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Week 5 Term 2 – 28 May 2019

Congratulations to last week’s winners: Kelcee, Isabella C,

Shakirra, Requia, Sophie W, Sierra, Summer Hos, Emerson G, Jessica, Sunny, Daisy, Indi D and

Harry . The prize winners were Indi D and Jessica

DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR30 May PSSA Softball

31 May Infants Assembly @ 2.30pm

31 May Girls AFL Paul Kelly Cup

7 Jun Regional Cross Country

21 Jun Infants Assembly @ 2.30pm

3 Jul Athletics Carnival

Positive Behaviour for Learning Spotlight

POSITIVE ROLE MODEL

I was very pleased and proud to receive a message from a Bega

resident last week. They rang to say that a Bermagui Public School

student (recognisable by the black and yellow bumblebee shirt) had

walked passed him in a shop, then returned to help retrieve

something out of his reach. He said that he is in a wheelchair and was

very appreciative of the act of kindness. Even more pleasing for me

was that we have so many wonderful students I had to investigate to

determine the student. Well done Ocean, your family and school are

very proud.

SPORT

Congratulations to our school netball team on their victory last

Thursday against Bega Valley Public School. It was great to share in

their excitement back at school and we look forward to the next round

of the state knockout against Merimbula Public School next week.

In another busy week of sport, we have had the soccer team play

Merimbula today, our softballers will play Pambula on Thursday and

our Girls Paul Kelly Cup AFL team play in the area finals on Friday. I

wish all the teams good luck and a reminder to always display

exemplary sportsmanship when representing our school. A big thank

you to all the teachers and parent helpers organising and the parents

for assisting with travel to enable our students to have these

opportunities.

VOICE TREATY TRUTH

Mrs Loughran and Mrs Cathor are both at Professional Learning

today provided by the NSW AECG (Aboriginal Education Consultative

Group) as a part of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and

Cultures cross-curriculum priority. The Australian Curriculum is

working towards addressing two distinct needs in Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander education:

• that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are able to see

themselves, their identities and their cultures reflected in the

curriculum of each of the learning areas, can fully participate in the

curriculum and can build their self-esteem

• that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and

Cultures cross-curriculum priority is designed for all students to

engage in reconciliation, respect and recognition of the world’s

oldest continuous living cultures.

It is great to have the NSW AECG provide this opportunity to further

develop our teachers in the local area.

Brendan Constable - Principal

Last Friday morning, following the assembly, all

students and teachers engaged in the focus

lesson around expected behaviours in the Top

Playground. This will remain our priority for the

next two weeks. Students who demonstrate the

expectations of Respectful, Responsible and

Safe will be rewarded with PBL tokens to

reinforce the appropriate behaviour.

School NewsLITERACY NEWS

This week, students in Years 1-6 will be focussing on the graphemes ai

(snail), ay (hay), a_e (cake) and a (lady).

GREAT GAME - BANANASAim of the game

Work together to learn spelling words.

1. Choose a List Word and ask your child to say the word’s first letter.

2. Take turns asking your child to say the next letter in the word. If they

say the wrong letter, they miss a turn.

3. After the last letter of the word is given, the next person says,

‘Bananas!’ and scores a point.

4. Choose another List Word for the next person to begin spelling.

5. The winner is the person with the most points after the words have

been spelt.

Sound Box

Extended Sound Box

2019 PREMIER’S READING

CHALLENGE

The challenge aims to encourage the love of

reading in students and enable them to

experience quality literature. It is not a

competition but simply a challenge to each

student to read, to read more and to read more

widely. The 2019 Challenge started on

Monday, 4 March and closes on the 30 of

August (midnight) for students. Book lists of

recommended books can be found on the

Premier Reading Challenge website or check

with Mrs Cathor. Students can go to the PRC website homepage, click on ‘Logon’ on the

menu using the Department of Education

username and password. If you have any

difficulties with internet access, students can

log their books on sheets from the library. Mrs

Cathor will assist them to log the books at

school. Students who complete the challenge are presented with a Premier’s certificate.

Enjoy the world of books, read lots and

read often!

Parliament News

Soft Plastics

Class 3/4 Murriyirras submitted a Bill at Parliament

two weeks ago for students to recycle their soft

plastics which can be made into outdoor seats for our

school.

Pictured left is a copy of the acceptable soft plastics

that REDcycle collect. They are the company who

collect the plastic from Coles and Woolworths to be

sent to REPLAS who then make the playground

furniture.

Steve has kindly put two yellow bins out in the

playground for children to put their soft plastics into.

Below are links to both REPLAS and REDcycle.

https://www.redcycle.net.au/

https://www.replas.com.au/products-by-use/schools/

https://www.facebook.com/BPSPCCanteen

UNIFORM ORDERSUniform order forms are available at the

School Office, School Website and on the

SkoolBag APP. Orders are sent on the 1st

of every month.

Community Announcements

www.facebook.com/BermaguiPublicSchoolNSW

BERMAGUI ALL ABILITIES PLAYGROUND

‘Have Your Say’

The Bermagui All Abilities Playground project is about to start and we need

your feedback as to the location of this new facility.

The first decision we need to know from you is the location of the playground.

Would you like it to replace EITHER the existing playground at Apex Park

(Campbell’s Cove/Saltwater Park) or replace the existing playground located at

Dickinson Park?

Based on the outcome of this ‘Have Your Say’ poll the playground which is not

the preferred location, will remain as is.

Bega Valley Shire Council (BVSC) is now officially moving forward on the

project with the publishing of the project page on the Council website:

https://www.begavalley.nsw.gov.au/cp_themes/default/page.asp?p=DOC-PTM-

54-48-20

And the ‘Have Your Say’ for the location is now open and will run for the next

two weeks:

https://www.begavalley.nsw.gov.au/cp_themes/default/page.asp?p=DOC-LFL-

13-06-78

Paper voting slips are available at Bermagui Library for those who don't have

access to the online poll.

Please submit your feedback by COB Friday, 30 May 2019

P&C News P&C CANTEEN NEWS

VOLUNTEERS

WED 29 MAY Kirsty H

FRI 31 MAY Lucy M

Pumpkin soup and a slice of garlic bread

available for $3.50 at the canteen.

P&C NEWSHi Everyone!

I hope you have had a great week and your not too cold. Just a

reminder that we have very warm jumpers and fleeces available

through our uniform shop. I have a few in stock and if you’re

interested you can give me a call or SMS 0408 571 149 with

the size you would like. The polar fleece jumpers have a quick

turnaround time as we order them through Eagle Embroidery in

Bega.

WANTED - The canteen is in need of some

hand beaters. If you have one or you know of

someone with one they don't use, please

think of donating these to the canteen.

This will make Sarah really happy!

Thank you, have a great week.

Esme Markwort.

President