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ACTING PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
GRADE 5B GARDEN DESIGNS – CONGRATULATIONS ON WONDERFUL WORK!
Last week I was invited to grade 5B’s presentation of their project work about garden ideas and designs. It was fantastic to meet with each group and hear their ideas and wonderful expertise about the environment. The students and Miss Bolton are to be congratulated on their outstanding work which will be showcased further in the newsletter. Well done to everyone!
EARLY LEAVERS
Our early leavers procedure is working very well with parents required to come into the office and sign their child out and then collect them from the classroom. As you would understand, this is usually during teaching time and the teachers are always busy working with their grades when parents come to collect early leavers. We appreciate parents understanding that this isn’t a time to catch up on how their child is going as the teachers will be teaching the class. If you need to touch base with the teacher about anything, please email via Compass to organise an alternative time to meet.
CAMP AUSTRALIA – CURRICULUM DAY, Monday 4th November
Due to low interest and bookings for our Curriculum Day on Monday 4th November, Camp Australia will not be running their program on this day. Parents will need to make alternative arrangements as no students will attend school on this day.
BOOK FAIR – MONDAY 28th and TUESDAY 29th OCTOBER AFTER SCHOOL
Our school book fair will take place next Monday and Tuesday after school. This year it is set up in the 5/6 building with entry from the double front doors. Parents are encouraged to visit the fair with their child or if
ACTING PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
PFA FUN RUN MONDAY 18th NOVEMBER
Our PFA have been working very hard to organise a fantastic Fun Run event for our school. There are some great prizes on offer, including students being in the draw to win a Karaoke microphone just for signing up to our fundraiser online. If you haven’t already done so, I encourage all families to sign up so your child can be in the draw to win this prize which will be announced at a our assembly next week.
STUDENTS TRANSFERRING OUT - END 2024
Please remember to inform the office as soon as possible if your child/ren will be leaving Berwick Lodge at the end of the year and transferring to another school. This assists us with our planning for 2025.
GRADE STRUCTURE/PARENT REQUESTS/ORIENTATION DAY PLANNING TIMELINE
We will be adhering to the following timeline for the development of our classes, etc for next year. Please note: This year, parent requests will be limited to guidance on friendships of their children only.
Thursday 14th November
Grade Structure 2025 published in the newsletter
Friday 15th November Parent requests for friendships of their children open Thursday 22nd November Teaching and Leadership Responsibilities 2025 published in the newsletter
Monday 25th November Parent requests for friendships of their children close Friday 6th December Grade lists 2025 published Tuesday 10th December Orientation Day 2025 Grade 1-6 (9.15am-11.45am)
Orientation Day 2025 Prep (9.30am – 11.30am)
Secondary School Orientation Day Friday 20th December End of School Year – 2.30pm finish
GRADE 4 IN SCHOOL CAMP EXPERIENCE
Today there was great excitement around the school with our grade 4 students participating in the first day of a 2 day ‘Camp Style’ activity program. It was wonderful to see the enthusiasm, teamwork and enjoyment whilst students participated in a range of activities including billy cart building, orienteering and hut building. Thank you to our outstanding grade 4 teachers for organising a fantastic camp experience for our students. Photos of the day will be shared next week.
DIARY DATES:
Grade 4 In School Camp Thursday 24th October and Friday 25th October
Grade 3 ’The Good Dinosaur’ movie Friday 25th October
Book Fair 3:30pm-4:30pm Monday 28th October and Tuesday 29th October
Curriculum Day - No students at school Monday 4th November
Prep - 2 Athletics Carnival Friday 8th November
BLPS Fun Run Monday 18th November
HAVEYOU CHANGEDYOUR ADDRESS OR PHONE NUMBER?
Please ensure you let the school office know if you have changed address or updated mobile phones with new numbers. This information alleviates stressful situations for students when they are ill and we cannot contact parents.
WORLD TEACHERS’ DAY
On Friday 25th October, we will be celebrating World Teachers’ Day. Teachers and support staff at Berwick Lodge strive to make a difference each and every day. So, if there is a teacher or staff member that you feel has made a difference for you or your child, please send them a brief message of thanks. A simple email or thank you at the end of class will make their day. Students might like to thank their teachers too, with a kind word, message, or drawing.
SAFE AROUND SCHOOLS: Active Travel – How to fit a helmet safely.
As a community, we always love seeing children being active by riding, scooting, or skating in our neighbourhood. It is important your child always wears a helmet while on a bike, scooter, or skateboard to ensure they are not seriously injured. We are noticing some of our students who ride, skate or scoot to school, without their helmets. Could parents please have a conversation about safety. Please refer to the flyer from the City of Casey.
Active Travel - How to fit a helmet safely
ANGLICARE
anglicare.org.au
Parent Zone - Whats-on-Southern-T4-2024.pdf
CURRICULUM DAY – MONDAY 4th November
Monday 4th November is a curriculum day for our staff and no students are required at school on this day. Tuesday 5th November is a public holiday; so therefore, the school will be closed.
A BIG THANK YOU
Students in grade 1 and 2 have been spending time during lunch and recess to clean up our school grounds. It is so pleasing to see students caring for the environment and taking pride in our school.
Angela Maskery and Sharyn King
SchoolTours and 2025 Enrolments are now open!
Tours will be held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Bookings are essential, please contact the office on 9709 6700.
For all those families who have a sibling starting prep next year, please inform the office if you have not already done so.
If you know of any friends or family who are interested in attending Berwick Lodge next year, please ask them to contact the office on 9709 6700 or they can send an email to berwick.lodge.ps@education.vic.gov.au
On Friday the 18th of October 5B had Mrs McCrum come to our classroom and we showed her our veggie gardens that we had been designing since the start of term 3. We have been learning about different design processes and how to end up with the best version of a design. We followed these steps:
1 - We had thought very hard about what should go in the garden so we looked at our own BLPS community garden and got ideas from there.
2 - We had to decide where our garden would go and consider who would use it. This was the centre of all of our decision making.
3 - We designed our own gardens
4 - We formed small groups and used ideas from each person to combine and come up with a garden with everyone’s ideas
5 - We used the SCAMPER tool (substitute, combine, adapt, modify, put to another use, eliminate and reverse) to reflect and improve our designs
6 - We researched different plants that would survive in our gardens and other materials we could use and made a kid friendly document of all of these.
7 - We got Mrs McCrum to come and we presented our gardens to her because she is an expert in plants and gardening and got some feedback from her on how to improve our garden designs.
Our grade had a lot of fun researching plants and designing a garden. We would also like to thank Mrs McCrum for visiting our classroom and looking at the designs.
By Ava R and Isla O, on behalf of 5B
Berwick Lodge Book Fair 2024
Our book fair will be held on Monday the 28th of October and Tuesday the 29th of October.
This will be held in the grade 5/6 building and runs from 3:30pm to 4:30pm each day.
REGIONAL ATHLETICS CARNIVAL
A big congratulations to Kuol and Sanvi from 6W who competed in the Regional Athletics Championships on Monday 21st October at Casey Fields athletics track.
Well done to Sanvi who finished 4th in the 11 girls Long Jump and Kuol who finished 4th in his heat in the 12/13 boys 80m hurdles. Such an amazing effort. We are so proud of you both. Well done!!!
NOTE TO PREP-GRADE 2 FAMILIES
On Friday 8th November we will be holding our annual Prep-Grade 2 House Athletics Day. This event will run until lunchtime at school where students will have the opportunity to participate in 5 athletics events (hurdles, 70m sprint, discus, long jump and butterfly grip relay) and 1 novelty event. Students will run in their grade level on the day, not their age groups.
Each student will earn points for their house in each event. 1st-4th ribbons will be awarded to students that place in the final of their running event as well as the longest throw/jump in the field events. The house that earns the most points for the day will be announced at an end of day school assembly.
Students are encouraged to wear their house colours (optional) to support their house team as well as apply sunscreen for the day. Hats will need to be worn and plenty of water to drink to keep hydrated. A best dressed certificate will be awarded for best dressed students in their age group.
Parents and families are more than welcome to come along to support the children on the day and must remain outside the event areas to spectate.
Thank you.
Kylee Muccignat P.E Coordinator
Fun Run Announcement
We’re excited to announce that the annual BLPS Fun Run will take place on Monday, 18th November! This year promises some fantastic surprises, including participation from our wonderful staff members.
The Fun Run is an essential event for raising funds for our school, and we’re making it easier than ever with an online fundraising platform. Families will be able to register and share their child’s fundraising page with friends and family, no matter where in the world they are!
We’re also looking for parent volunteers to help make this event a success. If you’re interested, please contact us at pfa@berwicklodgeps.vic.edu.au. Volunteers must have completed the school induction and hold a current Working with Children Check, both of which we can guide you through easily.
Stay tuned for more details on registration and fundraising opportunities, including exciting prize draws for participants!
Community Garden Working Bee
Join us for our Community Garden Working Bee on Monday, 28th October at 9:00am Everyone is welcome, including younger children. The session will last about 45 minutes to an hour, and we’ll wrap it up with coffee and chat. All equipment is provided, all you need to bring is your enthusiasm. We’d love to see you there!
Carolyn Humphreys
PFA President
Reading forces you to be quiet in a world that no longer makes a place for that.” John Green
Well, it is finally happening, the Scholastic Book Fair is here! All grades will have the chance to view the books on Friday, where students will write their wish list for purchases. This exciting event can help foster a life-long love of reading and has long been a highlight for students and their families.
To celebrate, we have been running a free book raffle and at tomorrow’s assembly, we will find out who our seven, lucky winners are. Thank you to Scholastic for providing these beautiful books for us to give away.
Please come along on Monday or Tuesday between 3.30pm and 4.30pm to purchase some beautiful books, posters, stationery and other items. All purchases go towards rewards that will help us to buy new books for the library.
As always, please remember to return your library books on time and bring a bag to safely transport your books in.
Happy Reading,
Mrs Tsekouras and Ms Taylor
Issue 7 of Scholastic Book Club is now available for ordering. This issue is larger than usual and contains FREE books for purchases over $20 as well as a $5.00 promo code for use in Issue 8.
There are lots of books to that are the next in a series, Christmas books, Graphic Novels, Best sellers from 2024, Sport books, non-fiction books and lots of stationery and gift items as well. As usual there are activities included in the catalogue and right near the back there is a competition to win Transformers Action Figures.
All orders are due by 5.00pm on the 27th of October and the library receives reward dollars, to buy new books, from any orders placed.
Parents may bring in food treats to celebrate their child’s birthday.
However, this treat must be individually commercially packaged with ingredients listed (ie: fun-size chocolate) and distributed to students at the end of the school day.
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