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DALGETTY ROAD, PO Box 6140 , CROMER 3193

PHONE: (03) 9589 2619 FAX: (03)9589 1957 Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.beaups.vic.edu.au

Dear Parents and Families Beaumaris Secondary College Parent Information Session The second parent information session for BSC will be held on Wednesday the 19th April, 6.00pm -7.30 pm at Beaumaris North Primary. Debby Chaves has been appointed principal and will be attending the session. Level Low Downs and Facebook Effective communication between school and home is essential. Since we launched our facebook page in 2013 we have now over 593 followers and the feedback we have had is extremely positive. Some interesting facebook facts - 91% of users fall between the age of 15 and 34, women aged 25– 44 are the biggest users of facebook, the average user spends 20 minutes or more per day on facebook and on average 8 billion videos are viewed daily. It is with this in mind we have decided to use facebook to communicate classroom activities, programs, celebrations, achievements, expos, excursions and camps more regularly. Our parent community love getting pictures and videos at, or close to the time of the event, and the picture quality is far superior to what we can produce in Stop Press. From the beginning of term two, Level Low Downs will appear every second week in Stop Press to coincide with the fortnightly Statement of Intent and on the other week, teachers will communicate classroom happenings via facebook posts. Easter Parade The Easter Parade is a wonderful tradition at our school. We look forward to seeing the amazing Easter bonnet creations on show and the visit to the Concourse is always a highlight for the preps. Thank you to Dawn for co-ordinating the Easter Raffle and the team of parents who wrapped our raffle prizes, they look fantastic! Thank you to all of our families who so generously donated Easter goodies. Some baskets will be delivered to Southern Family Life to distribute to local families in need. Happy Holidays We wish everyone a safe and relaxing holiday and look forward to seeing everyone in Term 2.

Louise Neave Tom Prendergast Acting Principal Acting Assistant Principal Sensory Garden Opening Thank you to our parent and student helpers on Monday for the final 'tidy up' of the new Sensory Garden Area. There are a couple of elements due for installation prior to the Official Opening at 2.45pm on Friday 21st April. The students are now free to enjoy this space during their breakout sessions. Within minutes of the orange tape coming down the garden had its first student group using the shaded seating area! Many thanks to all who have made this area come alive in the last 4 months from 'humble beginnings' and we hope to see you on Friday 21st for the Official Opening.

DIARY DATES Please refer to term newsletters

for more detail on year level important dates: http://www.beaups.vic.edu.au/

page/110/Term-Newsletters

SNACK SHACK Open Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays excluding last and first

trading days of each term.

Friday 31 March Assembly, Jump rope for Heart and Prep Easter Bonnet Parade, 9am

The Snack Shack closed End of Term 1: 2.30pm finish

Wednesday 19 April Beaumaris Secondary College

Parent Information Session 6pm to 7.30pm—Beau.Nth. PS

Friday 21st April Snack Shack reopens for Term 2

Friday 21 April Year 6 Students to attend the

ANZAC Commemoration Ceremony at the Shrine of Remembrance

Tuesday 25 April ANZAC Day-Public Holiday

Wednesday 26 April Year 5 Smart Start Program

Thursday 27 April 2018 Prep School Tour

9.15-10.40am

Monday 1 May Year 6 Amazing Race

Tuesday 9—Thursday 11 May NAPLAN Testing Years 3 and 5

Monday 8 May 2018 Prep Open Evening 7-8.30pm

SALC

Sunday 4 June Bunnings BBQ and Cake Stall

Monday 16 October 2018 Prep Transition Parent Information Evening 7-8pm

http://www.beaups.vic.edu.au/page/110/Term-Newsletters






From the Art Room We would love you to collect the following items over the holidays for our Art Room Foam trays Ribbon Wool Old costume jewellery Large ice cream buckets POCO MUSIC Private Instrumental Music lessons are held during school hours at Beaumaris Primary School. Lessons are offered in Piano, Guitar, Bass, Drum kit, Singing and Strings. We are taking enrolments for Term 2 now. First Lesson FREE! To enroll please go to our website and fill out an enrolment form at: www.pocomusic.com.au Or for more information contact us at our office on: 9584 7341 PARENT CLUB Thank you to everyone who has donated eggs, rabbits and other goodies for the Easter Raffle - your generosity has been amazing and we are always grateful for your support - good luck for the prize draw! We hope you enjoy a lovely break and look forward to seeing you in Term 2. Parent Club meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 19 April at 9.05 in the Staffroom - all welcome. School Uniform In the colder winter months if your child needs to wear an additional outer layer to wear whilst outside at recess and lunchtime, then we are happy for you to source a plain navy sleeveless fleece vest from the likes of Target, Big W or Best & Less. Alternatively we can make a one off order from Primary School Wear who supply our uniforms for one of their Polar Fleece sleeveless vests featuring our embroidered school logo, which cost $50. If you are interested in ordering one of these items please contact the school office.

Year 5

Term 2, 2017 Engineering II with Wiseones “Gears and Pulleys”

Engineering 2 Using Lego Dacta: In the first section of Engineering, children explored Structures and levers.

This is the second series in Egineering ; “Pulleys and Gears”. Explore the principles of geared machinery, learn to read diagrams ,design , construct and label models, problem solve by developing strategies when a task is difficult or completed unsuccessfully. Together with a partner, apply concepts to real-life situations. Use batteries to make your constructions move. Girls this is an exciting unit for you too. Don’t let the boys have all the fun. There is an entry level for this program which is offered at your school. Please contact Claudine on 0414 24 94 62 or email [email protected] for more information .

http://www.pocomusic.com.au




Thank you to our parent and student helpers on Monday for the final 'tidy up' of the new Sensory Garden Area. There are a couple of elements due to installation prior to the Official Opening at 2.45pm on Friday 21st April but the students are now free to enjoy this space during their breakout sessions. Within minutes of the orange tape coming down the garden had its first student group using the shaded seating area! Many thanks to all who have made this area come alive in the last 4 months from 'humble beginnings' and we hope to see you on Friday 21st for the Official Opening. BEFORE AFTER




LEVEL LOW DOWN Foundation

During Term 1 the Prep students have been exploring elements of the Design and Technologies curriculum during Investigations sessions, Numeracy and English sessions. Last Friday the students learnt about the term ‘littering’ and listened to stories about two boys named ‘Litterbug Doug’ and ‘Michael Recycle’. The students then discussed the importance of placing rubbish in the bin and the effects littering has upon our world. In an attempt to educate the whole school community, the Prep students decided to design their own bins, to encourage everyone to place their rubbish in the bin, rather than dropping it on the ground. First the students developed detailed designs for their bins, and some students even had a go at labelling the different parts of their bin. The next step was for the students to build their bins, using the plans they had developed. The students had a great time designing and making their bins and worked beautifully in the Prep space, sharing resources, helping one another and following their designs. Well done Prep!

Year One We have had such a wonderful start to Year One! This week we have enjoyed creating some fun Easter activities for the students to complete in the lead up to the Easter Holidays. We hope everyone has a safe and happy Easter break and we will see you on Tuesday 18th April! Miss Vallance, Miss Cain and Miss Wilson

Year Two What an amazing term! This week in English we have been experimenting with Structured Word Inquiry. Classes investigated the base 'play' and brainstormed a variety of suffixes such as 'ing' and 'ful'. In Maths we created individual word problems in Probability. There has been a flurry of activity in Investigations with Easter booklets written, cards composed and costumes made. The Year 2 team would like to wish you a fabulous Eater break. We hope you get time to make memories and unwind!

Year Three This week the Year 3 students have been very busy designing and constructing bridges, towers, and playgrounds out of newspapers and chickpeas. There have been some amazing designs and creations. Some architects in the making. We have been writing some amazing narrative stories concentrating on our sizzling starts, banning the boring and exciting endings. Crash! Went the thunder. It was pouring at Magic Beach. (At least we called it that.) We were camping under a tree full of pretty flowers. We couldn’t sleep. It was terrible. The wind was blowing so hard that the tree nearly fell down! In the morning I went to explore. It looked like the sea had exploded. By Evie 3S. Makes you want to know what happened doesn’t it?




We would like to wish all our students and families a very happy Easter. We hope you get to spend lots of time with family and friends over the break and rest up, ready for a jam-packed Term 2. We look forward to hearing about your holidays and all the fun things you got up to on Tuesday 18th April.

Year Four Happy campers having breakfast!

Year Five

The end of Term 1 already - where has the time gone? This term we attended camp at Sovereign Hill & PGL, dressed up as characters from the 1800s, rock climbed, participated in the mud run (just to name a few), completed our first ERPs for the year, participated in the Resilience Project, extended our knowledge of narrative writing by following the 7 steps, began reading clinic groups using CARS which has included inferring, author’s purpose and summarising and continued our place value knowledge about decimals and fractions. Well done Year 5s! Have a safe and happy holiday & Easter and we’ll see you back at school in Term 2.

Yesterday we were visited by Rod (Izzy’s

grandfather 5J) who owns an Omni Bus

from the early 1900s. He was kind

enough to share his bus between all the Year 5 classes and answer

their many questions.

Year Six Last Thursday Year 6 students were privileged to be trained as Beaumaris Primary School’s first Peacemakers. This involved learning and practising the appropriate strategies to resolve conflicts in the yard. Appreciation needs to be given to Emma Baldwin from Brighton Beach Primary School, who gave up her time to run this very important program for the students at our school. The whole school will reap the benefits of this program later in the year. Year 6 teachers would like to wish all the students and parents a restful and enjoyable Term 1 holiday period. See you next term!

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