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Boisdale Consolidated School

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Key Dates

Friday 7th May Mothers Day/Special Person High Tea Monday 10th May HDSSA Cross Country & Heyfield 11-15th May NAPLAN Saturday 15th May Bunnings Sausage Sizzle Sunday 23rd May Working Bee - Garden/Tidy up day Wednesday 26th May School Open Day 10am Thursday 27th May School Info Night @ 7pm Friday 28th May School Open Day 10am Wednesday 15th June Grade 5/6 Winter Sports @ Heyfield

Phone: 03 5145 4391 Newry Rd, Boisdale, 3860 www.boisdalecs.vic.edu.au [email protected]

“Show Respect, Bounce Back, Be Your Best,

Work as a Team, Be a Mate, Think Proud, Act

Proud Be Proud”

School Council Members: Emma Daymond, Luke Brayshaw, Elspeth Lukjanov, Abby Meredith, Leesa Brideson, Dean Rowley, Melissa Glover, Lionie Armitage, Daniel Clark, Kellie Willis, Meagan Marston, Anthony Kovco and Mick Daly. School Council President: Jessica Knight Parents & Friends President: Vanessa Robinson

News From The Principal

Dear Families,

Attendance-EVERY DAY COUNTS! We all want nothing more than for our students to get a great education and come to school each and every day. Missing school can have a major impact on a child’s future – a student missing one day a fortnight will miss four full weeks by the end of the year. By Year 10 they’ll have missed more than a year of school. Mother’s Day/Special Person’s Afternoon Tea

We would like to remind families that this Friday, 7th May

from 2.30pm, we will be holding an afternoon tea for Mums or

a Special Person. We are inviting you to come along and enjoy

some in-class activities with your child.

Please remember to bring your travel mug (with a lid), so you can grab a cuppa from the Student

Kitchen. All visitors will need to sign in at the office before grabbing a cuppa and heading into

classrooms.

We would also like to thank those who volunteered their time from the Parents and Friends

Committee to run the Mother’s Day stall. A lot of time and effort goes into pre-wrapping gifts and

running the stall.—Your contributions with this is certainly appreciated by all!

Prep 2022 Open Days/Evenings

During the week of the 24th of May, we will be holding a series of Open Days/Evenings and

Information Sessions for current and prospective families who are interested in enrolling their

children at Boisdale in 2022. Each of the information sessions will be held in the Multi-Purpose

Room and tours of the school will also be offered. The dates and times for these information

sessions are as follows:

Wednesday, 26th May-10am

Thursday, 27th May-7pm

Friday, 28th May-10am.

Due to COVIDSafe restrictions, we are asking that families pre-register for one of the three

information sessions by visiting our Eventbrite page by accessing the following link or through the

QR code on the flyer at the end of the newsletter. This information is also displayed on our

Facebook page.

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/boisdale-consolidated-school-open-daysevening-tickets-

152456783343

We would also like to invite you to share this information with any prospective parents or families that you may know.

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Bunnings BBQ On Saturday the 15th of May, you will find some BCS staff and students at the Bunnings BBQ in Sale between 9am-4pm. Some of our student leaders came up with the idea of running one of the Bunnings BBQs in order to fundraise some money to purchase some new equipment, toys and other resources that could be used at recess and lunch time for various sporting and other activities. We are in search of some helpers/volunteers who might be interested in lending some of their time down at the BBQ on the day. Roster spots are allocated in hour blocks from 8:30am. If you are able to help out, please contact the school to let us know of your availability. Kindest of regards,

Daniel Clark,

Principal

Mother’s Day/Special Person Afternoon Tea Just a reminder that this Friday, 7th May from 2.30pm, BCS is holding an afternoon tea for Mums or a Special Person. We are inviting you to come along and enjoy some in-class activities with your child.

Please remember to bring your travel mug (with a lid), so you can grab a cuppa from the Student Kitchen. All visitors to the school are to scan in at the office.

Sports Report What a great day we had last Friday for our Cross Country. Thank you to all that were able to come along and support the students on the day, it was great to have the community back in the school grounds. It was amazing to see all of the students give it their best under the heat of the day. I was so proud of the effort they all put in. The points were very close this year for the houses. Blue house took out the win, with green house coming in a close second, gold thirds and red in fourth place. I would also like to thank the staff for their help on the day, it wouldn’t run if it wasn’t for their help.

We had winners in each year level, even though each student was a winner for taking part in the day. The results for the day were: We have a team heading to the HDSSA Cross Country on Monday in Heyfield. I wish them all the very best and know they will represent Boisdale with pride. Mel Glover

Year/Age Boys Girls

First Steps 1st Jackon Clarke, 2nd Rylan Dower, 3rd Jordan Perkins

1st Laycee Oakley, 2nd Coco Matthews, 3rd Lenni Talbot

Preps 1st Arlo Spicer, 2nd Eddie Elliott, 3rd Porter Clegg

1st Macie Preston, 2nd Maddie White, 3rd Ellie Armistead

Grade 1 1st Archie Noonan, 2nd John Morgan, 3rd Hamish Cairns

1st Freya Powell, 2nd Eleanore Pike ,

Grade 2 1st Wyatt Jones, 2nd Jack Weatherley, 3rd Flynn Preston

1st Tahli Rae, 2nd Livvy Coles, 3rd Darci Adams

8/9 year olds 1st Nate Barrett, 2nd Kryton Taiap-Tama, 3rd Rex Elliott

1st Sadie Daly, 2nd Isabella McInnes, 3rd Kasey Duncan

10 year olds 1st Tom Kanavan, 2nd Reeve Spicer, 3rd Linden Lanigan

1st Nevaeh Ellis-Gray, 2nd Chani Aust, 3rd Indie Hibbins

11 year olds 1st Isaac McInnes, 2nd Balin Powell, 3rd Koby Johnson

1st Jesse Daly, 2nd Dusty Iley, 3rd Liana Barrett

112/13 year olds 1st Blake Rowley, 2nd Deagan Langshaw, 3rd Reuben Bedggood

1st Emily Kanavan, 2nd Meika Bravington, 3rd Lola Daly

BCS Garden and school tidy up day In preparation for our school open day we are having a garden/tidy up day at the school on Sunday 23rd May. More details will be sent home soon.

Student Awards

Well Done Awards

PD Keelee Dewaal for always being her best and showing respect to others. Well done Keelee! Charlotte Keck for having a positive attitude towards her learning, keep up the great work Charlotte! 12HB Darci Adams for her participation and enthusiasm in SSP Nadia Goodman for always showing respect in 1/2HB 12R Matilda Brown for improving in her reading and focusing on her goal. Leilani Bavadra for being her best during writing lessons to improve her work. 12B Ellie Pike for her amazing effort and growth in reading. Well done! Pippa Brideson for helping set the classroom up every morning without being asked. You are amazing! 12M Kade Knight for trying his best and improving his reading Errol Anderson for always sharing his thinking with the class 34G Charlie Wilis for being a mate and protecting Miss Glover when she was feeling a little scared Kryton Taiapa-Tama for having appositive attitude towards his maths learning 34W Reeve Spicer for his fantastic unit learning project on a healthy eating menu Nevaeah Ellis-Gray for showing great persistence when researching healthy meal options 45AR Chloe Dean for showing improvement in spelling and asking for a challenge Joel Shingles for persistence in writing a persuasive piece 56E Cooper Hibbins for consistently treating others with kindness and looking out for his mates Olivia Browne for thinking deeply when making text to world connections when reading our class novel.

Congratulations to the following students who have been recognised for their achievements, behaviour and attitude over the last week.

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Indonesian A big thank you (terima kasih) to Brenda and the Mirams/Neaves family for donating Indonesian puppets and a book to the LOTE program. They are great additions to the resources in the room and will be very useful in helping teach students about Indonesian culture and language.

The Child Safe Standards The Child Safe Standards are compulsory minimum standards for all Victorian early childhood services and schools, to create and maintain a child safe organisation.

As are all schools, our school is committed to each of the seven standards and the ‘principle of inclusion’ that sits alongside the standards. The standards are:

Child Safe Standard 1: Strategies to embed an organisational culture of child safety

Child Safe Standard 2: A child safety policy or a statement of commitment to child safety

Child Safe Standard 3: A Child Safety Code of Conduct

Child Safe Standard 4: Screening, supervision, training and other human resource practices that reduce the risk of child abuse

Child Safe Standard 5: Procedures for responding to and reporting suspected child abuse

Child Safe Standard 6: Strategies to identify and reduce or remove risks of child abuse

Child Safe Standard 7: Strategies to promote child participation and empowerment

Throughout the term, we will be sharing information in the newsletter each week in regards to our commitment to each of the standards. This week, we are beginning with the ‘principle of inclusion’. The ‘Principle of Inclusion’ involves schools taking into account and making reasonable efforts to accommodate the diversity of all children in implementing the Child Safe Standards. This includes:

commemorating or celebrating culturally significant events such as NAIDOC week;

training for school staff on supporting diverse families; and

ensuring that the school’s Child Safety Policy refers to the diversity of all children, and specifically mentions Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island children, children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, children with disabilities, and children who are vulnerable.

In next week’s newsletter we will be highlighting Standard 1: Strategies to embed an organisational culture of child safety.

House Cross Country

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Classroom Spotlight

12HB & 12R

On Wednesday the grade 1/2 students participated in our ‘Around the World’ unit Immersion Day. In

mixed grade groups, students learnt all about Australia and will use this knowledge to make comparisons as we look at the other 6 continents throughout the remainder of the term. Students

completed literacy activities based on the story Possum Magic by Mem Fox, practiced their maths skills in the kitchen making lamingtons, identified native plants and animals in a craft session with Miss

Rawson and played some great Australian games outside in the sunshine.

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Uniform As the weather starts to cool down we are now taking orders for our polar fleece jumpers for $40. Orders can be placed at the office. Uniform shop will be open Friday 30th April from 9-10am.

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Thank you to our School Sponsors:

MacAlister Valley-Newry Lions Club Inc.

Boisdale Consolidated School complies with Ministerial Order No. 870 Child Safe Standards and is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Boisdale Consolidated School has a zero tolerance approach to child abuse. Our Child Safety officer is the principal, if you ever have any concerns regarding the safety of students enrolled at Boisdale Consolidated school please contact Daniel Clark or see the following website regarding further information pertaining to Child Safe Standards. www.education.vic.gov.au/protect

Parentzone Gippsland For bookings & enquiries of any of the below please contact: Parentzone Gippsland on 03 5135 9555 or [email protected]

Notices sent home School Newsletter - emailed on Thursday

HDSSA Cross Country Note

Bike Brigade - Volunteers needed We are in urgent need of more volunteers for bike brigade. If you have a working with children's check and could spare an 1.5-2 hrs on a Tuesday or Thursday afternoon to help students with bike repairs, during Term 2 please let the office staff. Bike brigade are from 1:45-3:00. Mark Churchill

Do you have a passion for gardening? Would you like to volunteer at our school? Amber would like a helping hand in the BCS veggie patch. Some knowledge is beneficial but not essential, however a working with childrens Check (WWCC) is required. Expressions of interest to either the school office 5145 4391 or to Amber 0408 833 177

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