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STUDENT FREE DAY - MONDAY, 23 MAY

KINDER - YEAR 12

We wish to remind families that Monday, 23 May is a student free day.

There will be no programs or classes running on this day.

This is to enable all BHCS Staff to participate in a training day.

For all term dates, curriculum days and student free days, please check our school calendar.

WE ARE HIRING

A few opportunities to join our enthusiastic team here at BHCS have just been placed on our website! We're currently looking for:

· Finance Officer

· Careers Adviser ((Replacement Position to Dec, 2022)

· Learning Assistant (Senior School)

If you, or someone you know, are interested in knowing more about these positions, read more by visiting https://www.bhcs.vic.edu.au/careers

All enquiries about these positions should be directed to applications@bhcs.vic.edu.au

UNIFORM CHANGEOVER

Please be reminded that at the beginning of Term 2 there will be a uniform changeover period. Parents are asked to use their discretion as to which uniform is the most suitable for their child/ren to wear during the first two weeks of Term 2.

As of Monday, 9th May ALL students will be required to wear the full winter uniform.

If you are unsure about any winter uniform items, please refer to the Policy here

INTRODUCING OUR NEW RECEPTIONIST

The school is pleased to introduce to you Stephanie Dunstan. Welcome Stephanie!

What is your new role at BHCS and what are you excited about this year?

I have taken on the Reception/Admin Role. I'm excited to take on a new challenge in a new environment.

What did you do previously?

I have worked in retail for the past 9 years and just finished up as an Assistant Store Manager.

What do you like to do for fun?

I started a side business with my Husband and we do an assortment of things from event set up and signage to personalised items to family calendars. This usually takes up a lot of my time.

NAPLAN 2022 - YEAR 3, 5,

7 & 9

NAPLAN will be held at BHCS from 10-17 May. here. Information about withdrawals is now available, please contact vfraanje@bhcs.vic.edu.au for more information.

Students in Year 7- 9 will need to bring their own headphones (wired only - no Bluetooth).

STUDENTS IN THE CARPARK

We kindly request that all families, please keep an eye on their children while they are in the carpark. We have noticed some students walking along the retaining walls near the kookaburra and koala sculptures. We have also seen students jumping off the retaining walls.

This raises some concerns, and the last thing we want to see is a tragic accident with a child falling off the retaining wall into the carpark. For this reason, we ask that all families please partner with us in keeping an eye on their children while in the carpark, ensuring they refrain from walking along or jumping off the retaining walls. We ask this with your child's safety in mind.

YEAR 7 ENROLMENTS 2024

If you have a child who is expected to start Year 7 in 2024 and have not yet put in an application, please contact the Registrar, Jodie Davis, as soon as possible. Applications close at the end of May.

Students who are currently enrolled in Year 5 at BHCS do not need to reapply for Year 7.

HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED TAKING ON A WORK EXPERIENCE STUDENT?

Our Year 10 students are busy trying to find placements for work experience. Would you or your work place consider taking on a student?

The Official Dates are:

Monday 20th June, to Friday 24th June

If you're interested and would like further information please contact

Chauntelle Wolfaardt : cwolfaardt@bhcs.vic.edu.au or Michelle Visser: mvisser@bhcs.vic.edu.au

HAVE YOUR DETAILS CHANGED?

We would like to remind families that if your circumstances change in any way - this includes address, phone numbers, email address, custody arrangements and fee arrangements - please update your Operoo profiles and then contact the School as soon as possible. This will assist us in ensuring that our communication pathways are up to date and you are receiving all necessary information. Please feel free to email any changes to office@bhcs.vic.edu.au to be updated.

COVID-19 INFORMATION

With students returning we want to ensure you have updated information regarding the most recent government COVID requirements and what that looks like at school.

Please take the time to read the information below, and as always please contact the school if you are unsure of the process in any situation.

If your child tests positive:

Parents must notify the school of their child’s positive COVID test via covid@bhcs.vic.edu.au
Students/Parents are requested to email teachers if they are well enough to complete school work during isolation.

If your child is a household contact of a positive case you no longer need to isolate, however you must:

Parents/carers must notify the school that their child/ren are household contacts by emailing covid@bhcs.vic.edu.au
Students must take 5 x RATs over the 7 days of the household contacts isolation.
Students must wear a mask when indoors (unless a valid exemption applies).
Parents/carers should monitor for symptoms and keep their child home if unwell or has the slightest of symptoms.
Ensure the student commences isolation immediately if they test positive.

Note: You can collect a free pack of five rapid antigen tests at testing centres.

If your child has previously tested positive for COVID:

They are exempt from undertaking RAT screening and further isolation requirements for 12 weeks after their positive diagnosis.

Parents/carers visiting the school for meetings:

Parents, carers, and other adult visitors are no longer required to show evidence of a COVID-19 vaccination if visiting for meetings or attending school events.

Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs):

The supply of RATs will continue for the first 4 weeks of this term.
DET recommends students continue to test via RAT twice weekly.

Face Masks:

Students in Years 3-6 as well as staff and visitors of primary school year levels are no longer required to wear face masks
Students must continue wearing masks on school buses, including public transport, and when on excursions, or in rideshare vehicles, as per government COVID requirements.
Staff and students who want to continue wearing face masks are able to do so, including those who are medically at risk.

A STORY IN MINIATURE - VATE WRITING COMPETITION

Students in Years 7 to 12 and their teachers are invited to submit a story between 300 and 500 words in length inspired by the writing competition theme (A Story in Miniature).

We encourage students and teachers to find inspiration from the miniature stories that make up their daily life - the small interactions and delightful tidbits that make up their day - and transform them, with brevity, into a piece of polished prose.

There are four categories available in the competition. Schools may submit up to five entries in each of the categories.

Years 7 and 8 students | Years 9 and 10 students | Years 11 and 12 students | Teachers

Each entry must be emailed to cjerram@bhcs.vic.edu.au by 4pm on Tuesday 31st May 2022. All entries must be the original work of the person entering the piece.

If you have any questions or would like any further details please email Clare Jerram cjerram@bhcs.vic.edu.au

"It's possible, in a poem or a short story, to write about commonplace things and objects using commonplace but precise language, and to endow those things - a chair, a window curtain, a fork, a stone, a woman's earring - with immense, even startling power." - Raymond Carver

ALINTA (UNIFORM SHOP)

TERM 2 UNIFORM SHOP (ALINTA) HOURS

NEW DAYS & HOURS

Tuesday: 8.00am -12.00pm
Thursday: 12.00pm - 4.00pm
First Saturday of each month 9.00am -12.00pm (May 7)

If you have any queries, please get in contact with Alinta.

Email: belgraveheights@alinta.com.au

Phone: 03 9754 6400 alintaapparel.com.au