A NEWSLETTER LINKING THE BAYSWATER NORTH PRIMARY SCHOOL COMMUNITY

From the Principal’s Desk So many things have been happening in our school over the past fortnight! CAMP Our Grade 4 students had a fantastic time at their camp in Alexandra. A huge thank you goes to Cathy Stirling, Kathy Ward, Cathy Reid, and Kerry Peake for their wonderful organization and care of our students while they were away. Thank you for also to Caroline Akaruru and Robyn Nelson for making it a special time for the grade 3’s back at school.

TEE BALL GIRLS FINAL Last Monday our Tee Ball Girls Team played in the Regional finals at Jells Park. Unfortunately they did not make it to the next level but it was a huge achievement to get to the regional level. I am so proud of all their efforts. They were committed to their training and were great ambassadors for our school on the day. Thank you to Sandra Gray for her coaching and to all the parents who supported our students.

FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS On Sunday, 26 August the Bayswater Under 12 Girls won the Eastern Football League Grand Final. Eight students from our school were in this team. Congratulations to Nikita, Maddie, Georgie, Cassie, Emily, Hayley, Rhani, and Grace on winning! A very thrilling result.

INTER SCHOOL ATHLETICS What a wonderful day! Our team of 58 athletes were so enthusiastic, well-mannered, well-behaved and so supportive of each other! Every child did their very best on the day! Thank you to all the parents who came to support our students. Thank you also to Katie Riley, Jasmine Cook and Scott Hannah for all their organization to make the day such a success.

HEATHMONT ASIAN DAY Heathmont College hosted some local primary schools for a special Asian Day last Wednesday. Some of our grade 5 students participated in a range of activities with a very scrumptious lunch. Many thanks to Mary-Ellen Dowling for coordinating this worthwhile day for our students.

FATHERS DAY I was so lucky to be able to meet many Foundation Dad’s last Friday. Mary Holland and Darcie Sword organized the Father’s Day breakfast for their students. It was wonderful to see how proud the students were of their Dads and special visitors and how they appreciated them coming to see them in their rooms. Thanks Dads and visitors for making the time to come and to Mary and Darcie for their chef and hosting skills. Our students were so, so excited to be buying gifts for their Dads at the Fathers’ Day stall on Friday. Thank you so much to the PTFA for providing this very special stall and to all their helpers!

DISCO The school disco was a huge success! The students had a fantastic time. Again many thanks to the PTFA for organizing this special activity for our students. The PTFA have had a very busy week and we are very grateful for the time and enthusiasm you are devoting to our students as we are to the many people who are supporting you!

PRODUCTION Once again a huge thanks go to so many people who are putting in many, many hours so our students and their family and friends have two great nights! We are really looking forward to this event!

AFTER SCHOOL SUPERVISION We are having some students staying on the school grounds after school without parental supervision. Teachers are on yard duty until 3.45pm and the crossing supervisors finish at 4pm. We highly recommend that students go straight home after school.

Cathy Jones Principal

Monday 3rd September 2018 Volume 28 Number 15

SEPTEMBER Monday 3rd

The Link

Wednesday 5th Assembly

Wednesday 12th

Production Rehearsal – school hours

Pirates of the Curry Bean Production

Thursday 13th

Pirates of the Curry Bean Production

Monday 17th

The Link

Thursday 20th Footy Day

Friday 21st

Last day of Term 3 2.30pm Dismissal

OCTOBER Monday 8th

First day of Term 4

Curriculum Days 2018 Friday 14th December

Our Vision Bayswater North Primary School seeks to give every one of its students the opportunity to learn to their highest potential, capitalising on their

personal qualities and unique talents whilst supporting and nurturing them in a stimulating and caring educational environment.

Calendar

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School Production

Extra Tickets now Available!!

They can only be booked online through the Karralyka Theatre link http://www.karralyka.com.au/Theatre/Touring-and-Community/Bayswater-North-Primary-School-2018

Tickets cost $25 or you can purchase 4 for $80. There are no child or concession tickets. You will be buying allocated, tiered seats when you book. You do not need to purchase a ticket for any child in the production, as they will be backstage for the entire performance on both nights. Children under two who will be sitting on a lap, do not need a ticket.

If you have any problems with booking on line please contact Karralyka Theatre on 9870 2888 during business hours, not the school. A few other reminders:

Production dates are Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th September

Venue is Karralyka Theatre, Mines Road, Ringwood East

Karralyka has free car parking

Your child is expected to attend on both nights. Although you may not be there on both nights, there is ample space and facilities back stage for them to be looked after by BNPS staff when they are not on stage.

Costumes are needed at school on Monday 27th August, ready for the upcoming full dress rehearsal at school

Many thanks for your help with this. We’re sure that everyone will have a wonderful performance experience.

Grade 5 - Bunnings Spud in a Bucket Challenge!

The students were supplied a bucket and a small potato with an eye. They then planted their spud in their allocated bucket, now to keep them watered and watch them grow.🥔🥔🥔

Tracky Dack Day

It was great to see both teachers and students looking very comfortable in their tracky dacks last Friday. We raised $285.90 for “TLC for Kids”, an organisation which provides support for sick children and their families around Australia. Thanks everyone for being involved! Paige J and Riley A, on behalf of Junior School Council

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Heathmont College Asian Day What a great day our grade 5 students had at Heathmont College for Asian Day on Wednesday 29th of August! Five local primary schools attended and the students participated in four workshops which included students creating their own Indonesian masks inspired by the story of Ramayana. Students then experienced martial arts and self-defence, followed by an Indonesian dance session complete with traditional dress and music. Students also took a class in Japanese origami, attempting very tricky designs. Flying Woks provided a delicious lunch of chicken fried rice and Japanese vegetables for all students and staff. The day ended with a question and answer session with Heathmont College students who are currently studying Indonesian, and a video created by a student who attended the College’s Indonesian study tour. Thanks to Bu Devathas and Heathmont College for such a fantastic day! Terima kasih, Bu Dowling

Time for a cleanout…

Spring has sprung and what better chance to start a spring cleanout than school holidays. BNPS will be supporting Red Nose by completing our 2nd Closet Cleanout for the year. Leading into the school holidays, we will be sending home a collection bag to all families to be returned at the start of term 4. What will we be collecting: Any clean, wearable adult and children’s clothing, paired shoes, hats, handbags, belts, towels, sheets, pillowcases, fabric and soft toys. There is no limit to how many bags we can collect! So get ready to clean out your closet and make some space for your new summer wardrobe.

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School Disco

The school disco was a huge success! The students had a fantastic

time. Again many thanks to the PTFA for organizing this special

activity for our students. The PTFA have had a very busy week and

we are very grateful for the time and enthusiasm you are devoting to

our students as we are to the many people who are supporting you!

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Congratulations Girls!

Nikita, Maddie, Georgie, Cassie , Emily, Hailey, Rhani and Grace all members of the Bayswater Junior Football Club won their U12 footy grand final on Sunday. What an exciting win! The girls played so well. Everyone contributed and applied so much pressure to the opposition for the whole game. Well done!

Tee Ball Final - Two out of three is worth writing about! Well done to the tee ball girls who represented the Maroondah District to play in the regional finals at Waverly Park on Monday. Their enthusiasm and determination was impressive. Unfortunately they lost their first game against Parkwood 10 to 12. They had a win against Beverley Hills 13 to 5 and they also won their third game against Mount View 16 to 7. Based on percentage they did not qualify for the grand final. The girls worked really hard and have improved so much since the season began. With straight wins all season they should be very proud of their efforts. A big thanks to Michael who coached the girls in term one and to all the parents and grandparents who came to support our girls.

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Our Term 3 Project

We are almost there!! Our Term 3 Project is extremely close to being finished and we are quite excited to see it in its final stages!.

The children have been enthusiastic the whole way through this Project and have been an integral part of making suggestions of what we could do, how we needed to do things and of how it is being displayed in our room. They had some excellent ideas that made our Project grow and we have implemented so many of their initiatives.

We can now tell you that our Term 3 Project is a large Program Jigsaw Puzzle that desribes our children. Each child chose a jigsaw puzzle piece to draw something about themselves in. Some drew themselves playing their favourite sports, such as footy and rugby. Some drew themselves dancing and performing on stage. Some drew themselves with their families and pets and some drew themselves in favourite places. The children then decorated their puzzle pieces to make them colourful and to stand out in the completed puzzle. Every jigsaw puzzle piece is beautiful because of the effort, dedication and talents of each child who chose to complete a piece. As more puzzle pieces were finished, children would come in and immediately start to put the puzzle together to see how it was growing. Then when it was finally put together, we asked “What will we do now?” The suggestion of putting photos of our children and activities on spare puzzle pieces was made and that is exactly what we did. These were placed around the main puzzle and look wonderful. It looked gorgeous, but something was missing. AHAH – we needed a sign!!. Janine brought a canvas and we discussed what could be on the sign. We decided to write …. “BREAKFAST CLUB CHILDREN ARE … SPECTACULAR and EXTRAORDINARY !” The children are in the process of decorating the letters of our sign and then we will place stickers on it. Once this has been completed, our TERM 3 PROJECT will be finished!! Congratulations to everyone at Breakfast Club, a wonderful attitude and effort was shown by everyone. We hope all Dads and Special Friends had a wonderful Father’s Day, and had an excellent day – maybe with brekky in bed and a special day with your families. HAPPY FATHER’S DAY! Thank you, Janine and the Breakfast Club children

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OSHClub Bayswater North Over the past fortnight the children have created some great Art pieces of Snowman, and colourful popsicle squares. The children have enjoyed sharing their news every afternoon and developing new and existing friendships. Before we have afternoon tea together each child is given the opportunity to share a piece of news, they can choose to talk about something they have done during the day, what they are looking forward to or what they are or have done on the weekend. Over the past fortnight we celebrated Joel’s and Hepsi’s birthdays. At OSHClub we love to help make every child special and celebrate every success and important event in their life. This fortnight at After School Care we will be celebrating the new season of Spring! Over the past coming few weeks we have been making the most of the good weather and staying outside longer. The children have loved playing 2 and 4 square outside, as well as playing many games of basketball. We will be exploring Spring through the form of Art and exploring the school grounds for flower sprouting's. Over the coming weeks could we please ask parents to update their enrolment of who has the authority to pick up your children. Also, a reminder to please provide us notice when needing to cancel your children as there is a cancellation/no show fee for not contacting us. We must also ask parents to please not share their log out information with their children, as this is a legal requirement that only authorised people are to know the passcode to log you children out.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

This Week’s Activities

Spring Collage Spring Flower Fan Knock Out

Spring Decorations Spring Bingo Flower Experiment

Shaving Foam Art Growing Sprouts Playground Play

2 Square Dot Painting Popstick Plant Pot

Beach Painting Salt Art Nature Explorations

Important News It is Spring time. We will be embracing the new season by spending more time outside and enjoy the sunshine.

Please come in and see our room and ask about our program and the enrolment procedure. We have some pamphlets with information about enrolling children and the booking and cancellation process. Enrolments are completed online at www.oshclub.com.au. The parents’ feedback is that it is quite easy to do. Or simply come in to say “HELLO”. We enjoy having visitors!

Parent Information OSHC program phone: 0427 856 973 Coordinator: Sangita Lama Assistant: Pam Lecky OSHClub Head Office: 03 85649000 All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember this is Free!! Please create an account online at www.oshclub.com.au all bookings and cancellations can also be managed via your online account. For on the day bookings please contact the Coordinator directly at the program.

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Community News

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