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‘The BEPS Weekly News’: 29 APRIL 2019 – ISSUE 09

Our Vision: To create confident, passionate and curious learners who are highly literate and

numerate, have high expectations and are engaged in their community.

www.beps.vic.edu.au PLEASE NOTE: Children are supervised at school between 8.45am and 3.45pm each school day. They should not be on school

grounds outside those times. If you require your child to be supervised outside those times they need to be at OSHC.

Phone: 9387 3361, 9387 5707;

Fax: 9388 1949; OSHC Phone: 9387 2631

Email: brunswick.east.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Term 2 2019: 23 April - 28 June

Term 3 2019: 15 July - 20 September

Term 4 2019: 07 October - 20 December

Please note: Janet’s email: di.pilla.janet.j@edumail.vic.gov.au

BEPS Calendar : includes term dates –

Friday Night Market – Il Nido : 3rd May 2019

Friday - Appreciation Stall : 10th May 2019

Tuesday – Community Supper Forum 2019 : 14th May 2019

School Absence Notification:

https://beps.vic.edu.au/absent/

Hi everyone,

Well I feel that this week has really been the start of term. We had a large number of

students and parents extend their first term break and take advantage of the public

holidays. I completely understand that it was a fantastic opportunity to take 3 days

annual leave and get an extra 7 days of break. However, if your child is away for any

reason please let us know via the school website

(https://www.beps.vic.edu.au/absent/ ). This also applies to sickness. Unfortunately the

office staff have spent a lot of time ringing parents over the last week and today.

Please let me remind you why we need to know:

1 Legal requirement that we know where students are

2 Students are supposed to be at school unless sick or with permission to be

absent

3 The most important one: we care and want to know if you or your child are

having a problem attending school that we can help with.

We can improve as a school community here.

Toilets update:

Even with the public holidays the builders have been on the job and are making

fantastic progress. Photos below.

Staff toilet

block at

start of last

week.

Now with

stud wall (I

think that is

what it is

called)

plumbing

and

Cisterns.

Upstairs for student toilets.

New wall for

hand basins

in student

toilets

New Shower

base in

accessible

bathroom.

Wiring

started.

Lining goes in next week.

You will see further in this newsletter a fantastic poster for our first “Acknowledgement

Day”. We will be holding 2 of these days each year; one to coincide with the

‘traditional’ Mother’s Day and the other to coincide with the ‘traditional’ Father’s Day.

There has been a lot of discussion about the reason we celebrate these days and the

naming of the celebration. I believe that days like this are important because we do

need to stop and show gratitude for those around us. The adults who care for us are

important and it is important that we as a school, help students to think of others and

not just themselves. However, it is also very important that we make these occasions

as inclusive as possible. I have spoken to a range of parents, about ½ the students in

the school and we have discussed this issue extensively at School Council. The

combined outcome from these discussions is that we have decided to call the

traditional “Mother’s and Father’s Day Stalls” Acknowledgement Stalls for

Mother’s/Father’s, Parents and Carers. I sincerely hope that this change in name will

show that we as a community recognise that our Families are not made up of any

particular combination of people and that we no longer subscribe to a binary world. I

am sorry that in the past we have offended some members of our community and I

hope that this acknowledgement goes some way to address any hurt which has

occurred in the past.

Please support this wonderful community and fundraising event. The organisers need

volunteers for the baking and manning the Stall. Can you help out? Please see the

posters further on.

Premiers’ Reading Challenge:

In an attempt to continue to encourage students’ reading we will participate in the

Premiers’ Reading Challenge again this year.

(https://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/events/prc/Pages/default.aspx?Redirect=

1 ). All BEPS students have been registered for this challenge, thanks to Kerri. Year 4, 5

and 6 students will be encouraged to keep a list of the books that they have read and

record them for themselves. I ask that parents help younger students to record their

books. All students will be provided with their passwords – this week, I think. Anyway

some great reads and if you have a favourite that you think I should read, then please

let me know and I will try to read it.

Dates to remember:

1 Grade 6 transition notes go out this week

2 NAPLAN – 14th, 15th & 16th May

3 Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday – Monday 10th June

4 Curriculum Day – student free – Tuesday 11th June

5 3-way conferences – Thursday 20th June, Monday and Wednesday 24th and

26th June

6 Last day of term Friday 28th June – early finish 2:30pm. That’s it! The term has

gone already!

Have a fantastic week.

Janet

CHOIR NEWS

Junior & Senior choir will resume this week in the Hall. Students from Grade’s 1

& up who would like to join choir are more than welcome.

Junior Choir rehearsal runs from 11.45-12.15pm in the Hall on Tuesdays.

Senior Choir rehearsal runs from 11.45-12.15pm in the Hall on Thursdays.

Performance Dates – Save the dates for the following performances.

Junior Choir will perform at the Terra Verde Friday Market on May 24th at

3.40pm.

Senior Choir will perform at the SNC Friday Market on the 31st of May at 3.40pm.

Sarah

Choir teacher

STUDENT FREE DAYS

Term 2 – Tuesday 11th June 2019 (day after Queen’s Birthday weekend)

Term 3 – Monday 15th July 2019 (first day – Term 3)

Term 4 – Monday 4th November 2019 (day before Melbourne Cup)

Friday 13th December 2019