2024 In-Term Swimming PP-Yr 3
2024-11-13, 2024-11-14, 2024-11-15 | Gosnells Leisureworld, Thornlie Ave & Culross Ave, Thornlie, WA, 6108, Australia
In-term swimming lessons for PP—Year 3 students are an integral part of the Department of Education’s Physical Education Program, and the Department of Education covers the costs of the swimming tuition. Swimming schedule found here
Download PP-Yr3 Swimming 2024 Permission Forms

Room 14 Senior Assembly
2024-11-14 08:45 - 09:45 (Australia/Perth)
Room 14 presents their item. If your child was awarded FCPS Citizen of the Month, all parents would have been notified verbally, and all honour certificate recipients would have received an email, teacher, or SMS message.

Year 4 Zoo Excursion
2024-11-20 | Perth Zoo, 20 Labouchere Rd, South Perth, WA, 6151, Australia
The Year 4 students will be involved with a day trip to the zoo.
As part of our Language, Society, Environment, and Science programmes, we have planned an excursion to the Perth Zoo on Wednesday, 20 November. The cost of the excursion for your child will be $22.
We will travel by bus, leaving the school at 8.50am and returning at approximately 2.40pm.
All children are expected to wear their school uniform (no faction shirts), including a hat, and bring a packed lunch, recess, and water bottle.
We would appreciate any parent helpers who would care to attend. All parent helpers must pay their admission ($38.10 for adults and $30.20 for seniors/concessions). Parent helpers will need to meet us at the Zoo entrance off Labouchere Road for a 9.30am start. If you are able to attend please fill in the slip below and return it to your child’s classroom teacher.

TAGS Drama Excursion
2024-11-27
More information to follow

Senior Assembly
2025-02-27 08:45 - 09:45
No class item, however, Honour Certificates are awarded. All honour certificate recipients would have had an email, teacher, or SMS message sent to their parents beforehand.

NAPLAN Online 2025
2025-03-12, 2025-03-13, 2025-03-14, 2025-03-17, 2025-03-18, 2025-03-19, 2025-03-20, 2025-03-21 and 1 more date
The National Assessment Program—Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is an annual assessment for students in Years 3 and 5.
NAPLAN tests the skills essential for every child to progress through school and life, such as reading, writing, spelling, and numeracy. The assessments are undertaken nationwide. Our NAPLAN assessments will be online, except for the Year 3s, who will only complete their writing assessment with pencil and paper.
NAPLAN is made up of tests in four areas (or ‘domains’):

Reading
Writing
Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation)
Numeracy.

The school’s NAPLAN schedule will be published closer to the event.
Download NAPLAN 2025 Parent Information

R19 Senior Assembly
2025-05-15 08:45 - 09:45
Room 19 presents their item, and Honour Certificates are awarded. All honour certificate recipients would have had an email, teacher, or SMS message sent to their parents beforehand.

R23 Senior Assembly
2025-05-29 08:45 - 09:45
Room 23 presents their item, and Honour Certificates are awarded. All honour certificate recipients would have had an email, teacher, or SMS message sent to their parents beforehand.

Year 3 Firefighters Incursion
2025-06-06
The Home Fire Safety and Year 3 School Visit Program is a FREE WA Curriculum-linked fire safety education program. We will present a one-hour session with topics that include:

The role of a firefighter
How to prevent or stop a fire emergency from happening
How to respond to a beeping smoke alarm
Calling emergency services
Crawling low under smoke
Having a home fire escape plan

The lesson will conclude with students viewing and interacting with fire vehicles.

Year 4 Maritime Museum Excursion 2025
2025-06-11
As part of our History (HASS) programme, we have planned an excursion on Wednesday, 11th June to the Fremantle Maritime and Fremantle Shipwrecks Museums.
We will be travelling by bus, leaving the school at 9.00am and returning at approximately 2.45pm.
At the Museums, the children will be involved in a variety of facilitated and self-guided experiences and will not be required to complete worksheets.
All children are expected to wear their school uniform, including a hat, and bring a packed recess and lunch, with a drink, in marked, disposable containers. Please also bring a rain jacket in case the weather is inclement.
Parent helpers will need to meet us at the Museum where your child’s excursion is starting, but will need to walk to the other museum (650m).
Regards
D.Sellick
C.O’Brien
J.Rodricks
Year 4 Teachers

Year 4 PEAC Testing
2025-08-04, 2025-08-05, 2025-08-06
Primary Extension and Challenge (PEAC) is a part-time supplementary program for students in Years 5 and 6. Students are identified as suited to participation in the PEAC Program through testing in Year 4. Forest Crescent Year 4 students will participate in testing, hosted by the classroom teacher on Monday, 4th August to Wednesday, 6th August.
All public school students in Year 4 are provided with the opportunity to be assessed for suitability for the PEAC program. Parents may request that their child be excluded from the testing process by notifying the school in writing.
The PEAC selection test consists of two sections:
Verbal Reasoning (VR), comprised of 25 multiple-choice items and two item types:
Reading Comprehension and Reasoning by Analogy.
Mathematical Reasoning (MR), comprised of 25 multiple-choice items of two item types: Mathematical Reasoning and Abstract Reasoning.
It is important to make fair and consistent interpretations of the data. There are three measures used in selecting students who are suited to PEAC participation:

The Total Percentile
The Verbal Reasoning VR Percentile
The Mathematical Reasoning MR Percentile

Australian Maths Competition (AMC 2025)
2025-08-06, 2025-08-07, 2025-08-08
Selected Years 3 – 6 students will participate in the Australian Maths Competition from Tuesday, August 5th, to Thursday, August 7th, 2025. Times will be confirmed closer to the day and will be determined by the flexibility of the school’s timetable and events. Permission notes detailing workshop sessions will be sent home to students no later than Wednesday, May 14th.

Year 3 Competition: 11:50am to 1:05pm, Friday 8th August (Staffroom)
Year 4 Competition: 11:05am to 12:15pm, Thursday 7th August (Staffroom)
Year 5 Competition: 9:00am to 10:10am, Wednesday 6th August (Staffroom)
Year 6 Competition: 11:50am to 1:05pm, Friday 8th August (Staffroom)

Interschool Cross Country & Running Map (Changed Times)
2025-08-11 09:30 - 12:00 | Homestead Park, LOT 1821 Glenbrook Rd, Thornlie , WA, 6108, Australia
UPDATED STARTING AT 9:45am (Changed times from original post)
Forest Crescent Primary is competing in the Interschool Cross Country.
Date: Monday, 11th August 2025
Schools: Campbell, Forest Crescent, Piara Waters, Harrisdale, Aspiri, Southern Grove
Venue: Homestead Park, Corner of Connemara Drive and Glenbrook Rd, Thornlie.
Event Times: These are approximate event times, and presentations will be at 12:05pm

Yr 3 Girls 9:45am
Yr 3 Boys 10:00am
Yr 4 Girls 10:15am
Yr 4 Boys 10:30am
Yr 5 Girls 10:45am
Yr 5 Boys 11:00am
Yr 6 Girls 11:15am
Yr 6 Boys 11:30am

The events are scheduled to commence at 9:45a.m., beginning with the Year 3 girls and each subsequent race starting 15 minutes later, concluding with the Year 6 boys at 11:30 a.m. Presentations begin at approximately 12:05pm. The Year 3 children run 900m, the Year 4/5 children run 1400m, and the Year 6 children run 1600m.
The children will be travelling by bus, leaving from school at approximately 9:00am. The cost is $7.00.
As the children are representing the school, all children are required to wear the school interschool shirt, which will be issued at the school, and wear running shoes. Students will need to return the shirt on the day. No spikes allowed or running barefoot. Please bring a towel and other suitable clothing in case of wet weather.
There is now a code of conduct for students and parents. Please log onto the school website to ensure you are familiar with both documents at the following address. Click Here
Please Note: The track has the potential to become wet. The event will continue in the event of light rain or showers, so students should be prepared for this.
Running Map
2025 Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Running Map (PDF)

Year 3 Scitech Excursion
2025-08-13 08:45 - 15:00 | Scitech, City West Centre, Sutherland Street, Perth, Perth, WA, 6005, Australia
The Year 3 students in rooms 22, 23, 24, and 25 will have the opportunity to go on an excursion to Scitech in Week 4 of this term. During the excursion, students will have the opportunity to watch Science come alive through interactive demonstrations, view a show in the Planetarium, and have facilitated access to the feature exhibition. They will also have the chance to explore science concepts independently during free time in the general exhibition section.
The students will visit Scitech on Wednesday, 13th August 2025. The bus will be leaving school by 8:45am, and students will return to school at approximately 3:00pm.
The students will need to come dressed in school uniform (no faction shirts) and closed shoes. They will also need to bring a bottle of water, recess and lunch.
The cost of the excursion is $27.00.

FCPS Massed Choir Cluster Rehearsal
2025-08-27 10:30 - 15:00 | Churchlands Senior Highschool, 20 Lucca St, Churchlands, WA, 6018, Australia
A technical rehearsal will be held at the Taryn Fiebig Concert Hall, Churchlands Senior High School, on Wednesday, 27th August, for Choir Students performing in the Massed Choir Festival. More information will follow.

2025 In-Term Swimming Yr 4 to Yr 6
2025-09-01 | Gosnells Leisureworld, Thornlie Ave & Culross Ave, Thornlie, WA, 6108, Australia
The following are the arrangements for in-term-swimming lessons for Year 4-6 students.
(Week 7 – 8 (MONDAY 1st September to FRIDAY 12th September) at Gosnells Leisure World- 10 sessions)
In-term swimming lessons for Year 4-6 students are integral to the Department of Education’s Physical Education Program. The Department of Education covers the costs of swimming tuition, and parents only pay for pool entry and bus transport.
Parents should also be aware that many high schools offer electives in which a level of swimming proficiency is required to participate. In primary school, in-term swimming classes allow students to advance their swimming skills.
