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Bayswater South Primary School Issue 39, December 14 2015

THE BULLETIN Issue 39, December 14, 2015

Principal's Corner

Developmental Satisfaction

Term 4 Tue Dec 15 Yr 6 Graduation Wed Dec 16 Reports sent home Thu Dec 17 BBQ Celebration Thu Dec 17 2016 Fee deposit due Thu Dec 17 Meet new teachers for 2016, 9-

11am. Fri Dec 18 End of Term 4—1.30 finish

Key Dates- for your diary

Thu Jan 28 Start of Term 1 2016 Mon Feb 1 2016 balance of fees due & claim

discount

Friday Assembly times 9am—Normal assembly 12.45pm—Good bye to our Year 6’s School finishes at 1.30pm on Friday!

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Year 6 Mystery Tour

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Year 2M– Charlotte’s web

Inside the Classroom

'Learning and Leading through Languages

On Wednesday night, December 9, we held our Christmas Markets There was a lot of excitement amongst the students and their families as they wandered from stall to stall. To top the evening off the Choir did an amazing performance. Thank you to everyone who helped make this event such a success!

Please see page five for more great photos!


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Principal's Corner

Last week’s Principal’s (Oscar) award was presented

to: Whole School for an outstanding Christmas Market

Tweetification of the week—

Follow us here for the latest news, articles and educational thinking that gives you an insight into our great school

Help your pre-schooler get ready

toYear 6 Mystery Tour up

http://bspsprincipalscorner.weebly.com

Dear Parents, Staff and Students, What a year! Congratulations on so many achievements over the course of the year. Sometimes the results speak for themselves : Academic Shared understanding discussions for literacy and math First trial of the new conceptual inquiry model in Integrated Studies Pre and post testing in mathematics informing teaching and learning Reading comprehension testing in years 1 & 2 A focus on learning intentions and success criteria Learning Celebrations Reports upgraded Wellbeing and Engagement ILP guidelines clarified Peer mediators introduced Leader in Me training and implementation Support groups consolidated- Kids Hope and chaplain Bulletin redesigned Parent community helper guidelines established SRC voice encouraged through initiatives such as the school motto and reviewed leadership roles Kids Hope extended for 2016 Better Buddies– Alannah and Madeline Foundation General Staff essential agreement established Mission and Vision work process begun and completed School Rules/Behaviour plan earmarked for review (updated/ complete early 2016) School reports upgraded and reviewed

Principal’s message – Developmental Satisfaction

http://bspsprincipalscorner.weebly.com/


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Principal's Corner

Last week’s Principal’s (Oscar) award was presented

to: Whole School for an outstanding Christmas Market

Tweetification of the week—

Follow us here for the latest news, articles and educational thinking that gives you an insight into our great school

Help your pre-schooler get ready

toYear 6 Mystery Tour up

http://bspsprincipalscorner.weebly.com

General E Learning review has begun (ipads and laptops planned for 2016) Marketing group established with the Foundation/Prep transition highlighted Website reviewed and modernised Productivity - workforce planning constantly reviewed within a sustainable financial model School Council, OHSC and Parent Club connections clarified School Review and Plan completed Renovation of the Prep/office building Painting of the toilets Synthetic grass soccer /diamond area completed Website completed Contemporary furniture reviewed and introduced School production New brochure and folder completed New alarm system New Vision, Mission, Values and Motto completed Office area upgraded Principal’s room re-carpeted Student Traditions in the process of review School uniform upgrade- Council initiative New sign in security system There are many other items that could be included such as successful evets such as our Dad’s night, year 2 sleepover, working bee, Family music trivia night, Canberra Camp, Year 3/4 camp, Education week, our choir etc. Thank you to all of our community (Staff, Students and Parents) for making all this possible! Kind Regards Jayson

Principal’s message – Developmental Satisfaction

http://bspsprincipalscorner.weebly.com/


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Charlotte’s Web Literature Study

Over the last few weeks students in Grade 2M and 2S have undertaken a literature study on Charlotte’s Web,

which linked to our integrated unit on farms. The children really enjoyed the story of Charlotte’s Web. They pro-

duced some wonderful work which included a problem pig, solution spider, sequence of events fan, friendship

web, setting, question and text connections booklets and character cards for The Goose, Old Sheep, Templeton,

Charlotte, Fern and Wilbur. Students also created a special folder to keep all their work in. Please see the photos

below for some of the amazing work the students completed.

Grade 2M


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Xmas

Market

09/12/15


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Christmas Pantomime

On Wednesday, 9th December Years prep-2 had the pleasure of watching a performance called

“Will Rudolf Lead the Sleigh Tonight”?


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Grade 6

Reflections of my time at Bayswater South

Ben

I have enjoyed my time at Bayswater, it has been amazing. All of the teachers have been very sup-portive and easy to understand. I have had fun with all of the subjects and all of my friends.

Matin

During my time at Bayswater South, I have made lots of close friends and learnt lots of new things. I have loved going to all of the school camps and doing all of the activities.

Ethan

During my four years at BSPS, I have loved all of the sports programs and especially having fun with the soccer team. I have enjoyed having a great time with the teachers and the students. I loved the amazing buddy program, my buddy's name is Hayden.

School Website—New School Website Online!

Our new school website is online from tomorrow. When visiting the new website, you will see an updated, mod-ern design and with a range of recent photography. Once familiar with the layout, the site should be easier to navigate. Our main aims are to provide good communication with parents and students and to allow prospective new families to easily access information they seek.

The tabs across the top of the homepage link to information pages related to a wide range of topics grouped into: About Us; Student Wellbeing; Curriculum; Parent Hub; and Blogs. There are also quick links to: our school calendar; forms and notices; the school newsletter; and school contact details. Near the bottom of the page we have some interesting links to information that promote and market our school and our world class programs.

There a small number of pages and information that will be updated into the new year, but we trust these will not hinder your access to the new website.

Again, I would like to thank, Dougall McIntyre of Bayside Solutions, for managing our website and Olga Kustova for her assistance with the webpage design. I would also like to thank the many staff members who have con-tributed to updating sections of the website.

Any feedback about the new design would be greatly appreciated.

http://www.baysouthps.vic.edu.au/

Mark Williams

[email protected]

http://www.baysouthps.vic.edu.au/


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The Magical Mystery Tour

On Thursday the 10th of December, the students in Year 6 witnessed a brand new tradition brought into

the school by Mr Williams, the Principal. It was called the Magical Mystery Tour. In the morning we got

on a bus and travelled to an unknown destination. We were surprised when the bus pulled up outside

Luna Park! We were able to go on any of the rides we wanted. Everyone had a great day. Here are some

comments from the students that participated.

Luna Park was a very exciting and adventurous excursion for the Year 6s. We had a great time and en-

joyed the day. I would like to thank Mr Williams for organising the day. – Divya

The Magical Mystery Tour was more of a Magical Mystery Adventure at Luna Park with awesome rides

and time to spend with mates before graduating and overall happiness. – Sanskar

The Magical Mystery Tour was the most magical thing I have ever experienced at BSPS. – Thomas Wil-

liams

My favourite part of the Magical Mystery Tour was the Pharaoh’s Curse Ride. It was really scary and fun.

– Cara

I had an awesome time taking some of the scariest rides and I had the best time of my life at Luna Park. –

Ravi

It was exciting arriving at an unknown destination. My mouth dropped! We were at Luna Park! – Ethan

At Luna Park I had such a fun time. At first I was scared but I still went on a ride seventeen times!

The Scenic Railway way beyond amazing! The adrenalin hit that hit me was so big. It made me feel sick!

– Erik

It was an exciting day going to Luna Park, before the Year 6s go to High School. – Amy

The Mystery Tour was a great way to hang out with friends and enjoy themselves before graduating. –

Connor

At the Dodgem Cars, Mr Williams, the Principal was chasing me in his dodgem car. – Patrick

We all had a blast and would like to thank Mr Williams our Principal, for organising the day and all the

staff members who attended to supervise us and share in the fun.

Thomas Whitty and Ella Liebler


Embrace The Chaos Of Holidays And Survive Well!

Hi Parents, how can you embrace the chaos of the holidays with your children?

There’s a certain chaos, unpredictability and spontaneity about childhood that adults can’t contain. We try very hard to control it, but it generally comes out at some point. Sure, we’ve got to keep our children safe and teach them to be social, but we tend to socialise some of the chaos out of them. Basically, that is what discipline is about. It’s for their good as much as ours. But when we understand that there is a certain spirit to childhood that we can't hold back, we tend to relax more into parenting. We have to let our kids be kids! Now that the holidays have nearly arrived you may find your children become more unpredictable, more de-manding and more child-like. They may become more noisy, more boisterous and more messy than you’re used to. You’ve got two choices when you’re confronted with childhood chaos........get annoyed and fight it, or go with the flow and accept it. If you’re having trouble deciding, it’s worth remembering that childhood is pretty short and children grow up very fast, so make the most of this special time. If you can, let chaos be your friend for a while and embrace the changes your children and holidays bring.

Most of us can’t wait until the holidays come. There’s a collective sigh as school ends and we get off the extreme-ly busy activity roundabout. Then it’s full steam ahead to Christmas and the long break. It’s great to spend some down-time with your children, but it can also become a tedious time. I always found it best to mix up the activi-ties during the holidays. That is, mix the time between Family time, Free time & Friend time. Family time is the time children spend with you one-on-one or playing with their siblings, or when the whole family goes out or spends quality time together at home. Free time is about children occupying themselves, which is a really important skill to learn. So don't be on the go all the time, children need to have the chance to learn to keep themselves occupied. Encourage them to get outside in the fresh air too. Friend time is about children spending some time with their friends in the neighbourhood or from school, or it may be with their cousins. It’s also about parents spending time with friends as well. Holidays are a great time to catch up. Get the balance right and there’s more of a chance that you’ll all have a great break and no one will get sick of each other. So remember to take one day at a time and if you have a bad day, there’s always tomorrow when you get a fresh start and the chance to change what you found didn’t work yesterday.

Have a wonderful Christmas break, a special time with your precious family and enjoy the chance to sit back and delight in your children, because they do grow up so quickly!!

Christmas Blessings to you all

Bronwyn Upton

Student Wellbeing

From Our School Chaplain


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Student Grade For

Lily Grob Prep OP Her well researched and presented poster about the platypus. Congratulations Lily on all of your effort!

Olli Weber Indy Lowe

Prep N For his excellent Christmas writing For her excellent Christmas writing

Hannah Nielsen 1P For such enthusiastic singing during the Christmas Carols elective. Well done!

Simon Trifkovic 1W Always having lovely manners and doing the right thing, even when no one is looking!!

All grade 2M students 2M Completing a wonderful Grade 2 year. We have synergised and achieved some amazing things together. Well done!

Deakin Kuruwita 2S Being a great role model and a good friend. Congratulations Deakin!

Farrah Lagawan 2-S A fantastic effort learning German all year! Congratulations!

Anders Firman 2-S Having a proactive and outstanding learning attitude all year! Super effort!

Timofey Kustov 3/4H Being proactive and always giving things his best efforts!

Laura Mumford 3/4R Always giving her best efforts in everything she does.

Max Szeicz 4/5W Always seeking to understand and then to be understood!

Ethan King 4/5W Working hard with his story writing. Putting yourself in the reader’s shoes.

Kayla Wikins 4/5W An outstanding participation in class.

Ruben Jaworski 5/6H A great job in being selected as School Captain in 2016.

Matin Safi 5/6H Being a good leader on the soccer pitch at lunchtimes

Kory Harris 5/6H Reading his book all day and doing his Inquiry Scrapbook

Riley Raine 5/6W His excellent effort in helping with the Christmas Markets stalls.


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Congratulations Piotr on finishing in the top 8 at the 2015 SHUKOKAI Union Kobe Championships in

Japan.

Congratulations also to one of our ex students Daniel Ecret who was awarded Year 7 Dux of St Joseph’s

College this year! Great to see old students performing so well after leaving Bayswater South Primary School.

Our Annual Christmas Raffle was drawn at assembly.

The winners in order:

Ariel Weber , Coath Family, Cerie Saunders, Tony C, Liora Jaworski , Linda MacDonald , Jack Katona ,Elise Carbery ,

Blake Wiltshire , Xavier Scott , Jake Luxford , Kuruwita Family , Blair Priems, Kyle Gillespie , Liz Martin , Kate Wil-

liams ,Olivia Eastwood , Bronwen Knieriemen , Blair McGuigan , Stokes Family ,Whitty Family , Jane Lambeth , S.

Fisher , Austin & Marley Brennan , Hannah Nielsen , Sean Kennedy , Gabriella Weber , Lucy Preston , Elizabeth Ball ,

Victor Liu.

Many thanks for all of the wonderful donations.

We raised over $900 !!


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11th Jan to 27th Jan 2016 School Holiday Program

Booking Form

Please Tick the days you wish your child/children to attend.

*****BYO Snacks, Lunch and Drink Bottle*****

Child/Children name and DOB and CRN:_________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

I give permission for my child/children to attend the XYZ January 2016 School Holiday Program and

participate in all activities.

Parent Name:__________________________________________

Parent DOB and CRN_____________________________________________________

Parent Sign:______________________________________________

If you are new, please supply an enrolment form with booking. Enrolment forms are available

online or at the school office.

Payment is due upon booking. Payment must be in advance.

PROGRAM WILL ONLY RUN IF SUFFICIENT NUMBERS

Payment and Bookings due before 20th Dec 2015

Acct Name: XYZ Early Learning Centre

BSB: 063245

Acct Number: 10611515

Cost: $80 per day before CCR and CCB. Please contact Donna

0430 554 579 to find out your daily cost.

Mon 11 Tue 12 Wed 13 Thu 14 Fri 15

Water Play

Movie Day

Games Day in-side and out-

side

Electronics Day

Cooking Day

Mon 18 Tue 19 Wed 20 Thu 21 Fri 22

Craft Day

Story Writing and Dress Up Day

Water play

Race Day

Party Day

Mon 25 Tue 26 Wed 27 Thu 28 School Fri 29 School

Water Play

Make Your School Lunch

Day



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Excursion/Camp Payments Due

17/12/15 Fee Deposit due

01/02/16 Fees due & last day to claim $25 discount of

Bayswater South Primary School

Values : Respect Honesty Empathy Teamwork

Enfield Drive

Bayswater, Victoria, 3175

Australia

Phone: 03 9729 2862

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.baysouthps.vic.edu.au

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