BVSS May 4th 2015 - Bay View State School

BayView Breeze
4th May 2015
STUDENT ABSENTEE
LINE
3206 5266
STUDENT ABSENTEE
EMAIL
absence@bayviewss.eq.edu.au
TERM 2
Monday 20 April – Friday 26 June
2015
PARADE
Tuesday @ 1:45pm
MONEY COLLECTION
DAYS
Tues and Thurs
8:15am – 9:15am
CAFÉ
Wed, Thurs & Fri
cafe@bayviewss.eq.edu.au
NEW CUT OFF TIME IS 8am
UNIFORM SHOP
Mon 8am – 9:30am
2pm – 3pm
Fri – 8am – 9am
uniforms@bayviewss.eq.edu.au
PCYC
0421 561 136 or
bayviewsac@pcyc.org.
Principal’s Message
Value of the Week – Show Understanding Tolerance and Inclusion
Understanding is using your mind to think clearly, paying careful attention
to see the meaning of things. An understanding mind gives you insights and
wonderful ideas. An understanding heart gives you empathy and
compassion for others. Understanding is the power to think and learn and
also to care.
Being Tolerant is accepting differences. You don’t expect others to think,
look, speak or act just like you. You are free of prejudice, knowing that all
people have feelings, needs hopes and dreams. Tolerance is also accepting
things you wish were different with patience and flexibility.
Inclusiveness helps us work and live together peacefully. We feel
connected with each other and all living things. We value the special
individuality of each person as a gift, not as a reason to fight or be
scared. With inclusion we accomplish more together than any of one of us
could alone.
Reference: http://www.virtuesproject.com/virtues.html
Evacuation Procedures
As you will most likely be aware there was an Evacuation of our school on
Tuesday afternoon at 2.25pm. The evacuation was caused by a sensor
trigger. As this was not a planned Drill, a full evacuation was required. I
commend all students and staff for their diligence during this evacuation.
Parent procedures during School Evacuation. ALL persons on site must
assemble at the MUSTER POINT, which is on Vintage Dve side of the
oval. If the Evacuation Siren is being activated, please DO NOT enter the
school grounds. ALL students are to remain with their class teacher until the
situation is under control. Students will only be permitted to leave with their
parents/caregivers if the correct procedure of sign out at Corporate Services
has been completed and the adult is able to provide the Class Teacher with
the Early Departure slip. All other departures will ONLY be permitted from
the classroom following the safe return of the class.
If the situation is on going then a process of identifying parents/caregivers
for the collection and dismissal of students will be announced. At ALL
TIMES parents must follow the directions of the teachers to ensure safety.
School Crossing
Thank you
The School crossing on Vintage Drive now has
the Crossing Identification Flags operating on a
daily basis between the hours of 8am-9am and
2.30pm-3.00pm. At this stage the Crossing is
NOT supervised, however it is now a legal
requirement for traffic to stop for the safe
movement of pedestrians. Unfortunately this does
not mean that all vehicles will stop. I have
reminded all students that personal safety,
ultimately, rests with the individual.
Very shortly the crossing will be supervised by
two wonderful volunteers. A start date will be
published when confirmed.
NAPLAN
Our Year 3 and 5 students will, next week,
participate in the annual National Assessment
Program — Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN)
tests to assess their skills and understanding in the
areas of reading, writing, language conventions
(spelling, grammar and punctuation) and
numeracy.
The tests will be conducted in all state and nonstate schools across the country from 12–14 May.
An individual NAPLAN report for each child will
be sent home later this year. Results provide
additional feedback for parents, carers and
teachers on how students are progressing in key
curriculum areas.
The best way you can help your child prepare for
NAPLAN is to reassure your child that NAPLAN
tests are just one part of their school program, and
to urge them to simply do the best they can.
All children benefit from a consistent approach to
this week as in any other week. Planning your
week to include a solid breakfast, organised
uniforms and lunches as well as a good night’s
sleep.
Further NAPLAN information for parents and
carers is available online. Please contact the
school if you have any questions about your child
participating in NAPLAN testing.
http://www.nap.edu.au/
To my wonderful Bayview Community
I am feeling so overwhelmed by your kindness,
love and support during this time of grief and
sadness that my two beautiful boys and I have
been processing since my husband Adam's passing
two months ago. I always knew that BayView
State School was a remarkable little school but I
never realised just how amazing it really was until
we were thrown into a world of unknowns and
upheaval. The generosity shown to us by the
Bayview parents and staff has been so humbling
and there are no words enough that I can find to
express my thanks to you.
I am so grateful for all the wonderful home
cooked meals that have filled my freezer for the
last two months, it has certainly taken the stress
out of my afternoons knowing that I am able to
feed my boys healthy yummy meals. The cakes,
biscuits, lasagne's, roasts, the list goes on and on
and its wonderful, the tea and coffee, toilet paper
and tissues add to the ease of my day and not to
mention camp fees and toiletries cases for the
boys. WOW! You've thought of everything and it's
the little things that make all the difference.
Thank you.
Jodie, Joel and Reef
Student Wellbeing - Immunosupression
I would like to inform our community that there is
a child within our school who is
immunosupressed, meaning that this child has a
lower immunity and cannot fight infections in the
normal way.
Viruses that cause measles, chickenpox and
shingles could make this child extremely unwell.
Therefore I would be grateful if you would contact
the school immediately if your child is found to
have one of these illnesses. If we know that there
has been exposure to measles, chickenpox or
shingles, medicine can be given to lessen the side
effect of such an infection to this child. This
medicine does need to be given as soon as
possible after the contact has taken place.
I must assure you that your child is not at any risk
because of this child.
Hats
Even in Autumn, hats are a very important and
compulsory part of our school uniform. Students
MUST have their hats for PMP, PE and every
play time. Please check that your child has a hat
and that they are bringing it to school. Please
encourage them to also check the name in their hat
before they take it away.
Jumpers
As the weather cools down in the mornings and
afternoon, students are beginning to wear jumpers.
Please be aware that there is a Winter Inclusion in
our Dresscode and although the school jumper is
NOT compulsory it does look great and is very
warm. The compulsory part is that all additional
clothing; including jumpers, pants, stockings,
undershirts must be NAVY if they can be seen.
Cleveland District State High School –
Sport Development Trial
Please note this date if your Yr 6 child is
considering applying for entry to the CDSHS
Development Program.
Sport Development Trials: Monday 18th May
from 3.30pm-5.00pm.
Peter Black
Principal
Staff Introductions
During Term 2 our newsletter will share with you,
short biographies of our staff. This week will be
our Special Needs Teacher Aides / Discovery
Centre Teacher Aide
Julie Carter
I’m Julie Carter and I began my
career as a music teacher in the
1980s. This took me to places far
and wide for 9 years. My career
path then changed after some time off to have
children. I took on the role of teacher aide in the
library at Faith Lutheran Primary School where I
worked for 12 years. I returned to Education
Queensland with my appointment to the position
in the Discovery Centre at BayView when it first
opened in 2010. It has been very rewarding to be
part of the team to establish the library collection
at a new school. I really enjoy being able to find
books and resources to help the teachers do the
fantastic job they do. I also love to be able to help
children to find books that lead them to a lifelong
love of reading.
I have two wonderful sons 24 and 21 of whom I
am very proud. I enjoy spending time with them
as well as reading, dancing, walking the dog and
meeting friends for coffee. I consider it to be a
privilege to be part of the friendly and supportive
community at BayView.
Julie Burge
I have been a teacher aide for 9
years with the majority of that
time working for Special Needs,
which is my passion. I am fairly
new to Bayview as I was very
fortunate to be transferred to this wonderful
school March last year. Every morning when I
drive to school I find myself looking at the
wonderful scenery of the bay and count my lucky
stars that I am working here. I have always
worked in an office environment, from P.A to
wages/credit officer, but when I started
volunteering at Redlands Special School I could
not go back behind a desk.
I emigrated with my husband from the UK Nov
1989. This was a huge step as all my family are
still in the UK. I was really gullible then, I even
bought a book on Australian slang, which I
practised on the plane coming over! I have 3 boys
14,16 & 18 years, 2 of which have Autism. This
can be challenging at times, but it is also very
rewarding.
Teri Finnimore
Hello BayView Community
My name is Teri Finnimore. I
have been one of our school’s
teacher aides since May 2011. I
have provided support to our wonderful children
and staff across all areas of general, prep and
currently special education. I am passionate about
the education of our future leaders and really
enjoy being part of our students’ educational
journey.
Decoding
Strategy
This
means……
Look at the picture
Use the illustrations
Use the pictures
for clues to the
word and the
meaning
Use the sounds
in the word by
stretching the
sounds rather
than segmenting
letter by letter
Get your mouth
ready for the
word
Stretch it out
Stretch out the
sounds
Use the initial sound
Tanja Beard
Hi my name is Tanja Beard. I
started with BayView State
School this year as a Teacher
Aide in Prep. This is the first year
of my new career, after spending
numerous years as an Accountant/Book keeper. I
am enjoying myself everyday and can now not see
myself doing anything different. Everyone at
BayView has been very welcoming to me and I
am appreciative of the amazing opportunity I have
been given.
Curriculum Corner
Teacher Talk
•
Look at the
pictures /
diagrams / graphs
•
Stretch the word
out slowly like
bubble gum then
snap back
Say the word
slowly
Say the first
sound/s of the
word as you
‘crash’ into it –
don’t stop
Look for a chunk
you know
Look for word
parts
Get your fingers
up to find a known
part
Can you read
more than that?
Check the end of
the word
Which part of the
word do you
know?
Use your fingers
to find parts of the
words you know.
You know another
word like this.
You know ____so
this is ______.
How are ______
and _____ the
same/different?
Skip the word
Read to the end of
the sentence
Go back and
reread using the
meaning
Try another vowel
sound
Flip a short sound
for a long sound
Try that again. Did
it look right,
sound right, make
sense?
What word might
make sense? Look
right?
(M) You said…..
Does that make
sense?
(S) You
said……How did
that sound?
(V) Does that look
right? Read it
again and say the
first sound? Here’s
a part you know.
Was that ok? How
did you know?
I like the way
when you ______
you fixed it by
_______.
Say nothing and
allow wait time to
process
On ____page, I
heard you say
____. Was that
ok? What could
you do?
Were you right?
How do you know?
(ask children
when they are
both correct and
incorrect for
decision making)
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•
•
Chunk the word
•
•
Read through to the
end of the word
Use ending
chunks – word
endings
•
Find smaller words
Look for a
smaller word
inside the word
•
Use analogy to
move from a
word you know
to the new word.
•
Kellie Scullion
Hello to the entire BayView
families and I hope you are having
a great year so far. I have been an
employee of the school since 2014,
and I am currently working within
the Special Needs division. I thoroughly enjoy
coming to work and feel privileged to be part of
the BayView team. I work alongside the most
amazing teachers and students who have me
learning something new every day.
Metalanguage:
Prompts and cues
Like a word you know
Analogy
•
•
•
•
Skip it and read on
Flip the vowel sound
Reread
Try it again
Use the context
Use meaning,
structure and
reread to support
solving a word.
•
•
Try another
vowel sound if
the word doesn’t
sound right.
Try to reread the
sentence, using a
word that makes
sense.
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•
•
•
•
Cross Check
Check for
Understanding
Checking one
source of
information
(MSV) against
another to selfmonitor. Focus
on balancing all
sources of
information.
•
•
•
•
Self-Correction
Supporting
behaviours of
self-monitoring
and correction
without
prompting.
Encourage
verbalising
strategies.
•
•
•
•
Instead of saying “sound it out” - sounding out
only works on letters that behave predictably and
is not useful past the very early period of learning
when they are learning that letters have a
connection to sounds. Using a consistent range of
prompts and cues for reading encourages problem
solving behaviours and making choices between
strategies to solve.
Lex Nicholson
Head of Curriculum
LOTE News
Term 2 brings about many
students who deserve a
huge "bravo" for their
participation in the new
French program.
It is truly amazing observing how well the
students are doing using the New Language
program.
Well done to everyone, as well as our wonderful
parents who support and believe the importance of
learning a second language.
You must include student’s name, and a reason for
payment in the reference section, so we can
identify the payee. Eg (J Smith, Music Camp).
Please refrain from using BPAY if you have
more than one child at school.
Medication at School
If your child requires medication during school
hours, please deliver it to Corporate Services
along with a letter from your Practitioner and the
pharmacy labelled medication.
Without this letter and pharmacy
label we are not permitted to
administer medication.
A bientot!
Monsieur Sinon
Physical Education News
Discovery Centre News
Scholastic Bookclub Orders
As many of you are now aware the main way to
order Scholastic Bookclub is to use the LOOP
online ordering system. There were a few
difficulties in our last Issue because Scholastic
had listed our school as Bay View (2 words) and
some people had trouble finding us in the list. I
have spoken to Scholastic and they have now
changed our school name to Bayview State School
to avoid any of those difficulties in the future.
Thank you for your continued support of our
school in ordering with Bookclub as our school
definitely benefits from your orders.
Run Club
Run Club is Tues and Thurs mornings
from 7:30am (Prep – 6). All welcome.
Sporting Schools Term 2
Our Sporting School options for this term are as
followsYears Prep-2. Gymnastics, Friday Mornings
7:30am- 8:30am. Starting 8th May for 7 weeks.
Years 3 & 4. Track and Field, in class time on
Thursdays. Starting 14th May for 7 weeks.
Years 5 & 6. Track and Field, Thursday Lunch &
Afternoons. Starting 14th May for 4 weeks.
Julie Carter
From the Corporate Services
Team
If you would like to pay for a specific invoice
(camp, excursion etc), please use direct deposit or
over the counter at school. This way your payments
can be matched to the correct invoices immediately.
An e-mail with expression of interest details will
be sent home early this week.
Cluster Carnivals – TERM 2, 2015
Term 2 Cluster Carnival Days will be held on
Fridays: 29th May & 12th June
Term 2, Fridays 3/5 & 31/5
Internet Payments are preferred
Account details are:
BSB: 064-149; Account: 10049137
Modified Hockey,
Mixed Junior
Redlands Hockey
T-20 Blast, Mixed
Junior
Ormiston SS
Wakakirri
Newcomball,
Mixed Junior
Cleveland SS
The team is underway with dance rehearsals! We
are HOPEFUL for YOUR HELP! Below are a few
things we need for costumes (please bring in to 5
Maroon’s classroom).
European
Handball, Mixed
Senior
Victoria Point SS
Touch, Mixed
Senior
Redlands Touch
TBall, Mixed
Senior
Capalaba Secondary
College
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Sporting Schools (previously known as Active
Afterschool Sport)
BayView SS has been selected as a transition
school in Term 2. We will be providing the
opportunity for year 3 & 4 students to receive
additional coaching as part of their PE Program.
Year 5 & 6 Students will be invited to express
interest in participating in a Thursday lunchtime
Track and Field program starting in week 3. Prep 2 will have the opportunity to express interest in a
Friday before school Gymnastics program. Look
out for the e-mail this week.
White material
Red felt
Pillows to cut up for stuffing
Animal outfits that we could borrow
(ideally woods animals). These will be
returned.
Help required: Tuesday afternoon rehearsals (34pm). Painting of boxes and rehearsals of
completed dance performances. If you can help
please email akay22@eq.edu.au. Thank you in
advance.
Miss Sonia Filkorn
Music Teacher
Speech and Drama – Term 2
We have two vacancies for next term in Speech
and Drama on a Thursday at
BayView.
This year all students will be part
of their own production in Term
Four.
Children learn communication skills, and
performing arts skills whilst having lots of fun.
Creative Arts News
Term 2, 2015
Week
Date
Rehearsals
Week 3
4-8
May
Week 4
1115
May
1822
May
Normal rehearsals: NEW TIMETABLE ISSUED
FOR BAND AND STRINGS STUDENTS
Normal
rehearsals
Qualified Speech and Drama teacher take every
lesson. Enrol online
www.ltkspeechanddrama.com.au or call 3821
5755.
Normal
rehearsals
Uniform Shop
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
2529
May
1-5
June
Week 8
8-12
June
Week 9
1519
June
2226
June
Week 10
Who
BayView
Voices
Junior
Choir
Event
Type
Exc
Wednesday
20th May
Choral
Fanfare at
Rochedale
State School
Normal
rehearsals
No
rehearsals
Beginner
Band
Beginner
Strings
Normal
rehearsals
Normal
rehearsals
Normal
rehearsals
Exc
Monday 1st
June – Friday
5th June:
Regional
Beginner
Music Week
(for
beginning
grade 3 and
4 students
only)
With winter just around the corner our new stock
of microfiber winter jackets have arrived in all the
sizes. If your little ones are feeling the cold then
just pop in or order through Flexischools.
Also we are limited to sizes in our old style winter
jackets, as you are aware they are being phased
out in favour of the microfibre which still keeps
the children warm on cooler mornings.
School
We have ONLY the following sizes in stock: of
the fleece jackets - size 4, size 10, size 16.
Selected
Students
School
Tuesday 23rd
June: Awards
Parade
Performance
It is easy to order:
Flexischools – there is sizing and photos for each
item to help you select the right item and size
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•
Rainbow Breeze Cafe
•
PREPS can now order café through Flexischools
Hi Parents/Caregivers
Please be aware that as of Monday 18th May 2015
the cut off time to place your orders with
Flexischools will be changing to 8am instead of
8:30, this was agreed and voted on at the P&C
meeting on Wednesday 29/04/2015.
This enables us to gain an extra 30mins for prep
time which will be invaluable, especially on
Fridays as we continue to get bigger and bigger.
MEAL DEAL
Sushi orders: sushi is only available on
Thursday’s, but the cut off time is Wednesday
noon.
Sick children / cancelling orders: If your
child is sick and either doesn’t come to school
or goes home you
must cancel your Flexischools order by
9:00am in order for your account to be
credited. Unfortunately if we receive notice
past this time we are already in the process of
making perishable items and cannot credit
these items, however we will credit any nonperishable items such as drinks/iceblocks etc.
To order online:
1.To order online simply go to www.flexischools.com.au
2. Click “Register Now” to create account
3. Top-up your balance
4. Start ordering immediately
Thankyou for your continued support
Emma & Team
P & C News
Thank you to all P&C members who attended
both the special meeting and the general meeting
that were held on the 29th of April. We have now
adopted the P&C Constitution for 2015 and it will
be available on the school website shortly.
When: Thursday 11th June 2015
Cost: $6.00
There will be 3 choices for your beautiful children
which include a sausage roll or Sushi or Mac n
Cheese. A choice of water or a popper. A packet
of either BBQ or Chicken Jumpy’s and an apple.
Please go to Flexischools for the menu.
Volunteers
We are always happy to have new volunteers.
Please contact me directly on
edibb3@eq.edu.au if you can spare some time
either Wednesday, Thursday or Friday as we
would love to see you.
Reminders:
Order cut-off time: The cut off time for lunch
orders to be placed via Flexischools is 8.00am,
however you may place your next week’s order at
any time after cut-off.
A reminder that if you are a member of the P&C
and cannot attend a meeting please send through
your apology prior to the meeting to the P&C
email address: bayviewpandc@gmail.com
Leanne, Nicole, Toni and Michelle
P&C Support for School Sporting Representatives
Did you know BayView State School P&C
Association can provide financial support to our
students who are representing the school at
sporting events at a district, regional or state
level?
The following levels of support are available:
District Team Members
Regional Team Members
State Team Members
$20
$50
$100
To apply for this support, eligible students, those
representing the school, must write a letter
addressed to the P&C to request the support. For
further information please contact Leanne Mills,
P&C President by email
bayviewpandc@gmail.com
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PCYC News
j{xÇ: Thursday 7th and Friday 8th May
j{xÜx: Mandarin Room in the Hall
g|Åx: 8am – 3pm
(Parents and students are both welcome to come and visit us
before and after school)
Prices range from 50c to $10
We look forward to seeing you all there
PIE DRIVE
Order your pies now to have for State
of Origin night Game 2. Family sized
pies are baked locally at Brown’s Bakery, Gluten
Free individual pies are baked at Beefy’s Bakery.
Ask your neighbours, friends and family if they
will support your school?
Return Forms by:
29 May
Collection Date:
Tuesday 16 June from the
Cafe between 2-3 PM
Additional forms available from Corporate
Services
Calendar of Events
May 2015
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
7
Mothers Day
Stall
14
Fri
1 Yr 6
Campers
Return
2:40pm
8
Mothers Day
Stall
15
Volunteers
Morning Tea
9:15am
4
5
6
11
12
13
Student
Banking
18
19
20
21
22
25
26
Yr 5 Final
Camp
Payment
Due
27
Free Dress
“State of
Origin”
Student
Banking
28
29
Yr 5/6
Cluster
Carnival
Pie Drive
money due
Our work mobile 0421 561 136 or
our email address
bayviewsac@pcyc.org.
Some exciting projects happening at
PCYC this Term. We have changed
our milk bottle igloo into a castle, our garden is
growing wonderfully and we plan to plant
pumpkin, rockmelon and pineapple soon. If all
goes well we will be using our garden for
ingredients for our afternoon tea!
Our Autumn Vacation care was lots of fun. We
hope to see you all back for the winter holidays.
We are currently designing our Winter program so
now is the time to send in any special tuckshop,
activity or incursion/excursion requests to us. If
anybody has any other special requests or ideas
for us to continue to improve in any way possible
that would be amazing.
For families interested in enrolling their child at
PCYC, head to
http://www.redlandspcyc.org.au/Child-Care/ and
follow the links for Bayview online enrolment.
Once the children are enrolled you can contact us
on 3206 5296 or 0421561136 or via email
bayviewsac@pcyc.org.au to make your bookings.
Please remember we are not here from 9am until
2pm but we are more than happy for you to leave
a text message or email and we will get back to
you. If you need to see us after the school bell,
please wait until 3:15pm as we are extremely busy
with our main focus on the children during this
time.
Thank you so much for your support and happy
faces.
Courtney – Bayview Coordinator and the
PCYC Staff
Wray Organic Fundraiser
Volunteers Wanted for childcare
project!
Do you have a child aged 0-8 years old?
Do you use currently childcare or wish
that you could?
Do you have a weekly income of less than
$1200 (before tax)?
Rainbow Relaxations – Term 2
Rainbow Relaxations offers your child the
opportunity to learn to relax and let go of daily
stresses and worries. A child's life can involve
anxiety, built up anger and frustration, feelings of
loneliness and sadness and health concerns - the
constant sore tummy..... In the Rainbow
Relaxations classes we introduce strategies and
techniques to build self confidence and self belief,
increase resilience and teach easy simple steps to
self monitor ones own feelings and what they
need, plus so much more - all offered in a safe and
fun environment at Bayview State School.
Term 2 will be held over 8 weeks - the first class
will be starting on Monday 27th April through
to Monday 22 June 2015
(8th June - Queens Birthday Public Holiday - no class
on that day)
Rainbow Class: 3-4pm Prep - Yr 3)
Sunshine Class: 4-5pm (Yr 4 - Yr 6)
The investment for 8 weeks =$100p/p, payable
before classes start. Payment options are available,
call Marie to discuss. For all bookings or any
enquires please call Marie 0402416132 or
email rainbow.relaxations@live.com
Community Notices
For more information please go to the address
below.
https://www.allergyfacts.org.au/medi/foodallergy-week-2014
If so, you may be interested in
participating in study examining
Australian parents’ experiences accessing
flexible childcare.
What will my participation involve?
You will be asked to take part in two
interviews (three months apart) about
your experiences, desires, and
expectations regarding childcare
The interviews will take place at a
time and location that is convenient
for you
You may also be asked to keep a
childcare diary for a short period of time
If you are interested in participating or
have any questions about the research
please contact the chief investigator:
Dr. Michelle
Brady
University
of
Queensland
michelle.brady@uq.edu.ae
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