Principal's Report
This Friday we welcome our 2024 Prep students for their first transition day. We have 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. Some highlights I want to alert you to include -
November
9th - Grade 5-6 Market Stalls
14th - Evening of Music
22nd - Band Recruitment Night
24th - Whole School Step Up to 2024 Session #1
December
5th - Grade 6 Graduation Evening
8th - Parent Helpers, Mentors & Volunteers Morning Tea
13th - Whole School Step Up to 2024 Session #4
15th - Grade 6 Families Cheers & Tears Morning Tea
19th - Last Day of School for Students - 1.30pm finish
20th - Curriculum Day
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. Next week I am so glad to celebrate our amazing students.
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
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.
Reporting about the curriculum areas is in checklist form and uses jargon-free language and provides clear personalised areas for future learning (goals) looking at the students next stages in the learning progression.
BPS PARENTS AND FRIENDS ASSOCIATION
One of the wonderful things about our school is the amazing community that we have. Our P&F is holding the annual AGM as they begin to prepare things for 2024 - please see information on the P&F page and I encourage you to get involved in whatever way you can to continually improve our school.
CLASS STRUCTURES 2024
As we finalise our enrolments for 2024 I am happy to share with you our grade structures for next year, I look forward to announcing the teaching placement in an upcoming newsletter.
Foundation x3
Year One x2
Year One/Two x1
Year Two x2
Year Three x2
Year Three/Four x1
Year Four x2
Year Five x3
Year Six x3
KISS AND DROP
The usual practice in schools is no parent parking on school sites. However , because there is virtually no “on road parking” available at BPS, School Council has made an exception to this usual practice. To maintain this situation it is important that parents driving onto the school site take extreme care ( especially in the kiss’n drop zone) and also by not parking in the bays reserved for staff parking. Staff often need to attend meetings during school time and require a space available on return. Teachers frequently carry books and equipment and parking at the church for families at drop-off and pick-up times. Likewise, every morning the staff need a guarantee of parking so they can commence their working day on time.
Some important must dos for Kiss and Drop to work effectively and ensure the safety of our children :
- Children to exit only from the left hand side of the car
- Parents and carers to stay inside the car at all times
- Bags and instruments to be inside the carriage of the car not the boot
- Once children are out of the car they will be asked to keep moving to the footpath, so please relay messages before drop off not after they have exited the car
- Drive to the very edge of the kiss and drop area to drop off children
- Children only to be let out of the car when they are in the Kiss and Drop Zone (tennis court side)
- No children to be let out of the car in any other area except the Kiss and Drop Zone unless directly asked to by a teacher
- Remind students to be on time for after school pick up. You will be asked to complete a lap of the car park if your child is not ready. Please do not park in the area.
- Car drop offs to only occur in the Surrey Road Car Park
- Please display family name on dashboard when picking up students
- Follow directions from staff on duty (moving forward, moving on)
- Once children have been dropped off please move away from the Kiss and Drop Zone when it is safe to do so
