1 December 2017

Newsletter Articles

A Note from the Principal

It’s amazing to see that the end of the 2017 school year is coming to a close. I want to thank you all for all the support and patience shown throughout the year. We have had successes and some challenges, yet despite all, we continued the work that had to be done. Together we’ve learned much and shared many experiences.

Special thanks to all of you who have contributed in ways small, large and unimaginable! So many of you have supported our work in countless ways and contributed to the P&C to provide additional resources to do what we dream and know is good for children. Thanks for getting your children to school on time each day, for kind notes of encouragement that mean so much, for sending your kids with healthy lunches obviously packed with love, for making sure homework gets done… and handed in. Thank you for providing rich and engaging, well-rounded experiences for your children and knowing that education is about joy, wonder and fostering curiosity, along with the development of social skills so needed to succeed. For these, and a million other things, the Staff at Butler are truly grateful.

To those of you who are leaving us for new places and adventures, we wish you all the best. Congratulations to our very capable Year 6 students who are venturing onto a new stage in their academic career!

And, best-wishes, albeit with saddened hearts, to Mrs Margaret Beard, Mr Mark Williams, Mrs Gemma Jones, Mrs Shannan Robinson, Mrs Claire Stevanovski, Ms Rebecca Terry, Ms Gemma Donaldson, Ms Caroline Morgan-Cook and Ms Carol Martin as they move to embrace retirement or new locations and positions. Butler Primary School has been extremely lucky to have had such outstanding professionals as part of our team and with the exception of Mrs Beard, as she is starting a new and exciting retirement adventure, they will undoubtedly be a great asset to their new schools.

I would like to congratulate Mrs Beard on her retirement and thank her for being a source of inspiration and motivation to both staff and students. I’m sure she doesn’t realise how many lives she has touched at Butler Primary School. Her classroom is a place of adventure, where learning is more than memorizing facts. Her love of learning is contagious and this encouraged her students to explore the unknown, take risks and learn from mistakes. Mrs Beard is the consummate ‘teachers’ teacher’. The students are not the only ones who have benefited from her outstanding teaching ability. Mrs Beard has mentored and positively influenced other staff and she has taught many people what it means to be a teacher. For this we are very grateful.

As we farewell some of our staff we will also be welcoming Ms Melissa Wolfenden, Ms Sarah Bilbrough and Ms Danielle Martin to Butler Primary School in 2018.

Student reports will be sent home on Tuesday 12th December and class lists for 2018 will be displayed on Wednesday 13th December. The class lists are subject to change depending on any variations in enrolments.

2017 has been a fantastic year. Our commitment to continuous improvement has helped us to remain focused on the things that are important. We have reviewed many of our programs including spelling and have worked hard to embed our school values (respect, responsibility, integrity, community and aspire) in everything that we do.

Mrs Julie Woodhouse
Principal

Merit Certificate Recipients: Week 7 - Junior Assembly

Butler’s Got Talent

Auditions seemed to be over before we had started like a lightning flash during Weeks 3 and 4. What an amazing array of talent we have here at Butler Primary School. The amazing student councillors assisted in judging these auditions. We were lucky to see singers, dancers, comedy acts, plus much more!

On Friday, 10th November, twelve contestants were put through to the Butler’s Got Talent Finale! Here are some pictures of this great line up on performers!

And before I announce the winners - a huge well done goes out to all the performers! The judging decision was very hard due to the amazing talents. The results are:

1st place - Tayla Nichols
2nd place - Brooklyn Landsberg & Ashleigh Whiteman
3rd place - Kayleigh Heaton

A huge thank you also goes out to:

• Ms Galton-Fenzi for her great photography of the afternoon!
• The sound technicians Harrison and Charlie. You did an amazing job!
• All student councillors for giving up their lunch times to judge!
• Miss Jones for her fabulous MC skills on the microphone!

Well done to everyone and I’m looking forward to the next Butler’s Got Talent.

Miss Jurgowiak - Music Teacher

IMMS BAND WORKSHOP

FRIDAY 24TH, NOVEMBER, 2017

On Friday, 24th of November the Year 5 & 6 IMSS brass, woodwind and percussion students participated in a band workshop at Butler College. They attended different music workshops and performed in a concert for their parents to finish off the day.

Here are some reviews from our clarinet and brass students about the band workshop:

“My favourite part of the band workshop was making music with drumsticks, my body and our chairs. It was a great new experience and I liked going backstage in the performing arts theatre” – Tarrant

“I quite liked the stick and percussion class and it was good to learn some new songs on clarinet. It was also nice to see Butler College as we’ll be going there in a few years” – Samantha

“I liked how we played in an ensemble and sang songs while we were playing. I also liked how we met new students from other schools that learn our instruments.” - Manaia

“My favourite part was when we got to play instruments in a band. We sang ‘The Train’ and everyone had different parts as we played our percussion instruments. I’d love to go again!” – Hannah

“The band workshop was fun because we learnt lots of different songs like Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and played pieces that included body percussion.” – Shelby

“I thoroughly enjoyed the experience of my first ever band workshop that was held at Butler College. It was great to play with other students from other schools as well as our own, and all the different instruments. The teachers were awesome too.” - Cameron

A huge thank you to the IMSS teachers for organising such a successful event!

The guitar students also performed for the different year levels on the day too. Here they are seen performing for the Year Fives in the Undercover Area.

Thank you to Mr Hatch for organising the guitar performances. What a lucky treat for us all!

Well done to all the IMSS students for your huge commitment and enthusiasm to learn your instrument. Thank you.

Miss Jurgowiak - Music Teacher

Scitech

This term, a team from Scitech came out and presented a robotics coding club for a group of students ranging from Years 3 to 6. Students started with the basics of why robots are essential.

They then extended their knowledge through to coding/creating and programming robots to complete challenges.

Students were highly engaged during these sessions and the feedback from students, parents and teachers was fantastic.

We are hoping to carry this club on next year with more students.

Mr Carpenter

What’s on in…….

3 Year Old Playgroup

This year the Butler 3 Year Old Playgroup children and parents have enjoyed meeting together every fortnight in PP5. We have had an exciting time of learning, social interaction, developing our fine and gross motor skills, story time, and music and movement! This term we had a visit from Stephanie from the Clarkson Library who gave each child a special library gift.

If you and your child are interested in joining the Playgroup in 2018 please visit the school office to register. Playgroup runs Wednesdays on the even weeks of term from 9.30am- 11.30am. Children who will be attending Kindy in 2019 are eligible to attend.

Mrs Johnston

PP5 Kindy

This term the Kindy children in PP5 have been exploring the theme of Minibeasts. We have observed the life cycle changes in our silk worms, hunted for snails and insects in our playground, and participated in some fine motor science activities about spiders. We are now eagerly waiting for our tadpoles to change into frogs and planning our Ugly Bug Ball to finish this theme.

Mrs Johnston

PP1 & PP3 Assembly

On Thursday 23rd November Pre-Primary classes 1 and 3 hosted the assembly. In Term 3 we learnt about the ocean and in our assembly we shared some facts that we knew about sea creatures. We sang two songs, Baby Shark and 3 Little Fishes. We dressed up in an ocean or beach theme, including our teachers! We all looked amazing and worked hard to learn our parts. Thank you to all of our parents and family members who came to watch and to Mrs Warburton for making the fish and shark costumes.

Mrs Sukiennik and Mrs de la Motte

Pre-Primary

Outdoor Classroom Day

On Wednesday, 15th November PP1 and PP3 participated in an Outdoor Classroom Day. Some of the activities included block construction, mural painting, water play, weaving, dress ups, cooking wombat stew, listening to stories and loose parts play. The children had so much fun and it was wonderful to see how much they learned through play.

Thank you to Miss Dennis and Mrs Atchinson for organising the day, and to our amazing parent helpers for their enthusiasm.

Mrs De la Motte

Year 3

Throughout Term 4, the Year 3 classes have been learning about Civics and Citizenship during HASS lessons. As part of this, the students have learnt about rules, community involvement and how to be an active and valued community member. Mrs Ward (ECU Pre Service Teacher in D9), organised a fantastic incursion for the Year 3 students that promoted community involvement.

Five members from The Wanneroo/Joondalup State Emergency Service Unit visited our school for some interactive and informative activities. The students participated in an informative talk by a Unit Leader from the SES. He explained the various duties the members perform, how they practice rescue scenarios, learn about the equipment and how the teams are available 24/7 for emergencies when people need help. The students were able to view a variety of interesting, specialised equipment that they use for rescues and prevention of damage in storms as well as equipment for fixing damaged houses. The Year 3s learnt a lot about how the SES is run, the type of community involvement the members have and how the members of the SES help people in the community. The students were then able to look at the vehicles and equipment up close and ask questions about what they had learnt.

The students, teachers and parents all enjoyed the informative discussions, interactive displays and learnt so much about this awesome community group who are a valued part of our local community.

The Year 3 Teachers

Year 4 - Room 9

In Room 9, we created Shape Monsters as part of learning about the properties of 3D shapes. Watch out, these monsters are terrifying!

Mr Radford & Mrs Thompson

Year 4 – Room 10

The Year 4 students went on an excursion in September to the Shipwreck Museum in Fremantle. The excursion helped to support the History learning outcomes that we covered in class. Everyone had a fabulous time.

Mr Williams

Year 4 – Rooms 12 & 13

Throughout the year, the whole school has been involved in the Big Maths CLIC and Learn It Challenges as a way of improving core numeracy understanding. Rooms 12 and 13 have thoroughly enjoyed these weekly challenges and have been determined to improve their scores each week to move up a ‘CLIC’ or a ‘Learn It’ step. So many of the students have moved up multiple CLICs and Steps during the year and they have been very proud of their efforts. It has also been great to see how they have encouraged and supported one another to improve each week. Well done Room 12 and 13’s Maths Whizzes!

Ms Jones & Mrs Jones

Parent Parking

To help ease congestion around the school during peak times we encourage families to walk their children to and from school wherever possible, especially in fine weather or park at the Community Centre car park and walk your children across the oval.

All Staff park at the front of the school. This will free up all bays in the public car park off Cambourne Way.

Families 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 or across any footpaths. Parking is also not permitted in bus bays. Please consider the safety of all other road users and pedestrians when parking and leaving schools grounds.

Please also give consideration and respect to owners of properties surrounding the school.

All usual road and parking rules apply around the school and parking fines are issued by rangers (who visit frequently) to those not adhering to the road rules. Please download the map below for parent parking information.

School Payment Options Available

Butler Primary School now has eftpos facilities available in the front office!

Payment methods for charges and contributions can now be made via:

• Eftpos
• Cash or Cheque (please use the school money envelopes and place the sealed envelope in the black letter boxes. The boxes are located in the wet areas of each of the blocks and the office)
• Direct Deposit (reference student name and payment description.)
  BSB: 016 338
  Acc: 110391487

Absentee Messaging Service

Due to the ease of this service, the sending of a text message to Butler Primary School to notify us of your child/ren’s absence has been embraced by many families.

Please send absentee messages through to 0419 091 075 with all of the following details so we can correctly update student records:

• Full name of your child/children
• Reason for absence
• Date of absence

Absences can also be phoned through to the office on 9562 1804.

As per Department of Education policy, it is the parent’s responsibility to notify the school of the reason for your child’s absence/s within three days of the absence. Failure to do this will mean that the absence will be marked as “unacceptable reason” affecting your child’s education and attendance record.

Students Arriving Late

Any student arriving late to school, after the siren sounds at 8.35am, will need to enter the school through the front office to collect a late note which is to be given to their class teacher.

Update Student Contact Information

If you have recently changed mobile numbers or moved address, it is important you update your contact information with the office. Please also advise if there is a change to any of your emergency contact information.

Siren Times

Please note the change in time for recess and lunch this year. The start and finish times for school remain the same.

2017 Siren Times

Donating Uniforms

Butler Primary School is seeking donations of uniforms, including polo shirts, dresses and suitable navy bottoms, especially in sizes 8-12. If you are able to assist please drop the clean clothing at the front office.

From the Library

Book Club orders will have been delivered to all classes. If they are any back orders, they will arrive as soon as possible before the end of the school year.

All student library loans should have been returned. If your child still has his or her book, please return it to the library immediately as we are consolidating our records for 2017 and preparing for 2018.

We would like to thank you for your generous support in the Butler Primary library, Book Club and the Book Fair this year.

We wish you and your family and friends a wonderful Christmas, a healthy and happy New Year and a restful and safe holiday break. We look forward to seeing all the children in 2018, refreshed and ready to explore all the library has to offer and discover the world of books and imagination.

Best wishes

Mrs Pengelly and Mrs Dowrick

Chaplain’s Corner

HI Everyone,

I hope you are well, and beginning to wind down for the end of the school year. We only have 2 weeks to go, and then a well-deserved break awaits us!

With Christmas moving quickly towards us, try and avoid some of the stress and keep it simple. The shops are filled with Christmas cheer, gifts and food and it can all be overwhelming at times. It helps to remind yourself of the true meaning of the season, and what it is all about for you….spending time with loved ones, reflecting on all we have to be thankful for, the spirit of giving, the birth of a saviour.

Enjoy these final 2 weeks of Term 4!

Kind regards,
Ms Hunter
School Chaplain
Thursdays and Fridays

Canteen Corner

Online ordering is available for the Canteen via the link below.

Recess and 2nd bell lunch treats and snacks are still available through the canteen hatch.

Online Canteen Ordering

Please be reminded that we have a new online ordering system. It only takes a minute to sign up and the P&C will be using the same website for all future events like discos and sausage sizzles.

Sign up now via the link below (also known as QuickCliq)

Mrs Siakia
Canteen Manager

P&C News

School Disco

Thank you to everyone who supported the school disco on Friday, 24th November. It was a huge success and we managed to raise a mammoth $4224!!!!

This will go directly back to the school to purchase a much needed school banner for interschool events and faction flags for the school Athletics Carnival. It will also make a great start to our next project, which is to begin saving for more Jelly bean tables for upper years, which teachers and students alike are benefiting from in areas such as guided reading.

Special mention certainly needs to go to our amazing volunteers, without whom this event would not have happened!

Emma Hibbit, Jackie, Brian, Jake, Donika Wilkinson, Andrea Brennan, Elmarie Richardson, Tarryn Aldana, Claire Jarvis, Becci Young, Amy Crabtree, Robyn Defraine, Erin Lovell, Suzie Leggett, Kerry Joubert, Christina Munikah, Tarryn Imlach, Janet S, Sophie Taylor, Daria Keaton, Kristy Nugent, Lynne Reid, Charlote Walters, Dayna Harvey, Emily Batchelor and Lucy Malins

Thank you to our wonderful DJ Michelle Hindley from Dancefloor DJs who did an incredible job entertaining the kids with her tunes, awesome games and handing out more prizes than she had ever seen before!

Christmas Raffle

Butler Primary School’s P&C Association has a fantastic raffle prize up for grabs just in time for the Christmas holidays. One lucky person will win the following:

• 2017/2018 Perth Entertainment Book containing over $20,000 in valuable offers
• $100 Pre-Paid VISA Card
• $25 in BPS Online Canteen Vouchers
• Christmas Confectionary and Chocolate

Further information regarding the raffle can be found on the note sent home last week. A copy of the note can also be found in the files section of the BPS P&C Association Facebook page and at the front office.

School Banking

School banking is winding down for this year. Thank you to all of our wonderful super savers who bank with us each week and help to earn money for our school. Prizes can no longer be ordered for this year but any unused tokens will carry over to next year. Keep an eye out on the P&C Facebook page and the newsletter early next year to see which prizes will be available in 2018.

Thank you to everyone who has supported the P&C this year. We are already planning bigger and better things for next year and we hope to see more of the school community at the meetings. Meeting dates and times are advertised on our Facebook page and in the newsletter.

For further information contact the P&C via email at butlerps.pandc@gmail.com or through the P&C Facebook page “BPS P&C Association” – please see details above.

The P&C wishes all staff, students and parents a very Merry Christmas and a safe, relaxing break.

Many thanks from your P&C Committee:

Kellie Holland – President
Becci Young - Vice President
Clare Marashlian – Secretary
Emily Batchelor - Treasurer

BUTLER OUT OF HOURS SCHOOL CARE

Please feel free to drop into the centre or contact us on 0403 347 952 or butler.oshc@ymcawaa.org.au for any queries. Information is also available at the school office.

Kind regards,
YCMA

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