BayView State School - Term 3, Week 6
Deputy Principal (Acting), Mrs Blyth
Prep 2025
Thank you to our families who have now booked in their Enrolment Interview! On Monday evening next week, we will be holding a Prep 2025 Information Session. There will be two sessions, 4.00-5.00pm or 5.30-6.30pm. If you would like to attend, please email your RSVP to vosul6@eq.edu.au.
We also look forward to welcoming our Pre-preps at our 'Get Ready for Prep' transition days in October.
If you would like further information on 2025 Prep Enrolments or Interviews, please contact our Enrolments Officer Vicki O'Sullivan at vosul6@eq.edu.au
Carly Blyth
Acting Deputy Principal (Prep-2)
Deputy Principal (Acting), Mr Akers
Victoria Point State High School Open Day for BayView Students - 2 October 2024
This open day is designed to give the students the opportunity to:
- Meet the Principal and the Year Level Lead teacher;
- Meet the Senior Peer Leaders that will be working with the Year 7 students next year, and will become their buddies;
- Make some new friends from other schools;
- Tour the campus and be shown key buildings and their purpose;
- Try out our Academy Programs and see if any of them spark their interest (Dance Academy will audition on this day)
- Experience some high school subjects like Home Economics, Industrial Technology and Design and Business.
The purpose of Orientation Day is to help dimmish the nerves and provide our new high school students with confidence, when they walk through the gates on their first day at VPSHS in 2025. Parents dropping off and picking up their students will then have the opportunity to meet some of the teachers and administration staff and will be able to ask any questions that they might have.
Please see link below for more details.
Nick Akers
Acting Deputy Principal (Year 3-6)
Sports News, Mr Beasley & Mr Bennett
Metropolitan East Track & Field Carnival
We wish our 10 Bay View competitors all the best next for Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd August, representing the Bayside District at QSAC.
AFLQ- Q Cup
We wish our Bay View team all the best at next Thursday's SEQ Finals. Our boys and girls have been training hard and are looking forward to the challenge.
Free Golf Lessons
Offered by Chris a Redland Bay GC Pro, through the Bay View Sporting Schools Program.
Tuesday 3rd & 10th & Thursday 5th September at Bay View SS Oval from 2.50-3.50pm.
Collect and return an enrolment form by Tuesday 27th August from Mr Beasley.
Cluster Carnival
Our Year 5 & 6 teams will be competing in their last Cluster Carnival for the term on Friday 23rd August. Come and support your student's team at the Redlands Showgrounds.
Congratulations to our Bay View Track & Field team who competed at last Thursday and Friday’s District Carnival.
We have had our largest ever Bay View cohort selected to represent the Bayside District at the upcoming Met East Track & Field Championships. Our school placed 3rd in overall aggregate points and on percentage. Again, our best ever result.
Congratulations to Madden (100m) and Ellis (1500m) on breaking District Records.
Bay View SS, Bayside District Track and Field Representatives will join the BVSS Q Cup Team on the oval for training on Wednesday afternoons.
These sessions will be coached/supervised by HPE Staff Mr Beasley and Mr Bennett.
Guidance Officer, Mrs Robinson
A change we have made this year is to formalise support for our external agencies. We, as a team, are here to support your family in any way we can. However, teachers are very busy and sometimes have had to complete forms out of school hours and on school holidays. To assist in this space, we have attached our new process for Information sharing or assessment for External Agencies. There are two forms that need to be completed and signed. The first form is Request for Information, and the second is permission for the school to contact outside agencies.
Our policy is to give the school team 4 weeks’ notice. This allows us to collaborate and make sure we have all the facts required by your specialist. Both forms can be collected at Corporate Services. Once the forms have been completed, I will then process and pass the information on to the classroom teacher. Please do not give your child’s teacher a form from a specialist or allow your specialist to send a link. Education Queensland only allows staff to complete paper copies of assessments.
The forms required are linked below and are also available at Corporate Services.
Julie Robinson
Music News
Redlands Eisteddfod
Recently, our String and Senior Band students competed at the 23rd Annual Redlands Eisteddfod – an event that aims to encourage the achievement of excellence in the performing arts by way of providing expert adjudications, performance opportunities and the awarding of prizes, bursaries and scholarships.
Our students performed beautifully, receiving some lovely feedback from the adjudicators. Congratulations on the wonderful performances. A big thank-you to Miss Taggart and Ms Cleary for your hard work and commitment to our Instrumental Music program.
The results were…
Senior Band – 1st place
Junior Strings – Highly Commended
Senior Strings – Encouragement Award
Music Concert
We invite you to BayView’s Music Concert ‘I Am the Earth’. Come along for an evening filled with musical delights. This concert will feature performances from the following cultural arts groups...
Junior Band, Senior Band, Junior Strings, Senior Strings, BayView Voices and Intermediate Choir.
Special bonus performances by the Year 6 and Staff Band – Stage Revolutions, and The Fab Four. Please come along and support our wonderful performers.
EVENT DETAILS
When: Thursday 5th September, 2024
Time: 6:30pm concert begins (Performers are to arrive by 6:00pm)
Where: BayView S. S. Hall
Cost: $2 entry per person
Choir News!
Intermediate Choir – Year 2 and 3
We will cancel the choir rehearsal on Thursday 5th September as this is the same day as our Music Concert. Students will rehearse during the school day instead.
Intermediate Choir and BayView Voices Performance – Week 10
The combined choirs will be performing at the Celebration Parade in Week 10.
When: Tuesday 10th September, 2024
Time: 2.00pm
Where: BayView SS Hall
There will be no rehearsals needed in Week 10 for both choirs as they will have already completed the Music Concert and Celebration Parade.
BayView Voices - No rehearsal in Week 10 – Tuesday 10th September.
Intermediate Choir - No rehearsal in Week 10 – Thursday 12th September.
Junior Choir – Prep and Year 1
Prep and Year 1 students will be able to participate in choir in Term 4. Rehearsals will be held during school time on a Wednesday afternoon. More information will come out at the end of the term.
Library News
Get ready for a week full of literary magic! BayView State School will celebrate Book Week from Monday, 2nd September to Friday, 6th September.
Monday, 2nd September: Students will kick off the week with an exciting incursion by Maybe a Miracle. Please ensure that permission slips are returned, and invoices are paid to participate in this engaging event.
Throughout the Week: Our dedicated teachers will be hosting a range of fun and imaginative activities designed to inspire a love for reading and showcase the enchantment of books.
Friday, 6th September: To wrap up Book Week, we invite students to dress up as their favourite book characters. It’s a fantastic opportunity to bring beloved stories to life and celebrate our shared love of reading.
We look forward to a week filled with stories, creativity, and bookish fun!"
PBL - Positive Behaviour for Learning
Be Responsible. Be Respectful.
Be Your Best Self. Be Inclusive.
Corporate Services News
Q Parents
We encourage ALL BayView families to join QParents as soon as possible. This will enable us to roll out Consent Management via QParents rather than sending paper notes home. If you haven't received an email invititation, please contact Corporate Services admin@bayviewss.eq.edu.au.
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:
- Use QParents
- Phone the student absence line on 3206 5266
- Email absence@bayviewss.eq.edu.au
- 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 Business Manager, Vikki Lord vlord1@eq.edu.au or Cara Dyer cdyer44@eq.edu.au. We are happy to help with any queries regarding invoices, payment plans, financial hardship or general student account questions.
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. We are always happy to accept donations of fruit.
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. Our lost property trolley is located at Corporate Services.
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 Corporate Services admin@bayviewss.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.
Cafe News
Uniform Shop
What's On at BayView
Tucker Truck
Our next Tucker Truck event is being held on Thursday 5 September. If you know of a community organisation who might be interested in fundraising, please contact Mrs Lisa Jones on ljone405@eq.edu.au
Community News
STEPtember - Move together for Cerebral Palsy
Join #STEP4Schools Day on 6 September and move your own way – walk, swim, dance, wheel, run anyway you like and support people with cerebral palsy. Commit to 10,000 steps a day in September or choose from 40 other activities to reach your goal. For more information, visit the STEPtember website.
Premier's ANZAC Prize
The Premier's Anzac Prize offers young Queenslanders a chance to explore the Anzac legacy through research, workshops and visits to significant memorial sites in the United Kingdom and on the Western Front (France and Belgium). This life-changing program is fully funded and enhances students' understanding of the Anzac spirit and its relevance today. Applications are open now for the 2025 Prize. Encourage your child to apply and embark on this enriching journey. See the Prize webpage for more.
Speech Pathology Week
Communicate Your Way is the theme for this year’s Speech Pathology Week (25–31 August 2024). Departmental speech language pathologists (SLPs) empower students to communicate through a range of strategies including speech, alternative augmentative communication (AAC) systems, writing, texting/typing, gestures, sign language and body language. Our SLPs assist our school teams to enable students with communication disability to communicate and learn at school so they can reach their potential. Learn more about the different ways of communicating through the Communication Hub.
Bayside Police News https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/bayside/police-news/
Neighbourhood Watch https://www.nhwq.org/
Scamwatch https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/
Schoolies Volunteers
Calling parents, guardians, family and friends of our school leavers graduating in 2024.
Join the Safer Schoolies volunteers during the week of Schoolies (16-22 November) and make a real difference in keeping young people safe.
Volunteers are needed to:
- assign wristbands
- provide walk homes
help with street patrols and more.
Volunteering is flexible, sign up for one day or the whole week!
Interested? See www.saferschoolies.qld.gov.au/information/volunteers to learn more.
Calling Volleyball FANATICS! Sharks Camp September registrations are now open!
Join us and our team of talented coaches for a four-day volleyball camp designed to cater to athletes of all skill levels. The camp includes opportunities for new players to find a love for the sport and pathways for elite development for experienced players looking to get into club and state-level teams.
Camp Details
The Dates: 24th Sept | 25th Sept | 26th Sept | 27th Sept
Location:
Brisbane - Mansfield, 4122
Gold Coast - Southport, 4215
Sunshine Coast - Little Mountain, 4551
Age Group: Grade 4 - 12 students
Time: 9.00am to 4.30pm!
What's included:
You get an exclusive Camp T-shirt and water bottle and are trained by state and national level representatives!
Check out our website for more information!
https://sharksvolleyball.com/landing-page-sharks-camp-qld
Sharks Volleyball
The Redlands Coast Sporting Hall of Fame is a Sub-Committee of the Victoria Point Sharks Sporting Club. The Sub-Committee will be appointed by the Victoria Point Sharks Sporting Club and will include representatives of the Redlands Sporting Community.
Our Mission
To create a sustainable environment that recognizes world class athletes, present and past, who began their journeys in the Redlands. To raise awareness of the history of sport in Redlands and to recognize and celebrate up-and-coming athletes, coaches, officials, administrators, volunteers and organizations who have significantly contributed to the development of the Redland Coast sporting community.
Hall of Fame Award - CLICK HERE FOR NOMINATION FORM <https://form.jotform.com/241624422416853>
Thanks to some wonderful local sponsors, Redlands Coast Sports Awards will also provide for induction in eight (8) categories, aside from the Hall of Famer: - Criteria and nomination forms can be found on our website <https://www.redlandscoastsportshalloffame.com.au/ - all awards are based on performances from 1st October to 30th September period, or thereabouts each year.
