Welcome back everyone to another year in your fabulous school!

A very warm welcome back to school for 2021 to everyone. I hope you had a wonderful break from school and were able to spend quality time with your family and friends. Having spoken to a number of our fabulous parents in the past week, they have all expressed how happy and relieved they are to have school and learning return to some sort of normality.  It gives me great pleasure to especially welcome the new Foundation community. Thank you to all the parents and kindergarten teachers who have so thoughtfully prepared these students for their first year at school.

Mrs Sarah Maroukel and Mr Nick Marchbank and a whole host of other staff members happily welcomed the new Foundation students into the Learning Neighbourhood for an exciting day of learning. There were lots of first day photos, smiles and very heartfelt looks from the Preps’ loved ones as they wished them a great first day. Some parents even managed to express relief that it all took place so smoothly.  A very sincere thankyou to our colleagues from Gowrie who have assisted us with the settling in of our new foundation students and for being a valued part of our team.

To our new students coming to us from other schools, we understand you may be nervous, but our school is full of dedicated and caring teachers and students who will welcome you into our learning environment.

Learning Neighbourhood 2 and 3 teachers welcomed their students in a very organised and prepared way that ensured an extremely settled beginning to school for all these students.

There will be lots of opportunities for new and current parents and friends to be involved in the school and your children will love seeing you support their learning.

STAFFING

It gives me great pleasure to welcome one new staff member to BVPS:

Ms Cassandra Hook will be working in LN 3 as a Grade 5/6 homegroup teacher. We trust Cassie is inspired by the wonderful BVPS community and enjoys her new appointment.

LEARNING NEIGHBOURHOOD ASSEMBLIES

All student assemblies will be held in the learning neighbourhoods every Friday until further notice. Parents are welcome to attend these assemblies and will be required to wear masks whilst inside the building.  

Our Young Leaders are looking forward to hosting the Whole School assembly in the near future, once again welcoming all our parents and friends.

SCHOOL STARTS AT 9.00AM EVERYDAY

All students are expected to come to school every day that the school is open to students. If students can’t come, parents must provide an explanation for their child’s absence to office on the day of the absence. Students should arrive at each class ON TIME and ready to learn.

Parents need to assist their child to be punctual so as to create the very best opportunities for their child to learn and not miss vital instruction time which commences at 9am.

LEARNING NEIGHBOURHOODS ARE OPEN AT 8.45 AM TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO GET READY FOR LEARNING

SUNSMART POLICY AND DAYS OF EXTREME HEAT

Children in years Prep – 6 must wear a broad brimmed hat.

On days when the temperature reaches 33 degrees or above an ‘indoor play” lunch timetable will be implemented. This means that the children will play in their Learning Neighbourhoods in the break times. As all Learning Neighbourhoods are air-conditioned there is no need for children to have their educational program interrupted by removal from school on extreme hot days. Please bring your children to school, we will keep them cool and they will continue to learn.

CHILDREN’S SAFETY

Nothing is more important than the safety of our students. I have been concerned with our return to school in regard to unsafe driving and parking around the Gowrie BVPS Early Learning Centre. A parent reported that her car had been hit and that the driver did not leave their details. The school is not responsible for this behaviour and we again remind our parents that you should not be parking in this area. Please make sure that you are being safe when controlling a vehicle.

NEWSLETTER 2021

Our school newsletter alert will now be sent through SeeSaw. You will need to have downloaded the app ready to receive a range of communication from the school but more importantly to receive fantastic updates on the learning of your children. If you need a parent code please see your child's homegroup teacher. The newsletter will continue to be placed on the school website.

The dedicated teaching staff at Broadmeadows Valley look forward to celebrating the success of your child’s learning with you and your child, communicating what progress has been made and what we can do in partnership to further this learning.

I hope we all have a very happy and successful 2021.

Regards,

Carmela Bianco