Blackburn Primary School Weekly

Principal's Report

I am looking forward to the opportunity to meet with many of our families tomorrow night at the twilight picnic which is from 5pm - 7:30pm.  This year we are combining the traditional Twilight Picnic with the Indian Festival of Colour, Holi.  There will be Indian Street Food, a BBQ and entertainment and lots of colour.  For more information please see the P&F section of the newsletter.

SCHOOL COUNCIL

I would like to take this opportunity to update you on the School Council Election process.  It was really positive to see that we had so many parents wanting and willing to contribute to our school and I am pleased to announce the result that the Blackburn Primary School Council for 2023.

Parent Members:

Anthony De Castella

Shirlee Chan

Warwick Hansen

Melissa Gaunt

Ryan Mallia

Drew Rudland

Vanessa Rowland

Chrisanthy Carman

Tenille Chamclam

Rebecca Armstrong 

 

I would like to extend an enormous thank you to Andrea Nazzari, Nicole Wernert, Ben Sommerville and Cindy Kozel for their time, commitment and support given to Blackburn Primary School.

 

A part of school council is the formation of our sub-committees to support the work of the school and the School Council. If you would like to get involved and have expertise in a particular area we would welcome you to join the sub-committees in the following areas - 

  • Finance
  • P&F
  • Policy
  • Grounds and Maintenance

More information about sub-committees can be found here - https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/school-council-overview/overview

SCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS

Thank you to the parents who have paid the essential items, which are owing to the school for all the materials the children have already received at the start of the year. 

For those that haven't contributed yet, we would greatly appreciate if you could make a payment ASAP as the school has already paid for these items and reimbursement of these funds will allow us to purchase other equipment and items around the school. 

Thank you also to those families who have made voluntary donations and donations to our tax deductible funds. We have aspirations to create through our master plan wonderful grounds and play spaces for the children. 

NAPLAN

The National Assessment Program for Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) for Years 3 and 5 students will be held this year in March, beginning on Wednesday 15th. This is a national test that gives a snapshot of each student’s ability in Literature and Numeracy compared to all other students in the same year level around Australia. NAPLAN tests assess student knowledge and skills in Writing, Reading, Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and Numeracy. 

 

The results of the tests provide information for students, parents, teachers and principals which can be used to improve student achievement.

THE RESILIENCE PROJECT

We are excited that as part our involvement with the Resilience Project on Wednesday 29th March from 6:30pm - 7:30pm we have a parent presentation.

 

Hugh will be delivering his flagship ‘Discovering Resilience’ presentation to your community. Through his high-energy humour and captivating storytelling, Hugh will share simple, practical tips we can use everyday to improve our wellbeing.

 

The ‘Discovering Resilience’ presentation helps do just that by sharing those same evidence-based strategies being taught in the classroom, so they can be also practised at home and beyond. Attendees will also be reminded of the importance of their own wellbeing - we bring the best versions of ourselves to our family and community, when we make time to look after ourselves.

 

Parents and Carer will need to register for the webinar using the following link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEscu-spzMsH9YFVSHczgBYaugOi20b-fOD

 

Please see the attached flier for more information.

 

Parent-Community-Presentation-Flyer-General-Information.pdf

THE FATHERING PROJECT

In 2021 we introduced The Fathering Project to BPS, I am really excited to continue this project and last Sunday we had an amazing day of lawn bowls-  thank you to the organising committee for their work.

 

The Fathering Project aims to improve child development outcomes by inspiring and equipping fathers and father figures to effectively engage with their children.

The Fathering Project delivers resources, programs and events specific to the engagement style and needs of dads and father-figures.

Why directly target fathers and father figures?

  • We know that an effective father has a profound impact on the health and wellbeing of a child.
  • Children do better in school when their fathers are involved in their school, regardless of whether their fathers live with them or live apart.
  • Children whose fathers participate in school activities, meetings and events also enjoy school more, are less likely to have behaviour issues and are more likely to participate in extracurricular activities.

BPS Social Media

Don't forget to check out our school Social Media pages. There is always lots of exciting things posted which gives a nice insight into the happenings around the school.  Click the link below to find our pages.

 

 

 

 

 

Parking @ Blackburn Primary School

Surrey Road Car Park is a Staff Car Park with limited visitor spaces. Families are asked to please use Kiss ‘n’ Drop for school drop-offs and pickups and if there is a need to park and come into the school, please use the spots available in the One Community Church Car Park from 8.45am-9.15am. This is also including for running club and band rehearsals. There is also parking in the surrounding streets being mindful of time restrictions. Parents are not permitted to park in the Whitehorse road or Blackburn Clinic Car Park.