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PRINCIPAL’S COMMENT

150 Year Anniversary Celebrations On behalf of all BPS staff, I would sincerely like to thank everyone for their support and participation in last week’s highly successful 150 Year Anniversary celebrations. We were amazed and thrilled with the effort and creativity put into all student’s costumes and we are very grateful to parents and carers who assisted their children with putting these together. It was extremely rewarding to stand up at the morning assembly and look down with great pride at how our students had embraced the theme. WELL DONE students and parents/carers! Next, I would like to publically thank my 150 Year Committee member colleagues: Libby Hamerlok, Leanne Farrington, Heather Smith, Rose Reid, Noel Tape, Kim Beckwith, Elaine Andrews, Suzie Collins, Cathy Hall, Di Ellis and Alicia Palmer-Johnson. This dedicated group of volunteers put many, many hours of time and effort into ensuring that the events over both days were highly organised, fun and successful. Along with this team, I would also like to thank all members of the P&C, my entire staff and last but certainly not least, Mrs Verna Wallace for their support and assistance throughout this whole 150 Year Anniversary journey.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Car Park I would like to remind all parents and visitors to our school that for WHS compliance, the car park is for staff use only. Emergency Drills Please be advised that we will be practising our emergency evacuation and lockdown procedures in the coming weeks. In order to eliminate anxiety, teachers will inform students that it is only ‘practice’. Attendance Audit We recently underwent an Attendance Audit by Department of Education representatives, who have informed us that there are several current procedures that we need to modify in order to be deemed compliant (a legal requirement). Over the coming weeks Mr Small and I will be working on enhancing our procedures and practices, along with training staff around these. We will inform parents/carers of changes to our current procedures once they are finalised. Stay tuned…. Thank you A final note of thanks to Miss Ward who has had a very successful term of teaching on 3P. We wish her all the very best for her career and hope to see her teaching back at Beechwood PS one day soon. PACER Rebate The Australian Government recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to visit the national capital as part of their “Civics and Citizenship” unit they are currently studying in class. We would like to thank the Australian Government for their support of this program through subsidising our travel costs via the Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER) program.

Vol. 34. No. 15. 25 September 2019

“Tree”mendous Awards:

Avah, Lincoln B, Oakey

Congratulations Cruz!

On 1st place at NC Athletics Carnival. Good luck at State!

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Enrolments Over the next few weeks, our Kindergarten Orientation invitations and enrolment packages will be sent out to families. We are currently busy meeting with and discussing, new Kindergarten enrolments for 2020, and also high school enrolments for 2020. We are in the early phases of looking at Kindergarten class arangements for 2020, so if you know of, or have any family or friends that have expressed any interest in enrolling their child at our school, please direct them to contact the school office as soon as possible, so that we can discuss their future enrolment. Likewise, if you are a parent/carer of a current Year 6 student and you have not yet completed a high school enrolment form, then you will need to contact your chosen high school to organise this immediately.

TRACEY BROMFIELD Relieving Principal

Veggie Crunch Today YearsK-6 will participated in a “Vegetable Crunch”. A variety of fresh vegetables were donated to the school by Hastings Co Op IGA store for students to try. We thank them for their generous donation.

SCHOOL RESUMES FOR TERM 4

on Monday 14 October,

2019

Assembly hosted by 3P

Friday 27 September, 2019

at 10.00am.

All welcome!

Selective High School

Thinking of applying for a government selective high school for Year 7 in 2021?

All enquiries to Mrs Bromfield.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards These awards are given to students who have demonstrated exemplary behaviour reflecting Beechwood Public School’s Code of Conduct. The following students received awards at the last assembly or at a morning assembly:

BRONZE: Kaiden S, Charlie W, Kaitlyn.

SILVER: Thomas, Layla, Billie T, Charlie W.

Congratulations and well done!

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FRIDAY FUNDRAISING Chicken Sausages on bread may be purchased at $2.00 each and Bulla Splits $2.00 each. Half a sausage in slice of bread available for $1.00. Slushies are available ($2.00 each) and poppers/flavoured milk ($2.00 each).

TERM 3, 2019 – FRIDAY FUNDRAISER ROSTER WEEK 10: Friday 27 September 11.30 – 1.30pm Jessica ZYCKI

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TERM 4, 2019 – FRIDAY FUNDRAISER ROSTER WEEK 1: Friday 18 October 11.30 – 1.30pm Chris CALLER WEEK 2: Friday 25 October 11.30 – 1.30pm Alison COLEMAN-LOCKE WEEK 3: Friday 1 November 11.30 – 1.30pm Belinda SKELLERN WEEK 4: Friday 8 November 11.30 – 1.30pm Carlie CLAY WEEK 5: Friday 15 November 11.30 – 1.30pm Jessica ZYCKI WEEK 6: Friday 22 November 11.30 – 1.30pm Kylie HAMILTON WEEK 7: Friday 29 November 11.30 – 1.30pm Tamara THURLING-HERR WEEK 8: Friday 6 December 11.30 – 1.30pm HELPER NEEDED PLEASE WEEK 9: Friday 13 December 11.30 – 1.30pm Leanne FARRINGTON WEEK 10: NO Friday Fundraiser

If your rostered date is not suitable or if you no longer can do the Friday Fundraising Canteen, please phone the office on 6585 6136.

A Reminder - To Parents, Carers and Community Members,

As a school we challenge ourselves to improve and continue to grow in all aspects of education and care. We would like to know, from your perspective, how you think we are going. Please take 10 minutes and give us some honest feedback by going to the following web address; http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/bps2019

Many thanks for your help, Beechwood Public School Staff Rock Your Socks Day Sunday October 20 is National Down Syndrome Awareness Day. On Monday 21 October students are to wear crazy socks to school and bring a gold coin donation for Down Syndrome Australia.

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5-6 Canberra Camp

2019

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TERM 3 - 2019 IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

Week 10: Friday 27 September 10.00am Assembly hosted by 3P

END OF TERM 3 – Friday 27 September 2019 ==================================================================

TERM 4 COMMENCES – Monday 14 October (For Staff and Students) Week 1: Wednesday 16 October Boating Safety Talk K-6 6pm – 7pm P&C Infomation Night Friday 18 October Responsible Pet Ownership Talk

Week 2: Monday 20 October Crazy Sock Day - for Down Syndrome Australia Tuesday 22 October 6pm-7pm P&C Meeting Friday 25 October Rugby Leauge Clinic Sunday 27 October Beechwood Billy Cart Derby

P&C NEWS

Billy G Cookie Dough Due to technical difficulties the cookie dough should be here first week of Term 4. We apologise for the delay and hope you enjoy your cookie dough.

Beechwood Billy Cart Classic – Sunday 27 October 2019 At this year’s Classic, the P&C will have a trio of delicious sliders for sale. We will need helpers, so if you are around, please let us know if you can spare an hour.

P&C Federation Information Session 16 October. All welcome! Commences at 6pm. Light supper and refreshments provided, presented by the P&C Federation.

School Representative Shirts These will be embroidered over the holidays and will be presented to the students next term. 150 Years of Education Wrap Up What a weekend!! A massive thank you to the committee. Your efforts have been worth it and have been greatly appreciated. To the volunteers, once again you have come through and helped the P&C run a massive event, so thank you. To the students, your efforts on Friday with your assembly items and your conduct during the Time Capsule Retrieval were highly commendable.

To the teachers and staff of BPS, thank you for everything you do. From coordinating the performances, the classroom displays, to dressing up and for also volunteering on the Saturday, we extend our biggest thanks to you!!

To everyone who visited the school on Friday or Saturday and to the wonderful dinner guests, thank you so very much. I hope you enjoyed the weekend and were able to see “The Beechwood Way” in action. To the companies that sponsored the Heritage Fun Fair, without your support the day would not have been as successful. We still have a small amount of merchandise available, if you would like to purchase any, please send us a message via the Facebook page or purchase from the school office. At this stage we don’t have an exact figure to share with you all, but the weekend was highly profitable for the P&C, which means more back to the students.

Next meeting: Tuesday October 22 at 6pm in the Verna Wallace Library - ALL WELCOME!!

LIBBY HAMERLOK - P&C President