Messages from Mrs Inglis
We are nearly half way through the school year – with one more week to go. I hope you were able to enjoy some time with your family over the long weekend – out and about or in the comfort of your nice warm home. I went straight to the shops and purchased a nice warm coat for gate and yard duty – that I am certainly getting good use out of.
Excursions and Camps
It is fantastic that we have camps being planned again, as we have not been able to hold them in the last two years. Our grade 6 students are the only students at our school that have experienced this awesome event. We hope that all our grade 3 to 6 students are able to join us.
We are aware that costs have increased – petrol/bus hire being one of the biggest to impact our camps. If anyone is experiencing financial difficulties with paying for camp or any excursions, we encourage you to come to speak to either the office staff or the leadership team. We are happy to work with families to make sure you are accessing all your entitlements through CSEF or can work out a payment plan. If we know you need support, we are then able to help so please let us know.
Child Safe Standards
We have new Child Safe Standards being implemented in term 3 and you will receive more information about the changes. All children have the right to feel safe and be safe, but safety does not just happen. The Standards exist to prevent harm and abuse from happening to all our children. All organisations that work or have volunteers with children and young people, are required to meet the Standards.
One of the processes that safe guard our students is ensuring that all people working with or near our students hold a Working With Children’s Check registered to Beaconsfield Primary School. Therefore, if you wish to be a helper in the classroom, at our school or on an excursion or camp you must hold one of these and have Beaconsfield Primary School listed as an organisation. The process for applying for a card can take some time, so it is a good idea to begin this as soon as possible. You are also required to have a WWC to do any volunteer work – such as coaching or instructing so it is handy to have.
To add Beaconsfield Primary School as an organisation does not take long to do online but we do required the paperwork to be sent to our school before you are eligible to participate. This can also take some time – so once again, begin this as soon as possible.
This is one of the many safe guards we implement at Beacy to ensure the safety of all our students. We will provide you with more information next term for the new Standards and policies.
Curriculum Day
On Tuesday the staff spent a day of Professional Learning around the Social and Emotional Curriculum. We worked through the Respectful Relationships program. It was a great day to spend together to look at current research and effective practices to ensure that we are supporting our students. We listened to our very engaging presenter and participate in activities that students would undertake and discussed how we could support our students’ learning.
It was a great day to take that opportunity to focus on the Social and Emotional learning for our Beacy students and we know that whilst we have always had a focus on this at our school, the past two years have impacted our students.
Victorian High Ability Program
It is time to celebrate three of our students in grade 6 who were selected to participate in the Victorian High Ability Program. Congratulations to Audrey, Niamh and Mia who were selected on their academic achievements. These students participated in a weekly virtual classroom for literacy. They gave up their lunchtimes and had homework and were part of a class to extend their knowledge and understanding. We are so proud of their achievement.
Region Cross Country
Since our last newsletter, we have had Division Cross Country and Region Cross Country. The team did a fantastic job at Division, and we had 7 students make it through to Region. We had students ranging from grade 3 to 6 and they all did an amazing job. Unfortunately they did not make it through to State but what a great result to have so many of our students proceeding to different stages and giving it their absolute best. We are so proud of all our Beacy students.
Time to say ‘goodbye’
We have a couple of staff leaving Beaconsfield Primary School. Fiona Drury has been working at our school as an Education Support Staff. Fiona has decided to move into a different industry and take on new challenges. She has loved her time at Beacy and we have loved working with her – with our students, staff and families. Fiona could always be seen around our school with a huge smile, always greeting and making everyone feel welcomed. We wish Fiona all the best.
Alice, our school chaplain, has decided to reduce her days and therefore she will be leaving our school. We have enjoyed meeting Alice this semester and I know many students have benefited from her support in the program. We thank Alice for all her hard work.
We are now lookig at finding a replacement for the wellbeing program and will let you know when we have been successful.
Opposite Day – Thursday 23rd June
The SRC have come up with a fun day where we come to school dressed in something ‘opposite’. This is where you and your child can use your creativity to come up with some very clever ideas. If you are stuck, some ideas are pjs, an elderly person, a parent, a teacher, superhero.
The day is to raise funds for State Schools’ Relief. State Schools’ Relief is a not-for-profit organisation that improves the lives of tens of thousands of disadvantaged Victorian students, and their families, each year. Our students feel they are very privileged to come to our school and have the great opportunities they are provided and wanted these same experiences to be made available for other kids.
School Reports
Next week we will be uploading your child’s report to Sentral – Parent Portal. The teachers have done a tremendous effort to teach and assess with students coming and going due to illness. It has been lovely that our school has been open every day with lots of teaching and learning happening.
We will hold off sending the Celebration books/folders home until next term – just so they do not get misplaced over the holidays. These books/folders will show examples of your child’s learning for the first semester. They then come back to school to have work added in for the remainder of the year.
Please make sure you can access Sentral – Parent Portal. If you have any issues logging in, please contact the school office. If you have forgotten your password, please email the school for a new password.
Term 2 finishes next Friday 24th June at 2:30pm. I wish everyone a lovely term break. I hope you are all able to use the holidays to do things that make you smile and enjoy the special times with your family. As the weather does hinder some of our plans – I hope you are able to get out and explore new places and experiences.
Have a great break.
Heidi Inglis
