School Disco

We have our first school disco for several years happening tonight! I’m sure the children are very excited. Tickets have already been sold and entry is with the slip provided only. No cash payments will be accepted on the night. A big thank you to Shirani Wright and our wonderful parent volunteers for the supervision of the children on the night.

3 Way Conferences

Pupil Free Day- Tuesday 13th September

OSHClub will be open if you need child minding facility, please contact OSCHClub as soon as possible if you require support on the day.

Staff are looking forward to meeting with you and your child/ren via WebEx, to discuss their celebrations, goals and efforts over the term. More information about how to book your interview time will be sent out via Compass shortly.

Cadbury Fundraiser

Thank you to everyone who has supported our major fundraiser. We are still waiting on some returns, please either bring to the office the left-over chocolates or money ASAP.

Book Week

We had a fabulous week last week with Book Week. Leanne Bentley did a great job selling great books to our community at the Book Fair and was very creative, dressing up as a different book character each day. We finished off the week with a dress up day and author visit. Trace Bella spoke (via Zoom) to all our children about her books and was very engaging. Mrs Bentley has set aside many of her books in the library for students to borrow.

Inter School Sports

We were very proud of our Year 5 and 6 students competing in the Winter Sports Day on Thursday. They showed great sportsmanship and were a credit to the school. More information in Ms Russell’s report.

Graduation Photos

Just a reminder that our Year 6 Graduation photos will be taking place on Monday the 12th September. Remember to wear your (clean!) Year 6 jumper for the occasion!

Footy Day

We are having a footy dress up day on Thursday the 15 September. Come dressed up in your footy gear (any code) for a fun filled day! There will be an opportunity to purchase a special footy day lunch – more details to come via Compass.

Happy Hour

Our final Happy Hour Concert for the year is happening on Friday the 16th September (the last day of school), children have been madly practising their items with Mr Fox r3eady for a polished performance as always! Parents are welcome to come and watch for an 11.30am start.

Don’t forget that the students are dismissed at 2.30pm on that day.

State School Spectacular

Good luck to Mr Fox and the children involved with the State School Spectacular on Saturday the 10th September. We are very proud of our student’s work ethic in learning their songs and actions.

Victoria’s Child Safe Standards Update

We write to inform you that the Victorian Child Safe Standards have changed as of Friday the 1st July, 2022. Ministerial Order 870 has been in effect since January 2016 and has now been updated to include 4 new standards. Although similar to Victoria’s previous Child Safe standards, key changes include new requirements:

To involve families and communities in efforts to keep children and young people safe
For a greater focus on safety for aboriginal children and young people
To manage the risk of child abuse in online environments
In relation to governance, systems and processes to keep children and young people safe.

At BHPS we have used the last 6 months to update our policies and renew our practices in consultation with our parent body through School Council and our staff, to ensure that we are not only complying with, but actively engaged with the updated child safe standards. All relevant Child Safe Policies have been ratified at School Council and are available on our website.

Some of our initiatives include:

Respectful Relationships (Staff Professional Development, curriculum delivery and reporting procedures)
The Cyber Safety Project (curriculum delivery, student incursion and parent information night)
Student Voice (creating an inclusive and supportive environment where children feel their voice is valued and therefore are empowered to speak out if necessary)

The launch of the new standards is a wonderful opportunity to continually improve what we do as a school to ensure that each student is safe, feels safe and has the opportunity to thrive.

Kristy Foster & Leah Hodgson

Assistant Principals

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Issue 15 · 02 Sep 2022

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