Principal's Report
As always, lots of exciting things happening around the school - keep your eyes on the Facebook page for more updates (details below). Check out some of the things that have been happening recently - Principals Day (Thanks to the staff and P&F for spoiling Marianne and me), Patch, Athletics Carnival and classroom work featured recently. Look out for some updates about our very excited Year 4 students heading off next week to Phillip Island Camp.
CONGRATULATIONS ZOYA PAVLOFF
I wanted to inform our community that our beloved teacher, Mrs Zoya Pavloff has informed me that she will be retiring from teaching. A very exciting time for her after 17 years at BPS and she is looking forward to coming to farewell all BPS students.
I know that our school community will be excited for Zoya and will wish her all the best in this next stage of her life. I welcome all of our community and past families and students, to celebrate her career on the 23rd August.
ATHLETICS
Thank you to Merissa and amazing team who organised an amazing athletics events for the Year 3-6 students last week. Well done to our amazing students and our Captains who assisted in the smooth running of the event and we look forward to further events for some of the students as they move through to the next stage.
100 DAYS OF FOUNDATION
What a special milestone reached by all Foundation students, our teachers and families. We acknowledged the day with a celebration of all things 100 and some wonderful Foundation students who had aged slightly! Congratulations to our Foundation super stars, they looked like they had a fabulous day and some very tired children by the end of assembly!
See some great photos on the Facebook page below:
UPCOMING STUDENT-FREE DAY - 15th August
A reminder as previously communicated we have student free day coming up on Thursday 15th August. Teachers will be utilising this day to make final preparations for the remainder of the year and further developing some of our BPS approaches. The day will also provide an opportunity for them to work on our school review in Term 4. TheirCare will be offering a program on this day.
WE WANT OUR PARENTS / CAREGIVERS / GUARDIANS TO TELL US WHAT THEY THINK!
Our school is conducting a survey to find out what parents / caregivers / guardians think of our school. The Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey is an annual survey offered by the Department of Education that is designed to assist schools in gaining an understanding of families’ perceptions of school climate, student behavior, and student engagement. The survey is optional but we encourage all families to participate. Our school will use the survey results to help inform and direct future school planning and improvement strategies.
A random sample of approximately 30 per cent of parents / caregivers / guardians has been selected to participate in this year’s survey and they will be contacted directly.
The Parent / Caregiver / Guardian Opinion Survey will be open until Friday 30th August.
The survey will be conducted online, only takes 20 minutes to complete, and can be accessed at any convenient time within the survey period on desktop computers, laptops, tablets or smartphones. The online survey will be available in English and 10 other languages including Arabic, Greek, Hakha Chin, Hindi, Japanese, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese, Somali, Turkish, and Vietnamese.
Please speak to me if you would like more information.
