NEWSLETTER
Term 3 Week 10
Principal Message
Dear Families,
What a jam packed term 3 we have had at Beveridge Primary School! Footy Day, Book Week, Foundation students 100 days at school, Athletics Day, excursions, incursions and of course our Mary Poppins production! I am very proud of all of our student’s achievements this term.
Arrowsmith Campus Staffing Changes for Term 4
2B teacher Ms Esin Dincer will be on long service leave for weeks 1&2. Ms Vicki Musso will take the class for the two weeks.
Wellbeing team member Grace Bucci will be on long service leave for weeks 1-3. Amitpal Kaur will be returning from family leave full time from the beginning of term 4 and will take over Grace’s role.
Ambrosia Campus Staffing Changes for Term 4
Campus Principal Helen Bouris will be on long service leave for week 1. Luke McMurray will be Acting Campus Principal during this time.
Ms Renee Manasiev will be on long service leave from weeks 1-7. Ms Jessica Moore has been employed to teach grade 4/5F full time.
Please take the time to rest, relax and spend time with loved ones over the holiday break and I look forward to seeing everyone back at school on Monday 7th October.
And lastly, don’t forget we have an end of term early finish tomorrow. Arrowsmith - 2:15pm and Ambrosia 2:30pm.
Yours sincerely,
Christine Cole
Up Coming Dates
OCTOBER
- 14th October: Grade 3 Scienceworks Excursion
- 17th October: Division Softball Finals ( Selected Students )
- 16th October: Track & Field Championship ( Selected Students )
- 24th October: Grade 2 & 3 Disco Night @ Ambroisa Campus
- 4th November: Report Writing Day - Student Free Day
- 5th November: Melbourne Cup - Public Holiday
- 29th November:150 Year Celebration Day
Bushfire Safety
Bushfire Safety
Fire danger ratings indicate how dangerous a fire would be if one started in those conditions and provide clear direction on the safest options for preserving life. They can be a trigger for action in the community and for school and household level fire plans.
Schools and children’s services listed on the Department of Education and Training’s Bushfire At-Risk Register (BARR) and those at some lower risk of bushfire or grassfire on the Category 4 list will be closed when a Catastrophic fire danger rating day is forecast in their Bureau of Meteorology district.
Our school has been identified as being one of these schools at high bushfire or grassfire risk, and is listed as a Category 4 school.
Our school will close on a day forecasted as Catastrophic fire danger rating in North Central fire district.
The Department will advise our school of the potential for a Catastrophic fire danger rating as information becomes available, however the pre-emptive closure will be confirmed the day prior to Catastrophic fire danger day.
Fire danger ratings are forecast by the Bureau of Meteorology up to four days in advance. Should a Catastrophic day be forecast, we will notify you of the potential school closure via Compass and hard copy letter on the day prior and we will provide you with advice before the end of the school day.
Once confirmed, the decision to close will not change, regardless of improvements in the weather forecast. This is to avoid confusion and help your family plan alternative care arrangements for your child. It is also important to note that:
- No staff will be on site on days where the school is closed due to a forecast Catastrophic day.
- Out-of-school-hours care will also be cancelled on these days.
- School camps will be cancelled if a Catastrophic fire danger rating day is forecast for the Bureau of Meteorology district in which the camp is located, or if the travel involves passing through areas that have Catastrophic fire danger.
- All bus routes that travel through the Catastrophic area will be cancelled.
Families are encouraged to enact their Bushfire Survival Plan on Catastrophic fire danger rating days. On such days, children should never be left at home alone or in the care of older children.
For those of us living in a bushfire prone area, the Country Fire Authority (CFA) advises that when Catastrophic days are forecast, the safest option is to leave the night before or early on the morning of the Catastrophic day.
As part of preparing our school for potential hazards such as fire, we have updated and completed our Emergency Management Plan.
Footy/Sports Colours Day
On Friday 20th Sept, the last day of school, our Student Leadership Team has organised a footy day. All students and staff are encouraged to wear their footy or sporting teams’ clothes and colours. We ask students to bring a gold coin donation, with all funds raised going towards buying sports equipment to be used at play times.
Student/ Young Leaders @ Kilmore Primary
On Friday the 13th of September all student leaders went to Kilmore Primary School, there were schools such as Kilmore, Beveridge, Upper Plenty and Wallan. At Kilmore they did activities such as charades, drawing without speaking, then we ordered ourselves from smallest to tallest, than in alphabetical order. Than we did what we need on an island poster, we also did knotting our arms and trying to unknot it, lastly we made a balloon tower and came back to school and had a good day.
-Nyah.S Kilmore young leaders’ day
Kilmore primary school young leaders’ day
On Friday the 13th of September all of the student leaders went to Kilmore primary school. At Kilmore we did lots of activities such as charades, doing a drawing activity without speaking, putting ourselves in order from tallest to shortest, putting ourselves in order from our names starting from A to Z, an island game that we choses what we bring, we played knots and lastly we made a huge balloon tower with only tape and balloons than we left we all had an amazing time meeting all the student leaders from other schools the other schools were Beveridge PS, Kilmore PS, Wallen PS, Upper plenty ps. Overall we all had a great time at Kilmore PS
-Billie Pillage Vice School Captain
Wild Weather
Students V Teachers Basketball
Today was our end of term game against the teachers. We played number basketball.
The teachers had amazing skill and their communication was on point.
The end scores were 4-12.
The teachers got the best of us but in the end, it was a thrilling couple of games.
Ace P and Ethan were the student scorers.
The students had an unexpected guest, MISS PEMBERTON joined the students with a year 6 jumper on.
It was an amazing experience, and we are sure everyone who participated had an amazing time, we did! We just want to congratulate all competitors. The teacher’s height impacted our game, but we all did our best and everyone played fairly and gave everyone a shot.
The sportsmanship was amazing and everyone watching was being so supportive to both teams.
Under Construction
We have some exciting news!!
Construction of the new portable classrooms and toilets at the Ambrosia Campus has began.
We have received four additional classrooms and two additional toilet blocks to accommodate the additional growth in our school community. These additional buildings will be ready to use at the beginning of the 2025 school year.
Tiddalik the Frog Grade 1 Incursion
