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Bayswater South Primary School Issue 38 December 16 2019

THE BULLETIN Issue 38 December 16 2019

Principal's Corner

Final Report for 2019 2

Learning & Leading through Languages

Key Dates- for your diary

Tue Dec 17 Yr 6 Graduation 6.30-9.30 Tue Dec 17 Class parties Thu Dec 19 Yr 6 Mystery Tour Fri Dec 20 End of term 4, 1.30 finish Fri Dec 20 School thank you to parent

helpers’ morning tea Tue Jan 30 2020 school fees 2nd

instalment Feb 19-21 2020 Year 5/6 Camp 2nd instalment

2020 Term Dates Tue Jan 28 Curriculum Day Wed Jan 29 Curriculum Day Thu Jan 30 School Resumes for 2020 Term 1 January 30—27th March

Term 2 14th April—26th June Term 3 13th July—18th September Term 4 5th October—18th December

From our Assistant Principal

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Class Reflections

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Sensational Sandy

After 17 years at Bayswater South Primary School, Mrs Sandy Dolphin will leave us next week for new and exciting times.

We thank Sandy for often being the face of the school and for making an amazing contribution to BSPS.

Thank you Sandy!

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Principal’s Message - Final Report for 2019

In our final edition, you will find leader

and class contributions

celebrating the amazing efforts and performance of our

BSPS community throughout 2019.

Enjoy!

Dear Parents, Staff and Students,

This is our final Bulletin for the year and it has certainly been a year to remember! Our 50th birthday celebrations were memorable and hopefully did justice to our rich history of bilingual education, while acknowledging the present and welcoming the future.

Thank you to all our contributors to the Bulletin- our staff leadership team, class teachers, student leaders, School Council, Parents' Club, SRC, the office and community groups.

Thank you to Mrs Sandy Dolphin for her amazing effort and patience in putting the masterpiece together on a weekly basis.

We hope our community has found the Bulletin, the first stop for all of the important BSPS information.

In our final edition, you will find leader and class contributions celebrating the amazing efforts and performance of our BSPS community throughout 2019. Enjoy!

Staff Changes for 2020

It is that time of the year again where we farewell students and families, and thank them for their wonderful contribution to our unique school. Over the coming week and at our Year 6 Graduation we will do just that.

But now it is time to acknowledge and inform our community of important staff changes for 2020. Firstly, a number of our staff are leaving us and we sincerely thank them for their invaluable imprint into the history books of BSPS:

Mrs Sandy Dolphin- after an inspirational 45 years of service and 17 years at BSPS, Sandy will be retiring into the sunset. It has been a pleasure to work with someone so positive and happy. She has amazing patience and she has a beautiful manner with the students. Sandy will be missed.

Mr Linton Roe- while we have said goodbye and good luck to Linton last year as he ventured into educational language consultancy, it would be remiss of the school, not to acknowledge the enormous contribution Linton has made to our school and in particular the bilingual program. Thank you! Linton has formally resigned from DET and we wish him all the very best for the future.

Frau Lara Skerstupp and Frau Melanie Chadwick- our journey with them has been too short but we have very much appre-ciated their work this year. We wish them all the very best as they head back overseas.

Mrs Brooke Leslie—a short but important contribution to BSPS. She leaves with a lasting impression on students, staff and parents.


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@principalbsps

This week’s Oscar goes to: BSPS Christmas Market

Tweetification of the week

Farewell morning teas, donation

Follow US!

New arrivals

The very nature of our school continuing to grow and with a few staff leaving means that excitingly we will welcome a number of new staff:

We are extremely pleased with the quality of our new staff members with a range of graduates and experienced teachers sure to complement our existing team.

Next year, the subject organisation is the same as in 2019, except that Music will be taught in English. This is because we were unable to employ a quality German music teacher to the standards we set. Our intention is to return to our usual set up in this area for 2021.

Last minute reminders

Year 6 Graduation - Tuesday, December 17

Report and 2021 class information- Wednesday, December 18

Year 6 Mystery Tour- Thursday, December 19

Final End of the Year assembly- Friday, December 20, 9am

Special Year 6 Goodbye- Friday, December 20, 12.45am

End of the Year finish- Friday, December 20, 1.30pm

2020 classes

Just a quick word on the 2020 classes, we have invested in a program that assists us with forming our class lists and we have taken all the information from students, teachers and parents and entered the data. Moving forward, this program will enable us to track requests and teacher comments over a number of years rather than on a year-to-year basis.

It is important to note as per our procedures over the past 5 years, i.e. parent requests need to be put in writing, that there will be no class changes. So your support in assisting your child through change will be much appreciated.

Have a great weekend and last school week of 2019!

Jayson Williams

Principal

Ms Isabella Marcesco (class teacher) Ms Stephanie Groves(class teacher)

Frau Sheree Schmaal(class teacher) Frau Angelina Rosas-Ortiz (class teacher)

Mrs Jayne Setford(music teacher) Mrs Kay Bergsma (office)


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BSPS Reminder & News Snippets Emergency details– It is every parents' responsibility to ensure your emergency details are updated regularly.

Bike safety - Students are reminded to walk their bikes and scooters on school grounds. While on pathways all students must look out for pedestrians and keep a good distance between themselves and other children.

Dogs on the school grounds—Could parents please refrain from bringing their dogs onto the school grounds, as per School Council regulations. Any dog on school grounds must have obtained special permission from the Council.

BSPS Effective Communication Channels

Student query/issue= Contact the classroom teacher.

School wide query/issue = Contact Jayson or Bret.

Financial - Administration query /issue = Contact the office.

NB. Our Parents’ Club Facebook page is not an official communication channel of BSPS.

From the Office

Hello, my name is Bronwyn Upton and I am the Bayswater South Primary School Chaplain. I would like to outline for you the role a Chaplain plays within the school community. A Chaplain will-

Provide care and be a friend

Be a 'listening ear' for those who need someone to talk to

Provide pastoral care (encouragement and support)

Help a child sort through a problem or an issue

Run support groups (eg. Friendship programs)

Connect with parents as the need arises

Refer a child to other professionals

Support teachers in class, helping out as needed Matters of faith are only pursued when a person wishes to talk about them Life is not always easy. But knowing that someone is there for you to talk to, to listen, to encourage and to walk alongside you can be very comforting and can help you through difficult situations. My chaplaincy role is about offering care and support to the whole school community. It's about working with students, parents and teachers to assist in meeting the need s that arise in our daily lives. Children today have to deal with some very 'grown up' issues such as family break-up, grief and addictions. Or they may be struggling to make friends or to fit in with their peers. These can be very traumatic for children and could affect their ability to cope with the stresses of daily life. As such it may be beneficial for your child to have someone who they can talk to. This would occur on a purely voluntary basis. If you would prefer that this interaction not happen for your child/ren, please contact the school. Please feel free to call me regarding anything I can help you with. I am available on Mondays and Tuesdays at the school betw een 9am – 2.30pm. Or leave a message anytime and I will call you back. Regards Bronwyn Upton SCHOOL CHAPLAIN

Grade 5 & 6 2020 - Camp 19th – 21st February 2020. The confirmed costed is $315.00. Full payment must be made by Monday, 10th February 2020. One more week to go! How quickly the year has flown! It doesn’t seem that long ago we were welcoming our new Preps to school for the first time and we are now preparing to say goodbye to our graduating year six students. We, in the office, first meet your children when they can hardly be seen over the top of the bench and finally wave goodbye to them seven years later as happy, confidant, optimistic and polite young ‘nearly teenagers’ who, in some instances, tower above us. It is a unique privilege to have the opportunity to watch your children grow academically, physically and emotionally. It’s also lovely to see so many ex-students drop in each year just to say hello. Congratulations to everyone on the progress and successes they’ve had and we look forward to the year ahead with all the fun, experiences and growth that will bring. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas. Noleen Maxwell, Sandy Dolphin, Brooke Leslie On a personal note, I would like to thank the school

community for making my job so easy for me. It is

nice to see smiling faces at the office window.

I will miss the school community in my retirement,

but you never know where we may see each other

down the track.

It has been a pleasure to see so many children

progress through the school, and there have been

quite a few in my 17 years here.

Kind Regards

Sandy Dolphin

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From the Assistant Principal

Dear BSPS community,

As 2019 draws towards its inevitable close, we reflect back on how the year has gone and in par-

ticular the significant moments. In our case I think one of these moments is yet to arrive. This will

be the final day of school, whereby some members of our staff will unfortunately be saying good-

bye.

For one particular staff member, our illustrious leader and principal Mr Jayson Williams, the im-

pact of his imminent departure will be HUGE.

As the Principal of Bayswater South Primary School, he will leave a legacy that is extraordinary in

itself and hard for anyone following in his footsteps to live up to.

Consider the following milestones achieved over the last 5 years:

In 2015 BSPS had 260 students (approximately)

In 2019, BSPS will have 400 students (approximately)

This translates to 11 classes in 2015 and 17 classes in 2020.

Realization of the 50:50 Bilingual School model we are now famous for

Renovation of approx. 90% of the school buildings in the last 5 years

Synthetic grass basketball court and front of school area

Initiation of the International Baccalaureate PYP Program and move towards accreditation

Remodelling of the school oval into current track and field configuration

While Mr. Williams would be the first to say that these achievements are a

testament to the culture we have here at BSPS and the way our fantastic staff

work together with community support (especially from School Council and

Parent Club), I would hasten to mention that all the above accomplishments

have been achieved through the vision and drive of the person who has lead

from the front for the last five years.

That is Mr Jayson Williams.

On behalf of everyone I would like to thank Mr. Williams for the amazing job

he has done as Principal of BSPS. Thank you for your focus on having fun (like

being dunked at the Christmas market) and the importance you placed on

relationship and culture building. The impact you have had on the school as a

whole is there for all to see. Your focus has always been on our students and

all the decisions you make are always made through the lens of “how will this

benefit our students?”

We wish you all the best for your relocation to Sweden. Our loss is their gain

and we are sure you will fit right back in as principal of a very lucky local

school and continue to set your sights on positively impacting the lives of all

your new students and the local community.

Bret Mottrom

Assistant Principal


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Preps have had a wonderful first year at school. Students have participated in many special events such

as; Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea, Father’s Day Breakfast, Grandparents’ Afternoon, 100 Days Of School,

Letterland Dress up Day, Swimming, Production, Prep Celebration and we finished off the year with their

very first excursion to Healesville Sanctuary. Wow! They have had a fun packed year with so many

events, the Prep teachers think the students are well and truly ready for a holiday and some much

needed sleep (see photos below).

Ms Payne, Frau Schmelzle, Frau Sylvia and Ms May would like to wish the Preps and their families a

wonderful Christmas and restful break.

Reflections of 2019 from Prep


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Year 1/2 Let’s Celebrate!

The Year 1 and 2 students are all excited for moving up to Year 2 and 3 in 2020!

Here are somethings they are looking forward to:

Priyanshu- Making new friends

Patrick M- The Year 2 Sleepover

Vidya- The Year 2 Sleepover

Xavier- Making new friends

Leo- NAPLAN

Lorcan- I get to walk to school by myself

Mila- Having more fun!

They can’t wait for the summer holidays to celebrate all the amazing things they have achieved this year!

Hooooray for the holidays

See you next year!

Love from,

Year 1/2 2019


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It has been an action-packed year for the 3/4s. Our units of inquiry have provided the context for

students to explore in depth a range of learning areas and express that learning in multiple ways. A big

shout out to our EA staff, parent helpers and community members who played an essential role in the

organisation and implementation of our learning programs. Here is just a snap shot of the year:

Reflections of 2019 from Years 3/4


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The students and staff of Years 5 and 6, would like to wish everyone a wonderful Summer holiday time and a Happy New

Year. We would like to thank the parents who helped us throughout the year, especially during production time and in

preparations for graduation. Without the ongoing assistance, many of our special events and activities would not have been

as memorable for our students. Other recent highlights for the students have been the camp to Canberra and the Colour

Run.

The camp to Canberra connected to our inquiry into How We Organise Ourselves with the central idea that ‘societal decision

making impacts our lives’. The students inquired about the processes of our democracy, such as elections and parliament,

through research, discussions and role plays in the classroom. Students on camp were then able to link their inquiries to real

life though the visit to Parliament House. Visits to Art galleries while on camp also reinforced the students earlier inquiry

into How We Express Ourselves with the central idea, ‘creating and responding to art helps us understand ourselves and

others’.

Our final inquiry for the year has been Sharing the Planet with the central idea that ‘the sustainability of ecosystems

depends on the actions of everyone’ and the students have been researching about different ecosystems across the world

and how the plants and animals are interconnected. Students have also looked into how an ecosystem has changed over

time and been impacted by elements outside the natural system.

Again, we wish everyone a wonderful Summer holiday time and a Happy New Year. We hope everyone has an enjoyable

holiday. Congratulations to our graduating students and wish them all the best for their future.

Reflections of 2019 from Year 5/6


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Mathematics News

2019 in Mathematics

Our year has been a busy one. It is always a busy one. Which makes the achievements of the students and teachers this year

extra impressive.

Let’s start with the students…

We have happy, engaged and creative students across the school at Bayswater South. They constantly surprise us with their

persistence and determination in their journey towards mastering Mathematics.

From Prep – Year 2, our focus was always ‘hands on’ where the mathematics could be modelled and organised physically.

The Years 3 – 6 while still using concrete materials, moved more toward representing their mathematical thinking through

abstract expressions, equations and representations.

The students’ response to assessments allowed us to target their point of need, zoom in and focus on specific skills and disci-

plines, as well as meaningfully report to you, the parents, at the end of each semester.

And now to the teachers…

Just like the students, we have happy, engaged and creative teachers at Bayswater South. Their expertise and intellect was

the driving force behind a year of massive growth.

Teachers watched each other teach. This provided a platform for teachers to give and receive targeted feedback about their

practice, language and dispositions – a huge success that will continue into 2020.

Our weekly coaching hours covered everything from inquiries into Mathematics, activities to support reasoning, important

conversations about learning and teaching, assessment and data analysis. This was an important factor in the growth and

development of the team. Look out 2020.

Finally, the entire staff aligned their focus around the power of feedback and formative assessment – building a picture of

the needs of each student (social, physical, emotional, academic, cognitive, and behavioural). This is the corner stone of a

meaningful and intentional learning environment and we can’t wait to continue this important learning in 2020.

From the entire Mathematics Team, we thank you and look forward to seeing you in the New Year.

Regards,

Dan Zielinski

Mathematics Learning Specialist.


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From our Wellbeing Coordinators

WOW! What a WONDERFUL year in WELLBEING at BSPS In 2019, the theme at BSPS was ‘connectedness’ between staff, students and families in the community.

In February, students from Prep to Year 6 participated in Life Education program (optional). And some classes continued with the booklets and created an activity from this incursion.


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In March 2019, the student leadership team launched a superhero Assembly to raise awareness about Bullying (National 'Say No to Bullying'). Links to the Learner Profile (Caring) was also made.

The SRC were voted in Term 1 and in 2019 the Learner Profile was used as a criteria in the speeches. The certificates for the SRC leaders, Year 6 leadership team and House Captains included the terminology of 'risk-taker' (Learner Profile).

In Term 2, the name 'Electives' (a tradition at BSPS) was changed to 'Connect Groups' to make links to the 2019 theme and wellbeing purpose (connecting with others). A big thank you to Miss Devilee and Frau Chadwick for their amazing organization and help in leading Connect Groups.

Declan S asked to host The Biggest Morning Tea in 2019. While it was adapted to the traditional morning tea, it was fantastic to see donations and the school supporting the cause by wearing yellow. The school raised over $300.

In Term 4, 'Walk to School' month was a big hit! It included stickers, raffles, prizes, poster competition (with over 50 entries) and Crazy Socks Day. A big success was winning a prize for our high participation rate. An incursion was arranged with the council for Prep-Year 2 students and the Mayor of Knox attended, too.


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On 11/11/2019 at 11:11am we had a moment of silence to remember all those who have fought for our country (past and pre-sent). Thank you to our school captains for representing the school at the Remembrance Day memorial service.

In 2019, our fantastic school leaders lead the Assembly items with confidence. They also worked hard to make them engaging and fun. For example, a watermelon competition! Many links to the Learner Profile were made. Thank you team!


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Throughout the year we had socials, special morning and afternoon teas for staff. We also had a yoga for the BSPS community (free of charge). It was wonderful to see families join in!

We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and wonderful start to a new decade. We are so excited for another great chapter at BSPS in 2020!


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From Our PYP Coordinator

As the school year comes to a close, it seems timely to look back at how far Bayswater South Primary has come

with the IB Primary Years Program.

Here are some of the highlights from 2019.

Program of Inquiry (POI) Development

The start of the year brought along with it the creation of the school’s odd and even year Program of Inquiry

(POI). This has provided teachers with a framework through which teaching and learning at the school has

been centred.

Polices

This year saw the finalisation of the following three polices: Language policy, Academic Policy and the Assess-

ment Policy. These polices along with many others can now be viewed on the school website.

Parent Master Class

In Term 4, our Parent Master Class provided a wonderful opportunity to families to learn more about the Inter-

national Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP) of which we are a candidate school. It was at this

event that our new polices were launched. Thank you to all the parents who were able to attend. Look out for

more of these events in 2020.

Highlights from inside the classroom. Over the year, there has been some wonderful inquiries that haven taken place across the school. These in-quiries have encouraged students to think critically and globally. Many students have taken action as a result of their learning experiences at school.

Years 1 and 2 Who we are: An inquiry into the nature of the self; beliefs and values;

personal, physical, mental, social and spiritual health; human relation-

ships including families, friends, communities, and cultures; rights and

responsibilities; what it means to be human.

Central Idea: Choices help us create a balanced life

Finding out


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Lines of Inquiry: What a healthy mind and body looks like, feels like and sounds like. How we can be responsible for the care of our body and mind. Connections between a healthy body and mind.

Demonstration of Learning: Students demonstrated their knowledge and understanding by: Inquiring into the choices they can make to take care of their minds and bodies. Finding out about the healthy eating guidelines and how to be sun smart. Learning new strategies to use when they are feeling sad, wor-ried, disconnected or if they are having a conflict. Setting personal goals for making healthy choices.

Throughout the unit, students took action which they shared with each other.

Sorting Out

Student Action Wall


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Years 3 and 4 How the world Works: An inquiry into the natural world and its laws; the interaction between the natural

world (physical and biological) and human societies; how humans use their understanding of scientific princi-

ples; the impact of scientific and technological advances on society and on the environment.

Central Idea: Humans use their understanding of scientific principles in everyday life

Lines of Inquiry: An inquiry into….

1. Simple machines

2. Forces and scientific principles Creating complex machines

Demonstration of Learning: Students demonstrated their knowledge and understanding inquiring into: Different forces Parts and components of machines Circulation of energy and how energy can be transformed

Throughout the unit the students were encouraged to be open minded, problem solvers and use critical and creative thinking skills. They worked collaboratively to create their own a Rube Goldberg Machines.

I would like wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I look forward to working with you all next year, and seeing what wonderful inquires the students get up to in 2020. Karyn Georgios PYP Coordinator


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Sport News

BSPS Sporting Achievements 2019

2nd District Swimming Carnival (overall)

1st District Athletics Carnival (overall)

4th District Cross Country Carnival (overall)

1st District Soccer (boys)

1st District Soccer (girls)

2nd District Cricket (mixed)

2nd District Softball (girls)

1st District Junior Hoop time (future stars)

2nd Regional Junior Hoop time (future stars)

1st District Senior Hoop time (future stars)

2nd Regional Senior Hoop time (future stars)

Thank you to all the parents and teachers that supported the BSPS sports program this year. Congratulations to all the

students that were involved in representing the school in their chosen sport. Looking forward to sharing more of these

wonderful achievements in 2020.

Mr Matt Campbell

Year 6 Bike Ed On-Road test

On Friday 6th December, Year 6 students completed an on-road test around the streets of Bayswater. All students were able

to complete the bike check before heading out on their bike adventure (air in tyres, brakes working, chain oiled and drop

test).

All the year 6 students demonstrated excellent bike handling skills, road

awareness and correct turning procedures.

When turning right around a corner students followed these simple

steps to ensure that they would safely make the turn.

On-road right turn procedure:

Step 1: Scan over the right shoulder to check for traffic behind you.

Step 2: If clear move closer to the centre of the road.

Step 3: Signal with your right arm out stretched at 90 degrees.

Step 4: Scan left and right for traffic.

Step 5: If clear proceed through the turn. If not clear stop before the

turn. Move foot into power position (pedal near top of bike for quick

take off). When traffic has passed scan and signal once more before

turning.


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As a reward for the year 6 students making their destination safely, they enjoyed Zooper Doopers and watermelon. A big

thank you to all the parents that came out to help supervise the event. Special thanks to Mandy, Ken and Anne for making

the ride possible.

BSPS Sports Corner Lachlan R competed at the Ringwood Long Course Swimming Meet last weekend and came away 3 x bronzes, 2 x 4th’s in the

9-10 age group. (4 Personal Best’s)

50 Freestyle – 3rd – 37.02 sec PB

50 Breaststroke – 3rd – 49.86 sec

50m Butterfly – 4th – 51.42 sec PB

50 Backstroke – 4th – 44.98 sec PB

200 Freestyle – 3rd – 3:05.56 sec PB

He’s only one second off getting his state qualifying time for his 50

freestyle, so he’s pretty excited.

Outstanding work Lachie! Looking forward to next year at the Knox District

Swimming carnival in February! Well done.


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Student Name Grade For

All of Prep A Prep A A magnificent first year of school. Wishing you all the very best for

2020!

All of Prep B Prep B A wonderful first year of school. All the best for 2020!

All of Prep C Prep C A fabulous first year of school. We wish you all the best in 2020!

Charlise W 1/2A Always being a caring and principled member of our class.

Matilda W 1/2B Goodbye and good luck at your new school in Queensland. We will

miss you!

To all 1/2C 1/2C Being an amazing class! You have done great work this year, love

Miss Koch.

Lola N 1/2C Always caring for others within and outside the classroom.

Lorcan N 1/2C Being an inquirer by researching interesting facts in our Unit of

Inquiry.

Flynn R 1/2D Creating a colourful and neat December Christmas calendar! Ganz

gut!

Patrick M 1/2E Putting first things first and listening well! Toll!

Vansh S 3A Being proactive and asking for clarifications and further

information after mat time.

Dhanvi P 3B Demonstrating persistence and great problem solving skills during

the Rube Goldberg Project.

Kai K 3B His teamwork and leadership when translating the Rube Goldberg

presentation.

Mrs Minihan 4A Being our favourite person ever! We love you.

Jordan H 4B His improved attitude to his learning and putting first things first—

weiter so!

Dakota T 4B Being a principled class member and a positive role model for her

peers. Ganz toll!

Nicholas M 4B Being a risk taker and experimenting with his ideas.

Ella D 5/6A For being a great SRC this year.

Ethan N 5/6A For being a great SRC this year.

Mahdi J 5/6B Her excellent management of her own learning.

Nathan T 5/6C His enthusiasm and commitment during Super Maths sessions

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Goodbye from our wonderful school leaders!

School Captains: Deakin and Amelie Deakin - This year, I was the school captain for B.S.P.S. I have grown so much since the start of the year and would like to reflect on something I have grown a lot since the start of my leadership. At the start of the year, I was a very shy speaker, but I’ve managed to grow confidence and develop a skill for speaking. Along with this, I am proud of the way I’ve handled speaking, and the way I’ve run assemblies with the rest of the team. I am very proud of this and everything I’ve done a part of the leadership team, and look to use these skills I’ve learnt in the future.

Amelie-This year has been really eye opening to what it’s like to be a leader, and to have responsibilities

outside of doing small favours for people you know. I’m really grateful for the opportunity to be a School

Captain this year, and to be a part of the Leadership Team, which has taught me a lot about working as a

team.

Vice Captains: Hannah and Anders

Being Vice School captains has been such a great privilege this year. We have had such a

great time getting to know the kids at this school better as well as helping to lead assemblies each Friday.

We have had a lot of fun working with the leadership team and the lovely Miss Koch. We have enjoyed

celebrating the 50th anniversary this year at this amazing school that has brought so much to us. Our

eventful year has unfortunately come to an end and it saddens us deeply that our time is almost up. We

hope that we have made a positive impact on the school and will leave behind a good legacy. We wish

the future School and Vice Captains all the best. Thank you all so much for being part of our fabulous

time here. We wish Mr.Williams all the best going back to Sweden. Congratulations to everyone for being such good members of the BSPS community this year. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone!!!

Academic Captains: Sashenka and Josiah This year, we had had the honour of being Academic Captains. It has been so much fun, especially when

we hosted the watermelon eating contest and other Assembly items. It was a privilege to be part of the

50th year at BSPS. Being a leader means helping students and doing the right thing even when no one is

watching. We wish next year’s leaders all the best, and we wish Mr. Williams all the best as he travels

back to Sweden.

Wellbeing Captains: Mia and Cian Hi, it’s Cian and Mia, here to bring you our last Wellbeing article. What a year it’s been for wellbeing. Year five Peer-Mediation went off with big enthusiasm, whole school Life Ed, 5/6 Healthy Relationships, Walk to school month, and the Colour Run. And that’s just to name a few! All this played a big part keeping all the students happy and healthy.

From Our School Leaders


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The learner profiles were introduced this year, and the students welcomed them with open arms. And those opened arms brought in some fantastic events during assembly such as the watermelon eating competition. This kept the students quite entertained during assembly, and I'm sure it kept you entertained too! We hoped you enjoyed all our articles this year. And for one last time don’t forget to keep eating your oranges!!

Sport Captains: Ella and Patrick Being sports captains, this year was so much fun and we are thankful to of have gotten the opportunity to have that leadership role. The things we've enjoyed this year while being Sports Captain is: athletics, swimming, cross country, winter and summer sports and hoop time. We’re glad to have had the opportunity to have the responsibility to run the Colour Run and footy day. We’re sad to be leaving but excited for High School.

A BIG thank you on behalf of everyone from BSPS to our 2019 amazing school leaders

who consistently demonstrated our school values. All the very best for the future!

Our choir performing at Siemens


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From Our School Chaplain

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 demanding 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 and mess 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 extremely 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 activities 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, and to relax. 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.

Enjoy the wonderful season of Christmas, take time to appreciate the joys of being together as a family. Put your phones down, sit back and delight in your children, because they do grow up so quickly!!

Christmas Blessings to you and your family

Bronwyn Upton

BSPS Chaplain – (Monday & Tuesday)


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Happy Birthday to those students who had their birthday last week and will

have a birthday during the holidays.

April N, Lucas B, Jamie B, Callum T, Emmanuel VT, Felix D, Sahara F,Maverik G, Tobias W, Zackary A,, Harper E, Lucas W, Daniel

D, Rayan N, Maxim G, Sophia M, Lillian D, Matthew , Ved V, Cooper W, Thomas C, Jessica T, Ryan T, Abby L, Charlotte B, Adela C,

Sebastian S, Ashton F, Declan C, David G, Kyle H, Liora J, Chelsea S, Princess V, Declan S, Kayla W, Patrick M, Mihajilo G, Lymar E,

Elise T, Taj O.

Sick Bay Roster

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Olga B 19/12

A big thank you to all the parents who have changed and washed

our sick bay sheets this year. Your contribution has been sincerely

appreciated..


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Phone: 03 9729 2862

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