Principal’s Patter: Congratulations to our Interschool Swimming Teams

The students who attended the primary and secondary interschool swimming carnivals should be very proud of their efforts. Thankyou

very much to our staff Mrs Murray, Mrs Aynsley, Mrs Shaw and Mrs Sims for their wonderful organisation and supervision of students at

training and at the carnivals, Jacinta Murray for some very valuable squad training, Mr Gollan for driving the bus all the way to Wongan

Hills, and all the parents who accompanied and transported students to these events.

Interim School Reports

Brief reports to inform parents about student progress over the first term of the school year will be sent home to parents next week.

These reports are designed to ensure that parents are aware of any areas of concern. If there is anything on the report that you do not

understand or would like more information about, please contact your child’s class or form teacher and they will be happy to make a time

to talk through these issues with you.

School uniforms

With the welcome onset of some cooler weather, our thoughts turn to jackets and pants and staying warm and cosy. We are lucky at

Beverley DHS to have very attractive, comfortable and practical uniforms for our students. Our School Council is responsible for deciding

on the school's dress code, and the P&C runs the very convenient Uniform Shop, providing uniforms at almost cost price to our families.

New shirts in larger sizes for secondary students will be available very soon, and jackets and pants in all sizes are available now.

The uniform shop is open after every school assembly, as well as by arrangement with the front office or P&C uniform co-ordinator

Kerry-Anne Doyle.

If your school uniform jacket should happen to be temporarily missing or in the wash, please wear a plain black or red jacket or jumper

with no logos or designs. Please avoid jackets with hoods as these do not comply with our dress code.

Special Assembly

Monday 30th March Special Start Time and Location: 1.15pm in the Music and Art Room

Our farewell assembly for Mr Norm Ireland will be held on Monday and will be followed by an afternoon tea from 2.00pm. All members of

the school community are invited. Please note the earlier start time and the different location for this assembly. Come along and wish Mr

Ireland all the best for his retirement – we would love to see you there. Please note that Junior Sport registrations will be available

outside the Art Room from 2.30pm on Monday.

A Waterwise and sustainable school

Beverley District High School takes its status as a Waterwise school very seriously, and this year our learning around water sustainability

will be an important part of the curriculum for students. Sustainability will also be the focus of students’ work with our

Artist in Residence, Charlotte O’Shea, who will be working with us over terms Two and Three this year. We received

funding to implement this project as the result of a grant from artsedge and we are very excited by the opportunities it

will provide for our students and our school. This project is designed to tie in with the Agricultural Society’s focus on

sustainability, which will be the theme for the Beverley Show.

The school’s contribution to water sustainability is being led by a team headed by Jethro Sleer, who will liaise with the Water Corporation,

the Shire and community groups in order to set the direction for a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable solution which will allow

the school to maintain and further develop its beautiful grounds. This project will provide a wonderful opportunity for situated learning and

environmental awareness for our students. We look forward to input from the school community into both the Artist in Residence and the

water sustainability projects in our school.

Enjoy the School Holidays

Thank you to our students for responsible behaviour, solid effort, and good achievement over the term. This will be our last newsletter

before the Easter break, so we wish you and your family an enjoyable and peaceful holiday time.

Wendy Moore Acting Principal

Term 1 Edition 4

26 March 2015

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The Deputy’s Dialect

WE WON!!!!!!!!

Our Interschool Primary Swimming Team were amazing at the Interschool Swimming Carnival in Brookton last Friday!!! It was a great success and Beverley managed to bring home the shield for the first time in 10 YEARS!!! You should all be very proud of yourselves, your participation and determination and sportsmanship at the carnival was AMAZING!!! I would like to specially thank Mrs Jacinta Murray for volunteering her time to run some training sessions for our interschool team in the weeks leading up to the carnival. Our students valued these sessions immensely and it made such an impact on carnival day!!! I would also like to thank Mrs Kellie Shaw and Mrs Corinna Thomas for supervising on the day and our entire Beverley DHS staff for their support during interschool training. Our office staff are amazing when it comes to carnivals and do a lot of the behind the scenes work to get us to the carnival! Thank you to Mrs Jo Sims and Mrs Marie Carroll. I would also like to thank all of the parents and grandparents who came along to support our students in their races. We have such a wonderful school community and this is very obvious when it comes to our carnivals! Thank you, we are very lucky! Wongan Hills Interschool Carnival For the very first time we entered a high school swimming team into the Wongan Hills Interschool Swimming Carnival! Our students joined together with Mukinbudin and had a fantastic day! It is so great to increase our participation in these areas and I am so proud of the efforts of our students! Thank you very much to Mrs Sarah Aynsley for supervising on the day and for supporting our students with interschool training. Another big thank you must also go to Mr Stephen Gollan who attended the day and drove the bus! Enrolment Details There are various students at school that have asthma listed on their medical history/conditions section of their enrolment forms. Please clarify with our Front Office on 96461165 if they have a puffer to treat the asthma and if a medical action plan needs to be put in place. Students with asthma are required to bring their puffer to school and it is to be taken to all sporting events. ICAS Testing Registration forms for those students who would like to sit the ICAS tests this year are available from the front office. Holidays

Holidays are fast approaching and they are going to be very well deserved for our staff and students who have all worked so

hard throughout our very busy term. I wish you all a lovely holiday with plenty of fun and relaxing time to come back nice and

refreshed for another busy Term 2!!

Aliesha Murray Acting Deputy Principal

Deputy’s Gag of The Week:

Why are pirates called pirates? Cause’ they arrrrr

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AGE GROUP AWARD NAME SCHOOL POINTS

9 Years Boys

Gold Cameron Chitty York Blue 12

Silver Thomas Mellick Beverley 10

9 Years Girls

Gold Ella Cooke Beverley 13

Silver Alfee Stevens Beverley 6

10 Years Boys

Gold William Humphries York Blue 12

Silver Coen Livingstone York Blue 11

10 Years Girls

Gold Rebekah Aynsley Beverley 12

Silver Sammy-Jo Ter-Horst Brookton 9

11 Years Boys

Gold Jay Sewell Pingelly 15

Silver Declan Kilpatrick

Troy Atkins

Beverley

York Blue

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11 Years Girls

Gold Holly Nottle Brookton 13

Silver Sophie Blechynden Pingelly 10

11+ Years Boys

Gold Kaden Saunders York Gold 15

Silver Samuel McLean Beverley 9

11+ Years Girls

Gold Grace Fisher Beverley 15

Silver Elouise Parsons Pingelly 5

Primary Boys 99M Freestyle

Champion Kaden Saunders York Gold 1.27.39

Runner-Up Samuel McLean Beverley 1.28.84

Primary Girls 99M Freestyle

Champion Grace Fisher Beverley 1.22.97

Runner-Up Holly Nottle Brookton 1.43.24

SCHOOL POINTS PLACE

Beverley 238 1st

Brookton 135 3rd

Pingelly 209 2nd

York Gold 73 5th

York Blue 113 4th

CENTRAL GREAT SOUTHERN INTERSCHOOL SPORTS ASSOCIATION

Interschool Swimming Carnival 2015

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P&C News The BDHS held its AGM on 17th March 2015. Some new members have come on board and we welcome

them with open arms, looking forward to another amazing year ahead. Available positions were filled as

follows –

President – Tim Cooke

Vice President – John Hawke

Secretary – Deb Kitai

Treasurer – Currently unfilled

Uniform Co-ordinator – Kerry-Anne Doyle

Canteen Co-ordinator – Cara Hammond

KPP Representative – Cara Hammond

School Council Representative – Brendan McLean

*Please note the position of Treasurer is currently unfilled. Training is available for this position, so no

essential skills are necessary! Contact Deb on 0458 110 770 if you are interested in taking on this role

or if you have any questions regarding the position.

Below are some of the reasons people choose to contribute to the P&C. If any of these interest you please

consider becoming part of the P&C team at BDHS – we would love for you to join our friendly, passionate

team.

rewarding involvement

assists to keep up with their child/children

opportunity for personal development

sharing in the school community

keeping abreast with educational changes

feeling you have made a difference

can provide positive self esteem

enhances self-respect

good environment to meet people

want an opportunity to influence

get to know teachers / principal

opportunity to share expertise

part of a large decision making group

helps link school & community

networking can develop opportunities

P&C Cake Stall

The BDHS will be holding a Cake Stall on the 2nd May 2015. To make this fundraiser as

successful as last year we will need to call on your assistance. If you are able to help

out on the day or you can supply a donation of biscuits, cakes, slices etc it would be

greatly appreciated. Please call/text or email Deb (0458 110 770 or

deb.loud@bigpond.com)

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A selected group of our secondary students combined with students from Mukinbudin District High School to attend our first high school interschool carnival in a number of years.

Our students swam in all races and joined with the Mukinbudin students in relays. Beverley/Mukinbudin came 5th overall on the day.

The secondary students would like to say a HUGE thank you to Mrs Aliesha Murray who worked tirelessly to provide this opportunity for our high schoolers to not only swim at interschool level, but also to have a chance to meet and socialise with other high school students in the wheatbelt.

We would also like to thank Mrs Aynsley who accompanied the students, Mr Steve Gollan who drove the bus and Mrs Anne Woods who provided support throughout the carnival.

SECONDARY

INTERSCHOOL

SWIMMING CARNIVAL Held at

WONGAN HILLS

On 20 March 2015

Easter is nearly here; can you think of ways to

celebrate with kids that don’t include chocolate?

Here are some ideas: have a treasure hunt

for non-egg items, hold a family egg and

spoon race, read an Easter story google “Easter craft” for

endless craft activity ideas! plant your Winter veggies

(carrots for the Easter Bunny) or simply get outside and play! This week’s recipe - Mini Carrot Cakes: https://livelighter.com.au/Recipe/487/mini-carrot-cakes

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News From Your Student Leaders

On 19th March our Student Councillors hosted International Happy Day. We started at morning fitness with a dance that the whole school joined in with. Straight after that, we gave out lollies attached to a special happy message. At lunch there were Minute to Win It activities and lots of music throughout the day. We hope we made everyone that little bit happier, even the people who came to school unhappy. The winning jokes of the day were:

An old man with poor eyesight walked into a bar and said “ I have a blonde joke to tell you!”

The lady next to him said, “ the guy next to you is a wrestler, the guy next to him is a mud

wrestler, I am a boxer AND we are ALL blonde! Now do you still want to tell it?” The old

man said, “ Na, then I’d have to explain it 4 times!” From Abbey Cooke Yr 6

“Knock, Knock” “Who’s there?” “Mikey” “Mikey Who”

“My key won’t fit it in the key hole!” From Oliver Aynsley Yr 2

What did the duck say when she bought a new lipstick?

Just put it on my bill! From Zoe Shaw Yr 4

Keep your eyes out for our inspirational posters. Hopefully they’ll cheer you up when you’re not feeling happy!

By Billy Byworth

It’s time to get some colour back into your garden!! BDHS KPP Committee Bulbs Fundraiser

Please support our local Kindy and Pre Primary and help us to raise money to purchase much needed resources by ordering some lovely bulbs for your garden. Order forms are being sent out with note carriers and in local letter boxes. If you do not get a form, spare forms are available from the front office at Beverley District High School. Order forms and payment must be returned to school by Tuesday 21st April in order for the bulbs to arrive for distribution in week 3 of Term 2. More details regarding pick up will be printed in the school newsletter. Cheques are payable to BDHS P & C. Thank you for your support, it is very much appreciated!! KPP Committee.

Beverley Junior Sporting Club

Registration Date for both Netball and Football will be held on March 30

th after the school assembly,

which commences at 2pm. For more information

contact beverleyjnrsport@gmail.com or call Monica 0474 105 242

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CANTEEN

The Canteen will NOT be open for the first week of Term 2. The first day to order will be Wednesday 29th April (second week.)

There will be a slight change in prices and to the Winter menu for next term, see below.

Please call or email Cara Hammond to organise a day in the canteen. Your help is greatly appreciated and the kids love to see you around school. carahammond@y7mail.com or phone: 0400 762 889

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On the 20th of March, the primary swimming team went to the interschool carnival

in Brookton and we came home with the winning shield! With almost a medallion in

each age group, we did amazingly well.

Throughout the day we smashed many longstanding records. We were all well

behaved and were always cheering for our team. Even Mrs Ashworth lost her voice!

Thankyou to Mrs Shaw and Mrs Thomas for looking after us and getting us all

ready. Thank you also to the wonderful parents who cheered us on. We all had a

blast.

By Grace Fisher

PRIMARY

INTERSCHOOL

SWIMMING CARNIVAL Held at

Brookton

On

20 March 2015

Our students use LOTS OF SHOE BOXES

in Science!

We would love to have any shoe boxes you can spare. Please leave any donations at the front office.

Thank You

SECONDARY ASSISTANCE SCHEME

APPLICATIONS CLOSE SOON!

The Secondary Assistance Scheme closes on 2 April 2015. Spare forms are available from the School Office. Please bring your concession card with you when lodging the forms so that office staff

can sight the card and take a copy.

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You are invited to the

Beverley District High School

farewell for

Mr Norm Ireland

on the occasion of his retirement

Our special school assembly will commence at 1.15pm

on Monday 30 March 2015

in the Art & Music Room

and be followed by an

afternoon tea from 2pm until 4 pm

To assist us with catering, please rsvp to Mrs Jo Sims at the

school office on 9646 1165 or to

joanne.sims@education.wa.edu.au by the 27th March 2015

Stories, photographs or memorabilia would be warmly

welcomed. Please advise Jo Sims if you have something you

would like to share.

We look forward to your company.

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School Sport WA – State School Sporting Teams

Alex McLennan, the Tour Leader / Manager for the State Schoolboys 12s AFL Team, has contacted the school to inform our community of the trials for this year's State Team which will take place during first term and the April School holidays. Any student born in 2003 who may be interested in trialling for the state schoolboys AFL team (please note that only players turning 12 years of age in 2015 are eligible to nominate) can nominate for the trials through the School Sport WA website www.schoolsportwa.com.au. You need to locate the 'Interstate' menu button which is located at the top of the page. All relevant details can be found on this website. This year's team will be travelling to Geelong in Victoria from July 17th - 26th. The trial dates can be found on the School Sport WA website. As a school we would like to support the sporting endeavours of our students so please contact Aliesha Murray on 96461165 to discuss any nominations. If you have any specific queries regarding the program you can contact Alex McLennan 9276 5832 or the School Sport WA office. Please also be aware that School Sport WA sends teams interstate for other sports as well. If students are interested in trialling for these teams, simply follow the same process as above.

Waterwise Tip: Use low-phosphorus or

phosphorus-free washing powders and fertilisers.

Phosphorus is one of the major causes of

blue-green algae.

UNIFORM SHOP

Uniform Shop will be open Monday 30th March at 1.00pm

Winter uniform orders are due back by 31st March 2015.

Merit Certificate Recipients,

Assembly 16th March 2015:

Year 1: Lucy Barwick, Mia Schilling

Year 2: Leah Morrell

Year 3/4: Seth Longo, Jayme Thomas

Year 4/5: Savanna Falkingham, Charlotte

Murray

Year 6: Alexandra Tita,

Year 7: Liam Gollan, Caitlyn Jones, Kayla

Lamb, Louise Moulton

Year 8: Jessi Kady, Mathew Styles

Year 9/10:Kaitlyn August, Brandon Devenish

School Photos are due to be

taken in week 3 of Term 2 on

Thursday 7th May

LAST DAY OF TERM 1: Thursday 2nd April FIRST DAY OF TERM 2: Tuesday 21st April

The staff at

BEVERLEY DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL would like to wish everyone in our

community a very happy and safe Easter.

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