To celebrate the coming Western Derby we will be having a Footy Dress Up day to raise money and awareness for the Polly Farmer Foundation. The Graham (Polly) Farmer Foundation provides lifelong educational opportunities to Aboriginal children and youth around Australia. Some of their programs include Learning Clubs and Stem Centres for primary students and […]
This workshop has been designed in appreciation of the complexities of parenting in the digital age, providing parents with realistic, digestible, and engaging cyber safety education. In this session, Y Safe’s experts will cover key topics such the social media platforms that kids are using and how to make them safer, research-based information on gaming […]
The Arts at City Beach Primary school will expand next term with the addition of Sarah Orton who will be teaching Performing Arts on a Thursday. Sarah will work with students and staff to develop a range of performance skills including voice, improvisation, characterisation, movement through mime and dance. The Performing Arts is a powerful […]
‘Art does not give rise to anything that is not already there. It simply stirs our curious consciousness and sparks a fire that illuminates who we have always wanted to be’. Kamand Kojouri Term 2, although a longer term has certainly been filled with lots of learning and exciting opportunities for our students and staff […]
Thank you to the P&C for funding the purchase of reading books and materials that will align to the Letters and Sounds program which we are now using as a key instructional tool for the explicit teaching of phonics at City Beach Primary School. Letters and Sounds is a phonics resource published by the UK […]
Our next fundraising event will be on Tuesday 15 June with a Superhero’s dress up day to support and promote awareness of Autism awareness in the school community. On June 15 for a gold coin donation student’s can dress as a Superhero. This does not mean a commercial Superhero but dressing as the Superhero inside […]
To celebrate literacy and reading we have two exciting events coming up. On Wednesday 19 May classes will be tuning in to hear the story ‘Give Me Some Space’ – about Una dreaming of a life in Space as life on Earth is just so so-so. But how will she get there? And will she […]
At City Beach Primary School reading is an important part of our literacy program. It is formally taught and then integrated across all learning areas. Over the last 20 years research has debunked some of the approaches previously used to teach reading. The current focus is a synthetic phonic based approach, moving away from the […]
‘Relationships between the school and the wider community strengthen the ability of schools and families to support student learning, wellbeing and developmental outcomes.’ Community Collaboration Domain from ‘Engaging and Working with Your Community Framework’ DoE WA At City Beach Primary School we use a range of strategies to successfully engage with local community groups to […]
Today I have sent out an email to our parents and caregivers with a copy of the CBPS Draft Business Plan 2021-2024. The plan is a framework of the School’s statement to our community about what we stand for and intend to do over the next four years to improve student outcomes. This together with […]