From the Principal Team

Natalie Shanahan, Sam Fleming, Claire Johnston

What an exciting time it is at BPS at the moment! With lots happening to create a buzz of excitement with students and staff alike.

Year 3 and Year 4 camps
Moving into the new building
Moving into the refurbished portables
Exploring the new STEM room
Exploring new spaces in the yard

Just to paint a picture, by the end of next week we will have moved the contents of 22 classrooms around to the school, into both the new building and our refurbished portables. This has included 500+ children, 500+ chairs, 200+ tables, numerous book cases, shelving units, cupboards and all of the teacher resources to go with it. All in 15 days! There were days some of our staff were going home having traveled 20km by foot, back and forth with furniture and boxes! We again thank the small team of parent volunteers who very much helped lightened the load.

Building Update

If you have visited the school this week you will have seen that the builders have made lots of changes to the site fencing as they are slowly finishing and opening up sections of the grounds. They have also now fenced off the area required for the demolition of the old building in readiness for the landscaping and playground area. While we lose part of the yard while it happens, we can not wait for this area to become a huge play space for children and it's been wonderful watching the children explore new (and old!) parts of our yard.

Asbestos Removal

Prior to the demolition of the old building, the builders will need to ensure all of the asbestos has been removed by specialists. As such, please note that the school will be closed to the community on the weekend of the 9th and 10th of November for this asbestos removal to take place.

Colour Run Fundraiser

So much work happening behind the scenes to ensure a wonderful day for our students. A reminder that students will need to wear a white t-shirt for the event. Sunglasses and icy poles are included with the event payment.

2025 School Year

We are well under way with our planning for 2025 classes. Students will shortly be given an opportunity to nominate some friends that they work well with. This information is used by teachers along with social, emotional and achievement information with the aim to develop balanced classes. Our teachers spend many, many hours carefully placing students into classes where they can be set up for success. They do so with the knowledge that we have a strong partnership between home and school and that any important information about students would/should already have been shared with the classroom teachers.

Our Inclusion team are also actively involved in the development of class structures to ensure that students with additional learning needs are best placed.

Please let us know asap if your child is not returning to BPS in 2025. You can email the office with the future school/name and grade level of children leaving.

World Teacher's Day

The staff were totally overwhelmed by the generous morning tea last Friday to celebrate World Teacher's Day. Thank you.

Natalie, Sam and Claire

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