Barwon Valley News

BVS VALUES: TEAMWORK RESPECT FUN DIGNITY SUPPORT

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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)

Be the Best you can Be

Principal’s Message

Celebrating at BVS

Stars of the Week

Wellbeing

Principal’s Message We are winners!!!!!! Congratulations to the team of students who were the overall winners of the Aerobase Aerobics Statewide Championships held last Thursday at the hockey and netball centre. They received a rowdy welcome from the rest of the school when they entered the bus bay on their return. The very elaborate trophy is currently being displayed in the foyer. Anne Hume Principal

August 10th 2017

Be The Best You Can Be

Diary Dates Monday 14th August Finance meeting Friday 18th August Trivia Night Tuesday 22nd August School Council meeting Wednesday 23rd August Student Free Day

Not a good game for Cats supporters last Friday night but a great game for two of our students who joined in the half time Auskick competition. Congratulations to Riley and Jai for the fantastic game they played with a group of students from Nelson Park. Thanks to Ciaran one of our teachers who supported them on the night.

BVS VALUES: TEAMWORK RESPECT FUN DIGNITY SUPPORT

Entertainment Book Barwon Valley School are selling the 2017/2018 Entertainment Book as a fundraiser till the end of term 3. The books are $60 and $12.00 of this goes directly to the school. We are fundraising for some of our lights to be changed to LED. The remainder will be changed over the next few weeks and will save approximately $3000 per year. If you are wanting to get the Entertainment book App on your phone follow this link, it will take you directly to the Barwon Valley School page. http://www.entbook.com.au/115g458 You can also come into the school and collect a book from the office.

Whole School Assembly This week at Whole School assembly we are celebrating the wonderful efforts of the students who went swimming last term.

Woolworths Earn and Learn Woolworth Earn and Learn has started again this year and will run until 19th September. We have a box at Highton Woolworths and Barrabool Hills Woolworths for you to pop your stickers into to support Barwon Valley School. Stickers sheets are available from school or Woolworths supermarkets. You can also hand your sheets into the office at school.

School Banking School banking has started now and will be every Tuesday. There is a display board in the foyer of the Dollarmite Saver rewards. If you have any questions please contact Noeline for assistance.

Toucan Appeal We will have a box in the front foyer for anyone wanting to donate to the Toucan appeal from Monday. Items that can be donated are basic food items such as Milo, Cereal, Spreads, Tea/Coffee, toothbrushes, cling wrap/foil, Shampoo/Conditioner.

BVS VALUES: TEAMWORK RESPECT FUN DIGNITY SUPPORT

Parent Opinion Survey 2017 WE WANT OUR PARENTS TO TELL US WHAT THEY THINK Barwon Valley School is conducting a survey to find out what parents think of our school. The Parent Opinion Survey is an annual survey offered by the Department of Education and Training that is conducted amongst a sample of randomly selected parents at each school. It is designed to assist our school in gaining an understanding of parents’ perception of school climate, student engagement and relationships with our parent community. Barwon Valley School will use the survey results to help inform and direct future school planning and improvement strategies. The survey will be conducted online by ORIMA Research Pty Ltd and only takes 15 minutes to complete. The survey can be accessed via desktop computer, laptop, tablet or mobile at any convenient time within the fieldwork period from Monday 7th August to Sunday 27th August. Approximately 30 per cent of parents will be invited to participate in this year’s survey. All responses to the survey are anonymous. The online survey is available in English, Arabic, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Chin (Hakha) and Hindi. Survey language guides are available in a range of languages, please contact Karen Sugrue at the office is this form is required. The survey results will be reported back to Barwon Valley School at the end of September. Barwon Valley School may inform that the survey results will be communicated to parents through annual reporting. For further information, please speak to Anne Hume or Karen Sugrue on 5243 1813 or visit: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/management/improvement/Pages/performsurveyparent.aspx

Trivia Night/Raffle Tickets A reminder that our Trivia Night is only a week away on Friday 18th August. If you have not purchased your tickets please do so as soon as possible so we can finalise numbers. Remember there is a prize for the best decorated table/guests! Our Quizmaster for the evening will be Stampsy from K rock. It will be a great night full of fun and laughter! Please return your raffle tickets to the office to be in the running for great prizes. If you require more tickets please contact the school.

BVS VALUES: TEAMWORK RESPECT FUN DIGNITY SUPPORT

Wellbeing TEACHING CHILDREN HOW TO PHONE 000 IN AN EMERGENCY There is a website that teaches children how to ring 000 in an emergency. It is available on google play and the apple store or can be played on a computer or ipad using the following link http://kids.triplezero.gov.au/ This is an interactive tool with different scenarios to practice. TUNING INTO KIDS An interactive six session program to support you in assisting your child to regulate and under stand their emotions. WHEN: Thursday 10th August 2017 7.00pm—9.00pm WHERE: Ariston House 245-249 Pakington Street Newtown AGE: 4 to 8 years COST: One payment of $15/$5 concession RSVP: Phone 5272 4741

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 and payment of school fees. 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.

BVS VALUES: TEAMWORK RESPECT FUN DIGNITY SUPPORT

Stars of the Week

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

Erin (JP2) - For fantastic independent moving in the classroom and gym.

Lincoln L (J2) - For great following his schedule and listening to the teachers

Alex (J11) - For being a great helper in the classroom.

Kaiden (S160—For starting to ask great “wh” questions with less prompting.

Ghulam (S17) - For a great start to his “Work Experience” in the garden.

Claudia (S11) - For using her words at school.

Sam (S14) - For good listening to new teachers.

Josh (S01) - For great joining in with classroom activities.

Principal’s Morning Tea

Congratulations to the following students who will be joining

Anne, Chris or Julie for Morning Tea this Friday.

Phoenix (J2) Jett (JP3) Izabelle (J6) Joshua (JP4)

Joseph (S13) Kassandra (S12) Olivia (S16)

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Bridge Award Students

2017 BVS

Tuesday 29th & Thursday 31st August in S19

present

LOW PRICE ONLY $5

Father’s Day Stall

Blue?Green? Purple? Yellow?