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BALCATTA PRIMARY SCHOOL Telephone: 9345 8100 Fax: 9344 3665

Number: 12 NEWSLETTER 15 August 2019

Number: 12 13 August 2015

BURSWOOD CONCERT

30 July, 2019

PRINCIPAL’S PATTER

Hello Everyone,

It is with great sadness we say goodbye to our long

standing teacher and colleague of many years, Mr

Ron van den Beuken (Mr V), who passed away last

week after a long and brave battle with cancer.

Mr V, our year 6 teacher, was extremely dedicated

to the education of children.

We will all miss the wisdom, knowledge and

guidance he was known for at our school.

On behalf of the Balcatta community, we send our sincere condolences to

his family.

At school, we plan to remember Mr V by planting a garden in his honour

with his favourite plants.

Principal

Mark Cox

SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

Our next assembly for this term will be held tomorrow, August 16

commencing at 9.00 am with our Year 2 class performing the

item.

Parents, grandparents, friends and community members are

very welcome to attend.

JEANS FOR GENES DAY

JEANS FOR GENES On Friday 2 August we

celebrated Jeans for Genes Day. Thank you to

everyone who wore their jeans and made a

donation. We raised $145.00 for the Children’s Medical Research Institute &

helps find cures for children’s genetic diseases. Thank you also to our School

Councillors for their help with this very worthwhile event.

STARRY WORK

Olivia KELLY, Peyton LANKESTER, Shan WILLIAM, Rojina Abdouh, Bonnie

SIMONS, Hosna SAYED, Aria POURHAMZAH, Brianna DALKIN, Misha KHAN

Tom NGUYEN, Rahin PATEL, Kayla M’INTYRE, Chanelle BRUNNEN,

Ayman BHUYAN, Krishiv PATEL, Logan BATEY, William BONHAM,

Semra SHARIF, Mishkah VAID

Determination – Virtue for August

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Golf WA is responsible for overseeing all aspects of amateur golf for the enhancement of the game. This includes a wide range of Game Development programs in schools to introduce the game & attract new players.

Students from Yrs 3-6 have enjoyed having golf lessons for the past few weeks, organised by Mr Croft and Golf WA.

To celebrate the CBCA Book Week 2019, students from P/P – Yr. 6 enjoyed ‘BIG DREAMS’, a brand new educational & interactive musical performance, presented by ‘Perform! Education’ yesterday. The production incorporated titles from this year’s shortlist celebrating, the theme of "Reading is My Secret Power!”.

Tomorrow, we encourage all students to dress up as a favourite book character or to demonstrate their “secret power”.

We look forward to seeing some marvellous, mighty and super characters!

This week was National Science Week, where schools nationally took part in different activities looking at all things science. The theme for this year was Destination Moon: More Missions, More Science.

To celebrate National Science Week and the 50th Anniversary of the

first landing on the Moon, NASA released an amazing opportunity

for our names to be sent with their next rocket to Mars. During our

science lesson, we registered our names and collected our boarding

passes. Our names are ready to board the rocket ship and land on

planet Mars. We also played around with our new green screen app

on the iPads and took photos with

the planets!

For more information about science

week and some amazing at home

activities, head over to https://www.scienceweek.net.au/.

Alicia Raso – Science Teacher

P & C NEWS Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/BalcattaPSPandC

UNIFORM SHOP (Wednesdays. 8.40 – 9.00am)

SCHOOL BANKING (Tuesdays in undercover area) with Breakfast Club & Coffee Van

CANTEEN

HOTDOG DAY - Friday 23 August Hot dogs $3.00

Hotdog & drink combo $4.00

Onion and/or cheese 50c extra

* Regular lunch order WILL NOT be available Friday 23 Aug

**** vegetarian option available ****

*** Order & pay for your HOTDOG on Thursday 22 August at

the canteen for lunch on Friday 23 August

SCIENCE WEEK

Please save all your plastic

lids from landfill & pop them

in the collection box at

school opposite the front

office.

This awesome, not-for-profit

organisation transforms lids

into prosthetic limbs for children all around the world, and at the

same time providing jobs & helping our environment.

Bottle caps are fully recyclable, however, they are often

sent to landfill. Most of us don’t think twice about

throwing them away, but, one of the positives of bottle

caps are that they are almost entirely made of HDPE 2

(High Density Poly-Ethaline), which can create

functioning filament for 3D printers.

Once bottle tops are collected, they are shred and made into a filament that is then fed

through a 3D printer with a software program that creates the limb. It is quite a lengthy

process compared to normal 3D processes because this type of plastic is quite difficult to

work with.

The patterns can be unique and colourful, designed to make children feel confident and

empowered, like children can request a prosthetic inspired by their favorite superhero,

such as Batman, bringing joy to recipients.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Milk bottle tops, soft drink tops and flat water-based tops are the best to utilise and

recycle – and it is something the school and community, as a whole, can be involved in.

Envision turns bottle caps into prosthetic limbs for kids in need

PLAYGROUP

Come along and join with us playing,

singing, listening to stories, colouring,

using play dough, making friends and

lots more.

Please come and join us if you have a child or children

under Kindy age.

Thursday mornings from 9.00 – 10.20 am.

DATES TO REMEMBER AUGUST

Friday 16 August

• Assembly Yr 2

• Book Week dress up day

• Science Incursion (Yrs 3-6)

Thursday 29 August • Newsletter 13

Friday 30 August • Assembly Yr 5

SEPTEMBER Tuesday 3 September • Faction Jumps & Throws

Friday 6 September • Faction Athletics Carnival

Thursday 12 September • Newsletter 14

Tuesday 17 September • I/School Jumps & throws (Yrs 3-6)

Friday 20 September • Interschool Athletics Carnival (Yrs 1 – 6) (East Hamersley P.S.)

Thursday 26 September • Newsletter 15

Friday 27 September • FREE DRESS • LAST DAY OF TERM

Term 4 begins Tuesday 15 October 2019 (for students)