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25 Pollard Street Boddington 6390

Ph: 9884 2900

www.boddingtondhs.wa.edu.au

From the Principal Welcome back to Term 3 and the second half of the school year! At the

end of last term student reports went home to provide parents with

information about their child’s progress and achievement at school for the

first half of this year. I strongly encourage students to reflect on their

reports and the comments made by their teachers so that they can set

themselves some improvement goals for the remaining half of the year.

Additionally, I encourage parents to contact your child’s teachers if you

have any concerns about the progress and/or achievement of your child.

This term we have welcomed another 22 new students and their families to

our school community. These new additions to our school, combined with

the families that joined us last term, has brought our school enrolments up

to 308 students, with 83 of those students being part of our secondary

school. We are pleased to welcome all our new students and families to

our wonderful school and we look forward to getting to know them better

over the coming weeks.

I would like to welcome Mr Dean Carter, Mrs Claire Harley and Mrs Natalie

Black to our staff and the Boddington Community this semester. Mr Carter,

who has experience teaching in both District High Schools and Primary

Schools, will be teaching Year 4 Mathematics, Year 7 Mathematics, Year 7

and Year 8 Science. Mrs Harley, who is known to most of our students

through her work with the Dance Unit, will be teaching Kindergarten on

Wednesdays. Mrs Black, who brings extensive experience working in an

education support school context, joins us in the lower primary area of the

school working as an Education Assistant Special Needs.

Finally, with the increased student numbers and classroom restructure that

began this term, Mrs Melissa Hughes has increased her work fraction to

full time and Miss Hollie Lambert has changed roles to become the Year 3

Classroom teacher. I would like to acknowledge the positive, caring and

professional manner Mrs Hughes, Miss Lambert and ALL of our wonderful

teaching and non-teaching staff have shown in preparing and supporting

our students and families with the classroom changes that have occurred

this term.

Term 3 Week 1 2021

Coming Events 27 July 2021

Gina Williams Incursion

5 August 2021

Assembly 2.10pm - Indonesian

Scholastic Book Club Orders Due

17 August 2021

P&C to Collate Bodd News

23 - 27 August 2021

Book Week

24 August 2021

Book Character Dress Up Day & Parade

25 August 2021

School Board Meeting 1.30pm

26 August 2021

Assembly 2.10pm - M1

31 August 2021

Kindy Green P&C Father’s Day Stall

3 September 2021

P&C Father’s Day Stall

7 September 2021

Faction Athletics Carnival Day 1 Jumps &

Throws

9 September 2021

Faction Athletics Carnival Day 2

Correct at time of printing

Strive Considerate Responsible

BDHS POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR EXPECTATIONS

Strive Allowing self and others the opportunity to do their best.

Considerate Being careful and mindful of

the needs of others.

Responsible Accepting and owning my

behaviours and expectations.

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One of the focus areas at Boddington DHS is the

provision of adequate and timely information to parents

about their child’s education and school programs/

events. In addition to speaking to your child’s teacher,

either by phone or face-to-face, other methods used to

improve our communication with parents and carers

are listed below.

1. EMAIL

Email is used by administration to send notes home

regarding school events and student activities. This is a

central form of communication and families are

encouraged to check their email accounts on a regular

basis. If you haven’t been receiving emails, please

contact the school office so that we can make sure we

have the correct email address. Email can also be used

to contact your child’s teacher, however, response time

from teachers will vary depending on each teacher’s

availability and teaching commitments.

2. MGM OUTREACH+

MGM Outreach allows the school and parents to

manage school attendance and advise parents of other

information in a sms format. This system advises

parents when a student is not in attendance or if a

student is receiving a Merit Award. Parents can advise

the school of an absentee on 0437 286 758. If you

have School Star the messages will be sent via this

app, so please ensure you have notifications turned on.

3. SCHOOL STAR

School Star is a school communication application that

can be easily used on a smart phone or tablet to keep

in contact with your school. Useful features include

easy access to the school newsletter, term planner,

website, online canteen, uniform list, personal items list

and canteen menu. When use School Star there are

three buttons along the bottom of the screen. They are

News, Messages and More. Click on ‘More’ to access

the list of functions and information mentioned above.

You can also use School Star to message the school if

your child is absent or need to contact the school. The

school will also use School Star to send out reminders

and messages to parents. These messages could

include an attachment that was also emailed about

events, that are whole school or classroom specific. If

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OUR SCHOOL SCHOOL AND HOME COMMUNICATION

you are having any difficulties accessing or using

School Star, please contact the school as we are

always willing to help.

4. BDHS VISIONARIES

The school Facebook page, BDHS Visionaries, is a

closed Facebook group that parents and carers can

join. Visionaries is used by the school for reminders

or notifications about student learning, school events

and information that is being sent home. It is also

used by parents and carers to ask either the school

or other parents/carers questions about school

activities. As it is a public forum, the use of

Visionaries is for general information and questions.

Specific communication about individual students or

parent concerns are best addressed using phone or

email contact with administration.

Today, Friday 23 July,

is P&C Day WA. A day

where we take the time

to recognise, celebrate

and appreciate everything our P&Cs do to advance

public education in Western Australia. Boddington

DHS has benefited in many different ways, over

many years, from the hard work of P&C volunteers

who have enriched the learning environment and

experiences for our students. On behalf of the school

I would to thank every parent or community member

who has been involved with our P&C for their

contribution to our school and students.

Our school choir will be participating in OneBigVoice

Festival, held at the RAC Arena, on Friday 20 August

at 12.30pm. OneBigVoice is a choral festival aimed

at promoting a love of singing, friendship, and

acceptance and developing relationships with other

children who share a love of music. Choir students

received a letter home from Mrs Hoffman at the

beginning of this week with more details and

information on how families can purchase tickets to

the event.

HAPPY P&C DAY

ONE BIG VOICE

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CHAPPY’S CHAT

Welcome to Term 3 and Welcome to all our new families. I am at the school on a Monday, Tuesday and Assembly Thursdays. I may be able to help you and your family with the following things:

Second hand uniforms

School supplies (notebooks, pencils etc)

Emergency lunches

Helping your child settle into their new school (eg. friendships/nerves)

Breakfast Club runs in the Crossman Hub Monday, Tuesday and Thursday mornings 8.20-8.50am. Lunch time Colouring group in the Library during winter I'm happy to chat to you anytime, please contact me at the school, plus I have a Facebook page "Mrs J - BDHS Chaplain". I look forward to meeting you and catching up with some old Bodd faces during the term. Stay warm!

Sharon Johnstone Chaplain BDHS (Monday, Tuesday) Teacher (B Ed. Prim.) (Wednesday)

During Week 6 of this term we

will be celebrating Book Week!

On Tuesday 24 August

students can dress up as their

favourite book character and

bring along their book. All

parents and family members

are invited to come along to

the parade at 8:50am in the

undercover area.

All uniform items are currently in stock and

available for purchase from the school on

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays.

Student stationery items are also available

for purchase. Additionally, parents can

order, arrange payment and organise collection of

uniform items by contacting the front office staff by

email, Rhonda.Cunnington@education.wa.edu.au

Linda.Sherwood@education.wa.edu.au

Our first whole school assembly for Term 3 will be in

Week 3 on Thursday 5 August commencing at

2.10pm in the undercover area. The assembly will

be hosted by the student councillors with various

students presenting what they have learnt in

Indonesian language classes.

Just a reminder that students will be required to wear

hats again in Week 3, as part of our Sunsmart

Policy. Primary students are required to wear a

bottle green broad brim or bucket hat. Secondary

students are required to wear a plain black bucket

hat or cap. Hats are available for purchase from the

Uniform Shop.

If your child is absent from school, please notify

either their class teacher or the school office of the

reason for their absence. Children who are sick are

NOT expected to attend school, however, it is

important that the school is notified of their absence.

UNIFORM PURCHASES

BOOK WEEK

ABSENTEE PROCESS

SCHOOL HATS

ASSEMBLY

On Tuesday 27 July all students will be participating

in a Noongar Language Song Incursion performed

by Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse. This incursion is

free for students and has been funded by South32

through a school grant. Gina and Guy will be sharing

Noongar stories through song and language and

these songs are grounded in the four principles of

Koort (heart), Moort (family), Boodja (land) and

Koorlangka (children). We will have two workshops,

one for K-Yr3 and the other for Yr4-10. Parents are

welcome to attend the incursion and performance

times will be posted on Visionaries on Monday.

Attached to this newsletter is the Term Planner for

this term. Please place in a convenient location for

easy reference.

Have a great term everyone!!

Regards

Danielle Roache

Principal

E-mail: danielle.roache@education.wa.edu.au

NOONGAR LANGUAGE INCURSION

TERM PLANNER

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TERM PLANNER

LIBRARY CORNER

National NAIDOC Week was celebrated from 4-11 July 2021, due to our school

being on holidays at that time we acknowledge this event in our Library now. We

have a wonderful range of literature available for our students to access and read.

Miss Strutridge, Year

7 Art Class designed and constructed

sculptures made predominantly out of

recycled materials, this was inspired by the

steam punk art style. The books that are

associated with this are Mechanica and Aquatica by Lance Balchin.

Happy Days

Mrs Sharon Bell

Library Officer

Monday to Thursday

Term 3 Planner B D H S Student 2021 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 PBS: Considerate - I will listen to others when they are speaking to me.

19 Jul School Development Day/ Student Free Day

20 Jul

21 Jul Newsletter

22 Jul 23 Jul P&C Day

2 PBS: Considerate - I will listen to others when they are speaking to me.

26 Jul 27 Jul Gina Williams Incursion

28 Jul 29 Jul

30 Jul Community Update

3 PBS: Strive - I agree to play by the established rules of the game.

2 Aug 3 Aug

4 Aug Newsletter

5 Aug Assembly 2.10pm – Indonesian Book Club Orders Due

6 Aug

4 PBS: Strive - I agree to play by the established rules of the game.

9 Aug 10 Aug

11 Aug

12 Aug

13 Aug Community Update

5 PBS: Considerate - I use the right words in the right place.

16 Aug 17 Aug P&C Collate Bodd News

18 Aug Newsletter

19 Aug 20 Aug

6 PBS: Considerate - I use the right words in the right place.

23 Aug Book Week

24 Aug Book Week Book Character Dress Up Day & Parade

25 Aug Book Week School Board Meeting 1.30-3.30pm

26 Aug Assembly 2.10pm – M1 Book Week

27 Aug Community Update Book Week

7 PBS: PBS: Considerate – I demon-strate sportsmanship

30 Aug EA Appreciation Week

31 Aug Kindy Green – P&C Father’s Day Stall EA Appreciation Week

1 Sep Newsletter EA Appreciation Week

2 Sep EA Appreciation Week

3 Sep P&C Father’s Day Stall EA Appreciation Week

8 PBS: PBS: Considerate – I demon-strate sportsmanship

6 Sep 7 Sep Faction Athletics Carni-val – Jumps & Throws

8 Sep 9 Sep Faction Athletics Carni-val

10 Sep Community Update Ag College Open Day

9 PBS: Considerate - I will respect others personal space and possessions

13 Sep 14 Sep

15 Sep Newsletter

16 Sep Assembly 2.10pm – B1

17 Sep Careers Expo 9/10

10 PBS: Considerate - I will respect others personal space and possessions

20 Sep Country Week

21 Sep Country Week

22 Sep Country Week

23 Sep Country Week

24 Sep Community Update Country Week