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25 May 2017

C A L E N D A R O F E V E N T S

OPEN CLASSROOMS

MONDAY 29 MAY 9.10AM – 9.50AM

BNPS

FRIED RICE LUNCH DAY

TUESDAY 6 JUNE

BNPS

DIVISION CROSS COUNTRY

WEDNESDAY 7 JUNE

Cornish College

BEAUMARIS FARMERS MARKET

SATURDAY 10 JUNE 8AM – 1PM

BNPS

QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY – PUBLIC HOLIDAY

MONDAY 12 JUNE

BNPS

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E

Principal’s Report

Entertainment Membership

Interview with Mrs Jenny Baird

Year 5 & 6 Gymnastics

Uniform Shop

Lunch Clubs

Do You Know?

Music

Please Label your garments – Labelling Guidelines

Principal’s Report

Twelve Months Later!

The last of the fencing for the landscaping project

undertaken by the Department of Education was

removed this morning.

For now we have asked our students to not play in the

garden beds or on the new lawn due to the underground

computerised watering system.

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Digital Technologies Curriculum

The Victorian Curriculum F–10 sets out what every

student should learn during their first eleven years of

schooling. The curriculum is the common set of

knowledge and skills required by students for life-long

learning, social development and active and informed

citizenship.

The Victorian Curriculum F–10 incorporates the

Australian Curriculum and reflects Victorian priorities

and standards. A new aspect of the Victorian

Curriculum is the inclusion of Digital Technologies.

Last Wednesday all teachers attended a Professional

Development activity at Sandringham SC to learn more

about this new curriculum area. The focus was ‘Digital

Technologies’ presented by Mathew Vines. He

explained the difference between ICT: using technology

and DigiTech: understanding technology in a very clear

and concise manner.

The Digital Technologies Curriculum differs from the

previous ICT strand.

ICT is when our students use technology e.g. ipads and

laptops and DigiTech is when our students learn to

understand the technology and its language.

Parent Evening

The school would like to extend a huge thank you to a

local psychologist, Kim Sheppard

(www.coolkidclinic.com.au). Kim kindly donated her time

to present to over 50 of our school community parents

on the topic of ‘Anxiety in Children: Strategies for

Parents’. Kim’s presentation outlined the effects of

anxiety, how it is impacting on our children and

concentrated on giving parents lots of strategies and

techniques to try at home. Some of her helpful links and

resources included:

Books:

- Helping Your Anxious Child. (Lyneham, Wignall and

Rapee, 2008)

- Hey Warrier. Karen Young (2017)

- Zones of Regulation. Leah Kuypers (2011)

WEBSITES

- Social Thinking (unthinkables) Michelle Garcia

Winnner http://socialthinking.com.au/

- Cool Little Kids

https://coollittlekids.org.au/site/about

APPS

- Jacob the frog (breathing app)

- Breath, Think, Do with Sesame (younger kids)

Year 3 Science Incursion

The Year 3’s are currently looking at how cultures

change over time in our Unit of Inquiry – “Where we are

in place in time”. We are focussing on Aboriginal

culture and on Thursday 18 of May the Year 3’s

participated in a Virtual Reality incursion. The students

were able to experience dreamtime stories, Aboriginal

dancing and learn about their instruments and food in a

Virtual world. In a seated position, the students were

able to move their heads around to experience the

outback first hand.

Our school is currently researching the possible

purchase of a class set of glasses for our students to

explore the “virtual world” as a component of our

approach to the digital technologies.

District Cross Country 2017

On Thursday 18 May we had 70 students from Year 4 -

6 compete in the District Cross Country Event against 7

other schools within our area (Black Rock,

Sandringham PS, East Sandringham, Brighton,

Brighton Beach, Beaumaris and Hampton).

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All students gave it 100% contributing participation

points towards our final school result. We finished in 1st

place and our team captains , Holly and Baden, went to

the podium to receive the District Cross Country trophy.

A fantastic achievement from all competitors who

represented BNPS. We are all very proud of you!!

The top 10 runners from each age group for boys and

girls will now go on to represent our Seaside District at

the Divisional Cross Country at Cornish Campus on

June 7.

Congratulations to the following students who will

represent and be a part of the Seaside District Team:

10 yr girls: Kiara M and Remy J

10 yr boys: Alfie L and Tommy H

11yr girls: Isabella M-W and Charlotte L

11 yr boys: Aiden La and Ben S

12 yr girls: Holly N

12yr boys: Jake D, Baden M and Luke T

A big thank you to Mrs Bloomfield, Mr McCulloch and

Ms Grant for supervising and managing the team on the

day.

Education Week - 21 to 27 May 2017

This week!

This year’s Education Week is being celebrated from

Sunday 21 to Saturday 27 May with the theme Healthy

Mind, Healthy Body, and all schools and early childhood

services are encouraged to get involved

Calendar of Activities now live

A full program of free activities is available for school

students to participate in during Education Week, which

includes a variety of fun and active opportunities such

as dragon boat racing at Albert Park Lake; bushwalks

and tipi making in Ararat; and circus skills with the

Westside Circus in Preston.

Parent Parking

Please be careful when parking your car near school.

Several parents have let me know that they have had

nails in their tyres because of the many building projects

being undertaken in our immediate area.

Sherril Duffy

Principal

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Entertainment Membership

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you can save money in lots of different areas. Now also

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membership with you all the time on your phone. A

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

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Interview with Mrs Jenny Baird

By Venice 2D

How long have you been working at BNPS?

This is my 6th year and third year working with Venice!!

Do you have any children?

Yes, I have three, Jaz (19), Tessa (16) and Flynn (14).

What is your favourite food?

Pizza!!!! (Venice – that’s mine too!!)

Where did you go to primary school?

I grew up in Brisbane and went to Moggill Primary

School.

Do you have any pets?

Yes!! I have a dog Shadow, a kitten Missy and my son

Flynn has a Bearded Dragon, Bluey!

What is your favourite TV show?

I have many favourites, but recently Flynn and I re-

watched all of ‘How I Met Your Mother' and loved it!

Year 5 & 6 Gymnastics

The Year 5 and 6 Gymnastics Unit has finished after a

rigorous and rewarding 6 week unit of work where all

students progressed with their handstands, cartwheels,

flight rotations and balance work. We had two coaches

from Sporting schools come out and assist our students

in their movement . Thanks Sara from CYC and Curtis

from Melbourne Gymnastics Institute. The senior

students loved It!!

Uniform Shop

The cold weather is starting to set in and now is the

perfect time to purchase your winter uniform. The

easiest way to order is through Qkr!>School

Uniforms>Uniforms and we will deliver to your child’s

classroom on either a Wednesday or Friday (depending

on when we receive your order).

If you prefer personal shopping we are open on Friday

mornings from 8.45 to 9.30am. This is the best time to

check out our second hand items as these aren’t

available to order via Qkr!. The Uniform Shop is located

in the Prep Breezeway.

SPECIAL, LIMITED STOCK

We currently have very limited stock of a super-duper

bargain. Long sleeved Polo in GREEN, SIZE 12 ONLY

with old logo for $10, normally $29. This can be ordered

via Qkr!>School Uniforms>Uniforms>Tops.

Once we are sold out there will be no further stock

available of this item or at this price.

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We now have available to purchase in the shop and on

Qkr! the girls white cotton skivvy (roll neck top) to wear

under the winter pinafore. It is priced at $15. Sizes

available are 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14.

Clearly labelling your child’s garments, especially

jackets and tops gives a much better chance of the

garment being returned if it is found and placed in the

Lost Property bin. Please see attached flyer explaining

how “clearly labelled” is defined.

Lost Property clean out Friday 26 May

This is another reminder about our clean out of Lost

Property tomorrow. All clearly labelled garments will be

returned to their owners, all unlabelled items will be

donated to the Uniform Shop. Please check the Lost

Property bins in the Prep breezeway before tomorrow if

you have recently lost an item. Please ensure all items

are returned to the bins and not left lying on the ground.

I would like to thank all of our volunteers who keep our

Shop and Lost Property operating and who without, the

school parent community, would not receive these

important services.

Mandy Davids, Julie Laurent, Bec Levant-Feldman,

Maria Angeletos, Louise Spink, Natalie Judd, Jo Perret,

Fleur Turner, Laura Russell, Natalie Bowerman and

Claire Nicholls. If you would like to volunteer in the

Uniform Shop on either Wednesday or Friday shifts or

to help with Lost Property please contact Annie on

uniform@beaumarisnorthps.vic.edu.au

Please see flyer at the end of newsletter about

‘Labelling Guidelines”

Lunch Clubs

A massive THANK YOU to the wonderfully generous

families who have donated supplies for the Knitting club

and Lego for the General Lunch Club. The students will

be so excited!

If you have any Lego or blocks you are willing to donate,

please leave them at the Office.

Do You Know?

Do you know what a BNPS ‘Joining Licence’ and ‘Pen

Licence’ is?

In order to write with pen at BNPS, students require a

valid BNPS permit or licence. It is expected that

students who have been learning Victorian Modern

Cursive Handwriting in Prep, 1 & 2 (Learner Permit) will

obtain a ‘Joining Licence’ in Year 3 (Probationary

Licence) and work towards gaining their ‘Pen Licence’

(Full Licence) in Year 4. For more information see:

www.beaumarisnorthps.vic.edu.au/pi-joining-

licence.htm

www.beaumarisnorthps.vic.edu.au/pi-pen-licence.htm

Do you know what PCO stands for?

Principal Class Officer. We have three Principal Class

Officers at BNPS:

Principal – Mrs Sherril Duffy

Assistant Principal – Mrs Moira Simpson

Assistant Principal – Robyn Morecroft

Do you know what the Five Essential Elements of

the Primary Years Programme (PYP) are?

www.beaumarisnorthps.vic.edu.au/pyp.html

Music

The Year 1 students have been learning to write notes

on the staff.

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