BayView State School - Term 3, Week 6

Principal, Mr David Cooke

Good afternoon BayView community!

How fast the term is tracking as we near the end of week 6.  There have been so many great things happening here at BayView State School over the last three weeks.

Last Friday was a wonderful example of our community coming together to have BayView’s Biggest Morning Tea.  Thank you to the many community members who joined us to have morning tea on the oval and a special thank you to the parents who offered me a small bite as I walked around.  Events like this are a perfect example of what a school community is about. While our academic grades are important, the spirit and culture of a school is fostered through the connections we build outside the classroom with our peers our staff and the community as a whole.  Be Inclusive is one of our four values and this was certainly evident through out the morning tea.  As a result, I believe we have raised just under $1000 for the Cancer Council.

Once again, our Sport Aerobics teams participated with excellence at a competition on the weekend.  While the overall results were exceptional with many 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd placings, what has certainly been on show is the support every student has shown each other and in fact other schools as they compete.  I am looking forward to watching as many teams as I can at the Nationals being held on the coast in September.  Well done to the teams and your coaches and a special thank you to Mrs Sabrina Tully for her huge amount of work in this space.

Last night I received an email from Mr Black who was very proud to inform me, that as of this year, the school has had a representative at every level of sport with the Queensland School Sport pathway.  This year our first QLD rep Ellis has joined Libby Baggs (School team Swimming), Ciara Derham (District Rep Cross Country/Athletics) and Dyson Black (Metropolitan East Aquathlon).  We are working with Mr Black to appropriately celebrate this whole school achievement. 

Keeping with Mr Black, last year the P&C commissioned a Mural to celebrate the 13 years of his principalship here at BayView.  Across this term the artist has been painting this mural and we are almost finished.  The mural will be finished prior the end of this term and will be completed in time for Mr Black to see when he returns to the Redlands.  Please see the progression photos below. 

Sport forms a very important part of the culture of our school and we had a fantastic day at the most recent District Athletics trials.  Thank you to Mr Beasley, Mr Robinson and many other staff and parents who contributed by training our students to the amazing results we achieved.  As a school, we were equal 4th with Thornlands State School, with Mr Beasley putting them on notice for 2024.  I am looking forward to the students trailing for the Met East team later this term and wish them the best of luck.

Music also is an integral part of education of a student.  As I have said previously, learning this language helps engage the brain and contributes to a student’s ability to be a critical thinker and provides an opportunity for the students to express their artistic talents.  Last Monday, our Junior and Senior bands participated in the Redlands Eisteddfod with both bands performing brilliantly.  Unfortunately, I was unable to make their performances however I would like to congratulate our Junior Band who achieved a Highly Commended.  Special congratulations to our Senior Band who performed so well they were awarded with second place.  I would encourage all families to consider instrumental music as an exceptional value add to your child’s education and firmly believe we have two really great teachers in this space, Ms Cleary and Ms Taggart. 

Tonight, the Matildas will play the English in the semi-final of the World Cup.  The team is a wonderful example of how to play sport with dignity and passion and I hope they make the final, continuing our countries great female sports achievement in 2023.   

Have a great weekend everyone and I look forward to the last four weeks of term 3. 

David

Acting Deputy Principal, Miss Julieann Holzheimer

If you have a child starting Prep at BayView State School in 2024, please note the following information:

• Please ensure you have filled in your Enrolment Application through the front office. Once these are completed and returned, we will add you to our latest ‘Prep Parent 2024’ email group in order to receive the latest updates re interview bookings and other important information regarding Prep for 2024.
  
  
• Prep interview bookings are now open. These will be conducted over three days, Tuesday 29/8, Wednesday 30/8 and Thursday 31/8.
  
  
• A reminder to mark in your diary, one of the parent information sessions to attend (please complete the survey sent to our ‘Prep Parent 2024’ email group which includes an RSVP to this session).
  
  
• Please mark in your diary our 3 x 1hr transition mornings (we encourage you and your child to attend as many as possible) Please book your child into these sessions via the survey sent to our ‘Prep Parent 2024’ email group.

If you have any questions regarding Prep 2024 please email Vicki O’Sullivan our Enrolment Officer: vosul6@eq.edu.au

We are really looking forward to meeting as many of you as possible.

Deputy Principal, Mrs Shiolan Ferrer

Targeted Reading-Accountable Talk

As part of the school's strategic direction, staff have been working on professional development around the Science of Reading and ensuring that our students are engaging in effective reading practices.

Recently, some of our staff have been engaging in action-research around Accountable Talk.

For classroom talk to promote learning, it must be accountable. 

Accountable Talk focusses on student-centred discussions where the student must support and defend their claims with evidence.  

Accountable conversations allow students to process the lesson material much more deeply than teacher-centred talk. 

By actively discussing specific topics and defending their ideas and opinions on these topics, students internalise the material in more authentic ways.

Some sentence stems to during dialogue include-

• I wonder why… 
• I have a question about… 
• I agree/disagree with…because… 
• That reminds me of… 
• I don’t understand… 
• I predict… 
• On page ____ it says______ so I think… 
• ____ could you please clarify what you mean when you said_____ 
• I would like to add to what ___ was saying 
• I had a different opinion to what ___ was saying because I thought _____ 
• I came to the conclusion ____ because

These sentence stems can be used at home, when forming conversations around given topics, and can be used as activities to openly discuss ideas when reading texts- be it a novel/story, piece of text, environmental print and simply offering ideas through talk.

Our Year 5 cohort have been working in this space and building their skills when reading with purpose and advocating ideas, through Accountable Talk!

Social Emotional Learning 

BayView recently hosted the SER Social Emotional Learning & Wellbeing Workshop for various schools around the district. Work around social-emotional agency and links to PBL, were discussed. Throughout this time, connections with outside agencies have been created, in order to offer our families and students free access to regional support via areas linked to school engagement, behaviour, occupational therapy and the school psychologist.

Working together is key in ensuring the best possible outcomes for our students!

Head of Curriculum, Mrs Carly Blyth

Extension Teacher, Ms Debbie Bowe

BRAINways Days of Excellence Program

Nomination letters and permission forms for the Semester 2 BRAINways Days of Excellence were sent home last week. Please ensure the permission form is returned to school no later than Monday 31 August. As spaces at BRAINways fill quickly, it is advisable to register your child online using the information contained in their Nomination Letter as soon as possible. The Chemistry and Philosophy based programs on offer this semester look very interesting, and I am sure our students will enjoy the hands-on nature of these engaging workshops. 

What a busy and fun semester of Extension we have ahead!

Ms Debbie Bowe

Head of Inclusion, Mrs Shakira Hearn

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data

All schools in Australia are required to participate in the annual Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD) on school students with disability.  The national data collection counts students who have been identified by a school team as receiving an adjustment to address a disability as defined under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (the DDA).

The national data collection collects information about students who are receiving adjustments because of disability across Australia in a consistent, reliable and systematic way. This collection strengthens existing approaches to supporting students with disability and draws on evidence of the ongoing work of teachers and education staff throughout the year to provide personalised learning and support for students with disability. The information collected includes:

• the number of school students receiving an adjustment due to disability;
• the level of adjustment they are receiving to access education on the same basis as other students;
• the broad category of disability that the student best fits within.

Students are counted in the NCCD if they receive ongoing adjustments at school due to disability. This ‘help’ allows them to access education on the same basis as a child without disability. Schools provide this information to education authorities.

For additional information, please visit the site below.

https://www.nccd.edu.au/

Carmel College Year 7 transitions staff information session

Effective transition programs establish positive relationships between the students, parents and educators. Recently, Mrs Potter, one of our Inclusion teachers, had the opportunity to attend a Year 7 transition staff information session at Carmel College. At BayView, we work closely with our surrounding high schools to ensure successful transitions occur by building solid connections across settings and nurturing the confidence of our students to thrive in their future schooling years.

National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence

This year, the National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence (NDA) will be Friday 18 August. Students can wear orange sun safe clothing to show their support and help raise awareness about bullying prevention. The NDA is Australia’s key bullying prevention initiative for schools, encouraging whole-school communities to work together to implement evidence-informed positive and proactive solutions to prevent and address bullying. The NDA is an opportunity to create a shared understanding of what is bullying and show support to students who may be experiencing bullying. This year the NDA theme for 2023 is 'growing connections'. This theme supports research findings that strong school community connections and social skills are protective factors in the prevention of bullying and help enable positive, help-seeking behaviours in students.

Positive Behaviour for Learning

The focus for weeks 6 and 7 is 'Be Your Best Self' 'I will have a go at all activities' and 'I will allow others into my games.'

Aerobics News

This term we have had two Sport Aerobics competitions so far. At our State Championships we have had 5 large teams and 4 small teams qualify for the National Championships at the gold coast on Saturday September 9^th.

Last weekend our whole Sport Aerobics program competed at the Future Campions Schools Cup with amazing results.

Grade 1 - Bunnies - 1st

Grade 1 - Bees - 1st

Grade 2 - Butterflies - 2^nd

Small Teams:

'Celebrate' - Piper, Willow and Matilda - 1st

'Let’s get Loud' - Lily, Alisha and Maddie - 2^nd

Gemma & Peyton - 2nd

Milla and Ruby - 3rd

Grade 3 - Blueberries - 3rd

Grade 4 - Buttercups - 2nd

Grade 3/4 - Beauties - 2nd

Grade 5 - Believers - 2nd

Grade 6 - Besties - 3rd

Boys - Bulldogs - 1^st

Well done to our Movers, Bluebirds, Bliss, Blaze and Boltz who performed so well in some very tough categories.

We honestly have the most amazing kids who give their all regardless of results. They are supportive and beautifully behaved. A big THANK YOU to Mrs Heathcote, Mrs Pink, Mrs Unwin, Mrs Read, Mrs Burge, Mrs Hunt, Mrs De Block, Miss Labuschagne, Ms Carson, Miss Kippin, Mrs Brown, Miss King, Amelia, Jess and Zoey for all of their help coaching.

Mrs Sabrina Tully

Sports Aerobics Teams

Music News, Miss Amy Ellis

BayView Voices!

BayView Voices is currently taking new choir members. Students in Year 3 – 6 are invited to come along and try at the next rehearsal – Tuesday 22 August. 2.40 – 3.20pm in the music room.

Junior Choir!

Our Junior Choir will be commencing in Week 9 and 10 of this term – Thursday 7 and Thursday 14 September. Junior Choir is for students in Prep, Year 1 and Year 2 only. Rehearsals will be held straight after school from 2.40 – 3.20pm in the music room. An information note will be sent home to students interested in Junior Choir towards the end of the term.

Redlands Eisteddfod!

Congratulations to our band students for their efforts at the Redlands Eisteddfod.

* Junior Band – Highly Commended      * Senior Band – 2^nd Place

Spooktacular

Jnr Band Ormiston College Eisteddfod

Sports News, Mr Beasley & Mr Robinson

Bayside District Track & Field

Congratulations to all our Bay View Athletes on an outstanding performance at the Bayside Carnival.

In an outstanding achievement, Bay View State School placed 4^th overall. Our best result since foundation. It was a real team effort with great performances by the whole team, including many PB's.

Six athletes placed in the following events and have been selected into the Bayside team to compete at next weeks Met East T&F Carnival. 

Te Tiare - 3^rd Shot

Kale - 4^th Shot

Harper - 2^nd Discus

Dane - 2^nd Long Jump, 1^st 100m, 2^nd 200m 

Myles - 1^st Tetrathlon, 2nd 800m, 1^st 200m, 4^th 100m

Ellis - 1^st 800m, 1^st 1500m, 1^st Discus

We wish them all the best.

Australian Cross Country Championships

We wish Ellis his best performance in Canberra next week. An exciting achievement for him and a milestone for BayView.

Dave Beasley

Bayside Track & Field Carnival

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Classroom News

Year 1

In week 2 of this term, our Year 1 students had the opportunity to travel to Moreton Bay Environmental Education Centre in Wynnum which included a trip on a boat by the name of 'Inspiration'.  This unique experience had students partake in the role of a junior scientist for the day.  Students shared questions and ideas in a variety of hands-on scientific investigations as they explored the Bay’s habitats and inhabitants.  As a cohort, we were able to have rich discussions surrounding the impact humans have on the health of habitats.  Some of these students had never been on a boat! We were incredibly proud of them overcoming their fears and having a great day out!

Moreton Bay Excursion

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BayView's Biggest Morning Tea

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Cafe News

Thank you to everyone who supported the Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea meal deal. From this, we were able to donate $200 to the Cancer Council from Café. A huge thank you to our volunteers for helping with all the food preparation and service .

Thank you for your continued support.

Candice & Lisa

Corporate Services News

School Hats

A number of students come to school without their hat each day.  Please ensure that your child brings their school hat to school everyday.

Advising the School of an  absence

If your child is absent without explanation, you will receive an SMS asking for a reason for their absence.  When replying, consider these handy hints.

• Please ensure you select the child’s name you are explaining an absence for.
• Please respond on the day (or following day) that you receive the SMS message.

If you would like to advise the school of an absence, please use one of the following methods:

• Phone the student absence line on 3206 5266.
• Email absence@bayviewss.eq.edu.au
• Use QParents.
• Please do NOT send an SMS message unless you are REPLYING to our message.

If you have any finance questions throughout the year, please contact our Accounts Receivable Officer, Kelli Franklin, kfran89@eq.edu.au or Vikki Lord, Business Manager,  vlord1@eq.edu.au.

We are happy to help with any queries regarding invoices, payment plans, financial hardship or general student account questions.

Voluntary Contributions

Parents are invited to participate in a Voluntary Resource Contribution Scheme of $100 per student per year. If you haven’t received a form, please contact Kelli Franklin at kfran89@eq.edu.au.  These valuable contributions go directly towards the costs involved with providing your children with a wide range of Literacy, Numeracy, ICT and Creative Arts resources.

Fruit Snack

Students are encouraged to bring a piece of fruit from home every day to promote healthy eating.  Students will have a short break before 1^st break to enjoy their fruit snack.

Lost Property

Please ensure that jumpers, hats and lunch boxes are clearly named, so they can be returned to your child as soon as possible.

Uniform Shop

Don't get caught in the rain this winter - BayView Umbrellas available for only $28.00. Order via Flexischools.

Please see attached link for the Uniform Shop Price list.

What's On

Community News

The following organisations have a range of resources, including training and factsheets, to support parents to engage their child in conversations about respectful relationships:

Jiu Jitsu starts Tuesday 22 August (weeks 7-10) from 2:55-3:55pm in the Central Covered Area on Tuesdays.