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Buangor Primary School Newsletter Issue No 1 3rd February 2022

Fostering Learning For Life NEWSLETTER No. 1 3rd February 2022

ACHIEVMENT * SELF-IMPROVEMENT * PERSISTENCE * INTEGRITY * RESPECT * EXCELLENCE

Buangor Primary School

Welcome to 2022

Welcome to all our BPS families to 2022. I hope everyone had a great break and enjoyed the time at

home with your families. My family and I didn’t go away at all but relaxed a little, enjoyed our

Christmas and completed some renovations (never ending)!

We have had a great start to the year. Our assessment days on Monday and Tuesday allowed us to hit

the ground running. Teachers were able to pinpoint areas of need for each student and are currently in

the process of developing Individual Education Plans (IEP’s) for each student.

Our new Foundation students; Hugh, Teddy, Adalee and Marlie have settled in well. Our other students

are back with enthusiasm and excited to see all their friends.


Buangor Primary School is committed to child safety (Ministerial Order No. 870) and takes all reasonable

steps to ensure that the safety of our students is paramount.

Pie day Friday Price

List

.70c - Party Pie

$2.50– Ham & Pineapple or

Supreme Mini Pizza

$2.50 – Sausage Roll.

$3.50 –Big Pie.

.50c – Chicken Nugget.

.70c – Steamed Dim Sims.

Orders must be in on Thursday,

written on a paper bag and

money enclosed.

• Finish time 3:15pm

• We have purchased drink bottles for each student that

will stay at school

• Pie Day Friday is the same as previous years

• Students need to wear hats, if they do not have a hat

they will need to play in the shade

• Foundation students will not attend school on

Wednesdays until the week of March 16th

• Athletics carnival (yay—one of my favourite days) on

April 7th at Avoca Rec Reserve

• School swimming day is Wednesday, 23rd Feb (venue

tba)

• MARC van begins on Friday 11th of Feb

• Students have P.E every Wednesday, can students please

wear suitable footwear on this day.

I feel as though I have promised the

beginning of the sports court refurbish for a

year. The old court has been pulled up and

the new court will be layed on Feb 17th.

We are super happy to welcome Nathan to our

school. Nathan will be teaching in the 3-6

classroom and also teaching PE.

Thanks to everyone who came to our catch up

on Sunday, it was really nice to see everyone.

We are hoping to start assemblies again soon.

We will keep you up to date around this.


Hello everyone! I am very excited to be back at school! Welcome back to all of our kids, and a big welcome to our new preps- Hugh, Teddy, Adalee and Marlie! This year we have 10 students in the F-2 class. A huge well done to all students for the assessments they smashed out in the first few days of term. We are spending the re-mainder of this week making classroom rules and settling our preps into routine, and we will hit the ground running with our learning next week. In literacy this term we are learning about ‘Kings and Queens’ using a new comprehensive, content rich learning resource. In maths, we will have a large focus on numbers, counting and place value.

This year I am also teaching Auslan to both grades which I am super excited about! Yesterday we began with some revision of previously learnt signs, and we will go over other topics before learning new signs in the coming weeks.


A bit about Nathan (Mr Mahony) …….

1. Where were you born?

Kippa-Ring, QLD.

2. Where did you grow up?

Caboolture, QLD.

3. Which primary school, secondary school and university did you go to?

Primary – Burpengary State School; Secondary – Kelvin Grove College and Ballarat Secondary Col-

lege; University – Charles Darwin University.

4. Have you travelled overseas, if yes, where?

I’ve been to Fiji, New Zealand, Ireland and most recently the United Kingdom when I lived in Lon-

don for 6 months.

5. Do you have any pets?

I am a dog lover, but I haven’t got any pets again since my last.

6. Do you have any siblings?

Three! Two sisters and one brother.

7. What is your favourite:

a. Food – Bunnings snags

b. Animal - Dogs

c. Colour - Blue

d.TV Show – Sons of Anarchy

e. Movie – Star Wars (all of the older ones, but only some of the new)

f. Band – Too many to choose from.

g. Sport – Basketball.

h. Season – Summer!

8. Anything else you would like to add?

In my spare time I like to go hiking up mountains or interesting places. I’m also a woodworker in my

spare time making little things.


Annual privacy reminder for 2022

Our school collects, uses, discloses and stores student and parent personal information for standard

school functions or where permitted by law, as stated in the Schools’ Privacy Policy.

Please take time to remind yourself of our school’s collection notice, found on our website

www.buangor-ps.vic.edu.au under school information-school policies.

For more information about privacy, refer to: Schools’ Privacy Policy — information for parents also on our website.

Mrs White is working with the MARC van program again this semester and will be the MARC teacher for Buangor, as well as a few other schools in our region. MARC day will be every second Friday, starting on the 11th February.

Mrs White will also be at Buangor on Tuesdays each week, teaching STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), Health & Well-being and also doing some tutoring with selected students.

https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Pages/schoolsprivacypolicy.aspx

https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Pages/Schools-Privacy-Policy-information-for-parents.aspx


No Hat, No Play

We are a SunSmart

school and children

not wearing a hat will

be required to remain in a designated

shaded area at recess, lunchtime and during

outdoor class activities.

If families would like to pay money to the school

by direct deposit our bank details are below:

BUANGOR PRIMARY SCHOOL OFFICIAL ACCOUNT

BSB 063 500

ACCOUNT NUMBER 1004 3741

Please use your FAMILY name as a reference if

you are making a payment.

School Bank Detail

Happy Birthday to our students

who have birthdays in February:

8th February – Henry Jess

26th February – Teddy Kaye

We hope you enjoy your special

day!

Harriet celebrated her 10th

birthday with everyone at

school on Monday.


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Newsletter

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MARC Van

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No Foundation

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Swimming

Trials– Ararat

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Newsletter

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Graduation

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MARC Van

Buangor Primary School

February 2022

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