Bourchier Street Primary School Newsletter No:-6 – 3rd May 2018 Page:- 1

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Child Safe Policy Bourchier Street Primary School has a zero tolerance of any form of child abuse. The school is committed to acting in children’s best interests. The safety and wellbeing of children at this school is our highest priority. We want children to be safe, happy and empowered.

SCHOOL ASSEMBLY Bourchier Street will be having 2 whole school assemblies each term which will be on the first Friday of each month! Term 2: Friday, 4th May 2018 Friday, 1st June 2018 Time: 2.20pm Where: School Hall Families welcome to join in our assemblies, where we give out awards, have performances from different classes and acknowledge the happenings of Bourchier Street School.

All families welcome!

Our Fun Run around Victoria Park Lake was once again a great success and a fantastic day had by all. Thank you to all students who collected sponsorship money that will go towards our Kids Shed/Garden program. It was fantastic seeing so many parents, family and friends down at the lake cheering on our students. Thank you to all staff for helping at the event and well done to everyone who participated.

Gr 2 Boy – James Kelly Girl – Tayla Price Gr 3 Boy – Maelan Allan Girl – Tori Pettie

Gr 4 Boy – Tanner Armstrong Girl – Lucy Potter & Abigal Vaivers Gr 5 Boy – Zav Davidson Girl – Khyara Austin

Prep Boy – Fletcher Hicks Girl – Abby Ervin Gr 1 Boy – Tom Thorp Girl – Idylla Damien

Gr 6 Boy – Jakob Harrington Girl – Lindsey Telford

Term 2 Calendar of Events Month Day Date What’s On

May Friday 4th Assembly 2.20pm School Hall Cadbury Chocolate Fundraiser begins

MONDAY 7th 6 Weeks of walking to school

Wednesday 9th Mother’s Day Stall

Friday 11th Mother’s Day back up stall

Friday 18th Cadbury Chocolate monies due

Mon-Fri 21st-25th Education Week

Thursday 24th Family Yoga

June Friday 1st Assembly 2.20pm School Hall

Monday 11th QUEENS BIRTHDAY – NO SCHOOL

Friday 15th Walking to school celebrations

Thursday 21st Family Yoga concludes

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Dear Families Wow its May! This year is flying. Our Fun Run was a huge success. Our students participated in a most friendly, caring, competitive way. It was wonderful to see children sprinting, walking, jogging and stopping to help an exhausted or injured friend. Many families arrived to watch, run, walk and encourage which was appreciated by us all. Thank you for contributing to the fund raising for this event. We always raise a significant amount of money which goes toward the upkeep and upgrade of our playground. We have a great school community. Saturday sport is well and truly happening. Families make an amazing commitment to be out and about at Saturday sport. It is such an important part of children’s lives to be engaged in a team sport that exposes them to many different children. They learn to be a good sportsperson, develop skills, learn to be social and have heaps of fun. I know it is a costly exercise for families but such an important priority. Good luck to all who are participating. I am sure they will make us all proud. Our building project is slowly progressing and should begin sometime in term three. It is exciting to think that we will have a modern new building for some of our children to learn and grow in. We are continuing to look at ways to improve or replace other buildings that are looking a bit tired. Our new black fence around part of our environment looks fabulous and has certainly added to the look of our school. We are now looking to replace the entire blue fence in other parts of the school. If you know of anyone who could recycle the blue fence please contact the office. We will advertise it for sale soon. The interschool Cross Country event occurred yesterday and we had many successful children who will progress to the next level. Congratulations to those children. Last week Anzac day was commemorated here at school where our children learnt about our Anzacs and were most respectful. It was most pleasing to see several children attend both the dawn service and the 11am service. Well done to families and teachers for making this happen. Assembly is tomorrow! We welcome families to our assembly to celebrate our children success Assembly will begin at 2.20pm

Remember -Its not cool to be away from school!

From the Principal

Regards

Denise Howley “I think I can, I know I can”

Principal

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We’re kicking off our Cadbury fundraising drive tomorrow, to raise money for upgrading play equipment at Bourchier Street. Thank you to families who opted out of fundraiser, and donated $20 - your generosity is very much appreciated.

Each box sold, a ticket goes into a raffle to win 5 kilos of Cadbury favourites!! Tips for selling your treats

Each item sells for $1

Sell to family members, colleagues, friends or neighbours

We don’t recommend that children sell the products – if they are involved, please ensure an adult is with them at all times

Please return your money collected to classroom teacher in the envelope provided or via QKR by no later than Friday 18th April 2018.

Boxes of Cadbury Freddo & Friends Funpack go home tomorrow Friday, 4th May 2018 with eldest child, unless family opted out.

Pay the $50 for chocolates via QKR

Bourchier Street School are a walking school starting

Monday! 6-week commitment!!

Your child will bring home information on “Change to Walking” at the end of the week. I encourage you to discuss with your child options for walking all or part of the way to school.

I know that a number of families live beyond walking distance. I encourage you to drive part of the way and then walk along one of the 15-minute walking routes. Footpath markers are being installed this week.

When walking to school, I encourage you to walk together.

Over the next six weeks I ask you to walk to school at least one time more each week than you normally do.

For more information about Change to Walking, please contact Paul White – PE Cordinator

Over the next six weeks (7th May to 15th June) we are encouraging our students to walk to school because children who walk are more attentive and focused in class. Also, more children walking reduces traffic and improves safety around schools.

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BSPS BREAKFAST PROGRAM Wednesday, Thursday Friday

8.15am Kitchen in the Portables

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CENTREPAY – Bourchier Street PS Use Centrepay to make regular Deductions from your Centrelink payments. Centrepay is a voluntary and easy payment option available to Centrelink customers. Please call into the Office for more information and how you can use this to pay your school fees. 58 213 488

ATTENTION YEAR 6 students Transition process has begun for Year 6 students choosing their secondary college for 2018. Each Y6 student has been given an Information Booklet that parents need to complete and return to school by

MONDAY, 14th May 2018 in the envelope

provided. Information Nights: Shepparton HS tonight 7pm

Open Days: Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th May – 9.15am and 11.15am. If you require an alternative day, please telephone the school to book an appointment.

Isabella O’Dwyer and Sabri Ibisi joined many other schools and community groups on Anzac Day, in the Anzac wreath laying ceremony held at this time of remembrance.

Lest we forget

Mother’s day is Sunday, 13th May and Bourchier Street students have the opportunity to do their shopping for Mum/Special person right here at school.

We will have our first stall on Wednesday, 9th May 2018 and if students miss that one, we have a backup stall on Friday, 11th May. Gifts range from $2 to $5 PARENT HELPERS NEEDED IN THE HALL:

Wednesday 9th May - 9am

Friday 11th May – 10.30am (during recess)

If you can help please contact: Rebecca (0437 318 736) or Michelle (0427 170 167)

BOURCHIER STREET FAMILIES (& wider community)

YOGA CLASSES $10 per family Thursdays

5 SESSIONS STARTING Thursday 24th May to Thursday 21st June 2018 $50 per family

Bourchier St School Hall – 5.00pm - 6pm Call Craig to book your family 0419 786 043 or craig@veyoga.com.au YOGA

From Thursday, 24th May families are invited to join in Yoga from 5.00pm to 5.30pm in the school hall. This is being offered at a very low cost of $10 per family and all you need is comfortable clothing and a mat. Yoga supports children's gross motor development, increases their ability to focus and concentrate, plus teaches them to use breathing exercises to control their emotions and relax. Please phone Craig to book in your family. 0419 786 043 Families from other schools welcome! 5 week session begins Thursday, 24th May.

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NETBALL Saturday, 29th April 2018 - Round 2 U11 Bourchier Thunder had a Bye so only 6 teams took the court this weekend.

We had some mixed results with the scoreboard but every kid on the court looked like they were enjoying every minute of it.

U13 Bourchier Eagles def by Grahamvale 10 to 5 Award: Scarlett Slater

U13

Bourchier Storm def by Dookie United 9 to 14 Award: Shontae Cameron

U11

Bourchier Lightning def by Mooroopna Cats 1 to 7 Award: Gemma Kelly

U11 Bourchier Bombers defeated Orrvale 10 to 2

Award: Molly McLennan

U11 Bourchier Blues defeated St Mel’s 10 to 5

Award: Abigail Sherriff

U9 Bourchier Bandits defeated Mooroopna Cats 6 to 0

Award: Indiana Young

Thank you to Fiore’s Bakery for their support.

SPORT

Student Absence When your child is away from school, please log onto our parent portal - Compass

You must have your Username and Password to be able to logon. If you cannot recall or locate your login details, please contact the Bourchier Street front office by phone 0358 213 488 or email Bourchier.street.ps.shepparton@edumail.vic.gov.au

Bourchier Eagles U10 Had a great 1st game! Was hot on the field with lots of running and some great plays going on, unfortunately def, 0-2 Goodluck next week! Awards - Archie Daniel & Banjo Daw Bourchier Gold U8 We had a great 1st game, with the sun shining and all the kids put in an amazing effort although we lost to St Mel’s 6 to 4. We hope to only get better as a team, it’s going to be exciting for all the kids as this is our first year having Goalies.... Bourchier Blue U10 Congratulation to the team on their comfortable win against the Toolamba Strikers. It was great to see such good team work. Well done.

Also - duty BBQ this Saturday, 5th May - still need lots of volunteers! An hour is all we ask…. Thanks! Contact Cassi 0427666310.

Do you have a pre-school child at home ??

Get out of the house each Friday morning and have the pre-schoolers join in playgroup whilst mums have a cuppa and chat with other parents. There are lots of fun activities for the kids to enjoy.

Playgroup:

Friday morning 9am to 10.30am Performing Arts Room

“BRINGING OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY

TOGETHER”

We invite children from birth to school age to

experience the delight and magic that comes from

enjoying a favorite rhyme or song. Learn new rhymes,

songs and stories to use with your child for any

occasion, such as waiting at doctors, in supermarket

lines, travelling in the car, etc.

Mothergoose program: Monday morning 9.15am to 10.15am

Performing Arts Room.

2nd Hand Uniform Shop MON-TUES- WED

8.45am-9.15am FOYER OF SCHOOL HALL

Please ensure all clothing is clearly labelled so lost goods can be returned to

the classroom if lost.

$35 from front office Purchase Bomber Jackets from front office, or simply order on QKR and we’ll send jacket directly to student in classroom!

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COMMUNITY NEWS

McGuire College 2019 Year 7 SEAL Program

McGuire College is now accepting registrations for the 2019 Year 7 Select Entry Accelerated

Learning Program (SEAL). The SEAL program is designed to meet the

learning needs of students who work at a faster pace and in greater depth than those students

at the same age. To register for the Online entrance exam at

McGuire College on Saturday 26th May, please visit the College website:

www.mcguireco.vic.edu.au and complete the online registration.

Registrations must be completed by Wednesday 23rd of May.

Registrations on Saturday 26th May will not be permitted.

For additional information, contact Anna Sloane or Julie Hannan at McGuire College on

5858 9800.

We are placing another order for Soccer merchandise. Orders close 24th May. Payment must be made with order form.

Please complete order form and send money into front office. We have these order forms printed in front office if needed.

Please complete order with name and phone number on envelope, and monies enclosed. More info contact: Cassi 0427666310

More info contact: Cassi 0427666310

Bourchier Street School are a

walking school from Monday!

Join in the 6-week commitment!

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