Barwon Valley News

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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:

barwon.valley.sch@edumail.vic.gov.au

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 Sister School I am very excited to announce that we have a formal Sister School arrangement with Kardinia International College. This will open some exciting reciprocal opportunities for both schools. I look forward to sharing more information about this initiative as we work together on our first steps. Planning for 2019 We are beginning our planning for 2019 and I am asking parents/carers to let me know if there will be any changes to their child’s schooling. Further, if parents/carers would like to contact me to discuss their child’s placement next year, please give me a call. Anne Hume Principal

October 18th 2018

Be The Best You Can Be

Diary Dates Monday 22nd October Finance Committee Meeting Wednesday 24th October Geelong Cup Day Student free day Tuesday 30th October School Council meeting Friday 21st December Last day of School Student Free Day

Great job Sophia for your beef fajitas in maths cooking!

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Knitted Sensory Blankets Many thanks to Olivera and her ‘team ’ of very talented knitters at Wintringham Specialist Aged Care for donating some knitted sensory blankets for our students to use.

Geelong Show Art Display Congratulations to students and staff involved with our display at the Geelong Show. If you are at the Show make sure you go and see our display - it looks fantastic

Just a few pointers for parents/carers when filling out the Student Transport form in this year’s enrolment package:

1. It asks if you reside within the designated transport area. Please indicate ‘yes’ as grandfather clause is covering those students who don’t

2. It asks if your child is on the PSD Program? All the students at BVS are on the PSD program

3. It asks if you have completed an Individual Travel Plan. The teachers do these for the students in conjunction with parents, bus staff and BVS Student Transport Coordinator.

4. It asks if your child has been granted access to the SDTP on the basis of an exemption. No students are in this category

5. It asks for funding level - please skip this question

Student Transport

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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 We have sizes at the school office for your child to try.

Whole School Assembly This week in WSA we are very excited to have perform for us our new for 2018...... Barwon Valley School Choir

Signing In/Out Register It is an OH&S requirement that everyone (except students) entering Barwon Valley School must sign in and wear a lanyard. Please complete the sign in process on the iPad and place the name sticker inside the lanyard. When you leave the school sign out on the iPad by scanning the barcode on the name sticker. We appreciate your co-operation. Thank you.

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.

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Children’s Week Celebration Event – Choir Workshop

Students and parents are invited to join in the

FUN on Friday 19/10/18

to celebrate Children’s Week

Thanks to the City of Grater Geelong Grant Workshop in the

HALL from 11.30-12.30am ALL welcome

CELECBRATION performance at assembly from 2.30pm

JOIN Andrea Robertson as she leads us in a

SPECIAL choir performance

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Be The Best You Can Be Awards

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

Jessica (J5) - For completing her work independently.

Ella (J5) - For transitioning well into J5.

Zack (J6) - For good using his words.

Aheer (J1) - For being able to write his own name.

Tayla (J8) - For great communicating at school.

Jack (J9) - For great listening and answering questions in shared reading.

William (JOS) - For a great attitude throughout each day.

Yousef (S14) - For a great start to Term 4.

Kirsten (S9) - For great using ProloQuo2Go.

Archer (S10) - For being a responsible member of S10.

Ben (S15) - For fabulous communication with peers and staff using

ProloQuo2Go.

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GEELONG CHILDREN’S WEEK

20-28TH OCTOBER 2018