Dear Families,

Boisdale Consolidated School

Phone: 03 5145 4391 Newry Rd, Boisdale, 3860 www.boisdalecs.vic.edu.au boisdale.cs@edumail.vic.gov.au

News From The Acting Principal

NEWSLETTER 2 N D M A Y 2 0 1 9 I S S U E 1 0

“Show Respect, Bounce Back, Be Your Best, Work as a Team, Be a Mate, Think Proud, Act Proud Be Proud”

School Council Members: Trevor Barton, Nat Bedggood, Tamsyn Lenne, Dean Rowley, Pat Anderson, Melissa Glover, Ben Howard, Caroline Fletcher , Kellie Willis, Sam Baines, Anthony Kovco and Mick Daly School Council President: Kate Mirams Parents & Friends President: Vanessa Robinson

Key Dates

School Assembly

Monday @ 9:00am All welcome

Friday 3rd May House Cross Country Tuesday 7th May Parents & Friends Meeting @ 9am Mothers Day Stall Thursday 9th May Art Gallery Excursion Grade 2/3/4

Monday 13th May District Cross Country Buildings & Grounds Meeting @ 4pm NAPLAN ONLINE May 14-24 Monday 20th May Wellington Division Cross Country Tuesday 21st May School Council Meeting Friday 24th May BCS Open Day 9:30-11am Wednesday 29th May Winter Sports Grade 5-6(TBC)

Canteen Friday Recess

Mini Hash Browns

3 for $1

Reminder….Student Free Day Friday 10th May

Friday 10th May Student Free Day

Our ANZAC day ceremony was led by our Student Leadership Team with the support of Mrs Robertson.

Sergeant Warren Shuttleworth came to talk to our learners about ANZAC day before he joined us for the ceremony.

Well done to our leaders and thank you to Ms Stuckey and Mrs Robertson for their organisation and support for our learners.

Some of the learners laid flowers and wreaths that they made in class to show respect for the ANZACs

***Please note no pictures were on

facebook for technical reasons.

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

P A G E 2

WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO TELL US WHAT THEY THINK!

We value student voice as a means to improving student engagement, wellbeing, and quality instruction, and are conducting a survey to find out what your child thinks of our school. The Attitudes to School Survey (AtoSS) is an

annual student survey offered by the Department of Education and Training to assist schools in gaining an understanding of students' perceptions and experience of school. Our school will use the survey results to plan

programs and activities to improve your child's schooling experience.

Students from Year 4 to 6, at our school will participate in the survey. Your child will complete the survey online during school hours using a purpose built secure online survey tool. It is important to note that we are not in any

way “testing” your child. Your child has the right to refuse or withdraw from the survey at any point before, during, or after completion of the survey.

Your child will be provided with a unique login to complete the survey. The student login is an assigned identifier

that may be used to link data for statistical and research purposes only. All responses to the survey are kept anonymous in the response file. Personal identification data will not be recorded in the survey response file. This

ensures that the confidentiality of your child’s responses is protected at all times. This year the Attitudes to School survey will be conducted at our school on Monday 6th May. The survey only takes

up to 20 minutes to complete and occurs during your child's class time.

The survey results will be reported back to the school before the end of term 2. All survey data that is made available in reports are for groups of students only so that no individual student can be identified. Data

suppression rules are used for schools with low student numbers per year level.

As soon as the school receive the results, we will be happy to share them with you.

If you would like more information, please speak to your child’s teacher or visit: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/management/improvement/Pages/performsurveyat.aspx

Warm Regards, Caroline Fletcher

See our school zone online The Department has released a new website that helps parents identify their local public school online.

Findmyschool.vic.gov.au launched on 24 April and shows every school zone across the state. The new website highlights the choice of public schools available to the Victorian community.

If your child is preparing to enter Year 7 and want to know more about the public secondary school options in our area, or you know someone who is interested in enrolling at our school, try findmyschool.vic.gov.au today. If you have a question about the website, contact the Victorian School building Authority Hotline on 1800 896 950 or email vsba@edumail.vic.gov.au

Welcome to our Education Support Trainee Shantell Kennedy- Hills

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/management/improvement/Pages/performsurveyat.aspxmailto:vsba@edumail.vic.gov.au

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Congratulations to the following students who have been recognised for their achievements, behaviour and attitude over the last week.

Well Done Awards FSS Hollie Tucker for always doing her best to finish her learning tasks. Hamish Cairns for always helping others to stay positive by lending a hand. FA Errol Anderson for using challenges in his learning. FG Harvey Florisson for putting in lots of concentration into his learning. Keep it up Harvey. 1M Nate Barrett for trying his best and challenging himself in his writing. 12D Reeve Spicer for being his best and writing a fantastic recount from his school holidays. Very impressive Reeve! 23R Zak Amott for approaching his learning with a positive mindset. 34G Jaxon Marshall for always being his best by being focused and proud of the learning that he did in his house maths project 34E Sophie Hollingsworth for always showing a positive attitude towards her learning. 56E Kade Mahoney for great writing during classroom activities 56R Matt Austin for great effort in writing activities

Student Awards

House Cross Country

Friday 3rd May

Don’t forget to come dressed

in your house colours

Canteen Have the following items for spectators wanting to grab a quick bite, or you can place an order at the canteen to be collected at 1:00pm. Quick Grab Menu: Arancini & Salad $5 Soup $3 Quiche $4 Sausage Rolls $2.50 Grab’N’Go Sandwiches $3.50 Finger Buns $1.50

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Classroom Spotlight - FSS - Mrs Smyth

A great start to Term 2 for the First Step’s class. During the first week we looked at ANZAC Day, what it means and why we remember. We made poppies from paper plates and painted poppies with milk lids in a field. “ANZAC Ted” was a story we all enjoyed listening too. We painted our ANZAC Teds with Rosemary. This week we have had a focus on our names and the days of the week.

P A G E 5

Thank you to our School Sponsors:

MacAlister Valley-Newry Lions Club Inc.

Notices sent home

Weekly Reminder

Mothers Day Note

Guitar Note

CANTEEN NEWS Welcome to term 2....we will continue with the Current Summer Menu until further notice. If you have not given your lunch wallet a quick clean already, now is the time to do it! The lunch wallets are able to go in the washing machine with your towels on a gentle wash; after you have removed name tags etc, please DO NOT put them in the dryer! For those of you that have been waiting for lunch wallets, we now have them in stock. Our Canteen Volunteer this week is Kelly Kirkham, we look forward to seeing you from 10am tomorrow! Friday’s Recess Special is Mini Hash Browns, 3 for $1.

Enjoy! Miriam & Amanda

Sale College Open Day Tuesday 7th May 9:15am - 10:45am

Maffra Secondary College Grade 6 -Transition Days: Wednesday 12th June Thursday 22nd August Thursday 7th November Tuesday 10th December

EARN & LEARN STICKERS Please bring all your earn and learn stickers to the school office. We will have a box at Maffra Woolworths soon.

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Key Dates To Remember for 2019 Term 2

Tuesday 23rd March First Day Term 2 for all students

Friday 3rd May House Cross Country

Tuesday 7th May Parents & Friends Meeting @ 9am

Mother’s Day Stall

Thursday 9th May Art Gallery Excursion Grades 2/3/4

Friday 10th May Student Free Day – Curriculum day

Monday 13th May District Cross Country

Buildings & Grounds Meeting @ 4pm

Tuesday 14th May – 24th May NAPLAN

Monday 20th May Wellington Division Cross Country

Tuesday 21st May School Council Meeting

Friday 24th May BCS Open Day 9:30-11am

Wednesday 29th May Winter Sports (TBC)

Monday 10th June Queens Birthday Public Holiday

Tuesday 18th June School Council Meeting

Thursday 20th June Coal Creek Excursion 23R, 34G & 34E

Monday 24th June Student Reports

Tuesday 25th June Starlab F-2 Incursion

Thursday 27th June Parents Teacher Interviews

Friday 28th June Last day Term 2 – School finishes @ 2:20pm