Newsletter - Issue No.114

Mrs Gallagher-Simeons – Principal

Dear Families,

Once again, another Term has passed. The year 6’s are preparing for their transition to secondary education, and the rest of our students are preparing to move up a grade.

As a school we have had many successes and that is with our stable NAPLAN results, and the progress of our behaviour plan which I will explain below.

PBS

PBS stands for positive behaviour in schools. We started this program 2 years ago. It is recommended by the Education Department as it provides positive feedback to children for their herd work. We focus on navigating learning, embracing resilience, showing respect, and working responsibly. Teachers have collectively written a matrix of how that works in our school. Copies of hat matrix are available to parents if they drop into the office and ask. It deals with the expectations of behaviour in the classroom, and the playground. It encompasses each of the focus areas and how we hope to achieve them. Basically, more students are settled and doing their work in class with less disturbances.

Personal hygiene products

These free personal hygiene products will be placed in the sick room where all students that need them can access them. The ladies in the office will help any girls who needs to access these items.

Staffing

Next Term there will be some changes to staff. They will be as follows:

Room 4-Mrs Palacios is unwell and medically needs to take a Terms rest. Also, Mrs Crosling was injured at work and needs to frequent more treatment to return to school pain free, therefore she is out for Term 4. Room 4 will be replaced by an experienced teacher Mrs Williams who will work 4 days a week and to back that up, I will be teaching on Fridays. I am very experienced in Early Childhood and am looking forward to having teaching contact with the children.

Room 6- Mr Boon will be taking his Long Service Leave as the Department requires teachers to take their leave when it is due. His replacement will be Mr Fry who is a very experienced teacher and can replace Mr Boon easily.

Wendy Gallagher-Simeons
Principal

Deputy Principal

Book Week

We celebrated book week with many activities throughout the week including older classes reading with our junior classes. Our Book Fair was a huge success, thank you to all the families who supported our school by purchasing books for their child to read at home. Book week ended with a fantastic parade of book characters.

Premiers Reading Challenge

Well done on the amazing reading completed by the following students:

Achievers WA

The start of next term marks one full year since we commenced Achievers Club WA at our school. The mentors work directly with our students on a Saturday morning from 10:00 to 12:00. The mentors are professionals who volunteer their time to support our students in their education, confidence and help them set goals. They value empowerment, collaboration, perseverance and enjoyment. We are so thankful for their help towards our students. Achievers WA recommences on Saturday 12^th October. Thank you to the families for their ongoing commitment. Please remember to notify Achievers if your child is unwell and unable to attend. We look forward to seeing some wonderful outcomes next term.

Michelle Head
Deputy Principal

Pocket Forest

Our students have been carefully measuring the plants, tending to the condition of the pocket forest and observing wildlife. Thank you to the students of Rooms 9, 11 and 12 for their continued efforts throughout the year working with Dr Grey Coupland. Also, special recognition to our gardener, Mr Thyler Ross for his amazing work in his ongoing care and maintenance of the Pocket Forest. It is looking amazing!

2024 Athletics Carnival

We had an amazing Faction Athletics Carnival on Friday 6^th September. Thank you to all the students and families who made it such a successful day. Congratulations to Gold for winning the points shield on the day and Green for their good citizenship.

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Book Week

Manager Corporate Services

2024 Contributions

Thank you to all the families that have paid their 2024 Contributions, it is greatly appreciated as the funds received so far have supported your child’s education by enabling the school to purchase extra materials, services, and resources. 

Although the school receives funding for the curriculum, it does not cover the extra learning materials which are sometimes funded by the teaching staff.

All voluntary contributions received are directed straight back into the classroom, further enriching your child’s educational opportunities.  The more contributions we receive, the more we can offer the children – so every penny counts.   It equates to $1.15 per week throughout the year.

We are able to offer an “Instalment Agreement” for those families who wish to pay their contributions through a payment plan.

Payments can be made via

• EFT
• Cash, or
• Directly deposited into the School Bank Account.
  Account Name:         East Butler Primary School
  BSB:                             066 058
  Account No.:             10024364

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries regarding your contributions or other needs of your child.

Jae Halden
Manager Corporate Services

P & C News

The P&C Special Lunch Pizza Day on Thursday the 30th June was a great success with over 175 orders taken.

Thank you to Shorty and the team at Alkimos PIZZA.

Our annual Father’s Day Stall proved as popular as ever with the students snapping up some funny, as well as practical gifts for the Dads & Dad figures in their lives.

The P&C’s second Special Lunch Day was Burger Day on Tuesday 17th September.

Delicious burgers & chips were provided & delivered by 4 Mates Jindalee. Another successful lunch day with close to 170 orders.

A huge thank you to the 4 Mates team & a high recommendation to visit their restaurant if you haven’t been there already!

Thank you to the EBPS parents who have volunteered & supported the P&C during Term 3. Enjoy your break and see you all in Term 4.

Danielle Cleine

P&C President

Dates to Note:

School Development Days in 2024  

Monday 7^th October 2024

Students Do Not attend School 

Wonderchums

This term, Rooms 1, 2 and 3 have been exploring and learning about our emotions and how to manage them appropriately, through the Wonderchums program. We have been chosen as one of the few schools to trial Wonderchums as part of our school curriculum.

Wonderchums is a program that supports students to understand and control their emotions. Each week the class teacher introduces a new character which is associated with a different emotion, through stories, puppets, and interactive activities. Furthermore, the students are encouraged to engage with their grown-ups at home by using a QR code and puppets, which they take home each week. This promotes discussions with families and practising of the strategies at home.

The students are having lots of fun learning how to manage their emotions.

East Butler Primary School is one of only three schools in Western Australia to be participating in the Humanacy Co-Design Project. Our Kindergarten and Pre Primary classes are participating in the program which aims to link the home and classroom increasing caregiver to child engagement in relation to their learning. This program examines the primary influences in a child’s social emotional development and provides wonderful multimedia lessons and resources that revolve around characters called the “Wonderchums” through story, song and playful co-regulation and self-regulation activities. It has been wonderful to see Humsi, Gusto, Zuki and Onesie in our classrooms, writing postcards and sharing their adventures. They have been a wonderful help to our students sharing their learning with their families and talking about their emotions.

Year 6 Big Day In

The Year 6 students Big Day In Celebration.

Sustainability

Check out our Year 6 Sustainability leaders who have been collecting worm juice from our worm farms to use on the gardens around the school. We hope all the nutrients in the concentrate will help our gardens flourish. Our next task is to use the compost that we have been tumbling from the students left over Crunch and Sip scraps. 

Take a look here: Beginners composting: bokashi, worm farms and bins | WasteSorted to get started at home.

Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club is available to all students every Tuesday and Friday from 8.00 am until 8.20 am in the Undercover Area next to the Canteen.

All students are welcome to come along, and we look forward to seeing you there.

ACT, Belong, Commit

Your Move

Your Move school – benefits of Your Move

We are a member of the Your Move Schools program.

Your Move encourages students and their families to get active by walking, scooting and riding to school. Making a small behavioural change a few times a week can result in huge benefits for your child and the community, including:

• Reduced congestion, travel times and parking problems around schools;
• Improved safety for everyone at drop-off and pick-up times;
• Reduced carbon dioxide emissions around the school;
• Lifelong improved health and emotional well-being due to instilling positive exercise habits at a young age;
• Improved concentration and academic performance;
• More sustainable and cost-effective transport outcomes, such as reducing the need for investment in parking that may only be utilised for a short period each day, and reduced road infrastructure maintenance costs.

We earn Your Move points by posting stories and photos of our active transport adventures on the website; these can translate into grants to fund active transport facilities and activities for the school and other rewards. If you’re interested in volunteering to be part of our school’s Your Move program, get in touch with our Your Move Champion Mrs Utley

OFFICE NEWS

2025 Booklists

The 2025 Booklists for have now gone home with the students.

Voluntary Contributions

Thank you to those parents who have already paid their voluntary contributions through the booklist and other methods– this certainly helps the school to ensure that resources are made available to the various year groups for this school year. Please remember that you are always welcome to enter into a Payment Plan with the school.

Online Payments to the school

Online payments are our preferred method of payment.  If you would like to make an online payment to the school (for contributions, excursions, etc), please use the following bank details:

Can you please ensure you provide the student’s name and what the payment is for when you make any payments.  More information is below regarding paying money to the school.

Daily Absences

If your child is absent from School, can you please advise your child’s name, room number and reason for absence.  This number is accessible 24 hours and we would be grateful if you could please notify us as early as possible of any absence or lateness.

Late for School?

If you have students who arrive late for school please sign them in at the office on the Ipad and ensure they collect a late slip to hand to their teacher.  This will update the system and ensure that you do not receive a text message advising that they are absent from school.

Connect

Connect is a fantastic tool for the school to keep in touch with families of East Butler Primary School.  If you are not receiving Connect messages please contact the front office and we will be happy to help.

In-term Leave

For any in-term leave, a form is required to be submitted to the school.  This form is available for printing below or in hard copy from the front office.  If you are taking your child/ren on holiday during school, the absences will be marked as “unauthorised vacation”.  This is a Department of Education directive.

Lost Property

The lost property box can be found in the Administration block.    The P&C have kindly offered to go through the lost items every week and return any named items to the students’ classrooms.  At the end of every term any items still remaining in the box will be donated to charity.

SCHOOL DATES 2024

Term Planner - Term 4 2024

MEDICAL PLANS

If your child has a medical condition which requires a medical plan, we would like to refer you to the documents below.  Please complete the relevant plan for your child’s medical requirements. 

If your child is taking medication on a permanent basis, please complete the Form 2 Generic Health care plan. Should your child require short-term medication (i.e. antibiotics, Panadol) please come to the office to fill out an “authority to administer form”.  All medication is to be kept at the office.

If your child requires a long term plan, this will need to be signed by their doctor prior to bringing it into the school.  Once we have the information we will then draw up a plan and circulate this information amongst the staff at East Butler Primary School to ensure that the medical needs of the student are met in accordance with their personal plan and Department of Education Policy.

COMMUNITY NEWS

City of Wanneroo – Junior Sports Competition

Triple P Parenting Program

Triple P is the parenting program that helps make raising kids easier. It gives you tips and ideas to help raise happy and confident kids; see more of the behaviors you like and less of the ones you don’t; and have better relationships with your family.

The Triple P – Positive Parenting Program is available to parents and carers of children in Western Australia, thanks to the Department of Education, Child and Adolescent Health Service, WA Country Health Service, and the Department of Communities. Private providers also deliver Triple P.

Free Triple P Seminars are being offered in various locations. Other Triple P programs may be available in selected regions, with more to come in the future. Most providers offer free sessions. Some sessions may be offered in a virtual/video conference format.  Please follow the links below to Triple P courses available near you.

Saver Plus Community Program

What is Saver Plus?

Saver Plus is a free online community money skills program funded by ANZ and the Australian Government, and delivered by The Smith Family in WA:

• helping people to hit their savings goals,
• develop life-long savings habits, and
• receive up to $500 in matched savings from ANZ to assist with school expenses.

The Saver Plus community program has helped over 55,000 Australians take the stress out of back to school time. It’s free for eligible people to join.

At Saver Plus, we pair you with a savings coach while you budget and save over the next 10 months. You attend online workshops to learn tips, tricks and information to grow your budgeting and savings skills. Once you reach your agreed savings goal, ANZ matches your savings dollar-for-dollar, up to $500. You can use that money towards education costs such as uniforms, text books, laptops or extra-curricular activities such as sport or music.

You could be eligible to join Saver Plus if you:

• have a Centrelink Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card
• are at least 18 years old 
• have some regular income from work (you or your partner) including casual, part-time, full-time or seasonal (we also accept child support and carer’s payment as income)
• have a child at school or attend vocational education yourself.

If you’re eligible, start now and we’ll help take the stress out of next year’s back to school.

To find out more, or to apply, go to www.saverplus.org.au or call  1300 610 355 

Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying: what is it and how to get help

Cyberbullying is bullying that is done through the use of technology. For example, using the Internet, a mobile phone or a camera to hurt or embarrass someone is considered cyberbullying. 

What does cyberbullying look like?

A cyberbully can be someone you know, or a stranger. They might send mean or hurtful text messages through social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, or through sites where people can ask / answer questions.

Cyberbullying can also involve people sending photos and videos of you to others to try and embarrass or hurt you.

People spreading rumours about you via emails or social networking sites or text messages.

People trying to stop you from communicating with others.

People setting up fake profiles pretending to be you, or posting messages or status updates from your accounts.

How you can be safe from bullies online

Do not share private information like passwords, name and address, phone numbers with people you don’t know. This can also include sharing of photos of yourself, your friends and your family

Do not respond to messages when you are angry or hurt. Log out and stop messaging if you feel you are being harassed.

You can block, delete and report anyone who is harassing you online and on your mobile.

Find out how to report bullying and harassment on each of the different social networks that you use.

Keep a record of calls, messages, posts and emails that may be hurtful or harmful to you.

Set up the privacy options on your social networking sites like Facebook in a way you are comfortable with

Get help

Lawstuff provides legal information to children and young people in Australia. 

You can also go to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) Cybersmart Program

If you have been bullied or witnessed others been bullied and need help, you can contact Kids Help Line (1800 55 1800), which is a free and confidential, telephone counseling service for 5 to 25 year olds in Australia.

Lifeline (13 11 14) is a free and confidential service staffed by trained telephone counsellors. 

The Australian Human Rights Commission (1300 656 419) has a complaint handling service that may investigate complaints of discrimination, harassment and bullying

OSH Club

Achievers Club WA

Installing the Schoolzine App

Our Newsletter is available through the Schoolzine App on your Apple or Android device.  This is a great way to keep in touch with everything going on at East Butler Primary School and we encourage you to download the app.  The details for downloading are as follows: