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Newsletter Term 2 - Week 10, 4 July 2018
Bilambil Road, BILAMBIL NSW 2486 . 07 5590 7210 . [email protected] . Bilambil-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Happy holidays! Friday 6 July will be our last day of school, after a very
busy term! Teachers will return on Monday, 23 July for
a SDD and students will start back at school on
Tuesday, 24 July ready to get stuck into Term 3! We
hope you all have a fantastic break and spend some
terrific family time together. See you next term!
Semester Reports After enormous hard work by both your child and
their teacher, your child will be bringing home their
Semester 1 Student Report tomorrow Thursday, 5 July.
We will be attaching a “parent’s guide” to their report
envelope for tips on how to best support your child as
you read their report. The key thing to note is that a
‘C’ or ‘3’ means your child is performing at their age
appropriate level.
We do not report as they did when we were at school
or as we see in the movies from America. This is our
formal process to let you know how they are going at
school, but should not be the first contact that you
are having with your child’s teacher. After reading
your child’s report, if you would like to talk to your
child’s teacher about your child’s progress, please
contact them in early Term 3 for an interview.
Athletics Carnival We are looking forward to our annual
Athletics Carnival this Friday, 6 July. The
day will begin around 9.15am for 8 -12
years olds with the 800m races, followed
by the 200m and then 100m races.
Don’t forget to return nominations for
the 800m, and all students are
automatically entered in the 100m and
200m races. Our 5 - 7 year olds will
come over to the Jets Field at 11.15am
for their sprint races, Bilambil Pre-school
and Bili Kids will join us too, for tabloid
games and a picnic lunch together. At
1.00pm we expect the K-2 children and
pre–schoolers to return to school and
the carnival will finish with finals (not all
races will have finals) and relays if time
permits. We hope lots of you can make
it to join in our community fun day.
Sporting Schools We are really pleased to announce
that the Term 3 program for the federal
government’s Sporting School’s funding,
will be Tennis. The wonderful Gemma
will return to teach her tennis skills
program beginning in Week 2 for 8
weeks. The program will be run on
Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Mr Mostert ???
Where is he ?? There has been some speculation
around the school as to where Mr
Mostert is? and whether he will be
gracing the corridors of BPS again?
Brandishing his quirky charm, high fiving
the students and laughing at his own
jokes!
Well the good news is whilst we have
been under the very capable
leadership of Mrs Butler, Mr Mostert has
been doing another VIP job helping lots
of other schools in our area.
Even better news is he is still our
Principal and will be back to run our
school at the end of Term 3.
Newsletter Term 2 - Week 10, 4 July 2018
Bilambil Road, BILAMBIL NSW 2486 . 07 5590 7210 . [email protected] . Bilambil-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
UP AND COMING EVENTS TERM 1 2018
School items P&C Items
TERM 2 WEEK 10
Thursday 5 July Semester 1 Reports home
CRL Rugby League Gala Day
Friday 6 July Athletics Carnival
Last Day of Term 2 Happy Holidays
TERM 3 WEEK 1
Monday 23 July School Development Day
Tuesday 24 July Students return for first day Term 3
Student School Banking
TERM 3 WEEK 2
Monday 30 July Canteen Sushi Day
Tuesday 31 July Student School Banking
ICAS English
Wednesday 1 August Music Mates Rock Orchestra commences
for Term 3
Thursday 2 August Music Mates Ukulele & Percussion starts for
Term 3
TERM 3 WEEK 3
Monday 6 August Education Week
Canteen Sushi Day
Tuesday 7 August Student School Banking
Wednesday 8 August 2019 Kindy and New parents info evening
P&C Meeting 3.15pm
Thursday 9th August Grandparents Day
Friday 10 August PSSA District Athletics Carnival
STUDENT OF THE WEEK
Term 2
Week 9
Term 2
Week 10
KH Ezekiel Riley
KS Mitchell Olivia
K/1B Cailin Henry
1/2C Gypsy
1/2H Pearl Lara
1/2M Mariah-
Louise Seth
1/2P Gwen Eve
3/4B Rhiannon Zane
3/4C Paige Cody
3/4T Bella Amir
5/6B Asha Anakin
5/6M Dylan
5/6T Jack Riley
Library Ruby 3/4C Aleigha 3/4T
Music Nate S 5/6T
Principal Oliver 5/6M Zane 3/4B
We proudly invite the families of children
starting school in 2019 to come along and learn
more about our terrific school!
2019 Kindergarten & New
Parents Information Night ► Wednesday 8th August 2 0 1 8
► 5.00 - 5.45pm in the school library
BRONZE AWARD
Term 2
Week 9 & 10
KH Zoe, Kenyon
KS Trinity, Lola, Olivia, Ruby,
Ruben, Akira
K/1B Cooper, Hayden,
Bodhie, Katie,
Jada-Jazz, Jesse
1/2C Aidan, Asher, Aylena,
Lewis, Jackson
1/2M Seth, Jake,
Mariah-Louise
1/2P Makaira, Hudson
3/4B Jai
3/4C Dash, Connor
3/4T Jai, Jack
5/6B Tia, Zachery
5/6M James, Chloe, Juan,
Alwin, Lokaiya
5/6T Jack, Jackson
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Term 2 - Week 10, 4 July 2018
SILVER AWARD
Term 2
Week 9 & 10 1/2H Taylor
3/4M Ruby
Please come and join us at
Bilambil Public School to celebrate
Grandparents Day
On Thursday 9th August 2018 More details to be sent home next term.
Year 4 Campers Year 4 Students and staff enjoyed a fantastic trip away to
Camp Goodenough last week. Going to camp is a wonderful
learning experience and gives children so many different
learning opportunities. The students were outstanding in their
support of each other, whilst challenging themselves to do
some things that they had never done before. Thank you Mrs
Colwell, Mrs Robins, Mr Thomas and Mr Renehan for giving up
your family time with your families and looking after everyone
so well. Stay tuned for a full report next term!
The Challenge finishes on August 31, 2018
Remember to get reading & challenge yourself!
Newsletter Term 2 - Week 10, 4 July 2018
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3/4T has been working on a
unit called "Feathers" which
has involved studying a range
of unique and interesting birds.
We have created acrostic
poems, discovered the
logistics and physics of bird
flight and migratory patterns,
and created a birds nest with
only natural materials with our
Prac Teacher Miss Street. Here
are a couple of our samples
of the acrostic poems for you
to enjoy!
Ryan Thomas
Teacher
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Term 2 - Week 10, 4 July 2018
Term 2 - Week 10, 4 July 2018
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Murwillumbah Eisteddfod
WOW Great News!
How wonderful are our Bilambil children!
Each group did our school very proud with their professional
performances and beautiful behaviour at the Murwillumbah
Performing Arts Festival Choral Speaking competition last week.
Kindergarten, Stage 1 (1/2H & 1/2M) and Stage 3 all came
away with 3rd place trophies while Stage 2 and Stage 1 (1B,
1/2C & 1/2P) each received a highly commended.
Thank you to all students, parents and staff for a joint effort,
despite feeling quite exhausted, I couldn’t wipe the smile off my
face!
Donna McGlinn
Eisteddfod Coordinator
Stage 3
Stage 2
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Term 2 - Week 10, 4 July 2018
Missing a Permission
Note If your child has forgotten to
bring home a permission note
for you to sign and return,
there’s an easy solution, simply
go to our website at www.bilambil-
p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ and
there are two ways to obtain
a copy of permission notes.
Go to the Permission and
Excursion Notes tab and click
on the respective Term notes,
then open the required
attachment. Or secondly you
can to go to the required
event on the calendar, open
the attachment to print a
copy. You can also make a
payment from our website
(which is a secure Westpac
Bank site) by going to the $
Make a Payment tab, follow
the prompts, put in your child’s
name and date of birth (you
don’t need the student ID
number) and complete all
boxes were a green asterisk
appears. It allows you to
process multiple payments on
the one transaction.
PSSA Soccer Kiama 2018 When we arrived it was so rainy and windy. Chelsea (another girl
from our team) and I were so eager to play soccer. The first day
got cancelled because of the weather so all of the teams got to
play tenpin bowling together. The next day we could not play in
Kiama because of the rain so we had to drive an hour and a
half to play soccer at other fields. We had to play six games
from 8.30am—4.00pm. There were a lot of good players there.
The next day we played one game in Kiama and we won 2—0.
Unfortunately our team did not make the finals. I think I have
learnt a lot about soccer from going to Sydney and the
experience was great.
Zoe 5/6T
Great News for Ms
Lawson Next term our School
Administration Manager, Ms
Lawson has been selected to be a
HR Payroll Deployment Support
Officer as part of the LMBR team.
She will be out of the Bilambil
school office for four days a week
in her new position, working
Monday to Thursday and at
Bilambil on Fridays until the end of
Term 3. Congratulations on your
success Ms Lawson and we hope
you thoroughly enjoy your new
corporate position . We look
forward to your return at the
commencement of Term 4.
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Term 2 - Week 10, 4 July 2018
Music Mates Programs capture their audience Firstly, WOW what a couple of great shows we've had here at Bilambil!
Well done to all the students who took to the stage to show off their
skills.
I was fortunate enough to witness the Stage 1 kids took to the stage in their percussion and
ukulele show and wow did they impress! The whole school was in awe of their skills!
On Tuesday the Stage 2 and 3 students rocked on! The whole school (and parents/carers) were
rocking out to their fantastic mid year concert. You all look like naturals up on the stage and I am
excited to watch future performances from our kids who never fail to put on a fantastic rock
show.
Lastly in our Music Mates news it is with great sadness that our teacher Tom will be leaving us. He
is heading back to the UK to be with his family. Tom has been a fantastic teacher to the kids at
Bilambil and I know he will be missed! Bilambil staff, students and community would like to wish
Tom and his family all the best on his journey and we hope to cross paths again some time in the
future! Rock on!
With that being said Tom will have a replacement teacher who will start with the Music Mates
students in Term 3.
Notes for the Semester 2 (Terms 3 & 4) Music Mates program will come out early next term.
Once again this program will be firstly offered to those students who have taken part in the
program during Semester 1. If you no longer wish for your child to be a part of the Music Mates
program into Semester 2 can you please let us know by Friday 27th July (first Friday of Term 3) (at
the latest). This will allow for new students to enter the program and new timetables can be
made. Simone Henry
Music Mates Coordinator
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Newsletter Term 2 - Week 10, 4 July 2018
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Sports & Co-curricular Photo’s are now available to purchase. The photos can
be viewed both online and in the school admin foyer.
Groups shots available: ►House Captains ►Library Monitors ► School Captains & Vice Captains
►School Leaders ►SRC ►Whole School ►Year 6 FUN
Collect an order envelope from the school admin office, complete and enclose your payment
of cash only and return to the school office.
The photo prices are: $16.00 each, 2 for $30.00, 3 for $42.00, 4 for $52.00 or 5 for $60.00
Any additional photographs are $10.00 each. This discount is only available per family
order. All orders must be received by: 10th August 2018.
PSSA Basketball Knockout Congratulations once again to our mighty Bilambil 'Bombers'
basketball team. The boys came up against Tweed Heads
Public School in their Round 3 clash last Thursday, 26th June.
They fought hard to be behind by only 6 points at half time, but
a super effort in the third quarter to keep Tweed Heads
scoreless set the scene for an impressive 28 - 24 victory. Well
done lads!! Thank you to the huge crowd whose cheering and
chanting spurred the boys on. The Round 4 clash is against
Byron Bay Public School (date TBA).
Anthony Touzell
Teacher
Notes will be sent home this
week for the Semester 2 Music
Mates Percussion, Ukulele and
Rock Orchestra programs.
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Term 2 - Week 10, 4 July 2018 Newsletter Kindy Paddock to Plate
Excursion at
Well done to all of our Kindergarten students from KB, KH and KS
(and the many parent volunteers and staff) for a sensational
excursion to “The Farm” on Friday 22nd June. From the pigs, to
the chickens to coffee to running among the Highland Scottish
Cattle. You did it all! A few sleepy but still happy faces climbing
off the bus showed what a
fantastic day everyone had!
Flo Borra
Teacher
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Term 2 - Week 10, 4 July 2018
Spoil Dad at our
Father’s Day stall on
Monday, 27 August
2018.
Calling All Cake Bakers We’ll be holding a cake stall at next
Friday’s athletics carnival and need
your help. We’ll be grateful for all
donations of all sorts of sweet treats that we can sell on the day
– cupcakes, biscuits, slices, bliss balls and more.
You can bring them directly to the sports fields on the day –
and if you’d like to join us behind the stall at any time in the day
that would be wonderful too. Please don’t send anything with
nuts and do include a label listing the ingredients.
Sizzling Sausages The P&C will be serving up a sausage sizzle for
those who need some sustenance during what is
a big day at our awesome athletics carnival. If
you have a child in kinder-Year 2 don’t forget to
pre-order your sausage sizzles and popper as
they’ll take them back to school and eat them
there after their races. If you have a child in Year
2 who is turning 8 this year they will spend all day
at the carnival so no need to pre-order for them. On a winter’s
day our sausage sizzles are pretty popular so we could really do
with a few more volunteers to help us out on Friday, especially
when we are trying to get the K-2 orders ready. If you are able
to give us a little bit of your time (when your children aren’t
racing of course) please let us know via our Facebook page or
come and see us on the day.
Canteen Hours Are Changing From next term our canteen hours are going back to the three
days a week – Monday, Wednesday and Friday. There will be
NO half day opening on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Thank you to
those volunteers who helped us trial the idea.
Have Your Say If you’d like to hear a little
more about what your P&C is
planning and how you can
contribute with your time
and/or your ideas please
come along and join us at our
next meeting on Wednesday,
August 8. We meet at 3.15pm
in the staff room.
The Big Chill If you have any school jumpers
that no longer fit please
consider donating them to the
uniform shop so they can be
made available for a super
cheap price to others within
our school community to fend
off the wintery weather as it
can be extra brisk down in the
valley.
Our uniform shop has a supply
of second hand jumpers in
various condition and we also
have lots of beautiful and snug
brand new jumpers in stock
that can be ordered online or
by popping in to the uniform
shop between 8.30am and
9am Monday, Wednesday or
Friday.
We’re planning to hold a spring time monster raffle towards the
end of Term 3. We are hoping to get as many donations as we
can from businesses and individuals to ensure we have a
fabulous prize or two to give away! If you know any businesses
that may be willing to support our school with a prize donation
please let us know. We’ll let you know next term where you can
leave donations but start keeping your eyes and ears out now.
New items only please.
