Principal's Report

Thank you, Dr Emily Jones - Beaumaris Medical Centre

I would like to sincerely thank Dr Emily Jones and Nurse Christina from Beaumaris Medical Centre for attending our school and providing flu and Covid immunizations for staff wishing to take advantage of our “in school” medical surgery.  Thank you to Kerryn for organising this on our behalf.

Open Mornings

Last week we proudly showcased our school to many prospective families who visited our two Open Mornings and our 2024 Prep Information Evening.

Our special visitors were able to visit all classrooms and specialist areas and experience firsthand the opportunities available at our school.

I would like to sincerely thank all staff and students for their support and assistance with these special events. 

I would like to congratulate our school captains who assisted with the tours but also for orally presenting at these sessions. 

We are now taking enrolment enquiries for 2024.   

Mother’s Day

Last week our students were able to purchase special gifts for their mothers.  Our Mother’s Day stall was made possible by our team of passionate parents who not only managed the stall, but prepared and purchased the gifts on sale.  Thank you Anna Holmes, Alison Powell & Kerryn Van Der Merwe.

I would also like to thank the team of parents for running a special stall for our Year 5 students who were unable to attend on the advertised stall day.

Thank you, Li Ling,  Ros Wells, Bridget Stickland, Stef Kelly, Paige Hill, Emma Tavender, Lauren Anthony, Jess Spoto, Nat Northey, Brooke Davies, Rochelle Rasiah, Asher Judah, Jill Turner, Cath Verlaan, Paola Murphy & Sarah Gowdie.

Prep Mother's Day Pampering

Last week the Prep mums were invited for an afternoon of pampering in the Prep Learning Centre. The children took great delight in spoiling their Mums with massages, manicures and make-up. Please enjoy this video of our mums having a dance with their children.

Cross Country

Congratulations to Kirsty Hall and her team for organising an excellent house Cross Country event.  The school entrance was a sea of blue, red, green and gold as the children departed school for Balcombe Reserve where the cross country was held. The weather was perfect for the event and all students participated in a positive and enthusiastic manner.  I would like to thank our team of staff who assisted our PE team on the day.

Please see the P.E page for lots of photos of the day.

Education Support (ES) Day

On Tuesday 16 May, we celebrated our wonderful ES (Education Support) staff and the wonderful job they do at BNPS!

• Bonney Lewis
• Seb Luzoro Balbi
• Jenny Marashli
• Kerryn Meredith
• Annie Thomas
• Nicole Rainsbury
• Nicola Hajncl
• Annie Staley
• Janine Nelson
• Jen Baird
• Lee Skaftouros
• Jesse Reed
• Amy Price
• Kelly Szabo

Our Wellbeing Captains - Mia & Edelyn and Bella (their assistant) made these for our ES staff:

Open Classrooms & Special Assembly 

We have some exciting news!

On Tuesday 23 May, we are having Open Classrooms from 9.15-10am where parents and carers are invited to see learning happen at BNPS.

Family Body Education Evening

On Tuesday 30 May, we welcome back Kelly Nash to present at our Family Body Education Evening.

This family event last year was well received and attended by our parent community. The sessions will be held in the Senior Learning Centre.

Multi Session Pass Link ($25)

https://www.trybooking.com/CIINN

This ticket entitles the holders to attend multiple Body Ed Family sessions.

Please email Jessica Patane (beaumaris.north.ps@education.vic.gov.au) to register which of the sessions you will be attending and how many seats you will require.

Please note it is one ticket PER FAMILY, not PER PERSON.

Year 1 & 2 - 5.00-6.00pm ($20)  https://www.trybooking.com/CIIAN

Year 3 & 4 - 6.15-7.15pm ($20)  https://www.trybooking.com/CIIAR

Year 5 & 6 - 7.30-8.30pm ($20)  https://www.trybooking.com/CIINK

Save The Date

Parent Teacher Interviews – Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 June

These Parent Teacher interviews will be held online, using the same Microsoft Teams platform that we used last year.

Keeping Our School Safe From Germs

There are many nasty germs circulating within the community. All staff are continuing to encourage their students to use hand sanitiser upon entry/exit from classrooms, after using the bathroom, and before and after eating. Air purifiers are turned on every morning by our Facilities Manager, Lee, and run throughout the school day.

Any student who is unwell should remain at home until all symptoms have resolved.

The Fate of the Fete

Thank you to those who attended the “Fate of the Fete” meeting on Monday night.  It was great to have a bunch of enthusiastic parents along to show their support for a future fete.

There were a lot of people who had expressed their desire to help but where unable to make it to the meeting.   We have put together a sign-up sheet for people to express their interest in either being on a Fete Committee or to be a stall holder.

 https://volunteersignup.org/MC7P4

If you would like to be involved, please add your name – this is just to give us a sense of whether we have enough parent support to get a fete up and running.  Remember, a fete is parent led and without a strong group of volunteers it cannot go ahead.

Free Bike Engraving

Please see the below pdf with all the relevant information.

Kind regards

Sherril Duffy

Principal