Newsletter Term 2 Week 10

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Farewell and New Beginnings at Bellevue Park SS

It is with mixed emotions that we announce our beloved Deputy Principal, Mrs Sam Birch, has been appointed Principal of St Bernard Primary School at Tamborine Mountain. Mrs Birch will be leaving Bellevue Park SS at the end of this term and will begin her new role at the start of Term 3, 2025.

While we are thrilled for Mrs Birch and know she is ready to excel in this leadership position, her departure leaves a big gap—especially in our early years’ community where her warmth, vibrant personality, and memorable costumes have made a lasting impact.

We are pleased to share that Ms Regan Vievers, an experienced Deputy Principal from Ashmore State School, will be joining us as the new Deputy Principal to continue the legacy of care and enthusiasm.

Please join us in congratulating Mrs Birch on this exciting next chapter. We wish her every success in her new role and look forward to welcoming Ms Vievers soon.

We are also thrilled to send our warmest wishes to our amazing speech therapist, Portia Thomson, as she prepares to welcome her new baby! Over the past three years, Portia has made an incredible difference in the lives of so many Bellevue Park students, supporting their communication skills with patience, care, and expertise. We are truly grateful for her dedication and positive impact on our school community. We are equally excited to welcome Jackie Harbison, who will be joining us as our new speech therapist from the start of Term 3.

Semester One Report Cards

We are pleased to inform you that the semester one report cards will be emailed home this Friday. We are incredibly proud of the hard work and dedication shown by all our students throughout this semester. Thank you for your continued support in their academic journey. Please look out for the report cards in your email inbox on Friday afternoon.

PBL Gold Reward – Celebrate with the Principal!

This past Monday afternoon, a group of outstanding students who earned the coveted Gold Level PBL rewards chose a unique way to celebrate their achievement — by spending time with our Principal, Mrs. Hutchins!

Together, they dived into a fun and friendly Lego Challenge, racing to build impressive creations including the best bridge and castle. Laughter and excitement filled the room as students competed for bragging rights and glory.

Congratulations to all our Gold Level achievers for their hard work and creativity — and for showing that great teamwork can build more than just Lego masterpieces!

Belly Spirit Winners for Term 2

This week we again acknowledged our ‘Belly Spirit Award’ winners with a delicious morning tea with the Principal. This term is was extra special as our winners also got to join Belly in celebrating his 5th Birthday with some delicious cake! This term’s winners were nominated by their classroom teacher consistently exemplifying and following our 3 school values:

· I am Safe

· I am Respectful

· I am a Learner

We’d like to congratulate all our Term 2 winners and thank them for being such incredible role models for their peers.

Term 2 2025 Belly Spirit Award Winners:

Deputy Principal News - Prep to Yr 2

Farewell, not goodbye!

I wanted to say a massive thank you for your incredible support and kindness over the last four years. My time at Bellevue has been so special and I will cherish my memories forever. Despite their being way too many photos of me in strange costumes, I promise I did manage to squeeze some proper work in as well! I will be back to see the children in their Performing Arts Show, which I know they have been working so hard for. Thanks again, your well wishes and kind words have been overwhelming, I will truly miss you all.

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Prep Cultural Celebration Day

As part of their Humanities unit, the students in Prep took time to celebrate the wonderful cultural diversity we have right here at Bellevue. Our amazing community, took the time to make foods and prepare activities celebrating their family’s heritage. It was a really special day.

Year 2 Toucan Artwork

The Year 2 students, needed to follow hone their comprehension skills, in order to follow complex instructions to create these beautiful Toucan Artworks. They are very impressive!

Deputy Principal News - Years 3 to 6

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) at BPSS

As part of our PBL acknowledgement system, students across the school have been striving to demonstrate our core expectations: Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be a Learner. Staff have been recognising these positive behaviours by awarding Belly Points, which students have proudly collected.

There’s been plenty of excitement as students have had the opportunity to visit the PBL Shop and redeem their points for prizes from our Gold, Diamond, and Platinum menus.

This week has been particularly busy and rewarding, as students who achieved Platinum level were invited to enjoy a range of special activities—including a celebration with the Principal, a pizza party, a VIP Disco, and even curling up to enjoy a playtime movie. What a fantastic way to celebrate their commitment to making positive choices every day!

As part of our schoolwide PBL processes, year level teachers review our behaviour data and identify areas to explicitly reteach expected behaviours. The following areas have been our PBL expectations over the past 3 weeks:

Solid Pathways

Deadly Choices Celebration at BPSS

Our Year 3 to 6 Jarjums proudly celebrated the conclusion of their engagement in the Deadly Choices program this term. Throughout the program, students enjoyed working together as a team and learning about the many ways to keep their bodies healthy—everything from nutrition and physical activity to making healthy food choices and tasting their own delicious cooking!

To recognise their participation, each student received a Deadly Choices shirt. A big thank you to KALWUN for once again partnering with BPSS to deliver this valuable program in 2025. We look forward to continuing this strong connection!

Semester 1 Celebrations:

As Semester 1 comes to a close our students from Prep to Year 6 came together to celebrate the semester. Students were able to dress in the comforts of their PJ’s and enjoy some additional play outdoors to conclude the semester.  

We wish all our students and families a fabulous mid-year break and can’t wait to see you all back for Semester 2 as we set new goals and embrace new opportunities on offer. 

Guidance Officer News

Donations of Used Uniforms

If you have uniforms in good condition, you no longer require, we are happy to accept them and use them for families in need or when students need a change of clothes at school. We especially need larger sizes, so if your child is in year six and leaving, we would be grateful for any donations. Please drop these off at the administration office. Thankyou.

Community Services

E-Safety Commission have some great resources and tips for families to access regarding online safety. Remember age limits apply for many of the APP’s children like to use. Going into holidays, children are spending more time
https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents

Lifeline: 13 11 14Kids Helpline: 1800 551 800 Parentline: 1300 301 300 BeyondBlue: 1300 224 363

Social Worker News

Seasons for Growth

Learning to live with change and loss

Everyone is affected by change and loss at some time in our lives. At Bellevue Park State School, we recognise that when changes occur such as separation, divorce, death, school transitions and natural disasters children may benefit from learning the skills to manage these changes effectively. We are therefore offering an education program called Seasons for Growth which will commence in term 3.

This program is facilitated in small groups of up to 7 participants and is based on research which highlights the importance of social support and the need the practise new skills to cope effectively with change and loss. The program focuses on building skills such as how to manage feelings, problem-solving, decision-making, effective communication and develops peer support networks. Participation in the program can promote improved self-esteem and self-confidence as well as giving children the opportunity to find their own voice amid change.

If you think your child would enjoy joining the Seasons for Growth program, we encourage you to talk to them about it. We are pleased to be able to offer this successful program and we are confident that it will be a valuable learning experience for those involved. If you require further information please contact our school social worker, Jenna, at jmgod1@eq.edu.au.

Finance News

Class Learning News

This week in 3B, with the thanks to Mr Chapman and Miss Geddes students have explored colour mixing through monochromatic art. They experimented with the mixing of paints to produce various shades of colours, to create striking moonlit and sunset portraits. 

Students thoroughly enjoyed creating their artworks as a fun activity for the end of term. The results were truly outstanding and well worth sharing with you all.

Performing Arts News

BPSS PERFORMING ARTS SHOWCASE – ENERGISE INSPIRE UNITE

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC @ BPSS

BELLY BULLDOG’S 5TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS @ BPSS

It is with much excitement that we announce our beloved school mascot Belly Bulldog is turning 5 this year!

We are planning some exciting events and activities.  Most of the celebrations will be occurring in Term 3!  More information to be advised very soon.

Sports News

Finals Day

Qualifying Year 4, 5 and 6 students participated in Bellevue Park’s Athletics Finals Day. Students competed in Long Jump, High Jump, Shot Put, and 100m and 800m sprints. Well done to the students who competed and a big congratulations to those who qualified for Broadwater District events.

External Sports News

LOTE News

STEM News

Congratulations to the 20 Year 6 students who represented Bellevue Park State School at the Central Schools STEM Cup held at Benowa High School.  Students competed in a range of STEM challenges throughout the day including bridge building, catapult building and crypto puzzles amongst a range of other challenges.  

Bellevue Park placed 3rd which means we are off to Griffith University next term to compete in the Gold Coast STEM cup! 

Congratulations to all the students on a fantastic effort. 

Library News

Environment Club News

Community News

Green Parenting Survey

I am part of a research team from the School of Psychology and Wellbeing at the University of Southern Queensland, which is conducting research with researchers from The University of Queensland. I am writing to request your assistance in advertising our study investigating parents’ attitudes and behaviours towards the environment and how they promote their children’s environmental behaviours. 

We are looking for parents with children aged 0-12 years old. Parents will need to complete an online survey, which will take approximately 30 minutes to complete. More information and access to the survey can be found here:  

https://surveys.unisq.edu.au/index.php/526111 

I would greatly appreciate it if you could help us promote this study to parents by advertising the details in your newsletter, website, social media platform, or another communication strategy you regularly use to communicate information to parents. I have included: 

• A letter containing further details of the study and how to get involved, 

• The research advertisement in schools form completed and signed 

• the Ethics approval from the University of Southern Queensland Human Research Ethics Committee. 

• One flyer for parents, 

• An example newsletter/social media blurb which can go on your schools Facebook page or email, and 

• One image to be included in the blurb. 

If you are happy to advertise our study within your school, please let me know via return email to u1163496@umail.usq.edu.au. 

Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. 

Thank you,

Kind regards, 

Miya Flexhaug (she/her) 

E: u1163496@umail.usq.edu.au 

School of Psychology and Wellbeing, Faculty of Health, Engineering & Sciences 

Toowoomba, Queensland | 4305 | Australia