Prep - Year 6

Head of Primary Update

It was wonderful to have another parent morning tea last week. The Year 6 Hospitality Team met Mrs Naomi Armstrong early in the morning to set up the foyer.  They then had the opportunity to serve the parents who were able to stay. 

Icypoles

These continue to be sold 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.

Photo Day and Uniform

Primary Photos are going to be taken on Wednesday 29 March. Students are expected to wear the correct standard uniform on this day and not PE uniforms. If a student is in 5/6W, 5/6H or 1/2J they will do PE in their standard uniform just for photo day.

Ashton Scholastic Book Club

Edition 1 orders have been distributed.  The Edition 2 brochure have been handed out to students.  The closing date for Edition 2 is Tuesday 21 March. Online orders only.

NAPLAN

Year 3 and Year 5 students will be participating in NAPLAN from 15-17 March.  If a student is absent on these dates, they will be caught up in Week 8.

Grandparents' Day

On Wednesday 22 March, Grandparents and 'Special Family Friends' are invited to visit classrooms from 9:00-10:15 am, and then enjoy morning tea from 10:15-11:00am.  We haven’t been able to run a Grandparents' Day since 2020 and we are really looking forward to welcoming special family members or friends into the Primary classrooms.

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. 

Primary Choir

The Primary Choir meet every Wednesday in G-Block during the second-half of lunch for rehearsals. All students in Years 3-6 are welcome to join! 

Soccer Club

Are you interested in working on your soccer skills? We have some enthusiastic students running a Soccer Clun every Thursday during the second-half of lunch. Students interested in joining should speak to Knightly or Malachi in Class 5/6W.

Dates to Note

• 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 News

Congratulations to Bayside Primary students Chase, Portia, Lydia, Beau, Quinn, and Eli for participating in the District Swimming competition at the Pines Forest Aquatic Centre bright and early this morning before school! Each student swam exceptionally well and proudly represented the College. It was great to see these students testing themselves against other swimmers from our district and doing it with smiles on their faces!

News Just In!

Our incredible Primary Swimming Team who qualified for Division competed this Thursday 9 March at the YAWA Aquatic Centre in Rosebud. We're so proud of their effort and achievements!

Quinn Sullivan - 3rd in backstroke and 3rd in  breaststroke

Lydia Teramoto - 5th and freestyle and 5th in backstroke

Chase McDermott - 3rd in Freestyle and 3rd in backstroke

Eli Lynch - 2nd in freestyle and 2nd in backstroke

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. 

Primary School Assembly

For the remainder of the term, Primary Assemblies will be hosted by 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.

Flower Arranging Team

The Primary Flower Arranging Team are trained and ready to go! Their first function they created arrangements for was the New Parent Dinner. They will continue to create, making sure that there is always a fresh arrangement in the G-block foyer. 

Prep B News

In Prep B, we are learning about 2D shapes. We have been counting the sides and corners of each shape and learning their names. It has especially been fun to look for examples of 2D shapes in our school and create artwork with them in our classroom. We have made a robot out of squares, a fish out of triangles and a garden out of circles.

Class 1/2 J News

Dexter and Minnie bought their dogs for Show and Tell, very cute puppies! Samuel found a nest in the grounds. We enjoyed team games with our buddy class 3/4C. Our Big Write topic made us feel very hungry with the list of foods that the hungry caterpillar ate. Over and all, another busy and productive week in and out of the classroom. 

Leadership Day

The Primary Captains spent a day on North Campus learning more about leadership and their leadership roles. They spent time brainstorming, reflecting and finding ways to improve the Primary School. Speech writing and presentation was a focus as well as a session developing a class prayer for each Primary Class. Leadership games and a pizza lunch topped the day off!

Year 3/4 Little Woodworkers Incursion

Last Friday 3 March, all the Years 3 and 4 students had a woodwork incursion with a teacher named Jim. Firstly, Jim showed us all the wood work tools and how to use them safely. If we haven’t told you already the company is called The Little Woodworkers.

Secondly, we were taught how to make bird feeders.  We had to wear protective glasses and earmuffs.  Jim gave each of us a roof, walls, a floor, some rope, screws, a hammer and nails.  He showed us how to use them to build our own birdhouse.

Last of all, we got to make anything we wanted out of recycled wood offcuts.  This saved the offcuts from going into landfill. We felt so grown up and had so much fun!

By Alice, Ryan, Annabelle and Jett (3/4T)

Year 3/4 AFL Incursion

The Year 3/4s were the lucky ones this year to have their first of two AFL Play incursions on Tuesday 7 March. Each class had 45 minutes of footy fun, practising different skills with Jackson (the coach) and learning different things about AFL. It was great to see so many students’ smiling, exercising and having fun. Who knows, maybe in years to come we’ll have an AFL player! A reminder that the second AFL Play incursion will be on Tuesday 14 March. All year 3/4s students need to come in their PE uniform. 

Jogging Club News

Well done to all those students (and parents on Friday mornings) that have been coming to jogging club. It’s been a great start to the year! Keep up the good work. We’ve got a few students that have already run 50 laps this year, and new students joining all the time. Just a reminder of jogging club times: Mondays at lunchtime 1:10 to 1:45pm, and Friday mornings 8:15 to 8:45 am before school. 

Japanese Exchange Students

Finance

Have you deposited fees into the College bank account without telling us who you are? We have received the following deposits which are sitting in our suspense account because we haven’t been able to identify who the funds are intended for:

• 07/11/2022 $2783.63 statement description - Details Advised Separately
• 27/1/2023 $1075 statement description - Payment from Ms Christine Corcoran

Please contact the Finance Manager, Helen Spink, if you can assist.