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Newsletter No: 10 Friday, 21 June 2013

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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 EDUCATION SECURITY - Ph 9264 4632 : CITY OF MELVILLE HOTLINE (24 hrs) - Ph 1300 653 643

BULL CREEK PRIMARY SCHOOL

This term the students in B5 have been studying mini beasts. Mini beasts are small animals without a backbone called invertebrates. As a part of our studies we were required to produce a PowerPoint that consisted primarily of our own work. We worked in groups of four and sourced our material from the computer microscopes, our photography and research on the internet. We had to observe and record the characteristics, habitat, diet and special features of chosen beasts. After a lot of hard work and editing we presented our PowerPoint to the rest of the class. As well as producing a PowerPoint, during technology, we were required to plan and construct a mini beast enclosure and a game suitable for our buddy class to play. We also went out into the school yard where we collected and analysed the different types of mini beasts found in the school environment. We discovered all kinds of mini beasts including; spiders, woodlice, ants, bees, slugs, crickets, mosquitoes, beetles, worms and snails! As a part of our unit on mini beasts we worked collaboratively in groups to produce a narrative for our buddies on our allocated mini beast. Some of the titles of these stories included; The Five Ants, The Crickety Netball Game, Worm Squirm and There’s a Spider in the Burger. These narratives will prove to be very popular with our Wattle 2 buddy class! Our final activity was to devise a beastly snack to share with our buddies (some of which are: Hot Worms, Wobbly Wood Lice, Honey Ants, Cricket Caviar and Spiders on a Log). We have written invitations inviting our buddy class to an afternoon of fun, games, story reading and eating mini beast snacks! B5 is excited to showcase their hard work to parents and other students!

BANKSIA 5’S MINI BEASTS

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Bull Creek Primary School

From the Principal’s Desk

Tim Cremin is on leave for 3 weeks and I will be in the chair for the that time, likewise Jim Boyes will be the Deputy Principal . Assembly Congratulations to Mrs Simon, Ms Darlow and B5 for their, “60th Annual World Cooking Championship”. I have it on very good authority that the assembly was very entertaining and funny. Well done to the French contestants, Pierre and Margot otherwise known as Noah and Giselle, who won the competition!! Très magnifique !! PEAC Testing All of the year four students have just completed the PEAC Identification Testing. This is in keeping with the Principles of Inclusivity, which provides opportunities for all students to be recognised and accommodated according to their talents and potential. The tests used are the TOLA 4 and SPM. TOLA 4 is a Test of Learning Ability, which covers the areas of language, maths and logic. SPM, (Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices), is a test of non-verbal reasoning ability that indicates a student’s potential. Year four parents will be advised of the outcome. WAMSE (Western Australian Monitoring Standards in E ducation) The year five and seven parents have been sent information about the WAMSE testing scheduled for week three, in term three . The WAMSE testing program measures the performance of students in aspects of Science and Society and Environment. This complements information from the National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN). If you have a child in either of these year levels and wish for him/her to be withdrawn from the testing please see you child’s teacher and complete the appropriate form that you can obtain from the office. Incursions The children have been involved in the First Aid Focus Incursion and also the Constitutional Centre Incursion both of which are extremely important and very interesting. Thank you to Ms Sumastra for organising them. Parking With the awful tragedy that occurred this week, it is important for us again to be vigilant and adhere to the road rules and the parking signs around the school. Please ensure that you have the safety of our students as your first priority when picking up or dropping off your children. Please do not double park, park in no standing zone s or in the staff car parks. Parents, please do not walk your children through the car parks as they are out of bounds to all children. All of these practices are extremely dangerous for our students. Also, please consider others by not parking in the designated marked disabled parking bay unless you have a current ACROD sticker. We appreciate your cooperation in this matter. Thank you for taking the time to read this newsletter. Sue Martin Principal

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LANGUAGE PERFECT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Congratulations to everyone who participated in Language Perfect World Championship. Here are the winners for 2013 : Gold Arthur Caspelherr 3451 points Silver Tarenjit Dhaliwal 2307 points Anushka Kotian 2123 points Holly McMillan 2112 points Joshua Barnes 2001 points Bronze Matt Jantjies 1703 points Noah Boldy 1525 points Chris Patrick 1470 points Melvin George 1324 points Morgan Boldy 1277 points Aks Kotian 1000 points Himasha Munindradasa 1000 points Certificate Sofia Nomikos 968 points Kenshin Watanabe 763 points Christeena Salachan 633 points Anhad Sidhu 600 points During the 10 days Bull Creek students have answered 94,350 questions. We came 9th for German in Western Australia out of 72 schools. Well done Bull Creek!! Tanja Colgan - German Teacher

WOOLWORTHS EARN & LEARN

The “Earn & Learn” promotion has now finished. This is a last call for any stickers that may be hiding on kitchen tables, on fridges or in purses to be brought into school by Wednesday, 23 June. Thanks for all your support. Eric Dancer

HONOUR CERTIFICATES Congratulations to Honour Certificate Recipients for 12 June 2013. W1 Daniel Bufton, Joshua Privado W2 Fran Neicun & Lockie Hughes Aiden Watts, Angel How & Chloe Macham W5 Ruixian Wu, Tristin Cartwright & W3 Sathmi Wijesuriya & Nitya Hegde Tynan Hawkins W7 Tyler Tamblin & Izzy Shephard-Hillyer W8 Riley Atkin & Oliver Coles W9 Teresia Koliavu & Jake Dickson S4 Jared Penny & Sahara Clarke S6 Emma Cupitt & Samuel Loffler B4 Eric Lau & Renee Appleton B5 Emma Johnson & Kyle Ha B6 Christian Spencer, Harrison Pinto Art Giselle Davy’s, Amelia Pengelly & Lucy Boland & Kelsey Buchanan

SNACK SHACK NEWS

You would have received a flyer this week for our end of term Canteen Picnic to be held on Thursday, 4th July at 12.15pm. This is a pre-order system and money with each order can be dropped into the Canteen by Friday, 28th June. There will be no other normal Canteen orders provided on the day of the picnic. Depending on the weather on the day we will sit on the grassed area behind the Banksia cluster or the undercover area by the new Canteen. I hope to see you all there! Phillipa Spence - Canteen Manageress

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BULL CREEK PRIMARY SCHOOL

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For their sponsorship of 4 Paper Recycling Bins!

CALENDAR OF EVENTS MON 24 JUN

TUE 25 JUN W3 & W7 Excursion to CREEC - 9am to 2pm

WED 26 JUN

THU 27 JUN Kindy/PP Screening

FRI 28 JUN Assembly - W5 Eagles Cup - Brentwood at Brentwood PS.

MON 1 JUL

TUE 2 JUL Winter Carnival at Burrendah Reserve

WED 3 JUL

THU 4 JUL Jump Rope for Heart

FRI 5 JUL Newsletter Last day of Term!

Looking for a New Home? Buying or Selling!

Phone Megan Stone - Mob 0407 120 166

WILLETTON BASKETBALL STADIUM SCHOOL HOLIDAY CAMP

9.00AM - 3.30PM DAILY

Monday 8th July - Friday 12th July (children 9 years and younger) Monday 15th July - Friday 19th July (children 9 years and over)

Please contact 9 310 3388

CHESS TOURNAMENT The school has just completed the initial round of our inaugural Chess Tournament. The 7 Round Tournament had students from the Middle and Upper school competing against each other to accrue points according to a win, draw or loss. Congratulations to our inaugural Bull Creek Chess Tournament winner - William Marshall from Sheoak 6. William went through the tournament undefeated and will now proceed to the next stage, the Megafinal, as will other competitors that attained 17 points or more. Congratulations to all competitors for your efforts and we wish the students moving on to the Megafinal the best of luck. Mr Boyes

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TIPS FOR PARENTS

How can you help your child?

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TIPS FOR PARENTS

How can you help your child?

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ATTACHMENTS & FLYERS

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Bull Creek Primary School is participating in the Heart Foundation Jump Rope for Heart program again this year and we would love your support! Heart Foundation Jump Rope for Heart is an exciting and non-competitive program which encour-ages children to become more active through skipping, learning new skills and raising vital funds for heart research and community health programs. Skipping is an excellent way for children to keep fit and healthy. Your child(ren) has been learning a range of fun skipping skills and new tricks. We are also emphasising the importance of regular physi-cal activity and the importance of healthy eating for a healthy lifestyle. Jump Rope for Heart is also a great way to encourage children to get involved in our community and support Australia’s leading heart health charity, the Heart Foundation. The Jump Rope team provide us with lots of resources and support to implement the program and in return we ask that students help by seeking sponsorship for their involvement. Sponsorship is easy – simply go online to www.heartfoundation.org.au/jumprope , click on the green ‘Kids Join Now’ button, and register your ch ild today!

A secure fundraising page will be created as soon as you register; all you need to do then is click the ‘Email Sponsors’ link to send your family and friends an email asking them for their support… It’s that easy!

This is an easy, safe way for your child to monitor their progress, receive bonus prizes and even receive sponsorship from family and friends who are further afield.

Great prizes can be won if you register and fundraise online.

At the end of the program we will be holding a Jump Off, an event to celebrate and culminate the Heart Foundation Jump Rope for Heart program. This will be held on 4.7. 2013. The Jump Off day is a great opportunity for you to witness how much fun skipping can be, come along and pick up a rope! Let your teacher know when your child has finished fundraising online. You may like to print out a copy of the donations received online. Our school and your child(ren) also benefit from the money raised through Heart Foundation Jump Rope for Heart. The Heart Foundation offers 10 percent of the money we raise to our school. Thank you for joining us in the fight against heart disease. Yours sincerely, Tanja Colgan

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