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 * __Week 3 Term 2 2009__**

Grace is away all this week [no relief Wed see Jamie for her Tues classes] Abby is away all week Rhonani Cox relieving Kylie away Thurs and Fri Chrissie and Shirley away Wed, Thurs Jeanette any day when her grandchild comes
 * __Staff Away__**

Mags will be giving all staff a PD on the epipen and asthma awareness. This is complusory PD for all DET employees so please make sure you attend.
 * __Tuesday Staff Meeting__**

The MTA man will be visiting us on Tuesday and will set up his display in the staffroom. Please browse and enjoy and compile a wishlist but we may have to get them next year, as there is no spending on resources at the moment.
 * __Visiting Modern Teaching Aids__**

Next ThursdayChrissie and Shirley are taking the volunteers out to Kind River for a cultural experience. They have extended the invitation to everyone on staff. Afternoon tea will be provided so please let them know ASAP if you would like to go. You will need to take your own car. This is a wonderful opportunity.
 * __An invitation from Chrissie and Shirley__**

Friday is a casual dress day to raise money for the Royal Flying Doctor service. Can you promote this in your classes and get the studnets to bring in a gold coin donation.
 * __Casual Dress Day Friday__**

__** please become familiar with this document
 * __Focus for WDHS 2009

Could teachers please ensure that they do not take more than 2 levels boxes at a time. It is putting a strain on the resources for other teachers.
 * __Guided Reading Books__**

The assembly is during week 5. Please start choosing students who will be recieving your certificates and write names up in the book. Don't leave it until week 5 as this puts too much pressure on Dani
 * __Assembly Certificate__**

1. Stationery costs are too high. Please be economical in your use. Costs will come out of classroom budgets. The store cupboard is now going to be locked and is only to accessed by the administartion and office staff. Please fill in stationery request forms with Danni. 2. There will no longer be any more purchasing of classroom and school resources. There is enough resources in the school to run quality programs for 2009. This does not include non consumable items such as incursions and excursions etc.. Please read the comparitve budget to see where the spending has been. 3. We need to conserve electricty so please implement practices which are energy efficient. 4. Many people particularly non teaching staff are not filling in and giving leave forms to the admin team. From term 3 if the employee does not hand in their leave form within 2 weeks the leave will be processed as "Leave Without Pay". This is an area we got penalised on in the audit review.
 * __Finance Meeting Decision__**

Dean is with us until October at this stage. Micheal has been doing additional work with Dean which has been fantastic. We can no longer afford to pay 2 gardeners so this will be Micheal's last week for the time being.
 * __Dean's movement__**

Helen will on PD during the next week. WDHS has been given temporary approval to keep Helen in the SBAO role for the enxt 6 months. This position is designated for an Aboriginal person and we will need to advertise it permenantly if Rhaylene does not want to return to this role.
 * __Helen's SBAO__**

By the end of the week all kids in the transition classes in the HS and PS will have an individual contract with conditions of their attendance and dates when they will move up a stage. There are 8 stages in the transition process where the beginning stages see the studnets only coming for a few hours a day and working up to 5 hours a day. Katie has done an amazing job with setting up the process in the primary school and deserves a huge pat on the back. Katie is paid relief hours and has spent most of her afternoons at school setting up programs for the classroom. Please give her some praise when you see her next.
 * __Transition Kids__**

Bill Mann will be here on the 21st of June for the am. I will be asking people to be part of the process and present information about school improvement with Bill. It may be on the same day as our sports carnival so we will juggle both events.
 * __School Review__**

Please start planning and start ordering your resources and other things you need for the day. Jenny is the coordinator please see her for any infromation.
 * __School Fete__**

There will be a school council meeting at 8.30am at school in the staffroom on Thursday.
 * __School Council Meeting__**

Marion will be here on Monday to work on school community partnerships.Liz is also coming in with her. jan will not be here this week.
 * __Marion's visit__**

On Thursday and Friday Barking Geko and Music Avia will be here, please see Jeanette for timetable.
 * __Visiting Artists__**

The circus troupe will be visiting the school on the 28/29 May and will be working with classes on circus skills. Save the children are funding this so this is a bonus for us.
 * __Circus performances__**

Evidence files need to be handed into each deputy on Monday of week 5. Please see the deputies if you are unsure what to do. This is the updated K-3 and Yr4-7 evidence file requirements
 * __Evidence Files__**

**__Workload Committee__** Please dont forget to fill in your forms that David has put in pigeon holes about workload times etc...

The AEDI is an online teacher-completed checklist that measures five developmental domains of Pre-Primary students. All relevant Australian teachers will complete the checklist that can be completed between the beginning of May and the end of July. Copies of the //Guide for Schools// and the //Guide for Teachers will be forwarded to schools early In Term 2.// The AEDI attachment has additional information for assisting teachers to complete the checklist, or go to [|www.aedi.org.au] NAPLAN will be completed by schools in week 3. Based on national feedback on the 2008 assessments, teachers must closely adhere to the prescribed process for completing the 2009 narrative writing task. Information about the picture stimulus and student instructions (the ‘prompt’) is outlined in the //NAPLAN 2009 Test Instruction Years 3, 5, 7 and 9//. The booklet can be downloaded from [|www.det.wa,edu.au/educationalmeasurement]. Go to NAPLAN, Info for Schools, Publications, Test Instructions. Please clarify the writing task with teachers and request that students have the opportunity to practise the ‘prompt’ process before the assessment.
 * CURRICULUM UPDATE**
 * Australian Early Development Index (AEDI) **
 * //Key Information for Kimberley Schools //**
 * 1) The additional set of questions for Indigenous students is no longer included in the checklist. This information updates the details provided at the SLT conference.
 * 2) If teachers identify Aboriginal students as ESL/ESD, a list of languages will appear on a drop-down menu. Kriol will appear under ‘**C**‘ **as Creole/Kriol. There is no Kriol entry under** ‘**K**‘**.** Please advise teachers of this situation.
 * NAPLAN **

School Data Please read the following data.