William Street Email: bellingen-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Principal: Graeme Ross PO Box 42 Website: www.bellingen-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Phone: 02 6655 1147 Bellingen NSW 2454 02 6655 1705 02 6655 0247 Fax: 02 6655 2615

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FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK The show! Haunted Hoaxes Superlatives fail me as I reflect on both the outstanding performance within the show, and the feedback received from people. What an absolute success and to see that all our students were involved is nothing short of exceptional. An example of some feedback: I had the pleasure of attending the BPS Musical last night and felt it necessary to let you know how impressed I was with the performance. Every aspect was performed with brilliance. The dance, music, acting, costumes were all of such a high standard rarely found in primary school productions. Then to top it off, the knowledge that the students had written the script, was even more amazing. Congratulations to all the support team who ensured everyone was in the right place at the right time! And every word was so clearly heard. Please pass on my congratulations to all involved for an outstanding success in Public Education! Thank you to Roz Everson, Kate Sommerville, Grant Watson, Jackie Lee & Liz Scott – brilliant teachers!

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Roz Everson This Friday afternoon, Roz Everson is being honoured as an outstanding teacher at a special awards ceremony hosted by the Australian College of Educators (ACE). What an absolute honour to have her with us on staff. (And she is just one several we could have nominated from our school!)

Yours in partnership Graeme Ross, Principal HAUNTED HOAXES The Haunted Hoaxes was a great musical because Stage 3 put lots of hard work into it.The play was about a class that was ungrateful and dissapointed in everything and the teacher wanted to teach them a lesson to be greatful and lucky. So one day she organised a class excursion to the Addams Family Museum where she would dress up other pupils in scary costumes with the help of two good students, Laylah and Logan,

Laylah, Jamika, Serenity, Dashel, Tayla, Lucy and Brodie were the main characterss and they did a great job. In the end they were scared in the Museum from the spiders, spooky, scary skeletons, maths monster and much more. It was great! Indica Johnson 3/4O BOOK FAIR Book Fair is on in week 7, Monday 20 November to Wednesday 22nd. Carole McFaul, Librarian UNIFORM SHOP The uniform shop is open every Monday and Friday morning, 8.40am-9.30am. Parents/Carers are welcome to complete an order form which will be filled and sent home with your child/ren or you will be phoned for collection. The Uniform shop is CASH or CHEQUES ONLY. Haylee Rose P & C Uniform Co ordinator EXCURSION BUDGETING Excursions can be paid off weekly, fortnightly, monthly or as it suits your family budget. Canberra Excursion, Nov 27 – December 1 @ $480 approx – 3 school weeks approx $160/week. If you are experiencing difficulty in paying for any school expenses please do not hestitate to contact the school on 6655 1147. We also have our online payment system located on the School Website, http://www.bellingen-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/, click on $ MAKE A PAYMENT and follow the prompts to make a payment. SCHOOL VALUE Democracy is the value for the fortnight.

Kindergarten 2018 Do you have a child at home who will be coming to our school in 2018? Please drop into the office or call us on 6655 1147 so we can add your child to our 2018 Kindergarten enrolment list and send you the Kindergarten Transition Program which is now available.

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THINKING SKILLS

Denise Head (RFF Thinking Skills)

STUDENT BANKING Thank you for supporting the School Banking program and remember, School Banking day is every Tuesday. We’re excited to launch the Term 4 reward items for 2017 from our Future Savers range. • Pencil + Tech Case • Epic Earphones

Don’ forget when you have 8 tokens you can pre-order your banking prize. Order forms are available from the office or download at https://www.commbank.com.au/personal/kids/school-banking.html Sandra Ruming & Ashlie Davis Student Banking Coordinators

CANTEEN NEWS At the time of the Roman conquest of western Europe the indigenous Gauls and Brittons celebrated the “day of the dead” 40 days after the Autumn equinox. Later as the Romans Christianised their empire they tried to stamp out pagan rituals and replace them with politically correct rituals like “All Saints Day” (or All Hallows Day) instead of “day of the dead”. Alas the now Christian Celts chose to forgo the demands of P.C. and continued to celebrate the day of the dead on All Hallows Eve or as it became known, Halloween. This once pagan tradition was transported to the new world where it was transformed into a means by which children could extort candy from strangers once a year. This has been recently adopted by Australians and now means that on this Tuesday evening children from Bellingen and Ballina, Taree and Tamworth, will roam the streets expecting to get loaded up with the means to develop hyperactivity, indigestion and tooth decay. To offset some of the negative effects of this imported imposition, you school canteen will have a healthy lunch available on Tuesday disguised as a Halloween meal to fill the tummies of our pretend ghouls and goblins with some food of nutritional value. This will comprise of a toasted vegetable cake made to look like a Jack ‘o Lantern served on a bed of salad.

The canteen menu includes vegetarian burgers. These were included in response to requests by parents and to conform to the Healthy Canteens guidelines. Although requested by some parents, these have not been as popular as the requests would have indicated. To help promote these reportedly sought after delicacies, the special this week will therefore be Vegetarian burgers served with fresh school garden salad in a toasted bun. As usual it will only be available on Thursday and Friday at the new price of $5.00. The popularity of this special will indicate whether they are worthwhile retaining on the menu. Trick or Treat, Eddy Vardabasso, Canteen Supervisor

Canteen Roster –October/November Tue 31 Sue Travis Wed 1 Deb Borodin, Louise Lelliot Thu 2 Maree Martindale, Lilliana Dicks Fri 3 Gabrielle Tindall, Leonie Jennings Mon 6 Lilliana Dicks Tue 7 Liz Thacker

CURRENT NOTES Year 6 Farewell helpers Volunteer Thank you Morning Tea invitations Grandparents Day – Invitation & Catering request Canberra – Medical Note

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Year 6 students – High School enrolment form Parent Direct Fundraising – return 17 Nov 2017

PAYMENTS ONLINE Easy as! All school student related payments can now be made on-line. Just go to our school’s website and look at the top menu bar for the $ sign. And click from there. I encourage all parents and carers to use this facility as it is far more secure and easier for all concerned, including our students, teaching and office staff. Thank you.

Diary Dates

October

Tue 31 Remembrance Day Service – Piggot Park, 11am

November

Wed 1 Grandparents Day, 9.30- 11am Thur 2 WSA – please note this change of date Fri 3 Guitar Concert, Hall Fri 3 Kinder Orientation- Welcome to School Fri 3 Guitar Concert 4.30 – 5.30, Hall Mon 6 P & C Meeting Fri 10 Kinder Orientation – Literacy

Fri 10 Last day for Scripture and Ethics 2017 Mon 13 – Fri 17 Swim Scheme for Years 2 & 3, Week 1 Fri 17 Last day for Parent Direct orders Fri 17 Kinder Orientation – Numeracy Mon 20 – Fri 24 - Swim Scheme Years 2 & 3, Week 2 Thur 23 Leaders speeches Mon 20- 22 Book Fair, Library Fri 24 Kinder Orientation - HSIE Mon 27- Yr 6 Canberra Excursion

December

Fri 1 Yr 6 Canberra Excursion – return home Mon 4 P & C Meeting Mon 11 Piano Concert, 9.30- 11 Tue 12 Year 6 Farewell dinner Thurs 14 Presentation Day Fri 15 Last day of Term 4 for Students

January 2018

Mon 29 SDD Term1 Tue 30 First day for students Years 1 – 6

Community Notices - Bellingen Public School does not endorse these products or services.

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Connect with your neighbours

If you are fortunate enough to live with a sense of community, where you know the people who live near you, share experiences and help one another, then you'll probably agree, your life is richer for it. The Street by Street project is seeking community minded people to turn streets into communities in your area, through simple social activities. We'll support you to do this. Contact Irene Opper at irene@streetbystreet.org.au or 0413 706 233. See www.streetbystreet.org.au for more info.

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