Term 1 Week 3

Black Hill Buzz Black Hill Public School

COMING EVENTS

TERM 1

FEB / MAR / APR

Fri 14 Feb-27 Mar— Basketball

Wed 12 Feb— Parent info session

Fri 14 Feb— Sausage Sizzle

Mon 17 Feb— School Council Meeting,

6.00pm

Mon 17 Feb— P&C Meeting, 7.00pm

Thurs 20 Feb— Zone swimming

Carnival

NOTES & MONEY DUE

Basketball $14— Thurs 13 Feb

Text/Resources $70— ASAP

Voluntary contribution Fee $40— ASAP

ORANGE 2020 emergency info card—

ASAP

P&C

P&C Membership—Due ASAP

SAUSAGE SIZZLE

Tony Hardy & Lara James

Friday 14 February

$1.50

THIS WEEK

NEXT WEEK, WEEK 4

408 Black Hill Road, Black Hill NSW 2322 P: 0249 303137 M: 0476 293 214 F: 0249 303105 E: blackhill-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au - www.blackhill-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Monday 17 Feb: School Council Meeting, 6.00pm

P&C Meeting, 7.00pm

Thursday 20 Feb: Zone Swimming Carnival

Zooper Dooper Day - 50c each

Friday 21 Feb: Sausage Sizzle

Basketball continues

REMINDERS & OTHER INFO

PARENT INFORMATION SESSIONS— Parent information sessions

will be held today, Wednesday 12 February.

The times for these sessions will be:

> 5:30pm— Kindergarten/Year 1 Mrs Lawson

> 6.00pm— Year 1/2 Mr Braye & Mrs Single

> 6.30pm— Year 3/4 Miss Gardoll

> 7.00pm— Year 5/6 Mrs Adamthwaite & Mrs Youman

BASKETBALL— K-6 will be participating in Basketball for school sport

during Term 1 on Fridays. The program will cost $14 for the term, please

make payment to the front office by tomorrow, Thursday 13 Feb, if not

already done so.

SAUSAGE SIZZLE— Our weekly sausage sizzle will commence this

week, Friday 14 February. Sausage Sizzles are only $1.50

ZONE SWIMMING— The Zone Swimming Carnival will be held next

Thursday 20 February, 9.00am at Maitland Pool. Good luck!!

INSIDE THIS ISSUE School Activities & Info …...…………...……………………..……………………………..…..............…….. Page 1-3 Awards ………………………………….……………………………………………………………………………. Page 4 P&C Minutes & Community News ..……………………………………………………………………………… Page 5/6 School Info ……………...……………………………………………………………….……………………......... Page 7 Tuck Shop price list ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. Page 8

12 February, 2020

Term 1 Week 3

ASSEMBLY FRIDAY 2.30pm

Swimming Carnival presentation

Wednesday 12 Feb: Parent info sessions

Friday 14 Feb: Sausage Sizzle

Basketball continues

Assembly 2.30pm—Swimming Carnival

Presentation

WELCOME BACK

MRS LAWSON! It is wonderful to now

have Mrs Lawson back

with us! She was very

excited to be back with

her beautiful

Kindergarten/Year 1

children and was so

impressed with how our

new Kindies have

already settled in so

beautifully to class and

school routines.

Her Year 1 children are

showing fantastic

leadership skills and

getting stuck into some

really tricky Year 1

learning!

A big thank you again to

Mrs Smith for stepping in

at the last minute. You

did a wonderful job Jane

and it was very much

appreciated by us all!

BEST START Next Monday and

Tuesday our students in

Kindergarten will be

undertaking their Best

Start assessment with

Mrs Lawson.

Best Start Kindergarten

Assessment identifies

students’ literacy and

numeracy skills on entry

to Kindergarten.

It has been conducted in

all NSW public schools

since 2010.

The Best Start

Kindergarten

Assessment supports the

NSW Government’s

Literacy and Numeracy

Strategy 2017 – 2020

and is mapped to the

National Literacy and

PARENT

INFORMATION

SESSIONS Just a reminder that our

Parent/Carer Information

Sessions are on tonight.

We would love you to

come along and hear

about all of the

wonderful things that will

be happening in your

child's class this year!

It is also a great

opportunity to speak with

your child's teacher and

ask any questions that

you may have.

The times for these

sessions will be:

5:30pm—

Kindergarten/Year 1

Mrs Lawson

6.00pm— Year 1/2

Mr Braye & Mrs Single

6.30pm— Year 3/4

Miss Gardoll

7.00pm— Year 5/6

Mrs Adamthwaite &

Mrs Youman

These sessions will be

held in our classrooms.

Please try and come

along if you are able to!

YEAR 7 2021 Could all year 6

students moving onto

year 7 in 2021 please

return their moving

into year 7

documentation to the

front office by Friday

20 March, 2020

Numeracy Learning

Progressions.

The assessment is

conducted in line with

our existing school

practices and builds

upon teaching and

learning programs that

support our students in

their transition to school.

Please see Mrs Lawson

or myself if you have any

questions about the Best

Start. For further

information click on the

link below... https://schoolsequella.det.nsw.edu.au/file/356097ea-37b9-42f9-a445-2c4f86bd7c45/1/best-start-parent-brochure-english.pdf

SWIMMING

CARNIVAL A wonderful day was had

by all at our Swimming

Carnival last Thursday.

Our students performed

beautifully as always, not

only when participating

in their races and events

but also in the way they

supported and

encouraged each other.

Well done girls and boys!

A special thank you to all

our fantastic helpers,

and to everyone who

came along!

Big thanks also to Miss

Gardoll for her

organisation! The time,

effort and commitment

she continually puts in to

organising these events,

and ensuring our

children are given these

wonderful opportunities,

just never ceases to

amaze me! Thank you

Kate!!

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION

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Our Swimming

Carnival Presentation

will be held this Friday

14 February at 2.30pm

in our COLA.

All welcome!

2020 VOLUNTEER

REGISTER If you have not already

been asked (or

"coerced"!!) for our

Volunteer Register for

this year, please contact

the office or myself.

We are always after

volunteers for our

Tuesday Stage 3

Cooking program, our

Friday Sausage Sizzle

and other events that

occur throughout the

year!

We love, love, love

helpers!!!

SCHOOL COUNCIL/

P&C MEETINGS The first School Council

and P&C Meetings for

2020 will be held next

Monday evening.

The School Council

Meeting is at 6.00pm

and the P&C Meeting

at 7.00pm.

EVERYONE is most

warmly invited and

welcome to attend

these meetings, held in

our staffroom.

Please come along!

They are a terrific way

to learn more about our

school, and we value

and appreciate any

input that you may be

able to give.

BASKETBALL Basketball sessions

commenced last Friday

with all our children

participating and having

lots of fun learning and

improving their

basketball skills!

Just a gentle reminder

that payment of $14 for

our Term 1 Basketball

program is due this

Thursday, otherwise

students will

participate in an

alternative sport.

As always, I encourage

you to contact me if you

are experiencing

financial hardship with

any of our school

activities.

Have a lovely week

Kylie

Kylie South

Principal

ZONE SWIMMING Next Thursday 20

February 2020.

Congratulations to the

following students-

Chloe, Harmony, Quinn,

Zara, Ruby, Claire, Lila,

Luella, Isabelle, Boston,

Brodie, Kobi, Joel,

Logan, Cooper and

Sean for qualifying to

represent our school at

Zone Swimming.

These trials are to be

held on Thursday, 20

February at Maitland

Pool, starting at 9:00am.

Good Luck to all our

competitors.

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION

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FRANCIS GREENWAY HIGH SCHOOL

PARENT/CARER INFORMATION EVENING

Year 7, 2021

Parent/Carer Information Evening

Wednesday 19 February, 2020

5.00pm—6.00pm

FGHS Learning Centre (Library)

Zooper Doopers 50c each

On sale Thursday 20th February

At Lunch Time

Year 6 Fundraiser

ASSEMBLY REPORT FROM WEEK 2

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WEEK 2

Mrs Lawson’s Awards Merit

Merit

Aliyah

Mia

English Mahli

Mathematics Emily

Quality Learning Award Oliver

Citizenship Award Indi

Mr Braye’s Awards Merit

Merit

Rosie

Jaida

English Jack

Mathematics Gemma

Quality Learning Award Quinn

Citizenship Award Mia

Miss Gardoll’s Awards Merit

Merit

Boston

Claire

English Emi

Mathematics Brodie

Quality Learning Award Sophia

Citizenship Award Liam

Mrs Adamthwaite’s &

Mrs Youman Awards

Merit

Merit

Reina

Nate

English Manaia

Mathematics Logan

Quality Learning Award Hamish

Citizenship Award Emma

Prefect’s Report We hope you had a great time at

basketball and at the swimming

carnival!

Prefect’s Awards Joseph

Special Awards Emi & Isabelle

Principal’s Awards Byron

Community Awards Mrs Jones

House Cup Worimi

Notes: House Captains: Harmony,

Boston, Isabelle, Odin, Luella,

Sean, Lily & Nate.

P&C MEETING MINUTES– MONDAY 18 NOVEMBER, 2020

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Black Hill P&C

Meeting Minutes Monday 18 November 2019

Opening:

Meeting opened at 7.13pm.

Facilitated by Peter Newman and minutes taken by Amanda Single.

Attendance:

Amanda Single (AS), Matt Braye (MB), Anne-Marie Jackson (AMJ), Peter Newman (PN), Allan Jennings (AJ) and

Darren Golby (DG). Apologies: Kylie South (KS).

Approval of minutes from last meeting:

Minutes from previous meeting accepted by PN and seconded AJ.

Business arising from previous minutes:

Blazers – Blazers have arrived. The invoice is for $1090.86 excluding GST. School to pay for the blazers and invoice

the P&C the total excluding GST. Blazers look great.

Sport singlets – Carry over.

Year 4 awning – To be funded by the school. Carry over.

Basketball Court – Carry over.

Security floodlights in the staff carpark – To be funded by the school. Carry over.

Playground – We haven’t yet received a response re the application to the Local Schools Community Fund via Meryl

Swanson. Letter to Daracon still to be finalised – feedback to be provided to PN by P&C members. When it’s

finalised, the Daracon letter will be used as a base for the Yancoal letter.

Banners – Considered mock up designs and made suggestions for improvement. Carry over.

Kitchen – tinting quotes to be obtained by AMJ. Carry over.

Air Conditioning in Kitchen – Carry over.

New bell system – KS to follow up and obtain more information. Carry over.

Swapping recess and lunch times – Trial commences in Term 2 2020. Sausage sizzle, hot lunches and Stage 3

cooking will need to be rescheduled.

Moss on the solar panels on the brick building – Carry over.

Hats – A hat from LW Reid has been selected by KS, AMJ and AS. It is the “Burke Microfibre Bucket Hat” in royal blue

with a gold trim. We will purchase 2 sizes – M/L and L/XL. Hats are purchased in boxes of 25 units (per size). We

will sell the hats for $8. The hat looks great with our uniform. It has an adjustable ‘crown cord’ to tightened the hat

and keep it securely on the head (it also means that some students may only need the one size hat for the

duration of primary school while others will only need 2 sizes – we had 4 sizes previously). This hat also has a

firmer brim than many of the other bucket hat options viewed while still being able to be folded. AS to return all

samples. P&C will have to pay return post for 2 of the 3 suppliers (PSW and Grace Collection samples).

Friday Family Fun Night (Squidditch night) – It was a great night. Approx 50 people attended. Hopefully it’ll get bigger

next year. We made $403 overall. But it was more about the community spirit. Ideas for a community event for

next year were discussed – e.g. a Christmas in July.

Correspondence In: Correspondence Out:

Uniform and canteen correspondence. Various statement. Nil

Reports:

President: The Community Night was great. It was a really good night! It was great breaking up the jobs between

numerous people. The P&C is working as a great team.

Principal: See attached Treasurer: See attached

Reports moved AS and seconded AMJ.

New business:

Subsidised Polos – the subsidised polo was offered to the incoming kindergarten kids. The offer will be extended

to any new students in 2020. The subsidy will be reviewed in Term 4 2020. The reason for the subsidy was

discussed – to ensure each student has at least one of the school polos for school photos and excursions.

P&C Gifts— to outgoing P&C contributors – gifts discussed and AMJ to organise

Next Meeting:

7pm on Monday 17th February 2020.

Closure:

Meeting closed at 8.45pm.

P&C AND COMMUNITY NEWS

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Proposed P&C Funds Allocation

ITEM ESTIMATED

CONTRIBUTION

STATUS CONTRIBUTION PAID

Blazers $1,090 To be paid to BHPS and P&C to reimburse

Year 6 shirts $420 Finalised $432.80

Sports singlets

Laptops (x6) $4,000 To be paid to BHPS. P&C invoiced $3,013.50. P&C to pay the BHPS invoice.

Year 5/6 camp $500 Finalised $500

Banners $1,000

Playground $10,000

Bell system $4,000

Total $21,120 $932.80

We would like to invite all children who attended Kurri Kurri

Preschool last year to attend our BACK TO PRESCHOOL

AFTERNOON TEA on Thursday 27 February 2020, 3.30 to

4.00pm.

Please RSVP on 49372110 or

admin@kurripreschool.com.au or text 0437211544.

We look forward to seeing you all!

We also have a few positions vacant for eligible children for

this year. Please contact us on the above numbers if you are

interested.

BERESFIELD FOOTBALL CLUB Will be holding Registration/information days at

Beresfield Bowling Club on Saturday 15 February from 10.00am—1.00pm

Enquires 4966 4018 or 0404 703 310 Email: bero_fc@hotmail.com

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SCHOOL INFO

TEXT FEES Fees have remained the same as last year. The text/resource fee, which covers texts and online subscriptions etc is set at $70. per student. Families experiencing genuine financial hardship can apply confidentially to the Principal for assistance with the text/resource fee. POP PAYMENT OPTION: Subject Contributions DESCRIPTION: Texts 2019 VOLUNTARY SCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS Voluntary School contributions are set at $40. per student. POP Payment Codes when paying online using POP. POP PAYMENT OPTION: Voluntary School Contribution DESCRIPTION: VC 2019

POP PAYMENTS This payment option is available on our school website. Access the website (www.blackhill-p.schools.nsw.edu.au) and the payment tab at the top of the page. When you access the $Make a Payment you must enter: STUDENT’S NAME & DATE OF BIRTH Only enter the fields that have an asterisk beside them. These details are entered each time hosted by Westpac to ensure that your credit/debit card details are captured in a secure manner and are not passed back to the school. You have the ability to check and change any details of the payment before the payment is processed. Receipts can be emailed and/or printed at the time of payment. Payments are passed daily to the school where they will be receipted against your child’s account. A further receipt will not be issued by the school. For any enquiries regarding the Online Payment process, please contact the office. Note: Payment Ref as indicated on our permission note must be quoted. Also write your POP receipt number on the signed student permission note and return to school. https://quickweb.westpac.com.au/OnlinePaymentServlet

STUDENT AB-SENCE A reminder that if your child is absent from school, please notify the office between 8am and 9.15am. If the office is unattend-ed you can always leave a message on the school’s Home Mes-sagebank. This would help us with the timely marking of our rolls and mainte-nance of our records. SCHOOL MOBILE PHONE Our school mobile phone, which will be used for excursions, etc. THE SCHOOL MOBILE PHONE NUMBER IS 0476 293 214.

NEWSLETTTER BY EMAIL To receive our school newsletters by email, please send an email to: blackhill-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au with NEWSLETTER in the subject.

IMPORTANT

EMERGENCY CARDS Thanks to those families who have returned the ORANGE Emergency Cards so promptly. Please complete and return to school asap if you haven’t already done so, to enable us to have up to date records. P&C PAYMENTS PLEASE NO POP ONLINE PAYMENTS FOR P&C. CASH OR CHEQUE ONLY

FRANCIS GREENWAY HIGH SCHOOL NEWSLETTER You will find the Francis Greenway High School newsletter on the following link: https://francisgre-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/newsletter.html

TEXT BOOK &

VOLUNTARY

CONTRIBUTION

FEES

Text Book/Resource

Fees & Voluntary

Contributions Fees

are due ASAP.

Text Book/Resource

Fee— $70.00

Voluntary

Contribution Fee—

$40.00

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Tuck Shop Items and Prices