From the Principal

After a wonderful last day of term where students

participated in a range of extension and enrichment

activities, we have started term 2 in a very focussed

manner. Students in year 7 and 9 will sit NAPLAN testing

next week, and are looking forward to their pizza reward

lunch after this. Students in year 10 have started work on

transition and learning about the college system of TCE and

how to attain points to achieve this in year 12. They are

also learning about VET training courses and how these can

support attainment of year 12 TCE.

With the weather cooling down now we must remind all

students that non-school hoodies are not part of our

uniform and should not be worn. We have several jackets

that students can purchase. If you need a jacket but have

financial limitations right now, please contact me to discuss and

we may be able to help you out. All students are expected

to make good choices with the wearing of uniform.

Next week we have our 2019 student information night.

Please share with any families who have year 6 students so

they don’t miss out on an informative and interesting evening.

Gill Berriman

Bayview Secondary College

Department of Education

Key Dates for Term 2 2018

Sat 12 Ski Trip Quiz Night

Howrah Community Centre

Tues 15 to Fri 18 NAPLAN testing

Tues 15 Tourism Excursion

Hobart Walking Tours

Tues 15 2009 Grade 7 Information Evening

6.00pm-7.30pm

Wed 16 School Association Meeting

Café 3.15pm-4.15pm

Thurs 31 BSC Cross Country Carnival/

Fun Run Risdon Brook Dam

JUNE

Thurs 7 Volleyball Cup

Mon 11 Public Holiday

Tues 12 Grade 9 History excursion

Female Factory

Wed 13 Inter High Cross Country

Rokeby Police Academy

Wed 20 School Association Meeting

Café 3.15pm-4.15pm

Thurs 21 Photography excursion—MONA

Fri 22 Brainstorm Productions

Performance Years 7 –10

Wed 27 Whole school student well being day

Fri 29 Learn2Lead Prefects session 2

UTAS Sandy Bay Campus

Sat 30 Ski Trip Mt Hotham

Issue 6 10 May 2018

National Assessment Program – Literacy and

Numeracy (NAPLAN) 2018

NAPLAN (National Assessment Program – Literacy and

Numeracy) commenced in Australian schools in

2008. Each year, all students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9

participate in common national tests which assess:

Reading

Writing

Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and

punctuation)

Numeracy.

The scheduled dates for the tests in 2018 are Tuesday 15

May, Wednesday 16 May and Thursday 17 May.

The benefits of participating in NAPLAN testing:

NAPLAN tests the skills that are essential for every

child to progress through school and life such as

reading,

writing, spelling, grammar and numeracy.

NAPLAN results provide valuable information on

how your child is progressing against national

minimum standards of literacy and numeracy skills

expected for each year level.

The NAPLAN tests provide you as parents with an

individual report that shows your child’s results and

a comparison of your child’s performance against all

other Australian students in their year level.

Teachers use the NAPLAN results to determine

your child’s areas of strength and where future

focus is required and how best to provide

support or extension activities.

School teachers use the online NAPLAN Toolkit to

analyse your child’s results. The Toolkit provides

detailed information right down to the individual

question with links to teaching strategies.

Principals, senior staff and others use NAPLAN

results to inform school planning and to allocate

resources and support including informing decisions

around targeted programs and initiatives for

Individuals and groups.

The best way you can assist your child is by helping them

to feel comfortable about the nature and purpose of the

tests, and assure them that the tests will give them an

opportunity to show what they have learned in class.

For more information about the national tests, please visit

the national NAPLAN website at:

http://www.nap.edu.au/naplan/naplan.html

POSITIVE EDUCATION Did you know that Bayview is implementing a Positive

Education initiative, as part of our school goal of

developing an aspirational and high performing school

culture.

Positive Education brings together the science of Positive

Psychology with best practice teaching to encourage and

support individuals, schools and communities to flourish.

We refer to flourishing as a combination of ‘feeling good

and doing good’. Positive Education focuses on specific

skills that assist students to strengthen their relationships,

build positive emotions, enhance personal resilience,

promote mindfulness and encourage a healthy lifestyle.

Through teaching these valuable life skills, Bayview College

provides its students with an increased capacity to learn

effectively, as well as offering them a strong foundation on

which they can build a successful life.

At the start of year, staff attended a 2 day workshop

delivered by Mick Walsh. The professional learning helped

staff gain valuable insight, new learning and the skills to

help deliver positive education across our school. Why

not ask your son or daughter about what is happening in

their classrooms around positive education?

On Saturday 19 May the team from Harmony Garden

centre are opening their doors to Bayview Secondary

College. We will be down there for the day hosting

activities for the kids, a BBQ and you can collect your

pre-ordered Krispy Kreme doughnuts from the centre on

the day!

The team at Harmony do amazing work and support us

with our community garden and many, many other

activities in the school.

So collect your doughnuts, come buy a sausage and drink,

have a look at our produce and what Harmony has to

offer. Support a local who supports us!

In the last week of term, we had some of our year 11 and

12 students take part in a MYROAD mentoring session

MYROAD is an exciting online mentoring program where

industry volunteers share their insights into the world of

work with students in classrooms anywhere across

Australia. Focussed on empowering young women in their

senior years of secondary school. MYROAD matches

trained industry mentors from diverse industries and

occupations with students via videoconferencing

technology. Mentors will inspire students to think about

their future in new ways while highlighting the importance

of 21st century skills like digital communication in the

workplace and provide tools for building and maintaining

effective relationships in the workplace.

CAREER CAFE

On Tuesday May 8, the college was lucky to host Ronnel

Riggs, a former basketball referee, who grew up in

Queenstown and now runs his own You Tube

production company CHARGERS TV, for the Hobart

Chargers Basketball Club.

Ronnel encouraged our students to be confident, chase

your dreams and believe that you can. He linked his talk

back to sound out our very own students who run their

own You Tube channels and give them tips on how to

prepare for success and we will never get it 100% right.

Other messages included setting small goals and then

ticking them off and surround yourself with positive

people. We also chatted over yummy Subway lunch and

some juice

Massive thanks to Bridget from Collective Ed, for

arranging for Ronnel to visit the college and Aden

Bosworth for taking a video of the talk for our own social

media streams.

Our next Career Cafe will see former Australian Rugby

Union Player Luke Burgess come and share his story on

Tuesday May 22.

Tackling Illegal Drugs

A focus forum on alcohol and other drugs and

preventing future harms in your

community sports club

MONDAY 21st MAY 6pm – 8pm

Free for sports club members and the general

community

Focus, discussion & policy development

Please contact Good Sports for more info and to

register your interest

Els-Mari Mclean 0410 998 393 or

els-mari.mclean@adf.org.au

http://goodsports.com.au

CONTACT DETAILS

170 Mockridge Road (PO Box 70) Rokeby 7019

Phone 03 62477800

Email bayview.secondary.college@education.tas.gov.au

Web www.bayviewsc.tas.edu.au

Principal ...................... Miss G Berriman

Assistant Principal .... Mr B Bannister

.................................. Ms T Dunstan

.................................. Mr A Moore

Senior Manager AST Year 9 Mr P Goward

.................................. Year 10 Mr A Dilger

Junior Manager AST Mr T Robinson

Years 11/12 AST..... Mr A Eberle

Marketing AST ......... Mr P Goward

School Psychologist .. Mr K Murphy

Social Worker ........... Ms E Sheedy

School Nurse............ Ms S Lees

Coordinator year 7/8 Ms O Stevens

Coordinator year 9/10 Mrs M Burnett

Support Teacher ..... Ms A Roberts

School Association Chairperson Mr G French

UNIFORM SHOP

The Bayview SC Uniform Shop is open for parents/

carers and students to purchase uniform items at the

following times during school terms, please note change

of time for Wednesdays:

Tuesdays 8.15 am — 8.45 am Wednesdays 2.45 pm — 3.10 pm Thursdays 8.15 am — 8.45 am