School News and Updates

A Message From The Principal One week to go – well actually only four more school days for the students! We have lots of exciting events organized for the last week of school and look forward to spending a wonderful last week of school with the students to end what has been a difficult year for all. 2022 School and House Captains Announced Our school and [...]

A Message From The Principal We have just ended Week 7! It is the longest length of time we have been at school since the start of the year. We can see that the students are getting tired and adjusting to the ‘new normal’. Four weeks of the year to go! Four very exciting weeks and we look forward to celebrating end of year events including our Year [...]

A Message From The Principal What a week it has been. It has been wonderful to have all the students back. We are so proud of our Year 3-6 students for adapting to wearing masks indoors. We have received the full range of weather this week – this did not stop our Junior School Council from selling out of Zooper Doopers on the first day! COVID Safe [...]

A Message From The Principal CHANGES TO COVID RULES As everyone knows there are more changes that come into effect on MONDAY 1st NOVEMBER. Below we will outline some of the key changes that will impact the Bellaire Community OR things that will remain the same. FACE MASKS – are still required to be worn inside by year 3 – 6 students and staff / visitors into [...]

A Message From The Principal What a week. We welcomed back all students on site today – the first time in what seems like forever! The staff are so excited to have all the students back on site, as I am sure you all are. DROP OFF AND PICK UP We are hoping to utilise all entry points to the school to ensure parents can maintain [...]

A Message From The Principal Covid has continued to impact the world - and in turn the community at Bellaire PS. Covid fatigue is real, it has been impacting everyone, including our students. It has been fantastic to have our Prep - 2 students back on site. Our year 3 - 6 students and teachers are still undertaking Remote Learning. Our teachers are working hard, offering and undertaking [...]

A Message From The Principal What a term it has been! It has been an unsettled term on lockdown / Remote Learning, back on site, lockdown / Remote Learning, back on site – then only half the school back on-site. I could not be prouder of how the staff at Bellaire PS have handled this term and how the community have supported the school and staff during the [...]

A Message From The Principal Welcome to SPRING! We have had some beautiful weather to start spring and hopefully more to come in the future! I hope everyone was able to get outside and enjoy the sunshine while it lasted. We are at the end of Week 8 of Term 3. As this is written, no return date has been set in stone, with a decision to be [...]

A Message From The Principal We have just completed our first, uninterrupted week of Term 3 and we ended it with a wonderful celebration for book week! It was fantastic to see all of the amazing costumes, including the teachers. JUNIOR SWIMMING Next week we begin our swimming program for our Year 1 and 2 students. Information regarding the program has been sent to families via [...]

A Message From The Principal RETURN TO SCHOOL We were excited to have the students return to onsite on Wednesday. It was lovely to see their smiling faces – we could have done without the rain and hail right-on pick-up time! PARENT / TEACHER INTERVIEWS Our teachers have relayed how it was fantastic to speak to parents via Webex on Wednesday afternoon. It was disappointing [...]

A Message From The Assistant Principal Once again, thank you to everyone in our school community for your efforts this term. We encourage you to enjoy a restful break and we hope you have some time planned away with family and friends – perhaps even in warmer climates!  Take care, and if you are getting away, please travel safely. SCHOOL REPORTS We have had a few [...]

A Message From The Assistant Principal END OF TERM It seems that this term has flown on by. Next week is our last week of term. School finishes at 2.30pm next Friday 25th June. Next week also marks ‘Planning Week’ for our teaching staff, which is time dedicated to preparing next term’s teaching and learning programs. Please refer to the information below which outlines the changes to [...]

A Message From The Principal Congratulations to all Bellaire Primary School families on the seamless transition into remote learning and thankfully, our return to face to face learning at school. I greatly appreciate the support and feedback from families over the last week and I am incredibly proud of our teachers and support staff who have all assisted remotely and with on-site supervision here at school. Thank you [...]

A Message From The Principal We are half way through Term 2 – the term is flying by! As always, there are lots of things happening in our school. We are very proud of our students and the way they conduct themselves on the excursions they have been attending recently. On Monday I was lucky to attend an excursion to Barwon Grange with a Year 1 class. I [...]

A Message From The Principal ‘Paw’jama day! What a wonderful sight it was to see so many students and teachers involved in this day, run by our Junior School Council, in support of the Reading Dogs program throughout Victoria. PLAYING OUR PART TO BUILD A NATIONAL PICTURE OF CHILD HEALTH. In early 2021, our school, along with thousands of others across the country will begin preparations [...]

A Message From The Principal Welcome back to Term 2! We hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday break and enjoyed some of the warm weather over the Easter weekend. Every term is a busy one and like all terms we have lots happening this term. As well as the wonderful learning taking place in the classrooms we have – excursions to Scienceworks, Year 3 – 6 Athletics [...]

A Message From The Principal We have come to the end of term 1. It has been such a treat to have an (mostly) uninterrupted Term 1. All the students have settled into the new year with ease and have achieved so much. It has been a joy to get to know all of our new Prep students this term. This morning I have walked through our classrooms [...]

A Message From The Principal There are less than two weeks to go of Term 1 – how the term has flown! This week our Preps had their first full week of school. We have some very tired, yet happy students! ASSEMBLY News this week from the Department of Education now allow us to hold whole school assemblies. We will be holding assemblies without parents present [...]

A Message From The Principal We are more than half way through Term 1. Apart from our little 'hiccup' with the 'circuit breaker lockdown' it has been wonderful to have all the students at school and enjoying a normal routine. TENNIS We would like to congratulate our students who attended the tennis tournament last Friday. They all did a wonderful job, representing our school with pride. [...]

A Message From The Principal Well, what a week we have had. We all survived the ‘snap lockdown’ and are happy to be back at school. Due to the timing of the lockdown announcement we wanted to ensure that everyone’s well-being was the focus. I personally found this lockdown much harder than the longer ones from last year – maybe I was having ‘flash backs’! All of our [...]

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Have a fantastic break. We look forward to seeing all of the students next year - Friday 29th January, 2021 A Message From The Principal The 2020 school year has been a year like no other. The ups and downs of this year have been extreme but what has particularly stood out is the Bellaire Communities support and resilience during this time. [...]

AN IMPORTANT REMINDER TO FAMILIES Your child’s booklist for 2021 is now available online through WINC via the link below. Your access key is: 6WU8S. There will be no hard copies distributed this year. Please order promptly to ensure delivery via Australia Post. https://www.wincschools.com.au/VIC/Highton/Bellaire-Primary-School A Message From The Principal We are heading into our final week of the strangest school year we have ever [...]

AN IMPORTANT REMINDER TO FAMILIES Your child’s booklist for 2021 is now available online through WINC via the link below. Your access key is: 6WU8S. There will be no hard copies distributed this year. Please order promptly to ensure delivery via Australia Post. https://www.wincschools.com.au/VIC/Highton/Bellaire-Primary-School A Message From The Principal There are only two weeks to go of the school year and so much happening [...]

Students will return for the new year on Friday 29th of January, 2021 A Message From The Principal The end of week 8, three weeks to go and there have been many changes in Victoria. Based on these changes we have updates for our community based on the new Department of Education guidelines. We have also been able to confirm our plans for our [...]

AN IMPORTANT REMINDER TO FAMILIES We kindly remind members of our community to not enter the school grounds before or after school hours or on weekends.  There have been some examples recently where our Department-employed Security Team have informed us that students, families and members of the general public have been on school property outside school hours. Given the current climate and the restrictions in place to manage COVID-19, [...]

AN IMPORTANT REMINDER TO FAMILIES We kindly remind members of our community to not enter the school grounds before or after school hours or on weekends.  There have been some examples recently where our Department-employed Security Team have informed us that students, families and members of the general public have been on school property outside school hours. Given the current climate and the restrictions in place to manage COVID-19, [...]

AN IMPORTANT REMINDER TO FAMILIES We kindly remind members of our community to not enter the school grounds before or after school hours or on weekends.  There have been some examples recently where our Department-employed Security Team have informed us that students, families and members of the general public have been on school property outside school hours. Given the current climate and the restrictions in place to manage COVID-19, [...]

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS - SCHOOL CLOSED The school is closed on Wednesday 21st October as it is a Geelong Public Holiday. The school is closed on Friday 23rd October as it is a Victorian Public Holiday. There will be NO  OSHC program running on these days. AN IMPORTANT REMINDER TO FAMILIES We kindly remind members of our community to not enter the school grounds before or [...]

AN IMPORTANT REMINDER TO FAMILIES We kindly remind members of our community to not enter the school grounds before or after school hours or on weekends.  There have been some examples recently where our Department-employed Security Team have informed us that students, families and members of the general public have been on school property outside school hours. Given the current climate and the restrictions in place to manage COVID-19, [...]

AN IMPORTANT REMINDER TO FAMILIES We kindly remind members of our community to not enter the school grounds before or after school hours, on weekends or during school holidays.  There have been some examples recently where our Department-employed Security Team have informed us that students, families and members of the general public have been on school property outside school hours. Given the current climate and the restrictions in place [...]

AN IMPORTANT REMINDER TO FAMILIES We kindly remind members of our community to not enter the school grounds before or after school hours or on weekends.  There have been some examples recently where our Department-employed Security Team have informed us that students, families and members of the general public have been on school property outside school hours. Given the current climate and the restrictions in place to manage COVID-19, [...]

AN IMPORTANT REMINDER TO FAMILIES We kindly remind members of our community to not enter the school grounds before or after school hours or on weekends.  There have been some examples recently where our Department-employed Security Team have informed us that students, families and members of the general public have been on school property outside school hours. Given the current climate and the restrictions in place to manage COVID-19, [...]

A Message From The Principal We are at the end of week 7!  We are continually amazed with the quality of work being produced by our students and the teachers have loved the phone calls and WebEx’s over the past few weeks. Just a short message this week! SUPERHERO DRESS UP DAY – Thursday 3rd September is our Superhero Dress up day. During this time families and students [...]

A Message From The Principal Happy Friday everyone! We are at the end of Week 6 and we could not be more proud of our community and the way in which everyone is participating and supporting each other during remote Learning 2.0. It is not easy, we acknowledge that, it is not the way we like to teachers like to teach – we miss all the smiling faces [...]

A Message From The Principal End of week 5! We are halfway through term 3. Everyone is doing a wonderful job and the feedback has been extremely positive from teachers and parents. We continue to thank you for your efforts. This time in our lives is not easy – it is hard, very hard, remember to be kind to yourselves. If there is nice weather go outside and [...]

A Message From The Principal Remote Learning Congratulations everyone – what a great start to Remote Learning 2.0! We hope that the changes we have made have made it easier for families to organise their weekly and daily schedules. The weekly plan has been developed to assist you in structuring your days. Please to watch this video explaining how to view your child's learning for the week. Thanks [...]

A Message From The Principal COVID–19 UPDATE The Victorian Chief Health Officer’s advice is that schools continue to be safe places to learn and work and that schools across rural and regional Victoria – including ours, and thankfully we are able to continue operating as normal. I would like to thank all families in the community who are taking all the necessary precautions with regards to students and [...]

A Message From The Principal What a fantastic week it has been with the return of our 3-6 students. There has been wonderful energy around the school with all students who have been excitedly catching up with their friends and transitioning to the ‘new normal’. I know this has been said many times, but I would like to thank everyone for their support and the way we have [...]