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Berkeley Vale Public School www.berkeleyva-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Newsletter Thursday 28 May 2015 – Issue 8
* Reconciliation Week Wed 27 May—Wed 3 Jun * Year 6 Canberra Excursion Mon 1 Jun—Thu 4 Jun * Year 4 Camp Wed 3 Jun—Fri 5 Jun * UNSW Science Comp Wed 3 Jun * Queens Birthday Public Holiday (School Closed) Mon 8 Jun * School Disco—Fluoro Theme Wed 10 Jun * All Schools Rugby League Thu 11 Jun * UNSW Writing Competition Mon 15 Jun * Paul Kelly Cup AFL * UNSW Spelling Competition Tue 16 Jun * Central Coast Dance Festival Wed 17 Jun * All School’s Rugby League * Colour Run Fundraiser Thu 18 Jun
This week I would like to acknowledge National Recon-
ciliation Week (27 May-3 June). The dates of Reconcili-
ation Week commemorate two significant milestones in
the Reconciliation Journey. It is a time to celebrate and
learn about our shared histories, cultures and achieve-
ments and how each of us can contribute to the Recon-
ciliation effort. Berkeley Vale Public School is working
towards strengthening our ties with our Aboriginal
parents and community and look forward to celebrating
National NAIDOC Week in July.
Next week is our big camp week with Year 6 venturing
off to Canberra as part of their Australia as a Nation
including the Australian Alpine unit of study. For those
of us who have passed our primary schooling we still
have fond memories about our overnight excursion to
the Nation’s Capital. Canberra is one of the most excit-
ing but hectic excursions that any school offers. They
have a very busy schedule with early mornings and late
nights and many activities in between. We wish them
the very best on their excursion and look forward to
the many stories that are yet to be told.
We also have our Year 4 students heading off to Myuna
Bay Department of Education Sport and Recreation
Camp; this year we are trialling a new venue that of-
fers as much if not more than our previous location. On
this camp the emphasis is on building friendships, un-
dertaking personal challenges and working in teams
whilst having fun. The activities on offer include canoe-
ing, rock climbing, archery, bike riding and bushwalking
as well as a very exciting night program.
Tomorrow the whole school will be participating in a
100 Year photo that will be used throughout our 100
Year Celebrations. Please remember that we will be
having a Dinner, Dance and Show at Mingara on Friday
30 October and our Festival being held at the school on
Saturday 31 October. Tickets for this event will be
available next term. More details to come
Narelle Armour
Principal
MERIT AWARDS Congratulations to the following students: KB Toby Pitt Charlotte Clack Evie McCulloch Teegan Johnstone KD Evie Wade Rohan McConaghey Callum Duddy Abby Chidgey KH Bailee Webb Jaxon Casey Connor McDonald Hayden McConnell KL Jackson Stone Kiarna Sutherland Xandakai Wright Phoenix Coupe KS Talan Juarez Lyla Greenwood Zac Preston Pixie Monaghan KV Aaron Chymiak Kai Fitzsimmons Thomas Collins Brianna Lao-Savage 1F Krissy Ogotau Rilee Hili-Moore Jade Holdsworth Noah Weatherly 1L Jared Pellett Chloe Campbell
Peyton Heathwood Kai Salter 1N Isabella Millsom Cadence Foster 1T Kaden Flippence Jack Kazanji Fletcha Lincoln Miya Knebel 1W Zali Morgan Ryan Hooke Evie Jaques Soriya Loro 1/2K Tylah Ansell Sharni Morrison Ashlee Smale Isabel Sherman 2H Stella Juarez Bailey Denham 2M Charli O’Keefe Kirby Wilding Kiara Rogers Logan Di-Candilo 2RH Montana Olsen Brooklyn Oakes Rachel Harvey Lachlan Bagnall
2S Emily Harvey Hayley Muscat Logan Makings Lacey Main 2/3A Charli Gaul Joshua Barnes Emily Hokin 3R Kiara White Samuel McCrone 3D Cherri Arena Kiarra Hofbauer 3H Erin Bellinger Joel Bygroves 3/4P Nicholas Parsons Angad Paul Breana Joyce Alexie White 3/4T Emily Lucas William Andrikidis 4CH Mattise May Kirra Hillman 4M Liam Woodley Tahlia Dean 5A Corbin Ross Elle Kasidogiannis 5W Megan Williamson Lakiesha Baldwin 5/6C Bailey van Kints Wesley McCray Jessica Savage Wyatt Tall 6B Brooke Withers Connor Williamson 6D Jasmine Stone Mason Johnson 6E Ryan Goldsworthy Lois Murfitt
Interrelate Family Evenings Every alternate year we organise a family evening with Interrelate School Services where families can attend one or both sessions. These two sessions are: 6:00 – 7:00 pm “Where did I come from?” (Reproduction & Childbirth) 7:15 – 8:15 pm “Preparing for Puberty” (Puberty) The date we have scheduled is Monday 3 August (Week 4 Term 3). The cost will be $25 per family per session or $30 if at-tending both sessions. A flyer with full details is included with this newsletter.
Student Led Conferences Once again this year, on the last Wednesday of the term (24/6) from 3 – 6 pm, we will be conducting student led conferences in place of parent/teacher interviews. Teach-ers will schedule a brief time for each family to talk about details but the 20-minute time slot is aimed at your child showing what they are doing in class, how they can im-prove, and setting some goals for the rest of the year in consultation with their parents. A registration form is provided with today’s newsletter.
Darrell Kiernan Deputy Principal
We hope you all saw the article
in the Express Advocate recently
interviewing Berkeley Vale
Public School’s 97 year old
former student Audrey Davey
who is getting excited for our
centenary celebrations with the
rest of us. Make sure you add to
your calendars our Dinner,
Dance & Show held at Mingara
on
Friday 30 October and our
Festival being held at school on
Saturday
31 October, 2015!
627 Transition Events and Dates
Tuggerah Lakes Zone Cross-Country 2015 On Tuesday 26 May, the Tuggerah Lakes Zone Cross-Country Carnival took place on a beautiful Autumn day at Edsacc Oval Bateau Bay. Our school team of 62 children were very well behaved and participated with an enthusiastic spirit in each race. It was as usual a very challenging course, especially so this year because of the soft ground and muddy patches. Each age event was also very competitive because there were up to 100 runners in total from the 13 schools competing. All children were striving to achieve personal bests and gain points for their school to be the overall carnival winner. The children should be very proud of all the efforts they have put into their personal training at home since the school carnival. Thank you to all the parents who came to watch the races and support their children on the day. Also thanks to Mrs Brunton and her parent helpers for running the canteen on the day.
At the end of the day there were some fine individual performances and personal best results. As a team Berkeley Vale School finished 4th on the day. Special congratulations to Xander Martin 1st, Quinn Richardson 2nd, Hemi Knebel 6th and Noah Jovanovic 10th in the 12 years boys with In-diah Ellis 6th in the 12 years girls. Damian Shearer came 8th and Bailey van Kints 10th in the 11 years boys with Alana Bennett 4th in the 11 years girls. Sawyer Etchells came 6th in the 9 years boys with Elizabeth Shearer 1st in the 9 years girls. The first 6 place-getters all go on to rep-resent Tuggerah Lakes Zone at the Sydney North Regional Cross-Country Carnival on Thursday 11th June 2015 at Gosford.
Mr Bauer and Mrs Bath Cross Country Team Managers
Netball On Wednesday 20 May the selected students in the school Netball team travelled to Baker Park, Gosford to participate in the PSSA Gala Day. Berkeley Vale won the pool games convincingly but unfortunately we were defeated in the semi finals. A big thank you to Mrs Davidson and Ms Trasler for training and organising the team . We had a great day!
Boy’s Cricket Well done to the boy’s cricket team who overcame a defiant Bateau Bay team last week. Bateau Bay scored 9-84 in their innings with everyone chipping in to take the wickets. Matt Smale had bowling figures of 3-6 and Evan Hillman 2-9. Our boys backed up their great bowling with some text book batting. Matt Smale hit the first six of the campaign and belted 5 fours on his way to 39 not out. Jayden Eslick, Luke Smith and Evan Hillman all scored well on the way to 2-99. The team are now into Rd 4 of the knockout which will be played at a later date.
Tim Walsh
Is your child starting school in 2016? Please come along to our Kindergarten 2016 Parent Infor-mation Night in the school Library on Tuesday 2 June at 7pm. This is an opportunity to share details about the innovative KNX transition to school program. This is a 10 week program which prepares your child for the routines and procedures of Berkeley Vale Public School. This program will begin Monday 7 September (other days available) and registration forms will be available on the night. If you cannot attend please contact the office for further details on 4388 1796.
Year 6 Camp Year 6 will be heading down to Canberra/Snow next week to have a hands on experience on how our Federal Government works and why Canberra is our Capital City. They will also get to have some fun in the snow. Students are expected to be at school by 6am (Coolzone gates). Students who are not going to Canberra are expected to be at school and work is being prepared for those students. 5/6C – Year 5 students will be working with the rest of Year 5 next week as I will be away with Year 6.
Vale FM – Year 6 Performance The DVD is being prepared at present and will be available for purchase Term 3.
Year 7 2016 Enrolment Packs for Year 7 2016 were distributed to all students this week. Mr Marchant and Mrs Thomas visited CBPS, BVPS and KVPS to talk to the students and personally hand out the enrolment packs. If your child does not attend one of our feeder primary schools and you filled out an EOI form to attend our Campus then an enrolment pack was post-ed to you. If you have any questions regarding enrolment please contact our Enrolment Officer on 43881899.
Date Event Venue Thursday 28
May Science Day BVC All day -Selected
Students
Wednesday 10 June
GATS Humanities Test
BVC 8.30am
Thursday 11 June
TAS Day BVC All day- Selected Students
Thursday 25 June
ART Day BVC All Day Selected Students
Thursday 30 July Maths in Sport Day
BVC All day
Thursday 20 August
Ag Day BVC All day Selected Students
Thursday 10 September
Koori Games Day BVC All day
Thursday 8 October
Year 7 Advisor (2016) Visit
CBPS, BVPS, KVPS
Tuesday 13 Oc-tober
Year 6 Meet & Greet BBQ
BVC
Thursday 15 October
Mentor Day BVC Al day Selected Students
Thursday 5 November
Rites of Passage Day
BVC All day
Thursday 26 November
Year 6 Orientation Day
BVC All day
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Opens Rugby League Classic Shield Our school team played Friday 15 May at EDSACC against Killarney Vale Public School. Our team were given a bye in round 1 so this was our first game of the year. Our boys were held to 6-6 at half time but fought back to eventually win 18-10 in a hard fought game.. Congratulations to all the team and a big thanks to all the parents who helped with transport. The team will be playing again this Friday in the All School’s Knockout at Narara.
Year 4 Camp With camp fast approaching the following notes should have
been returned to the class teacher: Permission Note, Student Behav-iour note & Medical form. Please ensure all notes are returned as soon as possible. A final note in regards to departure times and a list of items for students to take have also been sent home. Please en-sure final payments for Myuna Bay camp are made. If you are expe-riencing difficulty making payments please make arrangements with the office.
Dave Morton Year 4 Teacher
Information on Hand, foot & mouth Disease There has been a reported case of Hand, foot and mouth disease. For your information please read the following compiled by the De-partment of Education. What is Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease? Hand, foot and mouth disease is generally a mild illness and has nothing to do with the animal disease called foot and mouth disease. It mainly occurs with children under 10 years of age but it can also occur in older children and adults. Signs and Symptoms Blisters that start as small red dots which later become ulcers. Blis-ters appear on the inside of the cheeks, gums, the sides of the tongue, hands and feet. Blisters usually last for 7-10 days. Children can sometimes have a low fever, sore throat, tiredness, feel off col-our and may experience loss of appetite. How is it Spread Spread by person –to-person contact. It is also spread by secretions from the mouth, respiratory system and by direct contact with the fluid in blisters. Treatment Paracetamol will relieve fever and discomfort. Consult you GP. Children with the disease should be excluded from school until their blisters have dried. The illness should be reported to the principal.
P&C News Movie Night – Thanks to everyone who braved the cold and joined us for Movie Night. It was a great night and we hope you all enjoyed the movie and the change in menu. Coming up: Trivia Night Friday 19 June. This is an over 18’s event! A table for 8 will be $100 and you will receive a plate of food to start the night. There will be plenty of prizes and lots of fun to be had. Notes have gone out so be sure to get a group together and book your table. If you don’t have enough for a full table we can join you up with oth-ers. Covered BBQ area - we are in the process of acquiring quotes to go ahead with the covered area and new, much needed bbq’s. This has been a long process and we thank all our families for their con-tribution to our fundraising efforts.
Fitness Groups for 6-16 Year Olds
Monday – Thursday from 4.30pm
389 The Entrance Rd
Long Jetty NSW 2261
Canteen Survey - The P&C would like to thank those who com-pleted the canteen survey last term. The P&C are committed to representing the families of Berkeley Vale Public School and one of our aims is to provide the best canteen, OOSH and Uniform Shop possible. The canteen surveys gave families an opportunity to provide us with their feedback and the data was collated and put into a report that will soon be available on the school’s web-site. Overall the feedback was very positive and they were some great suggestions on some real and practical things that the P&C, in conjunction with the canteen Supervisor and the schools PDHPE committee, can investigate further and implement. Whilst we are desperately in need of a full canteen upgrade (which people are working on behind the scenes), there are some wonderful im-provements that we can make in the interim. Facebook Page – Please ‘like’ our new Facebook page – ‘Berkeley Vale Public School P&C’ to keep up to date with P&C and school events. Stay tuned for more details, however feel free to come along to our P&C meetings once a month or email the P&C on [email protected] if you have any suggestions or constructive feedback. We would also love to hear from any of the talented pool of parents and caregivers within our school community that can give us any assistance, no matter how small or infrequent. It would be greatly appreciated and remember "many hands make light work". The events committee will meet on Tuesday 16 June at 6pm in the staffroom. The next meeting will be held in the staffroom on Tuesday 16 June at 7pm.
OOSH Yes, the Vacation Care Program is officially out and what a pro-gram we have these holidays. There is a tour of SCG and Alliance Stadium, Masterchef pastry cook-off, ten-pin bowling and a REAL Bingo day just like the adults with great prizes. It’s filling fast so pop up to the cottage and chat with Leanne or Ashleigh to se-cure a place for the kids. Our changes are looking fantastic in OOSH. We received new carpet this week and will continue with positive changes to bring us up in line with the National Quality Framework standards introducing a program based on educational learning guided by the children. Feel free to have a sticky beak anytime!
Sydney North State Netball Indicia Michelini from 6E represented Berkeley Vale Public School at the Sydney North State Netball tryouts on Tuesday 19 May. Although she was unsuccessful in making the team she put in a tremendous effort. Well done Indicia!
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