Beeliar Bulletin
Principal: Pam Pollard
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24 March 2015
For Your Calendar
Wednesday 25 March
 Toddler Tales 9.00am
Library
Thursday 26 March
 Assembly TA9
Friday 27 March
 Beeliar Beginnings
Wednesday 1 April
 Lakeland Senior High
School’s Music Spectacular
Thursday 2 April
 Free Dress Day
 Last Day of Term 1
Tuesday 21 April
 First Day Term 2 for
students
ANZAC DAY
SERVICE
Friday 24 April
9.15am in the covered
assembly area.
All families are welcome.
Uniform shop
Uniform winter pre order please return to the front
office by April 3 2015
Attachments
 School Banking
 Uniform Winter pre order form
 NAPLAN ( Years 3 & 5)
86 The Grange, BEELIAR WA
Canteen: 9437 6594
LDC: 9437 5905
Website: beeliarps.wa.edu.au
From the Principal
Dear Parents and Carers
On the Parent Information Night a number of parents approached the school about soap
dispensers in the Year 1-6 toilets. We have found that having soap in the toilets can create
some dangerous situations for the students, for example when the soap is dropped on the
floor etc.
As an alternative to soap, the school is providing bottles of sanitiser to each classroom.
Children will be encouraged to wash their hands with water and then use the sanitiser as
they re-enter their classroom. This practice will commence on Monday 16 March. In
addition, teachers are happy for children to keep wet wipes or their own sanitiser in their
tray or school bag for personal use.
NAPLAN
This year NAPLAN tests in the areas of Reading, Writing, Language Conventions (Spelling,
Grammar and Punctuation) and Numeracy will be conducted in Week 4 of Term 2 for all
students in Years 3 and 5. Further details of the testing can be found in the pamphlet for
the parents of Year 3 and 5 students that is accompanying this newsletter. I encourage
you to read the information carefully so that together we can support the students with
these tests.
Australian Curriculum
Over the past four years schools and teachers across Australia have been becoming
familiar with a new national curriculum in English, mathematics, science and history. It is
the first time that all states and territories have worked from the same curriculum. Most of
the English, mathematics and science is similar to what we have been doing while history is
quite different as it has not been a discrete learning area for a long time. Over the next four
newsletters we will publish a little about each of these learning areas for you.
At the end of Semester One we will report against these areas using the Australian
Standards. I will explain closer to the reports going home what this means in terms of the
reports.
You can be very proud of the teachers at Beeliar Primary School in how they have taken on
the new national curriculum. It has been a lot of work for them but they have engaged in
learning the new curriculum with open minds and a lot of effort. The school has done such
a great job that we have been helping other teachers across the state with the
implementation of the English curriculum.
School Attendance
Over the last year or so, there have been articles published on school attendance. Many
focus on the importance of regular attendance during the terms and express concerns
about the number of families who were withdrawing children for holidays during school
terms. Students do have their learning programs disrupted through non-attendance and it
does make a difference to their learning if they miss any schooling. Every minute of
instructional time counts and we would urge all families to please reconsider taking children
out of school for holidays during school term time.
Lakeland Senior High School Students (LSHS)
Beeliar Primary School works very closely with Lakelands SHS to sustain the great
relationship we have built between both our schools. Many past students return to our
school to assist our students in a variety of activities. This year we welcome three students
from LSHS as they complete their work placements at our school every Thursday.
We welcome Mitchell Parmenter (past student) who will be working with Adam Batt in the
Physical Education program, Sarah Jane Bennet, who will be working in Kindergarten, TA
19 and Hannah Barkell who will be working in Year 6, TA 16. It is great to have these
students in our school spending time with our students.
Shining our spotlight on…...
SUMMER CARNIVAL
Last Friday, Beeliar Primary School participated in the first interschool event in our new Cockburn Central School
Sports Association. We entered five teams; two for basketball and one each for volleyball, cricket and tee-ball.
We trained for six solid weeks during our Senior Sport sessions but the students gave up many of their lunches and
recesses to fit in some extra practice. Beeliar competed extremely well all day and in all sports. The tee-ball and
volleyball teams had a hard slog but did not stop trying all day long. Special mentions go to Eli, Jack and Alexander
and also to Georgia, Paris and Joanna for the volleyball. Big thanks for the support of Miss Gaspar and Miss
Kaman for guiding these two teams.
Cricket managed to square their ledger for the day at 2 and 2. They did have some fierce
competition for the day in Yangebup and Aubin Grove. Some notable performers were both
Billy's, Jordan and Kurt. Thanks to Mr Gillett for organising our team for the day.
Talk about saving the best till last. Our basketball
teams finished both first and second on the day.
They were just incredible and competed like
superstars all day. Even though they all worked
admirably as teams, the names that spring to mind as great team
players and passers of the ball were Matt, Jesse, Michael R,
Ryan, Abbie and Dylan L. I would like to thank Mrs Lynden and
Mr Anderton for their support on the day in ensuring our teams
were well managed.
Overall, it was a great start for us and we walked out of it with
some huge success stories and not just from our wins. We grew
so much as a school and as a tightknit interschool team. We are
thoroughly looking forward to both the cross country and the
winter carnival in Term 2.
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM AT BEELIAR PRIMARY SCHOOL
Australian Curriculum: The Australian Curriculum is a national curriculum for schools in
all states and territories of Australia, from Kindergarten to Year 12, and is currently
being developed by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority.
Beeliar, like all Western Australian schools, has been implementing the Australian
Curriculum for English, Mathematics, Science and History for a number of years. This year, all schools will
be reporting against the Australian Curriculum rather than the Western Australian Curriculum as has
been past practice. This will include our Pre-primary classes.
English: The English curriculum K-12 is designed to foster and create confident communicators, imaginative thinkers and informed citizens. The curriculum is aimed at helping young people develop the
knowledge and skills needed to achieve success in their learning journey as they move through their
school years. In many instances English activities will be integrated with many other learning areas to engage students imaginatively and critically. Although the curriculum is divided into Language, Literacy and
Literature, student achievement will continue to be reported against the modes of reading
and viewing, writing, speaking and listening.
All teachers work closely with their teaching partners to deliver a balanced comprehensive
curriculum. Parents are very welcome to come and chat about the changes to the curriculum and the impact on planning, programming and teaching.
I felt good because we did a very
good job at doing our assembly.
We practiced very hard.
Ngaro
I think the class went really good and
Kaylee and Greer played their parts
well. Kaylee was Mean Jean and Greer
was Katie Sue.
I think that we were very good at it
Nathan
because we listened very carefully.
Greer
Our play was adapted from a book called “Mean Jean the Recess Queen”.
Mean Jean was a really mean person, played by Kaylee. She then met Katie
Sue, played by Greer and they became friends. At the end of the play Mean
Jean was no longer mean because Katie Sue showed her how to be kind.
Merit Certificate Recipients
Harloh
TA8
Jack
TA13
Ella
TA13
Lara
TA12
Madison
TA12
Zac
TA9
Morrison
TA9
Emmalyne
TA16
Phillip
TA16
Charlie
TA15
Debbie
TA15
Zhai
TA11
Riley
TA11
Taylor
TA23
Bella
TA23
Kirra
TA5
Arman
TA5
Douglas
TA1
Keira
TA1
Zaylah
TA22
TA20
Jordana
TA20
Sarah
TA2
Mikayla
TA2
Levi
TA3
Tura
TA18
Samuel
TA4
Georgia
TA6
Billy
TA6
Zachary
TA7
Lucas
TA21
Elise
TA21
Jemima
Virtue of the Month
Think about what
GRATITUDE means to
you. What are you
grateful for? Design a
poster that we can
use to promote the
virtue of gratitude.
Posters can be given
to Mrs Gasmier in TA
16 or put in the poster
box in the front office. Please have all
posters
in
by
WEDNESDAY 1 APRIL.
Gratitude unlocks the
fullness of life. It turns
what we have into
enough, and more. It
turns denial into
acceptance, chaos to
order, confusion to
clarity. It can turn a
meal into a feast, a house
into a home, a stranger
into a friend.
Melody Beattie
GRATITUDE
April is a special month this year as
it is the 100 year anniversary of the
ANZAC landing at Gallipoli. The
ANZAC spirit is an important part of
our Australian culture. It embodies
mateship, courage, respect and
honour: all of the virtues that we
believe in at Beeliar.
So for April this year our virtue is
GRATITUDE. As a school we are
grateful for our history, and grateful
for the country we live in, its
freedom, its beauty, and its
opportunities.
So think about what gratitude
means to you. What are you
grateful for? Design a poster that
we can use to promote the virtue
of gratitude.
Sarah Gasmier
Stand Tall Coordinator
LSHS Schools Music Spectacular (formerly Evening on the Green)
The Schools Music Spectacular is scheduled for Wednesday 1 April at the Mt Pleasant Baptist Community College.
Tickets are $5.00 and still available from the front offices of LSHS or Beeliar Primary School. All are welcome to attend. It
really is a great night out. Please note: There are no door sales.
From the P&C...
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK
YOU!
As you may be aware, our fantastic Canteen Manager Michelle is leaving to try her hand at gardening. Michelle has been with us for four years and
helped with two fetes, heaps of discos and all things P&C.
Michelle, the P&C will forever be in your debt. You’ve turned the canteen around and made it a vibrant, exciting and welcoming place for students,
parents and teachers. Your “can-do” and “will-do” attitude is amazing. Nothing has been too much trouble.
We are going to miss you Michelle. It’s been great having you on the P&C’s team and we take comfort knowing you won’t be far away .
So students, parents and teachers please pop past the canteen Tuesday, Thursday or Friday and give Michelle a big thank you and cheerio as she
finishes up this term.
NEW CANTEEN MANAGER
And as one Manager leaves we have another excited Manager eager to work with us and our beautiful community at Beeliar Primary School. Please
welcome Rosie Johnson, as our new manager. You will see Rosie around the canteen in these last two weeks of school. Please come and say hello
and make her feel welcome. Rosie comes to us with a chef background and we look forward to what she will bring to our awesome canteen.
CAR PARK RAFFLE
Don’t forget to have your raffle form into the front office by 3pm Wednesday for your chance to win the car park raffle. The raffle will be drawn at
the assembly on Thursday. Good luck to everyone who has entered.
EASTER RAFFLE
Don’t forget colouring in sheets are due too by 3pm Wednesday 25th March. Prizes have been kindly donated by Darren King from Gateway
Residential.
BANKING
The Commonwealth Bank Representative will be coming to school on Thursday 26 th March to sign up any new accounts. If you have been waiting to
join school banking then Thursday 26th is your opportunity to do so. She will be here before and after assembly to sign you up. She will also be
bringing a friend so stop past and say hi! See the flyer attached to this newsletter.
SAVE THE DATES!
Here are the upcoming P&C events. Mark them in your diary now so you don’t miss out .
TERM 1
Easter Colouring in Raffle Due: Wednesday 25th March
Drawn: Thursday 26th March
Due: Wednesday 25th March
Drawn: Thursday 26th March
Car Park Raffle
TERM 2
Mother’s Day Stall, Car Park Raffle for Term 3, Disco and Quiz night on 22/5/15.
Next P&C Meeting
Tuesday 12 May at 7pm in the Staff Room. All Welcome.
P&C: www.facebook.com/pncbeeliar
ECU Practicum students - Welcome To Beeliar Primary School
We continue the strong partnership that we
have established with Edith Curtin
University by inviting their students into our
school to develop their skills and learn their
craft from our fabulous teachers. You will be
seeing the students from ECU throughout
the year in many of our classrooms.
TA
TA8
TA7
TA6
Kindy B
Kindy A
STUDENT
Sarah Fyfe
Rebecca Lord
Shannon McGuire
Lachlan Chapman
TA
TA20
TA1
STUDENT
Tess Hickman
Alexandra Sakalidis
TA14
Natasha Raman
Beth Smith
Tegan Dickson
Tracy Allen
Lauren Ebert-Day
TA16
Bianca Sangali