Beresfield Bugle Beresfield Public School

Live And Learn Cnr Anderson Dr & Lawson Ave, Beresfield NSW 2322

T: 4966 1146 F :4966 2492 E: Beresfield-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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Term 4 Week 6 Thursday 22nd November 2018

PRINCIPAL TALK

Community Christmas Fair

The Community Christmas Fair is on again this Saturday morning 24th at St Paul’s Anglican Church and adjacent Lions Park on Lawson Avenue. Students from 2G and Stage 3 have been invited to perform from 10am, with Santa arriving at 10:30 during the morning. Students are to wear a Xmas outfit. All welcome!

Art Show

The school is also participating in the 4th Annual Art Show which partners the Community Christmas Fair. This year’s theme is Dark and Light: Winter and Spring in our Lives. Selected students have their artworks displayed on the walls of the church and hall. The Art show opens tomorrow at 6pm and winners will be announced at the Christmas Fair on Sat 24th at noon.

Food Drive for St Paul’s Church

Thank you to all families who contributed to this most worthwhile cause. KW was the class who brought in the most food. Students of KW will receive a voucher for an iceblock each at tomorrow’s K-6 assembly.

Carols Night

The P&C are organising a family oriented night of singing Christmas Carols on Thursday 29th November from 5:30pm. It will be a lovely night to bring a fold-up chair or spread the blanket on the grass area of the school grounds. You might choose to bring some dinner or buy some food once here. We will be led in our singing by Chris the DJ, as well as having items by students. There will be showbags, food, glow sticks and more. Mark the date on the calendar and get your candles ready!

Bellata Public School Christmas Appeal

You might be aware that we have connected with the 26 students at Bellata Public School. The school is

situated in a town of about 350 people, between Moree and Narrabri. They have been impacted greatly by the drought, so we are staying in touch with them during their tough patch.

Christmas Appeal: We have a Christmas Tree in the main foyer and placed Christmas Wish Tags for anyone to take and return with a wrapped present. We would love members of our community to buy a gift for one of the students at Bellata Public School.

The appeal will run over the next two weeks, and we will send the gifts off by Tuesday 11th December. Letters and poems written by our students will accompany your gifts. Thank you for your support in advance!

Mr Jonathan Ridgway

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

Kinder Orientation Tuesday at 9.15am

Leadership Speeches Tues 27th , Wed 28th, Thurs 29th 9.00am

P&C Carols Night Thurs 29th Nov

Notes sent home

End of Year Excursion Notes—All classes

Facebook

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Uniform Shop Open:

Tuesdays 8.30am - 9.00am

Fridays 8.30 - 9.00am

P&C Meeting

2nd Monday of each month

5.30pm in the staffroom

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2019 School Leadership Nominations

Next Tue, Wed and Thu (27-29 Nov) at 9.00am, the students nominated for 2019 Student Leaders will be presenting their election speeches to the school community.

Below is a timetable of when each child will be doing their speech, parents are welcome to come and watch.

Intensive Swimming

What a great couple of weeks we have had with the swimmers. It was fantastic the way they sensibly walked to and from the pool everyday. All the swimming instructors were impressed at the improvements students made in the pool. All students that participated in at least 5 days of swimming, will receive a certificate in the following weeks. We encourage students to continue swimming lessons over the holidays and during the year.

Helen Wiedermann

Stage 2 End of Year Excursion

All Stage 2 students have received permission notes this week, in regards to attending our end of year Party Day Excursion on Friday 14th of December. We have a fantastic day planned for Stage 2, the group will firstly visit Maitland Reading Cinemas to watch The Grinch (PG). All classes will then walk to Maitland Park for lunch and a quick play on the equipment. The bus will have us back to school at approximately 2.45pm. Please return your child's permission slip together with the $20.00 to their class teacher prior to Wednesday 12th December to ensure your child can participate in a wonderful day out.

Lauren Piddington

Last Week’s Quiz

In what part of your body would you find wisdoms and molars? Your teeth.

Congratulations go to Tane, William, Ella and Kade who submitted correct entries.

Picnic Day for Students with Hearing Impairment

Next Friday 30th Nov a number of our students who receive support for hearing impairment will be invited to a Picnic Day at Warners Bay for Lego workshops. There they will get to meet students from other schools with similar needs, and celebrate the achievements they have made on the program during the year.

Kinder Orientation

The last of five Kinder Orientation sessions is next Tuesday. Next year’s Kinder students are getting familiar with the place! With a slight jump in numbers, we are planning on 3 Kinder classes next year.

BBQer Needed

We are looking for a couple of people who are handy with the tongs to cook up a snag or two on the afternoon of our Carols Evening. If you are available between 3:30pm and 6pm, or anytime in between, please let the school office know. Thanks.

Books in Homes

On Friday 30th November (Week 7) we will hold our last Books in Homes Assembly for 2018. Students from Early Stage One and Stage One will attend this assembly. We will have a visit from a local author and the children will receive three books they chose earlier in the term. A big thank you must go to Quarry Mining and Construction for supporting this worthwhile initiative. Due to their generosity each child gets these books to take home and keep in a library bag. We must also say a big thank you to the Books in Homes program who has been exceptionally busy during 2017 and 2018, working its way to our new distribution goal—to deliver 3 million plus books of choice to children.

Mikaela Vermeulen

Books in Homes Coordinator

Tues 27th Nov Wed 28th Nov Thurs 29th Nov

Tkyus Chaise Skye

Bella Declan Alliyah

Mikayla Matilda Alana

Alex Isabella Brody

Manaia Tenisha

Reward Day Sports Challenge

Last Week’s Reward Day saw the first annual intraschool battle between the school’s PSSA Netball team and Rugby League team. The rugby league team challenged the netball team to a ‘winner takes all’ challenge in a fierce game of netball.

The crowd gathered like storm clouds. But what they saw was a massacre. The netball team stamped their authority all over their League counterparts. This reporter is not willing to display the score however the league team managed only one goal… When the dust settled a great day was had, with both teams doing their best and having a good laugh. Special thanks to Mrs Lyle for commentating the game as well as Matilda and Taneisha for umpiring.

Rumour has it that the league team want their revenge (served ice cold) in a game of touch football. Or that they may even join forces to compete against the teachers!

Michael Gabrielides

Premier’s Reading Challenge

Congratulations to all of those children who completed the Premier’s Reading Challenge this year. There was a tremendous effort by our students and we had 170 children complete the challenge. Certificates are being handed out daily at our school assemblies. This year, 20 of our students are receiving Gold Awards, for completing the challenge four times. This is a fantastic result. Gold awards will be handed out at our whole school assembly. We also have two students who are receiving Platinum Awards for completing the challenge seven times. This is an outstanding achievement and these certificates will be handed out on Presentation Day.

Gold Certificate Winners:

Lucy B, Madison C, Brodie C, Aleia D, Kade H, Riley H, Alex J, Bella K, Lilly K, Abbie L, Deegan L, Harry N, Daisy P, Angus R, Sharleigh R, Sarah S, Trinity S, Koby W, Emily W, Chloe W.

Library Borrowing

Borrowing for this year has now ceased in preparation for a stocktake. Please remind your children to return all books to the library as soon as possible. We are currently having a competition to see which class is the first to return all of their books. The winning class will receive a prize.

Karen Meyer—Teacher Librarian

Not Returning in 2019?

We will start to organise classes soon for 2019. If you are moving and will not be returning in 2019, please advise the office as soon as possible.

Next week’s focus is: Safe Hands, Safe Feet

When I have safe hands and safe feet;

I have a calm body

I keep my hands and feet in my own space

I keep my own space

Congratulations to ……... Hollie, Dylan, India-Rose and Destany who were our weekly focus winners and had their names drawn out of the box.

This Week’s Quiz

What does ‘meander’ mean?

Write your answer on a piece of paper with your name and class and post it in the Quiz Box next to Mr Ridgway’s office by Wednesdays at 10am.

Congratulations to the following students who

received awards at the last assembly.

KL Charlie H Brianna-Rose C

KW Harvey B Eva M

1H Myah B Zanab J

1V Emily I Breanna F

2G Baker B India-Rose E

2L Alera L Joshua G

3/4A Connor S Kaya K

3/4E Mia S Ava G

3/4W Ryan B Koby W

5/6D Wyatt S

Mahleea P

Skye S

5/6E Makai J Alana C

5/6W Caitlyn B Shanae N

K/6SJ Kaelan O

K/6M Name withheld

K/6R Sarah Mc

P & C News

Canteen The canteen is run by volunteers and opens each morning at 8.30am. Correct change is appreciated.

Any parents wanting to help in the canteen please contact Angela on 0408 641 387.

Raffle Tickets Tickets for our annual Christmas raffle were sent

home today. Tickets will be $1 each.

As always we are asking for support by sending in

donations to go into the hampers. If you are able to

help, please drop your donation off at the canteen.

Extra tickets will be available at the canteen.

Uniform Shop The last day for the year will be Tuesday 11th December 2018.

Open every day Week 1 of Term 1 2019.

Staff Development Day Tuesday 29th January 2019

9am—12.00 noon.

Tues—Fri 8.30am—9.00am.

There are no EFTPOS facilities, so please bring cash.

Order forms are available at the office and orders with money will be filled and sent to your child's class.

Canteen Roster Term 4 2018

Monday 26th November Tuesday 27th November

Stacey Munzenberger Aimee Rolph

Carolyn Watt Carolyn Watt

Wednesday 28th November Thurs 29th November

Tegan Brown Aimee Rolph

Carolyn Watt Lesa Ashard

Lesa Ashard

Friday 30th November

Carol Pirie Maria Warwick

Jenny Smith Tiffany Lovell

If you are unable to attend on your rostered day, or if

you would like to help in the canteen, contact Angela

Waters on 0408 641 387.

Kinder Orientation

Next Tuesday 27th November will be the final

orientation. It is pleasing to see that we have had nearly

100% attendance at the last four sessions. Children

have bonded well with their teacher and buddies for

next year, and parents have been presented with lots of

helpful school information.

Next week is our last session for the children. Parents

are asked to leave their children and return to pick

them up 10.40—it will be good practice for next year’s

big day.

Any outstanding paperwork is required before the child

can start Kindergarten next year. Please return

anything outstanding to the front office as soon as

possible.

Canteen Volunteers Required We require some volunteers for our 2019 Canteen Roster. If we don’t get enough volunteers we will be at risk of closing on 1 or more days per week. Any help will be greatly appreciated—whether it is once a week or month or even for a couple of hours or a full day.

Carols Night We need volunteers for our Carols Night to run smoothly. If you are interested in lending a hand please contact the canteen staff.

P&C Raffle Donations

It is that time of year again where we ask

families to donate items for our Christmas

Raffle. Donations like food, toys, colouring

books, textas or something Christmas themed

would be great for our hampers.

Donations for the annual P&C Christmas Raffle

can be left at the canteen.

We would love to make this the biggest raffle

yet and have lots of prizes on offer. Please send

donations by Friday 14th December.

The Raffle will be drawn on 18th December.

Term 4 2018 Calendar

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

6

19 November

Intensive Swimming

20 November

Kinder Orientation 9.15 - 10.45

Intensive Swimming

21 November

Intensive Swimming

FGHS Aboriginal Orientation

K-2 Basketball Program

22 November

Intensive Swimming

23 November

Intensive Swimming

K-6 Assembly

Yr 3-6 Basketball Program

7

26 November 27 November

Kinder Orientation 9.15 - 10.45

Leadership Speeches 9.00am

28 November

K-2 Basketball Program

Leadership Speeches 9.00am

29 November

P&C Carols Night

Leadership Speeches 9.00am

30 November

Support Class - PCYC

Books in Homes Assembly

2019 Leadership Election

Yr 3-6 Basketball Program

8

3 December 4 December

FGHS Orientation Day

5 December

K-2 Basketball Program

6 December 7 December

Support Class - PCYC

Reports Home

K-2 Responsible Pet Visit

K-6 Assembly

Yr 3-6 Basketball Program

9

10 December

P&C Meeting

11 December

Uniform Shop Last Day for the year

12 December

13 December

9.15am Presentation Day

14 December

End of Year Excursions

10

17 December

Year 6 Farewell Assembly

Year 6 Farewell Dinner

18 December

P&C Xmas Fun Day

19 December

Last Day for Students

Farewell Arch 2.45pm

Term 1 2019 Calendar

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1

28 January

Public Holiday

29 January

Staff Develop Day

30 January

Students Return

Best Start Interviews

31 January

Best Start Interviews

1 February

Kindergarten 1st Day