28th May, 2020

Volume 3 2020

EastBeechboro.PS@education.wa.edu.au School Website: www.eastbeechboroprimary.wa.edu.au

The official newsletter of: East Beechboro Primary School Brockmill Avenue BEECHBORO WA 6063 Phone: 6216 1900

EAST BEECHBORO PRIMARY An INDEPENDENT PUBLIC SCHOOL

mid term NEWSLETTER

Message from the Principal Dear parents, staff and students,

The restrictions that have been placed on all of us and the worldwide consequences of COVID-19 have been difficult and at times, distressing. However, as restrictions ease slightly we can reflect on this time to find some positives that will hopefully remain with us indefinitely. One of the main positives is a rejuvenated sense of connectedness with family and the community. Another major positive is our greater sense of appreciation and gratitude. It is not until our freedoms are taken away from us that we realise how much of our life we take for granted. With this in mind and as we return to normality, we do so with a renewed mindset. In any challenging situation there are always positives to be found.

2021 Enrolments Parents of our current Kindergarten students should have received an Application for Enrolment for next year. Please complete these forms and return to the school as soon as possible. Due to the restrictions with parents being unable to enter school grounds, at this stage, all we require is this application form. Parents will be contacted should we require any further information or documentation. 2021 Applications for Enrolment are being accepted for all year levels. If you know of new families with school-aged children who have moved into the area, please encourage them to contact the school.

Sick Students Parents are reminded to please keep your child at home if they are unwell or display cold or flu-like symptoms. If students become unwell during the school day, parents will be contacted to collect them. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Student Drop Off and Pick Up Thank you to all families for their consideration and patience during the start and end of the school day. We have tried to alleviate pressure and congestion by having several supervised gates open for students to enter and exit from. This process will continue until we are advised otherwise. Although these processes may have assisted entry and exit of the school, we are unfortunately still receiving concerning comments from our community in regards to reckless and, at times, dangerous driving around our school. Most schools have limited available parking and we rely on parents to be vigilant. When driving around our school, please do so carefully and respectfully to keep our students, our community and their property safe from harm. Please also remind your child/ren to cross the road safely.

Students Arriving Late or Leaving Early Thank you to those parents who are following processes by not entering the school grounds. A reminder that if you are dropping your child off to school late or picking them up early, please remain outside the front gate and call the office. Staff will arrange for your child to be signed in/out.

Semester One Reports Due to the disruption to learning as a result of COVID-19, student reports will be a modified version of those received previously. Reports will not include grades for learning areas, however teachers will provide an effort ranking and a general comment. If you have any questions or concerns regarding your child's progress, please contact their teacher.

Pupil Free Day - Friday 29th May Parents are reminded that students do not attend school tomorrow, Friday 29th May as it is a school development day with staff engaging in professional learning. As this leads into the WA Day long weekend, students resume on Tuesday 2nd June. Enjoy your long weekend.

Shayne Harris - Principal

National Reconciliation Week (27th May to 3rd June) - This week commemorates two significant milestones in the Reconciliation journey - the 1967 Referendum and the High Court decision in Mabo. The week is also preceded by National Sorry Day (26th May).

Reconciliation Week is a time for us to learn about our shared histories, cultures, achievements and to explore how each of us can contribute to reconciliation in our workplaces, schools and communities.

Significantly, this year marks the 20th anniversary of the Bridge Walk for Reconciliation, when people came together to walk across the nation to show support for a more reconciled Australia.

This year’s theme, In This Together, is now resonating in ways which could not have been foreseen when it was announced last year. It reminds us whether we are in crisis or in reconciliation, we are all in this together.

On this journey, we are all in this together and every one of us has a role to play when it comes to reconciliation. In playing our part, we can collectively build relationships and communities that value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories and cultures.

Andrew Stewart Awards

Yr 3: Nicole Fildes, Kodee Green, Riley Green, Jennifer Nguyen, Athok Duom & Reece South

Yr 4: Ella Ali, Blake Crellin, Zach Farr, Christian Greenhill, Miski Hersi, Lincoln Jacobs, Aisha Lam, Tayla Linden, Gabriella McCullaugh, Aakash Sathiyaprakash, Kallum Corich, Enoch Elias, Mia Henry, Jett Kostopoulos, Lilly Lichtenstein, Riley O’Rourke, Zachery Quartermaine, Jeremy Saunders, Aaliyah Sutton & Edward Wang

Yr 5: Max Barclay, Deanna Choueib, William Heelan, Elyas Mohammadi, Ryker Phillips, Shakira Quartermaine, Leah Rowe, Jhy Bishop, Seth Cooper, Ethan Croke, Marissa D’Arrietta, Oceana Haeata, Nicholas Heelan, Leon Jacobs Lexzy-Lee Jolly, Shelby Little, Aisling O’Brien, Tyson Richards, Benson Slanzi, Tyler South & Abbey Tilbee

Yr 6: Eeman Ali, Madison Ellis, Rebekah Farr, Nathan Greenhill, Adela Maldonado Reveggino, Fatimah Mohammed, Amelia Quartermaine, Lauren Skinner, Xavier Villamagna, Fatima Al Hakimi, Tayhla Austic, Tahlia Dunbar, Jaylah Graham, Anastacia Quartermaine, Murjaan Sakhidad, Marley Sam, Ashley Slanzi & Olivia Spencer

Bronze Badge: .Blake Crellin, Christian Greenhill, Jhy Bishop, Leon Jacobs & Benson Slanzi

Silver Badge: Max Barclay, Xavier Villamagna, Anastacia Quartermaine & Olivia Spencer

Gold Badge: Tayla Linden, Riley O’Rourke, Oceana Haeata & Aisling O’Brien Gold Merit Badge: Zach Farr & Madison Ellis Bronze Medallion: Tyler South & Nathan Greenhill Gold Medallion: Rebekah Farr

New Assembly Format

Important Dates

FRIDAY 29th MAY is a PUPIL FREE DAY. Camp Australia is open for families wishing to utilise this service. MONDAY 1st JUNE - WESTERN AUSTRALIA DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Congratulations to the following students: Evie, Connor, Anisah and Lincoln

Aussie of the Month - Aussie of the Month certificates are awarded to students who demonstrate good citizenship and

display the virtues that the school promotes

Andrew Stewart Medallion Winners - These awards are presented to students in recognition of good behaviour,

demonstration of good work, effort and displaying the school Virtues. Congratulations to Tyler and Nathan (Bronze

Medallion) and Rebekah (Gold Medallion). Well done on this excellent achievement.

As we are unable to run Assemblies in our regular format, this week we ran our first Councillor Assembly via the P.A. Although not in front of an audience, students listened to the assembly from their classes and as awards were announced, teachers presented

students in their class with relevant awards. The Councillors did a wonderful job and the students enjoyed having an assembly, albeit a slightly different one.

Next week our Student Councillors will conduct another assembly where Aussie of the Month Awards will be presented along with our junior school Andrew Stewart Awards.

HEALTH & PHYS ED With the current restrictions due to COVID-19, our Year 5 and 6 students have not been able to participate in interschool carnivals as in previous years. To provide them with the opportunity to take part in competitive sport, senior students formed faction-based Netball and Soccer teams.

Faction Won Drawn Lost Goals For

Goals Against

Goal D’f’nce

Points

Bandicoots 1 0 1 4 4 0 5

Numbats 1 0 1 3 4 -1 5

Bilbies 1 0 0 3 1 +2 4

Wallabies 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1

SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE: A DIVISION

Faction Won Drawn Lost Goals For

Goals Against

Goal D’f’nce

Points

Wallabies 1 0 1 3 2 +1 5

Bilbies 1 0 1 2 2 0 5

Bandicoots 1 0 0 1 0 +1 4

Numbats 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1

SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE: B DIVISION

Name Faction No. Goals Scored

Jhy Bishop Mizban Kurra Alsamawi

Chad Curley Marley Sam

Kane McAlpine Cameron Konelio

Nick Heelan Ryker Phillips Ethan Croke

Bandicoots Wallabies

Bilbies Numbats Bilbies

Wallabies Bandicoots

Bilbies Numbats

4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1

Faction Won Drawn Lost Goals For

Goals Against

Goal D’f’nce

Points

Numbats 1 0 1 11 6 +5 5

Bandicoots 1 0 1 8 6 +2 5

Bilbies 1 0 0 3 2 +1 4

Wallabies 0 0 1 0 8 -8 1

NETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE: A DIVI-

For the first three weeks this term, students trained for their respective sports and last Friday took part in the first round of fixtures.

The next two rounds will take place during normal Friday sport lessons.

Students displayed a high level of skill and determination in both sports and achieved some great results.

We look forward to the remainder of the competition.

P&C MEMBERS - Many thanks to the P & C for working to build a sense of community and support for school programs. Your efforts are greatly appreciated. President - Donna Linden Vice President - Rachel Graham Treasurer - Lyndsey Milieri Secretary - Emillie O’Keefe Fundraising - Ross Innis Canteen Manager: Bec Wright Uniform Shop Coordinator - Chantal Innis

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS Staff: Shayne Harris, Jonas Byford & Stef Vranjes Board Chair: Karen Lippinkhof Community: Dr Joe Scott Parent Representatives: Sharon Ashton, Rose Elliott, Anne Chew & Casey Chandler Ex officio: Ann Evans & Michelle Martyn

School App - Keep up to date with school information and notify the school of student absences.

For instructions on installing the app, please visit the office.

CONCERNS / COMPLAINTS If at any time you have a matter which you feel you need to discuss please contact the school. Please note that ALL formal complaints should be marked Private and Confidential and sent to

the Principal.

The school office is very busy, particularly at the start and end of the day. We understand that due to unforeseen circumstances, parents may need to get a message to their child. Although we will endeavour to do so, there may be times when this may not be possible. We urge parents to remind their child that if they are not there to pick them up on time, they should go to the office.

NUMBATS

BANDICOOTS

BILBIES

WALLABIES

School Banking: The Commonwealth Bank has ceased School

Banking until further notice.

Uniform Shop: The Uniform

Shop will not be open for over the counter sales. If you require uniforms for your child, please place an order on QuickCliq or complete an order form and place, with payment, in the P&C box in the office. (Uniform orders will incur a charge of 21 cents per order).

Canteen - CLOSED (Indefinitely) Please ensure that students are

provided with sufficient recess, lunch and water.

By now you may have heard others in our

school community talking about the introduction

of the online environment called Connect.

Connect is a secure online environment

developed by the Department of Education for

staff, students and parents in public schools. It

will give our teachers a tool to deliver content to the students via

an online classroom. This means your children will be able to

share with you what they are learning about, submit assignments

and discuss issues together online anywhere, anytime.

For you, Connect provides easy access to information relevant to

your child’s classes and learning such as assessments, teacher

feedback and attendance data.

Schools can use Connect to keep you updated with important

information. Things like up-coming events, excursions,

classroom activities, photos and stories can be sent to you via

email or, if you prefer, via a push notification on your phone.

The Connect Now App can be downloaded from the Apple App

Store or Google Play.

Faction Shirts If you would like to purchase a faction shirt for your child, please tick the faction shirt required, complete the order form

and return to school with payment to by Friday 19th June. (Orders can also be placed on QuickCliq) Thank you

PRICE SIZE 2-3, 4-16 TOTAL QTY

FACTION T-SHIRT $15.00

LS FACTION POLO $23.00

FACTION POLO $21.00

STUDENT NAME:___________________________ .

ROOM _______________

Payment can be made by cash, EFT or by Direct Deposit (P&C Acct: BSB 036 033 Acct: 186571)

P&C DAY WESTERN AUSTRALIA P&C Day WA is a day dedicated to

recognising and celebrating all the contributions P&Cs make to school communities.

East Beechboro Primary is sincerely grateful for the work the P&C do for our students and school.

On behalf of the school community we thank the members and volunteers of the P&C for their hard work and dedication in making our school the best it can be.

Come and join the fun with the Camp Australia Team at our upcoming Pupil Free Day!

Date: 29th May Time: 6.30am to 6pm Location: Room 7 at East Beechboro Primary School Fees: $0.00

To book call 1300 105 343 or visit www.campaustralia.com.au