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: 24 October 2019 TERM 4, WEEK 2

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 and Speaker of the NSW Legis-lative Assembly, Mr Jonathan O’Dea. Charli, Caelan, Charlotte and Liam had afternoon tea with Mr O’Dea and a tour of the building. They were fine representatives for our school.

PROVISIONAL LEADER BADGES WORN WITH PRIDE The process for electing the Leadership Group for 2020 has begun. All 20 nominations were accepted, 11 boys and 9 girls, and these students are now wearing the Provisional badges for two weeks. BOYS—Ethan A, Xavier A, Will C, Tim F, Toby H, Ben H, James K, Kobe M, James N, Max W and James W. GIRLS—Eadie B, Kate B, Carina D, Sahraa D, Ellie G, Ella H, Olivia P, Amber R and Ruby S. All students in the school need to take their time to notice who is wear-ing the badges and to reflect as to whether they would get their vote for showing the special qualities of a leader. What may you reflect on? Are they caring and considerate, have helped me when needed, completed their responsibilities diligently, shown a commitment to learning and to have a go and be confident to present in front of an audience and to write speeches, when required? On Monday, 4 November, these students will be writing their speeches at school with assistance from Mrs Meikle and voting by Years 2-6 students and staff will follow after recess. The presentation of speeches is for students and staff only. KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION We come to the very exciting time of the year! The first orientation day for our currently enrolled Kindergarten 2020 students and their parents will be held next Thursday, 31 October at 9.30am. This will be the first opportunity for 2020 Kindergarten students to attend classes and par-ticipate in activities. This first session is the only session that we re-quest that parents stay for a presentation.

Term 4 2019

Tuesday 29 October Community of School’s Public Speaking Competition

Monday 4 November Assembly 2.20pm

Wednesday 6 November NSW Athletics

Friday 8 November - Wednesday 13 November

Life Education K-6

Monday 11 November Assembly 2.20pm

Saturday 16 November P&C Bogan Bingo

Monday 18 November - Wednesday 20 November

Band Tour—Southern Highlands

Monday 25 November Assembly 2.15pm

Tuesday 26 November Gingerbread House Making 6pm

Thursday 28 November Year 6 Fete

Monday 2 December Assembly 2.15pm

Tuesday 3 December P&C AGM Meeting 7.15pm

Monday 16 December K-4 Excursions

END OF YEAR PRESENTATION DAYS K-2: Thursday 5 December 2019 at 9:30am Yrs 3-4: Monday 9 December 2019 at 9:30am Yrs 5-6: Tuesday 10 December 2019 at 6:30pm

KINDERGARTEN TRANSITION PROGRAM 9:30-10:45AM

Thursday 31 October, 7 and 14 November

Uniform shop will be open on 31/10 and 7/11

from 10:45am

NEW PAINTING OF BAG ROOMS This week, KG and 1S students were dazzled by their freshly painted bag rooms. This was the last of the painting works for the school, which was funded by our own maintenance money. INTENTION TO APPLY FOR CURRENT YEAR 5 STUDENTS FOR YEAR 7 SELECTIVE HIGH SCHOOL FOR 2021 Applications for placement in Year 7 at a Government Selective High School in 2021 is open to parents of students in Year 5 until 11 November, 2019. All applications can only be completed online with the test authority advice sent to all applicants on 27 Feb-ruary, 2020. 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,12 March 2020 with the placement out-come information on 4 July, 2020. BROKEN SIGN We have lodged a call for the technician to fix the sign on Ralston Ave. Meanwhile, please try to decipher our messages. Belinda Zorian Principal

KG Skylah M Sam J

1S Hugo S Ava K-F

1/2K To Be Announced in Week 4

2J Sam R Claudia S

3K Harry H Isla S

KID Ellie G Xavier L

3/4W Matthew J Isla S

5S Emily B Ruby S

5/6M Lachlan A Alex K

6D Will A Ariella M

4M Taisei Y Chloe S

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Congratulations to our Gold Recipients

Students of the Week

High Distinction, Distinction, Credit and Merit awards will be presented at K-6 Assembly. Science and Digital Technologies presented Monday 4 November 2019 English and Maths presented Monday 11 November 2019 Writing to be confirmed. Participation Certificates will be handed out in class.

UNSW ICAS Digital Technologies Results 2019

Congratulations to all students who participated in the recent University of NSW ICAS Digital Technologies Competition. A special mention to Lucas D for achieving a High Distinction.

UNSW ICAS English Results 2019

Congratulations to all students who participated in the recent University of NSW ICAS English Competition.

A special mention to Tim F for achieving a High Distinction.

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Distinction: Rhys P Credit: Emily N Harper S Merit: Hazel

High Distinction: Lucas D Distinction: Skye B Alex X Credit: Ray C Lucy C

Distinction: Tim F

Credit: Ben J Charlotte S Merit: Daniel Q Liam W

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Distinction: Layla L Credit: Hazel B Harper S

Credit: Skye B Lucy C Alex X

High Distinction: Tim F Credit: James K

Credit: Lachie A Ben J Charlotte S Merit: Liam W

UNSW ICAS Results

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UNSW ICAS Mathematic Results 2019

Congratulations to all students who participated in the recent University of NSW ICAS Mathematic Competition.

UNSW ICAS Science Results 2019

Congratulations to all students who participated in the recent University of NSW ICAS Science Competition.

Anna Jarvis Gifted and Talented Coordinator

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Distinction: Rhys P Credit: Zoe D Merit: Harper S

Distinction: Max F Credit: Skye B Lucas D Will K James S Alex X

Distinction: Tim F Credit: James K

Distinction: Lachie A Credit: Oliver D Ben J Daniel Q Tokiwa S

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Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

Distinction: Max F Credit: Skye B Lucy C Will K Hayley Q Alex X

Distinction: Tim F

Credit: Lachie A Ben J Daniel Q Liam W Merit: Sarah W

2019 STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT—TERM 4

Statement of Account for Term 4 will be emailed out in the coming week. If you have any queries regarding your account

please contact the office. Prompt payment is greatly appreciated as this assists the school to meet its financial obligations in a

timely manner.

At the start of the day, all our teams played some handball, while other schools arrived and the school set up. The first rounds were a mix of three wins and no wins. Alex X managed to quickly win with a four move checkmate. It was then that the Belrose B team versed the Belrose A team and we only got half a point, because Will stalemated Xavier. The last two rounds were played well with two wins each. We were exhausted. Sadly, in the last game the As versed the hardest team and lost all their games. At the medal ceremony, the As got 6th and we tied for 3rd. Then the adjudicators added up the opponents’ scores and we got third. We jumped up and down with excitement. Then, we went back to school to show our amazing achievement. Belrose also had an all-girls team for the first time. They played really well for their first time. It was a fantastic day!

By Tim F

Chess

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. Chess mornings for Term 4: Friday 25 October Friday 8 November Friday 22 November Friday 6 December

Mrs Stephens Chess Coordinator

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Sport News PSSA SUMMER COMPETITION THIS WEEK Cricket Belrose vs Allambie Heights @ Wyatt Oval Softball and T-Ball Belrose vs Allambie Heights @ Belrose Public School SENIOR CRICKET One sunny Friday morning Belrose played a fabulous game against Mimosa. Everyone had a wonderful game. The score was 17 to 8 and we won! The player of the match was Elise, she had two amazing catches and did some really great batting. Good job to everyone for having an amazing game.

By Ashlee JUNIOR CRICKET Last Friday the girls played an excellent game and we won against Mimosa 13 to 11.5. The player of the match was Carina for her batting and bowling. All the girls played an awesome game. Go Belrose!

By Lilah SOFTBALL A Last Friday we played against Mimosa. We had a fabulous game and we won 16 to 9. Mimosa were a great team to compete against. Good job Belrose. The player of the match was Thomas for outstanding pitching and batting. Keep up the good work Belrose.

By Caelan SOFTBALL B We had a very strong game against Mimosa. The player of the match was Will A for his batting and great in the field as short-stop.

By Cooper T-BALL A It was a really good game against Mimosa and we won 17 to 5. We got three out straight in a row when we were fielding. The player of the match is Toby for getting lots of outs and a home run.

By Alex K T-BALL B Last Friday, 18 October the team had a great game against Mimosa. We won 15 to 12. Player of the match was Max F be-cause he caught two people out and did the biggest hit in the whole game. He hit it into the A team field.

By James K

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CANTEEN NEWS

Friday 25 October Monday 28 October Wednesday 30 October Amber King-Wakefield Lee Purser Lee Purser Lee Purser Jacqueline Power P&C Wow!!! Wow!! Wow!!! Total profit raised from The Belrose Fair was…

$37,675.19!!

I can not express my gratitude enough to all the wonderful committee members who put in so much effort and time throughout the last 7 months. Our children are very lucky to have such enthusiastic parents who go above and beyond. To all the volunteers who donated baked and/or volunteered Thankyou. Once again I would like to express a big thank you to all the volunteers who donated, baked and turned up on the day of the Fair. In this newsletter you will see the information regarding our parent social night, "Bogan Bingo" we would love it if you could join us. Another Date for your Diary is: Gingerbread House Making Night Tuesday 26 November from 6pm, flyer to come home shortly, we would love to see you there. With so much going on of late our next and last P&C Meeting for 2019 will be Tuesday 3 December at 7.15pm in the school staff room. This will also be an AGM. All welcome. Anyone who has volunteered in any capacity is welcome to attend as we put on a lovely little spread and Julie makes her fa-mous chocolate mousse. At this meeting we will be farewelling a few people who will be leaving us at the end of the year.

Jo Stracey

P & C News

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We are participating in Redgum Book Club this term and the flyer has

been sent home with your child. Every order will earn resources and

books for our school.

The Redgum Book Club catalogue is now all online. The online

catalogue will continue to be packed with quality books and educational

game options (from international and local publishers), bestsellers and

gold coin options. Please open the link to view the current catalogue.

Redgum Book Club Term 4

Books start from $2 with hundreds more titles on their website. www.redgumbookclub.com.au

The catalogue is now open and closes on the 4 November. Orders will be delivered to the school by 22 November.

How to place an order:

Order online and pay by credit card www.redgumbookclub.com.au

Email orders@redgumbookclub.com.au

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