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Newsletter Term 3 - Week 6 , 26 August 2020
Bilambil Road, BILAMBIL NSW 2486 . 07 5590 7210 . [email protected] . Bilambil-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
SASS Recognition Week This week is SASS (School Administrative Support Staff) Recognition Week. This gives us an
opportunity to recognise the hard work that every one of our school support staff does for the
students in our school. Bilambil Public School is one of those places where we all stand side by
side and work together to achieve the very best outcomes for all of our students, and this is
made so much easier because of our hard working team of non-teachers.
Thank you to Thembi, Lorraine, Kelly W, Denise, Adele, Trina , Danielle, Michele, Kylie, Kelly L, Bill,
Dave, Gavin, Donna, Allan, Chris and Troy. These people work tirelessly every day they are here
at Bilambil to help your child in a myriad of ways. You might like to pass on a note of thanks via
your child or email, or speak to them sometime during the week if you have the need to call the
school to show your appreciation for the work that they do. Even the smallest amount of positive
feedback goes a very long way.
On behalf of all of the teaching staff and students here at Bilambil PS, I would like to thank all of
our amazing SASS members for the wonderful job they do.
COVID-19 UPDATE – Advice for Families NSW Public Schools continue to be safe learning environments which operate in line with the
advice of the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee and NSW Health. Here at Bilambil
PS, students are encouraged daily to ensure they are mindful of good hygiene practices, with
hand washing and sanitising resources readily available in every classroom and teaching space
across the school.
All students should be learning on site and in their classroom with peers, unless they have a
medical certificate to support their absence. However, parents and carers are reminded that
students should not attend school if they have flu-like symptoms. These may include, but are not
limited to fever, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, runny nose, headache, muscle or joint
pain, loss of taste or smell. Due to the low rates of influenza currently circulating in our
community, we must take symptoms seriously. Where students and staff are absent from school and a COVID-19 test is recommended, you are required to provide a negative COVID-19 test
result to the school and be free of flu-like symptoms before returning to school. We urge all
community members to seek advice and to get tested if you feel you or your child/ren have
symptoms. Our local COVID Testing Centre is located at The Tweed Hospital (no appointment
required - open between 10.00am – 6.00pm).
In addition to existing personal hygiene protocols, social distancing of adults, and the enhanced
cleaning already operating across our school, as of last Wednesday 19 August, we have placed
inter-school activities on hold, and stopped singing and the use of wind instruments in our school.
So sadly, this means no more choir or recorders! We have also employed measures to limit the
mixing of groups of students. This means that while students will continue to work with their
classmates in the usual learning programs, we will limit interactions of students from different
grades and stages where appropriate.
We thank you in advance for your support and cooperating with us in implementing these
changes. They are in line with NSW Health advice and are designed specifically to keep our
students, staff and community safe.
Jeff Robinson
Principal
STUDENT OF THE WEEK
Term 3 Weeks 4 & 5
KH Andre - Fantastic effort with his sight words
Ivy - Her effort to master personal sight words
KT Jace -
Elsie - Improved effort in completing tasks on time
K/1B Declan - Improved effort in all areas
Isabella - Awesome effort in reading groups
1/2B Tel - Always doing her best
Aileen - Fantastic effort in writing and reading
Lola - Positive mindset towards all learning tasks
1/2C Ezekiel - His enthusiasm for learning challenging
math concepts
Oliver - Beautiful handwriting
1/2H Nate - A mature approach to his school work
Cheyenne - Persisting with challenging tasks
1/2P Charlie - Always being kind to others and putting
in his best effort
Brax - Amazing work this week
3/4C Hayley - Always trying hard in the classroom
Vedder - Fantastic work in maths
3/4S Makaira - Positive attitude towards learning
Gwen - Positive attitude
3/4T Georgia - Remarkable focus in all areas
Sophia - Consistent high level of commitment in
all areas
Caleb - Providing thoughtful l input into class
discussions
Dempsey - Excellent persistence in multiplication
Aria - Multiplication and division
4/5V Elyana - Displaying more confidence and
initiative in mathematics
Jessica - Always displaying a positive attitude
5/6B Jean - Improved focus in class
Isabelle - Maturity and focus in class
5/6E Elsie - A much improved attitude to learning and
classroom behaviours
Amelie - ‘Having a go’ in maths and participating
in class discussion
5/6S Malia - Consistent, positive approach to her
learning
Jazara - Responsible and committed approach
to her learning
MUSIC Amelie 5/6B - Outstanding acting in drama
Hamish KH - Fabulous acting in drama!
Newsletter Term 3 - Week 6 , 26 August 2020
Bilambil Road, BILAMBIL NSW 2486 . 07 5590 72125. [email protected] . Bilambil-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Our great
SASS Team
Book Fair News Thank you to all of our
wonderful Bilambil
Community family for
embracing the annual book
fair in it's modified format
due to COVID. We are
pleased to announce that
the Book Fair raised almost
$4,000.00 (a new record).
For your efforts the school will
get 25% of this amount to
spend on books and
resources in the Library.
Thanks to all involved for
their efforts and support.
Jarrod Menin & Ryan Thomas
Newsletter Term 3 - Week 6 , 26 August 2020
KISS and DROP School Pickup Zone In response to some traffic congestion issues during our end of day
collection of students at our Kiss and Drop zone, we have decided
to trial moving back the collection time for students in K/1/2 and
their older siblings by an extra 10 minutes. This will mean that
students will commence packing up to go home at 2.20pm and
start making their way to the Kiss and Drop zone.
Parents are asked to start arriving from 2.30pm for students in
Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2, but be mindful that it will
obviously be busy from this time and to consider leaving your
collection time until a little later.
Parents with children in Years 3/4/5/6 only are asked to arrive for
pick up after 2.45pm.
The decision to trial extending the time has been made to try to
limit the possibility of community members being fined by police or
council rangers due to blocking off through traffic. Please do your
best to not be in a huge rush to get here first to collect your
children from the Kiss and Drop zone or alternatively, park in the
Jets carpark and walk across the road to collect your child/ren. A
reminder to those parents who park and wait near the pre-school
to keep socially distant from other adults whilst you are waiting.
Fingers crossed that this new arrangement will ease some of the
traffic stress. This new system will commence from next Monday 31
August.
Kindergarten Tennis Racquets Gemma Eaton, Tennis NSW Coach of the year, and Kylie Hunt,
Tennis NSW Schools Coordinator, visited Bilambil as part of the
Tennis Australia Racquet Road show. 30,000 Kindergarten students
around Australia will receive their first
tennis racquet thanks to ANZ
sponsorship. All of our Bilambil Kinder
students were lucky to be chosen to
receive their own racquets this week.
This initiative to introduce more kids to
tennis comes as reports are continued
to be released about the declining
level of physical activity in children.
These racquets will help get kids
moving at school, home and in the
community.
Students also received a voucher for a
free tennis lesson at their local tennis
club.
We hope the students enjoy their
racquets. Happy hitting!
Thank you to the ANZ Hot Shots Tennis
program for donating tennis racquets
for every student in Kindergarten.
Jeff Robinson
Principal
Bilambil Road, BILAMBIL NSW 2486 . 07 5590 72125. [email protected] . Bilambil-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Newsletter Term 3 - Week 6 , 26 August 2020
Bilambil Road, BILAMBIL NSW 2486 . 07 5590 72125. [email protected] . Bilambil-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
BRONZE WARD
Term 3
Weeks 4 & 5 KT Finn
K/1B Oceane, Lydtaka
3/4C Asher
3/4S Zavier
5/6B Marlin, Sonny
5/6E Amelie, Rhiannon
5/6S Zaiden, Tyreece, Kaleb,
Kobi, Dash
SILVER AWARD
Term 3
Weeks 4 & 5 K/1B Harvey, Samarra
1/2C Joseph, Oliver, Fletcher,
Gemma, Zoe, Trinity,
Penny, Harper
1/2H Taj, Marli, Summer,
Emmett, Ben
3/4C Zy, Georgia, Charli, Holly
5/6B Jago, Issy, Tora, Ella
5/6E Sommer, Cael
5/6S Olivia, Malia
UP AND COMING EVENTS TERM 3 2020
School items P&C Items
TERM 3 WEEK 6
Wednesday 26 August • Canteen Open
• Newsletter
Thursday 27 August • Canteen Open
Friday 28 August • Canteen Open
TERM 3 WEEK 7
Monday 31 August • Canteen Sushi Day
Tuesday 1 September • CANTEEN CLOSED
• Student School Banking
• P&C Father’s Day Stall
Wednesday 2 September • Canteen Open
• Book Swap 5/6E
Thursday 3 September • Canteen Open
Friday 4 September • Canteen Open
TERM 3 WEEK 8
Monday 7 September • Canteen Sushi Day
• School Photos
• Interrelate Year 5 & 6
Tuesday 8 September • CANTEEN CLOSED
• Student School Banking
• P&C Meeting 3.30pm via Zoom
Wednesday 9 September • Canteen Open
• Newsletter
• Yr 6 Debating v Banora Pt PS
Thursday 10 September • Canteen Open
• Book Club Due
Friday 11 September • Canteen Open
• SRC Rainbow Dress Up Day
TERM 3 WEEK 9
Monday 14 September • Canteen Sushi Day
• Interrelate Year 5 & 6
Tuesday 15 September • CANTEEN CLOSED
• Student School Banking
Wednesday 16 September • Canteen Open
Thursday 17 September • Canteen Open
Friday 18 Sept • Canteen Open
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Friendly reminder
School Photos The School photos will be on
Monday 7 September, 2020
(Week 8). If you would like to
order sibling photos,
envelopes are available at the
admin office. Please return
your envelopes as soon as
possible if you are ordering
school photos.
Michelle Eddy
School Photos Co-ordinator
Newsletter Term 3 - Week 6 , 26 August 2020
From this
To something bright and inviting
Maybe this Or this
Bilambil Road, BILAMBIL NSW 2486 . 07 5590 72125. [email protected] . Bilambil-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
2021 Kindergarten Transition Program Unfortunately due to COVID-19 restrictions, we are unable to
run with our usual format for our Kindergarten Transition
Program that would have commenced this term. In line with
this, we are working on an innovative way we can “connect”
with our new Kindergarten enrolments and their families, so stay
tuned for further details to come.
While the kids won’t get to experience all that our school offers
by being physically here in the school, we are working on a
project to give the kids the chance to really see how a school
day runs and see a huge range of wonderful activities that they
will be involved in when they start school next year. This will also
provide much needed information for parents.
Please contact the school office to alert us of details of new
students planning to enrol at Bilambil PS for 2021 Kindergarten. I
am always happy to meet with new community members to
provide a whole swag of information about the amazing and
innovative programs we run here. Make sure you talk to all of
your friends and neighbours about the wonderful things that
happen here in our school.
Please call our admin office on 07 5590 7210 if you are
aware of any possible new enrolments for 2021.
Jeff Robinson
Principal
Thursday
10 September
Buddy Bench Design
Competition for
Bilambil PS Students The Student Representative
Council (SRC) are redesigning
and relaunching our Buddy
Bench! The lucky winner will
win a surprise package and
have their design painted on
the Buddy Bench!
The SRC will be holding a
Rainbow Dress Up Day on
Friday 11 September. Dress up
rainbow of colours for a gold
coin donation to raise funds to
purchase paint for the
upgrade of our ‘Buddy
Bench’.
Good luck and happy
designing.
Amy Calleja
SRC Coordinator
Newsletter Term 3 - Week 6 , 26 August 2020
1/2 C Rocking with Patterns This term 1/2C have been
learning about repeating and
growing patterns. We have
had lots of fun creating our
own patterns.
Jodie Colwell
Teacher
Newsletter Term 3 - Week 6 , 26 August 2020
Bilambil Road, BILAMBIL NSW 2486 . 07 5590 72125. [email protected] . Bilambil-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Newsletter Term 3 - Week 6 , 26 August 2020
The Chappy Chapter
School Yard Blitz The yard where Stage 3 sit
Has changed quite a bit
Digging the grass and dirt
So far, no one has been hurt
There’s been some change to
this yard
The students have mostly
worked hard
Sometimes it just gets too
much
Look at the photos that say as
such
Still, we’ll be finished this year
And I can hear the mighty
cheer
A vege courtyard where they
can eat
A place that’s nice and neat!
Netball Court This has been marked out by
the students as part of our
maths lesson on measurement.
We had to use conversions,
know how to read tape
measures, learn how Gav used
Pythagoras’ theorem to make
sure the corners are square,
and then spray out the court.
By the time you are reading
this newsletter, the posts will be
up. Hooray!
Gav Irvine
Student Wellbeing Officer
Bilambil Road, BILAMBIL NSW 2486 . 07 5590 72125. [email protected] . Bilambil-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
Too much hard work
Netball Court
Term 3 - Week 6, 26 August, 2020
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Tuesday, 1 September We have organised some great gift ideas for our Father's Stall
next week so don't forget to send your child in with a little bit of
money so they can go shopping in the school hall with their
class. We hold this event every year purely because of the joy it
brings the kids when they get to pick something special for their
dad, step-dad, grandad or other special someone in their lives.
Gifts are good quality and range in price from $3.00 -$6.00
Teachers would be grateful if Kindy kids could pop their money in a zip lock bag with their name
on it.
Which Class Will Win? This is the last week for students to bring in their small silver coins
for our 5c Drive. Collection buckets are in the classrooms and a
couple of classes are looking set to take out the canteen party
prize that is up for grabs. It's not too late to clean out your
change tins and scour the floor of the car to top up your class
bucket. Pizza, Cupcakes or Ice Blocks will be handed out to the
top three fundraising classes. All money goes to support our P&C
projects .
Need Uniforms? Kids just never seem to stop growing! If you need some new uniforms don't forget you can still
place your order and pay online to have your order sent home with your child. Unworn and
unwashed clothing can be exchanged if you find you ordered the wrong size.
www.bilambilpc.org
Want to Help Out? We know many parents want to help but current restrictions has
limited many opportunities to do so. We would love a couple of
additional volunteers to help process our uniform shop orders,
and/or to help with our Tuesday morning school banking
program.
If you'd like to know more please contact us via the Bilambil
P&C Facebook page or phone Belinda on 0404 013 085.