Lot 5003 Balfour Street, Southern River WA 6110

Tel: 9394 0955 Fax: 9394 0255

www.bletchleyparkps.wa.edu.au

Issue 13 - 25th August 2011

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK

Book Week at Bletchley Park

It was great to see so many students and teachers dressed up to celebrate Book Week. The costume ideas were amazing! Our assembly was followed by a Stop and Read whole school activity. I am sure the teachers and the students enjoyed the session which was organised by two of our PEAC students, Andy and Tyler. Congratulations boys on your timetabling and organisation of the event. Thank you to Mrs Santaromita who coordinated the assembly.

Our School Values:

Respect, Honesty, Responsibility, Tolerance, Courage, Cooperation, Perseverance and Kindness

Evacuation Procedure Please do not panic when you hear the school siren sound continuously and all of the students evacuate the school next week. On Tuesday 30th August our school will run an evacuation exercise. NAPLAN Test Results The NAPLAN results for Year 3, 5 and 7 students who sat the tests this year should be available some time after Monday 12th September. Walking School Bus Our Walking School Bus has broken down. It should be up and running next term. Keeping Your Records Accurate There have been several times this week when someone from the school has tried to contact parents only to find contact details were inaccurate. Just yesterday we tried to ring the family of a student who was injured. We found that the home phone was disconnected and the father had changed his mobile number. The only number we had was a mobile that went straight to message bank. There were no other contacts listed on our data base. This situation highlighted the need to keep your contact details accurate. If your circumstances have changed make sure that we are informed so that amendments can be made to our database. Accurate contact details are vital. Chicken Pox I have been informed that there has been a suspected case of chicken pox in one of our Pre-primary classes. Although this is only a suspected case at this stage, in the West Australian Newspaper yesterday I read an article about the increased reporting of the disease in recent times. Chicken Pox is an acute, viral infection. Symptoms include fever, fatigue and a generalised rash characterised by small blisters that rupture to form crusts. Although this disease is described as common, pregnant women need to be aware. P&C Chess Game One of the many great initiatives undertaken by your P&C is the purchase of a large Chess game. This was a big hit with students on Tuesday. As you can see from the attached photo many students enjoyed competing against each other.

Bullying Prevention Assembly Today at our assembly we launched our Bullying Prevention Policy. TED, who “treats Everyone Decently”, and our Super Values Crusaders came to help us out! Thank you and congratulations Mrs Aldersea and LA 22, for your wonderful and dramatic presentation which demonstrated how we can stop bullying. Mrs Santaromita did a terrific job coordinating the assembly. To the parents and other family members who attended your support is valued and appreciated. The students loved TED joining them; he was the most cuddled bear in the world that day!

Junior TED Awards 11th August 2011

Area Year Student Teacher

LA1 Yr 1 Jacob Carter Mrs Burns, Miss Bachman

LA2 Yr 1 Curtis Light Mrs Forster, Mrs Tantiprasut

LA3 Yr 1 Aniqa Syed Miss Unkovich

LA4 Yr 1 Serafin Caporn Miss Brown

LA5 Yr 1 Chloe Thompson Miss Bachman

LA6 Yr 1/2 Kyal Richardson Mrs Garland

LA10 Yr 2 Temika Gillham Mrs Sassi

LA11 Yr 2 Coby Burns Mrs Hardman

LA12 Yr 2 Brennan Lim Mrs Long

LA13 Yr 2 Ella Peberdy Mrs Fox

ECE1 PP Library Award

LA3 Yr1 Library Award

Senior TED Awards 11th August 2011

Area Year Student Teacher

LA22 Yr 6/7 Lennox Lalwet Mrs Aldersea, Mrs Pearson

LA23 Yr 6/7 Chloe Templeton Mrs Trevaskis, Mrs Santaromita

LA24 Yr 6 Jesarna Stevens Mrs Poultney

LA21 Yr 5 Nina Hasrin Mr Sullivan

LA25 Yr 5/6 Jack Scott Mrs Hince

LA18 Yr 4 Josh Galos Mrs Bryant

LA20 Yr 4/5 Kaitlyn Cooper-Broekmuelen Mrs Roth

LA14 Yr 4 Leon Royan Mrs MacDonald

LA15 Yr 3 Ryan McCauley Miss Whitby

LA17 Yr 3 Amy Mercer Miss Vivian

LA7 Yr 2/3 Ryan Castello Mrs Bouska

LA8 Yr 3 Chloe Blackburn Mrs Mrs Green

Junior Assembly LA5 presented our Junior Assembly and entertained us with a song and a dramatic reading and presentation of “There was and old lady who swallowed a safari”. All of the costumes made by the students were terrific. It was a thoroughly enjoyable assembly, congratulations Miss Bachman and LA5.

Junior Assembly Tolerance Value Awards 18th August 2011

Area Year Student Teacher

LA1 Yr 1 Joshua Hair Mrs Burns

LA2 Yr 1 Leah Niemack Mrs Forster, Mrs Tantiprasut

LA3 Yr 1 Kyle Seneviratne Miss Unkovich

LA4 Yr 1 Jack Conrad Miss Brown

LA5 Yr 1 Brandon Miles Miss Whitby

LA6 Yr 1/2 Rebecca McGrath Mrs Garland

LA10 Yr 2 Lennon Cordell Mrs Sassi

LA11 Yr 2 Dylan Pettigrew Mrs Hardman

LA12 Yr 2 Laila Bosso Mrs Long

LA13 Yr 2 Mari Van Rensburg Mrs Fox

Junior Assembly Merit Awards 18th August 2011

Area Year Student Teacher

LA1 Yr 1 Ishita Bhalla, Connor Cirillo Mrs Burns, Miss Bachman

LA2 Yr 1 Bailey Matthews, Georgia Kremer Mrs Forster, Mrs Tantiprasut

LA3 Yr 1 Carly Harris, Charlie Trueman Miss Unkovich

LA4 Yr 1 Jacob Leask Miss Brown

LA5 Yr 1 Alex Gratteri, Ella Stevens Miss Whitby, Miss Bachman

LA6 Yr 1/2 Darshanna Prabhakaran, Natalie Gerber Mrs Garland

LA10 Yr 2 Levi Morris, Bree Gardner Mrs Sassi

LA11 Yr 2 Jordyn Bettesworth, Annalise Stagg Mrs Hardman

LA12 Yr 2 Keira Duffield, Noah Hill Mrs Long

LA13 Yr 2 Nye Evans, William Aung Mrs Fox

Music Class LA10 Mr Vallis

Physed Class LA1 Mr Palmer

70’s/80’s Disco

On Monday the 15th of August the schools P& C Disco-a-thon was a great success. Lots of the children dressed up in funky disco outfits and looked fabulous. The children got down and grooved on the dance floor and had a great time. Special thanks to parents for helping their child participate in the event and raising money for our school.

INTERSCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY Congratulations to all students who competed at the Inter School Cross Country last Friday. Our students represented the school showing amazing determination in their events. Congratulations to Amie Thistlewaite Champion year 4 girl and Brodee Foster 3rd place Year 4 Boy. A special thankyou to Mr Sullivan, Mr Elkojje, Mrs Bouska, Mrs Santaromita and Mrs Foster for their help at the carnival. Thank you to Mrs Poultney, Mrs Bryant, Mrs Roth and Mrs Anderson for their help back at school.

Good Luck to the Gerber Family On behalf of the school we would like to wish the Gerber family good luck in Mongolia. The family are leaving for work commitments and we hope to see them back in a few years time.

School Photos

Envelopes will be going home early next week. Please return the completed envelope together with payment to the class teacher on the day your child is having their photo taken, which will be stamped on the envelope.

Vacation Swimming

Applications for vacation swimming will go home early next week. All instructions are included.

Lost I-Phone 25th August 2011 The phone has a purple grip cover on the back. Please return to the front office if found.

ESL COOKING CLASS

Thursday 11th August saw another fun morning for English Through Cooking. Mrs Matesic cooked yummy polenta bread with a mushroom sauce. While the parents were cooking we had a visit from the local paper who was very interested to see what we were doing at our school. Thank you to the parents who posed for the photographer to help showcase our school in the community! It was great to see so many ESL parents enjoying themselves!! The next English Through Cooking will be on Thursday 8th September. Hope to see you there! Sandra Santini ESL Teacher

JOIN US ON FACEBOOK! A Facebook page has been set up for parents and families of BPPS students. It’s a great tool to get up to date information about what’s happening in the P&C, around the school and for you to ask questions of other parents. We would love to have you join in. Search Facebook for Bletchley Park Primary School Family and Friends and join up. Some posts already on the page include help about what to wear for the Book Week Parade, second hand uniforms, parking petition and the P&C’s upcoming fete. This is not a school website and is not controlled by the school. It is set up by parents from the school. Inappropriate discussion such as posts about the merits of teachers or school policy will be removed by the administrators. DISCO-A-THON Well done and thanks to all who took part. Nearly $7,000 was raised which will go towards some great projects around the school. We are still getting money dropped into the P&C box, so the winners of the ‘Most Money Raised’ prizes will be announced soon! Congratulations to all the other winners on the day – there were some very groovy dancing and some very rad outfits! It was also great to see the teachers and Mr Partington getting into the spirit! SCHOOL BANKING Every Wednesday and Thursday in the library – look for PAT the dog 8:00-8:25am sharp Reward – Term 3 : Lunchbox (10 tokens) Banker of the month Automatic entry every time you bank! June and July – To be drawn Important: PARENTS A Deposit was made on 13/4/11 for $10.00, unfortunately the students’ bank details were not on the deposit slip. IF this is your child’s please contact the school banking coordinator ASAP. This weeks tip: ‘Encourage your child to put their tokens in a safe place at home and get them to choose which reward item they are saving for – this will give them a goal to aim for. ‘

P&C NEWS

Uniform Shop Open 2.30—3.00pm every Wednesday in the store area next to the canteen. Direct Deposits/EFT Payments BSB: 016318 A/C 251209511.

Canteen Open Monday, Tuesdays, Thursday and Friday. All orders for Year 1-7 are to be placed at the canteen. For Kindy & Pre-Primary lunch orders are to be placed in box in the class room at the start of the school day. Money sticker sheets cost $32.00 and can be purchased either at the canteen or EFT payment. BSB 016318 A/C 251209466. Bletchley Park P&C.

P&C Meeting Next P&C meeting is Aug 30th at 7:30pm

Child Health Centre Contact: 9493 3199 for an appointment.

School Hours 8.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. every day

Dentist Located at Excelsior Primary, 63 Shreeve Road, Canning Vale, Ph: 9256 4170. Days Open—Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm—No school Holidays

P & C President Sue Coe 0438 137 728 (canteen, uniform, fundraising) Email jscphoto@bigpond.net.au

Security 1800 177 777

Presbyterian Southern River Congregation

Worship Services and Sunday School in the Library from 9.00am, every Sunday. All are welcome to attend. Phone Stuart on 9398 1304 or Clive and Doreen on 9332 1829.

Scouts Cubs meet Tuesday night 7 to 8-30

Scouts meet Wednesday night 7 to 9 Contact Iain McKenzie 0434 909 105

Toastmasters Weekly meetings at 6-15pm on Wednesday nights in the Library. Contact John on 0429 001 337.

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Registration Day at Tom Bateman Reserve

WHERE: Cnr Nicholson Rd & Bannister Rd Canning Vale

DATE: August 28, 2012

TIME: 3PM & 4:30PM

FEES: $90

Note: $30 deposit required on registration, for more information contact

us on the number below

Sausage Sizzle & Refreshments Available (gold coin donation) Peter: 0424983911 or pietro_1978@iprimus.com.au

Lisa: 0458753719 or bankier@westnet.com.au