Welcome to winter - the cold weather seems to have kicked in! A reminder to encourage the children to please dress appropriately!

I hope that all of our families enjoyed some time together for Mothers' Day and our BPS mums were rightly spoiled!

OPEN NIGHT - TONIGHT!

Don't forget tonight we have our annual Open Night! Make sure you grab your passport and visit various classrooms to complete fun activities and earn stamps. When completed, this passport will put you in the running to win one of three awesome prize packs donated by TheirCare!

Our teachers will have planned a huge amount of fun activities for the night especially for our community. There will be LegoMasters, musicians playing, Sphero Dance parties, Art activities in the art room, Maths challenges, Mandarin Games, Dancing, Beebots and much much more.

Every student who comes along and takes part in 4 or more activities (earning a stamp) will be able to enter our raffle prize draw. Anyone could win one of the three prizes on the night. You have to be in it to win it so sign up and have a go!

Time

Begin - 6.30pm - in the Gym - Advanced Guitar Ensemble and School Choir and Welcome

End Activities - 7.45pm in various classrooms

Raffle Draw - 7.50pm in Gym Foyer

FOUNDATION 2023 - Wednesday 18th May 5.15pm

Open Night for prospective Foundation families will take place on May 18th at 5.15pm in our Multi-purpose room. All families who have students who are starting school in 2023 and are actively in the process of choosing a school for their child are absolutely welcome. We will have performances from our Band and our incredible Foundation team. We are so looking forward to meeting you all! Refreshments and snacks provided! RSVP to school office on 9878 1483.

Education Week

Week 5 (next week) is Education Week across Victoria and we'll be

holding our Open Evening this week and open classroom mornings during Education Week. All of our classrooms will be open to parents and there will be different opportunities in each class to engage in observations of learning, take part in activities (such as Maths or STEM) and chat with your child about their learning. It’s also a great chance to see your child’s classroom in action and support them in their learning.

Looking forward to seeing you all in classrooms next week! More information will be circulated via compass.

Activities around the school

Monday 23rd

Beginner Guitar Ensemble 7.50am – 8.50am – Music room

Tuesday 24th

SPECIALIST lessons open all day
Training Band 7.50am – 8.50am - Gym

9am-10.40am

F - Maths games + activities
12s – Literacy
34s - Literacy
56s – Reading

Wednesday 25th

Advanced Guitar Ensemble 7.50am – 8.50am – Music Room

9am-10.40am

F - Maths games + activities
12s - Maths
34s – Classes at specialist lessons
56s – Writing

Thursday 26th

Symphonic Band 7.50am – 8.50am - Gym

9am-10.40am

F -Maths games + activities
12s – STEM (2C and 1P)/Maths (12A, 1F, 2P)
34s - Maths
56s – 56 Sport (Gym/Oval)

Friday 27th

Concert Band 7.50am – 8.50am - Gym

DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY

On Friday 6th May some of our amazing Year 3-6 cross country runners competed at the District Cross Country.

We have some amazing kids at our school! Not only did we have 9 students make it through to the next stage, but every single one of our team cheered each other on and supported their peers. We’re all so proud of you all!

A huge congratulations to those 9 who made it through to Division Cross Country -

Macy B

Olli H

Elliott C

Ayla S

Max X

Harrison K

Thomas R

Sophie A

Ava B

A particularly big congratulations to Sophie A who came first in her age group!

Go BPS!!!

NAPLAN

Well done to our Year 3 and 5 students who are sitting their NAPLAN tests last week, we are very proud of the way all students have done their absolute bests to display the great learning that has been occurring for them at BPS.

As children progress through their school years, it is very important that checks are made along the way to see how well they are learning the essential skills of reading, writing and mathematics – skills that will set them upon the path to success as adults.

NAPLAN is a point-in-time assessment that allows parents and carers to see how their child is progressing in literacy and numeracy against the national standard and compared with their peers throughout Australia. At the classroom level, NAPLAN provides additional information to support teachers’ professional judgement about student progress.

Election Day BBQ and Cake Stall

I'm looking forward to seeing many of you on Saturday at the Election Day BBQ and Cake Stall. Thank you to all the families who have volunteered to help out and providing baked goods. Please see the Parents and Friends page if you haven't signed up yet.

Parents and Friends Update

The Annual General meeting of the P&F was held next last Thursday 5th May. I'd like to extend a big thank you to Lynette Nilaweera who has stepped down as President. Congratulations to Rebecca Pooley who has taken on the role as President and Nadelle Walters who is continuing as Secretary. We are still looking for someone to take on the role of treasurer - please find more details on the Parents and Friends page.

I have to say, that's not even half of what is happening around BPS at the moment, so make sure you stay up to date by following our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BlackburnPrimarySchool/

Art Competition

ZART Art Competition…. for students who love our environment and want to create an Environmental Artwork