William Street Email: Bellingen-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Principal: Graeme Ross PO Box 42 Website: www.bellingen-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Phone: 02 6655 1147 Bellingen NSW 2454 Fax: 02 6655 2615

Term 3 Week 2 Monday, 24 July 2017

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK From the Principal’s Desk It’s great to be back after a wonderful holiday. So lovely to see all those lovely smiling faces on so many of our students. Thank you to Kate Sommerville who was relieving principal, in my absence. NAIDOC week at Bellingen PS Raylene McMahon and Jackie Lee are leading our NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) celebrations in our school this week. The will be a special culminating assembly in our hall, at 9:30 on Thursday morning, so please join us for this significant event in the school year. Education Week – next week We would like you all to join us at our traditional ‘Big

Breakfast’ here next Tuesday morning at our school, in the COLA near the K- 2 rooms. The breakfast commences 7:30am. Our staff will be cooking breakfast for you and your family, so please join us! On Thursday evening of next week, we will have our choir and dance groups in the Education on Show performance at Bellingen High School. This commences at 6pm. Yours in partnership Graeme Ross, Principal BOOK CLUB Book club issue 5 has been given out to students and is due back at school next Wednesday 26 July. Thank you Carole Mcfaul, Librarian

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ATHLETICS AGE CHAMPIONS

Yasmin Ball – 11 years girl, Malachi Bailey – Senior

boys, Sam Fisher – 11 years boy, Fern Berry – Junior girl, Josh Upsall – Junior boy, Serenity Ellacott –

Senior girl.

Congratulations to our Athletics Age Champions. they were presented with their trophies at assembly this morning and TOUCH FOOTBALL GALA DAY

On Thursday the 20th of July 18 students participated in a PSSA Touch Football Gala Day held at Coffs Harbour. The girls team were unlucky to be knocked out early in the day against a very strong Urunga side but went on to improve their skills throughout each friendly match. The boys side made it all the way to the semi-finals playing valiantly in their last game against a very strong Narranga team. The day was a fantastic show of football talent in the area with special thanks going to all the parents who drove students and Sharri Alford who provided drink bottles and jerseys for both squads. Grant Watson PIANO NEWS FROM TERM2

Three very excited students celebrated their achievements at the end of Term 2 with a Book Party and Certificates awarded for their comittment to Music Studies and have now moved up a level with new

tutorial books and C.D.s Holly Douglas, Evie Glyde and Hannah McNeil have proven that their daily practise at home has paid off with outstanding efforts throughout the past few years, Congratulations girls. Jasper Logar-Rundle sat for his 1st Grade exam and was very happy with his result of Honours, he is now in the throes of studying for his next grade and I am proud of his work ethic and terrific attitude in all areas of Music studies, Well Done. Daniel and I always look forward to our end of term concerts where all the piano students listen and support their peers, these concerts are a terrific incentive for our students to keep going with positive feedback. Lovely to be back teaching your children this term, Ms Viv. STATE CROSS COUNTRY SUCCESS

Josh Upsall competed in the State All Schools Cross Country Championships last Friday at Sydney Motorsport Park. It was a great day for running. Fine, a little wind and good temperature (although a little cool for us spectators/cheer squad in the grand stand). Josh ran at his absolute best and finished 27th overall (his goal was top 30) and 18th for PSSA 10yrs. This is his second year competing at this very competitive, high level and was a great improvement on his 41st placing from last year. Well done Josh.

OPERA HOUSE EXCURSION String players heading for Sydney..... Usual lessons occur this week. In addition, please bring your instruments on Wednesday as we will be having sectionals in the music room around Naidoc Activities. This includes cellos and viola! Regards Ms Scott More…. OPERA HOUSE EXCURSION NEWS Recorder and String players are working hard in order to play their best in Sydney next Monday. The final note with itinerary was distributed last week. Spare notes are in the office if your family missed this. Please be paid up for the excursion and in bring any Student Opal Cards with you and I will top them up at Central Station for use of Public Transport in Sydney. Contact me if you have any concerns. Excited, Ms Scott! elizabethanne2222@gmail.com

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THINKING SKILLS –REMAINING OPEN TO CONTINUOUS LEARNING

Denise Head (RFF Thinking Skills) FABRIC THANKS Many thanks to all the families that donated fabric last week. During this week on Tuesday and Wednesday, all students will be participating in the creation of weavings that are part of the school’s NAIDOC celebrations. The weavings will be on display in the school hall on Thursday as part of the NAIDOC assembly commencing at 9.30 am . Everyone is invited to attend. Jackie Lee 5/6 P teacher

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UNIFORM SHOP The uniform shop is open every Monday and Friday morning, 8.40am-9.30am. Parents/Carers are welcome to complete an order form which will be filled and sent home with your child/ren or you will be phoned for collection. The Uniform shop is CASH or CHEQUES ONLY. Haylee Rose P & C Uniform Co ordinator PAYMENTS ONLINE Easy as! All school student related payments can now be made on-line. Just go to our school’s website and look at the top menu bar for the $ sign. And click from there. I encourage all parents and carers to use this facility as it is far more secure and easier for all concerned, including our students, teaching and office staff. Thank you.

Kindergarten 2018 Do you have a child at home who will be coming to our school in 2018? Please drop into the office or call us on 6655 1147 so we can add your child to our 2018 Kindergarten enrolment list and send you the Kindergarten Transition Program which is now available.

CANTEEN NEWS Giinagay to all for NAIDOC week, albeit later than the official one due to the advent of a term vacation inconveniently coinciding with the official week. To commemorate this auspicious week, the canteen will be serving ice cups and mini ice cups in flavours that are coloured yellow, red and black, or at least dark purple from the special blue berries imported from Tamworth, for the occasion. As mentioned last week, the canteen will be trialling some new items to improve our “every day” to “occasional” food ratio. Two of the items on the menu can be changed from “occasional” to “every day” by changing ingredients. Believe it or not, the crumbed coating on the chicken burger patties and the tempura batter coating on the fish burger pieces are what makes them “occasional” foods. Now we have no intention of scraping off these offending coatings but we can still do something about this. We will be sourcing fresh chicken breast pieces to replace the not so gruesomely noxious crumbed patties and will be using the same fish used in the popular fish and chips specials to replace the lightly tempura battered fish pieces. This will miraculously

make these two items so much healthier and change them from “occasional” to “every day”. This magical transformation will take place as and when existing frozen stock of the offending ingredients runs out. With winter upon us and the cold and flu season in full swing, some tasty and medicinal delight would go well for a weekly special. This week’s special will be chicken noodle soup with tasty croutons and served with a small garlic bread. As usual the special will only be available on Thursday and Friday and at the miniscule price of $4.00 or $5.00 with a drink Feeding your children to a better education, Eddy Vardabasso, Canteen Supervisor

Canteen Roster –July Tue 25 Sue Travis Wed 26 Laurie Rosa, Sharon Benelle Thu 27 Elizabeth Joyce Fri 28 Gabrielle Tindall, Leonie Jennings Mon 31 TBA Tue 1 Liz Thacker

Diary Dates Tue 25 NAIDOC Activities Tue 25 Olden Days Dress up - Kindergarten Wed 26 Parent/Teacher interviews Wed 26 NAIDOC Activities Thur 27 NAIDOC Activities Fri 28 District Athletics Carnival, Urunga Sun 30 – Tue 1 Opera House Strings & Recorder Ex Mon 31 – Fri 11 Stewart House Excursion

August

Sun 30 – Tue 1 Opera House Strings & Recorder Ex Mon 31 – Fri 4 Stewart House Excursion Mon 7 P & C Meeting Fri 11 WSA Thur 31 Stage 3 Musical – Dress Rehearsal

September

Fri 1 Stage 3 Musical – Matinee & Evening Performance Mon 4 P & C Meeting Fri 8 WSA Mon 11–15 Year 5 Lake Keepit Excursion

October

Mon 9 P & C Meeting

November

Fri 3 WSA Mon 6 P & C Meeting Mon 27- Yr 6 Canberra Excursion

December

Fri 1 Yr 6 Canberra Excursion – return home

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CURRENT NOTES Brainstorm Productions, Bullying – Sticks & Stones Big Breakfast RSVP Final Opera House String & Recorder note Parent/Teacher Interviews NAIDOC Activities Kindergarten “Dress up day”

Community Notices - Bellingen Public School does not endorse these products or services.

WANTED One Opera House Acacia Concert ticket. Please call 0413 411 744.

Heart & Soul Spiritual Art Prize and Exhibition Calling all Artists... Artists of all ages are invited to enter work for the Heart & Soul Spiritual Art Prize and Exhibition, on show from Friday 22 September to Sunday 1 October 2017. Coinciding with the Bellingen Fine Music Festival, this year’s theme is ‘Rhythms of Life’. $2,000 in prize money will be awarded to the winning entrants in three categories - Primary, Secondary and Adult entries. The show is hosted by Bellingen Uniting Church and the entry form can be downloaded from www.heartandsoul.space or picked up from Mid Coast Printing (38 Hyde St Bellingen or 23 Park Avenue Coffs Harbour). Deadline for entry forms is Friday 8 September. Enquiries: 0432 609 106.

FREE Fireworks Spectacular Come along on Saturday 29th July to

Bellingen Showground and enjoy Bellingen Lions Clubs FREE Fireworks

Spectacular. Glow sticks, Food and Drink will be on

sale from 4.30pm. Bring your parents, grandparents, aunts & uncles, friends and neighbours along

and have a great night. Rug up and don’t forget your chair &

blanket. If you have pets please lock them up securely and maybe turn up the TV or

Stereo so they are not too frightened by the noise. Thank you

Bellingen Lions Club

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