William Street Email: bellingen-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Rel. Principal: Dylan Harry PO Box 42 Website: https://school name-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/ Phone: 02 6655 1147 Bellingen NSW 2454 Fax: 02 6655 2615

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From the Principal Learning across the school, Last year we invested in technology across the school and as a result of this we have now invested in online platforms to support the learning needs of our students. In all K- 2 classes each student will have a Reading Egg and Math Seed online learning platform and in all 3-6 classes each student will have a Reading Express and Mathletics online learning platform. These learning tools are a fantastic way of engaging and supporting the continual improvement of all students, they are also able to be used at home. District Swimming Carnival Congratulations to the District Swimming team who competed at Macksville last week. I was pleased to hear about our students successfully demonstrating sportsmanship, striving to achieve and encouraging all competitors. We have a large number of students qualifying for Mid North Coast Carnival, I look forward to hearing the results and wish them luck in the upcoming carnival.

Left to Right (back row) Makaylah Schatzman, Lachlan Dieckmann, Molly Bowd, Felix Noble, Cory Dieckmann (middle row) Aiden Bailey, Aidan Carey, Indie Laverty,

Rusty Osland, Riley Humphreys (front row) Finlay Campbell, Anya Skinner, Lewis Cambell, Evan

Campbell, Baden Sully (absent from photo) Eilidh Lewis, Anouk Laverty & Evie Laverty.

Welcome BBQ and meet the teachers afternoon Unfortunately due to another week of rain we have not been able to lock in a date as yet. We will continue to monitor conditions and send out a date once the weather looks more BBQ friendly. Whole School Assembly Last Wednesday our Student Leaders and Sport House Leaders were inducted at our WSA and officially accepted their roles as leaders to the school. I look forward to seeing their posititve contributions across the school.

School Leaders (back row left to right) Elias Filmer, Sienna Ramage, Evie Laverty (middle row) Aidan Carey, Gracie Winfer (front row) Riley Humphreys,

Hugh McFarlane, Maddison Osland

Sport House Leaders (back row left to right) Lachlan

Borgert, Molly Bowd, Tarra Martindale, Leila Paterson, Cory Dieckmann, Charlie Carter (middle row) Eadie

Oldman, Jonah Kohlhagen, Charlee Troy, Eliza Bailey, Deegan Young, Felix Noble (front row) Kaiden Clarke,

Alya Eyre, Kyralee Blackwell, Morgan Cowley

Thank you Dylan Harry Relieving Principal Donation to Fire Appeal In consultation with Student Leaders and Staff a decision was made to donate $1000 from funds raised at the Country Fair in 2019. $500 will be donated to a charity to support people affected by fire and $500 to WIRES.

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Volunteers Do you volunteer at Bellingen Public School? All volunteers need to complete a Volunteer application together with appropriatate volunteer appendicies and provide 100 points of identification. A Working With Children check is only required for overnight excursions or if you do not have a student relative at this school. All volunteers need to sign in at the office or other designated sign on site and collect a visitor/volunteer badge. Please see the office for more information. Healthy Lunch Box https://healthylunchbox.com.au/

Value of the Week – Participation

School Banking Our School Banking day is Wednesday. 2020 Treetop Savers Rewards We're excited to share that the new School Banking theme for 2020 is Treetop Savers. We've developed a new range of rewards designed to appeal to all ages. In response to your feedback in the Customer Experience Surveys, we've made this year's rewards more eco-friendly and sustainable. All rewards are reusable and packaged using sustainably sourced paper.

• Terry Denton's Activity Book – Term 1 • Mini Soccer Ball – Term 1

If you would like to know more about School Banking, please ask for a 2020 School Banking program information pack from the school office or visit commbank.com.au/schoolbanking Jennifer Daconceicao, Ashlie Davis & Sandra Ruming School Banking Co-ordinators

Excursion Budgeting Excursions can be paid off weekly, fortnightly, monthly or as it suits your family budget. Year 4 Cascade excursion March, Mon 23rd – Wed 25th @ $155 at approx 2 school weeks $77/ week. If you are experiencing difficulty in paying for any school expenses please do not hestitate to contact the school on 6655 1147. We also have our online payment system located on the School Website, http://www.bellingen-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/, click on MAKE A PAYMENT and follow the prompts to make a payment. Uniform Shop The Uniform Shop will be open on Monday's and Friday's from 8:40 am to 9:30 am. Please note orders can be completed and left at the office. The Uniform Shop accepts cash and cheque only. Phone Policy Bellingen Public School requires all students to hand in Mobile phones, iPads, iPods, portable electronic games, cameras and similar devices to the office at the beginning of the day. These devices can be collected at the end of the day. Attachments with this Newsletter Earth Walk Studio Interactive Gumbayngirr Language Community Workshop Rivers Dance

Diary Dates February

Thur 27th MNC Swimming Carnival

March

Mon 2nd NC Girls Cricket – Coffs Harbour Fri 6th MNC Basketball – Coffs Harbour Mon 9th NC Boys Cricket – Coffs Harbour Thur 12th MNC AFL (TBC) Wed 18th NC Basketball – Grafton Thur 19th Leadership Camp Thur 19th MNC Football – Coffs Harbour Fri 20th Leadership Camp Mon 23rd Cascade – Yr. 4 Excursion Tue 24th Cascade – Yr. 4 Excursion Wed 25th Cascade – Yr. 4 Excursion Thur 26 Maths Incursion Fri 27th Maths Incursion

April

Wed 1st NC AFL – Coffs Harbour Thur 2nd MNC Hockey – Grafton Fri 3rd WSA Fri 3rd Rugby League 11’s/Opens – Coffs Harbour Thur 9th Easter Hat parade & raffle draw Thur 9th Last Day of Term 1 Fri 10th Good Friday Mon 27th SDD Tue 28th First day back for students – Term 2 Thur 30 NC R/L 11’s/Opens Grafton

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May

Fri 1st NC Hockey Grafton Wed 6th MNC Netball TBC Tue 12th NAPLAN – Yrs. 3 & 5 Wed 13th NAPLAN – Yrs. 3 & 5 Thur 14th NAPLAN – Yrs. 3 & 5 Fri 15th MNC X Country – Nana Glen Mon 18th MNC B/G Touch – Coffs Harbour Tue 26th NC Netball Grafton Fri 29 Fri 15th MNC X Country – backup

June

Mon 8th Queen’s Birthday – Public Holiday Tue 9th School Photos Tue 9th NC Touch – Grafton Fri 12th NC Cross Country – Lismore Mon 22nd MNC B/G Softball- Narranga

July

Wed 1st NC Rugby Grafton Fri 3rd Last day of Term 2

Current Notes Stage 1 Packs Yr 4 Cascade permision note Ethics Volunteers Stage 2 Swimming Program Stage 3 Swimming Program Leadership Camp – School &Sport House leaders Ready to Learn – Class Equipment

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