*Monday 8 June- Queen's Birthday Public Holiday
*Tuesday 16 June- P&C meeting 7:30pm
*Friday 3 July- Last day of school for Term 2. Happy holidays!
*This section and our Skoolbag calendar will be updated as full school activities resume.
Coming together is a beginning,
Staying together is progress,
And working together is success.
Henry Ford
This quote has resonated with me this week on many levels. This week is National Reconciliation Week and the 2020 theme ‘In This Together’ reflects the current experience of the Covid-19 pandemic for many of us!
It has been a joy to welcome our students back through the school gates this week and has only confirmed to all of us exactly how much we have missed them. We know the transition back hasn’t been easy for some and we are always here to support in whatever way we can! To watch our students reconnect with each other and our school staff has been wonderful. While some aspects of school are a little different and will be for a while to come, things are certainly feeling “back to normal” in many respects. The playground is once again buzzing and the classrooms are full of bright, happy, engaged learners. I couldn’t be more proud of how our students have embraced change. The conversations with our students over the last few days revealed mixed responses to the “learning from home” experience. However, all agreed any challenge was overcome with support from their fabulous “teachers” (their at home teacher or at school teacher) and some bravery, engagement, risk taking, collaboration, optimism and perseverance! This is another example of where we can find those rainbows in a storm!
Here are a few more! Over the last two months, our teachers have completely taken learning to a remote level. While many of our teachers have used technology to engage and enhance student learning before, for some this wasn’t always a seamless task! Collectively our teachers supported one another to “give their absolute best” to our students during this time! Believe me, there were challenges! Over the last two weeks they were effectively delivering three modes of learning to support our students; learning from home, face to face learning at school for students on their allocated day and supporting students of our essential workers at school each day! We have hard working teachers who took all of this in their stride, always with a smile! Our fabulous SAS (administrative and support) staff have been an incredible support to our staff, students and community during this time as well! Nothing has been a bother and no challenge has been insurmountable!
Our parents and carers have been super stars too! We know first hand the challenges that you have faced during this time and we are so grateful to each and every one of you for the support you have provided your children and our staff. Thank you for supporting us with the changes we have needed to make at school (e.g. drop off, pick up). We know it’s not always easy and there have been a few adjustments, but we are so grateful for your support as always!
Hi Everyone,
My name is Rosie the Ranger.
I came to visit BHPS this week just to see how everyone was doing during an afternoon Kiss and Drop/Collect session.
My boss asked me to come because we had some reports of cars double parking and obstructing buses. So, I thought I’d come and check it all out.
The teachers were telling me that this designated area is only NEW for afternoon Kiss and Drop/Collections. I thought everyone was doing a pretty good job seeing as though everyone is new to it. But, I thought I might be able to help you with some handy tips!
During School Drop Off and Pick Up times, the designated space is No Parking. That means:
· You must NOT STOP for more than 2 minutes in a No Parking Area
· You must remain in the vehicle OR if you need to get out, you must remain within 3 metres of the vehicle (but again, total time should be less than 2 minutes)
Here are some other handy tips for a successful Kiss and Drop Zone:
· Drive as far up the Kiss and Drop Zone as you can, (the teachers will bring your child to the car – rather than you stopping where you child is. This can halt the flow of traffic)
· If you have your children’s school bags in the boot, pop the boot open so that the teachers know to grab them. If you do not have a boot popper, open the passenger window and let the teacher know the bags are in the boot.
· Be Patient at the back of the line. The teachers are going as fast as they can at the front of the line to get kids to the correct car within a 2 minute time frame. Please be patient with the flow of the Kiss and Drop/Collect line. Do not overtake to “get ahead”.
I’ll pop back again to see how you’re all progressing!
Take Care
Rosie the Ranger
Our students continue to be enthusiastically engaging their BHPS Star Learner Superpowers in class. Elektra Awards for Being Engaged will be presented to one student from each class who was nominated by their teacher. These students displayed the qualities of Being Engaged, by:
· Staying focused
· Thinking, be curious
· Ask questions
· Reflecting on their learning
Congratulations to the following students!
It has been lovely having everyone back at school this week. Kindergarten have been working very hard with their writing. We are learning how to write a sentence.
Kind regards,
Ms Bull
This week is National Reconciliation week. Commemorated every year from 27 May to 3 June, it is a time to celebrate and build on positive and respectful relationships between Australians and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. In class this week, students at BHPS are learning about the significance of National Reconciliation week, as well as exploring Aboriginal perspectives in our nation’s history.
In the library, Miss Shearer will be reading some quality literature books with the children that explore Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stories.
Love your running and missing your school cross country in 2020? The Great Australian Cross-Country Challenge enables you to run, anywhere, any time that suits you, but compare yourself to others around your school, state or Australia.
You can run once, or as many times as you like. Not to mention you can grab a buddy or encourage your teachers and parents to incorporate the run at your school oval during PE, lunch or while home-schooling!
Further details can be found at https://gaccc.com.au/
Get on-board and get running!
The Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) is underway and goes through until August 28th 2020. The challenge aims to encourage a love of reading for leisure and pleasure in students, and to enable them to experience quality literature. It is not a competition but a challenge for each student to read, to read more and to read more widely. The Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC) is available for all NSW students in Kindergarten to Year 9.
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Go to the new PRC student website. There is a video on the PRC Support site that you can watch that demonstrates how to login, search for books and add them to your child's individual Student Reading Record (SRR).
A link to the Premier’s Reading Challenge website can be found in the
The URL to use is https://online.det.nsw.edu.au/prc/studentExperience.html#/
Students can access the PRC website using their Department of Education (DoE) username and password. These are the same details a student would use to access the Student Portal and the computer network at school. If you are unaware of your username and/or password, please contact your class teacher and ask for your Student Portal username and/or password.
We encourage as many students to partake in the challenge as possible. All students who participate will go into a class draw, with a prize for a student per class at the end of the challenge.
Please come and see me if you would like more information on the PRC or assistance in sourcing books.
This year we are asking all students in K-6 to log their own books to complete the challenge.
Happy reading!
Miss Shearer & Mrs Thomas
We will start opening the library up to borrowing again in the next few weeks. I hope you all still have something to read and reading for enjoyment.
Don’t forget to return your books to the boxes located outside the library. You can then borrow some new books by filling out the google form. Click on the google form to borrow new books https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdsRTtzJ-wAiYIKWTn3hip4rR5KUIpA4lgnpEw7MaFeMlb9Rw/viewform?usp=sf_link
If you are after a specific book check on OLIVER on your portal first to see if it is available.
Students can pick their new books up from the library in week 4. They will have these for the normal 2 week period.
All students can borrow up to 4 books each.
Any problems please do not hesitate to contact me.
I hope you are all staying well. I look forward to seeing all your bright and happy faces in the library again very soon.
Ms Shearer
Teacher/Librarian
Hi Parents and Kids, Did you know that talking to God doesn’t have to be strange or difficult. Here are 3 simple steps and easy words to pray a simple prayer to talk with God.
It’s easy to remember with just 3 letters – TSP.
If you’d like to know more – specially during this time of uncertainty, please feel free to contact me on Jacqui.mikac@c3syd.church or click the link https://c3syd.church to access our fun kids programs at any time.
Jacqui Mikac
C3 Church Pastor and SRE manager