1st December 2016

Our school garden WINS again! Mr Jones, Jade, Amy, Emily Gentry, Olivia Gangemi, Ruth Littler and Matilda Shaw were invited to the Victorian School Garden Awards at the Botanical Gardens on Tuesday. Emily & Olivia were lucky enough to be selected to be a part of the aboriginal welcoming ceremony to acknowledge the Bunerong people, past and present. We are sure they will remember this experience for a very long time. We came home with a Regional Award (2nd year running) and a $350 Gardenworld voucher! Garden Club students are brainstorming ideas for items we can purchase.

Congratulations to Moorabbin Primary School for taking home the Kevin Heinze Perpetual Award. The VSGA program is in it’s 39th year. $40,000 this year was given to schools in prize vouchers and equipment to help continue the growth of school gardens across Victoria. Green Thumbs and gardening club students were honoured to be a part of this special event. You can view the submission via the green thumbs link on the school website plus lots of other great news about the school garden.

HORTICULTURAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA

Last week Green Thumbs & the environmental team were privileged to host a garden tour for the members of this

wonderful association. We toured the garden; with students showing them their favourite parts of the garden and

made garden pizzas and herbal tea for everyone. It was a beautiful morning and finished with a certificate of

appreciation for Green Thumbs’ achievement in working with children, teaching them how to grow food and the

therapeutic benefits of being outdoors. It also came with a $100 gift voucher to help us tend to the school garden.

The next day we (Amy & Jade) were invited to attend the annual conference and speak about our school garden

and all that we do. We were very nervous but by the end we couldn’t stop talking as the audience had lots and lots

of questions and admiration for our school garden. They were very impressed with the knowledge the

environmental team shared with some of them the previous day. We were thrilled to be part of the day & very

proud of the environmental students. We may just need a bigger pizza oven for the next lot of visitors.

SCHOOL CHICKENS – it is with sadness that we say goodbye to another chicken. A couple of weeks ago we lost one lady and yesterday another. Yes they are getting old and need a little bit of extra quiet we think. Please be mindful and try to express to your children that the chickens need a quiet area. There are still plenty of eggs available at the office. All money donated helps to purchase their feed.

Holiday Roster – the roster will be up shortly at the office for families who wish to care for the chickens

and garden over the summer holidays.

SENSORY GARDEN is almost complete!

With great thanks to Scotsburn Nurseries,

Back to Earth for their compost donation,

Max Reynolds’ grandpa for building the

bed, Stacy Smith for all her muscles and

moving 1 cubic metre of compost and soil,

Ange Lang for organizing all the amazing

plants, Leah Greenwood for planting all

the plants and Georgina Ablett for getting

everyone together and organized. With

BIG thanks to Nikola Nakon of O’Brien

Real Estate for donating $500 to complete

the project and Russcycled for their prompt

delivery of the new mud kitchen. And a

super thanks to Peter for our new

blackboard!

We hope to have the Sensory Garden finished over the coming school holidays.

TIME TO GET GRUBBY FOR WORLD SOIL DAY! Dirtgirlworld, Scrapboy and Costa the Garden Gnome from ABC

TV ran a competition called "My Compost Rocks" a few weeks ago.

The winner will be announced on Monday, World soil Day. We got

a phone call from DIRTGIRL and she told us how impressed she

was with our school & families composting systems that she is

sending Scrapboy to our school on Monday at 10.30am to stream

LIVE TV as roving reporters for the day and announce the big

winner!

2017 CSEF Applications are available from the Office or www.bonbeachps.vic.edu.au.

Please complete the application and present with Health Care Card which must be

valid for the 30th January 2017.

2017 Booklists

2017 Booklists have been sent home and are due back to the school office by Friday 9

th December. Book collection and payment has been scheduled for Monday 30

th

January 9am to 1pm at the school. For the school to order your child a stationary pack you MUST return your 2017 Booklist to the Office by Friday 9th December. A $10 discount applies to the purchase of the complete (no crossed off items) 2017 Booklist per student if payment is made in full by Friday 9

th December

2016. Many families are using the Direct Deposit facility to make payments for camps, excursions and other requirements that occur during a school year. We even have some parents already making payments for their books for 2017. Most of these payments are for small amounts–some as little as $5.00 a week. It really does add up and makes major payments so easy to manage. If you would like to take advantage of this option, the Bonbeach Primary School Bank Account Details are below: Bank: CBA BSB: 063118 Account Number: 10059192 Please include your child’s name and reason for payment as the reference. This facility can be used for instalments and one off payments. Please contact the office if you have any queries. Please note Year 5 and 6 Booklist should read Water Safety Program - 4 sessions per student $35.

Year 6 Graduation Thursday 15

th December

A reminder to parents of year 6 students RSVP to the Graduation along with payment and names of their 2 guests is due by Friday 2

nd December 2016.

Thank you

TERM 4 Fri 2/12 Children with a Difference Support Group meeting at Chelsea Longbeach Hotel at 10am Lunchtime dance club performance at assembly. 3pm Tue 6/12 Uniform Shop Open 9am –10am (This is the last day the Uniform Shop will be open for 2016) Prep 2017 Orientation Program Session 4 9am-12pm Year 6-Year 7 2017 Secondary College Orientation Day Wed 7/12 Year 4 Camp Manyung depart Fri 9/12 2017 Booklist must be returned to the Office no later than today Year 4 Camp Manyung return Sun 11/12 Bonbeach Farmers’ Market 8:30am-12:30pm Tue 13/12 School Council meeting 6pm Wed 14/12 Children with a Difference Support Group meeting at Chelsea Longbeach Hotel at 10am Thur 15/12 Year 6 Graduation 6pm Mon 19/12 Christmas Concert 6:30pm Tue 20/12 Last day of term 4-students dismissed at 1:30pm

2017 TERM 1 Mon 30/1 2017 Booklist Payment and Collection Day 9am-1pm Uniform Shop Open 9:30-11am Staff return Tue 31/1 Year 1-6 students return 9am Thurs 2/2 Prep students start 10am Wed 8/2 Prep Entry Assessment Appointments – No Preps at school Wed 15/2 Prep Entry Assessment Appointments – No Preps at school Wed 22/2 Prep Entry Assessment Appointments – No Preps at school Wed 1/3 Prep Entry Assessment Appointments – No Preps at school Wed 8/3 Prep Entry Assessment Appointments – No Preps at school Wed 15/3 Prep Entry Assessment Appointments – No Preps at school Wed 22/3 Prep Entry Assessment Appointments – No Preps at school Wed 29/3 Prep Entry Assessment Appointments – No Preps at school Fri 31/3 Last day of term 1-students dismissed at 2:30pm

Congratulations to the following children who will receive Student of the Week awards at next week’s assembly.

JB Saraya L JS Asha B JT Mitchell B JW Alva D JE Anita P

JM Kirik L

MB Anna E MK Will P MMT Charli A MP Declan T Seniors: Bliss P, Liam M and Mya W

Bonbeach Farmers’ Market!

Sunday 11th December

Open from 8:30am to 12:30pm

$2 donation per adult

School Banking day is Thursday. Remember, Thursday is School Banking day and students should bring in their weekly deposit.

For every deposit made at school, no matter how big or small, students will

receive a silver Dollarmites token. Once students have individually collected 10

tokens they can redeem them for an exclusive School Banking reward item in

recognition of their regular savings habits.

School Banking is also a great fundraiser for our school, raising 5% on every

deposit made through the school (to a maximum of $10 per individual deposit).

If your child has lost their book, they can bring their money to school in a sealed

envelope with a note on the next School Banking day. We will issue them with a

replacement.

Thank you for supporting the School Banking program at Bonbeach

Primary School.

Please help us reflect on our community engagement this year by filling out this very quick survey!! Your input and

suggestions are important to us and will help make next year an even better year than this one! Thank you.

Simply click on the link below.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HJ2FZHD

Chelsea Community - Christmas Lunch

Have you ever asked yourself – What would Christmas be like, if you were alone? OR

If you could not afford to buy lunch for your family?

Last year our 5 & 6 year old asked if we could feed the needy on Christmas Day. We couldn’t find anything local to Chelsea; so this year we’ve

decided to start up something in our community.

Local community families in conjunction with St Joseph’s Parish & School, Chelsea, Community Church of Christ, Uniting Church of Australia

(Chelsea) and St Vincent de Paul are joining together to run a Community Christmas Lunch on Christmas Day.

We want to create an opportunity for people who are alone and don’t have

anywhere to go, to have a hot meal, dessert, music & entertainment within a friendly community.

We would like to offer a “Pantry Hamper” to as many guests as we can.

We are asking for donations from your pantry – any items that are suitable: Tins of food, pasta, sauces, rice, tuna, etc Toothpaste, deodorant, toothbrushes etc

There will be a collection box as you walk into school.

If you cannot help in person but would still like to contribute, you can make a

financial donation to help sponsor meals or a table.

To register your support or make a donation please email Vanessa on ChelseaCommunityXMASLunch@gmail.com or call St Joseph’s Parish Office

on: 9772 2211.

UNIFORM SHOP

The final dates that the

Uniform Shop is open is as

follows:

6/12/16 9-10am

Prepaid completed orders

forms can be left at the office

to be filled. Orders will then be

available for collection from

the office.

Thank-you

Bonnie, Katarina

& Misako Please remember to wear your wide brimmed hat from the 1

st September

to 30th

April.

Dogs at school. Dogs are not allowed on school premises between the hours of 8:45am and 3:45pm. Even if you know your dog is placid and wouldn’t hurt anyone, some children are scared or uncomfortable around dogs. If you do bring your dog to school for pick up or drop off, please tie them to the fence outside.

KUMON

CONFIDENCE TO LEARN

Help your child to make the most of the 2016 school year by developing

essential English and Math skills with KUMON programs

Contact KUMON CHELSEA EDUCATION CENTRE

5, Blantyre Ave, Chelsea, VIC, 3196

Instructor Lena Gvirtsman

call or SMS on 0402065154