Beckenham Primary School Independent Public School 386 Railway Parade Phone: 9458 4666 BECKENHAM WA 6107

To Parents and Carers

Welcome Back I hope all families had an enjoyable and relaxing holiday break and were able to spend some time together enjoying life's pleasantries! Term 4 will be very busy with a range of planned activities and events at school. Please see the attached Term Planner for further details. Soon you will receive a letter which asks you to indicate whether or not your children will be returning to the school in 2018. You will also be given the opportunity to make special requests with regard to classroom placements. For example you may wish for your son or daughter to be placed (or not placed) with a relative or, in the case of twins for them to be placed together or to be separated. We always endeavour to accommodate these requests but please note that it is not possible to nominate a particular teacher for your child. Business Plan The school's 2017-2019 Business Plan, which sets out the direction for the school for the next three years is now available on our website at www.beckenhamps.wa.edu.au. Copies are also available on request from the office. Staffing Update There are a few staffing changes this term.

Our specialist Science teacher Mrs Yvonne Hunt will be on leave for the remainder of the year. Miss Shelby Woodhams will be replacing Mrs Hunt during this time.

Mrs Maureen Kriegler (Year 6, Room 12) is currently on long service leave for the first three weeks of term and is replaced by Mr Alan Friday.

Mrs Cathy Hearman (Year 4, Room 16) is currently on long service leave and returns at the commencement of next week with Ms Stacey Ricciardi filling in during this time.

Ms Katrina Prodger (Year 3, Room 8) will be teaching on Thursdays and Fridays with Miss Marija Zavodja taking the class on Mondays to Wednesdays for the remainder of the year.

Kind regards, John Gillett Principal

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DATES TO REMEMBER

Friday 13TH OCTOBER Uniform Shop 8-30am till 9-3oam

School Banking 8-30am till 9-30am

WEDNESDAYS WASTE FREE WEDNESDAY’S

THURSDAYS SUBWAY

Wednesday-

18TH OCTOBER

Interschool Athletics Carnival

Langford Reserve 9-30am till 2-20pm

Thursday 19TH OCTOBER Techno Kids

Friday 20TH OCTOBER

ROOM 7 ASSEMBLY

Uniform Shop 8-30am till 9-3oam

School Banking 8-30am till 9-30am

Tuesday 24TH OCTOBER Pizza Lunch orders DUE

PHOTO DAY

- KINDY GREEN, ECU A, ECU B, ROOM 1, ROOM 2,

ROOM 4, ROOM 5, ROOM 7, ROOM 8, ROOM 14,

ROOM 10, ROOM 11, ROOM 12, FACTION CAPTAINS,

HEAD BOY & GIRL, STUDENT COUNCILLORS

SEMESTER 1 & 2.

Thursday 26TH OCTOBER PHOTO DAY

- KINDY RED, ECU C, ROOM 3, ROOM 6, SIBLINGS,

ROOM 15, ROOM 16, ROOM 17, ROOM 13.

UNDERCOVER AREA WALL MURAL

If any parents, grandparents or carers would like to assist with painting the mural on Monday the 16th October, Please speak to Kate in the Art Room. Any help will be greatly appreciated. The process of the cover up and drawing done by Melski……

SCHOOL PHOTO DAY 24th

& 26th

OCTOBER-TERM 4 WEEK 3

SUSTAINBILITY – BE KIND TO THE ENVIRONMENT

Help Beckenham Primary School win a recycled playground. Send in your used beauty products between the dates of 9th October and 8th December. Each unit of used beauty products will count as 1 Playground Credit. The more waste we send in, the more chance we have of winning! A collection box is located outside Room 7. There is an opportunity to earn additional Playground Credits for Beckenham Primary School by voting for our school! Voting is open between 13th November and 8th December. You may vote once per day! Details on how to vote will be advertised on the Beckenham Primary School Facebook page closer to the date.

WASTE FREE WEDNESDAYS – TERM 4

During weeks one through to six, the entire school will be encouraged to pack a waste free lunch box on Wednesdays. Students will be rewarded with ‘besties’ weekly and students who participate each week will go into the draw to win a prize. Some tips for packing a waste free lunch are provided below. We can’t wait to see the variety of waste free lunchboxes packed each Wednesday!

Food and Drink Alternatives

Tetra Paks (juices, milks, etc)

Buy in bulk and then pack water, smoothies, milk or juice in a reusable drink bottle.

Chip and Lolly packets

Buy chips/snacks in bulk and pack in reusable containers. Bake your own muesli bars, muffins, biscuits and pack in reusable containers. Pack yoghurt in a small reusable container, filled at home from a bulk container.

Plastic bags and cling wrap

Pack food items in small containers inside a lunch box, use a bento style container or use beeswax wraps. *Buying in bulk is not only great for reducing waste, but also saves money!

SCITECH INCURSION

RECIPE

Banana muffins Banana muffins are an easy addition to any lunch box with very little extra sugar added - and you could add choc chips, macadamias or pecans to the mixture for variation.

Makes: 12 | prep: 0:10 | cook 0:15

Ingredients • 2 cups self-raising flour • 1/2 cup brown sugar • 1/3 cup (80mL) vegetable oil • 1 cup milk • 2 eggs • 1 cup mashed banana (2 large) • 12 pecan halves (optional)

Method Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Grease a 12 hole muffin pan or line with paper cases. Sift flour into a large bowl of an electric mixer. Add sugar and beat briefly to combine. In a glass measuring jug, pour in milk (up to 1 cup), oil (up to 1 1/3 cups) and add eggs, whisk to combine. Pour milk mix and bananas into dry ingredients, beat with until just combined. Spoon into muffin pans and top with a pecan half (if using) and bake for 15 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool slightly, and then place on rack to cool completely.

Sourced from: kidspot.com.au

P&C NEWS

Uniform Shop

The Uniform Shop will be OPEN on Wednesday 1 November, the day of the Kindy Orientation, from 11-

12pm

Pizza Lunch Friday 27 October There will be Pizza Lunch Friday 27 October. Look through your child’s school bag or ask them for the order form.

Please return completed forms to the RED P&C BOX by 3pmTuesday 24 October

Don’t forget to write on your child’s name and room number.

Come dressed as a teacher! Friday 27 October

FREE DRESS DAY Students can come dressed as a teacher on Friday 27 October in celebration of World Teacher’s Day. Please donate a gold coin; all funds raised will go towards the new playground.

Cookie Dough Fundraiser

The P&C will be sending home the cookie dough order forms next week.

There are 10 great flavours to choose from!

Uniform Shop Open Wednesday 1 November

The uniform shop will be open on the day of the Kindy Orientation,

Wednesday 1 November, 11-12:30pm.

HELPING HANDS

HELPING HANDS BECKENHAM NEWS UPDATE

Dear Parents, the HHN team would like to welcome you all in Term 4. The break was enjoyed immensely by children and staff at HHN. As always, they participated in a variety of theme based days and enjoyed getting messy, competitive, creative, and imaginative. All the safety factors of children considered and implemented thoroughly throughout this period. For example, risk assessments were conducted prior to the excursions and incursions. The relevant policies were made available for parents to read. As usual during holidays, we also rehearsed safety evacuations and lock down drills to keep children updated with the current information. An assessment officer (Jaylene) from Education and Care Regulatory Unit Department of Local Government and Communities visited us on 10th and 11th October 2017. She spent two days with HHN staff and Regional Operations Manager to conduct the Assessment and Rating. During this visit we covered all the seven Quality Areas from the National Quality Standards and showed the way the HHN staff runs the educational program, within the service, on regular basis. We will get to know the outcome of this visit after 5 to 6 weeks and we will inform you all accordingly.

Glimpse of Vacation Care September and October 2017 Please have a look at some of our memorable moments below:

For enrolment inquiry and/or more information about aforementioned programs please contact the

coordinator Pooja Saggar on 0478 398 270 or emailbeckenham@helpinghandsnetwork

COMMUNITY NEWS

Enrol your children now in VacSwim swimming lessons during the summer school holidays. With swimming pools and beaches a part of the Western Australian lifestyles, ensuring your children learn how to swim and are safe in the water is a must for all families. Your children can join in the fun of learning to swim in lessons run at pools and open water venues across the State. VacSwim is for all children – from beginners through to advanced survival, rescue and resuscitation. Your children can learn to swim for just: $7.00 per child for a five day short program $13.00 per child for all other programs. It's even cheaper if you have three or more children: $18.00 a family for a five day short program $35.00 a family for all other programs. To find out more about VacSwim and to enrol online please visit education.wa.edu.au/swimming. _____________________________________________________________________________________

Mills Fit Zone EVENT DETAILS

When: Wednesday 11 October, 5.00pm - 5.45pm Thursday 19 October, 9.30am - 10.15am Thursday 26 October, 9.30am - 10.15am

Mills Park has a number of newly installed outdoor fitness equipment stations for use all year round. These 45 minute sessions will show you how to make the most of the new equipment with a qualified personal trainer taking you through a guided circuit training session. Suitable for all fitness levels.

CONTACT AND ADDRESS DETAILS Venue:

Fitness Equipment on Oval 1 at Mills Park Centre

Address:

Mills Park Centre, 86 Brixton St, Beckenham WA 6107

Telephone:

9397 3000

Email Address:

council@gosnells.wa.gov.au

Fees:

$10.50 per person

Suitable:

Adults

Beckenham Primary School Term Planner Term 4 2017

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

WK 1 OCT

9 School

Development Day

10 Students

Commence Term 4

11 Waste Free Wednesday

12 Newsletter

Subway

13 School Banking Uniform Shop 8.30-9.30 am

WK 2 OCT

16 Maths

Incursion

17 Maths

Incursion

18 Maths

Incursion Waste Free Wednesday Interschool

Athletics Carnival

19 Maths

Incursion

Subway

Techno Kids

20 School Banking Uniform Shop 8.30-9.30 am

Assembly Rm 7 Year 6 Visit from

Mayor City of Gosnells

WK 3 OCT

23 24 SCHOOL

PHOTO DAY

Pizza Lunch orders Due

25 Waste Free Wednesday

26 SCHOOL PHOTO

DAY Newsletter

Subway

27 School Banking Uniform Shop

Pizza Lunch Come as a Teacher FREE DRESS DAY

WK 4 OCT/ NOV

30

31 1 Waste Free Wednesday

Kindy and PP Orientation Day

9-30am

2 School Board

Meeting 3.30pm

Techno Kids Subway

3 School Banking Uniform Shop 8.30-9-30 am

Assembly Rm 16

WK 5 NOV

6

STEM Incursion

7 Sushi Lunch orders Due

STEM Incursion

8 Waste Free Wednesday

STEM Incursion

9 Subway

Newsletter

10 School Banking Uniform Shop 8.30-9-30 am Sushi Lunch

WK 6 NOV

13 14

15 Waste Free Wednesday

16

Techno Kids

Subway

17 School Banking Uniform Shop 8.30-9-30 am

Assembly Rm 2

WK 7 NOV

20 21

Pizza Lunch Orders DUE

22 23 Subway

Newsletter

24 Pizza Lunch

Parent morning tea 10.30-11.30am

School Banking Uniform Shop 8.30-9-30am

WK 8

NOV/ DEC

27 Year 5 Excursion

Kings Park

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30 Year 6 Point Walter Camp School Board

3.30pm Subway

Techno Kids

1 School Banking Uniform Shop 8.30-9-30am

Assembly ECU A, B & C

WK 9 DEC

4

Sushi Lunch orders Due

5

6

Sushi Lunch

7

Subway Newsletter

8 School Banking Uniform Shop 8.30-9-30 am Presentation

Assembly

WK 10 DEC

11 Year 6

Graduation Night

12

13 14 LAST DAY Students

TERM 4 2017

15 Have a Safe &

Happy Holiday

TERM 1 2018 COMMENCE WEDNESDAY 31ST

JANUARY 2018