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Newsletter No: 12 Friday, 28th August 2015

S:/209 Publications

Hardy Street, Bull Creek WA 6149

Tel : 9332 3244 : Fax : 9310 7578 : Email : bullcreek.ps@education.wa.edu.au

Web Address : www.bullcreekps.wa.edu.au

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BULL CREEK PRIMARY SCHOOL

Giraffes Can’t

Dance

Last Friday the Pre-Primary children from Wattle 9 gave a magnificent performance of Giles Andreae’s story “Giraffes Can’t Dance”. There were some amazing dances. Who would have thought it possible that Warthogs could Waltz, Rhinos could Rock and Roll, Lions could Tango, Chimps could do the Cha-Cha and Baboons could do the Scottish Reel. Truly extraordinary! Gerald (played by Charlie) was sad at first as he did not think that he could dance. Once the cricket (played by Connor) helped him to realize that he could dance by encouraging him to try then Gerald gave a fantastic performance to “Boogie Wonderland”. The animals then all complimented him on his awesome dancing. This part of our story reflected upon our PATHS lessons about compliments. It also reminds us that being kind and helping our friends is important in helping them to try new things. There are many messages in this story one of the main ones is as Jay said, “Everyone is different at different things,” and we need to accept others’ differences. With a little advice and encouragement, Gerald soon learnt that it's ok to be different, sashaying and boogying, Gerald finds his rhythm and shines. We had a great time practising and performing our assembly especially the dances. A big thank you to all our mums and dads who did an amazing job in making our costumes. Mrs Toner and Mrs Armstrong could not be more proud of us! We really are the Wattle 9 Champions and everyone heard us “ROAR”.

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Bull Creek Primary School

From the Principal’s Desk

Wattle 9 Assembly

Congratulations to Mrs Toner and her wonderful class for the lovely assembly last Friday.

We have introduced a new whole school social and emotional program PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies)

This program is designed to support children’s emotional development.

“The Giraffe that Couldn’t Dance”, is a lovely reminder of how everyone is different and everyone is good at different

things. We should celebrate those differences.

Thank you Wattle 9 for reminding us.

Cross Country Interschool Carnival

On Tuesday 18 August the cross country team took to the track at Burrendah Reserve. Led by the enthusiastic Mr Boyes,

everyone was determined to do their best. Bull Creek came first in the Handicap Shield and was third overall; we are the

second smallest school in the competition. All of the team can be very proud of their fantastic effort. Well done Bull Creek!

We had seven children who finished in the top three and were rewarded with a trophy, an amazing effort given that there

were 35 runners in each race.

Year 6 Girls 2nd Emelia

Year 5 Girls 3rd Ainslee

Year 5 Boys 3rd Connor

Junior Girls 1st Izzy

Junior Girls 3rd Erica

Junior Boys 1st

Junior Boys 3rd Zane

Book Week - Activities

Congratulations to all of the children who dressed up as a book character on Tuesday and a huge thank you to all the parents

for your support. I think it was the best Book Week Parade we have had in the school. A special thank you to Mrs Williams

for organising all of the prizes- a book mark for everyone who dressed up and a book for the winners of each class.

Of course the parade is not just about dressing up but it is the catalyst used to encourage our students to read, show them the

importance we place on reading and to develop a love of learning.

Parade Class Winners B4 Tristan

Himasha

B5 Lachlan

Layla

B6

S5

S6 Matthew

W1 Struan

W2 Riley

Doireann

W3 Angus

Elizabeth

W5 Anika

W7 Ethan

W8 Dominic

W9 Bianca

W10 Rian

Dominic

B2 Mervyn

B3 Ethan

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From the Principal’s Desk

Cont …. Incursion- Jack Flash and the Jumping Beanstalk

The children thoroughly enjoyed this presentation that conveyed the message about not littering and to REDUCE,

RE-USE, RECYCLE.

Something to look forward to!

Massed Choir

On the 3 September the senior choir will be joined by other schools to perform as a massed choir in Winthrop Hall at the

University of WA. There is something very special about 450 children all singing as one!!! It is quite spectacular. Not only

that Dhanya will be a compare and Jocynta will be performing a solo. Congratulations to these children as they had to

audition to be selected.

Glee

The following week we have our Glee students performing at the Crown Theatre. The soloists for Glee are Lucy, Leona,

Ella and Layla. This will also be a fantastic event and another great night out!

“Laternenlauf”

Once again the annual Lantern walk was a big success. The weather was great and a terrific sense of community with lots

of enthusiastic lantern walkers. A special thank you to Frau Colgan for all her organisation.

We have many very talented students at Bull Creek and are very proud of them all.

This brings me back to my initial comment about celebrating our differences, whether that is a different culture, a different

language, the way we look or just being good at different things.

Thank you for taking the time to read this newsletter.

Sue Martin

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BULL CREEK PRIMARY SCHOOL

Thanks LJ Hooker Leeming,

Leeming Forum Shopping Centre

Farrington Road, Leeming

Tel: 9332 4000

For their sponsorship of 4 Paper Recycling Bins!

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

MON 31 AUG

P&C Meeting

7pm in the

Library

TUE 1 SEPT

WED 2 SEPT

Massed Choir

Rehearsal - UWA

THU 3 SEPT

Massed Choir

Performance -

evening

FRI 4 SEPT

Assembly - W7

MON 7 SEPT

TUE 8 SEPT

WED 9 SEPT

Glee Club Concert

-Crown Theatre

THU 10 SEPT

Kindy Screening

By School Nurse -

Koalas

Constable Care

Incursion PP-Yr

1 9-10am, Yr 2 &

3 11:15am-

12:15pm)

FRI 11 SEPT

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P & C NEWS FLASH

WOOLWORTHS EARN AND LEARN Don’t forget to

collect the Woolworths Earn and Learn stickers. We

have collection boxes at Woolies Bull Creek and

Southlands and also in the office. You can send in

individual stickers or completed sticker sheets. Thank you to all those who

have already brought theirs in! The final day for collecting the stickers from

Woolworths stores is Tuesday September 8th.

ENTERTAINMENT BOOK The Entertainment Book is still

available and, for a limited time, we can offer free postage

directly to your door. Simply use the following link https://

www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/860z42 to order your book and

it will be sent to you, free of charge. This deal expires MONDAY 31ST August!

Digital memberships are also available for your smart phone or table. Why

not buy dad an Entertainment membership for Father’s Day? Or use any of

the excellent vouchers for wine, movie tickets, gift cards or magazine

subscriptions to get dad something great!

UNIFORM SHOP With the faction carnival just around the corner,

now is the perfect time to buy your faction shirts. We carry sizes up

to size 14 in all faction colours and have up to size 16 in some colours,

perfect for mum or dad! The shirts are $20 each and can be

purchased from the Uniform shop on Tuesday mornings from 8.30am.

CANTEEN Thank you everyone for your support of our Derby Day lunch. We

hope you enjoyed your special treat and your AFL Cupcakes on Thursday.

We needed more Dockers ones!! With the Faction Carnival coming up, we

will be having a special pre-order lunch on Thursday September 17th. They

will be open to family members attending the carnival as well as students and

sent home with each student early next week. We hope you enjoy what is on

offer!

The next P & C Meeting will be on MONDAY 31st AUGUST at 7pm in the

school library. If you would like to contact any of the committee, please

email us at bcpspandc@outlook.com or send us a message on our Facebook

page - Bull Creek Primary School P & C www.facebook.com/

BullCreekPrimarySchoolPC

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