Please assist us in reducing vandalism at the school by contacting one of the telephone numbers listed below if you notice any suspicious behaviour on the school grounds.

 

Welcome to the first Newsletter for 2025. It is hard to believe that we are halfway through our first term of the school year, it is certainly flying by. Recently, I have had many students from across the school visit me in my office to showcase some of the learning they have been doing in class. I have been particularly impressed with the quality of the Narrative and Persuasive writing that many of our students are producing. The students are using interesting and varied vocabulary which makes their stories a pleasure to read. Congratulations to those students for their exceptional writing and I thank them for sharing their learning with me.

School Calendar
We have finalised dates for most of our major school events this year and have updated the school calendar. You can access the school calendar from the front page of the school website https://byfordps.wa.edu.au/ 

Before School Procedures
A reminder that classroom doors do not open until 8:35am, with class commencing at 8:45am. We do not recommend that students arrive at school any earlier than 8:30am, and that playgrounds and equipment are not used before school as we have limited staff available for duty. If your child does have to arrive at school earlier than 8:30am due to work commitments, there will be a member of staff on duty in the undercover area from 8:15am. All students who are at school prior to 8:35am without a parent or guardian present on the school grounds is required to go to the undercover area so they can be supervised. We thank you for your continued support with this to ensure the safety of all of our students.

P & C
It was wonderful to see some new faces at our AGM in February. Don’t forget that our supportive and hard-working P & C are always looking for new members and new faces are welcome at each meeting. The P & C play a vital role in the school through running the Canteen and Uniform shop, in addition to the many fundraisers they organise and run through the year, providing essential resources back into the school. If you are interested in joining the P & C this year but are a little unsure, or would like to know more about what is involved, feel free to pop into the office to speak with me, or contact our P & C president Annette Stones at byfordprimarypandc@hotmail.com  Many hands make light work!

Our P & C Executive team for 2025 are:
President – Annette Stones
Vice President – Brendan Appleby
Secretary – Gilda De Sousa
Treasurer – Jessica Lunnon

Assemblies
Assemblies are held fortnightly on Wednesdays, starting at 8:45am in the Undercover Area. To assist with planning below are our planned assembly dates for 2025:

NAPLAN Online
Our Year 3 and 5 students are currently sitting their NAPLAN assessments. The testing period is open between Wednesday 12 March and Monday 24 March. A timetable of scheduled testing times for each class was posted to class dojo. All of the Year 5 assessments will be online, Year 3 Reading, Language Conventions and Numeracy will be online, Writing will continue to be a paper test again this year. If your child is absent on an allocated testing day, Catch-Up tests will be administered throughout the testing period. Good luck to all of our Year 3 and 5 students.

Jody Harrington

Principal

Ph 9526 6300

Email: Byford.PS@education.wa.edu.au

"It has been a very busy and exciting start to the year in Rooms 2 and 11! Students have settled in beautifully and are eager for the learning adventures ahead.

Room 11 is especially thrilled to have their very own laptops, which will support their learning in new and exciting ways. They are also loving senior sport on Wednesdays, where they get to develop their skills and teamwork.

Meanwhile, Room 2 has been diving into a jam-packed start to Year 2. Students have been busy with On-Entry testing and getting used to our fast-paced daily schedule. We have been exploring fairy tales and narratives in literacy, as well as learning about where our food comes from in our inquiry lessons.

We can’t wait to see all the wonderful things our students will achieve this year!"

Ms Tara Ralphs

Mrs Tracy O'Malley

Classroom Teachers

Keep up the great !

Welcome back to all, hope everyone enjoyed the school holidays. P&C kicked off the fundraising events with a Crazy Sock Day on February 21st and raised $255. Thank you to the school community for their support.

Year 6 Fundraising Committee hosted a sausage sizzle on election day, many thanks to the volunteers for donating their time for the event.

On Friday 14th March there will be a raffle held at the Byford and Districts country club with some great prizes to be won. If you’re not doing anything, come along, have a meal and support the Year 6 camp by purchasing some raffle tickets.

1st prize is $500 cash

2nd prize is a meat pack 

3rd prize is $100 voucher

Keep an eye out for Easter Raffle information coming home soon.

The next P&C meeting is on the 26th March @ 6.30pm in the school staff room. Everyone is welcome.

Zooper Dooper Thursdays

Zooper Doopers are continually being sold on Thursdays for 50c each.  We’re always in need of Zooper Doopers to continue this fundraising venture and are very appreciative of donations.  If you can help, please drop Zooper Doopers to the senior block.

Containers for Change

Please consider saving your drink bottles/cans and dropping them off to your nearest Containers for Change depot to be recycled and donating the proceeds to the Yr 6 Fundraising Committee. It’s so easy to do, just take your bag of cans/drink bottles to the Containers for Change depot and quote this number C10425624 to the cashier and you’ll be helping the environment and reducing the cost of the 2025 Yr 6 camp.  Containers for Change bins are also located at the school in the undercover area. So please remind your child/ren to recycle their juice boxes at lunch time too. The 2025 Fundraising Committee thank you for your continued support.

Canteen

The Byford Primary School Canteen is open for recess and lunch on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Orders can be made direct to the canteen, or through QuickCliq  https://quickcliq.com.au/.

If you have any spare time on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday, volunteers are required to help in the canteen.

Uniform Shop

The P&C are excited to tell you all that the uniform shop now accepts Afterpay Payments. 

Our uniform shop is volunteer run to keep our school uniform prices as low as we can. Adding Afterpay as a payment option allows you to pay off your purchase over 4 payments (payments payable every 2 weeks)

Haven't got Afterpay??? Sign up here https://www.afterpay.com/en-AU 

* Not available for QuickCliq purchases *

QuickCliq is our online ordering system and it's an easy and convenient way to order your child’s uniform.  QuickCliq is approved by the Department of Education, it’s free, safe and secure.  You can use Paypal or Credit Card for immediate payment.  You can also use Direct Deposit.  To sign up, click www.Quickcliq.com.au 

If you are unable to order online, order forms can be placed in the dropbox at the Front Office.  Please ensure there is a name and contact number provided.

Orders can still be placed at the Uniform Shop on Tuesday mornings 8:15am - 8:45am or Thursday afternoons 2:30pm - 3:00pm.  EFTPOS AVAILABLE.

Please click here for price list:

To ease the financial burden on families over the year, we encourage parents to make payments throughout the year, to be assigned to fees, excursions and swimming etc. 

This can be as a regular weekly or fortnightly payment, or whenever you have funds available.  See the Admin Staff in the front office to arrange this.  You will be provided a breakdown of payments made, should you require.

Payment options are as follows:

• Cash
• EFTPOS
• Credit / Debit Card over the phone
• Direct Deposit – Byford Primary  BSB: 633 000 Account No: 192 414 571

Please enter the name of your child and the purpose of the payment in the description field i.e. A Smith Zoo Exc. 

Please DO NOT use this account for P&C payments

A ‘No Hat, Limited Outside Play’ policy is enforced at Byford Primary School all year.  Parents can assist us by reinforcing the need for protection from the sun by ensuring that students have a wide brim hat. Hats can be purchased through the school uniform shop next to Room 3.  Students who do not have a hat are instructed to play under sheltered areas such as the Undercover Area near the canteen. Caps are not acceptable as they do not provide adequate protection to the ears and back of the neck from the sun.