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BALCATTA PRIMARY SCHOOL

Telephone: 9345 8100 Fax: 9344 3665

NEWSLETTER

Number: 14 7 September 2017

FACTION ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

2017

PRINCIPAL’S PATTER

Hello Everyone

We certainly had a beautiful fine day for our Faction Athletics Carnival held

yesterday. It was great to see everyone working together to make our

Carnival an enjoyable and successful experience. The spirit of the students

was excellent and they are to be congratulated for the great determination

they displayed for their factions. Well done to Odin for winning the carnival.

A big thank you to everyone who ‘helped out’ - with special thanks to Mr

Cox, who did an outstanding job in organising the carnival.

See the photos in this week’s newsletter.

We now look forward to the Interschool Carnival to be held at Lake Monger

Primary School next Friday 15 September. Good luck to all our students who

will be competing.

Today the students in Years 3 and 5 will be bringing home their NAPLAN

(National Assessment Program in Literacy and Numeracy) reports. These

assessments were held in May this year for all students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9

in all Australian states and territories. An information pamphlet for parents

will accompany each child’s report.

Enjoy your weekend (P.S.- “Go the Eagles”!!)

Peter Gates

Principal

SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

Our next assembly for this term will be held tomorrow September

8 commencing at 9.00 am with our Year 1, Room 11 class

performing the item. Parents, grandparents, friends and

community members are very welcome to attend.

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STARRY WORK

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Book Week 2017

Week 6 found the students at Balcatta PS celebrating the annual CBCA (Children’s Book Council of

Australia) Book Week. ‘Escape to Everywhere’ through books was this year’s theme. The celebration

acknowledges and recognises successful Australian authors and illustrators who have published in the

last year.

This year the winners are;

Book of the Year: Younger Readers - “Rockhopping” by Trace Balla

Book of the Year: Early Childhood – “Go Home Cheeky Animals” by Johanna Bell and Dion

Beasley

Picture Book of the Year – “Home in the Rain” by Bob Graham

New Illustrators – “The Patchwork Bike” by Maxine Beneba Clarke, illustrated by Van T Rudd.

These titles along with the Shortlisted and some notables are held in the school library and are

available for the students to loan.

The Pre Primary classes had a special library session with our very own Nicole Murphy who read her

own published story “My Bali Holiday” and entertained the students with her travel bag full of

goodies for a Bali beach day.

The Year 1, 2 and 3 students travelled to Osborne Library and had an informative hour with local

author and illustrator Samantha Hughes. Samantha talked about her own writing and art work

experiences before guiding the students through a great drawing and storytelling session where all

the students drew some great comic characters. There are some budding artists amongst the junior

students here at Balcatta PS!! Samantha was kind enough to give us two signed character drawings

from the session that will be hung in the library for everyone to enjoy. The students are to be

congratulated on their exemplary behaviour on the day.

I challenged the Year 4, 5 and 6 students to have a “Blind Date with a Book” to see where it may take

them. The books were chosen from the Fiction collection but did not include any of the current

popular titles and were wrapped in paper. There was a short blurb on the outside to give a hint as to

what the novel was about. All I asked was that the students read at least the first few pages of the

book even if it wasn’t what they were expecting. Some students went on to read the whole book

while others have told me that they didn’t finish theirs. Not all blind dates work out in real life but I

was happy to see the students take the risk of being challenged to read something different.

Happy reading everyone,

Mrs Keen

School Library Officer

CELEBRATING BOOK WEEK 2017

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PHYS ED/SPORT

FACTION ATHLETICS Our annual faction carnival was a great day, with all students trying their

very best for their faction. Congratulations to ODIN for winning the faction

shield from Walters and Hutt. Many thanks to all who helped organise the

factions and a particular thank you to the staff and volunteers who made

the day run so smoothly. The champions for each group were:

WINNERS RUNNERS UP

JUNIORS

Girls Danica Largo (Odin) Peyton Lankester (Odin)

Boys Zach Bartorillo (Hutt) Jai Buchanan (Odin)

INTERMEDIATES

Girls Jenna Vance (Odin) Fernanda Byrro (Walters)

Boys Levi Newell (Walters) Basiem Mussa (Hutt)

SENIORS

Girls Lahna Wray (Odin) Naisargi Patel (Odin)

Boys Manav Vohra (Walters)

Marley Newell (Walters) Ryder Vance (Odin)

Final scores were:

ODIN

367

WALTERS

330

HUTT

237

INTERSCHOOL CARNIVAL Next week on Tuesday 12 September, the throws, jumps and distance races

will be held at Lake Monger Primary School between 9.30 am and

12.00 noon. The main carnival will be held on Friday 15 September at Lake

Monger Primary School. The Program of Events for Friday is as follows:

9.30 to 10.15 Running Races – Years 1 to 6

10.15 to 12.15 Bean bag and Flag relays – Years 1 to 6

Junior Bounce Ball relay

Running Relay – Years 1 & 2

12.15 to 1.00 LUNCH

1.00 to 2.30 Bounce ball – Intermediate and Senior

Passball – Intermediate and Senior

Leaderball – Intermediate and Senior

Running Relays – Years 3 to 6

Years 1 & 2 students will be finished their events by 12.15 pm.

Mark Cox

Sports Co-Ordinator

FACTION PHOTOS

DATES TO REMEMBER SEPTEMBER

Friday 8 September • Assembly Yr 1 (Rm 11)

Tuesday 12 September • Interschool Jumps (L.Monger P/S)

Friday 15 September • Interschool Athletics Carnival (L.Monger P/S)

Monday 18 September • Excursions - Zoo (Yr 3)/ Scitech (Yr 5)

Mon 18 – Fri 22 September • Marbles Week

Thursday 21 September • Newsletter 15

• Massed Choir (Perth Concert Hall)

Friday 22 September • FREE DRESS

• LAST DAY OF TERM

Term 4 begins Tuesday 10 October 2017 (for students)

VIRTUE FOR THE

MONTH IS RESPECT