Term 2 - Week 2 - 12th May,2022
- Principals Report
- Term 2-Value is Courage.
- COVID Update: Changes to close contacts
- Premiers Reading Challenge
- Reminders for Parents and Caregivers
- Breakfast Program
- Registration of Interest - Polling Day
- Cooking with Brigette
- Easter Hat Parade and Colouring in Competition Winners
- BDHS School Association Guess the eggs winner
- ANZAC Day Service
- Cooking with Brigette
- Children's University - Introduction to Child Safety opportunity
- National Simultaneous Storytime
- Free Flu Vacinations
- Mobile Dental Unit at Oatlands
- Upper Derwent Valley Auskick at Glenora
Principals Report
It was lovely to welcome back our LIL students to indoor LIL this morning with Ms Burns particularly with the colder mornings we have had recently.
On Friday we farewell Maddy Smith who joined us as a Teacher Assistant in Term 4 last year as she has accepted a full time administration role in a medical practice. We wish Maddy all the best in her new career and thank her for her commitment and dedication working with and supporting our students. Next week we welcome some new staff members, two new Teacher Assistants, Bryanna Chivers on a Tuesday, Sharon Breen on a Wednesday and Thursday and Kimmi Newman has increased her hours working on a Friday supporting our students in classrooms. Mr Eric Vreman will be joining our teaching team teaching German, Garden and maths on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
This week our students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 have all participated in the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) Testing. This year except for Year 3 Writing, all of the tests have been completed online. Next week Ms Murphy will be following up with the students that have been away this week to arrange a different time for them to complete the testing. I would like to congratulate everyone that has participated in the testing and thank them for trying their best. Special thanks to Ms Murphy, Miss Pennicott and Kimmi for making this happen.
This week as many of you would be aware, there have been changes to the school bus service of an afternoon, as a result of the high demand for students travelling on the Apsley bus. Our bus contractors Julie and Ian have notified us that the Schaw Street students will now be travelling home of an afternoon with Julie on the Central Highlands bus. Of a morning, Ian on the Apsley bus will continue to pick up the Schaw Street students as per Term 1 arrangements. Don’t forget that it is important for parents/carers to liaise with bus drivers about when they won't be travelling on the buses. We will continue to monitor this situation.
Our Year 11/12 Build is nearing completion and we are very excited and have started to plan moving into this new teaching and learning space. At this stage it is anticipated that the new classroom will be handed over to the school in June. On Tuesday I had a tour of the new building, it is such a warm and welcoming space and the classroom will be a wonderful addition to our school. Planning of our Agriculture classroom is continuing and we encourage you to provide your ideas to the following Padlet:
https://padlet.com/nikigriggs1/mzqaer5a90zvedvg
This information helps inform the Project Works Committe of which Mr O'Toole, Chris, John and myself are members of in conjunction with the architect Tim Penny and Jason Followes Capital Works DOE Facility Service.
On Friday we wish our secondary students well as they travel to Hobart to participate in the Districts Athletics Carnival. We hope that everyone involved has a wonderful day and we look forward to hearing the stories and seeing the photos. Commencing next week some of our Year 9 and 10 students will commence Wool Handling and shearing shed training at Dennistoun Farm culminating with our students competing in the wool handling event at the Campbell Town Show on 3rd June. We wish them well with this.
Louise Anders, Acting Principal.
Term 2-Value is Courage.
"Be Great! Participate!"
COVID Update: Changes to close contacts
Premiers Reading Challenge
Our students will once again be participating in the Premiers Reading Challenge which goes from the 2nd May - 8th July. Students have recieved their Reading Log Books. We ask parents to provide support to ensure children are completing their log books regularly. Start reading, have some fun and see where your reading adventures take you. Please hand completed log books to the school office and collect a new one as required.
Reminders for Parents and Caregivers
LiL with Ms Burns held Thursday mornings commencing 9.00am in the Flexi Room.
Naplan Testing will be in weeks 2 & 3 for Years 3/5/7/9.
Breakfast Program
Breakfast program has started up again on Wednesday mornings. Just in time for the cold Bothwell mornings. Thank you to Katrina from Central Highland's Council and Julie from RAW in volunteering their time and ongoing support in this initative. The warm milos and cheesy toasties are definitely a hit.
Registration of Interest - Polling Day
We are looking for people who could work for us on polling day at your local polling place in Bothwell. The Federal Election will be on Saturday 21st May 2022. The positions are paid and you don’t necessarily need any electoral experience to work on polling day. There is lots of helpful information on our website about how to register to work for us, and what the roles look like. In order to register your interest, please head to https://www.aec.gov.au/employment/working-at-elections/index.htm
Please feel free to forward this email to anybody who may be interested in registering to work with the Australian Electoral Commission.
Cooking with Brigette
On the 7th April 2022 we made Chicken and Ginger Dumplings in cooking.
The students had fun making these and they are liking the different recipies and are enjoying cooking and tasting new things.
Easter Hat Parade and Colouring in Competition Winners
Easter Most Imaginative hat winners:
LIL: Avril G Kinder: Shelby R Prep: Archie E/B Grade 1: Joel T
Grade 2: Indigo M Grade 3: Chloe E Grade 4: Taylor P Grade 5: Sophie B
Grade 6: Eliza E Grade 7: Robert P Grade 9: James B Grade 10: Mikel B
Colouring In winners:
LIL: Avril G Kinder: Piper B Prep: William R Grade 1: Jimmy E
Grade 3: Riley M Grade 4: Taylor P Grade 5: Sophie B Grade 6: Eliza E
Grade 7: Issac W Grade 8: Danielle B Adults: Miss Pennicott.
Thank you to everyone that participated in the Easter Hat Parade & Colouring-in competition. We had some wonderful creative hat designs and even an a live bunny named Oreo, making the judging even tougher.
Thank you to our Hat Parade judge Mrs Taylor and our colouring in judge Miss Mason. The judges report that it was not easy selecting the winners.
Pictures of Easter hats below then colouring ins in the foyer followed by colouring in Winners.
BDHS School Association Guess the eggs winner
Kaitlyn won with the closest guess of 186. Actual amount was 178. Well done Kaitlyn, don't eat them all at once.
ANZAC Day Service
On Monday 25 April, a number of students represented Bothwell District High School at the Bothwell Anzac Day service. Thank you to Chloe C, Brock W & Eliza E who read readings at the service and to Monique W and Kaitlyn H for placing books at the Cenotaph that were donated to the Bothwell District High School library by community members.
We would like to thank the organisations, clubs and individuals listed below for donating books to our school library in remembrance of ANZAC Day. Each book has a commerative plaque acknowledging the donor. These donations are greatly appreciated by the school community.
Book donations were received from:
Bothwell Masonic Lodge, Kathy and Laurence Jones & Family, Central Highlands Council, Josh Turner Memorial, Bothwell Volunteer Fire Brigade, Bothwell Historic Society, BDHS School Association, Bothwell Uniting Church, Bothwell CWA, St Michaels Anglican church, Volunteer Ambulance Service, Bothwell District High School Students, Bothwell Football Club, Anglican Womens Fellowship, Tanya Lovell & Family, Catholic Church, Lions Club of Bothwell and Districts, Bothwell Bucks Cricket Club, Mayor Loueen Triffitt, Bothwell Wellness Group, Malcom Campbell Memorial, Kimberley and Sheridan White, Brigette White, BG Firearms, Whites Painting, Mrs Judi Turner, Kaye Neil and Pam Jones, James and Sophie Brazendale and the Bothwell District High School Susie Neil-Rolls Memorial.
Cooking with Brigette
The students learnt how to make German Apple cupcakes for cooking last week. I hope that the parents got to try some as our students seemed to be enjoying them.
Children's University - Introduction to Child Safety opportunity
The Peter Underwood Centre has created a free course that can help us all to develop a better understanding of our children’s rights and how to help keep them safe.
More information and the registration link are available here: Introduction to Children's Rights and Safety | University of Tasmania (utas.edu.au)
About this short course
As members of your community, it is important to understand the role you play in ensuring our children's voices are heard.
Children have the right to express their views and have them taken seriously in matters that affect them. When this right is observed, adults can support children more effectively or make informed decisions leading to improved subjective wellbeing among children.
You can support young people by learning the role of duty bearers and rights holders, and how a community that accepts responsibility for keeping children safe, is in a good position to develop and implement effective policies and procedures around child safety.
This course has been designed to help you apply the policies and procedures set out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child within your own community.
Who should do this course?
This course is for members of the community who interact with children. Enhance your understanding of children’s rights to help make informed decisions that are in their best interests.
By undertaking this course, you will learn to:
- Contribute to cultural change towards better realising children’s rights and ensuring their safety.
- Improve wellbeing among children.
- Ensure children are taken seriously and given opportunity, support and a willing ear, to improve communication and therefore child safety.
- Ensure you are acting in the best interests of the child and facilitating their right to have a say in matters that affect them.
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Identify the principles and values that underpin the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
- Apply knowledge of children's rights.
- Identify appropriate behaviour according to a child safety policy and code of conduct.
Course Structure
This course is self-paced, fully online, and will take around 1 hour. You will be required to complete a quiz to test your learning before receiving a certificate.
- Identify and foster appropriate behaviours according to children’s rights and safety frameworks
- Course content delivers evidence-based learning, informed by global research
- Gain an understanding of community responsibilities in children’s rights and safety
National Simultaneous Storytime
Family Tree by Josh Pyke and Ronojoy Ghosh has been selected as the book for National Simultaneous Storytime for 2022. Children across Australia will all be reading this book at 11.00am on Wednesday 25 May. We hope the students enjoy this years book and have fun talking about family trees and the different make up of families.
Free Flu Vacinations
Mobile Dental Unit at Oatlands
Upper Derwent Valley Auskick at Glenora
