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Barwon Valley News

BVS VALUES: TEAMWORK RESPECT FUN DIGNITY SUPPORT

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Contact Details

Barwon Valley School

Address:

76-94 Laura Av

Belmont, Vic, 3216

Phone:

5243 1813

0433118007

Postal Address:

PO Box 502

Belmont, Vic, 3216

Website:

www.barwonss.vic.edu.au

email:

[email protected]

Barwon Valley School is committed to safety and wellbeing of all children and young people and has zero tolerance for child abuse. (Child Safe Standards)

Principal’s Message

Celebrating at BVS

Be The Best You Can Be

Wellbeing

Principal’s Message Education Week is an opportunity for us to showcase and celebrate some of the excellent educational experiences our students participate in at BVS. This year Education Week runs from 20-26th May and is all about celebrating The Arts. As usual we will have events on at school during this time but we are kick starting the program with a visit by Krazy Koala Puppets next Tuesday. Two performances will be held in the hall for students from both Learning Communities. Don’t forget that Year 7 and Year 10 Flu immunisations will be held at school on Monday 7th May. Please ensure your child has short sleeves on to assist Barwon Health Staff in this process. Julie Brown Acting Principal

May 3rd 2018

Be The Best You Can Be

Diary Dates Monday 7th May Flu Immunisations Monday 14th May Finance Committee meeting Tuesday 22nd May School Council meeting Friday 29th June Last Day Term 2

Congratulations to Riley for great reading!


Community Engagement in Learning - Building Communities

BVAC Visit to GPAC Bridge Adventurous Journey As part of the Bridge Award, all the BVAC students had their first ‘adventurous journey’ to GPAC yesterday. They ate lunch on the steps and seats behind the Art Gallery in Johnstone Park before walking past the library and across the road to GPAC. The show they saw was ‘Creature’ based on the very old children’s story of Dot and the Kangaroo. The students enjoyed the show and were all great role models for the school. Thanks to the staff, students and volunteers for helping us to enjoy a great day out!


Excellence in Teaching and Learning

Student excelling in their learning We’re getting ready to celebrate Education Week May 20 - 26. Have a look at some of the great work students have produced as part of their learning.


Bucket Hats

We now have BVS / House bucket hats for sale at the school office. They come in sizes: Small, Medium and Large Cost: $16 Colours / House: Blue / Reynolds Red / Williams Green / Sullivan Yellow / Laura We have sizes at the school office for your child to try.

Debutante Ball Our practices for the Deb Ball (and Movement to Music Festival) have begun. The students are all enjoying these sessions with Lyndal, our dance instructor. It is important for all BVAC students to be at school every day, but particularly important that they are at school on Monday and Wednesday afternoons to practise their dancing and build up their hours towards their Bridge award. Thanks for your support in ensuring this happens.

Whole School Assembly This week in WSA I am very excited to a say we have Paul Zaidman from "Dancing With The Stars"and his partner Anne Selleck to perform live at our Assembly.

How EXCITING!

Qkr! is here at Barwon Valley School The new Qkr! app is here for families of students at Barwon Valley School to order and pay for canteen, payment of school fees and excursions. Qkr! by MasterCard can be downloaded for free from Apple’s app store for iPhones (iPads should download the iPhone app) or from Google Play for Android phones and tablets. If you have any queries regarding Qkr, please don’t hesitate to contact Noeline Burney, Business and Finance Leader on 5243 1813.


Be The Best You Can Be Awards

The following students will be given their Award at Whole School Assembly this Friday at 2.30pm.

Omar (JP1) - For great work in Astronaut program.

Phillip (J7) - For having a positive attitude towards his learning.

Izabelle (J2) - For independently using the BVS core wordboard during

shared reading.

Lachlan (J8) - For being a good friend in the playground.

Jasmine E (S21) - For beautiful dancing at Deb practice.

Charli (S21) - For being a lovely kind helpful friend.

Caitlyn ( S16) - For a great effort using Proloquo2go in the classroom.

Mia (S20 ) - For independent walking.

Regional Parenting Services Geelong

City of Greater Geelong are running the following Parenting programs in Term

two.

Bringing up Great Kids - This is a six week program discussing how your

parenting style may influence your child's behaviour. It is run on a Wednesday

evening in Leopold free of charge.

Positive Parenting Program - This program runs for 4 weeks offering

information, support and practical answers to everyday parenting concerns. This

is run on a Monday evening in Newtown and is free of charge.

Toddler Series - A series of talks for parents on issues relating to toddlers. This

program is running on Tuesday evenings in Newtown.

Tuning into Teens - This is a six session program providing parents with a

greater understanding of their teens emotional experiences. This is run on a

Tuesday evening in Newtown with a gold coin donation.

If you require further information on any of these courses please call City of

Greater Geelong on 5272 5272 or email [email protected].


Dear Parents, Education Week 2018 is only 3 weeks away ! The theme this year is ‘Celebrating the Arts’. The students will be focusing on activities in Visual Arts, Music, Drama, Presentation and Performance with a focus on PUPPETS ! To launch this exciting event an incursion with The Krazy Koala Puppet Show has been booked for next Tuesday, May 8th. The show includes stories, live percussion Didgeridoo music, audience participation, dancing and plenty of laughter. A performance for both the Senior and Junior Learning Communities has been scheduled. There will be no cost to students. Further details about Education Week and parent participation will be sent home over the coming weeks. We are excited about the learning opportunities of this topic and as always look forward to welcoming our families to join in the celebrations of Education Week !

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