Term 4 Week 7 Friday 25 November, 2022

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

School Spectacular

Kindergarten Orientation

This week saw the completion of our kindergarten orientation for our new intake 2023. It will be a fantastic grade as they came with confidence and enthusiasm. It’s always inspiring and heart-warming to see the glee in their little eyes as they walk through our gates. Thank you to Ariella Gabbay, Kindy grade leader and David Andrews, Assistant Principal, for leading this important start to big school. We had our P&C representatives come along to talk to our incoming parents and share some wonderful community initiatives and activities. Thank you to Lisa Peles, and our P&C representative for speaking at this event and helping our new parents to feel welcome. Another special thanks to our Year 4 buddies who helped to ensure the days ran smoothly with their peer support, enthusiasm and care.

Teacher Professional Learning We are constantly upskilling our teachers at Bellevue Hill and this week was another wonderful learning opportunity for our staff with conferences on ‘Innovative Learning Environments’, ‘Curriculum Instruction’ and ‘InquiryBased Learning’. Teachers have enjoyed the connection with colleagues within our staff, and even had the chance to collaborate with principals, teachers and industry leaders from some of the highest performing countries across the world.

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Our School Spec dancers will join almost 5000 students from across the state to perform at Qudos Bank Arena, with four performances over two days. Have a look at how great they looked this morning as they set off with much excitement. Thank you parents and Ms Burns for supporting this opportunity.

Sporting Success Janna (5K) has been successful at trials for the Sydney East Schools Sports Association Girls Cricket Team. Janna will now go on to compete in the NSW championships in Dubbo in 2023. What an achievement! Congratulations to our Senior Boys Touch, Senior Boys Cricket, Senior Boys Basketball and Junior Mixed Basketball teams who have made it to the grand finals in the PSSA competition. Good luck next week!

Parents and Citizens (P&C) Annual General Meeting The P&C Annual General Meeting will take place online on Monday 5 December at 7pm. An email will be sent with the link if you would like to join.

Presentation Days Our presentation ceremonies will take place at school from Tuesday 6 December to Monday 12 December. Please see the invitation inside this newsletter for more details.

Leonie Smith Deputy Principal EMAIL:

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Last Chance Musical Costume Sale! Yrs K-2 only

Merit Awards Week 7 Kindergarten: Sienna F, Benjamin O, Miller D, Ariel A, Poppy H, Noah G

Musical Costumes $10 each (cash inside an envelope)

Year 1: Beau B, Gigi K F, Samuel K, Raphael L, Sean G, Edie B, Ella-Rose M, Finn R Year 2: Claudia A, Olivia C, Elli S, Joshua H, Mark K, Charlie G, Year 3: Adam G, Kosta S, Mia E, Luca G-R, Nicole P, Indianna P

On the front of the envelope put: • •

Your child’s name and class Your name and phone number

All costumes are being packed away into storage next Friday.

Year 4: Vivienne L, Abi S, Akiva T, Amber P, Elaad S, Zerin A, Jessie A, Nico A, Michaela A Year 5 : Victoria B, Madeline K, Leo W, Bronte L Year 6: Iga C, Anastasia L, Aden M, Adrian P, Rhea S, Kitty S-G Italian: Bear M (YK), Layla C (Y4), Xavier N (Y2), Charlie N (Y6) Russian: Auri I (YK), Phoebe KO (Y1), Nicole P (Y3), Katerina D (Y4) Hebrew: Sahara H, Jasper E (YK), Edie B Ariel R (Y1), Aaron G, Yarden S (Y2), Ruben Z, Noah W (Y3), Tyler C, Siena K (Y4), Ethan E (Y5), Edan M (Y6)

t's that time of year again and Mr Harrison is raising money for the Movember charity. He is aiming to raise $2,000 for men's health initiatives and testicular and prostate cancer research. Click the link below to donate! https://au.movember.com/mospace/145 58842

SUSTAINABILITY @ BHPS Green Team

What a glorious day it was today out in the garden with the sun shining and the butterflies fluttering. The Green Team students enjoyed tasting some of the ripe tomatoes and strawberries today. Alon told us how juicy and sweet they were. Our raised garden bed had been knocked over by the winds over the weekend, so a few students picked it back up, and replanted the herbs inside the bed. The soil had to be removed first, and the base of the bed needed to be shuffled around after the fall.

A few students were in charge of watering the plants today, which were in desperate need of a drink! Others did some weeding, to clean and tidy up our garden. Miss Levy and Miss Moore are so proud of our beautiful garden and how far it has come!

Promoting CRITICAL THINKING & CREATIVITY in Italian Year 2

This week in Italian class, Year 2 made their personal chef hats, what fun! Buon appetito!

Year 3

Year 3 researched and presented their projects about Leonardo da Vinci and his inventions.

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Recorder at BHPS We are very excited that In Term 3 Year 1 and Year 2 began learning recorder after a 2-year hiatus due to COVID. The students have been very enthusiastic during lessons and are making excellent progress. During lessons, students are learning about musical notes and note values. They practise rhythms and are very excited about each new song learnt. It is wonderful to see students remembering to hold their recorders correctly and to blow gently in order to make the best possible sound. We look forward to restarting the Primary Recorder Group in 2023 and hope to be able to send a group to the Instrumental Festival of Music at the Sydney Opera House.

If you have any queries about the Music Program, please contact Mrs Beck.

Promoting COLLABORATION, INNOVATION, CRITICAL THINKING & COLLABORATION in Year 3 Playground Design Furthering on from our investigation into different materials and their properties, the students have begun their collaborative research task. They are required to research and design new playground equipment for our school that is safe, fun and durable. The students have been busy researching different playgrounds in Australia (so that it meets our safety standards) to assist them in designing their playground, using appropriate materials that are durable. Keep up the great work Year 3!

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL AND KIDS CLUB DECEMBER 2022

Dear families, The school will be closing on Friday 16th December along with Before and After Care due to 2 x Pupil Free Days on Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th December, 2022. We know this is a very busy time for parents so we would like to offer care for these dates as part of our Holiday Club Program. Kids Club will be offering Inhouse activities and games for these 2 days with the children remaining at the centre with loads of fun games and activities planned for all ages. In order for these care days to go ahead we will need a minimum of 30 children booked in for each day. This offer will close on Friday 25th November at 6pm where we will confirm whether the centre will be open during this time. If we do not go ahead with care for the pupil free days the centre will close on Friday 16th December at 6pm and reopen on Monday 9th January 2023 at 7.30am for our January Holiday Club Program. More information about what the children will be involved in for these days and costs attached will be provided once we confirm if we will be open. If you are new to our service you are most welcome, you will be required to complete our Online Enrolment Form. Please visit our website www.kidsclubosh.com.au click on the Enrol Online tab at the top of the page then click the Enrol Now Button Please complete the information below and submit your expression of interest to attend either or both of these days.

Parent Name __________________________________________________ Child/ren Names _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________ Please tick preferred day/s: Monday 19th December Tuesday 20th December I understand that the centre requires a minimum of 30 children per day to go ahead with these care days. Signature________________________________________ Date.

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Sydney East Regional Cricket recruits BHPS athlete Last week Janna (5K) and Jamie (5/6B) tried for the Sydney East Regional cricket team. A highly competitive inter-school cricket squad. Both students played excellent cricket and demonstrated superb sportsmanship on and off the field. Janna was one of twelve selected from sixty of the East’s best. She will be representing our region next year at the interstate competition. But that’s not the only competitive sport this all-rounder has on next year. Janna has also been selected for the 2023 Randwick Netball Association Squad. Congratulations, Janna. We look forward to supporting you on your sporting journey.

Sporting Achievement Noah H 4W participated in the Kids minimarathon in Berlin during his recent family trip back to Germany. The kids-only run is part of the official Berlin marathon– with a distance of 5km starting at Potsdamer Platz and finishing at the historic Brandenburg gate where the Berlin wall fell in 1989. Noah is already a BHPS districts long distance runner - he ran 5km in 17minutes. He and his brother Jonas presented to their classes on their family trip: they shared their experiences in attending the Nelson Mandela international school in Berlin with school starting at 7:30am and finishing at 4pm!