will travel to Floreat PS and Soccer and Netball be will travel to Churchlands PS. Buses leave at 12.20pm and the matches start at 1pm. Good luck to all our teams.

10.01.2022 Beautiful sunshine yesterday to start camp for the Year 6 students.

09.01.2022 Dribbling practise during Phys Ed earlier this week.

08.01.2022 End of year school reports can be an anxious time for children. Here is a link to an article by Parenting Ideas. https://wlps.wa.edu.au//insight-reading-your-childs-report

08.01.2022 Cross Country take 2. This morning's events went off without a hitch. Congratulations to all the students who took part. Medals will be awarded at the assembly this week.

08.01.2022 IMPORTANT REMINDER Every student has been given information letters for viewing and ordering your school photos. Please be reminded that the cut off date for ordering West Leederville Primary School photos is Friday31st May 2019. Any orders placed after this date will incur a postage and handling fee.... Call Fotomakers WA direct on 1300 876 920 if you have any problems.

08.01.2022 Some suggestions for relating to children experiencing anxiety. https://vimeo.com/284667879/b81e8dfde0

08.01.2022 Our students have been celebrating Outdoor Classroom day and having great fun.

07.01.2022 Upcoming Webinar for Parents Our school has a membership with Parenting Ideas, a source of parenting education and support. As part of this membership, all the parents in this school community can attend some fantastic webinars in 2020 at no cost. Were pleased to let you know about an upcoming webinar.... Understanding techno tantrums: 17 June 6-7pm To redeem your webinar click this link: www.parentingideas.com.au//p/understanding-techno-tantrums Click Add to cart Click View cart Enter the voucher code TECHNO and click Apply Enter your schools name to verify your eligibility. The $37 discount will then be applied. Click Proceed to checkout Fill in your account details. These are the details you will use to login to your account and access your webinar and resources Click Place Order This offer is valid until 17 September 2020. If youre unable to make the broadcast time, just register anyway and you will get access to the recording. https://wlps.wa.edu.au///Understanding_techno_tantrums.pdf

07.01.2022 The students have been loving our new painted games in the playground. Courtesy of the P&C we have 6 new 4-square, twister and a hopscotch.

05.01.2022 Different group...same result!! Fun all around.

05.01.2022 A reminder that the school will be closed to students this Thursday and Friday (30th and 31st May) for teacher professional development days. Students will return to school on Tuesday, 4th June following the public holiday on Monday for Western Australia day.

05.01.2022 A new one from Parenting Ideas. Hope it helps to alleviate the challenge of having several children stuck at home. https://wlps.wa.edu.au//insights-helping-siblings-resolve-

04.01.2022 Yesterday was the junior cross country at Cowden Park. Fun had by all.

03.01.2022 Managing separation anxiety at school drop-offs Its naturally distressing to see your child upset at school drop-off but there is a great deal you can do to make school drop-offs easier for you and your child. Parenting Ideas have some suggestions. https://wlps.wa.edu.au//insights-managing-separation-anxie

02.01.2022 Don't forget Bill and his coffee van will be at the Woolwich Street gates this morning if you need a coffee kick to get your morning going.

02.01.2022 Classroom displays help to give purpose and value to childrens work. Our classrooms looks wonderful.

01.01.2022 We are collecting coloured plastic bottle tops for a planned NAIDOC week project. Collection bins are in PP, the Heritage building and admin. Lobby your local cafe, neighbours, relatives and whomever else you can think of. The more we get the bigger it will be!