BayView State School - Term 4, Week 3
Principal, Mr David Cooke
Term four has started really positively with students settling into the school routine well. I am amazed at how quickly the year has gone and that we are only 7 weeks away from the next school holidays. The fact that we are so close to the summer break means that there are some busy times ahead for our staff, students and families.
Our annual swimming program will begin in week five with each class swimming for 8 days. With the change of venue this year and a significant fundraising effort last year from the colour run we have been able to reduce the cost of the swimming program to half of last year’s cost. I would encourage all students to attend as this time spent in the water will provide an added confidence to every student as we move into the swimming season and beach weather.
Last week we held our school colour run with perfect weather and a explosion of colour. Thank you firstly to Bree Tesch who once again organised a excellent event, coordinating a great turn out of volunteers as well as managing the fundraising portal. This year we were able to raise more than we did in 2022 with the money once again earmarked for the 2024 swimming program. I am still washing colour off myself and following my sliming on Tuesday, I still have slime stuck in my ears and up my nose.
Last Thursday, we hosted our annual Senior Dance night. During the evening, the year four, five and six students showcased the dances they have been learning with Ms Ellis in their music lessons. The showcase forms part of the assessment of the students and I was amazed with the choreography and talent of the students. Firstly, I would like to thank Ms Ellis for her hard work to put together the night and also the many teachers who volunteered to assist with supervision during the evening and of course a huge thank you to our clown of an MC who kept everything on track.
This term we have been hosting our 'Get Ready for Prep' sessions with over 90 students attending classes with our prep teachers and a huge number of parents learning from our staff about the school and what we are trying to achieve. Currently we have 111 Preps enrolled for 2024 and I would expect across this term the number will increase as families move into the area. If you know of families who are in catchment, who are yet to enrol, please encourage them to do so as soon as possible.
As the school is increasing in numbers year on year, we are starting to look at additional facilities for the school to cope. I recently had a meeting with the infrastructure team and an application has been made for an additional prep classroom to be built and be ready for the 2024 school year.
This week the school leadership team will begin the process of preparing for the next school year. During this period, we will be highlighting what our areas of improvement will be based on the data and feedback we have received this year. This process will develop a draft Annual Implementation Plan and an associated Explicit Improvement Agenda. Both documents serve a focus for the whole school community on the work we need to do to continually grow and improve as a school community.
Earlier this year as many of you may be aware, the use of mobile phones at school by students was banned. Already our school has in place a system for collecting phones at the beginning of the day. Students are asked to hand in mobile phones at the start of every day in Corporate Services (CS) and collect them before going home. Unfortunately, I have been made of aware of a number of students who are keeping their phones with them through the day. Please remind your children that if they are bringing a phone to school, to hand them in to CS, as any communication to students throughout day is managed by our wonderful admin staff.
I am looking forward to enjoying a productive and fun end of year with all the celebrations that occur.
Thank you for your support of the staff and your children throughout the year.
Have an amazing weekend.
David
Colour Run 2023
Deputy Principal, Mrs Shiolan Ferrer
During Week 2, the school supported the 'Get Ready to Prep Program', where we had a great turn out by our parents. During this time, our parents were invited to listen to our PLD-Promoting Literacy Development, initiatives being embedded within our Early Prep-1 sector of schooling.
As a school, we are continuing to work around our Literacy Approach, with specific emphasis around the Explicit Teaching of Reading, through action research linked to the Science of Reading.
Developing and engaging our young students to speak about different topics, developing every day conversations, to more formal oral literacies, helps in the development of students being able to read and communicate their ideas.
Picking up a book, reading every day-even if it's just for a few minutes, makes a huge difference around students to process, understand, interpret and connect with texts.
Barna Jarjum Camp
During Week 3- we have a few of our Barna Jarjum student leaders and champions, attending the Quandamooka Camp.
This initiative, enables our senior First Nations students to connect with other Cluster Schools in embedding links with Culture, Country and People. There are over 100 students across our Redlands School Cluster, who will be participating in this camp, with our students, being able to experience connecting with our Elders from MMEIC, other peers and First Nations staff.
International Compassion Project-Stationery Donations
From Weeks 3-8, there will be a stand in Corporate Services, for any families wishing to donate un-used stationery items for our International Compassion Project. These stationery supplies will be distributed to either an orphanage or a low-socio economic school in the Philippines, where sometimes communities, do not have access to basic school supplies.
The gift of generosity for those in need, sometimes makes that difference for a young child!
Thanks everyone for you assistance and compassion.
Shiolan Ferrer
Head of Curriculum, Mrs Carly Blyth
Many students in our school walk and cycle to and from school. Please find information below with helpful resources to learn how to walk and cycle safely in their neighbourhood and school community and shape road safety.
https://streetsmarts.initiatives.qld.gov.au/parents/parents-of-children-aged-0-16-years/
2024 Booklists
2024 Booklists have now been emailed to all families. Please see below link for a copy.
Music News, Miss Ellis
BayView End of Year Celebration
Kick up your heels and grab a partner, it's time for a BayView Family Bush Dance. Yee-haw!
All BayView families are invited to attend our End of Year Celebration on Thursday 30 November. Come along for some live entertainment and dancing, featuring the Rantan Bush Band. No dance experience required.
Tucker trucks will be available on the evening for you to purchase some food and drink. Dust off your hat and boots, and come have some fun!
Sports News, Mr Beasley & Mr Robinson
It has been an incredibly busy start to Term 4 and sporting excellence!
BayView had a record 3 students representing their family, school, district and region at the State Track & Field Championships. Dane competed in Long Jump, 100m and 200m sprints heats. Myles competed in the 100m and 200m heats. Dane and Myles were both part of the 4x100m relay, where they placed 4th, missing out on 3rd by .2 of a second! What an amazing race! Ellis competed in the 800m heats and also the 1500m. Ellis came 3rd in his timed final, with his time being the 6th fastest overall. This makes Ellis the 6th fastest 1500m runner in Queensland for his age group. Congratulations to the hard work, incredible attitude, determination and effort of these students who have trained to constantly improve in their respective disciplines.
In a blast from the past, former student Keilani has made the State team for the 1500m to compete at Nationals. Keilani won her timed final and qualified 3rd overall. This is a wonderful achievement and one that we can celebrate for Keilani and her family. Good luck at Nationals!
BayView has competed in our Cluster Tennis competition, with many of our athletes being completely new to the sport. BayView competed in red ball all the way up to full court/ green ball, winning lots of games along the way. Our students had wonderful manners and sportsmanship and on a hot, dry day, they competed hard right up until the final match. Mt Cotton finished the competition with the win, however we have a big group of keen new tennis players ready to fight for the trophy next year! BayView placed 3rd overall! Well done our Cluster Tennis Team.
Cricket Blast!
We have been extremely fortunate to have young coaches or up-and-coming platers from Queensland Cricket visit our school turn cricket clinics for our P-2 and MA students. Students aged 5-10 are welcome to sign up for the Thursday afternoon Cricket Blast clinic that will run for 6 weeks. It costs $99.00 and will include cricket gear and a ticket to see the Brisbane Heat! Info has been sent home with a note, sign up to secure a place!
Come Try It Day!
Good luck and best wishes to our Year 4 students heading to Cleveland Showgrounds for the annual Year 4 Come & Try it Day! This is a fun day of sportsmanship, playing games, working as a team and making new friends.
Mr Robinson and Mr Beasley
Inaugural School Sports Representatives
We hosted a special visitor last month - our foundation Principal, Mr Black.
Mr Black has kindly donated a special plaque to our school in honour of some of our amazing sports stars who have completed our list of inaugural school representatives.
We now have 4 students who have become the first to represent BayView State School in the following areas –
2010 – Libby, first BVSS Representative - Swimming
2010 – Ciara, first BVSS Bayside District Representative - Cross Country
2011 – Dyson, first BVSS Met East Representative - Aquathon
2023 – Ellis, first Queensland Representative – Cross Country
Congratulations to our students, past and present, on their dedication to sport and for their wonderful representation of BayView State school.
Special thanks to Mr Black for sponsoring the plaque, it was lovely to see you!
National Sport Aerobics championships
On Saturday 9 September, 9 groups of students competed at the National Sport Aerobics championships. Their performances were all outstanding and we are so proud of their hard work and effort. A big thank you to all of the coaches and parents who help and support the program throughout the year!
Results included:
BayView Bulldogs – Boys Team - 3rd
Bayview Bunnies – Grade 1 – 2nd
BayView Bliss – Grade 4 – 4th
BayView Beauties – Grade 3 and 4 – 6th
Gemma and Peyton – Pairs – 2nd
Jasmine and Lexi – Pairs – 5th
Ilya and Zoe – Pairs – 7th
Movers – Maddison, Wila and Ruby – Small teams – 3rd
BayView Believers – Grade 5 – 2nd
Classroom News
Prep Purple
Students are learning to write factual sentences about familiar animals. This week, we are focusing on sea animals, in particular octopuses. Prep Purple are doing a tremendous job writing their factual sentences about octopuses. They are strengthening their writing by referring to the animal specific WOW word lists, heart word list, and writing down the sounds they hear in words. They are also improving their use of capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.
Some of the students had the opportunity to show Mr Cooke and other senior staff how well they are going at writing independently. Here are some examples of their incredible work.
Alyssa Brewer
6 Amethyst Secret Santa
We invite you to support the elderly in our community by Becoming a Secret Santa by donating a gift suitable for a person over the age of 65 years.
Christmas is a time that can highlight the loneliness of vulnerable elderly people. The aim is to show them that they are not alone and that someone cares about them. The gifts will be collected by STAR Community Services, made into hampers and given to elderly in our community who are alone at Christmas. You can drop of your gift to 6 Amethyst or Corporate Services or make a donation on line at www.givenow.com.au/starsecretsantaThis appeal will run through Term 4. We truly appreciate giving a gift that gives a smile.Suggestions: Tea cups, socks, coffee, vouchers, pamper packs, hand-cream, fruit cake, crockery, household goods, non-perishable food items or anything that inspires you!
Wellbeing News
Last week the Wednesday Girls Group with Mrs Hunt and Mrs Potter went on a nature gratitude scavenger hunt. Our older students demonstrated leadership skills by guiding the younger students around the school, finding things in nature that made them feel grateful and happy. Here are some of the great finds they made!
Girls Group
Cafe News
Corporate Services News
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 1st break to enjoy their fruit snack.
Lost Property
Please ensure that all clothing, hats, drink bottles and lunch boxes are clearly named, so they can be returned to your child as soon as possible.
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.
Q Parents
Did you know that you can enter future absences in QParents? We are looking forward to having all families on board with QParents!
Uniform Shop
Don't get caught in the rain! BayView Umbrellas available for only $28.00. Order via Flexischools.
Please see attached link for the Uniform Shop Price list.
What's On at BayView
Fun at Playgroup!
Community News
Football Academy Trials
Dear School Communities
2024 is shaping up to be a huge year for football (soccer) around the country and none more so than right here in the Redlands.
Redlands Utd has been granted a licence to enter two (2) junior girls teams into the Football Qld Academy space and therefore we are on the lookout for the next generation of Matildas! We have been invited to enter girls teams in to the Under 11 and Under 13 Academy program for the 2024 season. Girls are welcome to register their interest via this link or just turn up on the days advised - https://redlandsunited.majestri.com.au/2024-u11-u13-girls-academy
Emily Gielnik is proof that the pathway can work for those who are prepared to do the hard yards. Emily played for Redlands Utd in her junior years and is a staunch advocate for our girls program.
Crime Prevention Corner
