Banksia Grove Primary School

Year 6 Transition Visit to Joseph Banks Secondary College 🏫

Our Year 6 students recently enjoyed an exciting transition visit to Joseph Banks Secondary College, giving them their first taste of high school life. 👔

Throughout the day, students participated in a range of engaging learning experiences. In Visual Arts, they created self-portraits, showcasing their creativity and individuality. 🎭

During Science, students took on a design challenge, working collaboratively to create a roof structure capable of collecting rainwater. They also explored Digital Technologies, where they coded LEGO robots and developed their problem-solving and computational thinking skills. 🧪

Adding to the experience, our students were guided throughout the day by our 2025 School Captains, who are now thriving Year 7 students at Joseph Banks Secondary College. Their leadership, encouragement and insights into high school life helped our Year 6 students feel welcomed and excited about the transition to secondary school. 📚

The visit provided students with a valuable opportunity to experience specialist classrooms, meet some of their future teachers, and gain confidence about the exciting journey ahead. The enthusiasm, engagement and positive attitudes displayed by our students were outstanding, and they thoroughly enjoyed this first glimpse into secondary school life. 📔

We thank the staff and students at Joseph Banks Secondary College for making our Year 6 students feel so welcome and for providing such a memorable and enriching experience. 👨‍🏫

We look forward to continuing to strengthen this connection as our Year 6 students prepare for the next stage of their educational journey. 🙌⭐

🎭 Don’t miss the magic! 🟢

Shrek Jr. hits the stage in Week 11 - 1 & 2 July at 6:00pm—tickets are just $10! 🏰✨

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💵 A limited number of tickets can also be purchased with cash at the office.

🌟 Thank You Morning Tea 🌟

Today we had the pleasure of welcoming our wonderful P&C to
a special Thank You Morning Tea ☕️

We are incredibly grateful for the time, energy, and support our P&C members provide throughout the year🌸

It was a lovely opportunity to come together, share a cuppa, and show our appreciation for everything they do behind the scenes🫖

Thank you for your ongoing commitment to our school 💝

A reminder of an upcoming P&C General Meeting,
Monday 15th June – Everyone is Welcome! 📅

🌟 2027 Kindy Applications Now Open! 🌟

If you live in our school’s intake area and your child was born between 1st July 2022 - 30th June 2023, you are now eligible to enrol for Kindy 2027!

BGPS is one of 5 public schools in WA participating in the full-time Kindergarten pilot. Children at pilot schools will benefit from full-time play-based early learning. Play is one of the most effective ways young children learn.

Full-time Kindergarten will provide the opportunity for children to build confidence, resilience, language skills and social-emotional skills to help ease their transition into full-time school.

Kindergarten will remain non-compulsory, and schools will work with families on the best transition to full-time school for their child.

✨ Applications are available from our front office or our school website.

Please ensure your application is returned by Friday, 24th July 2026 with the following supporting documents:

✅ Birth Certificate
✅ Immunisation History Statement from myGov
✅ Proof of Address
✅ Visa documentation (if required)

If you have any questions, please contact the office on 📞(08) 9233 633. We look forward to welcoming our newest Kindy families 🤗

Today, we had our Staff Development Day! 🌟

It was a fantastic day of learning and reflection. Miss Ebbs was all alone in the office, but she got heaps of work done! ✅💪

We began the day by reflecting on key aspects of our school in preparation for our School Review coming up in Term 4. 🧠✨ It took a great deal of brain juice, but we gathered some excellent insights to support our review.

Our Early Childhood team worked with Mr Mulcahy, reflecting on what’s working well across Kindy and Pre‑Primary and what we want to achieve over the next six months.

Our wonderful education assistants and prac students spent time with Ms McQuiggin focusing on Classroom Management Strategies, while the rest of the teaching staff explored a writing assessment tool to help provide students with clear, direct feedback on their writing. ✍️📊

Our staff work incredibly hard to ensure every student receives the very best education we can provide. I am a very proud Principal. ✨💙

Wishing everyone a lovely long weekend — we’ll see you all back here on Tuesday! 🌈😊

🌟 Year 6 City of Wanneroo Leadership Conference 🌟

Our amazing Year 6 students represented our school at the Wanneroo Leadership Conference, and what an inspiring day it was!

We are incredibly proud of the way they participated, supported one another, and embraced every opportunity. Their leadership journey is only just beginning, and they’re already shining.

Well done, Year 6! 🌟👏

🧠 Powerful Problem Solving 🧠

On Friday, Maali 2 and Maali 3 came together for a joint problem‑solving challenge, and the results were inspiring. Students shared strategies, explained their reasoning, and lifted each other up through every tricky moment. Collaboration at its best 👏

✨ Get to Know Our Superstars ✨

❗️❗️Unfortunately this event has be Cancelled ❗️❗️