Newsletter – Friday 1st September 2023 (Term 3, Week 8)

We are heading to an exciting end to Term 3! The concert is less than a week away and the students are excited, and the rehearsals are looking fantastic 😊

• Monday 4^th September – School Council Meeting 6.30pm
• Tuesday 5^th September – Division Athletics (selected students only)
• Thursday 7^th September – BELLAIRE SCHOOL CONCERT (rehearsal during the day)
• Friday 8^th September – Curriculum Day
• Wednesday 13^th September – Nude Food Day (Junior School Council)
• Thursday 14^th September – R U OK? Day
• Friday 15^th September – LAST DAY OF TERM 3, Footy Colours Day, 2.30pm FINISH Assembly 2pm (or 2.15pm)

FATHER’S DAY –

This Sunday marks a special day to celebrate and cherish the father figures in our lives. Whether it’s our dads, grandfathers, uncles, or those who’ve played a significant role, Father’s Day is a moment to honour those special figures in our lives. While we prepare to express our gratitude and love, let’s also remember those who may not have their fathers or those who’ve lost them. This day can be a mix of emotions for many, and it’s essential to acknowledge the variety of relationships that define our lives. Wishing you a meaningful and heartfelt Father’s Day, however you choose to spend it.

PREP 2024 –

We are trying to finalise our numbers for Prep in 2024 in preparation for our transition days next term. If you have a child beginning school in 2024, please let the office know as soon as possible.

TERRACE WORKS –

We are extremely excited that our Terrace Court is now open for business! The students have been rotating through the area this week so they could all experience the space during recess and lunch (Preps were using the space under supervision of their teachers). The grass and cricket pitch has also been laid down at the terrace. This area will remain fenced off until the grass has had a chance to settle, possibly halfway through next term. We look forward to opening this space!

CONCERT – A note from our concert committee.

Hello Parents,

We hope you’re doing well! Just a quick update – we still have some school concert tickets left for both the daytime and evening shows. The good news is the original ticket limit deadline is over, so now you can grab more than the initial two tickets per family. That means you have the green light to bring along more friends and family to join in on the fun at this special event!

Also, we wanted to let you know that we’ve attached a revised running order for the daytime rehearsal. However, please note that we cannot provide exact times for when each class will be performing. We suggest that you attend the whole show – that way, you won’t miss a moment of the excitement! With the day rehearsal tickets being a great price it’s wonderful opportunity for those who cannot make the night session.

Thank you, Concert Committee      

EXTRA CONCERT INFORMATION –

• Dress Rehearsal – we ask students to come wearing ‘most’ of their costumes on the day. We ask that students do not wear anything ‘extra’ (such as a mask or anything that may get lost if they are not wearing it) we would hate anything to go missing before the performance at night.
• Doors open – students enter via a different door than parents on the night. We ask the students are dropped off with teachers at 6pm and the doors for parents will be opened at that time.
• Picking up students – At the end of the night, we ask that you wait in your seats until we ask parents to come down. This can be an overwhelming experience for students, and we want to minimise the number of people collecting students at one time.

BOOK WEEK –

Book Week came alive last week. Friday’s weather was perfect for the Prep-2 and Years 3-6 parades. All students have contributed to a Book Week display at our front office, along with entries from this year’s Book Face competition. Thanks Mrs Rau, Mrs Douglas, Mrs McArthur and Miss Parlementas for organising various activities and events throughout the week, and thanks to the parents for sending your children to school on Friday is such creative costumes and dress ups.

LOCKDOWN DRILL –

This week we undertook a ‘Lockdown’ drill. Each term we are required to undertake an Emergency Management drill, evacuation, lockdown, offsite etc to ensure that all our processes are in place and students get to practise. This term it was a lockdown drill. The students did an excellent job and we have lots of feedback from staff and students about how we can improve and ensure we provide the best possible experiences for our students.

DIVISION ATHLETICS –

We wish all our students who are competing at the Division Athletics on Tuesday the best of luck.

LAST DAY OF THE YEAR –

We just want to everyone plenty of advanced notice that the last day of the school year, Wednesday 20^th December, will be a Curriculum Day. Please note that OSHC will NOT be running on this day.

OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS CARE IMPORTANT INFORMATION from our OSHC team –

Thank you to the 44 families that have completed their child’s registration in the new fullybooked system.

However, this is only a fraction of the 170 plus families that currently use the service.

If you are fully registered your family can start making bookings for Term 4 now.

You WILL NOT be able to make a booking for Term 4 until your child’s registration is completed.

Several families have started the enrolment process, but sections are incomplete and therefore cannot make bookings at this stage.

Complete registration requires all of the following tasks:

• Verification of your email
• Addition of child/ren and child/ren details
• Addition of parent
• Addition of second parent (or tick not applicable)
• Addition of “other contact” in case of emergency
• Addition of payment details

Please following the link to commence or complete your child’s enrolment.

https://bellaireps.fullybookedccms.com.au/family/

Please also read updated Payment of Fees and Bookings Policy

Payment of Fees & Bookings.docx (bellaireps.vic.edu.au)

Thank you for your assistance.

Bellaire Primary School Council OSHC Team

NUDE FOOD DAY – 

Isobel G in Year 5 is organising Bellaire Nude Food Day on Wednesday 13^th September (last week of school). Isobel’s proactive efforts to raise awareness about the benefits of ‘Nude Food’ are truly commendable.

Isobel would like to communicate the following:

Did you know that when it rains, rainwater flushes litter down our drains, which goes into oceans and waterways?

The Bellaire Nude Food Day will be held on Wednesday the 13^th of September. We encourage all students to bring no plastic in their lunch boxes so we can reduce the amount of plastic litter at Bellaire. Eliminating plastic from your lunch box will improve the cleanliness of our school, clean up the local waterways and provide students with healthy nutritional food to eat.

Isobel’s initiative reminds us that small actions, like avoiding plastic, can have a big impact on our environment.

Principal

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Preps

Juniors

Middles

Seniors

PHM

Ronja W

1TS

Lily M

2SK

Katana N

3AW

Leon C

4AT

Zach T

5DD

Charlotte C

6JB

Aston G

PHH

Mia H

1EM

Theo M

2DP

Eli M

3BL

Hattie A

4EC

Finn D

5ED

Ash W

6KO

Cassia S

PMF

Mila B

1LS

Isla N

2JB

Rosie A

3LD

Logan R

4JG

Lowan C

5DJ

Jack P

6ZP

Layla R

PTM

Harvey CH

1CB

Siobhan G

2EP

Hannah K

3KE

Elsie C

4TC

Hudson G

5GM

Emily H

6LM

Malakai O

2CN

Boston H

6RN

Kylah F

Preps

Juniors

Middles

Seniors

PHM

Christian G

1TS

Asher A

2SK

Mahan  G

3AW

Hazel K

4AT

Sinbone R

5DD

Will L

6JB

Jackson A

PHH

Henry D

1EM

Emilia P

2DP

Emmanuel C

3BL

Flynn T

4EC

Harry E

5ED

Morgan K

6KO

Oscar B

PMF

Parth P

1LS

Wyatt A

2JB

Hayden M

3LD

Seraphin M

4JG

Aara P

5DJ

Sophie M

6ZP

Maddie E

PTM

Maya A

1CB

Jack E

2EP

Eloise K

3KE

Raff M

4TC

Will E

5GM

Sam H

6LM

Zeeshan A

2CN

Hassan A

6RN

Zahli B

STEAM: Will T (2DP) & Albie H (2DP)

FRENCH: Chloe P (6KO) & Elena J (1LS)

ART: Abigail H (6LM) & Laila S (4JG)

PE: Jack L (2SK) & Kitty B (5ED)