31 October 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

Swimming Term 4

Swimming will be held at the Armadale Aquatic Centre (76 Champion Drive, Seville Grove) and the lessons will be conducted in two fortnight blocks.

Rooms 1,3,4,5,6,7,11,12,14 will attend their swimming lessons in the first block, commencing the beginning of Week 7, Term 4, Monday 25th November to Friday 6th December 2019.

Rooms 2,8,9,10,13 will attend their swimming lessons in the second block, commencing the beginning of Week 9, Term 4, Monday 9th December to Thursday 19th December 2019.

The cost of swimming is $65.00 per child. Payment and forms are due by Wednesday 13th November. If you did not receive a letter home, detailing swimming lessons, please contact the office.

Mud Kitchen

Our early childhood playground has had a small upgrade with a recently added “mud kitchen” in our sandpit area. This popular addition is being well utilised by our youngest students as they play and learn together. The mud kitchen encourages role play opportunities, as well as supporting student’s oral language development and social skills, such as turn taking, sharing and cooperative play.

The State Government’s High Priority Maintenance and Minor Works Program

Byford Primary School has received a total of approximately $284,000 under the State Government’s $200 million over 2 years for a new High Priority Maintenance and Minor Works Program for public schools. We have received $52,000 already and we are obtaining quotes for replacement carpets and painting services.

Early Childhood Sports Day

On Tuesday 24th September the Kindergarten and Pre-primary children participated in an Early Childhood Family Sports Day. They were joined by the children from our local community Kindy and participated in a number of track events and tabloid games. Families joined in the mornings events, participating in races and games with their children and enjoying a picnic together on the oval. The enthusiasm, involvement by all and great weather made the day a success, enjoyed by both students and families alike. To view our video, please click here:

Kelmscott Show

The Kelmscott Show was held on the 18th and 19th of October and once again Byford Primary School had a display of our student’s beautiful art work which the children have made throughout the year. A big thank you to Mrs Prosser and Ms Doncon for helping with setting up our display before the show opened.

Kelmscott Show Display

Woolworths Earn and Learn – What did we get?

Thank you for collecting the Earn and Learn stickers. Our community collected a total of 25,106 stickers! This year we focussed on building our Bee Bot collection and managed to add another 6 Bee Bots, along with the docking station used for charging them. With so many stickers collected we were also able to get some mats which will help our students as they code the Bee Bots to carry out tasks. It doesn’t sound like a lot but the total price was close to $1,350 and will improve our STEM Digital Technologies activites.

Planning for 2020

Planning for 2020 is well under way. As the area that Byford PS caters for is growing, it is very important that we are aware of students who will be leaving and any new enrolments. This will enable us to plan the correct number of classes for 2020.

I would very much appreciate if you could please let the front office know if your child/ren will not be returning to Byford PS in 2020. If you know of any families moving into the area, please encourage them to come and enrol their child/ren as soon as possible.

If you have a class placement request for 2020 this must be put in writing by Friday 22nd Nov and you are required to outline the educational reason for this request. Wherever possible, I try to fill requests that have an education reason. These requests need to be emailed directly to myself on the following email address: Suzanne.heath@education.wa.edu.au

When formulating classes some of the things we take into account are: the number of males / females, a spread of academic ability, a range of behaviours, personalities, relationships with other students and which teachers would best suit the individual or groups of children. Teachers spend a lot of time and effort in considering where students are placed and look at the best interest of the individual as well as groups of children.

Uniform Shop

The uniform shop will have an EFTPOS machine available on Wednesday 20th November between 2pm-3pm should you wish to purchase uniform items ready for next year.

Byford Secondary College Uniform Shop

To the parents of students attending Byford Secondary College in 2020:

The Byford Secondary College uniform shop is open two days a week during the school term, and you are welcome to visit during normal opening hours – Tuesday and Thursday 11am to 3.30pm. Entrance is via Mead Street near the Basketball courts, first building to the left.

If a scheduled time for a fitting is preferred (as opposed to a ‘walk in’) appointment bookings will be available in November through the school website below Please allow 30 minutes per child.

Waste Free Wednesday

After such a successful reduction in rubbish, we will be continuing with Waste Free Wednesdays.

End of Year Book Prizes

At the End of Year Concert a number of awards are presented to students who have made significant gains in their education. Parents, businesses and organisations are invited to donate a contribution towards the cost of these prizes. All donations are acknowledged. Thank you to those who have already donated a book award to the school.

If you are interested in making a donation, please contact the front office, or you can make a donation directly into the Byford PS bank account. Please enter BA and your name in the comments.

School Captains for Term 4 2019 and 2020

Last term our Year 5 students nominated for the opportunity to become School Captain for 2020. The students had to write a letter outlining why they would like to be considered for School Captain, attend an interview and present a speech to the Year 3 -6 students.

The 2020 School Captains were announced at the Edu-Dance concert and I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Isabella E and Isla M on their appointments. We look forward to them being mentored by the current School Captains during this term.

Upcoming dates to remember:

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

Edu-Dance / Book Fair / Open Afternoon

This was a wonderful afternoon. The children’s performances were amazing. Thank you very much to all our parents, grandparents, family members and friends who attended the afternoon. It was great to see so much support for the children on their special day. We hope you enjoyed looking at the amazing display of work in your child’s room. Well done to the staff and students for making classrooms and student work available. Our Book Fair was another wonderful success this year also. The sales were $3,656.00 of which the school receives $731.00. Once again, thank you for supporting Byford Primary School.

Videos of each Edu-Dance performance can be view by clicking the links below:

Room 1 & 14 – Hammer & The Frog

Room 2 & 3 – Friend Like Me

Room 4 & 5 – Workout

Room 6 – Kung Fu Fighting

Room 7 – Doing Their Thing

Room 8 & 13 – Funk Soul Brother

Room 9 & 10 – Hair Up

Room 11 &12 – Dizzy

Faction Athletics Carnival

It was another outstanding day at the Faction Carnival! Students and Staff looked amazing in their faction colours. Everyone participated with great enthusiasm and tried their best all day. Super close competition. WELL DONE TO ALL!

Faction Carnival

Faction Carnival

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 25 – Discussing Beliefs with Kids

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 2019 we have stopped 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

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 the link below:

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 (before school) in the Library – we look forward to seeing you there!

Uniform Shop

The uniform shop will have an EFTPOS machine available on Wednesday 20th November between 2pm-3pm should you wish to order uniform items ready for next year.

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, click on 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

Community BBQ – Free Event

You’re invited to our Community BBQ Series. This program is a joint initiative between the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale, Neighbourhood Watch and the Mundijong Police.

This is a good opportunity to get to know other residents within your local community and to have an informal chat to local Police about any issues or concerns relating to crime and safety that you may have. Click here for dates and locations:

Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale

SCHOOL PARKING:

Rangers are frequently identifying vehicles illegally parked around school areas. Creating a hazard to children and unnecessarily impeding traffic. Some of them are repeat offenders. There are reasons why you cannot park in some places, and safety of yourselves and others are the main reasons why. You are likely to be fined if you park illegally. Click here to identify where you can park and where you cannot.

Maritime Day 2019

Enjoy an action packed day with friends and family at Fremantle Port – Free Entry! Click here for more information:

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:

Armadale Cricket Club

AUTISM IN CRICKET:

It's a big cricket season for Autism and junior cricket in WA. Armadale Junior Cricket Club is participating in a new and exciting Autism in Cricket program. We will be holding our 'Come and Try Day' on 7th November and are pleased to have Autism Western Australia coming to support us along with our amazing coaches for the Junior and Master Blaster programs starting soon. Junior cricket is available for all 5 to 17 year olds and we welcome especially our local Autism families. We suggest parents of those with anxiety or looking for the supports of the Autism in Cricket program contact us before the open day to receive our 'getting to know coach and club' information and helping us with any information needed to ensure a successful and enjoyable day for your child.