SCHOOL BULLETIN

In This Issue

Principal’s News

Important dates

to remember

Star of the week

Captain’s Cor-

ner

Entertainment

Book

PFA News

Thursday 15th June2017

Quote of the

week.

No one is good at

everything, but

everyone

is good at something

Staffing Update

Tony Stokes is due to return to full time duty on Monday 19th June. It will be great to see Tony back at Balwyn North Primary School.

Primary Years Programme (PYP) News

I was proud of the endorsement of our achievement that was part of the North East Victoria Region (NEVR) Bulletin. This Bulletin was sent to all schools in our region and I received many congratulatory messages from colleagues and other DET schools.

Excerpt from NEVR Bulletin (31.05.2017):

Inner East News

We are pleased to share that Balwyn North Primary School has been officially authorized as an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, This has been the culmination of a three year journey and has included a commitment to and focus on:

Increasing the professional knowledge of the leadership and teaching teams

Implementing teaching and learning processes that support inquiry learning

Designing a Program of Inquiry, based upon real-world conceptual understandings that supports the delivery of the Victorian Curriculum

Supporting students to build skills, attitudes and deep understandings connected to their learning

Working in partnership with the school community to build a shared vision for their community of learners.

The benefits for the Balwyn North Primary School community have been evident through this process and are continually emerging. There has been increased learner agency for students, as they have become empowered to make critical decisions about their learning, initiating and driving actions that have a life well beyond the classroom. A shared language of learning for the school community has also supported enhanced communication and collective understandings. They have found that the transdisciplinary approach of the PYP also supports students to make connections between and beyond curriculum areas, as they exist in local and global contexts. As this journey continues, a focus on supporting students to develop key attitudes and attributes will encourage the growth of all students to reach their full potential. An on-going relationship with the IB will support the school to deliver their vision through the School Strategic and Annual Implementation Plans.

Congratulations to Balwyn North Primary School on this significant achievement.

Warm and Fuzzies at BNPS

Students at BNPS have been buzzing with excitement over the past week, with the arrival of some special friends in our school playground. Warm and Fuzzies have arrived! Warm and Fuzzies are furry little playthings (otherwise known as pom poms) that are given out to students that are making caring and principled choices in the playground. Classes collect their Warm and Fuzzies in a jar. These are counted at the end of the week, by our Student Wellbeing Leaders. The class with the most Warm and Fuzzies will win a special prize. This new initiative is an opportunity for our students to reflect upon the types of choices that help to make our school a warm and safe place for all students.

Chess

This week, 15 of our top Chess players competed in a hard fought tournament at Mont Albert Primary School. Against strong competition, our players were not daunted and everyone gave their very best effort. This was Ryan Nguyen’s first inter-school tournament and the first time that Harold Moon has represented our school. Our top players were Chess Captain, Callista Leong-La, James Deng, Sean Hawkins, Clare Zhu, Oliver Chen and Zhi Lin. Callista received the award for the best girl player in the tournament and all of our players received shiny silver medals, in recognition of their amazing 2nd place achievement. David Wang, Elizabeth Ngodinhson, Han-Wen Khaw, Julia Hawkins, Kovida De Silva, Lincoln Kwan and Ryan Ngo are also to be commended on their significant contribution to our team’s result.

This wonderful result gives more of our players the opportunity to represent BNPS in the State Finals, in October. Congratulations to this hard working group of chess players and our sincere thanks to Mrs Sarasi De Silva, Ms Carol Chang, Mr Mo Ngo and Mrs Helen Christo, who kindly drove the team to and from the tournament.

Erika Bienert Nicole McLean

Principal Acting Assistant Principal

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

Friday 16th June Hockey 7s

Saturday 17th June Aeroschools Challenge

Monday 19th June Uniform Shop 2:30pm—3:15pm

Tuesday 20th June School Banking Due

Wednesday 21st June Uniform Shop 8:45am—9:30am

Friday 30th June Assembly 2:00pm

Reports Sent Home

Last day of school. Dismissal 2:30pm

Monday 17th July Return to School

Captain’s Corner Division Cross Country Results!

Last Thursday, two of our students- Tania (6D) and Willow (5B) went to represent us in the Division Cross

Country! They both put in an amazing effort to finish and we are very proud of them and their efforts!

Congratulations to them both!

Hockey 7’s

Tomorrow a group of Year 6s and 5s will be going to compete in an interschool Hockey 7 tournament. We

hope everyone has fun and enjoys their time there! GO BALWYN NORTH!

Leader’s Education Week Lesson Overview!

2 weeks ago, all the leaders created an activity to instruct or entertain the whole school! After their activities,

students were asked to reflect on their lesson using a sheet of emojis. After going through many of the emoji

sheets, we are glad to say the majority of students circled positive emojis such as , and .

Surprisingly many Year Two students circled for their emoji!

I wrote a song about a burrito. Actually, it was more of a rap.

From your School Captains,

Ryan, Michael, Catherine, and Emma

Term 2 Week 8 Class Name Achievement

FL Mira Mathew

For being an Inquirer and showing Confidence by asking lots of questions and showing her favourite book to the class in a clear and confident manner. Well done Mira!

FS Eden White For being a Communicator by confidently expressing ideas, information and his feelings about stories. Great job buddy!

FT Boling Huang For being Caring by showing kindness and looking out for his classmates.

1K Natalie Thai For demonstrating Commitment by always trying her best in class and not giving up when challenged.

1F Jonathan Tan For being a Thinker by using his problem solving skills to investigate 1F getting a class pet as part of our Maths Talent Quest.

1N Ella Zhang For being Caring by showing kindness and looking out for her peers.

2G Annabelle Nguyen

- Doan

For demonstrating Commitment by being enthusiastic in all 2G learning tasks and sensationally making everything her best effort. So proud of you spunky girl!

2S Emily Zong For demonstrating the PYP Learner Attitude of Commitment by always being ready and organised to take on new tasks!!

3A Jenny Wang

For demonstrating the attitude of Curiosity by looking for and finding lots of interesting descriptive words to use in her narrative that made her writing sound so interesting.

3C Sienna Nanos For being Principled by trying really hard in class and having a positive attitude towards her learning. Keep up the good work Sienna!

3R Julie Guo For being a Communicator by listening to others respectfully and thoughtfully contributing to class discussions.

4A Sara Salem For being Balanced and showing enthusiasm by always demonstrating great commitment to all her school work and doing it with a smile.

4J Daniel Noura For being a Risk-taker by approaching the challenge of rock climbing with courage and determination. Great effort Daniel!

4M Sienna Feng For being a Risk-Taker by challenging herself to step out of her comfort zone when climbing on our Clip N’ Climb excursion.

5B Alex Liang For demonstrating Creativity by creating engaging, interesting, exciting and thoughtful pieces of writing.

5C Harrison Coghlan For demonstrating Commitment by showing perseverance with his learning by challenging himself for the MTQ. Well done!

5L Ryan Nguyen For demonstrating Commitment and caring attitudes and positivity when working with his Foundation Buddy. Keep up the great work Big Buddy!

6D Lucy Mackie For being a Risk-taker by demonstrating an independence of spirit to explore learning and challenges at school.

6M Callista Leong-La For being Reflective by always seeking feedback in the classroom and thoughtfully applying it to her learning.

6R Farjad Safwan For being Principled and showing independence by acting with integrity and honesty and taking responsibility for his own actions and learning.

ART

Walter Zhang For being Principled by improving his learning choices and listening more carefully to instructions. Great job Walter!

Sean Park 4A For being Caring and Enthusiastic when helping other students with their artwork and tidying the art room with a positive attitude.

L.O.T.E Sarvani

Prabaharan FL

For demonstrating commitment by trying her best and producing excellent writing and drawing work.

Victorian State Schools Spectacular – Get your tickets!

We are proud and excited to have some of our students participating in the 2017 Victorian State Schools Spectacular: Anything is Possible.

This year’s Spectacular will be held at Hisense Arena on Saturday 16 September, with two shows at 1pm and 6:30pm.

For a fun, family entertainment experience, and to cheer on our students from the audience, be quick to secure discounted tickets.

Talented young skaters, puppeteers, musicians, dancers and singers will feature on stage, while many other students will work behind the scenes, gaining unique, on-the-job, professional experience.

This program – managed by the Department of Education and Training – helps to develop each student’s performance skills, discipline, perseverance, cooperation and confidence under the training of industry professionals.

General Admission tickets – available from 9am on Tuesday 13th June

Adult – $40

Child Under 15 – $20

Concession – $30

Buy 10 tickets and get one adult ticket free (for group bookings please call 1300 364 001)

To purchase tickets, visit www.ticketek.com.au or phone Ticketek on 132 849.

For more information about the program and event, go to the Spectacular Facebook and website page:

https://www.facebook.com/performingartsunit

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/spectacular

PARENTS AND FRIENDS ASSOCIATION

Second Hand Uniform Sale

Second Hand Uniform donations welcome.

There will be a second hand uniform sale on Tuesday June

20th before and after school 8:30-9:00am and 3:30 – 4:00pm on the world

map (or the hall foyer if it is raining).

If you have unwanted uniforms, we are accepting donations of clean/

laundered uniforms for the sale. Simply place in a plastic bag in the sick bay.

All money raised goes to the school.

Thank you.

Hello Balwyn North Primary School community,

6R will be running the second hand book stall for the Twilight Festival this year. We would

be happy to accept any donations of pre-loved books, please leave at the office or bring di-

rectly to the Year 6 end of the Senior Building.

Warm regards, Rebekah Skipper and the students of 6R

Any queries please email: skipper.rebekah.r@edumail.vic.gov.au

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