Barwon Heads Primary School
‘It takes a village to raise a child’
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Barwon Heads Primary School
Newsletter #11
8th May 2015
Calendar Dates
Term Dates:
Term 2: 13th April – 26th June
Term 3: 13th July – 18th September
Term 4: 5th October – 18th December
Important Dates:
12/05 – 14/05: Grade 3 & 5 NAPLAN Testing
13/05/15: Grade 4 Imax/Melbourne Museum
13/05/15: Grade 4 Imax & Melbourne Museum
20/05/15: 5 – 6 Connewarre District Winter
Sport
26/05/15: Bellarine Division Cross Country
24/6/15: Parent Teacher Interviews
2/06/15: 5 – 6 Connewarre District Soccer
9/06/15: Queens Birthday Public Holiday
24/07/15: 5 – 6 Connewarre District Girls
Football
6/08/15: 5 – 6 Hooptime Basketball
11/08/15: 3 – 4 Hooptime Basketball
12/08/15: BHPS Grades 3 - 6 House Athletics
24/08/15 – 28/08/15: Children’s Book Week –
theme is: “Books light up our world!”
26/08/15: Connewarre Grades 3 - 6 District
Athletics *2nd of September will be the backup
day for this event if need be.
7/09/15 – 09/09/15: Grade 3 Camp
14/09/15: Bellarine Division Athletics
2/11/15 – 4/11/15: Grade 4 Camp
16/11/15 – 18/11/15: Grade 5 Camp
School Banking on
Wednesdays
Phone: 5254 2324 Fax: 5254 3073
Website: www.bhps.vic.edu.au
Email: [email protected]
Now Accepting 2016 Enrolments
Please note that you can find our 2016 Enrolment
forms online. Using the link provided:
http://bhps.vic.edu.au/parent-information/
Enrolment packs are also available at the front office
and via email.
Number of preps enrolled for 2016: 7
A Word from Our Principal
I would like to begin by wishing all our mums a relaxing and
enjoyable day on Sunday. I’m sure you will enjoy the
pampering and love that you truly deserve for all your work,
love and care that you as mums provide daily and
unconditionally. Our children have spent a great deal of time
and care in their arts program producing you all very special
gifts with the assistance of Mrs Peterson. I’m sure you’ll all
have a great day feeling appreciated in the manner fitting of
your enormous role as a mum!
‘Mothers hold the hands of their children for but a short time,
but hold their hearts forever.’
NAPLAN
Next week Grade 3 and 5 students will undertake the
National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy tests.
(NAPLAN) Students will sit 4 x 40 to 50 minute tests in
Language Conventions, Writing, Reading and Numeracy
over a 3 day period from May 12th to 14th. These tests along
with formal assessments undertaken by classroom teachers
assist us in measuring the progress of students and in
planning for future curriculum. Schools are held very
accountable for the results of these tests and all students are
expected to complete them. Students who are absent on the
day of testing may be required to make up for the missed test
on their return. The results of the NAPLAN tests will be
available in term 3.
Barwon Heads Primary School promotes integrity, life-long learning and the attainment of excellence.
Bellarine Secondary College Chess Tournament
We are aiming to determine how much interest there may be in children participating in a chess tournament
hosted by BSC on Friday 15th May. It is a whole day event and would cost each child $20 to participate. We
currently have 2 children who have enrolled. More details can be located at http://www.interschool.com.au/
If sufficient interest exists we may be able to coordinate a team. Practice sessions would be organised at school
during lunch times.
Lone Pine
Our school was recently provided with our very own Lone Pine, which is a direct descendant of the original
Lone Pine from Gallipoli.
On August 6, 1915, the 1st Australian Infantry Division launched a major offensive at Plateau 400 at
Gallipoli, Turkey. The ridges were once clothed with the Aleppo Pine (Pinus halepensis) however, they had
been cut down to cover and line trenches, leaving one solitary pine. Hence it became known as Lone Pine
Ridge. In the 3 days of fighting the A.N.Z.A.C.s lost 2000 men and the Turks losses were estimated at 7000.
Lance Corporal Benjamin Charles Smith of the 3rd Battalion sent back several cones to his mother in
Inverell N.S.W. Mrs McMullen sowed some of the seeds some 13 years later. Two seedlings were grown and
one was presented to the town of Inverell. The Duke of Gloucester planted the second tree at the Australian
War Memorial in Canberra.
Yarralumla Nursery propagates these trees from seed collected from the tree at the Australian War
Memorial. It is in this process that the BHPS tree has been produced.
PREP Enrolments 2016
We are now taking enrolments for 2016. If you have a child who you wish to attend Barwon Heads Primary
School in 2016, please collect and return the necessary enrolment forms. These are available at the school
office. If you know of any other community member who may wish to enrol their child please feel free to
inform them also. We have already had many enquiries from the nearby areas and are very conscious of the
fact that our room availability and staffing will be significantly impacted by late enrolments.
Mr Darren Roskosch
Principal
Free to a good home
If anyone is interested in a rescued dog - a beautiful Kelpie named Harvey who didn’t quite cut it as a working
sheepdog. Harvey is described as being very obedient and would love to find a home with an active and loving
family. If you are interested please contact the Molloy’s 0417558205 for further information.
Barwon Heads Primary School promotes integrity, life-long learning and the attainment of excellence.
Prep A
Prep B
Prep C
1A
1B
12C
2A
2B
3A
3B
3C
4A
4B
4C
5A
5B
5C
6A
6B
“YOU CAN DO IT AWARDS”
Mizuki Yamakawa Armstrong Jesse Green
Ginger O’meara
Harper Rees
Scarlett Jones
Jasper Wiffen
Eli Barsby
Lachie Blacket
Teale Wood
Ivy Harris
Polly Mitchell
Asha O’meara
Beatrix Bent
Freddie Imhoff
Leni O’meara
Campbell Shier
Tess Woods
Ethan Borg
Sophie Blaket
Harry Crane
Will Deverall
Meg Bormeisters
Samuel O’Brien
Oscar Condon
Jarrah Armstrong
Flynn Smith
Otis Cotter
Oran Hewlett Griggs
Molly Barsby
Sam Guest
Nell Osborne Grigg
Eddie Harris
Abby Blacket
Emma Dowsley
Maeve O’brien
Tom McKillop
Isaac Ingham
Stirling Shier
Language Awards
Well done to the following students and their outstanding work in Indonesian this week!
Eli Barsby 1A, Olli Cinccota 1B Charlotte Leibhardt 4B Ted O'malley 4B
Enviro News – Nude food day!
Next Monday is Nude Food Day. Try to use containers or a nude food lunch box instead of
taking glad wrap etc. Also there will be no bins out on Monday apart from the compost bins so
the rubbish you bring to school you must take home with you. You can put fruit and vegetable
scraps in the compost bins because these can break down into compost. Taking your rubbish
home with you will prevent it blowing out of the bin. Imagine having a school without any
rubbish!
Special Religious Instruction
SRI forms and information brochures were handed out to the eldest child in every family. All forms are due
back now. If you wish for your child to attend Religious Education please make sure that you fill in the form
and hand it back to school. There will be no charge for the program.
Oberon High School Prospective Parent Tours
Every Wednesday & Friday during April & May
9:30am-10:30am Please meet at the main no bookings are required.
12 Pickett Cres, Belmont 3216
Entertainment Book – Mother’s Day gift idea!
Exciting news as the new Entertainment Book has now been launched
and is ready to be purchased now! If you wish to purchase either a
hard copy or a digital version of the Entertainment Book please head
to this website:
https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/113h127
What a great idea for a gift for a mother’s day present! Please keep in
mind when purchasing the Entertainment Book through our school
$11.00 from your purchase is put towards our fundraising for the school!
Barwon Heads Primary School promotes integrity, life-long learning and the attainment of excellence.
BHPS Superstars!
Barwon Heads Cub Scouts Eli Jackson and Max Duval have both
achieved The Grey Wolf Award, which is the highest honour for a Cub
Scout and the requirements for this award present a significant
challenge. To obtain the award, both boys had to plan and lead a two
hour bushwalk for their fellow Cubs, attend a variety of outdoor
weekend events and attend leadership meetings. Attainment of a
number of achievement badges is also part of the award criteria as well
as developing a resource for the pack to use into the future. They
worked exceptionally hard to complete all the requirements and a
celebratory ceremony was held at The Park indoor skate centre.
Well done boys!
Puppets after dark! BHPS students needed!
BHPS Students are able to perform in the "Puppets After Dark" at Geelong After Dark tomorrow night,
Friday 8th May. This annual arts event runs from 6-10pm in the Geelong CBD with over 60 pop-up arts
performances.
Large sized marine puppets were made at the school in March and have now been illuminated for this event.
You can watch the Puppet Parade at 38-42 Malop Street at 6.45pm, 7.45pm & 8.45pm. Join us and be part of
Geelong After Dark! Programs can be downloaded from geelongafterdark.com.au
Easter Fair News
Our committee is very excited to work towards holding the Easter Fair in 2016. We will announce a meeting
time, early in term 4, so that anyone who wants to get involved can come along.
We are always happy to hear new ideas and feedback.
Please contact me at [email protected] to let me know if you’d like to become involved or would like
to share ideas.
Sarah Jackson
After School Care
Hi Everyone!
This week at OSHC the children have been busy with creating,
designing, colouring and painting. We are mostly working on our mother’s day surprises which we have
discussed can also be for other important females in our lives such as aunties or grandparents. We also had a
group painting on the go which turned out really well.
Soon to come to OSHC at Barwon Heads Primary will be 'theme' weeks. Keep your eyes peeled for more
information to come as the students and I are getting some theme ideas and activities together. Also don't
forget for these theme weeks – the more you get involved the better the fun and games – and there will be
prizes to win too!
We have also introduced some 'buddy bear' leders for every day at after school care – Keep a close eye for
more information. We are currently finding out who wants to be a leader – I have requested that those
students who go to after school care and desire to be leaders write a letter to me to explain why they would be
a good buddy. There have been a couple of applications and all is going smoothly.
Families please note that whislt we currently only provide after school care we are taking expressions of
interest for BEFORE SCHOOL CARE, we have a bit of interest but we need a couple more families to get
involved so that we have the numbers to provide the before school care service. Please let us know if you are
interested to ensure we can try and provide this service as soon as possible. You can let us know by calling the
OSHC phone (number is provided below) or calling into the office/room which is located near the gym, we
are here Monday to Friday 2:30pm to 6:00pm. We would love to hear from you :)
Any questions please call us on 0432 636 625.
Suzanne
Barwon Heads Primary School promotes integrity, life-long learning and the attainment of excellence.
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Barwon Heads Primary School promotes integrity, life-long learning and the attainment of excellence.