Celebrating Grandparent’s Day Last Thursday we celebrated Grandparent’s Day with a special assembly, classroom visits and a lovely morning tea in our school hall. It was great to see so many grandparents and friends in attendance. We had over two hundred grandparents visit us, with some coming from as far away as England. Our assembly included touching poems written by four of our Year 6 students, a special performance by our combined school bands conducted by Cameron Smith, the Year 2 choir conducted by Mrs Greenlaw and the Senior choir with Mrs Sherab. Kindergarten also sang a beautiful song about their grandparents. Our classroom visits included further performances, helping with art, sharing our writing and even sketching grandparents. Thank you to Mrs Kneipp and Miss Perusco for organising the assembly, the canteen for providing the scones, the staff who were involved in the performances, as well as setting up and for providing the rest of the delicious morning tea. It was a real team effort. We also need to thank the Sunday Sustainable Bakery who supplied us with amazing gluten free cakes, chocolate croissants and banana bread. Grandparent’s Day is one of our favourite days of the year and we are glad to have such wonderful families to share this special occasion with.

Carnivale of Arts, this Friday 5.00 - 8.00pm We are very excited to be opening the school this Friday evening to host the Carnivale of Arts. The Carnivale of Arts aims to showcase the visual arts in the school and promises to be a great community event. On Friday night you can enter the hall and see over 200 amazing student art competition entries, 26 collaborative class pieces, which will be up for silent auction, along with 12 amazing works from local artists who have generously donated their pieces to be up for live auction. As you leave the hall you will be treated to the delicious scents and tastes of eat street. Byron Bay Samosas, Byron Banh Mi, Yulli’s and other amazing dinner options provided by our school canteen will all be on offer. You can even grab a coffee from the Wide Open Road Coffee Van. After dinner, why not mosey over to the COLA area where you can shop at some of our local market stall holders, including Byron Bay Candles, Deep Blue Creative Ceramics, Khanun Retro Clothing, Byron Bath Bombs, Pirates Dreaming Jewellery, Fallen Broken Street Hats, Bohemian Dreams Designs Crystal accessories and Jules Hunt leggings. The Carnivale of Arts Committee have a special stall planned with beeswax wraps, local honey, plants and an exclusive collectible tote bag, designed by Ozzy Wright. We also have a

Wednesday 30 October 2019 Communicating With Our Valued Community Term 4 - Week 3

Principal: Linda Trigg

Deputy Principal: Natalie Lennon

Newsletter

Byron Bay Public School

17 Kingsley Street Byron Bay NSW 2481

Telephone: 02 6685 6557 Fax: 02 6685 8625

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

Website: www.byronbay-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Member of the Lighthouse Valley of Schools

Byron Bay Public School acknowledges and pays respect to the Arakwal people of the Bunjalung Nation, the traditional custodians of the land upon which the school proudly stands.

Principal: Linda Trigg

Deputy Principal: Natalie Lennon

Byron Bay Public School Newsletter 17 Kingsley Street Byron Bay NSW 2481

Telephone: 02 6685 6557 Fax: 02 6685 8625

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

Website: www.byronbay-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE ONLINE VISIT THE SCHOOL WEBSITE

“Make a Payment”

PAYMENTS NOW DUE School Contribution - $80

Book Pack - $55

Year 6 Canberra Balance

S2 and S3 Swim Assessment - $4 or $1 with pool pass

S2 Intensive Swimming $43 or $12 with pool pass

What's Coming Up! Term 4

Week 3 Thursday 31 October

PSSA Basketball - Sydney Friday 1 November

PSSA Basketball - Sydney

Kindergarten 2020 Orientation

Carnivale of Arts 5.00 - 8.00pm

Week 4 Monday 4 November

School Assembly 1.50pm Tuesday 5 November

Kindergarten hygiene talk Wednesday 6 November

NSW PSSA Athletics - Sydney

S2 Swim Assessment 9.30am - 12.00pm

S3 Swim Assessment 12.00 - 3.00pm

Friday 8 November

Kindergarten 2020 Orientation

Public Speaking Competition Finals - S3 9.30am, S2 12.10pm, S1 2.00pm

visit from the Fairy Folk who will offer beautiful face painting and Aurora Virtual Reality could take you on an overseas journey from our school yard! You will be able to pick up some popcorn, a snowcone or a cupcake and head under the COLA to enjoy the entertainment from school students past and present. Don’t forget to visit some of our students who will be adding to the vibe of the night with their impressive busking. There will be installation art and interactive art, as well as our favourite inflatable mechanical surfboard ride. Our school choirs will perform in the hall around the time of the live art auctions. This certainly is a night not to be missed and we would like to thank all of our major sponsors, including Ollieella, First National, Dumbo Feather, 89 Degrees East and Jane Fender. Also our sub sponsors, including Ray White, Byron Music and Gail Fuller Real Estate. It’s also not too late to purchase some raffle tickets. With over $7500 prizes from Beach Suites, Georges@Byron, Formula One Surfblanks, Underwater.com, Toast the Sun, The Bower, Volcom, Byron Bay Tennis Club, The Academy, Counterpunch Boxing, Seed & Sprout, Fallen Broken Street, Shorty’s, Stone & Wood, Zephyr Horses, The Macadamia Castle, Street Machine Skate Shop, Thrills, Eco Food Boards, Targa, Children of the Tribe, Tonic Osteopathy, Brookfarm, Wild Things, Miss Margarita’s, Treehouse, Bang Bang, Hunky Dory, Bucha of Byron, Sunday Supply Co & Move to Nurture. Please don’t miss the opportunity to purchase some tickets. We would like to thank all of these businesses for their generous raffle donations. Both Kingsley and Carlyle Street gates will be open for this event. We can’t wait to see you there! Stay up to date with all things Carnivale on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BBPSCarnivale or Instagram: @bbps_carnivale The final setting up for Carnivale of Arts will take place come 3.20pm on Friday afternoon. We would appreciate your prompt departure from the school grounds in order for us to do this.

Raffle Tickets Currently we are selling online raffle tickets for some amazing prizes. Please visit https://www.rafflelink.com.au/bbpscarnivaleraffle to secure your tickets. The raffle will be drawn on Friday evening at the Carnivale of Arts. Additionally, the Bennett construction group who are building our 10 new classrooms are also doing some fundraising for us. They too have a raffle with some great prizes. Ange, a representative from the Bennett group, will be selling tickets each morning and afternoon on the school premises. I have attached a flying which advertises their prizes. All proceeds from their raffle are being donated to the school.

Staff News Last week we congratulated Amanda Webber on getting married. Her new title is Amanda Woodrow, not Woodford as previously stated. Until next time, Mrs Linda Trigg Principal

Big Play Day Last Friday we had 50 students participate in the Big Play Day at the Conservatorium of Music in Lismore. The students were split into several ensembles; a Concert Band, String Ensemble, Rock Band, Drum Band and Guitarkestra. The day involved over 100 students from a number of schools in the areas, who have been working on a common selection of songs with their Music in Schools tutors during Term 3. At the end of the day, all students performed in a free outdoor concert in the quad at the Lismore Regional Gallery. It was a great day for everyone involved!

Stevie KC Cruz KD

Miles KM Pippa KP

Luka KS Arohanui 1B

Sole 1C Gracie 1H

Lucas 1S Ivy 1/2G

Atticus 2C Zachary 2S

Emerson 2T Zac 3D

Kealani 3M Sam 3W

Phoenix 3/4S Zephyr 4P

Tong 4PV Shanti 4V

Dax 5I Kynan 5R

Matilda 5S Nathan 6C

Vyasadev 6H Jasmine 6W

Technology 3/4S Byron

Choir 3D Willow

Music KP Nina

Instrumental Program

3/4S Camden

Weekly Achievement Awards Term 4 Week 2

These awards will be presented at Assembly in Week 4 Term 4

Wednesday 30 October 2019 Communicating With Our Valued Community Term 4 - Week 3

Weekly Achievement Awards - Term 4 Week 1

Citizenship Awards for September Congratulations

These students will be presented with their book awards at K-6 Assembly on Monday 28 October by Michael Gudgeon from

Ray White Real Estate, Byron Bay.

Month Early Stage 1 Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3

August

September

Monty KS

Riccardo 1S

Zenon 1C

Vincent 4P

Ace 6H

Citizenship Awards winners for August

Wednesday 30 October 2019 Communicating With Our Valued Community Term 4 - Week 3

2019 - Term 4 - Week 4 Canteen Roster Mon 4 Nov 2 helpers needed

Tues 5 Nov 2 helpers needed

Wed 6 Nov Suzie Farrell, Simon Fitzpatrick

Thu 7 Nov Ben Kirkpatrick, Robyn Thomas

Fri 8 Nov Yvonne MacDonald, Hannah Bright

PLEASE NOTE ALL RECURRING FLEXISCHOOLS LUNCH ORDERS WILL BE CANCELLED OVER THE HOLIDAYS The canteen is open Monday to Friday from 8.55am to 12.00pm (Lunch orders must be placed by 9.15am). We highly recommend placing your child’s lunch order the night before to avoid any issues. Sign up at www.flexischools.com.au - our preferred way to order your lunch! If you are able to assist or can’t make it in, please contact Mandy in the canteen or email bbpscanteen@gmail.com.

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Carnivale of Arts Reminders - 2 sleeps to go!

Winners of the student art competition will be announced at the event, but they will receive their prizes at next week’s

assembly.

We are still accepting donations of plants for the plant stall.

Donated cupcakes need to be at the staffroom from 8.55am - 9.15am. The Carnivale of Arts is holding a Monster Raffle and this year it is an online raffle. There are over $7500 prizes to be won! Tickets are available online for $5 each, or less the more your buy. Simply use the link: https://www.rafflelink.com.au/bbpscarnivaleraffle or scan the QR code included. The raffle will be drawn on Friday 1 November. There will be people out and about in the playground over the next few mornings helping with the sale of online raffle tickets. If you would like to purchase and need assistance with the purchase please come to the front office and we will direct you.

Plant Stall We are also having a plant stall, we would appreciate any plant donations to sell at our market stall. If you have any plants you would be willing to donate, please bring to the front office before Friday November 1. Thank you to the parents who have Carnivale of Arts. Please follow the link to sign up: https://bit.ly/2psPk3b

Keep Cups We encourage all parents wishing to purchase hot drinks at the Carnivale of Arts to please bring reusable keep cups (with a lid). See current advice from Byron Shire Council: #RecycleRightsFAQs Many businesses in Byron Shire offer takeaway coffee cups and lids made from compostable packaging, which is great, but these aren’t yet accepted in Lismore City Council’s organics stream. Unfortunately, at the moment we don’t have a recycling stream for takeaway coffee cups and they will need to be put in the landfill bin for now.

Kindergarten Carnivale of Art Craft Kindergarten students learnt a little about how bees make honey and honeycomb. They then worked with Miss Monty to make some beeswax wraps using cotton fabric, jojoba oil, pine resin and grated beeswax, Each class made their own on different fabric. The wraps will be on sale at the Carnivale of Arts for $5 each ($4 for smaller ones).

Positive Behaviour for Learning Our focus for this week is ‘End of play transitioning’. Students need to listen for the bell. Do your five by five - Stop play, Have a drink, Walk to toilet, Wash hands, Walk to class lines.

Stage 2 Sport - Thursday afternoons All students in Stage 2 will be participating in the round robin Kick Cricket sport session this term at the Byron Bay Rec Grounds. Students will need to bring their broad brimmed hat and a drink bottle. Students will walk to the grounds at 1.50pm and return by 3.00pm. Class teachers will be supervising the games.

Primary Ethics Volunteer Teachers As the end of the year approaches, it’s time to put out a call to remind parents of the need for recruitment of voluntary teachers of Ethics so that the Program can continue at Byron Bay Public in 2020. This program has been running now for nine years and is very popular with parents who see the benefit of their children learning to think in a critical and fun way, about moral issues that arise in their children’s lives. The program can’t keep going however, without the work and commitment of volunteer teachers, most of whom are parents of students. If you want the program to continue and if you think you would enjoy guiding discussion please consider volunteering for a year. The next two-day training session for new volunteers will be happening before the end of the year or early in the new year. For more information and to read our selection criteria, please visit www.primaryethics.com.au or to speak to the local Coordinator please email Christine Willmot at christinewillmot@gmail.com. I’m happy to meet with you to discuss the details of the program.

Book Fair Our Annual Book Fair will be held on Tuesday 19 November from 8.15am - 4.00pm. This pop-up book store will be held in the School Library. In Week 5, students will make ‘Wish Lists’ in their class library lessons. All students/parents and community members are welcome to be part of this event. Payments can be made by cash, EFTPOS or cheque (made out to the Book Room, Byron Bay). Back orders are available. Please note a website is available for pre-fair browsing. Go to thebookroomatbyron.com and at the top of the page, find the tab for BBPS Book Fair.

Byron Ballet presents

the Nutcracker

November 15 - 17

Tickets: byroncentre.com.au

CARNIVALE of ARTS awesome raffle prizes…

G E O R G E’ S @ BYRON Formula One

SURFBLANKS

YAMAHA EXPLORER SEASCOOTER Sunrise Picnic for 2

Penthouse Apartment overnight stay

OneNightsAccommodation

VOLCUM

Seed & Sprout Pack

Be In It - to win it!

BYRON BAY PUBLIC SCHOOL CHARITY

GOLF DAY

Bennett Construction, as part of the new upgrade to BBPS, are holding a charity golf day to raise

money for the Byron Bay Public School. To raise money, we have received the support of our

fantastic subcontractors and suppliers, who have donated gifts for the raffle.

Tickets are only $10! So, jump on board and support one your local schools.

Major Sponsors

Glenn Air Conditioning – Split System Braemar A/C unit 2.6kw RRP $750.00

Infrabuild – Flying Fish Funboard RRP $449.00

CDT Plumbing – Webber Q BBQ RRP $350.00

Williams Group – Portable Makita Radio RRP $200.00

Minor Sponsors

Byron Bay Kayak tour for two 2 x $100 Coles gift cards $100 Dan Murphy’s gift card 2 x Byron Bay Golf Club 18 holes including cart for 2 4 x $20 Bunnings gift cards 2 x $100 Bunnings gift cards

Home Office Printer $50 Coles Gift Card Carton of Stone and Wood Plenty of smaller consolation prizes

Ph: 0405 148 536

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