Berkeley Vale Public School www.berkeleyva-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Newsletter Thursday 30 April 2015 – Issue 6

* ANZAC Ceremony * Cake Stall Fri 1 May * NAPLAN Mon 3 May - Fri 8 May * Mother’s Day Stall Tue 5 May * Year 1 Reptile Park Excursion Thu 7 May * Mother’s Day Breakfast Fri 8 May * School Photos Tue 19 & Wed 20 May * Movie Night Fri 22 May

PLEASE NOTE YEAR 2 EXCURSION TO

TARONGA ZOO HAS BEEN

POSTPONED UNTIL TERM 3

Welcome back to another exciting term, one that has started with enormous difficulties for many of our fami-lies who were without power, phones, flooding or dam-age to their house or cars. It was extremely difficult from a school point of view as we could not offer the services that we would normally provide. Many thanks to the parents who found other forms of child care while we coped with the situation here. We have had all of our rooms back to full functioning except for 4CH which is currently operating in the library until the carpets are fully dry. I would like to welcome Ms Hannah Rossington to Berkeley Vale PS; Hannah is Relieving Stage 2 coordi-nator and class teacher of 3R (formerly 3C) for the remainder of this term while Mr Mark Crayn is on Long Service Leave. Even though we have had Mrs Jeana Trasler at our school last term teaching on 3/4T we officially welcome her this term as a permanent mem-ber of our staff. Last but definitely not least we wel-come Mrs Suzanne Rorich who has taken up the posi-tion of Curriculum Leader K-6. This is an exciting posi-tion as we head towards implementing innovative prac-tice and programs into teaching and learning programs as part of our 3 year School Plan. This term we will be advertising the Deputy Principal (DP) position and, whilst this process is taking place. Mrs Sharon Hoult will remain in the relieving DP position for term 2 with the focus on welfare K-6 and Mrs Kelly Happ will con-tinue as Early stage 1 coordinator. This term is filled with lots of opportunities for students to represent the school academically, sporting and in the arts and it is important to remember that these additional things including excursions are a privilege and not a right. It is essential that students maintain outstanding behaviour both in class and in the play-ground to ensure their participation.

Next week we have NAPLAN for all of our year 3 and 5 students and it is therefore essential that these students turn up at school on time and prepared for this. The results help drive both our whole school programs and the individual class, teaching and learning. These results will be available to parents at the end of September. Tomorrow we are holding our Term 2 cake stall and to our Kindergarten parents we would like to thankyou for helping us by providing the items for sale. The money raised from this will go directly back to students through our PBL (Positive Behaviour for Learning) reward days. It was so lovely to be part of The Entrance ANZAC Day march with the students and teachers who gave up their day to represent the school. Being not just ANZAC Day but the anniversary of 100 years this was a very special day and one that we will be acknowledging at Berkeley Vale PS tomorrow at 10.30 am. All parents and friends are invited to attend.

MERIT AWARDS Congratulations to the following students: 2/3A Emma Richan 3R Tiffany Sutton Jacob Wilson 3H Rubee Fulmer Kallum Dykstra 3/4P Kayla McConaghy Bastian Sigl 3/4T Riley Armstrong Luca McKeon 4CH Lola Woods Lauren Ryan 5A Madysen van Kints Luke Mason 5B Daniel Chatwin Summer-Rose Carter Haylee Watt Casey Smith 5W Gemma Mason Jasmine Porter 5/6C Wesley McCray Shanice Duarte 6B Riley Eades Cody Norris 6D Chantal Asgar Riley Neilsen 6E Finn Olaisen Lara Peters

DON’T FORGET OUR CAKE STALL IS ON

TOMORROW. 50 CENT CAKES ON

SALE IN THE

COOLZONE AT RECESS!!

Back: Quinn Richardson & Jayden Reardon Front: Indiah Ellis, Ebony Convy representing the School at the ANZAC March

Year 3-6 Cross-Country Carnival 2015

The last day of term was a glorious day for the running of our Annual Primary School Cross-Country Carnival for all Years 3 to 6. It was great to see all students participating and completing either the Short Course or more challenging Long Course down to Kurraba Oval and around the footpaths of the school. There were lots of personal best results and super performances. Everyone was a winner on the day with the Top Twenty Students in each event receiving a sticker when they finished as well as a well deserved ice-block. All other finishers also received an ice-block for their participation. Special thanks to Mrs Robyn Brunton for purchasing the ice-blocks. Congratulations to the first three place-getters who received a place certificate on the day. Later this term the winners will receive their place ribbon at the Years 3-6 Assembly. Heron House was this year’s winner of the Cross-Country Carnival. Congratulations to all the runners who helped their house to win. In second place was Ibis House with Egret third and Jabiru in fourth position.

Individual Results were as follows:

12/13 Years Boys Placing

Name

1st Quinn Richardson

2nd Xander Martin

3rd Hemi Knebel

4th Noah Jovanovic

5th Ethan May

6th Joel Kemp

7th Luke Flack

8th Ethan Mahrous

9th Mason Johnson

10th Jayden Reardon

12/13 Years Girls Placing

Name

1st Indiah Ellis 2nd Kasey Harris

3rd Sarah Dann

4th Chloe Plaege 5th Lillie Alexander

6th Bonnie Rankmore 7th Tahlia King

8th Jenna Kingi-O’Reilly 9th Erin Roberts

10th Taylah Armstrong

11 YearsBoys Placing

Name

1st Damian Shearer 2nd Bailey van Kints

3rd William Steele

4th Hayden Crutcher 5th Riley Newland

6th Samuel Sutherland 7th Noah Howard

8th Isaiah Walter 9th Ethan Kennedy

10th Kai Forshaw

11 Years Gilrs Placing

Name

1st Melakai O’Connor

2nd Emily Smith

3rd Mackenzie Weatherly

4th Lexi Weber

5th Makayla Riley

6th Chloe Dykstra

7th Lekeisha Baldwin

8th Summer-Rose Carter

9th Chloe Tandy

10th Luka Wilson

10 Years Boys Placing

Name

1st Elijah Adams-Kiriona

2nd Cooper Oakes 3rd Noah Martin

4th Josh Farmilo 5th Rory Morris

6th Lloyd Ham 7th Jarrod Dann

8th Ethan McDonald

9th Noah Barrance 10th Jayden Wade

10 Years Girls Placing

Name

1st Matisse May

2nd Georgie Barber

3rd Madysen van Kints

4th Bethany Kirby

5th Molly Main

6th Livvi Bartlett

7th Tiona Morrison

8th Piper Hooke

9th Bonnie Valle

10th Jaime-Leigh Franklin

8 /9 Years Boys Placing

Name

1st Sawyer Etchells

2nd Wil Bignall

3rd Aiken Morris

4th Nathaniel Wilson

5th Riley Smith

6th Lachlan Bradshaw

7th Jaiden Perse

8th Kobi Goldie

9th Connor Fowles

10th Josh Lowe

8/9 Years Girls Placing

Name

1st Elizabeth Shearer

2nd Emily Cocking 3rd Sienna Etches

4th Jessica Kelly

5th Mikayla Bignall

6th Ashlee Valle

7th Ava Shield

8th Laura-Lee Mitchell

9th Ruby Fulmer

10th Chloe Lockwood

Rugby League We would like to congratulate Will Steele for making the Sydney North Rugby League Team. Well done Will!

School Photos School Photos are scheduled for 19 & 20 May. Please ensure students are in full school uniform. Payment envelopes have been distributed to students. Please see the office if you re-quire a sibling photo or if you have misplaced your original envelope. A timetable will be provided closer to the date.

Anzac Day Ceremony

We wish to thank all the children who attended the ANZAC Day Cere-mony at The Entrance last Saturday 25 April. We had well over 50 chil-dren dressed in our school uniform or participating in other groups and organisations marching in the ceremony. Our Captains and Prefects who attended looked especially well presented in their uniforms repre-senting our school. We wish to thank all the children who have brought in their ANZAC Day projects. Many are now on display in the windows of local businesses or in the foyer of our office area. Three $100 prizes will be given to three winners of the competition this Friday at our ANZAC Day Assembly. These prizes have been donated by The Entrance/Long Jetty RSL. Our school ANZAC Day Ceremony is now on this Friday 1 May at 10.30. Student Recounts of ANZAC Day Ceremony at The Entrance On Saturday 25 April students from Berkeley Vale attended the Anzac Day march at The Entrance. When all of the schools were marching we saw men and women who fought in the wars. We also saw the 2 fighter jets fly over our heads, they were very loud! Next, all of the School Captains and leaders went and laid a wreath. We heard some powerful stories from people that had been to war and people that knew friends or family that had gone to war. People wore rosemary to show their appreciation and also wore poppies and medals from the war. It was a wonderful day!! We would like to thank Ms Armour and all the teachers for supporting Berkeley Vale and making us feel proud.

Ebony Convy & Mia Petit 6D

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Stewart House Donation Drive 2015 Need a break? To be in the draw for a $4 000 holiday, destination of your choice, just put a $2 coin in the envelope your child brought home today. Please return it to the school by Friday 8 May as the school will then send off all the envelopes. The raffle will be drawn in Sydney on 22 May and the lucky winner will be notified by telephone and mail. This is a wonderful charity supported by donations from teachers and all the students who attend public schools in NSW. Currently two of our lucky students are enjoying a break at Stewart House, Manly. On Melbourne Cap Day in November there will be some fantastic key rings for sale to help raise funds to support Stewart House.

Can Recycling Thank you to those families who have been supporting our can recy-cling program by bringing in aluminium cans on Thursdays. Please remember to clearly label with your name, class and amount of cans brought in so that your reward and certificate can be organised promptly. If you have any questions regarding the cans recycling program, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Scully or Miss Farrugia.

Mother’s Day Breakfast Calling all Mums! Next Friday 8 May you are invited to a Mother’s Day breakfast from 7am in the CoolZone. You will be treated to a yummy break-fast and be entertained by our wonderful dancers and choir. Invi-tations from your children will be coming out soon. Children may join in the breakfast for a gold coin donation. We hope to see you there! Events Committee

Stage 2 News Wow, what a start to a new term at BVPS! It has been wonderful to meet the students in Stage 2, especially my new class, 3R. I am really looking forward to being part of the fantastic things that BVPS offers students and the community. This term Stage 2 students will be busy with swimming for sport, NAPLAN for Year 3, camp for Year 4 and striving to do their best in everyday classroom lessons. Next week on Wednesday night, Mrs Trasler and I will be holding an information session to introduce ourselves, meet our class families and communicate our classroom happenings. A note will go home with the 3R and 3/4T students. With the weather getting colder this is a quick reminder that all jumpers and hats need to be labelled in the event of them being misplaced, thank you again.

Anzac Day Parade Last Saturday, many students from Stage 2 represented our school at the ANZAC Day ceremony at The Entrance. On behalf of the Stage 2 teachers, I would like to thank and congratulate these stu-dents for being part of this special day, wearing their uniform with pride and taking the time to commemorate our special heroes of war.

Hannah Rossington (Stage 2 Supervisor)

The 100 year Gallipoli Anniversary ANZAC Ceremony definitely evokes emotion. We would like to thank all the soldiers who fought for our country. For the people who lost their lives their families were there to represent them. Lest we forget.

Indiah Ellis 6B On behalf of all students at Berkeley Vale, I would like to thank all the students who turned up to the ANZAC Day Ceremony at The Entrance on Saturday 25 April. Thank you for attending the march and remembering all those who fought so bravely on the battlefields of World War I and World War II. Lest We Forget 2015.

Quinn Richardson 6B

Ethan Kennedy, Joel Kemp, Lacey Ellis & Mia Petit at the ANZAC Parade The Entrance Memorial Park

Back: Mia Petit, Lillie Alexander & Quinn Richardson Front: Georgia Martin & Indiah Ellis

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P&C News We have lots of exciting changes and events planned for this term. Some people may not be aware that OOSH, the Uniform Shop and the Canteen are all overseen by the P&C. That means profits from these come straight back to the school to fund much needed re-sources for our children. As you may have heard, Liz Tallon has moved on from OOSH. We wish her all the best for the future. Leanne Edward is currently relieving as OOSH coordinator and the position will be advertised this week in the local paper as well as on Network which is a website for OOSH centres. The details of the position are noted below: About the role:

Permanent full time position, 38 hours per week with flexi-ble shifts remunerated in accordance with the Chil-dren’s Services Modern Awards 2010.

The Coordinator is responsible for providing feedback to and liaising with, the P&C at various meetings.

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A Degree or Diploma in Children’s Services and/or Education with highly developed interpersonal, organisational and communication skills when dealing with key stakeholders.

Demonstrated capacity to lead professional learning for staff to ensure innovative programs for students.

Capacity to lead implementation and compliance of the National Quality Framework and the National Quality Standards.

Demonstrated skills in managing the day-to-day operation of a Before and After School and Vacation Care Centre

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application (including three references) to reneemcco-naghy@hotmail.com or call Renee McConaghy on 0414 765 761 for further information.

Applications close at 5pm Friday 15th May 2015. Coming up next week: Mother’s Day stall Tuesday 5 May and Mother’s Day Breakfast Friday 8 May. Further ahead: Movie Night Friday 22 May – The Lion King. Note will be coming next week. Trivia Night Friday 19 June. This is an over 18’s event! A table for 8 will be $100 and you will receive a plate of food to start the night. There will be plenty of prizes and lots of fun to be had. More infor-mation to come soon. The events committee will meet on Tuesday 19 May at 6pm in the staffroom. The next meeting will be held in the staffroom on Tuesday 19 May at 7pm. All Welcome!

School Banking Rewards now available! Term 2

The School banking program encourages good savings habits by rewarding students with awesome reward items. New rewards have just been released for Term 2, and are available while stocks last:

ET DVD (term 1 reward still available while stocks last) Planet Handball (term 1 reward still available while stocks

last) Invisible Ink Martian Pens – released term 2 Intergalactic Rockets – released term 2

You could win a family trip to Disneyland

In a School Banking first, students who make 25 or more School Banking deposits in 2015 will automatically receive one entry into the competition draw to win a family trip to California’s Disneyland. The prize includes return airfares, five nights accommodation, transfers and three days park entry for up to two adults and two kids, plus AUD$2000 spending money.

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Things to know before you Can: Conditions apply. Promotion starts 9.00am AEDT 27/01/2015 and ends 11.59pm 18/12/2015. Entry is open to all Youthsaver account holders aged 5-13 years who participate in Commbank’s School Banking program. Entrants under 18 must have parent/guardian consent. The draw will take place at 12.30pm AEDT on 12/01/2016 at the Promoter’s office. The first valid entry drawn will win a family trip to California’s Disneyland valued at $22,245. The winner’s name will be published in the public notices section of The Australian on 26/01/2016. Promoter is Commonwealth Bank of Australia ABN 48 123 123 124 of Level 2, 11 Harbour Street, Sydney NSW 2000. Full terms and conditions available at commbank.com.au/schoolbanking NSW Permit No LTPS/14/09857: ACT Permit No TP14/04345: VIC Permit No 14/5966: SA Permit no T14/2327

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