NEWSLETTER

22nd

April, 2016

No. 5

DATES TO REMEMBER

Monday 25th

April

Anzac Day Public Holiday

Tuesday 26th April School Council Meeting

Tuesday 3rd May Mothers’ Day Morning

Thursday 5th May Mothers’ Day Stall

Friday 6th May District Cross Country

Friday 13th May Curriculum Day

16th May - 20th May Education Week

Tuesday 17th May School Council Meeting

Tuesday 24th May Grandparents’ Day

Mon 30th

May - Fri 3rd

June

Somers Camp Woorabinda (Year 4 & 5)

Monday 13th June Queen’s Birthday Public

Holiday

Tuesday 14th June School Council Meeting

Thursday 16th June Jump Off Day

More information on events is available on the School Website

Calendar Click Here (ctrl click)

3730 Ballarto Road, Bayles 3981 Phone: 5997 7261 www.baylesps.vic.edu.au

Dear Parents and Friends

Yakkerboo Parade The Yakkerboo Festival parade on Sunday was amazing. It was a beautiful morning for a parade around the streets of Pakenham, with many kids and their families coming along to either sit on the float or watch as the parade went past. Thank you to those families who supported us on Sunday.

I’d like to make special mention of the following people: Kate Foot for painting many of our signs and props; Annette Kelly for painting the jukebox; Mrs Hynd and Mrs Brown for their organisation of the event and for painting the skirt that went around the truck; Neil Harris for delivering the hay bales; the Lineham family for donating the hay bales; and Kevin Wyhoon for driving and allowing us to use his company’s truck. Without the generosity of these people, we would not have had such a fantastic day.

We were awarded a prize of a $100 Coles Myer voucher for the float, which is testament to the hard work of many kids, staff and families. Well done.

Scalzo donation The school recently received a donation of $800 from Scalzo Fine Foods company in Bayles. This money has gone to Parents Club so they can upgrade their cooking utensils, appliances and containers for the homestyle lunches. We are very grateful to Scalzo’s for their contribution to the school.

Indigenous Education Last week I invited two of the department’s Koorie Education Support Officers (KESO), Rex and Terry, to speak at the school assembly about the acknowledgement of the traditional owners of the Bayles and surrounding areas, the Boonwurrung people of the Kulin nation. Rex and Terry spoke to the kids and parents about the 600 nations and languages that have existed in Australia for between forty and sixty thousand years, long before European settlement in 1788. Terry’s mob, the Kurnai Gunai tribe, are the traditional owners of the area around Mt Baw Baw and Rex’s mob, the Ngagiro tribe, are in the Snowy Mountains of NSW. Since both Terry and Rex are not from this area, they presented the Acknowledgement to Country statement which reads:

“We would like to acknowledge the Boonwurrung people who are the traditional custodians of this land. I would also like to pay respect to Elders both past and present of the Boonwurrung nation and extend that respect to other Aboriginal people present.”

We are also flying the aboriginal flag at the basketball court flagpole, once again as a mark of respect to the traditional owners.

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Principal’s Report (Continued)

SuperFlex The children are continuing to learn about social thinking through the use of a fun, new curriculum using a social-thinking superhero named SuperFlex. The goal of this curriculum is to provide a motivating way to improve your child’s social and behavioural flexibility and to ultimately develop better self-monitoring and self-feedback loops for their social behaviour. The concept is based on the ideas that we all have a superhero, SuperFlex, in our brains and he/she is constantly battling the Team of Unthinkables who represent a variety of unexpected behaviours. The kids are currently learning about how to combat The Unwonderer who tries to prevent people from showing interest in others and their interests, and the BrainEater who makes it hard for people to focus on what they are supposed to be doing – he makes people easily distracted! When the kids identify which Unthinkable is challenging them, they learn Superflexible Strategies to defeat the Unthinkables.

Eventually the kids will learn about the Thinkables who help you to behave in appropriate ways. You might like to talk to your kids about the SuperFlex characters they are working on in their classroom and what strategies they are using when RockBrain takes control!

Kind Regards

Mr Mat Anderton

Congratulations to our students who were chosen as Super Kids for

Term One:

Claire F (Foundation) For always demonstrating our school values and being an excellent role model. Keep up the fantastic work!

Melody Z (1/2A) For demonstrating our school values at all times and being accepting and considerate of others and their ideas. Congratulations. .

Kynen D (1/2B) For being a nice student and always helping others.

Tahlia M (3/4A) For being determined to do her best as well a encouraging others to do their best.

Peyton D (4/5A) For being a great role model to her classmates.

Makaylah F (6A) For being a kind friend, a role model for the other students, and demonstrating all of the Bayles values everyday at school.

REMINDER

Wednesday Hot Chocolate with a marshmallow will be available this

Wednesday 27th April at the beginning of lunch time.

$1.00 EACH

Foundation 15.04.16 Tynan L For working so hard on his holiday recount writing this week. Well done Tynan!

Grade 1/2A 15.04.16 Brody F For participating in all activities with enthusiasm, especially Maths - Well Done.

Grade 1/2B 15.04.16 Miley W For always having a beautiful smile and making everyone else happy.

Grade 3/4A 15.04.16 Tylah C For being inspired to write and making a tremendous effort to improve. Well done!

Grade 4/5A 15.04.16 Adrian C For excellent efforts during Daily 5 and Writing sessions.

Grade 6A 15.04.16 Tom G For demonstrating a mature and responsible attitude to all classwork.

Absences Thank you to everyone who is using Tiqbiz to notify the school of absences. Just a point to remember when selecting the reason for the absence to please list details of the absence in the comments section.

Unexplained absence letters Unexplained absence letters have been sent home today, could these please be filled in and sent back to the school as soon as possible. To avoid having these letters sent out to you, please ensure that you send in a tiqbiz absence notification or a written note when your child/ren have been absent.

CSEF information Please be reminded that CSEF payments will be allocated to school camps for Year 3 - 6, with any remaining balance allocated to sports, excursions/incursions. The payments for Year F -2 will automatically be allocated to sports, excursions/incursions. Credits that are not used in the current year will carry over to the next school year. For students that are in Year 6 with CSEF money remaining at the end of the year, this balance will be forwarded to their secondary college.

Travel Conveyance Allowance If you are a family that lives at least 4.8km from your nearest school and/or bus stop you may be able to claim a travel conveyance allowance. If you think that you may be eligible, please contact the office no later than Friday 6th May. Previous applicants must contact the office by this date to inform the school that there are no changes to their circumstances. Please note people living in KWR, Pakenham and Lang Lang are not eligible for this allowance.

Personal items from home Please be aware that any items that your child chooses to bring to school with them (e.g, toys, clothing etc.) is at their own risk. The school holds no responsibility for misplaced or lost items

and will not be responsible for looking for items that have gone missing.

BLACKFISH

THIS FORTNIGHT

4

GRAND TOTAL

20 KOOKABURRA

THIS FORTNIGHT

2

GRAND TOTAL

14 SWAMP

THIS FORTNIGHT

1

GRAND TOTAL

9 TI - TREE

THIS FORTNIGHT

3

GRAND TOTAL

17

Quinn D

Peyton D

Shak B

Jaeden W

Andie B

Tilly H

Zoe H

Lachlan P

Kayla B

Sienna S

Nicole A

Kaitlyn B

Declan M

Beleza Pakenham are now stocking Bayles Regional

Primary School Hoodies - sizes 5 - 16

Active Wednesdays at Bayles STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ACTIVELY WALK, RIDE, SCOOT, OR SKATE TO SCHOOL EVERY

WEDNESDAY.

The JSC will hand out raffle tickets to those students who have actively come to school.

If you can’t actively come to school, walk around the basketball court or the oval.

PART WAY IS OK: park the car at the shop, kindergarten or Fauna Park and join family and friends and walk

along the new footpath to school.

Term 2 prize is a scooter & helmet.

All raffle tickets go in the draw to be held at the end of term at assembly.

Good luck & have fun!

This is a Streets Ahead initiative. For more information contact Council’s Active Children’s Officer, Kate

Beveridge on 1300 787 624.

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO FILL THE FOLLOWING SHIFTS:

DATE 10.00am - 1.00pm 1.00pm - 4.30pm

Saturday 30th April 9.00am - 12.00pm

2 Volunteers Needed

Monday 16th May Shona M & 1 Volunteer Needed Belinda F & 1 Volunteer Needed

Tuesday 31st May Shona M & 1 Volunteer Needed 2 Volunteers Needed

Winter Months Shifts 10.00am - 1.00pm 1.00pm - 4.00pm

Saturday 11th June 9.00am - 12.00pm

2 Volunteers Needed

Thursday 16th June Shona M & Kylie F 2 Volunteers Needed

Friday 1st July 2 Volunteers Needed 2 Volunteers Needed

The funds raised by Op Shop help support many programs at our school - it would be a shame to lose such a generous donation, so please consider helping out for a couple of hours.

Please contact Meagan on 0457 198 949 if you or someone you know can help.

Bayles Preschool are once again running their amazing

Shopping Tour on Saturday 22nd October

For more information, please contact Madelain on 0417 168 445

From everyone at Bayles Regional Primary School

Sophia Phyllis

Congratulations to Miss

Gunton and Kaycee on the

birth of your baby girl (and

little sister for Aliya)

Tiffany Ann

Congratulations to

Mrs Bastin and Stuart on

the birth of your baby girl

Bendigo Bank Student Banking

Just a reminder that student banking occurs every Monday. If you would like to start a bank account with Bendigo Bank for your child, please contact the school office to obtain an

application form.