► Bremer Bay Primary School ► Garnett Road Bremer Bay WA 6338 ► Phone 9837 4010

Bremer Bay Primary School Success with Integrity

Newsletter Term 3 Week 3 6th August 2020

Welcome to our Term 3, Week 3 Newsletter. We have enjoyed another wonderful fortnight of learning and our students are rising to meet the challenges set for them by their teachers. As always, it is a pleasure to see our students upholding the Bremer Bay Way, using their people skills and communication to help one another.

Katanning Netball Carnival

Congratulations to our amazing girls, Matilda, Lily and Angelina, who combined with the Gairdner students to form a River to Bay netball team last Friday. The students travelled to Katanning to compete in multiple games, before competing in the Grand Final. The competition was tough, and the team was barely defeated by only one goal. The students are to be commended on the way that they conducted themselves with their dedication to teamwork and good sportsmanship. Thank you to Ms Frewen, the Principal from Gairdner, and our own wonderful parents for transporting the team on what can only be described as a long, but extremely worthwhile excursion for our senior group.

Council Meeting Last week saw our first face-to-face School Council Meeting in some time. It was a good turnout and many items were discussed. As we now move towards our last meeting of the year, in Term 4, we would like to encourage parents with business expertise to consider a role with our School Council for 2021. The School Council members are advocates for our school, providing a link between the school and the community. They are essential in school review processes and in approving financial matters such as contributions and charges. If this sounds like a team that you would like to be a part of, please contact either myself, or our Council Chair, Veronica Thomas. River to Bay Sports Carnival We are working hard to prepare for our annual, River to Bay, faction carnival. Last week’s lovely weather saw students of all ages participating in multiple sessions of athletics practice in preparation for the big event. It was fantastic to see some of our Senior Class leaders use their initiative and not only help to smooth our new sand for the jumps pit, but to also lead an impromptu practice during their lunch break, guiding the younger students in correct technique. Outstanding! All students will be participating in the River to Bay Carnival and we are looking forward to the day. Thank you very much to those parents who returned their Volunteer Forms. We are still looking for helpers to mark the oval at Gairdner on the morning of the 17th of August, so if you are available please contact me for further details. Attendance Reminder Please remember that if your child is absent from school, you are required to provide written notification in the form of email, text message or hand-written note, including the child’s name, reason and date of absence. It is often difficult, because of where we live, to avoid all absence, however it is important to consider the impact not only to your child’s education, but to that of their peers through program interruption. Assembly, Parent vs Student Athletics Practise and Stay & Play. On the 13th of August at 1:40 pm, the Junior Class will be hosting the assembly in the school library. We are very much looking forward to having families attend and seeing our spectacular students showing us some of what they have been learning. Following our assembly, the Parent vs Student Athletics Practice will be held on our school oval. Parents are encouraged to come along and give our students some competition to prepare them for the carnival in Week 5. Our final event of the afternoon will be a Stay & Play, organised by our P&C. Kind regards, Venessa Hendry

Dates for your diary.. Junior Class Assembly 1.40pm, August 13 Parent Athletics Challenge 2.00pm, August 13 P & C Stay & Play 3.00 pm August 13 River To Bay Athletics Thursday August 20 School Development Day Friday August 21 Science Week Activities Friday August 28 Senior Class Assembly 9.00am, September 10

Fitzgerald Interschool Athletics Friday September 18

► Bremer Bay Primary School ► Garnett Road Bremer Bay WA 6338 ► Phone 9837 4010

NEW SERVER

From Wednesday August 12 to Friday August 14 the school will be having a new Server installed. During this time we may not have access to computers so we ask that parents and carers phone the school to communicate absences or alterations to your child's day. RIVER TO BAY ATHLETICS DAY

The River To Bay Sports Day will be held on Thursday August 20 at Gairdner Primary School. Students need to be at Gairdner by 8.45am so that they are ready to participate in the march and then compete in events from 9.00am. Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to help on the day. SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT DAY

There will be a School Development Day on Friday August 21, The day after the River To Bay Sports Day. Students are not required to attend on this day. REMINDER

Just a reminder that the school opens to students at 8.30am. If students arrive before this time they will be directed to wait until 8.30am in the Admin office. This term Covid-19 processes allow parents and carers on school grounds and we invite you to come in and say hello.

ENROLMENTS 2021

We are now taking enrolment applications for:

Kindergarten - four years old by 30 June 2021

Pre-primary (first year of compulsory school)

- 5 years old by 30 June 2021

Changing schools

Visit or phone (08 9837 4010) the school now to

enrol your children for 2021.

THANK YOU

The staff and students would like to thank Mr Mal Poett for delivering our new outdoor tables and notice board from the Hardware and Mr Darryl Pantall for doing a tip run. We really appreciate the time you volunteer to our school. Graeme Harris from Gramax Deliveries has delivered a load of sand for the students to practise their jumps in. Graeme donates sand to the school every year so if you see him please acknowledge his support of the school and thank him.

VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION Please contact the school office for an update if you are not sure whether you have made your contribution for 2020. The amount payable is $60.00 per first and second child in a family, $40.00 for each additional child. Payments can be sent into the school office or paid by direct deposit to;

BSB; 066 500

Account Number; 00904281

Use your surname, V. Cont. as the reference.

CASH FOR CONTAINERS The Cash for Containers program will begin soon so we would like to encourage our families to start collecting containers. There is a brochure for the Cash for Containers program included in this newsletter.

Bremer Bay Primary School Success with Integrity

► Bremer Bay Primary School ► Garnett Road Bremer Bay WA 6338 ► Phone 9837 4010

Congratulations to our girls who paired with Gairdner again this year to form the River to Bay team. They were runners-up by one goal in the Grand Final. Thank you to parents from Bremer and Gairdner for transporting students, and to Ms Frewen for organising the experience.

► Bremer Bay Primary School ► Garnett Road Bremer Bay WA 6338 ► Phone 9837 4010

The Kindy and Pre-Primary students have been in the playground, working on their core strength and

enjoying the sunshine. A game of ‘What’s the time, Mr Wolf?’ is always a favourite.

► Bremer Bay Primary School ► Garnett Road Bremer Bay WA 6338 ► Phone 9837 4010

VacSwim SWIMMING LESSONS Enrolments are now open for VacSwim swimming lessons during the October and December/January school holidays. October is a great time to get your children ready for summer and January offers fun lessons at beach or pool locations during the long break. Your children can start as young as five years old. Enrol your children in VacSwim now at education.wa.edu.au/vacswim

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► Bremer Bay Primary School ► Garnett Road Bremer Bay WA 6338 ► Phone 9837 4010

Bremer Bay Primary School

TERM 3, 2020 PLANNER

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

WEEK 1

July 20 School Development Day

21 Students Commence School Banking

22 Library PP-6 every week

23 Library-Kindy every week

24

WEEK 2

27 P & C Meeting 7.30pm

28 School Banking

29

30 School Council Meeting 2.00pm

31 Netball Carnival Katanning

WEEK 3

August 3

4

5

6 School Banking

7

WEEK 4

10

11

12

13 School Banking Junior Class Assembly1.40pm & Parent Athletics Challenge

14

WEEK 5

17

18

19

20 River To Bay Athletics

21 School Development Day

WEEK 6

24

25

26

27 School Banking

28 Science Week Activities

WEEK 7

31

September 1 School Banking

2

3

4 Father’s Day – Sunday 6th

WEEK 8

7

8 School Banking

9

10 Senior Class Assembly 9.00am

11

WEEK 9

14

15 School Banking

16

17

18 Fitzgerald Interschool Carnival

WEEK 10

21

22 School Banking

23

24 Learning Journey

25 Last Day of Term