Boisdale Consolidated School I S S U E 1 0 NEWSLETTER 1 9 T H A P R I L 2 0 1 8 Key Dates School Assembly Friday @ 9am All Parents Welcome Monday 23rd April JSC ANZAC day ceremony 1:50pm MSC Transition Visit @ 2:30pm Tuesday 24th April Grandparents and Special Friends Day 9:30-11:00am Tues 24th & Thur 26th April 56R Parent Teacher Interviews 3:30 6:30 Wednesday 25th April ANZAC Day Public Holiday Thursday 26th April Uniform Shop Open 9-10:00am (please note change of day) MSC Family Information Evening & 7:00pm in MSC Libray Friday 27th April FSR Disco Tuesday 8th May House Cross Country Mothers Day Stall School Council Meeting Wednesday 9th May Grade 5/6 s Forensic Science Excursion Monday 14th May HDSSA Cross Country Canteen Friday Recess Special Party Pies 50c each Phone: 03 5145 4391 Newry Rd, Boisdale, 3860 www.boisdalecs.vic.edu.au boisdale.cs@edumail.vic.gov.au Show Respect, Bounce Back, Be Your Best, Work as a Team, Be a Mate, Think Proud, Act Proud Be Proud News From The Principal Dear Families, Welcome back to term 2 for all families including two new students Jack & Meika and their family who started with us this week. Grandparents & Special Friends Day Tuesday 24 th April Parents and Friends have been busy helping prepare for the up and coming Grandparents & Special Friends Day for next Tuesday. I thank, in advance, all families who are contributing towards the morning tea for our visitors and have informed grandparents and special friends for this day! The students are always thrilled to have their special visitors at school and I am sure Tuesday will be no exception! I remind families that the event commences at 9:30 AM in the Multi-Purpose room with some short performances, followed by classroom visits until 10:30 AM. Then, the children will take great pride in taking their visitors for a comprehensive school tour between 10:30 AM and 11 AM approximately. Our visitors will then be enjoy a delicious morning tea provided by families supported by P & F on the day. ANZAC DAY CEREMONY Mr Roberts and Junior School Council will be coordinating a presentation for ANZAC Day. The ceremony on Monday will be held in the Multi-Purpose Room at 1:50 PM straight after the lunch break. All families are most welcomed to attend. Term Planning All class teachers are now set for the term with team planning time provided to develop the units of work for learning. Themes Junior Team Looking After Me! Middle Team Why Boisdale? Senior Team Forensics and Geography Please refer to the class newsletters for more details. These will be sent out to families this week. Another copy of this term s key dates for the school is also attached to the newsletter as we are aware that many of the students on camp in the last week of term may not have got their copy. REMINDER: EVERY TUESDAY IS TRASHLESS TUESDAY School Council Members: Kate Mirams, Trevor Barton, Nat Bedggood, Tamsyn Lenne, Lowana Ruhling, Pat Anderson, Melissa Glover, David Keil, Kellie Willis, Sam Baines, Anthony Kovco and Mick Daly School Council President: Kate Mirams Parents & Friends President: Vanessa Robinson
P A G E 2 Welcome Nadia! On behalf of the community, I would like to extend a warm welcome to Nadia Rento who joins our Education Support team this week. Welcome back Pat! The students and staff were very excited to see Pat Anderson (Bu) back at BCS returning from her amazing adventures in Antarctica and South America. Pat has a very different, but important role to play in 2018. Pat s teaching duties will be Indonesian for all classes and working in the 34R class on Mondays. Pat will also have roles with Teaching & Learning Coaching with all staff throughout 2018. I look forward to the great support Pat will provide for students, staff and families for the remainder of 2018. Vacation Chook Duties I would like to thank Amber Stewart and Marz Rickard & families for sharing the chook duties over the vacation break ensuring our girls were well looked after! Your efforts are greatly appreciated! Grounds Maintenance I would like to thank Ian Fenton for his efforts after Easter, ensuring our grounds and facilities were looked after during the break. Top effort again Ian! Pool Repairs No Rest for Anthony! Building & Grounds Coordinator Anthony Kovco, has commenced the quotation process over the break and we should have enough information for the May meeting of School Council to commence the formal tender process so the works can be completed over winter. More information will be available in May! David Keil Thank you to Nick De Wys for creating our Wagoll Graphics for our effective learning posters. The effective learning posters will be rolled out into classrooms and learning spaces over the next few weeks. Wagoll will be at this Friday s assembly for parents and all students to meet. Indo Info! I'm back and so is Indonesian at Boisdale! For new families, my name is Pat Anderson and I will be teaching Indonesian to all grades during 2018. The students call me " Bu" as this means "Mrs" in Indonesian. I have recently returned from an amazing trip around South America with 3880 photograpghs...so I couldn't resist sharing some of these with students for our first Indo session...lets call it multi cultural awareness. The students have been fascinated by the many different environments and wildlife across the countries that I visited and we were able to contrast these with what we know about Indonesia. I would like to use the newsletter to update families on the Indonesian program. If you have any questions about this program please do not hesitate to contact me. Bu Anderson Bike Brigade Calling for more volunteers to help support the ongoing Bike Brigade program. This is on Thursdays at 11 am and at 1:50 pm. We currently have 4 great blokes who give their time and resources to help with this program. If possible we could use 2 more willing personnel to cover for them, when they have a holiday. If you feel this is something you can help with, please contact me on 0456 456 898. I look forward to hearing from you. Mark Churchill School Chaplain
PAGE Congratulations Congratulations to Alyssa Greening and Ava Harrington for your success in show jumping and to Tahli Reti, Julia Reti and Angus Robinson for your success in whipcracking. 3
PAGE CANTEEN NEWS We resume Term 2 still on our Summer menu until further notice... as we start to wind down the Summer menu, we may need to make adjustments to lunch orders, this is always done in consultation with the student; change is given appropriately. Please note Chicken Jumpys are not available, we have chicken chips instead at the same price. Tomorrow s Canteen Volunteer is Ashlee Elliott, thanks, we look forward to seeing you around 10am! Our Friday Recess Special is Party Pies, 50c each. Enjoy! Miriam & Amanda Reminder: Do you have someone coming to our Grandparents/Special friends day next week? If yes please return your slip to the school to help with catering. Polar Fleece Jumpers It s that time of the year when it starts to get chilly. We are now taking orders for Polar Fleece Jumpers @ $40 each. Please contact the office if you would like to order one. Coles Sporting Schools Thank you to everyone who has been collecting the Coles Sporting School Vouchers. Can all vouchers please be returned to the office asap. Thank you 4
P A G E 5 Notices sent home Weekly Reminder Grandparents & Special Friends Note & Plate Headlice note Jnr Classes Thank you to our 2018 Sponsors: 0428 454 264 MacAlister Valley-Newry Lions Club Inc.
P A G E 6 Key Dates To Remember for 2018 Term 2 Thursday 29 th March Friday 30 th March Monday 16 th April Tuesday 17 th April Monday 23 rd April Tuesday 24 th April Wednesday 25 th April Thursday 26 th April May Tuesday 1 st May Tuesday 8 th May Tuesday 8 th May Wednesday 9 th May Monday 14 th May Tues 15 Thur 17 th May Friday 18 Tuesday 22 nd May Monday 21 st May Thursday 24 th May Friday 25 th May Thursday 7 th June Monday 12 th June Tuesday 13 th June Thursday 21 st June Thursday 28 th June Friday 29 th June Last day term 1 (early finish @ 2:20pm) Good Friday Public Holiday Term 2 Begins Parents & Friends Meeting @ 9am JSC ANZAC DAY Ceremony Grandparents & Special Friends Day ANZAC DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY Uniform Shop Open 9-10:00am Kindergarten Leadership Program Begins Parents & Friends Meeting @ 9am House Cross Country Mothers Day Stall (afternoon) 5/6 Forensic Science Excursion HDSSA Cross Country NAPLAN Life Ed Van Education Week Open Day @ 9:30am Morning Tea provided Uniform Shop Open 9-10:00am F-6 Opera Incursion QUEEN S BIRTHDAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY School Council Meeting Winter Concert TBC Evening Interviews 4-9pm Day Interviews No Formal Classes No Buses End of Term 2