BOORAGOON PRIMARY SCHOOL
... a learning community
“Aspiring to be a caring and collaborative
community of lifelong learners”
6th November 2014
NEWSLETTER Term 4
BOORAGOON PRIMARY
Clements Road, BOORAGOON 6154
Phone: 9317 2133
Fax: 9317 2175
http://www.booragoonps.wa.edu.au/
School Banking
Every Thursday 8.15am
outside Room 5
School Canteen
The School Canteen is open for
morning recess and lunch every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
http://ouronlinecanteen.com.au/
UNIFORM SUPPLIES
Willetton Uniform Shop
Unit 2, 185 High Road (behind Civic Video)
WILLETTON 6155
Phone: 9457 7330
http://www.willettonuniforms.com.au/
Week 4
Number 17
Coming Events
Week 4
Fri 7 Nov
*8.45am Assembly - Room 1
Week 5
Mon 10 Nov
Tue 11 Nov
Wed 12 Nov
Fri 14 Nov
*All day WACA Cricket Clinics PP-Yr 7
*Zoo excursion - Rooms 3&7
*1pm PP/Yr 1 transition
*8.45am Music Assembly - Merit Certs
Week 6
Wed 19 Nov
Thu 20 Nov
Fri 21 Nov
*Kindy 2015 Orientation - morning
*Rm 13 Cake/Cookies fundraiser
*PP lunch in Junior Area
*8.45am Assembly - Room 2
Week 7
Mon 24-28 Nov
Mon 24 Nov
Tue 25 Nov
Wed 26 Nov
Fri 28 Nov
*PP Swimming
*Fremantle Literacy Centre - Rms 6&14
*6.30pm School Council meeting
*7.30pm P&C meeting
*Assembly - Merit Certs
SCHOOL SECURITY: We would appreciate if you could use either of the following numbers to report
any security issues at our school: 9264 4771 or 1800 177 777
This weekend is a big occasion for our school. Our Grounds Committee, ably coordinated by Paul
Buckman, has reached the culmination of many months of planning, negotiating and creating to get to the
point where our Nature Playground can physically rise from the undergrowth. It’s almost impossible to
quantify the groundwork carried out by the team. It has involved bringing together a large group of
volunteers (Dads and friends) who are willing to get together to cut, saw, lift, dig, carry and put in a great
deal of muscle work to build the playground. Many local businesses have been contacted and asked to
donate materials and heavy machinery including bobcats, compactors and dingoes. Meetings have been
held between Paul Buckman, who is overseeing to project, and Department of Education consultants to
ensure that the plans meet the safety standards required in government schools. Trees have been lopped
and beheaded to supply some the construction materials. A team of Mums and friends will be on site
throughout Saturday to feed and water the workers.
The P&C organised a very successful Quiz Night to raise the necessary funds, and many of our children
sketched imaginative ‘dream playgrounds’, elements of which have been included in the plans. So, in
some way, almost every member of the school community has contributed to the project.
This is one of the biggest undertakings to take place at Booragoon PS for many years, and we would
appreciate any additional support in the way of manpower on Saturday. The more hands available, the
easier it will be to complete the job, so if you, or anyone you know could come down to school, even for
an hour, we would be thrilled.
If the plan comes together (and why wouldn’t it – this is Booragoon PS after all) we will have a wonderful
playground for our kids on Monday.
Barb Horan
Principal
HONOUR CERTIFICATES
Congratulations to the following students who received Honour Certificates at last week’’s assembly:
Canning
Swan
Banksia
Laura H.
Bindi B.
Jacob B.
James C.
Xzarliah Y.
Georgia de B.
Samuel D.
Blayde B.
Sophie M.
Taj S.
Carter W.
Nicholas D.
Amelia W.
Jennifer B.
Jude R.
Evie C.
Heidi M.
Callum V.
Zavier S.
Isabella L.
Paulyne D.
Amy N.
Isabella M.
Dean W.
Lucas W.
Lily D.
Gil P.
Nima B.
Jerome T.
Benjamin F.
Nathan K.
Hi Everyone
Co-operation is working in harmony with others to achieve a goal which you can
not achieve alone and which benefits all. Cooperation often requires a certain
amount of self control and empathy and letting go of something you may want, to
solve conflicts. It can feel good when you work as a team. Respond, don't react, and
use “I” messages if something is bothering you, for example "I feel mad when you
take my things." This leads to communication which can resolve problems more
than saying nasty comments.
Doing projects with classmates shows when you come together to cooperate,
great things can be achieved. Co-operation is not beneficial when peer pressure pushes you to go along with
things you know you shouldn't. True cooperation leads to a positive goal.
Jenny
Chaplain
P&C News
P&C Meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of each month.
The next meeting will be held on
WEDNESDAY 26th November
7.30pm in the Staff Room.
Everyone is welcome.
End-of-Year Annual Family Picnic will be held on Friday 5th December 4pm until sundown. Please note sausage sizzle or hamburger packs are
only available pre-ordered through the online canteen system (from 24th
November).
Nature Play Contruction Day is this Saturday, 8th November. The Grounds
Committee are calling for volunteers to help on the day. Please arrive anytime
from 7am until late arvo. The following equipment would be greatly appreciated:
wheelbarrows, gloves, shovels, mulch forks, post hole diggers, safety glasses, block
lifters.
Refreshments, morning tea, lunch and late arvo bbq will be provided.
LIBRARY NEWS
We are very excited to announce that Booragoon PS has recently launched an eBook Library, allowing students to borrow and read books electronically after registering for an account. Registration
forms can either be downloaded from the website below or collected from the Library, and once registered students can use almost any personal device to sign in and download eBooks (including MacBooks, iPads, tablets, eReaders etc). Alternatively the library will soon have a small collection of
eReaders available for loan for a two-week period. Our eLibrary is fairly small at the moment, mainly
catering for students in Years 4-7, however we hope to expand our collection in the future to include
a wider range of eBooks for all year levels.
See the BPS Library website (http://booragoonpslibrary.weebly.com/
ebooks.html) for more information about our new eLibrary, including instructions for borrowing and downloading eBooks. If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to see me.
Chenelle Davies
Library Officer (Tue, Wed, Thu)
INTERSCHOOL ATHLELTICS CARNIVAL
On Tuesday and Wednesday last week our year 4 to 7 inter-school team went to Bateman Primary
School to compete in a series of events including, 100m, 200m, 400m, Long Jump, Triple Jump,
Throws and Team Games. Seven other primary schools attended the carnival.
There was a brilliant effort from the whole team and great sportsmanship shown on the day. Thank
you to everyone who participated, and a special thank you to the teachers who gave up their time to
train us and set up for the day.
There were some great individual efforts as well, congratulations to the following students who won
individual mediallions:
Annikka P.
Jack W.
Archie J.
Talia G.
Jasmin P.
Jasmin P.
Room 13
Runner-up Champion, Year 4 Girls
Runner-up Champion, Year 4 Boys
Bronze Medal, Year 4 Boys
Bronze Medal, Year 5 Girls
Runner-up Champion, Year 6 Girls
UNIFORM ORDERS
Year 6 & 7’s Fundraiser
Cake and Cookie Stall
Thurs 20th November (Week 6)
Thurs 4th December (Week 8)
The Year 6’s and 7’s will be selling from their stall next to the
canteen on the dates listed above. The stall will be operating at
recess, lunch and, if stock available, after school.
The money raised will go towards a gift for the school from the 2014
graduation class.
NOTICEBOARD
The following information is displayed on our community
noticeboard which is located on the verandah outside the
front office:
 The Orangutan Project - Lake Monger Walkathon, 30th
November
 CrossFit Kids, Melville - Term 4 programs
 Bright Beginnings, Applecross - Pre-Kindy and Kindy
programs for 2015
 City of Melville - free screening of film “Project Wild
Thing” (3rd December)


Year 6’s & 7’s Cake and Cookie Stall
Master Mind Australia - Year 6-7 January Transition
Program
SCHOOL CODE
Our school is built on trust and respect
for all who dwell here.
Our school is built on loyalty and sincerity,
I will not let it down.
I am proud of what my school achieves,
so while I am here
I will accept any challenges
placed before me.
I will strive to do my best at all times.
I pledge to be honest and trustworthy,
and above all ,
sincere.