Ralston Avenue Belrose NSW 2085

Phone: 9451 6203

www.belrose-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Email: belrose-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

NEWSLETTER DATE: 20 June 2019 TERM 2, WEEK 8

Belrose Public School

Principal’s Message

Belrose OSHC Centre

Phone: 0430 247 493

Dates

ALTERNATIVE SUMMER UNIFORM Thank you to our uniform committee of Karen Judson, Bec Keiller, Sue Hefford, Nicky McIn-nes and our Belrose students we are able to present the alternative Summer uniform for 2019. The stylish Belrose Summer dress will continue to be available but in line with the new Department policy, the design of the alter-native uniform achieves the required guide-lines but ensures that the uniform continues to have the distinguishable design and colours of Belrose with the Summer and Winter uniform tabs continued: Vic coloured shirt with a tailored finish, red

piping on a rounded collar and sleeve trim. Two buttons underneath the collar to attach the Summer tab. The shirt sits outside the shorts

Navy blue pleated shorts with elasticised waist

White socks Thank you to the parents who completed the survey. This has assisted us with the numbers for our first order. Stock will be available from LATE Term 3.The Winter uniform has been designed for 2020. STAGE 3 STUDENTS EXCEEDING OUR EXPECTATIONS I continue to be impressed by the Stage 3 students with their presenta-tions to gain approval to move forward with their collaborative work. Beginning the year with a reading of ‘Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover’ by Markus Motum, the students have been using their back-ground knowledge from the unit, ‘Living Things’ from Library lessons and ‘Earth and Space’ from within class. They have written a persua-sive text, as a ‘pitch’ to be allowed to use the equipment to design, test and prototype a new solution to create an interplanetary roamer for exploring life. Student success criteria has included that the thing needs to launch, land and complete a task. Students fortnightly report to the teachers through the Belrose Aeronautic Space Agency (BASA). It is linked to most of the curriculum, through Maths, around problem solving, measurement, probability and data and with English, with Writ-ing and viewing, Talking and Listening and Reading and Representing. The project will result in a student design with student voice. Already, the Mayor, Michael Regan has rearranged his commitments to attend. Student outcomes are enhanced with the integration of subject areas within the one unit of work.

Term 2 2019

Friday 21 June Sydney North Area Cross Country Mathematics P/L-Mrs Green, Mrs Staples and Mrs Denver

Sunday 23 June Northern Beaches Instru-mental Festival, Pittwater High - Performance Band

Wednesday 26 June to

Friday 5 July

Sydney North Dance Festival

Wednesday 26 June Closing date for Athletics Trials. See Page 4 Dance Rehearsal 8:00am at school

Friday 28 June Reports home

Monday 1 July Awards Assembly 9.30am

Thursday 4 July Fair Meeting 7.30pm Belrose Hotel

Friday 5 July Last Day of Term

Tuesday 23 July Term 3 begins Students return

Thursday 25 July Athletics Carnival

Monday 29 July- Friday 2 August

Year 2 Swimming Scheme

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SILVER AWARD

RECIPIENTS

Students of the Week

KG Ava M Samson B

1S Elena X Leo J

1/2K Harry F Holly T

2J Joshua G Marely GF

3/4W Max F Mack J

KID Hailey S Skye M

3K Harper S Sophie S

5S Xavier A Amber K

5/6M Valentino G Owen L

6D Kade S Elliott F

4M Alex R Lucy C

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Belinda Zorian Principal belinda.storr@det.nsw.edu.au

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Spelling Bee

Premier’s Spelling Bee School Finals

Congratulations to all those students who participated in the Premier’s Spelling Bee. Each class 3-6 selected two

students to represent them at Wednesday’s school Spelling Bee finals.

Stage 2 Representatives

Cailyn O

Emily C

Ray C

Will K

Skye B

Alex X

Stage 3 Representatives

Ruby S

Tim F

Dylan H

Sarah W

Ellie G

Rex T

Charlotte S

From the school finals the following students made it through to the next round and will represent Belrose Public

School against other schools. We wish these students the very best.

Stage 2: Skye B and Alex X Stage 3: Dylan H and Tim F

Stage 2 Reserve: Ray C Stage 3 Reserve: Rex T

Mrs Meteyard and Mr Warren (Spelling Bee Organisers)

UNSW COMPETITIONS (ICAS)

Changes have been made regarding payment for the UNSW competitions.

PAYMENT is to be made directly to UNSW and not to the school.

The University has initiated that payment is done directly through their website. Please visit

https://pay.unswglobal.com.au/

Our school's unique access code is: 4361fcfa93

The closing date is Wednesday 31 July. No entries will be accepted after this date.

EARN AND LEARN

Just a reminder to bring in all your Earn and Learn stickers and sticker sheets. The program finishes on Tuesday and

Glenrose have run out of stickers!!

Every sticker counts so even if you have an unfinished sheet, drop it in the boxes at school or at Woolworths.

Thanks so much for supporting the program, especially the Borchert family who emptied the box at Glenrose last week and

stuck over 6000 stickers on sheets and Skye who stuck about 8000 stickers as her charity work for a Scouts’ badge.

At current count we have over 30,000 stickers so we should be able to get some great new resources for the school.

If you are in Years 3 to 6 and interested in playing chess please come along every second Friday morning. Chess will take place in my room, 5S every second week from 8.00am to 8.45am. From beginners to advanced. If you have a chess set please bring it along. Our chess mornings will be as follows:

Friday 21 June Friday 5 July

Mrs Stephens Chess Coordinator

Gateways Eureka - Part One On Wednesday, 12 June, Emily N, Hazel and I went to a Gateways Workshop. There were 3 workshops, the first was more than meets the eye and we got to make a bug. The second workshop was Madam Forte’s Magnificent Museum and we focused on planning our writing. The third workshop was the Magic Faraway Tree House where we played lots of games, one of the games was where we made our own Thirteen Story Tree House. The other game we played was where we designed our own tree mate from the Magic Faraway Tree. That’s what happened on Gateways Eureka.

By Layla L On Wednesday 12 June, Layla, Hazel and I all went to Gateways and there were three different workshops. One was more than meets the eye and we watched a video about what it would be like to be really small. It looks really hard to live there. People are trying to catch you so we got to look through a microscope at some tiny stuff like a bees leg, a nit and some other stuff. After recess we went to the hall. tThis was our second workshop, we had to act out painting in this workshop was called Madame Forte’s Magnificent Museum. The main idea of this workshop is to save a girl trapped in a room and you need to master the key by acting out images. We had four images to choose from. The first one we chose was houses on elephants. Layla was an ele-phant and I was the house on top of her and Hazel spoke about us. She had to talk about the 5 senses; what we feel, hear, smell, taste and see. Our last workshop focused on two books, the first one was the 13 Storey Tree House. We played some games and then we made our own tree mates. That is what our Gateways was like. It was soooooooo fun and my favourite one was Madame Forte’s magnificent Museum.

By Emily N In the morning when we entered Kambora Public School, I saw my friend Sienna. I found out I was in Orange group. I was ex-tremely happy. At the first station we had a great time acting out all different things. The first action was when there were four pictures on the board and we had to pick one to act out. We picked the dinosaur picture. Second station was writing games. We won 10 out of 11 games. Lucky last we pretended we had shrunk down. We chose a setting and drew out three main features of an animal that we creat-ed. We wrote as if we were tiny. What would the world around us be like?

By Eloise I started off in Madame Forte’s Magnificent Museum. We had to make things and people had to guess what they were. It was so fun. I had recess with Elise. Then I went into the D.I.Y magic far away tree. We played games. We has a long discussion and we had to figure out what animal was what. We then had to create our own character. It was an amazing day.

By Asher

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Digital Technology

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Music

LIBRARY NEWS Parent volunteers On Thursday the 8 August we will be having a Book Fair in the library from 11.30am to 1.30pm. I need parent volunteers to help out on the day. Any help during this time slot would be greatly appreciated. You will be taking money and credit card payments and possibly helping with the pack up. Please contact myself or the office if you are availa-ble. Miss K. Wedlock Teacher librarian

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NSW PSSA Selection Trials - Athletics 2019 Applications are invited for students aged 10 – 12 years for the NSW PSSA Selection Trials for the 2019 School Sport Australia Track and Field Championships. This trial is not for participation at the NSWPSSA State Athletics Championships held on 6 and 7 November 2019. Students will need to qualify for these championships through their school and association representative pathway. In 2019 the School Sport Australia Track and Field Championships will be held in the Northern Territory. Due to extreme heat conditions in Darwin during November/December when the National Track and Field Champion-ships are traditionally held, this year’s SSA event will be held from the 18-23 September 2019. In order to select a NSW representative track & field team for this event, the NSWPSSA will be holding a special selection trial on Thursday 8 August 2019. Participation at these trials will be via a formal application to NSWPSSA and athletes MUST compete at this event to achieve selection in the 2019 NSW representative team. All athletes must apply using the form provided and include a verifiable official time, distance or height that meets the minimum qualifying requirements listed below, for each event he/she is applying for. Application forms and further information can be found here. Applications close: 5pm Wednesday 26 June 2019. https://app.education.nsw.gov.au/sport/Events/View?eventId=6094&subEventId=6095 Completion of this application does not guarantee the right to compete at these trials as there are strict entry limits for all events. The convener will consider all applications and send invitations and further information electronically to successful athletes. Please see the website address above for further information and the necessary forms to complete for consideration at this event.

PSSA WINTER COMPETITION No PSSA this Friday 21 June due to the Sydney North Cross Country NETBALL SENIOR A What an amazing intercept by Charlotte and look at Bridget fly down the court! What an awesome goal from Elise! Player of the match was Lachlan A. While playing GK he got almost every intercept and passed the ball really well. Belrose won 14-2. Super effort by everyone. Go Belrose!

By Olivia D NETBALL SENIOR B We had such a great first game. The score was a whopping 19-0, but Wakehurst played an amazing game. We played so well for our first game. I chose 2 players of the match. Toni, for her amazing work in the circle and also Kade for his amazing de-fending. I can't wait for the rest of the season.

By Lilli D NETBALL JUNIOR A Last Friday we played Wakehurst and had an awesome game. We won 21 to 3. We had great communicating, shooting, de-fence and passing. Player of the match was Kobe as he had a fantastic first game and his passes were fabulous.

By Lilah O NETBALL JUNIOR B Belrose played against Wakehurst and we won 9-1. Player of the match was Ellie G. The whole team played well.

By Emily B SOCCER JUNIOR Last Friday my team played Wakehurst PS. Sadly we lost 3-0 but we still played really well. The player of the match was Will C for his great defending.

By Will K SOCCER SENIOR Last Friday we played against Wakehurst and lost, even though we had some great plays and shots. The player of the match was Caelan because he did some great kicks up the field and helped clear the balls from the goal. We are hoping for a win next week. Go Belrose!

By Sarah W AFL SENIOR We had a great first match but sadly we lost to Wakehurst. The players of the match were Ben H and Caitlin. I chose Ben be-cause he always tried to get the ball and tried his hardest. Caitlin came onto the field and tried her hardest. Good job everyone and better luck next week.

By Marissa M AFL JUNIOR Last Friday my team played AFL and it was a close match. The final score was 9-13 to Terrey Hills. Player of the match was Lilly. Lachlan scored a six pointer.

By James S

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Sport News

P & C News

CANTEEN NEWS

Friday 21 June Monday 24 June Wednesday 26 June Jacqueline Gutsche Lee Purser Lee Purser Lisa Walters Julie Cincinnato

P&C Please note next Fair Meeting Thursday 4 July, 7.30pm Belrose Hotel. Please keep an eye out for Fair updates in up coming newsletters. Also please keep an eye out for all our sponsors that have come on board to support Belrose Public School during the fair.

Jo Stracy CANTEEN URGENT CALL FOR CANTEEN VOLUNTEERS: We require volunteers for the following dates THIS term. 1 person for next Friday 28 June and 1 person for the following Friday (last day of term) 5 July. If you are able to help out, please let Julie know on 0418 782 651 or email belrosecanteen@outlook.com. CANTEEN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR TERM 3: After last week’s shout-out we’ve only had about one third of the positions filled so there are still plenty more spots availa-ble. Remember that your commitment is only for Term 3 and date/s you select. Fridays are days where we require two volun-teers, so if you would like to do this with a friend, please sign up for them (all you need is their name, email and mobile number). This will ensure you both get the same time slot. The canteen can not operate without the help of our wonderful volunteers so a huge thanks to our regulars. Unfortunately, with volunteer numbers declining, we really need a lot more parents to step up, espe-cially in K-2. If you are a new parent to the school, this is a great way to get involved. Don't be shy, grab another parent and do it together. It's really easy and the best part is, your child will love seeing you in the canteen. If you can help out, please click on the link to sign up: https://volunteersignup.org/LCWWX Any questions in relation to the Canteen volunteer roster, please contact Julie on 0418 782 651 or email belrose-canteen@outlook.com EXCITING CANTEEN NEWS: A reminder that Flexischools is coming to Belrose Public School! More details to come next week, including what you need to do to be ready to switch to online ordering from the start of Term 3. Whilst initially we will commence with the canteen online, the hope is that the uniform shop and other in-house events will follow shortly after.

Julie Cincinnato SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB Issue 4 of Scholastic book club for 2019 has been sent home. Orders will close tomorrow, Friday 21 June. If you are new to book club then it is a great way to purchase books to encourage your children to read with lots of great titles to choose from. Each order earns 'Scholastic Rewards' for the school which our teachers and librarian can spend on valuable books and resources for our children. All orders are delivered to the school and are sent home with the children. If they are a surprise or you wish to collect them yourselves then items purchased by you can be held at the office for discreet collection by marking the item as a 'gift order' when purchasing online or by letting the office staff know. Purchasing via LOOP (Linked Online Ordering & Payment) is easy, just go to www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP

Heather Nichols Book Club Co-ordinator

BAND Training, Tutoring and Treats On Sunday, I had the privilege of attending the Training Band workshop. Mrs Fyfe had organised an opportunity for the students to practice together to enhance their musical skills and work with tutors. The sound created by the band was amazing. The stu-dents were fabulous. They were engrossed in their learning and performed beautifully to their families at the end of the work-shop. A pizza break made it a truly memorable afternoon. Well done Mrs Fyfe and the Training Band. Good Luck to those students involved in the Northern Beaches Music Festival on Sunday 23 June. I know you will be amazing.

Mrs Killick Band Liaison Teacher

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