issue: 39 8 december 2016 - beaumaris...thank you morning tea fete meeting mentone rsl 7.30pm...

DALGETTY ROAD, PO Box 6140 , CROMER 3193

PHONE: (03) 9589 2619 FAX: (03)9589 1957 Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.beaups.vic.edu.au

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Friendly Reminder

Early dismissal at 1.30pm on the last day of school All students resume on Thursday 2nd February 2017

Dear Parents and Families Principal and Assistant Principal for a day: Thank you Lauren and James! Lauren and James had a wonderful time as Principal and Assistant Principal last Friday. They went to every class to say good morning, helped with some very important administrative tasks in the office, visited the canteen to meet Ellie, made announcements, helped on yard duty had lunch in the office then planned and ran the whole assembly. They had a great day. School Improvement The staff at Beaumaris Primary School form smaller teams designed to improve particular elements of the school. In 2016, we continued to make excellent progress. With support from consultant Julie Shepherd, The English School Improvement (SI) Team focused on the teaching and assessment of Speaking and Listening and Reading, as well as the strategies to support students with high-performance writing. The Mathematics SI Team, in conjunction with consultant Sue Fine, worked on whole school administering of pre- and post-testing for the big ideas in Mathematics – place value, addition and subtraction, and multiplication and division. Both these teams also focused on using the online program SPA (Student Performance Analyser) to analyse student learning data to further support the identification of individual learning needs and growth of individual students. The ICT team focused on the use of apps to support student learning, and also supported teachers and students to begin using the coding program SCRATCH. Compass was also rolled in 2016, and is currently being used for reporting, attendance, consent for events and general communication. Beaumaris Primary School continues to lead the way with Sustainability, being named Biodiversity School of the Year in 2016. The Sustainability SI Team facilitated programs such as Kids Teaching Kids, Tomorrow’s Leaders for Sustainability and Dolphin Research Institute Ambassadors, which further supported students to effectively lead change. Community projects like the bat boxes and the Sensory Garden were also completed in 2016, and involved the assistance of many passionate and dedicated parents, students and teachers. The Wellbeing SI Team continued to work on strategies and programs for promoting mindfulness such as Smiling Minds, which is now embedded across the school. The Bully Stoppers program was also a focus, promoting prevention and resilience. The Engagement Team focused on using circles to further build a sense of community within the classroom, and continued to develop programs to support students transitioning between year levels. The alumni event, which saw Year 7 students returning to reunite with peers and teachers, was a particular highlight. Well done staff, and thank you for all your hard work and dedication! Resilience Project– Dairy Date 2017 The Resilience Project teaches positive mental health strategies by delivering emotionally engaging programs in schools for students, parents and teachers to

Issue: 39 8 December 2016 DIARY DATES

Please refer to term newsletters for more detail on year level

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SNACK SHACK Open Mondays, Wednesdays &

Fridays

Friday 9 December Year 4 Health & Economics Village

Market Expo 2.-2.45pm Yr 4 Learning Space/Kitchen Garden

Monday 12 December Year 6 Graduation

Qkr! Sushi Lunch Day

Tuesday 13 December Thank you Morning Tea

Fete meeting Mentone RSL 7.30pm

Wednesday 14 December Step Up Day 4

Thursday 15 December Year 6 Bike Ride

Friday 16 December Year 5 Fun Day - GSAC

Last day for Snack Shack

Monday 19 December Year 5 Ricketts Point 10am-2pm

Whole School Carol's Night 6-7pm

Tuesday 20 December End of Term 4, 1.30pm finish

Thursday 2 February Start of Term One, 2017

Monday 13 to Friday 17 February Year 6 Camp

Tuesday 14 to Friday 17 February Year 5 Camp

Sunday 4 June Bunnings BBQ and Cake Stall

Sunday 22 October School Fete (tentative date)

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provide them with evidence based, practical strategies to build resilience. On January the 31st the staff will participate in the program as part of one of our curriculum days. On February the 9th the Resilience Project will be presented to all students, then a parent session will be held on February 9th at 6.30pm. The Resilience Project continues on from our work this year with Resilient Youth Australia and Bayside Youth Services and our Bully Stoppers Program. GEM SQUAD Billboard You may have noticed the wonderful new billboard at the front of our school this week. The Bully Stoppers project this year was to design a billboard to promote resilience in young people. The Bully Stoppers team used three core elements promoted by the Resilience Project , gratitude, empathy and mindfulness to create the ‘GEM SQUAD’. This work will continue into 2017 in conjunction with the Resilience Project in term 1. A huge thank you to Ami Russell who coordinated the printing and use of the billboard. 2017 Term Dates All 2017 term dates are available on our website under the ‘Parents’ menu and ‘Term Dates’ www.beaups.vic.edu.au/page/88/Term-Dates.

Louise Neave Thomas Prendergast Acting Principal Acting Assistant Principal 2017 Stationery Requirements A reminder that 2017 Stationery requirements have been issued and orders must be placed online before TOMORROW, any orders placed from 10 December onwards will incur a late order surcharge fee of $14.95. For pricing details and ordering instructions please refer to the front page of our school website or click HERE. Library Books Please make sure all books are returned to the library this week. Wishing you all a very Merry Xmas. Julia Jones.

‘Thank you’ from the ART ROOM An enormous ‘thank you’ for all the donations that have been dropped into the art room this year. Our program couldn’t run without the materials that you give us. The Art Room would greatly appreciate NEWSPAPER donations as our supply has dwindled. If you could save your holiday papers, we would be very grateful. Have a wonderful, restful holiday break.

Fete Meeting All welcome to our next Fete meeting on Tuesday 13th December, 7.30pm at Mentone RSL. If you would like to be involved in any way in the fete we'd love you to come along. If you can't make it but would like to be on our committee please email me. Ness Newell [email protected]

Hi BPS families, This Christmas we are collecting donations for a charity called Family Life. We would love you to donate non-perishable food items, baby products and toiletries. Remember the items must be new. Tomorrow, 9 December, is the final day for donations to be received. You can donate as much or as little as you like, but every item counts! You will be helping people in our local area who aren't as lucky as you. The donation box is located in the office area. Thank you for donating! Izzy Newell and Paige Gallagher.

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LEVEL LOW DOWN Foundation Last Thursday the Prep students had a very special visitor arrive in Prep – the Elf on the Shelf. The Prep students decided that a great name for the elf would be Zippy, as he zips here, there and everywhere. Zippy was first spotted in Prep P sitting on top of the Interactive Whiteboard projector. He then zipped into Prep T and was spotted hanging upside-down above the sewing table. On Monday he was found in Prep M’s Christmas

tree! It has been a very exciting start to December for the Prep students and they are thoroughly enjoying keeping an eye out for Zippy. On Tuesday the students took part in a cooking incursion, with lots of help from our parent helpers and Year 6 helpers – Ollie, Frieda and Kim. The students used a range of spices, dried dates and rolled oats to create a healthy Christmas treat – gingerbread bliss balls. Back in the classroom the students used their senses to discuss how the bliss balls looked, felt, tasted and smelled.

Year One The last few weeks of term are such fun! We’re still doing some great learning but we are balancing that with a few popular and celebratory activities too. This Thursday, we have Gecko Sports and Bike n’ Blend. The Gecko Sports program ‘helps children improve speed, strength, balance, endurance, coordination and flexibility while most importantly increasing confidence and having FUN’! During the Bike n’ Blend activity, our little guys will make their own healthy, pedal powered smoothies using the ‘award winning blender bikes’ provided. Lastly, thank you to the parents who have come in for interviews. We have valued the opportunity to share your child’s (or children’s) progress!

Year Two Thank You Imogen for taking the Year 2s for Yoga classes. We really enjoy learning about and practising the various traditional Yoga poses. Our favourites have been: downward dog, mouse, eagle, tree, warrior 1, 2 and 3, chair, plank and pretzel. Tomorrow we are celebrating and reflecting on the lessons we have learnt during our Health Rotations. We are going to be making smoothies using the energy that we create from riding bikes! Please ask us about our experience and the fun time we had when we get home.




We have been practising our Year 2 Christmas Carol for Carols night which is on Monday 19 December. But, sadly, we can’t tell you what it is. You will have to come along and watch our performance!

Year Three This year it has been a real pleasure for us to be reading mentors to our prep buddies so as a way of saying thank you we have been creating a picture story book for our prep buddies this week. We have been trying hard to place a great amount of detail into the pictures as we know young readers really engage with images when reading. It has been great fun revisiting some of our favourite picture story books and creating our own. Some of our titles include ‘I Love My Pony’, ‘Hide and Seek’ and ‘The Rainbow Fairies’. We hope you enjoy our books preps, Merry Christmas! In other news we were treated to an outstanding performance of Matilda by some of our talented Year 3 students. The girls planned and rehearsed the show completely independently, it was truly amazing. A particular crowd favourite was ‘Naughty’, so much so that they ended their performance with a reprise of the song and we all enthusiastically sung along! The girls have gone onto present the play to the Year One students this week. Thanks for the amazing show Violet, Leila, Emily, Ruby, Ella, Eloise, Katia, Isla and Catriona. “It was amazingly well performed and they put lots and lots of hard work into it. It was like the real thing!” Lily “I think they practised really hard and it was like being in the cinema” Mackenzie “It was really good and it was like a shorter version of the real thing. I could see they put a lot effort into it” Ruby H

Year Four This week the Year 4 students have been participating in our Bike Ed program. We have been learning about bike safety, such as dismounting from a bike, the power position of a pedal, scanning the scene, walking a bike up steps and simple bike handling including turning corners. We have practised these skills in the school yard. The children have loved being out in the yard and demonstrating their great bike skills. Many thanks to Mrs Dale, Mrs Gardiner, Mrs McManus and parents for their help and support with this program. Our Village Market Expo is on Friday the 9th of December from 2pm – 2:45pm in the Year 4 learning space and Kitchen Garden Area. We look forward to seeing you. Don’t forget to bring along your change to purchase some of their beautiful creations. It would also be great for the students to have a small float so they can give change to their customers if necessary. Next Thursday 15 December we will be having our Life Saving and Fish and Chip Celebration Lunch at Beaumaris Life Saving Club. We are a SunSmart school and it is compulsory for children to wear a school (or other SunSmart) hat, bathers/ board shorts and sun screen together with a rash vest on the day. Please ensure your child has all of these items. Parents you are very welcome to join us on the day for lunch. We would also love one parent to walk down with us at 9.15am and one to walk back at 2.30pm. Please let us know if you can help.

Year Five

Best ever Bike Hike! On Tuesday the sun was shining and the Year 5 students headed off on their bikes. The first stop was at Mordiallic Park where we had our snack and burnt off some excited energy running around. We then set off through the wetlands avoiding the swarm of flies along the way. Bicentennial Park was our lunch stop where the students




explored the playground and thoroughly enjoyed trialing every slide in the park. We would like to thank the parents for their support on the day. It ran very smoothly and everyone had a fantastic day! Our first day of life saving was filled with water play, laughter and sun! The students rotated through relays, CPR, wading, boards and survival strategies. Fingers crossed the weather holds out for Friday! All Year 5 students are to be congratulated for their effort and support of their peers during the leadership process.

Year Six

This week, the government schools had transition day on Tuesday. They did all sorts of activities to make transitioning to high school easy and clear to everyone. On Monday, the year sixes had their ERP expo. Everyone did really well preparing for Monday. On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday we have lifesaving in Aspendale which the BAM (Bayside Aquatics Mentone) instructors will run for us. The students will learn CPR, beach safety, rips safety, running on sand and in the water, flags and to swim in waves. Our graduation is on Monday and all the Year 6 students are excited for the big night. Year 6 will have their class parties on Tuesday and the Year 6 bike ride will be Thursday 15 December. Have a good week! The Media Team

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