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Athletics Carnival
Our school Athletics Carnival is always a highlight on our school calendar, bringing our school community together and supporting students trying their best and having fun. Encouraging students to participate and have a go is the purpose of this event, while celebrating those students that have a real strength in running. I was impressed with how students supported and encouraged each other and would like to congratulate all students in the sportsmanship they displayed.
A special congratulations to those Grade 3 – 6 students who have been selected to represent Boat Harbour Primary School at the North West carnival next week in Penguin. We look forward to hearing about your experience when you return, good luck!
Car Park
We are working towards making the school car park as safe a place as it can be. We are attempting to reduce the amount of foot traffic at the beginning and end of the school day at drop off and collection times. Buses are now all parked in the same area, entering and exiting the school through the main entrance.
In front of the Japanese garden area where students are currently collected after school there is a clear car park space. We intend making this parking space a drop off and collection point each morning and afternoon. It will be utilised similar to an airport drop off and collect zone.
To make a safer flow of traffic and less foot traffic through the car park, parents are asked to enter the school through the main entrance off the highway and park horizontally by the bollards outside the Japanese garden to drop off or collect their children, then exit the car park through Dobson's Lane. Parents wishing to park in the car park to drop off or collect their child are still welcome to do so.
Please check with me or the school office if this requires clarification.
This term, students in Year 1/2 have been participating in a HASS Inquiry with Jenny Brooks. Students have been exploring the inquiry question ‘What makes me, who I am?’. This connects to our whole school HASS focus or ‘Big Idea’- ‘Knowing who we are and how we relate to others allows us to successfully participate in our diverse community.’
The inquiry-based learning approach provides opportunities for students to be actively involved in hands-on learning experiences that encourage higher order thinking. Through intentional questioning, research, discussions and interviews our students have been looking at how family life has changed, or stayed the same, over time, and how the past makes us who we are.
Students used a hexagon thinking tool to identify and organise some factors that may have shaped their identity. Suggesting and exploring the following influences on their lives and contributing to ‘What makes me, who I am?
- family
- friends
- their environment
- personality, culture, and language
- heart and soul
- talents - sport, art, music, experiences
- holidays
- pets
- school
Mrs Brooks also put an Inquiry lens over the school Athletics Carnival. Students worked in collaborative groups to explore the history of our carnivals. They contributed to a whole school bunting that will be on display at the carnival (creating a sense of belonging to their house) and worked together to design a logo which represents the Aboriginal meaning of their house name.
Each class has a ‘Thinking and Learning Floorbook’ which is used to record students' thinking, document their learning and provide evidence for assessment. Parents are most welcome to look through our floorbooks whenever you are in our classrooms.
It will be wonderful to see where this Inquiry work leads us!
The BHPS School Association AGM will be held on Tuesday, 30th March 2021. Members of the School Association are nominated and hold their position for two years. Each year the two year cycle finishes for some members, creating vacant positions to be filled.
This year there will be five parent member vacancies to be filled, along with one staff member position. If you are interested in filling one of the parent positions, please complete the nomination form attached or collect a paper copy from the office and return to the school office by 3.00pm on Tuesday, 16th March 2021.
Being a member of the School Association is an excellent way to contribute to the administrative functions and accountabilities of our school. If you would like further information about the Association please contact one of the members to ask any questions.
The Parents & Friends Fundraising Group has been busy planning fundraising activities this term, with a successful sausage sizzle for students and staff held earlier this week, which raised $255 for the school.
Several fundraisers are coming up over the next few weeks:
Ice Cream Sundae Day - Tuesday, 16th March 2021
Order forms have been sent home with students today. Please return your order and money in a sealed envelope/bag by 3.00pm on Friday, 12th March or order using the Qkr! app.
All orders must be in by 3.00pm – sorry, no late orders accepted.
Cake Stall
A cake stall will be held out the front of Dixon's Pharmacy on Monday, 22nd March between 10.00am - 1.00pm.
We're requesting donations of any homemade goodies that you are able to make, such as cakes, slices, muffins, jams and preserves.
All donation would need to be packaged up for us ready to sell and will have to be labelled with a full list of ingredients.
If you are able to help please let us know what you will be contributing and how you would like to deliver it:
* drop off at school on Monday, 22nd March by 9.15am
* drop off at Dixon's Pharmacy on Sunday, 21st March before 12.30pm, or between 9.00am - 10.00am on Monday morning
A note will be sent home next week - please complete and return by Thursday, 18th March, or complete the web form through the link below to indicate how you can assist.
Bunnings BBQ
A BBQ Sausage Sizzle will be held at Bunnings on Saturday, 10th April. To make the day successful, we need lots of volunteers. A note will be sent home with children early next week with more information about how you might be able to assist.
The fundraising group is holding an Easter Raffle and are seeking your support to put together some Easter baskets as prizes. We'd really appreciate it if you would be able to donate an Easter themed item - eggs, bunnies, toys or craft. A collection box is at the office for donations, which need to be in by Friday, 19th March.
Raffle ticket books will be sent home next week. You could win one of four Easter hampers filled with treats, or even one of our smaller Easter prizes! Tickets are $1.00 each.
All raffle books/money to be returned to school by Friday, 26th March.
The raffle will be drawn on Monday, 29th March.