Thanks to the “Hubsters”
This year, our Community Hub team has worked tirelessly to add value to the school through fundraising and community events. The team have organised events such as the Mother’s and Father’s Day Stalls, Colour Run, Chocolate Drive, Christmas Raffle and the major fundraising event for the year, the Trivia Night, which raised more than $13,000 for the school. This is an outstanding achievement and we are very thankful for the work done by these parents in a voluntary capacity.
For many years the team has been wonderfully led by Leia Barrett. If you know Leia, you will be well aware of the countless hours she puts in to coordinating and running school-wide community events. She is a true gem! Unfortunately, Leia will be taking a well-earned break from the Hubsters at the end of this year as she needs to focus on other work commitments. I cannot thank her enough for everything she has done for the school over many years. While she will be sadly missed, Leia has built such a strong team of people who are able to take over many of the roles that she helped coordinate. The Hubsters would love to have more people help out, so if you think you might be able to spare some time to contribute to the school’s fundraising and community events, please let us know and we will put you in touch with the team.
From all of us at BHPS, thank you Leia for everything you’ve given to the school.
Student-free Days in 2026
School Council have endorsed the plan for our student-free days next year. Please put these dates in your diaries and calendars:
- CURRICULUM DAY 1: Tuesday 28th January (Term 1)
- CURRICULUM DAY 2: Friday 6th March (Term 1)
- 3-WAY CONFERENCES: Tuesday 31st March (Term 1)
- CURRICULUM DAY 3: Friday 5th June (Term 2)
- TEACHER PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE DAY: Wednesday 9th September (Term 3)
- 3-WAY CONFERENCES: Thursday 17th September (Term 3)
- STUDENT-FREE DAY: Monday 2nd November (Term 4)
- CURRICULUM DAY 4: Friday 18th December (Term 4)
In consultation with School Council, Monday 2rd November has been designated as a student-free day so that we can provide time in lieu to staff for the additional hours they work at school events that require work outside normal hours.
As there will be a Curriculum Day on December 19, the final day of school for students next year is Thursday 17th December with a 2:30pm finish.
Christmas Concert night and Raffle
We are looking forward to welcoming our school community to our Christmas concert on the Wednesday 17th of December. The evening will begin at 4pm and should go through to around 5:30pm. Our very talented students will be performing on the night in grade items. You are most welcome to bring a picnic afternoon tea, however, please note that NO ALCOHOL is allowed to be brought into and consumed at the school. In the interest of keeping our school clean, we ask that all rubbish be taken home with you at the end of the night.
If the weather is looking to be unkind to us on the night, we do have a backup plan to run the concert in the gymnasium the following morning. If this happens, it will be a scaled-back event as there will be limited space available for parents. We will let you know the plan in more detail if this is what we decide to do based on weather conditions.
The Community Hub will have once again organised a Christmas Raffle, with all tickets selling for $1 each. This raffle will be drawn at our Christmas Concert night. There will be 3 major prizes. Raffle tickets will be sent home next week with your children. This is our final fundraiser for the year, and we thank you in advance for your continued support of our school.
Parent Feedback from Timetable trial
Thank you to those parents who gave us feedback from the recent timetable trial. We had 82 people respond from nearly 1000 parents in the school, so it’s hard to get a proper understanding of how the majority of people in the parent community feels about the proposed changes. Here’s a summary of the feedback:
- 76% of parents who responded felt their child adapted well to the change of routine.
- 52% said their child was more engaged or about the same level of engaged as the current timetable. 10% were unsure.
- 56% said their child’s energy was improved or about the same. 10% were unsure.
- Positive comments noted the shortened final part of the day was well liked.
- Comments for improvement were heavily focused on food times and changes to eating routines.
- 50% of parents were supportive; 17% had no opinion.
- Finally, 54% of parents were supportive or a “maybe” for adjusting the school start and end times in 2027.
I also gathered feedback from staff and students, who were mostly supportive of the plan provided we made a few slight changes to brain breaks and food routines. I will continue to have discussions with staff to see what adjustments can be made, which means I can then make a final decision about any changes for next year and let the community know. Either way, the start and end times of the school day won’t be changing next year.
Enjoy your weekend.
Mat Anderton
Principal