Newsletter 7th November 2014

BULL CREEK PRIMARY SCHOOL
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
Newsletter No: 17
Friday,7 November 2014
During National Water Week the whole school has been learning about Perth’s water supply, water conservation, wastewater
and water saving practices. In our class we have investigated water pollution, water saving practices and learnt about the
water cycle. Look out for the water saving tips in this newsletter. Congratulations to the students from Mr Boyes’ class who
received a water wise prize from Mr Mike Bryant the Water Wise school’s programme coordinator at our recent assembly.
Thank you to everyone who dressed in blue and donated a gold coin to help the children in less fortunate countries who are in
need of fresh clean drinking water. Everyone raised a grand total of $219 dollars a great effort!
Wattle 9 performed a magnificent assembly on Friday the 31st of October. It was a fitting culmination to a week of water wise
incursions and water wise classroom activities. We received high praise from Mr Mike Bryant who said that we were the best
performance he had seen out of 200 schools so far. WOW!
There were several great moments in our assembly. Mrs Toner’s and Mrs Armstrong’s favourite parts were the video we made
and the Water cycle song. Most of all they are so proud of the outstanding effort that we all made in our assembly. Here are
some of our favourite parts. We had the best fun ever!
Here we all are in our
Fabulous costumes!
Our Water Cycle song
– we love it!
Matthew – “I liked the video of Romancing the Bag with the octopus”.
Jake –“ speaking in the microphone”.
Millie - “When me and Georgia went up to speak” “We are swans”.
Heidi – “When we were dancing”
Patrick – “Being a frog and introducing the Water Cycle song”.
Daniel – “Doing the Water Cycle song”
Charlotte – “Speaking in the microphone”
Jonah – “Speaking into the microphone
Cameron – “Singing the National Anthem”
Thomas – “Speaking into the microphone”
Alice – “Saying the School Creed”.
Ming – “Being a flower”
Louis – “Singing the pollution song”
Jaewon - ”I like the song water cycle”
Tate –“ Dancing to our parents”.
Grace – “Dancing to the song”
Tino – “Singing and dancing to the songs”.
Lachlan – “Being a crayfish”
Ethan H – “Doing the actions in the water cycle song”
Ethan R – “Singing the water pollution song”
Harry – “Singing every song”
Alex – “Being a crab”
Georgia – “Singing and dancing to the water pollution song“
Receiving water wise prize bags.
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Bull Creek Primary School
From the Principal’s Desk
THREE VERY IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER!
TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER
YEAR 6 GRADUATION
THURSDAY 11 DECEMBER
YEAR 7 GRADUATION
MONDAY 15 DECEMBER
CELEBRATION NIGHT
Students Leaving At The End Of The Year
Please advise the office if your child or children are leaving Bull Creek at the end of this year.
Some parents have already - thank you for contacting us. We were expecting to have thirteen
classes for 2015; but, at this stage it looks like being fourteen classes. We already have
approximately fifteen new students enrolled for 2015 - this does not include our forty new
Kindy children.
Water Wise
The last 2 weeks have seen classes engaging in water activities as part of our school’s
commitment to the “Water Wise” program which is aimed at encouraging children to reflect on
their water usage and ways of protecting our precious water
resources.
Wattle 9 Pre Primary provided a fantastic assembly item on the
Water Wise theme and they provided valuable information and
advice for the school in a very entertaining manner.
For the Water Wise incursions the Water Corporation
conducted sessions with all our classes over the 2 weeks and
covered topics of Waste Water, Water Conservation and Water
Supply.
Thank you to Mrs Toner and the Water Wise committee for co-ordinating our school program.
P&C Endeavour Award Guidelines
Over the years the criteria for the Endeavour Awards presented on our Celebration Night have
not been as clear as they might have been. Some parents and staff have pooled their ideas,
understandings and aspirations to come up with five guidelines which are listed below:
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3.
4.
5.
The student has not received the award before.
The student has been in the school for at least a year. Not in the
student’s first year at the school.
It is an award for the student who is trying their hardest. It is not
necessarily for the most academic, popular or athletic student.
It may be the student who flies under the radar but always
endeavours to be their best.
It could possibly be a student who might not win a major award during his/her
primary schooling.
Tim Cremin
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Violin Concert 2014
On Tuesday October 21st 2014, the Year
3’s had their first violin concert. This was
held in the old music room at 9:30am.
The Year 3’s played extremely well.
There were two groups. The first group
played “London Bridge” and “Rhythm
Fever” whilst the other group played
“Tap Dancer” and “This Old Man”
Reporter
Andy (B5)
P&C NEWS FLASH
Thank you to all who supported the Adidas fun run, it is a great fundraiser for the P&C and raised a
total of $5,300.00. What a fantasc effort!
The winners of the balloon fund raisers were announced at the last assembly. A big thank you to our
sponsors who donated prizes: Definion Health Club, Turner Engineering, Adventure World, Target
and Kmart.
1st - Jemma
2nd - Mahirul
3rd - Emily
4th - Lucia
5th - Joshua
6th - Taji
7th - Sofia
8th - Rebecca
9th - Ausn
10th - Oscar
11th - Cameron
12th - Harry
13th - Mia
14th - Sam
The P&C are looking for a new Secretary for next year. If you are interested please contact Tara Snell
0438252817 - raytarariley@hotmail.com
The P&C are holding a BBQ Sausage Sizzle at the end of year Celebraon night. If anyone can help on
the night (Monday 15th Dec) please contact Cecelia 0416108718.
Our next P&C meeng is on 24th November in the Library at 7.00pm. Come along and see what your
P&C is all about.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
MON 10 NOV
Edu Dance
TUE 11 NOV
WED 12 NOV
THU 13 NOV
Edu Dance
FRI 14 NOV
Assembly B6
MON 17 NOV
Edu Dance
TUE 18 NOV
WED 19 NOV
W8 & W9 Zoo
Excursion
THU 20 NOV
Edu Dance
FRI 21 NOV
Newsletter W8
Interschool
Cricket at
Riverton
CHAMPION PLUMBING & GAS
Your reliable plumber for all your Gas, Reticulation &
Plumbing needs.
Give John a call on Mob 0412 089 997
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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!
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WATER WISE TIPS
Only fill your bath up to your
bellybutton.
Only water your garden on
your special watering day.
Don’t pollute the water, keep it clean.
Some water wise messages from Wattle 9’s assembly.
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ATTACHMENTS & FLYERS
Disclaimer : Please be aware that the school does not necessarily endorse all advertising.
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ATTACHMENTS & FLYERS
FREE ENGLISH CLASSES
As part of our teacher training programme we are offering free English classes to staff, students, family
and friends. (All are welcome, but limited places, so hurry!)
They are general English classes and you will practice speaking, listening, reading, grammar, vocabulary
and some writing (not academic).
Two classes available : pre-intermediate and upper -intermediate
Date
18th November to 12th December
Time
10:00am – 12:00pm ( Monday to Friday)
Venue
Please contact Sarah Crivelli Ph: +61 8 9266 4225 for more details.
RSVP
s.crivelli@curtin.edu.au
If you have any special requirements to enable you to attend this event please advise when you RSVP.
We will contact you to provide assistance. Please also see http://disability.curtin.edu.au/
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