Term 3 Week 1

Black Hill Buzz Black Hill Public School

COMING EVENTS

TERM 3

JULY / AUG / SEP

Mon 29 Aug— Hunter Dance Festival

Thurs 1 Aug— Public Speaking Final,

9.00am

Fri 2 Aug— Zone Athletics Carnival

Thurs 8 Aug— Wetlands Excursion

Thurs 22 Aug— Book Week &

Education Week celebrations, 12-3pm

NOTES & MONEY DUE

Zone Athletics note due— Next Wed

31 July

Wetlands Excursion note & $20

payment due— Friday 2 August

Hot lunch orders due— Friday

Text/Resource & voluntary contribution

Fees— ASAP

P&C

P&C Membership—due asap

Cadbury chocolates— handed out next

week

SAUSAGE SIZZLE

Bianca Keats &

Ebony Kozis

Friday 26 July

$1.50

THIS WEEK

NEXT WEEK, WEEK 2

24 July, 2019

Term 3 Week 1 408 Black Hill Road, Black Hill NSW 2322 P: 0249 303137 M: 0476 293 214 F: 0249 303105 E: blackhill-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au - www.blackhill-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Friday 26 July: Sausage Sizzle

Hot Lunch orders due

NO ASSEMBLY

Thursday 1 Aug: Public Speaking Final, 9.00am in the COLA.

Friday 2 Aug: Zone Athletics Carnival. Return note Wed 31 July

Sausage Sizzle

REMINDERS & OTHER INFO

CADBURY CHOCOLATES— The P&C Cadbury Chocolate Fundraising Boxes are due to arrive Next week, week 2. To opt out please text Anne-Marie ASAP on 0418 653 105, with your oldest child’s name & class.

WETLANDS EXCURSION— K-6 Wetland Excursion will be held on

Thursday 8 August. We will be leaving school at 10.00am and arriving

back at school at approx. 2.30pm. Students are to wear full school

uniform and a packed recess & lunch.

Please see attached permission note for more information.

Notes & payment of $20 is due to the front off by Friday 2 August.

EDUCATION WEEK / BOOK WEEK— SAVE THE DATE!

Education Week and Book Week, Thursday 22 August from 12pm - 3pm.

The afternoon involve classroom activities, family picnic lunch and our

Book Week Parade. "Reading is My Secret Power" is the Book week

theme for 2019.

NO ASSEMBLY

INSIDE THIS ISSUE School News ………………...…………..……………………..……………………………..…..............…..…. Page 1-3 PBL & P&C News …………………………………………………………………………………………………..…. Page 4 School Info…………………………………………………………………………………………………….………....Page 5 Awards ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Page 6 Stories …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Page 7 Hot Lunch Menu ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..… Page 8 Tuck Shop Prices………………………………………………………………………….……………………......... Page 9 Community News ………………………………………………………………………………………………….… Page 10 Activity Note ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Page 11

long service leave at the

end of last term. Mr and

Mrs A had a wonderful

time during their holiday

to New York, with their

days filled with lots of

sightseeing and

adventures!

We also warmly

welcome Mr Aaron

O'Driscoll from the

University of Newcastle,

who will be with us for all

of Term 3, completing his

Internship with Mrs A

and Year 5/6. I think Mr

O'Driscoll is already

realising how lucky he is

to be at our wonderful

little school and working

with Deb and our

incredible Stage 3

students!

A special, special

welcome also to Bethany

and her family, Bethany

started yesterday in Mr

Braye's class and we

wish her and her lovely

family a very warm

welcome to Black

TERM 3

NEWSLETTERS Our fortnightly newsletter

routine will continue

again this term. A long

extended newsletter will

be emailed on odd

weeks, with a short 1-

page newsletter being

given out on even

weeks. Each week our

newsletters are emailed

to families and are also

available to access on

our school website. Each

family will also continue

to receive the front page

WELCOME BACK! Welcome to Term 3!

We hope you had a

wonderful school holiday

break and were able to

do some of those things

that we just don't often

get a chance to do

during school term when

our busy weekly

schedules are often

taken up with school and

after school activities,

not to mention making

lunches, ironing

uniforms and just plain

old wondering where the

days and weeks go!

Maybe you and your

children had a sleep in

and pyjama day, saw a

movie, visited family and

friends, played a game,

or even just had a little

extra time to have a

chat, I am sure there

were some special

moments together. I love

the quote, "Enjoy the

little things in life, for one

day you will look back

and realise they were

the big things." It

certainly sums up that

even though our days

and weeks are often so

busy, it is important just

to take that little bit of

time whenever we can

just to enjoy those

special moments.

We're thrilled to have

Mrs Adamthwaite back

with us, following her

every week, which

contains important

dates, reminders, etc.

There will also be a link

on our Facebook page

to access our current

newsletter. Please take

a moment each week to

read our newsletters.

Considerable time is

spent in preparing these

and they are the most

effective way to keep up

to date with everything

happening at our school.

Hard copies of the

extended newsletter are

also available at the

office. Thank you for

your support with this.

ADMINISTRATION

BUILDING

UPGRADE As you would have

noticed we are very

lucky to be getting a

complete refurbishment

of our administration

building. Builders,

painters and a host of

other contractors were

busy working on this

building during the

school holidays. It is

anticipated that the work

should be completed

within the next few

weeks. I ask that you

take a little extra care

when walking near this

area, especially during

morning drop off and

afternoon pick up.

Thanks you for your

support and

understanding with this.

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION

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NAIDOC WEEK NAIDOC Week

celebrations are held

across Australia each

July to celebrate the

history, culture and

achievements of

Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander peoples.

NAIDOC is celebrated

not only in Indigenous

communities, but by

Australians from all

walks of life. NAIDOC

originally stood for

‘National Aborigines

and Islanders Day

Observance

Committee’. This

committee was once

responsible for

organising national

activities during

NAIDOC Week and its

acronym has since

become the name of

the week itself.

NAIDOC Week 2019

was officially held

during the first week of

our school holidays.

Today our students

enthusiastically

participated in NAIDOC

activities and we

warmly welcomed Leon

Hammond, a local

Aboriginal Elder and

some very talented

local Aboriginal high

school students. Keep

an eye out in next

fortnight's newsletter for

a further update...

PUBLIC SPEAKING

FINAL We will be holding our

Public Speaking Final on

Thursday 1 August at

9.00am in the COLA.

There will be speakers

from each class

competing to move on to

the inter-school

competition.

ALL WELCOME!

BUNNINGS BBQ A very big and very

heartfelt thank you to all

of our wonderful

volunteers who assisted

with the Bunnings BBQ

which was held the first

Sunday of the holidays.

We had so many mums,

dads, sisters,

grandparents and

students so generously

come along and help out

cooking sausages,

making sandwiches,

serving and cleaning up.

On the day we sold

about $1,150 worth of

sausage sandwiches

and cans of drink. Once

our costings have been

finalised, we should

make about $850 profit,

which will go directly

towards the Stage 3

Canberra excursion.

A wonderful, wonderful

effort! Thank you!

EDUCATION WEEK /

BOOK WEEK SAVE THE DATE!

This term we will once

again be having a

combined celebration for

Education Week and

Book Week. This

celebration will occur on

CONTINUED

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Thursday 22 August

from 12pm - 3pm. The

afternoon will commence

with some activities in

our classrooms, followed

by a family picnic lunch

and then our Book Week

Parade. We invite all our

families to come along

and join in! The theme

for Book Week 2019 is

"Reading is My Secret

Power". Start having a

think about your Book

Week costume!

HUNTER DANCE

FESTIVAL Best wishes to our Stage

3 dance group who will

be performing next

Monday evening in the

Hunter Dance Festival at

Wests Newcastle (NEX).

Our dancers have been

very busy practising their

routine under the

guidance of our

wonderful Mrs Youman

and are all polished and

excited to perform at this

very special event!

Thank you Renae for the

time and commitment

you have put in to this,

and thank you to our

families for your support.

Good luck Abby, Leisy,

Blake, Chloe, Claudia,

Emily, Emma, Harry,

Luella, Matilda, Nash,

Reina, Savannah,

Sienna, Seth, Tammy

and Troy! You will all be

fantastic and we can't

wait to see you perform!

SEMESTER 1

STUDENT REPORTS Semester 1 Student

Progress Reports were

handed out at the end of

last term. If you would

like to discuss any

aspect of your child's

report or any other

issue, please contact

either our office or your

child's teacher.

MOTIV8SPORTS Just a reminder about

the Motiv8sports after-

school program,

commencing next

Wednesday afternoon

for 8 weeks. We still

need a few more

families to register for

this to go ahead so

please register ASAP if

you haven't already

done so and would like

to be involved. Children

can participate free of

charge using the Active

Kids or Creative Arts

vouchers.

https://

www.service.nsw.gov.au

/active-kids

https://

www.service.nsw.gov.au

/campaign/creative-kids

Please let me know if

you need help accessing

these vouchers as I am

more than happy to sit

down with you and do it.

Have a great week!

Kylie.

Kylie South

Principal

BEANIE BHPS are now selling a

Royal Blue, Polar

Fleece Beanie for an

unbelievable $4.00!

For

purchase at the front

office

CADBURY

CHOCOLATES The P&C Cadbury

Chocolate Fundraising

Boxes are due to arrive

next week, week 2.

If you

would NOT like a box

sent home with your

child please text Anne-

Marie ASAP on 0418

653 105, with your

oldest child’s name &

class.

P&C Committee.

P&C NEWS

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PBL NEWS

PBL LAUNCH Our PBL launch day was

held on the last day of term

2 and it was an excellent

way to introduce our

signage and our mascot!

Thank you to all of the

parents and caregivers who

attended the event and

helped out with the

activities.

While our new mascot has

been introduced and some

of the signage will start to

be seen around the school

after this Friday, we now

need to name our mascot.

The students of Black Hill

PS will have a chance to

come up with some names

this week at school. If

anyone from the community

would like to offer an idea,

please come and see Mr

Braye or send a message

by next Wednesday 31 July,

2019.

All of the ideas will be

considered and the name

will be announced Monday

of week 3 when we start our

special PBL lessons at

school.

SCHOOL INFO

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TEXT FEES Fees have remained the same as last year. The text/resource fee, which covers texts and online subscriptions etc is set at $70. per student. Families experiencing genuine financial hardship can apply confidentially to the Principal for assistance with the text/resource fee. POP PAYMENT OPTION: Subject Contributions DESCRIPTION: Texts 2019 VOLUNTARY SCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS Voluntary School contributions are set at $40. per student. POP Payment Codes when paying online using POP. POP PAYMENT OPTION: Voluntary School Contribution DESCRIPTION: VC 2019

POP PAYMENTS This payment option is available on our school website. Access the website (www.blackhill-p.schools.nsw.edu.au) and the payment tab at the top of the page. When you access the $Make a Payment you must enter: STUDENT’S NAME & DATE OF BIRTH Only enter the fields that have an asterisk beside them. These details are entered each time hosted by Westpac to ensure that your credit/debit card details are captured in a secure manner and are not passed back to the school. You have the ability to check and change any details of the payment before the payment is processed. Receipts can be emailed and/or printed at the time of payment. Payments are passed daily to the school where they will be receipted against your child’s account. A further receipt will not be issued by the school. For any enquiries regarding the Online Payment process, please contact the office. Note: Payment Ref as indicated on our permission note must be quoted. Also write your POP receipt number on the signed student permission note and return to school. https://quickweb.westpac.com.au/OnlinePaymentServlet

STUDENT

ABSENCE

A reminder that if

your child is absent

from school, please

notify the office

between 8am and

9.15am.

If the office is

unattended you can

always leave a

message on the

school’s Home

Messagebank.

This would help us

with the timely marking

of our rolls and

maintenance of our

records.

SCHOOL MOBILE

PHONE

Our school mobile

phone, which will be

used for excursions,

etc.

THE SCHOOL

MOBILE PHONE

NUMBER IS

0476 293 214.

EMERGENCY CARDS Thanks to those families who have returned the GREEN Emergency Cards so promptly. Please complete and return to school asap if you haven’t already done so, to enable us to have up to date records. P&C PAYMENTS PLEASE NO POP ONLINE PAYMENTS FOR P&C. CASH OR CHEQUE ONLY

FRANCIS GREENWAY HIGH SCHOOL NEWSLETTER You will find the Francis Greenway High School newsletter on the following link: https://francisgre-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/newsletter.html

NEWSLETTTER BY

EMAIL

To receive our school newslet-

ters by email, please send an

email to: blackhill-

p.school@det.nsw.edu.au with

NEWSLETTER in the subject.

IMPORTANT

TEXT BOOK &

VOLUNTARY

CONTRIBUTION

FEES

Text Book/Resource

Fees & Voluntary

Contributions Fees

are due ASAP.

Text Book/Resource

Fee— $70.00

Voluntary

Contribution Fee—

$40.00

ASSEMBLY REPORT FROM TERM 2, WEEK 9

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WEEK 9

Mrs Lawson’s Awards Merit

Merit

Izaac

Harmony

English Indi

Mathematics Maddon

Quality Learning Award Kylan

Citizenship Award Riley

Mr Braye’s Awards Merit

Merit

Jack

Sophia

English Tristan

Mathematics Jack

Quality Learning Award Kobi

Citizenship Award Sophie

Miss Gardoll’s Awards Merit

Merit

Isabelle

Cooper

English Eden

Mathematics Logan

Quality Learning Award Lily

Citizenship Award Ruby

Mrs Adamthwaite’s Awards Merit

Merit

Cooper

Emma

English Aleisia

Mathematics Chloe

Quality Learning Award Claudia

Citizenship Award Cooper

Prefect’s Report We hope everyone had fun at the

PBL launch & activities.

Prefect’s Awards Catherine

Principal’s Award Abby

Community Award Mr Golby

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STORY TIME

The Railway Track One day my friend Isabelle and I went to investigate an old mysterious forest.

We got there at 4 o’clock in the morning. We walked there because it was just across the road.

When we got there Isabelle and I saw an old broken down railway track. Isabelle and I went to the railway and

followed it to the end.

“Aaaahhhhhhhhhh!!! There is a cart with a skeleton in it!” I screamed.

The skeleton was moving it was very scary. Isabelle and I ran trying to get away but it was too fast!

“Isabelle” I yelled. “I’ve got an idea, try pulling one of its legs out of position.” It worked! The skeleton had

stopped running and broke. “Few”, Isabelle panted.

Isabelle found a tyre swing that went over the bridge, so we started to play on it & it broke with a loud Crack!!!

Luckily the bridge was there to save us.

Isabelle and I stood up, but the bridge couldn’t hold the weight. Snap!! The bridge broke Isabelle and I fell to the

bottom of the hills. We couldn’t back out so Isabelle and I started to call for help.

“There is somebody coming” Isabelle said. Isabelle was right, there was someone coming to save us. The person

threw a rope ladder down and told us to climb up it. The person was a girl called Emi.

The Train Track I was walking in the dangerous forest with my sister. We found an old rusty abandoned train track. It was not to

be trusted. It was creepy, over grown and who knows where the demolished track led.

“It leads to a cave, where a troll lives,” I whispered. “Nah!” yells Maddison.

“You wanna make a bet?” I respond in a scared whisper.

“Yeah, I bet ya five bucks, you better just pay me now.” Maddison replies in hushed tones.

“Well let’s find out,” I say with confidence.

As we go across the foggy abandoned over grown track, it starts to creak.

“Ahhh,” we screeched. Some of the sleepers break. We hold on for dear life, but my foot slips, I slip.

I grab onto the rusty metal track. I yell to my sister, “Pull me up!” So she does.

We keep on walking until we hear a growl.

“What is that?” We ask quietly.

“Ahhhh! It’s a…a…a… well I don’t know,” as cool as possible to hide the fact she doesn’t know.

“Hahaha! Sister, you have so much to learn. It’s Big Foot! RUN!!!!!! NOOO!!! The other way,” I shout.

As we run, he follows after us. Crack! The bridge brakes behind him. He tumbles.

Now how will we get back? We start to wonder where the end is. We see a lady in the distance, it’s an old lady. I

guess we were both wrong? It wasn’t a Troll or a Big Foot, it was an Old Lady trying to help us.

“So how do we get back?” We say. The old lady then whistles. A helicopter appears. The old lady tries to say hop

on but her teeth fall out. Gross!

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HOT LUNCH MENU

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TUCK SHOP ITEMS AND PRICES

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COMMUNITY NEWS

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ACTIVITY NOTE