8 August 2019

Newsletter Articles

Byford Primary News

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.

Principal’s Report

Dear Families and Friends

Welcome to Term 3. This term is once again shaping to be a busy term which includes athletics carnivals and our EduDance concert. Student reports were emailed home at the end of last term. If you had problems downloading the report or if you didn’t get an email, please contact the office and we will organise for a hard copy or to have it emailed again.

Upcoming dates to remember:

Protective Behaviours

This term classes will be covering the topic of ‘protective behaviours’. Each year level has a different focus and lessons are designed for the age of the children. These programs encourage the learning and development of skills for life in order for children to feel, be and keep safe. Please talk to your children about this at home. If you would like more information about what specifics are being taught, please contact the class teacher.

Book Week

Friday 23rd August is Book Week dress up day. The theme this year is “Reading Is My Secret Power”. Students can either wear a costume to represent the theme or dress up as their favourite character in a book.

Immunisation Requirements for Children Enrolling at School

The Western Australian Government has amendment the Public Health Act 2016 and the School Education Act 1999 (WA) to introduce requirements for enrolment into child care services, community kindergartens and schools. These changes take effect as of 22 July 2019.

When enrolling your child at school you will need to provide:

• an AIR Immunisation History Statement no more than two months old; or
• an AIR Immunisation History Form no more than six months old, only if the child is on a catch-up schedule, or
• a valid immunisation certificate issued or declared by the Chief Health Officer (see the school or your GP for more information)

Children enrolling in Kindergarten must be up to date with all scheduled immunisations for their age to be able to enrol.

All children can be enrolled in the compulsory years of schooling (Pre-primary to Year 12) regardless of their immunisation status.

AIR Immunisation History Statement

A child’s current AIR Immunisation History Statement can be accessed at any time by the parent/guardian through:

• MyGov, by logging in to their Medicare online account
• Medicare Express Plus App, by logging into their Medicare account
• Visiting a Medicare or Centrelink office, or
• Calling the AIR General Enquiries Line on 1800 653 809 to request an AIR the Statement to be posted

Vaccine exemption due to medical reasons or natural immunity

If a child cannot receive one or more vaccines for certain medical reasons or the child has natural immunity, parents need to contact their GP in the first instance. If a vaccine exemption is warranted, the medical practitioner needs to advise the AIR online or by completing and submitting the AIR – Immunisation Medical Exemption Form. Children who have a valid medical exemption to vaccination or natural immunity will have an immunisation status that is recorded as ‘up to date’ on their AIR Immunisation History Statement.

Children who are exempt

Parents/carers may apply to the Principal of the school for an exemption because of family circumstances if the child:

• is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
• is in the care of the CEO of the Department of Communities
• is living in crisis or emergency accommodation because of family violence or a risk of family violence, or homelessness
• has been evacuated from their ordinary place of residence because it is in an area of the State to which a declaration made under the Emergency Management Act 2005, section 56 applies
• is in the care of an adult, other than the child’s parent or guardian, because of exceptional circumstances
• Is in the care of a responsible person who holds a valid:
  - health care card
  - pensioner concession card
  - Veterans’ Affairs white card
  - Veterans’ Affairs gold card

First entered Australia not more than 6 months before the time of enrolment and holds or parent holds, one of the following visa subclasses: 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 785, 790, or 866.

If you have any questions or require support, please contact the school or the Department of Health.

Sue Heath
Principal
Ph 9526 6300 / Mb 0409 370 903
Email: Suzanne.Heath@education.wa.edu.au

STEAM Day

On Thursday 4th July, Byford Primary School had our STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics) Day. Students worked in groups across the school to complete specialised STEAM activities to develop their skills and showcase the latest technological equipment our school has invested in. To view a video of the day’s activities, please click here:

Art Room

On Tuesday the 23rd of July the school had three lovely visitors in the form of Aboriginal Art Muralists Bec, Katelyn and Gracie. All three women helped to create our new painted mural on the outside wall of the undercover area, it is of the serpent between the earth and water, amongst flowers and Aboriginal symbols of people. The “U - shape” symbol is representative of a person as it is literally the shape left by a person after they have been sitting on the sand. Selected students from each year level were chosen to hear the story be told by Gracie and contribute to the painting’s lower levels.

Room 13 – Buddies

This year we are doing pre-primary buddies with Room 12!

We chose games and wrote up the rules and equipment. When we joined up with our pre-primary buddies, we had to teach them how to play our games. The Easter themed games included: Bunny-Hopping, Rob the nest, Duck, duck goose, Musical Hoops, Colour Hoops and Cat and Mouse. We had 6, 5 minute rotations. We had lots of fun!

The next time that we joined our buddies, we were split into two groups. One group made paper straw rockets and the other group tested which surfaces were the best for making cars go fast. We tested ramps, concrete, grass and sand. We had two rotations and at the end we got to test out our rockets. It was pretty windy, which made it a bit tricky!

All of the pre-primaries had lots of fun with the year 5’s and 6’s, especially while playing the games. We all had lots of fun playing games and pretending to be in pre-primary again!

Here are some of our thoughts…

I enjoyed playing with the pre-primaries, explaining how to play the game and demonstrating how to play! Madison

I enjoyed teaching the pre-primaries how to play the games and also playing them myself!!! Isabella

I loved playing with the pre-primaries and enjoyed demonstrating the games as well as having fun! Mere

I had lots of fun playing with the little kids and teaching them how to play the game they were really cute and fun to play with. Riley

I liked playing Cat and mouse. Karlee

Making the rockets was fun. Blake L

It was fun interacting with the pre-primary kids, testing the cars and making the rockets. Claydon

It made me happy watching all of the kids playing the games we had set up for them. Paige

Overall, it was really fun. Reagan

I liked playing with the little kids and demonstrating how the cars go down the ramps at different speeds. Jesse

School Dental Therapy Centre

Please be advise that the West Byford School Dental Therapy Centre will be temporarily closed from Monday 5th August until Friday 23rd August inclusive.

The staff are being deployed to another clinic.

In the case of an emergency during clinic hours please contact the Woodland Grove School Dental Therapy Centre, phone 9526 4012.

If there is an emergency after hours please contact the emergency centre, phone 1800 098 818.

The West Byford School Dental Therapy centre reopens on Monday 26th August.

Thank you
Kay and Chantelle
West Byford School Dental Therapy

Merit Certificates

Congratulations to all students who received Merit Awards. Well done and keep up the good work!

Aussie of the Month

Each month two students are chosen as our ‘Aussie of the Month’ and are presented with a badge, certificate and reward at our assembly. It is awarded to an outstanding citizen in our school community.

Fathering Project

As part of The Fathering Project involvement with your school, I will be including helpful tips and ideas for all fathers and father-figures. I hope these tips will help, inspire and encourage all fathers and father-figures to be the best that they can be, as all fathers and father-figures are critically important in every child’s life. Click here for Tip 21 – Talking about sexuality with boys and girls

Joe Grida
School Chaplain

Payment Options for Excursions, Incursions and Voluntary Contributions

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 some money available. See Jill Walker, in the front office to arrange this. Jill will be able to provide a breakdown of payments made, if required.

Direct Bank Deposit

Pay directly into the Byford Primary School’s bank account. Simply access your internet banking service provider and pay to the following account:

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.

EFTPOS

Byford Primary School have an EFTPOS machine as an option for you to pay for school fees, excursions and incursions. The EFTPOS machine can ONLY be used to pay for Byford Primary School expenses.

• There is NO “cash out” option on the machine, and
• We are unable to take any payments for the P&C

Cash or Cheque

Payments by cash or cheque can be made at the Front Office for Voluntary Contributions. If you are paying for an Excursion or Incursion, please take your payment to your child’s teacher so it can be processed through their money book.

Receipts

From the 12 August we will stop printing receipts for most payments received unless you let Tracy or Jill at the Front Office know that you wish to receive these.

We are able to print a receipt for you any time if you decide that you would like one.

This will assist us in reducing the amount of paper and photocopying that the school is doing.

Don’t Forget Your Hat

Please remember to bring your hat to school each day. It is important to protect ourselves from the sun. Your hat must be wide brim or bucket style.

Students who do not have a hat will not be able to participate in sport / fitness or any outside activity and will be restricted to the undercover area. So please remember - No Hat, No Play!

P&C Association & Year 6 Fundraising News

The 5c jars have been placed into each classroom so please remember to collect all your 5c pieces. The class that has raised the most at the end of term will receive a prize.

Quiz Night

Icy Pole Fundraising

Icy poles will be on sale every Wednesday at lunchtime from the Wet Area near Rooms 9 & 10. It’s a great way to cool down during the summer months and they only cost 50c.

Donations of icy poles can be made to the school to help support this fundraiser.

Entertainment Books

Get your Entertainment Membership NOW to help Byford Primary School raise much needed funds!

To order your Book or your Digital Membership online visit:

If you have any queries, please contact Hayley Edwards on 0422894753 or via email at byfordprimarypandc@hotmail.com

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Canteen

The Byford Primary School Canteen is open for recess and lunch on Monday and Friday. Orders can be made direct to the canteen, or through QuickCliq.

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

New Canteen Menu available here:

School Banking

New to School Banking? There are three simple ways to get your child started.

Banking is held every Friday morning in the Library – we look forward to seeing you there!

Uniform Shop

QuickCliq is our online ordering for canteen orders and now we can order uniforms too! The QuickCliq ordering system is easy and convenient to use. 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, visit the link below.

Orders can still be placed at the Uniform Shop which now opens every second Wednesday afternoon from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm. The Wednesday will be on the even weeks of each term, which is also assembly day. Payment can be made by cash or cheque only at the Uniform Shop. If you are unable to visit the Uniform Shop on a Wednesday, order forms (with payment) can be left at the Front Office. Please ensure there is a name and contact number provided.

The Uniform Shop now offers a reversible bucket hat which is navy blue on one side and our faction colours on the other side. They are available to order for $15 each. These hats will look great on Faction Carnival day!!

Community News

Triple P Parenting Seminars

FREE PARENTING SEMINARS

You are invited to attend the Triple P Seminar Series. You will learn practical, positive and effective ways to deal with common behavioural problems and ways to help your child achieve their best at school and in the future. Parents are encouraged to attend all 3 seminars:

1. Children's behaviour - the tough part of parenting
2. Raising Confident Children
3. Raising Emotionally Resilient Children

Bookings are essential. Click here for more information:

SJ Community Fair

Countdown begins for SJ Community Fair

The SJ Community Fair, presented by Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale, is less than a month away with market stalls, food vendors, community group displays and amusements rides set to bring Mundijong Oval to life from 10am-3pm on Saturday, 10 August.

This year’s event will include an array of free activities including the Bendigo Bank kid’s zone, Shire Youth zone as well as Akwaaba African drummers, a Junkadelic Brass Band percussion workshop, Carnaby’s Black Cocktaoo Action Group, Chung Wah lion dancing, stilt walkers and hoola hoopers, vintage cars, tractors and more.

Shire President Michelle Rich said the SJ Community Fair had become a popular event on the local community calendar. “The SJ Community Fair is always a fantastic community event and this year promises to be no different,” Cr Rich. “I would encourage everyone to come along and enjoy the long list of activities and attractions planned to entertain children and adults alike.”

The SJ Community Fair is a FREE event supported by the Byford and Districts Community Bendigo Bank Branch, Cleanaway and Examiner Newspapers and will be held on Mundijong Oval, Cockram Street, Mundijong.

Further information will be updated on the Shire’s website in the lead up to the event via the link below

Parent Workshop – Beat the Bedtime Battles

Byford Little Athletics

Cyber Safety Seminar

Next Wed 14th August from 6.30pm – 8.30pm Telethon Speech & Hearing will be hosting a Cyber Safety Seminar for all parents and educators.

3 leading experts will present the most up to date information on managing risks for children in the current digital environment.

ALL attendees will receive a free Family Zone service for their school or home for 12 months.

Details and tickets are available from

Byford Bushranges – Teeball, Baseball & Softball

Kelmscott Idol