Banksia Grove Primary School

Forms have gone out with students. Spares in front office. Due by 23 August, 10am.

REMINDER! Wednesday 21 Aug subway orders close tomorrow (Monday 19 Aug 9am). No late orders can be accepted.

Coming up next week.

Matilda the Musical!
Our school and school community were very proud of the musical staged last week. The time and commitment that went into this was truly amazing and the shows were fantastic- performers, props and sets, sound, lighting, costumes...
Here are a pile of photos for families to enjoy.

Coming up...

RugbyWA would like to invite you all to the initial launch of Tri Tag Rugby in WA! This launch will be held at Curtin University Rugby Union Club and will be open to all participants.

EVENT INFORMATION
Time: Friday 16th August, 5:00PM - 8:30PM
Participant Groups: Juniors (All Ages), Seniors, All Abilities
Location: Edinburgh Oval
Cost: FREE
Registration Link: Click Link To Register https://wa.rugby/participate/tritag
This event will be held as part of Rugby Australia & RugbyWA's Gold Blooded Tour, in the lead up to the Australia vs South Africa test match the next day at Optus Stadium on Saturday 17th August. With that in mind we are excited to inform you that several Classic Wallabies will be in attendance!
RugbyWA encourages all school students, parents, and teachers to get involved.
Tri Tag Rugby is a minimal contact, low injury risk, attack-based rugby union game that incorporates the skill set and fabric of rugby. The format offers a fun, safe, inclusive, and fast-paced alternative to the traditional game.
Tri Tag Rugby embraces all the aspects that make Rugby Union unique; scrums, lineouts, and the breakdown, but does so in a way that is fun and accessible for all participants, regardless of skill or experience.

REMINDER! Wednesday 7 Aug subway orders close tomorrow (Monday 5 Aug 9am). No late orders can be accepted.

We are super proud of Nick. He ran his heart out to place second in the state trials. He made the 2024 Western Australian State Cross Country under 11 team and will be travelling to Launceston on the 31st August to compete for our state. We will be cheering for you Nick. We hope you have the best time achieve your personal best.

Please see attached the dates for our Subway lunch ordering days this term. Cut off will always be the Monday prior. Ordering is open for next Wednesday 7 August. https://myschoollunch.com.au/banksia-grove-ps-traffic-selector

NAIDOC Week. Students have now completed a NAIDOC bracelet, and yesterday the senior students learned about tool-making with our Aboriginal and Islander Education Officer (AIEO) Mr. Mekhi Yarran.

Enrolments are now open for VacSwim school holiday swimming lessons. With locations at pools and beaches across WA, they're a great school holiday activity. These fun lessons also teach children skills to help keep them safe in and around water.

Enrol now at education.wa.edu.au/vacswim

We began our NAIDOC week celebrations today with a special assembly. This was followed up by the creation of this amazing sand art and sampling of crocodile or emu sausages.
More to come this week!

REMINDER! Orders close tomorrow (Monday 22 July 9am). No late orders can be accepted.

Next Wednesday we will be starting our Subway lunch order fundraiser. Orders must be placed by 9am Monday 22 July. See QR code attached to order.

So exciting!
Subway lunch as a fundraiser for the Year 6 camp this year. (All ordering is online and you need a credit card.)

Reminder to parents of children with birth dates between 01 JUL 2020 and 30 JUN 2021
We are now taking enrolments for Kindy 2025. Places are limited.
Please contact the office on 9233 6333 to enrol.

Leap into Learning playgroup. Some of next year's Kindy students read a big book about baking today. The activity was decorating their own cup cakes.
Loving their smiles.

Coming up this Friday 😀

Yesterday students years 1 to 6 attended an incursion 'Aboriginal Survival Tecnology'.
This showed how Aboriginal people lived before Europeans came to Australia.
They learnt about...
Clothing
Medicine
Fighting weapons
Water
Hunting
Bush tucker
Utensils and tools
Fire
Students handled a huge range of artefacts and learnt so much.

One of our parents run this program at our local community centre. See flyer for details.

Today we joined in with National Simultaneous Storytime, where schools across Australia read the same book at the same time. This years book is called Bowerbird Blues by Aura Parker.
At 10am this morning, we were treated to a live reading of the book over the PA system by two of our amazing Year 5 students, Annalee and Zelise from Kwenda 1.
Well done girls, we are so proud of you!

Amazing effort today to raise over $700 today at the Year 6 bake sale. Left over items $1 at tomorrow lunch break.

Some more action shots.