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Ralston Avenue Belrose NSW 2085
Phone: 9451 6203
www.belrose-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Email: [email protected]
NEWSLETTER DATE: 8 November, 2018 TERM 4, WEEK 4
Belrose Public School
Principal’s Message
Belrose OSHC Centre
Phone: 0430 247 493
Dates
LEADERS VISIT NSW PARLIAMENT HOUSE The Year 6 Captains and Vice Captains visited Parliament House with the local State Member of Parliament, Mr Jonathan O’Dea. The leaders from a variety of schools were taken on a tour of the building, with their favourite part being the afternoon tea and presentation of certificates. KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION We had a successful Kindergarten 2019 Orientation. It was enlighten-ing to see the children interacting with our current Year 5 students and their completion of ‘big school’ art activities. There was a wonderful turnout of parents. A special thank you to Audrey, Isaac, Sarah, Oscar, Luke and Rosalie from Kindergarten who spoke very well about their experiences at Belrose and to the KD Kindergarten parents for assist-ing us with the morning tea. REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY THIS FRIDAY A Remembrance Day ceremony will be held at 11:30am. TRIVIA NIGHT Many parents are speaking about the successful Trivia Night last Sat-urday. Thank you to the organisers for enabling another avenue for community engagement. Our parents are very generous with raising funds for the purchasing of resources for our students. Following the Halloween night where the children were allowed to dress up and have fun, it was time for the parents. Hoping that new acquaintances were formed and everyone had a great time. Please refer to the P&C Report. STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR BELROSE PS I have through my Principal’s reports at P&C meetings informed the community of our continuing progress for meeting our Strategic goals at Belrose PS. Our next year's Kindergarten students will be leaving school in the year 2031 and we need to continually reflect on our teaching practices to cater for the students of the 21st century. Of course, all students need to learn how to read and write and use num-bers but are we engaging these students sufficiently to take ownership of their learning and to be critical and creative thinkers? Yesterday’s Executive Planning Day focused on our plans for 2019 with specific milestones for each term. I have high expectations and an amazingly committed and hardworking staff. We look forward to the journey ahead.
Term 4 2018
Friday 9 November Remembrance Day Service
Monday 12 November Assembly 2.25pm
Tuesday 13 November to
Thursday 15 November
Band Tour—Blue Mountains Mrs Thoroughgood and Mrs Zorian attending
Tuesday 20 November Gelato Day P&C AGM 7.15pm
Friday 23 November Last PSSA
Monday 26 November Assembly 2.15pm PSSA Trophy Presentation
Tuesday 27 November Christmas Charity Drive—P&C Gingerbread Night
Thursday 29 November Year 6 Fete
Monday 3 December Assembly 2.25pm
Thursday 13 December Surf Life Saving Excur-sion - Stage 3 Kindergarten Graduation
Monday 17 December K - Yr4 Excursions Yr 6 Luncheon School Christmas Carol Night 6pm
Tuesday 18 December Luna Park - Stage 3
KINDERGARTEN TRANSITION PROGRAM 9:30-10:45AM Thursday 15 and 22 November
END OF YEAR PRESENTATION DAYS K-2: Thursday 6 December 2018 at 9:30am Stage 2: Monday 10 December 2018 at 9:30am Stage 3: Tuesday 11 December 2018 at 6:30pm
APPLICATION FOR YEAR 7 SELECTIVE HIGH SCHOOL FOR 2020 CLOSES ON MONDAY-FINAL REMINDER Applications for placement in Year 7 at a Government Selective High School in 2020 is open to parents of students in Year 5 until 12 November 2018. All applications need to be completed online. The application information booklet and application form will only be available on the High Performing Students Unit’s website at: https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-7 All applicants are required to sit the Selective High School Placement Test on Thursday 14 March 2019. BAND TOUR Band members from Belrose PS and Narrabeen North PSwill be departing on their musical journey from Tuesday to Thursday of next week. Our students will perform with ensembles from Lapstone Public School, Lithgow City Band and Mt Victoria School before entertaining the public at Jenolan Caves under the Grand Arch. Some students will enter the cave for an impromptu perfor-mance which will be a very exciting opportunity. On the last day we will visit Megalong Valley Public School and the Buckland Retirement Village before returning back to school by 5:30pm. Please check the band website on Thursday afternoon for an up-dated ETA. The site will be updated on our approach to Sydney www.belroseband.com.au Thank you to Andrew Fairclough for organising 99% of the band tour, Mrs Thoroughgood and to our conductors James Hill and Nick Polovineo for their inspirational musicianship. I will be on band tour and although I will be contactable by the admin staff, Mr Warren, Mr Davidson and Mrs de Wilde will be leading the school during this time. Please make sure all students at come to school with their musical instrument and music. For the students remaining at school, their usual teaching program will be taught by their teachers with Miss Griffiths teaching 1DT on Wednesday and Thursday. Belinda Zorian Principal [email protected]
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CRAZY SOCK DAY - BLUE FOR STEWART HOUSE DAY
A big thank you to all students who participated in the Blue for Stewart
House Day to raise money for Stewart House. You all helped to raise
$480.00.
Every year 1,700 public school children attend Stewart House, next to Curl
Curl Beach at no cost to their parents or carers. During a 12 day stay they
are provided with dental, optical, hearing and medical screening and treat-
ment. Children participate in educational programs and excursions designed
to develop their social and emotional skills, build self-esteem and improve
their overall well-being. This experience provides children with a much need-
ed break from their current circumstance. The children are inspired to see beyond the present and to have real hope
and positive aspirations for their future.
Children in the care of Stewart House attend a specific purpose school onsite for 8 days of their 12-day stay. The
NSW Department of Education provides infrastructure and staffing support for this school. All others costs associat-
ed with the childrens’ stay are met from charitable donations.
Environmental Committee - Working Bee
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Music GARAGE BAND AT BELROSE! Year 2 and 3 students have been using their creativity to make garage band style instruments out of recyclable materials this term. Their combined efforts have resulted in some fantastic sounds!! Well done everybody! Ms Mavromatis Music Teacher
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Years 3 to 6 students interested in playing chess? From beginners to advanced. If you have a chess set please bring it along. Chess will take place in my room, 4/5S every second week from 8.00am to 8.45am. Next chess morning will be: Friday 9 November Friday 23 November Friday 7 December
Mrs Stephens Chess Coordinator
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P & C News
Sport News
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PSSA SUMMER COMPETITION THIS WEEK
Cricket Belrose vs Killarney Heights @ Wyatt Oval Softball and T-Ball Belrose vs Killarney Heights @ Belrose Public School SOFTBALL A Last Friday we beat Kambora 24-to 5. It was a great game. Player of the match was Lucas. He played a great game and got his first home run.
By Adam T SOFTBALL B The softball B team versed Kambora and won 18 to 6. It was an excellent and exciting game. The man of the match was Jett because of his 3 home runs and his great sportsmanship.
By Josh F SENIOR CRICKET A spectacular game was played last Friday against Kambora. We had a fantastic score of 105-42 which averaged out to 105-8. The amazing player of the match was Ellen because she bowled an exceptional wicket and batted marvelously. Great job girls!
By Jasmine JUNIOR CRICKET That was an AMAZING game! We all did our very best. We ended up winning with a cracking score of 20 to 6 against Kambora. The player of the match was Georgia because she did an awesome dive. Go Belrose!
By Bridget L T-BALL A Last Friday we played Kambora and we had a great game. Probably the best game we have played this season. We won 35-1. the player of the match was Toby H because his batting and fielding were awesome. Great game boys.
By Caelan B T-BALL B Belrose scored lots of amazing runs at the start. The score was 23-6 to Belrose. The player of the match was Will C. Will had the most awesome shot of the day. The whole team played fairly and was happy all the way through the game.
By Xavier A CANTEEN NEWS Friday 9 November Monday 12 November Wednesday 14 November Linda Lamb Jenny Frangoples Jenny Frangoples Christie Marks Katrina Mottee (9-11.30am) Jenny Frangoples P&C What a huge success our Fabulous Fiesta Trivia Night was. We had our biggest trivia night with 120 people coming to join in on the fun.
A huge thank you to the committee who did a wonderful job. The decorations were absolutely stunning and the succulents that were on sale were just beautiful.
Keep an eye out in the newsletter next week to find out exact profit made, but by all accounts it was a very successful night. Our P&C AGM is Tuesday 20 November at 7.15pm in the school staff room. This will be the final meeting for 2018. Any items for general business please forward to [email protected] Our Annual Gingerbread night is also fast approaching, please see flyer in this newsletter. This year we are taking online orders via trybooking. Any queries in regards to this feel free to give me a call or text.
Jo Stracey
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