SNC
inspired garden designers.
Some
of the students in our LC have been involved in a gardening design project.
First the students walked around the school grounds and identified an area they
were keen to re-design.
In
their groups they took a photo of the area, drew a garden design and researched
plants they might plant.
Each
group presented their garden plans to Janet and Jill. They spoke passionately
about their garden designs and confidently
answered any
questions they were asked.
They
had clear visions about how their ideas would benefit students at B.E.P.S.
Janet has said she will take their plans to parent grounds group. The students
involved in this project were Amelia, Amy, Annabelle, Claudia, Doug,
Eleanor, Ella, Ethan, Eve, Evie, Finn,
Frankie, Freya, Gabe, Ish, Jacob A, Lila, Lilyan, Luke, Max, Nereus, Olive, Sami,
Thom, Turlough and Zoe.
Debating Teams
On Tuesday, April 28th
our first debating team, Freya, Ella (SNC) and Karla (Il Nido) won the first
debating challenge at Coburg College. Understandably they were so proud of
themselves. Their debating topic was “Should we ban horse racing?” The group
had the task of arguing that we should. Our second team, Chris, Maddie and Eve
are busy researching and writing persuasive arguments for why “We should keep
our Australian flag” and will compete this Tuesday. Our final team is Ella
(SNC) and Rosie and Mieke (Il Nido). Debating
has developed the student’s persuasive argument skills and we have all been
impressed with their team work and support of each other. Congratulations to
both Chris and Freya for getting ‘Speaker of the Week’ at the competition.
MTQ
Lots of our students have taken
up the opportunity to tackle the Maths Talent Quest. We have dedicated two
hours each week for teams to develop their ideas into inquiry projects. As the
deadline gets nearer, some extra time will be allocated to help students
finalise their research and presentation. A number will be selected for judging
externally.
Maths Olympiad
Since the beginning of this
term, the Maths Olympiad workshop have been meeting to prepare for the first
Maths Olympiad Test, which will be held this Wednesday 20th May.
Students have been practicing worded maths problems to support them to develop
their problem solving skills, investigating areas of maths such as patterns,
fractions and number. During the Maths Olympiad, students have about 30 minutes
to solve five maths problems that are challenging. Students have been super
engaged and we look forward to sharing our successes with you.
PG Forms Reminder
Earlier this term, we sent an
email with a link to a digital permission form for your child to view PG
(parental guidance recommended) rated material. Many members of our learning
community have not yet replied to this form. If you have lost the link, http://beps.vic.edu.au/permission-to-view-pg-content/ is the address, follow the prompts from there. If you
have any questions or concerns, check in with a home group teacher. Thanks to
all the families have already responded to this.
Puberty Education Program
This year our Puberty Education
program, will be implemented by ‘Family Life Victoria in Term three. The students
will be involved in three, one hour sessions over the course of three weeks, Thursday
August 6th, 13th and 20th. Parent
sessions will also be available for parents of year 3 and 4, Thursday, August 6th
.45 – 6.45pm followed by a session for parents of students in 5 and 6 at 7.00pm
– 8.00pm. Feedback will be sought from parents and students about the quality
of these sessions, to inform decisions about Puberty Education sessions in
2016. More information and a flier will be coming home soon.
Secondary School Selections
Don’t forget that for Year 6s
the Secondary School selection forms are due THIS FRIDAY! Please put the forms
in the box in the LC. Any supporting paperwork should be forwarded directly to
the appropriate secondary school, and not attached to the form. Thanks
ODT Testing (On Demand Testing)
Assessment of students progress
in Reading Comprehension and Maths using the On Demand Testing computer system
has begun. These tests are adaptive, which means they will adjust the
difficulty of the questions depending on the capability demonstrated in
previous questions. This means that, each student will receive different
questions as they progress through the test.
Cross Country
Just a reminder that next week
the students will be involved in Cross Country training. Pete has emailed about
this. Some students will then go onto represent BEPS at a district level.
