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Proudly an Independent Public School

BOORAGOON PRIMARY SCHOOL 10 Clements Road, BOORAGOON 6154

Phone: 9317 2133 http://www.booragoonps.wa.edu.au/

21 September 2017 NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER Number 15

UNIFORM SUPPLIES

Willetton Uniform Shop Unit 2,185 High Road

(access via Roxby Lane) WILLETTON 6155 Phone: 9457 7330

https://willettonuniforms.com.au/

School Canteen

The School Canteen is open for morning recess and lunch every

Wed, Thu and Fri. Online ordering ONLY available

Mon and Tue http://ouronlinecanteen.com.au/

School Banking

Every Thursday 8.15am in Room 6

SCHOOL SECURITY: We would appreciate if you

could use either of the following numbers to report any security

issues at our school: 9264 4771 or 1800 177 777

I can’t overstate the support our community gives to our school, and I take every opportunity to highlight this feature of Booragoon PS. Never has this been more obvious than in the organisation and staging of a range of events for our 50th Anniversary. I was talking to a colleague recently, and casually outlined the multi-tude of activities that have taken place over the course of the year. The response was, “Wow, you guys really know how to do it!” I think we’ve set a new high benchmark for how to commemorate a milestone, and I’m sure others will be

looking to sing from our playbook.

Speaking of community support, our Champion Dads and Mums (and kids) once again did a fantastic job on Sunday at their working bee. A dozen Dads and Mums put their noses to the grindstone to

complete a ‘grounds improvement’ project.

The team:

completed the mudding of the lime-stone blocks wall between the junior

primary play area and the Ramble;

spread the pile of mulch in Nature Play

1 along the back of the tennis courts;

spread the pile of mulch on the oval’s

edge around Nature Play 1;

dug out and prepared the ‘bald’ area in front of the soccer goals on the oval for planting and Dean has since laid new

turf to rejuvenate this area; and

cleaned up and re-planted the canteen herb garden and the Pre-Primary veggie garden beds. The following

photos tell the story………

What a sterling effort, huge thanks to

everyone involved.

LAPATHON – COLOUR RUN

The Lapathon Colour Run is back by popular demand on Friday of the first week back next term (13th Oct). It’s suggested that students wear a white/cream top and old shorts/skirts/slacks. No need to purchase attire especially for the day – most children would have something suitable in their wardrobes. Pre-Primary students are joining the ‘big school’ and participating alongside their older siblings and peers. The afternoon promises to be a

lot of fun.

Principal’s News

Term 3

Week 10

Canning Banksia Swan

Upcoming EventsUpcoming Events Week 10 Thu 21 Sep *Mass Choir Festival at Perth Concert Hall Fri 22 Sep *8.45am Assembly - Rm 14

TERM 4 Week 1 Mon 9 Oct School Development Day Tue 10 Oct Students return to school Tue10 Oct to Fri 13 Oct *PP Swimming Wed 11 Oct *Edu Dance *Obstacle-a-thon (Kindy) Thu 12 Oct *Edu Dance Fri 13 Oct *8.45am Assembly - Rm 4 *1.30pm Colour Lapathon (PP-Y6)

Week 2 Mon 16 Oct to Fri 20 Oct *PP Swimming Mon 16 Oct *Yr 5 East Perth Cemetery Excursion *7pm P&C Meeting

Congratulations to the following students who

received Honour Certificates at recent assemblies:

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Jed R Chaerin P Sidney N Joel S Lachy W Winston C Kai E Joshua D Ruby A Thomas H Ava R Sophie P James C Keira D Megan K Layla S Jacob B Kyah R Andrew R Riley M Isaac K Lucas A Natalia M Madeliene D Charlotte B

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ANDY GRIFFITHS KIDS WRITING COMPETITION - DYMOCKS

www.dymocks.com.au

Each year Dymocks and Pan Macmillan invite Australian kids to get

creative and enter a writing competition that’s judged by the one

and only Andy Griffiths.

Entry is open to primary aged school students who are residents of

Australia.

Entries due by 2 October 2017.

Winners will be announced by Thursday 30 November 2017.

https://www.dymocks.com.au/andy-griffiths-kids-writing-competition

ATTADALE DENTAL THERAPY

Tuesday 26th September: Beaconsfield DTC Phone 9335 8758 Wednesday 27th September: South Lake DTC Phone 9417 3242 Thursday 28th September: Attadale DTC Phone 9330 5876

Friday 29th September 2017: Caralee DTC Phone 9337 6818 Monday 2nd - Wednesday 4th October: Attadale DTC Phone 9337 6818 Thursday 5th - Friday 6th October: Caralee DTC Phone 9337 6818

The following is a list of contact details for EMERGENCIES ONLY during these school holidays

After Hours: Phone 9325 3452

HOUSE POINT TOTALS

Swan 919

Banksia 896

Canning 766

House Athletics Carnival YEAR 3 GIRLS 1st Alexis S 2nd Rachel D 3rd Sophie C YEAR 4 GIRLS 1st Tayla A 2nd Ruby A 3rd Nadia M YEAR 5 GIRLS 1st Hughes V 2nd Tess H 2nd Kaitlin P YEAR 6 GIRLS 1st Caitlyn T 2nd Isabella M 3rd Giselle H

CHAMPIONS

YEAR 3 BOYS 1st Andrew R 2nd Kobe F 3rd Lachlan S YEAR 4 BOYS 1st Daithi M 2nd Alexander D 3rd Ronald F YEAR 5 BOYS 1st Joshua F 2nd Tom S 3rd Lochlan N YEAR 6 BOYS 1st Camden D 2nd William K 3rd Angus D

K INGS PARK EXCURSION - DJILBA BIG DAY OUT

ROOMS 7, 8 AND 10

Kings Park Excursion

We got off the bus with Room 8

and 10 after a long drive. We went

to our tree, got sorted and started

our adventure. First we did

carving. We learnt about all the

symbols that are used to tell

stories and that are used to send

messages to people. We then

made jewellery cuffs out of

nature. We learnt about plants

and how they protect themselves.

Later on we walked over to watch

an Aboriginal fishing dance and we

got to do the Scary dance with

them. Then we wandered over to

do orienteering. We had to hunt

to find as many bright orange tags

as we could. They were scattered

all over Kings Park! We had lunch

and then learnt about the tools

that Aboriginal people used. We

got face painted and got to throw

honkey nuts at a target! I had an

awesome day! I hope we go again.

By Millie W.

(Room 7)

Middles: Water Turbines

LIBRARY NEWS Book Week 'Escape to Everywhere' Winners As an incentive to earn points towards their class totals, a colouring competition was held for students in Years 1 to 2, and students in Years 3 to 6 were invited to submit a creative piece based on this year’s Book Week theme ‘Escape to Everywhere.’ The winner of the colouring competition is: Kenzie N. from Room 7 The winners of the creative entry competition were: Bindi B. from Room 12; and Seth S. from Room 10 (see story below). Seth's Winning Entry:

There is a boy named Steven. He goes to Booragoon Primary School, he is eight years old. He walks home by himself every day. He lets himself into his house and bedroom and watches TV until his parents get home at 6:00pm. He is also very bored and lonely. He is bored because he is stuck in his room. Lonely because kids can’t come over. He is also very interested in books. One Monday he walked home and saw builders building. He walked home and wondered what the building would be. Next week on Thursday the building was built and a sign stood in front of it. It said: “Library – Welcome.” He went home and wondered if he should go into the Blue Library. He thought he should so he walked in and there in front of him was a beautiful librarian. She said “Where would you like to escape to?” After a few weeks he had escaped to England to play with David Warner in the Ashes Test; kicked goals for Arse-nal in the EPL; had dinners at Hogwarts; gone through the rabbit hole with Alice; eaten Turkish delight with the White Witch in Narnia; built another 13 stories on a treehouse with Andy and Terry; visited magical lands with Moon-face and Saucepan-Man; and knows the latest password for the Secret Seven. Steven happily discovered he could ‘Escape to Everywhere with Reading’ and he was no longer bored after school!

By Seth S. Year 3, Room 10 Chenelle Leatt-Hayter (nee Davies)

Library Officer

SCHOOL PHOTO DAY IS COMING!

Dear Parents,

Our school photo day is coming! Approximately two weeks prior to the photo day every student will receive a Kapture Photography order envelope to bring home. The recommended method of ordering your photos is online through Kapture’s website as your payment is secure and can be easily verified at any time. Alternatively you can pay by cash and return the provided envelope to the school on the photography day.

You have the remainder of the current year to order, 5 days after photography a late fee will apply. Please check the website.

You also have the option to order a sibling photo package online, however please be aware there may be a limited number of sibling orders that can be placed due to time constraints on photo day. We suggest you place your online sibling order the moment you receive your per-sonalised envelopes.

Kapture offer a money back guarantee for any parent who is not fully satisfied with their photo package. Should you have any queries before or after photo day, please direct them to the Kapture office on 9240 1714 or email enquiries@kapture.com.au. All students will be photographed individually on photo day for school administration records AS WELL as included in their class group photo available for purchase to all families. Should there be any reason why your child should NOT be included in the photo shoot –please contact

the school office.

Refer to our website for your sibling closing date. Late requests cannot be granted.

Your P&C News

Next Meeting Our next P&C meeting is Monday 16 October at 7pm in the staffroom.

A huge thank you to all the parents that came and helped out with the school grounds working bee last Sunday. Thanks to a lot of hard work from our volunteers, the new limestone walls opposite the junior primary classrooms are now nearly complete, the Nature Play 1 Area has been remulched, and the worn turf in front of the soccer goalposts has been removed. A massive effort by all who helped out!

50th Anniversary Cocktail Night – LAST DAYS!! DON’T MISS OUT!!

Many people are leaving the purchase of tickets to the Event of the (Half) Century to the last minute, and the last minute is almost upon us! There won’t be another event like this one until 2067, so come along while you can still ‘kick your heels up‘. The 50th Cocktail Party is going to be an blast……featuring all sorts of 50th memorabilia, a string trio, an amazing singer/songwriter (who is also an ex-student of ours, featured on Triple J across Australia this week), and a local band. All entertainment, canapes and a light meal are included in the price. Please buy your tickets at https://www.trybooking.com/284128 there are no sales at the door. We hope to see you there!

Help Needed! Wireless Hill Farmers Market The Grand Opening of the Wireless Hill Farmers Market is on Sunday 8 October, from 8am-12 noon. The Booragoon Primary P&C has been invited by the Farmers Market organisers to hold a stall at this opening event, which we plan to use as a final promotion to the wider Booragoon community for our 50th Anniversary Cocktail Party (see above!). But ... we need a few volunteers to help make this happen! Please contact Hamish McElwee at Booragoonpandc@gmail.com or on 0434 350 203 if you can spare an hour or two to join us on the morning of 8 October to help set up and man the stall.

Bicycles for Humanity (B4H)

A few of Booragoon Primary’s keen cyclist Dads are supporting Bicycles for Humanity (B4H), a fantastic Perth-base organisation involved in bike donations to Africa. Just one mountain bike can change the lifestyle of a whole family in Africa.

In our surrounding suburbs there are verge collections over the next few months. If anyone sees a mountain bikes that could be fixed up, or has an old bike themselves, please hold onto it before you chuck it out! Our cyclist Dads will be running some events during next term to get the Champion Dads together with the kids - to learn more about recycling, donating to charities and how to do basic maintenance/repairs on their own bicycles – and then send the olds bikes to families that need them!" See the attached the link for more information about B4H and this cause: http://www.b4hwa.com/what-is-b4h/. Please contact Carl on 0424 476 316 for further questions on the topic.