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BayView Breeze
27th April 2015
STUDENT ABSENTEE
LINE
Principal’s Message
3206 5266
STUDENT ABSENTEE
EMAIL
absence@bayviewss.eq.edu.au
Value of the Week – Show Care and Compassion
We show care and compassion by helping others, showing kindness and
listening to others feelings. When we show care and compassion we develop
a sense of empathy and make friends.
TERM 2
Monday 20 April – Friday 26 June
2015
Reference: http://www.virtuesproject.com/virtues.html
ANZAC
PARADE
Tuesday @ 1:45pm
MONEY COLLECTION
DAYS
Tues and Thurs
8:15am – 9:15am
CAFÉ
Wed, Thurs & Fri
cafe@bayviewss.eq.edu.au
UNIFORM SHOP
Mon 8am – 9:30am
2pm – 3pm
Fri – 8am – 9am
uniforms@bayviewss.eq.edu.au
PCYC
0421 561 136 or
bayviewsac@pcyc.org.
Congratulations to all students and community members who attended our
service, last Wednesday. Mr Harcourt, President of the Redlands RSL,
mentioned how impressed he was with the way our students showed
RESPECT and were very RESPONSIBLE in the way they sat and engaged
with the service at school.
Thank you to all the students that marched with our school and with other
local community groups to show their support of the 100years of ANZAC.
Hats
Even in Autumn, hats are a very important and
compulsory part of our school uniform. Students
MUST have their hats for PMP, PE and every
play time. Please check that your child has a hat
and that they are bringing it to school. Please
encourage them to also check the name in their hat
before they take it away.
Jumpers
As the weather cools down in the mornings and
afternoon, students are beginning to wear jumpers.
Please be aware that there is a Winter Inclusion in
our Dresscode and although the school jumper is
NOT compulsory it does look great and is very
warm. The compulsory part is that all additional
clothing; including jumpers, pants, stockings,
undershirts must be NAVY if they can be seen.
I am exceptionally lucky to work with such an
amazing group of people, who makeup Bay View
State School.
Jacqui Lynn – Teacher Aide
Hi my name is Jacqui Lynn. I have
been with the Department of
Education at BVSS since 2014 as a
Teachers Aide in the Targeted
Learning Centre. I am extremely fortunate to be
working within a centre that provides a variety of
excellent education programs to accomodate many
students of all needs and levels. It is incredibly
rewarding working with all of the students and
knowing that we are assisting them with their
educational journey.
I am very lucky and appreciative to work with a
wonderful, supportive, experienced and
friendly team here at Bay View State School.
Cleveland District State High School – Sport
Development Trial
Please note this date if your Yr 6 child is
considering applying for entry to the CDSHS
Development Program.
Sport Development Trials: Monday 18th May
from 3.30pm-5.00pm.
Further information will be supplied through our
newsletter and through a visit to our Yr 6 students
by the team at Cleveland High School.
Peter Black
Principal
Staff Introductions
During Term 2 our newsletter will share with you,
short biographies of our staff. This week will be
our General Teacher Aides.
Janette August – Teacher Aide
Hi my name is Janette August. I
am originally from New Zealand. I
shifted to Australia in 2010.
In 2012 I began working at Bay View State
School as a Teacher Aide.
Since 2014 I have been working in the Targeted
Learning Centre which I thoroughly enjoy.
Lyndall Gravis – Teacher Aide
I began working at BayView State
School as a Foundation staff
member in 2010 where I started as
a Teacher Aide in Prep until this
year.
This year I am a General Teacher Aide which I am
enjoying. It’s very fulfilling to work again with
the same students I met once upon a time in Prep
and seeing how much they have learnt and grown
over the years.
Before Bayview, I worked as a children’s
photographer, starting in N.S.W and then moving
up to Brisbane where I was fortunate to travel
around this wonderful state.
I have 3 beautiful children, 2 girls at High School,
and my son here at BayView. I enjoy painting
and creating and my ambition is to do more
travelling with the family.
Treena Hunkin – Teacher Aide
Hello, I’m Treena Hunkin I have
been extremely fortunate to have
the opportunity to be transferred to
your beautiful BayView State
School from Victoria Point State School.
I have loved every moment interacting with these
lovely children for the last thirty years of my life
and it has given me daily the satisfaction seeing
these children grow.
child participating in NAPLAN testing, please
contact your child’s teacher or the school.
I am currently furthering my studies doing a
Diploma in Early Education and Care.
At BayView Years 4 and 6 will participate by
completing the NAPLAN tests from previous
years. Year 4 will complete the Year 3 test and
Year 6 will complete the Year 5 test. This will
enable these students to gain experience and
practice in the testing situation. Information
gathered from these tests will be used as part of
our whole school data collection strategy.
Jo-Anna Longley – Teacher Aide
Hi I’m Jo, I have been at BayView
State School for nearly 4 years. As
a general TA who is now also
involved with the Targeted
Learning Centre I have ample opportunity to work
with many wonderful children. This means that
each day is very full and a learning experience for
me which I enjoy.
Testing Timetable for all year levels 3 – 5
Monday
11 May
Nicky Murphy – Teacher Aide
I have had the pleasure of working
at Bayview State School since
early last year. My role as Special
Needs Teacher Aide is very
rewarding, and gives me the
opportunity to work with some truly amazing
students, teachers and support staff.
I am a proud mum to two young boys and love
spending time with my husband, family and
friends, going camping, exploring markets, dining
out, bush walking, bird watching and crafts.
I’m really looking forward to a challenging and
fun filled year ahead.
Tuesday
12 May
Language
Conventions
Writing
Wednesday
13 May
Reading
+
Catch up
day
for any
students
absent
previously
Thursday
14 May
Numeracy
+
Catch up
day
for any
students
absent
previously
Friday
15 May
Catch up
day
for any
students
absent
previously
Testing will commence promptly at 9.00am each
day. Please ensure your child is at school by
8.40am to allow them maximum preparation.
On The Day of the Test
NAPLAN testing can cause high levels of anxiety
for some children. Here are some tips to help
reduce your child’s concerns in the lead up to
NAPLAN.
The In Tray
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NAPLAN testing
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Students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 will participate in
the annual National Assessment Program –
Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) testing this
month, to assess their skills and understanding in
the areas of reading, writing, language
conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation)
and numeracy. The tests will be conducted in all
state and non-state schools across the country
from 12–14 May 2015. NAPLAN assesses the
skills that students develop over time through the
school curriculum, and provides additional
feedback for parents, carers and teachers on how
students are progressing in the key curriculum
areas. An individual NAPLAN report will be sent
home for every child later this year. Further
information is available on the ACARA website.
If you have any questions or concerns about your
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Make sure that your child is well rested
and eats breakfast.
See that your child arrives at school on
time and feels relaxed.
Comfort counts. Send a jumper if it's a
cool day.
Send along all the needed tools- sharpened
pencils, rubbers, rulers, etc.
Encourage your child to do their best work
possible and to have a positive attitude.
Encourage your child to listen/ read
carefully to all test-taking directions and to
ask questions if any directions are unclear.
Encourage your child to check for
accuracy if time permits
Debbie Kiehne
Deputy Principal
Curriculum Corner
Reading is a Problem-Solving Process
“I define reading as a message-getting, problemsolving activity which increases in power and
flexibility the more it is practised.” Marie Clay
(2001)
“Sounding out” is the least effective first action to
problem solve in reading. Many words that are not
spelled the way that they sound, and if children
stop to sound out all of the words they do not
know, their reading becomes slow and laboured,
which in turn affects their comprehension.
Three sources of information are integrated to
construct meaning (comprehension) as part of the
reading process. Good readers fluently use a
balance of all three cues to create meaning.
1. Meaning – Did that make sense?
2. Structure – Did that sound right?
3. Visual information – Did that look right?
Stay tuned for “Useful Decoding Strategies” in the
next newsletter!
Lex Nicholson
Head of Curriculum
Without this letter and pharmacy label we are
not permitted to administer medication.
Physical Education News
Run Club
Congratulations to Tyrell and Indiana for
receiving the weekly run club award.
Run Club is Tues and Thurs mornings from
7:30am (Prep – 6). All welcome.
Sporting Schools (previously known as Active
Afterschool Sport)
BayView SS has been selected as a transition
school in Term 2. We will be providing the
opportunity for year 3 & 4 students to receive
additional coaching as part of their PE Program.
Year 5 & 6 Students will be invited to express
interest in participating in a Thursday lunchtime
Track and Field program starting in week 3. Prep 2 will have the opportunity to express interest in a
Friday before school Gymnastics program. Look
out for the e-mail this week.
District XC
From the Corporate Services
Team
If you would like to pay for a specific invoice
(camp, excursion etc), please use direct deposit or
over the counter at school. This way your payments
can be matched to the correct invoices immediately.
Internet Payments are preferred
Account details are:
BSB: 064-149; Account: 10049137
You must include student’s name, and a reason for
payment in the reference section, so we can
identify the payee. Eg (J Smith, Music Camp).
Please refrain from using BPAY if you have
more than one child at school.
Medication at School
If your child requires medication during school
hours, please deliver it to Corporate Services
along with a letter from your Practitioner and the
pharmacy labelled medication.
Congratulations to our team who performed very
well at Friday’s Carnival. We achieved 9th place
overall. Well done! Our 10 Years boys and girls
were outstanding with Kirra-Louise(5th), Lucy(9th)
and Kai(5th) making the District team alongside
Thomas who placed 5th in the 12 years
boys. These students will compete at the Regional
Carnival in 3 weeks.
Rep. Basketball
Congratulations Tallis who captained the U12
Redlands PCYC Pride team to win Gold at the
Southern Cup before the holidays. He then went to
Townsville for the State Championships where
they achieved silver (2nd in the state)!!!!
things we need for costumes (please bring in to 5
Maroon’s classroom).
Creative Arts News
Term 2, 2015
Week
Date
Rehearsals
Week 2
27
April
–1
May
4-8
May
Normal
rehearsals
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
1115
May
1822
May
2529
May
1-5
June
Week 8
8-12
June
Week 9
1519
June
2226
June
Week 10
Who
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Event
Type
Normal rehearsals: NEW TIMETABLE ISSUED
FOR BAND AND STRINGS STUDENTS
Normal
rehearsals
Normal
rehearsals
BayView
Voices
Junior
Choir
Exc
Wednesday
20th May
Choral
Fanfare at
Rochedale
State School
Beginner
Band
Beginner
Strings
Exc
Monday 1st
June – Friday
5th June:
Regional
Beginner
Music Week
(for
beginning
grade 3 and
4 students
only)
Normal
rehearsals
No
rehearsals
Normal
rehearsals
Normal
rehearsals
Normal
rehearsals
School
Selected
Students
School
White material
Red felt
Pillows to cut up for stuffing
Animal outfits that we could borrow
(ideally woods animals). These will be
returned.
Help required: Tuesday afternoon rehearsals (34pm). Painting of boxes and rehearsals of
completed dance performances. If you can help
please email akay22@eq.edu.au. Thank you in
advance.
Miss Sonia Filkorn
Music Teacher
Speech and Drama – Term 2
We have two vacancies for next term in Speech
and Drama on a Thursday at BayView.
This year all students will be part of their own
production in Term Four.
Tuesday 23rd
June: Awards
Parade
Performance
Choir
At last week’s Anzac Ceremony, the BayView
Voices performed “Lest We Forget” during the
wreath laying procession. Their performance was
moving and the students conducted themselves
well. Many teachers and parents have commented
positively about their performance. Thank you
Miss Mackellar for your talented expertise
accompanying the choir on piano.
Children learn communication skills, and
performing arts skills whilst having lots of fun.
Qualified Speech and Drama teacher take every
lesson. Enrol online
www.ltkspeechanddrama.com.au or call 3821
5755.
Book Club News – Issue 3
Orders close Thurs 30 April at 2:00pm
The latest Bookclub materials have arrived and
will be distributed soon. Scholastic have made a
few changes this year. There are now only 2 ways
of placing orders for Bookclub.
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Wakakirri
The team is underway with dance rehearsals! We
are HOPEFUL for YOUR HELP! Below are a few
Use the LOOP online ordering system
where you place the order and pay online.
In this case no order forms need to be
returned to school.
Pay by cheque (made out to Scholastic). In
this case the order form needs to be
filled out and returned to school with a
cheque attached.
There are no cash payments to be made
for Bookclub.
Uniform Shop
Just to remind you that the price increase in
Uniform Shop came into effect at the beginning of
Term 2.
It is easy to order:
Flexischools – there is sizing and photos for each
item to help you select the right item and size
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Email us at
uniforms@bayviewss.eq.edu.au
these items, however we will credit any nonperishable items such as drinks/iceblocks etc.
To order online:
1.To order online simply go to www.flexischools.com.au
2. Click “Register Now” to create account
3. Top-up your balance
4. Start ordering immediately
Thankyou for your continued support
Emma & Team
P & C News
Welcome back to Term 2. We hope you all had a
great Easter break.
There will be a special meeting of the P&C at
7pm on Wednesday 29 April 2015 in the
Corporate Services Centre. The purpose of this
meeting is to ratify the 2015 P&C Model
Constitution. This document was not available
from P&C QLD prior to our AGM in March and
needs to be endorsed prior to the end of May
2015.
If you are looking to make new friends and make
a difference in your child’s school, Café is the
place for you.
The previously scheduled General Meeting will
follow immediately after the special meeting. We
look forward to seeing you there.
Rainbow Breeze Cafe
PREPS can now order café through Flexischools
Hi Parents/Caregivers
Leanne, Nicole, Toni & Michelle
We are always happy to have new volunteers and
your children love to see you helping out (it
makes their day!!). Please contact me directly on
edibb3@eq.edu.au if you can spare some time
either Wednesday, Thursday or Friday as we
would love to see you.
THE WINNER OF TERM 1 $50:00 FLEXISCHOOLS
DRAW WAS : MILISSA BOSANKO!!!
WELL DONE MILISSA AND THANK YOU FOR ALL
YOUR HARD WORK.
Reminders:
Order cut-off time: The cut off time for lunch
orders to be placed via Flexischools is 8.30am,
however you may place your next week’s order at
any time after cut-off.
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Sushi orders: sushi is only available on
Thursday’s, but the cut off time is Wednesday
noon.
Sick children / cancelling orders: If your
child is sick and either doesn’t come to school
or goes home you
must cancel your Flexischools order by
9:00am in order for your account to be
credited. Unfortunately if we receive notice
past this time we are already in the process of
making perishable items and cannot credit
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j{xÇ: Thursday 7th and Friday 8th May
j{xÜx: Mandarin Room in the Hall
g|Åx: 8am – 3pm (Parents and students are both
welcome to come and visit us before and after school)
Prices range from 50c to $10
We look forward to seeing you all there
on 3206 5296 or 0421561136 or via email
bayviewsac@pcyc.org.au to make your bookings.
This is also where you will find our Vacation Care
Program.
Calendar of Events
April 2015
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
1
2
3
6
7
8
9
10
13
14
15
16
17
20
21
22
23
24
27
28
2nd Yr5
Camp
Payment
Due
29
P&C
Meeting
Student
Banking
30
Book Club
Orders Due
Please remember we are not here from 9am until
2pm but we are more then happy for you to leave
a text message or email and we will get back to
you.
If you need to see us after the school bell, please
wait until 3:15 as we are extremely busy with our
main focus on the children during this time.
Thank you so much for your support,
Courtney
Bayview Coordinator and the PCYC Staff
Wray Organic Fundraiser
27th
1st
Year 6 Camp - Mon
April to Fri May
Campers will be returning at 2:40pm Friday
May 2015
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
7
Mothers Day
Stall
14
Fri
1 Yr 6
Campers
Return
2:40pm
8
Mothers Day
Stall
15
Volunteers
Morning Tea
9:15am
4
5
6
11
12
13
Student
Banking
18
19
20
21
22
25
26
Yr 5 Final
Camp
Payment
Due
27
Free Dress
“State of
Origin”
Student
Banking
28
29
Yr 5/6
Cluster
Carnival
PCYC News
Our work mobile 0421 561 136 or our email
address bayviewsac@pcyc.org.
For families interested in enrolling their child at
PCYC, head to
http://www.redlandspcyc.org.au/Child-Care/ and
follow the links for Bayview online enrolment.
Once the children are enrolled you can contact us
Rainbow Relaxations – Term 2
Rainbow Relaxations offers your child the
opportunity to learn to relax and let go of daily
stresses and worries. A child's life can involve
anxiety, built up anger and frustration, feelings of
loneliness and sadness and health concerns - the
constant sore tummy..... In the Rainbow
Relaxations classes we introduce strategies and
techniques to build self confidence and self belief,
increase resilience and teach easy simple steps to
self monitor ones own feelings and what they
need, plus so much more - all offered in a safe and
fun environment at Bayview State School.
Term 2 will be held over 8 weeks - the first class
will be starting on Monday 27th April through
to Monday 22 June 2015
(8th June - Queens Birthday Public Holiday - no class
on that day)
Rainbow Class: 3-4pm Prep - Yr 3)
Sunshine Class: 4-5pm (Yr 4 - Yr 6)
The investment for 8 weeks =$100p/p, payable
before classes start. Payment options are available,
call Marie to discuss.
For all bookings or any enquires please call
Marie 0402416132 or
email rainbow.relaxations@live.com