SCHOOL BULLETIN

In This Issue

Principal’s News

Stars of the Week

Important Dates to

remember

Housekeeping

PFA News

Earn & Learn

Thursday 14th September 2017

Quote Of The

Week

Your Thoughts,

Dreams

and

Wishes

are the

Fuel to Achieve

the

Impossible

Year 2 Taskworks Camp

Our Year 2 students and teachers leave tonight for their overnight camp at Taskworks. The purpose

of the Taskworks Camp is to provide safe and challenging activities that help students work in a team

environment and require students to use higher order thinking through a range of different

activities. For many, this will be their first camp experience, which is very exciting for all involved!

We know that our students will have a fabulous time and we look forward to hearing about their

experiences on their return to BNPS tomorrow (Friday) at approximately 3:00pm.

2017 Victorian State Schools Spectacular!

We are proud and excited to have our Balwyn North Primary School students participating in the

mass dance and choir sections of the 2017 Victorian State Schools Spectacular: ‘Anything is Possi-

ble!’ A special congratulations goes to Alexander MacRae who will perform in the main choir in the

show.

This year's Spectacular will be held at Hisense Arena on Saturday 16th September, with two shows at

1:00pm and 6:30pm. The three-hour Spectacular will be filmed for broadcast by Channel 7. We will

let you know when we receive further details. We wish our hardworking students and teachers all

the best for the show!

Whole School Transition

On Monday, students of BNPS were involved in a whole school transition session. The

purpose of this session was to introduce students to a new classroom environment and teacher.

Teachers provided activities that were engaging and fun, but also gave the students a sense of what

will be expected of them in their new year level. It was the students’ first taste of what school will be

like for them in 2018, with more sessions planned for Term 4, culminating in the final session where

students will meet their class teacher and classmates for 2018.

Swimming Program

As you would be aware, the BNPS Swimming Program will once again take place in week 3 and 4 of

Term 4. Prep to Year 2 students will be using the Kew Recreation Centre and our students in Year 3-6

will be swimming at Watermarc in Greensborough. This program is an integral part of the school

curriculum and all students are encouraged to take part. There are numerous benefits from an

intensive program for both students who do or do not regularly attend swimming lessons or squad

training. Our students in Year 5 and 6 will have a particular focus on a fitness and aquatic program.

We thank you for your support of this important program.

Challenge

Principal for a Day

‘Principal for a Day’ gives a wide range of community and business leaders from all walks of life a first-hand experience of a

normal day in a Victorian government school. Over 150 business and community leaders took part in the day this year. Tim

Smith, Victorian Member of Parliament, representing the local seat of Kew, attended our school on Friday the 8th of

September. It was a fantastic opportunity to exchange a range of insights with Tim on the day.

Erika Bienert Tony Stokes

Principal Assistant Principal

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

Thursday 14th September Year 2 Camp Taskworks

Victorian State School Spectacular Rehearsal

Friday 15th September Year 2 Camp Taskworks

Victorian State School Spectacular Rehearsal

Monday 18th September Year 5 Urban Camp Depart

Uniform Shop 2:30pm

Assembly 2:45pm

Tuesday 19th September School Banking Due

Wednesday 20th September Uniform Shop 8:45am—9:30am

Thursday 21st September Aeroschool Nationals Bendigo

Year 5 Camp Return

Friday 22nd September FREE DRESS DAY—DISMISSAL 2:30PM

Monday 9th October Return to School 8:45am

.

Housekeeping—Administration

Dear Parents,

Swimming Program: A reminder to all parents that the upper and Junior School Swimming

Programs are coming up in term 4. If you have not yet consented and paid for your child to

participate the Swimming Program please do so via Compass, or come into the office.

Please note payment is due by FRIDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER 2017.

Parent Payments and Financial Contributions: Please ensure (if you have not already done

so) that all parent payments and financial contributions are now up to date. You can log onto

Compass to make your payments, or alternatively please visit the school office.

Last Day Term 3: Friday 22nd September is the last day of Term 3. Students will be dis-

missed at 2:30pm.

Miss Peppercorn: Please be advised that there will no lunch order deliveries on the last day

of term 3.

Donations for the Twilight Fun Festival: Donations can be delivered to the School Office at

any time, so keep them coming.

Second Hand Uniform donations welcome. There will be a second hand uniform sale on

Tuesday September 19th before and after school

8:30am-9:00am and 3:30pm – 4:00pm on the world map (or the hall foyer if it is raining). If you have unwanted uniforms, we are accepting donations of clean/laundered uniforms for the sale. Simply place in a plastic bag in the sick bay. All money raised goes to the school.

Lost Property: Over the term we have collected a lot of lost property. Can you check your child’s uniform at home?. If you are missing any pieces, please come to the school office. If lost property has not been collected by the end of term it will be donated to charity.

Immunisation: This is a reminder to any parent that has not handed a copy of their child ’s immunisation record to do so before the end of Term 3.

Last Day Term 3: Friday 22nd September is the last day of Term 3. Free dress day. Students will be dismissed at 2:30pm, If you cannot pick up your child at 2:30 please make sure they are booked into After School Care.

CAPTAIN’S CORNER

District Athletics

As you know, last week a team of students went to represent our school in the North

Balwyn District Athletics. Out of those students, three were able to finish in the top

two in their event(s), thus making it to the next level: division.

Good luck to all of those students going to division!

Results will be posted as soon as possible.

Chess Tournament

Today, a group of our most talented chess players went to compete in an inter-school

chess tournament at

Bialek College! We're sure that they'll all do extremely well and we will post how they

went next week!

State Badminton Tournament

On Tuesday, six students travelled all the way to Altona to compete in a state badmin-

ton tournament. Each student played eight games against schools like Serpell, Mount

View, Doncaster and Glendal in division one. Overall, we placed fifth in our division,

and fifth overall.

A great job done by that team of students, congratulations!

From your School Captains,

Ryan, Catherine, Michael and Emma.

Today’s Chess Tournament

Today, 11 eager students played in a chess tournament at Bialik College. The competition was particularly fierce, with several very strong schools competing. With Chess Captain Callista Leong-La at the VSSS dance rehearsal, all of our players needed to lift their games to make up for her absence.

They did!

Sean Hawkins finished the day undefeated, with 6 wins and a draw from the 7 games played.

James Deng and Zhi Lin both managed 5.5 games and David Wang, Elizabeth Ngodinhson,

Julia Hawkins and Kovida De Silva all won 5 games each. Clare Zhu, Oliver Chen, Ryan Ngo

and Harold Moon completed our team with commendable performances against strong opponents.

Sean Hawkins received the trophy for equal best score in the tournament and Elizabeth and Julia were named equal best girls on the day. These wonderful scores gave our team 2nd place overall, in a very difficult tournament.

Congratulations to each member of the team. Your determination, perseverance and dedication to the game has made us all very proud!

Bronwen Dimond

Chess Co-ordinator

Class Name Achievement

FL Mira Mathew For being a Risk-Taker by challenging herself to always do her best AND for being Principled and a great role model in our class. Well done Mira!

FS Charlie Potger For being a Risk-Taker by challenging herself and always trying her best when writing. Great job superstar!

FT Urania Cao For showing Commitment by always putting effort into her work and having a positive attitude towards learning. You are a star Urania!

1K Niamh Smith For being a Thinker by writing a very persuasive letter convincing Miss T that homework should be banned.

1F Emily Yan For being a Communicator by writing a persuasive letter that convinced Miss McLeod to give 1F free time.

1N Autumn Abram-

son

For being Caring by always wearing a friendly smile and sharing her positive attitude with all those around her.

2G Drishti Dhurve

For demonstrating Enthusiasm by happily, confidently and energetically being a 2G super kid in every way. You are simply amazing. Well done kiddo!

2S Harmony Le For being a Thinker by making thoughtful considerate decisions for her-self and others within the classroom.

3A Yen Poh-Lim For demonstrating the attitude of Risk Taker by challenging herself and independently exploring new ideas. Good work, Yen!

3C Chrishan

Devadason

For demonstrating Commitment and Enthusiasm by striving to do his best in all activities and enjoying his learning. Great Effort Chrishan!

3R Daniel Xiang For being Caring by listening to his friends and classmates, and changing his actions to show he is caring.

4A Benjamin Han For being Caring by always being respectful and showing care for his peers.

4J Huaxing Ding For demonstrating Creativity by always taking time and effort to ex-press his ideas in drawing creatively.

4M Michael Bullen For being Knowledgeable by striving to challenge himself to write in interesting ways using his new learning. Fantastic work!

5B Pulisha Thil-

akaratne

For being Open-Minded, by always having a go and embracing learning experiences in Year 5.

5C James Deng For being a Thinker by challenging himself in the classroom and giving more consideration to his learning. Awesome week James!

5L Victoria Lac For being Independent and Cooperative by working effectively with her Quest team in preparation for their Camp Inquiry.

Year 6 All of Year 6

For preparing and presenting for the PYP Exhibition, and doing a fantas-tic job of demonstrating all the PYP Attributes and Attitudes in the last 9 weeks.

PERFORM-ING

ARTS

Kent Kolady For being a Communicator by expressing himself confidently and crea-tively in Performing Arts.

VISUAL ARTS Katy Tan 6R For demonstrating Co-operation in Art by happily sharing her expertise and working collaboratively with other students.

L.O.T.E Howard ZHANG

FT

For helping others to finish work and encouraging others to speak Chi-nese.

Second Hand Uniform Sale

Second Hand Uniform donations welcome.

There will be a second hand uniform shop sale on Tuesday September 19th before and

after school 8:30am -9:00am and 3:30pm – 4:00pm on the world map (or the hall foyer if it

is raining).

If you have unwanted uniforms, we are accepting donations of clean/laundered uniforms for

the sale. Simply place in a plastic bag in the sick bay. All money raised goes to the school.

The second hand uniform sale policy is included below or a print out can be picked up at the office. Thank you.