Aths Day - postponed

Aths Day has been postponed till next term. (We were going to have Aths day for Prep to Year 3s on Thursday 20th September).  

So this Thursday we will be going on our Bush Walk. 

100 days of school tomorrow

Don't forget tomorrow (Wednesday) is our 100th day of school!  Please come dressed up as something to do with 100 (percent, metre, centipede, elderly person etc.) and bring 100 of something small such as buttons, sultanas, rubber bands etc. to count and do activities with. 

We will be having a picnic on the oval with Triciclo at lunchtime, so please bring a picnic rug something to share.  All food must be labeled with a list of ingredients.  Allergies can result from all sorts of ingredients, not just nuts, so please label everything.  We will be having our picnic from 1.15 and we hope to see you there.

It should be a wonderful day!

Three-way conferences

Three-way conference times and dates were sent home on Friday on small, white slips of paper - please look in your child's bag! If you don't receive one, email over the weekend or speak to Nerida on Monday. Sorry the paper was so small!

Friday Market 27 July - helpers needed!

Prep Bicicletta is rostered to run the next Friday Market on Friday 27th July. 

We need parent volunteers to help with the following things: 

• one person to pick up the sausages and bread (the school will pay),
• two people to arrive at 2:30 pm to heat up the BBQ and start cooking the snags by 2:45 pm so they are ready by 3:30 pm,
• lots of other helpers to arrive by 3:20 to staff the stall - set up your goodies to sell, work out prices, 
• people to help clean up afterwards, both the BBQ and the area around the market,
• and of course people to bring items to sell (edible or otherwise).

There will be a sign-up sheet up on the communications board on Monday - please put your name down to help. 

A few parents have requested that we buy some mechanised pencil sharpeners, so we are planning to buy these with the money you raise. If you have any other suggestions for how the money raised could be used, please let us know.

Cooking with the kitchen garden

Next Tuesday (the 24th) we will be cooking soup with Margaret using some veggies from the kitchen garden and from our pots on the terrace.  Please send a mug and spoon to school with your child so they can have a taste.  If you would like to join in and help, we will be gardening and cooking from 10-10:45, and again from 11:30-12:30.

Lunch Orders

Our lunch order providers have asked us to remind you about to make the details on the lunch order very clear. They are having a bit of trouble reading some orders and making sure that they get back to the right learning community. Just to clarify, they would like you to write the name, learning community, food/drink order, and price on the bag.  If you are ordering sushi please also write a second preference (that is not sushi) on the bag as they run out quickly.


Also, please ensure that you provide sufficient money - preferably the correct change - as they will not provide you with your lunch if they are short changed, which they have very generously done a couple of times in the past.

Tidying up on last day of Term 2 - helpers wanted

Friday 29th June is the last day of school for Term 2.

Could we please pretty please have parent helpers to help:

• clean up and sort out the atelier (it’s a huge job and we’re desperate for some help),
• sorting out the castle/imaginative play (we have a back stage area which needs to be sorted out and labeled, and excess items in the castle to be stored back stage) 
• take dress ups and smocks home to wash, 
• sort maths equipment, 
• sharpen pencils, 
• watering the plants on the terrace and feeding them some fertilizer (in the trunk) 
• and just generally helping to tidy. 

This would be a major help for the teachers and will help to continue to provide an orderly, clean and safe environment for the children.

Also note: early dismissal for children at 2:30pm.

End of Term Picnic and Amy’s Farewell

On Thursday 28 June, from 9:30 am - 1:00 pm Prep Bicicletta and Triciclo will be joining forces and walking to Fleming Park to celebrate the end of term and farewell Amy. All families are invited to join. You can join us for the whole time or meet us at the park. Bring along a picnic rug and any safe games to play at the park, such as skipping ropes and grip ball. If you wish to take your child straight to or from the park please let your teacher know. You will need to sign an early leave form if you wish for them to leave early.

Children will be taking their own bags and will need:

• Play lunch and lunch. (This is not a picnic where children are sharing food)
• Warm clothes and sensible shoes.
• Things to play with at the park (such as balls, frisbees, skipping ropes, clearly marked with your name).
• Water bottle.
• A book, colouring pencils, activity books or anything for down time at the park.

Woolly Tuesday / Environment Day - 5th June

This Tuesday 5^th June is Environment day and our Green Team have been hard at work coming up with a way that we can support the environment in our school environment.  They have decided that to save energy we will not turn on any of the heating and will instead have a warm and woolly day.  Everyone needs to rug up nice and snugly to keep warm.

We will also have a few other special activities with a focus on the environment. Libby and Peta will be running a “magic compost” interactive show with the Preps, which promises to be wonderfully messy fun.  

School Photos - forms and money due Monday 28th May

On this Monday 28th May, we are having school photos.

Please make sure you have returned the forms and money by 9am Monday morning. 
You can also pay online - see your form for details.

Inquiry Night 7pm

Inquiry night is at 7pm tonight, not 6.30. Our apologies for the mixup.

Inquiry Night

Dear families,


Inquiry night is this Wednesday. This is an opportunity for us to share with you the experiences that we create for the children and our documentation of our whole L.C. inquiry into movement. We would love to show you how we came up with the concept of movement and get you involved, as much as you are willing. Inquiry is a way of learning, not just a subject. It is a central part of our curriculum at BEPS and we invite you to see how we learn literacy, maths, science art and much more through this approach.  


The evening will start in 456 upstairs at 6.30. After an introduction from Nerida, we will return to our learning community to have a closer look at what we have been working on over the past few months.


We hope to see you there!