By Peter Black

Star Awards and Year 6 Graduation

With the relaxation of the COVID-19 indoor space requirements for adults, we are now

able to have 1 adult per 2sqm of available floor space. This now permits each Year 6

student to invite a maximum of 2 people to STAR Awards and Year 6 Graduation

Certificate Presentation. This will leave enough space for a maximum of 230 adults. All

other classes will have the ability to watch the Awards and presentation via an internal

live stream.

The event will be recorded and will be uploaded to our school sharepoint site which can

be accessed only through the use of your child’s login and password. Each section of the

event will be uploaded separately to improve download time.

Individual presentation photos will be taken by a professional photographer and will be

emailed to each parent before the end of the school year.

Eventbrite has been used to enable the STAR Awards event to be ticketed and for all

individual details to be recorded as per COVID procedures. This is the ONLY option for

ticketing as each order requires a different email address.

Ticketing will happen from Monday 30 Nov @ 4am to Friday 4 Dec @ 9.30am

No tickets will be issued in any form after 9.30am on Friday 4 Dec. This is to enable my

staff to check all information and to calculate attendance.

Each adult will need to present their ticket at the door. There are COVID questions in

the ticketing process.

Please use this link to access the ticketing site.

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/star-awards-and-year-6-graduation-ceremony-tickets-

129428599425?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-

content=attendeeshare&utm-source=strongmail&utm-term=listing

Contact

07 3206 5222

admin@bayviewss.eq.edu.au

Absence Notification

07 3206 5266

absence@bayviewss.eq.edu.au

Parade Term 4

Yr1&2 Tuesday@1.50pm– E-Yrs

Yr3 --6 Tuesday @ 1.50pm- MPH

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By Debbie Kiehne

Classes for 2021

We have begun the complex and careful process of constructing classes for 2021. Our goal is to create a productive learning

environment for all students. When building these groupings we consider a number of important things including information

from class teachers about learning and academic progress, as well as behaviour.

Parent requests are also considered and where possible accommodated. Students will be placed with students they are familiar

with, this may NOT be their best friend. Please be aware that not all parent requests can be granted. The lists will be reviewed by

staff and adjusted prior to being finalised. On Thursday 03/12/2020 students will have the opportunity to meet their new teacher

in their classroom for 2021.

Please be aware that as our enrolments change it may be necessary to change class structures.

To help with our planning of classes for 2021 could you please contact the office ASAP if:

You have Prep aged children and have not enrolled them.

You know anyone in catchment who is planning on enrolling at BayView for next year.

Your child is not returning to BayView in 2021 (Prep to Yr5 students only)

Thank you.

Flashing lights now active at BayView

Over the Christmas holidays, flashing light school zone signs will be installed on Ziegenfusz Road. BayView State School was nominated to receive these new signs as part of a Queensland Government commitment to improve school road safety.

You will notice that the new signs look similar to standard school zone signs with the addition of a red flashing ring around the speed limit as well as two flashing yellow lights at the top of the sign. The installation of flashing light school zone signs is proven to improve visibility of school zones, serving as an active reminder for motorists to slow down.

So next time you’re dropping off or picking up your child, keep an eye out for the new signs and make sure you stick to the signed speed limit.

By Shi Ferrer

A huge thank you to 5 Ruby, Miss Labuschagne and Star Community for allowing us to be part of "Become a Secret

Santa!"

This semester, I had the privilege to work alongside 5R and Miss Labuschagne in using our Targeted Writing

Program, as a vehicle to help motivate and inspire young children in our upper school sector, to have a purpose and

reason to write.

Thanks to our students' creative writing and involvement with our community, our school has been able to offer

over 90 Christmas presents, for elderly people who may be celebrating Christmas alone this year.

Maya Angelu once wrote, " Do the best you can, until you know better...Then when you know better, do better!"

It is without a doubt, 5 Ruby has definitely extended themselves to not only showcase their writing to a broader

audience, but also share in the spirit of showing care and compassion to others.

Thanks very much Bayview for all of your donations and making someone else in the world, feel special during this

festive season.

STEM Club

This week, students have been busy exploring Mindstorms Lego Robotics kits during STEM Club.

Building, designing, coding has all been part of the fun during this popular activity and we can’t wait to

see some finished robots next week.

Nichole Murphy

STEM Resourcing Officer

There is no more borrowing of books from the Discovery Centre for this year. We need all library books

and home readers returned to school now for our annual stocktake. We have quite a few items missing

from March, before the Covid shut down. When students returned they had forgotten that they still had

library books at home. If you are receiving emails from the teacher or overdue notices from the Discovery

Centre, please search for the books as we need them back. It will be unfortunate if our budget has to be

spent replacing existing books rather than buying more new and exciting books.

Thanks for your assistance with this

Julie Carter

Instrumental Music News

Senior Band next week will video 2 pieces we have been working on so all students will need to be in attendance next Tuesday morning. Swimmers will have time to catch the bus.

2020 Junior Band and Senior Band will perform on Gem Awards on Friday the 4th of December. From 7.50am in the Hall. There will be a special rehearsal on Tuesday the 1st December in the hall 7.40am for both ensembles with Ms Cleary and Mr Purnell. All must attend.

All music and School instruments will need to be returned on the 4th after the performance. No more

lessons from the 4th of December. Instrumental Music News 2021

In the next two weeks the 2021 invitation’s and SRS forms for new Junior band students will be emailed out to parents. Please keep an eye out as this will need to be returned before the end of term.

Continuing students in 2021 will need to return the continuing form as well. If you have loaned a small

instrument (flute, Trumpet, Trombone etc) this will need to be passed on to new students in 2021. Please read the form regarding purchase info for 2021.

Lastly, I will be leaving Bayview for more classroom teaching at Cleveland High in 2021. Ms Cleary will be

here 1 ½ days next year taking Junior and Senior Bands. It has been a pleasure teaching your wonderful children over the many years here. Making musical memories. Hopefully I will see them soon at Cleveland DHS.

All the best in the future. Mr Purnell and Ms Cleary

SU Chaplaincy BayView Cares Program-Christmas Appeal

Hello Bayview Families,

It is that time of year once again, where the gift of hope, kindness and sharing one's generosity, is celebrated within

BayView State School.

With the festive season fast approaching, we are inviting our community to please support any vulnerable families

and staff, by donating non-perishable food items for Christmas.

Once again, our SU Chaplaincy Bayview Cares Team and with the support of our P&C; are joining together in asking

all our families to please lend a helping hand by donating items to be shared within our own BayView State School

Community.

All donations will be created into Christmas hampers and distributed to those needing this support, before the end

of Term 4, 2020.

Our last day to accept collections is this Friday, 27th November, 2020.

We are also in need of Christmas wrapping paper, ribbons, sticky tape and or gift boxes to create the hampers.

As Maya Angelou once stated, " Love and (generosity) recognises no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences,

penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope!"

Thank you everyone for bringing that sense of hope and kindness to those in our BayView State School Community.

Student Enrolments 2021

Enrolment Applications for 2021 are now being accepted. Children born between 1st July 2015 and 30th June 2016 will

be eligible to enrol in Prep in 2021.

2021 Enrolment Packs are available from Corporate Services. You may also download relevant enrolment documents

from the BayView State School Website. – www.bayviewss.eq.edu.au

Out of Catchment enrolment applications and In Catchment applications from new families to Bayview will be

accepted, in person only, at the BayView State School Corporate Services Office.

Enrolment applications from existing BayView families will be accepted via email. Please email to Kerry on

kbrow488@eq.edu.au Please note….sibling enrolment applications are assured without catchment criteria.

BayView Extension News

BRAINways Program 2020

Despite the disruptions of COVID-19 this year, a group of 57 students from Prep to Year 6 were able to

participate in the BRAINways Gifted and Talented Days of Excellence, held at Redeemer Lutheran

College in August.

Classroom teachers nominated two high-achieving students in their class who would benefit from, and

greatly contribute to the program. Students participated in a 2-day program designed to enrich and extend

upon the curriculum concepts currently being taught in the classroom. BRAINways programs provide

learning experiences that are advanced in content and process, providing challenging yet interesting,

hands on learning; specifically designed to stimulate motivation and interest among gifted and talented

students. Creating opportunities to engage with complex, abstract and multi-disciplinary problems, events

or phenomena, the BRAINways programs meet the fundamental principles of gifted education and

stimulate higher order thinking, analysis and reflection.

I have had such wonderful feedback from so many students and parents about this program and I’m really

looking forward to BRAINways again in 2021. Congratulations to all students who participated this year

and for demonstrating much creativity, resilience, critical thinking and problem solving whilst working

collaboratively with students from other schools. Certificates of Participation will be sent home shortly to all

students who attended the program.

By Debbie Bowe.

BayView Extension News

ICAS Assessments 2020 This year, Bayview State School had 60 students who participated in more than 180 individual ICAS Assessments. Run globally through the New South Wales University Global, ICAS is designed to target higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills in English, Mathematics, Science, Writing, Spelling and Digital Technologies. Whilst ICAS is particularly targeted to our Upper 2 Band students as an extension opportunity, the assessments are available to any students in year 2 to 6 who wish to extend themselves academically and take up the personal challenge of competing in an international assessment. The assessments took place online this year across 2 weeks in August and October and we have received some excellent results. As a school, we received 15 Merit Certificates, 40 Credit Certificates, 4 Distinction Certificates and 1 High Distinction Certificate. ICAS also give a Principal’s award for each subject area which recognises the top achieving student across all year levels in the school. Congratulations to the following students who received the Principal’s Award for the five subjects on offer. English: Susette – Distinction (placing her in the top 11% of participants Australia wide). Mathematics: Heath – Distinction (placing him in the top 11% of participants Australia wide). Science: Elanorah – Credit (placing her in the top 35% of participants Australia wide). Digital Technologies: Elanorah – Distinction (placing her in the top 4% of participants Australia wide). Spelling Bee: Olivia – High Distinction (placing her in the top 1% of participants Australia wide). I would like to congratulate all students who participated in ICAS this year and thank you for taking on this challenge in addition to your regular classroom and extra-curricular pursuits. You should be very proud of your achievements. All students who participated in ICAS will receive a certificate of participation that will be sent home shortly. Thank you for your support with ICAS this year, I can't wait to see our successes continue in 2021. By Debbie Bowe.

It's that exciting time of the year again, when our 2021 leadership candidates embark on

their final task of presenting a speech to those who will be voting for them.

On the 30th of November at 9am, Student Council candidates will be presenting their

speeches in the Hall to the Year 3, 4 and 5 cohorts, as well as their teachers. Those who are

successful and wish to pursue the opportunity of becoming School Captains, will

participate in a formal interview with Mr Black, a P&C representative, and a Year 5 teacher

the following day.

On the 3rd of December at 1:40pm, House Captain candidates will be presenting their

speeches to the year 4 and 5 students of their respective houses, followed by the Creative

Arts candidates presenting to year 4 and 5 Choir, Dance and Instrumental Music students.

Those students who are successful will be informed on the day, followed by the formal

announcements, and giving of badges at the Star Awards Assembly on Monday the 7th of

December.

Unfortunately, due to COVID restrictions, parents are

unable to attend the speeches.

School Holiday activities at QUT

We are pleased to say that registrations are now open for the following activities held at QUT Gardens Point campus in partnership with Street Science and Junior Engineers.

STEAM Hackers (Year 4 – Year 8)

Steam Hackers is the brainchild of Street Science and Junior Engineers, where students get to immerse themselves in a 2hr session of a coding challenge and a scientific demonstration. Beginner level – no prior experience required. Parents/guardians are required to sign participants in, there will be a breakout space for parents in close proximity available if parents would prefer to stay on campus for the duration of the session. Staff parking rates can be applied to Gardens Point parking vouchers (3hrs = $8/6hrs = $16). Event date: Monday 14 or Tuesday 15 December Times: 8.30am – 10.30am; 11.15am – 1.15pm; 1.45pm – 3.45pm Cost: $50/session (includes the use of materials, electronic devices and internet connections during the program) Registration: https://steamhackers.com.au/ Note: Places are strictly limited to 60 students/day due to the ‘hands on’ nature of the activities – students will be split into two groups of 30 each day. Location: QUT Gardens Point campus

STEM Punks Online School Holiday Classes are here, bigger and better than ever before! Design an Airport, be a Crime Scene Investigator, explore Space Habitats, learn about Drones and much more. Designed and delivered by Australia’s best STEM Educators with live learning support. Join the fun and learn amazing new skills like coding, 3D Design, Innovation and Problem Solving to help your child experience STEM in a fun and supportive environment. Enrolments open now at www.stempunks.com/p/holiday-classes

Online classes – learn from home

Classes designed and delivered by teachers

Interactive online classes with teacher support

No prior skills needed

Use your own laptop or tablet

By Schandell

Please start to plan and order your Back to School 2021 Uniforms and accessories via Flexischools as soon

as possible this year. As you can understand Covid-19 has affected supply. We were lucky to have placed

our orders early and are receiving our stock now but if any additional orders are required we are unsure

of supply time frames.

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system. Through our state-wide network of over 1200 P&C Associations and School Councils, we have the

localised presence and voice to lead and enact change.

Our Parent Talk magazine is a parent focused publication and published on a quarterly basis. It is circulated

throughout Queensland state schools and P&Cs as a resource to provide parents and school communities

with regular news and information on a wide range of topics relevant to parenting and education. Research

confirms that where parents and community are engaged in their children’s education the outcomes vastly

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