Author: Admin

What a fantastic aftenoon we had yesterday with the Fathering Project Team!  Dads and kids worked togerther to make and fly a kite in between the showers of rain. There was plenty of wind on the school oval and our kites slope soared beautifully.

Thanks to all who particiapeted and helped – especailly with our afternoon tea sausage sizzle, Yum!

Well done to our Soccer and Netball teams who participated in the Lightning Carnival at Beale Park and Success Regional Sporting Complex last week. The round robin competition meant that all children had an opportunity to play against different competitors from other local schools.

Thank you to our volunteers who assisted on the day with team management and scoring.

Mr Chris Roberg who trained the team over the weeks leading up to the event and supported the team on the day.

Ms Donna Juner who supported one of the Netball Teams throughout the day.

Last week our Year 2/3 and Year 5/6 classes participated in planting some bush tucker species of plants in our school grounds.  SERCUL provided these plants to our school as part of the Phosphorus Awareness Project grant it receives from the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA), which aims to educate the community about the environmental impacts of too many nutrients entering our waterways.  We look forward to seeing their progress as they grow over the winter period.

On Wednesday the 12^th June, Year 4s and 5s participated in the World Environment Day at Bibra Lakes Cockburn Wetlands precinct. We had the opportunity to do five different activities throughout the day with well-informed guides and volunteers.

Our first activity was looking at the tiny invertebrates that enhance the natural life cycles of both the rivers and the lakes. We had to find them and look at them through the microscope to identify them.

Next we looked at our Australian wildlife, especially the slightly smaller ones found around us. We had a go at setting up research traps, pretended to catch wild life and weigh and measure them.

We then walked to the lake and looked at water clarity and we did experiments to explore the effect of vegetation on the water quality. After that we investigated carbon dioxide and its effect on our world in another series of experiments.

Our final activity involved the land fill, looking at the mould and bacteria that break down the landfill and the gases they produce. We used fruit and biscuits to make a simulated land fill bowl and then we ate it.

We had a fantastic day and we learned lots of great new things about looking after our environment and about those special people who work hard to help.

Welcome to all of the new families who joined us yesterday for the Kindy Taster Session.

Children participated in activities including singing, dancing, story telling, literacy based activities, playdough and outdoor play.

Have you noticed the new additions to our garden?

Thanks to the City of Cockburn and Grass Trees Australia we now have 3 mature Grass Trees (Balga’s) on our grounds.

Two have made their homes near the front of the school administration building while the other is part of our bush tucker garden.

Thank you everyone for supporting our Book Fair.

We sold over $1000 worth of books and other items.

All proceeds will be used to purchase new books for our school library.

Thank you City of Cockburn for your support of our activities in 2019.

Congratulations to Mrs Piotrowski and the Year 2/3 Class for winning a sustainability grant of $500 for thier STEM project ‘Every Bird Needs A Home’.

Congratulations also to Mrs Irving for winning an ‘Environmental Education’ Grant for a whole school activity to the value of $1000.

Finally Congratulations to Donna Juner the P&C in conjunction with Mrs Freckelton and the Year 6’s for winning $3250 towards their ‘Noongar 6 Seasons Legacy Project’.

Keep those Earn and Learn stickers coming! It only runs for a limited time until 25 June. Sticker sheets are available at the front office.