Dear Families, 

Our students have been extremely busy rehearsing for the upcoming Mary Poppins production taking place next week. We are all looking forward to the four performances, and can’t wait to see everyone in their costumes. Please make sure you have read all the information shared on Compass about the 2024 School Production. 

Father’s Day Stalls 

Our Parents and Friends committee have out-done themselves again by delivering a wonderful Father’s Day stall at the Senior campus this morning and are all set up for tomorrow at the Junior campus. 

District Athletics 

We are proud to have a select number of Grade 4 - 6s competing in our district athletics on this Friday at Meadowglen. We will all be cheering for you from school. Good luck!

Literacy Consultant Visit

Tomorrow we will also have another visit from our Literacy Consultant, Greg Clement, who is supporting us at Beveridge PS to transform our teaching of reading and writing to align with the Science of Reading approach. Greg will be observing classes at the junior campus and giving feedback to the teachers. 

Yours sincerely, 

Christine Cole

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A reminder that tickets are still on sale for our Mary Poppins Production, night sessions are almost SOLD OUT! 

From 3pm Friday 30th August there will be no ticket limit. We invite families to purchase additional tickets if needed. Performing students DO NOT need to purchase a ticket. 

Please see link below to purchase tickets:
https://www.trybooking.com/CTQQQ

Please ensure you review your selected session before purchasing to ensure correct tickets are purchased.

Students have been rehearsing and are looking forward to being up on stage for the upcoming Mary Poppins Production! The production times are:
Wednesday 4th September – 11am, 2pm and 6pm
Thursday 5th September – 6pm 

Students are expected to participate in all four performances, costume information for students can be found on Compass.

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AUGUST

• 30th August: P&F Fathers Day Stall Arrowsmith 
• 30th August: District Athletics ( selected students )

SEPTEMBER

• 4th & 5th September: MARY POPPINS - Whole School Production
• 6th September: Grade 6 Summer Sports
• 9th September: Grade 4/5 Cyber-Safety Presentation 
• 10th September: Division Athletics ( Selected Studends )
• 11th September: Grade 1 - Grade 6 School Dance Incursion 
• 13th September: Young Leaders Day ( Selected Students )
• 16th September: Grade 6 Sugarloaf Excursion 
• 17th September: Big Sister Experience Grade 6 Girls
• 19th September: Grade 1 Tiddalik Incursion 
• 20th September: Last day of Term early finish 2:15pm/2:30pm

OCTOBER

• 7th October: First Day of Term 4 

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Arrowsmith 

Visual Art -  Waris V  2A
Performing Art - Brooklyn B  00B
PE - Parker E  2A
AUSLAN - Meera M  1C

Ambrosia 

Visual Art -  Grace C  3A
Perfoming Art - Sharbel S  45B
PE - Abdel A  45F
AUSLAN - Arabella Q  45B
STEM - Quinn A  3D

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Foundation A– Aubrey T       Foundation B - Rajvir S
Foundation C- Oliver L          Foundation D– Aarav D

1A–  Quinn J                        1B– 
1C -  Ibrahim N                    1D– Ranvijay G

2A– Kiishi L                          2B– 
2C– Leo H                             2D– Jude T

3A - Archie C                         3B– Noami C
3C– Mitchell F                       3D– Ally M 

4/5A -  Jack R                      4/5B– Lily F
4/5C– Emily K                      4/5D— Summer K
4/5E– Milly H                       4/5F - Sahib D

6A– Joslyn M                         6B– Divgeet G
6C– Harrison Q                      6D– Abraham S

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The Victorian Government is delivering the School Saving Bonus – a one-off $400 support for government school students from Prep to Year 12 in 2025.

From Tuesday 26 November 2024, you will receive an email from the Department of Education with your unique $400 School Saving Bonus code.

The School Saving Bonus will help families cover the cost of uniforms, textbooks, excursions, activities and more.

If you have multiple children enrolled in Victorian government schools for 2025, you will receive one School Saving Bonus code email per child. These emails might arrive on different days. Please make sure to check your spam/junk email folder.

Parents and carers can use the School Saving Bonus code in store at school-nominated suppliers. Parents and carers can also choose to access the School Saving Bonus online system, where they can allocate part or all the $400 bonus to use at school nominated-online suppliers or for school activities.  To learn more about the School Saving Bonus, visit School Saving Bonus | vic.gov.au (www.vic.gov.au). A step-by-step user guide will be available on the webpage on 26 November.  

If you have not received your School Saving Bonus code via email by Friday 29 November, please contact the Department of Education by emailing school.saving.bonus@education.vic.gov.au

 

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On Wednesday the Grade 4s who missed out on one day of camp got to go to bowling and indoor sports instead. At first the bus went the wrong way but then we got on track for a great day of fun.

The lights at the bowling place were incredible and made our school logos glow! We got to play 2 games of bowling and in the second game the winner got a prize (a squishy bowling pin!!).

After bowling, we walked to indoor sports. We got to play soccer, ultimate paper, scissors, rock, dodgeball, golden ball and basketball.

After playing the sports we all felt 100 degrees.
It was an incredible, amazing, super fun day!!

Evianna and Yuvi

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Dear Families,

On Monday the 19^th August we hosted a Cyber-Safety Presentation run by a volunteer, Tim, from the Australian Federal Police. Topics discussed were specifically aimed at educating and increasing awareness about online child sexual exploitation including avoiding inappropriate contact, online grooming, self-generated content, sexual extortion and how to get help.

We had about 24 parents attend the session who gave excellent positive feedback and found the session very valuable. Therefore, we will be running this session again in term 1 2025 for parents who couldn’t make it this time. Keep an eye out for the date and time in 2025.

As parents and carers, you play an important role in protecting your child from harm. This presentation aimed to support parents and carers in preventing and managing safety challenges that your child may face, as well as guiding your child to understand these and feel empowered to take action.

Tim provided us with some fact sheets that may help our families have those difficult conversations with your children and to also help answer some important questions you may have yourself. Please read the fact sheets below.

SOS Guide to online - https://www.beveridgeps.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/sos_guide_to_online_safety_0.pdf

Where to get Support –

https://www.beveridgeps.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/where_to_get_help_and_support_1.pdf

TUK Advice Sheet - https://www.beveridgeps.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/tuk_advice_sheet_web_0.pdf

Gaming, devices and what you need to know - https://www.beveridgeps.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/gaming_devices_and_what_you_need_to_know__december_2023.pdf

Advice Sheet - Arabic - https://www.beveridgeps.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/advice_sheet__arabic__web.pdf

 Advice Sheet - Punjabi - https://www.beveridgeps.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/advice_sheet__punjabi__web.pdf

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We are looking forward to celebrating 150 Years of Beveridge Primary School! An exciting day with some history of Beveridge, entertainment, food trucks and lots of fun!

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