Hello, from Carolyn.

Hello everyone,

This week we had Narissa Leung, Literacy consultant, at our school for two days. Narissa has been working with us over the last few years. She has provided professional learning for us in the writing traits, supported us to develop our reading and writing instructional models and generally been a wealth of knowledge and a great support as we continue to improve what we do.

This week, Narissa was here to observe classroom teachers teach a writing lesson and to then give us feedback about how we are going with the way we teach writing. Narissa was very impressed with our calm orderly classrooms, calm teaching staff and support staff, the excellent routines in place to support our students and the individual supports in place for many of our students which mean they can manage their behaviour themselves and have successful learning days.

A  big thank you to our classroom teachers for welcoming Narissa into their rooms and being open to receiving feedback about their teaching, and for always wanting to be their best and to support their students to achieve their best. Well done BPS!

2023 Annual report.

Our 2023 Annual report was recently approved by School Council and is now available on our website.

Small Talk Supported Playgroup.

Unfortunately the Small Talk Supported Playgroup won't be continuing here on a Monday morning due to lack of interest. There are Small Talk Supported playgroups operating in other areas of Bendigo so if you are interested, check the Bendigo Community Health site for more information-https://www.bchs.com.au/11-services/1089-smalltalk-supported-playgroups 

Student Free Day Tuesday 11th June.

A reminder that we have a student free day on Tuesday 11th June as staff will be working on student mid year reports.

We aim to have mid year reports available on Sentral on Monday 17th June so keep an eye on your notifications.

Bookings for mid-year Parent/Teacher meetings will open via Sentral at 9am on the 6th June and close at 6pm on Thursday 13th.

Head Lice.

A reminder to always check your child's hair regularly, to treat their hair if lice/eggs are found and hair that is long enough to be tied back, should always be tied back for school days. 

Our expected behaviours at Bendigo PS.

Don't forget to let us know if you are planning on attending our information evening next Wednesday.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Warm regards,

Carolyn.

School banking details.

Westpac.

Bendigo Violet Street Primary

BSB: 033-688

Account number: 93-1292

Payment reference: use your surname and fees.