Don’t forget to check out the school’s website www.californiagullyps.vic.edu.au Respect * Personal Best * Care School Assembly starts at 8.55 a.m. Please be on time! To report an absence through the school website you can use this link Report an Absence Thursday May 9 th 2019 CALIFORNIA GULLY PRIMARY SCHOOL P.O. Box 88 California Gully 3556 Phone: 5446-8393 Fax: 5446-3115 Email: [email protected]FROM THE PRINCIPAL CURRICULUM DAY - TUESDAY MAY 7 th Thank you to all families for their support on Tuesday when staff travelled to Ballarat to participate in a Literacy Professional Learning day focussed on reading comprehension. This learning will support our ongoing development of our literacy program F-6. SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY Congratulations to all children F-6 that participated in our School Cross Country last Friday and then Grade 3-6 in the Sandhurst-Goldfields Cross Country held yesterday at the Bendigo Racecourse. It was great to see so many CGPS students participating with best efforts, enthusiasm and support for each other. Also thank you to staff that supported children at school and at the Cross Country, with a special mention required for the amazing work of Mr. McKerrow and Miss. Ennor in organising this huge event for so many children and schools. MISSION At California Gully Primary School we educate students to be lifelong learners and well informed and productive community members who are well prepared to become active, engaged and responsible citizens of the local and global community. The Bell Topper Volume 37 No.12 IMPORTANT REMINDER Parents’ and Friends Hot Lunch Day - Friday May 10 th Mothers’ Day Breakfast - Friday May 10 th School Council Meeting - Monday May 13 th Education Week - Sunday May 19 th to Saturday May 25 th Parents’ and Friends Meeting - Friday May 31 st Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday - Monday June 10 th Respect * Personal Best * Care California Gully Primary School 123
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Respect * Personal Best * Care School Assembly starts at 8.55 a.m. Please be on time!
To report an absence through the school website you can use this link Report an Absence
Don’t forget to check out the school’s website www.californiagullyps.vic.edu.au
Respect * Personal Best * Care School Assembly starts at 8.55 a.m. Please be on time!
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GRIP LEADERSHIP On Friday, 7 of our student leaders represented CGPS at the Grip Leadership Conference held at Bendigo
Stadium. With over 400 children attending it was a great chance to meet other student leaders, look a what
it takes to be a good leader and also think about possible projects that could occur at our school.
FEDERAL ELECTION - SATURDAY MAY 18th
On Saturday 18th May the Federal Election will take place. One of the polling stations will be at CGPS. It is a busy day with lots of people visiting the school to cast their vote. We are seeking parents, carers and friends to show their support by assisting at our Barbeque fundraiser. We are asking an hour of your time to help out. Please complete the form attached with the newsletter if you can assist.
NAPLAN Next week our Grade 3 and 5 students will participate in NAPLAN assessment. This testing will
occur Nationwide, and all students in these years will complete tasks on; Language Conventions
(Spelling and Grammar), Writing, Reading and Mathematics. Please remember that NAPLAN
data provides results for one moment in the school year and is just one aspect of the school’s
assessment and reporting process. We simply ask that children participate with a positive attitude
and best effort.
COLD AND FLU HYGIENE It is that time of year when colds and flu tend to be common around our community. Good health
hygiene practices can greatly reduce the chance you will get the flu or pass it on to others.
Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue or elbow when you cough or sneeze.
Throw the tissue in a plastic-lined rubbish bin after you use it.
Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth as germs can be spread that way.
Please discuss the above points with your children.
MOTHERS’ DAY STALL AND BREAKFAST Thank you to families that made the Mother’s Day stall held today such a huge success. A fantastic va-
riety of donations and gifts ensured there would have been many happy ‘mums’ on Sunday. A special men-
tion must go to those behind the scenes that organised the stall and also assisted on the day.
A friendly reminder that tomorrow morning we will be holding on Mother’s Day (and Special Friends)
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Congratulations to the following students on being named Student of The Week
for their positive attitude to school and social values.
Friday May 3rd
Grade 2/3 Ennor: Hunter B. - For displaying excellent knife skills in Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden. Caleb G. - For enthusiastic reading of ‘The Bad Guys’. Oliver P. - For using excellent ‘bear claw’ skills in Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden. Grade 2/3 Kantarias: Lilly C. - For her enthusiastic and thoughtful contributions to class discussions. Blake T. - For being an enthusiastic learner throughout all tasks in class. Azarah K. - For her kind and gentle nature and for diligence in all areas of learning. Grade 4/5/6Windridge: Riley Co. - For working well on persuasive devices in reading groups. Riley Cl. - For working well on persuasive devices in reading groups. Grade 5/6 McKerrow: Kane D. - For working well on reading asks. Coal H. - For using good manners and being polite.
Quote of the Week Heard melodies are sweet, but unheard are sweeter. John Keats (1785-1821)
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We have spent quite a bit of time inside over the past week because of the cold and wet weather. Despite this, we have completed a number of different activities. The children cooked eggs in bread twice this week and they were very popular. Construction and action toys continued to be popular with the children, with them creating interesting and exciting imaginary worlds with each other. The Shed was a new experience to many of the children as they played with the newly discovered toys, and we had a paper plane competition. When we could go outside, we played on the playground and made a number of new animal friends including moths and kangaroos. We finished our week with a movie, Monster House, which had us all on the edge of our seats.
Have a great week,
Josh
93% of students agree going to Learning Club makes them
try harder at school
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING LEARNING CLUBS,
2019 The Smith Family would like to inform all families that Learning Clubs at California Gully PS will take place in Terms 3 & 4 this year. Learning Clubs will NOT be running in Term 2. We will be in touch closer to the time with registration details!
Please do not hesitate to contact Georgina
on 0402 245 236 if you would like to discuss this further.
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Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open and California Gully Primary School is excited to be par ticipating. The Challenge is open to all Victorian children from birth to Year 10 in recognition of the importance of reading for literacy development. It is not a competition; but a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by 6 September 2019. Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. Children from Year 3 to Year 10 are challenged to read 15 books. All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and former Premiers. To read the Premier’s letter to parents, view the booklists and for more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit: www.education.vic.gov.au/prc
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This year we will be participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program. Through this program we will be able to get new educational resources for our school/early learning centre – and all we need you to do is shop for your groceries at Woolworths. From Wednesday 1st July to Tuesday 25th June or while stock lasts, we are collecting Woolworths Earn & Learn Stickers. You will get one Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker for every $10 spent (excluding liquor, tobacco and gift cards). Place the Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker onto a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet and when it’s complete, the Sticker Sheet can be dropped into the Collection Box here at the school or Woolworths at the Bendigo Marketplace. At the end of the promotion, we’ll be able to get some great new equipment. The range is extensive and offers lots of items ideal for our students – including resources for Maths, English, Science and some fantastic fun supplies for Arts & Craft, Sport and for our library. If you’d like to know more visit woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn Sticker sheets are attached to this issue of The Bell Topper to get you started!
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GREAT TIPS FOR HEALTHY KIDS TIP 46 KIDS LIKE TO BE INVOLVED Involve your kids in the kitchen. They’ll be more interested in what they eat if they have a part in selecting foods and preparing them. .It provides the perfect opportunity to teach them about different foods and how you can prepare them. You can get them to find out more about food from different cultures and to come up with a menu you can work on together.
What you can do NOW Give your child recipe books as gifts and encourage them to
try out some recipes. Plant a vegetable or herb garden with your child and get them
to tend it. They can pick the vegetables and herbs for some super fresh meals.
Good Idea!
Once a month, have a ‘different culture night, and invite your kids to come up with the menu and the appropriate setting of the table.
Top Tip
Kids can help out by: scrubbing carrots; peeling potatoes; setting the table; making the salad; breaking eggs for scrambled eggs or omelettes; and cooking simple dishes like scrambled eggs.
Drinks for Kids
There are many opinions regarding the best beverage choice for your child, whether
it be water, milk or 100% fruit juice. However, nutritionists across the globe all agree
that water should always be your first choice when selecting a thirst quenching drink.
Why?? There are many benefits to drinking water including:
It does not cause dental caries
It is thirst quenching
It has no energy or kilojoules and no caffeine
It prevents dehydration
It costs nothing
Dehydration is a major issue for children; they can easily become
dehydrated because they haven’t developed thirst signals. Children need to
be encouraged and reminded to drink throughout the day.
Other drinks such as cordial, soft drinks and fruit juices are high in sugar and promote dental
caries. Juice contains natural sugars that is concentrated, while soft drinks and cordials have
added sugar.
Milk should be encouraged as a healthy beverage. Choose low fat, plain milk types for strong
bones. Try dairy smoothies, e.g. banana smoothies, or milkshakes and warm milk with Milo.
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START SAVING NOW! Pick up a flyer from the office, or phone 5434 3908.
Bendigo Athletic Club Cross Country Season starts Sunday 28th April. Children’s 1km race starts after the Senior race that commences @ 10.30am each Sunday. Focus is on Health, Fitness and Fun! For more information visit www.bendigoathleticclub.org.au or contact the club on 0409 874 958.
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WANT TO GET RID OF YOUR PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS??? Do you have lots of plastic grocery bags taking up valuable storage space in your home? A member of our school community is collecting plastic grocery bags to make sleeping mats for the homeless. If you have excess plastic grocery bags (I’m sure many of us do) they can be brought to the school office for collection to make more sleeping mats. Not only are we providing a soft place for a homeless person to sleep—we are also recycling those unwanted plastic grocery bags!!
California Gully Primary School has signed up with the Fitzpatrick’s Home Hardware D.I.Y. Rewards program. Each time you make a purchase at Fitzpatrick’s Home Hardware please mention the school and for each $1.00 spent the school will earn five club reward points that we can use to purchase products in store when we need to make any repairs around the school.
Current Uniform Prices at Bendigo Uniform Plus - Shop 6, Abbott Arcade Bendigo.
Short Sleeve Polo – $20.50 Long Sleeve Polo – $26.00 Polar Fleece Jumper – $35.00 Hoodie – $35.00
Blue & White Checked Dress – $22.00 Bucket Hat – $13.50 Slouch /Wide Brimmed Hat – $13.50
10weeks x 2hr classes - $385.50 10 weeks x 1 hr classes - $275.00
(Starting on 23rd April - 25th June 2019) (Starting on 23rd April - 25th June 2019)
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Adult Painting Classes with Susan McMinn Secondary Art Classes - Natalie Newman Wednesday Evenings, 6.00 – 8.00 pm Thursday Evenings, 4.00pm– 5.30pm 10 weeks x 2 hr classes = $385.50 9 weeks x 1.5 hr classes = $277.20 (Starting on 24th April - 26th June 2019) Starting on 2nd May - 27th June 2019) Adult Drawing Classes - Susan McMinn Thursday Evenings, 46.00pm– 8.00pm 9 weeks x 2 hr classes = $346.95 (Starting on 2nd May - 27th June 2019)
SUNDAY Book here for the Mosaic with Kirsten Asche Sunday Afternoons 1-4pm 2 Weeks x 3 hrs - $220 plus materials $60 (Starting on 28th April – 5th May 2019)
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Havilah Road Pre School 2020 4 Year old Group Enrolments now being taken. Open Day – Come and Play. Meet our educators and see what our Pre School has to offer your family in 2020. Friday May 24th from 9am-11am 22-24 Havilah Road Long Gully 0475 735 808 Havilah Road Pre School was Rated
“Exceeding National Quality Standard” in November 2017.
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Stephanie Alexander Kitchen at California Gully Primary School
Tuesday Mornings 8.00 a.m. to 8.45 a.m.
With Thanks to The Eaglehawk Football/Netball Club and our generous sponsors we have a community breakfast program for all families (parents are more than welcome to attend) and staff of California Gully. The community breakfast program will continue tomorrow, Friday May 10th at 8 a.m. (please note that we will stop serving breakfast at 8.20a.m. any children who arrive after 8.20 a.m. will miss out). Sharing in breakfast together, what a great way for our school community to start to start the day!
