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Newsletter No: 9 Friday, 26th June 2015

S:/209 Publications

Hardy Street, Bull Creek WA 6149

Tel : 9332 3244 : Fax : 9310 7578 : Email : bullcreek.ps@education.wa.edu.au

Web Address : www.bullcreekps.wa.edu.au

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BULL CREEK PRIMARY SCHOOL

Banksia 6 & Wattle 5 Buddy Bugs

This term Banksia 6 and Wattle 5 have been collaborating to build a range of bugs made from recycled materials. Our task was to invent an imaginary bug, then design and create the bug together with our buddies. When we had finished, we reviewed and appraised our creations. Here are some comments about our bug making process:

During Term 2 we made bugs with our buddies. Our bug is called Lizoctid. We really enjoyed making the antennas by twirling pipe cleaners. We really like our bug and think it is very good. Ben, Ain and Dominiqua

Anabelle and Leona made a bug called “A Lovely Lady”. It is a lady bug with love hearts instead of dots and has a big pink tail and six legs. We also have red eyes and it‟s covered in glitter. And overall we had fun.

Our bug is called „Mixed Up Butterfly‟. We like our bug because it is very colourful. We enjoyed the time we spent making our bug. Kelly, Alice and Yuri

Tom is fun, generous and exciting, we enjoyed playing around and testing new things. I think we could have improved by putting more colour on it. Tom, Kai and Tony

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Bull Creek Primary School

From the Principal’s Desk

B6 Assembly Item

Well done to our B6 students for last Friday’s assembly item - it was certainly a

performance with more “twists and turns” than an Agatha Christie novel. It was a

modernised version of Cinderella. It did not have the pumpkin, the golden carriage and

the mice etc. However, there was an unexpected visit by “Darth Vader”. The plot of this

item was not easy to predict - but all the same entertaining. Thank you to Mr Tisdale, Ms

Sumastra and Mrs Reid for assisting the children with their performance.

Semester One Reports

Semester one reports will be sent home on Thursday 2nd July. If anyone wishes to have an

interview with their child’s teacher regarding progress please arrange this with the teacher,

through the school office or myself.

Mr Dancer Retires!

Mr Eric Dancer took the remainder of his Long Service Leave and retired on Friday 19th June.

Mr Dancer has very capably and conscientiously taught at Bull Creek Primary School for the

past twenty three years. Mr Dancer will attend our Assembly on Friday 3rd July. He will join

the staff at our normal morning tea time and we will have a brief farewell function. Mr Dancer,

thank you and well done!

Lost Property Galore

Yesterday we located several tracksuit tops, hats etc from our Lost Property Baskets - these had names

on - thank goodness! However, there are still 75 lost property items in our Lost Property Baskets. How

can so many articles of clothing be lost? The correct answer is, “Easily, it happens every year!” So

parents, please have a good look through the baskets if you know that some family uniform gear might

be in them.

End of Term 2 - Start of Term 3

The final day of Term 2 is this Friday 3rd July. School for the children commences on Tuesday 21st

July. Monday 20th July will be a School Development Day and children will not attend on this day. On

our school Development Day, our teachers will meet with other teachers from Riverton, Shelley,

Rossmoyne, Oberthur and Bateman Primary Schools to discuss standards and reporting requirements in

the English Learning Area. Our Year 6 teachers will work with Year 7 and 8 teachers at Rossmoyne

Senior High School. Curriculum and reporting requirements change regularly so this will be a good

opportunity to “clarify” various aspects of recent curriculum changes.

Have a Wonderful Holiday

After speaking with several children and parents I know that some families will be going overseas to

visit friends and relations; others to the eastern states; others holidaying within Western Australia; and,

others (like myself) enjoying some time with family and friends in and around

Perth.

To everyone have a restful and pleasant holiday break. Enjoy!!!

Tim Cremin

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FACTION CROSS COUNTRY CARNIVAL

What a fantastic day yesterday was! The Carnival went very smoothly with many

children earning valuable points for their factions. The weather was great and

thank you also to the P&C for making morning tea available. Thank you also to

Mr Boyes for organising the Carnival - a lot of preparation goes on behind the

scenes with Carnival planning - well done Mr Boyes!

The details of the carnival are as follows:

The Faction points tally resulted in Green faction winning with 206 points

followed by Blue 204, Red 200 and Gold 160.

Congratulations to the following students :

Yr 1 1st Place Boy Thomas (Green) Yr 1 1st Place Girl Heidi (Gold)

Yr 1 2nd Place Boy Zi Ming (Green) Yr 1 2nd Place Girl (Green)

Yr 1 3rd Place Boy Henry (Green) Yr 1 3rd Place Girl Millie (Green)

Yr 2 1st Place Boy Angus (Gold) Yr 2 1st Place Girl Zoe (Gold)

Yr 2 2nd Place Boy Daniel (Blue) Yr 2 2nd Place Girl Anney (Blue)

Yr 2 3rd Place Boy Riley (Red) Yr 2 3rd Place Girl Genevieve (Blue)

Yr 3 1st Place Boy (Blue) Yr 3 1st Place Girl Izzy (Blue)

Yr 3 2nd Place Boy Zane (Gold) Yr 3 2nd Place Girl Erika (Blue)

Yr 3 3rd Place Boy Zachary (Green) Yr 3 3rd Place Girl Olivia (Red)

Yr 4 1st Place Boy Kirby (Red) Yr 4 1st Place Girl (Gold)

Yr 4 2nd Place Boy Jacob (Blue) Yr 4 2nd Place Girl Miriam (Red)

Yr 4 3rd Place Boy Kynan (Green) Yr 4 3rd Place Girl Kate (Green)

Yr 5 1st Place Boy Connor (Red) Yr 5 1st Place Girl Ainslee (Red)

Yr 5 2nd Place Boy Angus (Blue) Yr 5 2nd Place Girl (Gold)

Yr 5 3rd Place Boy (Blue) Yr 5 3rd Place Girl Dominiqua (Green)

Yr 6 1st Place Boy Connor (Green) Yr 6 1st Place Girl Emelia (Red)

Yr 6 2nd Place Boy Arthur (Green) Yr 6 2nd Place Girl Yena (Gold)

Yr 6 3rd Place Boy Renneth (Red) Yr 6 3rd Place Girl (Green)

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BULL CREEK PRIMARY SCHOOL

Thanks LJ Hooker Leeming,

Leeming Forum Shopping Centre

Farrington Road, Leeming

Tel: 9332 4000

For their sponsorship of 4 Paper Recycling Bins!

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

MON 29 JUNE

TUE 30 JUNE

Winter Carnival

WED 1 JULY

THU 2 JULY

FRI 3 JULY

Assembly - W5

Last Day of Term!

MON 20 JULY

School

Development Day

(Students do not

attend on this day)

TUE 21 JULY

First day of Term

3 for students!

WED 22 JULY

THU 23 JULY

FRI 24 JULY

Bull Creek’s Got

Talent

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P & C NEWS FLASH

FIVE CENT FRIDAY Thank you so much to everyone who collected and

brought in five cent coins for five cent Friday. Congratulations to B6 who

collected the most coins, 2182. Throughout the school we collected 17343

coins, for a total of $867.15. Well done everyone! These funds will go towards

the purchase of iPads for all the school to use.

SCHOOLS WISH LIST This week is the last week to collect vouchers

from The Weekend West for the Schools Wish List competition. On

Saturday June 13, 20 and 27, an entry coupon will appear in The

Weekend West. Keep collecting coupons from your friends and family and don’t forget to

bring them to school on Monday! So, buy the Weekend West and help our school win a

share of the money!

UNIFORM SHOP Come and check out our winter range at the Uniform Shop. We also

have selected skirts and shorts for the bargain price of only $5! Open on Tuesday

mornings from 8.30am until 9.15am next to the canteen.

ENTERTAINMENT BOOK The Entertainment Book is now available. It

is full of fun and exciting things to do during the school holidays. Use the

link https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/860z42 to order

your book or digital membership for your smart phone or tablet. Remember, if you don’t

enjoy your digital membership for any reason, the Entertainment Book will swap it for a

book, no questions asked. See our Facebook page for more details.

The next P & C Meeting will be on MONDAY 3rd AUGUST at 7pm in the school library. If

you would like to contact any of the committee, please email us at

bcpspandc@outlook.com or send us a message on our Facebook page - Bull Creek

Primary School P & C www.facebook.com/BullCreekPrimarySchoolPC

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P & C NEWS FLASH

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