Barwon Heads Primary School
‘It takes a village to raise a child’
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Barwon Heads Primary School
Newsletter #15
4th June 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:
8/06/15: Queens Birthday Public Holiday
15/06/15: Grade 6 Division T – Ball
24/6/15: Parent Teacher Interviews pupil free day
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
13/08/15 – 14/08/15: Grade 2 Sleepover at
Cottage by the Sea
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)
4/09/15: Whole School First Aid day
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
Please be reminded that this Monday 8th
June is the Queen’s Birthday Public
holiday.
*All sushi orders for next Tuesday
must be in by this Friday.
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: 30
A word from our Principal
I’m hoping all our families are managing to stay dry and
warm as winter has certainly arrived. Please remember to
check that your child’s uniform still has their name on it as
these tend to disappear over time. (Like the piece of
uniform.)
School Review - Parent Forum
Schools undertake a school review every 4 years which
results in the production of a 4 year Strategic Plan. We are
hoping to gain as much information and feedback as
possible to support us in this review. Tomorrow, June the
5th BHPS will be hosting a parent forum as part of our
school review processes. An independent facilitator will
meet with parents to seek feedback from them. This
feedback will form part of the school’s self-evaluation, a key
document that is part of our school review. We understand
that this will not be convenient for all parents, but all
parents will be provided with an alternate opportunity to
provide feedback at a later date. The facilitator requested
this time so as to provide an opportunity to receive some
verbal feedback in manageable numbers that allow full
participation.
Schools engage in one of two types of review every 4 years:
peer review, or priority review. The type of review a school
undertakes will be determined following assessment of the
school’s performance against a consistent set of statewide
measures about students’ achievement, engagement and
Barwon Heads Primary School promotes integrity, life-long learning and the attainment of excellence.
wellbeing, and the productivity of their school. Measures will be drawn from the School Performance
Framework. Schools performing above key performance thresholds will engage in a peer review. Schools
performing below the thresholds will engage in a priority review. BHPS will be undertaking a peer review. The
forum will be held in the staff room at 9am Friday 5th June.
BHPS Superstars
Last Saturday morning the sportsmanship of one of our grade 6 students was made evident to me by the
parent of another child who witnessed the selfless gesture. The U12 Barwon Heads ‘Seagulls’ football team
which is made up of many BHPS students played a very tough match against Lara, eventually being defeated
by just 5 points. They were understandably disappointed as is the way of these types of sporting encounters.
They huddled together with their coach and parents for the post match address. There were a lot of sad and
dejected faces. The coach began handing out the awards for ‘Best On Ground’. He came to award Jye Bartley,
who was very deserving of receiving one of those awards after such a tough fought out game. Jye stood up to
accept the award only to ask the coach if he could please hand the award to someone he thought played ‘a
great game’! The face of the new recipient of the award, who is a much younger player and student, was
apparently something to remember. The parent said it was so nice to see something so good come out of what
was a disappointing morning for the players. The parents, coaches and most importantly the players walked
away a lot happier from such a kind and selfless act (especially as the award included a chocolate bar!!)
Congratulations Jye on your sportsmanship, your compassion for others, and your selfless attitude and
maturity.
Also a big congratulations to Will McGregor who placed 30th in the cross country and Rocker whoplaced 39th
in the Cross Country.
We certainly know we have so many very talented students at BHPS, and have reserved a section in our
newsletter dedicated to our ‘BHPS Superstars.’ If you have any nominations/information, can you please
email the details to the school email address so that we can celebrate publish the many achievements of our
wonderful students.
Oberon High School Enhancement Program
I have been notified by the school that the following students were successful in earning a place in Oberon’s
2016 Select Entry Enhancement Program:
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Max Brownbridge
Morgan Williams
The quality of these students throughout the testing and interview process was labelled a credit to our
teachers and school by the OHS. I was informed that they were greatly impressed by the overall quality
of young people applying for their select entry class.
Well done and congratulations Max and Morgan
Student Health
Please note the following:
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In Australia, our influenza ‘flu’ season typically runs from May to October, usually peaking in August.
At various times throughout the year including flu season, it is important to remind our staff and
students of the importance of good hygiene at school and at home.
Staff and students are encouraged to:
o cover their mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing
o throw used tissues in plastic-lined rubbish bins
o wash their hands with soap and water, preferably with warm water if available
o reduce the spread of germs by avoiding touching their eyes, nose and mouth.
All staff were provided with influenza immunisation
Barwon Heads Primary School promotes integrity, life-long learning and the attainment of excellence.
Camps, Sports and Excursions Funds
The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund has been provided to ensure that no student will miss out on the
opportunity to join their classmates for important, educational and fun activities. School camps provide
children with inspiring experiences in the great outdoors, excursions encourage a deeper understanding of how
the world works and sports teach teamwork, discipline and leadership. All are part of a healthy curriculum.
CSEF will be provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families to cover the costs of school trips,
camps and sporting activities. If you hold a valid means-tested concession card or are a temporary foster
parent, you may be eligible for CSEF. The allowance will be paid to the school to use towards expenses
relating to camps, excursions, or sporting activities for the benefit of your child. The annual CSEF amount per
student will be: • $125 for primary school students • $225 for secondary school students. We have sent home
a CSEF application form to all families or one can be downloaded from www.education.vic.gov.au/csef
Closing Date: You should lodge a CSEF application form at the school by 26 June 2015. For more
information about the CSEF visit www.education.vic.gov.au/csef
Active Travel
A new sign is being installed around Barwon Heads to encourage active travel to and from school. There are
two signs being put up, one for pick up and one drop off. This will help ensure that students can be active if
they live far away or if their parents don’t want to let them walk the whole way.
Darren Roskosch
Principal
“YOU CAN DO IT AWARDS”
Prep A
Prep B
Prep C
1A
1B
12C
2A
2B
3A
3B
3C
4A
4B
4C
5A
5B
5C
6A
6B
Molly Slavinskis
Siena Gill
Nick Hely
Matilda Moroney
Emma Barry
Max Creati
Mackenzie Brown
Deakin Lynch
Hazel Burgess
Marnie Finn
Jack Stevens
Maddie Ross
Tom Schurmann
Murphy Moulton
George McCulloch
Jasmin Goodwin
Taj Chapman
Bridie Batchelor
Kendra Forbes
Taj Hibbard
Darcy Cotter
Poppy Roberston
Murphy Clarke
Joel Bartley
Banjo Ramage
Silas Lawrence
Zoe Dostis
Will McAteer
Flynn White
Lulu Launder
Lexie Wright
Charlotte Leibhardt
Oran Hewlett – Griggs
Maeve Brewer
Jet Kneebone
Grace Carol – Saunders
Josh Grigg
Max Brownbridge
Barwon Heads Primary School promotes integrity, life-long learning and the attainment of excellence.
Kaisercraft Art Awards
Well done to Siena Gill Prep B for her excellent paper sculpture.
Book Club
Issue 4 Book Club has been given out to students. There are lots of great books on offer including the latest
book Weir Do by Ahn Do. All orders are due in by tomorrow.
Premier’s Reading Challenge Update
Congratulations to Prep B, Prep C, 1A and 5C. All children in these grades have completed this year’s
challenge. So far 182 children in the school have read and entered all their books on the website, to complete
the challenge. Many other children are almost there. Keep up the reading everyone.
The challenge finishes in August.
Chris Browne,
Librarian.
Student Charges
Families that have chosen to pay Student Charges in four quarterly payments, the second instalment is now
due.
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.
Registering your child to ANZ Tennis Hot Shots
Our School is one of only 314 official venues of Tennis Australia’s National School Partnership Program
(NSPP) in Victoria which means students will experience the national kids’ starter program ANZ Tennis Hot
Shots in their health and physical education curriculum.
As a valued supporter of the NSPP, your child can register with ANZ Tennis Hot Shots and will receive a free
T-shirt as well as the opportunity to enter competitions which could win them $5,000 (the Hot Shots Kid of
the Year competition) or an opportunity to meet a tennis legend (last year’s winner of the relevant competition
got to meet Roger Federer). On top of that, prep students will receive a FREE racquet to take home as part of
the program!
You can collect a registration form from Mrs Sing.
CLK2SELL
CLK2SELL is a free application you can download on your smartphone if you would like to sell/purchase
second hand school uniform. It is so easy, free and convenient for all to use. Please head to the following
website to see how you can download clk2sell.
http://www.clk2sell.com/
If you start using the Application please feel free to offer your feedback to the front office.
Entertainment Book
We still have Entertainment books for purchase up at the front office. 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
If you have been provided with an Entertainment Book from the school and you don’t wish to purchase it they
must be returned now. If you do wish to purchase it please do so at the office or online.
Sushi Tuesday
Please note Sushi orders for next week’s sushi need to be in by this Friday due to the Queen’s birthday public
holiday on Monday.
Barwon Heads Primary School promotes integrity, life-long learning and the attainment of excellence.
After School Care News
Hi Everyone!
This week at after school care it has been very cold, so we have had lots of
inside games to mix into our theme for this week which is WINTER! We have
had some discussions about our theme of winter and discussed some activities and foods that we eat in the
winter time. Although it has been very cold, we did spend some time outside playing for several minutes and
we have also been able to go into the gym to play several group games such as tiggy, line tiggy, green light & red
light, soccer, basketball and musical statues. There has been plenty of participation from everyone which is
always really good to see! We also baked a chocolate cake this week to celebrate a birthday in After School
Care!
Our buddy bear leaders have been showing some great leadership skills and are showing lots of enthusiasm
and excitement in their roles. It is great to see them taking it so well. As buddy bear leaders, they are the
leaders in ensuring that everyone in after school care is safe and happy as our mascot buddy bear represents
anti-bullying!
Once again, Families please note that we currently only provide after school care but would love to offer
Before School Care to our families. We are taking expressions of interest for BEFORE SCHOOL CARE.
We have had some more interest but we need a couple more families to show their interest in order for
Before school care to go ahead. ved 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 :)
If you have any questions please, feel free to call us on 0432 636 625.
Suzanne
Community News
Barwon Heads Primary School promotes integrity, life-long learning and the attainment of excellence.
Barwon Heads Primary School promotes integrity, life-long learning and the attainment of excellence.