DIARY DATES Friday 20th May Interschool Winter Sport (away Maramba PS) Monday 23rd May District Cross Country Friday 27th May Interschool Winter Sport (away Berwick PS) Preps - Basil Safety House Monday 6th-Wednesday 8th June 5/6 Camp1 (5T, 5C, 6K, 6N) Wednesday 8th-Friday 10th June 5/6 Camp 2 (5H, 5W, 6P, 6N) NEWSLETTER N0.14 19TH MAY 2011 NOTICES DUE BACK BY Friday 20th May 5/6 Camp Coolamatong Forms District Cross Country Tuesday 24th May Preps - Basil Safety House Tuesday 24th May Interschool Winter Sport (away Berwick PS) Friday 27th May 5/6 Camp Coolamatong Final Payment Friday 3rd June Prep, Grade 1&2 Swimming Program BERWICK LODGE PRIMARY SCHOOL Phone: 9707 1766 Fax: 9796 2198 E-mail: [email protected]Visit our Websites : http:// www.berwicklodgeps.vic.edu.au, Camp Australia/Out of School Hours Care: 9769 8251 CANTEEN IS NOT OPEN ON TUESDAYS EDUCATION WEEK OPEN NIGHT What a wonderful night it was! Open Night is one of many special occasions at our school that I really enjoy. It was great to see so many parents and families visit Berwick Lodge and enjoy the hospitality of their children and staff. One of the more gratifying aspects of the night for me is to see the delight and pride in our children as they show their parents their work. I know our staff are also thrilled to have you visit and chat with them as they all take great pride in their work and in the achievements of their students. It would be remiss of me not to acknowledge the wonderful work of our student leaders who acted as tour guides for visitors. A number of parents have contacted us this morning to express their gratitude and admiration for our student tour guides last evening. Thank you to all for attending. BER UPDATE Our meeting yesterday with representatives of the DEECD BER Team and the project managers ended on an impasse. Those in attendance were Julie Alliston, DEECD BER Manager, Tony Scurrah Whitton, ARUP Representative, Andrew Wood, Project Manager, APP, Sean Hamilton, Director, Hamilton Design (our industry consultant), Jodie Norton, School Council President, Lynne Brenner, Assistant Principal and me. Julie Alliston presented us with a cost analysis summary for our project and invited questions from us. Over two hours many questions were raised, some were answered to our satisfaction, many were not. The clear impression we gained from Julie Alliston was that the meeting was a forum for the DEECD to present a cost summary budget for our project and for her, Tony Scurrah Whitton and Andrew Wood to answer our questions followed by discussion on our companion project. The fact that we were not satisfied with the funds available for our companion project, in our view, was ultimately irrelevant to their agenda. This we found to be most unsatisfactory in light of the discussions that took place. The meeting ended with no agreement between the parties on the funds available for our companion project. Later today I am meeting with David Chandler, Deputy Chairman of the Orgill BER Taskforce as he is seeking regular updates on the progress of our project. Tony Scurrah Whitton (ARUP) will be in attendance at this meeting. Summary points from yesterday‟s meeting: (1) The DEECD have offered us a total of $604,063 for our companion project on the basis that our notional $2 million template building has actually cost $2,451,119. This represents $451,119 over spending on the budget – almost 25%! The sum of $604, 063 available for our companion project is arrived at by deducting the total cost of our template building from our notional allocation of $3 million, remembering that we voluntarily downsized our template building to a $2 million building Continued…. PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
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DIARY DATES
Friday 20th May Interschool Winter Sport (away
Maramba PS)
Monday 23rd May District Cross Country
Friday 27th May Interschool Winter Sport (away
Berwick PS)
Preps - Basil Safety House
Monday 6th-Wednesday 8th June 5/6 Camp1 (5T, 5C, 6K,
The PFA would like to thank you for your continued
support.
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