Jason’s Message

Dear families and friends of Bell P-10 State School, This Friday staff and students will be celebrating National Tree Day, which was founded in 1996 by Planet Ark and Olivia Newton-John. It has now grown in to Australia's largest community tree planting and nature protection event. Planet Ark is asking Australians to help us plant one million new native trees and shrubs across the country. National Tree Day is a call to action for all Australians to put their hands in the earth and give back to their community. Each year, about 300,000 people volunteer their time to engage in environmental activities that educate individuals about the world around them. It's a day to venture outdoors and get to know your community, and most importantly, to have fun! As part of our Eco-Schools program at Bell State School, the Eco Schools committee led by Mrs. Vicki McGuire and Mrs. Lisa Gall have organised a celebration of this day for the students and planting a tree on the grounds here at school. As you may know, Bell State School achieved the Green Flag award and in order to maintain that level, students must commit to the practices that allowed us to be awarded the award a couple of years ago.

Have a good week, Jason.

90 Dennis Street BELL Q 4408

Email: principal@bellss.eq.edu.au Web: https://bellss.eq.edu.au

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Newsletter Term 3 Week 3, 29/07/2020

Date Claimers

Term 3

July

31st School Tree Planting Day

August

4th Teacher Aide day

13th Year 7 Immunisations

September

1st Pre-Prep Day

3rd Athletics Day

4th Student Free Day

First Aid Training All year 10 students completed first aid training yesterday. The course was very educational and the students learnt about many topics of General First Aid and CPR.

School Tree Planting Day This Friday we are celebrating National Tree Planting Day at school. We will be planting a bottle tree at school and the students will all receive a plant to take home which has been very generously donated by Mrs Vicki McGuire.

Expressions of Interest If you have or know of any children who would like to register their Expression of interest for the 2021 year please ask them to contact Theresa Green 0427 019444.

Red: Max P, Landon, Giaan, Will C-H. Orange: Domarko, Charlie C, Maliki, Giaan, Sienna, Zoe. Yellow: Chloe, Tomas. Green: Amy, Paige, Venice, Kaide, Kayla. Blue: Caitlin, Mitchell. Indigo: Rocket, Charlie M, Hayden. Violet: Bill, Clara, Heath. Bronze: Bill, Nate F. Silver: Charlie P, Charlie M. Gold: Harry M, Harley.

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Saxon: for being an Active Learner matching 1-1 and stretching is words out while reading. Will Mc: for being an Active Learner for excellent work in Maths problem solving multiplication and division problems. Zoe: for being an Active Learner for reading! You are reading with great fluency and understanding. Landon: for being an Active Learner by taking his time to edit and check his work and for completing his homework every week. Nate F: for being an Active Learner by quietly practising his times tables and completing more words on his spelling test. Finn: for being an Active Learner for sharing interesting knowledge on futuristic ideas in Science. Blake: for being an Active Learner for working through some difficult Algebra. Toby: Art/Design-for being an artist and being a helpful and kind student.

General Meetings - 16th September, 3:30pm in the library. President—Brendan Fullagar Vice President—Brett Smith Secretary—Brigid Redding Treasurer—Theresa Green Bell Bunya Trail Bike Ride Chairperson-Matt Naumann Secretary –Shannon Priddle Swim Club—Meetings in recess. Chairperson– Lisa Naumann Secretary—Joelle Hopper Swim lessons resume in term 4. Uniform Shop—Theresa Green Tuckshop—Vanessa Gleeson

Bell Show Society Meeting CHANGE OF DATE Bell Show Grounds Wednesday 5th August 2020 at 7.30pm All Welcome Social Distancing rules apply - if you are unwell please do not attend.

Scholastic Book Club BOOK CLUB DUE BACK THURSDAY THIS WEEK

PBL LESSON FOCUS WEEK 3 RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIPS Being Respectful starts with basic consideration of other people’s feelings: 1. Show kindness and courtesy. 2. Be polite … use your manners. 3. Respect that everyone is different. 4. Respect people’s personal space. 5. Respect people’s possessions and our school’s equipment. 6. Encourage - with a smile or a few kind words. 7. Congratulate people - If someone does a great job let them know about it.

Shredded Paper Mulch $2ea Eco Schools have available for purchase garbage bags of shredded paper. This makes excellent garden mulch.

Orchard Success - Ag Science In Term 3 last year the Agricultural Science students planted a small orchard. Today we enjoyed the fruits of that labour with a small but very tasty crop of Imperial mandarins, a Blood range and a Valencia orange. Eco schools students also enjoyed a sweet treat!

Eco Schools now

co-ordinates the container recycling.

Container Recycling Number –C10008756

Recycler of the Week

Well done

Rose

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ICAS Tests 2020 Students in Years 3-10 have the opportunity to take part in this year’s International Competitions and Assessments for School (ICAS), which are held online during Term 3. ICAS tests are an annual skills development program in key areas of learning for students in Years 2-12; assess-ments are available in Digital Technologies, English, Mathematics, Science and Spelling. The cost to parents is $5.00 per subject area, with the remaining $10.95 cov-ered by the school and P&C. If your child has a particular aptitude or interest in any of the above areas and would like to take part in ICAS 2020, please contact the school. Rachel Pascoe

Happy Whale Hog Doll

Home Ec classroom English classroom The Happy Whale is presented to the room that is minimising their electricity usage and The Hog Doll is presented to the room that sadly has either–left their lights on or interactive projector while there are no people in the room.

Athletics Term 3 The Athletics Carnival is set to take place this term on Thursday the 3rd of September (Week 8). We are able to hold the carnival later in the term as there will be no Dar-ling Downs and State Trials for athletics this year due to COVD19. During the term, each class will practise differ-ent track and field events so they are prepared for the each event in week 8. We are also very lucky to have Kendall Newton-Smith from Little Athletics attending Bell State School on a Wednesday and Thursday for the next 2 weeks. Each class will attend 3 sessions per week to hone their athletic skills with Kendall. Last week, Kendall focussed on javelin and discus. This week we are working on high jump and triple jump. I look forward to seeing you all in Week 8 at the Athletics Carnival in your green and yellow! Mrs Kirsten Todd

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