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29th July 2015
School Bell
Bellbridge Primary School Telephone 9749 6161
Bellbridge Drive, Hoppers Crossing, 3029
Out of School Care Mob 0419 594 841
Email Address: [email protected]
Website Address: http://www.bellbridgeps.vic.edu.au
STUDENT ABSENCES Absences so far this year _____________4241
Absences same time last year __________3923
DATES TO REMEMBER
31st July……………………….……….………..…..Book Club due
5th
August……………………………..Grade 2 Werribee Mansion
7th
August………………………………………..…..Prep Incursion
12th
August………………….……..Grade1 & 2 Athletics at School
13th
August….…………………………….…….Grade 3-6 Athletics
18th
August…….……Grade 5 Science Excursion to Suzanne Cory
20th
August……..……………….Grade 1 Excursion Scienceworks
20th
August………….Grade 6 Science Excursion to Suzanne Cory
1st September……………………………………….……..Footy Day
18th
September………………………………………..End of Term 3
LATE ARRIVAL/EARLY LEAVERS
Any child arriving to school after 8.30am is required to attend the office with a parent/guardian, to obtain a late
pass. If your child is leaving school early, the parent/guardian is required to send a note with their child on the
morning informing the classroom teacher of the time they will be collected and who will be collecting them.
The parent/guardian is required to sign the child out at the office, where arrangements will be made for the
child to come up to office.
ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL
If your child is absent from school for any reason, we require parents/guardians to notify the school office that
they won’t be attending. When your child returns to school, a note must be given to their teacher detailing the
date and the reason for the absence.
If your child has any long term absences from school, (e.g. holidays, extended illness etc.) a note is required to
be given to their teacher informing them of the absence prior to them commencing the absence.
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PRINCIPAL WRITES
100 DAYS of SCHOOL
PREP ENROLMENTS for 2016
Parents of current students at Bellbridge who have a younger sibling who will be starting Prep in 2016 are strongly
encouraged to enrol now.
In the first week in August, I will be informing the Education Department of our predicted enrolments and our accuracy in
predicting Prep enrolments is critical due to classroom space and staffing.
Please contact the Office if you wish to arrange a tour or a chat with a member of the Leadership Team prior to enrolling.
PARENT FORUM for our SCHOOL REVIEW
We appreciated the effort made by a small group of parents who provided valuable input with a focus on the progress
made by our school over the past four years. Their comments and suggestions will be included in our School Self
Evaluation document that is an important element of our School Review. Some of the feedback included the following:
What is going well at our school? What are areas for improvement at our school?
SWPBS program, consistent expectations, celebrations
Orientation and transition is a great experience
Focus and follow up about student attendance
Communication with parents, Facebook page
Flexibility in teaching to challenge each child’s abilities;
giving work at a higher level
Homework reflects classroom practices
Use of student diaries and communication books
Teachers are approachable
Lunch time and extra curricula activities
Parent involvement; parent groups/activities
Have more regular school reviews, not just every four
years
Share professional development opportunities with
parents, e.g. Auslan, Maths, Reading
Use the newsletter to really sell the things the school
does well, e.g. students’ stories, poems; student & parent
achievements
Sometimes the reports don’t explain students’ progress;
can feel cut & paste at times
Consistency and structure with classroom routines in
grade levels, e.g. spelling test, reading take home books
PARENT OPINION SURVEY
A special envelope containing information about the annual Parent Survey was sent home earlier this week to
approximately 110 randomly selected families. This survey includes a set of questions about your level of satisfaction
regarding different aspects of our school. We value feedback from our parents as it helps us to make further plans for the
future success of our school. Your responses are due back at school by Friday, July 31st.
We appreciate the amount of parent support, feedback and input we have been receiving recently.
Our shared partnership is a key feature of our school culture.
Debbie Clancy
Principal
The students and staff in our Prep Team
celebrated the milestone of 100 days of school
this week. This included dressing up in clothes
and costumes that represented numbers,
dancing in a parade, and participating in a
range of maths activities based around the
number ‘100’.
A highlight of this special day was the Prep
teachers dressing up as 100-year-old ladies!
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STUDENT OF THE WEEK
Congratulations to the children named below for receiving Awards.
Be a Learner
Tyler Hetherington, Austin Shearer, Deeanna Bufalino, Jawad Razvi, Lara Brownrigg, Asiya Syeda,
Altheo Buenaventura, Jack Plowright, Matilda Hutchinson, Porsche King, Legion King,
Ryder Prizibilla, Joshua Tierney, Vivienne Dinh, Boston Paaka, Ella Taylor, Ashleigh Karan,
Leon Balla, Luca Cianci, Brodie Dixon, Nicole Edwards, Eden Skoutariotis, Jack Tran,
Nebiyu Mezgebu, Prakriti Chadha, Kayla Moore, Kyle Okeroa, Lochan Kaler, Antonio Naumcevski,
Atahua Brown, Nidhiarasu Thennarasu, Henry Lu, Daniel Hennessy, Christian Biak Thluai, Athulya
Nair, Maddy Haywood, James Cardona, Lenyx Brown, Connor Karastanovic, Sanket Shivashankaran,
Patrick Henwood, Connor Modrich, Tara Kirkpatrick, Jack Contreras
Be Responsible
Jake Gorman, Azib Javed, Alejah Quisay, Kahdija Khalaf, April Duncan, Prep E, Prep F,
Maxie Francis. Jasmin Pelen, Toby Aibinu, Joshua Conarty, Aimee Bounden, Shanea Heffernan,
Connor Walker
Be Respectful
Davernious Thomas-Radovanovich, Hsar Tha Dah Paw Hsar, Tanae Lee Stojcevski, Ramneet Kaur,
Sarah Lawson, Yusuf Ibrahim
BELLBRIDGE OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS CARE
Parents, please let Joanne or Kate know if your child/ren is not attending the program on the day that they are
booked in. If you do not inform us, we need to charge you for that day.
For the next two weeks, we have Henny Penny eggs in our room, and we have four beautiful little chicks and
hope to have more hatching this week. Please feel free to drop in and have a look.
If your child/ren require medication to be administered at the program, please make sure that their medication is
in the original package and that you fill out the medication book so we can administer it to your child/ren.
All accounts must be paid by the due date stated on your invoice. If your account is three weeks overdue, your
child/ren will not be able to access the program until paid in full.
ASTHMA FORMS
For any student who suffers from asthma the school must have an action plan in the student’s file in case of an
emergency. If your child suffers from asthma, please send the form back to school as soon as possible. It is
important that we have this information on hand so as we can assist your child effectively.
Interested Parents and Friends are invited to meet with Mrs Clancy and members of the Leadership Team
for an informal chat after Assembly on Monday each week. Pre-schoolers are welcome.
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HOLIDAY PROGRAM AT BELLBRIDGE PRIMARY
Team Holiday is a multi-award winning holiday program provider for children and teens across
Melbourne and greater Victoria and are now starting up at Bellbridge. We provide full-day
activities to over 35,000 children aged 5-15 every year. Our programs are perfect for working
families or for kids who are just looking for fun activities to do during their holiday break.
95% of families rate Team Holiday as the better than any other program they've ever used.
Fast Facts: • Our service is fully approved for Child Care Benefit and Child Care Rebates.
• We provide a huge variety of theme days and activities Monday to Friday throughout most school holiday
periods.
• We open at 8am and close at 6pm, however you can drop off as late as 9.30 and pickup as early as 3.30pm
(provided we're not on an excursion!). We do not offer half days.
• Activities include sports clinics, swimming, cooking, giant outdoor games, pamper princess days, scooter
riding days, arts and crafts, loads of incursions ans excursion and much, much more! Check our website outs
for upcoming themes www.teamholiday.com.au
• We provide two programs: a 5-12 year old program and a 10-15 year old program.
• Team Holiday only employs fully qualified staff, all with working with children checks, first aid, anaphylaxis
training, asthma training, lifeguard/austswim certificates and are either qualified teachers, studying in the field
or coaches in specialist fields.
• Team Holiday welcomes all children from any school. You can choose to enrol into as many, or few days as
you like.
• For more information, please visit www.teamholiday.com.au or call 03 9532 0366 to speak to one of our
friendly team members.
WOOLWORTHS EARN AND LEARN
Please support Bellbridge Primary school through the Woolworths Earn and Learn Program. The program is
running from Wednesday 15th
July until Tuesday 8th
September 2015. When you shop at Woolworths you
can collect Woolworths Earn & Learn Stickers from
the checkout operator or through an online order and
place them on a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker
Sheet. There’ll be one Woolworths Earn & Learn
Sticker for every $10 spent. When you have
completed the sticker sheet please put it in the box
located in the office foyer. Please only place one
sticker in each box on the sheet (additional stickers
placed randomly on the sheet aren’t counted). Sticker sheets are available from Woolworth stores, our office
foyer or online.
Newsletter Prize Question: Why did the Prep teachers dress up as ‘old ladies’?
Answer:_________________________________________________________________
Name: ____________________________________________ Grade: _______________
Parent’s signature: ________________________________________________________
Return to the office by 8:20am Monday, August 3rd – to be drawn at Assembly
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SWPBS: School Wide Positive Behaviours 1. Be Safe 2. Be Respectful 3. Be Responsible 4. Be a Learner
CONGRATULATIONS to the following students for earning 10 or more ‘Bee Tokens’ for their
positive behaviours in the classroom and the playground. They have traded their tokens for a prize at
the Rewards Shops.
Davernious PF Melody PF Declan PF Ipshita PB Jasmin PB
David PB Leilani PB Holden PB Jessica PB Tyler PA
Azib PD Chloe PD (20) Rudraksh PD Storm 1D (20) Zac 5C
Kobe PA Crystal 5C Ivory 5B Summer PA (20) Ethan 1D
Ryder PD (20) Vivi PD Sonya PD (20) Ayden PD Chloe C 5C (20)
Taylor 2A Laura 2A Aleisha 2A Nickolas 1D Zoya 1D
Mercy 1D Bon PA Demiana PA Kyall 3A (20) Tanae 2C
Austin PA Nebiyu 1D Izabella 2B Riley PD Lydia 5B
Skye PA Abbie 2D Joshua PD Briar PD Prakriti 2A
Michael PA Samantha 2A Danisha PD Deeana PA Summer 2A
Brodie PD Tobias PD Sehas PD Abbi PD Shakayla PA
Corey 4C Tianer PF Kaleb PF Leah PF Mia 1D
Mouna 1D Juniah 1D Ayush PC (20) Golbarg 1C Kacee 1A
Joe 1A Travis 1A Jasmin 1D Channaye PC (20) Ryder PD
Storm 1D Mia PC Joy PC Sammy PF Jessica PE
April PE Hunter PC Charlotte PC Shevonne 1A Hsar 2A
Rylee 3C Abigail 1D Shraddha 1D (20) Sabastian 1D Bailey 1D
Riley PD Pranan 1D Crystal PC Jack 1C (25) Raine 2D
Atahua 3B Zoe B 1C Briar PD Ethan 1A Brendan 1D (25)
Ayden PD Bon PA Joey 3C Neve 3C Zaine 2D
Michael PA Vraj 2D Zain 2D Solomon 3C Danisha PD
Lexus PD Vivi PD Chloe PD Abbi PD Ayden PD
Matthew 1C Shakayla PA Rudraksh PD Sonya PD Brodie PD
Moussa PD Lacey 2A Riley 2A Wajahat 2A Briar PD (20)
Jessica PB Harlan PF Harpratap 4B Sehas PD Ramy 3C
Johanna PA Tyler PA Jiamie 3C Reuben 3A Jake PA
Austin PA Maddison PA Mya 5B Xiao PD Liam 3D
Theo 3D Eden 1C (30) Maria 3C Zoe 1C Isabella PB
Jawad PB Theo PF Jiawen PF Nicole PB Azib PD
Arisa PB Jessica 2B
Crafts Group Every Wednesday Afternoon in the OSHC Room
1:40 – 2:40pm
We have a regular group of parents who enjoy sharing and learning different crafts together. This has included making
loom bands, knitting and crocheting. We are keen to welcome more participants in this group and would love to learn
more crafts together.
You are invited to come along and participate in some craft activities
while catching up with other parents. (NB - pre-schoolers are welcome)
Please let the Office know if you plan to attend – 9749 6161
29th July 2015
BELLBRIDGE OSHC PROGRAM
WEEK BEGINNING 27/07/2015
WEEK BEGINNING 03/08/2015
Monday Outside Play
OSHC Room- Henny Penny Chicks
& Eggs, Lego, Homework
Monday Outside Play
OSHC Room- Homework, board
games, lego, paper plane competition
Tuesday Outside Play
OSHC Room- Computers, Xbox &
PS3, Board games
Art- Handprint Chickens
Tuesday Gym- Children’s Choice
OSHC Room- Computers, Xbox &
PS3, Dolls/Barbies/Action figures
Art- Paddle pop stick construction
Wednesday
Gym- Ship Shark Shore, Kickball
OSHC Room- Train set, Colouring,
Barbies/Dolls/Action Figures
Art- Hatching Chicks
Wednesday Outside Play
OSHC Room- Dress Ups, Lego,
colouring
Art- Thumbprint pictures
Thursday Gym- Children’s Choice
OSHC Room- Computers, Xbox &
PS3, Tap tap boards, Reading corner
Thursday Gym- Watchball & skittles
OSHC Room- Computers, Xbox &
PS3, Kinetic sand, boardgames
Friday Outside Play
OSHC Room- Movie: Chicken Little
Board games, Lego, Colouring
Friday Outside Play
OSHC Room- Movie: TBA
Board games, Lego, colouring
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