Newsletter Issue 18: 24 October 2018 SMS Absences to: 0418 928 939

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK

Dear Parents, Carers and Community Members

As discussed in previous newsletters, and at Parent Information Sessions, Bannister Creek Primary School will be rolling out a staggered implementation of a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program over the next 3 years. This will begin with our 2019 Year 3 and 4 students, who are requested to have a personal iPad for use at school. Parents have an option to use an existing device, purchase their own or take advantage of educational pricing through JB Hi-Fi, who will supply Bannister Creek parents with iPads at a reduced cost. Please follow the instructions below to login to their website and see the different options available. A Parent BYOD information book is on our website (or pick up from the School Office).

Planning for 2019 2019 funding is reliant on student numbers. If your children will definitely not be returning to Bannister Creek PS in 2019, please let us know. Teachers will soon be forming draft classes; included in this newsletter is a Parent Class Placement Request Form that gives you the opportunity to outline any educational concerns that you feel teachers need to consider.

Bandana Week –29th

October to 2nd

November…..that’s next week! For their last charity fundraiser of the year, the Student Councillors have decided to support CanTeen. Every morning next week, from 8:20-8:40am, the councillors will be selling bandannas outside the Library for $5 each. Students have the option of purchasing a bandanna, or bringing their own from home. The bandannas can be worn all week. We have limited stock, so if you are buying from school, you will need to get organised early!

CanTeen is an Australian national support organisation for young people living with cancer; including cancer patients, their brothers and sisters, and young people with parents or primary carers with cancer. Congratulations Interschool Athletics Team - Championship Shield Winners The Interschool Athletics Carnival was held last Wednesday at the Langford Sports Centre. The students who represented Bannister Creek Primary School can be very proud of their efforts. They displayed great sportsmanship and teamwork throughout the day, impressing everyone with their school spirit. Mrs Rowlands, and Mr Robson did a great job coaching and supporting our students. Thank you to the parents and family members who came along to support our competitors.

Kind Regards

Lyn Macauley PRINCIPAL

Telephone: 9350 9588 Facsimile: 9458 2058 Email: bannistercreek.ps@education.wa.edu.au Web: www.bannistercreekps.wa.edu.au Facebook: www.facebook.com/bannistercreekps

COMING EVENTS

Thursday, 25 October 9-10.30am Parenting Workshop

Thursday, 25 October Room 16 Cupcakes Sale

Monday, 29 October 3.15pm School Board Meeting

Wednesday, 31 October 8.45am Assembly hosted by Room 14

Wednesday, 7 November Community Links—Embroidery Room 14 Ground Water Excursion

Friday, 9 November P&C Disco

Friday, 23 November Champion Fathers/Kids Camp-Out

2019 YEAR 3 & 4 BYOD—JB HIFI IPAD OPTION

Annual Public School Board meeting – 29th

October 2018, commencing at 3:15pm All Parents/Carers are invited to attend. The meeting agenda will include:

Review of 2018 NAPLAN assessments 2019 Contributions and Charges Schedule

Thank You Chloe and Bree, Year 6 students, have been working on craft projects with their Ed Connect Mentor, Mrs Edwina Cusworth. The girls proudly presented the school with a beautiful cushion that they designed, and embroidered. The cushion brightens up our office reception area.

INTERSCHOOL ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

On 17th October, students from Year 4, 5 and 6 went to the 2018 Interschool Athletics Carnival. All of the effort put in by

the students made it a very successful day. Despite the hot weather, all teams pushed through and did their best. Congratulations to all participants and place recipients in the individual events. The hard work and practice before school and during lunch times paid off in the team games. We placed in all team games and won several of them. A massive congratulations to Tasha, Rm 14 who was the Year 5 Girl Runner-Up, and to Isabelle, Room 18 who was the Year 6 Girl Champion. Overall, all of the points added up and brought us home a win by 7 points!

Mrs Jay Jay and her Christmas Cheer Helpers are compiling Christmas hampers to help families enjoy the coming festive season. Please send donations of non-perishable food items to one of the following collection points: School Library, Front Office, outside the Kindy and Pre-Primary Classrooms.

Please send your donation to school no later than Friday, 30th November. Christmas themed foods would be especially welcome.

If you are aware of any families in need of a hamper, please contact the School Chaplain.

CHRISTMAS HAMPERS

One of our very talented parents, Amy Fletcher kindly ran the Community Links—cake decorating workshop this morning. Everyone had lots of fun and the results were very impressive. Thanks Amy and everyone who joined in.

COMMUNITY LINKS

Next week is Bandanna Week. The student counsellors will be selling bandannas for $5 each to support CanTeen who help young people cope with cancer. Thursday, 25th October is the Cupcake Stall run by Room 16 students. We will be selling cupcakes for $1—$4 to raise money for the Year 6 surprise gift to the school. A Handball tournament is also going to happen soon, so if you want to sign up, please write your, and your team mate’s, name on a slip of paper and post it in the suggestion box in the Library. By Rueben

STUDENT COUNCILLOR’S CORNER

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK CONTINUES

On Wednesday in Week 2, we did our assembly. We had been learning about money in Maths, so our act was called “The Price is Right”. I had a lot of fun rehearsing for our assembly. I think a lot of people found our assembly enjoyable, as I saw them laughing lots. By Thinuli, Room 11, Year 3.

SCHOOL ASSEMBLY—ROOM 11, YEAR 3

HONOUR CERTIFICATES: Excellence, no matter what you are doing, excellence means you are giving it the best you have. Excellence is what leads to success. It takes courage to practise excellence. When you practise excellence, you can break new ground and try new things that have never been thought of before. Doing your best helps you find out who you really are. Congratulations to the following Honour Certificate recipients from our last assembly.

SCHOOL AWARDS

CLASS STUDENT

Room 3 Conner, Henry, Daisy

Room 4 Aylia

Room 5 Chrystle, Lily

Room 6 Kairie

Room 7 Pearl, Rylan

Room 8 Madison

CLASS STUDENT

Room 9 Sunny

Room T3 Yong, Maxx

Room 10 Miya, Matthew

Room 11 Thinuli

Room 13 Michael, Danica

Room T1 Karli, Lovish

CLASS STUDENT

Room 14 Zach

Room 15 Tobias, Isabelle

Room T4 Bheylee

Room 16 Alisandra, Deena

Room 17 Leyla, Amberly

Room 18 Saxon

FACTION TOKENS: Students who follow our Code of Conduct and display outstanding social skills are awarded Faction Tokens. At each assembly, a raffle draw is conducted for fortnightly winners who receive a prize. All Faction Tokens go into an End of Term Second Chance Draw, so keep doing your best.

The winners at the last assembly were: Layla Room 11, Emily Room 15, Zach Room 6 and Lacey Room 6.

Term 3, Week 10 Faction Token Tally

Avon 62 Bickley 37 Canning 48 Swan 70

FACTION TOKENS

The P&C will be holding a disco on 9th

November 2018. Notes regarding this event will be coming home today with students. We are urgently seeking volunteers for the disco to ensure the disco runs smoothly and the students have a great experience . If you are able to assist in any way, please let us know. Your assistance would be greatly appreciated. We would also like to announce that sadly, our Canteen Manager, Danielle will not be returning to BCPS next year. She is embarking on a new career. We would like to thank her for all her efforts this year and wish her all the best for the future. We will be advertising the position of Canteen Manager shortly and hope to have the position filled before the end of the year.

P&C NEWS

PARENTING COURSES / WORKSHOPS

With swimming pools and beaches a part of the Western Australian lifestyle, ensuring your children can swim competently and safely is a must for all families. We provide swimming lessons for children through our Interm and VacSwim swimming programs. VacSwim swimming lessons are in the October and December/January school holidays. Lessons are open to children over five years and under 18 years. Your children can join in the fun of learning to swim with lessons conducted at pools and open water venues across the State. Lessons are for beginners through to advanced survival, rescue and resuscitation. Interm Swimming lessons are run through schools at all metropolitan aquatic leisure centres and most swimming pools. Lessons are also available at select beaches. Interm Swimming lessons operate at approximately 100 country locations throughout the State. The majority of programs are conducted in swimming pools with some at beach or open water venues, where possible. To enrol for the summer 2018/19 season https://www.education.wa.edu.au/vacswim

VACSWIM

Countdown to Christmas Free Money Course Throughout October, and as a part of Anti-poverty week, Christians Against Poverty seeks to run a record number of free budgeting programs and promote awareness of the ever increasing issue of debt and poverty in Australia.

The Christians Against Poverty Money course is a budgeting and finance education course, run in conjunction with church partners across Australia, that will enable families with the skills they need to effectively manage spending and prevent the build-up of debt. Freely available to anyone, this course teaches a proven cash based spending model that is easy to manage and will help prevent the build-up of unnecessary debt.

The next free money course will be held at 2:00PM - 4:00PM Saturday 27 October 2018 St. Augustine's Church, 2A Kenton Street, Lynwood

For more information and R.S.V.P. your attendance please contact Ph: 08 9458 8648 (leave your name & phone number) Email: info@lynwood.perth.anglican.org

BANNISTER CHAMPION FATHERS GROUP CAMP OUT—CHANGE OF DATE

It’s on again. The camp-out is now planned for Friday, 23rd November. Bring your tent, sleeping gear and a sense of fun, and enjoy a night under the stars on the school oval, with the kids. The camp-out is from 4.30pm on Friday to 9am on Saturday and families will need to bring a self cook dinner for Friday night.

The cost is $20 per family, which will cover breakfast on Saturday morning and a real coffee/hot chocolate for all attendees.

Please go to the link below to book one ticket per family. Get in quick, as there are limited places available. https://www.trybooking.com/ZAKH

WAAPA Summer School

2018/2019

This Summer WAAPA at ECU, Mt

Lawley is offering an exciting

performing arts program for

students from Years 1 to 12. The

Summer School includes classes

in RAP, Acting, Dance, Drama,

Screen Performance, Music

Theatre and of course, how to

perform Shakespeare. For

information about the fantastic

courses on offer please visit

WAAPA Summer School or

contact Gabrielle Metcalf at

g.metcalf@ecu.edu.au

PARENTING INFORMATION

SPEECH and LANGUAGE TIPS for a great start to Kindergarten Date: 21/11/2018 Time: 09:25am-11:00am Venue: Child and Parent Centre Brookman, 34 Brookman Ave, Langford You will learn about: Speech and language development. Helping your child develop understanding and talking skills. The importance of play and books. What to do if you have concerns about your child’s

speech and/or language development. This is a great opportunity to meet our Speech Pathologist Ebony and ask any questions you may have about your child’s speech or language development. * Please note that this FREE workshop is for parents/carers of children that will commence kindergarten in 2019 ** There is NO CRECHE available for this workshop.

COMMUNITY EVENTS

CANNING SHOW

BANNISTER CREEK PRIMARY SCHOOL

2019 Class Placement Parent Request

Please return this form to the School Office by Friday 9th

November 2018

Child’s Name: __________________________________________________________________________________ Current Year Level : _________________ Current Room No.: ________________ Parent’s Name: ________________________________________________________________________________ The information I would like the school to take into consideration during the process of allocating students to classes for next year: Academic considerations _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Social considerations _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Behavioural considerations _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Please tick this box if a parent interview is requested with the Principal or Deputy Principal.

Please Note: Whilst every effort will be made to accommodate requests and concerns, no guarantee can be given with regard to any placement. The final decision about the placement of students will rest with the Principal. Parent Signature: _____________________________________________________ Date: ____________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________

Students NOT returning in 2019 Please return this form to the School Office as soon as possible. My child/children will not be returning to Bannister Creek Primary School in 2019. New school ____________________________________________________________________________________ Child/children’s Name/s: _________________________________________________________Room No. ________ _________________________________________________________Room No. ________ _________________________________________________________Room No. ________ _________________________________________________________Room No. ________