16th May 2025

Dates to remember

Dates to remember – view live calendar on side panel of newsletter, website, or communication app.

Principal’s Report

Dear Parents and Community Members,

Smooth Start to Term 2

Term 2 has commenced seamlessly, with students engaged and classes running smoothly. This follows the whirlwind of Term 1, during which all year levels successfully completed swimming lessons amidst the demands of NAPLAN assessments. A heartfelt thank you to our dedicated staff and students for their collective efforts in making this possible.

Canteen Update

Our administration team is diligently working to secure a private provider to operate our school canteen. An Expression of Interest (EOI) is currently in progress. Should this initiative not come to fruition, we will explore alternative arrangements, including the possibility of employing canteen staff directly through the Department of Education. In the interim, the canteen temporary service is still running. You can register at http://www.schoollunchonline.com.au, choose from the lunch options and pay online. The cut off is now 9pm the night before as of tonight.

Student Arrival and Classroom Transitions

Each day, nearly 650 students enter the school grounds and transition into their classrooms with remarkable calmness and efficiency. This smooth process is a testament to the cooperation of our students and the support of our parent community.

Parent-Teacher Communication

We appreciate the understanding shown by our parent body regarding the importance of preserving the pre-school period for students to settle in. This consideration allows our teachers to focus on their instructional responsibilities. We encourage parents to schedule meetings in advance to discuss any concerns, ensuring that teachers can provide thoughtful and evidence-based responses.

CCTV at Ashdale Primary School

The school has a comprehensive CCTV network. This allows the school administration to monitor visitors to the school outside of normal hours. It also comes in handy to identify acts of vandalism, graffiti and anti-social behaviour.

Unfortunately, the signage to inform the public that the school has CCTV has deteriorated. New signs have been ordered and should be installed in the near future.  Please share this information with community members who may use the school grounds.

Ashdale Primary Students Shine at Woolworths Cricket Blast!

On Friday 7^th March, a group of enthusiastic Year 5 and 6 students proudly represented Ashdale Primary School at the Woolworths Cricket Blast carnival held at Kingsley Reserve. The event was a fantastic opportunity for our students to showcase their cricket skills, teamwork, and sportsmanship in a fun and supportive environment.

Our teams played with great spirit, displaying excellent communication, fair play, and plenty of energy throughout the day. Whether batting, bowling, or fielding, every student gave it their all and did Ashdale proud!

As overall winners on the day, Ashdale ‘Boys Blue’ team have now qualified for the Metro North Regional Finals being held in Week 5 of Term 4. A huge congratulations, and best of luck, to all players competing.

A big thank you to the staff and parent volunteers who helped make the day run smoothly, and congratulations to all the students involved for being such fantastic ambassadors of our school.

Well done, Team Ashdale!

Enrolments 2026

Enrolments are now open for 2026.  If your child will be 4 years old by 30 June 2026, please apply to enrol them in Kindergarten now. Enrolments close 25 July 2025.

If your child/ren won’t be returning to Ashdale Primary School in 2026, can you please advise the office by email    ashdale.ps.enrolments@education.wa.edu.au                      

Office News

School Voluntary Contributions (including P & C Contribution)

Have you paid the voluntary contribution $60/student and P & C Levy $40/family?

We encourage payments via the Qkr! app – this is a very simple and quick process and alleviates the need for busy parents to come into the office or send money in with students.

Instructions on how to download the App are available on our website from the link below or see the Qkr! Tip article below.

• Remember to change the profile (year, LAs etc) for your children when first accessing Qkr! for the year
• Alternative payment methods (cash/eftpos/credit card) are available through the front office.
• Families may pay the Voluntary Contribution in instalments.

Student Update Forms

Student update forms have been sent home with your child/ren unless we have already spoken to you. It is imperative we have up to date information for your family. Please update any changes and send back to the front office as soon as possible.

If you require any further information, please contact the school on 6207 4500 or email Ashdale.ps@education.wa.edu.au.

Periodically, if you have future changes, please complete on our Ashdale Primary School website 

Student update form - Ashdale Primary School 

Legends

P&C News

President Report

Welcome to Term 2!

The end of Term 1 came quickly, and I was privileged to be an invited guest at the ANZAC Assembly in week 10. As always, it was a beautiful commemoration of the ANZACs, and I was able to lay a wreath on behalf of the P&C. Thank you to Mrs Leighton-Harris for her organisation of the assembly and including the P&C in this important date. 

We kicked off Term 2 with Ride2School day on Friday which saw a huge number of students ride, scoot and walk to school. At lunchtime each year group had the opportunity to participate in the slow bike race, which is always enthusiastically attended, and we saw some seriously slow skills on display!

Our Mother’s Day stalls last week were incredibly successful and a heartfelt THANK YOU goes to all the wonderful parents, carers and community members who gave their time to run the stalls. Every moment you spent setting up, helping little ones choose gifts, or packing up afterwards made a real difference. Events like these simply wouldn’t happen without generous volunteers like you.

A very special thank you to our incredible fundraising coordinator, Nadia, who put so much time and effort into planning this event. She was the first to arrive and the last to leave each day, making sure everything ran smoothly from start to finish. Her passion and enthusiasm are a huge asset to our P&C, and our children are so lucky to have her.

I have been in discussion with the school to come up with a ‘wishlist’ of items that the P&C can contribute towards. These items can either be funded via the P&C outright, or it can be a larger joint project (much like the Ninja Playground). We welcome any suggestions from our community for consideration through the P&C email pandc.ashdaleps@outlook.com

Finally, I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended our last P&C meeting which focussed on the P&C running of the canteen. After robust and extensive discussion, it was decided that the P&C would hand the canteen back to the school for management. The P&C executive team have spent the last few weeks selling final stock and tidying up the canteen in preparation for handover to any new canteen tenants. This decision was not made lightly, as there are obviously many benefits to having an on-site canteen, however we continue to work closely with the school to find a successful long-term canteen solution for our community.

If you’ve ever thought about getting involved, we’d love to welcome you. Whether it’s 30 minutes or a few hours, your time means so much and helps create lasting memories for our kids. Keep an eye out for upcoming events, and we hope to see you at the next P&C meeting in week 7. 

Erryn Siva

President

Community News

DoE SECURITY

Please help to keep our school safe!  As part of our school community, we ask that if you see any unusual behaviour, evidence of theft or vandalism of our school outside of school hours, could you please contact school security on the number below. 

Please do not approach any individuals, just contact security and they will investigate the situation or contact the Police.  Working together will help protect our school.

9264 4771 (24-hour number) or 9264 4635