PRINCIPAL’S REPORT DIARY DATES Tuesday 7th December Transition Tuesday 7th December Student Banking Last day Friday 10th December Gr 5/6 End of year excur. Friday 10th December End of year reports Monday 13th December Grade 6 Graduation Friday 17th December Term 4 end 1:30pm finish NEWSLETTER N0.37 2ND DECEMBER 2010 NOTICES DUE BACK BY Monday 6th December Gr 5/6 End of year excursion Monday 6th December Grade 6 Graduation form 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 DECEMBERBER 17TH END OF TERM 4 1:30PM FINISH EMBRACE THE FESTIVE SPIRIT: HERALD SUN You may have seen in yesterday‟s Herald Sun children from our school featured on page 1 and in an article on page 5 in relation to our new Premier, Ted Bailleau‟s edict that issues of “political correctness” should not deter schools from conducting traditional Christmas celebrations and festivities. Berwick Lodge has provided non-denominational, approved Christian religious education classes for many years. Yesterday‟s concert was in keeping with this program. In saying that, “political correctness” has never been a consideration in our decision-making and our R.E. staff; led by Lisa Badenhop, are to be complimented for their dedication and enthusiasm that they bring to their R.E. classes. The photos of our children on pages 1 & 5 in the nativity scenes were simply stunning. PARKING FINES IN COLLINS CRESCENT A number of parents have been issued with parking fines for parking their cars illegally in Collins Crescent since work began on our BER project last week. If you were booked on the first day that work began and believe that you have a strong case for the fine to be reviewed, please contact me at the school to discuss your case. STAFFING CHANGES We have now finalised our teaching staff for next year, subject as always, to unforeseen last minute changes! Emily Nolde, Andrew Searle and Ashleigh Jacobs will be leaving us at the end of this year and Amy Carlile and Lyn Chudleigh will be leaving early to mid term 1 next year. In thanking, Andrew, Emily and Ashleigh for their respective contributions to our school, I wish them every success and happiness in the future. Fiona Froelich is returning from Family Leave, having worked in a number of grades at our school for several years prior to taking leave. We have also appointed two graduate class teachers to our school. Robert Kelly and Lucy Harding will be joining us in 2011. Robert is known to many people at our school already – he has been working at our school during this year already in a variety of grades as a Casual Relief Teacher. Robert‟s special interests include journalism and multimedia studies; in particular film making. Robert will be taking a Year 6 class in 2011. Lucy is a qualified palaeontologist in addition to her teaching qualifications and has been a research scientist in a previous career. Lucy‟s passion for teaching led her to forgo a successful career in scientific research, which included a stint in Antarctica. Lucy is a keen sportsperson also and will be in charge of a Year 5 class next year. CONGRATULATIONS ERIN Erin, one of our Year 5 students has been acknowledged by our former premier, John Brumby, in a ceremony at Parliament House for her contribution to the MS Read-a-thon. Erin raised $1,745 - coming top 5 in Victoria and top 15 in Australia. That was a fantastic effort by Erin, all the more so because it was in support of a very worthy cause indeed. WHAT A GREAT MOSAIC MURAL! Work is nearing completion on the stunning mosaic mural on display on the exterior wall of our senior area classroom building (visible from our main courtyard). Children in our senior grades have been working diligently on this wonderful project with Helen Harmer, a mosaic artist, and our Visual Arts teachers Julie McLeod and Jo Zammit. The mosaic has a theme in keeping with our You Can Do It student wellbeing program and is a wonderful example of our school‟s outstanding visual arts program. Well done everyone. Please take the time to enjoy this great piece of artwork. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ’s) Q. How do you work out which teachers teach where? A. Firstly, in consultation with each and every teacher. Teachers have significant input into where they teach. Secondly, the overall needs and priorities of the school are considered. Sometimes the wishes of individuals are secondary to the needs of the school. I can say that we have an open and inclusive process for the allocation of teaching responsibilities for our staff and I believe that this is a most important pre-condition for success. QUOTABLE QUOTE ‘If rarity is the measure of value, then the lessons of hindsight will never be worth much.’ HENRY GROSSEK
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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
DIARY DATES
Tuesday 7th December Transition
Tuesday 7th December Student Banking Last day
Friday 10th December Gr 5/6 End of year excur.
Friday 10th December End of year reports
Monday 13th December Grade 6 Graduation
Friday 17th December Term 4 end 1:30pm finish
NEWSLETTER N0.37 2ND DECEMBER 2010
NOTICES DUE BACK BY
Monday 6th December Gr 5/6 End of year excursion
Monday 6th December Grade 6 Graduation form
BERWICK LODGE PRIMARY SCHOOL Phone: 9707 1766 Fax: 9796 2198
BLPS Parents and Friends News Next Meeting: Thursday 10th February at 1.30pm in the after school care building. First one for the Year. Everyone is welcome including toddlers. PFA welcomes anyone wanting to join the fun and
make a difference.
Current events AGM MEETING FOR PFA: Our AGM was this morning for 2011 we welcome President – Sarah Hartnett, Vice
President- Andrea Douglas, School Council Rep – Sam Cline, Secretary - Nikki Taylor, Assistant Secretary – Tracy
Walsh , Treasurer – Jodie Norton. Also we would like to welcome the new mums that have joined our PFA. Thanks to
everyone who helped and supported The PFA this Year.
OUTDOOR TWILIGHT CINEMA: We are having an outdoor cinema on the oval at the end of term (Friday 10th
December). Please come and enjoy watching Despicable Me with your school community or bring your friends. Bring
your picnic rug, chairs or some pillows, get comfortable and finish off the year with a great night on our oval. We are also
having a sausage sizzle and popcorn will be available. There will be a coffee Van and we are trying for an Ice-Cream Van.
This will be a great night!!! If you need to notice for the night you can get it from the office. Family tickets are $20.00. If
weather inclement it will become a drive in at Akoonah park Berwick.
Sunscreen: The PFA has purchased Sunscreen Roll-ons sold at the office for $6.00 per roll on. These are a great thing
for all children to have in there bags now that the Sun has come out. We will be selling this at the start of Next year also
but why wait, get some now for the end of school year and school holidays.
RECIPE BOOK: I would firstly like to thank everyone who made the time to email or give us recipes for the Recipe
Book. Because of time constraints and printing issues we have decided to hold on to recipes until next year. We will
recontact everyone as soon as we know what is going on. If you know someone in printing or someone who can donate
paper please let us know so we can keep costs down.
I would like to personally thank ALL the mums who were able to come and help us for the Hotdog Lunch we had on
Tuesday. Without your help we could not have got everything done.
Also I would like to thank Rose Hughes, Belle Burgess, Andrea Douglas, Jodie Norton, Sam Cline and Karen as well as the
couple of dads who came to help at the Election BBQ we had a great morning before we were flooded out. Thanks again
for taking the time to volunteer for this event.
Sarah Hartnett - PFA President
The PFA would like to thank you for your continued support.
Ainsley PM Jackson PM Emily PM Jasmine PM Salena PC Elle Louise PC Oscar PC
Jessica PL Emily PL Keely PT Nilma PT Tahlia PT Meg PT James PL
Liam PL Marcelo PM Sayaara PM
SCHOOL AWARDS
Congratulations to the following students who received awards over the last week.