EVERY pupil is important EVE-

DATES TO REMEMBER

November

29th— Student Free Day

December

3rd—School Council

4th—40th Birthday Meeting 11am

10th—Transition Day

11th—School Swimming Sports

14th—School’s 40th Birthday celebration

16th & 17th—Dental Van

17th—Volunteers’ Morning Tea

11—11.30am

18th—Gr 6 Graduation Kilcunda Bass Football Clubroom

19th—Awards ceremony

Last Assembly

Fri 20th—End of Term 4 (2.30pm finish)

January 2020

30th—First day back for Term 1!

NUMBER: 38 DATE: 28th November 2019

BASS VALLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL + Phone (03)56780208 + Pr incipal: Mrs Leanne Edwards

Email: bass.valley.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: www.bassvalleyps.vic.edu.au/

70 Corinella Rd, Corinella 3984

Bass Valley Primary School

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From the Principal REMINDER Tomorrow is a student free day. Please make sure you have made suitable arrangements for your child’s supervision tomorrow. The buses will not be operating due to this. NEW EQUIPMENT It has taken three years of fundraising to accumulate the $30,000 needed to purchase the new play equipment. The success of this year’s Ducklotto raised the last $10,000 and meant we were able to order the equipment straight away. The installation began today which is very exciting! CONGRATULATIONS SOFTBALLERS Our girls once again performed admirably at the state softball finals. The state finals bring together the top 8 teams in the state – in itself a great honour to be included. Bass Valley won all three games in their pool and then played off in the grand final against the winner of the other pool. We came up against Mount View Primary School who proved to be too good on the day. It was a great match and the girls and coaches should all be very pleased with the day. Coming home with silver medals and the State Runners up flag is something to be very proud of. The team (Kelsey, Bella, Tabatha, Larnie, Kodie, Alli, Alana, Shayla, Aleyah and Monica), Mr McCormick, Kylie Lansdown and Todd Smith are all to be commended for the work they have put in! COMMUNITY SERVICE

Earlier this week we had 12 year 9 students

and 2 staff members from The Knox School

attend as part of their leadership

development program to complete some

community service. They were very busy over

the couple of days relocating library books,

covering new books and making a video

ready for our 40th birthday. It was a pleasure

having them in the school and to see them so

willing to help others.

Leanne Edwards

Principal

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BIRTHDAYS AT BASS VALLEY : Students who are celebrating their

birthdays this week are:

TJ O’Connor & Leo Von Unger

We hope you all have a wonderful birthday.

GRANTVILLE COMMUNITY BENDIGO BANK The Christmas giving tree is set up at the Grantville Bendigo Bank branch. Donations of toys and gifts for children and families are now being accepted. All gifts go to local families in need. CANTEEN ROSTER TERM 4 5th December—Chris Wallace & Kayte Stringer 12th December— Amber Rees & Jan Bardwell No canteen in last week of term 4.

CHRISTMAS FOOD DRIVE Parents & Friends are collecting food to donate to the Corinella Food Pantry for families in need this Christmas. Things that they are requesting are: long life milk, pasta,

sanitary items, tin fruits, meal kits, Christmas treats, cupboard

items etc. If you can donate, please give all items to the office before 12th December. SECOND HAND UNIFORM We are looking for second hand uniform donations as our stocks are running low. If any parents have clean, logoed uniform they don’t need and that they would like to donate to the school, please drop it off at the office. We will then hold a second hand uniform stall on Transition Day, 10th December.

HEAD LICE We held our whole school head lice check today and have sent home your child’s outcome and, if needed, required treatment. We understand that the issue of head lice and keeping it under control is a tough one but we really do appreciate families persistence and vigilance in helping us keeping them out of our school. Thank you. Treating head lice

Concentrate on the head - there is no evidence that you need to clean the house or classroom.

No treatment kills all of the eggs so treatment must involve two applications seven days apart.

If you are using lotions, apply the product to dry hair.

There is no need to treat the whole family, unless they also have head lice.

Only the pillowcase requires specific laundering; either wash it in hot water (at least 60 degrees centigrade) or dry it using a

clothes dryer on the hot or warm setting.

There is no product available that prevents head lice. Using the conditioner and comb method once a week will help you detect

any head lice early and minimise the problem. Tying back long hair can help prevent the spread of head lice. Combs with long, rounded stainless steel teeth positioned very close together have been shown to be the most effective, however, any head lice comb can be use.

ZOOPER DOOPER TUESDAYS

The grade 5/6 students will be selling Zooper Doopers on Tuesdays for $1 to raise money for their 5/6 Camp. Students can purchase them from the Canteen at lunchtime. SWIMMING The weather is heating up so please make sure your children are wearing sunscreen. Also please ensure all swimwear is labelled. Remember that parents / carers are not permitted to watch their children during swimming classes. There will be a designated time later in the term for parents to come and see their child’s progress. Thank you. VOLUNTEERS MORNING TEA We will be holding a special morning tea to say thank you to all our fabulous volunteers that help our school and student throughout the year. It will be in the staffroom on Tuesday 17th December from 11—11.30am. So if

you have helped in the classroom or canteen, been part of the Parents & Friends or helped with our working bees; we would love to see you there. SWIMMING TIMETABLE Swimming will return to it’s normal timetable next week: PREP A—TUES & FRI PREP G - MON & THURS 1H - WED & FRI 1W - MON & WED 2H - MON & THURS 2M - TUES & WED 3/4D - MON & FRI 3/4M - WED & FRI 4/5V - TUES & THURS 5/6M - TUES & WED 5/6W - MON & THURS THANK YOU A big thank you, as always, to Connell’s Bakery and Koo Wee Rup Woolworths for their continued support for our school. Each week, these fabulous businesses donate fruit and bread so that our students can enjoy Breakfast Club and fruit break.

STAR STUDENT AWARDS

PA Natalia Monk

Skye Coulter

For showing growth as a writer.

For settling into her new class so well, showing enthusiasm and a great growth mindset to her learning.

PG Emily Lewis For consistent growth in learning throughout the year.

1H Lola McCann For showing growth as a writer by writing independently and imaginatively.

1W Cain Lawrence For his focused and dedicated approach to working towards his Literacy Learning Goal, challenging himself as a learner and implementing teacher feedback, to greatly enhance he descriptive language, creativity and clarity of his writing.

2H Ned Schellekens For his hard work and positive results during testing.

2M Logan Magnussen For improving his reading.

34D Lewis Miner For his consistent efforts and positive learning mindset for growth in maths.

34M Callan Keher For his awesome persuasive writing on why we should have less school.

45V Bailey Taranto For working hard to improve his writing. Keep up using feedback to improve, Bailey.

56M Cobi Ashman For showing fantastic respect in the classroom to all teachers and classmates. The payoff is some great learning!

56W Isabella Harney For making a real effort to improve her writing process and producing more involved pieces.

French Phoebe Brown-Dancer For an excellent performance in our French play and for filling in another part also at late notice.

POSITIVE SCHOOLWIDE BEHAVIOUR AWARDS

Cheyenne Stuckey Be Safe

Max Beavis Be Safe

Shaylah Mansell Be Safe

Jobe Keher Be Safe

Luke Papworth Be Safe

Ally O’Brien Be Safe

Kash Schiebel Be a Friend

Matilda Bennett Be Respectful

Ariyah Mitchell Be Respectful

Luke Papworth Be Respectful

Ryder Kohn Be Respectful

Paige O’Brien Be Respectful

Chelsea Shepherd Be Respectful

Grantville Lodge Kitchen and Cleaning Staff

Grantville Lodge, located on Westernport Bay near Philip Island, is recruiting for our 2020 season which operates

between January -June and September–December. Grantville Lodge is a group accommodation venue that provides catering, accommodation and programs for school and

other groups. We are seeking enthusiastic individuals to join our casual kitchen and cleaning staff at Grantville Lodge.

Whilst no formal qualifications are required, a food safety certificate and previous experience in cleaning and kitchen duties would be an advantage.

Successful applicants will be required to have or obtain a current WWCC and undertake a criminal history check.

Grantville Lodge provides a safe and positive work place with very competitive remuneration offered. Please email your resume to grantville@uccamping.org.au

SUN SMART TERM 4 It is Sun Smart term four, which means that children are to wear their hats out-side during recess, lunchtime and all other outside activities, should they forget their hat, then they must sit at the office. It is also recommended that children apply sunscreen prior to school and suggest that they reapply a lunchtime. If your child does not have a suitable hat, they can be purchased at the office for $12.

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