Principal's Report

Last Friday we welcomed our 2025 Prep students for their first transition day. We have over 70 enrolments at the moment and are looking forward to some fun activities to get to know the new students and families that will be spending the next seven years with us.

Term 4 is well under way with many exciting events already held or scheduled for the next month or so. Please make sure you check the Key Dates page to keep up with all of the happenings around the school. 

EVENING OF MUSIC

The Evening of Music is always an amazing celebration of the work our band students put in to the many many hours of practice, lessons and rehearsals.  Tonight I am so glad to celebrate our amazing students and next week we have our BPS Band Recruitment night.

I encourage you to learn more about music education by reading the attached article and how it can improve our cognitive function, our memory systems work effectively, help us learn language, help us moderate our emotional states, help us solve complex problems and help our brains be healthier

CLASS STRUCTURES 2025

As we finalise our enrolments for 2025 I am happy to share with you our grade structures for next year, there are some slight adjustments since the last newsletter as we are welcoming a number of new students to our school for 2025 which has allowed for these changes. We are also very happy to over have over 70 new Foundation students for 2025.

Foundation x4

Year One x3

Year Two x3

Year Three x3

Year Four x2

Year Five x3

Year Six x3

REPORTS

Teachers have been working on your children's reports, BPS provides comprehensive reports that detail students’ achievements and progress, along with the next steps for educational development. The report aims to provide consistent, clear and concise information to parents about your child’s achievement against state-wide standards.

STUDENTS LEAVING BPS

As much as this would sadden us, we know that many families might have a change in circumstances in 2025. To support our forward planning, we would really appreciate knowledge of any student/s that might be leaving BPS at the end of 2024. This does not include our Year 6 students, who we know will be graduating. Please email the school office on blackburn.ps@education.vic.gov.au to inform us.