Enjoying Bellevue Park SS I am presently acting as Principal whilst Mrs Rachel Cutajar is on leave. Thank you to all staff, students and families who have made me feel most welcome. BPSS is a fabulous school, with so many expert staff offering a range of learning and social activities. Mrs Cutajar will return in week 10.

Musical Success – State Honours Ensemble Program Congratulations to the following students who have been selected to participate in the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University State Honours Ensemble Program (SHEP) Primary 2019: Jess B Year 6 Double Bass Caitlin F Year 6 Viola Kai R Year 6 Viola Luke T Year 6 Double Bass Congratulations to Sarah Larmor for her expert musical tuition. This will be a wonderful learning experience for the students. All the very best!

Queensland Mental Health Week Oct 5 - 13

(Week 1, Term 4)

To support the wellbeing of the entire school community, Bellevue Park SS is organising and participating in a range of activities early next term as part of Queensland Mental Health Week. You can also find lots of information about local community events at https://www.qldmentalhealthweek.org.au/

Upcoming Events:

Assembly Friday 6th September

Yr 2 Incursion Bugs Education Friday 6th September

P-3 Sports Day Tuesday 10th September

Synergy Orchestra Workshop Tuesday 10th September

Strings Excursion Wednesday 11th September

Cluster Sport Year 4, 5 and 6 Thursday 12th September

Prep ‘Talk Like a Pirate’ Day Friday 20th September

Teacher Aide Day - September 6th

Friday, September 6th is Teacher Aide Day. It is a wonderful

opportunity for our school and the wider community to show our

appreciation for the valuable work they do and thank them for their

contribution to the education of our students. Each and every one

of our Aides is committed to helping our teachers and students

participate in educational activities and achieving learning

outcomes. Their commitment extends to our school community,

their work here at Bellevue Park is instrumental to our success.

PRINCIPAL’S PEN — Acting Principal Carmel Ord

Our Mission

Preparing all students

for their future as

successful global

citizens.

Our Vision

Leading excellence

in education through

collaboration,

innovation and

partnerships.

Principal:

Rachel Cutajar

Deputy Principal:

Nicole Heir

Business Services Manager:

Marita Schrader

Address:

20-24 Sapium Road,

Southport QLD 4215

Phone: 07 55 048 222

Email: 1925_admin@eq.edu.au

Website:

bellparkss.eq.edu.au

NEWSLETTER ISSUE: 14 DATE: 6 SEPTEMBER 2019

P-3 Sports Day details – Tuesday 10th September

I am looking forward to sharing this day with the students and meeting as many parents as possible.

PRINCIPAL’S AWARDS

PRINCIPAL’S AWARDS 6 SEPTEMBER 2019

PA DURAN Talya B 3C BUNGIL Reina A

PB YALNUN Tybalt G 3D BUCKRACHUNGCHUNG Blair G

PC KOOM KOOM Rio H 4A DOOLEE Jessica S

1A BULLANG Isaac F 4B COOLAROO Blake B

1B YAGULOMA Angus E 4C BURRANA Gemma N

1C CARINYA Niklas A 5A BAREIBUNN Christal K

1D BIREN Dion O 5B TALNGAI Mali J

2A BURRAI Isabel F 5C BARWON Seth P

2B KARANG Pia N 5D PINGIN Medha SK

2C ELOUERA Baxter O 6A BUJERIM Saskia G

2D BOROBI Mia R 6B WUNJIL Giselle Z

3A WAIBURRA Hamish R 6C BOONKUNA Lola S

3B JIMBELUNG Madison O

PRINCIPAL’S PEN cont.. ACTING PRINCIPAL CARMEL ORD

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL’S PEN

Queensland Academies Maths Challenge Students from BPSS have participated in the Queensland Academies Maths Challenge. The students have been supported by expert Academy mathematics teachers to extend their mathematical knowledge and skills. Congratulations to the following students for completing the enriching program at the QLD Academies campus:

MILLA G RYAN T ALEX J NOAH K XAVIER C SOPHIE L LAKSHMI P NAGISSA K LOLA S MATTHEW S LACHLAN C JOSH T

Year 1 Bugs Education Incursion Our Year 1 students enjoyed learning about insects and how their bodies are designed, what they eat, strategies for eluding predators and how they cope with life in harsh environments. 2020 Prep Parent Workshop It was wonderful to again welcome new and existing parents and carers to attend a workshop focusing on health and wellbeing to support a smooth transition to school for our newest enrolments. Families learnt about important milestones for interactions, communication, gross and fine motor from our Support Teacher, Jae Brough. Our Head of Positive Education, Megan Hay discussed tips for separation anxiety, morning and night routines and the importance of student attendance. These workshops have been a great opportunity for families to begin to connect with one another. We look forward to seeing them again soon for the prep interviews early in term 4. Olympics Unleashed Years 4, 5 & 6 had the pleasure of participating in the Olympics Unleashed Queensland Schools Program. The elite athletes Olivia Tauro (Athletics) and Ashleigh Swadling (Sailing) aspiring to Tokyo 2020 were excited to inspire and motivate our students to be the best they can be!

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL’S PEN

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL)

We are learning to be safe, respectful and considerate by communicating with others positively and politely including cyber communication. Our school works to support students to develop positive and safe online behaviours in partnership with parents and carers. Internet experiences at school are highly monitored and regulated, but this can be different when children are online outside the school hours (depending upon the internet controls that are in place). Below is a useful website and link for parents and carers to be aware of: Office of the eSafety Commissioner – Provides cyber safety related information and services for parents and students, including mechanisms for reporting concerns. Primary Resources – This link will take you to a range of activities to help pri-mary age children to learn more about how to be safe online. These are best when completed under the guidance of an adult, so that you can discuss the important messages within them.

NAPLAN Individual Student Reports went home with our Year 3 and Year 5 students this week. We are currently looking at our whole school data and celebrating many successes. More information on how our school is performing will be in our next newsletter. NAPLAN Online Many Queensland state schools are currently undertaking training activities in preparation for NAPLAN Online. To help schools prepare for NAPLAN Online, our school will participate in a School Readiness Test (SRT) on Wednesday 16th September, 2019. The SRT is a familiarisation activity to help confirm each school’s technical, student and staff readiness, and will help our school prepare for a transition to NAPLAN Online. It is not an assessment of student ability and there will be no reporting of student test results. The SRT provides two tests that take approximately 45 minutes to complete: a writing test for Years 5 and an omnibus test for Years 3 and 5. The collective learnings of Queensland schools taking part in the SRT will help transitioning schools to have positive experiences with NAPLAN Online. NAPLAN Online will provide a better assessment for all. It will:

• Feature tailored testing which gives students questions that are more suited to their ability resulting in better assessment. • Provide a more engaging test experience for students. • Provide more precise results so teachers can identify learning priorities and meet individual student needs.

Parents and carers can also familiarise themselves with the NAPLAN Online platform by using the public demonstration site available at: www.nap.edu.au/online-assessment/naplan-online/naplan-online-public-demonstration-site . Further information about NAPLAN Online including frequently asked questions and answers are available at: www.nap.edu.au/online-assessment/naplan-online . We will keep you up-to-date with how the transition to NAPLAN Online is progressing.

Hello and welcome to the third edition of P&C Corner for 2019. A place where your friendly P&C inform you of upcoming events and matters concerning the P&C. Disco! Thanks to all members of the BPSS community who supported last term’s Disco. Your support helped the P&C raise around $1200! A special thank you to all the kids who came along and supported our cause. Also thank you to Mr Mat Young for organising such an awesome disco. Walk or Ride to School Day on Friday 11th October Help us celebrate Mental Health Week by joining us on “Walk or Ride to School Day” (1st Friday of Term 4) Did you know the benefits for children who walk or ride to school include:

Better road safety skills

Improved health through increased physical activity

Arriving at school alert and ready to learn

Improved concentration, sleep and relaxation

Improved self-esteem, confidence and independence

Opportunities to make friends and enhance social skills

More time together with family and friends

The P&C will be handing out fruit under the Year 3 block to those who participate on the day. So come and grab a piece of fruit after your walk or ride. We would love to see lots of children and their parents! SAFETY REMINDER!! Parents – please ensure that safety issues have been considered when allowing your child to participate in this activity. We recommend that you travel with your children or organise them to travel with others. “Take to the Stage” concert! We are currently seeking donations of goods, cash or gift vouchers to assist us with the upcoming raffle at the school’s annual “Take to the Stage” concert. Funds raised from the raffle will help our children so please donate. No donation is too small and we will in turn support your business with an acknowledgement in our school’s newsletter that is distributed to our 400+ families each week, and at the event. If you are able to support us for this event, kindly contact us at school reception. Air-conditioning Update The P&C is proud to announce a $30 000 donation towards building improvements! This will go towards helping guarantee the installation of air-conditioning in our current Year 4 classrooms (due to be completed in the September holidays) as well as the current Year 3 classrooms (as part of that blocks rebuild/refurbishment ready for 2020). This means that in only 3 years we have been able to air-condition the whole school except the current Year 1 and 2 block. This amazing feat could only happen with the support of the whole school community. Well Done Team BPSS! We look forward to ongoing BPSS support as we work to air-condition our last major teaching block. Stay tuned for announcements on future fundraisers early next year. Recycling Update BEST IN QUEENSLAND! BPSS is officially the school that has raised the most money through recycling. AREN’T WE AWESOME! So keep collecting your recycling over the September holidays! Remember, every time you place a recyclable drink container in the special orange bag and bring it to school on collection day it means more money towards air-conditioning. This fortnightly event occurs every second Wednesday. (The Wed. before assembly or even weeks of each term) See Andrea Chisholm and her amazing group of helpers under the Year 3 block to drop off your collection on these mornings. Last chance to contribute this term will be Wednesday 18th September. Happy Holidays The P&C would like to wish all of our community a very happy and safe holiday. We look forward to seeing you all next term.

P&C Corner

ENVIROBANK RECYCLING UPDATE (From Andrea Chisholm—Teacher)

As the weather warms up again, we hope to see our recycling collections on Wednesday morning grow! Remember, we collect fortnightly on even school weeks. Our last collection for Term 3 will be the last Wednesday of term which is 18 September. We’ll resume in Week 2 after the holidays. If you’re going camping or having a family get-together, don’t forget to collect the drink containers for recycling! If you have glass, it can be taken to a local recycling centre like Envirobank or Tomra and you can either collect some pocket money, or donate to the school by using our code C10007643. Thank you for those of you who are bringing your plastic lids to us, we are collecting them for Envision Hands in Victoria who recycle them to make prosthetic limbs. 4A contributed a large collection this week.

THANK YOU ALL! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!

HELP SAVE OUR ENVIRONMENT

Student council have noticed that our bins are overflowing with rubbish! This rubbish is ending up in our gardens and in our playground. In order to do our part to reduce waste at school student council have decided to take part in the official Nude Food Day on October the 16th. To prepare us for the day, Bellevue Park have decided to do Nude Food Wednesday every week starting the 28th of August! What is Nude food? Nude food is food that is not wrapped in foil, plastic or packaging. If everyone in the school reduces their lunch-box by one piece of plastic every week between now and the end of the year that’s 8,582 pieces of rubbish! Not only will it encourage students to think about the environment, it encourages healthy eating as the easiest nude food is fruit and vegetables.

Performing Arts News

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Sport Calendar

Be Safe Be Re-

spectful

Be Con-

siderate Be

a Learner

Performing Arts News

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Performing Arts News

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION - TAKE TO THE STAGE (BPSS PERFORMANCE AT HOTA OCTOBER 28, 2019) This year marks the 10th year anniversary of Performing Arts run by Mr Young and Mrs Theuerkauf at Bellevue Park. The 2019 show will feature a collage of the greatest acts from our shows over the past 10 years. Due to safety reasons HOTA have adjusted their holding area regulations. Unfortunately, this change has impacted on BPSS and we are unable to house all our students backstage for the entire performance duration. As a result of this, we have had to split our show in order to accommodate maximum numbers of supporters to be able to see the show. Unfortunately keeping the show to only one performance would force ticket sales to be limited to only ONE per student (as we would have to house over 300 students in the audience and limit ticket sales to less than 800 (essentially one ticket per family.) As you can imagine, this was not acceptable given the response to last years event (sold out) as well as the trauma of asking families to determine which family member was able to see their student perform. After much deliberation and many attempts to ensure that all family members have the ability to see the performance without restricted ticket allocation, we have decided to split the production into 2 ACTS on the same evening. Tickets have been reduced to $10 per person and each ACT will have approximately 1100 tickets available for sale (i.e. approx. 2200 tickets available for the evening). This enables more members of the community to celebrate our spectacular Dance Program at BPSS. Those who would like to see the entire show will simply need to book tickets for both ACT 1 and ACT 2 of TAKE TO THE STAGE (Total cost for both ACTS would be $20 pp). Those who would just like to see their child perform will be able to purchase a ticket for the ACT their child performs in. Each ACT and the year level and/or groups that will be performing are listed below.

TAKE TO THE STAGE - ACT 1 – JUNIOR (5:00PM – 5:50PM approx.) Prep Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Junior Choir Senior Choir Inspirators Energiser Boys (Energiser Year 4 girls that are not in Snr Choir are not required for ACT 1)

TAKE TO THE STAGE - ACT 2 – SENIOR (6:30PM – 7:20PM approx.) Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Energisers Inspirators

Organising the production in this way enables all performing students to be safely housed in holding areas available within the venue. It also enables students who are not required in an ACT to potentially purchase a ticket with family members and watch half of the production. All students performing in the ACT will NOT be able to leave their holding area until their ACT has completed. Permission and media consent forms will be sent home in week 1, Term 3. There will be no cost for the students to rehearse at HOTA or to perform at HOTA (Monday 28 October 2019). If a student wishes to watch an ACT that they do not perform in, they are required to purchase a ticket. The cut-off date for returning this permission will be Week 5- Friday 16 August 3pm. Students who do not return their permission note by this date will not be able to perform or attend the dress rehearsal at HOTA during the day on October 28, 2019. Unfortunately, we will be unable to accept notes after the due date. Thank you for your understanding. Performing at HOTA is an invaluable experience for your child. Both Mr Young and Mrs Theuerkauf really would like ALL students to be involved this year – after all it is the 10 Year Anniversary of BPSS shows created by the dynamic duo. As soon as your child’s permission note is returned you will be given the live link to purchase your ticket/s. This will mean families returning permission slips early will have the opportunity to purchase the best tickets for the Acts they wish to see prior to a general release of ticket sales.

10 September Junior Sports Day 10 September Synergy Orchestra Workshop 11 September Strings Excursion 12 September Cluster Sport –AFL 18 September Envirobank Recycling Collection 19 September Chamber Concert 3:15pm 20 September Prep “Talk Like a Pirate” Day

7 October QUEENS’S BIRTHDAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY 7-11 October Prep 2020 interviews 9-18 October Years 1-3 Swimming 16 October Envirobank Recycling Collection 21 October PUPIL FREE DAY 22 Oct-1 Nov Years 4-6 Swimming 23 October Year 3 to Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary 23 October P & C 6pm 25 October World Teacher’s Day 28 October Rehearsals at HOTA bus shuttle 28 October “Take To The Stage” at HOTA Performance 30 October Envirobank Recycling Collection 31 October Cluster Sport Touch Football & Volleyball 6 November Year 5 to Brisbane Botanical Gardens 13 November Envirobank Recycling Collection 14 November Cluster Sport Beach Activities 21 November Summer Instrumental Concert 22 November Prep 2020 Experience and Workshop 27 November Envirobank Recycling Collection 27 November P & C 6pm 9 December Swimming Carnival 10 December Senior Graduation 11 December Envirobank Recycling Collection 13 December Year 6 Farewell Assembly

28 January First day of school 2020

DATE CLAIMERS

TERM 3 2019 15 JULY—20 SEPTEMBER

TERM 4 2019 8 OCTOBER—13 DECEMBER

Coughs, colds and other illnesses can spread easily at school. Please remind your children to wash their hands regularly and cover coughs and sneez-es. If your child is ill, please keep them at home and notify the school as soon as possible. You should seek medical advice if you are concerned about your child’s health. Let’s work together to keep everyone healthy so children can recover as quickly as possible and come back to school ready to learn.

Support for depressed dads will help mums (and kids)

These days, we’re getting better at recognising and treating post-natal depression in mothers. But did you know that babies whose dads are depressed are more likely to develop behavioural problems? Doing a free Triple P — Positive Parenting Program can help everyone be happier. Find out more and support each other: www.triplep-parenting.net

Please be advised that Bellevue Park State School does not endorse the following advertisements. These are provided as either a paid advertisement or as a community service when space is available.

Starting in Term 4, Soccer X will be running a 9 week After School programme at

Bellevue Park State School every Thursday from 3-4pm starting 17 October. The

programme is available to students from Prep – Yr 6. Children will be split into

groups according to age. All sessions will be run by qualified coaches who hold

blue cards. The sessions will be fully inclusive & fun based, catering for all

abilities. For more information, relevant charges and online registrations please

visit WWW.SOCCER-X.COM

Progress Through Sports (PTS) are delighted to tell you about our After School –

Multi Sports programme we will be running at Bellevue Park State School during

Term 4 every Friday 3-4pm starting 25 October on the school oval. Over the

course of the school term, our fun based sessions will cover a new sport each

week. The session will begin with a fun based arm up which will include invasion

games and team building exercises.

Sports Include: Tag Rugby – Soccer – Cricket – Netball – softball – Athletics +

More. For more information, relevant charges and online registrations please

visit WWW.PROGRESSTHROUGHSPORTS.COM

Please be advised that Bellevue Park State School does not endorse the following advertisements. These are provided as either a paid advertisement or as a community service when space is available.

Please be advised that Bellevue Park State School does not endorse the following advertisements. These are provided as either a paid advertisement or as a community service when space is available.

Please be advised that Bellevue Park State School does not endorse the following advertisements. These are provided as either a paid advertisement or as a community service when space is available.

Please be advised that Bellevue Park State School does not endorse the following advertisements. These are provided as either a paid advertisement or as a community service when space is available.