Buninyong PS Newsletter

Principal's Report

Term 2 comes to a close 

Winter is certainly upon us and terms 1 and 2 have flown by.  There’s a lot to be celebrated from term 2, including:

  • We had a successful whole staff PD day regarding our focus on learner agency
  • The smooth execution of school photos across the school occurred without a hitch
  • 5/6 students visited VSSEC
  • Kim ran another successful Book Fair 
  • The Mothers’ Day Stall was a hit as always 
  • Students were involved in STEM activities across Education Week
  • The Parent Social Night opportunities were offered once again
  • We acknowledged Reconciliation Week 
  • 5/6 students visited BioCats
  • ES Team continued to run an engaging Lunch Time Club Program with a variety of engaging activities
  • We were involved in a number of interschool sports events, and as always, our students made us proud
  • Tracey and her canteen team ran a successful Sausage Sizzle and Donut Day
  • We finish off this term with Parent Teacher Interviews and thank the many parents that have shown interest and come along

As always, we have a number of things to look forward to in the term to come, which includes:

  • NAIDOC Week
  • Kinder visits
  • Young Authors’ Workshops
  • Book Week
  • Concert
  • Swimming ( Grade Prep, 1, 2, 3 and Scotsburn)
  • Japan Trip
  • Celebration of Learning
  • Footy Colours Day
  • End of term sausage sizzle

Thanks to everyone for your ongoing support and we hope you get to enjoy the mid-year break. 

School Concert Update

As previously mentioned in newsletters earlier this term, next term we have the whole school concert. 

The concert routine is as follows:

  1. Wednesday August 28 - Full Dress Rehearsal  - Takes up most of the school day
  2. Thursday August 29 – Matinee followed by an Evening Performance (Matinee starts at approximately 10:30am and we bus the students back to school in time for the end of day pick up.) Evening performance starts at 6pm
  3. Friday August 30 – Evening Performance - Starts at 6pm

To run the concert and meet Time In Lieu requirements for teachers and educational support staff, the school council have approved the proposal for school times for the concert week to be altered and there will be no school during the day on Friday, August 30.  Base 1270 will operate on this day for families who require child care.  

Scholarship Program Update 

This week we would like to place the spotlight on our Master Chef Scholarship Program.  We have 16 students taking part in this Scholarship Program and they work in two separate groups on a Monday and Wednesday with Emily, our Master, Master Chef!

 

Currently, the students have been working on building independence in the kitchen and developing a repertoire of recipes. Next term they are looking forward to a possible excursion to visit some commercial ‘Prep Kitchens’ to gain an insight into how kitchens work on a large scale.  We look forward to updating you with more Master Chef news next term.

This week, our Monday Master Chef students were involved in making Smores and they certainly weren't holding back on the marshmallows, or chocolate! Here are some snaps of some of the students at work on Monday afternoon.

Casual Dress Day

This Friday, June 28th on the last day of term we will have a casual dress day for all students.  Students are asked to bring along a gold coin donation.  The Voice of the Students (VOTS) team ran a poll with their classes and have indicated that the Make a Wish foundation is the charity that they would like the funds to be donated to. Please send along a donation for this cause if you are able to.