Please click the link for responses to frequently asked questions. 

https://bellmeress.eq.edu.au/Ourschool/Contactus/Pages/FAQs.aspx

Dear Parents/Carers,

STUDENT LEARNING IN ENGLISH

Last week we had 40 visitors from other schools visit our classrooms to look at what we are teaching in our English Units.

A majority of children were very excited to share their learning with our visitors. The visitors commented on how engaged the students were in the classrooms and how settled the school was.

We had outstanding feedback from the teachers. Some of this feedback was:

• Our 'Bump It Up Walls' (examples of what an A,B,C looks like) in our classrooms are age appropriate and simple to read.
• We have consistency of breaking down purpose statement (what we are learning) in all classrooms.
• The focus on 'I can' statements - clear and positive language used.
• Focus and engaged students.
• Children were resilient with people talking to them.
• If students didn’t know an answer, they didn’t panic and they were able to say where they go to get help.
• There was a great use of visual feedback for the students to help them with their learning.
• Students knew what resources to use to achieve their learning goals.
• Third teacher space (the information on the walls for children to access) was excellent.
• Students knew next steps- students had something to go to.
• Students are developing independence and know where to go to improve their learning.

Well done to all our teachers for their hard work. The teaching, learning and supports for the student's learning is wonderful and demonstrates excellent practices to support our children’s learning.

STRIKE ACTION ON WEDNESDAY

Last Wednesday, I sent an email stating that Queensland Teachers Union (QTU) has called a strike for Wednesday 6th August. The majority of our teachers are taking action on Wednesday and will not be present at school. The school is open for supervision only. This means that students who are at school will not be with their normal teacher and will be in mixed aged groups.

As stated in the email on Wednesday, if your child is absent, this does not go against their attendance percentage.

NEW PREP PLAYGROUND

We are excited to announce that we have a new playground in the Prep area. The playground is not only designed for fun and play but it also designed to support children with their motor skills and being able to improve their balance, crossing the midline of their body and cross crawling. These are all important skills to help with learning. It helps the brain to be able to read and write from left to right. It supports stamina, stronger muscle tone and allows for creative thinking.

We continue to enhance and improve the school to support our students.

Through different grants and our P&C (who raised funds over the last 2 ½ years), we have been able to install 3 new playgrounds (Prep, Year 3 and Year 4-6) as well as our basketball courts.

Working with the P&C, we are continuing to improve the play areas for our school.

Thank you to the P&C for their continuing support.

PCL FOCUS

In the last newsletter, I included our PCL focus at present. In the last 2 weeks, we have continued to look at ways we respond when we come up against speed bumps. Knowing how to address speed bumps is a very important life skill and helps us to be resilient when faced with these challenges.

Jamie Tactor

Principal

Happy Week 4 to our Bellmere Community,

Prep 2026

Prep Exploration session rescheduled from this Wednesday 6 August to next Wednesday 13 August. All other details remain unchanged. Please check your emails if you have registered to attend this Wednesday’s session.

Please continue to schedule your child’s in catchment enrolment interview. These interviews are booked through SOBS, the online platform for all participation registration. Out of catchment enrolment communication will commence during the second half of this term (approximately late August). Current interview availability for in catchment enrolments:

Greetings to our Bellmere Community,

Regular school attendance is very important in ensuring that our students have the opportunity to be provided an education.  Every day counts towards students learning the skills they will need to be successful adults in the future.

We understand that sometimes there are circumstances such as sickness that prevents your child from attending school.  When we are sick, the best place to be is always at home.

If you are experiencing difficulty with your child attending school for other reasons, please reach out to your child’s classroom teacher or your year level Deputy Principal;

Mrs Candy Martin - Prep & 1

Mrs Tanya Lyons - Years 2 to 4 or

Mr Terry Caudwell - Years 5 & 6. 

Learning Showcase – Thursday, 18 September

Please mark your calendars for our final Learning Showcase of the year, on Thursday, 18 September at 2:15pm. Families are warmly invited into classrooms to celebrate and share in their child/ren’s learning from Term 3. We look forward to seeing you there!

Save the Dates:

1. Learning Showcase– Wednesday, 18 September @ 2:15pm
2. Term 4 Parent Teacher Interviews– Monday, 13 October
3. Grandparents Day– Thursday, 24 October

Yours in Education,

Tanya Lyons

Greetings to our Bellmere Community,

School Opinion Survey

Thank you to all of those who have already completed the Parent/Caregiver Survey. If you have not had a chance to complete the survey yet, please note that the online surveys will remain open until Friday, 22 August 2025. This is your opportunity to provide feedback about what our school does well and how we can improve. 

To have your say, check your email for an invitation from the Department of Education titled School Opinion Survey for parents and caregivers, 2025. 

Can’t find your invitation? If your family has more than one parent/caregiver, check that they haven’t received the invitation and/or check your junk email folder.

 Upcoming Noteworthy Dates This Fortnight

• Student Leader Forum – Tuesday 5^th August
• Teacher Strike Day – Wednesday 6^th August
• Jeans for Genes Day – Thursday 7^th August
• Gala Day 3 – Friday 8^th August
• Show Public Holiday – Monday 11^th August (no school)
• National Science Week – Tuesday 12^th – Friday 15^th August
• P&C meeting – Tuesday 12^th August 5pm
• Year 3-6 Assembly – Wednesday 13^th August 2:10pm
• Bullying, No Way! Day – Thursday 14^th August
• Bellmere Beat Festival Week – Monday 18^th – Friday 22^nd August

Until next fortnight,

Terry Caudwell

STUDENT RESOURCE SCHEME PAYMENTS

Thank you to all parents who have made payments towards the Student Resource Scheme for 2025.

Payments can be made at anytime using the invoice BPoint link (amount can be changed to suit), via the QKR! App, direct deposit into the school bank account (BSB- 064-405  ACC – 10700604 using surname and SRS as reference) or by EFT in the office. If you made an instalment arrangement, the 3rd and final payment is due now.

We are happy to arrange alternative payment plans or Centrepay deductions if this method is not possible. Please email Sue Taylor, Business Manager, on stayl375@eq.edu.au or admin@bellmeress.eq.edu.au to arrange this. Students will be able to receive their resources once a payment has been made.

QPARENTS

QParents  links directly with One School, the program used by the school to store student information including personal details, absences, all report cards and finance information. Registration will need to be completed on a computer and then all further interactions can be done through the App on a phone or tablet. New parents will receive a QParents invitation code in the next week or two and current parents should already have received theirs previously. This link will guide you through the registration process. The fact sheet is provided for your information. If you cannot find your invitation email please send a request to admin@bellmeress.eq.edu and a new email will be sent to you. Your child’s EQ id is on the invoices we send you, directly below the address box at the top left of the invoice.

UNIFORM SHOP

The uniform shop will be open after school on Tuesday’s from 3:00-3.30pm.

However, QKR! ordering will remain the same and orders will still be delivered to your child’s class on Monday’s, Wednesday’s & Friday’s.

SIGN OUT PROCESS

We will continue the same sign out process for when children are leaving school early. Parents will need to come to the office, sign their children out on the iPad in the reception area. Parents will receive a printed slip which they will show the office staff who will let them through the office door. Parents will then go to the child’s classroom, give the printed slip to the teacher and collect the child. At break times the child will be called over the load speaker as it is difficult to locate the child during break times.

There will be a specialist timetable on the wall near the iPad so parents can see where their child is located in the school. Also, teachers will have a notice on their door to indicate where the class is. Eg STEM, MUSIC, PE, Library.

Steps to sign children out early:

1. Sign your child out on the ipad in the foyer.
2. Collect the printed sign out ticket.
3. Show the office staff the ticket, they will let you into the school.
4. Walk to your child’s classroom.
5. Give the printed ticket to the classroom teacher.
6. Collect your child and exit via the office administration.

It is very important that the school is notified of any student absences.  The Department of Education requires a reason for each and every absence.

The methods for advising absences are as follows:

By email - admin@bellmeress.eq.edu.au

By telephone - 5498 0666 - there is a dedicated absentee line where you can leave a message 24 hours per day.

Q Parents - if you have registered for the Q Parents app, you can advise absences this way.

Last chance to order!!  Orders close Tuesday evening!

On Thursday 24th and Friday 25th July, 32 Bellmere students aged 10-12 years old competed at the Caboolture District Athletics Carnival. The students put a stella effort during the two days and have produced some brilliant results! These students below placed in an event in their age group:

• Ruby H:  2nd place in 10 yo girls 800m
• Harry W:  3rd place in 10 yo boys shot put
• Cruze S:  1st place in 10 yo boys long jump
• Cruze S:  3rd place in 10 yo boys high jump
• Mya M:  2nd place in 11 yo girls long jump
• Hendrix H:  1st place in 11 yo boys discus
• JNR boys relay team:  2nd place
• JNR girls relay team:  2nd place
• SNR girls relay team:  1st place

Ruby H, Cruze S, Hendrix H and Mya M all qualified in their event to go to Regional Athletics to represent the Caboolture District.  Congratulations to all students who have competed over the two days!

Week 3 Adventures – Bugs & Insects!

We had a fantastic day filled with bug-themed fun and new friendships! Indoors, we explored insects in our sensory tray with magnifying glasses, freed bugs from boxes (great for hand-eye coordination), and created symmetrical butterflies and chalk shadow art. Our playdough station revealed bug imprints, sparking lots of curiosity and creativity.

Group time included a warm welcome to new families, with song lyrics displayed so everyone could join in. Outside, we did a science activity watching caterpillars grow with drops of water—an excellent chance to practice turn-taking. The mud kitchen, sandpit (with dinosaurs!), bike riding, and cocoon painting kept everyone engaged.

In our second session, we focused on fine motor skills with tracing, colouring, and a fun (and slightly challenging!) hole-punch ladybug craft. Small world play with the treehouse and dollhouse encouraged imagination and storytelling.

Playing, learning, exploring and fun at KindyLinQ!

Week 4 Highlights

This week we celebrated International Tiger Day by making paper plate tigers, tearing orange paper for stripes and adding sticker eyes—great for fine motor skills and imagination!

Our playdough activity included hidden numbers, beads, and pipe cleaners, helping with number recognition, counting, and hand-eye coordination.

The mat was set up for creative play with tents and cubbies, and our sensory tray featured a tiger-themed small world, sparking storytelling and exploration.

Outside, the mud kitchen turned into a dress-up café, with Batman, Ironman, and a Fairy Princess making appearances! Painting on the grass was a big hit with the kids.

During our second session, children loved building mini sandcastles with kinetic sand. Peg boards were especially engaging—one little one enjoyed them so much Mum ordered some for home! We also traced around letters and numbers, chatting about what they were and practicing early literacy.

Thanks for another fun-filled week of learning through play!

Parking Regulations - To Ensure the Safety of Students, Parents, Caregivers, Teachers, and other members of the community. 

The City of Moreton Bay regulates parking or stopping of vehicles on footpaths, bicycle paths, shared paths, dividing strips or nature strips. Please note that vehicles that are parked with two wheels on the footpath/nature strip and two wheels on the road is not considered as a lawful parking practice. 

Council is legally obliged to enforce these regulations, and our Proactive School Safety Patrol Program contributes to this enforcement.  

During Proactive School Safety Patrols, enforcement of unlawful parking is applied by obtaining photographic evidence and issuing a penalty infringement notice.  

Council prefers that vehicle drivers are educated. 

For more information in relation to parking regulation and expectation please see attached our Parking in School Zones Fact Sheet. Additionally, we recommend reviewing the City of Moreton Bay’s published material regarding parking Parking - City of Moreton Bay