EVERY pupil is important EVERY staff member is an asset EVERY parent is a partner

From the Principal SCHOOL BBQ and POOL NIGHT – CHANGE OF DATE Due to a clash with the Bass Coast Young Leaders presentation evening which some senior students, families and staff attend, we have moved the Pool night from the

Tuesday to Thursday of the same week. Come along to our annual get together at the school pool on Thursday 22th February from 4.30-6.00pm. This is an informal night and a great opportunity to connect to other families and teachers while the kids have a swim. Please put this on your calendar at home. There will be a free BBQ on the night. Parents must attend with their children and while we will have a life-guard on duty, it is parent’s responsibility to supervise their children in the water. SCHOOL COUNCIL ELECTIONS Each year school council elections take place in Term 1 and the process must be com-pleted by 31st March. The school is made up of parents, teachers, the principal and community members as required. School Council is the governing body of the school and it a great way to be involved in your child’s education and shaping the direction of the school. Members are elected for 2 years, with approximately half of the positions becoming available each year. School council meets at 6.30pm twice per term. Nominations will open on Monday 19th February and close on Monday 26th February. Nomination forms will be available from the office from 19th February. FIRST ASSEMBLY FOR THE YEAR Next Tuesday 13th February we will be holding the first assembly for the year. This will take place in the school gymnasium at 2.50pm. A highlight of this assembly will be the badge presentation to student leaders for 2018. We would love to see lots of parents and friends there. Please note that NO FOOD is allowed in the gym. Thank you. HELP NEEDED Can you spare a bit of time to help out? What are your talents? Please find attached to the newsletter a sheet to return to school asap to let us know how you can contrib-ute to school life. If every family could volunteer for at least one area that would be SENSATIONAL! Emily Conklin would like some help with the Pancake Day on Tuesday 13th February. She will be starting at 9am and going through to 11am. If anyone can help for some of the time it would be much appreciated. Please contact the school office if you can.

Leanne Edwards Principal

Quote of the week:

DATES TO REMEMBER

FEBRUARY 2018

13th—Whole School Assembly—2.50 (this will include badge presentation

of all our leadership positions) 16th—Book Club orders due back 20th—School Photo Day 22nd—BBQ/Pool Night—4.30-6pm 27th—District Swimming Sports 28th—Grade 5/6 camp (3 days at Wilsons Prom.)

MARCH 1st—School Council Meeting(current members)

20th—Parent/Teacher Interviews 22nd—School Council Meeting(new members) 29th—Last Day Term 1—2.30 finish 30th—Good Friday

If you haven't already done so, don't forget to

regularly check our school website;

www.5195bvps.global2.vic.edu.au

Bass Valley Primary School implements the Child Safe Standards to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all students at the school

and promote an organisational culture that manages the risk of child abuse and neglect.

For more information on our standards check out the school website.

NUMBER: 02 DATE: 8th February 2018

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

Newsletter Be a Learner

Be Respectful Be a Friend

Be Safe

Some of our Prep students learning a dance in music this week.

Birthdays at Bass Valley : Students celebrating their birthdays this week are:

Indi Eden & Ryan Bedford

We hope you both have great birthdays

CHANGES OF INFORMATION If any contact details or circumstances change for your child/children, please inform the office immediately. COMMUNICATION ● Newsletter – distributed every Thursday to the eldest in the family ● Facebook – Regular postings and photos of what’s going on in the school – newsletters are also posted here ● SeeSaw – This is a free app that you can download on to your phone or device. You will receive a log on to your child’s grade See Saw. Teachers will post information and

photos each week of activities within the classroom ● Phone- Please ring if you need any information or wish to make an appointment with a teacher, Principal or Assistant Principal. SCHOOL CONTRIBUTION/CSEF APPLICATIONS The essential items and swimming levy need to be paid by 23rd February. If the swimming levy is not paid by this date your child will not be able to continue in the swimming pro-gram in March. If you have a concession card you can ap-ply for the CSEF which can then be used to pay the swim-ming levy. STUDENT VOICE We are very excite to announce that our student leaders will be contributing to the newsletter on a regular basis in the form of “Student Voice Live”! Check it out on the next page. This will appear each fortnight or so, so look out for it.

STORY TIME

Storytime began at Bass Valley Primary School on Wednes-

day from 2.30—3.15pm. Story time will run weekly and is

for pre schoolers, toddlers and babies. You are never too

young (or too old) to listen to great stories, join in finger

plays, rhyme and songs. It’s free, it’s fun and it builds im-

portant literacy skills. So join Dorene in the school library.

STUDENT BANKING

Students can bring their bank deposits to school on a Thurs-

day for the Bendigo Bank or the Commonwealth Bank for us

to process. If you would like application forms, please ask

at the office.

BOOK CLUB

Book Club pamphlets went home last week. If you would

like to place an order you need to send it back to school by

16th February. Book club goes out about two times each

term.

COLES SPORTS FOR SCHOOLS

We are collecting these tokens now so tell your family and

friends to collect them too and drop them into the collection

box in the school foyer. The more tokens

we collect the more sports equipment we

will be able to get for the school.

SWIMMING TIMETABLE FOR TERM 1

HOUSE SWIMMING SPORTS

It has been decided to postpone the House Swimming Sports to Term Four to allow our new preps time to

develop water confidence and safety skills which will better allow them to safely enjoy the event. The extra time will also allow our grade 3 students time to adjust to the challenges of the senior carnival and be better prepared for this event.

The District Swimming team will be selected by Mr

McCormick from trials during P.E lessons and lunchtime

sessions.

VIC ROADS School Council has been pursuing the change of speed signs outside the school during school hours to 40 kph as per the majority of schools in Victoria. It iswell researched that reducing the speed helps to save lives as any impact is greatly reduced. We are very disappointed that the initial application has been rejected but we will continue to pursue this most important safety matter. Bass Valley kids are as important as kids at every other school! Watch out for a petition which will be circulated to fami-lies and community members very soon. In the meantime we ask parents to take particular care when dropping off and picking up students. LEARNING CONFERENCE (STUDENT/PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS) This year students will attend the interviews with parents to empower students to take greater responsibility and ownership of their learning. The interviews will be held on Tuesday 20th March in the afternoon/evening. More in-formation to follow. DON’T BE ALARMED Next week you may hear sirens at school. Don’t be alarmed, we have planned a fire drill ! Teachers will speak to students about hearing an alarm and what to

do. It is most important that we rehearse these procedures in case of fire. Parents who are in the school will also be required to participate in the drill ( this is why it is so im-portant to sign in and out of the school).

ATTENDANCE

There is a strong link between absences and poor aca-demic results – please make sure your child is at school unless they are sick. Attendance is being monitored care-fully. Arriving on time is also important – it is very disrup-tive to not only your child but the rest of the class and teacher if arriving late.

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TUE 34D 2H 56R 45M

WED 2H 34D 56R 45M

THU 12L PV 56W 34SPORT

FRI 34M 1H PG PV 56SPORT

COMMUNITY

NEWS

As part of this Festival there will be a Junior Art Competition for Primary school stu-dents. The categories are Prep, Grade 1 & 2, Grade 3 & 4, Grade 5 & 6. Materials to be used can be pencil, painting, pastels, or recycled or waste materials from the marine environment. There will be 3 prizes in each category and each artist will re-ceive a Certificate of Participation. All artwork submitted will be displayed at the Festival. Winners will be announced at the Festival on Saturday, 3rd March at the Rhyll Yacht Club at 11am.

Piano lessons your way with Priscilla Alderton BMus Hons (Perf), LTCL, FTCL, Grad Dip Counselling Creative lessons in piano, harpsichord, theory, improvisation, active listening and analysis, exam and performance preparation for students from beginners to professionals, young and old. Priscilla has just completed building a beautiful new music studio in the hills overlooking Kilcunda and hopes to fill it with new students. With a wealth and depth of experience on the concert platform, teaching in schools, teaching students at the VCA, universities, working with choirs and teaching in her private studios, Priscilla’s focus is on working with her student’s own learning style to cultivate a love of music and its practice. Priscilla is also an active AMEB examiner and loves the happy process of preparation and mutual sense of accom-plishment that results from excellence in presentation. From students: ‘Priscilla is an incredible piano teacher, one that has brought kindness and respect to every lesson. She has helped me find my passion for piano again, and for music in general.’ .....Dingyi, Yr 9, recently awarded A+ for Grade 7 piano. ‘Priscilla’s infectious passion, knowledge and love of music unlocked new worlds of musicianship inside of my mind, soul and fingers. She is truly an inspiring teacher!’ ....Marco, A Mus, M Mus. ‘There is certainly no one size fits all approach when it comes to learning music and piano from Priscilla. If some-thing isn’t resonating or sinking in, she tries an alternate approach until I understand. Every lesson is reward-ing.’ ......Alice, adult beginner

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The school has entry forms and more information at the office.

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Webster packing

Crutches hire, Scripts on file

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Mon.Tue.Thur.Fri 9am—4.30pm (Closed over lunch period)

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and children u/16 will be bulk billed.

GRANTVILLE PH: 56788113

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