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NEWSLETTER Phone: 9484 8844 10 September 2019 Fax: 9484 8200

P & C Meeting – Wednesday 18 September 2019 7:30 p.m. – Library Website: www.beecroftpublicschool.com.au Email: beecroft-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Principal’s Report And the Winner is… Beecroft Public School Thank you to the many friends and families of Beecroft PS for voting for our Beecroft PS COLA Construction and Court Revitalisation Project. Last Thursday at 12:00p.m., Beecroft PS was announced as winning $180,000 of State Government funding towards this important project. A huge cheer went up throughout the school upon hearing this fabulous news. Thank you to our P&C for nominating our school and for championing the many improvements that benefit our students. A special thank you to P&C Secretary, Melannie Hogan, who sought out and wrote the application and to our Vice President, Lisa Yen, for leading and promoting the project campaign. Thank you again to everyone for voting and for your support of our students and school. A team from the Department’s Asset Management Unit (AMU) has already visited our site to initiate the first steps of scoping the work. At a school level, we are bringing together a small steering committee who will represent the staff, students and P&C ensuring that there is input from, and communication between, all key stakeholders. P&C 3-6 Disco … Out of this World The P&C 3-6 Disco was held on Friday night and really was out of this world. The hall was transformed into an intergalactic world and the students embraced the theme with space suits and alien hair styles. Thank you to the P&C and Natalie Turner and her huge team of parent volunteers who braved the wild weather to organise and supervise this fabulous evening of dancing, karaoke and fun. The students had a ball and from them, I thank you! K-2 Concert This week the K-2 students will have the opportunity to show off their dance moves at the four scheduled K-2 concerts, ‘Dance and Be You’. Thank you to Mrs Caddy and all the K-2 teachers for their work in preparing for this opportunity for our K-2 students to shine. Our newly formed SEaLS (Sound Engineering and Lighting Squad), under the leadership of Ben McSweeney, will be making their official debut behind the scenes running the sound and lighting. It is set to be an exciting week. Charities Day – Students Taking Positive Action The SRC Charities Day for 2019 was an amazing success, with the school raising a combined $4684.50 to be donated to our three selected charities: Stewart House, OzHarvest and Oxfam.

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Our Student Representative Council (SRC), under the leadership of Mr Littlejohn, Mr Blackett and Miss Richards, harnessed the collective efforts of our staff, students and community. The stalls this year reflected popular culture and included: ninja warrior and sports games; cake stalls and sales of lucky dips; books; toys and small bags of lollies with inspirational messages encouraging students to believe in themselves and to care about others and the world around them. If you baked, wrapped, helped your child create, gather or make items to sell or helped make one of the many sideshow alley games or activities and donated money, on behalf of the school community … THANK YOU. You have helped our children take action and more importantly, learn that they can as individuals be agents of positive change in our world. The SRC would also like to thank all students and their families for helping to contribute to such a successful day, as well as all the teachers who helped to coordinate the running of stalls to ensure the day went as smoothly as possible.

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Tanya Rose Principal

Deputy Principal’s Report Celebrating Book Week Over the last couple of weeks, students have been celebrating Book Week. Book Week allows students to celebrate Australian Children’s Literature. Last week 5R and 5H celebrated Book Week through a Book Tasting where they examined different books from various genres in the hope they would find something new to read. What a wonderful way to develop a love of reading!

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2019 Peace Cup International Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition It has been 27 years since Beecroft Public School started its after-school Chinese painting class. Students from K-6 participate in Chinese Brush Painting classes after school each week. Thank you Stella for your dedication and hard work. This year 33 students from K-6 represented Australia in the “Peace Cup”, an International Exhibition that occurs yearly and acknowledges the exceptional work in painting and calligraphy. Congratulations to Amy (6L) and Terrence (5G) who both received the top “Platinum” medal for their works of art. Congratulations to the following students who also received awards for their artworks: Kirstin KR; Angela KW; Adrian KB; Sarah KW; Dorothy KP; Minghan KR; Marcus KB; Coco 1W; Oliver 1S; Avril 1B; Amery 1J; Dhruva 1J; Kayla 1W; Alan 2H; Lynette 2O; Chloe 2G; Leah 2G; Zachary 3B; Jerry 3B; Kye 3N; Jemma 3N; Karen 4L; Juliet 3-4L; Clayton 5G; Benjamin 5R; Dhuryah 4C; Ellena 5T; Terrence 5G; Amy 6L; Samuel 6N; William 1J; Catherine KB and Amelia KR.

Alex Montgomery Deputy Principal

Deputy Principal’s Report K-2 Concert This week is a very exciting week for Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 students, as they put their creative hats on ready to perform at the K-2 Concert. Thank you to the dedicated teachers in Kindergarten, Year 1, and Year 2 for all their hard work in putting the concert together! The concerts are on the following dates:

• Thursday 12 September at 10:00a.m. and 2:00p.m. • Friday 13 September at 10:00a.m. and 2:00p.m.

Booked tickets were sent home last week with students. Please be aware that all four performances are the same. Kindergarten Orientation The first Kindergarten Orientation will be held on Thursday 19 September. We look forward to welcoming the 2020 Kindergarten students at 10:00a.m. in the hall. Irene Robbins Deputy Principal (Rel.)

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What’s Happening in Year 6? Year 6 have been reading the novel Toby Alone, a story about a community of tiny people who live on a tree. Our study has focused on imaginative text with an emphasis on character. The students have identified parallels between life in the tree and our Earth. Drawing inspiration from our local Chilworth Reserve environment, Year 6 have created a tree using mostly recycled materials ensuring a focus on sustainability. We look forward to seeing the tree continue to grow! Year 6 Teachers

Sibling and Group Photos 2019 Group photos are now available to view and order online at www.theschoolphotographer.com.au using the code 19S1085PRE39. Sibling photos will be sent home tomorrow.

Eco Corner Report Lots of harvesting for the Knights Lots of harvesting of spinach, chicory, lettuce, rocket and kale. The knights also harvested their third cauliflower head for the year. Although the weather has been dry and windy, the mulching the knights did in autumn has kept the soil moist and has helped protect the plants. This Friday they will be adding more spring seedlings. Ben the Green Garden Guru In knowledge we grow

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P&C News P&C News P&C News P&C News P&C News

Message from the President Year 3-6 Disco Friday 6 September The 3-6 disco was last Friday evening. The theme of this year’s disco was “Out of this World”. And what an out of this world experience it was for the primary students who came. There were stormtroopers, aliens, NASA engineers and even a white dude with a white afro. The students danced and jumped and sang their hearts out for 90 minutes. An enormous thank you to Natalie Turner who oversaw the whole event and also created all the wonderful space decorations for the evening. Everything ran smoothly and all the children had a wonderful time. Thank you also to the following people who helped set up, pack up, organise, give supervision and just lend a hand where needed; Shannon Christiansen; Edwina Ogilvie; Jo Justic (our first aid officer); Virginia Cannons; Michelle M; Olivia Sedgwick; Rachel Ive; Ruby Kandol; Yingbo Chen; Alison Fusca; Jenny Papadimitriou; Hayley Brown; Jen Mitchell; Laura Keily; Andrew Harris; Donna Dubsky; Kate Hunter; Emily House; Hui Cheng Tan; Shobana Maheswaran, Louise de Vos and Caroline Choong who also helped circulate emails and sort out the volunteers. Movie Night under the Stars Friday 20 September Friday 20 September will be our Movie Night under the Stars. The movie this year will be How To Train A Dragon 3. The gates open at 5:30p.m. and the huge inflatable movie screen is set up on the Mary Street grass. The movie will get under way at about 6:00p.m. Bring a rug or chairs to lie or sit on. There will be very basic snacks and crazy glow-in-the-night things for the kids to buy. Tickets are bought through our school P&C purchasing app Qkr!, and are available now at a cost of $5 per ticket. Fit-a-Thon Money Return The money has all been collected and the initial response has been wonderful. For those who still haven’t entered their Fit-a-Thon money through Qkr!, you are still able to do so. If you are not familiar with this method, please contact the school for further information. There will be a prize for the infant class and one for the primary class that have the highest number of children in their class participating in the return of sponsorship payments. Mother’s Day Tea Towels

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Mother’s Day Tea Towels: The BPS P&C has a small number of leftover tea towels (KBx1; KWx1; 4Cx4; 5Gx1; 6Sx1). If you would like to purchase one of the remaining tea towels, please contact Mel Hogan on 0425 242 784 as soon as possible. Upcoming Events Term 3 Kindergarten Orientation: Thursday 19 September Movie Night under the Stars: Friday 20 September Term 4 Working Bee: Sunday 20 October Ben McSweeney ben.mcsweeney@gmail.com P & C President

BPS Movie Night

P & C Social Committee

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Canteen News - Phone 9980 7255

Canteen Celebration As mentioned last week, we have been given the thumbs up for meeting the criteria for a Heatlhy School Canteen. To celebrate this massive achievement, we will be holding our Term 3 #timeforatreat next Wednesday 18th September.

Roster for the upcoming week Wednesday 11 September: Peter S, Alison C, PM HELP PLEASE Thursday 12 September: Sonia D, AM HELP PLEASE Friday 13 September: Kathryn L, Jing G, PM HELP PLEASE Monday 16 September: Yvonne L Tuesday 17 September: Alison F

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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 info.bps.canteen@gmail.com Canteen Convenor

Arts & Crafts Program

The draft brochure for Term 4 Arts and Crafts is attached. Qkr! will open for enrolments on Wednesday 25 September (week 10) AFTER 9:00P.M., and close during the holidays on Monday 7 October. An update to Arts for 2020: please note that from 2020, the Arts program will only be for children in Years 1-6 (not kindergarten). Having that extra year of maturity and school routine behind them before attending the after-school program will be beneficial. Helena, Haosen and Maret haosen_liu@hotmail.com

lanhe2211@gmail.com

Lost Property

Thank you to Class 2P for sorting out lost property this week. Any suggestions on how to improve this system or area are welcomed. Lisa Yen P&C Vice President bpsclassparent@gmail.com

Uniform Shop

Qkr! The Uniform Shop will be running a limited trial run on Qkr!. Items available include hats, bags and jackets. The cut-off for orders is Tuesday night and orders will be delivered by the following Friday. Summer Uniform The Beecroft summer uniform is available now. Please note that there is limited stock available as our suppliers have not yet delivered our summer stock orders. Students can wear either:

Blue & white Beecroft check dress, plain white ankle socks, black leather school shoes; OR Grey shorts, blue short sleeve shirt, grey socks with blue/white stripe, black leather school shoes.

Helping in the shop this week: Wednesday 11 September - Vicki K Thursday 12 September - Lucinda B

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Next week: Wednesday 18 September - Zahra M Thursday 19 September - Shannon L & Olga L

Hours: Wednesday 3:00p.m. – 4:00p.m. Thursday 9:00a.m. – 10:00a.m. Sherri Cooper Uniform Shop Convenor beecroftpsuniform@gmail.com

School Banking

Regular Hours: Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Alice Clayton BeecroftSchoolBanking@gmail.com

BOOSH

Hello Booshies!!! Vacation Care The October Vacation Care program is now available to view online and the permission can be filled in through our website or using this direct link https://forms.gle/zSTbNWVmG519K3wx6 . Current Boosh families who have lodged their permission slips will be able to book days from 16 September. New families who lodge a permission slip will be contacted from 23 September onwards to be notified of any availability. Direct Payments for Fees Have you filled in a direct debit/credit authority form for your family yet? Remember that to re-enrol for Boosh positions in 2020 you must have completed the direct debit authorisation form. Re-enrolment will commence at the AGM in November (for families with permanent sessions) and be completed the week after for families with Casual or Temporary bookings only. Exact dates will be advertised soon.

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BOOSH Page 2 The form and FAQ can be downloaded from here http://www.boosh.com.au/fees-and-hours/bank-details-and-direct-payment-authorisation/ . Special Afternoon Tea This week’s special afternoon tea was Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie on Monday afternoon. This Week’s Photos Creating Ecosystem dioramas throughout the week; how good is creating an indoor room outside with all of your friends; budding archaeologists and civil engineers digging and building in the dirt and keeping our centre clean is fun! Upcoming Dates Vacation Care Permissions slips available online: From TODAY! Vacation Care bookings open for current families: Monday 16 September New families contacted regarding Vacation Care availability: Monday 23 September Waitlist open for Kindy 2020 New families: Monday 23 September 8:00a.m. Have a great week! Mel and The Boosh Team 9980 8224 admin@boosh.com.au

Band News

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Congratulations to all bands who did a superb job of representing our school at the North Shore Primary Schools Concert Band Festival over the weekend. It was a great opportunity to support our music director, Mr Tim Ferrier, who was the featured composer for the event, and a fine finish to the festival line up for this year. The next event on the band calendar is the band and strings tour of the South Coast. The senior bands are already working on their combined repertoire and looking forward to a fun filled, musical road trip. If your child is attending, please make sure that you complete the medical form and tour payment as soon as possible. Band calendar

Date Event Time 25 – 27 September Band and Strings tour N/A Thursday 17 October Band and strings committee AGM 7:30p.m. Wednesday 30 October Training Band 2020 Information night 7:30p.m. Monday 11 November Training Band 2020 instrument try out 3:30–5:00p.m. Friday 30 November End of year concert TBA (evening)

Band and strings awards With the end of Term 3 approaching, it’s a good time to check whether your child is on track to meet the requirements for the band and strings award program. The criteria will be emailed to all band families by the band coordinators. Please make sure that you show the form to your child’s tutor so that they can work on the required elements. Completed forms must be returned to the band box by Week 3 of next term. If you have any questions, please contact your band coordinator. For general inquiries, please contact the secretary. Megan Hobbs therealmeganhobbs@gmail.com Secretary

String Ensemble News

Australian School Band and Orchestra Festival (ASBOF) On Sunday 8 September both of the Advanced String and Intermediate String Ensembles participated at the ASBOF event at the University of NSW. I am very proud to announce that BPS Advanced Strings has attained a Gold Medal and Intermediate Strings got Silver! The awards recognise and celebrate our little musicians’ group achievement and outstanding performance skills. Please join me to congratulate our wonderful students and the conductor of both string ensembles: Mrs Papallo!

(Photo: Advanced String Ensemble on the stage)

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(Photo: Intermediate String Ensemble on the stage)

Weekly Rehearsal Parent Roster – Terms 3 & 4 A volunteer parent is needed to support the smooth running of each rehearsal. Please remember to sign up to the weekly parent roster if you have not done so already. Please note that each member’s parent(s) is expected to roster on for at least one shift per term. Advanced Strings: https://signup.com/login/entry/447016456513544039 Intermediate Strings: https://signup.com/go/xkHLqBL Training Strings: https://signup.com/go/xKCbOBA String Ensemble Applications for 2019 Beecroft Public School Strings Program welcomes new players of all levels, from Year 1 to Year 6, who play violin, viola, cello and double bass. The String Ensembles perform at festivals and events throughout the year. For more details, please refer to the BPS Band and Strings Program Handbook 2019. To make an enquiry or book an audition, please contact the Strings Coordinator on StringsBPS@googlegroups.com. Term 3 Events

Ensemble Event Location Date Time Advanced Strings Kindy Orientation BPS School hall 19 September

(Thursday) 10:00-11:00a.m.

Advanced Strings (Year 5&6 students only)

Band & Strings Tour Various locations 25-27 September (Wed-Fri)

Three day event

Term 4 Events

Ensemble Event Location Date Time Advanced Strings & Intermediate Strings K-2 Assembly BPS School hall 16 October

(Wednesday) 12:00-1:00p.m.

Advanced Strings Epping Festival TBA 13 November (Wednesday) TBC

Advanced Strings OC Orientation BPS School hall 14 November (Thursday) TBC

Advanced Strings Rotary Christmas Carols Beecroft Village Green December TBC TBC Training/Intermediate /Advanced Strings End of the year concert BPS School hall TBC TBC

Fei Gao Strings Co-ordinator StringsBPS@googlegroups.com

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KW Play in the Park

We would like to invite all parents and children of KW to join us for a class playdate on the Village Green on Friday, 13 September 2019, straight after school has finished. Please bring a plate of food (in accordance with the school’s nut free policy) to share for afternoon tea. Siblings are more than welcome to join in the fun. Alison and Amy KW Class Parents

KP Play in the Park

We would like to invite all parents, guardians, children and siblings of KP to a class afternoon tea and play on the Village Green on Friday, 13 September, straight after school has finished. Please bring a small plate of afternoon tea to share (in accordance with the school’s nut free policy). We hope to see you there. Koreen and Lyndal KP Class Parents

5H Play in the Park

We would like to invite all parents, guardians, children and siblings of 5H to a class afternoon tea and play on the Village Green on Friday 13 September, after school finishes. Miss Hogarth will be joining us for a short time - so come along and have a chat while the kids play! Please bring a small plate of afternoon tea to share (no nuts please!) We look forward to seeing you there! Belinda, Mel and Karen 5H Class Parents

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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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Hornsby Chil d and Yo uth Mental Healt h Service (CYMHS) Parenti ng Anxio us Children

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