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 * __Week 1 Term 3 2008__**

A school group from Kyabram in Victoria will be staying for the week. They do this every year and will camp out at the school [in Liz's old room] and may do some stuff with our kids and staff. They should be here all this week. I am going to ask Jeanette to host this please ask her for more information. They are arriving Sunday 20th so if you see them about please make them feel welcome.
 * __Visiting School from Victoria__**

Our new cleaner Damian has left us after only 1 week. Susie has also left and is now in NSW. This effectively means we currently have now Cleaner in charge. Hopefully we can get someone skilled in this area to fill Suzies shoes. She has been a huge asset to the school and all those little things she used to do will now stand out. Please can I ask all of you to do your own lock up of your classes and other rooms before you go home each day. Stay tuned let me know if anyone you know wants a job as a cleaner.
 * __No Cleaner__**

A huge thank you to all current and past staff that assisted in the organisation and the delivery of an outstanding excursion. It was a real team effort**__.
 * __Kimberley Cup__**

Pastor Frank__** Frank will be in on Wednesday and will be taking RE classes with Year 6/7 class. Please remember they come every fortnight so please be prepared for them.

Next Tuesday the students from year 9 and 10 will be going on an excursion to KNX High School to take part in their careers Expo. James, Shirley and Sean will be the staff attending. I am doing the risk management and will get forms out ASAP.
 * __Careers Camp at KNX DHS__**

Dean has ordered the pipe boundary for the border around the pit. When that arrives the Shire will escavate some more and add the sand. I would say proably end of July with some luck.
 * __Playground Update__**

I am putting another staff member on duty as I have had some concerns about the rough play some of our students are demonstrating. Jeanette is making up the roster please check it carefully when it is out. Remember your duty is your responsibility. It is not up to Admin staff to chase you up for your duty. If you are away please liase with a collegue who can cover your duty. I am sure you will return the favour when you return. It is important not to let the PS children leave their lunch area until after the 10 minutes eat time, I think I will set the alarm this may help. The PS students are only allowed to play near the PP side of the school. While it is not too hot the basketball courts are fantastic. All students must have hats if they dont they need to sit down outside the staffroom and art room area. I will make a quiet playbox this term to give them some activities. NO HAT NO PLAY rule applies. The playground supervision has been to the standard that is best practice.Can you all make sure you are diligent in performing this function of your job.
 * __Playground Duty__**

The day will begin at 7.30am and finish early. Lunch will be provided again. We will continue with our data exploration as per last week of last term.
 * __School Development Day__**

__**Check this out**__ go to this website and put in a word **__Wyndham__** for example and see what happens. It has great potential for education. [|**http://taggalaxy.de/**]

Oh how awful to be writing another one of these paragraphs. Alli will not be returning this term. She has won a job and is returning home to Albany. Alli has done so much for our school and has worked incredibly hard for the kids at Wyndham. I will miss her sunny way and wish her all the best and on behalf of all of us thank you Alli!!!!
 * __Farewell Allison__**

Jeanette Ishiguchi will be taking on the DP role for the next six months. Welcome to a new role Jeanette.
 * __New Deputy PS__**

Jane our much adored librarian is going away for 2 weeks and we will miss her. To save the environment she is going by bus on a big trip rather than plane. Well done Miss Jane. Enjoy your time. The library will be closed at lunch time unless I have someone willing to volunteer their time.
 * __Jane away__**

The tentative date for the carnivals will be Thursday [jumps/throwing events] 14/8 and Friday 15/8 for tabloids. Please let me know if this date conflicts with anything. The program will be on the athletics page of this wiki.
 * __Athletics carnival__**

I have attatched the database with all school assessment data on the policies page. It is password protected. The password is the post code. It will be the same for all password protected documents. I will also use the school code as a password for some documents. See me for this.
 * __School Data - Data Base__**

We have 1 new teaching staff member starting with us in term 3. We have Justin Barker. Justin is an experienced PE and Health teacher who hails from Perth. He has been teaching in the catholic system and sounds enthusiastic about joining us. Justin has a six year old daughter who will be staying in Perth for this term. He will be taking sport and health across the school at the moment.
 * __New Staff Justin__**

Sam will be doing a variety of roles. She will be taking PrePrimary Year 1 class she may also do radio classes so we can regularly use this facility across the school.
 * __Sam__**

If you are intending to stay next year and may be interested in running this program can you please let me know ASAP. http://www.scram.business.ecu.edu.au/ See below. This is a possible opportunity for  Kimberley     teachers of at-risk secondary students to be involved in a PD in Term 4 based around peaceful resolution of classroom conflict. It is reasonably expensive ($1000 ish) and time dependent (4 days) but could be very useful. Costs would need to be borne by schools. Can you get back to me if you may be provisionally interested**__ __** I am forwarding the information on Schools Conflict Resolution and Mediation (SCRAM) program as requested at the teleconference this morning. You may recall that a ‘taster’ was offered at the Engagement Forum and was very well received. The program has been running for some time in lower school, but has now been endorsed for Years 11-12. Some of the teachers who attended that session felt that the program would be very worthwhile for many of our students and indicated that they would like to train to deliver the program in 2009 using ETPP funds. I did not receive any expressi ons  of interest from  teachers in the     Kimberley    , but some    teachers in your district may be interested in the training (2008) and delivery of SCRAM (2009). If so, please let me know so we can organise the training for term 4.
 * __High School Teachers__**

Simple but effective Watch this video it is a great concept we could use with kids???

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Hi All, Just letting you know that some 13, 14 or 15 year old boys from your school have been invited to attend the Tiger Cub Camp in Kununurra on Friday the 8th of August from 4pm till Saturday the 9th of August, 1pm. The camp is a football development camp from which boys are selected to travel to Perth and compete in the Claremont Football championships over the October school holidays. School attendance and good behaviour are prerequisites for the camp, so if any of your boys start to play up at school or are not attending, please let us know as they will not be allowed to go to the Tiger Cubs camp (list attached). Hope you have a good break at holidays! Ben Smith East Kimberley  Program Coordinator Garnduwa Kununurra Email: smith@garnduwa.com.au  Russell Andrew Richard T Richard B  Doug L Justin Dallas Kurt Terry N Douglas F Karim Des
 * __Tigers Football Camp KNX__**

**__Book Review__** Christine McLachlan from Wyndham library is organising a competition for the duration of Term 3 - 'Book Review'. She will print the posters and entry forms and drop them off at school early next term. I've attached the poster and entry form for your perusal.
 * __[[file:Wyn Lib Book Review Comp - Poster Entry form.doc]]__**