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NEWSLETTER Phone: 9484 8844 23 July 2019 Fax: 9484 8200
P & C Meeting – Wednesday 21 August 2019 7:30 p.m. – Library Website: www.beecroftpublicschool.com.au Email: [email protected]
Principal’s Report Welcome Back Welcome back to Term 3. I hope you have enjoyed a relaxing break with your children. This term we welcome Miss Alexandra Husband, RFF (Release from Face-to-Face) teacher and Miss Millie Sinai, (SLSO) School Learning and Support Officer. We also welcome back Mrs Annaliese Raynor who will be teaching as part of our RFF program each Tuesday and Wednesday. Roofing Project Thank you to the staff, parents and students for your patience and cooperation during the reroofing of our 3-6 building. During the holidays this project came to its completion, the carpets were cleaned and the school is again fully operational. I am sure that you agree, it was worth the inconvenience. The roof looks great and the leaky areas are now watertight. At Beecroft Public School, we acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we learn, work, play and gather, the Darug People, and pay our respects to Elders past and present and Aboriginal people who are part of our school and the broader community. NAIDOC Week - Voice. Treaty. Truth. National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) Week is held every year in early July. It is a time to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture and achievements and is an opportunity to recognise the contributions that Indigenous Australians make to our country and our society. This year, the theme for NAIDOC Week is ‘Voice. Treaty. Truth – Let’s work together for a shared future.’ As NAIDOC Week was officially celebrated in the holidays each year, our school recognises this important celebration both in the week preceding and the week following the holidays. Currently, our student work from across the school is displayed in the front foyer. This work captures and reflects students’ deep understandings of the history and culture of our First Nations Australians. Please take the opportunity to discuss the significance of NAIDOC week with your children. Professional Learning - Learner Focused Design
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Yesterday, whilst students enjoyed their last day at home, staff were at school engaging in professional learning activities focusing on the teaching of digital and ICT technologies across all areas of the curriculum. Teachers spent time learning how to use two new Departmental STEMSHARE kits, 3D Printing and PC Robotics, which our school has borrowed for Term 3. I am proud that at Beecroft Public School, teachers prioritise professional growth, reflection and the development of new skills in the rapidly changing space of digital and ICT technologies. It is an exciting time and we look forward to sharing some of the engaging learning that students will be involved in this term. ‘Run Beecroft Run’ - Athletics Carnival On the last Wednesday of Term 2 Beecroft Public School held our annual K-6 Athletics Carnival at Greenway Park, Cherrybrook. It was a sensational day of fun, sportsmanship and athletic prowess. Thank you again to the amazing team of teachers, led by Mrs Tina Faber, Mrs Jo Justic and Mrs Lisa Reid, who meticulously prepared for and executed every tiny detail needed to ensure the success of this event. Congratulations to Donna Dubsky, Nina Frykberg, Belinda Varndell and the amazing team of parents who provided close to 700 lunches on the day. It was an impressive organisational achievement! The pictures that follow tell the story.
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Tanya Rose Principal
Deputy Principal’s Report Education Week – Save the date! This term we will be celebrating Education Week on Wednesday, 7 August. More information to follow. Professional Learning
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Yesterday on our Staff Development Day, teachers attended professional learning in alignment with the School Plan, Strategic Direction 1, Excellence in Teaching. The day focused on how technology can be used as a tool to enhance student learning, as we strive for excellence and ensure that every student is authentically engaged and challenged in an innovative and future focused environment. Teachers participated in a hands-on session that explored how coding and robotics can be used in their teaching and learning programs. Coding and robotics allow students to investigate digital technologies, create digital solutions, explore automation of repetitive tasks and become critical consumers of information as well as creative producers which is part of the Science and Technology syllabus.
To build upon our innovative learning environments at Beecroft Public School, teachers participated in a variety of workshops that focused on Google Suites, a tool that can be utilised by teachers to communicate with students and create an environment of collaboration and productivity. Another workshop focused on Inquiry Learning and how to embed short inquiry activities into a unit of work. Teachers also had the option to explore new department teaching and learning resources that embed ICT directly into the classroom. Thank you to the Learner Focused Team, Mrs Irene Robbins, Mrs Kate Bowyer, Ms Tina Faber, Mrs Sarah Hahn, Mrs Lindsay Croom, Mrs Jocelyn Caddy, Mrs Brianna Gow, Mrs Eve Dirago and Ms Polly Hogarth for organising such an outstanding day. Alex Montgomery Deputy Principal
Change in Transport Routes We have received the following information that may be applicable to some of our students: There will be service adjustments for Hillsbus public routes from Sunday, 28 July 2019. Your school travel advice sheet is not affected by these changes. The changes may still impact how students travel, we advise all students to check their services before travelling. For more details about the coming changes, please visit www.transportnsw.info
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Your assistance in notifying students of the coming changes would be appreciated. Regards, Max Chen Planning Officer T (02) 8889 7000 E [email protected] 29 Foundry Road, Seven Hills NSW 2147 cdcbus.com.au
Sydney Academy of Chess
Eco Corner Report Busy times for the Knights - harvesting, selling and tree planting Greening group is on this week. Lots to harvest and sell after the break. Some of the greening group will also be involved in tree planting in Lyne Road with Hornsby Council, as part of the National Tree Planting Day festivities going on in our local shire. Ben the Green Garden Guru In knowledge we grow
P&C News P&C News P&C News P&C News P&C News
Message from the President Welcome back to the second half of the year. A busy term with lots of activities coming up in the coming months; lots of things for you and your children to get involved in.
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Thank you Sports Carnival Canteen Team Wow. What an incredible performance by the canteen team of Belinda, Donna and Nina at the athletics carnival in week 10. A huge thank you to you three and your incredible team of volunteers who put on such a wonderful lunchtime meal for our children. The assembly line and the finished lunch box presented to the children was brilliant. School Proposal for Top Playground COLA Shade Covering Needs your Votes Currently there is an opportunity for our school community to vote on State funded community projects that would benefit the local community. One of these projects is a proposal for a huge shade cover over the top playground of our school, and a resurfacing of this area. For this project to be selected, it needs to get the most votes. Please spend the time in putting forward your vote for this project. We also would like EVERY neighbour and EVERY friend of Beecroft PS to vote! Before you click on the following link, you will need your MyServiceNSW log-in details and your Medicare Card. The process takes time, but it is worth it. Please VOTE 1 for Beecroft Public School’s proposal at https://mycommunityproject.service.nsw.gov.au/ (click on Epping Electorate and scroll down to Beecroft Public School). Voting closes 15 August, but don’t delay...vote today! A special thank you to Melannie Hogan who has championed this and got our school on the potential project funding list. Also to Mrs Rose for supporting this endeavour to improve our schools learning environment. Term 3 Fit-A-Thon: Monday 19 August 3-6 Disco Helper: Friday 6 September Kindergarten Orientation: Thursday 19 September Movie Night under the Stars: Friday 20 September Term 4 Working Bee: Sunday 20 October Upcoming Events: P&C General Meeting: Wednesday 21 August at 7:30p.m. in the School Library Ben McSweeney [email protected]
P & C President
Canteen News - Phone 9980 7255
Welcome Back Welcome back to all returning students and especially to our new parents. Be ready for a busy term 3! Our canteen will continue to be busy with providing lunches and snacks to our school community. If you would like to find out more about what goes into making our canteen work, please feel free to drop by for an hour or two. We can always do with extra help.
THANK YOU! The sun was shining and the team spirit was in the air. The Greatest Sausage Sizzle was a big success! So a very big THANK YOU to all who had a meal deal and we hope it added to a great day of sport, team spirit and fun! It surely would have not been possible without our willing volunteers throughout the day and days leading up to the event. A brilliant effort by our events coordinators, Donna D and Nina F and a special mention to our tireless BBQers, Matthew D & Paul K who manned the hot plates without a break.
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A thank you to Woolworths at Beecroft who donated more than half the meal deals, including brownie ingredients, served that day and also to Martelli’s for the provision of the little piece of fruit to keep things balanced! A BIG thanks also goes to Donna D, Nina F, Jenine R and Caitlyn V for working behind the scenes on the lead up to our big day.
Also a heartfelt thank you to the following who have put in the time and effort packing boxes, cutting up fruit, serving and generally helping: Virginia C; Lyndal vH; Vicki K; Michelle M; Natalie T; Katherine M; Stella P; Kelly P; Lee K; Shannon C; Katherine P; Edwina O; Annie Y; Sakine U; Cat K; Ruby K; Caroline C; Louise dV; Jie W; Damien N; Tanya T; Kristy S; Lindy K; Kate L; Sarah P; Lisa Y; Eugene C; Delia L and Kylie H-C. It is truly great to see so many willing parents putting a little effort into making the day great once more! Without all the contribution, we wouldn’t have had such a successful event, so thank you.
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Roster for the upcoming week Wednesday 24 July: Saroj T, Carly S- EXTRA HELP NEEDED Thursday 25 July: NO ONE ON ROSTER Friday 26 July: Michelle M, Olga L Monday 29 July: NO ONE ON ROSTER Tuesday 30 July: Alison F
If you are rostered on and cannot commit, please arrange for someone to cover your day. Please try and let either myself or the Managers know to help organise the weekly roster. If you are still having difficulties, please phone the Canteen Managers, Jenny or Julie on 9980 7255. Thanks. Belinda Varndell [email protected] Canteen Convenor
Lost Property
Welcome Back! To enable the return of items, please take this opportunity to check that ALL items that come to school are fully labelled with your children’s first and last name. Thank you to all of the class parents who help sort the lost property area each week. Class 3B is rostered on this week. Lisa Yen P&C Vice President
Uniform Shop Welcome back to a new school term. Helping in the shop this week: Wednesday 24 July - No volunteers Thursday 25 July - No volunteers Next week: Wednesday 31 July - No volunteers Thursday 1 August - No volunteers
Hours: Wednesday 3:00p.m. – 4:00p.m.
Thursday 9:00a.m. – 10:00a.m. Sherri Cooper Uniform Shop Convenor [email protected]
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School Banking
Regular Hours: Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Alice Clayton [email protected]
BOOSH
Hello Booshies!!! Vacation Care Vacation Care was a fun and exciting time for all of the children. Highlights for the July holidays were the children really consolidating their own play with lots of outdoor activities and creative crafts (with our new equipment!). Cooking crafts were a smash hit with the children as staff brought back some old classics (honey joys and chocolate crackles) that were received well by all! This vacation care BOOSH went on excursions to the Stardust Circus and Reverse Garbage. Reverse Garbage saw BOOSH travel out to Marrickville where we learnt about REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE. We learnt that after proper recycling our rubbish bins should only be a 1/4 full by weekly collection. The children also made amazing looking spacecrafts and let their imaginations go wild making space inspired creations to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing! There was a wide variety of incursions to come along to. However the children's favourite was the magician, which even WOW'd the staff with his magically appearing animals! Welcome Back to Term 3 Welcome back to Term 3 to all our Booshies! There are some exciting new themes for the Term 3 program. We will be looking into Good vs. Evil for the first five weeks and then building our knowledge on Nature for the second five weeks of Term 3. We look forward to the children bringing their investigative skills and powers of deduction to explore our Overarching Theme!
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BOOSH Page 2 Parent Committee Meeting Parent meetings are a great opportunity for families, especially those new to Boosh, to meet other parents and be involved in the running of the centre. All Boosh families are welcome; you do not have to be ‘on the committee’. Meetings are held in Boosh at 6:30p.m. Our next meeting is Tuesday 6 July. Special Afternoon Tea This week’s special afternoon tea is Savoury Puff Pastries on Thursday afternoon. This Week’s Photos New Toys; Carpentry for Kids; Chocolate Crackles; NAIDOC Earth Beats and Reverse Garbage Creations! Upcoming Dates July Parent Committee Meeting: Tuesday 6 July at 6:30p.m. in Boosh Mel on Leave: 13 - 27 July Have a great week! Steve and The Boosh Team 9980 8224
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Band News
Welcome back to another exciting term of music making. Our bands will be representing the school at a number of festivals in Term 3, beginning with the Australian School Band and Orchestra Festival in August. Your band coordinator will contact you with details of any upcoming performances. Our first Band and Strings Subcommittee meeting for the term will be held next week, Thursday 1 August, from 7:30p.m. in the school staff room. Please join us. Upcoming Festivals
Date Band Event Venue Sunday, 4 August 2:30p.m.
SCB1 ASBOF John Clancy Auditorium, UNSW
If you have any questions, please contact your band coordinator. For general inquiries, please contact the secretary. Megan Hobbs [email protected] Secretary
String Ensemble News
Our Advanced String Ensemble will be performing at the Opera House on Monday 29 July 2019 for the Festival of Instrumental Music (FOIM) – Strings.
Good luck team, we hope everything goes well at the concert!
Invoice for Strings Membership fees – Due 5 July 2019 The 2019 membership invoices were emailed out to all parents at the end of term 2. If you have any concerns or questions about the payment, please do not hesitate to contact the Strings Coordinator via [email protected]. Thank you! Change of Rehearsal Date
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Intermediate Strings Term 3 Week 2 - Monday 29 July moved to Friday 2 August Weekly Rehearsal Parent Roster – Terms 3 & 4 2019 A volunteer parent is needed to support the smooth running of each rehearsal. Please remember to sign up to the weekly parent roster if you have not done so already: Advanced Strings: https://signup.com/login/entry/447016456513544039 Intermediate Strings: https://signup.com/go/xkHLqBL Training Strings: https://signup.com/go/xKCbOBA String Ensemble Applications for 2019 Beecroft Public School Strings Program welcomes new players of all levels, from Year 1 to Year 6, who play violin, viola, cello and double bass. The String Ensembles perform at festivals and events throughout the year. For more details, please refer to the BPS Band and Strings Program Handbook 2019. To make an enquiry or book an audition, please contact the Strings Coordinator on [email protected]. Term 3 Events
Ensemble Event Location Date Time Advanced Strings Opera House FOIM Sydney Opera House 29 July
(Monday) Whole day event
Advanced Strings Ryde Eisteddfod Ryde Civic Centre 13 August (Tuesday)
TBC
Training Strings K-2 Assembly BPS School hall 21 August (Wednesday)
12:00 -1:00p.m.
Intermediate Strings Australian School Orchestral Festival (ASOF)
Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of NSW
8 September (Sunday)
9:30a.m. arrival
Advanced Strings Australian School Orchestral Festival (ASOF)
Sir John Clancy Auditorium, University of NSW
8 September (Sunday)
10:50a.m. arrival
Advanced Strings (Year 5&6 students only)
Band & Strings Tour Various locations 25-27 September (Wed-Fri)
Three day event
Term 4 Events
Ensemble Event Location Date Time Advanced Strings Rotary Christmas Carols Beecroft Village Green 25-27
September (Wed-Fri)
TBC
Advanced Strings & Intermediate Strings
K-2 Assembly BPS School hall 16 October (Wednesday)
12:00 -1:00p.m.
Advanced Strings Epping Festival TBA 13 Nov (Wednesday)
TBC
Advanced Strings OC Orientation BPS School hall 14 Nov (Thursday)
TBC
Intermediate Strings Chesalon Nursing Home Chesalon Nursing Home 26 Nov (Monday)
TBC
Fei Gao Strings Co-ordinator [email protected]
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Community News Beecroft Public School, as a service to parents, will advertise community events that may be of interest. Beecroft Public School does not necessarily endorse or sponsor the events and accepts no responsibility for the management or organization of these events.
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