2019 – TERM 3 – WEEK 5 Newsletters Each term three newsletters are published and uploaded to the SchoolEnews app. Week 1 – The term calendar, assembly dates and a report from the Principal. Weeks 5 and 10 – Updated calendar, reports from all classes, library news, sport news, award recipient names, community news and advertisements. Incidental news items and reminders will be posted as they occur on SchoolEnews. 2019 TERM 3 Friday 23 August Book Week Author Visit K-4 Students Monday 26 August Stage 2 Art Camp Monday 26 August Resident Scientist David Morgan-Mar visiting Tuesday 27 August Fathers’ Day Stall Wed 28-Thurs 29 August Zone Athletics Carnival Friday 30 August Fathers’ Day Breakfast Mon 2-Fri 6 September SASS Recognition Week Monday 2 September K-2 Environment Incursion Wednesday 4 September Stage 3 CARES Excursion Wednesday 11 September Years 3-5 Taronga Zoo Excursion Friday 13 September 9:30am Parent Tour Saturday 14 September P&C Trivia Night Monday 16 September Stage 1 Art Camp Wednesday 25 September Year 1 Old School House Museum Excursion Thursday 26 September Gold Silver Bronze Assembly Friday 27 September Daytime Discos – last day of term! From the Principal Congratulations to our 3-6 and K-2 Dance Groups!! On Saturday, our Senior and Junior Show Troupe Dance groups participated in the Ryde Eisteddfod. The Seniors finished second overall. What a fantastic performance you put on. The Juniors received a Highly Commended with their exceptional performance. We are very proud of how they performed, the effort that all involved put in and how far they have come as dance groups. A very big thank you to Miss Goodearl, Miss Kovacs and Ms Lohr for the time and energy put in to choreographing the dances, rehearsing several times a week with the students, sourcing costumes, organising the performances and competitions and all this on top of their day-to-day teaching and other activities they are involved in at BPS. How lucky we are to have you all! Thank you. Communication
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2019 – TERM 3 – WEEK 5
Newsletters Each term three newsletters are published and uploaded to the SchoolEnews app. Week 1 – The term calendar, assembly dates and a report from the Principal. Weeks 5 and 10 – Updated calendar, reports from all classes, library news, sport news, award recipient names, community news and advertisements. Incidental news items and reminders will be posted as they occur on SchoolEnews.
2019 TERM 3 Friday 23 August Book Week Author Visit K-4 Students Monday 26 August Stage 2 Art Camp Monday 26 August Resident Scientist David Morgan-Mar visiting Tuesday 27 August Fathers’ Day Stall Wed 28-Thurs 29 August Zone Athletics Carnival Friday 30 August Fathers’ Day Breakfast Mon 2-Fri 6 September SASS Recognition Week Monday 2 September K-2 Environment Incursion Wednesday 4 September Stage 3 CARES Excursion Wednesday 11 September Years 3-5 Taronga Zoo Excursion Friday 13 September 9:30am Parent Tour Saturday 14 September P&C Trivia Night Monday 16 September Stage 1 Art Camp Wednesday 25 September Year 1 Old School House Museum Excursion Thursday 26 September Gold Silver Bronze Assembly Friday 27 September Daytime Discos – last day of term!
From the Principal Congratulations to our 3-6 and K-2 Dance Groups!! On Saturday, our Senior and Junior Show Troupe Dance groups participated in the Ryde Eisteddfod. The Seniors finished second overall. What a fantastic performance you put on. The Juniors received a Highly Commended with their exceptional performance. We are very proud of how they performed, the effort that all involved put in and how far they have come as dance groups. A very big thank you to Miss Goodearl, Miss Kovacs and Ms Lohr for the time and energy put in to choreographing the dances, rehearsing several times a week with the students, sourcing costumes, organising the performances and competitions and all this on top of their day-to-day teaching and other activities they are involved in at BPS. How lucky we are to have you all! Thank you.
Communication
Around the World in a Day What a fantastic day we had last Thursday. A great deal of planning and preparation had been done in advance by all staff members and the actual day was a wonderful celebration of the many cultures at our school. The classrooms looked amazing – transformed to represent countries and world regions, and the teachers had planned fun and interesting activities for the students to carry out as they ‘travelled around the world’ with their passports. The day started with a fabulous Tibetan dance performance. Students then travelled around to different classrooms being submerged into different cultures through the use of art/craft, presentations, quizzes, virtual reality, songs and traditional cultural experiences. After our journey, we had a delicious lunch with hot and cold dishes from every country imaginable. Thank you so much to the parents who sent in or delivered all the yummy food, there was so much to choose from! A big thank you to those who also helped set it up, serve the dishes and clean up afterwards. After lunch, students watched performances involving an African drumming group, Indonesian dancing and Chinese Lion Dancing. Thank you to the teachers and support staff for going all out to ensure that the day was entertaining, and to our wonderful parent community for providing the lovely food.
Food Containers There are quite a few un-labelled food containers in the staffroom from last Thursday’s lovely lunch. Please call in and collect if you are missing yours. Enrolments There is a new enrolment policy from the Department of Education which comes in to place in Term 4, 2019. The policy changes include the introduction of an enrolment cap, a 100-point residential address check and a selection criteria for non-local enrolments. Details can be found on the department website and there is a parent information flyer in the school office if you would like one. If you have a child that will be enrolling in Kindergarten next year, it is really important that you hand in your completed enrolment form as soon as possible. We need to plan for staffing, accommodation and furniture. Dads, grandads, uncles and the whole family! A date for your diary… We will be holding a Fathers’ Day breakfast on Friday 30 August from 7:30 – 8:45am. Come along for an egg and bacon roll to celebrate Fathers’ Day with your children, watch the choir and dance groups perform and help raise money for our school. The Fathers’ Day Stall will be held next Tuesday, 27 August. Please see the flyers in the newsletter for more information.
‘Arts Alive’ Concert Congratulations to the Stage 3 students who performed on Wednesday 7 August at The Sydney Opera House. What a fabulous performance it was and a memory to treasure. Thank you to Miss Goodearl for the dedication and hard work that has made it possible for our students to have such a wonderful experience. A special thank you also goes to Mrs Goodearl (Miss Goodearl’s mum) for assisting with the preparation and accompanying them to the Opera House. I was very proud to sit in the audience and watch you all perform. Well done. Car Park Recently there have been incidents of cars being parked incorrectly in our car park. This is hazardous to other car park users, and most importantly to children. Please ensure that you park in the clearly marked designated spaces only. Be patient and take your time, being considerate of others. Lost Property The Lost Property basket is now overflowing and unfortunately, the majority of these items are unnamed. Please ensure you name all belongings and if you think your child has lost something, please come and claim it. Skye Surrest Relieving Principal
Assembly Roster
Week 2 Week 3 KA Nyendak & Zach Roya & Julian KH Alice & Sam Angela & Thomas KM Alayna & Zak Kaito & Jasmine K/1J Xanthe & Lofia Tiffany & Isaac 1L Xavier & Mila 1M Noah & Poppy Jesper & Sienna 2A Hafiz & Lucas Charity & Rachel 2KJ James & Albert Sarah & Gerard 2T Wynter & Blake Hargun & Seren 3G Tahlia & Kaia Jaida & Antonio 3T Anna & Taine Noah & Mosa 4/5R Luca & Ashton 4/5G Faith & Frankie Wendy & Shayden 4/5K Eve & Hayden Jaden & Rosie 6H Matthew & Erica Mark & Ambrin Junior Band Rama Senior Band Hope Hope Learning Support
RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY PERSONAL BEST Week 2 Dante 1M Tavita 4/5K Balal 2A Week 3 Hayden 4/5K Ariana 4/5G Lucas 2/KJ Week 4 Jacinta KA Blake 2T Addie KA
Kindergarten
Last week Kindergarten and K1/J hopped on a plane with our passports to venture around the world for Multicultural Day. First stop was Italy where we climbed ‘The Leaning Tower of Pisa’ and went on a Gondola ride down the Venetian canals. Our next stop over was in the beautiful Philippines where we swam in the crystal blue waters and saw many different animals whilst completing a directed drawing of a beach. Our next flight was a short one where we flew over the majestic Taj Mahal to India. We designed our own Henna artwork and joined in a yoga session. Our last stop was to the Arctic Circle to visit the many countries in Scandinavia – Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden. Whilst visiting we were lucky enough to see the ‘Aurora Borealis’ also known as the Northern lights and battle the Vikings with our own shields. This term in Mathematics we have been exploring patterns. We have been talking about and creating complex patterns which involve three or more elements. We have also been identifying and recording repeating elements in our patterns with our learning partners. We are concentrating on problem solving and higher order thinking. We have asking ourselves WHY it is a pattern and HOW do we know?
We have had fabulous adventures in Term 3 with a trip around the world. Our adventure started by learning facts about our class countries. We researched, created masterful artworks and craft items to produce an exciting classroom for our friends to visit. On the day we set off with our passports and discovered fascinating facts about the world around us. One of the highlights of the day was trying lots of delicious foods from all the different countries. Thank you to everyone for your scrumptious donations In English we have been learning about figurative language features such as similes, alliteration, onomatopoeia, metaphors, personification, rhyme and repetition. We looked at how authors use this in their writing to make it entertaining and impactful. We have had fun creating our own pieces of writing using some of these language skills.
Positive Behaviour, Engaged Learners (PBEL)
Year 1
Year 2 are enjoying a very busy term. We have been exploring the country or continents our classes had for Multicultural Day. There has been a lot of research going on and we have also used technology to explore and discover! Some of us used Ozobots to travel around the country whilst others used Green Screen technology to place us with the animals. Have a look at the photos! Sarah researched Sierra Leone and presented her project to the class. We are looking forward to more fun and excitement in our learning journeys this term!
Year 3
What a busy start to Term 3! In preparation for multicultural day, we transformed our classrooms into Thailand (3G) and Tibet (3T). Thank you to all the parents who contributed before and during Multicultural day, we are so appreciative! We enjoyed creating symmetrical artworks of temples and Thai longboats to further our learning about symmetry in 2D shapes. Year 3 blew us away with their well-researched and structured information reports on Thailand and Tibet. In Science, students have been learning how day and night occurs through some interesting experiments. We can’t wait to see what creative ways they demonstrate day and night for their science homework task. Students have enjoyed practising their skipping skills, and have been working hard to perfect the pretzel and whole class skipping activities. We are all working hard to achieve our goals and are looking forward to our upcoming excursion to the zoo!
Year 4/5
It has been a busy and exciting start to Term 3 for Year 4/5, with so much going on! As well as our usual curriculum lessons, we have had ‘Write a Book in a Day’, our multicultural day, ‘Around The World in a Day’ and started Dance Sport.
Year 4 Geography Whist Year 5 students were at ‘Write a Book in a Day’, Year 4 came together as a group to complete a Geography based project. We researched our neighbouring countries and found out about what it would be like to live there. Working in small groups, we focused on the similarities and differences between Australia and countries such as Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Fiji, Cook Islands and Tonga. Groups created a poster or a PowerPoint to answer questions such as: • Where is this place? • What is this place like? • What would it feel like to live in this place? • How is this place changing? • How is it similar to our own locality and how it is different?
Year 2
Year 6
Year 6 have begun their second last term at Brookvale and are making the most of all the time they have left together. Over the past five weeks we have focused our learning around all things South America in conjunction with Around the World in a Day. The class has been developing their information report writing skills, writing about Brazilian climate, geography, history, sport and traditions. We have also begun to develop our procedural writing skills and would benefit from looking at examples around the home. How many can you find with your family? Multicultural Day Review Multicultural day was a very culturally diverse day full of traditional dancing from other cultures, trying multicultural foods and adventuring through different countries. Each classroom ‘dressed up’ as a country, representing the countries environment and theme. Students were given a passport so they could travel around the world. Families also brought in their traditional foods to be a part of the big feast of food at lunch. First thing in the morning, we had lovely traditional Tibetan performance danced by some of our very own Tibetan students. They danced to two songs and sang along with them. Later in the day we had an Indonesian lady teach us about the animals in Indonesia and how to say them in her language. She also taught us how to play an Indonesian Instrument. Following that, two African drummers played and taught us about their culture of drumming. WE learnt all about communicating using drums in Africa and we really enjoyed the performance. Straight after that we had a wonderful performance, loved by many, it was a Chinese Lion dance. It started off with two Chinese people playing two instruments; drums and cymbals. A fantastic Lion came out of the main buildings doors and danced amongst the children. After the performance, children from the crowd got to come out the front and learn the Lion Dance. We even got to go inside the Lion costume and walk around. Sadly after this our day had concluded. Multicultural was a fantastic experience for all of us. Thank you to all the teachers and parents for their hard work.
Maths One aspect of our learning in mathematics this term has been chance. We completed a rich, open ended learning task about the probability of selecting a particular card (e.g. a red king) from a pack of playing cards. We learnt to represent probability as a word, a fraction, a decimal and as a percentage. We then tried our luck!
Life in Year 6 In Science we have been developing our understanding of Earths relationship with the sun by creating ‘Oreries’. We have been studying how the Earth and moon orbit and rotate in relation to the sun. We have been working hard on our presentations on the planets and will be presenting them to one another next week. In Geography we have completed presentations on the indigenous people who live in Asia. We learnt about the Dayak, Orang Asli, Hmong, Okinawan, Moken, Vedda, Bunun and Yami people. We have also been very fortunate to have four Chinese students visiting our class and find out how Year 6 students in Australia learn. Although we only got two short weeks with them, we appreciated getting to know more about China and make some new friendships. Thank you to Emily, Eric, Andy and Max for being with us and a big thank you to Ali, Zahir, Mele and Shaqilla for being fantastic buddies and showing our visitors how incredible Australian schools are. Finally a farewell to Matthew, one of our 6H classmates who has been with us since Kindergarten. We wish you all the best in Queensland.
Write a Book in a Day On Tuesday 30th July we were visited by Year 8 students from Manly Selective High School. These students shared their knowledge with Year 5 and 6 to prepare them for the Write a Book in a Day challenge. All students in Year 5 and 6 wrote a story with three teams raising money toward cancer research. The Book Worms (Hope, Felix, Abi, Ali, Zahia, Shaqilla, Ella-Adhieu and Zara), The Shaker Towers (Belle, Philippa, Aysha, India, Samantha, Keely, Lois, Tess and Jaydah) and the Little Lorikeets (Milan, Janaya, Frankie, Jay, Alana, Gwen, Charlie and Ella) started their writing challenge at 8am and by 6pm had completed a fully illustrated book. These books will be read in the library on Wednesday 21st August in the library during our Cake Stall fundraiser. Year 5 and 6 will be baking delicious treats which will be sold for 50c, $1 and $2 at recess. All the money raised will go towards childhood cancer research. Thank you to all the families who have already generously donated.
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Library News
Our Book Week Dress up Day will take place on Friday 23 August. The Book Week theme is Reading is my super power. Students are encouraged to dress and behave as their favourite book (not movie) character. Please do not spend extra money on this. It is far more important to act, to take on the voice and mannerisms of a character. When people take on the role of another person they walk in their shoes, they understand what moves and motivates them. In seeing another point of view we are drawn to empathise with others. This is the power of storytelling! Please discuss your child’s favourite character with them, encourage them to practise facial expressions and how their character walks and talks. Students in K-5 will also have a visit from Tamsin Janu, creator of Figgy. Students in year 6 will take part in a workshop organised by Bell Shakespeare on Friday 16 August. Annette Murphy-Haste Teacher Librarian
News from the Garden….
Dear Parents,
Our community compost pilot starts this week. If you would like to take part, please see the office staff to sign up and receive a bucket with a lid. When you have filled your bucket with fruit and vegetables scraps please return it to the drop off point (near the 3-6 play equipment) and take a clean bucket. Please no onions or citrus peels.
In Centre 1: 15 Excursions 1:8 Water/Swimming Excursions 1:5
IMPORTANT INFORMATION BELOW FOR ALL PARENTS/CARERS CONDITIONS OF CARE – PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
• BOOKINGS/CANCELLATIONS/CHANGES/REFUNDS All bookings must be finalized by the booking deadline (date above). If you need to change or cancel days after this date you will not be refunded your daily fee rate. No new children bookings will be taken after the deadline unless you are currently enrolled for other days during the program. Fees are still charged if your child is absent for any reason on a booked day (this includes excursion costs) No transfer of days allowed.
• FEES All families will be issued an Account Invoice within a week of us receiving your booking forms. Fees must be paid ASAP prior to Vacation Care starting. Your child will not be able to attend until fees are paid. Please be aware that your booking IS NOT confirmed until full payment of fees is paid so you may miss out on a spot.
• FEES FOR LATE COLLECTION OF CHILDREN Children not picked up by 6:30pm will be charged a late fee of $20 for the first 10 minutes and $1.00 per minute thereafter, payable in cash to the staff on duty at the time. Parents MUST telephone Brookvale ELC – 9905 9564, if they anticipate a late pickup due to unforeseen circumstances.
• EXCURSIONS Children must be at the centre by 9:00am on all days that excursions are being held to ensure they are ready in time to leave for excursion
Any child that arrives after we have left for the excursion must be taken by their parents/careers to the venue directly. Families will not be refunded Day Rates if you miss the excursion. Children can bring spending money on excursion days if desired, however, it is at the discretion of the staff whether children will be allowed to make purchases on the day.
• WHAT WE PROVIDE BOOSHC provides all meals & snacks for the day including Breakfast until 8am, Morning Tea, Lunch and Afternoon Tea. Please ensure you make staff aware at enrolment of any food allergies or dietary requirements.
• WHAT TO BRING A Backpack containing: Hat, Water Bottle, Umbrella/Rain Coat, Jacket/Jumper, Enclosed shoes & socks
BOOSHC has labelled caps as a compulsory part of Vacation Care. The caps are used as a safety & security measure on excursions and must be purchased as part of the enrolment fee on commencing Vacation Care. The cost is $15 each – once purchased you must bring to each Vacation Care. Your child will not be able to attend an excursion without their BOOSHC Cap and enclosed shoes. No responsibility will be accepted for children’s property brought to the service.
• DROPPING OFF & COLLECTION OF CHILDREN Adults must accompany children to and from the centre. Adults (over 18 years of age) must SIGN IN and SIGN OUT on the roll when arriving and departing with the child. Failure to do so can mean cancellation of Childcare Rebates and Benefits by Centrelink. Only adults listed on your child’s enrolment form will be allowed to collect your child unless you have notified the centre prior.
• CHANGES TO PROGRAMS Families must be aware that our programs and costs may be changed at short notice due to circumstances such as attendances on the day or the weather.
• ILLNESS & ACCIDENTS If a child is unwell or involved in an accident and unable to join in activities, parents will be contacted to collect the child. In the event of a serious accident, children will be taken to the nearest medical assistance. Parents will be notified as soon as possible. We do not administer medication under any circumstances without a medication permission form filled out and signed by the parent. If your child is absent from Vacation Care due to illness, fees will not be refunded.
• BEHAVIOUR BOOSHC reserves the right to request a child be withdrawn from the centre who displays inappropriate behaviour or language towards their peers or teachers, following consultation with parents, staff and Director in accordance with the policies of the centre.
Brookvale Out Of School Hours Care “BOOSHC” – Brookvale Early Learning Centre
Tel: 9905 9564 Fax: 8569 0644 Email: [email protected] Website: www.brookvaleELC.com.au Address: 2 – 8 Old Pittwater Rd, Brookvale, 2100 Postal Address: PO BOX 652, Freshwater, 2096
• I have read the conditions of enrolment & agree to abide by them in every respect.
• I acknowledge that I am aware that all fees must be paid PRIOR to care starting and that my bookings
will not be held until payment is made.
• I acknowledge that I am aware that no refunds or days in lieu will be given if my child is absent from
a booked in day due to any reason including illness
• I acknowledge that my child MUST be at the centre by 9am on all excursion days unless specified
differently on the program. Otherwise I am aware that it is my responsibility to get them to the excursion
destination and meet with the rest of the group.
• I acknowledge that I am aware that the programs may change at short notice due to attendances or
weather changes
• I acknowledge that I must pay a late fee if my child is collected after 6.30pm. This must be paid in
cash at the time to the teachers who have stayed back with my child.
• I acknowledge that my child/ren will be exposed to all normal risks that may be associated with this
program. In the event of any accident or illness, I authorise BOOSHC staff to obtain such ambulance,
medical & hospital assistance as required & agree to meet any and all expenses thereby incurred.
• I give permission for my child/ren to be taken on public or hired transport for excursions. I give
permission for my child/ren to be taken on local excursions to nearby parks & playgrounds.
• I give permission for my child/ren to be photographed by carers, at excursions or in-centre events
and displayed on the BOOSHC photo wall and on Storypark.
• I understand that my child’s belongings are their responsibility and that the staff or centre will not be
held responsible for lost or damaged personal belongings at any time.
• I understand that all excursion costs and fees will need to be paid in full prior to the start of the holiday
program.
Please sign below to show that you acknowledge all the above points and that you are aware that the
centre has policies and procedures that must be followed by all staff, parents and children whilst at
the centre. PRINT NAME: __________________________________________ SIGNATURE: ___________________________________________ DATE: _________________________
NB: If your child has not attended our Vacation Care program previously you will need to complete a detailed Enrolment Form also. Please collect
