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

Newsletter Monday 26 October 2015 – Issue 17

Berkeley Vale PS Centenary Dinner Fri Oct 30 Berkeley Vale PS Centenary Festival Sat Oct 31 Stewart House—Melbourne Cap Day Tue Nov 3 Boys Cricket Round 5 Wed Nov 4 Kinder Tech Rehearsal Fri Nov 6 Kinder Performance Matinee & night shows Tue Nov 10 Kinder Performance Matinee show Parents and friends Wed Nov 11 Kinder Performance Matinee & night shows Thurs Nov 12 League Tag Gala Day - Stage 2 Thurs Nov 12

Over the last 12 months we have had a very dedicated committee of teaching, non-teaching, community and P&C members meet frequently to plan and prepare for our 100 year celebrations. The organisation that has gone into this event has been enormous and it is at this time that we need your help and assistance...we are a community, a wonderful community that is unique to others. We have rich history and as a community we are passionate about the Berkeley Vale area, a community that has seen generation after generation attend this school. We would therefore like to invite you all to our celebrations on Saturday (10am-2pm). Going home with this newsletter is an overview of the days events; this will give you an insight into what you can expect. Throughout the day there will be times where you can meet your fellow ex-students and hopefully teachers or take a ride up to the old Berkeley Vale School site, just to name a few activities. Over the last few weeks all children have participated in lessons relating to Berkeley Vale Public School as well as undertaking a walking tour to the old school site. Many thanks to the parents who helped us out by joining in this excursion. This week will be a week of preparation as classrooms will be changed into viewing rooms in readiness for Saturday’s celebrations. We hope you can attend this day and look forward to seeing you all there.. Narelle Armour Principal

MERIT AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students: Week 2 KS Finn Kelsall, John Taylor KV Dylan Green, Aaron Chymiak KD Mia Hindmarch, Shakya Ahern KL Isaac Harvey, Mkayla Njoroge KB Micah Hall, Peter Evans 2/3A Renee Monteleone, Kayden Dobson 3R Cooper Pannell, Mali Brown 3D Lillee Rogers, Ashlea Woods 3H Hunter King, Jake Tufoua 3/4P Daniella Nagi, Kodi Caldwell 4CH Kirra Hillman, Kaden Holten 3/4T Jack Rankmore, Annaleize Southward 5A Luke Mason, Chloe Dykstra 5B Candice Holton, Ivy Little-Wright Zander Johnson 5W Megan Williamson, Ashley Cocking 5/6C Shanice Duarte, Hunter Goldie 6B Lillie Alexander, Lachlan Ackerman 6D Maximus Laney, Kasey Harris 6E Finn Olaisen, Jenna Kingi-O’Reilly Week 3 KS Layla Smith, Drew Kearney KB Ben Barnett, Cohen Bradshaw KV Makai Damaso, Rhys Caswell KL Xavier Baker, Marley Young Kiarna Sutherland KD Abby Chidgey, Billie-Rose Cosgrove 1/2K Ronan Gibson, Tylah Ansell 1F Julia Leete, Maddy Warton 1L Hayden Cox, Emily Trew 1N Ryan Monteleone, Allie O’Donoghue 1M Eva Valle, Brooke Burns 1W Noah Fenton, Tahlia Westman

5

Days until Berkeley Vale Public School’s

Centenary Celebrations

100 YEA

RS Centenary Festival

Our Centenary Festival is almost here!

We welcome all families to come and enjoy old games, memorabilia displays, entertainment, food, stalls,

classic cars and a jumping castle.

It is sure to be a fun filled day.

When: Saturday 31st October, 2015 from 10am – 2pm. Where: Berkeley Vale Public School

Hope to see you there!

by our school under any circumstances and appropriate consequences will be enforced if/when needed, including suspension. This will be outlined clearly in the BVPS Suspension Policy. These policies will ensure that our school commitment to ensuring a safe positive learning environment for all students, staff and community members continues to be of utmost importance.

FIRST AID PLANS – FINAL REQUEST As we are finalising our student profile database we are urgently seeking any outstanding First Aid Plans for any student diagnosed with a medical condition at school, including those that require administering of medication. This includes Asthma Plans. The deadline for the First Aid Plans to be handed in to school is Friday 6 November. If we do not receive a First Aid Plan for your child by this date then the student medical records will be adjusted to indicate no medical condition requirements. All First Aid Plans must be completed by a doctor or GP. Completed Medical forms with associated medication (if required) should be handed to the office no later than Friday 6 November. Thank you for your co-operation in this matter. Chad Tsakissiris Rel. Deputy Principal

UNSW RESULTS Certificates and results for ALL UNSW competitions will be handed out at next week’s Primary Assembly on Wednesday 4 November at 1:45 pm.

STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY VARIATION Recently, the school staff undertook important curriculum training updates in two lengthy after-school sessions. This training was organised during term three to replace our last staff-only day on Friday 18 December. This will not affect students as no students are scheduled to attend school on the last Thursday (17/12) and Friday (18/12).

SELECTIVE HIGH SCHOOL APPLICATIONS 2017 Parents of current Year 5 students may like to know that applications for Year 7 selective high school placement in 2017 are now available online at www.schools.nsw.edu.au/shsplacement and these will close on 16 November. An information pack is available at the school office. The associated selective high school test will be held next year on Thursday 10 March 2016.

MELBOURNE CAP DAY

This will be on again on Tuesday 3 November. We will be encouraging our students to wear their favourite cap or hat to school and make a gold coin donation to support Stewart House.

BOYS’ CRICKET Last Friday our boys represented our school in Rd 4 of NSW PSSA knockout against Kanwal. Kanwal batted first and were bowled out for a very impressive 107. With a huge task ahead of them our boys set off to try and chase down 108 runs in 25 overs. It was a slow start and after 17 overs we were 3/58. Matt Smale and Hunter Goldie were resilient, scoring an average of 9 runs an over with Matt hitting 3 huge sixes and 3 fours to get us right back in it with 1 over to go. Matt had to retire on 40 not out and in the last over Drew Parry got off the mark to hit the winning run. The boys represented our school exceptionally well, showing great

2H Madison Jacob, Noah Little 2RH Logan Newland, Talieghia Kirby 2M Hunter Dewar, Myka Greenwood 2S Grace Collins, Dorion McCulloch

PRESENTATION DAY—K-2 AND 3-6 2015 We would like to advise all family and community members of the format for our Presentation Days for 2015. This year both K-2 and 3-6 Presentation Day Assemblies will be held on Thursday 10 December. 3-6 Assembly will commence at 9.30am and K-2 Assembly at 11.45am. Both assemblies will take place in the school hall. The class Awards this year will be as follows—Academic, Citizenship and Most Improved. There will be 3 awards for all classes K-6 except Stage classes or across Stage classes (Kinder, 1/2K, 2/3A, 3/4P and 5/6C) who will receive 2 academic awards. Year 6 Awards Dux Sportsperson English TLSC Scholarship Mathematics Jason Annear Trophy Citizenship Wyong Bank—PBL Awards Performing Arts

2016 CAPTAIN/PREFECT AND SPORTS CAPTAINS—NOMINATIONS DUE Year 5 students last week received their criteria for leadership roles in 2016. All students in Year 5 have the opportunities to become a school leader, if they fit the criteria and then if they are nominated. Students may self nominate as long as they then have 2 other students second and third their nomination. Once nominations are received before closing Mr Bauer and myself will validate nomination forms (if they fit criteria) and then students will be advised so they can start to prepare their speeches. I will keep you posted via the newsletter and the school app. Janelle Chapman Stage 3 Assistant Principal

STUDENT BEHAVIOUR POLICIES We have been in the process of reviewing our school’s behaviour management procedures and policies this semester and after a consultation process, have produced several policy documents that are currently undergoing review and ratification by the School Council. All policies have been developed in line with current departmental policies and guidelines. These documents include:

School Suspension Policy Fair Discipline Code Policy Class Behaviour Management Policy

These documents will underpin the consequences given to students when inappropriate behaviour is displayed by students. Copies of these policies will also be made available to all BVPS families on our website and in hard copy from the office. One area that these policies address is physically aggressive behaviour. Currently there is an issue in our school where some students are displaying physically aggressive/violent behaviour toward each other. This is certainly not tolerated

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UNIFORM SHOP—SUMMER UNIFORM Girls: School blue polo shirt Skirt or Cullottes Boys: School blue polo shirt Grey cargo shorts Sports: School gold polo shirt School blue sports shorts. Our school requires that children wear the uniform displaying our school emblem. Please be aware that Berkeley Vale Public School is the only shop where you can purchase our uniform.

Uniform Shop Hours: Monday 2.00pm—2.45pm Friday 8.45am—10.00am

P & C News

UPCOMING EVENTS CENTENARY BBQ SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER 10AM – 2PM If you are able to assist with the BBQ please let us know via email bvp_c@hotmail.com, on our Facebook page or by sending a note into the office. The time slots will be 9-11am, 11-1pm, and 1-3pm. If you are unable to commit to 2 hours but are able to help for a shorter amount of time that too would be greatly appreciated.

CAROLS IN THE COOLZONE FRIDAY 4 DECEMBER We are in the planning stages at the moment but very soon we will be calling for volunteers to help on the night and to help in the lead up preparations. We will keep you posted on when things are happening. Muffin Break Great Bake Sale We are in the running to win up to $3000 and also 1000 muffins to use for fundraising. Please vote for our school at http://www.greatbakesale.com.au/ Facebook Page – Please ‘like’ our Facebook page – ‘Berkeley Vale Public School P&C’ to keep up to date with P&C events. The events committee will meet on Tuesday 17 November at 5:30pm in the staffroom. The annual P&C AGM will be held next month, Tuesday November 17 at 6.30pm in the staff room.

sportsmanship and never giving up. They are now on to Rd 5 and if successful will be in the final 16 teams in the state.

PREFECTS’ EXCURSION TO OLD BERKELEY VALE SCHOOL The prefects visited the Old Berkeley Vale School site last week with the mission to restore the original concrete map of Australia which was created by former students of the school in the 1950s. They all chose a state then worked together in groups re-painting each state of Australia. It was a slow and demanding process as the map was basically back to bare concrete after many years of neglect. They worked tirelessly on their knees and hands applying the paint into every nook and cranny with second coats until we ran out of paint and time. All prefects really enjoyed the experience not just from learning some real life painting skills but from feeling that they have contributed to keeping the legacy of past students alive from the past century. In our Centenary Year this is a wonderful contribution from the current prefects that they will surely remember in future years. The prefects involved were: Georgia Martin, Lillie Alexander, Ethan May, Mia Petit, Quinn Richardson (Vice Captain), Ebony Convy (Captain), Jayden Reardon (Captain), Mason Johnson.

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All positions will be declared vacant and nominations are now being accepted. If you would like to nominate someone or stand for a position, you need to be a current financial member to hold a position. The positions are; President, 2 x Vice Presidents, Treasurer and Secretary. All sub-committee positions will also need to be filled – Canteen, OOSH and Uniform Shop (these committees have 5 members each and meet twice a term). Nominations can be sent to bvp_c@hotmail.com, or written nominations can be left at the office for the attention of P&C. Feel free to ask any questions if you want more information about what may be involved. We would love to see some fresh faces with new ideas as the more parents and community members we have involved, the easier it becomes to create the best opportunities for our children. The general P&C meeting will follow at 7pm. Everyone is welcome to attend both, but please be aware that only current financial members are permitted to vote.

SCHOOL FACTS— PART 2 1. In 1924 Tumbi Umbi School was renamed Berkeley Vale

School. 2. In 1933 Berkeley Vale School had grown to 57 children

so a second classroom was built and another teacher appointed.

3. By 1968 enrolments had increased to 100 and a third teacher was appointed. The extra class was housed in the weathershed.

4. In 1972 there were 4 classes and 4 teachers with 2 classes bussed to the Methodist Church Hall, Tumbi Umbi for lessons.

5. The new school in Pindarri Avenue was available in 1974 with 4 permanent classrooms and many demountables.

6. (You can read more about the early days in the commemorative book Berkeley Vale Public School : Celebrating 100 Years.