Beckenham Primary School

Independent Public School

386 Railway Parade Phone: 9458 4666 BECKENHAM WA 6107 www.beckenhamps.wa.edu.au

Absentee line only: 0409 687 220 Dear Parents / Carers

Beckenham Parents and Citizens Association

To keep functioning effectively the P&C really need your support! Today a separate letter

requesting your help will come home. The more support the P&C receives the more events they

are able to plan for the students. A new approach is being trialled by asking one parent from each

classroom to be the parent representative for that room. Even if you cannot commit to this, small

amounts of occasional help are welcomed.

Shared Lunch

Thank you so much to all of you who supported our shared lunch last Tuesday. There was an

absolute mountain of delicious food and nobody went hungry! It was great to see so many parents

and relatives here enjoying lunch with their children.

Stationery Donation

Last week our School Chaplain, Mrs Remi Toluwade, received a large donation of stationery from

Campion Education on behalf of the school. This stationery will be used as extra resources which

teachers can access to support students. Campion's generosity is greatly appreciated.

Smart Phone App

The school is currently in the process of developing a new phone app. This app will allow parents

to report absences, access the newsletter and other information. It will also have a push notification

feature which we can use to send you important information quickly. It is hoped that the new app

will be ready for use early next term.

Parking Forum

I recently attended a school parking forum at the City of Gosnells. It would seem that all schools in

our area suffer the same issues that we do in regards to the problems experienced with

congestion, double parking and the like (particularly at the end of the school day). While it is not

possible to have a Ranger in attendance they are making an effort to get to as many schools as

possible to monitor and advise motorists of the correct parking options. We will keep reinforcing

safety messages to the students and ask that everyone drives cautiously during pick up and drop

off times. Please do not park in neighbours driveways.

Easter Holiday

I wish all of our students and their families a safe and happy Easter.

A reminder that school will be closed tomorrow (Good Friday) and will re-open on Wednesday

April 4th.

Kind Regards

John Gillett

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DATES TO REMEMBER

Uniform Shop CLOSED FRIDAY 30TH March

Easter Friday SCHOOL CLOSED FRIDAY 30TH March

Easter Monday SCHOOL CLOSED MONDAY 2nd April

Easter Tuesday SCHOOL CLOSED TUESDAY 3rd April

P&C Fundraiser PIZZA LUNCH FRIDAY 6th April

Uniform Shop CLOSED FRIDAY 13TH April

EASTER RAFFLE WINNERS

HAPPY EASTER TO ALL OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS

Mrs Harper Admin Sasha Hyland Room 10

Emma Kilgour Room 12 Shia Hayes ECUA

Pranal Jadhav Room 16 Kassie De Castro Room 14

Frank Wei Kindy Green Jeyon Sirisena Room 2

John Glenn Macayan Room 5

Thank you to all parents who donated items for the Easter baskets.

HARMONY DAY

On Harmony Day, Year 1

and 2 classes participated

in a mini cultural fair. Each

class went to different

classrooms and learnt a few

things from different

countries and cultures. We

watched and learnt some

fantastic demonstrations

including; moves from a

Nepali dance, Rangoli and

how to make it, the song My

Balloons in Indonesian and

heard all about what it is like

to live in Brazil. We thank

all who showed us a

demonstration as the students

thoroughly enjoyed it and it

added to their Harmony Day

experience.

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HELPING HANDS BECKENHAM NEWS UPDATE

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Harmony Day: We celebrated Harmony Day at our service with children and families on 15th March. Some of the parents and our Regional Operations Manager (ROM) joined us for multicultural afternoon tea. They brought some delicious foods from their cultures and we enjoyed eating a variety of foods. Moreover, the parents and children did some theme based activities together such as Harmony Day Hands, and Friendship Chains. Our Becoming Tree: we have started this centre based project where parents are requested to set some goals (academic, social and/or personal) for their children to achieve. The Helping Hands staff will guide and help children accomplish these assigned goals during their time with us. Some of the parents wrote these goals for their children on Harmony Day celebration day. National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence: On 16th March we held a discussion session with children and discussed the ways to stand against bullying and where to seek help if someone needs to. All the children contributed actively in this discussion. Fire Drill: evacuation drill was performed on 22nd March in the morning with all children present. The children followed all directions well and contributed in discussion about Do's and Don'ts during an emergency. Easter Activities: The children demonstrated their artistic skills through their creative art works relating to Easter. For instance, bunny ears, eggs, baskets etc. One of the walls is dedicated to display children's work.

SOME OF OUR MEMORABLE MOMENTS...

For more information please contact the coordinator Pooja Saggar on 0478 398 270 or email beckenham@helpinghandsnetwork.com.au

FACTIONS CAPTAIN AND VICE CAPTAINS

Congratulations to the following students who have been nominated Captain and

Vice Captain for the four factions.

FACTIONS CAPTAINS VICE CAPTAINS

GOLD Ali Reza Sharifi Andjela Stankovic

Shanel Aparente Greyson Codner

GREEN Ciennah Nestoridis Amanda Wilson

Kieron Simons Noah Hewitt

BLUE Aswin Sabu Aleesha Winmar Hanifa Rahimi Marcus Bennell

RED Grace Dalton Mahsheed Maisam

Timothy Cin Zah Jax Flader

COMMUNITY NEWS

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