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BULAHDELAH CENTRAL SCHOOL
A PRIDE School Strive to Achieve Term 2 Week 2 Issue 6 6th May, 2013
Strive to Achieve
BULAHDELAH CENTRAL SCHOOL
A PRIDE School
Strive to Achieve Term 1 Week 4 Issue 2 18th February, 2013
BULAHDELAH CENTRAL SCHOOL
A PRIDE School
Strive to Achieve Term 1 Week 4 Issue 2 18th February, 2013
GREAT NEWS INSIDE * Woolworths Earn & Learn
* Over Protective Parents
* Sec. Athletics Carnival
* P&C Meeting Monday 13th
May
* Primary News
* Library News
BCS SCHOOL PROGRAMS VALUE OF THE WEEK
Determination. We work towards
quality, success & recognition in a
persevering manner. Do you keep
on working towards your goals?
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The Easter Hat Parade
delivered again. Parents,
grandparents, aunts, uncles
and friends turned out in
force to view the visual
smorgasbord which was the
hat parade.
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The creativity of hats was
astounding and I would like to
thank parents for your support.
The students love the parade and
they love having you there to
share in their excitement.
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A real highlight was the
skipping performance of the Yr
5 “Skipaloonies,” under the
tuition of Mrs Fenning and Mrs
Murrell. They were a pleasure
to watch.
Congratulations to the winners of the raffle:
1st Emma McLoughlin (pictured)
2nd Megan Barrie
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Woolworths Earn & Learn 2013
Towards the end of last term we were fortunate to have our items delivered from Woolworths Earn & Learn 2012 program. It was through the fantastic support of our parents and the local community that we were able to get lots of arts and craft materials which have been distributed across the school for all students to use. This year we will again be participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program and some parents have actually already started to collect the Earn and Learn stickers. We are hopeful that we can improve on last year’s results and purchase additional educational resources for our school – and all we need you to do is when you or your family and friends shop at Woolworths they collect the Earn & Learn stickers for the school. The promotion runs up until Sunday 9th June and you will get one Woolworths Earn & Learn Point for every $10 spent (excluding liquor, tobacco and gift cards). Please place the Woolworths Earn & Learn Points onto a Woolworths Earn & Learn Points Sheet (available from the store) and when it’s complete, the Points Sheet can be dropped into the collection box here at the school. Woolworth have informed us that the range of items that we can claim this year has been increased to include resources for Maths, English, Science and some fantastic fun supplies for Arts & Craft, Sport and for our library.
If you’d like to know more visit woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn. Thank you again for your support last year and we look forward to getting more resources through this program this year. Over-protective parents
Last week (3 May) the Sydney Morning Herald
published an article by Amy Corderoy. Amy is the
Health Editor and suggested Over-protective
parents are linked to teenage depression. She
highlighted recent research from the Macquarie
University which stated that teaching ''helicopter
parents'' and ''tiger mums'' to control their
emotions could be the key to preventing mental
illness in their children. The research noted that
the over-protective parenting happens when the
parents says 'OK, you don't have to do that'".
There is always a fine line between allowing your
child the freedom they need to develop the social
and emotional skills required to lead happy and
well-adjusted lives and being over-protective. I
see lots of examples of where the involvement of
parents in their child’s life is detrimental to that
child’s growth and development.
Read more:
http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/overpr
otective-parents-are-linked-to-teenage-
depression-20130502-2ivwx.html#ixzz2SPXi2AVJ
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-
2278596/Children-controlling-helicopter-parents-
likely-depressed.html#ixzz2SPcEkvhj
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT:
P&C Meeting Monday
13th May
Tea Gardens Library
4.15pm
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SECONDARY ATHLETICS CARNIVAL:
K W B M Bradman 231 Wentworth 290 Kenny 270 Melba 298
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The sun was shining, the sky was blue and the students were pumped.
Everyone congratulated the organiser on the excellent conditions and
beautiful weather.
The carnival began with the long
distance events and then all age
groups left to compete on the field
and the track. One age group had a
very suspicious character by the
name of Benny Holt (pictured left)
doing his best to beat the boys who
were at least half his age, shoe size
and height. As the day progressed
and amazing times and distances
were recorded, the clouds started
to come in and eventually the rain
began to drizzle then, eventually,
fall. Events were suspended and
the carnival was postponed. As a
result students were called back to class
and the organiser was no longer
the hero of the day.
The remaining carnival events, 100 metre races
and relays were held on the last Friday of the term
in place of sport. The famous tug-of-war was a
huge success under the guidance of the tough
man himself, Brent Smith.
Eventually the results were compiled and our
Age Champions and winning house were
announced.
Thanks to everyone who helped organise and
run events. Athletics carnivals are always a fun
and important event on our school calendar,
and this one was no exception.
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Age Champions:
12 Years Leilani White Zayden Lyons
Chloe Pringle James Nancarrow
13 Years Tamara Gooch Jake Curnow
Teegan Barr Klayton Haynes, Joe Davakis, Alex Haylett
14 Years Bianca Mason Colin Burgess
Megan Markham Tate Bruinsma
15 Years Alexia Bednarczyk Clae Nicholls
Hannah-Rose Rietveld Jayden Lilley
16 Years Ellie Gooch Daniel Haddow
Meagan Terry Jaxon Harris
17 Years Gabrielle Keaton Ray Thoroughgood
Shannon Markham Isaac Dudenhoeffer
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I hope everyone had a restful and
enjoyable holiday break. This term is much
shorter than first term but will be very busy with
sporting and drama excursions, including the
Taree Eisteddfod which our students are
currently attending.
Academically senior students are well into their
Preliminary and HSC courses and will be doing
major assessment tasks and exams this term. The
junior school will also be doing exams in Week 6
of this term.
I had the pleasure of attending the Bulahdelah
ANZAC march in the holidays and was very
impressed by our school captains and vice
captains who led the students in the march and
read part of the ceremony. It was great to see
many of our students marching proudly with their
families and their fellow students.
During the last week some of our Year 12
students travelled to Armidale to view the
University of New England and its potential as a
place for their tertiary studies.
They were accompanied by our Careers Adviser
Mr McKinley and by all reports conducted
themselves very well and gained valuable
information to help them make choices for 2014.
During the first two days of the term secondary
teachers were involved in workshops on NAPLAN,
improving student achievement, grading for Year
11 and preparation for implementing the new
curriculum in 2014.
Students in Years 7 and Year 9 will be
participating in the NAPLAN Literacy and
Numeracy tests next week on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday mornings. Normal
classes will resume after recess.
BCS DEPUTY PRINCIPAL:
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Welcome back to Term 2. Although
only 9 weeks in duration, the term will
certainly be a very busy one, with many exciting
activities planned to engage and educate the
students. Some of the activities already planned
for this term include: Drumbala drumming
workshops, “Great Galaxies” performance,
athletics carnival, rugby league skill development
workshops and Discover Uni day, for our Year 6
students and their families. Student reports will
also be forwarded to parents, at the end of the
term.
Our athletics carnival will be held on Wed 22nd
May. All students K-6 will be expected to attend
and participate in the events, on the day, unless
they have a medical reason for not doing so. The
school should be notified in writing, if this is the
case. All family and friends are welcome to
attend the carnival to cheer on their child/ren. As
has been the case, in the past, we will require
parent assistance with time-keeping in the age
races. We really do appreciate and value your
assistance on carnival day and I know the
students do too. Put this date in your diary.
“Drumbala” commences on Monday 6th May and
runs for 7 weeks. We have 32 primary students
who will be participating in this program. I look
forward to the performance at the end of the 7
weeks, which will showcase the students’
learning.
All students, K-5, participate in weekly sport
sessions every Wednesday afternoon. K-2
students participate in activities which are
designed to improve gross motor and basic
movement skills. They also practice the basic
skills of throwing, catching and striking which are
fundamental to most games and sports.
Students in Years 3-6 participated in tennis,
basketball and softball during Term 1.
Throughout Term 2 they will be practicing
athletics and participating in rugby league skills
workshops 1 period per week for 5 weeks. It is
essential that students are dressed appropriately
for physical activity. We expect that all students
3-5 will now wear the school sports uniform to
school each Wednesday - blue and white soccer
shorts and sports shirt. Both the shorts and the
shirt are available from the school’s uniform
shop. If your child does not already have the
appropriate sports uniform, can I please request
that you purchase the uniform as soon as
possible so all students are prepared and
appropriately dressed for sport each Wednesday.
Suitable footwear of joggers, which lace up, is
also encouraged. Thanks in anticipation of your
cooperation with this matter.
Congratulations to our Zone X country
participants at the end of last term. We had
some excellent individual results and all students,
regardless of their placing, participated well on
the day.
Opportunity class placements for students
entering Year 5 in 2014 are now open. Parents
can apply online at
www.schools.nsw.edu.au/ocplacement . The
school does have paper copies if you don’t have
access to a computer at home. Enquiries can be
made at the front office. Online/paper
applications close on 17th May.
National Walk Safely to School Day will be held
this year on Friday 24th May. We encourage all
students to walk to school on this day, where
practical, to highlight road safety, good health,
public transport and the environment.
BCS DEPUTY PRI. PRINCIPAL:
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P&C Meeting Monday
13th May
Tea Gardens Library
4.15pm
The P&C Association will be
holding a Mother’s Day Stall
again this year. All students
from Kindergarten to Year 6
are encouraged to purchase
a gift for their mother
and/or grandmother(s).
The gifts will range in price from $2:50 to $20:00,
so there will be something to suit everyone. Gifts
available for purchase include:
$2:50 - soaps
$5:00 - earrings, purses, necklaces
$10:00 - scarves, earrings, necklaces
$10:00 - $20:00 – other body products and
jewellery
All students will be able to purchase their gifts for
mum, on Thursday 9th May, commencing at
9.00am. The stall will be set up in the school hall
and will be supervised by parent representatives
from the P&C and assisted by the school captains.
All money raised will support the great work the
P&C Association does in assisting the students
and staff at BCS. Thank you for YOUR support!!
The P&C would be grateful to any volunteers who
may be able to help out with sales to students on
the day. If you are able to spare a couple of
hours, please contact Adrienne Francis (Treasurer
P&C) on 0409 985 299 or contact Sally Thompson,
Deputy Primary Principal on 49 974329.
P&C MOTHER’S DAY STALL THURSDAY 9TH MAY:
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Library days for Primary:
Borrowing/Returns. Parents/Carers could you
please make sure that your child returns library
books on the relevant day as listed. The due date
of each library book is stamped in the back of the
library book. Students may also return and
borrow books in lunchtimes from Tuesday to
Friday.
Library Bags. We would also like to encourage
each primary student to have a library bag. This
helps to protect the books from food and drink
spills in school bags and also helps to minimise
the loss of books both at school and home. If
your child does not have a library bag the Library
has some old “Supre” bags which make excellent
library bags.
Scholastic Book Orders. Catalogues for
Scholastic come out twice a term. The due date
for orders is stamped on the front of the
catalogue and is also advertised in the
newsletter.
Student orders enable Bulahdelah Central to earn
20% of all sales in reward points which are then
used to purchase new resources for the library.
PRC. It is not too late to participate in the
Premier’s Reading Challenge. This will close on
1st September 2013 so please encourage your
child, if they are participating, to read at least 1
PRC book a week so they can fulfil their
requirements. We encourage all participants to
be adventurous in their reading and add as many
different types of books as they can to their
reading records. Permission notes are available
from the Library.
Simultaneous Read. The whole school will be
participating in the National Simultaneous
Storytime to be held on Thursday 23rd May. The
title of the book this year is “The Wrong Book” by
Nick Bland. This event is held to promote reading
and literacy by sharing this fun story.
Students/Mum
REMEMBER to send in your Scholastic Book Orders by:
Thursday 16th May, 2013 Don’t miss out on some excellent books, posters, games and fun
things to make and do.
MONDAY: Kinder Year 1 Mr Gibbs
Year 6 Mrs McDonald
TUESDAY: Year 2/3 Mrs Ottignon
Year 4 Mrs Wills
FRIDAY: Year 5 Mr Backhouse
LIBRARY INFORMATION:
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Students have the opportunity to enter Spelling,
Writing and English competitions during Term 2.
Competition dates:
Spelling Tuesday 18th June (Years 3-7).
Writing Monday 17th June (Years 3-12).
English Wednesday 31st July (3-12).
Cost to enter competitions:
Spelling $12.10
Writing $18.70
English $8.80
Money is due to the school office three days prior
to competition dates.
If your child is interested in participating, please
contact Miss Ashlee Smith at school before the
15th May.
May 8 Opening Tea Gardens Parliament
9-12 Yr12 English Sydney Exc.
9 P&C Mother’s Day Stall
Under 15’s Girl Soccer Gloucester
9-11 HSC Adv. English “Hamlet”
10 Sec. Regional X Country
13 P&C Meeting T.Gardens Library
Drumbala Workshops
14-16 Yrs 3, 5, 7 & 9 Naplan Tests
22 Primary Athletics Carnival
23 National Simultaneous Storytime
Aust.’s Biggest Morning Tea
24 Walk Safely to School Day
SPELLING, WRITING & ENGLISH COMPETITIONS:
IMPORTANT DATES:
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The Woolworths Earn & Learn program is back! This community program enables schools and early learning centres throughout Australia to earn educational resources simply through the school community shopping at Woolworths. Last year, our program provided 720,000 pieces of educational equipment to more than 12,500 schools and early learning centres. Schools selected from thousands of different items through our program, highlighting how each school’s needs are different and how critical a breadth of range is.
From Monday 8th April until Sunday 9th June 2013, when you shop at Woolworths you will be given a Woolworths Earn & Learn Point. There’ll be one Woolworths Earn & Learn Point for every $10 spent, excluding cigarettes, liquor and gift cards. Collect these Woolworths Earn & Learn Points and your local school will be able to redeem these for educational resources. The Woolworths Earn & Learn program offers products to suit students of all ages. Schools and early learning centres can choose resources based on their unique needs, across every educational category possible, including mathematics and english resources, science equipment, arts & crafts materials, sports gear and more.
Walk Safely to School Day (WSTSD) is an annual, national event when all Primary School children will be encouraged to walk and commute safely to school. It is a Community Event seeking to promote Road Safety, Health, Public Transport and the Environment. It will be held throughout Australia on Friday 24th May 2013. The objectives of WSTSD are:
To encourage parents and carers to walk to school with primary school age children and reinforce safe pedestrian behaviour.
To promote the health benefits of walking and help create regular walking habits at an early age.
To ensure that children up to 10 years old hold an adult's hand when crossing the road.
To help children develop the vital road-crossing skills they will need as they become mature pedestrians.
To reduce the car dependency habits that are being created at an early age and which will be difficult to change as children become adults.
To promote the use of public transport. To reduce the level of air pollution created
by motor vehicles. To reduce the level of traffic congestion.
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If you are interested in
attending this program the
application forms are
available from the Library or
book and pay online:
www.illustrating-man.com.au
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The BCS Canteen staff Sheryl Barry (Canteen Manager) and Christina Watt continue to provide a healthy and varied
selection of foods for our students and staff. They prepare healthy one-off specials each week. These specials are
publicised each fortnight in the school newsletter and on the school web site. Students and staff are invited to order
from this list in addition to the Menu/Price List.
Specials this fortnight are:
BCS distributes the Tall Timbers newsletter by
FAMILY EMAIL. Please ensure that your family
email is entered correctly on our records.
Next Newsletters for Term 2: 20th May; 3rd & 17th
June.
We also place a copy of our newsletter on our
website;
http://www.bulahdelah-c.schools.nsw.edu.au.
Bulahdelah CTC is showcasing a range of free
courses offered online from TAFE NSW, including
short courses designed to allow you to choose
whether a career will suit you. For example, you
can do introductions to the construction trades,
hospitality, or business.
You can also brush up on your maths skills to get
ready for an apprenticeship or traineeship, or just
to manage life better. The courses are free. Just
drop in to Bulahdelah Rural Transaction Centre
(Bulahdelah CTC) or phone 49 974 764 for more
information.
DATE RECESS COST LUNCH COST
May 6 Soup $3.00 Curried Chicken $5.00
May 7 Scones Jam & Cream $2.00 Rissoles & Chips (G) $5.50
May 8 McBites $3.00 Roast (G) Rolls $3.00
May 9 Mini Wraps $3.00 Chicken Parmigiana $5.00
May 10 Pikelets $2.00 Curried Prawns $5.50
May 13 Cocktail Fish $3.00 Chicken & Cheese (T) Wrap $4.50
May 14 Chicken Wings $3.00 Curried Sausages $4.50
May 15 Mini Salad Wraps $3.00 Chicken Carbonara $4.50
May 16 Spring Rolls $2.00 Garlic Prawns $5.50
May 17 Mini Hot Dogs $3.00 Calamari & Salad $5.50
HOUSEKEEPING INFORMATION:
CANTEEN SPECIALS:
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