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Beaconsfield Primary School
Newsletter
Respect
Honesty
Doing Your Best
Newsletter No: 6
DATES TO REMEMBER:
Staff Development Day
School closed
Friday 29 May
Public Holiday (WA
Day) School Closed
Monday 1 June
Testing Yr 5s Music
Tuesday 2 June 9am
Whole School Assembly
Rooms 7 & 8
Friday 5 June
Indonesian Day
Tuesday 9 June
Rolloways Fundraiser
Valuing Others
Thursday 28 May 2015
News from the Principal
The term is well under way with a great vibe around the school. The newly
formed School Board is working hard on school direction, fete planning is on
track and the P&C are expanding their horizons. Staff, parents and
community members are taking up invitations to join in school activities and
the children are reaping the benefits of all of this hard work. Thank you to
this fantastic community for working together in the best interests of our
children.
At the last assembly, I spoke with our children about one of our core values
as selected by our community, ‘Valuing Others’ and the skills they would need
to develop this. Skills such as listening to others’ opinions, trying to
understand how they might be thinking and feeling and how they might be
CHANGED DATE
Thursday 11 June 6-8 pm able to support that person. As a staff, we have been looking at all the
Ex Student Morning Tea wonderful things that are happening across the school, opportunities that as a
Friday 12 June 9.30am
staff, we are proud that our school offers. This range of opportunities can
Whole School Assembly
only happen through dedicated and passionate individuals and groups of people
Music
backing their passion - parents, community and staff. We truly want these
Friday 19 June
Kindy Open Day
diverse opportunities for our children, to have options available to them.
Friday 19 June 9am
Winter Lightning
Carnival
Thursday 25 June
Full Newsletter
Tue 30 June
Whole School Assembly
Room 1
Friday 3 July
End Term 2 2015
Friday 3 July
EXCURSIONS &
SCHOOL VISITS:
Excursion to Melville
Rms,1,2,4,5(Yr2’s),18
Tuesday 2 June
Choir to Cockburn
Thursday 11 June
Yr 6 Camp
20-22 July
SCHOOL HOURS
8:50am-3:00pm
EVERY DAY
Students are putting together a short film entitled ‘Our School’s a Star’
where we have the opportunity to recognise the wonderful work of many
passionate people and the diverse opportunities they offer our children.
Students involved in this project will be talking to people across the
community to find out what they feel makes our school so special. There are
those who love the Arts - music, dance, visual art; people who promote
mathematics, english, history, science or technology; those with interests in
sports, garden, play or people who are passionate about social development
and collaborative learning opportunities.
I hope you enjoy the newsletter. In this edition, you will see the stories,
achievements, photos and reports from the choir, disco, gardens and Rottnest
to name a few, that have been put together so that you can have an insight
into the wide and wonderful opportunities for your children at Beaconsfield.
We value the work and the people who make this school so special in so many
different ways.
Lisa Gannon Principal
5 Hale Street, Beaconsfield 6162 p: 9430 7055 f: 9430 5086
Beaconsfield Intensive English Centre p: 9335 5806
Rottnest Island Campus 14 Kelly Street, Rottnest Island 6161 p: 9292 5005 f: 9292 5024
e: [email protected]
w: http://beaconsfieldps.wa.edu.au/
Staff Changes
Rolloways IPad Fundraiser
We
farewell Jaime-Lee
Edwardes as she takes
maternity leave and welcome
Claire Grace into the Preprimary while the position is
officially filled.
The Rollaways night out is coming up soon….
When: Thursday the 11 June. 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Where: Rollaways Leisure Centre - 352 South St., O'Connor.
Cost: $14 plus some options for food. Skates provided.
Theme: 80’s or denim – so get out your jeans, leg warmers and
fluoros!
Why: The school is aiming to purchase 2 more IPADS with the
proceeds, to bring the total up to 33. We are ultimately at this
stage, aiming for 8-10 devices per class so every one helps! The
school have also designed this to be a community fun event and
we have the word that there will be several staff members
there!
How: Please look out for the forms over the next week. There
will be a limit of 300 skaters for safety reasons – with parents
and staff also invited to skate. There will be great music and
games on the night .
Special Morning Tea
Celebration-125th
Anniversary Event
As part of our 125th
Anniversary celebrations we
will be holding a very special
morning tea on Friday 12 June
at 9:30am in the staffroom.
This is to welcome those past
students who are keen to share
their stories with us. We will
be "buddying" up past and
current students to create
relationships, share stories and
encourage a deeper level of
awareness and respect of the
history of our school.
Thanks so much to Nikki
Bowyer for getting this all
happening. Nikki has put some
great energy into this year’s
celebrations and we are very
grateful for that. Please see
Melissa Hopkins for more
information about this event.
RECENT EXCURSION
On Thursday, Room 13 with Mrs Blaauw and Miss Hopkins, visited
the Resource Recovery Centre. We saw exactly what happens to
our waste. It certainly made us reflect on being more mindful
about managing our waste better.
Resource Recovery
Centre Morning.
News from around the School
BEACONSFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL
OPEN DAY
There will be an opportunity for all new families for
2016 to visit and find out more about the school prior
to the close of 2016 enrolments. This will start at
9:00am on 20 June at the school assembly. There
will be a tour of the school, information about
curriculum and specialist areas and an opportunity to
meet the Kindy and Pre-primary teachers. There will
be some question and answer time at the end. Please
let anyone who may be considering enrolling at
Beaconsfield know of this opportunity. The open day is
particularly targeted at new Kindy and PP parents but
may be of interest throughout the school. Please keep
in mind that enrolments for Kindy 2016 close 24 July
2015.
2016 ENROLMENTS
We are now accepting enrolments for Kindergarten & Preprimary for 2016.
Application forms for new enrolments are available at the
school
office
or
on
our
website:
www.beaconsfieldps.wa.edu.au - go to ‘Parent Information
then ‘Enrolment Form’.
To accompany your child’s application please bring in:
• your child’s birth certificate,
• proof of residence* (see below)
• official (ACIR) Australian Childhood Immunisation
Register Letter.
Existing Kindergarten parents are required to re-enrol
their child/ren at the office for Pre-primary next year by
signing their original enrolment form again .
*IMPORTANT: All Kindergarten enrolments and Preprimary re-enrolments are required to provide proof of
residence in the form of an electricity bill or gas bill –
council rates notices and water bills are not
acceptable. Places cannot be offered unless there is a
valid proof of residency.
CAN YOU HELP?
We are hoping to lay small pieces of
artificial turf at various places around the
school. If you are a parent who knows about
this, can you contact the school office on
9430 7055 so we can get some advice ?
BEACY CLUBS
Gardening Club - Monday Lunchtime
Maths Club - Tuesday (Yrs 3&4) &
Thursday (Yrs 5&6) @ Lunchtime
Running Club - Monday & Tuesday AM
Choir - Thursday AM
Coding Club - Wednesday @ Lunchtime
Chess Club - Friday @ Lunchtime Room 3
Get involved.
MATHS CLUB
Hi Parents
Did you know that we offer Maths Club on
Tuesday (for years 3&4) and Thursday (for
years 5&6) lunchtime? Your kids can come
come along and work with Mrs Kay and Ms
Declyn on any maths they want support with.
Please encourage your kids to join Maths
club!! They will consolidate their maths skills,
learn new games, investigate maths problems
among other things.
Miss Hopkins
Applications for Kindergarten close Friday 24 July
2015
Thank You
To those parents to helped move
trees in the Kitchen Garden last
weekend. Your help as always, is much
appreciated.
WEEKLY UPDATES
Weekly updates have your ‘need to know’
information at a glance. Emailed weekly.
There will be 1 more newsletter this term:
on 30 June, Week 11.
LOTE News
Dear Parents/Carers,
Our 2015 Indonesian assembly and charitable collection day for our Balinese sister school, SD4 Banyuasri, will
be held on Tuesday, 9 June (Week 8) at 9am. The students of SD4 are in need of art equipment, stationery
and musical instruments. The theme for this year is ‘Sarong Dress Up Day’.
All students from Pre-primary to Year 6 are encouraged to wear a sarong over their full school uniform and to
bring along a gold coin to donate towards SD4 Banyuasri. Please join us for a morning assembly which will
incorporate a short fashion parade. All students who dress up in a sarong are invited to participate in this
parade, then remove their sarongs after the assembly. We will also get to experience some Indonesian culture in
the form of 2 traditional performances. All child(ren) are encouraged to bring in a gold coin to donate even if
they prefer not to dress up on the day.
There will be a special Indonesian canteen menu on the day. Mee Goreng (fried noodles) or Nasi Goreng (fried
rice) and roti kaya (coconut jam toast) will be available to order. Julie Miller and her dedicated helpers are
coming in especially on the day, please support this special canteen menu in celebration of our Indonesian
assembly. See order form below.
If you or anyone you know is travelling to Bali, please consider carrying a few donated items over for the
students of our sister school, SD4 Banyuasri in Singaraja (North Bali). We have 2 ‘Adopt A School’
coordinators in Bali who can pick up the items from your accommodation site and deliver them to SD4. We have
donated items consisting of light paperback books and picture books stored in Room 14 which we have put aside
for the SD4 students. If you have any items at home (preferably clothes and books) in good condition for
children aged 6 – 12 years, feel free to donate them to SD4. Please contact me at
[email protected] or pop in to Room 14 on Tuesday or Thursday for more information.
Thank you for your ongoing support.
Terima Kasih!
Christiana Bain, LOTE (Indonesian) Specialist Teacher
Choir news
SINGFEST REPORT
The Choir sang very well last Thursday at the South Metropolitan "SingFest". Beaconsfield was 3rd on stage,
out of the 7 choirs . There were 5 mass songs and various video clips inserted between each stage
performance. This type of program makes it very difficult to predict the exact time that our children will be on
stage, which is why the information had the start and finish times only for the excursion. Out of our 66
children, almost half were new to the choir this year but even so, all of our children looked impeccable and sang
brilliantly, exactly to plan. The entire program was diverse and most enjoyable.
.
NEXT PERFORMANCE
In week 8, on 11 June, the choir will perform the same package a second time, at the Cockburn/Fremantle Choir
Festival. Correspondence for this will be sent home shortly.
.
REQUEST
Is there a musician/parent out there who would like to assist with choir rehearsals on a regular basis, e.g.
weekly or fortnightly? Choir rehearsals commence at 8:00am and finish at 8:40am every Thursday. Your tasks
may include helping a small groups to learn their singing part or to keep in time with their xylophone
pattern. Please see Mrs Clark if this is your calling.
Kitchen Garden News
PROGRESS
This term is racing by and it is great to see lots of things growing so well in the edible gardens. Plenty of
vegetables are being harvested from the garden and cooked in the kitchen. Students made pumpkin soup last
week made with our very own pumpkins! Students also made cheesy scones which was a perfect meal for a cold
and rainy day. Students from the Kitchen garden program recently helped make a light lunch for a number of
invited guests who had a look at our program.
Term 2 Kitchen Garden sessions have started with students from Ms Freel and Ms McCann's classes. It is
wonderful to see students from these classes planting, measuring, digging and observing out in the garden. In
the kitchen students have been practising their knife skills creating wonderful salads of the imagination as well
as weighing ingredients and making Anzac biscuits. Back in class, students follow up with journal writing and
learning lots of new subject specific vocabulary. Kitchen Garden classes will be on Mondays. Parents are
welcome to sign on for sessions and to come along and join in the fun- see class teachers for available dates.
EARTHWORM WORKSHOP
Last week Senior IEC students had the chance to learn more about earthworms with a visit by Kevin from the
Worm Shed. They have been studying invertebrates in Science this semester. A feature of the workshop was
the chance to make a mini worm farm to take home. Master Gardeners got a VIP session to show them how to
set up a fridge worm farm. Look out for our new fridge worm farm in the outdoor classroom area near the
garden shed. Master Gardeners are now involved in looking after the worm farms along with Ms Freel's class.
Garden production will increase with the addition of our new worm farm and there are plans for them to start
selling worm juice and seedlings at assembly and at our upcoming Fete in October– worm juice, a great natural
fertiliser, will be sold in the under cover area after school Mondays and Tuesdays.
One of the roles of the garden teams is to report on the activities for the day. We have some pictures of the
outdoor classroom area and some of our harvested vegetables from last term up there already. Check for
regular updates on our sustainability blog on the school website:http://beaconsfieldsustainability.weebly.com/
Megan Ewing
FROM THE KITCHEN GARDEN
MORE PHOTOS ROTTNEST
Close Encounters with Birds of Prey - Rottnest Campus
News from around the School
SCHOLASTIC
Thank you to Helen Ramsey our new volunteer for
Scholastic Book Club. We have Scholastic once each
term.
Thank you to our out-going volunteers, Louise McInnes
and Linda Eltherington for their great coordination of
Scholastic over a long time.
Look,Lock,Leave
One of our parents had her car window
smashed and handbag taken during
drop off one morning. Please be
aware of this and take the
necessary steps to help prevent
this happening to you.
Wanted - LCD-LED TVs
Dear Parents,
Mrs. Singh is looking for donations of TV screens to create more
collaborative learning spaces to enhance students’ learning
experiences in the classrooms. The thin LCD and LED screens of any
size that can be wall mounted are appreciated. If you can help us out,
please ring and speak to Mrs. Singh on 9430 7055 or email her on
[email protected]
TERM DATES 2015
Please note there are no Student Free
days on the first day of any term
Term Commences
Finishes
Student Free Days
2
Mon 20 Apr Fri 3 Jul
Week 6 - Fri 29 May
3
Mon 20 Jul
4
Mon 12 Oct Thu 17 Dec Week 4 - Mon 2 Nov
Fri 25 Sep Week 7 - Mon 31 Aug
Did you know? (Tips from: Heart Foundation
Practical ideas for parents and carers)
Helping kids find activities they enjoy is one of
the keys to keeping them active. Dancing, playing
chasey or hopscotch, flying a kite, playing
cricket, netball or footy - it doesn’t matter what
it is, as long as they like it!!
https://www.facebook.com/beaconsfieldps
FIND US ON FACEBOOK
School and Community Notices
BEA C O NS FI EL D
N ETBA L L
CLUB
NE WS
Netball season is well underway and all our teams are
playing brilliantly
.
Our club has 4 teams this year all supported by a
ded ic a te d
gr o u p
of
vo l u nt e er
par e n ts.
Thanks so much to our awesome coaches, umpires, our
uniform organiser, treasurer, secretary and to all the
families-including grandparents that show up each
week with oranges to cheer on our teams. Beacy teams
are looking every better this year with our new
hoodies!!! Enjoy the season and lets hope for more
sunny Saturdays.
SCHOOL BANKING IS STILL ON
Thank you to parents Gillian and Sue who have
volunteered to take over the School Banking
while our coordinator is on holidays.
Useful Contacts @ Beacy
Kindy: 9335 7625 Pre Primary: 9335 4259
Intensive English Centre: 9335 5806
Dental Therapy Centre: 9335 8758
P&C Association email: [email protected]
School Board Email:
[email protected]
Afterschool
care program on
Beaconsfield school site.
Caring, fun environment.
Contact us for more info.
Enquiries: 0435 884 887
www.wanslea.asn.au
[email protected]
P & C News
ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS 2015
UNIFORM NEWS
•
Jumpers are now in stock, all sizes.
•
Navy Polos size 6 are on order and due mid
June.
•
Choir Polos in Sizes 8,10,& 12 are on order &
due mid June
•
SECOND HAND Our second hand rack is full
come a get a jumper, tee shirt , shorts etc for
only $5!
The P & C is running the Entertainment book as a
fundraiser for the school, in 2015.
Every family should have an entertainment book by now.
It was distributed to all family representatives on
Monday.
If you don’t want the book please return it to the office.
If you wish to keep it, purchase it via
www.entbook.com.au/842f20 or complete the order form
you got with the book and return to the school office.
You can buy more than one.
COMMUNITY NOTICES
• Community Notices are now available in more detail
through your school website go to this web address:
http://beaconsfieldps.wa.edu.au/blog/communitynotices-may-2015/- copy and paste the link on the cover
email.
SOUTH FREMANTLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Enrolments for South Fremantle, our local high school,
are now open for parents to enrol their children.
P & C News
Merit Certificates Assembly,
Friday 22 May 2015
Merit Certificates Assembly,
Friday 8 May 2015
Aiden P
Sofia M-R
6
Zinica T-M
4
Lola B
6
Joshlyn S-A
4
Lucy B
PP
Sollya G
4
Seren R
PP
Cormac H
4
Daisy R-D
PP
Jade C
3
Jenesis S-A
2
Elaine F
5
Isagani B
3
Meizhu C
6
Iona H
5
Ross M
5
Rose K
1
Benn N
6
Hannah H
4
Suzanne D
5
Nico P
1
Joey D
3
Mason T
5
Weijie B
5
Alexis P
2
Jonte L F
4
Millie D
6
Rina M
6
Manni H
1
Elizaveta S
1
Daniel F
6
Stella W
4
Jem W
1
Jacob P
2
Jamie E-P
6
Alexander M
3
Isobel M
1
Alex B
1
Gill T
3
Jarrah H
2
Mack D
1
Lena I
2
Bo W
2
1
Wilson H
PP
Sasha C
PP
Georgia B
6
Tadhg B
Natsuko O
4
Violet W
1
Toby H
6
Marcus P
2
Annaliese O
6
LiLi R-W
6
Mark A
5
Kaya C
4
Maryam A
5
Kalani B
5
Polina K
5
Gaylord S
5
Aiden M
5
Great work everyone!!
Get your Worm Wee only
$2! Where? Undercover
Area Mondays and
Tuesdays after school!
Proceeds to
Kitchen Garden.
PP
ASPIRING WRITERS
Congratulations to Millie D, whose review of ”The White Ship” was published in Alphabet
Soup online.
My all time favourite writer is back again with another wonderful story. The White Ship, by
Jackie French, focuses on a story about a religion, friendship, and fairness, but more than
anything, freedom. This book reflects on how we should behave today. The book faces us
with real life challenges that we should handle the right way. Once you start reading this
book, it will become impossible to put the book down.
The story-line of this novel is the desperation of a search for a place to call home. Michel
lives off the coast of France. Rachel lives on an island too, off the coast of Australia. Forced
to flee, with the the threat of murder, Michel and the other children of the Island escape on
the White Ship, in search for a place to call home. As they sail, Michel realises something.
the gentle blue-green waves of the sea are not what they’re sailing on. The White Ship is
sailing on time itself. Through countless dreams, Rachel and Michel uncover a special bond,
friendship. Over time, the bond becomes stronger; so strong that it could convince the
White Ship to come ashore, and live in Australia. After all, Australia is a free country, right?
As you can guess, Michel and the other children and crew of the White Ship are refugees.
But they are not the only refugees seeking a home in Australia. In fact, a couple of thousand
refugees come into Australia every year! With numbers like these, the Australian
government sends the refugees to detention camps, where they are kept, until they’re dealt
with. After a long and tough journey, like Michel’s, the refugees deserve a better greeting.
This book makes us realise this in such a way, it feels like you’re in the situation.
Rachel is definitely not a city person. Although Rachel boards at Sydney, she isn’t sucked into
the latest technology. She can’t wait to get home, to the island, full of nature. People
shouldn’t be so addicted to technology these days, but be addicted to nature. Michel lives on
an island, and cares for his family more than anything. People, today, should care a lot more
about other things.
What makes this book so special is its unique features. Out of all the books I’ve ever read,
there has never been a plot as creative and imaginative as in this novel. Jackie French uses
her stunning ability to describe scenes and events throughout the story. It is amazing how
the words of the story created pictures in your mind as you read this thrilling book. It really
feels like you’re there. Another unique feature of this book is the way Jackie French wrote;
she has written the story from different views. Sometimes the way the characters say
things, it can be hard to understand what they mean, but after a while you will get the hang
of things. If you don’t, the other qualities of this book will make up for it!
I would recommend The White Ship for ages 10+, or people who can deal with emotions and
death. The genre would be drama, and maybe some murder, adventure and mystery, too. This
novel is definitely an award winning book.
This is Millie’s first book review for Alphabet Soup.