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Screen Time: Did you know that the average eight year old in Australia has spent 1 whole
year of their life in front of a screen? An article I read recently reinforced the battles many
families encounter with screen time. The article highlighted the challenges many families
face managing screen time at home. The article quoted research from Dr Joanne Orlano
from ‘Family Technology Use’, where it found that by the time a child in Australia turns
eight, they will have spent 365 days in front of a screen. The
most common form of screen time is:
watching online videos
using an app or video to learn, eg watching a YouTube video
to learn how to draw
play games
talk with family members via Skype
sending a video text message
information searching, eg search the app store to find a new
game
From this list, the top use for an eight year old is watching
YouTube. A whole year is a daunting statistic for parents. Whilst
we all acknowledge the challenges associated with managing
screen time and kids using technology, a positive and proactive
approach is the most effective.
Attached is some advice for parents on how to manage and use technology effectively with
your child. Mr McCoombe recently sent an example of a set of agreements that may be
considered for families on how to manage screen time at home. We will continue to provide
further information, advice and strategies on how families can maximize the benefits of
technology, whilst managing screen time.
Meet and Greet Parent/Teacher Discussions: It was very pleasing to see so many families
attend our Meet and Greet Parent/Teacher Discussions yesterday afternoon. The sharing of
information is a valuable contributor to the ongoing process of developing an effective
home – school partnership. For those families that were unable to attend, please ensure you
are familiar with content of the Year Level Newsletters or Information Booklets sent via
Compass.
How Full is Your Bucket: Over the last 2 weeks, I have read a book to each of our
Foundation classes titled, ‘How Full is Your Bucket?’ The message in this book is the core
to a happy and vibrant school community. The filling buckets concept is a guide to daily
happiness for kids. I encourage you to discuss ‘filling buckets’ with your child. An online
version of the book is available on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWe6Z3zFwoA
Thursday 21st February 2019
BELLBRAE PRIMARY
SCHOOL NEWS
Phone 5261 2660 Fax 5261 6177
E-mail: [email protected]
www.bellbraeps.vic.edu.au
Issue 3
2 Bellbrae Primary School School Improvement Plan: Like every school in the state, Bellbrae PS has developed their
school improvement plan that outlines our key areas the school will focus on to maximise
student outcomes. The plan aligns with our strategic intent of improving student
achievement, wellbeing and engagement. Our key improvement strategies for this year will
be:
1. Teaching and Learning: To embed our whole school writing instructional model
to further develop the writing pedagogy of staff and improve student outcomes.
2. Building Practice Excellence: Deepen collaborative teaching practices to improve
student outcomes through regular cycles of inquiry and the use of student data
(PLC).
3. Wellbeing: Develop a whole school approach to wellbeing through Respectful
Relationships, Tribes and School Wide Positive Behaviour to enhance student
voice and agency, positive relationships, and student attendance.
4. Building Practice Excellence: To develop and implement a whole school evidence
based spelling approach to promote consistent practice and improved outcomes.
5. As a staff team, we are committed to achieving the targets against our improvement
plan and have begun work on each of these areas. I look forward to providing our
families with regular updates on our progress and achievements.
Wellbeing: Our new Wellbeing Officer, Bree Schmidt, has begun rolling out some new
programs and opportunities to support the wellbeing of our students. Bree has designed two
evidence based programs to support students experiencing anxiety and developing
resilience. Bree will be able to provide more information on these programs in the coming
weeks. Bree will also coordinate a Parenting Seminar each term. We are aware of a
nationwide increase in the prevalence of anxiety among primary school aged children, so
our term 1 Parenting Seminar will focus on, ‘Parenting Children Who Worry Too Much’.
Further details regarding this seminar will be available in the coming weeks.
Community Hour: Every Friday the entire school will engage in a school community
program for the last hour of the day culminating in our weekly Assembly. Activities will
include gardening, waste management, tidying the library, sustainable educational activities,
raking soft-fall and sand pits, beautifying the school and learning more about our Edible
Garden.
House Meeting – Bubb, McLean, Follett and Marendez: Recently, Mr McCoombe and I
met with our House Captains and discussed ideas on how to build the profile of our Houses.
The ideas included regular House meetings, developing a House chant or song and
introducing a House Honour Board. With this in mind, we held our first House meeting
yesterday afternoon led by our House Captains. They did an awesome job leading their
House in rehearsing their song and evoking House spirit. Our students also heard the origins
and history of their House names. I encourage families to quiz their children on their
Houses’ song!
Year 6 Buddy program: Our Foundation and Yr 6 ‘Buddy’ program has many benefits – it
provides great support to our Foundation students and it is vehicle to develop leadership
skills for our Yr 6 students. Recently, a parent of a Foundation student wrote to our Yr 6
students congratulating them on their role as a buddy. This letter highlights and describes
our Buddy program. Please see letter on page 7.
3 Bellbrae Primary School School Councillors for 2019: Thank you to the parents and staff who nominated for the
positions on School Council 2019. As a result of our nomination process, I am pleased to
announce our School Council for 2019;
Parent Member Category Emma Reynolds (new to Council in 2019)
Troy Bird (new to Council in 2019)
Krystin Trewin
Jacquelle Gorski
Daniel Halliwell
Chris Lamb (re-elected to Council)
Adam Leggett
Mitch Barrow (re-elected to Council)
Department of Education Category Anna Nielson
Luke O'Meara
Stu McCoombe
Christian Smith
Our first meeting and AGM will be on Monday, 18th March.
On behalf of the school community, I thank and congratulate the parents and staff listed
above for their time and support.
Thank you for supporting our school and have a great week.
Christian Smith
SPORTS NEWS
Tomorrow at Grovedale Tennis Club, Riley Collinson, Chloe
Taylor, Javier Lucas, Lincoln Brown & Liam Packett are
competing in the District Tennis Tournament against students from
schools in the City to Surf District. We wish them luck......
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EVENTS TO COME……………….
FROM THE OFFICE
A FEW REMINERS:
NAVIGATING COMPASS – If you are having any trouble accessing
information on Compass make sure you are opening with a browser (in menu)
if using a tablet or phone.
EXCURSIONS & EVENTS ON COMPASS – Just a reminder that all
excursions, camps, swimming etc. are to be paid and consented on Compass
as they arise. Please make sure you do this by the due date as you don’t have
access after. Without payment and consent your children will not be able to
attend these activities.
COMPASS PASSWORDS – Passwords for Compass must comprise of 8
digits comprising of at least one number, capital letter and symbol.
STUDENT WELLBEING RESOURCES
In order to provide resources and information to support parents, I will be submitting
regular newsletter articles with a specific focus each term. The focus for this term
will be anxiety (see flyer included in this newsletter), and if you would like additional
resources please feel free to contact me at the school.
Welfare Officer - Bree Schmidt
FEBRUARY 2019
22nd - Friday Formidable Vegetable Sound System Incursion - Prep - 6
MARCH 2019
11th - Monday Labor Day – Public Holiday (no school)
18th - Monday School Council First Meeting and AGM – Time TBA
22nd – Friday Year 5/6 Bellbrae Disco – 7.00 – 9.30pm – Bellbrae Hall
APRIL 2019
5th - Friday Last Day Term 1- 2.30pm Dismissal
22nd - Monday Easter Monday – Public Holiday (no school)
23rd - Tuesday First Day Term 2
25th - Thursday Anzac Day - Public Holiday (no school)
MAY 2019
5th Sunday ‘MAYFAIR’
6th - Mon Year 4 Camp to Urban Camp Melbourne
AUGUST 2019
Wed 28th –Fri 30th Year 3 Camp to Camp Wyuna Queenscliff
OCTOBER 2019
Thurs 31st – Fri 1st Nov Year 2 Camp to Burnside Camp Anglesea
NOVEMBER 2019
4th - Monday Curriculum Day (no school)
5th - Tuesday Melbourne Cup Public Holiday (no school)
Wed – 6th - Thurs 8th Year 5 Camp to Sovereign Hill Ballarat
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STAFF PROFILE
Name: Melanie Jackson
Years Teaching Summary: I taught
in East Bentleigh at Valkstone
Primary School for nine years. I did
a stint in the UK teaching in London
schools for a year. Whilst on
maternity leave I have been working
for Barwon Child, Youth and Family
Services, teaching parents’ literacy
and numeracy skills in order for them to teach their children.
School Responsibilities: Literacy Support Teacher and Grade 5 Classroom
Teacher on a Tuesday.
Likes: Holidaying with my family, playing team sports, ice-cream and cooking
new recipes (if they turn out right!!)
Dislikes: cooking recipes that disappoint my taste buds!
Hobbies: Basketball, touch footy and camping in my caravan!
Favourite Movie: The Greatest Showman at the moment!
NEWS FROM THE GARDEN
On Friday Year 5 and 6 students will spend the day participating in workshops with
themes around sustainability, music, gardening, ecological awareness and positive
social change. As part of the day we will be setting up drip irrigation for the veggie
beds, adding compost, creating our giant potato patch and spreading seeds as we head
into autumn.
On another note, Mr Hurrell is looking for parents, who have a working with
children's check, to help out in the garden one lunchtime a week. If you’re interested
please contact the office with your available day and I'll be in touch.
Thanks, hope you all have a wonderful weekend on our beautiful coastline.
Lachlan Hurrell
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YEAR 6 CANBERRA CAMP
Our year six students had a great time at Canberra. As well as getting to know each other we
had fun, showed resilience and learnt a lot. Student behaviour was excellent and it was a
pleasure to be a part of the group. Amongst other venues we visited Parliament House, The
Australian War Memorial, Old Parliament House and The High Court. All of these tours
worked towards covering our Civics and Citizenship unit for this term. We received a PACER
Rebate of $30 per student that went towards camp costs.
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KILOMETRE CLUB
Dear Parent and families,
We are very excited to be launching into Kilometre Club again this year! Our first session
will take place next Thursday 28th February from 8.30 – 8.45am. We are looking forward to
seeing lots of familiar and new faces along to our morning sessions that will be taking place
on Tuesday and Thursday mornings each week.
Keep an eye out on compass and an ear out at assembly for more details from school house
captains in the coming weeks.
Don’t forget to stretch,
Leonie Brown and Luke Heard
BUDDY PRGOGRAM - POSITIVE FEEDBACK
Dear Grade 6 Students.
As the mum of a preppy I would just like to say a HUGE thank you for taking your Buddy
responsibilities so seriously.
My preppy boy has settled in so well and that is down to having his buddy and his friend’s buddies
look after him & show him the ropes. In just this past two days I’ve seen Grade 6 students go out of
their way to hi-5 him, meet him in the morning to tell him that they will be there to play at lunch
and shout him to say goodbye at the end of the day. My boy has beamed from ear to ear telling me
how fun his lunchtimes have been and it is such a reassurance to know he is cared for. Little things
like warning him not to sit on rocks because of the bull ants and helping him find his sister when he
was upset are huge things to us, his parents. You have made this scary milestone a pleasant and
happy transition.
Each and every one of you should be so proud of yourselves, you are a credit to the school and of
course your parents!
Thanks again,
One very impressed Mum!
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WELL DONE AWARDS Freddie Price for your great listening and contributions to class discussions!
Harlem Pec for awesome listening and always giving your best effort
Hugo Henderson for a great start to the new year and getting involved in Friendship Day activities
Josh Newbould for always achieving your personal best!
Eve Von Einem for her incredibly descriptive recount in writing this week
Aubry Priest for his effort developing innovative team strategies in Blue Earth
Hazel Kadera, for being so motivated with her learning. Fantastic!
Isla O'Brien for giving her best effort in writing this week!
Grace Taylor for showing great organisation with her morning routine!
Zara Greene, for being such a helpful and thoughtful member of 3C. What a star!
Harriet Beck for an amazing start to the school year and her confident approach to make new
friends
Emmie Doyle for showing great stamina and concentrating so well in writing time
Noah O’Brien for his amazing attentive listening. Well done Noah!
Eddie Wilson for his excellent brainstorming about ‘The Treasure Chest’. Well done Eddie!
Zoe Harris for always demonstrating respect and consideration with her peers and teachers
Jarrah Bakaitis for explaining his problem solving in maths
Archie Brown for being an excellent classroom helper. Thank you Archie!
Maggie O'Brien for showing great stamina in her writing!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Birthdays This Week 17th February……………………….….. Indi Phillips & Harper Atkins
19th February……………………………….Lennox Geary & Aidan Marshall
21st February…………………………….Estella Carbonelli, Lily Lloyd & Xavier Palmieri
22nd February……………………………..Harper Edwards & Kit Blizzard
23rd February……………………………………………..Ada Garrard
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CANTEEN – Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays
Don’t forget you can order online.
Create your own account at……….
www.ultimateschools.com.au
SICKBAY WASHING ROSTER - Fridays
DATE VOLUNTEER
Friday 1st March Nicole Edmonds-Wilson
Friday 8th March Merryn Williams
Friday 15th March Kate Buchanan
Please call into the office Friday afternoon, strip the bed and return early in the next week
SECOND HAND UNIFORM - Any day of the week that suits
DATE VOLUNTEER
Week Starting Mon 25th Feb Carey Semple
Week Starting Mon 4th March Eloise Thomas
Week Starting Mon 11th March Bronwyn Wakefield
COMMUMNITY NEWS
ANGLESEA NETBALL 11 & UNDERS
Information & Training Session: This Friday, 22 February 2019
Time: 4.30pm – 5.30pm
Venue: Anglesea Netball Club
Age: 11 & under – you cannot turn 12 this year!
This is an opportunity for parents to obtain
information and for the club to gather numbers
for the upcoming season.
Helen’s Special next week are
Hot Dogs
$5 each
Term 1 NAME Friday 22nd Feb Fiona Price
Thursday 28th Feb Jacquelle Gorski
Friday 1st March Miyo Fallshaw
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MAYFAIR SPONSORS 2019 Supporting these businesses is the best way to show your appreciation
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