Principal's Message

END OF SEMESTER ONE

Well done to all of the students at BHPS for an outstanding semester of learning. The combination of motivated students, dedicated staff and supportive parents and carers has led to some excellent outcomes.

As well as our core learning this semester there have been a number of community engagement and extracurricular highlights. Some of which have included:

Harmony Day

Ocean Awareness 

Starting Right Parent Interviews

Year 6 Debating

Cross Country Day

Athletics Day

Learning Celebration Afternoon

School Review Forums

Fundraising Events

Parent Information Sessions

Swimming Carnival

Excursions/Incursion

Assemblies

FUNDRAISING UPDATE

A massive thank you to everyone for your support with fundraising this year. Most recently we appreciate your contributions to the pie drive and colour run. We have purchased a large order of decodable texts to support our phonics and reading fluency approaches utilising the funds from the Mother's Day stall. We were also able to significantly enhance this order thanks to a very generous, one-off donation from the Peterson Family. (Pictured above are Prep students reading two of the new texts).

STAFFING NEWS

We have recently made two appointments to our staff team. Katie Geerings has been acting in the role of Learning Specialist and has now been appointed to this role substantively. We have also added Emily Ash to our Education Support team. Emily is studying teaching and has been working with the I CAN network facilitating mentoring programs for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

We also welcome back Jess Chapman from family leave. Jess will initially be teaching in Kristy Merrett's place for most of Term Three whilst Kristy is on Long Service Leave.

PARENT PARTNERS

Thank you to those parents who are supporting classrooms in the role of Parent Partner. At this point we don't have parent partners for the following classes. 1A, 1B, 3/4D, 5B, 5C, 6A, 6B and 6C. Please contact your child's teacher if you would like to take on this role or if you would like more information.

COMMUNITY GOLF DAY AND BHGC NEWS

Bookings open for the Community Golf Day (Sunday 4 August) open today Friday at 3.00pm. All the information can be found here:
https://www.barwonheads.golf/cms/barwon-heads-community-charity-day/ All green fees raised go to the school. Please note the changes to the usual format due to the Clubhouse restoration and renovation.

Also, dates and details of the term three golf classes (specifically for BHPS Grade 5s/6s ) are now available. Information here: https://www.barwonheads.golf/cms/after-school-junior-golf/

The next Junior Aces sessions will be held on Sunday 7 July. Aces is the introductory component of the Club’s junior program. Sixty-minute Aces sessions occur on the first Sunday of each month from February to December. More information about Aces here. https://www.barwonheads.golf/cms/golf/visitors/juniors/#Junior-Aces

STAFF MEMBER IN THE SPOTLIGHT

                                                                      KATIE GEERINGS

Name: Katie Geerings

Role: Year 2 Teacher and Learning Specialist

Star sign: Aquarius

What do you do if you have a spare hour? Paint

Favourite Food: Noodles

Favourite Movie/TV Show: Emily in Paris

Who do you live with? My partner Brady

What did you want to be when you were younger? Architect

How long have you been a teacher? 15 years

Pineapple on a pizza? Yes

Favourite footy team: Melbourne

Favourite singer/band: Dean Lewis

Are you a Swiftie? Yes

What do you love about Barwon Heads PS? The strong community feel

Have a fantastic Winter holidays everyone. Stay warm and I look forward to seeing you all in two weeks!

Rob Bennetts

Principal