S T R I V E & A C H I E V E

The Leschenaultia Newsletter

Bullsbrook College

95 Chittering Road Bullsbrook 6084

Issue 6 — August 2017

Website: www.bullsbrook-college.wa.edu.au

Email: Bullsbrook.College@education.wa.edu.au Phone: 08 9571 1220

Fax: 08 9571 1776

Side by Side, Beneath the Southern Cross, We Strive and Achieve

We are now past the halfway mark of our academic year, with our Year 12 students well into their last full term at Bullsbrook College. It is extremely important

that they focus and finish their schooling by achieving

the very best results possible. I hope the Semester One reports provided useful feedback on performance to

date and has enabled students to set goals for the remainder of the year. As I said at last week’s assembly

excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude. We are what

we repeatedly do.

Connect Keeping “in touch” with your child’s teachers is an

important part of assisting and supporting them on their learning journey. It does take a village (including those

at home, at school, and in the community) to create

positive learning experiences. Students reap the benefits of parents and teachers working together to

develop a strong partnership focused on their child’s learning. By now you are probably aware that this term

the whole school community is using the online environment Connect. Connect gives you the ability to

share in your child’s learning, with access to content,

assessments, teacher feedback and attendance data anywhere anytime. For more information checkout the

short video clip on Connect at https://vimeo.com/connectwa/welcome. If you need any assistance with

Connect don’t hesitate to contact us we are happy to

help.

Showcase

On Wednesday, 30 August 2017 between 5.00 pm to 8.00 pm we will be holding our College Showcase

evening. More information will be coming this week.

Save the date!

Angela Coghill, Principal

Recently Bullsbrook College has introduced a new

Colours and Honours system. Colour and Honours recognises the outstanding and exceptional achievement

of students at Bullsbrook College in a variety of school activities. Students can be awarded a Colour and/or

Honour Award for achievements in academic, cultural or

sporting activities. Certificates and badges were presented at our Secondary Excellence Assembly last

week to recognise students who had demonstrated outstanding academic achievement.

We also presented our first Cultural Achievement Colours Award to Taylor Johnstone. Taylor created,

organised and coordinated a whole school disco to raise

funds for the charity group The Y House Foundation. The Y House Foundation provides shelter and

accommodation for women in crisis. Taylor’s work was outstanding and she was able to raise over $900 which

has since been donated to the charity.

We look forward to seeing students proudly wear their new badges.

Mrs Sajtinac, Associate Principal

COLOURS AND HONOURS SYSTEM

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Ben Broughton and Sienna Eddy (Some of our award recipients)

IMPORTANT DATES

31 July to 2 August and 7 to 9 August 2017

Year 11 Outdoor Recreation Boatshed Camps

Friday, 4 August 2017

Jeans for Genes Day

Monday, 14 August 2017

Year 1 to 6 Dinosaur Science Excursion

16 to 17 August 2017

Year 12 Outdoor Education Bibbulum Track

Friday, 18 August 2017

School Development Day

(STUDENTS DO NOT ATTEND ON THIS DAY)

Friday, 25 August 2017

Whole School Sports Carnival

Wednesday, 30 August 2017

College Showcase

S T R I V E & A C H I E V E 2

Mr Hale's Year 6 class presented their assembly from

two locations, using a Skype link to take us out to the veggie garden for an informative session describing all

of their hard work. What a wonderful way to show us their links in learning through technology, sustainable

gardening, Maths, Science and English. The whole class

should feel very proud of their efforts.

During the assembly Mrs Kenchington introduced a

wonderful addition to the school recognition and rewards process. The 'rewards wheel' will be used for

students to earn prizes for their efforts in many different aspects of daily school life. We are all

delighted to see students being further recognised

when striving for their best. Thank you for creating that fantastic wheel, Mrs K!

Merit Certificate winners for this assembly were:

Student Year Student Year

Liam Blennerhassett P Isabelle Paterson 3

Linaeve Kelly P Charlie Read 3

Charlene Gibbs 1 Cruz Redfern 3

Jaxon Hanlon 1 Kianna Dimsdale 4

Luke Wright 1 Georgia Knapp 4

Meg Cockayne 2 Matthew Aiton 5

Olivia West 2 Arya Warner 5

Marlee Brookes 3 Abby Burnett 6

Mrs Ross, Associate Principal K-9

Our newest addition to our school REACH Rewards has

been unveiled at the recent Primary assembly. Students are recognised by their class teachers for a variety of

positive behaviours such as working well in class, being

kind or showing REACH values. The student arrives at the Learning Support office where they take a spin of

the prize wheel to win their prize.

Congratulations to Lachlan and Lucas from Year 6 who

were the first to be recognised by their teacher for their

brilliant work in class.

Mrs Kenchington, Learning and Support Associate K-6

Isabelle Sorensen in Ms Zorzut’s Year 5 class was

selected as a finalist in this year’s Therapy Focus Art Competition held earlier in the year. This year there

were 4,341 entries from 58 schools across the state. The judges chose five artworks for each page of the

storybook, giving them 100 finalists. Isabelle made it to

the top 5 for the particular page she illustrated for.

An exhibition of the finalist artworks went on display at

Westfield Carousel, Innaloo and Whitford City shopping centres throughout the July school holidays. Isabelle’s

entry is pictured below. All of the finalists’ artworks can be viewed on the Therapy Focus Facebook page.

Congratulations Isabelle!

Mrs Ross, Associate Principal K-9

Throughout Term 2, the Primary School took part in the Jump Rope

for Heart program. Children were

given the chance to skip, raise money to fight heart disease and become aware of

what it means to live healthy lives.

On the last day of term, all the Year 1 and 2 students

participated in a skipping tabloid session where each

class rotated through four

different skipping stations run by the Year 6 House

Leaders. The Year 3-6 students practiced their

skipping skills in preparation

of a routine which was performed.

I’d like to thank all the teachers who worked hard

to promote healthy living and to all the students who

raised money using their sponsorship form and online.

Fundraising prizes will arrive at the end of Term 3. The final total our school raised will be finalised soon.

Ben Thyer, Jump Rope Coordinator

WEEK 2 PRIMARY ASSEMBLY

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART

REACH AWARDS

ART COMPETITION FINALIST

S T R I V E & A C H I E V E 3

STORYBOOK COMPETITION

In the last week of Term 2, the

Year 3 classes participated in an Egg Drop Challenge. The

challenge was to design and build a capsule that would protect their

egg from cracking. Each student

was given a set number of materials.

About 20 of the students' eggs survived the first drop, which was

2 metres off the ground. Following the

second round

of testing, which was

four metres, only one egg

survived. Congratulations to Jordan

Greenhouse for his safe and secure egg capsule!

It was wonderful to see all the finished designs and to hear the

cheering and encouragement as the egg capsules were dropped. All the

students enjoyed making their

capsules and testing them on the sunny morning.

Mr Thyer, Year 3 Teacher

Last term, 13 students from Miss White's Year 4 class entered the Children's Book Council's 'Make Your Own

Storybook' competition. Students used Book Creator on the tablets to turn their narrative writing projects into a

colourful and creative storybook.

The effort and determination students showed in order to complete these books by the competition deadline

was astounding! I am so proud of all they

accomplished! Well done, Year 4s!"

Ms White, Year 4 Teacher

Year 1 to 6 students will be participating in some very

exciting activities in Week 5 for National Science Week. One particular task will require students to use an

emptied water bottle and 2L milk bottle in a STEM challenge. Please send in one emptied and clean

water bottle and 2L milk bottle with your child

before Week 5.

Thank you

Jody Zorzut on behalf of the Science Committee

Our Year 5 students in Ms Zorzut’s and Miss Bettison’s classes have been very

busy col lect ing and weighing

batteries. Each class has a battery box where students can place their

batteries. The Year 5 students then collect them, weigh them, record the

weight and graph it. The batteries are then sent to the

battery bin located in Learning Support. From there, the batteries are collected and sent to a recycling centre.

This term we have collected a huge 70.829kg of batteries.

Here are the top four classes:

1st Mrs Tiedtke (15.872kg)

2nd Mrs Stocker (9.926kg)

3rd Mrs Gray (9.002kg)

4th Miss Marriott (7.464kg)

Congratulations to Mrs Tietke’s Year 1s for winning Term 2’s battery competition. The class gets to keep

Battery Bob for the duration of Term 3.

Each year the College participates in the EMRC and the City of Swan Battery Collection Program – Battle of the

Batteries. This year Bullsbrook College came runner-up in the large school category collecting a total of 265.6

kilograms of batteries. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this year’s competition.

Mrs Edwards, Science Teacher

EGG DROP CHALLENGE SCIENCE WEEK

WASTE WISE NEWS

S T R I V E & A C H I E V E 4

CELEBRATING NAIDOC WEEK

The first week back at school was a very exciting one for the Year 4 and 5 students from Block 5. They had

an excursion to Fremantle. Although the weather on

the day looked dreadfully wet, we were fortunate

enough to stay dry. When we arrived at Fremantle

P r i s on , ea ch c l a ss embarked on their tour.

We learnt many new and

exciting things. Stories about supers t i t i ons

associated with the numbers 6 and 16, living

and hygiene conditions

(poo bucket) and extreme punishments endured by

the prisoners just to name a few. Learning

about the image of Martha Randell in a pane

of glass and the prison’s

most infamous escapee Moondyne Joe were

highlights of the tour.

We left the prison and

went to the Esplanade

Park to have lunch. The rain stayed away long

enough for us to have a little play on the

equipment once we had

eaten. It was then time to take a short walk to

the Roundhouse. We heard the canon fire at

one o’clock and quickly explored the inside of

the Roundhouse before heading back to school on the

bus. We thoroughly enjoyed our excursion to Fremantle; there are so many interesting places to visit

to learn about the colourful history of our state.

Ms Zorzut, Year 5 Teacher

On 29 June Year 3 and 4 students and teachers visited

Moorditj Noongar Primary School in Middle Swan to celebrate NAIDOC week. The students experienced a

traditional Welcome to Country conducted by Elder and

Custodian Roma Winmar and participated in NAIDOC activities including boomerang decorating, singing,

damper making and football.

We finished off by eating delicious helpings of Kangaroo

Stew. Almost 80 students from Bullsbrook College and Moorditj worked together to create a mural to

commemorate the event; this artwork will be displayed

in our school later this term. A great day was had by all with lots of learning and new friendships being made.

Sundarii Cowper, Year 3/4 Teacher

During Week 10, we were lucky

enough to have a wonderful

incursion to celebrate NAIDOC week. Ron Bradfield from

“Urban Indigenous” came to visit the Year 6 and 5/6 classes.

We learnt a traditional Noongar story about a swan and a wren

and how fire first came to

Earth.

After learning the story, we created a collaborative art

piece. The incursion gave us a deeper understanding of the Noongar language and culture.

Miss Blokland, Mr Hale, Miss Kiley, Year 5 and 6 Teachers

FREMANTLE PRISON EXCURSION

Emotionally Intelligent Parenting

A FREE six session parenting program for parents

of kids aged 10–17 years

Where: Bullsbrook College

When: Wednesday 16th August 2017 –

Wednesday 20th September 2017

Time: 9.30am – 12.30 pm

Contact: Julie 08 9250 6335 or 0451 152 781

Email: Julie.cooper@clanmidland.org

S T R I V E & A C H I E V E 5

YEAR 8 SUSTAINABILITY GARDEN

What does 4000 years look like?

Time travel students from Year 7 were struggling to visualise what 4000 years looks like. How do you really

conceptualise 4000 years?

Well, maybe the answer lies in a simple household item - toilet roll! Students were told that one square

represents 10 years; most of their life and they soon worked out 400 squares would equal 4000 years ago.

Stretching out and counting 400 squares provided a great visual representation as to just how long ago

some Ancient civilisations had existed - and it was a

very long line!

Caroline Alder, Program Coordinator Year 7 to 9

Whilst Year 8 students have been

working hard in their sustainable vegetable garden and Year 9

students have been researching environmental issues, the Year 7's

have been developing their skills

and knowledge in their project based learning options. One Year

7 class has been investigating physical forces and motion. Using Ozobots (mini

robots), students designed, measured and timed a course for their robot and

applied a formula to calculate

average speed. The tracks included coloured coding for

specific commands - not unlike h o w a

c o m p u t e r

programmer would work.

"Why not make a longer track?" they

suggested! Using wooden blocks to form a barrier and sending a Hexbug

(mini robot) down the path, students

worked out average speed for a track over 6m long.

Project based learning presents students with engaging problem

solving activities that link to the real

world.

Caroline Alder, Program Coordinator Year 7 to 9

Currently I oversee the Year

8 cohort who are developing a sustainability garden. The

benefits of this garden

provide cross-curricular learning points and practical,

inclusive, collaborative and independent learning for

students. Initially students were required to clear the

land, set up perimeter

fencing and divide the area into classes. From there students were able to select

their own groups with whom they would plan what to grow, and how

much to sell their

produce for. The garden is self-

maintaining, as all the profits made

from produce sold i s u s e d t o

purchase plants,

ferti l iser, soil, mulch etc. A roster

is in place for students to water

and maintain the garden each day, with the workload

being evenly spread. Initial seedlings were kindly donated by the local

business Swan Valley Nursery; more plants will

be donated by Ellenbrook

Bunnings.

The sustainable garden is

closely linked to the Year 8 Science Curriculum

giving students the ability of taking a hands

approach to Science, and

other subject areas.

Rob Carpenteri, Science Teacher

YEAR 7 TIME TRAVEL

YEAR 7 OZOBOTS

S T R I V E & A C H I E V E 6

As a passionate Earth and Environmental

Science teacher, Ms

Kent-Jones had a dream about taking a

group of enthusiastic students to New

Zealand – one of the m o s t i n t e r e s t i n g

geologically active countries in the world. It took 18

months of planning, booking and meetings with parents and students. We finally took off to New Zealand in the

July school holidays with nine excited senior school students, a parent, Mr Embling, a former student and

now pre-service teacher Ms Johnson, a Butler College

teacher and two Bullsbrook College teachers in Ms Kent-Jones and Mrs Claxon.

We started with three days in Auckland, a great base for a day trip to a Rangitoto (a volcanic island which

erupted 500 years ago), visiting the beautiful Waitakere Ranges and the spectacular Karekare Falls.

The next two days saw

the group visiting an underground gold

mine and one of the few open cut gold

mines in New Zealand.

A walk to Cathedral Cove showed us

volcanic cliffs that had been sculptured by the

wind and the waves. We stayed at Hot Water Beach –

which, as the name suggests, is a beach where you can dig a hole which fills up with geothermally heated hot

water.

At Karanghake Gorge, we

went on the Windows Walk – tunnels had been carved

through the rock either side

of the gorge to mine for gold with short tunnels out to the

fresh air – like windows into the mine . Then the

spectacular Glow Worm cave

tour – in a boat in pitch black darkness except for the

twinkling ‘glow worms’ all over the top of the cave.

Our time in Rotorua was spent exploring

the vast hot bubbling

mud pools and hot steam geysers. Then

there was the mud bath and sulphur pool

bath that we all

participated in – rather smelly but good

fun! We took in a cultural

show which helped us to understand the origin and

beliefs of the native peoples of Aotearoa (Maori name for New

Zealand). We were treated to

an exhibition of the Haka and all of the boys got up on stage

to have a go!

The ferry trip to White Island –

an active volcano – sorted out who suffered from sea

sickness. They soon learned that it was much better to

be out on deck in the fresh air! The volcano looked like a scene from an apocalyptic movie set, especially when

we had to put on our gas mask due to the sulphur fumes.

Our bus driver, Stuart, was a great guide and

ambassador for his country and kept us all entertained with his ‘dad’ jokes.

What a great trip we all had! We definitely need to plan the next one for 2019!

Wendy Claxon, Learning & Teaching Associate

NEW ZEALAND TOUR—3 TO 13 JULY

S T R I V E & A C H I E V E 7

JEANS FOR GENES DAY

In the last week of Term 2, senior secondary

students took part in the

Schools Sports WA Senior High School Country

Week, staying at Coogee Caravan Park and

competing in multiple locations. The opening

ceremony set an exciting tone with the sounds of horns,

school chants and the Mexican Wave around Challenge Stadium.

The boys’ Basketball team played in ‘D’ division this year against fierce opposition and most games were

closely contested. The highlight of the week was

against the undefeated Eastern Goldfields team where they fell short by just 3 points. The team finished with a

record of 5 wins and 3 losses winning the play-off for third place in their final

game.

The Touch Rugby team

was placed in Division A

against strong rugby focused schools and

finished equal fifth in Division A - the first

Bullsbrook team to get points in this division!!!

The girls’ Volleyball team were in D Division and finished

infifth place and the boys’ Volleyball team were in C

Division and finished in sixth

place.

The Netball team started strong in E Division at the

beginning of the week but unfortunately missed out competing in the grand final on percentage. Best

players for the team were Nicole Partridge, Shyla

Petricevich and Stephanie

Bacon Also well done to Anika Freestone, most improved and

Kelsey Snedden and Tiffany Heelan who won Coaches

Awards. A big thank you to Mrs

Karen Partidge and Natasha Partridge for their help and

support in volunteering to score for our Netball team and

run errands when required.

After each day’s competition students took part in

activities such as movies in Fremantle, dinner at

Clancy’s Fish Shack and they went to Bounce in Cannington. Students enjoyed planning a meal,

shopping for food and cooking with their friends residing within their chalet. Relaxation time was spent

playing outdoor volleyball on Coogee Beach Foreshore

and walks within Cockburn Sound. Our students conducted themselves in a respectful manner all week.

A big thank you to Mrs Wendy Claxon and our School Chaplain, Mr Matthew Johnson for their help and

support during Country Week. Congratulations to all staff and students involved in making this week a

success.

Health & Physical Education Team

COUNTRY WEEK

Bullsbrook College will be supporting Jeans for

Genes Day.

Wear your Denim Jeans on Friday, 4 August 2017

for a Gold Coin Donation

Your support on Jeans for Genes Day helps the

researchers at the Children’s Medical Research

Institute create a healthier future for all children.

Please wear your school shirt and jumper as usual.

COMMUNITY INFORMATION

S T R I V E & A C H I E V E 8

Bullsbrook College (YEAR 1-12) Athletics Carnival is to be held on Friday 25 August at Bullsbrook College. We

will be utilising several grassed areas around the school

for our novelty team games and our oval will be the centre for our running events. The following

information is very important to make sure we have a really enjoyable and successful day.

ATTENDANCE AT THE CARNIVAL

Please encourage your child to enter into the spirit of

the day, as school attendance on the day is compulsory.

Students with injuries and who are unable to participate on the day need to hand in a note describing the nature

of the injury as soon as possible and they will be given a “helpers” role for the day.

Secondary students must nominate for a minimum of

two events and are expected to stay with their Year group marshal and faction for the entirety of the day.

To comply with the School Sports WA guidelines, Year 11 and 12 have been combined into one group. Any

Year 12 students who qualify for the SSWA Interschool Carnival in Term 4 can come back and represent the

school at this event.

DRESS

Students should be wearing school dress code. This

includes sporting clothes – especially House T-shirts and house colours. Behaviour and dress standards are

expected to be high with team spirit and good

sportsmanship the order of the day.

CLOSED RUNNING SHOES MUST BE WORN by all

students, no spike shoes are permitted. Students will not be permitted to run in socks or barefeet.

LUNCH

The canteen will be open as usual and lunch orders must be placed in the morning, with your child’s name,

year group and house/faction clearly marked on the bag. Primary students will have their lunches delivered

to their classroom at the scheduled lunch break. Primary students are not to go up to the canteen to

collect their lunch order. The P&C will be selling drinks,

soup and cakes. We encourage all students to be wearing a hat and carrying a drink bottle throughout

the Carnival.

PARENTS/CARERS

Immediate family, parents and carers of students are

welcome and encouraged to support the team spirit of

the day. There will be small designated area for spectators. Please bring your own chairs. We are hoping

for a sunny day but encourage you to be prepared for all weathers.

Parents are reminded to stay in the designated

spectator area and away from the track. This is to minimise interference with the order of events.

Students are to stay in their faction bay during lunchtime to minimise track interference and parents

are not allowed into the bays at this busy time.

If parents wish to take their child home early they need

to go to the sign out tent, located at the Chittering

Road gate entry, where a member of staff will be sitting. This is to ensure all students are accounted for

at the end of the day. However, we do like to encourage students stay for the final presentations at

2.30pm.

PRIMARY RUN OFFS

Run offs will be held in Week 4, during students block

sport lesson with their classroom teacher and remaining cohort classes. This is the only time they will be run

and won’t be re-run if students are absent. Students who miss the run offs will be placed in a division by the

Year Group Coordinator.

Monday, 7 August Period 3 Year 2 Period 5 Year 6

Tuesday, 8 August Period 5 Year 3 Thursday, 10 August Period 5 Year 5

Friday, 11 August Period 4 Year 1

Period 5 Year 4

These dates and times will be subject to weather and

may have to change

Year 4-6 Shot Put and Long Jump competitions are

being coordinated through the students Sport lesson

with Mrs Aldridge. Ribbons will be handed out to the top four winners on carnival day and these events go

towards championship points.

KINDY AND PRE PRIMARY

A separate tabloids day will be held for Kindy and Pre-primary on Wednesday, 23 August, starting at 11.30am

and aiming to finish around second break (1.30pm).

Students will participate in fun and team based games on the small grassed area on the primary campus. Pre-

primary students will still go out for their 25m running on Friday, 25 August around 11.30am. A note to

parents will be sent out nearer the time.

Health and Physical Education Department

2017 ATHLETICS CARNIVALS