It has been fantastic to celebrate the school year over the past week, especially at our end of year assemblies.  To see students beam while sharing with parents and to celebrate achievements has been a wonderful way to end the 2020 school year.  Students showcased the many varied learning opportunities that they have had during the year, recognising the unique year they have had and the opportunity to learn and communicate online.  Thank you to parents for making the learning from home time be effective for your child, and to staff for proactively learning a new way to teach and support the development of students.  There have been many positives for us to take forward into 2021 and we are looking forward to continuing to work with you next year.

Students in every class were recognised for achieving our school and Department goals – Respect, Aspiration, Courage and Growth.  We know that if these values can be engrained in our students when they leave Grade 6, students will have the tools to lead successful and happy lives into the future.

This time of year is always a special time for our Grade 6 students as they farewell their primary school years.  We wish these students all the best as they head to high school next year to begin the next exciting chapter in their lives.  Congratulations to award recipients, you should be very proud of your achievements.

A massive thank you to the many volunteers that have contributed across our school.  Without your generous and significant contributions our school would not be able to function as effectively as it does or offer the opportunities for students that we do, thank you!

We had planned to live stream our assemblies.  This was not able to happen so they were recorded instead and will be loaded to SZapp ASAP.  We hope you enjoy them.

Have a safe and enjoyable Christmas and holiday break, we can’t wait to see you in 2021!

Congratulations to all the members of the 2020 BHPS Band for all your hard work this year.  I would like to wish the Grade 6 players all the best next year and hope that you will continue to make music!

2020 Band Awards:

Most Improved Award:    Anthony
Encouragement Award:   Ashlee
Band Player of the Year:  Tom

Janet Matic
Band Leader

Congratulations to the following winners:

1st   Cathy
2nd  Douglas
3rd   Alya
4th   K Dixon
5th   Margaret Mackrostergios
6th   Katrina McNab
7th   Don
8th   Kayla
9th   Jacky McLean
10th Annette Adams
11th Liz Knight
12th Clare Wright
13th Kirsten Ogden
14th Katrina McNab
15th G Gatenby
16th Lachlan
17th A Currant

Bonus Prizes
Jaelyn, Lachlan, Zachary, Archer and Sophie

Our SRC has purchased a cabinet to house the defibrillator purchased recently with donations from local service clubs.  The cabinet will be installed on the wall outside the front door to the school office for easy access in an emergency.

The school will be open for Book Collection and Uniform Sales Days on Wednesday, 27th and Thursday, 28th January 2021, between 10.00am - 2.00pm.  In 2021 we will not be invoicing families for levies until Term 1 commences, so it will not be necessary to make any payments for levies on these days.

DoE requires Information Validation and Special Data Collection forms to be updated annually, and we request that parents allow time to complete these forms for each of their children when they come in to collect books.

More information, including 2021 Canteen Menu Term 1, will also be available on these days.

Parents are welcome to pre-order their uniform requirements prior to uniform sales day via Qkr! These will be packed ready for collection when you come in.

Students will return to school for Term 1 on Wednesday, 3rd February, 2021.