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Bellarine Community Health Dental Service
Oral health therapists will be visiting Our Lady Star of the Sea Primary School on Monday 27 May. The visiting dental health service provides a screening check to children at Our Lady Star of the Sea, upon request from parents/guardians via the consent form attached. BCH Parent Consent Form
The service is free to students and may incur referral to Bellarine Community Health Dental Service.
If you would like your child to have a FREE dental screening, please return completed consent form to the school office by Friday 26 April.
If you do not wish to participate in the school screening program, you are welcome to contact the Bellarine Community Health Dental Clinic to arrange an appointment for your child. All primary school aged children, are treated free of charge.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact Bellarine Community Health dental team on 5258 0828.
INFORMATION FOR PARENTS
Every Victorian child should have access to the world of learning opportunities that exist beyond the classroom. The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) helps ensure that no student will miss out on the opportunity to join their classmates for important, educational and fun activities. It is part of making Victoria the Education State and the Government’s commitment to breaking the link between a student’s background and their outcomes.
School camps provide children with inspiring experiences in the great outdoors. Excursions encourage a deeper understanding of how the world works while sports teach teamwork, discipline and leadership. All are a part of a healthy curriculum.
CSEF is provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities.
If you hold a valid means-tested concession card or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible for CSEF. A special consideration category also exists for asylum seeker and refugee families. The allowance is paid to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions or sporting activities for the benefit of your child.
The annual CSEF amount per student is:
- $150 for primary school students
HOW TO APPLY
New applicants should Click here for CSEF Application Form or contact the school office to obtain a CSEF application form.
If you applied for CSEF last year, you do not need to complete an application form this year unless there has been a change in your family circumstances.
You only need to complete an application form if any of the following changes have occurred:
- new student enrolments; your child has started or changed schools this year.
- changed family circumstances; such as a change of custody, change of name, concession card number, or new siblings commencing this year.
MORE INFORMATION
For more information about CSEF visit:
https://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/Pages/csef.aspx
God, I thank you for the healing rain that washes the curving hills bright green. I thank you for the beams of sunlight that falls softly on a child’s face. I thank you for butterflies and flowers, birds and fish, stars and trees, all of these beautiful things you created for us. I pray that all of your children see and wonder at these, and that the joy of these follows them through their lives now and forever. In your name we pray, Amen.
Dear Parents,
I hope you are enjoying the new newsletter format. I would especially like to acknowledge Andrew Rayson, Sharon Lane and Kathleen Ingles who have worked tirelessly in ensuring our new newsletter was ready to go from Day 1.
At Our Lady Star of the Sea school, we endeavour to ensure children starting school or returning to school are confident and happy and you, the parents, are comfortable in the knowledge that children are familiar with their learning environments with teachers welcoming the children to the new learning community. It was therefore a pleasure to visit the learning spaces during our first week at school and to see children and teachers settled to school routine and obviously making a happy start to the 2019 school year. An important next step in continuing to ensure the children are confident and happy is to give you an opportunity to discuss your child’s needs with your child’s teacher. You are able to do this by attending the “Meet and Greet” Conversations that are scheduled in for next week and can be booked through Care Monkey. Each Hub will provide you with specific information to make this a smooth and happy transition to school life for 2019. I ask you to take the time to read through this information which the teachers acknowledge as being important for you to know. I take this opportunity to remind you that your child’s teacher is the best person for you to clarify or discuss your concerns. I congratulate the teachers for welcoming the children to the 2019 school year and for so readily engaging them in meaningful learning opportunities. I thank you for having the children prepared for the school year. Importantly, I encourage the children to continue to be confident and happy, embracing the values and character strengths of respect, love of learning and kindness whilst developing quality relationships.
EarthFest is fast approaching and I encourage all to get involved. On Friday 15 February, which is the day of our big event, we are allowing you to be flexible with pick up time for your children. Whilst the school will be open until 3.30 pm and classes will proceed as normal, you may wish to collect your children from 1pm to have them rested for the evening events from 4-8.30 or to support the setting up of the event. If you are able to volunteer some time during the event please sign up following the links on the newsletter. Come on down to enjoy some dinner, some music and some fine company. It will be a fantastic way to start the year with our school community and a great learning opportunity for you all together as a family.
Warm wishes for the week ahead.
Kerryn Sells
Term 4 2020
Friday 16 October: Respectful Relationships "Gratitude Day"
Monday 19 October: Book Week Dress Up Day
Thursday 22 October: Footy colours casual clothes day and Gold Coin donation for Cherished Pets Ocean Grove.
Friday 23 October: AFL Grand Final Public Holiday, school closed
Sunday 25 October: School working bee 10am - 12pm - Purple Hub TBC
Tuesday 3 November: Melbourne Cup Public Holiday, school Closed
Friday 6 November: Mission Fete Day
Monday 9 November: School Photo Day Individual and Class Photos
Tuesday 10 November: School Photo Day Family Portraits
Monday 23 November - Tuesday 24 November: Year 6 Camp Wyuna
Tuesday 24 November: Prep 2021 Parent Information Session 6 - 7pm TBC
Thursday 26 November: Prep 2021 Parent Information Session 6 - 7pm TBC
Friday 27 November: Staff 2021 Planning Day, student free day
Monday 30 November: Year 3 Camp Wyuna
Tuesday 1 December: Year 4 Camp Wyuna
Wednesday 2 December: Year 5 Camp Wyuna
Wednesday 2 December: Prep 2021 Orientation Day 9.30am - 11am TBC
Tuesday 8 December: Prep 2021 Orientation Day 9.30am - 11am TBC
Thursday 17 December: End of Term 4
Please note: Please refer to the Parent Calendar for all dates
Road Safety
Our Lady Star of the Sea School is committed to providing a safe community for all our members. To assist your child to develop road safety skills and be safe, we once again remind you to use the supervised crossing on John Dory Drive.
Children need to develop vital road crossing skills for when they become mature pedestrians. For these skills to develop, children need experience crossing roads with parents and carers. Research suggests that it is important for children to hold an adult’s hand when crossing the road up to the age of 10 years.
Also, children need to learn to make use of supervised crossings. When parents use a supervised crossing with their children, they model the safest way of crossing a road, increasing the chance that their children will also look for the safest option as a mature pedestrian. Parents who do not use the supervised crossing at the front of our school and cross the road with their children from behind the bus are placing themselves and their children a great risk of being hit by a vehicle. They also miss the opportunity to help their children develop vital road crossing skills.
Behaviour Management through Restorative Practices
‘It is not small people who ask for forgiveness. It is large hearted, magnanimous, courageous people who are ready to say what are some of the most difficult words in any language: “I am sorry”. But once uttered, they open the way to a new opportunity, the possibility of a new beginning, the chance to start again, having learnt a lesson from the past’. Archbishop Desmond Tutu (1998)
Discipline practices at Our Lady Star of the Sea school are based on Restorative Practices. Restorative Practices involve the building of positive relationships and establishing a supportive environment that is fair, consistent and democratic. The underlying principle is that relationships are important, and when a harmful or disruptive incident occurs, the focus is on the harm caused to the relationship and the subsequent repairing of that harm; rather than what rule has been broken and therefore what consequences will be imposed. Restorative Practices gives the school a unified and consistent approach to the management of children's behaviour. The school also aims to develop responsible self-discipline amongst students. The school believes that the school community is responsible for an effective policy, therefore communication and support between staff, students and parents is essential.
Restorative Practices Strategies include Circle Time, Affective Questioning, Restorative Circles and Conflict Resolution. Please take 3 minutes to watch this clip, introducing what Restorative Practices looks like in Catholic communities.
An introduction to Restorative Practices
Paul Anderson, Student Wellbeing Leader
FAMILY FEES and STUDENT LEVY
Statements will be emailed this week. Please check your emails for the statement. The 2019 Family is $2,140. If you plan to pay by term instalments, the Term 1 instalment of $535 is due on Friday 15 February. The Student Levy, $280 per child is due on this day also.
Donations are welcome to the Building Fund. Theses donations are tax deductable. BSB 083 347, Account no 025471925. Cash and cheque are accepted.
This is an opportunity for you to meet your child’s teacher in Week 3 and discuss your child’s learning needs. The dates will be available for you to book through Caremonkey. You will receive an invitation by email.
Be Sunsmart with A School Hat
School hats are required to be worn between 1 September and 30 April. Please ensure your child’s hat is named and in good order. Hats are for sale at Bellarine Uniforms.
Welcome to Scholastic Book Club for 2019. If you are new to the school there are easy step by step instructions on the back of the catalogues to guide you through placing an order online, or your child can bring their order & money in a secure envelope or snap lock bag to the school office. Due date for orders are posted on signs around the school & also in the calendar column of the school newsletter.
Annelie McCall, Scholastic Book Club Organiser
Halo, selamat pagi,
‘Nama saya Novy’ My name is Novy. I come from Indonesia. I will helping with Indonesian throughout the school. If you meet me, don’t be hesitate to say ‘Halo, selamat pagi/ selamat siang Novy’.
Same phrases your children might use:
Selamat pagi - Good morning
Selamat siang - Good afternoon
Terimakasih - Thank you
Sama-sama - You are welcome
‘Salam hangat’
Warm regards,
Novy