Happy Mothers Day from all the Staff

and Students of

Quinn's Baptist Primary School

Primary School

NEWSLETTER 4

th May 2016

“Those who hope in

the Lord will renew their

strength. They will soar

on wings like eagles;

they will run and not grow

weary, they will walk and not

be faint.”

Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)

Term 2, Issue 5 TERM CALENDAR OUR ONLINE CANTEEN primarystudents @qbc.wa.edu.au

Dear Parents, Students, Staff and Friends of the College,

It has been a pleasure acting as Principal for the past few weeks and we welcome back Mrs Malzer from her Long Service Leave. I also trust that everyone has had a nice break from school and are ready for the term ahead.

On the first day of school, 140 students commenced the challenge of running a Marathon distance prior to the Cross Country Championships!! Not only is the challenge going to assist in the health and fitness of the students but also help in raising funds through the ‘adidas School Fun Run’.

The Marathon Challenge reminds us of the following in our lives.

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7

A marathon requires a lot of preparation, patience and hard work. In order for someone to run in a marathon, he or she needs to get their body in shape. They need to be prepared in order to win the race. By training their bodies and minds they will be able to succeed even when they become tired during the race.

When someone who is not prepared tries to run in a marathon, most likely they will quit or give up because their body and mind is not able to finish the race. By quitting or giving up, they won’t receive the prize that a winner or a finisher would receive after crossing the finish line.

When we ask Jesus to come into our hearts, we begin preparing for our race as a Christian. During our life in Christ, we will experience some bad times and some good times. Like a marathon runner, we will need to be in spiritual shape to endure those bad times. By being in God’s Word, denying ourselves the things we “feel” like doing, and following Him, we will prepare our lives for the hard work that lies ahead of us. But as the Apostle Paul tells us there is a great prize that awaits every Christian who finishes this race.

We need to run the race of faith to win!

Mr Daniel Stolp

Deputy Principal

Calendar of Events:

Week 2 & 3

Thursday 5

th May

Yr.2 - Excursion to Buckingham House

Pre Kindy Mothers Day Celebrations

Friday 6

th May

Yr.1 Mothers Day afternoon Tea 2pm.

Monday 9

th May

KG1 (Blue) Mothers Day 8.30am - 9.30am

Reading Club Starts 8am - 8.30am

Tuesday 10

th May

Reading Café 8am

NAPLAN (Yr.3 - 5) Starts

KG3 (Green) Mothers Day 8.30am - 9.30am

Extra Curricular Clubs Start 3.45pm - 4pm

Wednesday 11

th May

Year 6 Camp

Friday 13

th May KG2 (Yellow) Mothers Day 8.30am - 9.30am

College Events

Our Year 6 classes enjoyed a day at the "Army Museum of Western Australia" in

Fremantle then onto the War Memorial in Kings Park in Perth.

Year 6 Excursion

In the Library

MAY is NATIONAL FAMILY READING MONTH!

To celebrate with a bit of fun, be at the first Reading Café

of the new term when our guest Mrs Cooke reveals her current funny favourite reads!

This takes place in the Primary School Library on TUESDAY morning

10th May at 8.00am sharp. Students, parents and especially new families to the school are welcome to attend this reading

event. Refreshments will be served at the start.

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Book Fair News

To celebrate National Family Reading

Month in May, our school will be

hosting a Monster Book Fair in the

Primary Library! This exciting reading

event takes place from Tuesday 24th –

Friday 27th May after school from 3 - 4

pm each day. Students will have the

opportunity to browse and purchase a

variety of new books each day, and fun

stationery will also be available for purchase on the Friday afternoon. Please join us at any of

these events to celebrate reading with your children!

Please note that a special preview of the Book Fair has been arranged for parents only of Pre

-Kindy, Kindy, Pre-Primary and Year 1 students on Tuesday 24th May from 8:30 – 9:30 in the

morning and from 2:15 in the afternoon.

Volunteers please

If there are any parents willing to give up an hour of their time to assist at any of these Book

Fair events, please give your name and contact number to the Primary Librarian Kathy van de

Leur or to the front office, with the dates and times which will best suit you. (PPP hours

apply)

Read More in May Reading Competition!

For the chance to win some great prizes, join our school as we participate in the

Scholastic Read More In May Challenge. This competition encourages students

to read for at least 10 minutes every day during the month of May.

To take part, your child simply writes down on the supplied Reading Log, (see

back of Book Fair Invitation) the number of minutes spent reading each day in May. Then from June 1-15,

tally up the total minutes spent reading in May and go online to www.scholastic.com.au/nfrm to enter the

competition and for a chance to win some great prizes –20 students from each state and Territory will win

$100 worth of book vouchers!

Ask your parent to sign your reading log. Keep it handy, if you’re a winner, you will need to send the log into

Scholastic. Winners will be announced in July!

Happy Reading!

Back to Sport After 2 days of competition, awesome performances and even greater shows of sportsmanship, the QBC Primary Athletics Championships has drawn to a close.

Congratulations to all the participants for running fast, jumping far and high, and throwing far.

Thank you to all the parents who assisted at each Championship Day - being officials, raking, measuring, staking, setting up and packing away!! Without your assistance, neither day would have run as smoothly as they did.

The results have been entered and finalised.

Congratulations to Aylward for receiving the most points!

Congratulations also to the following students who were recognised as the Year Group Athletics Champions and Runner-ups based on therir performances in each event.

Next term, we will be holding the adidas School Fun-Run as a major fundraising event this year.

The fundraising initiative will be held from 26th April 2016 culminating in the QBC Cross Coun-try Championships on the 25th May 2016.

During the weeks prior to the Championships, students have been set the challenge of com-pleting a half-marathon or marathon distance.

At each lunch time from 12:40pm - 1:00pm students may complete a course on school grounds, accumulating kilometers each day in an attempt to complete 21km or 42km prior to the Cross Country Championships.

Students have received a log book to record their efforts at school and at home.

Log books need to be returned to school on Monday 23rd May to be able to prepare Certificates.

HOUSE POINTS

Aylward 79 426

Carmichael 75 272

Taylor 74 263

Carey 63 346

YEAR GROUP CHAMPION GIRL RUNNER-UP GIRL CHAMPION BOY RUNNER-UP BOY

1 Vivienne McGregor Jaimee Marriot Liam Stolp Owen Tawse

2 Zelise Kleynhan Christel Kotze Declan Humphrey Lucas Watson

3 Danielle Graham Madison Scholes Joshua Redman Callum Asling

4 Chloe Reeve Adut Makuei Jacob Young Brayden Humphrey

5 Mackenzie Scholes Emelie Castillo Bailey Taig Cullen van der Westhu-

6 Misha Stolp Anna-Lee Van Zyl Dylan Cope Ruan Bohmer

Back to Sport

Yr.1 - 3 Athletics Championships

Back to Sport

Yr.4 - 6 Athletics Championships

Sporting Achievements

Danielle Graham (3.2) competes in Athletics with the Quinn's Rocks Little Athletics club and at their recent end of season presentations Danielle was awarded the U/9 Champion Girl trophy, Coaches Award trophy and the Overall Club Champion Girl trophy.

Dylan and Erin Classen recently attended the Australian Junior Squash International Open 2016 held in Devenport, Tasmania.

Both played well in the Semi-finals with Erin coming 3rd and Dylan coming 4th.

They then went onto Canberra, where they attended the National Squash Camp at the AIS. They both had an amazing experience and trainer hard.

Birthday Week Memories

Kindy 1 & 3

Easter Bonnet

Parade

Uniform Shop

Well Done QBC Families

We raised $550.70 on Free

Dress Day in the Primary

School for the Bali Orphanages.

Thank You

UNIFORM SHOP

RETURNS/EXCHANGE POLICY

No refund/exchange will be given unless items are in original packaging with labels

attached within one month from

purchase date.

Faulty items need to be returned as soon as possible. Depending on the item that is faulty we will need to enquire with the

Supplier as to their returns policy.

On the 25th April, the Primary School Choir and Primary School Represent-

atives attended the ANZAC Day Dawn Service at Quinn’s Rocks Sports Club.

They braved the early rise and sprinkle of rain to honour those who defend

our freedom.

The school continued to commemorate the ANZAC’s on the first day of

term, holding our own ANZAC Service in the Primary Auditorium. This was

led by the School Representatives and was attended by the entire Primary

School. There was great respect shown throughout the service by the Stu-

dents which I believe would have honoured our Armed Forces.

Mr Daniel Stolp

Deputy Principal—Primary

School Community

We’re holding the adidas School Fun-Run as a major fundraising event this year! The event is being held from 26th

April 2016 to 23rd May 2016 as students attempt to run the distance of a Half or Full Marathon! This is a

sponsorship based fundraiser, and we’re looking to raise $15,000, so all help is appreciated!

The School Fun-Run promotes healthy and active lifestyles to our students in a fun and engaging way! It’s all

about participation and we’re organising a great day for our school community coinciding with the Cross Country

Championships on 25th May 2016!!. Family support is key to our fundraising success and we encourage all

students to get involved.

Keep your eyes peeled for the sponsorship forms which will be sent home with you child. Students who raise just

$10 or more will receive a reward for effort.

Students should sign up for a Student Profile Page at schoolfunrun.com.au. They’ll be able to do online

fundraising and track their progress….

Plus they can win a Samsung Galaxy just for signing up!

The adidas School Fun-Run is a healthy fundraiser that ensures all schools have a viable alternative to junk food

fundraising. The event sends the right message to students about having fun while getting involved and being

active.

As of Wednesday morning QBC Primary families have raised a huge $5363.16. We are now over a third of the way to our $15,000 target. Congratulations to Kian Gouws from Kindy 3 for winning a Samsung Galaxy Tablet this week. Thank you Families for all your support.

We ask, for safety reasons, that students not use the grounds of other schools as a

shortcut or thoroughfare when walking to and from school.

Thank you for your patience in using our car park.

The large number of students at the three colleges and the lack of available parking spaces has unfortunately resulted in severely restricted traffic flow at peak times. Please assist us by:

Following the one-way arrows (see above).

Not parking on the footpath.

Not driving over the footpath. (Parking on or driving over footpaths is illegal and you may be fined. It also exacerbates the traffic problems and increases the risks to pedestrians.

Not using Peter Moyes Anglican Community School’s car park.

Please be courteous to other drivers.

We encourage everyone, where possible, to play their part in improving traffic flow around the schools.

High School Kiss and Drive

Students to wait for parents to arrive

TRAFFIC FLOW

PARKING

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ANCHORAGE DRIVE

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SCHOOL MAP

Entrance Only

Entrance Only

Primary School Kiss and Drive

Students to wait for parents to arrive

This is NOT a waiting area for cars

Please do not park along fence or

drive over verge. It blocks view

for other drivers and endangers

pedestrians

Exit Only

Church Stuff

Term Two, 2016 - Glow Program (Registration is essential)

29th April Whack it! 6th May #Selfie

13th May Predators 20th May Minecraft

27th May Aussie Outback 3rd June Marvels

10th June Stars and Stripes 17th June NO GLOW

Sat 18th -

Sun 19th

Glow Camp (Rego

to follow) 24th June GLOW in the Dark

Sundays - 9.30am

QBC Primary Auditorium

Pastors: Andrew & Danelle Hamilton

Phone: 0400 044 236

Quinns Youth

All high school students welcome

7.30pm to 9.30pm

In the Primary Auditorium*

(*unless otherwise notified)

Youth Pastor: Ed Divine

For all Year 4 – Year 6 kids

Friday nights: 6.00pm – 7.30pm

QBC Primary Auditorium

Bring $2 & change for tuck shop &

your water bottle.

GOD STUFF, FUN STUFF,

GAMES, CRAFTS & MORE .

SAVE YOUR SPOT @

www.quinnsbaptist.org/kids

(Registration is essential)

QUINNS BAPTIST COLLEGE

Cnr. Anchorage Drive & Salerno Drive, Mindarie

(Postal: PO Box 72 Quinns Rocks WA 6030)

Church Stuff