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CALENDAR

Fri 16 June Gr 3/4 Art Challenge Program

Tue-Thur

20-22 June 4.15-6.00pm

After School Music Program Concert in Library

(please note change of date)

Thur 22 June 12.30pm Senior School Performing Arts Concert

Fri 23 June Gr 3/4 Art Challenge Program

Fri 23 June 9.00am Junior School Assembly - Special Event Damien, Lucy & Bec

Mon & Tue

26 & 27

June 3.30-7.00pm

Student Led Conferences

Fri 30 June 2.30pm Last day of Term 2 - Early Finish

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Volume 20 Issue 17

14 June, 2017

For future dates - please visit our website calendar:

http://brunswicksw-ps.vic.edu.au/calendar

The Queen’s Birthday Long Weekend turned into an even longer weekend and has made for a short school week. Yesterday we spent some time looking through some of our school performance data for the past three years. The discussions were fruitful and what has become clear to all the staff is that there are many successes to celebrate. In addition to our academic successes, the data also shows our commitment to developing the whole child and one clear point of impact has been through our Social and Emotional Learning Program (SEL).

The research on school attendance highlights how important regular attendance is. Children

with positive attendance habits have consistently been found to have:

higher academic achievement including literacy and numeracy

longer school retention

increasing opportunities for students to learn and access educational resources, further supporting achievement

decreased absenteeism in higher year levels

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

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the year. By Year 10 they’ll have missed more than a year of school. Fortunately, we have an incredible amount of students who will shortly be receiving certificates for having perfect attendance this semester (in fact too many for us to even call out at assembly!). This is great news for us as a school and a habit we are hoping will continue! Student Led Conference times are due to go home shortly. These are booked in for Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th June. To ensure you make the best use of your student led conference, before your appointment, discuss your child’s self evaluation and written report with him or her. Whilst conference time will provide a formal opportunity for you and the teacher to recognise your child’s achievements, the main focus is the future. The participants are you, your child and the teacher. To minimise distractions, we request that siblings wait outside the classroom. Teachers will have a tight schedule. Therefore, in the interests of everyone, please keep to your allocated time. If you are unable to keep your appointment, please ring your child’s teacher or the school. Judy is currently on leave and Meg has very dutifully stepped in as Acting Assistant Principal. I’m very grateful to Meg for taking on this role at short notice and getting her head around the specific skill of daily organisation – never an easy job! While on the subject of staffing, I wanted to let you all know that I did not apply for the principal position here at Brunswick South-West. Even though I know the whole process is still confidential and highly sensitive, I wanted to let the school community know. It’s been a tricky (and long) thought process in getting to this point and there is nothing else behind my decision, except the desire to finish some of the work I have already started back at Brunswick South. I will do whatever I can to support the transition of leadership and I hope that the principal selection process helps to find the absolute best candidate for the school. The principal at Brunswick North-West recently announced his resignation and in his message to the community he made the following comment: The momentum of the school culture

MUSICAN OF THE WEEK

BSW ROCKS!

Q: What do you play? Drums Q: What is your favourite piece to play? Hold back the river Q: When did you start playing? 3 yrs ago Q: What instrument would you like to play? Electric guitar

HENRY

and the atmosphere are far greater than any one person. I know that the trajectory of warm community, respectful relationships and love of learning and life will continue to evolve over the time of change ahead. I know this will be the case here. The priorities of the school and the culture is embedded and exceptionally positive. I stole his words, because I couldn’t say it better myself! I’m very grateful for the support I’ve had this term, thank you to you all. Trevor Strolla Acting Principal

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If you have a child who will be starting Prep (Foundation) in 2018, or you know someone who has, please come & collect an enrolment form from the office and return it as soon as possible.

2018 ENROLMENTS CIRCUS & DRAMA

Re-enrolments for C&D went home today for next term. Please return them as soon as possible so we can organise how many teachers we’ll need.

We have vacancies for Monday classes if anyone is interested.

Students must be 8 years old.

Whole school song

This term our whole school song has been ‘Saltwater’ by Julian Lennon to fit in with our Sustainability Inquiry Unit. We will be singing the song on Monday 19

th

June at assembly. Please come along and have a listen.

BSW ROCKS!

LITERACY SPOT

Not sure what to read next or be read to by someone at home? Check out your teacher’s favourite novels when they were in primary school: Trevor: Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Sharon: Pat me in the Zoo Mel: The Hobbit Phaedra: Anne of Green Gables Chantel: Hating Alison Ashley Lizzy: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban & The Naughtiest Girl in the School Grace: Paul Jennings – Unthinkable, Uncanny….all of them! Vin: Choose Your Own Adventure books Kay: Famous Five Anya: Harriet the Spy Rosie: Pippi Longstocking

There is 1 more Junior School Performance this year.

The students will perform some simple songs and/or dances to celebrate their

learning and entertain the other students.

JUNIOR SCHOOL PERFORMANCES

Friday 23rd June 9:00 Bec/Lucy & Damien

Dear Families, Alison, Caroline/Kelly and Lizzy’s classes are working together on a water saving project and we would love any old pieces of plywood that you may be willing to donate. Also, if there are any parents who have the skill and tools to cut plywood, please come and see Caroline in Room 20, or send through an email. We hope to have our project complete by the last week of term, so if you can help out before then that’s be great! Caroline Wignell

P/1/2 Teacher

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