preparation and battle are well described. It works up to a peak of excitement and then ends decisively.’ Using Growth Mindset Praise and Feedback We are continuing our conversa-tions around Growth Mindset in our profess iona l learn ing meetings. We are hopeful that you as parents are also attempting to change the way you interact with your children around praise and feedback so that we are all using the same language. Here are some more tips that you may find helpful:

Adopt the word ‘yet’ into your vocabulary. If your child proclaims that he doesn’t understand something, can’t dribble a basketball, or can’t play a song on his guitar, remind him that he can’t ‘yet’ but with hard work he will have success.

Avoid comparing your child’s success with siblings or friends – achievement is not a competi-tion. There is enough success for everyone.

Praise what your child does, not who he or she is. Instead of saying, ‘You are so smart/clever/brilliant’, say ‘I can see you really worked hard/put forth effort/tried hard’. Praise perseverance and resiliency when you see your child struggle or face challenge. Avoid praising grades. Focus on praising work ethic and effort – not achievement.

Please read more on page 7 Shona Henderson Principal shona.henderson@ntschools.net

School Survey Family engagement is strong at Bees Creek Primary School but we’d like to make it even better and make sure our program meets the needs of families, students, and teachers. You can help us form a better partnership between school and home by completing our 2016 Bees Creek Primary School Survey. We are working on our Learning Framework just now, including how we integrate technology into our everyday practice to ensure it is purposeful and engaging. Some of the questions are specifically related to technol-ogy and your input will help inform our direction.

Please go to the following link https://www.schoolsurvey.edu.au/s/3tyMg3GK to complete the survey. It is open for the next two weeks, closing on Friday 2nd September. We will post the link on our School Stream App. If you haven’t got the School Stream App yet, you can go the Bees Creek website and download it for free from there. If you are unable to access the link from home, you are more than welcome to use one of our computers in the library. There will be a specific computer set aside for this purpose from Wednesday 17th August through to Friday 2nd September, from 8am to 3pm. Artist in Residence Program We are very excited about our whole school art project and are extremely fortunate to have Heidi Franklin working with us. If you haven’t paid the $10 for your child

to participate in the project yet, please do so as soon as possible. We are looking forward to seeing the ‘big reveal’ of all the individual canvases together, forming the whole school picture of harmony at our Student Led Conference night on 18th October, next term. Book Week Each year, schools and public libraries across Australia spend a week celebrating books, and Australian authors and illustrators. We are celebrating Book Week, next week at Bees Creek School. As part of the celebratory week, our librarian, Sylvia Dickson, will be reading a different book every day, outside the library, at lunch time. On Friday students are encouraged to come to school dressed as their favourite book character, (along with the book in hand please!). We will have a book character parade in the assembly hall at 8:30 if you would like to join us.

Congratulations A big congratulations to Kaitlyn Pavlou for coming in 2nd place in the Australia wide Ziptales Story Competition in the Year 3 to 4 category. Some of the judges’ comments about Kaitlyn’s entry ‘Asgoth versus Jamie’ included ‘The author has completely mastered the challenges of the story starter, and responded with a narrative of considerable force. The epic patterns of heroism,

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Administration Hours: Monday—Friday 7.30am to 4pm During School Terms T E R M 3 W E E K 4

22nd - 24th August D Block Batchelor Camp

Friday 16th Sept BEAT Rehearsal

Saturday 27th August Fundraising Election BBQ

Friday 2nd Sept Father’s Day Breakfast

31st Aug - 1st Sept Father’s Day Stall

Friday 16th Sept BEAT Evening Performance

Tuesday 20th Sept School Council Meeting

Friday 23rd Sept Dance Night

Friday 30th Sept Final Day Term 3

Monday 10th October Students return to school

Friday 26th August Craft Day

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For the past 4 weeks we have had Josh and Caitlyn from NT Rugby Union visiting our school. They have been working with students from C and D block teaching passing, catching, attack and defence. If you would like more information about Rugby Union in Darwin please contact Josh Phillips on 8945 1444. Congratulat ions Wil l iam Rowlands, Grace Whittaker, Rosalie Burnton, Georgia Moffat, Lauara Pearce, Aimee Vidgen and Jasmin Robertson for being picked in the PARRS Track and Field squad. Cale Maurice has also been picked for PARSS Cross Country. Students will be attending training sessions leading up to the competition to further develop their skills. Congratulations to all students once again!

News from the Sports Desk Introducing Remy Mae Clarke Congratulat ions Jenna Clarke on the birth of your daughter Remy Mae. We were lucky enough to meet Remy this week and she is absolutely beautiful.

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Flickers got to go in Emily's and Jason's REALLY BIG TRUCK. The wheels were as big as some of the children.

We read stories about monsters, witches and vampires. We then drew pictures about the poem we liked the best

Fishing Competition

Machines and soft wood off-cuts. I am hoping to set up a machine workshop corner where students can explore what is inside machines and how their parts connect and move. To achieve this I need an assortment of old machines that students can dismantle. The parts will be retained to use in a Technology and Design unit where we use the parts to create our own machines mounted on soft wood off-cuts. To achieve this I need an assortment of machines. In the past the machines such as those listed

below were very useful. Toasters Printers DVD players Cassette players Radios Video players Old-style telephones etc…etc Please note televisions and microwaves are unsafe for this project. Kind Regards Glynis Hester A3 Transition/year 1

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The Truck Matthew Connor On Friday the 12th August Tom’s dad brought in a big truck to show us. It was a very cool truck and the bed was nice and comfy. It even had a fire extinguisher. It cost $450,000 to $500,000. In the truck there was a TV and a microwave.

Maya Purdon Today on the 12th of August we had Tom’s dad bring in a big truck. It was blue and yellow. It cost $450,000 to $500,000 and it can tow 175000 kg which is about 35 elephants. We all lined up outside the door to have a look inside. Soon it was my turn and I climbed up into the truck. It was so steep. Inside there were two seats and behind there was a bed. The truck even had a fold down bunk and a microwave. I climbed down the other side and got a hat and a poster from the truck. Then we came around and stood in front of it for a photo and Tom’s dad said that the truck was used to transport fuel to one place then another. Then he walked into the truck and blew the horn. It was loud. I really enjoyed learning about trucks.

Isaac Herold

On Friday the twelfth of Au-gust Tom’s dad brought a big Kenworth truck for use to inspect. The best part was when we got to go in it. It even had a bed.

The truck actually had four-teen wheels. It was a big road train. Its company was RTA. That stands for Road Trains Australia. And at one time it

beeped really loud. Inside it had a lot of switches and a microwave. The transport has a lot of fuel that is why they are made for going long distances. Road trains carry a lot of cattle. These road trains have four carriages. This was a really cool truck.

Aalyia Swanson On Friday 12th August, Tom’s dad brought in a big truck to show us because we are learn-ing about olden day transport. The truck can lift up to 35 elephants and if it was pow-ered by milk it would need 2000 milk bottles to keep it going. They can carry about four trailers. We got to go inside the truck. It had a bed, tv, timer, microwave and even two doors at the back of the truck. It costed $450,000. If you did stop on that truck it would take you about 200 metres for it to slow down. They are 52 metres long. We got a hat, 2 posters and I got a photo on the bed and in front of the car. My favourite part was when they pressed the horn. It was very loud.

Sophie Sawyer On Friday the 12th of August there was a truck visiting our school. We went down to see it because we are learning about olden day transport in class. Tom’s dad brought it in. All of us went inside and there was a bed in it. My favourite part is when Tom’s dad beeped the horn. It was loud though. I got to get a poster of a truck and a hat. Then Tom’s mum gave us all an information sheet about the truck. Finally we went back to class and glued our information sheets in our unit of work books. I had a great time.

Jaxon Saligari On Friday the 12th August Tom’s dad brought a big truck to show us. First we looked around and it was one of the best trucks I’ve ever seen. Next we all lined up. Every-one ran to the truck as fast as they could. When it was my turn I went into the truck. It was so good. It even had a microwave. The truck was used to transport fuel. Then we all got a photo by Miss Evans or Tom’s mum and then Tom’s dad beeped it and it was really loud and we got a poster and a hat and then we went to ask more questions. I asked how long it was and he said it was about 52 metres long and it was really big. Very big!

Campbell Brown Today Tom’s dad brought a truck. The truck has very big fuel tanks. It carries fuel. It would take about 200 tanks per week. Its horn is very loud. There is a bunk bed in it. It has a microwave and it even has a television. It can fit 3 trailers on it. It is very strong. It travels all over Aus-tralia. My favourite part was the horn beeping.

Kaelif Robb On Friday the 12th of August Tom’s dad brought in a big truck to show us. It was huge! And heavy! It cost $500,000. And also they can carry 17500 kg which is about 35 elephants. It takes about 200 metres to slow down which is about a whole foot-ball field. Tom’s dad works at Kenworth so if he didn’t work at that place you wouldn’t be reading this. What I liked about this truck is it was so flash. Then we had to go.

Helping out the Animals During the school holidays Gracie Busuttil, Grace W h i t t a k e r a n d L i l y Macmeikan held an icy cup, Zooper Dooper and cake stall at Humpty Doo shops and raised $100.10 for the RSPCA. They did a great job.

Caught Being

Good Last fortnight’s Caught Being Good winners were: Cameron Backshell B4 Riley Kassman A3 Grace McDonald C2 Well done everyone caught being good.

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Big Truck Show & Tell

Library News We have lots of new books for borrowing at the moment. I am looking forward to Book Week in week 5, and of course the dress up day. I will read a story every lunchtime that week outside, taking full advantage of the beautiful weather. Cheers Mrs Dickson

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A busy few weeks for Fundraising Craft Day Next Friday 26th August our wonderful fundraising girls are setting up the Learning Centre for a craft session. If you have

any spare time throughout the day from 8am - 3pm please drop in for a chat and some craft. For more information please contact the office or Vanessa 0404 837 637

Entertainment Book Sales for the Entertain-ment Book are coming to an end although vouchers are still cur-rent until June 2017 Many of you have already shown your support by pur-chasing a 2016 | 2017 Enter-tainment™ Book or Digital Membership. With over $20,000 worth of valuable offers, have you thought about buying a Membership for your Mum, other family members or friends? For every Membership we sell, 20% of the purchase price goes directly to us. The money we raise this year will go to support Shade over the playgrounds and re-surfacing of the bas-ketball courts. Purchase your Entertain-ment™ Book now to ensure you receive it in time for Mother’s Day, or take ad-vantage of the great offers i n s t a n t l y o n y o u r smartphone with an Enter-tainment™ Digital Member-ship. h t t p s : / /www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/9116e88

Election BBQ Don’t forget about our Fund-raising BBQ at Bees Creek Primary on Saturday 27th Au-gust. To make this day a success we require and donations of eggs for our bacon & eggs sand-wiches & helpers on the day starting from 7am. We will be doing up a roster so your time

donated can be anywhere from an hour to as many as you can spare. We will also be selling some scrumptious cakes so all donations of baked cakes, bis-cuits & slices are much appreciated. Eggs can be dropped off to the office anytime from Monday 22nd August and cakes cake be dropped into the office on

Friday 26th August or dropped off on the day. For more information please contact Kate Kilgour on 0419 1740 39 or Emily Hinds on 0429 831 860

Father’s Day Stall This year we are having the Father’s Day Stall in the Li-brary from Wednesday 31st August to Friday 2nd Septem-ber. If you have any time free

to help on the stall please contact the office or Vanessa on 0404 837 637. Once again there will be some fantastic gifts to be purchased for Dad, so don’t forget to make your way to the stall for a look.

Father’s Day Breakfast Why not bring Dad along on Friday 2nd September for breakfast at Bees Creek. This

is always a wonderful way to start the day. We are also looking for BBQ cooks and servers for this morning. Any donations of eggs would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Nicole or Richard Sawyer through the office.

All help is appreciated We would like to say a big thank you to all our volunteers. Without you our

fundraising events would not be possible and we could not provide such a enriching environment for you children. Lets keep up the good work and finish the year strong.

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Recycling at Bees Creek Don’t forget that we are still recycling all bottles, cans and cartons with the 10c symbol. To make Diane’s job easier we would appreciate if all cans, bottles and cartons are rinsed out and placed in the correct bag located near the carpark behind the caretak-ers residence.

Using Growth Mindset Praise and Feedback

Dental Clinic

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at this week’s Assembly

Mega Merit Awards 5 Maxi Merit Awards = 1 Mega Merit

Awards will be handed out at this weeks assembly.

Maxi Awards Ava Chin Zac Pears Jack George Jakob Johnson Isabella McKay Ella Atkins Zach Atkins Jesa Allen x2

Selassie Abdulrahaman Alex Fuller Joseph Jabour Tenzin Finch Kaden Lake Harry Trickey Mega Awards Jesa Allen

Maxi & Mega Merit Award Congratulations! Well done everyone!

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