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Thursday, 12 October,  the Kindy students were lucky enough to have the fire fighters from Fremantle Fire Station come and visit them. The firefighters spoke of their role in the community and the roles and responsibilities of what it takes to be a fire fighter. The students were then able to see the truck and have a turn of using the water hose. The smiles on their faces were priceless.

On Wednesday 11 October our students had a composting incursion, thanks to a grant received from the City of Cockburn.  The grant is being used to improve the way we deal with our organic waste at school.  We are trying to minimise the amount of organic waste that we are currently sending to landfill.  Students from Yr 1 to 6 made their own mini composting system and the Pre-Primary students learnt about worm farming.

Our Jumps and Throws Carnival was on Monday 11 September and the Track and Field was on Wednesday 20 September.

The weather was on our side for the Jumps and Throws and the students performed beautifully.  It was lovely to see the classes attend to watch whilst the students ran the 400m and 800m races.  We celebrated at the end of the day acknowledging the student’s participation and place getters.  Thank you to Ms Tames and Mrs Dowding for their organisation throughout the day.

Our Track and Field day was planned for Wednesday 13 September, but due to bad weather is was postponed until the following week.  It was a very successful day and congratulations to all our students who represented their Faction.  Thank you to Ms Tames for her hard work leading up to the event and to the staff and our parent volunteers who ensured the event ran smoothly.

Congratulations to GOLD for winning the Faction Shield and GREEN for winning the Spirit Shield.

Our Book Character Parade was held on Wednesday 23 August.  Our students looked fabulous, and all made a lot of effort.  Two of our Pre Primary students even wrote and illustrated their own original book, dressing up to match! Thank you to all the parents who helped your children with their costumes.  Our staff scrubbed up well, including our values of Six Kinds of Best.

Congratulations to all the award winners and thank you to the Prefects for your help in choosing a prize for each class.

On Friday 4 August, Mrs Adam along with our two school leaders, Allen and Rain, attended Hiroshima Day at Jan Hammond Park, Success followed by morning tea.  This is an annual event and is in its 38^th year. It was hosted by the Japanese consulate and City of Cockburn.  It was a lovely ceremony remembering the tragic detonation of two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August, 1945.  It was a moving ceremony and our leaders represented Spearwood Primary  School respectfully.

On Tuesday the 25 July Room 14, years 5/6, were fortunate enough to have the opportunity to attend a NAIDOC Week Cultural Immersion event run by Fremantle Dockers (Walyalup), City of Cockburn and Cockburn ARC to learn about our presence on Beeliar Boodja land and its significance.

The morning started with a traditional Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony, where everyone had to line up and walk through the smoke to celebrate the significance of country.

Then we were taken in our school  groups to participate in a variety of activities:  Storytelling and learning the Noongar words for the animals and lands; history lesson on the Fremantle Dockers and the indigenous players; designing our own AFL, AFLW indigenous round shirt; traditional dancing to the didgeridoo.  Our final 4 rotations involved learning new football skills with a variety of football coaches and players.

Then it was lunchtime – sausage in a roll.  We had a choice of Emu, Kangaroo or Crocodile sausages!

To top off our morning, everyone was given a Dockers members hat and then we had the opportunity to line up and get them signed.

After a term of lessons to learn their routines, the whole school performed their items at the annual Edu-Dance Concert on 28 June.  There was a large number of family and friends who attended and were treated to a fabulous performance.

All the children were amazing and absolutely shone on the day, with many of them overcoming their stage fright and nerves.

Thank you to everyone who helped prepare for the concert with a special shout out to Mrs Harper for her assistance to pack away.

Thank you so much to everybody who collected food for the Foodbank Food Appeal here at Spearwood Primary School. We did an amazing job! It is wonderful to give back to Foodbank and support the people who rely on them to meet their daily non-perishable needs.

Our final collection results:

Room 14 – 10 items

Room 16 – 12 items

Room  7 – 25 items

Room  6 – 30 items

EC2        – 24 items

EC1        –  6 items

Staff       – 41 items

We collected a total of 148 items. Well done to Room 6! Enjoy your “Recess on the Canteen” this Friday.  A special thank you goes out to the Nelson, Hayward, Kemp and Raymond families plus our staff members Shelly Reynolds and Elaine Visioli for their generous donations.

We had a wonderful Open Day with many students and a few parents / carers attending. Some of our staff members helped out including Casey Bright, Joanne Harper and Tabitha Riches plus our wonderful Spearwood Uniting Church Volunteers namely Sandy Scott, Monika Cowell and Chris Lock.

Breakfast Club is held on Wednesdays between 8.00am and 8.25am. The students can choose from Weetbix, Toast, Tinned Spaghetti and Baked Beans. Milo is also available and is popular with many of the students. Everyone is welcome!

The club is run by our School Chaplain, Coral and our 2 lovely volunteers from the Spearwood Uniting Church, Monika and Sandy. We are so thankful for their ongoing support, ensuring that our club runs smoothly and is a positive place to be for students who attend.

On Friday 16 June a selected group of students attended the Winter Lightning Carnival, playing soccer or netball.

Soccer

This year we finished third in the annual Soccer Carnival!  Traditionally, the carnival is designed for year 6 students but with our smaller school, we had to supplement our team with students from years 5, 4, and 3!  This group of students played as a team,  backing and supporting each other the whole tournament, with every team member doing above and beyond what was expected of them.  Their off-field behaviour was also fantastic.  The only time they panicked was when they got caught in a massive hailstorm before the event started.  With everyone in degrees of soaking wet, we managed to win 4/6 games across the day.   A special thankyou to all our families, who came to support us, especially Allen’s family and his older brother Frank Junior who stepped into his father’s shoes and took over the coaching.

Netball

The courts were very wet on arrival and the goal posts were the wrong height and our opponents had not arrived!  After the slightly chaotic start, the girls settled into a great team, working together and playing very well.  So well in fact that they won the title in the D Division!  Thank you to all our families who braved the cold and came along to support the team.