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PRIDE RESPONSIBILITY RESPECT INTEGRITY COMMITMENT 1

DATES FOR THE DIARY NOVEMBER

9th Remembrance Day

Assembly 1:40pm

12th – 23rd Swimming Prep – 2

13th WORLD KINDNESS DAY

19th 2019 Prep Orientation

9:15am – 10:15am

24th Election BBQ BVPS


2:00 – 3:00pm

27th Gr 5/6 Enterprise

28th Gr 5/6 Enterprise

30th Prep Fire Education

30th Gr1 Late Stay Gr 2

Sleepover

DECEMBER

3rd 2019 Gr 6 Leaders

Presentations


9:00 – 10:30am

5th School Council 7pm

7th Prep Fire Education

7th CHRISTMAS

TWILIGHT MARKET

11th Grade 6 Secondary School

Orientation (State schools)

2019 Prep Orientation 9 –

3pm

Grade 6 Graduation –

Veneto Club

17th Prep – Gr5 Buddy Day

19th Christmas Assembly

Parent Helper Morning Tea

BELLE VUE PRIMARY SCHOOL

20 Highview Road

North Balwyn 3104

Tel: 9859 6123

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.bellevueps.vic.edu.au

8th November 2018

From the Principal’s Desk…

Dear Families,

A short week this week. I hope everyone had a wonderful longer

weekend and that you are all feeling recharged for the busy and

exciting build up to the end of the year!

Swimming

The Prep – 2 swimming program begins next Monday 12th November.

After each lesson, the students have to get dried off and changed

very quickly before boarding the bus back to school. Hopefully you

have been practising this skill at home – ensuring your child can

independently dry off and get changed – with minimal assistance.

The Prep students will take part in a Dry Water Safety Program

(incursion) tomorrow – run by Kew Rec. This will help students

understand how to be and act around water before heading to the

pool next week.

If you are available or would like to assist during the swimming

program please let your child’s classroom teacher know, but it is also

essential that you hold a current Working With Children’s Check.

Staff Professional Learning

Curriculum Day

Staff spent Monday completing professional learning modules on

‘Disability and Diversity’, Anaphylaxis and Assessment and Reporting –

collating much needed data for not only report writing but to reflect

on the school’s 2018 Annual Implementation Plan targets.

Framework for Improving Student Outcomes – Community of Practice

This week our FISO – CoP Leaders (Carl Ward and Bryce Griesheimer)

met with the leaders from the other 3 schools in our Community of

Practice (Greythorn, Deepdene and Balwyn North Primary School).

They focussed on the reflections from staff regarding the work we

have undertaken this year on 4 of the 10 High Impact Teaching

Strategies (Questioning, Metacognitive Strategies, Multiple Exposures

and Differentiated Teaching.)

The aim of the session is to determine next steps for our CoP – with the

first day of 2019 set as a common Curriculum Day for all 4 schools.

Buildings and Grounds

So many exciting things have been happening around the school in

the last few weeks.

The working bee a few weeks ago – kick started some other works

around the yard.

Steven Davie (Noah, Abi and Charli’s dad) came in over the long

weekend and took out the fence panels along the front of the table

and bench seats in the veggie patch – meaning we can now access

and use them! He also began the task of sanding the table and seats

back (no mean feat!) – and will stain them so that they are protected

from the elements. Thank you!

He also measured up the area outside the library and BER (the grassy

square) and will draw up plans to put in a new retaining wall and

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some seating so that it becomes a more usable space for the students. In the coming weeks we may

be looking for volunteers to come along and help Steven complete this job.

The Hall works (finally!) began over the long weekend. The temporary fencing was installed last Friday.

The asbestos panels from the porch (ceiling area) were removed early Monday morning (Curriculum

Day – whilst no one was on site). The renovation should begin in earnest next week.

Bentleigh Tree Care – were in all day Wednesday 7th November doing a general clean up and taking

out any ‘at risk’ trees. Peter and his team of 5 were kept busy all day – and kept our students

entertained. They loved watching Ben scale up into the trees and take down branches (all from a very

safe distance).

Leo has begun to plant more hebies outside the BER - if any of you are free on Monday or Wednesday

morning, after drop off, I am sure Leo could use the extra hands.

The grounds are looking the best they have in a long time – some of the (other) work we have had

completed in the last few weeks include: the asphalt rejuvenation; new line markings; accessible and

well maintained vegie patch; the buddy bench area (seating is almost finished and the shed itself

looks fantastic!); the planting between the BER and the Admin building; and the oval is looking lush

after being aerated and reseeded a number of times this year (the rains have been well received!).

Thank you to everyone who has assisted in the upkeep of the school – all efforts are appreciated.

Planning 2019

Thank you to those families who have informed me that their children will not be returning next year.

This does help considerably with forward planning. Thank you also to those families who have

presented to me, in writing any relevant information pertaining to the placement of their children for

the next year. I do however need to reiterate it is not a “pick your class teacher or pick your class

group” option; but rather it is an opportunity for you to provide any relevant social, emotional and

educational information that you would like the school to take into account when the class groups

are being formed.

A reminder that next Monday, November 12th, is the last day for parents to submit, in writing,

information pertaining to the planning processes for 2019. The information that has been presented to

the school is summarised and taken into consideration when teachers are forming the 2019 class

groups. Every effort is made to take into account all possible factors.

When forming classes the following criteria will be considered:

Student numbers

Mixed academic ability

Gender balance

Positive friendship groups

After the full seven years at school, children should have been grouped with many others within their

year level.

It is with this air of enthusiasm and optimism that we embark on the preparation for yet another happy

year at Belle Vue Primary School.

Dates

A reminder to keep your eye on the calendar dates, Team App alerts and classroom notices in the

lead up to the many varied, whole school and year level events that are coming up over the course

of the next few weeks. Some of which include:

2019 Prep Orientation

Grade 5/6 Enterprise

Grade 5 Leadership Speeches (for 2019 Leadership Roles)

Grade 6 Graduation

Grade 1 late stay

Grade 2 sleepover

Prep – Grade 5 Buddy Incursion

Grade 5/6 Excursion

Performance Assembly

Twilight Christmas Market

Christmas Assembly

Parent Helper Morning Tea

A very busy time, on top of normal teaching and learning programs – so we all need to be super

organised and mindful of timelines – check the website (and perhaps school bags!) for notices!


CHILDREN NOT RETURNING TO BELLE VUE PRIMARY SCHOOL IN 2019 Please return this note to the office as soon ASAP

Child/Children’s Name: ________________________________________________

Class/es in 2019: ______________________________________________________

Transferring to: _______________________________________________________

Parent Signature: _____________________________________________________

2018 School Term Dates

Term 4: 8th October – 21st December

Friday 21st December 1:30pm Finish

Friday Assembly – Remembrance Day

Tomorrow we will be having a special Remembrance Day assembly to commemorate

100 years since the armistice of WW1. One student from each class will share a reflection

on what Remembrance Day means to them. (Roll of Honour will take place after this)

Please join us at 1:40pm by the flagpoles.

Cathy Caminiti

Principal

–In line with our aim of becoming a 5 star sustainable school – at the end of term we will be going

paperless, making our Semester 2 reports available to parents through the parent portal on

Sentral. On Monday 17th September, we sent out individual letters home letters with step by step

instructions on how to log in with your unique log in code and create an access account. To

date we have only had 70 families log in. As with any change – this will take some time to process

and iron out any ‘issues’ that may arise – so we ask that you assist us by signing in as soon as

possible – and let us know of any issues you encounter along the way (although it should be fairly

simple).

Again, we will be working towards enabling parents to lodge absences and view the school

newsletter through this same portal (eventually) but we need to ensure we have everyone signed

up and access granted first.

*Reports will be available on line only – so sign in asap!

ELECTION DAY BBQ Saturday 24th November

Belle Vue Primary School will once again be used as a polling booth for the upcoming

election. This is the perfect opportunity to not only to show case our wonderful school,

but do some easy fundraising– (and put back into our gardening budget!!)

If you are able to assist on the day– either as a chef (cook the bbq!), manning the cake/icy

pole stall, baking for the cake stall, coming along to vote etc the P&F would be

most appreciative.

An hour of your time – is all we ask. Sign up sheets will go up in the front office – so

please come and support your school!


The following students are being entered into the Roll of Honour and will be presented with

their certificates at tomorrow’s assembly: 8/11/2018

PG Dante For always working hard to complete tasks and never giving up. (Student

Nomination)

PG Lucas For working hard to improve at being still and calm during our mindfulness time.

(Staff Nomination)

PW Scarlett She always listens to, and follows the rules the first time she is asked! (Student

Nomination)

PW Aryan For always contributing to class discussions and following class routines without

being reminded. (Staff Nomination)

12A Chelsea For always sitting quietly and finishing all her work. (Student Nomination)

12A Aidan For improving his writing skills by listening carefully and staying focussed. (Staff

Nomination)

12B Jensen For showing better listening and respect on the floor and pride in his work.

(Student Nomination)

12B Bessie For always taking pride in her work and showing commitment to her learning.

(Staff Nomination)

12D Zander For being friendly and respectful to everyone. (Student Nomination)

12D Jad For being an independent and confident writer. Well done! (Staff Nomination)

34D Noelle For working very hard, showing all the school values and getting up the 'ready

to learn' chart nearly every day. (Student Nomination)

34D Chloe For her fantastic attitude towards her learning and always putting in 100% (Staff

Nomination)

34W Emily For looking out for others and providing help when needed (Student

Nomination)

34W Sienna For her amazing use of similes, alliteration and onomatopoeia in her poetry

(Staff Nomination)

56B Olivia For always showing respect in class and helping her peers. (Student Nomination)

56B Andrew V For and excellent Armistice Day poem. (Staff Nomination)

56G Joban For being an excellent friend by comforting someone when in need (Student

Nomination)

56G George For showing confidence in the classroom through consistently sharing his effort

with the class (Staff Nomination)

Congratulations!

Roll of Honour





HIP, HIP HOORAY! IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY!

WE HOPE YOU HAVE OR HAD A GREAT DAY

FROM ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS AT BELLE VUE!

Mickey, Jack B, Olivia B, Mishka,

Paris, Angela, Alexandra P.T.,

Vincent, James Y.



2019 Prep Enrolments

If you are currently a member of the school community and have a child ready to commence school

next year please call into the office to collect an enrolment pack.

Please help us spread the word to anyone you know who has a child starting

school in 2019. We’d love these prospective students to be able to take full

advantage Kinder-Prep Orientation program.

Call our office to register for a school tour:

9859 6123

or email your registration to

[email protected]

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