2015 T4 Wk 2 - Butler Primary School

30 Tollesbury Ave
Butler 6036 WA
Website: http://butlerps.wa.edu.au/
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 08 9562 1804
Fax: 08 9562 0388
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22 October 2015
Principal’s Message
Welcome back to another very busy term! I am looking forward
to many exciting events we have on this term.
Over the school holidays, we completed the construction of
the new early childhood playground and shade shelter for the
Year One playground. The staff and students have been very
excited about the new playground. I have enjoyed watching the
students playing on the playground and observing the positive
community reaction. The popularity of nature play equipment
has exploded with recent research indicating that natural play
settings can positively influence children’s behaviour and their
development in terms of mental health, social and emotional
relationships and provide stimulating, sensory experiences.
Installing natural materials and other landscape elements to
children's outdoor play yards leads to changes in children's
spatial cognitive awareness.
I am hoping that we may be able to construct another
playground in the future for our primary school students. With
this in mind, it brings me to reminding parents that we are
endeavouring to relaunch the Butler P & C next week on
Wednesday, October 21, by holding a meeting and light supper
at 6.30pm in the staffroom. I am very hopeful that attendance
will be high at this meeting and we can discuss how the P &
C can move forward in 2016. Thank you to all the parents that
have acknowledged they will be attending. I look forward to
seeing you on the night.
I visited our Year 6 staff and students at Ern Halliday Recreation
centre last week, while they were on school camp. I was
impressed with all our students and the excellent behaviour
they displayed at the disco and in completing activities required
of them. Students achieved many of the goals they set for
themselves and were eager to tell me all about the experiences
they have had. It was a real pleasure speaking to them and
joining in with the evening activities. We have some outstanding
dancers at Butler PS. Thank you to all the Year 6 staff, including
Ms Amie Turner, Mr Mark Williams, Mrs Tracy Thompson, Ms
Liz Terry, Ms Amy Marshall and our Deputy Principal, Mrs
Cecilia Smith, for all of their hard work in planning for the camp
and giving up their own time to attend the camp over three
days. It is appreciated by the school community.
This term, we have many other exciting events to look forward
to. The Interschool Athletics Carnival will be held at Quinns
Beach PS this Friday, October 23. I would like to wish all of our
athletes the best and hope they achieve their personal goals.
Constable Care will also be visiting our school in the next
couple of weeks. Students always enjoy these visits and gain
much from the educational messages that are embedded in
the performances. I wish all students, parents and staff an
enjoyable term as we approach the end of the year.
Butler Primary School Principal,
Mrs Therese Gorton
Merit Certificates
Congratulations to our
September/October.
merit
certificates
recipients
Room
Student
Room
Student
D1
Chase, Amy
D2
Delores, Triston
D3
Jaiden, Alex
D4
Mia, Ashleigh,
Mikaela
D6
Emma, Molly
D9
Justice, Danika
Room 1
Naishon, Annabelle
Room 2
Parichat, Portia
Room 3
Joseph
Room 6
Celeste, Joice
Room 7
Alexia, Jett,
Mercedes
Room 8
Mikejen, Tynan
Room 9
Dominic, Anthony,
Max
Room
11
Steon, Ethan
Room
14
Mackenzie, Megan
Room
15
Anabela, Ruby
Room
16
Harrison, Brodie
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Independent School Review 2015
Early next week, on Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th of
October, Butler PS will be participating in an independent
school review. The purpose of the review is to provide
assurance to the school and its community, the Director
General of Education and the Minister for Education on the
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extent to which the school has met its commitments as outlined
in its Delivery and Performance Agreement (DPA) and
associated Business Plan. The focus of the review is on:
• How well the school has implemented the self-review
• How well the school has improved student learning
for all students
• How well the school has created an environment that
promotes learning and student well-being
• How well the school is placed to sustain and improve
its performance
• The review will be undertaken by Professor Chris
Forlin, Margaret Brede and Tom Campbell. An
agenda has been designed to enable the reviewers
to meet with the administration team, staff, students,
the Butler PS School Board and members of the
P&C. This will be a busy two days and we look
forward to the findings of the school review.
Nature Playground
On our first day back, staff who were engaged in professional
learning managed to escape to our new nature playground
to explore the playground and to celebrate the success of
collaborative planning at Butler Primary School.
Our younger students have enjoyed exploring and using their
imagination to create new games as they interact with their new
nature play environment. Our early childhood teachers are very
excited about the playground improvements and are keen to
incorporate the nature play area in their learning activities.
Thank you to the P& C Association for financially supporting this
initiative.
Year 6 Ern Halliday Camp
Year 6 students and their teachers attended Ern Halliday Camp
in Week One of Term 4. Camp activities are designed to
develop team building skills and for students to face individual
challenges to achieve personal goals in a safe environment.
Students enjoyed a range of activities, including cycling along
our beautiful coastal cycle path, archery, crate stacking, Lost
Pilot, caving, big swing, flying fox, abseiling and climbing big
ropes. They enjoyed eating together and trying food that is
different to home cuisine. Students also enjoyed the challenge
of sleeping in a dorm with other excited students. A disco
evening and a quiz night were also thoroughly enjoyed by our
Year 6 students and their behaviour was outstanding. Some
students were asked about their personal camp highlight:
At camp I enjoyed the caving because we got to push
our limits and overcome our fears and have fun while
doing it –Lauren
At camp I really liked the disco because everyone was
jumping up and down and singing away. I think everyone
had FUN! – Anthony
At camp I liked the big swing because everyone
encouraged each other to go all the way to the top and
it was really fun. –Demi
Camp was awesome! It really satisfied the fact that I liked
the big swing when I did the Superman by pointing out
my fist.-Logan
At camp I loved the game lost pilot because it was
interesting and fun to find all the remnants. - Ashleigh
Staff and students exploring the nature playground and
engaging in imaginative play
Addressing Bullying Behaviour in
Children and Young People-A FREE
Forum to mark Children’s Week
This forum is an opportunity for parents, teachers and other
people who work with children and young people to hear about
innovative ways to prevent or reduce bullying behaviour by
children and young people.
Presented by internationally recognised researcher, Winthrop
Professor Donna Cross from the Telethon Kids Institute and
University of WA, the seminar will outline practical strategies
that have been developed from twelve years of ongoing
research. The seminar will also include presentations from the
President of the WA School Psychologists Association, Eileen
Kuruckchi, and two young people involved in the Cyber Savvy
research currently being conducted in WA schools.
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
7.00 pm to 8.30 pm
Churchlands Concert Hall (on school campus), 20
Lucca St, Churchlands
The forum is being held by the Commissioner for Children and
Young People (WA). Please see the flyer for more information,
including booking information.
Parent Parking
To ease congestion and with mornings warming up, it is great
to see that more families are walking their children to and from
school or parking in the community centre car park and walking
their children from there.
Having fun and facing challenges at Ern Halliday Camp
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Parents are reminded that parking is not permitted on grassed
kerbside areas around the Pre-primary car park and along
Tollesbury Avenue as well as the bricked median strip in
Cambourne Parkway. At times, parking fines and warnings
have been issued by rangers. Please download the map below
for parent parking information.
Visual Art Room News
In the latter part of Term 3, our students have been working on
art pieces that relate to their classroom studies. The 3 students
have used palette knives, sponges and brushes with acrylic
paint to create 3D landscapes of Antarctica and modelled
plasticine penguins.
Year 6 Multicultural kites in androgynous colours
Out and About at Butler Primary School
Butler’s roving reporter has been exploring our school and
found many busy classrooms this week. Can you spot the
following student activities in the photographs?
Year 3 landscape of Antarctica in 3D
The Year 4 students modelled clay and crafted masts and sails
to create ships of the First Fleet.
• Students in Mrs Julia Chalmers’ Year 3 Cultural
Studies have been exploring popular Indonesian folk
tales, particularly those featuring the Kancil (Mouse
deer). The students have selected a character from
the story and designed a puppet, choosing from the
Harimau (Tiger), Kancil (Mouse Deer) or Kambing
(Goat). They will then be using these puppets to retell
the story in small groups and as a class.
• Mrs Lizzie Saunders’ PP6 Kindy children were
enjoying the beautiful weather, eating their healthy
fruit and vegetable snacks and talking to their friends.
Other Kindy children were using their imagination as
they whipped up a delicious meal in their playground
kitchen.
• Students in Mrs Jill Dodge’s Year 1 class were
excitedly brainstorming some ideas before they
began their fairy tale writing.
• Miss Zoe Goodin’s Year 1 class were busy
concentrating on a read, print and draw activity.
Year 4 Ships of the First Fleet
The Year 5 students expressed the motion of Fire and Flood
first in drawing and then in collage.
• Miss Joanne Turner’s Year 1 class were enjoying a
quick Crunch and Sip break in the morning sunlight.
• Year 4 students were improving their spelling skills by
participating in a Words Their Way word sort with
Miss Kimberley Carlson.
• Ball throwing and catching skills were being practised
on the basketball courts in the Physical Education
lesson taught by Mr Wain Piperis.
• Music students were concentrating on a music test
with Miss Carley Jurgowiak.
• Mrs Karen Rowlinson’s Art students were happily
painting landscapes onto their paper plates. Later,
they plan to weave a section of their artwork.
Year 5 Fire and Flood artwork
The 6 students practised ink drawings and used androgynous
colours to decorate kites with Vietnam and Afghanistan inspired
designs.
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mental health. In our own classes, we also learned about the
myths and truths about smoking, and conducted an experiment
using straws whilst exercising that simulated what it was like to
exercise with a decreased lung capacity.
Butler students busy with learning in their first weeks back in
Term 4
The students learned about many important preventative health
facts throughout the day and really enjoyed exploring different
aspects of their health. The presenters all commented that our
students were well mannered and they were impressed with the
level of detailed questions asked by our students. Overall, it was
a very successful day.
A Message from our Library
Issue 7 Book Club is now on sale. Please return your orders
with your child’s name and room number or please place your
order online via the Scholastic Book Club LOOP ordering
system. All orders must be received by Monday, 26th of
October.
Books make wonderful gifts. If you would like us to keep your
book order in the Library for your collection, please pop in and
let us know. Alternatively, orders will be delivered to your child
as usual.
Year 6 Health Seminar at Butler Primary School
Canteen Corner
Please click below to access the mouth-watering and delicious
Summer menu.
BPS Canteen is now ONLINE. Please order lunches
through the online site:
Online Canteen for Australian Schools - C4S |
canteen4schools.com.au
Lunches can still be ordered from the canteen
through the lunch bag/basket system.
Recess and 2nd bell lunch treats and snacks are still
available through the canteen hatch.
Year 6 Health Seminar Day
On Tuesday, 15th September, the Year 6 students participated
in a Health Seminar Day. The event involved learning about
different aspects of health, listening to presenters,
brainstorming and even undertaking some of their own hands
on investigation work.
We had seven police officers from Clarkson Police station to
come and talk about personal safety, graffiti, making good
choices and they also answered questions about their own
jobs.
Linda Franklin, from the Organ Donation and Transplant
Foundation of WA, spoke about organ donation and transplant
rates in Australia.
Deanna Howell from the Amanda Young Foundation taught the
children about meningococcal disease and the importance of
good personal hygiene.
Finally, Angie and Margie from MIFWA, Mental Illness
Fellowship of WA, discussed mental health issues and
self-esteem and how we can develop and maintain good
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Chaplain’s Corner
HELLO Everyone,
Welcome to Term 4! I hope you enjoyed a restful holiday and
were able to take a break from your busy schedules.
This term our focus VALUES are:
COMPASSION
SERVICE
GENEROSITY
Compassion is having kind feelings towards others. It is caring
deeply and wanting to help, even if you don’t know the person.
Compassion begins by noticing when someone seems sad or
troubled. Put yourself in their place and ask how you would feel
if it were happening to you. Think about how you can help. Be
a friend when someone needs a friend.
“Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and
happier.”
-Mother Teresa
Well done to our staff and students on a fantastic Year 6
Camp!!! I had a great time joining you on camp last Thursday
and Friday!
I wish everyone a great term ahead.
Kind regards,
Mrs Hunter
P&C News
The P&C Association are organising a school disco for Friday
October 30th 2015. It will be fancy dress. DJ Hugo will liven up
the disco and there will be great prizes!
Students
Disco
Times
Entry
Meal
Deal
Kindy, Pre-Primary/Younger
Siblings
4:00-4:45
pm
$2
N/A
Years 1-3
5:00-6:30
pm
$5
$10
Years 4-6
7:00-8:30
pm
$5
$10
Tickets are available from the canteen before school and during
lunch. Tickets are also available after school at the picnic table
outside office.
Volunteers are required to make this a success. Please put your
name down at the canteen.
We would like to thank Gerry and John for lending us some
fantastic Halloween Decorations for our disco. They have a
charity event on Saturday 31st October if anyone can attend.
http://www.abccharities.org
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