Friday 5th July,

Newsletter No: 4

Phone: 6216 4400

Website:

www.bullcreekps.wa.edu.au

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I N D E P E N D E N T P U B L I C S C H O O L

NEWSLETTER

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK

I wish everyone a safe and relaxing holiday. Thank you once again to the staff for their hard work and dedication to the students of the school. Board Members Thank you to those parents who expressed an interest in becoming board members. The voting was very close and it is my pleasure to announce that the new Bull Creek Board members are Sara Di Candillo and Paige Goodsell. Congratulations to both parents. Playground Addition Thank you to Chris Hodson, and his band of helpers who worked tirelessly to ensure the ground works were completed in readiness for the new playground. This playground has been funded by the P&C and we appreciate this wonderful contribution to our school, which I’m sure all the children will enjoy.

Assemblies Congratulations to Banksia One, Two and Three, Mrs Hope, Mrs Gorman and Miss MacDonald for their lovely assembly acknowledging Mrs Wendy Strang’s contribution to Education in Western Australia and the Fremantle Language Development Centre in particular. We all wish Mrs Strang a well deserved holiday and a long and happy retirement. We have had a very successful collaboration and she will be missed. Congratulations to Banksia Five and Mrs Simon and Wattle One and Mrs Hutchin for their entertaining and educational assemblies.

NAIDOC Week Celebrations NAIDOC week falls during the school holidays so our students have been involved in activities to celebrate during the past two weeks. The” Moorditj Mob” from Wesley College visited the school and entertained the children with traditional aboriginal dances. The students learnt some Noongar words and about how a digeridoo and boomerang are made. Some children had the opportunity to join in with the dancers as they imitated kangaroos and emus. As part of this celebration, the students in each cluster also rotated through activities involving dance, dreamtime stories, art, Noongar language, symbols and indigenous games. This was not only educational but fun. Samples of work completed during these activities were on display at the assembly. Thank you to Miss Owen and the NAIDOC Committee for the interesting and educational activities and to the staff for engaging in this important event.

Reports Semester One Reports were sent to families via email on Thursday 4 July. The link to access the reports only remains open for four weeks from the date sent. Therefore you will need to either download or print a copy for future reference. If you have any difficulty in opening the link, please try another device before contacting the school office.

Those students with SEN Reports will receive an additional Connect message to access their report.

Swimming Lessons These commence on Wednesday 24 July through to Friday August 2. Children are encouraged to wear a robe over their bathers to and from the pool to keep warm. They will also require a towel and underwear to change back into at school.

Eagles Cup-AFL/Fever Cup –Netball

Selected Year Five and Six students participated in the Eagles/Fever Cup competitions this term.

Bull Creek fielded two Netball teams and one AFL team. Our three opponents were: Oberthur,

Queen of Apostles and All Saints College. We had a resounding success with all our teams going

through the competition undefeated! A huge effort on behalf of all involved. A special thank you to

Ms Francis, Mr Brandon Ellis, Miss Tianna Maitland and Mr Callum Ellis for their contribution

and expertise.

Most Valuable Players:

Jump Rope for Heart

The students participated in Jump Rope for Heart again and our Jump Off Day was Thursday 4

July 2019. This is a fantastic physical activity and fundraising program run by the Heart

Foundation. Teachers have been taking their classes out to ensure the students are fit and ready for

the Jump Off Day.

Thank you for supporting the Jump Rope for Heart program and Frau Colgan for organising Jump

Rope For Heart again this year. Holidays I hope you have a safe and relaxing holiday. School begins for the students on Tuesday 23 July

Thank you for taking the time to read this newsletter.

Sue Martin

2019 Primary Schools’ Golf Championship

Congratulations to Ty and Connor who represented Bull Creek Primary School in the Primary School Golf Championship. Ty came first in the individual Year Four to Six Division and as a team Ty and Connor came second in their Division. Congratulations to both boys as I believe they represented themselves and the school with pride and displayed exceptional sportsmanship.

Cross Country Results 2019

Cross Country Congratulations to all the children who participated in the Faction Cross Country Carnival. Each child who participated scored points for their faction. Well done the Champions and Runners Up and also to Red Faction who won the day. Thank you to Mrs Mac for her wonderful organisation and Mrs Allier and the other staff who trained the students before and during school time. Winter Carnival Our nominated Year Five and Six students who participated in the Eagles/Fever Cup competitions

this term were also involved in the Winter carnival. This took place on Tuesday July 2 at Shelley

Reserve. Bull Creek competed against six other schools throughout the day. Our AFL team won all

but one game and placed second for the day. Our A and B Netball teams participated with vigour

and were also successful with Netball A achieving second place and Netball B winning all games and

sharing first place with Rossmoyne.

Year Runner-Up Boy Champion Boy Runner- Up Girl Champion Girl

1 Ruben Jake Zara Sophia

2 Alfie Harry Sophie Lilliana

3 Griffin Christian Olivia Eva

4 Benjamin Noah Rosie Amelia

5 Judah Lachlan Ella Sophia

6 Jylan Angus Ruhena Tyla

Netball A Netball B AFL

Jessie Elaina Jylan

SCHOOL NEWS

SCIENCE

WATTLE 1

This term we have been learning a song in Noongar language. We hope you can attend

our assembly to help celebrate NAIDOC Week and hear our song.

Wanjoo, wanjoo

Kwobodak koorda

Wanjoo, wanjoo

Moorditj koorda

Ngalak djerabin

Noonook djinaniny

Ngalak warangka

Wanjoo

Djiraly-ak (wanjoo)

Koongal-ak (wanjoo)

Boyal-ak (wanjoo)

Marawar-ak

(wanjoo)

Ngalak djerabin

Noonook djinaniny

Ngalak warangka

Wanjoo Mrs Hutchin

Wattle One Teacher

Welcome, welcome

Beautiful friends

Welcome, welcome

Strong friends

We are happy

To see you

We sing

Welcome

From the north (welcome)

From the south (welcome)

From the east (welcome)

From the west (welcome)

We are happy

To see you

We sing

Welcome © Words and Music - Gina Williams 2010. Used with permission

We have had a busy and exciting semester of science investigations. A CSIRO volunteer from Curtin University, Dr Franca Jones, who specialises in chemistry has been assisting

our Year 5 and 6 students on Monday mornings. National Science Week is on from the 10th to the 18th of August. The school theme is ‘Destination Moon: more missions, more

science’. Our students will be participating in a range of activities, during lunch time. On Friday the 16th August, students will be displaying and analysing a range of space themed

projects in the undercover area. Parents are welcome to view the students work.

Mr Tisdale Science Specialist

SCHOOL NEWS

SHEOAK 5

WATTLE 6

Semester 1 has gone quickly. We are already in week 9.

During class we have been learning about multiplication in maths. We have been focusing

on learning our times tables. Make sure you test your kids on their time tables each night!

HASS First Fleet projects have been presented. Your child has been given back their re-

sults. Everyone did a great job.

In class we have been learning about persuasive writing. Our main focuses are personal

pronouns, emotive words, rhetorical questions and modality words.

In reading we read a famous book called Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. At the mo-

ment we are working on a character description from the book.

Congratulations to all the students that participated in Cross Country. For the top 5 run-

ners in each grade, interschool practice is held on Tuesdays and Fridays each week before

school at 8 am. Anybody is welcome to come along and practice to get their fitness up.

By Eliza, Amelia and Rosie

Sheoak Five

This term in Wattle Six we have had a Camping theme in our classroom which we have really enjoyed. Every day we get to ‘camp out with a good book’ in our tent and read by torch light. We have written fantastic text innovation stories based on a book called “Mr Magee’s Camping Spree” and drew some amazing illustrations to accompany our stories. After reading the poem “In My Sleeping Bag,” we wrote our own rhyming poems and typed them out on the computer. Finally, as a part of our news telling program each fortnight, every child has presented a Tier Two vocabulary word to the class. We have built a word wall of interesting words which we have been trying to use when speaking and writing. Mrs English Wattle Six Teacher

SCHOOL NEWS

FREMANTLE LDC

News from Banksia 1, 2 and 3!

Vegetable Gardens

Over the holiday period our wonderful teachers, education assistants and their families came to school to install three raised garden beds, kindly donated by the FLDC P&C. This

term the children in Banksia 1, 2 and 3 have used their ‘green thumbs’ to plant a variety of seeds to grow fruit, vegetables and plants. With a lot of care, our seeds are beginning to

grow! We have begun washing and tasting some of the vegetables that are growing.

Visitors

We have had lots of visitors this term as we learn about community helpers.

Professionals from Murdoch Fire Station, St John Ambulance, The WA Police Force and

the Association for the Welfare of Children in Hospital WA have come to speak with us

about;

Their job

The equipment they use

Their uniform

How to be safe in our community, and

The vehicles they travel in.

We have had lots of fun learning and playing at school!

SCHOOL NEWS

HEALTH NEWS

PATHS The PATHS curriculum teaches the building blocks for students to exercise self-control and to be problem solvers. These building blocks help students to identify feelings and recognise when a problem has occurred. It also equips them with the strategies to plan for solving problems and gives students an understanding of consequences. Teachers encourage students to be problem solvers by;

Identifying, labelling and talking about problems when they arise.

Modelling problem solving behaviour.

Displaying, teaching and referring to the Control Signals Poster.

Teaching the skills for making a plan to solve problems.

Explicitly teaching students the consequences our actions have.

Support your child to be a problem solver by;

Encouraging your child to have a go at things by celebrating when they succeed but also coaching them to accept their losses.

Discuss ways of solving the problem eg. “How can you sort that out with your friend? What can you say that would help your friend understand how you feel?”

Support your child’s efforts to solve problems eg. “How did it go? Would you like me to help with ….?”

Smiling Minds The Smiling Minds curriculum, that is being implemented in all classes, covers topics such as Optimism and Strengths. Optimism is the ability to cultivate an optimistic outlook. People who practise optimistic thinking are more resilient, are less likely to give up in the face of challenge and tens to interpret experiences in a wat that gives them a sense of control and confidence. By exploring Strengths students identify and grow their own strengths and recognise and appreciate the strengths of others. Students who know and use their strengths are more resilient and display strong academic performance. At home;

Prompt your child to be hopeful about the future.

Encourage your child to set personal goals and help them to achieve them.

Encourage your child to identify their strengths, for example, helping others, or being kind.

Ask your child to identify a new strength they would like to increase. Decide what actions they could take to increase this quality. Then encourage them to practise, practise, practise.

If you think your child could benefit from some mindfulness at home give the Smiling Minds app a go. It’s free to download and quick and easy to sign up to. Values This term we have been practising the values of Care and Responsibility. Care means showing compassion for yourself and others. You might ask your friends and family how they are, you might offer to help someone in need, it can also be shown by just spending time with someone you care about. Caring for yourself means making healthy choices, recognising how you’re feeling and spending time doing things that you enjoy. Responsibility means being accountable for your actions and participating positively in society. You can show responsibility by doing what is right at the right time for yourself, others and the environment. The Aussie of the Month recipients for Care were; Jack and Jessie. The Aussie of the Month recipients for Responsibility were; Lilliana and Jude. Congratulations to these outstanding students.

SCHOOL NEWS

SCHOOL NEWS

Term 3 - Week 1

Monday, 22nd July PD Day—NO SCHOOL TODAY

Tuesday, 23rd July School Starts Today

Wednesday, 24th July INTERM Swimming Starts Today

Thursday, 25th July INTERM Swimming

Friday, 26th July INTERM Swimming

Term 3 - Week 5

Tuesday, 20th August Interschool Cross Country

Wednesday, 21st August Book Week Assembly

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Term 3 - Week 2

Monday, 29th July INTERM Swimming

Tuesday, 30th July INTERM Swimming

Tuesday, 30th July WAGSM Concert—GLEE

Wednesday, 31st July INTERM Swimming

Thursday, 1st August INTERM Swimming

Friday, 2nd August INTERM Swimming

Term 3 - Week 3

Friday, 9th August Bull Creek’s Got Talent

Term 3 - Week 4

Monday, 12th August Life Ed Van All Week.

Monday, 12th August National Science Week

Thursday, 15th August Cake Stall

Friday, 16th August Assembly—W4

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