Principal's Report

Welcome back to Term Two, we have had an excellent start to the term and have many events ahead of us this term. It's going to be a busy term and we will find ourselves very quickly at the end of Semester One with this term only being nine weeks. We are looking forward to our F-2 swimming program over the next two weeks and education week activities please see  below and more details to come!

Farewell Ms Fabris

Last week we said a fond farewell and good luck to Michelle Fabris as she begins Family Leave. To replace Michelle I am pleased to have been able to secure Esra Uzunbay who is an experienced teacher and has already stepped into the role making a smooth transition for the class. Welcome to Esra , I know our community will make her feel welcome.

Attitudes to School Survey

WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO TELL US WHAT THEY THINK!

We value student voice as a means to improving student engagement, wellbeing and quality instruction and are conducting a survey to find out what your child thinks of our school. The Attitudes to School Survey is an annual student survey offered by the Department of Education and Training to assist schools in gaining an understanding of students' perceptions and experience of school. Our school will use the survey results to plan programs and activities to improve your child's schooling experience.

Students from Year 4 to 6 at our school will participate in the survey. Your child will complete the survey online during school hours using a purpose built secure online survey tool.  It is important to note that we are not in any way “testing” your child. Your child has the right to refuse or withdraw from the survey at any point before, during, or after completion of the survey.

Your child will be provided with a unique login to complete the survey. The student login is an assigned identifier that may be used to link data for statistical and research purposes only. All responses to the survey are kept anonymous in the response file. Personal identification data will not be recorded in the survey response file. This ensures that the confidentiality of your child’s responses is protected at all times.

This year the Attitudes to School survey will be conducted at our school over the period 4th May to 9th June. The survey only takes 20-30 minutes to complete and occurs during your child's class time.

OPEN NIGHT - Thursday 25th MAY 5.30pm

Coming up on the 25th May we are having a fun Open Night at BPS and we'd love to see you all there!  Our teachers will have planned a huge amount of fun activities for the night especially for our community.   There will be robots on show, musicians playing, Sphero Olympics, Art activities in the art room, Kahoot Quizzes, Mandarin Games, Dancing, Mindfulness and much much more.  Every student who comes along and completes four activities, one from each coloured zone (earning a stamp) will be able to enter our raffle prize draw.  Anyone could win one of two prizes on the night. You have to be in it to win it so sign up and have a go!

We will send home a PASSPORT to the event in tubs the week of the event to all students at the school.  Student names and Grades should be written on the PASSPORT.

Time

Begin - 5.30pm - in the Gym - Advanced Guitar Ensemble and School Choir and Welcome

End Activities - 6.50pm in various classrooms

Raffle Draw - 6.55pm in Gym Foyer

FOUNDATION 2023 - Thursday 25th May 4.30pm

Open Night for prospective Foundation families will take place on May 25th at 4.30pm in our Multi-purpose room.  All families who have students who are starting school in 2024 or beyond and are actively in the process of choosing a school for their child are absolutely welcome.  We will have performances from our Symphonic Band and opportunity to meet our incredible teaching team.  We are so looking forward to meeting you all!  Refreshments and snacks provided!  RSVP to school office on 9878 1483 or book online - https://compasstix.com/e/4bogwpnraz.

CHATGPT

You may be aware of, or indeed be using, new Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies that have become publicly available. One of these technologies in particular, ChatGPT, has received a lot of media coverage this year.

At the beginning of Term 1, 2023, the Department of Education restricted access to ChatGPT in Victorian government schools. This was because the terms of service restricted access to those aged 18 years or over.

Those terms have now been changed to permit access for those aged 13 years and over. As a result, the interim restriction on ChatGPT has been lifted. Secondary school aged students who are at least 13 years old can now access ChatGPT. However, ChatGPT cannot be used with primary school- aged students.

BPS has determined that at this stage we will not be using it as part of our teaching and learning programs with students using AI tools that collect personal information, however will be monitoring closely as a tool we know many students will be accessing and an emerging space in Education.

Please remind your child that they should not enter any personal information such as name, age or address into generative AI platforms they might be using at home as this can be a risk to their privacy. This is because content typed into some generative AI tools may be used and reused by the platform and its users.

If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions, please get in touch.