17 December 2013 - Bellerive Primary School

BELLERIVE PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
20 Leslie Street, Bellerive Tas 7018
Ph (03) 6244 1200 Fax (03) 6244 1299
Email [email protected]
Website: https://education.tas.edu.au/belleriveprimary/
Issue 39, 17th December 2013
Dear Parents,
Next year will see the return of two teachers from maternity leave as well as the introduction of two new
teachers who are transferring to Bellerive Primary. The class model and the teaching allocations are as follows:
Principal
Assistant Principal
AST
5/6
5/6
4/5
3/4
3
3
2
2
1
1
Prep/1
Prep
Prep
Kinder Blue
Kinder White
Kinder Green
ECE Learning Support
Music
Brass
P.E.
French
IT
Gifted and Talented
Mr Steven Hay
Mrs Andrea Curran
Ms Annie Rathbone
Mrs Lynda McKee/ Mrs Vanessa Phillips
Mrs Tash Visser/ Mrs Mandie Ellis
Mrs Natalie Wickham
Mrs Vicki Dow
Ms Angela Potter
Mrs Lyn Lewer
Ms Amanda Skelly/Mrs Ariane Jones
Mrs Emily Wagner
Ms Jos Pullen
Mrs Dania Richardson
Miss Sarah Tongs
Ms Lorraine Norris
Mrs Carmen Altmann/Mrs Emma Wise
Mrs Anna Sander
Mrs Louise Curtain
Mrs Janet Seymour
Mrs Leanne O’Rourke
Mrs Carolyn Cross
Mr Simon Reade
Mr Tim Claridge
Madame Neasey
Ms Mandie Ellis
Mrs Wendy Fletcher
Mrs Aldridge will be transferring to Cambridge Primary
Mrs Wendy Fletcher will take up a Lead Teacher role in Learning Services South
Mrs Sophie Baxter will be on maternity leave
Mrs Janaya Plummer will be taking up an appointment at St Brigids
The new teachers to Bellerive Primary next year will be:
Mrs Natalie Wickham from Kingston Primary
Mrs Vicki Dow from Cambridge Primary
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Principal’s message continued
The Leavers’ Assembly will be held this Thursday 19th December to farewell our Grade 6 cohort and to
celebrate their time at Bellerive Primary. Our special guests will be Premier Lara Giddings, the Leader of the
Opposition Mr Will Hodgman, the Secretary of the Department of Education Mr Colin Pettit, Alderman
Richard James, Ms Julie Collins MHR, Mr David O’Byrne MHA and Dr Vanessa Goodwin MLC.
All parents of Grade 6 students who have returned notices will be provided with a reserved seat.
All other parents are most welcome to attend the assembly and sit in the general seating section.
The assembly commences at 11:00am and concludes at approximately 12:15pm.
Steven Hay
Principal
2014 Student Assistance Applications
The application for 2014 Student Assistant has been received. If you think you would qualify for Student
Assistance, please come to the office and collect an application.
If you were eligible for Student Assistance for 2013, you do not need to fill out a new application. A letter from
the Department of Education has been sent to all 2013 eligible families informing them of their 2014 approval
or advising them that they are no longer eligible.
If you have a child starting Kindergarten for 2014 and already have children receiving Student Assistance, please
either fill out an application for that child or add their details to the letter from the Department and return to
the school office. Approval is not automatic for siblings starting in Kindergarten.
If you have any question please contact the office staff.
SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
END OF YEAR BBQ
The School Association would like to thank everyone
who last Thursday joined us at our End of Year BBQ
in celebrating another successful year at Bellerive
Primary School.
The raffle was drawn and the prize winners were:
1st:
Kelly Dixon
2nd: Mollineaux Family
3rd: Andrea Howcroft
4th:
5th:
6th:
7th:
8th:
9th:
10th:
Liam Morton
Oliver Byrne
Sarah Dwyer
Marnie Isaac
Bridget Tape
Pete Brown
Kylie Eade
BREAKFAST CLUB
Yesterday’s final Breakfast Club for the year marked the end of five years of our fabulous Breakfast Club
providing a healthy morning start-up to our students. We can promise that it will continue to operate from
the second week of Term One in 2014.
Our school takes this opportunity to thank with much appreciation and gratitude, the dedicated volunteers
who have given generously of their time, making this service in our school, the success that it has been.
Every student, staff member and parents and carers are always welcome to have breakfast or just drop by for
a chat with our friendly retired folk who enjoy meeting up with our students, as much as our students and
parents enjoy dropping by on any Monday morning between 7.50 and 9.00.
People move on and this is happening with some of our volunteers of long-standing, who have other
responsibilities they need to take care of. Therefore we are seeking expressions of interest from our school
families or friends who might be interested in joining our roster next year. Anyone joining the roster will
need to be very friendly, cheery, chatty and patient at this time of morning that isn’t everyone’s best time of
day. This time needs to be available as per the roster and reliable so that we can guarantee that Breakfast
Club will happen each Monday morning, rain, hail or shine.
If someone knows that they have this amount
of time available on Monday, maybe once a
month, on an ongoing basis and in this simple
way would like to make a positive, early
morning difference in the lives of many, please
apply by contacting me via email at any time –
email - [email protected]
Have a Peaceful and Safe Christmas,
Kerry Lee
(School Chaplain)
8 SLEEPS UNTIL
CHRISTMAS
UNVEILING CEREMONY
The unveiling ceremony of the Bellerive Primary history signs was held
last week with an excellent gathering in attendance. The signs were
unveiled by the mayor of Clarence City Council—Alderman Doug
Chipman, John
Sargent from the
Bellerive Historical
Society and former
students Barrie
Armstrong and
Sally Shorrock. The
signs can be
located at 52 King
St and 13 Chapman St and I encourage all families to
have a look and find out more information about our
wonderful school.
SCHOOL BANKING
Congratulations to the McPherson family for
winning the Runner Up prize (DVD pack) in the
last competition.
Also, the headphones are on order. If you are
waiting for them you will receive them early next
year. The Commonwealth Bank is waiting for the
shipment to arrive.
On Saturday the 7th of November
2013 my mum, my dad and I went in a
GKP Karate national tournament. My
dad came 2nd in his division. My mum
got two golds out of ten people and I
got one gold medal out of 40 people. I
though it was an amazing opportunity
and I would love to do it again.
Harry Prior (Grade 3)
PERFORMANCE ASSEMBLIES
The ECE and Primary Performance Assemblies were held last week in the school hall. The support by parents
for these assemblies was outstanding and the items put on by classes were entertaining and well presented. A
big thank you to Mrs Cross who co-ordinated the assemblies so well and prepared the items to a high standard.
What’s been happening in the Next Steps Program?
Thank you from Ms Wendy Palfreyman
It has been a wonderful opportunity to get to know and work with all the Aboriginal
students and to help them improve their Literacy and Numeracy skills. I have also
really enjoyed working with all classes across the school, teaching Aboriginal Cultural Perspectives within
the Australian Curriculum. Thank you to all teaching staff concerned for your interest, flexibility,
understanding and support!
I would like to thank Mrs Liz Nelan for her fabulous work over the past 2 years. She
has done outstanding displays, worked very well with individuals and small groups to
improve Literacy and Numeracy Outcomes and assisted with Aboriginal Cultural
Activities with many classes. She has been a great support to me personally as well.
Well Done! Thank you so much!
Ms Kristy Mason joined us at the beginning of Term 3 this year as our Aboriginal
Education Worker. She has been a welcome addition to our team allowing us all to
learn more about Tasmanian Aboriginal Cultural Traditions. She has worked really
well with the students and has been keen to join in and have a go at anything. Thank
you for your skill in making and extra help on class excursions. Well Done! Best
wishes for the future!
The students in the Next Steps Program have been reflecting on the past 2 years.
I will always remember…..
 how my Maths group came and did Maths. (Julian Fenton)
 Ms Palfreyman (Montana Bell)
 the Aboriginal culture. (Joseph Fenton)
 Ms Palfreyman and all the fun times we have had! (Paris Kruse)
 this school and all it has done for me. (Tyler Wilson)
 reading with Ms P and doing ‘I spy’ on the computer. (Luke Bobbin)
 Mannalargenna and chunking my words (Levi Page)
 Can you see what I see? And making boxes (Bram Kruse)
 that Ms Palfreyman has been a great teacher to all the Aboriginal kids, thank you so much! (Nakita
Bobbin)
Go to Risdon Cove
Make huts
Learn about our culture
The best thing we did
was…..
Basket weaving
Cooking
Calendar of Events for
2013
December 18
Leavers' Day Out
December 19
Leavers’ Assembly - 11:00am - 12:15pm
December 19
Last Day of Term 4
Important Dates for 2014
January 20
School Office Opens
January 29
Levies & Uniform Shop
3:00pm - 5:00pm
January 30
Levies & Uniform Shop
9:00am - 12:00pm
February 5
Term 1 Commences
Prep-Grade 6 & Kinder Blue & White
February 6
Kinder Green first day
February 10
Hobart Regatta Day - Public Holiday
March 10
Eight Hour Day - Public Holiday
March 14 & 17
School Photos
April 16
Students final day for Term 1
April 17
Student Free Day
May 5
Term 2 Commences
June 9
Queen’s Birthday - Public Holiday
July 4
Students final day for Term 2
July 21
Student Free Day
July 22
Term 3 Commences
September 26
Students final day for Term 3
October 13
Term 4 Commences
October 23
Hobart Show Day - Public Holiday
October 24
Student Free Day
December 18
Students Last Day for 2014
D e p ar t me nt of E d uc at ion
B e lle rive P rimar y Sch ool
2014 UNIFORM OPEN DAYS AND
LEVY PAYMENTS
Prior to school starting back next year on Wednesday
February 5th, the Uniform Shop will be open on three
occasions.
Wednesday 29th January:
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Thursday 30th January:
9:00am - 12:00pm
Friday 31st January:
10:00am - 11:00am
Please note that Friday 31st January will be
open for returns and exchanges only.
No purchases can be made on this day.
School levies can also be paid on these days. Next
year’s levies will remain as follows:
Kinder:
$200
Prep-6:
$280
CANTEEN NEWS
Canteen has now finished for the year.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of my
wonderful volunteers for their help again this year.
Without volunteers the canteen wouldn’t be able to
operate as it does.
I hope you all have a safe and happy holiday season.
See you all next year.
Lisa Robertson
Library News
All student library and home
reader books should now be
returned to the library.
Accounts will have come home last
week for any books that are still outstanding. Payment
for these should be made to the office before the end
of this school year please.
If you have any queries about library books or home
readers please contact us as soon as possible.
Annie Rathbone and Karen Jarman