Bambara Primary School
Issue 5 Term 1
5 April 2016
An Independent Public School
Message from the Principal
Dear Parents and Carers
I hope you enjoyed looking through your child’s Literacy and Numeracy work sample folders as much as I did last week. Giving
students the opportunity to reflect on their progress and achievement was an insightful exercise. I found students had a clear
understanding of their strengths and the areas that they need to improve. I sensed that they were proud of their achievements and
derived great enjoyment from the learning opportunities provided to them by their teachers.
Equally pleasing was the clear and concise language used by students to explain the activity and the learning outcomes. This
clarity comes about from the schools focus on visible learning where students know the what, why and how they learn.
To support student learning, the school has adopted a whole school approach known as the ISTAR model
for learning. It gives teachers the ‘how’ to teach based on 5 stages of lesson development.
The focus for classroom teachers is to use this model and discuss each stage of a lesson which gives
clarity and makes the learning visible to students. Teachers are currently trialling ISTAR during their daily
math lessons.
The term has been very productive and both students and teachers have worked really hard to achieve
good learning outcomes.
A reminder to parents of students in Year 3 and 5 that NAPLAN testing will commence in Week 3 of Term
2. If there are any families who intend to withdraw their child from any of the 5 tests then a discussion with the Principal is
essential. Withdrawal forms are available and need to be returned to the school no later than Friday 8 April.
Congratulations to Karen Wallis and her team of parents who ran the Scholastic Book Fair. Book sales totalled $2 800 with $700 in
commission going towards the purchase of library books. Thank you to all the parents and carers who supported this wonderful
initiative.
The 2016 P & C committee, under the presidency of Amber Smithson, has been extremely busy and has one last event on its
calendar this term. The P & C and school are inviting parents and students to the ANZAC day breakfast followed by the assembly.
There is no charge for the breakfast however orders are due this Wednesday. I look forward to a great turnout to the breakfast
starting at 7.30am in the undercover area and the ANZAC assembly which will be run by our Year 6 class commencing at 9.00am
sharp on the grassed area along Alexander Road.
There have not been any parking issues this term until yesterday morning. I was informed by a distressed parent that her Year 6
child was nearly run over by a parent who drove into the top staff car-park during drop off. Staff car parks are not for parent parking
and the cross over is also out of bounds to parkers. Your cooperation is essential if we are to maintain a safe environment for our
students.
In closing I wish to thank parents and staff for a great first term and I hope you have a safe and enjoyable holiday. Just remember
to keep up the reading, spelling and times tables practice.
Linda Knox
Week Ten
Week One
Week Two
Mon 4 Apr
Canteen (Zara Borrell)
Mon 25 Apr
Public Holiday ANZAC Day
Mon 2 May
Canteen
Tue 5 Apr
Running Club
Tue 26 Apr
Term 2 commences
Tue 3 May
Morning Assembly
Morning Assembly
Morning Assembly
Newsletter
Newsletter
Wed 6 Apr
Thur 7 Apr
Running Club
Wed 27 Apr
Wed 4 May
Mother’s Day Stall
Thur 28 Apr
Thur 5 May
Mother’s Day Stall
Fri 6 May
Last day to go into
Icy Pole Day
Fri 8 Apr
Year 6 Assembly
Fri 29 Apr
Canteen
(ANZAC)
Bambara Beginnings
AQWA prize draw
Last day of Term 1
Mother’s Day Stall
Canteen (Lauren
P&C Subway Lunch or
Swankie)
Canteen (TBC)
Bambara Beginnings
Term 2 Commences on Tuesday 26 April
Message from the Deputy Principal
Our Values focus is Respect. For middle years students, use the self-assessment below to open a discussion on Respect:
I treat people the way I want to be treated
True
False
I treat people with civility, courtesy and dignity
True
False
I am sensitive to other people's feelings
True
False
I never insult people or make fun of them
True
False
I never ridicule or embarrass people
True
False
I never go along with prejudices or racist attitudes
True
False
I think I am/am not a respectful person because: __________________________________________
Library News - This week I will be reinforcing the comprehension strategy of visualising and using a range of children’s
text such as Turtle and Snail are Friends and The Snake that Came to Stay. Year 6 students will read a Dr Seuss
book of their choice to the PP students. They will then receive feedback from their peers about their reading.
Dance Concert - The finale of 9 weeks of lessons from Jo at Edu Dance was held last Wednesday with a Dance
Concert. All students eagerly anticipated the event which was well attended by parents and carers. It was a wonderful
opportunity to showcase all the students had learnt and there were some great moves as students made their way
through a range of dances. There are some photos from each class on the next page.
This Friday sees the end of yet another term and I hope everyone has a safe, happy and restful holiday. I am looking
forward to seeing you in Term 2. Thank you students for all your hard work and thank you parents and carers for your
ongoing support.
Mrs Shelley Smith
Values Awards
Health Food Tokens
The Values Award winners for Understanding, Tolerance The Healthy Food winners were: Brianna, Brodie, Isla,
and Inclusion were: Coco-Lilly, Concy, Zoe, Ella, Mia, Jordan, Erin, Ivy, Lina, Levi, Cooper and Jack.
Taryn, Ivy, Emily, Alan, Ryder and Jacob.
School Voluntary Contributions - Prize Draw
All families who have paid their School Voluntary Contributions in full by the end of Week 2 of Term 2 (Friday 6 May)
will be entered into a prize draw to win a family pass to AQWA worth $100.
The draw will take place on Tuesday 10 May 2016.
Good Luck!
PRE PRIMARY
YEAR 1
YEAR 2
YEAR 2/3
YEAR 3/4
YEAR 4/5
YEAR 6
Kindy - ECE1 News
A big hello from the Kindy room!
“There’s a egg. It comes from a grown-up
chicken. It’s a baby chicky. It hatches out of
We can’t believe we are nearly at the end
a egg with its beak. When it’s out it’s all
of Term 1 and what a busy term it has
been. We
did lots
of
fluffed up. Then it turns into an adult and it
Easter-themed
lays its own eggs.” By Tomas
activities during our numeracy block such
as counting little chicks into numbered
baskets, ordering eggs from shortest to
tallest and making rocky road for our
parents. We also hid a toy monkey around
the playground and took photos to make a
class book on positional language.
The students were very excited when our
chicken eggs arrived in Week 7. Most of
We are continuing to learn the letter
the eggs hatched overnight and we were
sounds and practise our printing, and have
greeted by nine fluffy chicks the very next
made some cool crafts related to our sound
morning. We were very lucky to watch the
each week, including a dinosaur and a fish.
10th chick slowly hatch out of its egg using
its egg tooth. At first she was very tired and
looked rather wet, but it didn’t take her long
to fluff up like her brothers and sisters. We
carefully held the chicks, observed them in
the brooding pen and discussed their body
parts and the chicken lifecycle.
We wish everyone a safe and fun-filled
holiday break and look forward to seeing
you back in Term 2, when we explore the
wonderful
world
of
Minibeasts
and
Fairytales!
By The Kindy Team!
Year 2/3- Room 2 News
Hello from ECE4!
building to ten using Unifx cubes and
What a busy term we have had in our
wrote sums that equal to ten.
classroom and we cannot believe it is the
Take a look at us working in teams
end of Term One. We have been working
completing our activities.
hard
all
term
in
all
areas
of
the
Curriculum.
In Mathematics, we have been learning
about the Mental Maths Strategy Friends
of Ten. We have been completing many
activities
to
numbers
that
help
us
two
Emu and completed a Story Map. We all
our
did a fantastic job with our Story Maps
Mathematics Rotations, we completed
and we had clear descriptions of the
equal
recognise
to
ten.
In
four different activities based around
In Writing, we have been reading different
problem and the solution.
Friends of Ten. We used ten frames and
texts that have a narrative structure that
Have a safe and wonderful break.
counters to help us solve addition sums,
includes characters, setting, problem and
By Miss Manera
we completed a Think Board to Ten,
a solution. We read the text, Edwina the
Year 1 - ECE 4 News
Hello all from Room Two!
fun with this project!
What a term it has been! Over the last
Last week all classes participated in the
couple of weeks Room Two has been
dance concert. Room Two thoroughly
creating their Easter bonnet hats for the
enjoyed their dance as the Ghostbusting
Easter bonnet parade they had before the
Turtles!
Easter long weekend.
afternoon!
Students had to design their hats and then
It
make them out of the materials they had
rewarding first term. Room Two hopes
requested as part of their Design and
everyone has a great two-week break!
Technology studies. Students had a lot of
By Miss Lowe
It
was
has been
a
very
entertaining
a very productive but
Year 4/5 - Room 10 News
Hi there! We can’t believe it’s the end of
and comprehend the text we read. We
of ‘Starry Night’ by Vincent van Gogh.
Term 1 already. Where has the time
had a go at a visualising activity where
We looked at some of his famous pieces
gone?
we read a short Cheyenne folktale and
of art work and then had a go at creating
The dance concert last week was
drew the character and scene from three
one ourselves. Come and have a look at
amazing. Thank you to Miss R for
short paragraphs. That was fun. Next
our display!
teaching us and working her magic in
term we will start guided reading and the
just 9 weeks!
Literacy centres.
In History we have started our second
project based on the stories of the First
Fleet. We have been looking at different
experiences and stories of the people
who travelled to Australia on the First
Fleet.
By Room 10
In Reading we have been looking at lots
of different shared texts and using
various reading strategies to understand
Have a look at our beautiful re-creations
Bambara Beginnings
Our last Bambara Beginnings session for the term had a dinosaur theme. After listening to a story, parents and children
engaged in a variety of hands-on activities including dinosaur number games, painting dinosaur templates using edicol dye and
rock salt, creating a dinosaur with pre-cut shapes and lentils, making a dinosaur fossil, exploring a miniature dinosaur world in
magic sand and using eyedroppers of vinegar to discover what was hidden in special baking soda dinosaur eggs. Our next
session will be held on Friday 29 April at 9am in the Kindy room. See you there! By Mrs Fielding
P & C News
The Bambara P & C sincerely thank Retravision Joondalup Gate for their kind donation of a BBQ for a future raffle. Retravision
will also offer 15% discount store wide (excluding Miele, Esko and Siemens products) if you show Retravision a copy of the
school’s newsletter from our website or Skoolbag App. Special thanks also to Jesse Taylor, manager of Retravision, for helping
our school.
Padbury Dental Therapy Centre
The Padbury Dental Therapy Centre will be open in the April school holidays 8am to 4pm except for:
Monday 11 April (for emergencies please phone 9307 4775) and Monday 18 April (for emergencies please phone
9401 3508).
For after hours emergencies please phone 9325 3452.
Holiday Activities
Hot-Shots Tennis lessons with InStyle Tennis!
Tennis lessons at school are held on Fridays from 7.45 - 8.30am starting Week 2 Term 2. We are also holding 2 school holiday fun
clinics at Sorrento Tennis Club over the April holidays on Tues- Fri (9.00am to 12.00pm). Clinic 1 - April 12-15; Clinic 2 - April 19-22.
Great fun and all ages/ levels welcome! Details and online registration at instyletennis.com.au or 0433 777 195.
“learn the shots, play the game, meet new friends & have fun!”