Thursday 9th October 2014 School swimming

Earlier this week notes were sent home for this year’s school

Swimming Scheme, to run from 27th October to the 7th November.

Students will attend daily swimming lessons on 10 consecutive days at

Cessnock pool. The target students are those who are not able to

swim 25 metres confidently and are aged 8 and over. We have 50

places made available—I encourage all interested parents to get notes

back as soon as possible as the places will fill quickly.

Magpie update

Since our return from vacation our resident magpies appear to have

ceased swooping behaviours, instead focussing upon their chicks. As

a result we have been able to open the fields again, much to the relief

of the students. The students have been very good natured about the

disruption the magpies caused, with several classes using this as a

learning experience to research magpies and their breeding habits.

Final Kindergarten Orientation Session

The final Orientation Session for 2015 Kindergarten students will be

held next Wednesday 15th October. I encourage all of our 2015

kindergarten students to attend—during this session they will meet

their buddies for 2015 and have the opportunity to buy lunch from the

canteen. The session commences at 9.30am, finishing at 11.15am.

Luke Hubbert

Principal

Sports Shirt

This year we have been canvassing opinion on a proposal to

change our sports shirt from the current white to a maroon version.

In order to change uniforms at school it is essential that the school

community has the opportunity to express a view on this proposal.

To date around 65% of our families have voted on this proposal,

however a significant amount of families have not yet expressed a

view. To make a decision about a change of uniform we need to be

confident that the community has expressed a view. A final decision

will be made tomorrow, Friday 10th October, however at this stage

we have insufficient votes to make a decision upon. I encourage

those families who have not voted to vote today and return voting

slip tomorrow for consideration.

Learning to read

Learning to read is one of the major achievement of any primary

school student—there are several important things we can do to

support children in this process:

Remember that the reason we read is to understand con-

tent—it is more important to preserve meaning than to focus

on each letter or word individually.

No one reads without a purpose—as adults we read for

pleasure or to get information. Children are the same—the

experience needs to be fun and meaningful.

All parts of a text are important—this includes headings,

titles, diagrams and pictures.

One of the most important reading skills is to self monitor—

did this make sense, am I understanding what the text is

about? Encouraging children to reflect on this is important.

Go Forward

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sports Shirt Nomination Form

o Yes I would like to nominate the new maroon sport shirt for 2015

o No I am happy with current white sports shirt.

Family Name: __________________________________________________

Thanks for support

Thank you to the following businesses who supported our

Fathers’ Day raffle:

Christmas Raffle

Ho, Ho, Ho!!!!!!! Calling for all Donations!!!!!!!

Our festive season is almost upon us and we are starting to get

ready for our Christmas Party and Carols night. As always we

will be holding a Christmas Raffle, which will be drawn on the

night.. Any donation will be greatly appreciated, and you can

leave it with the lovely ladies at the office.

Thank You,

Bellbird Public School P & C

—————————————————————–——— ONLINE PAYMENT

I have made an Online payment for my child

______________________________________________

My receipt number is _____________ Date:___________

Kinder Orientation Sessions for Kinder 2015

Wednesday 15th October—9.30am—11.15am

Parents are to leave children at school for classroom activities,

meeting 2015 year 6 buddies and order lunch from canteen.

Canteen Volunteers

We still desperately require canteen volunteers, even 1 day a

month would be a great help or if you are able to be a casual on

an on call basis. We would love to see you. Please leave your

details at the office or contact Canteen Manger Jenny Lambert

0431 571 256. We need your help to keep the canteen open.

CANTEEN ROSTER Commencing 13th October 2014

Monday Jenny Lambert / Nanette Jackson

Tuesday Raylene Jackson / Kellie O’Connor

Wednesday Lauren Goodwin / Kristi Case

Thursday M Schreiber / K Bailey / J Passfield

Friday T Vernon / N Ewing / J Gronbeck

Commencing 20th October 2014

Monday Kristi Case / Kayla Bridge

Tuesday Holy Tweedie / Brooke Howson

Wednesday Joy-ann Thompson / Kate Perkins

Thursday Jenny Lambert / Lorraine Travers

Friday K Wakeman / L Allison / J Hodgins

Dates to Remember

Term 4, 2014

Week 2

Monday October 13

Assembly Item KT

Tuesday October 14

P & C Meeting 4.30pm

Wednesday October 15

Final Kindergarten Orientation Session 4

Week 4

Monday October 27

Assembly Item S3B

Monday October 27 to Friday October 31

School Swimming and Water Safety Program

Week 5

Monday November 3 to Friday November 7

School Swimming and Water Safety Program