From the Principal’s Desk Thursday 6th October 2016 Welcome to Term 4 Welcome back! We have a very busy term planned. A very warm welcome to our new students this term. We hope that you are enjoying being part of our wonderful learning community. We look forward to celebrating your children’s learning with you over the term and welcome all of our new families to Balwyn North Primary School. World Teacher’s Day Wednesday 5th October was International World Teacher’s Day. We are very lucky to have such a dedicated and passionate group of professionals working alongside your children at Balwyn North Primary School. A big thank you to our wonderful parent community who organised an afternoon tea and some lovely surprises for us all this week. We would also like to thank the following organisations for their generous donations which made the day even more special; Officeworks Kew, Sushi Café Balwyn North, Balwyn North Newsagency, Australia Post Balwyn North, Woolworths Whitehorse Road and Bakers Delight Doncaster Road, Alimento Café Balwyn, Discount Pharmacy Balwyn, The Budget Dry Cleaners Balwyn North, North Balwyn Fish and Chippery, D’Lish Chicks on Charcoal Balwyn North, The Turkish Tea House Balwyn, Village Café Balwyn North, 7am Café Balwyn, Bar Sur Loup Balwyn North, In Style Hair & Nails Balwyn North, Via Roma Café Balwyn North, Bite Me Grill and Burgers Balwyn North, Café Romeo Balwyn North, Thanks a Latte Balwyn. China Tour Our China Study Tour is due to leave Melbourne next Tuesday 11th October. Our very excited group of students will first fly to Shanghai and then on to Beijing where they will spend the next few days sight-seeing and practicing their Mandarin in Beijing. They will then get on the fast train to Suzhou to spend time with our Sister School. We wish our travellers an enjoyable and safe trip. Swimming Program A reminder that the school swimming program starts next week. The program has been designed to meet the individual skill level of all of the students and Mr D will be at the swimming pool to provide encouragement and support to the students and provide any necessary feedback to the pool management. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the swimming program please contact Mrs Dimond or Mr D. Please note that due to the swimming timetable there will be no lunch orders for YEAR ONE STUDENTS during the swimming program! 2017 Planning With the start of Term Four comes planning for 2017! It is hard to believe that we are already thinking about 2017, how time flies! Whilst staffing and class structure has not been finalised, we do require infor- mation from families about intentions to leave. If your family will be leaving BNPS in 2017, please notify the school office as soon as possible. This allows us to undertake informed planning for class sizes etc. As many of you would know, a great deal of time and consideration takes place when creating grades for the following year. This term, all children are provided the opportunity to complete a sociogram, identify- ing children they would like to be placed with the following year and we ensure that every child is placed with at least one friend from their sociogram. The teachers then spend a considerable amount of time en- suring that classes are balanced. We ask that you trust in this process and in the knowledge that the teach- ers who have spent the year with your child understand their needs (both academic and social/emotional). Enrolments for 2017 We would like to encourage families who have a child starting Foundation next year to get their enrolment forms into school as soon as possible, so that planning for 2017 can begin. Also, if you know of any families intending to enrol children at Balwyn North Primary School for next year in other year levels, please encour- age them to come and see us as soon as possible as places are filling fast. Relay Success Congratulations to all those that participated at the Divisional Athletics day on Wednesday this week. Our relay team of Owen, Aaron, Adam and Lockie, came 2nd in the Divisional 4x100mtr. As a result, they have progressed to the Regional event to be held on Thursday the 13th of October. Best of luck boys! Mr D Ironman - In very exciting news, we have heard from Mr D who has let us know that he has safely arrived in Hawaii in preparation for his Ironman event, which starts at 3:00am Melbourne time on Sunday. We are very proud of Mr D and wish him the best of luck. If you would like to watch the Ironman live, please go to http://ap.ironman.com/triathlon/coverage/ live.aspx#axzz4LpHp70cQ Go Mr D! Erika Bienert Tony Stokes Principal Assistant Principal IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER Monday 10th October School Uniform 2:30pm—3:15pm Assembly 2:45pm Tuesday 11th October China tour departs School Banking Due Wednesday 12th October Uniform Shop 8:45—9:30am Thursday 13th October Year 2 Camp depart Friday 14th October Year 2 Camp return Ian Huntington Cup - Hislop Park Monday 17th October Swimming Program begins Saturday 22nd October China Tour returns School Captain’s Corner Hi, everyone, Welcome back to the start of the last term of the year!! We hope you’ve had an exciting holiday as the term is filled of amazing events including the swimming program, house athletics, China study tour, year 6 graduation and many more!! Congratulations to all the participants who represented BNPS at the National Aeroschools competition at Bendigo! We’ve achieved 2 first placings and 1 fifth. This is such an amazing achievement at such a high level! Next week, on Tuesday, some students are going to China for a very special trip! They are all super excited to arrive in China! We hope that they have a memorable time! Pun: My maths teacher called me average, how mean! -Hannah, Sophie, Aaron and Pasandul. ICAS Mathematics 2016 Last term 132 students completed the ICAS Mathematics competition. Well done to the following students who achieved Credit and Distinction awards; Credit Awards Year 3 –Zenia Adnan, Bella Lin, Nathaniel Pitlingas, Cathy Zhong Year 4 – Joshua Allan, Kovida De Silva, Ezri Fredericks, Victor Lac, Jared Lim, Antonio Serra, Ryan Nguyen, Vivian Shen, Michael Sudianto, Abishake Sutharsan, Jordan Teo, Vanessa Tran, Year 5 – Derrick Ch’Ng, Isaiah Chin, Emma Ho, Joyce Li, Terry Yu, Year 6 – Arya Aminazad, Owen Cai, Aaron Chau, James Fuller, Caitlin Low, Adam Morsi, Brendan Park, Omar Salem, Surya Sathyamurthy, Mia Sudianto, Leo Zheng Distinction Awards Year 3 – Chanara Aberathna, Jaiden Chow, Mingkai Khaw, Caleb Low, David Lu, Mandy Zhang Year 4 – Victor Chiew, Bella Li, Year 5 – Han-Wen Khaw, Callista Leong-La, Ryan Ngo, William Wu Year 6 – Pasandul De Silva, Justine La, Henry Law, Victor Li, Nadine Lim, Hannah Luo, Adrew Ngodinhson, Oviya Sutharsan, Sophie Yang Also very big congratulations to Diana Bao, James Deng, Elizabeth Ngodinhson and Julie Yang, from Year 4 and David Wang from Year 5 who received a High Distinction Award. Well done! Certificates for Credit, Distinction and High Distinction will be given out at assembly on Monday 10th October. TENNIS IN STAGES Message to all tennis players and parents. Term 4 tennis program will recommence Friday October 14.Session times same as term 3 Thank You Russell .