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NEWSLETTER DATE: 13 August 2020 TERM 3, WEEK 4

Belrose Public School

Principal’s Message

Belrose OSHC Centre Phone: 0430 247 493

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Dates EDUCATION WEEK – ‘LEARNING TOGETHER’ Our Education Week 2020 theme, 'Learning together', reflects an in-credible year for NSW public school students, staff and parents, and the partnerships that have been strengthened in response.

This Education Week, we embrace the whole NSW public education community, highlighting the achievements of local schools and the role of public schools as the cornerstone of their communities.

Unfortunately, due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, we were unable to host our usual Education Week Assembly, Open day and evening. We can, however, invite our parents and community into our class-rooms through our latest videos and slideshows. Please click on each image to view: - Slideshow featuring all classes- K-6 singing of Imagine with Mrs Adamo- Performance Band with Mrs Anderson

Term 3 2020

TERM 3 Wednesday 19 August K-2 Athletics Carnival

TERM 4 Wednesday 14 October Leadership, Creative Arts

& Sport Photographs

Thursday 3 September Mother’s & Father’s Day Stall

Thursday 20 August Science ICAS Test 7:45 in computer lab

Tuesday 25 August Digital Tech ICAS Test 7:45 in computer lab

Thursday 27 August English ICAS Test 7:45 in computer lab

Tuesday 1 September Maths ICAS Test 7:45 in computer lab

Thursday 10 September Blue for Stew Day

Thursday 17 September K-2 Musical Performance

Thursday 16 September OC Placement Test Day

KINDERGARTEN TO YEAR 2 ATHLETICS CARNIVAL The teachers are preparing for a day of activity, fitness and fun with our athletics carnival next Wednesday. Please refer to the information on the permission note and return the note to your child’s teacher.

MARKETING CAMPAIGN A special thank you to our Kindergarten parents, Katrina Farrow for leading our marketing program for Belrose Public School, along with Dave Anderson, Kelly Hooker and special drone footage by Naari and Ben Wright. Our video, produced by Zack from beforedawncreative, and prospectus are featured on the website and a special thank you to the photographed students and to the many parents who letterbox dropped during the holidays.

CREATIVE ARTS PHOTOS POSTPONED In light of dancers requiring time to gather their full costume requirements, the photographs for band, choir, chess, dance and the leadership team will be completed with the sports photographs on Wednesday, 14 October.

NAPLAN ONLINE READINESS TESTING FOR YEARS 3 AND 5 In order for Belrose Public School to move to NAPLAN online in 2021, our current year 3 and year 5 students will be com-pleting a readiness test at the beginning of next term to ascertain the capacity of our technology. CHECK-IN ASSESSMENTS Our Year 3 and 5 students will be completing assessments in reading and numeracy as follows: •Year 5 students: Term 3, Weeks 5 to 7 (17 August to 4 September 2020)•Year 3 students: Term 3, Week 10 to Term 4 Week 2 (21 September to 23 October 2020)The Check-in assessment will supplement existing school practices to identify how students are performing in literacy andnumeracy and to help teachers tailor their teaching more specifically to studentneeds. The assessments are mapped to the NSW Syllabuses and National Litera-cy and Numeracy Learning Progressions.

PLAYGROUND UPDATE Thank you to Michael, our General Assistant for installing the bag hooks for our Year 5 and 6 students in the holidays. Whilst we plan for the beautification of the playground, the P&C and staff are utilis-ing our 3.5 hectares of land with the introduction of additional resources for the development of both gross motor and fine motor skills. Each primary-aged class is responsible for their own new bag of sporting equipment. It has become even more exciting at Belrose with the P&C committee and staff organising loose play materi-als and Tonka diggers and bulldozers for digging holes, make ramps and moving sand and soil. There is a growing body of evidence (Hyndman,Benson, Ullah and Telford, 2014) of the benefits of children playing with loose parts including: • Increasing levels of creative and imaginative play• Children play co-operatively and socialise more• Children are physically more active• Curriculum outcomes occur through informal play with loose parts (Wagland,2015) and loose parts facilitate communication and negotiation skills when addedto an outdoor space (Maxwell, Mitchell and Evans, 2008).

THE WORDS AND ART COMPETITION IS BACK! Can we repeat our winning entry from our 2018’s Year 2 students with 'The Daintree Rainforest by the Sea'? Students from Kindergarten to Year 9 who are registered for the 2020 NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge are invited to participate in the competition. Students submit an entry answering the question “What is your favourite book and why?” Entries must be based on a chosen book from the official 2020 NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge Booklists. Students may respond to the question in one of two ways: 1. Create an artwork (illustration, drawing, painting, graphic interpretation) or a video, PLUS write up to 25 words explaining why they chose this particular book2. Write a written piece of up to 250 words answering the question. This could be in the form of a book reviewThe entries will be judged in three grade range categories: Kindergarten - Year 2, Years 3 – 6 and Years 7 - 9The winners in each category will have their work published on the NSW Department of Education website and win an au-thor visit from one of our three Australian authors to their school.

Belinda ZorianPrincipal

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Congratulations to our Bronze, Silver, Gold and

Student of the Week Award Recipients

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Students of the Week

KIG

Elke A

Will M

1S

Tom W

Skye M

1K

Jarvis D

Eli D

2J

Harrison A

Jack C

3K

Emily H

Jess M

3W

Perlie C

Tess M

4M

Jade A

Will J

4/5S

Holly L

Eloise S

5D

James S

Emily W

6M

Ruby S

Tim F

Chess

PSSA REPORTS

SENIOR SOCCER Our team versed Terrey Hill and the score was 7-0 to Terrey Hills. It was a close game in the first half but we lost it at the end. The player of the match goes to Toby for being a good striker and defender.

Jin T JUNIOR SOCCER At today’s soccer match, we versed Terrey Hills. The score was 2-2 and I think that the player of the match was Ryan W be-cause he helped people score.

Mack J NETBALL SENIOR A Today the senior A team versed Terrey Hills. It was a really good game. We played a really good first half but the second half we played a little sloppy because we were really tired! The score was 19-11 our way. The player of the match was Lilah for play-ing in the halves really well.

Kobe M NETBALL SENIOR B The B’s had such a good game and all the players played their hearts out and had a really fun time. The score was 27-4 our way. The player of the match was Ruby for having some really good shots at goal.

Alex K NETBALL JUNIOR A Today’s game was brilliant. We scored, defended and intercepted the ball numerous times. Hayley and Lily were an impeccable duo in the goal circle. Lucy was an awesome defender, Skye and Sas were perfect at getting the ball down. We won 29-0. The player of the week is Lily because it was her first game and she shot wonderfully and got the ball a lot. Also, it was her birthday.

Skye B NETBALL JUNIOR B We played very well this week. We won 23-0 against Terrey Hills. The player of the match was Mia B.

Xanthe A

HOUSE OF THE WEEK = BRADMAN

Sport News

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CHESS REMINDER:

In 4/5S every second Friday from 8.00am on: 14/8 28/8 11/9 25/9

P & C News

UNIFORM SHOP OPENING TIMES Thursday afternoon - 2.45pm to

3.15pm

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Some exciting news for the children…… The P & C will be holding a Mother’s Day and Father’s Day stall on Thursday 3 September. It will run a little differently this year as the orders will go through Flexischools. The children will still be able to choose the gifts themselves which we all know they love to do. A flyer will be coming soon with more information.

Jo Stracey President

CANTEEN NEWS

We urgently need volunteers for the rest of this term. Volunteer opportunities for "Canteen Volunteer Roster - Term 3 - 2020" are now open.

Please click on the following web link (or copy it into your web browser if clicking doesn't work) to go to the signup sheet:

https://www.volunteersignup.org/PF4QM

To sign up, just follow the instructions on the page. It only takes a few seconds to do.

Thank you for volunteering!

Lee Purser belrosecanteen@outlook.com

Friday 14 August

Lee Purser

Monday 17 August

Lee Purser

Wednesday 19 August

Lee Purser

Friday 21 August

Lee Purser

Monday 24 August

Lee Purser

Wednesday 26 August

Lee Purser

Found—Children’s glasses These glasses have been found on

the school premises. If they are yours, please collect

from the office.

The stage 3 students are deep into this year’s STEM project. The task is to assist “The Belrose Organisation for Marine Protection (BOMP) to design an Aquatica inspired evolved robotic life form that can solve a current oceanic issue” The students spend the first half of the year investigating what are some current oceanic issues, causes and solutions. They have also been working towards an understanding of what is natural and artificial selection. The students of 4/5S, 5D and 6M have pitched to Mrs Stephens, Mr Davidson, Mrs Meikle and finally Mrs Zorian persuading that they understand how they can develop a robotic life form so solve one or more of these issues.

 

They are now busy developing these ideas

Creating photoshop representations

 

  Angler Fish Sea Pen Manta Ray

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Stage 3

Writing and editing field guide entries

Printing 3D components and building

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Stage 3

Class 4/5S

I think NAIDOC Day was awesome. I enjoyed Uncle Russell playing the Digeridoo. He could make all the sounds of the animals and we got to have ochre on our faces. I really loved the stories that he told. Amy F

In my opinion, I think NAIDOC Day was fantastic! We got to wear ochre on our faces and we heard a man playing a Digeridoo. He also spray painted our hands onto paper and then when it was dry, he painted animals on our hands. Harper S

I liked the Digeridoo playing, as it had different animal sounds and volumes. The face painting was cool, because you could put it on your hair and it stuck to your hair, holding it in place. Bryce T

Class KIG

I liked the yidiki (didgeridoo) because the yidiki looks good to play. It is really really fun to play. Jasmine P

I learnt that his spirit animal is a snake. He has a snake painted on his arm so he remembers he can’t eat snakes. I learnt that red means blood and white means bones. The hand symbols mean where they live. Ruby G

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NAIDOC Day—30 July, 2020

Class 6M

NAIDOC Day was great, because we learnt about what happens if you take too long to kill an animal and what caves are also like. Uncle Russell played the Digeridoo. That was fantastic and we got to have a listen to some of the sounds played on the Digeridoo. At the end, we got face paint that was made out of materials that you could find in the bush. Then lucky last, we made a piece of Art work using our hands to make out a line. So it made a simple, but nice piece of artwork. Max W

On the 30 July, the entire school from K to 6 participated in the NAIDOC Day celebrations. We met 2 Aboriginal people, Uncle Russell and a nice lady. All the kids at Belrose Public School engaged in the following activities, which were: Hand print artwork, ochre face painting, listening to the amazing, Aboriginal Digeridoo music and loads more. Russell taught us about how Aborigi-nes hunted, lived and ate. Did you know that if you try to kill an animal by throwing a spear and you don’t kill it quickly, then an-other person can throw the spear at your leg to punish you? That is the Law. After Uncle Russell taught us all about the way the Aboriginal people lived, he played some more music and then we left. We love having these guests at Belrose. Sahraa D

When 6M went down to the bottom Cola, Uncle Russell spoke about how he was a snake and how the women and the men are in different groups. Then he played the Digeridoo. Next Uncle Russell painted yellow, red and white on our faces and in our hair. Then, the last part of the session involved us spraying paint on our hands and on a long piece of cloth. So that was NAIDOC Day, the 30 July 2020. Amber K

We first listened to the Digeridoo and he played many sounds like a kangaroo or a Kookaburra, even a rhyming phone. Next, we got our faces painted in red, yellow and white, even Mrs Meikle got her face painted. Then, we finished with our hands being painted on a canvas. I have learnt so much and we will learn more as I go into High School. Xavier A

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