BIDWILL Public School

This will be the last newsletter for 2019.  What an incredible two weeks of celebrations!

Presentation Assemblies

K-2 What a memorable experience! Congratulations to the K-2 students and staff for their contributions in making this assembly memorable and enjoyable. 

3-6 How proud all students were in participating in this Assembly!

As a school, we thoroughly enjoyed seeing and celebrating with the many deserving participants.

Preschool How cute and beautiful.  Thank you to the staff and students who prepared our preschool classes for the amazing concert we enjoyed today.

Year 6 Graduation Assembly and Farewell Dinner Friday was the Year 6 farewell Assembly and dinner.  Thank you to the staff who have helped to prepare the celebrations.

Celebration Assembly

We are all looking forward to the Celebration Concert next Monday.

P&C

On behalf of myself and the entire school, thank you for all you have done this year and we look forward to 2020 and the new projects we will plan and implement together.

Classes for 2020

At this stage, classes for next year are not fully formed, due to a number of factors.  The school is working tirelessly to ensure class placements for 2020 are accurate and follow the Department of Education Policy and Procedure surrounding student numbers.

We will continue with four Support classes, three Preschool classes and our K-6 class ratios continue to be finalised.

Thank you for your patience at this incredibly busy time.

Starting Dates for 2020

Please take note of the start of the year school dates.

Tuesday 28th January - Pupil Free Day - Staff return to school

Wednesday 29th January - Students return to school with the exception of Kindergarten,

Monday 3rd February - Kindergarten students start.  For the first two weeks, Kindergarten students will finish at 2.45pm.

On behalf of the staff and students of Bidwill Public School, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a fantastic New Year.  We all look forward to 2020 and all the new challenges it brings.

Yours in education,

Janine Macky

Principal 

There are many benefits your child will gain from arriving on time to school. Arriving on time ensures your child doesn’t miss out on the important learning activities that happen early in the day when they are most alert, it helps them learn about routines and commitment, and it makes children feel good about themselves! 

This term we continue to make it exciting to arrive on time. Every child who is in line, on time, by 9 will receive a ticket to go into the weekly and end of term draw for some amazing prizes! But remember - they need to be in line, on time, by 9 if their name is drawn to receive the prize.

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) is an educational process that brings together the whole school community to contribute to developing a positive, safe and supportive learning culture. In our efforts to establish Bidwill Public School as a safe, welcoming and purposeful learning environment we will be launching PBL at the start of the new school year to actively encourage students to achieve their academic potential while also adhering to behaviour expectations.

Bidwill Public School’s three values are to be safe, respectful and a learner. From the beginning of 2020, students will be actively involved in learning what these expectations mean and look like in all areas of our school. In addition to this, staff members will recognise and reward students for adhering to the school expectations and displaying better-than-expected behaviour.

Reward Systems

Bunya awards will continue to be issued each week to students who are safe, respectful learners. Please see the Bunya Award System below.

Bidwill Buddies will be handed out regularly throughout each school day, in all settings of the school, by staff members who observe students in the act of demonstrating the focus behaviour of the week. Buddies will be added to the whole school collection box. All students will receive a reward as whole school targets are reached.