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 Fax: 02 6655 2615

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Making learning meaningful, relationships positive and individuals successful.

Family Fete This Saturday is our major fundraising day for the P&C and school. We have been busy all year

getting support with our families and community to raise money for school upgrades in PA systems and technology. So please bring your family and friends, buy some Christmas gifts, birthday

presents, have fun at the activity stalls and grab something yummy to eat - with a little sweet treat to follow!

Looking forward to seeing you all there. All welcome!

From the Principal’s Desk - Bellingen Excels inside and outside of the classroom North Coast Athletics Age Champions and a record broken

Bellingen Public School finished 1st in the North Coast Athletics school Championships. Last term we had a very strong team compete in the North Coast Athletics Carnival. As a result of this we had 3 age champions, Fern Berry 11 years girls age champion, Anouk Laverty

Junior girls MC age champion and Elkie Walters who not only received the Junior girls age champion but broke the record in the 100m, running 14.32 seconds. The previous record that Elkie broke had not been beaten for 22 years. State Athletics

This week we have a strong team competing in the NSW State Athletics Carnival in Sydney. The Bellingen Students who are representing North Coast at the NSW state Athletics Carnival are Josh Upsall- Long jump,

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Charlie Carter- High Jump, Della Byrne- Relay, Elkie Walters- 100m, 200m and Relay, Fern Berry- 100m, 200m, High Jump, Long Jump, Jayme Garrett -800m, Anouk Laverty- 100m, 200m. Long Jump, Discus, Shot Put, 800m and Ava Vandyke-100m and Relay. Good luck at State. State multicultural Public Speaking Congratulations to Laura Mc’Neill for representing the school at the state Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking Competition. She did extremely well at the competition with the adjudicator describing this as the strongest group of students he had seen in his 23 years of adjudicating. Well done Laura.

Dylan Harry, Relieving Principal Thinking Skills - Innovation

Teaching Innovation to Your Kids One of the most innovative companies of the last century is the Danish toy company LEGO, meaning “Play Well”. It was originally a wooden toy making company founded by woodworker Ole Kirk Christiansen. Left to raise four sons after his wife’s death, he made wooden toys from the scraps in his workshop during the Great Depression. Eventually, each of his sons would join the business. Believing plastic toys to be the future, he bought a plastic

moulding machine. Three of his sons thought abandoning wooden toys was so ludicrous they started a competing toy company still based in wooden toys. Only one son, Godtfred, remained with Lego. The plastic moulding machine proved to be a stroke of genius and illustrated a firm understanding of the direction the toy world was headed. It eventually produced the same Lego building brick that litters floors all over the world. Godtfred continued his father’s innovative spirit by taking the company and the toy world to the next level. While visiting a toy fair in London, he spoke to a buyer who suggested making toys that were related to one another. Godtfred took the idea back to Lego and they began to produce brick sets that fit together and minifigures that were to scale of the structures. In essence, they created an entire system of play. It was nothing short of innovative brilliance. Teaching our kids to be innovative will help them be more creative and sharpen their minds.

Building Toys Building toys give kids the opportunity to explore many new possibilities. LEGOs are the obvious place to start given the introduction. However, there are also Erector Sets, Roominate, Picasso Tiles, and many more. LEGO also has competitions, which even includes teaching innovation in programming and robotics.

Strategic Thinking Games Some of the most useful innovation is in the area of organization and strategy. Playing strategy thinking games, such as Monopoly, Checkers, Chess, Battleship and others will train their mind to think of out of the box solutions.

Interesting Questions and Scenarios Getting kids to think outside the box doesn’t take much, but some of the best innovation comes when we place restrictions around something. It’s innovating inside the box. Give them a crazy situation with rules and see what their mind produces. The right questions can get the mind going. Here are a few examples: • What playground toys would there be if gravity didn’t

exist? • How would you present something at “show and tell”

if you had to do it under water (not able to use audible words)?

• In what ways could you help people if you could jump 30 feet in the air as a superpower?

Drawing Times If you are looking to calm the kids down and work their mind, have them sit down and draw; however, give them an assignment. Tell them to draw the following or come up with other ideas: dream house, a flying car, spaceship, a superhero showing the powers he/she has, a new toy, a new animal species, their dream room, their own country (name, land shape, and place names).

Culinary Arts Have your kids pair different ingredients together to make new forms food. Let them try strange flavour combinations then have them name their new creation. They can experiment making a new kind of sandwich, dessert, pizza (shape, size, ingredients), shake or smoothie, etc. Denise Head, RFF Thinking Skills

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Public Speaking

Last week I competed in the state final of the Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking Competition in Sydney. There were 12 other students from all over NSW presenting their speeches. First we gave our prepared speeches, there were amazing speeches about refugees, language and Australia Day. Then we all got to the nerve-wracking part and went to prepare our impromptu speeches. The topic was ‘Getting Distracted’. We had 5 minutes to prepare and 1 minute to deliver. A girl from Kanwal Public School won. I was happy that the adjudicator said that I was a ‘killer speaker’. Thank you to my school for supporting me every step of the way. By Laura McNeil Ethics Newsletter Primary Ethics is the organisation that runs ethics classes at our school. Their latest newsletter covers some of the topics students are currently discussing in ethics classes. Read about it here: https://mailchi.mp/primaryethics/ethicshome-october2018 Library News

Some of our boys enjoying reading in the newly decorated library." Carole McFaul Librarian P & C Meeting The next P & C meeting will be held on Monday 5th November at 6.30am in the School Library. We apologise for any inconvenience. Bellingen Public School P & C welcome all Parents and Carers.

String Camp A camp with composition as our focus is planned for November 8 and 9. Senior string players will camp both days, staying in the cabins at Valla Beach Tourist Park. Junior String players will come for the day on Friday. Mrs Kath Derrin and I will be leading composition workshops and students will be exploring the wonderland of the beach for inspiration. Kind Regards Liz Scott, Music Co ordinator 2019 Bus Passes School student applications for 2019 open from Monday, 15 October 2018. Students progressing to year 3 and year 7 do not need to re-apply if they:

· are continuing at the same school · are residing at the same address · have not been sent an expiry notification from

Transport for NSW. Where a student meets the new distance eligibility, the system will automatically update their entitlement. If they do not meet the new eligibility, they will receive an expiry notification. Students who have an entitlement approved under a medical condition which is due to expire will receive a notification advising them to re-apply. Term Bus Pass holders will receive a notification to re-apply. If students need to update their information or re-apply, they should go online to https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/updateDetails Applications need to be submitted before 31 December 2018 to ensure student entitlements are updated and their current entitlement/card is not cancelled. If their application is submitted after 31 December 2018, the system will automatically cancel a card and a new one will need to be issued. Students in the Opal network applying for a SSTS or Term Bus Pass entitlement for the first time will receive their card at their nominated postal address. Cards will be mailed out during December 2018 and January 2019. Students residing in Rural and Regional (R&R) areas should receive their travel pass at the commencement of the new school year from their nominated operator. Note: some R&R operators do not issue travel passes. Students should check with their operator for more information.

Kindergarten 2019 Do you have a child at home who will be coming to our school in 2019? Please drop into the office or call us on 6655 1147 so we can add your child to our 2019 Kindergarten enrolment list. Our Kindergarten Transition Program is now available.

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Volunteers Do you volunteer at Bellingen Public School? All volunteers need to complete a Volunteer application together with appropritate volunteer appendicies and provide 100 points of identification. A Working With Children check is only required for overnight excursions or if you do not have a student relative at this school. All volunteers need to sign in at the office or other designated sign on site. Applications need to be updated annually. Please see the office for more information. Canteen News To cater for the students and other members of our school community, providing the healthiest and most nutritious food in a responsive, courteous and impartial manner. Yo, Yo, Yo, Week 3 already and less than 2 months til Christmas, time is flying. What you have heard is right, yes, the canteen is open for recess between 1:45 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. We will be having plenty of frozen fruit, and other frozen treats, cold drinks and healthy snacks available. This week’s winners of our biggest and smallest apple competition are Leon in 5/6 P, having the smallest apple weighing in at almost non-existent 41 grams. The largest, which belonged to Leila Paterson in 3/4 O weighing in at 231 grams $2 goes to both of you which you can collect from the canteen. Watch this space for our weekly winners and keep those apples coming. With the school fete being on this weekend the canteen will have a food stall serving vegetable samosas with

minted yoghurt, along with mango chicken curry and a potato and paneer curry both served with rice and our resident sign writer Rob Gale (pictured) creating some fantastic signs in anticipation for the big day. Our 2 weekly specials this week are a lean beef cheeseburger supplied from Louis and the crew at Valley Quality Meats also chicken and sweetcorn risotto with parmesan cheese both being $4.00 what a bargain.

Matt Knight, Canteen Supervisor

CANTEEN ROSTER – OCTOBER/NOVEMBER Tues 30th Liz “Gecko” Fowler Wed 31st Sue Travers Thurs 1st “Action” Ann Mackerras and Tanya Donoghue Fri 2nd “Action” Ann Mackerras and Jen Di Conceicao Mon 5th “Rockin” Rob Gale and Rod “Rocco” O’Hara.

Photography at School Parents/Carers are reminded that when taking photos at school events they should not post these photos online when they include other students. If you would like to post a photo of your child please take an individual photo.

Monster Fete Raffle Raffle tickets went home last term to every student. Please sell the tickets and return to school as soon as possible. A gelato voucher will go to the student who sells the most books so please make sure your name is on the front! Drawn at the Family Fete November 3rd. Thanks

Fete Face Painting Get your Face On in the Small Shelter This Fete!!! This Fete, find your *Face Painting $7*, *Glitter Tattoos $3*, * Gem Clusters* *Unicorn Horns* and *Monster Horns* - ALL $1 while stocks last, only at the small shelter! PLUS – Free Sunscreen! Parents we ask that kids get their parent’s permission before lining up, so parents please discuss with your kids this week! Sunscreen supplied free is ideally applied before your child’s face paint but must be done by a parent. We only use professional face painting products – No dodgy acrylic paints. We are happy to do a free patch test at the start of the fete if you have concerns your child’s skin may react and please discuss with us if you have concerns about paint removal or staining. We also reserve the right to refuse to pain skin affected by sores or rashes, but are happy to do arm or leg designs instead if appropriate. Our most popular designs are : Neon Rainbow Butterflies, Mermaids, Unicorns & Princess Designs. Olivia can also do on request: - Fairies - Frozen Princess - Over the Rainbow - Cats - Tigers - Monsters - Super Heroes - Bat man Face - Pirates - Leopards - Vampires - Zombies - Goth Girls - Skeletons - Minecraft Creeper Stencil - Dolphin Stencil - Turtle Stencil Fete Juice Bar 3/4O are running a Juice Bar at the fete this Saturday. Donations would be very welcome of any of the following: orange juice, apricot juice, tropical fruit punch, dry ginger ale, tins tropical fruit salad, lemonade, sparkling grape juice, can passion fruit, can lychees, soda water. Also frozen raspberries and blueberries (we can put in freezer at school). Donations by Thursday or Friday morning appreciated for shopping reasons. Thankyou! Elektra

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Excursion Budgeting Excursions can be paid off weekly, fortnightly, monthly or as it suits your family budget. Canberra Excursion, Dec 3 – Dec 7 @ $521 approx 3 school weeks $173/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. Uniform Shop News The Uniform shop is open 8.40 am to 9.30am, Monday & Friday only. Payment is by cash or cheque only. Order forms are available from the office or can be downloaded at: http://www.bellingen-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/documents/9200384/9206657/20170831_bps_uniform_order_form__version_20_kb.pdf Completed orders can be left at the office to be filled, sent home with your child/ren or collected when ready. Student Banking Thank you for supporting the School Banking program. School Banking day is on Tuesday. When you have 8 tokens or more 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

Two new items are available in Term 4: • Slushie Maker Cup • Zoom Flying Disc

The Scratch pad is no longer available. Sandra Ruming, Ashlie Davis & Elektra Macdonald Student Banking Coordinators Attachments with this Newsletter

Take care going to and from School. Current Notes Copies of current notes can be found on the Bellingen Public School website. https://bellingen-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/current-notes.html

Fete Cake competition Year 6 Farewell, parent helper request Class Fete roster notes Year 6 Canberra excursion P & C Raffle tickets

Payments online 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 $ MAKE A PAYMENT 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.

P & C Notice Facebook - P&C often try and connect with the community and give reminders about upcoming events or fundraisers. If you join the group on Facebook you can ask questions, make announcements and share your support of the school and your children. Thanks for your participation.

Fete News Tupperware will be fundraising at our fete giving 20% of total sales back to the school. There will also be a gold coin raffle with all proceeds going back to the school. A thank you gift will be given with every purchase. Contact Melissa for further information 0412118088 or see Bellingen public’s school P&c Facebook Uniform Sale $5 sale on all OLD uniform items. BLUE tops. GOLD tops. ZIP jackets. MICROFIBER jackets. GREY shorts. GREY pants. CHECKERED skorts. Limited stock and sizes available and only until sold. Come and grab a bargain. Uniform shop open Mondays and Fridays, 8.40 - 9.30. Remember NO CARDS. Cash or cheque only.

Diary Dates

October

Wed 31 PSSA State Athletics

November

Thur 1 PSSA State Athletics Fri 2 Kinder Orientation Sat 3 P & C Family Fete, 10am – 2pm Mon 5 P & C Meeting, 6.30pm – Library Thur 8 Whole School Assembly Thur 8 String Camp – Senior strings Fri 9 String Camp – Senior & Junior strings Fri 9 Kinder Orientation Wed 13 COS Year 5 Leadership day Fri 16 Kinder Orientation Fri 23 Kinder Orientation – no Parent/Carer Session Fri 23 String Concert

December

Mon 3 P & C Meeting, 6.30pm – Library Mon 3 -7 Yr. 6 Canberra Excursion Mon 3-7 Swim Scheme. Years 2 & 3 Fri 7 Whole School Assembly Mon 10 Piano Concert - 1.30 – 2.30 Mon 10- 14 Swim Scheme. Years 2 & 3 Tue 11 Band Concert Thur 13 Yr. 6 Farewell Mon 17 Presentation Day Wed 19 Last day for students Thur 20 SDD Fri 21 SDD

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