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Volume 26 Issue 41 Friday 18th December, 2020
term dates 2020 TERM 1 28 JAN-27 MAR TERM 2 14 APR-26 JUNE TERM
3 13 JUL-18 SEP TERM 4 5 OCT-18 DEC
18th dec last day of term - school dismissed @ 2:30 pm. 28th jan
school resumes 2021 term one 1st feb first day of canteen 2021 jim
bell, principal jenny reid, assistant principal jo-anne doran,
assistant principal
DATES TO REMEMBER
Y ear 6 Graduation 2020 On Thursday afternoon, 17 December, the
Year
6 Graduation Ceremony was conducted, here at school, in our
performing arts centre. A dinner and ceremony could not be
undertaken as it was in previous years due to the restrictions
still prevailing from the Covid-19 pandemic, however, a memorable
occasion was still conducted to ensure our Year 6 cohort did not
miss out completely on the memorable highlights of their final year
at primary school. Dressed in attire suited to the occasion, the
students took advantage of the opportunity to have individual,
group and friendship photographs taken by staff photographers, Mel
Dennis, Anthea Barry and Jo-anne Doran. The official part ceremony
commenced with the viewing of a video which was compiled to provide
all present with a snapshot of Year 6 in 2020. It illustrated
admira-bly, that despite the challenges of the year which includ-ed
two terms of remote and flexible learning, a produc-tive and
enjoyable year was still experienced by both students and teachers.
The ceremony was professionally videoed and a link will be provided
to enable parents and friends to down-load and view. It will be on
the school website soon! In the meantime, a collage of photographs
in this week’s newsletter has captured the occasion for all to
enjoy!
P rep Transition On Monday, we were able to accommodate a
modified school visit and classroom experience
for our 2021 Prep cohort. The children were eager and settled,
indicating their readiness for school next year! A collage
capturing them at work and play is on a follow-ing newsletter
page!
[email protected]
www.brentwoodparkps.vic.edu.au
Tel (03) 9702 2022
I ntroducing our School Captains 2021 As mentioned last week,
the students in Years 3-5 cast their ballot for the election of our
2021 school
captains. The outcome was announced at school last Fri-day
during a special Zoom virtual assembly which was scheduled for the
students and parents to view! Congratulations are extended to
school captains, Eric L and Fatima S and vice captains, Timothy B
and Harini T. As a team, they are collective-ly looking forward to
under-taking their leadership roles in 2021!
Y ear’s End At the close of our twenty-sixth year, I once again
say a very sincere thank you. Despite the
challenges of 2020, thank you to all those parents who supported
the school’s programs and children’s learning throughout two terms
of remote and flexible learning and upon their return to onsite
schooling! Thank you to all the staff, both teaching and non
teaching for the exemplary virtual and onsite learning and teaching
programs which were developed, im-plemented and evaluated
throughout an unprecedent-ed year of education!! Thank you for all
the “extra” you have also done throughout the year. Finally, thank
you to the students themselves. During the challenges of the year,
the have demonstrated persistence and resilience in the learning
whilst maintaining the school values of respect, responsibility,
teamwork and excellence!! Farewell to the families who are moving
on; our very best wishes go with you, and to those who remain, we
look forward to our continued asso-ciation in 2021! To all, I wish
a safe and relaxing holiday!
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C hange to School Dismissal Times The Term 4 Operations Guide of
the Depart-ment of Education and Training has been up-
dated from 25 November. Schools are now encouraged to move away
from staggered starts and staggered ends of the school day,
however, physical distancing measures still require adults on the
school site to maintain 1.5 metres between each other. Although
face masks are not required to be worn out-side, they must be worn
when inside. All students have been dismissed collectively at 3:20
p.m. Students of Year Prep, Year 1 and Year 2 con-tinue to be
dismissed from their signed collection points. To maintain social
distancing, only parents of Year 2 students or younger should be
onsite. All other parents of Years 3-6 are expected to meet their
children offsite. School will be dismissed at 2:30 p.m. on Fri-day
18 December.
B ellbrook Catering The last canteen day for 2020 is Friday 11th
De-
cember and the first canteen day for 2021 is Monday 1st
February. Bellbrook Cater-ing would like to wish all staff,
students and families a safe and happy Christmas break and a happy
new year! Please note that lunch orders can ONLY be ordered using
QKR.
S tudent Placements 2021 The organisation of classes for next
year has been finalised and
children have had the opportunity of meeting their new teacher
for 2021. This was done at an orientation ses-sion on Thursday! Our
Class Place-ment Policy is in this newsletter for reference. A
staffing list is in this week’s newsletter!
C onstruction Update With the brickwork now finished, the
builders have been working inside fitting out the ceiling
and new kitchen in the staffroom. Work will continue next week
and in through January with our hope of completion being achieved
before we return to the new school year!
G arden Preparation The school year may be winding down but
garden preparation for the planting of our future harvest
is in full operation thanks to the Year 4 staff and students
under the direction of Vicki Kromlidis, Year 4 teacher!
2 020 YEAR 6 PRODUCTION As informed previously, our Year 6
production titled Robin and the Sherwood Hoodies was
profession-
ally videoed for family and friends to view and enjoy! It is now
available on our school website for download! The details are
below.
Thank you supporting the Brentwood Park Primary School
2020 Year 6 Production of “Robin and the Sherwood Hoodies”.
To watch, stream or download from
https://vimeo.com/491339381
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Staffing at Brentwood Park 2021
Principal Jim Bell Assistant Principals Jenny Reid Jo-anne Doran
Business Manager Sue Moore [Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday] Office
Manager / Human Resources Maree Dale Office Administration Mandy
Scarlett Office Administration / Accounts Receivable Barb Scott
Office Administration/First Aid Ros Cleversley Year 6 JA Room 38
Judy Anderson Year 6 JL Room 39 Jessica Lee Year 6 LM Room 8 Leanne
Maslen Year 6 GB Room 9 Gabrielle Douglas Year 6 MS Room 10 Mark
Swift Year 5 EC Room 7 Emily Calabria Year 5 MC Room 23 Leah
McCartney Year 5 EB Room 24 Ebony Bashford Year 5 BM Room 25 Beth
Seaman Year 5 LF Room 26 Lyn Forsyth Year 4 SM Room 13 Shanitha
Maharaj Year 4 TC Room 14 Tash Cooper Year 4 LM Room 15 Linda Moore
Year 4 MC Room 16 Michelle Conroy Year 4 VK Room 37 Vicki Kromlidis
Year 3 CH Room 11 Carolyn Hilton Year 3 MS Room 12 Marissa Shami
Year 3 SA Room 21 Shelley-Anne Adams Year 3 ME Room 22 Melissa
Evans Year 3 AD Room 27 Amy Dickson Year 3 DK Room 27 Donna Kelly
Year 2 CM Room 36 Catherine Murray Year 2 AK Room 35 Amy Kleinsmit
Year 2 CV Room 34 Cassie Van Zeyl Year 2 RG Room 33 Rosemary Gloz
Year 2 SM Room 18 Sharlene Marsche Year 2 CP Room 17 Cathi Priest
Year 1 TN Room 19 Tam Nguyen Year 1 MK Room 20 Nicole Garrett Year
1 HG Room 29 Heather Ghazarian Year 1 KC Room 30 Kirsty Courtis
Year 1 SD Room 31 Sibel Durak Year 1 AB Room 32 Alyce Bagnall Year
0 TL Room 1 Tania Lucas Year 0 JF Room 2 Jessica Ferguson Year 0 BC
Room 3 Bronwyn Coombs Year 0 JH Room 4 Jasmine Hill Year 0 MB Room
5 Melissa Butcher Year 0 LP Room 6 Lyn Pearse Digital Technologies
Lisa Lilley Additional Assistance Trish Shaw, Danielle Ackland,
Sally Morris, Lily Scoular-Brown and Angela Vetsicas Health and
Physical Education Jim Narayan and Mel Dennis Visual Arts Jessica
Murphy and Bree Stribbles Performing Arts Kenneth Mills and
Felicity Charrett Chinese [Mandarin] Chunyan Zhang and Shuyue
[Daisy] He Integration Aides Sandra Hess, Jill Strafford, Jo
Morris, Anthea Barry, Samantha Smith, Marlene Masciulli, Natalie
Bourke and Belinda Smalley Maintenance Daryl West Multi Media
Annette Wright and Josephine Tan Technician Jill Phillips and
Damien Hawkins School Chaplain Glenn Douglas and Cheryl Lees
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Term 4 Week ending 11th December, 2020
0BC Aeshan for being so helpful in the classroom and having such
great ideas. Well done!
0JF n/a
0JH FJH for an amazing year! You have all worked so hard. Well
done, superstars!
0LP Andrea for doing an AWESOE job reading books to Lyn. Your
character voices were fantastic! Onara for doing FANTASTIC work
reading and spelling the Oxford Words. You are AWESOME!
0SM FSM for your resilience and persistence during 2020. You are
all truly AWESOME!
0TL Jeff for his great concert performance. Kate for being an
outstanding reader.
1AB Mersiha for your positive attitude toward each lesson. Great
work!
1HG Edward for developing so much confidence!
1KC Isla for writing an excellent letter to Jingle the elf, and
for her efforts to edit and up level her draft. Well done!
1NC Gurasees for being an amazing classmate who always shows
kindness.
1NG Onari you published your first story; it was wonderful. Keep
up the terrific writing!
1TN Julia for working really hard on her reading and writing
this term.
2AD 2AD for being thoughtful and supportive of class members
this week.
2AK n/a
2CM Yaganah for being a great helper as we get ready for grade
3! Diya for being a great helper as we get ready for grade 3!
2CP Emmalisa for helping around the room without being asked.
Thank you!
2CV 2CV for making me smile everyday.
2RG Hiya for her amazing effort and hard work. Well done!
2SD 2SD for being the best class in 2020!!
3CH Hasrat for excellent detective work in CAFÉ and maths this
week.
3DK Bailey for his excellent persuasive writing on why Santa
should hire him as an elf.
3MF Logan for always having a positive attitude and trying his
best. Well done!
3MS Tegan for demonstrating excellent listening skills and being
a wonderful teacher helper this week.
3SA Aran for putting in 100% to all work this week. Fantastic
job! keep it up!
4EC Blake for displaying all school values this week. Well
done!
4SM 4SM for displaying teamwork and fabulous ‘Getting Along’
skills! AWESOME work!
4MC Emma for being such a positive energetic, enthusiastic and
happy member of BPPS. You will be missed.
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Term 4 Week ending 11th December, 2020
4LM Maddy for great participation in all activities and being a
good friend.
4VA Kevin for his enthusiasm and persevering to produce his best
work!
5BM Vedha for her awesome work and great attitude at all times.
Mikhail for having an awesome attitude and a great year.
5EB Ryan for doing an awesome job of researching facts about
Japan for your Geography project!
5JG Aleem for always being a responsible and considerate student
that always respects class mates.
5LM 5LM you are all superstars. Best of luck for year 6! 5MC
Bianca for staying focused and on task when completing you
Geography project!
6JA Rishabh for always putting in 100%. A great year!
6JL Nisini for demonstrating the school values in all that she
does. Well done!
6MB Crystal for an outstanding year in grade 6.
6MK 6MK for an awesome last term of primary school.
6MS Tashia for having such a positive attitude towards
school.
SPECIALIST CLASSES
LOTE Chunyan 1NC for finishing your Chinese book cover with
beauty! Well done, 1NC!
LOTE Daisy 5LM your great job completing Chinese Christmas
riddle!
P. Arts Kenneth 4LM for a wonderful, confident and enjoyable
‘music quiz’ lesson! Fantastic work every one.
P. Arts Felicity n/a
P.E. Jim 2SD for learning and playing the game of rounders. A
superb team effort.
P.E. Mel FLP Wow! You did an amazing job in learning tunnel
ball. V. Arts Bree 4EC great teamwork and effort in class this
week.
V. Arts Jessica 1TN thank you for being absolute SUPERSTARS
during out Visual Arts lesson together this week. D. Tech Lisa
n/a
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R educing the Risk COVID-19
The maintaining of social distancing and personal hygiene habits
which includes washing hands thoroughly and practising good
sneeze/cough etiquette are all measures we can all take to combat
the spread of COVID-
19.
