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Jason’s Message
Dear families and friends of Bell P-10 State School, Welcome to the start of Term 3 and I hope all staff and students had a good holiday and have come refreshed for this term. We have been instructed that we will continue to have the same drop off and pick up arrangements in place to start this term off which we will continue until we are told otherwise. This term we are able to hold parent teacher interviews as long as social distancing can occur. Primary teachers will organise interviews with their classes and a letter will come out for the secondary students this week. Even though last semester was a disrupted one, the students have done a fantastic job tracking with their reading improvement with the percentage of students already reaching end of year benchmarks improving from last year. This is a credit to everyone involved from the students themselves, to all staff and of course parents who have supported student learning in the first 5 weeks of Term 2.
Have a good week, Jason.
90 Dennis Street BELL Q 4408
Email: [email protected] Web: https://bellss.eq.edu.au
Main Phone (07) 4679 2333 Student Absences (07) 4679 2366 Fax (07) 4663 1249
Newsletter Term 3 Week 1, 15/07/2020
Date Claimers
Term 3
July
August
13th Year 7 Immunisations
September
3rd Athletics day
School Banking School banking will recommence this week. Can all banking be bought in by Tuesday mornings please?
Expressions of Interest If you have or know of any children who would like to register their Expression of Interest for the 2021 year please ask them to contact Theresa Green 0427 019444.
Orange: Jed, Chloe. Yellow Level: Abbey, Maddy. Green: Maddy, Toby, Henry. Indigo Level: Toby, Amelia, Camden, Tilly. Violet: Laura, Saxon, Nate F. Bronze: George, Pearl, Charlie P, Laura, Saxon. Silver: George, Pearl. Gold: Landon, Cassidy, Max P, William C-H.
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Jace: for being an Active Learner for sharing in great detail his holiday story. Henry: for being an Active Learner for writing and illustrating an interesting story about his holidays. Kaide: for being an Active Learner for excellent decoding while reading a tricky book. Chloe: for being an Active Learner by producing well-written and informative scientific research on the Southern Corroboree Frog. Lachlan: for being a Respectful and Responsible Student: I knew I could rely on you to show new students around, be positive and ensure they have opportunities to join in lunchtime games. Kye Gourley: for being an Active Learner for working hard in his own time to complete assessment in term 2.
General Meetings - 15th July, 3:30pm in the library. President—Brendan Fullagar Vice President—Brett Smith Secretary—Brigid Redding Treasurer—Theresa Green Bell Bunya Trail Bike Ride Chairperson-Matt Naumann Secretary –Shannon Priddle Swim Club—Meetings in recess. Chairperson– Lisa Naumann Secretary—Joelle Hopper Swim lessons resume in term 4. Uniform Shop—Theresa Green Tuckshop—Vanessa Gleeson Drum Muster —Matt Kane
Focus Expecta-tion
Be Respectful, Be an Active Learner
Skill Term 3, Week 1: “Have a GO”
Context All settings
Introduction Discuss with students what the term “Have a go” means. It is being willing to try which helps us learn. In what ways do we “Have a go” in class (e.g. raising our hands to answer a ques-tion – we may get it wrong, giving our work a go – we may not have the right answer etc.) How can having a go help us to learn? (e.g. We learn from our mistakes) When someone has a go and gets some-thing wrong how should we react?
How do people feel if you react in an in-appropriate manner? (e.g. laughing etc.)
Message from our local Policeman– Peter Horne Dear Burghers of Bell, My recent musings about traffic matters within the Bell township seem to have created some confusion about the speed zones. Let me clear this up for you. 60km zone Dennis Street, Ensor Street (Bunya Hwy) & Cedarvale Rd. All other streets are 50 km zones except of course for the 40 km zone outside the school between 7 - 9am & 2 - 4pm. Happy to discuss further if needed. Peter Horne
Bell Show Society Meeting Bell Show Grounds Wednesday 29th July 2020 at 7.30pm All Welcome Social Distancing rules apply - if you are unwell please do not attend.
TENNIS TERM COACHING STARTS BACK It’s been a LONG time coming, and we’re happy to be back in Bell! A few points: - When? Monday’s 7:45-8:15 & 8:15-8:45 - Already a student? Your spot from Term 1 carries over to Term 3. - Not returning? PLEASE contact Ben directly 0414645916 ASAP so your spot can be offered to some-one else. - Want to change your lesson? Contact Ben 0414645916. - Want to sign up? We’re taking new players, welcome! Contact Ben to book your spot. See comments for enrol-ment details. - Want a fee discount? Pay term fees by July 18 and get 10% discount! We also accept Fair Play vouchers. - What about COVID? Tennis is the ultimate social dis-tancing sport! Faultless Tennis will be adhering to social distancing requirements. Please chat with your child about these before their lesson. Any questions? Contact Ben 0414645916 [email protected] questions? Contact Ben 0414645916 [email protected]
Preparing the Worm Farms On the last day of term 3 we prepared the Worm Farms for the holidays. All three worm farms were prepared. They were given lots of fruit/food scrapes and were also given a good coverage of shredded paper that had been soaked in water. Mrs McGuire brought in three clean hessian bags that were used as a bedding cover one for each worm farm. Mrs McGuire also visited the worm farms twice during the holiday break bringing in food scrapes and watering them. While she was attending the worm farms both watering systems were left on for an hour to keep the vegie garden and the fruit trees alive. During this time the fish were also checked and found to be having great time! Eco Schools Committee
Eco Schools now
co-ordinates the container recycling.
Container Recycling
Number –C10008756
Recycler of the Week And Recycler of the
Term
Well done Phoebe
From Orchard to Marmalade During the second week of the school holidays Mrs McGuire picked the first crop of cumquats from the School’s Orchard. She was taking the cumquats home to make them in to a jam namely ‘Cumquat Marmalade’. The tree produced about 700 grams of cumquats which is about 2½ cups of finely sliced fruit. This was enough fruit to make a small batch of Cumquat Marmalade. Once the fruit was finely sliced, let to stand in water overnight it was boiled the next day to make the jam. The end result was ten small jars of Cumquat Marmalade. Ag Science/Eco Schools Committee
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