Bayside Christian College

Prep - Year 6

Head of Primary Update

Week 4 of term sees teachers and students settling well into the routines and rhythms of the daily schedules. Fitness at the beginning of the day for some classes, reading circles, mathematics groups, choir and jogging club, are some of the examples of learning activities going on in the Primary School.

 

Classroom Helpers

 

Quite a few parents took the opportunity to attend brief classroom helper training sessions last week.  If you are interested in helping in the classroom and haven’t done the classroom helper training yet, please contact Glenys Bailey via email so a suitable time can be arranged. The teachers highly appreciate having classroom helpers.

 

Class Carers

 

Each class has a Class Carer(s) and the willingness of these parents to pray and help care for teachers, students and families is really appreciated.  Class teachers will email families informing them of their Class Carer. 

 

Icypoles

 

These continue to sell like ‘hot cakes’ each lunchtime for 50c.  Students are encouraged to bring the correct change if possible.  Our student leaders are doing a very efficient job serving the line of students at the beginning of lunch each day.

 

Uniform

 

Students are expected to wear the correct uniform each day, including socks.  If there is a reason why a student is not in the correct uniform, parents need to explain this to the class teacher.  Hair that touches the collar, needs to be tied up. Thank you to parents for your support in keeping high uniform standards.

 

Primary School Information

 

An email with video links from teachers of the Primary Learning Teams was sent out via email last week. The videos provided information relevant to each of the specific teams as well as general information.  Please take the time to view the videos.

 

Pets on College Property 

 

In the interest of the safety and welfare of the whole College community, no family pets are permitted on College property at any time, unless they are registered guide / assistance / therapy dogs under the control of their owners, or the approved and trained school therapy dog. Exceptions to this rule, such as where a student would like to bring a pet for ‘show and tell’, must be requested and approved by the class teacher in advance.

 

We respectfully request that dogs not be brought into the Primary playground. 

Dates to Note

  • Friday 24 March: Primary Assembly hosted by 5/6H 2:30pm 
  • Wednesday 1 March: Bayside Family Network Morning Tea in G-Block Foyer.
  • Thursday 2 March: New Parents Dinner 6.30pm-8.30pm in G-Block
  • Tuesday 7 March: Parent Teacher Conferences 3:45-7:00pm
  • Wednesday 8 March Parent Teacher Conferences 9:00am-7:00pm 
  • Friday 10 March: Primary Athletics Carnival
  • Wednesday 15 March: NAPLAN starts for Year 3 and 5 students
  • Friday 17 March: Primary Assembly hosted by 5/6P
  • Monday 20 March: Year 1/2 Excursion to George Pentland Gardens
  • Wednesday 22 March: Grandparents’ Day 9:00-11:00am
  • Monday 27 March: Primary Swimming Carnival at Pines Pool
  • Wednesday 29 March: Primary Photo Day
  • Thursday 30 March: Community Market
  • Friday 31 March: Primary Assembly hosted by 3/4K (not 3/4C as previously advertised)
  • Monday 3 April: Whole School Assembly 8:55 am in K Block
  • Thursday 6 April: Last day of term, 2:30pm dismissal

God Bless,

Glenys Bailey, Head of Primary

Swimming Carnival

A reminder the Primary Swimming Carnival has been rescheduled for Monday 27 March.

Canteen Menu

Students place their lunch order and money in their class bag and monitors will deliver the orders to the students at lunchtime. Preps can start ordering their lunches from the beginning of March. Please be reminded there are no over-the-counter sales for Primary Students. 

 

2023-BCC-Canteen-Menu.pdf

Primary School Assembly

For the remainder of the term, Primary Assemblies will be hosted by 5/6H on Friday 24 February, 5/6P on Friday 17 March and 3/4K on Friday 31 March. Parents are warmly invited to attend at 2:30pm in G-Block.

Prep B Maths Rotations

The students in Prep B participated in Maths rotations. Each rotation had a different activity based on what we had been learning during the week. The activities included practising writing the number 4 (the number of the week), cutting and pasting pictures of birds (only four) onto a branch, using our fine motor skills to thread, to which some of the students made necklaces. And to finish our learning about squares the students used their craft skills to made a ‘square person.’ 

Class 1/2J News

We are learning about our place in God’s world. We have been exploring what is man made, natural and constructed. We enjoyed exploring the school grounds and recording our findings. We asked questions such as What can we do to take care of God’s world? What features are at our local parks and reserves? Great learning and inquiry has taken place. Well done class. 

Mrs Johnson and Mrs Nadarajah

Jogging Club is Back

Jogging club is back on Monday lunchtime on the oval from 1:10pm - 1:50pm (all students welcome) and Friday mornings on the oval from 8:15am - 8:45am (parents are welcome to come along).

 

As students cumulatively increase their number of laps they receive a milestone certificate. 

Milestone certificates are: 10 laps, 25 laps, 50 laps, 100 laps, etc. Students' laps are recorded by our year 6 leaders, and they will hand out the certificates at assembly. 

 

Zacc Klan, Primary PE Teacher

Chess Club 

Chess Club has started back for students in Years 3-6, with many enthusiastic players joining us in the gym on Monday at lunchtime. 

 

Tammie Chester, Primary Teacher