1 NEWSLETTER Phone: 9484 8844 8 May 2018 Fax: 9484 8200 P & C. Meeting – Wednesday 16 May 2018 7:30 p.m. – Library Website: www.beecroftpublicschool.com.au Email: [email protected]Principal’s Report Term 2 has started with a flurry of educational and extra-curricular opportunities. Metaphorically and literally, we have started the term running. Cross Country The development of healthy lifestyles includes a focus on sustained and long-term physical activity, not just one-off events. One-off events, however, are also great for kids, in terms of placing a spotlight on physical activity and just because they are fun! Today, we held our Cross Country Carnival and it was great seeing hundreds of students participating in physical activity, displaying team spirit and having fun. Congratulations to all children who strived for personal best at the carnival. Well done also to the students who achieved personal sporting excellence during the carnival and will go on to represent our school at the next zone level. Thank you to the event organisers, Mrs Justic, Mrs Croom, Mrs Shuftan, Mrs Corrigan and Mrs Faber, for the seamless organisation and to the parents who attended, either as spectators or in an official capacity. There was a strong sense of team pride during the day and a lot of the positivity can be attributed to spectator encouragement and cheering! As with all events like this week's Cross Country carnival at Beecroft, the clear winner on the day was "Sport". ANZAC Day Congratulations to our school leaders who conducted our ANZAC Day ceremony last Wednesday and to all our students for the respectful way they marked this important occasion. I would like to acknowledge Aaron H, Ben M and Jayden Y for their collective debut playing the Last Post and Reveille. Happy Mothers’ Day To all of our wonderful Beecroft mothers, grandmothers and aunties, happy Mother’s Day to each and every one of you. Thank you for all you do in nurturing, teaching and loving our Beecroft children. You make a difference. Thank you to Caroline, Mel, Natalie and the
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NEWSLETTER Phone: 9484 8844 8 May 2018 Fax: 9484 8200
P & C. Meeting – Wednesday 16 May 2018 7:30 p.m. – Library
Term 2 has started with a flurry of educational and extra-curricular opportunities. Metaphorically and literally, we have started the term running. Cross Country The development of healthy lifestyles includes a focus on sustained and long-term physical activity, not just one-off events. One-off events, however, are also great for kids, in terms of placing a spotlight on physical activity and just because they are fun! Today, we held our Cross Country Carnival and it was great seeing hundreds of students participating in physical activity, displaying team spirit and having fun. Congratulations to all children who strived for personal best at the carnival. Well done also to the students who achieved personal sporting excellence during the carnival and will go on to represent our school at the next zone level. Thank you to the event organisers, Mrs Justic, Mrs Croom, Mrs Shuftan, Mrs Corrigan and Mrs Faber, for the seamless organisation and to the parents who attended, either as spectators or in an official capacity. There was a strong sense of team pride during the day and a lot of the positivity can be attributed to spectator encouragement and cheering! As with all events like this week's Cross Country carnival at Beecroft, the clear winner on the day was "Sport". ANZAC Day Congratulations to our school leaders who conducted our ANZAC Day ceremony last Wednesday and to all our students for the respectful way they marked this important occasion. I would like to acknowledge Aaron H, Ben M and Jayden Y for their collective debut playing the Last Post and Reveille.
Happy Mothers’ Day To all of our wonderful Beecroft mothers, grandmothers and aunties, happy Mother’s Day to each and every one of you. Thank you for all you do in nurturing, teaching and loving our Beecroft children. You make a difference. Thank you to Caroline, Mel, Natalie and the
P&C Social committee who have organised the opportunity this Thursday for all of the Beecroft students to lovingly hand select a special gift to help celebrate this special day. Opportunity Class (OC) Applications for 2019 Opportunity classes cater for highly achieving academically gifted students who may otherwise be without sufficient classmates at their own academic and social level. These classes help gifted and talented students to learn by grouping them with other gifted and talented students, teaching them in specialised ways and providing educational materials at the appropriate level. Applications for opportunity class placement are considered mainly on the combined results of the Opportunity Class Placement Test and school assessments. The Opportunity Class Placement Test will be held on Wednesday 1 August 2018. If you would like to have your child considered for Year 5 opportunity class entry in 2019, you need to apply soon. You will need to apply on the internet using a valid email address (not the student’s email address). Detailed instructions on how to apply online are now available at https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-5 The application website opens on Tuesday 1 May 2018 and closes on Friday 18 May 2018. No late applications will be accepted. There are no paper application forms. If you do not have internet access, you could apply at a public library. If you have a disability that prevents you from using a computer, you can contact the Unit for assistance. You must submit only ONE application for each student. An Expression of Interest form will be sent home on Wednesday to all Year 4 students. Please note this form informs our school of your intention to apply online and is not an application form. NAPLAN Online The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) has begun to move from a pen and paper assessment to an online assessment. This year Beecroft Public School is 1 of 500 schools across the state to participate in the transition approach for NSW to complete the assessments online. The NAPLAN Online test window for Year 3 & Year 5 students will occur between 15 – 25 May. A note will be sent home this week outlining the NAPLAN timetable for students in Year 3 and 5 at our school. For more information please follow the link following. www.nap.edu.au/online-assessments/FAQs Tanya Rose
Principal
Deputy Principal’s Report
A Trip to the Theatre Josephine Wants to Dance
Kindergarten were very excited to start the new term off with an excursion to the Glen Street Theatre. Josephine Wants to Dance is a story about dreams, believing in yourself…and a dancing kangaroo. The Kindergarten students loved catching the bus to the performance and there was lots of talk about the brolgas and lyrebirds.
Mother’s Day Stall Thursday 10 May – All gifts $5 The P&C is running a Mother’s Day Stall, this Thursday 10 May. The children will visit the stall as a class during the day, where they are welcome to buy a gift ready for this Sunday. Your child will need to bring their money in a labelled purse or wallet and a small shopping bag. The cost of the gifts has been set at $5.00. The correct money would be greatly appreciated by the stallholders. Festival of Instrumental Music – FOIM Yesterday I had the privilege of accompanying our Advanced Strings group to a combined rehearsal at Croydon P.S with many other students from neighbouring primary schools. The students are preparing for one of the many highlights on their event calendar – The Festival of Instrumental Music. The Festival of Instrumental Music presents concerts of diverse and challenging repertoire, as well as some specially commissioned works by Australian composers, at the Sydney Opera House. This year the Combined String repertoire includes Crossing Pirates’ Cove by Deborah Baker Monday, Susan H Day’s Tango D’Amour and an arrangement with the Combined Recorders of Handel Highlights by Tracy Burjan and Susan Sukkar. Our students will perform at the Banksia Concert on Monday 21 May at the Sydney Opera House.
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Irene Robbins
Relieving Deputy Principal
Sports Report
Sport Report In the heat last Thursday Leah d.O and Angelina G represented the Beecroft Zone in Girls Football (Soccer). By all accounts the level of competition was very high and it was a nerve-wracking wait for the Sydney North Team to be announced. Congratulations to Angelina and Leah who were both selected in the Sydney North Team! We wish them well at the next level of competition in June in Kiama! Congratulations also go to Hannah d.V and Jonathan P who have been selected in the Beecroft Zone Netball and Rugby Union teams respectively. There was a lot of tough competition at both these trials, as they are both very popular sports played in our local area. We wish both Hannah and Jonathan well as they represent BPS at the next level of competition. Looking ahead on the calendar, the K-6 Athletics Carnival is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 4 July at Greenway Oval Cherrybrook. There will be more information in the forthcoming Newsletters. Results for today’s Cross Country Carnival will be published in next week’s Newsletter. Jo Justic
Sports Coordinator
Stage 2 Commonwealth Games Day
Last Wednesday Stage 2 participated in a mock Commonwealth Games on the Mary St Grass. Students represented various countries from the Commonwealth in a variety of activities and from the student discussion after the event, Tug-o-War and Newcombe Ball were the favourites of the day! The Opening and Closing Ceremonies were a grand sight from the flags made by the students to the Queen’s Baton Relay. The overall winning country on the day was the team from Kenya! A very big thank you to the mums who came along to cut up the oranges and Zooper Doopers for the children. We are very appreciative of the time that you were able to give the children! In addition to this, another very big thank you to Janet and the team at Woolworths Beecroft who supplied the oranges and ice blocks for free!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone! Below are a few photos from the day.
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Acknowledgment of Country read by Ella E. The Opening Ceremony Go Papua New Guinea! Flag bearer Cate M.
Thank you Stage 2 Mums! Everyone was having a ball playing a variety of games! Lizzie P torch bearer of the Queen’s Baton Relay
Mrs Joanne Justic
Stage 2 Rel. Assistant Principal
Semester 1 Accounts
Thank you to all of the families who have paid their Semester 1 accounts so promptly. Just a friendly reminder, if you have not already paid your Semester 1 account payments are due by this Friday 11 May. If you have, any queries about your Semester 1 accounts, please feel free to contact Deirdre in the front office or via email [email protected] Don’t forget to provide your child’s name / class and your full name. The Front Office
Peer Support
Week 1 Our whole school will be starting Peer Support sessions this week. The children will be participating in a new module, Moving Forward which focuses on resilience. The experiences in the module help children to identify their qualities and strengths, develop skills, respond with a range of strategies and seek support when faced with challenges.
In this session, the children will establish connections with the other members of their group and develop their group agreement to enable them to work well together. The children will discuss an example of a challenging situation and some resilient and non-resilient responses. You might like to discuss with your child what they can do to help them take an active role in Peer Support. Barbara Johnson
Eco Corner Report
Bags of Veggies
So many veggies to harvest after the school break. 10 bags of produce were harvested, weighed, bagged and sold to parents at
Friday pick up. Lucas had so many bags to sell that he missed his bus. Love the commitment. The $20 raised goes back into buying
more seedlings for the garden.
We have a new Asian mix of veggies in the heritage garden that we will be harvesting this week, as well as our normal beautiful range
of silver beet, rocket, lemon grass, rhubarb, beans, lettuce and sorrel.
Ben the Green Garden Guru
In knowledge we grow
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Message from the President
Congratulations to all the runners in today’s Cross Country event, and thank you to Kristy S, Fiona, Kristy B, Fiona H, Lyndal VH, Steven L, Damien N, Natalie T, Kylie HC for volunteering some time to run it and Louise de Vos and Bel Vandell for organising the pop up Kiosk.
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Thanks very much also to everyone who sent a plate along as well. This may seem like a small thing, but being able to run the kiosk at Cross Country is a very big deal this year. As recently as two years ago, we didn’t have enough volunteers to allow the canteen to actually run a kiosk at either the Sports Carnival or Cross Country! With our fantastic parent body and their amazing community spirit, this is now made possible! This Thursday is also the Mother’s Day stall. Mel Hogan is looking for a few extra volunteers on the day to person up the stall on the day from 9:15a.m. Mel can be contacted at: [email protected]. Gifts will be available for a flat $5 and there promises to be a wide selection on offer thanks to all the recycled gifts and generous donations from Bunnings Carlingford, Woolworths Beecroft, Chemist Warehouse Epping, Chi Bath Products, In-home Property Management, Sydney Packaging-Rosemary Groenestyn Rodan & Fields- Angela Kwong. We hope that there is something to appeal to everyone. Upcoming events: Mother’s Day Stall: 10:00a.m. – 1:00p.m. Thursday 10 May P&C Meeting: 7:30p.m. (in the Library), Wednesday 16 May P&C Meeting: 7:30p.m. (in the Library), Wednesday 20 June 3-6 Disco 5:45p.m. – 7:45p.m. Friday 22 June K-6 Athletics Carnival Kiosk and BBQ: 10:00a.m. – 2:00p.m. Wednesday 4 July Melissa White Mobile 0412 441 626
P&C President
Canteen News-(Phone 9980 7255)
Cross Country Carnival – SOLD OUT! What a beautiful day we had and such great sportsmanship. Well done to all the participants at today’s Cross Country Carnival. Our kiosk, as always was very popular, for snacks and treats. This would not have at all been possible with the generous help of the ladies on the social committee. In particular, a big thank you goes to Louise de Vos and Caroline Choong for organising the great team of volunteers and bakers for the occasion! Thank you to Belinda P, Kylie H-C, Donna D, Kristy S, Virginia C, Lyndal vH, S Christensen, R Tamsett, Natalie T, E Oglivie, Carlie B, Barbara B, Lisa Y, R Kandola, Kristen P for their wonderful baked goods donated to the stall. Thanks also goes to Kristy B, Fiona H, Steven L, Damien N, Natalie T and Kylie H-C for giving up their time on the sidelines to man the kiosk. Thanks also to Mr Fletcher for keeping the lines in order! Excursions We had our Cross Country Carnival today and hopefully, only students from K-2 had put any lunch orders in! This term is going to see quite a few classes with excursions to great and exciting places for learning. Please keep in mind to firstly ensure your child will have food off site and secondly, that you don’t put an order in for lunch that day! Roster for the upcoming week Wednesday 9 May: Rosemary G, Justine S Thursday 10 May: Kristy S, Barbara B Friday 11 May: Jing G, Olga L, Melanie L Monday 14 May: Alison M, Virginia C Tuesday 15 May: Nadya H, Michelle T
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 0458 214 041
We have had to make a couple of permanent room changes – please check below for your child’s class as you may need to pick them up from a different classroom at 5:00p.m. starting WEDNESDAY 9 May. The school map is attached. Please also make sure you text Helena on 0422 119 868 if your child can’t make their class, so she can mark them off the roll. This helps us keep track of the children.
Class Current room NEW ROOM as from Wed 9 May – pickup at 5:00p.m. as normal
Lost Property Roster This week 5J is responsible for sorting of lost property. Please take this opportunity to have a look for any missing items and make sure all your items are labelled so they can be returned to you via the class tote trays.
Please note we have a new email address for class parents! [email protected]' Thanks,
A reminder that summer uniform including sports shorts are not available during the winter terms. Unfortunately, we do not have space to carry both seasons at the same time. Sports uniform for winter is either track pants or bootleg pants; there are however a few sizes of the previous style of shorts available in the Uniform Shop as long as stock lasts. If you are unable to come into the shop during opening hours, please use our 'MAIL ORDER' system. Download the order form from the school website (http://www.beecroft-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/p-c/uniform-shop)** hand it in to the front office with the cheque or card payment details and your child's name and class details. For security reasons cash payments are not advised. Please do not email us your order. The completed order will then be sent to your child's classroom. ** DO NOT 'Google' search for the Beecroft Uniform Price List as this may bring up older, out of date price lists. Any orders using old prices will not be accepted. Helpers this week: Wednesday 9 May - Jen M Thursday 10 May - Lucinda B Next week: Wednesday 16 May - Nancy W Thursday 17 May - Linwen L Sherri Cooper
Regular Hours: Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Welcome back to Term 2. As always, a new term brings new reward items, and the Sparkle Glitter Pens and Glow Light are proving to be very popular already. If you have more than 10 tokens you can redeem these for a prize now, before stocks run out. Term 1 items are also still in stock. Not sure how many tokens you have? If you are in years 3-6 you will receive notification once you have collected 9 tokens. Then you can order your prize the next time you bank. If you are in K-2 you should still be collecting the plastic tokens. You can always ask at the banking window for a token count check, or drop me an email below. Alice Clayton 0408 628940 [email protected]
Hello Booshies!!! What a great first week we had! All our Kindies are now blending in with the rest of our Boosh family, no longer wearing their kindy vests but still being supported in their transitions to and from school and between activities. The children really enjoyed wellbeing week and there are activities such as Kids Yoga that we will be including in the program again. It’s great seeing the kids taking activities introduced by staff and then running groups by themselves! MOTHER’S DAY BREAKFAST This Friday from 7:00a.m. will be our annual Mother’s Day Breakfast. Mums, Dads or in fact whoever signs in our Booshies to Boosh are invited to join us for some breakfast goodie. Children will be able to sit and eat with their family members or we will have takeaway food and coffee/tea available for those parents who need to rush off. UPCOMING SUSTAINABILITY WEEK Did you know Boosh now has a soft plastics bin? We are now able to collect all soft plastics used at the centre which we then bring to Woolworths at Beecroft for them to recycle. Next week at Boosh will be sustainability week. Keep an eye out at Boosh and in next week’s newsletter for our Boosh Sustainability challenge! AFTERNOON TEA SPECIAL No afternoon tea specials this week as we will be providing a special breakfast on Friday for families and kids instead! Have a great week! UPCOMING DATES: Mother’s Day Breakfast – Friday 11 May from 7:00a.m. in Boosh. Parent Committee Meeting – Tuesday 5 June at 7:00p.m. in BOOSH. Mel and The Boosh Team 9980 8224 [email protected]
Space commanders: the band needs you! The band store room is in need of organisation, to make better use of the available space. If you have a talent for identifying storage solutions and can help our working group with planning a more efficient set up, we’d love to hear from you. Please email Megan: [email protected]. Important dates for your diary
Band Event Date Time Location
SCB1, SCB2, Stage Band
Ryde East Festival Sunday 27 May TBA* Ryde East Public School
SCB2 McDonalds City of Sydney Eisteddfod
Monday 28 May TBA (daytime)
The Concourse, Chatswood
SCB1 McDonalds City of Sydney Eisteddfod
Tuesday 29 May TBA (daytime)
The Concourse, Chatswood
Stage Band McDonalds City of Sydney Eisteddfod
Monday 4 June TBA (daytime)
The Concourse, Chatswood
*Participating bands will be sent details by the band co-ordinators. Please make sure you respond promptly regarding your child’s attendance. Parent Rosters Stage Band
Co-ordinator: Ruby Kandola, [email protected] If you have any other questions regarding band, please contact the relevant band coordinator. Megan Hobbs [email protected]
Secretary
String Ensemble News
String Awards: Criteria for String Awards will be sent to families soon. Please pass this information on to your child’s instrumental tutor so that they can work on completing the requirements by the beginning of Term 4. Band & Strings Tour Dates: This year’s tour is planned for Tuesday 25 - Thursday 27 September, to the NSW South Coast. Further information will be sent to eligible Year 5 & 6 students soon. If your child is intending to go on the tour and is also enrolling for a September AMEB exam, you will need to include a request to avoid the tour dates on your AMEB enrolment form. Please advise your child’s instrument tutor. Advanced Strings Sydney Eisteddfod Sun 27 May arrival time 10:30a.m., performance time 11:30a.m. Emails have been sent out with details of the event. If you have not received the email, please contact your coordinator. Please complete the online Permission Note by Sunday 20 May. Term 2 Events:
Ensemble Event Location Date Time
Advanced Croydon PS FOIM Croydon PS Mon 7 May 9:15a.m. to 1:00p.m
Advanced Opera House FOIM Opera House Mon 21 May Whole day
Advanced Sydney Eisteddfod Chatswood Concourse
Sun 27 May 11;30a.m.
Intermediate Northern Beaches Strings Festival
Pittwater High School
Sat 23 June TBA
String Ensemble Application for 2018 Does your child play a string instrument? The Beecroft Public School Strings Program welcomes new players of all levels, from Year 1 to Year 6. Violin, viola, cello and double bass players are needed. Students with one year of tuition on their instrument can join the Intermediate Strings and more accomplished players are invited to audition for the Advanced Strings. Rehearsals are on Monday mornings (Intermediate) and Thursday mornings (Advanced) before school. The Intermediate and Advanced String Ensembles perform at festivals and events throughout the year. Playing music together is lots of fun and a great way to extend musical learning. If you’d like to find out more, please contact Winnie, the String Ensemble Coordinator on [email protected].
We would like to invite all Year 1 students and their parents / carers for afternoon tea on the Village Green on Friday 11 May 2018, straight after school has finished for the day. Please bring a plate of food to share (nut free). We will postpone if the weather isn’t favourable. Zahra & Amy
4L Parent Dinner
Parents and kids from 4L and siblings, please come along to a noisy but fun dinner at PENNANT HILLS BOWLING CLUB, 52 Yarrara Road Pennant Hills. Time: 6:00p.m. Date: Friday 25 May RSVP: [email protected] Jen & Karen
4L class parents
6K Play in the Park
We are having a 6K Play in the Park on Saturday 12 May at Ruddock Park, Quarter Sessions Road, Westleigh from 2:30p.m. - 4:30p.m. Please bring a picnic rug and a plate to share, your bikes, scooters and soccer/netballs! Kim, Belinda & Jen
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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Piano Small Group Piano lesson at school
Use our special Piano Book with Digital Piano Learn Piano easy and fast . $24 per 45 min
Pay by Term . Monday after school at Room 4C Contact:
[email protected] (leave mobile number ) Mobile SMS to 0424 614 591+Child & school name
