Hello everyone!

Expansion of our OSHC service.

We are very excited to announce that in 2023 our OSHC service will operate before and after school. Many of our families have been asking for a before school service and it is great to be able to offer this next year. There is information on our OSHC page about the hours our Before School Care will operate.

It is important to note, that with Before School Care being available to families, our other before school activities such as Library Club and Walk to School won't be regular weekly events. If you need to drop your child at school prior to 8:30am, you will need to book them in to Before School Care.

I want to give a huge thank you to our staff who have been coming in extra early to support our before school activities. Breakfast Club will still be offered but at a later start time. We will let you know more about what Breakfast Club will look like in 2023, later this term.

2023 Grade Structures and Teachers.

I am very happy to be able to announce our 2023 grade structures and teaching staff.

F/1 Rachel Quarrier

F/1 Nicole Lowe

F/1 Hannah Douglas

2/3 Soniajit Sokhal

2/3 David Morrison-Blunck

2/3 Di Kennedy

4/5 Danielle Wadley and Cos Perley

4/5 Jason Bentley and Lisa Fasham

5/6 Jacinta Condon

Learning Specialist and Maths Intervention (EMU program)- Kim Kirkpatrick

Literacy Intervention- Lisa Fasham

Disability Inclusion- Danielle Wadley

Visual Arts- Sheridan Leversha

Music- Bridget Finch

Chinese- to be confirmed

PE- Laura Hicks

Gardening program- Sara Hill

Business Manager- Lou Bray

Support staff- Danni Ferrari, Julie Giudice, Louise Rodriquez, Lauren Hussey-Makepeace, Sam Humble.

We will be saying farewell to some staff at the end of the year- Sharon Frappell, Roy Rayner, Tracey Burton, Chris Goss and Matt Evely. Some of these people have been members of our school community for a long time, some for a short time. No matter how long they have been here, I cannot thank them enough for their contributions and support of our students, families and colleagues. Keep an eye out for more information about how you can help farewell them.

Saturday 26 November, Election day BBQ and Cake stall.

Don't forget to add your name to the Election Day roster so we have plenty of helpers to make the day a success.

You can add your name to the roster by accessing it via this link- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VloL1ppfJJt7CMGETyU8aVCgb0n0xHnw6wvuCTLzamE/edit?usp=sharing

We are excited to be able to hold a fundraising event again and look forward to your support. Please spread the word so lots of people come and vote here and buy some goodies!

Scooter donations please!

Next year we will be reintroducing a Bike Ed program and will include scooter skills for our junior grades. If you have a scooter at home that is no longer being used, we would love you to donate it to our Bike Ed program. Scooters must be in excellent condition. If we get plenty of scooters donated, it means we have more funds to spend on safety equipment such as helmets.

White Ribbon Day.

Tomorrow is White Ribbon Day, a global movement that focusses on making personal and community change to prevent violence against women and children.

Women are far more likely than men to experience sexual violence and violence from an intimate partner, and with more severe impacts.
Women are more likely than men to be afraid of, hospitalised by, or killed by an intimate partner.
Around 95% of all victims of violence, whether women or men, experience violence from a male perpetrator.

If you are in immediate danger, always call 000.

1800RESPECT

1800 737 732 This is a 24-hour national sexual assault, family and domestic violence counselling line for any Australian who has experienced, or is at risk of, family and domestic violence and/or sexual assault.

Men's Referral Service

1300 766 491 This service from No to Violence offers assistance, information and counselling to help men who use family violence.

Mensline Australia

1300 789 978 Supports men and boys who are dealing with family and relationship difficulties. 24/7 telephone and online support an information service for Australian men.

Kids Help Line

1800 551 800 Free, private and confidential, telephone and online counselling service specifically for young people aged between 5 and 25 in Australia.

Bendigo Primary School Newsletter

Term 4 Week 7 · 17 Nov 2022

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