Beaconsfield Primary School Newsletter
Latest news from Beacy!
DATES TO REMEMBER:
Monday 19th Demember – Gr 6 Funfields excursion
Tuesday 20th December – Last day of Term 4, 1:30pm finish
Monday 30th January – Term 1 begins for Gr 1-6
Tuesday 31st January – Term 1 begins for Prep students
Wednesday 1st February – No preps at school
Wednesday 1st February – First canteen day for 2023
We would like to wish all of our families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Have a lovely holiday and we look forward to seeing you all in 2023.
Well it’s been a huge year! The Parents and friends have raised over $23,000.00 this year!
Recently our movie night was a great way for all of us to come together as a community to see the smiles on all the kids faces, this is why we do it, even high on sugar! Just one of the many events that bring our school community together and help raise funds for our kids.
I would like to thank all of our volunteers including the members of our P & F, without you events like this could not happen. Thank you to everybody that came and supported our movie night, although we did have some technical issues we did manage to get it all going. To all our students, thank you for your help, your time and your lovely smiles.
We hope you have all managed to see the newly finished bike shed with new floor and stands, don’t forget to watch out for all the newly painted, brightly coloured paint on the ground, it looks awesome! This is why we work so hard to fundraise. Wait till you see what is coming next year, cross your fingers it’s finished in time for the New Year so keep your eyes open!
Thank you again to all our generous families and businesses that made contributions to the school this year, without the community’s support our kids would miss out, so thank you all!
And we are already looking forward to next year. Elections for a new committee will be held in February 2023, information will come out on Sentral.
We would also like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a safe holiday and see you all back next year.
Please don’t forget to support the companies that paid for advertising at the movie night:
Please also support these companies that have donated to our Christmas raffle:
Alison Wilkinson-Beards
President
Parents and Friends
DATES TO REMEMBER:
Friday 2nd December – Blast Cricket (Selected students)
Friday 2nd December – PERMISSION DUE – Students vs Parents/Teachers
Saturday 3rd December – Gr 6 2023 Uniform to be ordered by today
Monday 5th December – PAYMENT & PERMISSION DUE – Gr 6 Funfields excursion
Tuesday 6th December – Gr 6 Jubilee Garden Opening
Friday 9th December – Last day of Canteen for 2022
Friday 9th December – Beacy Fun Fair
Wednesday 14th December – End of year Celebration Concert. Juniors 12:30pm, Seniors 2:00pm
Thursday 15th December – Grade 6 Graduation
Friday 16th December – Dress up Day ‘What do you want to be when you grow up’ theme
Monday 19th December – Gr 6 Funfields excursion
Tuesday 20th December – End of Term 4, 1:30pm finish
Monday 30th January – Term 1 begins for Gr 1 – 6
Tuesday 31st January – Term 1 begins for Prep
Wednesday 1st February – No Preps at school
Energy Breakthrough, Maryborough 2022
What an adventure this turned out to be!!!!
A massive thank you to everyone who helped make it possible, the preparation for this event started weeks before the 3 days in Maryborough. No matter how big or small your contribution THANK YOU!!! Well done to all the students involved for your fantastic Beacy spirt and accepting all the changes that came our way with the right attitude. Now the story of what happened.
The Try Athlon competition was made up of 5 activities for points adding up to 100 points over 3 days, 2 presentations and 3 riding events. Beaconsfield Primary School had 3 teams entered event under our name in the Try Athlon. A primary school team competing in ‘Wasp’ made up of four girls and three boys from Beaconsfield Primary School. An all-girls team in ‘Storm’ in the secondary school class consisting of current and former students. Lastly an all-boys team racing ‘Gotta Catch’em All’ in the open class made up of former students and Mr Cole’s two sons. Riders currently at Beaconsfield PS were Erin S, Elyssa T, Eleanor C, Emma C, Scarlett C, Max M, Kristian D and Mathijs C.
Most families arrived in camp Wednesday evening, not on our usual nice green oval at the track but a 10 minute walk down the road in the Salvation Army paddock due to the rain that had occurred on the lead up to the event. We were still able to make ourselves a comfortable base of operation.
Thursday the 2 presentations took place and there were 40 points for grabs. Display and presentation was a poster presentation and had the students speaking to judges about the training they had done to prepare for the event, how the school tries to be environmentally friendly, heathy eating, the history of the program and the sponsors and friends that had made it possible to compete. Design and construction was where the riders spoke about their vehicle, safety features and the race rules.
Friday we hit the track nice and early with a 7:15am start for practice on the endurance track which also doubled as qualification grid positions the next day. Over the remainder of the day the 3 teams split up to compete in 2 sprint events, the obstacle course and the time trail. Both events required riders to complete 1 lap of the track them, a pit stop to change to the next rider, the rider change overs being the key to these events. Depending on the class the races were 8 or 16 laps in length. The obstacle course tested the rider’s control of the vehicle and the time trial their speed.
The real adventure started on a beautifully sunny Friday afternoon when team managers were called to an urgent meeting, pausing the races, to let us know that the weather was not going to be as kind the next day for the 8 hour endurance race. Heavy rain, thunder and lightning were on the way. A whole team meeting was held at camp that evening and all families decided to stay and race.
Saturday morning had us packing up the camp site in preparation for the afternoon storm and making our way to the track ready for eight hours of racing. Final preparation of the vehicles for wet weather racing was required due to light rain making the track wet. Our pit area needed to be set up and once again we found ourselves standing in muddy puddles.
The eight hour endurance race started with a parade lap at 2:00pm. About 4:30pm team managers were again called to an urgent meet and this time we were told the race would not be finishing at 10:00pm as planned but in 30 minutes time, 5:00pm. Our racing had been cut from eight hours to three hours. We would have about an hour to pack everything away before the storm arrived. With GREAT teamwork this was achieved.
Dinner was pizza back at the camp site before we all went our separate ways home through what had become heavy rain. Everyone making it safely home eventually, some of us having some extra adventures along the way, Saturday night or Sunday morning. Results came through over the next week:
· ‘Wasp’ in the primary school class 15th
· ‘Storm’ in the secondary school class – 3rd
· ‘Gotta Catch’em All’ in the open class – 1st
Thank you again to everyone who made this a successful event.
Mr Cole
Joshua R, Tayla B, Sophia Z, Flynn D, Jackson K, Georgia M, Jax T, Flynn W, Kian R, Axl F, Izach P, Macie G, Sophie R, Eve C, Isla C, Jack A, Ted B, Axel A, Cadence B, Ruby M, Theo Y, Ryan P, Emmie R, Archer T, Breeana W, Ezekial P, Holly K, Keishaani T, Hamish M, Madeline D, Kristian D, Bella T, Ophelia C, Anabel N, Poppy H, Ebony B, Indigo E, Stella S, Matilda W, Millie E & Blake A.
DATES TO REMEMBER:
Monday 21st November – Gr 2 Excursion Legoland Discovery Centre
Monday 21st November – PAYMENT DUE – State Final Gr 3/4 Future Stars Hoop-Time
Tuesday 22nd November – State Finals Gr 5/6 All Stars Hoop-Time
Monday 28th November – PERMISSION DUE – Jubilee Garden opening Photo
Saturday 3rd December – Gr 6 Uniforms to be ordered by today
DATES TO REMEMBER:
Wednesday 2nd November – State Athletics Championship (selected students)
Wednesday 2nd November – PAYMENT DUE – Softball Regional Finals
Wednesday 2nd November – PAYMENT DUE – Gr 1 African Drumming Incursion
Thursday 3rd November – 2023 Prep Information night (Virtual)
Thursday 3rd November – Volleyball Regional Finals
Monday 7th November – Whole School Assembly
Tuesday 8th November – Gr 5 IMAX & Museum Excursion
Wednesday 9th November – Softball Regional Finals (selected students)
Thursday 10th November – Volleyball Regional Finals (selected students)
Friday 11th November – P&F Movie Night Fundraiser. Gates open at 6:30
Monday 14th November – Prep Space Incursion
Wednesday 16th November – HPV Maryborough begins
Wednesday 16th November – Gr 1 African Drumming Incursion