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YOUR CHILD, YOUR SCHOOL, YOUR COMMUNITY

45 Thomas Street Boyanup WA 6237 Telephone (08) 9731 5111 Absentee SMS 0437 204 580

Principal: Mr Justin Grasso Justin.Grasso@education.wa.edu.au

Issue No: 19 November 28th 2018

Changes in School Times for 2019

The School Board recently approved changes to the school start and finish times commencing from 2019.

Purpose behind these changes is to increase morning instruction time, maximising on the children’s fresh

minds and to cater for the literacy and numeracy blocks. By decreasing the afternoon period caters for

those students who can become tired and less engaged in their learning after lunch.

Start Time Finish Time

8.40am 8.50am Home Room 10 minutes

8.50am 9.50am Period 1 60 minutes

9.50am 10.50am Period 2 60 minutes

10.50am 11.10am Morning Recess 20 minutes

11.10am 12.10pm Period 3 60 minutes

12.10pm 1.10pm Period 4 60 minutes

1.10pm 1.50pm Lunch 40 minutes

1.50pm 2.00pm Fitness/Meditation 10 minutes

2.00pm 3.00pm Period 5 60 minutes

Kindy will commence at 8.50am and finish at 3.00pm.

10 minutes earlier start in mornings for meet & greet, absentee’s and preparation for the day.

5 learning periods of 60 minutes each – caters towards effectively delivering the expected curriculum.

Lunch reduced from 50 minutes to 40 minutes.

10 minutes after lunch allocated to support meeting expected 60 minutes fitness per week, in addition to

Physical Education Program.

School finishes at 3.00pm.

Recommended curriculum after lunch includes Physical Education, Music, The Arts, Science and

Technologies.

Recommended Crunch & Sip around 12.00 midday for little hungry tummy’s as a result of the later lunch.

Before and after school Bus Run will be slightly adjusted to accommodate these changes.

Students are expected to start arriving at school from 8.25am.

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School Presentation Assembly and Year 6 Graduation

This annual event will be held on Thursday 6th December, commencing at 9.00am. Classes from Pre-

Primary to Year 6 will entertain our families with a song and/or dance with an ‘Australiana’ theme. Students

will then be presented with their class awards. Following will be the Year 6 graduation. Graduates will then

share morning tea with their families before going out to a special lunch and to the pool in Bunbury.

Proposed Class Structure for Term 1, 2018

Through careful planning and consideration, the following class structure is proposed for 2019.

Classroom Year Group Teacher

Rainbow Room

Lorikeet Room

TA 1

TA 2

TA 3

TA 6

Kindergarten

Pre Primary

Year 1

Year 2

Years 3/4

Years 5/6

Mrs Bourne

Mrs Liley/Miss Lewis

Mrs Reely

Mrs Purcell/Mr Dixon

Mr Wilson

Miss Ward/Mrs Daley

Specialist Teachers

Science and Digital Technologies

Music

AUSLAN (Sign Language)

Physical Education

Mr Dixon

Mrs Raffan

Mrs Templeton (years 3 – 6)

Mr Dixon

This structure takes into account individual student needs, staff strengths/expertise, maintaining small class sizes and opportunity for student growth (new enrolments).

Justin Grasso

Principal

VALUES AND ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS

Left – Right: Ella, Samuel, Ava, Barry and Odin

Front: Delilah, Mia, Amadeus, Erin and Leila Back: Zander, Steele, Prudence and Riley

Assembly – 22nd November 2018

VALUES AWARDS

Samuel Phillips – Care and Safety

Barry Ellis – Responsibility and Care

Odin Chance - Responsibility

Ella Morris – Confidence and Getting Along

Ava Cain-Mitchell – Respect and Care

ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

PP Delilah Pearce

Year 1 Leila Ridwan

Year 2/3 Amadeus Mangano and Erin O’Leary

Year 3/4 Mia Cain-Mitchell and Riley Fleay

Year 5/6 Pru Ugle, Steele Cudby and Zander Dunnet

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Huge congratulations to our Mathematics Award Winners for 2018!

Information packages went home last week for each family, including 2019 Booklists and a Contribution and Charges Booklet.

Please Note: if you would like the Donnybrook Newsagency to organise your children’s Booklist, completed forms must be returned to the front office by

Friday 7th December 2018.

Payments must be made directly to the Donnybrook Newsagency via Direct Debit, Cheque or Eftpos (upon collection from 25th January 2019). Refer to 2019 Booklist Form for details.

Assembly – Thursday 22nd November, Maths Winners

MATHEMATICS AWARDS

Junior: Champion - Leila Ridwan

Most Improved - Levi Fleay

Intermediate: Champion - Aidan Mak

Most Improved - Kai Pokkinen

Senior: Champion - Luci Charlier

Most Improved - Lily Boyle

Front: Kai, Aidan, Levi & Leila

Back: Luci & Lily

Volunteers Thank You Morning Tea

On Monday 19th November, the staff (on behalf of the students) held a

morning tea to thank all the wonderful people who have volunteered

throughout the year to make our school the wonderful place that it is.

Rebecca was invited by Justin to cut the cake in recognition for the

huge amount of time she has contributed to the school.

We sincerely appreciate your time and effort and your sense of

community. Thanks again everyone - we hope to see you again next

year!

2018 Book Lists & School Information

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Last day for returning books: Friday 30th November 2018

If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me – 97315 111.

Angela Brimson

Library Officer / Education Support

2019 Kindergarten Enrolments

We are now taking enrolments for children starting Kindy in 2019.

Children eligible for Kindy in 2019 were born between 1st July 2014 and 30th June 2015.

Enrolment forms are available at the office. Please bring a Birth Certificate

and up to date Immunisation Records for your child upon enrolment.

To assist with ordering and reduce food wastage, Canteen orders will need to be placed on Thursday morning’s (for Friday meals). These will be collected from classrooms as per normal.

The Boyanup Primary School P&C Christmas Fete was held on the weekend. Although the rain was disappointing, the day was a great success! Even Santa made an appearance to hand out goodies and draw the raffle.

The winners of the colouring competition (judged by Mr Foale) were:

Age 2-4 years old – Olivia Shearer

Age 4-6 years old – Serenity Lee Steere

Age 6-8 years old – George Flatt

Age 8+ years old – Matilda Purcell

A HUGE thank you must go to all the people who helped out by way of helping setup and packing away, manning stalls, lending shelters and eskies and donating food and goods to sell.

Congratulations to Nikki and Marion (and their team) for their huge effort preparing and organising the fete!

P&C Christmas Fete

2019 Kindy Enrolments

Canteen Ordering

Library News

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30% of product purchases will be donated to the Boyanup Primary School when using the unique

link: https://www.onyalife.com/ref/70/?campaign=boyanupprimary

All orders placed before the 9th December will be delivered before Christmas. So get waste free this Christmas and support Boyanup Primary School – WIN WIN!

30% will only be donated if the order is placed through the link above. If you would like further information or to be sent the link, please email Meg at

mewheatley@hotmail.com

Little Hands Learning Family Day Care Located in Glen Iris, with before and after school pick up from Boyanup

Primary School, offering care from 5 weeks to 12 years old. We are open

Monday to Thursdays. Little Hands Learning is a safe and caring

environment where we focus on nature play.

Please contact Jo Knight on 0477 171 676 to have a chat about how

family day care is the best option for your child.

Community News

ONYA Life Fundraiser

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2018 Term Four

Wk Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat Sun

8 26 Nov

27 Kindy 8.50-3.10PM

28 Year 5/6 Surf Lesson

29 Kindy 8.50-3.10PM

30 Kindy 9.00-3.00PM Canteen School Banking

1 Dec 2

9 3 Dec 4 Kindy 8.50-3.10PM

5 6 Kindy 8.50-3.10PM GRADUATION & PRESENTATION 9.00am (PP-Yr6)

7 Canteen School Banking TA06 Excursion - Xscape to the Cape

8 9

10 10 Dec TA02 Excursion

11 Kindy 8.50-3.10PM

12 Student Fun Day – Giant Inflatables

13 Students last day Kindy 8.50-3.10PM

14 Teachers last day School Development Day

15 16

H 17 Dec 18 19 20 21 22 23

H 24 Dec

25 Christmas Day

26 Boxing Day

27 28 29 30

Start and End of Term Public Holidays School Holidays (students) School Development Days

Term Planner – Term 4, 2018