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Edition #2—14th March 2019
~ The Lighthouse ~ Bunbury Primary School Newsletter
An Independent Public School
Principal: Shane Doherty PO Box 1908, Bunbury, WA 6230 Ph: 97
212660 Fax: 97 911036 Email: [email protected]
Respect Care Excellence Our Motto: Strive to Achieve
DATES TO WATCH FOR Tuesday 19th March Constable Care PP Thursday
21st March Harmony Day Friday 22nd March Interschool Swim Carnival
Saturday 23rd March Have Sum Fun Yr 5/6 Tuesday 26th March Yr 6
Young Writers Day Friday 29th March Rm 1 Assembly
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK Dear Parents and Carers, Our term
continues to march on and I can hardly believe that we are 6 weeks
into it! To say it has been busy would be an understatement – and
it just seems to get busier each year. I guess that it is the same
for all of us.
SCHOOL ARRIVAL TIME Most parents and carers would be aware that
we ask children to arrive at school around 8:30 when classes open
for the day. I would like to say that it is great to see the
enthusiasm of many children that brings them to school at 8:00am or
earlier – but somehow I do not think it is the call of their Maths
and Language lessons that bring them so early. Children who arrive
before 8:30am are not supervised adequately for me to be confident
about their safety. Staff do not commence work until 8:30am, even
though they are at school before this preparing for the day. Most
of the early arrivers do go to the lunch area when they get here
and know (remembering is another thing altogether) that they are
not to play or use sports equipment. Parents who arrive early and
wait with their child should also ensure that their child is not
running around or using sport equipment as this serves to encourage
other children to think it is okay for them to do the same. It
would be appreciated if parents and carers would ensure that their
children arrive at school around 8:30am and no earlier.
AFTER SCHOOL SOCIALISATION I know that a number of
parents/carers enjoy socialising after school for pseudo play dates
and I think this is a wonderful facet of our school. However, I
would again remind parents/carers, that the children should be in
proximity to you and in line of sight – not running around the
school. Many of the children who stay behind with parents and
carers appear to believe that the 3:00pm bell wipes out all
playground and school agreements and that anarchy should prevail.
Alas, it does not and should not. Please keep an eye on your
children and ensure they are show the appropriate responsibility,
respect and care for the grounds and fixed play equipment.
P&C CANTEEN You will recall that our canteen had reduced
hours in term 4 whilst the canteen manager was on leave. It is now
open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and the committee that
supports Jo in managing the canteen are trying their best to find a
reasonably healthy menu that the children will happily choose from
and generate sufficient income to keep the canteen open. If you
have any ideas about healthy food items the Canteen Committee are
more than happy to hear them. Jo can help put you in touch with
them.
SOLAR MODEL CAR CHALLENGE Congratulations to Angus B, Carter,
Elise and Izaac whose team took out second place this week in the
Solar Car Challenge hosted by Newton Moore SHS. There was a
fraction of a second between first and second with the team
recording one of their best times. Both first and second will
compete in the state championship in Perth later in the term.
Thanks also go to Mrs Menschelyi and Mrs Taffe for supporting the
children in building their model cars during lunch times and then
having a race-off to find the two cars and their teams that would
be entered in the comp.
GIVE A DAMN—GIVE A CAN The Rotary Club of Bunbury Leschenault
will again be holding their canned food drive for needy families
and our school will continue our involvement with it. The appeal is
held over May (start of term 2) and I would like to see our school
make a big effort to help those in our community who are less
fortunate. I am letting you know about it now in the hope that
parents and carers might buy one extra can of food each time they
do their shopping between now and May so that they can stock up
their donation. This is an easy way for all of us to show that we
care.
HARMONY DAY Harmony day this year is on March 21st and presents
another opportunity to show that we care about other people within
our community and that we value the ideas of living in peace and
with mutual respect. Children are invited to wear costumes that
reflect their culture or to wear something orange that reflects
their desire to live in harmony with others. It is a small gesture
that supports an important message. Regards, Shane
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School news (Cont.)
ANAPHYLAXIS – please avoid sending food to school that contains
nuts as it puts a number of our children at serious risk.
FACTION SWIMMING CARNIVAL A really successful afternoon was had
at our Faction Swim-ming Carnival this year. The children all
participated well, tried their best for their faction in the
swimming events and enjoyed the novelty events and relays at the
end of the carnival. A huge thank you must be given to the
wonderful parent help that we had this year – it made for a really
well run afternoon – so thank you all! Your help is really
appreciated! I would also like to mention the great job of the
faction captains for their organisation and wonderful help on the
day. The scores for the overall swimming carnival is as follows:
1st Panthers 166 2nd Eagles 129 3rd Lions 127 4th Dragons 101 The
following students received Runner Up / Champion medal-lions for
their success in the pool:
.INTERSCHOOL SWIMMING CARNIVAL We have a team of around 25
children attending the interschool swimming carnival next Friday
(22nd March) and I wish them well. I know that they will represent
our school and themselves with a sense of responsibility,
respectfulness and care whilst being their best. I wish them well
and thank Mrs Whittaker for her work with them, along with Mrs Van
Schalkwyk
ROOM 12 ASSEMBLY It was the 22nd of February 2019 and the blood
was rushing to our
heads, our hearts were racing. We were preparing for our very
last
assembly in primary school. It’s time. It’s time to embrace all
of the
trends of the years. It’s time to shine. The assembly reflected
on all of
the trends that had consumed us over the years. It was
hilarious,
entertaining and enjoyable. The audience laughed hysterically as
we
put all of our strength into the performances. In the end we
achieved
our goal of making this the best and funniest assembly yet. The
best
part though was making our parents and teachers proud.
By Summer and Eva
ROOM 9 ASSEMBLY The children of Room 9 had a lot of fun
presenting a series of "advertisements" promoting schools. The
skits included a rap about Bunbury Primary and the revealing of the
new Teacher 3000. The item was very entertaining and well
appreciated by the audience. Mrs
Culph was very proud of her performers.
SCITECH VISIT We have had SciTech in our school for Wednesday
and Thursday doing Mix-and-Make and Chemical Science shows with
groups and individual classes. The shows have been interesting and
informative.
CONSTABLE CARE Constable Care will be delivering a show to our
pre-primary children at 2pm on March 19th. The focus of the show
will be Protective Behav-iours and it will be held in the
pre-primary centre (outside near the sandpit). Parents and Carers
are welcome to attend. There is no cost for this show.
HAVE SUM FUN MATHS Our Have Sum Fun Maths teams will be
competing in the HSFM com-petition held at Bunbury Catholic College
on Saturday March 23rd. More information will come home with those
children involved. We wish them well and calculate that they will
do their best! ASSEMBLY
Our next assembly will be hosted by Mrs Blackburn and Mrs
Croft’s year 1 class on March 29 and will have a Harmony Day theme
to it. Parents/Carers and family are most welcome to join us at
8:55 in the covered assembly area.
Year Champion Runner Up
3 Girls Sasha P Ally D
3 Boys Sage S Gage M
4 Girls Michellie N Andie W-J
4 Boys Thomas B Jackson R
5 Girls Angel B Ella S-H
5 Boys Hinata H Tex M
6 Girls Elise F Pypah A
6 Boys Drew C Izaac S
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School and Community News
Water Wise tip of the week: use a plug in the sink when
preparing vegetables, washing fruit or washing dishes by hand.
AWARDS, GOTCHA WINNERS & PROGRESSIVE FACTION POINTS
This weeks “Gotcha” Prize Wheel winners are : Ben Rm3, Miller
Rm5, Matilda Rm8, Cyan Rm8, Myla Rm9, carter Rm12, Charli Rm12 and
Jasper Rm13
Bear Award: Rooms: Rooms PP2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12 and 13
Golden Bag Award: All Rooms 1-13
Congratulations to all the Winners!
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CONGRATUALTIONS ANGUS Well done to Angus (Year 5) who recently
competed in the Country Surf Life Saving Club Championships in a
number of the U10 boys events. Angus did so well that he has
qualified to com-pete in the Boards and Swim events in the WA State
Junior SLSC Championships at Scarborough this weekend. I am sure
that we all wish him well. It is nice to know that surf lifesaving
is still active across our state and that such people as Angus are
in-volved and committed to it.
TERRACYCLE Please recycle your oral care waste to earn online
votes in the Colgate Community Garden Challenge. The more Garden
Credits, the more chances to win. 1 unit of oral care waste = 10
Garden Credits 1 online vote = 1 Garden Credit.
Honour Certificate Recipients
Year 1
Agampreet, Ander, Emma, Evie, Fiona, Grace, Harry,
Koohinoor,
Sage Y and Lila-Rose
Year 2
Bjorn, Boston, Callan, Fletcher, Harley, Julian, Miller, Nate
and
Portia
Year 3
Aaleyah, Ally, Cailan, Cohen, Jake, Saghar, Sonny, William C
and
William H
Year 4
Andie, Chayce, Eva, Max, Michellie, Naiara, Rishi and
Thomas
Year 5
Annie, Daniel, Ella Pa, Ella S, Hinata, Rocco, Sophia and
Suraj
Year 6
Angus, Carter, Elise, Levi, Matthew, Molly, Neve and Sunny
Congratulations to all
our recipients.
AUSSIE OF THE MONTH AUGUST 2019—SENIOR
Izaac Izaac consistently displays the behaviour ex-pectations of
Bunbury Primary School. He goes above and beyond in helping peers
and teachers on a daily basis. His assistance with new students
this year has been most welcome, as was his organisation of the
bell ringing for week one of the new school year. Izaac has a
happy disposition and shows great compassion and kindness to
others. Congratulations Izaac, you are a very deserving recipient
of this Aussie of the Month award.
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