20th August, 2020

Volume 5 2020

EastBeechboro.PS@education.wa.edu.au School Website: www.eastbeechboroprimary.wa.edu.au

The official newsletter of: East Beechboro Primary School Brockmill Avenue BEECHBORO WA 6063 Phone: 6216 1900

EAST BEECHBORO PRIMARY An INDEPENDENT PUBLIC SCHOOL

mid of term NEWSLETTER

Message from the Principal Dear parents, staff and students,

Admin Building Renovation We are very excited to advise our community that the renovation work on the Administration building is scheduled to begin on Monday 24th August with a view to completion by the end of December. Once completed, the new building will be a functional space and will be a fresh and modern addition to the school. Whilst building is taking place, I ask for your patience and understanding as access to the school may be hampered.

2021 Planning To assist us with our planning for next year, if your child will not be returning to East Beechboro Primary School, please complete the slip on the last page of this newsletter and return to the office. It is essential that we are as accurate as possible with our planning for next year to ensure that our classroom arrangements are correct and that we are staffed adequately.

Faction Carnivals We will soon be entering our school athletics season which is a very exciting and enjoyable time for students, staff and parents. As we are unsure where we will be at with the COVID-19 restrictions, we will continue to plan for these events in the hope that they will still occur. These carnivals are fantastic community events and we welcome family members to join us on Maguire Oval to support the students and to enjoy the day. Parents and visitors are reminded to please be mindful of social distancing and practise safe hygiene. Faction Carnivals will take place in Week 8 this term and further information will be sent home closer to the date.

In-Term Swimming Parents of students in Years 1 to 6 will have received in-term swimming lesson forms. Lessons take place in the first two weeks of next term. Students will receive quality swimming lessons and will develop vital swimming and water safety skills. As this is part of the WA Curriculum, the cost of the lessons is provided free to students, however payment of $52 is required for pool entry and travel costs. To ensure your child is able to attend, please ensure that permission forms and payment are returned by Monday 21st September. Parents wishing to pay this amount in instalments are asked to speak to the office staff. I encourage all parents to ensure their child is given the opportunity to attend this swimming program.

Pupil Free Day Parents are reminded that tomorrow, Friday 21st August, is a pupil-free day as staff will be taking part in professional development. Camp Australia will be operating on this day for parents wanting to use this service. Please ensure that you register your child. Students return to school as normal on Monday 24th August.

2020 Voluntary Contributions This year has been a difficult one for us all and has had financial implications on corporations, businesses and households. In previous years, we have sent out reminders to parents of unpaid items, however, we have chosen not do so to not add to the financial burden many families may be experiencing. Voluntary contributions assist the school in ensuring that all students receive the best educational experience possible. If you are able to make payment of your child’s contribution, we would be most grateful, however, we fully understand that under the circumstances, this may not be possible for some families.

Nomination Congratulations to Mrs Eve Byford who I nominated for Outstanding Administrative Support Officer in this year’s WAECSSA awards. Mrs Byford has been recognised for her outstanding service, dedication, loyalty and commitment to our school, staff, students and parents. Although Mrs Byford was not selected as a finalist, her outstanding service has been acknowledged by her nomination.

Shayne Harris - Principal

Important Dates

FRIDAY 21st AUGUST - PUPIL FREE DAY TUESDAY 8th SEPTEMBER - Faction Field Events (selected Yr 1-6 students) WEDNESDAY 26th AUGUST - Councillor Assembly THURSDAY 10th SEPTEMBER - Faction Athletics Carnival (PP - Yr 6 students) WEDNESDAY 2nd SEPTEMBER - LA3 Assembly

2020 Leavers Shirts Parents who would like to purchase another 2020 leavers shirt for their child are advised that we have stock available in size 14

and above. Orders can be placed via an order form or QuickCliq.

CONCERNS /COMPLAINTS If at any time you have a matter which you feel you need to discuss please contact the school. Please note that ALL

formal complaints should be marked Private and Confidential and sent to the Principal.

Congratulations to the following students: Rebekah, Zane, Rosalia and Elias

Aussie of the Month - Aussie of the Month certificates are awarded to students who demonstrate good citizenship and

display the virtues that the school promotes

Andrew Stewart Medallion Winners - These awards are presented to students in recognition of good behaviour,

demonstration of good work, effort and displaying the school Virtues. Congratulations to Ameen (Bronze Medallion),

Drew & Lauren (Silver Medallion). Well done on this excellent achievement.

Congratulations to Amity in PP3 who competed at

the Country Dance Challenge in Northam and the Star Struck Dance Challenge. Amity performed exceptionally, achieving the following : Country Dance Challenge - 3rd place in the 6/U Lyrical Solo event, Honourable Mention in the Classical Ballet Solo and 1st place in the 5 Year Old Jazz Improv event

Star Struck Challenge - 2nd place in the Lyrical Improv and Honourable Mentions in the Lyrical Solo, Classical Ballet Solo and Hip Hop Improv events. Well done Amity!

Cross Country Congratulations to all our students who took part in the Faction Cross Country carnival on the Thursday of week 1 this term. The determination of all our students to succeed and complete the course was admirable and they should be very proud of their efforts. Thank you also to the Faction Captains who assisted with marshalling around the course and all the parents who came along to cheer their children on. Our competition winners were (1st-4th place): Girls yr 3: Lehannah Collard Boys yr 3: Rogan Matapo Girls yr 4: Mia Henry Boys yr 4: Zach Farr Ebony Miller Brody Perkins Tayla Linden Christian Greenhill Athok Duom Lucas Harding Bianca Maldonado-Reveggino Enoch Elias Laila Kurra Ryder Powell Gabriella McCullaugh James Burton

Girls yr 5: Aisling O’Brien Boys yr 5: Kane McAlpine Girls yr 6: Lauren Skinner Boys yr 6: Marley Sam Drew Gunson Jhy Bishop Natasha Spratt Nathan Greenhill Dakota Lovering Ryker Phillips Ammy Tongchai Warabek Duom Deanna Choueib Cody Skelton Shaylee Kelly Leevye George The final standings for the faction x-country 2020 were: 1st Place Bandicoots 428 points 2nd Place Bilbies 439 points 3rd Place Numbats 481 points 4th Place Wallabies 501 points

On Friday of week 2, the above students participated in the Inter-school Cross Country Competition. For the first time on 16 years, East Beechboro Primary School won the competition. This is an outstanding achievement and congratulations to all students. Notable achievers include: Girls yr 3: Eboni Miller (2nd) Boys yr 3: Rogan Matapo (6th) Laila Kurra (7th) Boys yr 4: Zach Farr (1st) Lehanna Collard (8th) Christian Greenhill (7th) Girls yr 4: Mia Henry (10th) Enoch Elias (9th) Girls yr 5: Aisling O’Brien (3rd) Boys yr 5: Kane McAlpine (2nd) Drew Gunson (6th) Ryker Phillips (3rd) Dakota Lovering (10th) Jhy Bishop (4th) Girls yr 6: Lauren Skinner (2nd) Boys yr 6: Marley Sam (4th) Natasha Spratt (4th)

The Final Standings were: 1st East Beechboro PS 432 pts 2nd Anzac Terrace PS 427 pts 3rd Hampton PS 424 pts 4th Rawlinson PS 378 pts 5th West Beechboro PS 370 pts 6th Beechboro PS 369 pts

A special thank you to Mrs Linden for helping on the day and to all the parents who came to support our students.

Honour Certificate Recipients 1st, 29th July & 12th August

Back Row: Adela, Eeman, Shaylee, Leah, Gabriella, Mekhi, Thomas & Reilly Second Row: Tyler, Mia, Ricky, Lawson, James, Liam, Daniel, Faustin, Edward, Aakash & Riley

Third Row: Nathan, Jeremiah, Lily, Cassius, Zoha, Narjes, Oliver, Matilda, Stella & Lucas Front Row: Azelea, River, Sanviya, Tyler, Zoya, Charlotte, Priscilla, Jenna, Mikayla & Ashleylu

Absent for photo: Abbas & Chase

Back Row: Brianna, Tayhla, Kiarra, Lauren, Isiah, Aisling, Benson, Geu, Reilly & Riley Second Row: Krishna, Howard, Sameera, Laila, Jeremiah, Laylah, James, Havana, Mason, Tayla & Xzailan

Third Row: Charlotte, Gideon, Arianna, Matilda, Vancaleb, Samara, Muhsin, Clinton, Bill, Charlotte & Lily Front Row: Oliver, Harper, Elijah, Emma, Geoffrey, Ava, Kyrie, Aaliyah& Jethro

Absent for photo: Scarlett & Haydar

Back Row: Tyrone, Fatima, Munira, Warabek, Cobi & Kallum Second Row: Daniel, Holly, Reem, Donney, Arnie, Pippa, Jett, Cody & Krishna

Third Row: Rachael, Chanel, Chloe, Ross, Abbas, Stella, Rania , Liam, Nathan & Reece Front Row: Annabelle, Amelia, Jasper, Nathan, Ryan, Ava, Zhra, Kayden & Elythia

Absent for photo: Tyler, Javies, Khynan, Ashanti

P&C MEMBERS - Many thanks to the P & C for working to build a sense of community and support for school programs. Your efforts are greatly appreciated. President - Donna Linden Vice President - Rachel Graham Treasurer - Lyndsey Milieri Secretary - Emillie O’Keefe Fundraising - Ross Innis Uniform Shop Coordinator - Chantal Innis

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS Staff: Shayne Harris, Jonas Byford & Stef Vranjes Board Chair: Karen Lippinkhof Community: Dr Joe Scott Parent Representatives: Sharon Ashton, Rose Elliott, Anne Chew, Casey Chandler & Clinton Graham Ex officio: Ann Evans & Michelle Martyn

Andrew Stewart Awards

PP: Ava Harris, Abel Heaton, Vrunda Hirani, Ashanti Myintaye, Xillia Nguyen, Cung Zah Ngo, Artem Vykhryst, Quentin Hall & Parth Hirani Yr 1: Oliver Ingate, Angelina Soang-Khoun, Haleema Zeb, Kainga Abraham, Aaliyah Bray, Zoya D’Vaz, Cassius Ellis, Urban-Jay George, Vakul Naveenkumar, Brandon Neville, Wade Ninyette, Liora Pham, Matthew Saifuddin, Lacey Sidebottom, Vyom Thakrar, Dwayne Blake-Ewins, Ayak Duom, Conor Earley, Amali Hoani, Malachi Hoani, Shaylee Lovett, Shahzad Mohammadi, Hussain Aal-Braij, Zhra Al-Battat, Jasper Bell, Jethro Evans, Ivy Hutton, Malaz Ibrahim, Yasmine Ali Hassan, Ashton Jamshid Dezfouli, Jade Linden & Jade Miller Yr 2: Jules Bonifassi, Mikayla Innes, Matilda Lock, Elythia Lopez, Lea Marriott, Clinton Nguyen, Rosalia Peneueta, Alexis Potter, Deshaldrei Rodriguez, Zane Skelton, Indiana Zurakowski, Lennix Fildes, Lilah Graham, Linda Ji, Ross McCall, Kennedy Nguyen, Lily Pe, Bradley Slater, Van Bawi Zah Ngo, Charlie Cassettai, Leonardo Jolly, London-Rose Sheppard, Azelea Te Whata, Jack Waddell, Arya McAuley, Bill Nguyen, Haydar Al Yosf, Jinda Douangboutdy, Teagan O’Brien, Abbas Ali Raz Muhammad, Charlotte Wallis, Zahra Al Hakimi, Legie Barnachea, Cataliya Choueib, Liam Da Anunciacao, Grace Hellriegel, Arianna Sidebottom & Candice Tun Yr 3: Reem Al-Sultani, Jenna Cuison, Chevanah Graham, Lucas Harding, Dana Kim, Eboni Miller, Aliera Mitchell, Devyn Monks, Tiare Peneueta, Parwana Raz Muhammad, Evie Verlinden, Ashleylu Haddon, Ricky McCullaugh, Brody Perkins, S-Jay Aza, Lehanna Collard, Chloe Earley, Nicky Harvey, Daniel Le, Lucas Lee, Rogan Matapo, Vancaleb Soning, Reece South, Ryder Powell, Lily Proud, Albany Chin, Savannah Hughes-d’Aeth, Andrew Lim, Rania Mohammed, Sophie Swift & Skarlet White Yr 4: Ella Ali, Zach Farr, Havana Johnston, Ace Myintaye, Reid Ashton, Laylah Bean, James Burton, Thala Douangboutdy, Enoch Elias, Jett Elliott, Lawson Flaherty, Lilly Lichtenstein, Riley O’Rourke, Edward Wang, Faustin Diraviam, Zachery Quartermaine & Jeremy Saunders Yr 5: William Heelan, Joel Page, Leah Rowe, Mia Aza, Jhy Bishop, Hartley Copley, Bianca Da Anunciacao, Leon Jacobs, Lexzy-Lee Jolly, Shelby Little, Tyler South, Gabrielle Bade, Deanna Choueib, Drew Gunson, Mekhi Njiriri, Ryker Phillips, Shakira Quartermaine, Elli Tuali & Ameen Aljibari Yr 6: Adela Maldonado Reveggino, Fatima Al Hakimi, Tayhla Austic, Ysabelle Barnachea, Thomas Collard, Tahlia Dunbar, Jaylah Graham, Shaylee Kelly, Alisha Kitching, Tyrone Pihema, Anastacia Quartermaine, Murjaan Sakhidad, Daniel Saligari, Christopher Sherrington, Olivia Spencer, Amina Almagutar, Rebekah Farr, Alia Matapo, Riley McCullaugh, Elias Neville, Amelia Quartermaine & Lauren Skinner Bronze Badge: Lacey Sidebottom, Elythia Lopez, Tiare Peneueta, Parwana Raz Muhammad, Lawson Flaherty, Alisha Kitching, Daniel Saligari, Zhra Al-Battat, Charlotte Wallis, Candice Tun, Sophie Swift, Skarlet White, Lilly Lichtenstein & Shakira Quartermaine Silver Badge: Alexis Potter, Brody Perkins, S-Jay Aza, Laylah Bean, Matilda Lock & Lucas Harding Gold Badge: James Burton, Ysabelle Barnachea, Jaylah Graham, Shaylee Kelly, Bianca Da Anunciacao, Shelby Little & Elias Neville Merit Badge: Edward Wang, Jeremy Saunders & Alia Matapo Bronze Medallion: Ameen Aljibari Silver Medallion: Drew Gunson & Lauren Skinner

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My child _________________________________________ will not be returning to East Beechboro Primary School in 2021.

Destination in 2021 (if known): ________________________________________

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National Science Week is coming back to OSHC! 15th—23rd August

National Science Week is Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology. At Camp Australia we

look forward to more missions, more experiments, more fun!

Uniform Shop - The Uniform Shop is now open for over the counter sales in the Undercover Area. Open:

Mon 8.30am-9.15am Tues 2.15pm-3.00pm Wed 8.30am-8.50am Thurs 8.30am-9.15am & Fri 2.15pm-3.00pm