Edition #9 20th September 2019

~ The Lighthouse ~ Bunbury Primary School Newsletter

An Independent Public School

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK Dear Parents and Carers, I hope that you found the time to attend our Celebration of Learning on Tuesday evening and were able to see the work that your child has been doing. Asking questions about purpose and outcome are key to seeing how much your child has understood about their classroom work. Giving purpose to learning, understanding what needs to be done and receiving and acting upon feedback are crucial elements of the teaching and learning programme. A visit from SDERA’s mascot Izzy (or, “that big green thing” as one student referred to her) was well received by the children. Photos from the night are on the insert. I thank all those parents/carers and grandparents who attended to help make the night special for each child. The staff put in extra time to ensure that you would gain a clear picture of your child’s progress and I thank them for making their classrooms so welcoming. Our P&C volunteers also put in a fantastic effort to ensure that everyone had something to eat (and thank you to the ‘customers’ for their patience). Incidental feedback from parents/carers, as well as some of the teaching staff, that having all classes open for an hour and a half (instead of a split shift of one hour and an overlapping hour) was appreciated as it gave people more time to move around the classes.

CARPARK BLUES Reading Street pick-up seems to be going well, apart from the odd hiccup here and there. Morning drop-off is improving, but still has some way to go. Leaving the Staff Carpark as my focus for this newsletter. There have been a few instances of vehicle to vehicle confrontations in the throughway of the carpark. These have been between staff members and parents/carers. What amazes me about these confrontations is the determination of the parent/carers for the other car to get out of the way because they were there first! I can understand this in a public carpark or your own private driveway. What seems to escape my understanding, is how anyone can expect this in a staff carpark that they are not meant to use. I am sure that if I had a dollar for every time I have had to say “The staff carpark is for staff and should not be used by parent/carers” our P&C would have no need to do any fundraising to help support school projects. Please DO NOT use the staff carpark to drop off or pick up children or as a place to park. Remember, your children look to you for moral guidance – so what message are you sending when you fail to respect the rules? If it is okay for you to break the rules because it is convenient, how will you deal with your child when they break the family rules because it was convenient for them to do so. To quote Robert Fulghum “Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.”

SOAPBOX PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION I had the pleasure of attending the Soapbox Public Speaking Competition on Wednesday and Thursday night to watch children from years 3 - 6 deliver short speeches, on stage and in front of parents from five schools. The fact that our school took out not only first, but second place in year 3 division, first place in the year 4 and year 5 division and 3rd place in the year 6 division was a cause for some pride. More compelling was the fact that these 8-10 year olds and 11-12 year olds could stand on stage and deliver a 2-minute speech on a topic of their choice – not something many people in the audience (myself included) would have been capable of. On Wednesday night we congratulated our year 3 students, Max, who placed first with his speech on “Why Homework Should Be Banned”, Saghar, who placed second with her speech on “Global Warming” and our year 4 student Paige who placed 1st with her speech on “Why Sign Language Is A Better Language To Learn”. April in year 4 also received a Certificate of distinction for her “Women’s Rights” speech. Last night we saw our year 5 student Molly take out first place with her speech on “Fairness To The Disabled” and our year 6 student Lily take out 3rd place with her speech on “The Benefits Of Theatre”. Also receiving Certificates of Distinction were year 5 student Miller with his speech on “Racism” and year 6 student Amelie with her speech on “Legalisation Of Cannabis Oil For Medical Purposes”. Because of their combined efforts, Bunbury Primary School also won overall first prize in the Collie-Preston Network Soapbox Speeches, coming away with a special trophy and $250. Well done to all students who competed and parents and teachers for their support.

Principal: Shane Doherty PO Box 1908, Bunbury, WA 6230 Ph: 97 212660 Fax: 97 911036 Email: bunbury.ps@education.wa.edu.au

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ANAPHYLAXIS – please avoid sending food to school that contains nuts as it puts a number of our children at serious risk.

TERM BREAK

As you are undoubtedly aware, next week is the final week of term 3. School will recommence on Monday October 14th. Some schools may have a school development day on the Monday but we will not be doing this as we used that day earlier this year. So it will be all hands on deck on Monday October 14th.

ASSEMBLY

Our final assembly for this term will be held next Friday (the last day of term 3) and will be hosted by Room 5 (Mrs Glasson’s year 2/3 class). As usual, parents and family are invited to attend. The as-sembly will commence at 8:55 (am) in the covered area.

GUEST SPEAKER Our year 4, 5 and 6 students will be fortunate to hear from Georgia Lowry on the topic of resilience and well-being as well as being ac-cepting of individual differences – three very important issues with a lot of currency. Georgia will not be speaking about the theory be-hind these issues but about how she has lived these things in her 24 years. Parents/carers of children in years 4 – 6 should receive more information about the talks.

TERM 4 ATHLETICS Just a reminder that our Faction Athletics Carnivals will be held dur-ing week 1 next term (we plan to move them to week 2 in 2020). Tuesday October 15th will be Field Events (jumps and throws) and Wednesday will be more jumps. Thursday is the 800m and Friday October 18th will be the Athletics and Team Games. Of course, all this planning has the proviso – weather permitting! I hope to see many of you there supporting the children and their factions.

KIDS TEACHING KIDS

On Thursday 12th September 30 Year 6 students from Bunbury Primary School attended the annual Kids Teaching Kids conference at the Dolphin Discovery Centre. There they taught and were taught by students from other schools in the Bunbury area about sustaina-bility, the environment and what we need to do to reduce our impact on local and global habitats. Kids Teaching Kids is a national event and this year was the 5th year there has been an event held in Bun-bury and the 5th year that Bunbury Primary students have been involved. It was a fabulous day and all students learnt some valua-ble lessons about the environment and about teaching itself! Mrs Hodgkinson was also lucky enough to win two Dolphin Discovery Vouchers worth a total of $1,000. This will be used as part of End of Year Celebrations for our Year 6 students.

WILDCATS AND LYNX VISIT

Wildcats players, Mitch Norton and Nic Pozoglou along with Lynx players Alison Schwagmeyer and Marena Rhittle came to visit our school on Thursday September 5. Students were lucky enough to have a Q and A session with these champions and then participate in a training session. We thank the City of Bunbury, Wildcats and Lynx for making this experience possible, it was a great afternoon.

BOOK WEEK Super powers were on display everywhere to help celebrate Book Week. Thank you to Mrs Potter, (we believe, no relation to Harry), and our school Library Monitors for organising the parade and library activities throughout the week. We would also like to commend Mrs Clark and her band of merry helpers for again producing a fabulous Book Week Cupcake for all to enjoy.

LAP-A-THON Parents and carers will be aware that we will be holding our annual fundraising lap-a-thon next Tuesday (Sept. 24). The money raised goes toward a donation to Telethon (usually $1,000.00), annual support for a child through World Vision and for Solar Buddies (solar lights for children in energy poor countries – usually around $2,000.00). Any funds left after this will go into technology replace-ment. Please have your children bring in the money they have raised by Friday of Week 2, Term 4 (25th October), this gives students a chance to collect donations over the school holidays.. Thank you for your continued support of this event. Extra Lap-A-Thon sheets are available in the office.

THE ARTROOM IS COLLECTNG…

Metal Bottle Caps, Small Offcuts of Wood (no bigger than 15cm),

Wire (small pieces please), Corks, Plastic Covered Wire, Old

Buttons, and Plastic Clips, Old Pegs etc.

A box for collection will be

left in the Administration

Office or you can drop in any

materials to the Art Room on

a Wednesday, Thursday or

Friday. Thank you

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AWARDS, GOTCHA WINNERS & PROGRESSIVE FACTION POINTS

Bear Award: Rooms: PP2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,

13 Golden Bag Award: All Rooms!!

Congratulations to all the Winners!

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Honour Certificates

PP

Angus, Cruize, Evelyn and Riley

Year 1 Harrison and Riveana

Year 2 Indy, Macey and Samuel

Year 3 Charlotte, Erin, Justin and

Lucas

Year 4 Adelaide, Jaimee, Jesse and

Theo

Year 5 Carter, Daniel, Mex, Reese

and Samaire

Year 6 Abbi, Angus O, Caleb, Charli

and Luka

TOKU HAS HAIR WITH HEART

Making a difference for others! We would like to acknowledge one

of our year 4 students, Toku. Toku has been growing his hair since

year 1 to make a wig for those who have lost their hair due to

caner.. Bunbury PS community is proud of his efforts, he is an in-

spiration to many.

To support Toku, the school will be hosting a Crazy Hair Day on

Thursday 26th September, on this day Toku will be cutting his hair

at 12.40, (lunchtime), with the whole school there to support him.

Parents are most welcome to attend. You can support him by

heading to

https://hairwithheart.everydayhero.com/au/toku-s-story-1

CHAYCE AND LOLA Chayce and his dog Lola accepted the challenge of walking 30 minutes everyday during “Paw Gust”, an event that raises money for Guide Dogs . Chayce and Lola have been very committed to this cause and have so far raised $615 by walking 76kms over a period of 997 minutes for the month with Lola nearly achieving 160,000 dog steps. We are very proud of Chayce and Lola and commend them for raising money for such an important initiative. Well done and woof, woof.

AUSSIE OF THE MONTH—SEPTEMBER 2019 SENIOR

Will Will exhibits the Bunbury primary expectations and is an excellent role model for our school. Will is an enthusiastic class member who is willing to assist both staff and students. He has exception-al leadership qualities including the ability to lead

by example, delegate tasks, allow others to have their opinions, and encourage a team approach. Will is compassionate to those in need and is a positive role model to his peers. Most important-ly, Will looks out for his fellow students and encourages them to join in and “have a go” in order to help them grow in confidence. Will defines the true spirit of what it means to be recognised as “Aussie of the Month”.

Congratulations to

all our recipients.

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