Welcome back to Term 2! It’s been an energetic start to the term, with students already diving into a range of exciting learning experiences and events across the school. Cross Country Our Grade 3–6 Cross Country event was a fantastic display of persistence and resilience. Congratulations to Gordon for taking out the winning house title, and well done to all students who challenged themselves and cheered on their peers on the day. Students in Grades 4-6 who placed in the to

We have reached the end of term, well done to all our students for their fantastic efforts in Term 1. We have ended our term with some wonderful highlights including excursions, Gateways, STEM day and even a visit from St Kilda FC. Check out BBPS Life for details. A big thank you to you all for the plethora of Easter donations – and a huge thank you to our busy PA bunnies for organising our annual easter raffle. Prizes will be coming home today, students have been asked to

Over the past two weeks, our school community has had much to celebrate, most notably the completion of our recent School Review. Every four years a school undergoes a review, where a panel consider whole school data sets, observe classrooms and speak to key stakeholders to gather information against goals and targets set out over a four year period. Congratulations to our teachers and students on the outstanding way they showcased our school in action and we extend a sinc

Last week we had the absolute pleasure of welcoming our Japanese guests to our school community. What a wonderful experience it was for everyone involved. We extend a heartfelt thank you to our generous host families for opening your homes and ensuring our visitors felt so welcome. Thank you to the Boehm, Leske, Evans, Brimblecombe, Murchie, Waters, Mackenzie, and Gascoigne families. Our students thoroughly enjoyed participating in student-led activities including orig

Almost half way through the term already! BBPS 2026 Swimming carnival Last Friday, we held our annual BBPS Swim Carnival for our Year 3–6 students. It was a fantastic day filled with excitement, participation, and strong BBPS spirit. A huge thank you to Mr Ancrum for organising such a wonderful event, and to all the parents who volunteered — we truly could not run these events without your support. Congratulations to the many students who will now represent BBPS at Distr

Welcome back to a new school year at Brighton Beach Primary School – and a very warm welcome to all of our new families, especially our Prep students who have started their BBPS journey with such enthusiasm. Congratulations to all of our students on a terrific start to the year. A special shout-out to our Grade 6 leaders, who have stepped into their leadership roles with confidence, responsibility and pride from day one – we are already seeing the positive impact they are

What a joy-filled end to the year we are having at BBPS. The past two weeks have perfectly captured the community spirit, curiosity and courage that define our students. We have Patrick our editor in chief to thank whole heartedly for all his efforts in bringing this newsletter together each fortnight, without his eye for detail and his brilliance as a photographer this would not be possible! Thanks Patrick you are a super star! Well done to our Grade 5 and 6 students, who

'Not a Box' incursion Preps wrapped up their STEAM inquiry unit on design and construction with a special incursion with the biggest boxes we've ever seen! We were shown how to use special tools to cut the cardboard, make small holes and screw parts together. There was an assortment of other bits and pieces that we could add to our box to make our designs come to life. Finn "We made a house. We used one box. I added windows and I put two holes at the top of the house so

Prep Preps have loved bowling in PE, making collages in Art, and playing the Xylophone in performing arts. In their inquiry lessons they have been collaborating and sharing ideas to come up with ways to use carboard boxes creatively for projects as part of their STEM program. William "Me and my brother Xavier made these transformers costumes at home. We used hot glue and carboard boxes and paint. Then we brought them to school to show everyone. The transformers are Bumblebe

Our Teletubbies Message from Bev and Kim - Our Principals Classrooms are such lively hubs of learning, well done to all our students for your focus and attention as you get into core components of our learning program this term. Check out BBPS Life for details on what each year level is currently focussed on. Congratulations to our Spelling Bee finalists. Well done to all those who competed, and thank you to our Academic Captains, who are now busily planning the Term 4 Ma