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Thursday March 15th 2018

CALIFORNIA GULLY PRIMARY SCHOOL

P.O. Box 88 California Gully 3556 Phone: 5446-8393 Fax: 5446-3115 Email: [email protected]

DAHLIA & ARTS The ‘Dahlia and Arts’ Festival Gala Parade is this Saturday 17th March. This is a

wonderful community event and we look forward to many children participating. We

apologise for information not being communicated earlier regarding starting times and

meeting point. This will be sent out as soon as it arrives from the parade committee.

BioLAB The 4/5 and Grade 6 class are heading to BioLAB tomorrow (16th March) The Victorian

BioScience Education Centre has been providing specialist educational programs to

students and teachers in Victoria since November 2011. The aim is to engage and inspire

the next generation in science and mathematics using innovative technologies and

techniques. The programs are themed using Sport and Human Performance.

Have a great day, don’t forget that the bus will be departing Cal Gully PS at 7am Sharp.

MISSION At California Gully Primary School we educate students to be lifelong learners and

well informed and productive community members who are well prepared to become

active, engaged and responsible citizens of the local and global community.

The Bell Topper

Volume 36 No. 7

IMPORTANT REMINDER

Dental Health Check-Ups at School - Thursday March 15th

Grades 4/5 and Six BioLAB Excursion - Friday March 16th

School Council Annual General Meeting- Monday March 19th

Parents’ and Friends Meeting - Friday March 23rd

Last Day of Term One - Thursday March 29th

First Day of Term Two - Monday April 16th

Coles Sports for Schools has begun!

California Gully Primary School is registered.

Respect * Personal Best * Care

California Gully Primary School 123

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

http://californiagullyps.vic.edu.au/page/96



Friday 16th March (tomorrow) is officially the ‘National Day of Action Against Bullying

and Violence’. This week classes have been connecting with a range of activities to

support this initiative. As a community we can work to ensure we provide the best

environment for all children.

Bullying is an ongoing misuse of power in relationships through repeated verbal, physical

and/or social behaviour that causes physical and/or psychological harm. It can involve an

individual or a group misusing their power over one or more persons. Bullying can happen

in person or online, and it can be obvious (overt) or hidden (covert).

Bullying of any form or for any reason can have long-term effects on those involved,

including bystanders.

Single incidents and conflict or fights between equals, whether in person or online, are not

defined as bullying.

The below information can be used when discussing bullying with your

children:

What is bullying?

Bullying is when someone:

keeps picking on you again and again and tries to make you feel bad

says or does lots of mean things that upset you

makes fun of you a lot

tries to stop you from joining in or make others not like you

keeps hurting you such as hitting or punching you.

Bullying feels awful. You feel like you can’t stop it.

Bullying can happen in person or online. It might be

something people can see or it might be hidden.

Sometimes you might have a fight or argument with

someone. If it happens once, it is not bullying even

though it can be upsetting. It is also not bullying if

you sometimes fight with a friend and you can sort it

out.

Bullying is not OK. You have the right to feel safe.

Andrew Frawley

Principal

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PARENTS & FRIENDS OF CALIFORNIA GULLY PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWS

Parents’ & Friends of California Gully Primary

School Meeting The next meeting of the Parents’ & Friends of California Gully Primary

School will be in the conference room after assembly on Friday March

23rd. All are most welcome to attend.

Easter Raffle With Easter just weeks away the Parents’ & Friends of California Gully

Primary School are organising an Easter Raffle. To make our Easter Raffle

successful we are asking for donations of Easter eggs/bunnies or chocolates to

make the prizes bigger and better. If you would like to donate some eggs or

simply like to donate a gold coin to go towards purchasing Easter eggs there is

a basket in the office to place your donation in.

Contacting the Parents’ & Friends of California Gully Primary

School The Parents’ & Friends of California Gully Primary School would love to hear from you.

If you have any ideas that you would like to share with them please email them at

[email protected].

Thank you to all families who support the Parents’ & Friends of California Gully Primary

School.

Lattice and small jam jars with lids are needed for the Foundation (Prep) classroom. Please hand these to Mrs. Hinton or Mrs. Ryan.

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

March 19th — March 23rd

School Council Annual General

Meeting fol-lowed by Gen-eral Meeting

School Banking Day - Bendigo Bank

School Banking Day - Common-

wealth Bank

Parents’ and Friends meeting

March 26th — March 30th


Last day of Term 1 Good Friday

April 16th — April 20th

First Day of Term 2



wealth Bank

April 23rd — April 27th

ANZAC Day Public Holiday


wealth Bank


mailto:[email protected]



Congratulations to the following students on being named Student of The Week

for their positive attitude to school and social values.

Friday March 9th

Foundation Hinton-Ryan: Jakobi H. - For having a go at all learning tasks. Justice W.-Q.-K. - For copying her name accurately. Grade 1/2 Carroll-Dillon: Ella B. - For completing 25 nights of home reading. Avah– C.-B. - For completing 25 nights of home reading. Nikita M. - For completing 25 nights of home reading. Keira T. - For completing 25 nights of home reading. Shayne T. - For completing 25 nights of home reading. Grade 1/2 Roberts: Jemma S. - For giving 100% at all of he writing tasks. Grade 3/4 Ennor: Dante A. - For being an excellent contributor to our work on Australia’s neighbours. Riley Co. - For working well in math classes. Nathan P. - For writing an excellent and entertaining narrative. Grade 4/5 Windridge: Gus B. - For excellent work in reading groups with similes, metaphors and personification. Liam C. - For excellent work in reading groups with similes, metaphors and personification. Grade Six McKerrow: Nathan B. - For displaying excellent general knowledge in Inquiry. Zachery N..-R.. - For displaying excellent visual discrimination skills.








GREAT TIPS FOR HEALTHY KIDS TIP 2 PARENTS ARE ROLE MODELS Little kids watch their parents carefully. This is how they learn. As they get older, there are other influences, like other kids, relatives and people on TV. But they still notice what you do and how you do it. This is why it’s so important for you to make healthy choices. If you choose to walk rather than drive, your kids will get the message. If you choose to eat fresh foods regularly, your kids will follow your lead.

What you can do NOW Be active every day as much as you can. Be choosy about what you watch on TV and what the kids can

watch. Eat nutritious rather than high-fat and sugary snacks.

Good Idea!

Stock up your cupboard and fridge with healthy foods like fruits, vegetables. Pasta and legumes (e.g. chickpeas and lentils). Take an interest in nutritious foods and learn how to prepare them in new and delicious ways. Your enthusiasm will rub off on your kids.

Top Tip

Let your kids see you becoming more active. Learn to ride a bike or surf. Join a fun run or fun walk and take the kids along.

NETBALL California Gully Primary School are currently looking for players in Grades Three to Six to par-ticipate in the Saturday morning Netball competition with the Golden City Netball Association at the Bendigo Stadium.. If your child is interested please contact Natasha Pearson on the California Gully Primary School Netball email address [email protected]

HEALTHY

GUIDELINES FOR

KIDS...

Ensure kids have good eating habits by

providing them with a variety of healthy meals and snacks.

Influencing your child’s food selection is

not an easy task, as kids are naturally reluctant to try new foods, that is they

dislike new foods. Be patient; it may take up to 10 exposures before a new food is

accepted by a child, and it is during a child’s development when their palate and tastebuds are most influential.

Kids are grazers and its best that they eat according to

their appetite. Ensure that healthy options are available

for them to snack on such as cut up vegetable sticks or fruit pieces.

Your child has a small stomach with high nutrient

requirements so their foods eaten will vary every meal.

The best help you can offer your kids is

making sure that there is always an

abundance of breads, cereals, vegetables

and fruits available; incorporate lean

meats and dairy foods in their diet;

encourage drinking of plenty of water;

choose low salt foods; and most

importantly follow these

yourself to be a good

role model.




The Good Friday Appeal is a unique fundraising activity that brings together people from all parts of the community in a very special way. The common goal is to raise money for The Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, and to ensure that all children with life threatening illnesses receive the best possible medical and clinical care.

It all started in 1931 when groups of journalists from the Herald & Weekly Times organised a sporting carnival in aid of charity, the Children’s Hospital being a recipient of the funds. In 1942, Sir Keith Murdoch as Managing Director and Editor the “The Herald” agreed that “The Herald” and radio station 3DB should broadcast an all day Appeal on Good Friday. In 1957, Channel 7 joined the Appeal and began the first daylong telethon, which is now held at Melbourne’s Telstra Dome.

School’s have been involved in the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal through the distribution of Appeal envelopes (attached to this newsletter). Here at California Gully Primary School we are proud to continue supporting the Appeal; many of us know or will know of a child who has had to spend time in the Royal Children’s Hospital.

If you would like to show your support for this worthwhile charity, you can do so by returning the donation envelope by Monday March 26th. Donation envelopes can be left with Nicole in the school office.

Let’s see if we can beat last year’s $481.00 that was raised by our school community!





California Gully Primary School Learning Club

Learning Club is back on

Tuesday 24th April

3.15pm – 4.45pm

The Learning Club has fun, interactive activities and

games to improve literacy and numeracy skills and develop confidence. All

sessions are fully supervised.

Light refreshments provided.

Please complete a Registration Form at the School Reception

desk.

The Learning Club is proudly

supported by The Smith Family & La Trobe University.








WANT TO GET RID OF YOUR PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS??? Do you have lots of plastic grocery bags taking up valuable storage space in your home? A member of our school community is collecting plastic grocery bags to make sleeping mats for the homeless. If you have excess plastic grocery bags (I’m sure many of us do) they can be brought to the school office for collection to make more sleeping mats. Not only are we providing a soft place for a homeless person to sleep—we are also recycling those unwanted plastic grocery bags!!

Get involved in the School Banking program.

California Gully Primary School is excited to offer the Commonwealth Bank School Banking program to all students. School Banking is a fun, interactive and engaging way for young Australians to learn about money and develop good sav-ings habits. Children who deposit money into their Youthsaver account through School Banking earn Dollarmites tokens, which they can save up and redeem for exciting rewards. The rewards available during 2018 are:

Twister Power Handball

Secret Scratch Pad

Sparkle Glitter Pens

Glow Light

Mighty Boom Handball

Heat Reactor Pencils

Slushie Maker Cup

Zoom Flying Disc

School Banking is also a great fundraiser for our school. Our school receives a Regular Savers Contribution of $5 for eve-ry 10 deposits processed per student as well as an Annual Contribution which is based on the number of students who made at least one School Banking deposit in the prior year. Getting involved in School Banking is easy!

All you need to get involved in the School Banking program is a Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account. You can open an account for your child in one of two ways: 1. Online Visit commbank.com.au/schoolbanking and click on the link to open a Youthsaver account. 2. In branch Visit a Commonwealth Bank branch with identification for yourself and your child, like a driver’s licence and birth certifi-cate. If your child has an existing Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account they can start banking straight away. They just need to bring their deposit in every week on School Banking day using their Dollarmites deposit wallet.

School Banking day is Friday. Each week you need to bring your Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account book to the school office and leave it in the grey Commonwealth Bank bag.

If you would like to know more about School Banking, please ask for a 2018 School Banking program infor-mation pack from the school office or visit commbank.com.au/schoolbanking







Stephanie Alexander Kitchen at California Gully Primary School

Tuesday Mornings 8.00 a.m. to 8.45 a.m.

With Thanks to The Eaglehawk Football/Netball Club we have a community breakfast program for all families (parents are more than welcome to attend) and staff of Cal-ifornia Gully. The community breakfast program will con-tinue tomorrow, Friday March 16th at 8 a.m. (please note that we will stop serving breakfast at 8.20a.m. any chil-dren who arrive after 8.20 a.m. will miss out). Sharing in breakfast together , what a great way for our school community to start to start the day!


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