13 MAY 2019 WEEK 3 TERM 2

FOCUS OF

THE TERM

YCDI!

PERSISTENCE &

ORGANISATION

BRISBANIA PUBLIC SCHOOL

1 High Street Saratoga NSW 2251

Phone: (02) 4369 1246

Fax: (02) 4363 1068

Email: brisbania- p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

School Web Page: www.brisbania-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

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STAFF LEAVE Miss Chapman will be Relieving Principal from Wednesday 15 May to Wednesday 12 June. Mrs Self will be Relieving Stage Three Assistant Principal and Miss Yarnold will teach 5/6JP during that time on Mondays and Tuesdays. Mrs Carey will be taking leave from Friday 17 May to Monday 27 May. Mr Stott will be Relieving Assistant Principal Stage One and Mrs Phillips and Mrs Kirkaldy will be teaching 2C. Mrs Howe continues to recover and is off until at least the end of Week 5, 31 May. We thank Miss Babbage for teaching 4/5H.

NAPLAN ONLINE- YEARS 3 and 5 NAPLAN ONLINE will be held between 14-24 May. Students will begin with WRITING on 14 May. Year 3 will have a paper version and Year 5 have an online version. All other assessments for Reading, Conventions of Language and Numeracy are online. Ms Howarth is coordinating NAPLAN this year, thank you for the organization and preparation to make this first NAPLAN online run smoothly. SCHOOL DENTIST WEEK TeethNSmiles will be visiting Brisbania PS on Monday 27 to Friday 31 May. If you would like your child to have their teeth checked, please read the conditions, fill in the form that has been sent home and return no later than Monday 20 May. The AV room will be used this year for dental visits. CANBERRA EXCURSION YEAR 6 will be visiting Canberra this week on 15-17 May. Mrs Self, Mr Ingram and Miss Babbage will be attending camp. We thank them in advance for their time, organization and care of our Year 6 students. Have a wonderful time! Remember it is an early start on Wednesday and long, fun packed days at camp, so sleep well on Tuesday night! B BLOCK B Block, KG and KK’s building will be reroofed after many years of leaks. Scaffolds will soon appear around B Block and tiles will be removed and replaced as well as the perspex on the verandah that was damaged in the last hail storm. There will be disruption to KG and KK who will work in the hall whilst the refurbishment is occurring. There will be limited access from the upper level of the Admin building to the lower level. The steps adjacent to B Block on KG side will not be accessible. There will be barricades from the steps on either side and at the front of the toilets to ensure no entry. Volunteer Stage Three students will act as monitors for toilet access under B Block, the main toilets, via the present out of bounds “tunnel”.

Tuesday 14 May WRITING All Year 3 and 5 students

Wednesday 15 May READING 3V, 5S, 5W and 5H

Thursday 16 May READING 3T, 5JP, 5M

Friday 17 May READING 3D

LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS 5JP and 5M

Monday 20 May LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS 3D

NUMERACY 5JP and 5M

Tuesday 21 May LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS 3T

NUMERACY 5S, 5W and 5H

Wednesday 22 May NUMERACY 3V Catch up

Thursday 23 May NUMERACY 3T

Catch up

Friday 24 May NUMERACY 3D

Catch up

CHANGES TO MONEY COLLECTION FROM WEEK 4- 20 MAY As an audit and safety requirement our money collection process will be changing from MONDAY 20 MAY. Students will need to bring in their money to the office before school and place the money in the money collection box, rather than taking the money to class and it being brought up to the office. The office staff will keep a record of payment that teachers can access. Please remind your child of the new procedures. WALK SAFELY TO SCHOOL DAY Walk Safely to School Day will be held on Friday 17 May. Students will receive a sticker and discuss safe walking to and from school. Walk Safely to School Day is an annual, national event when all primary school children are encouraged to walk and commute safely to school. It is a community event seeking to promote safety, health, public transport and the environment. Walk Safely to School Day promotes the important message that active kids are healthy kids. Parents, carers and children are encouraged to build regular walking to and from school into their daily routine. Children need a minimum of 60 minutes exercise per day. Encouraging less driving and more walking aims to decrease dangerous vehicle congestion around schools and reduce carbon emissions from idling cars. Lastly, it is a nice way to be part of your community. LIFE EDUCATION K-2 Kindergarten, Year One and Year Two will attend Life Education van this Monday to Wednesday. Thanks to Mrs Duruz for her organisation.

NETBALL The Brisbania netball team are through to round 3 of the 2019 PSSA Netball Knockout Competition following a win against Woy Woy Primary School on Friday 10 May 2019. Brisbania enjoyed a convincing win. The final score was 28:0! The girls played exceptionally well, displaying sportsmanship and encouraging each other throughout the game.

A big thank you to Davistown Netball Club for their ongoing support, in particular to Steph Lavery who did a wonderful job as umpire on the day. Thank you also to the parents for their ongoing support and sideline cheering!

Monday 13 May 2S, 2M, 2C, and 1/2T

Tuesday 14 May 1F, 1M, K/1C and KN

Wednesday 15 May KG and KK

WOY WOY CUP Last Wednesday 7 May, the Under 10’s Rugby League Gala Day was held at Woy Woy. 14 boys were involved in the day with wonderful skills and great sportsmanship shown. The boys played 5 games with 3 wins, 1 draw and a loss. Congratulations goes to the boys for a fantastic day, considering they only had four training sessions. Thanks to Daniel K for guiding the boys; Kaden M, Kobi D, Mathew W for their big hit ups; Finn D for his huge tackling ability; Kaiden H zipping all around the field; and Jet, Tyson, Coby H, Cruz, Xavier, Casey, Aiden and Duke for being part of this amazing team. A special mention to Mr Ingram for coaching the boys, Scott K for your encouragement, Bailey L for running the water and Katrina R for washing the jerseys and socks. Thanks to the parents who came and supported the boys and our school.

EARN AND LEARN Please bring in your earn and learn stickers and place them in the boxes in the foyer so we can get some great educational resources for our school once the promotion ends! SECURITY Our school security hotline is 1300 880 021. Please call the hotline if you see or hear anyone on the premises during out of school hours. Have a wonderful week! Annette Parrey

PRINCIPAL’S GOLD BOOK

Scarlett Jet Jessica Milly Zarah

Tjudibaring Aboriginal Education

Consultative Group (AECG) We would like to welcome our Aboriginal & Torres Strait

Islander students, their families, school staff and Aboriginal

community members to join us for our yarn up.

We will enjoy a short and informative yarning with wonderful

company, We hope you can join us and of course our little ones

are always welcome.

Date: Wednesday 29 May 2019

Where: Brisbania Public School

Time: 5.30pm for our Aboriginal community

6pm for all other interested parties.

Light snacks & refreshments provided

ALL WELCOME!

Come and have a yarn

Kerry 0424 686 329

TERM 2 - 2019 DATES

Tuesday 14 May NAPLAN Online

Life Education K - 2

Wednesday 15 May NAPLAN Online

Life Education K - 2

Y6 Canberra Excursion

Thursday 16 May NAPLAN Online

Y6 Canberra Excursion

Friday 17 May NAPLAN Online

Y6 Canberra Excursion

Monday 20 May NAPLAN Online

Tuesday 21 May NAPLAN Online

P & C Meeting 7pm

Wednesday 22 May NAPLAN Online

Thursday 23 May NAPLAN Online

Friday 24 May NAPLAN Online

SCC Zone Cross Country Umina

Monday 27 May Dental Visits

Tuesday 28 May Dental Visits

Wednesday 29 May Dental Visits

AECG Meeting

Thursday 30 May Dental Visits

Friday 31 May Dental Visits

SCC Zone Country Umina Back Up Day

Wednesday 5 June Y6 Primary Fun Day—Erina HS

Friday 7 June Give me 5 for kids/PJ’s day

Wednesday 12 June Y5 Great Aussie Bush Camp

Thursday 13 June Y5 Great Aussie Bush Camp

Friday 14 June Y5 Great Aussie Bush Camp

Tuesday 18 June P & C Meeting 7pm

Wednesday 19 June Musica Viva 11:30am K - 2, 1:45pm Y3 - Y6

Friday 21 June Sydney North PSSA X-country

Thursday 27 June NAIDOC @ Erina HS Stage 3

Friday 28 June Sydney North PSSA X-Country (Back Up Day)

Trivia Night

Thursday 4 July Assembly Of Excellence 9:15 am

Reports home today

Disco K - 2 from 4:30 to 5:30pm, Y3 - Y6 from 5:45 to 7pm

Friday 5 July Last Day Term 2

CHANGES TO ADDRESS OR CONTACT DETAILS

Please notify the school ASAP if there has been any changes to

contact details, address, phone numbers, etc.

EARLY STAGE 1 AWARDS

KK - Layla, Nadia, Archie

KG - Cruz, Noah, Tilly, Madi

KN - Maddison, Irene, Jack, Sidney

KC - Zander, Max

STAGE 2 AWARDS

Cohen, Josie, Gorge, Jozlyn, Harlan, Nevaeh,

Phonix, Katie, Peyton, Billy

YOU CAN DO IT!

Maya, Mia W, Tallara, Luka U, Mikayla

COMPUTER MONITORS

Mathew

YEAR 2 LEADERS

Grace, Jett

Woolworths has just launched Earn & Learn, and we're once again joining it!

For those who aren't aware of the program, if you shop at Woolworths between 1 May and 25 June, you can earn stickers. By collecting these stickers, our school may be able to order new school equipment; things like art and craft supplies, sports gear, teaching aids, and more.

If you shop at Woolworths, please collect those stickers and drop them in to one of our collection boxes. You will find one located at Woolworths Erina and two in our school office.

If you need sticker sheets, these can also be found in our school office. Thank you!

Miss Pagan

WEEK 11 Monday - R Cattley Tuesday - K Dobell W’day - A Russell

Th’rsday - S Purtell Friday - E Brock

CANTEEN

ROSTER

Week 3

Mon - T Ukalovic Tues - N Bray

Wed - M Whetton Thu - K Thomas Frid - C Stone

Week 4 Mon - VACANT Tues - A Harvey Wed - VACANT

Thu - R Ivins Frid - K Hourn

Thank you to everyone who supported our fundraising by buying tickets for the Mothers Day raffle on Friday, and congratulations to the lucky winners! We raised $1394 from the raffle, an excellent result! Thanks to Kristie Hughes, Chloe Sapsford, Dave Smail and Gerrard Ivins for helping me to sell the tickets. Our Mothers Day stall was also very successful, raising $1601. The children had a wonderful time choosing a gift for their mum, nan and/or other special female caregiver. Thanks to Kim Hourn for all her organisation before the day and to all her lovely helpers on the day. Our major fundraiser this term is our Trivia night which is on Friday 28 June at 7pm at the Davo. Tickets are $20 per person and this includes light snacks on the tables. There will also be fun games, a raffle and silent auction. We really need to raise as much money as possible towards our new playground so please invite your friends, family, and neighbours. There is a maximum of 10 people per table - but organise more than one table if you can! Tickets can be purchased from the office or by direct deposit into the P&C bank account (BSB 032-596, Acc 218938) - please use your table name AND surname as the reference. We still need some more volunteers in the canteen as the roster for this term has several days with no volunteer. We need a volunteer on Thursday and Friday this week. Please consider volunteering one day a term or even for a few hours if that’s all you can spare. No specific experience or skills are required. Helping in the canteen is a great way to contribute to our school and learn more about the school day (and meet some of the children). If you can help please message Suzanne or pop into the canteen and see Paula or Rose (our job-share canteen managers). The canteen is open from 8.30-1.15 Monday to Friday. Our next P&C meeting is on Tuesday 21 May at 7pm in the staffroom. Please come along if you’re free. We have decided to see if there is interest for a separate Fundraising Committee (amongst parents and other community members who are interested in helping with fundraising but don’t want to attend the full P&C meetings). In May, fundraising will be discussed and planned BEFORE the P&C meeting. If you are interested please meet us in the staffroom at 6.30pm (21 May). Have a good week Suzanne Petrie Sapsford P&C President 0423 036 697

Brisbania Public

School Uniform Shop

Opening Hours: Every Friday

Morning 8:30am - 9:15am

Uniform Coordinators:

Renae Godden & Caitlin Richards

0416 207 330

Tuesday

AVOCA BEACH GIRLS NIGHT IN - GATSBY GIRLS NIGHT IN

The Avoca Beach Girls Night In proudly presents "Gatsby Girls Night In" on

Saturday 25 May from 6.30pm at Avoca Beach Surf Club. This will be our 7th year hosting this fundraising event raising money for women's cancer research, support & treatment with all funds raised allocated to the Central Coast. Our past 6 events have collectively raised over $173 000 & we are hoping to raise $27 000 this year to take our total over $200 000 which would be amazing achievement donating much needed funds to such a worthwhile cause that has touched so many of us. Tickets are $70 & includes bubbles on arrival, canapés & finger food from "Mr Catering" & live music by "The Funk". Lucky door prizes, raffles, silent auctions & games make it a fantastic night out, so grab some girlfriends & join us to support our fabulous event.

CENTRAL COAST SCHOOLS’

SHOWCASE 2019

Attention: All Principals of Central Coast Primary & Secondary

schools and Creative Arts Coordinators, Head Teacher Music, Dance & Drama teachers.

The 2019 Central Coast Schools’ SHOWCASE will be held at the Laycock Street Community Theatre on: Wednesday 21 August at 11:00am & 7:00pm (Show “A”) and Thursday 22 August at 11:00am & 7:00pm (Show “B”)

The Central Coast Schools’ Showcase is an opportunity for high quality performances in music (vocal & instrumental), dance and drama from public primary

and secondary schools to be showcased to the wider community.

We look forward to meeting you,

Mrs Karen Morrow Chairperson – 2019

Central Coast Schools’ Showcase Committee

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WHO CAN AUDITION?

WHAT?

Any student attending a Public School on the Central Coast years K – 12, and Central Coast Regional ensembles. Any genre within the Performing Arts.

CONTENT Rehearsed to performance standard. Lyrics, language, costume, themes and movements should be age appropriate.

TIME LIMITS Dance & Music items: 4 minutes maximum. Drama Items: 5 minutes maximum.

AUDITIONS Performers are to complete an online submission form for each nominated item, located at bit.ly/CCSShowcase19 and share your audition video with Ben.Ross21@det.nsw.edu.au via Google Drive (see over)

Primary school students are invited to audition LIVE OR submit in the same way as the above information for High school students.

**Primary students/teachers please indicate if you will be attending the live auditions on the nomination form.

NOMINATIONS

CLOSE: MONDAY 27 MAY (TERM 2 WEEK 5): all online audition forms and video files to be uploaded and submitted by this date. LIVE AUDITION DAY: MONDAY 27 MAY (PRIMARY ONLY)

at Terrigal High School 9am – 1pm. Email Karen Morrow at the address below to book an audition time please.

INVITATION TO PERFORM

Successful performers will be contacted via email during Week 8 Term 2. Please contact Maryellen.Gillard@det.nsw.edu.au for enquiries regarding successful acts.

Please contact Karen.Morrow@det.nsw.edu.au regarding live auditions.

CENTRAL COAST SCHOOLS’

SHOWCASE 2019 Laycock Street Community Theatre

21 & 22 August 2019

HOW TO APPLY: ITEM NOMINATION FORM The process for nominating acts for Showcase has changed slightly in 2019. There are now only two steps to complete to submit nominations for Showcase acts.

This year, nomination forms are located online at bit.ly/CCSShowcase19 Step 1 is to nominate. Nominees should complete a form for each item they wish to nominate. This process should only take a few minutes to complete. Step 2 is to upload your video audition to Google Drive, and share it with the Showcase committee via this email address: Ben.Ross21@det.nsw.edu.au Preferably, schools can elect to compile all of their audition videos into a single folder and share this folder with the above address, or single videos can be shared individually. You must label each video file separately with student’s name, school and item name , please ensure that you have completed a form for each video. For example : Jo Bloggs, or Yr 9 Dance ensemble, Terrigal HS, What a Wonderful World. Google Drive can be found at drive.google.com. If you are unfamiliar with the Google Drive platform, some helpful guides can be found at: https://www.wikihow.com/Add-Files-to-Google-Drive-Online https://www.wikihow.com/Share-a-Google-Drive-File Primary school students are invited to audition live at Terrigal High School on Monday 27 May. ( see details on page 1 and 3 ) If primary school auditionees are attending the live audition, an online form should still be completed for each item. Please indicate on your online form if you are attending the live auditions and email Karen Morrow to make an audition time. Karen.morrow@det.nsw.edu.au Alternatively, primary school auditionees can video their performances and apply following the directions above. If you require any assistance with your submission or upload, please contact Showcase committee member Mr. Ben Ross at Ben.Ross21@det.nsw.edu.au or consult with your school’s IT Systems Administrator.

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CENTRAL COAST SCHOOLS’

SHOWCASE 2019

Timeline for Central Coast Schools’ Showcase

27 May: Audition forms submitted online and videos shared on Google Drive with Ben.Ross21@det.nsw.edu.au

27 May: Live auditions for Primary schools at Terrigal High School.

6 June: Showcase committee meet to finalise the selection of items.

17 June: Successful applicants will be emailed a link to complete an ‘Invitation to Perform’ Google Form during this week.

Please email Karen.Morrow@det.nsw.edu.au in you are unable to accept your invitation to perform.

25 June: Successful applicants should ensure they have completed their ‘Invitation to Perform’/ acceptance form online.

7 August: COMPULSORY REHEARSAL at Narara Valley High School Hall for successful acts.

Show A (21 August show) rehearsal between 8:30am – 11:30am. Show B (22 August show) rehearsal between 12 noon - 3pm.

21 August: TECHNICAL REHEARSAL for Show A only @ Laycock Community Theatre North Gosford. See rehearsal schedule below:

Vocals: 7:45am; Instrumentalists/ bands: 8:30am; Drama and Dance: 9:30am

21 August: Show A Matinee Performances 11am – 2:00 pm and Evening Performance 7pm – 10pm @ Laycock Street Community Theatre

22 August: TECHNICAL REHEARSAL for Show B only @ Laycock Community Theatre. See rehearsal schedule below:

Vocals @ 7:45am Instrumentals / bands @ 8:30am Drama and Dance @ 9:30am

22 August: Show B Matinee Performance 11am – 2:00pm and Evening Performance 7pm – 10pm @ Laycock Street Community Theatre.

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