from the principal - bateman primary school...mark weiman, glenn elliot & tim norris...

Bateman Primary School, Bartling Crescent, Bateman WA 6150 T: 6258 6900 E: [email protected] www.batemanps.wa.edu.au

From the Principal One day it’s STEAM Day and our children are solving problems and designing

materials to assist in the process and another day it’s Chinese Day and we are

enjoying lots of those nice things around Chinese culture in a school-wide

celebra"on. Today and tomorrow also sees our friends from Bunnings doing major

work on the Bush Tucker Track and frog pond in prepara"on for tomorrow

a&ernoon’s Busy Bee. If you have yet to see the magnificent signage going into the

area, it is worth coming along to the fun of the Busy Bee just to see it.

In keeping with the introduc"on of our Reconcilia"on Ac"on Plan, we are looking to

name each of our six buildings a&er one of the six Aboriginal seasons so that students

can easily remember and learn about these six seasons. If we do proceed it would

simply be a ma-er of each block having a dual language sign a-ached for

iden"fica"on.

Last week we competed successfully in the interschool athle"cs carnival and had a

number of outstanding compe"tors who were recognized with medals and many

more who gave their very best in individual and team games to represent their

school proudly. Not only do we present other schools with beau"ful surroundings

for the carnival but we also always demonstrate how teams should behave and

compete.

It is that "me of year when I call for parents to nominate for one of the 4 soon to be

vacated posi"ons on the School Board. The Board meets twice a term for about an

hour at a "me to ensure governance of the school is effec"ve and reviews new

policies, monitors our business plan and performs other func"ons to ensure that we

are mee"ng the needs of the Bateman community and the Educa"on Department. If

you wish to be considered for a posi"on on the Board, please email me before Friday

15 November and your name can be put forward for the community to vote on (if

there are more than 4 nominees).

With a dress-up parade part of tomorrow’s ac"vi"es it is probably a good "me for me

to let you know what sort of things we look for if we are picking a “winner”.

Whenever there is a parade where small prizes are to be given out our staff/judges

always look for costumes where a lot of student effort and crea"vity (and o&en a bit

of parent help) has been involved. We won’t be awarding any small prizes tomorrow

for commercial or exis"ng tradi"onal costume but instead be looking for students

who have understood or researched the costumes and have been crea"ve in making

their costume. The awarding of small prizes for parades is a long-standing Bateman

tradi"on but it may be something that we look at going into the future.

As we move towards a more paper-free environment in everything but the students’

school work, you will only receive an e-mailed report at the end of this year and soon

you will no"ce a change when you come to sign-in as we are replacing the old books

with an iPad sign in system which will be more efficient and user-friendly and is a

great ini"a"ve from our front office team.

With so many events over the coming weeks I hope to catch up with each of you

before the Sundowner and our end-of-year events.

TERM 3

Friday 8 November

Chinese Assembly

Chinese Day

AFLW Carnival Yrs 4-6

P&C Busy Bee 3-6pm

Monday 11 November

Worm Farm Incursion P-6

Tuesday 12 November

Worm Farm Incursion P-6

Friday 15 November

P&C Dad n Kids Camp Out

Monday 18 November

2020 Leaders Speeches

Wednesday 20 November

2020 Elec"ons

1.45pm New Parents Mtg

Thursday 21 November

Movies @ Bateman

FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER

PUPIL FREE DAY

Students to not a,end.

Monday 25 November

7pm P&C AGM

Wednesday 27 November

ICT Open A&ernoon & BYOD

Info Session

Friday 29 November

Assembly Pre-Primary

MOB Dinner

LAST DAY FOR TERM 4 IS

THURSDAY 19 DECEMBER

Please contact School

Watch Security on 1800

177 777 if you see any

suspicious ac4vity at

the school a5er hours.

Issue No 17

7 November 2019


We are currently wai"ng for preliminary comment from the City of Melville and for some final approvals to be

completed before our new 2.1m garrison fencing can be put up across the front of the early childhood play area.

Once we have those in place builders are ready to construct the fence which will keep our children safe and allow

us to leave equipment out overnight and on weekends. This endeavor is jointly sponsored by the Educa"on

Department and your fantas"c P&C.

Apple Screen Time is a tool used to restrict the usage of an iPad. It has the ability to set iPad "me limits, specific

app "me limits, block apps, restrict web or internet usage and more. Parents are able to set up their child’s iPad

with these restric"ons using a separate passcode for access. We recommend that it be a separate passcode from

the one used to lock the iPad so that the children cannot access these restric"ons.

Up un"l now, our Zuludesk configura"on would previously reset any Apple Screen Time and parental controls upon

connec"ng to the school network with a BYOD iPad. We have now found a way to resolve this issue. From today,

any Screen Time seJngs that are set up on a BYOD iPad will remain even a&er it has been connected to the school

and also once it has been taken home again.

Due to the seJngs now being retained, any seJngs that are configured to restrict these iPads will also restrict its

usage at school. As such, we ask that parents be mindful when seJng up Apple Screen Time so that the iPads will

s"ll be able to be used for all class work. We do not recommend fully blocking web browsers such as Safari and

Chrome at home as it will impact on the iPad user’s learning at school. The iPads are frequently used for research

and other online learning tools such as Mathle"cs. We would suggest using Down"me (Found in the Apple Screen

Time parental seJngs). This will stop the iPad from being used at all during the nominated "mes.

If you have li-le to no experience with Apple Screen Time and would like to make use of it, we will be releasing a

basic tutorial on how to set it up and use it.

7 November 2019

Parent Representa4ve Nomina4ons for School Board 2019-2020

We are seeking nomina"ons for the 4 parent posi"ons that will become vacant at the end of the year. The Board

meets about 6 "mes a year. Parent representa"ves input community perspec"ves and ensure strong governance

of the school.

If you wish to nominate for the posi"on of parent representa"ve for the 2 year term please e-mail

marc.locke-@educa"on.wa.edu.au by 3.00pm on Friday 15 November 2019. If we receive more than 4

nomina"ons an electronic vo"ng process will happen for all parents from Friday 22 November 2019.

Progress on the Early Childhood Fence Upgrade

Apple Screen Time and Parental Controls


On Monday 4 November the students par"cipated in a variety of S.T.EA.M. ac"vi"es across the school.

SCIENCE. TECHNOLOGY. ENGINEERING. ART. MATHS

The classes rotated to each classroom and completed ac"vi"es with each teacher. It was wonderful to see the

crea"vity, problem solving and teamwork throughout the year groups. An awesome day enjoyed by all.

7 November 2019

STEAM Day


This year on the 29th

and 30th

of October, Bateman par"cipated in the 2019 Interschool Athle"cs Carnival. We had

lots of fun par"cipa"ng in the jumps, throws, team games and running events. Overall Bateman came 5th

out of 7

teams. We were very nervous at the start of the day but we pulled ourselves together and worked together as a

team by the end! We all had a great "me and tried our best in everything we did!

Here are some of the things that we enjoyed!

“I loved the Pass Ball.” - Joshua H

“The cheering was my favourite part.” – Boston P

“I enjoyed the whole en"re day!” - Dana B

“Represen"ng my school and doing Bateman proud was my favourite part” - Anusha V

A big CONGRATULATIONS to our individual winners:

Year 5 Girls:

Third Place – Charlo-e T

Year 6 Girls:

Champion Girl – Anusha V

Year 6 Boys:

Second Place – Zach C

Champion Boy – Ben D-M

We would like to also say a big thank you to Miss Cleghorn, Mr Shepherd and Miss B for all of their help.

By Dana B and Kennedy A

7 November 2019

Interschool Athle4cs Carnival 2019


7 November 2019

P&C Grounds Report

Bush Tucker-Indigenous Educa4on Reserve - Busy Bee Friday 8 November 3:00-5:30pm!

It’s on Friday so come along with your family and plant some bush tucker in our amazing Bush Tucker-Indigenous

Educa�on Reserve Friday 8th November straight a&er school (Busy Bee 3:00-5:30pm & BBQ/Aboriginal Educa"onal

Presenta"on 5:30-6pm).

A HUGE thanks to Glenn E, Mark W, Tim N and team for puJng up the

amazing sculptures over the weekend. They look amazing. Also thanks to Ali

and her team of gardeners who have done a huge amount of unglamorous

but needed weeding, mulching and preparing of the path and garden beds

ready for Friday.

Bunnings have their volunteer team on site this Thursday 7 and Friday 8

November to mulch the bush tucker path, create a frog pond/habitat (the

students will be included in this ac"vity during the Friday - a huge thanks to

Miss Parry and Mrs Allen [Science] for being involved in this super project)

and providing a significant number of bush tucker plants for the students,

families and community to plant at the busy bee. If you can come along

during the day to help them out please ask for Ali or ask Rhiannon from the

Bunnings team (you will need to sign in at school admin).

For Friday there will be teams focused on specific tasks so if you are

par"cularly interested in helping with an area or project please get in touch

with the project champions below or turn up on the night:

Hard Sculptures (Laser cut sculptures, aboriginal art pavers)

Mark Weiman, Glenn Elliot & Tim Norris

Plan"ng and “Herbs & Healing” garden room (plan"ng out pathways and

herbs and healing area)

Ali Moore

Pathway (any roadbase to be completed and plan"ng/re"c)

Tania & Casey Allen.

DJ (rockin the tunes!)

DJ Mel (and Brooklyn)

General (weeding, cleaning up, bbq etc)

Mike Baldwin, Bruce Gardiner, Brian Tanner, Stephanie Russo

Following the Busy Bee and to thank everyone there will be a free BBQ and a

presenta"on from Elder Aunty Marie Taylor on the Aboriginal Seasons and

bush tucker while you eat from 5:30-6pm.

This will be a unique and worthy project and

our gi& to the school and community for our

50 year celebra"ons next year so please

come on down. Further, we really would like

as many students and families involved so

they can tell everyone in the years to come

they planted this or that amazing bush

tucker plant. For any more informa"on

please say hi to the area champions or

contact our friendly Grounds & Facili"es

team for more details at

[email protected] or 040 6666 567.


7 November 2019

P&C Grounds Report

Huge thank you to Tree Care WA - Kelvin and Team

You may have no"ced the amazing new “outdoor teaching area” in the Bush Tucker reserve. Kelvin from Tree Care

WA was so inspired by our 50 year project and gi& to the school and community that he kindly donated his crew

and equipment to create the outdoor teaching area out of logs we salvaged from the council. A massive thanks and

please see Tree Care WAs website to support them back www.treecarewa.com.au

End of Year Sundowner - Save the Date - Friday 6 December

Our end of year Sundowner will be held on Friday 6 December from 5pm to 8pm. Please bring a picnic, drinks,

chairs/picnic rug and come and catch up with the other Bateman families and teachers from the school. So come

along and enjoy a great family night out! Watch this space for details.

MOB - Dads and Kids Camp Out, Friday 15 to Saturday 16 November

To all the dads and father figures, the 2019 Dads and Kids camp is coming up

soon, so get cracking and sign up! Registra"on forms are in the school’s office.

This is a great opportunity to spend some "me with your kids, and if you are new

to school, to meet other dads and father figures. Get on board, your kids will

love you for it! Ques"ons? Contact Tim (Leila and Alice’s dad) 0408 939 824

Wednesday Lunch Orders – A Reminder to Students Collec4ng Lunch Orders

Students, when collec"ng your lunch orders from the class baskets at the undercover area, please make

sure you collect the correct items. Please check the name and collect the correct drink as noted on your

order form. If any assistance is needed, please check with the Parent Helper on duty.

Uniform Shop

Uniform shop Volunteers Needed for 2020

A couple of our wonderful volunteers are finishing up at the end of this year. So, if you are available for 45 minutes

on a Thursday morning once every 2 or 3 weeks, please get in touch: [email protected].

The uniform shop is open on Thursdays from 8:30am to 9:00am in the U4lity room.

School Banking News - Term 4 Update

School Banking Day: Wednesday mornings 8.30 to 8.50 in the P&C U4lity room

Bankers can s"ll bank EVERY WEEK of the school term! Just fill out your yellow deposit book and place your

deposit inside. If your yellow book is in the orange locked box (front office) by 2.50pm Tuesdays, your deposit will

be processed on Wednesday

Icecreams, Icypoles (and Juice Boxes—Limited 4me) for sale - Friday’s during Term 4

Ice-creams, Icypoles and Juice Boxes will be on sale during Term 4 on Fridays at lunch"me in the P&C U"lity Room

Lifesavers icy poles $2.00

Frozen yoghurt (mango or strawberry) $2.00

Billabong (chocolate or rainbow) $1.50

Quelch icy poles 50c

Juice Box (Apple/Orange/Paradise Punch) $1.00

Note: P&C have chilled juice boxes le& over from fac"on carnival day. Will not be geJng any more once sold out.

Vacant posi4on - P&C Treasurer

Our treasurer posi"on is vacant for 2020. If you have some spare "me to take on this role, we would love your

help.

For informa"on about what the role involves or any other ques"ons, please contact Sylvie Broadway, treasurer, on

0423 166 836.

Your Feedback and Get in Touch

We welcome any feedback and ideas you may have that would help benefit the children and school.

Please email [email protected] or come along to one of our regular P&C mee"ngs.


What's Happening on Facebook?

Our Facebook page, h-ps://www.facebook.com/batemanpandc/, is frequently updated with

events, pictures, videos and informa"on on what is happening at Bateman PS.

Like us to keep up to date with what is happening and stay in touch.

Next P&C Mee4ng - Monday 25 November 2019

The next P&C mee"ng and AGM will be Week 7, Term 4 on Monday, 25 November 2019 at

7.00pm in the P&C U"lity Room. Come along, get involved - it is your school too! Drinks and

nibbles provided.

P&C Christmas Appeal for The Salva4on Army

As the end of year draws to a close and we start to think about Christmas, it is a good "me to think about those in

our community who are less fortunate. This year, instead of the usual Christmas Hampers we collect and raffle off

at the end-of-year sundowner, we are collec"ng dona"ons to help support the Salva"on Army Christmas Appeal. A

flyer will be sent home with the children next week with some guidelines and dona"on ideas for the Christmas

Appeal Hampers. Closing date Thursday, 5 December 2019

7 November 2019

P&C News...cont...


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