A week at the beach!

From Monday 18 March to Friday 22 March, the Year Six students will be having swimming lessons at Mullaloo beach. Beach swimming is an essential skill for children growing up in Australia  and, for many children, these lessons are one of the highlights of the school year.

The swimming lessons are free but bus costs are $27 per child for the five lessons. Information notes and permission slips have been sent home with all students.Please ensure that these are returned by Friday 8 March.

If you need a spare note, I have some in the classroom.

Maths tutorial (Part-part-whole diagrams)

This one is for students. Part-part-whole diagrams are an easy way to see the relationship between addition (plus) and subtraction (takeaway). Understanding this relationship is the key to concepts such as algebra.

Watch the video as many times as you need and rewind if you don’t understand something. Remember that teachers are always here to help.

Once you are done, have a go at completing these activities:

1. Part-part-whole activities (Numbers format  or PDF format)
2. Interactive part-part-whole activities

Parent information night

Thanks to all parents who turned up to the parent information night on Monday 18 February.  If you weren’t able to make it, you can either watch the slideshow or read a summary document.

The most important message from the meeting is that good communication is the key to a successful education. Please do not hesitate at all to contact me during the year if you have any concerns, ideas or suggestions about your child’s education.

School Development Day

There will be a student-free day this Friday 1 March.

During this time, staff will work together to develop Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and Group Education Plans (GEPs) for students with needs that fall outside of the normal range. The goal is to develop clear and achievable targets for these children and to use the resources of the school to help them achieve their potential.

We appreciate the support of the school community in making this day possible. The work we will be doing on this day will pay dividends for all students during the year.

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Happy Valentine’s Day

From all of us in LA31

Welcome to the LA 31 Class of 2013

Hello all and welcome to an exciting year of fun, friendship and learning in LA 31. My name is Paul Fuller and it is my privilege and pleasure to be teaching the wonderful students in LA31.

Together with the other Year Six teachers, I will be holding a parent information session on Monday the 18th of February. We hope that you will be able to come along, say hello and hear more about the exciting plans that we have in place for your child in 2013.

For those who can’t make it, I will post a summary of everything that we discuss on the website in the days following the meeting.

This website is one of the main ways that I will communicate with parents. By clicking the ‘follow’ button below and entering your email address, you can receive automatic notifications every time this site is updated.

If you need to contact me at any time, please feel free to email me (paul.fuller@education.wa.edu.au) or phone me on (08) 9302 4100.

To all students and parents

To all of the wonderful parents and students from 2012,

Thank you for being a part of the LA31 learning community. Your encouragement, suggestions, gifts, cards, and support have helped make our class a fantastic place to learn, teach and work.

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All the best for Year Seven,

Mr Fuller