P.O. Box 88 The Bell Topper California Gully 3556 · The Bell Topper Volume 35 No. 10 Breakfast Program - Friday April 21st Parents’ and Friends of California Gully Primary School

Don’t forget to check out the school’s website www.californiagullyps.vic.edu.au

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

Every Tuesday and Friday 8.30 a.m. - 8.55 a.m. Library Open for borrowing and returning books and quiet reading

Every Wednesday 9.30 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. Playgroup

Every Friday 8.00 a.m. - 8.20 a.m. Breakfast Program

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Thursday April 20th 2017

CALIFORNIA GULLY PRIMARY SCHOOL

P.O. Box 88 California Gully 3556 Phone: 5446-8393 Fax: 5446-3115 Email: [email protected]

Calendar

Tuesday April 25th ANZAC Day

Thursday April 27th Book Club Orders Due

Friday April 28th School Photo Day

Tuesday May 2nd Grades Five and Six Mel-bourne Excursion

Wednesday May 10th Grades Prep and One Kyabram Fauna Park Excursion

TERM 2 - WELCOME BACK It has been a positive start to term 2 and the children have settled

back into school routine exceptionally well. We have a number of

exciting activities planned for the term. To keep up to date with

what is happening around the school continue to monitor the

webpage, follow us on Facebook and ensure you have the Skoolbag

application on your phone. http://www.skoolbag.com.au/

forparents.php.

OUTDOOR LEARNING AREA The outdoor learning area and quiet play

space was opened up for use for all of our

students at the beginning of term 2. Al-

ready the area is quite popular, with

many students enjoying the new seating

and surrounds. Damian (Urban Garden

Designs) is now turning his attention to

our community garden, which will be an-

other wonderful feature of our school

when completed.

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 com-

munity.

The Bell Topper

Volume 35 No. 10

IMPORTANT REMINDER

Breakfast Program - Friday April 21st

Parents’ and Friends of California Gully Primary School

Meeting (after assembly) - Friday April 21st

ANZAC Day Public Holiday - Tuesday April 25th

Book Club Orders Due - Thursday April 27th

School Photo Day - Friday April 28th

Grades 5 & 6 Melbourne Excursion - Tuesday May 2nd

Grades Prep & 1 Kyabram Fauna Park Excursion -

Wednesday May 10th

From the Principal 1

From the Principal 2

Calendar 4

Parents & Friends 4

Students of the Week

5

Healthy Living 6

Outside School Hours Care

8

Playgroup 8

Breakfast Program 9

Inside this Issue

http://californiagullyps.vic.edu.au/page/96

http://www.skoolbag.com.au/forparents.php

http://www.skoolbag.com.au/forparents.php



SCHOOL FAIR I would like to thank the school community for making the school fair held in the last

week of term 1 another successful school event! Old favourites were back including the

ever popular spinning wheel and the class run activities. Well done to the grade 5 & 6

students for organising their own games and activities, they were a great addition to the

fair. The fire engine and jumping castle were also in high demand throughout the evening.

The hamburgers from Grill’d (which we received 100% profit), nachos and ice creams were

a hit.

I would like to thank all of the parents & carers who were able to assist in the lead up to,

during and after the school fair. Assisting with prizes, preparations for the day, cooking

the BBQ, looking after activities and cleaning up at the end of the day makes for a suc-

cessful and smooth running event. The school staff did a marvellous job organising their

classroom activities and getting their students really involved in the lead up to the day.

Special thanks to Bronwyn Sheraton-Gray, Natasha Fullerton, Helen Saggars, Heather

Graham and Renee Jenkins and Mrs. Cooper for their support and work behind the scenes

in the weeks leading up to the school fair. A massive thank you to Miss Ennor for the

hours of work organising and coordinating all aspects of the school fair. Without Miss En-

nor’s passion and commitment it would be difficult to run such a successful event. The

school fair was able to raise $4,500. The money raised will be directed towards school pri-

ories including school furniture and grounds work. The support of our school community

was greatly appreciated.

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PROMOTING OUR SCHOOL We are always looking at ways of promoting our school to new families. I believe one of

the most effective ways to promote the school is through you, the parents. If you know

anyone moving into our area, has a child attending your child’s pre-school or who has a

child starting Prep next year and is considering their school enrolment options, then talk

to them about our school and please invite them contact the school and set up a time for a

tour.

PREMIERS READING CHALLENGE (PRC) We encourage all children to participate in the Premiers Reading Challenge. All students are registered to complete the challenge. There are books appropriate for all ages and abilities so there is no reason why as part of the children’s daily reading they cannot enjoy the success of completing the Premiers’ Reading Challenge. Home reading is an important aspect of a child’s schooling. It increases a child’s broader knowledge of the world, teaches them good habits and organisational skills (reading each night) and provides an op-portunity for students to appreciate the experience of reading. How important is practice? Students who read: less than 1 minute a day read 8 000 words a year.

4.6 minutes a day read 282 000 words a year. 20 minutes a day read 1.8 million words a year

We can teach reading to anyone at any age BUT we cannot compensate

for a lack of practice.

ANZAC DAY SERVICE All members of our school community have been invited by the Bendigo District RSL to at-

tend the ANZAC Day Commemorative Service at Brassey Square in front of the Eagle-

hawk Town Hall on Tuesday April 25th commencing at 8.30 am.

The school will be providing a memorial wreath to be laid during

the ceremony. Students from our school will be involved in the

wreath laying ceremony.

Jason Lee

Principal

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SCHOOL FAIR PRIZE WINNERS Major Raffle

1st Benita Crossman

2nd Ruby McHardy

3rd Ash Bingham

4th Makena Craig

Crochet Bear Cathy Parker ‘Shoop’ Crochet Sheep Ella Leslie

Parents’ Club Hampers

Ratchel McMahon

Lawrie




PARENTS & FRIENDS OF CALIFORNIA GULLY PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWS

Parents’ & Friends of California Gully Primary

School Meeting The next meeting of the Parents’ & Friends of California Gully Primary

School will be in the after school care/playgroup room after assembly to-

morrow, Friday April 21st.

Mothers’ Day Stall The Mothers’ Day stall will be held in May (date to be confirmed). The Parents’ and Friends of

California Gully Primary School have purchased gifts to sell at the stall, but if there are any fami-

lies who would like to donate items for the Mothers’ Day stall they are more than welcome!! Some

ideas are mugs, wrapped lollies, pens, notepads, magnets etc. or hand-made goodies are always a

winner. Thank you for your support.

Contacting the Parents’ & Friends of California Gully Pri-

mary School If you wish to contact the Parents’ club have an email address which is cgpspar-

[email protected].

Thank you to all families who support the Parents’ & Friends of California Gully Primary

School.

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

April 24th—April 28th

ANZAC Day Public

Holiday

Parents’ Club Break-fast Program

Book Club Orders Due Back

Breakfast Program

School Banking Day - Common-

wealth Bank

School Photo Day

May 1st —May 5th

School Banking Day - Bendigo Bank

Learning Club

Grades Five & Six Melbourne Excursion


Breakfast Program


wealth Bank

May 8th —May 12th


Learning Club


Grades Prep & One Kyabram Fauna Park Excursion

Breakfast Program


wealth Bank

May 15th —May 19th


Learning Club


Breakfast Program


wealth Bank


mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]




Congratulations to the following students on being named Student of The Week

for their positive attitude to school and social values.

Friday March 30th

Foundation Peacock-Hinton: Julian A. - For terrific improvements with his writing formation. Oliver A. - For remembering the letters and words we have done this term. Nikita M. - For being a co-operative and friendly class member. Eli S. - For displaying increased confidence. 1 Trezise: Biankah B. - For using good reading strategies when reading aloud. Caleb G. - For working hard to add detail in his writing. Shadara S. - For improvements in her reading. Marley T. - For following the class routines well. 2/3 Reilly-Carroll: Ryan B. - For a great effort rounding numbers to the nearest 10. 4 Ennor: Lachlan H. - For always giving his best. Ruby McH. - For willingly giving her own time to help Miss Ennor. Ashlee M. - For willingly giving her own time to help Miss Ennor. Tai W. - For working well on his addition algorithms. 5/6 McKerrow: Lily G. - For excellent results in the CARS reading program. Sarah H. - For excellent work in maths classes. Jess M. - For excellent narrative writing. 5/6 Windridge: Tyson B. - For working well on narrative writing using adjectives and adverbs. Charli H. - For always doing her personal best. Daisy W.-Q. - For working well on narrative writing using adjectives and adverbs.




GREAT TIPS FOR HEALTHY KIDS TIP 17. FRUITS, VEGETABLE AND LEGUMES RULE Fresh fruit is an ideal food for kids. It is colourful and naturally sweet, and most fruit comes in its own neat package, so it’s easy to pop into a lunchbox. It makes a quick, easy and nutritious snack. Like fruit, fresh vegetables, are packed with vitamins and minerals and fibre. There is a huge variety of vegetables, for example: lettuce, spinach, bok-choi, broccoli, cabbage, tomatoes, pumpkin and cucum-ber. Some can be eaten raw, others are more digestible when cooked. Legumes, include some beans and peas such as butter beans, soybeans, lentils chickpeas and mung beans. Like all plant foods, they are rich in nutrients. Al varieties of vegetables and legumes should be included in the overall eating plan - fresh, frozen, caned (no added salt) and dried.

What you can do NOW Keep offering fruits and vegetables in different ways. When you make sandwiches for kids, always add a vegetable

such as sliced tomato, mashed avocado or grated carrot. Add fresh fruit to your child’s breakfast cereal, such as sliced

banana or pear.

Good Idea!

Take your kids shopping for fruit and vegetables. Show them the c=huge variety, let them touch and smell the frit and vegetables. Talk about how they could be prepared for a meal.

Top Tip

Cook vegetables as lightly as possible to retain all their goodness. Try steaming or stir-frying in a healthy unsaturat-ed oil.

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.




Here are some sporting activity ideas that might interest your child.




PLAYGROUP Let’s get together and build on friendships.

Wednesdays 9.30 a.m. - 11.30 p.m.

in the Outside School Hours Care room. Please bring along a piece of fruit to share. We follow the healthy eating guidelines and encourage the SunSmart messages that are taught to the students at school, to provide a great foundation for future students. Session dates and activities: April 19th 2017 To Be Confirmed For information of what events are coming up in playgroup please visit the school website Playgroup page.

Join us on Facebook: www.facebook/calgullyplaygroup1

Mrs. Paton

EGGS FOR SALE

Our girls are busy laying lots of eggs, $2.50 a dozen. See Wendy in the grade 4 room.


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Thanks to Empowering Eaglehawk, The Eaglehawk Football Club and the Peter Krenz Leisure Centre/YMCA 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 April 21st 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!

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen at California Gully Primary School

Wednesday Mornings 8.00 a.m. to 8.45 a.m.




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!!

BOOK CLUB Please order online and pay with your card at www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP . If you are una-ble to order online, then put the order and money in cash in an envelope marked with your child’s name and give to the class teacher. Book Club Issue 3 has been sent home earlier this week. It is due back at school Thursday April 27th 2017. If you do an online Loop Order, please let your child’s teacher know that you have ordered. This ensures that the order is processed. If you have any problems with Loop orders, please see your child’s teacher or Linda Windridge.


http://www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP



We're excited to launch the Term 2 reward

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Tablet Case

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P.O. Box 88 The Bell Topper California Gully 3556 · The Bell Topper Volume 35 No. 10 Breakfast Program - Friday April 21st Parents’ and Friends of California Gully Primary School