Braeside Primary School Honour, Pride and Achievement

Issue 12 Tuesday 24th August 2021

Principal’s News Important Dates

2021 Term 3 August

Year 6 Camp Mon 23rd to

Fri 27th

Athletics Clinic Year 1 - 5 Fri 27th

Book Week Parade 12.45 - 1.30

Book Week Assembly 1.30 Mon 30th

September

Birds of Prey Incursion Fri 3rd

School Board @ 6pm Thurs 9th

Rainbow Dress Up Day Fri 10th

Assembly Yr 1 Mon 13th

P & C Meeting @ 6pm Mon 13th

Musica Viva Incursion 9am Wed 15th

The Great Crunch - Vegie Platters

10.30am Wed 15th

Faction Athletics @ BPS

Jumps/Throws Wed 15th

Faction Carnival @ REC Centre Thurs 16th

Parent Interviews Mon 20th

Genius Time Sharing 9.00-10.30am Tues 21st

Good Standing

Shared Lunch Fri 24th

Last day of Term 3 Fri 24th

October

Student Development Day

No students at school today Mon 11th

First Day of Term 4 Tues 12th

Vision:

Braeside Primary School is a dynamic learning community that values diversity and fosters a sense of belonging.

We meet the needs of each individual through collaborative, reflective, and evolving school-wide practices that

provide explicit, engaging experiences. Our students achieve their academic, emotional and social potential and are

contributing members of the community.

Yesterday morning our Year 6 students headed off to camp on the

first frosty morning of the year. I am sure they will welcome the

warmer change in weather that a week in Perth will bring. I am

looking forward to joining them on Wednesday. Many of the

students I’m sure will have me in their sights during laser tag on

Wednesday night. We will be updating the Braeside Facebook

Page with some photos and also Year 6 Group Facebook page.

PBS Rewards

Classes have been busy earning PBS tokens and rewards for their

classes as well as for their factions. Every class has achieved their

first class reward, with Miss Cremen’s class receiving their third

when they had lunch with me yesterday. We are seeing a wide

range of tokens being given out, particularly for Achieving Astronaut

as students work to embed the learning dispositions. The PBS

focus for the next 2 weeks is being Respectful Rangers. Treating

friends kindly and how they would like to be treated themselves and

also speaking nicely to and about each other.

Phone: 9821 3500

http://braesideps.wa.edu.au/ Email: Braeside.ps@education.wa.edu.au

Banking details: Braeside Primary School Bank: Bankwest BSB: 306 014 Acct: 4521518

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Staffing Changes

As you would already know, we are undergoing a few staff changes for the remainder of this term. Mrs Tester

is heading to Kojonup this Thursday to undertake the Level 4 Deputy role, Mrs Campbell will be stepping into

her role. Miss Palmer has newly arrived from her travelling and is going to be working with the Year 1 and 2

students in Room 8. Routines and structures will stay the same and Mrs Campbell and Mrs Stade will be

available to support Miss Palmer with the transition. Miss Palmer will be attending the excursion to Wagin to

give her an opportunity to build relationships with the students.

Wagin Historical Village

Students from Rooms 4, 8 and 6 are heading to the Wagin Historical Village today. This excursion ties in with

their pre-learning from the previous 5 weeks to their Genius Time investigation questions and project. We are

looking forward to seeing the questions they generate to investigate as a result of all the inquiry learning into

the History of the range of items they have explored.

Athletics Incursion

As a part of the Sporting Schools program, all classes from Year 1-5 will participate in an Athletics clinic on Friday 27th August.

Mrs Teresa Wigg

Principal

YEAR 6 CAMP

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CANTEEN NEWS

Attendance Letters have been sent home recently, if your child has unexplained absences, please complete

the Attendance Letter and return to the office so our records can be updated. Thank you

SCHOOL BANKING

LOST PROPERTY

School Banking every THURSDAY.

Remember to bring in your banking wallets to the office every Thursday morning to

earn tokens for your reward. Some students are very close to earning 10 tokens. If

you haven’t been banking for a while, your tokens don’t disappear, so you can restart

your banking at any time. Look forward to seeing you Thursday morning in the office.

INCURSION/EXCURSION FORMS Students often bring home Incursion or Excursion Permission Forms to be completed and signed.

Please can parents/carers complete a separate Permission Slip for each child.

This is especially important as notes are taken with Teachers to excursions or incursions and they are filed in

class order. It’s even more important when medical conditions or medications are noted, they need to be not-

ed for the correct child. So a separate form for each child ensures their information is also kept separate.

We thank you for you understanding and consideration when completing separate forms.

Canteen will be operating Wednesdays & Thursdays, orders through flexischool.com.au or the Flexischools app.

The canteen will be closed week 10 (22/23sept) this term, but will reopen for Week 1 Term 4.

Does anyone own these swimming goggles? Please contact the

office if they belong to you.

Remember that any Lost Property is handed in to the office. We

have a few items that are waiting to be collected.

If you have any items that have been lost, please do visit the office

or call to see if we have your lost item.

ATTENDANCE LETTERS - PLEASE RETURN

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LOTE

Halo!

We have been really busy in Indonesian over the past term! You may remember in May,

Queenie Mathewson ran a Mother’s Day stall to raise funds for the Bali Children’s Foundation.

Her generous endeavour extended to the establishment of a Pen Pal program with a school in

Bali. In Term Two, our learning focused on conversational language, including introductions

and feelings. We learnt how to ask and answer questions about where someone lives, where

they go to school and how old they are. We’ve used this language to write our first letter to

students in Bali. Last week, Ibu MacNicol got confirmation that our letters have been delivered

to the classroom teacher. The classes are now looking forward to receiving a reply to their

Letter.

This term, we are continuing to learn new language and consolidate what we have previously

been taught. All the classes are getting very good at counting to 10, and are beginning to

apply this to number games that we can play in class. We will also be learning about school in

Indonesia, including the names for school items.

Last term the students learnt about Wayang Topeng, a performance using masks. These

photos are a sample of the students wearing their masks.

Sampai Jumpa!

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SCHOOL NURSE

RECIPE OF THE FORTNIGHT!

Vision and eyes

Good vision is important for learning and quality of life. Watch for any of the following in your child:

covering/closing one eye when reading

holding books very close

complaining of eyestrain or headache

complaining of double vision or blurred vision with reading or board viewing

complaining of words moving on a page

losing place when reading, or skipping words and lines

inattention or short attention span when reading, or rubbing the eyes.

Please note: Medicare covers the cost of an eye examination. If you have a concern about your child’s vision please contact a doctor, optometrist or your local Community Health Nurse on 098216278.

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