BALCATTA PRIMARY SCHOOL Telephone: 9345 8100 Fax: 9344 3665

NEWSLETTER

Number: 13 29 August 2019

AWARD WINNERS FROM THE BSHS ART COMPETITION

PRINCIPAL’S PATTER

Hello Everyone

Congratulations to our Year 2 class for their very entertaining performance

at our last assembly, based on fairy tale characters.

Preliminary NAPLAN data has been released. Although we are already

using some of this to modify teaching & learning programs, it does not have

comparisons or standards with which to compare.

The parent report on your child’s achievement will be released to the school

in mid-September and will be distributed to you shortly thereafter.

The students are getting very excited about the School Faction Athletics

Carnival to be held next week on Friday 6 September. We wish all three

factions, Odin, Hutt and Walters, a very enjoyable day. The carnival will

commence at approximately 9.00 am with the long distance runs. Students

are required to wear their faction shirt, which can be purchased through the

school’s uniform shop (open Wednesday 8.40 am to 9.00 am).

We are looking forward to a terrific day, with all students doing their best for

their factions.

On Wednesday 14 August, Balcatta Senior High School hosted their annual

Primary School Art competition. The schools involved were Balcatta,

Osborne, Takari, Tuart Hill and West Balcatta Primary schools. Twenty

students from Balcatta entered the competition with the theme being

‘Portraits’.

Congratulations to our students on receiving the following awards for their

impressive artwork;

Certificate of Excellence - Levi Newell & Daniela Ceranic

Certificate of Merit - Max Haugen & Emily Bekkers

Principal’s Merit Award - Aariq Azan

Enjoy your weekend and Happy Father’s Day to all our dads on Sunday

September 1.

Mark Cox

Principal

SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

Our next assembly for this term will be held tomorrow,

(Friday 30 August), commencing at 9.00 am with our Year 5 class

performing the item. Parents, grandparents, friends and

community members are very welcome to attend.

Merit Awards

Seline William, Leena MEEL, Aaric BAJRACHARYA, Hannah GAVANZO, Isabelle

TRITTON, Archie O’DONNELL, Manha AHMED, Daniela CERANIC, Logan

McCARTHY, Faith MUYEMBE, Xavier PASSI, Phe NGUYEN, Alfred ORYEN

ARTWORK FROM OUR STUDENTS DISPLAYED AT B.S.H.S.

FACTION ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

The Faction Athletics Carnival will be held next Friday 6 September, on the

school oval.

Friday’s Program – 6 September

9.15 am Long distance races

9.30 am Tabloids & Pre-Primary games

10.30 am RECESS

11.00 am Pre-Primary races

11.20 am Running races – Years 1 to 6

12.20 pm LUNCH

1.00 pm Team games and relay races

2.40 pm Presentations

Please note that the canteen will only be open at morning recess for the purchase

of cakes & at lunch to serve ordered hamburgers. A mobile coffee van will also be

coming to provide hot drinks etc.

Parents and friends of Balcatta students, as always, are most welcome to

come along and cheer for their children.

Jannah HAMDI, Gary GARLETT, Vihaan THAKAR, Satvik KUMAR, Dakota

VARADY, Saachi SAHOTA, Rojiyar ABDOUH, Tom NGUYEN, Rawan HAMID

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Some wonderful characters were spotted around the school on August 16 to celebrate CBCA Book Week.

READING IS MY SECRET POWER Celebrations –

Year 2’s from room 10 performed a play about some Fairy Tale characters who receive a laptop. The students followed & read the story, “Once Upon a Time…ONLINE”.

ASSEMBLY Room 10, Yr 2

Together with teachers & parents they made and brought in props from home to produce a very successful and enjoyable play. Mrs Guy and Miss Raso

P & C

FACTION CARNIVAL FUN - FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER

CAKE STALL

We are running a cake stall to raise

money to purchase a plaque for Mr V’s

garden. We are asking for all you

amazing bakers to cook some delicious

cupcakes, muffins, slices etc. to donate

to the stall. Please deliver all goods to the canteen before school on the

Friday. These will be sold at recess time. Please remember we cannot keep

perishables toppings such as fresh cream, cream cheese and custard

refrigerated. Also remember we are an allergy aware school.

LUNCH

For lunch we will be offering meat and veggie burgers down at the

canteen. All meat will be supplied by Ismail’s Halal Butcher at

Northlands shopping centre.

We are seeking volunteers to help out selling items at the cake stall at

recess, and the burgers at lunch. If you have some time spare, we

would really appreciate your help, whether it’s to prepare, cook or pack away

etc. Please let us know if you can help out.

MOBILE COFFEE VAN Koffee2go will be on the courts selling hot drinks and slushies.

Please remember that this is a Smoke & Alcohol free event. If you wish to

smoke, please ensure you are a minimum of 10mtrs away from the oval and

school entrances.

Thank you – we look forward to a fun day!

CADBURY FUNDRAISER This year we are running a Cadbury Chocolate fundraiser. Look out for it,

coming soon.

CANTEEN Due to the special burger menu planned for the Athletics Carnival, normal canteen

will not be running on 6 September, but will resume the following Friday (13

September).

*Choban Yogurt pouches and hotdogs will now be regular

items on our canteen menu.

Come on down to the Breakfast club on Tuesday morning

& get yourself a free Choban Gimmies yogurt.

First in – first served.

CHAPLAINS CORNER

With the cooler weather this term and lots of us getting sick we have many opportunities to practice our August value of DETERMINATION. How is your family going at: - setting goals - being focused on what you are doing (that might mean encouraging your child(ren) in doing their homework or tidying their room or other family jobs) and helping them to resist getting distracted - keeping on going if finding something difficult and asking for help if we need to, so that... - we finish what we start because it we believe that what we are doing is important.

As parents one of our most important jobs is to train our children and that takes a

lot of determination some days. 😊

For September we are focusing on RESPECT, but let's keep practising DETERMINATION. Our Faction Sports Carnival next week gives a great opportunity to put into practice both of these values.

Have a great week. Keep well.

Larissa McCarthy School Chaplain

PLAYGROUP

We still meet on Thursday mornings

during the school term 9.00 - 10.20am. Today

we had fun making these father’s day cards!!

If you have younger children that have not yet

started school, bring them along

and join in the fun.

Hope to see you there.

DATES TO REMEMBER AUGUST Friday 30 August • Assembly Yr 5

SEPTEMBER Friday 6 September • Faction Athletics Carnival

Tuesday 10 September • Sustainability Excursion (Yrs 3,4,5)

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)