Book Week Events - Book Fair and Dress Up Day

Book Week is coming up in Week 5 of this term and we can't wait to celebrate! Two key events at our school are the annual Scholastic Book Fair and our Book Week dress up day and assembly parade. Please find further information on both events below.

Dress Up Day and Parade Information:

Our parade and assembly will commence at 9:10am on Friday 22nd August. Everyone welcome!

Scholastic Book Fair Information:

The Important Details:

Week: 5 – Book Week!

Dates: Monday 18th August – Thursday 21st August

Location: The Susan Arnts Learning Centre (The SALC)

How It Works:

Students will visit the Book Fair during the week with their class. They will be given a Scholastic Wish List where they can record the titles and prices of any books they would like to purchase. This Wish List with then be taken home and families can decide if they would like to follow through with a purchase.

Purchasing a Book

If families do decide to purchase a book they can do so in two ways:

Morning Sales
Online Purchase

Further details on these two way can be found below:

Morning Sales:

Please come to the middle of the SALC to visit our pop-up bookshop!

Dates: Monday 18th August – Thursday 21st August

Times: 8.30am – 9.00am

Location: The Susan Arnts Learning Centre (The SALC)

Online Sales:

You can purchase books online using the Scholastic Wish List you child/children bring home from school, after their class visits the Book Fair.

Online Purchase Instructions:

If your child brings home a Book Fair Wish List and you want to pay for these selections by credit card in advance, please:

Go to scholastic.com.au/payment
Click 'Book Fairs'
Enter amount and pay
Record receipt number on back of Wish List
Your child then takes this payment record back to school, chooses books at the Fair and takes receipt number to cashier as payment.

Please Note:

If you do not return the Wish List with the purchase details, the school has no record that you have purchased any books. Please drop your Wish Lists with purchase information at the school office or take to a teacher at the Book Fair during Morning Sales.

Please make sure the title/s of the book/s you have purchased on the Wish List are clearly written so the school can organise and deliver the books to your child.

We can only accept Wish Lists with the 8-digit number the Scholastic website provides you at time of purchase.

Beaumaris Primary Schools earns Scholastic Book Vouchers with every purchase made.

Thank you for supporting our school and supporting your child’s reading.

BPS Short Story Competition

Year 6 Musical Update

Thank you all for your enthusiasm and support for the 2025 Year 6 Musical, Aladdin! We have 29 days to go and lots of the staff have been working hard behind the scenes to cut, sew, rhinestone and paint the costumes, sets and props for our production. We cannot wait to see the magic unfold on stage! Please see the details below for how to purchase tickets.

Ticket Sales Open: Week 5

Evening Performances

Cast A: Tuesday 2 September at 6:30pm

Cast B: Wednesday 3 September at 6:30pm

Tickets for the evening performances will be available through the TryBooking website.

A booking link will be sent out via Compass.

Ticket Prices:

Adult: $20.00
Child: $10.00

The first round of tickets will be available to Year 6 parents and families, with a limit of three tickets per student. Once these sales are complete, any remaining tickets will be made available to the wider school community.

All Beaumaris Primary School students will have the opportunity to attend the dress rehearsal during school hours. We will also make every effort to ensure siblings can attend the performance their brother or sister is in.

Dress Rehearsal Community Tickets

We will also be offering community tickets to attend the school dress rehearsal on Friday 29th August.

Performance Times:

Cast A: 9:30am
Cast B: 11:45am

Tickets will be on sale from Tuesday of Week 5 (19th of August) and can be purchased at the front office for $5.00 per person.

Costume Requirements

Costume requirements for the Year 6 Musical, Aladdin, have now been sent out. Please check your Compass notifications or the hard copy your child has brought home.

If you have any questions or need assistance sourcing costume items, please don’t hesitate to contact Ms Pholi.

Aladdin Program Cover Competition – Congratulations!

Well done to all students who took the time to create an entry for our Aladdin program cover competition!

We received a wide range of incredible submissions, with students showing outstanding creativity and skill. Our Performing Arts Captains, along with our school Art teachers, generously gave their time to carefully review and select the winning entries. The winners will be announced at this Friday’s assembly, and all entries will be proudly displayed on the Performing Arts room windows.

If you entered the competition, please visit Ms Pholi in the Performing Arts room to collect your original artwork and receive a small thank you for your effort. Congratulations again to everyone who participated — we are so proud of your creativity and enthusiasm!

House Points Celebration

During Term 2 we started an interhouse competition with the students' collecting points for exceptional work, effort and demonstrating our school values.

In Term 2 our winning house was Mitchell. Congratulations to those students who worked hard throughout the term to earn points for their houses.

To celebrate the winning house, students in Mitchell House are invited to wear a touch of yellow on Friday August 29th to celebrate their win in Term 2.

Any questions please contact Max Pretty via the office.

Thanks and good luck for house points in Term 3!

The Arts Day at BPS

This term at BPS we will be holding The Arts Day. This will be on Wednesday 10th September.

A full day dedicated to celebrating the arts at Beaumaris Primary!

The day is held with the aim of creating a whole school event involving cross year level experiences. The Arts Day is a perfect initiative to ignite students enthusiasm and involvement in the arts. We will immerse ourselves in painting, performing, dancing, collaborating and grooving.

Stay tuned for more information!

Premier's Reading Challenge 2025

Our school will be participating in the 2025 Premiers’ Reading Challenge. The Challenge encourages children and students to read a set number of books over the year and record their efforts online. Since the Challenge first began in 2005, more than 4.5 million students have read over 63 million books.

Your child will be provided with their log on details should they wish to participate.

The Challenge rules, for students in Prep to Year 10, are:

Register as a Challenger on the Challenge application.
Read a certain number of books during the Challenge, as shown below. Students in Prep, Year 1 and Year 2 can read books by themselves or with someone else.
Get a Challenge coordinator at your school to verify that you've read the books you've registered online.
Make sure all your information is completed online by the date set by your school or by the first Friday in September if you're a home-based reader.

Number of books you need to read:

Prep to Year 2

Number of books: 30
Number of books from the Challenge book list: 20 or more

Year 3 to Year 9

Number of books: 15
Number of books from the Challenge book list: 10 or more

Further information regarding book lists, how to log on and record books, etc, can be found on this website:

https://www.vic.gov.au/school-student-and-parents-taking-part-premiers-reading-challenge

The Challenge coordinator at our school is Mrs Sarah Galloway in Year 4.

We strongly encourage all of our students to get involved – Good luck!

Morning Melodies

Morning Melodies will continue to run during Term 3, commencing from Week 2.

Kickstart the week with a smile and a song! Our before-school singing group, Monday Morning Melodies, is running each Monday.

Meeting Mondays from 8:45–8:55am in the Performing Arts classroom.

It's a fun and relaxed way for students to come together, sing uplifting songs, and set a positive tone for the week ahead.

All students from Prep - Year 3 are welcome—no experience needed, just a love of music and a cheerful spirit! This is an optional activity.

Junior Rockers Music Lessons

Beauy Bucks

If you would like a Beauy Bucks Flyer for your container, please print the one attached below, or collect one from our office.

Glee Club - Years 4 to 6

Lunch Order Provider

Our lunch order provider is TK Tuckshop. Please see details below on how to order a lunch order for your child through their Spriggy Schools app. This is available five days a week, Monday - Friday, and will be delivered to our school.

Lego Club at BPS - Term 3 Information

Volunteering at BPS

Beaumaris Primary School highly values our community and the support we receive from parents and carers in many different aspects of school life. We welcome the opportunity for parents and carers to volunteer within our school across a range of different school-based activities.

In previous years, we have held information sessions to provide volunteers with the required information in order to volunteer. This year, we have created a digital Volunteer Handbook and an online induction process to ensure that the information is accessible to parents/carers at a time that suits them.

If you would like to volunteer at Beaumaris Primary School, the process will now be:

Read the below BPS Volunteer Handbook, which includes the below policies and documents:
- BPS Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy
- BPS Child Safety Code of Conduct Policy
- BPS Child Safety Responding and Reporting Policy
- BPS Volunteers Policy
- BPS Volunteer Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Induction Handbook.
Complete this online form, which includes both the Volunteer OHS Induction Checklist and the Volunteering at Beaumaris Primary School Questionnaire (https://forms.office.com/r/X1JfFrAPsa).
Email a scanned copy or provide in person for photocopying a valid Working with Children Check (WWCC) card to the office staff.

The above process will need to be completed prior to volunteering at Beaumaris Primary School. This process can be completed at any stage throughout the year, at a time that suits you.

We thank you for your interest in volunteering and supporting our students, staff and school community.

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