From the Associate's desk...

What an exciting time we have ahead of us as we move through Term 4! There are so many wonderful events and initiatives happening at our school, and I'm thrilled to share these updates with you.

P&C Disco - Friday, November 21

Our fantastic P&C has been hard at work organizing our upcoming school disco on Friday, November 21. This is always one of the highlights of the term, and the children absolutely love the chance to dance, celebrate, and spend time with their friends in a fun, relaxed atmosphere. A huge thank you to our P&C volunteers who dedicate so much time and energy to making these events possible for our students.

Story Dogs Fundraiser

We have an exciting fundraising day coming up to support our wonderful Story Dogs program. Students are invited to come dressed in orange, as a dog, or in dog-themed clothing to help us raise funds for this valuable literacy initiative. Story Dogs has made such a positive impact on our students' reading confidence and enthusiasm, and your support will help us continue this program. Let's see how creative our students can be with their dog-inspired outfits!

Year 5 Leadership Campaign Begins

Our Year 5 students are now embarking on an important journey as they begin their leadership campaign for 2026. Students interested in becoming a School Leader or Faction Captain will have the opportunity to prepare and deliver speeches to their peers. This process is so much more than just a competition – it's a genuine learning experience that allows our students to develop public speaking skills, build confidence, and truly understand what leadership means. It's wonderful to see our young people step up, share their vision, and demonstrate the qualities that will serve them throughout their lives.

School Website Update

You may have noticed that we're in the process of updating our school website. We appreciate your patience during this transition and welcome any feedback once the new site is launched.

Athletics Interschool Carnival - Week 7

Finally, I want to remind everyone that our Athletic Interschool Carnival is taking place in Week 7. Our brilliant Ms Upchurch has done an incredible job preparing our students for this competition, and I know our athletes are ready to represent our school with pride and determination. All parents are warmly welcome and strongly encouraged to come along and support our competitors. There's nothing quite like seeing our school community come together to cheer on our students – your presence truly makes a difference and means the world to the children.

Thank you for your continued support of our school community.

Story Dogs is a wonderful volunteer program that helps support children with reading by pairing them with friendly, calm dogs who listen as they read aloud. Each week, Ruby the Story Dog visits our school to spend time with students, helping them build confidence and develop a love of reading in a fun and relaxed way. To help raise funds and keep this amazing program running, we invite all students to join in a special fundraising day on December 4th. Children can come dressed in orange (the Story Dogs’ colour), as a dog, or in a dog-themed outfit. Please bring along a gold coin donation to support Ruby and the Story Dogs program so they can continue making reading a paws-itively enjoyable experience for everyone!

A huge thank you to our wonderful Kindy room and Mrs Heales for creating the most beautifully Christmassy wrapping paper for our Salvation Army Food Appeal boxes! 🎄
The school elves have been busy and have secretly delivered a box to every classroom — and they’re ready to start being filled!

For any parents who are new or unsure what to donate, I’ve included a short list below for inspiration. We’re collecting pantry items — things that won’t spoil — so that when the hampers are shared with families in need this Christmas, they’ll be full of food that can truly be enjoyed on the big day.

Ideas of what you can bring in:

I'm hoping we can fill my office again this year with all your wonderful donations. See the pic from last year:

Our school website (www.littlegroveps.wa.edu.au) is undergoing an upgrade to ensure we're providing accurate and timely information that's easily accessible for current and future families.

During this upgrade, our website will be temporarily unavailable for approximately one week. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

If you need information that you would normally find on our website during this time, please contact the school office:

📞 Phone: (08) 9845 9900

📧 Email: [email protected]

Our front desk team will be happy to assist you.

Thank you for your understanding and patience as we work to improve our online presence.

A huge congratulations to all our Centre 2 students for their fantastic performance at the assembly! They kicked things off with a fun, high-energy dance to “Stop, Drop, and Roll,” complete with lively actions and big smiles. Their enthusiasm set the perfect tone for the rest of the morning — thank you for opening our assembly with such enthusiasm!

A big congratulations to all our Honour Certificate recipients for their outstanding effort and dedication! Your hard work and positive attitude are truly appreciated.

Congratulations to: Chase R., Casey P., Charli A., Booker K., Brock W., Izaiah B., Myah B., Amelia F., Charlea R., Odin V., Patrick B., Adrija C., Grace B., Hudson C., Adam S., Ruby H., and Marli N!

Keep up the great work — we’re so proud of you all!

Well-done to Harrison, who managed to come away with the Aussie of the month certificate. Harrison is a caring friend who helps others when they are feeling Lonely. Harrison has also been an awesome soccer umpire at lunchtimes, keeping the games fun and fair. Amazing work Harrison.

After a big week of swimming lessons, Room Four have hit the ground running and redirected their energy into academic pursuits!

The week began with a focus on number concepts. During a numeracy session, Mrs M visited the room and captured some great photos of the students demonstrating their understanding of decimal place value and revising strategies for division with Mr Corson.

In literacy, the children have been going over key grammatical terms such as common and proper nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs. They’ve also been putting their knowledge into practice by constructing creative, complex sentences.

As Room Four continue learning to write explanatory texts, the class has been exploring different types of natural disasters and discovering how these events occur. During fluency reading sessions, students have been aiming to improve their words-per-minute scores while reading about tsunamis — building both fluency and knowledge at the same time (a win–win!). Last week, the class investigated earthquakes together, recording key words and notes. Now, each student is drafting their own explanation text describing the processes that lead to these powerful natural phenomena. Next week, they’ll move on to researching and writing about a natural disaster of their choice independently.

In a rather dramatic turn of events, a volcanic eruption reportedly occurred in Room Four early on Tuesday morning — before students arrived! Fortunately, Mr Corson was on site bright and early and had everything cleaned up before the classroom doors opened at 8:30.

P&C Thank You - Bus Donation 

I would like to extend my sincere thanks to the Little Grove Primary School P&C and the Little Grove family for their generous support of recent fundraising initiatives. Their efforts have helped subsidise the significant cost of transport to Denmark for the Interschool Athletics Carnival. Your continued commitment to supporting our students is greatly appreciated.

If your child has been selected for the upcoming Interschool Athletics Carnival, please check your Compass app for further details and to provide permission for your child to attend.

Costumes are not compulsory. We will be holding an "Into the Wild" themed Disco for all students this term. This year, the Disco will be running differently with the junior students starting earlier at 4pm, ending at 5pm. Senior students will start at 5.30pm, ending at 7pm.

Head to https://pci.jotform.com/form/252841819860869 and complete the online permission slip and payment. Permission slips and payments are due COB Tuesday 18th!

We are also looking for VOLUNTEERS for the evening so if you are attending and would like to put your hand up to help, please add your name to our list https://volunteersignup.org/AXYWJ

If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected] or Facebook messenger.

Song requests forms for the disco are now available in the library. Please make sure your requests are completed by Monday 17th November.

Please make sure orders are placed by 12pm TUESDAY via www.quickcliq.com.au.

If you have a spare hour or two to help collect and distribute the lunches through the canteen, please place your name on our volunteer roster https://volunteersignup.org/EH7XW

For further events or detailed information about upcoming events, please view the schools event calendar on Compass