The Bay Breeze

At Bateau Bay PS we provide inclusive and engaging learning so students can reach their potential in partnership with a connected community delivering on a shared commitment of high expectations.

All students should have now received their individual ‘shootkey’ for ordering school photos. Photo days are Week 9, Thursday 31 March and Friday 1 April. Due to the health restrictions K-2 will be on the Thursday with scheduled family photos while on Friday Years 3-6 will participate in their photos. All students will be required to wear full summer school uniform.

The tentative timetable is attached; however, times are extremely flexible. Please keep your child at home if they are sick, we cannot change photos to accommodate various situations.

Reminder for Integration Funding Support Review meetings from the last two newsletters. These meetings are scheduled for Week 9 (Monday 28 March and Wednesday 30 March) and times are tightly scheduled in 30-minute blocks. Please be prompt to the office to sign in as a visitor.

As part of our commitment to ensuring ALL children connect, succeed and thrive Bateau Bay PS will ensure our school community works together to support students with additional learning and support needs. Week 8 newsletters will provide articles and resources to highlight support for parents on a range of needs for children. This weeks spotlight is on Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Penny Hooper

Deputy Principal

Learning and Inclusion

Bateau Bay Public School we follow the Positive Behaviour for Learning framework which involves tracking behaviour through recording 'mentions'. In the first 5 weeks of Term 1, we have had 94% of students receive only one mention or less! Congratulations to all students for a positive start to the 2022 schooling year. A reminder that next week we will have PBL rewards day. Make sure to return permissions slips to classroom teachers and keep an eye out on our Facebook page to see students celebrating their success this term. PBL learning highlightsAs part of our PBL framework students are involved in the explicit teaching and practice of PBL expectations. In week 7, teachers taught and students practiced the Stop, Walk, Talk strategy. Students are encouraged to recognise their emotions and are given strategies to resolve conflict in the classroom and on the playground to avoid escalation in behaviour. In week 8, students were welcomed back into the COLA for assesmblies and morning play, therefore, teachers have been explicitly teaching the expectations in the COLA. Students have been practicing walking on hard surfaces, having the right voice level and playing the right way. Well done everyone!

From the PBL Team

The Bateau Bay Public School Cross Country Carnival will be held on Friday 8 April (last day of Term 1), with a back-up date of Friday 29 April. All students who are 8 years or older this year are invited to participate. The event will take place within the school grounds and around the perimeter of the school. The school cross-country will be closely followed by the Tuggerah Lakes Zone Cross Country Carnival, scheduled to take place on Friday 13 May 2022. Any students placing in the top 8 of their age group at the school carnival will be invited to attend the zone carnival. 

Students are required to bring their wide-brimmed school hat, sunscreen, a drink bottle, and their asthma puffer if required when running. Students can opt to run with or without their hat and drink bottle, however they will be required to wear their hat while spectating. Students will also require a spare pair of shoes and towel to sit on if conditions are wet or muddy. 

Seniors: Students who are turning 11 years or 12/13 years in 2022 will commence at 9.15am. Senior runners will compete in the following order: girls 11 years, boys 11 years, girls 12/13 years and boys 12/13 years. The distance is 3000m or 2  ½ laps of the oval and 3 laps of the perimeter of the school. 

Juniors: Students who are turning 8/9 and 10 years old in 2022 commence at 11.45am. Junior runners will compete in the following order: girls 8/9 years, boys 8/9 years, girls 10 years and boys 10 years. The distance is 2000m or 1 ½ laps of the oval and 2 laps of the perimeter of the school. 

Parents and families may attend the carnival and cheer the students on. Parents will need to comply with the school’s COVID requirements and adhere to physical distancing (1.5m) and hygiene measures at all times. There will be a designated area for parents and families under the shade of the trees in the bark chip area. Please be advised that throughout the duration of the cross country carnival, students are to stay in the student area under teacher supervision. Students will have the opportunity to visit their parents and families during lunch. 

If the carnival is in doubt due to bad weather, please check the Skoolbag app or Facebook for messages on the morning of the carnival. 

Permission notes are due to class teachers by Wednesday 6th April 2022. 

Rachael Trigg 

Carnival Coordinator