Newsletter Issue 10: 13 June 2019 SMS Absences to: 0418 928 939

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK

Dear Parents, Carers and Community Members

Next week, nine students aged 6-9 years old, from the International School in Bangladesh will be visiting Bannister Creek Primary School. The students will be joining Years 1 to 5 classes for 3 hours a day. They will be allocated a class buddy so they can participate in normal lessons. The aim of this program is to bridge the cultural gap and give students from Bangladesh and BCPS understanding and insight into the life of a child their age from another school system and country. This is an exciting initiative and great opportunity to welcome visitors to our school, promoting the strength of our inclusive, multi-cultural community.

Kindy and Pre-Primary Morning Supervision of Students Students should not arrive at school before 8:15am. Kindergarten and Pre-Primary classrooms are opened at 8:30am and parents are encouraged to assist children to settle in to class and participate in some morning games and activities. Children who arrive between 8:15 to 8:30am can stay in the Early Childhood (EC) area under parent supervision or move to the internal area of the school around the Library where skipping or hula hoop activities are set up and teacher supervision is provided. Parents choosing to stay in the EC area must ensure they are vigilant and maintain duty of care of their children.

End of School Day - Years 1 to 6 Students

At the end of the school day, children in Years 1 to 6 should leave the school grounds promptly to make their way home, or, meet parents at pre-arranged collection points. If students are to be collected from classrooms, they must sit and wait on the seats outside classrooms until their parents arrive. Some families are choosing to stay and supervise their children playing on school playground equipment. The school does not provide supervision of children after school hours, so parents must supervise their children closely. The school gates will be locked at 4:00pm.

Moort Boodja Vandalism We are proud of our school. As a school community, students, staff, parents and community members work together in promoting sustainability initiatives and developing our school grounds. In the past 4 years ,we have put a lot of time and resources into landscaping our bush outdoor classroom, Moort Boodja. Early this week students were heartbroken to find plants that they planted and cared for over time, have been pulled-up or destroyed. This senseless damage is upsetting for everyone who is working hard to develop this area. If you have any information on the vandalism, please contact the school office. I urge everyone to keep watch over our school after school hours and report to Ed Security on 9264 4771, if you see suspicious activity. Kind Regards

Lyn Macauley PRINCIPAL

Telephone: 9350 9588 Facsimile: 9458 2058 Email: bannistercreek.ps@education.wa.edu.au

COMING EVENTS

Monday, 17 June School Board Meeting: 3:15pm

Tuesday, 18 June Panda’s Picnic Excursion - Room T4

Wednesday, 19 June Assembly hosted by Room 17

Thursday, 20 June Faction Cross Country Last Treasure Hunter’s session for Term 2 BYOD Parent Workshop: 6:00-7:00pm

Monday, 24 June Scitech Excursion - Year 1 students

Wednesday, 26 June Interschool Winter Carnival

Tuesday, 2 July Semester 1 Reports sent home via email

Wednesday 3 July Assembly hosted by Room 13 NAIDOC Activity Day

Friday, 5 July End of Term 2

STUDENT COUNCILLOR CHARITY FUNDRAISER

Friday 28th June 2019

Hero/Celebrity Dress-Up day

Gold coin donation to support Ronald McDonald House, Perth

Ronald McDonald House provides many services to seriously ill children who are in hospital and their families.

They provide accommodation for families near the hospital, family holiday retreats and one-on-one learning programs for children to catch-up on missed education.

Please support them by donating a gold coin to join in the fun and dress-up as your favourite super hero or celebrity.

NETBALL - PLEASE HELP

We are looking for a parent who is available on Friday afternoons, 1:35 to 2:45pm, to help coach our Year 5 netball teams and to come to our Winter Carnival on Wednesday 26

th June. If you able to help, please see Mrs

Rowlands or let the office know.

FROM THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL’S DESK

Our New Sustainability Partnership with Greenbatch

Greenbatch is a Foundation that is working towards building Western Australia's first plastic recycling facility to prevent hard plastic waste going into landfill and the oceans. Their goal is to end plastic waste pollution. They partner with schools, such as Bannister Creek, to encourage the recycling of PET plastic bottles (water, milk, juice, soft drink etc. bottles).

Greenbatch has provided us with a free wheelie bin to collect used PET bottles. Once our bin is full, they will collect it and reprocess the plastic into 3D printer filament.

You can support our sustainability initiatives by placing your, rinsed, PET bottles in the purple and green wheelie bin located near the school library.

Howard Christie Deputy Principal

The 2019 Faction Cross Country will be held on: Thursday 20

th June.

All students in Years 1 to 6 will run in the Cross Country event. Students will need to wear their faction shirts and appropriate running shoes. They will also need a hat and water bottle for the event.

Parents and families are very welcome to attend and cheer on our runners.

Please refer to the adjacent timetable for the schedule. The schedule reflects approximate times only. Each year group will commence their run as the previous group completes theirs.

FACTION CROSS COUNTRY

Time

12:00pm Early Lunch all Year 1 to Year 6 students.

12:35pm Students assemble on Purley Park

Time Year Length 12:45pm Year 3 700m 12:55pm Year 2 700m 1:05pm Year 1 700m 1:20pm Year 4 1500m 1:40pm Year 5 1500m 2:00pm Year 6 2000m

FROM THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL’S DESK

BYOD Program Parent Information Session

Parents are invited to attend an information and sharing session on the exciting progress of our BYOD program that is currently running with our Year 3 and 4 students.

This will be an opportunity for you to hear about, see and have a go at many of the innovative and engaging uses of the iPads in the classrooms. The session will be run by teachers and curriculum leaders with a focus on showing how students use the devices for creation over consumption of content.

Please use the link below to register a place at this session. Our first session earlier in the year filled quickly, so make sure you don’t miss out on this opportunity.

https://www.trybooking.com/BDGZI

Travis Miller Deputy Principal

SPLASH OF COLOUR ART PROGRAM

Splash of Colour is a Water Corporation Initiative that was launched in 2017. The program aims to turn small Water Corporation assets such as pump stations and electrical cabinets into works of public art.

Last year, we expressed interest in becoming involved in the program and have just received the exciting news, that due to BCPS being such an active Waterwise school, we have been allocated a project. An Aboriginal artist will work with one of our classes to design artwork which will be painted on pump station boxes installed on Purley Park. Miss Hurae will liaise with the artist and incorporate the design work into her specialist art classes.

This is a great opportunity for our students to be involved in a local community art project that links in with our sustainability and water conservation focus.

Children born between 1st

July 2015 and 30th

June 2016 are now eligible to enrol for Kindergarten 2020.

Children born between 1st

July 2014 and 30th

June 2015, are now eligible to enrol for Pre-Primary 2020.

Applications are available from the Front Office and must be returned by the close of business 26th

July 2019. Bannister Creek Primary School is a ‘Local Intake Area’ school, which means that applications from families who live within the intake area will be given priority.

If you have friends or neighbours who live in the Lynwood/Ferndale area with eligible children, please advise them that the application period is now open.

We are also accepting enrolments for students in Years 1 to 6, please contact the Front Office for an application.

KINDERGARTEN / PRE-PRIMARY ENROLMENTS 2020

2020 YEAR 7 ENROLMENTS

Attention all Parents/Guardians of students who will be in Year 7 in 2020.

Lynwood SHS is now taking enrolments for students that live in the Lynwood SHS catchment area. Please submit your Application to Enrol forms now.

For specialist program and general enrolment information, please call Enrolment Officer, Sonia Nesa, on 9354 0645.

SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

Our next assembly will be held on Wednesday 19th

June in the Undercover Area, commencing at 8:45am.

This assembly will be hosted by the students in Room 17.

AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS COMPETITION

The Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) has been held annually since 1978. It is one of the largest annual events on the Australian education calendar and is one of the largest competitions of its kind in the world. More than 30 countries participate every year.

The competition is accessible to all students from Years 3 to 6, not just the academically gifted. The competition has an emphasis on problem solving, a valuable life skill, and the questions are designed to be fun.

Our students are invited to enter the competition, which will be held on Thursday 1st August 2019. Detailed information

and entry forms have been sent home to all students in Years 3 to 6.

If your child would like to participate, please return the completed entry form and fee to the school office.

Cassandra Stewart, Mathematics Curriculum Leader

ROOM 13

As a reward for the Year 3 students in Room 13, who recently completed NAPLAN, we had a game of “A Minute to Win It”. Students participated in a variety of games to try and complete the challenge in under a minute. Students enjoyed taking part, timing and judging to ensure it was fair for all. I think they would agree that it was a very fun activity.

COMMUNICATION REMINDER

NOTES: We frequently send home notes with important information for families, however the children do not always remember to give these notes to their parents. Please check your child’s bag on a daily basis to make sure you do not miss out on important information.

EXCURSIONS/INCURSIONS: Please be aware that students cannot participate in an excursion or incursion without payment and a signed permission note. All permission notes and payments must be returned to the school office by the advised due date, we are no longer able to accept payments on the day of the event. Students who have not returned a permission form and payment, will be unable to participate. Payment plans are available if required, please speak with the front office staff.

SEESAW: Every class in the school has access to Seesaw. Seesaw is a digital portfolio that every classroom uses to keep parents connected with their child’s class. Every students’ family was issued with an access code, if yours has been misplaced, please see your class teacher.

ROOM 8 RECOUNTS - BANNISTER CREEK EXCURSION

At the Bannister Creek – by Yena We went to Bannister Creek. I was in Christine’s Grandma’s group. We went on Friday the 24

th May.

We went because it is fun. We went to the bridge. We went on a Spotto walk. We went drawing a plant or animal. I was so happy.

The Excursion – by Yong

On Friday 24th May, Room 8, 9 and T1 had an excursion to the creek.

On the excursion we were in groups. One of my friends was in my group. We looked at the creek and there was a yabby in the creek, then we did the Spotto walk. Then we played at the playground. We also drew, then we had lunch.

Bannister Creek Park! - by Riley

On Friday we went to the creek. First we walked to the creek and did our Spotto walk. Next we walked on the walking bridge and saw some duckies and an exoskeleton of a dead yabby. Then it was recess, but I had no food! Next we had another walk for one hour and it was lunch! My lunch order was yummy; it was chicken nuggets! Finally, we had a play on the playground and we also went back to school. I felt tired and sleepy and hungry.

The Trip to the Creek – by Chelsea

On May 24th Friday Room 8 went to

the creek and we saw a duck and it was cute. Then we went to the bridge and did drawing on what we could see. After we played on the playground. It was my favourite part of the excursion. I loved the flying fox the best.

The Excursion – by Cooper

On Friday Room 8, 9 and T1 went to the creek. We went to draw. We went to the bridge. We saw a yabby skin. I saw a snake sign. I felt good.

At Bannister Creek – by Catherine

On Friday, we went to Bannister Creek. We walked with our bags. We went with Ms Addison, Mrs Steed, Mrs Gina and some parents. We went for a little walk, then we went to a bridge to draw something. We came back to the school to have recess, then we went back to the creek and we did the Spotto. After that we played at the playground for not that long. Then we drew a plant or an animal. I drew a bird flying to their nest. We went back to school to have lunch. I felt tired and happy.

This is Your Day! – by Christine

On May 24th, Friday, Room 8 went to the creek to learn

history. Room 8 and I went to the creek. We had a break and did a word search. I didn’t get words, but Dylan did get words. It was a happy day. I wish we could do it again so we can do it again another day. It was the best day ever!

The Walk to Bannister Creek – by Haylea

On Friday 24th May we had an excursion. It was called

Bannister Creek. We went with Mrs Gina, Mrs Steed, Ms Addison, Mrs Holliway, Mrs Taylor and Room 8. Mrs Steed put us into groups. I was in Mrs Holliway’s group. There was Chase, Kenji, Jerry and Lasem. First we walked to the creek and we took out our worksheet. I had to take so long to do it and then it was time for recess, so we went back to class and we had a break. We finished having our break, then we went back to Bannister Creek. We did the Spotto and then we did some writing. After that we had a little play time. We saw the year threes coming to visit Bannister Creek, when Ms Addison said that is the time, so we went off. Ms Addison said, “Let’s go back to the bridge,” and we did. We drew a picture of our favourite animal. I drew a duck, then it was time to go back to class. We walked a long time, then when we got back to class we had to finish our work. I finished all my work.

Bannister Creek – by Jason

On Friday we walked to Bannister Creek. It took about ten minutes to get there. All the year twos went and teachers went. We went there to discover things. First we went to a bridge and did a drawing sheet of the river. Then we went back to have recess and came back. Finally, we did a Spotto sheet. We went for a walk around the creek and ticked off things then had lunch. After lunch we had art. I felt happy that we had a long walk at Bannister Creek.

The Excursion – by Chase

My mum, Dylan’s mum (Ms Hopkins) and Christine’s grandma (Ms Taylor) went with us to the creek and I looked at the duck. We went back to eat. Next I went to the playground and I had fun so much! It was so much fun!

Entertainment Books: Entertainment books have recently been sent home for you to have a look and decide if you want to buy one. Please note the following:

If you do not want the book, please return it to the school office as soon as possible. If you decide to purchase the book, please return the form and payment. If you decide to purchase the digital version, please return the book, order form and payment.

If you have any questions please email us (details below).

Pony Tails: A note will be sent home shortly regarding our ‘Pony Tails’ promotion – just in time for the school carnival, you can buy a pack of faction support merchandise or new Bannister Creek School coloured hair accessories and ribbons/bows.

Father’s Day Stall: Father’s Day will be upon us sooner than you think, if you have anything you can donate to support our Father’s Day raffle and stall, due to be held on Thursday 29

th August, then please keep in mind that we will be

asking for donations soon. Every little bit of support from the school community is GREATLY APPRECIATED!

Sausage Sizzle: The Year 6 Graduation Committee are holding a fundraising sausage sizzle on Saturday 8th

September at Bunnings Cannington. If you are able to help, please let us know, or if you just want to support BCPS, then drop in for a bite to eat! The Graduation Committee with also be running the sausage sizzle and cake stalls at the School’s Faction Carnival, pre-order forms will be distributed next term. Our canteen will still be open with drinks, the usual yummies and our coffee machine!

Community Fete: If anyone is keen to help with a big ‘Happy Holidays Cultural Community Fete’ event towards the end of the year, please let me know as we are putting a committee together and the more, the merrier! The goal is to start raising money to put a cover over the basketball courts so that our children have somewhere else to play sport and exercise when the Undercover Area is being used during both the hot months and the wet months. This would be a huge advantage to our school and potentially an asset that the local community could use as well!

P&C Meeting: The P&C morning tea meeting was a huge success and we welcomed many new members to our friendly group. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 6

th August, commencing at 9:00am in the staff room. Once

again we welcome everyone to join us, please bring a plate to share. The meetings last for 30 minutes to an hour, they are a great way to make new friends and keep on top of what’s happening in your school. The more the merrier!

If you have any suggestions, can offer assistance, have a secret hidden talent or just want to make new friends at BCPS, please contact us at bannistercreek.pnc@gmail.com and contribute to help our amazing school staff and children.

I hope to continue to see more new faces on Tuesday 6th August at 9:00am, ready to join in the fun bits!

Linda Ross P&C President

P&C NEWS

SING FEST

This year, Bannister Creek Primary School once again hosted Sing Fest. The Junior and Senior choirs were joined by students from Samson, Rossmoyne and Harrisdale Primary Schools for the event. Each choir prepared two performance pieces, as well as a number of ‘massed’ songs to sing together.

Sing Fest provides students with an opportunity to perform for an audience, as well as the chance to listen to other choirs. Both our choirs performed exceptionally well and made Bannister Creek very proud of the way they conducted themselves.

I would like to thank all the parents who came to support us, the staff from the attending schools and the BCPS staff for accommodating all the interruptions to allow Sing Fest to take place.

Kailee Marshall, Music Specialist Teacher

ROAD SAFETY REMINDER

Please remember to make sure your child wears a bike helmet when riding to and from school.

Please keep our kids safe!

FOUND

A camping gazebo wall was found on school grounds. If you are missing one from your camping gear, please contact the school office.

BETTER HEALTH PROGRAM

A FREE 10 week fun program for kids!! Funded by the Department of Health, The Better Health Program is a healthy 10 week lifestyle program delivering fun, interactive sessions supporting children aged 7-13 years and families to adopt healthy attitudes to food and nutrition, to encourage regular exercise, make informed food choices and learn essential health skills and knowledge.

Learn simple ways to eat healthier foods every day Build confidence and boost self-esteem Get fit playing fun games and activities Meet new friends and have fun.

Register now for Term 3, 2019 at Cannington Bounce - sessions are held on Wednesdays from 4:00pm to 6:00pm. Call 1300 822 953; SMS 0409 745 645 or online at www.betterhealthprograms.org

WATERWISE / WATEWISE TIPS

Waterwise Tip: Wait until your dishwasher or washing machine is full before turning it on.

Wastewise Tip: Support food stores and use your own reusable containers to put your purchases in.

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE NEWS

Influenza Influenza, or the ‘flu’, is caused by an influenza virus. It is spread through the air when someone coughs, sneezes or talks. It is also spread by touching something that has the virus on it and then touching your nose, eyes or mouth. Common symptoms include sore throat, cough, fever, headache, chills, tiredness and muscle aches.

People with the flu should rest and drink plenty of fluid. Use paracetamol in recommended doses if necessary - but do not give children any medication containing aspirin.

Be sure to keep your child home from school while he or she is sick.

The best way to prevent flu from spreading is by washing your hands regularly and after coughing, sneezing or blowing your nose.

Flu vaccines are available prior to winter starting. For more information, contact your GP or local Immunisation Clinic.

Why should I consider having my child vaccinated against the flu? The National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia's peak body for health advice, recommends annual vaccination for anyone six months of age or older who wants to reduce their chances of becoming ill with the flu.

Annual flu vaccination is strongly recommended for anyone six months of age or older with a medical condition that places them at higher risk of severe illness from flu. Children and adults with heart, lung or kidney disease or a weakened immune system, are eligible for free flu vaccine through the National Immunisation Program.

Children without underlying medical conditions who become infected with flu can also develop serious illnesses. Flu can cause high fever and pneumonia, and make existing medical conditions worse. Flu can also cause convulsions and diarrhea in children.

Influenza viruses are always changing. Each year scientists try to match the strains of influenza viruses in the vaccine to those most likely to cause the flu that year. After vaccination, it can take up to two weeks for protection to develop, and this protection will last for approximately a year.

The seasonal flu vaccine is available on prescription, or via GP and immunisation clinics and is provided free for certain groups. Flu vaccines are available prior to winter starting. For more information, visit healthywa.wa.gov.au/immunisation, contact your GP or local Immunisation Clinic. Healthy Lifestyle Is your child a healthy weight? Did you know that more than a quarter of Western Australian school children are overweight? Many children at risk of being overweight do not look obviously large.

As children move through puberty and into adulthood, being overweight often becomes more obvious and more difficult to manage. It is easier for children to move towards a healthy weight before puberty and adulthood.

Help your child to introduce small, achievable, healthy habits every day. For some ideas, go to the Raising Children website (http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/childhood_obesity.html). For fun ideas on how to support children and families to be more active outdoors go to Nature Play WA.

It is important to avoid discussing weight with children. Weight loss and dieting is not recommended for children, unless under medical supervision. Healthy habits help children to ‘grow into their weight’.

If you are worried about your child’s weight, talk to your doctor or Community Health Nurse (9258 8053).