P.O. Box 88 The Bell Topper...What you can do NOW Give your kids a hug when they do well. Listen carefully to your kids for ideas for very special treats e.g. a visit to the aquarium

Don’t forget to check out the school’s website www.californiagullyps.vic.edu.au

School Assembly starts at 8.55 a.m. Please be on time! To report an absence through the school website you can use this link Report an Absence

Thursday November 30th 2017

CALIFORNIA GULLY PRIMARY SCHOOL

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

Dear Parents and Carers, It’s been a fantastic week here at Cal Gully Primary! Wednesday was Athletics Day and we all headed off as early as possible to try to get our activities completed before the heat became unacceptable. I was incredibly impressed with our students. I was on the sprints and can say without a doubt that every child who came through gave their absolute best. Well done and big thanks to Miss Ennor and Mr. McKerrow for their sensational organisation, and to all of the teachers and parents who slathered on the sunscreen and allowed us to have such a great outcome. A super effort all round! Congratulations to all of our students, particularly well done to the

students who were the highest of their age group and hooray for

Gold House who were our winners on the day by the slimmest of

margins.

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 35 No. 38

IMPORTANT REMINDER

Whole School Water Safety Program - Monday December 4th to Friday December

8th

School Council Meeting - Monday December 11th

Statewide Orientation Day - Tuesday December 12th

Grades 3 to 6 Camp - Wednesday December 13th to Friday December 15th

Grade 6 Graduation Dinner - Monday December 18th

Respect * Personal Best * Care

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



Last week, we had a CRT come in to take Indonesian on Friday who was quite a familiar face to many. Mrs Wearne was back in the Gully! It was lovely to have her here. Mrs Wearne was a teacher at California Gully for many years and she was very excited to be back. She even found her old stapler with WEARNE written on it. Students in 5/6 W have been skyping a friend in Norway and investigating the Northern Lights and life in that part of the world. There’s been

some stunning art work come out of that work. Pop in and have a look when you get the chance – it’s in their classroom. Congratulations to Mason F. on his very impressive medal from

Regional Athletics.

Enjoy your weekend.

Michelle Griffiths

Acting Principal

[email protected]

CHICKEN POX We have been notified that we have had a case of chicken pox within the

school. Even if your child has been immunised please be vigilant and be

aware of the signs of chicken pox. The Department of Education has indicated

a child with chicken pox must be excluded from school until the blisters have

dried. This is usually at least 5 days after the rash appears in unimmunised

children, but may be less in previously immunised children.

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Bell Topper Quiz Question #3: Why were hat pegs ordered in 1911?




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

for their positive attitude to school and social values.

Friday November 24th

Foundation Peacock-Hinton: Bohdi H. - For contributing well in reading groups. Liam K. - For consistently using the ’diagraphs’ we have covered in his reading and spelling. in class. 2/3 Reilly-Carroll: Tyler K.-S. - For showing readiness to listen and learn and doing his personal best. Samarah McL. - For showing attentive listening and respect during the ‘Sink or Swim’ Incursion. 5/6 McKerrow: Zander C. - For excellent work with subtraction. Chloe H. - For persistence working with subtraction. 5/6 Windridge: Elycia M. - For asking excellent questions in our Skype session with Erika in Norway. Daisy W.-Q. - For excellent participation in our Skype session with Erika in Norway.

BREAKFAST PROGRAM Tomorrow, Friday December 1st, will be the final morning for

Breakfast Program in 2017. It has been fantastic to see the regular

children attending each week and look forward to many returning

next year as well as many new faces.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the invaluable

volunteers who help to keep both the Thursday morning and Friday

morning Breakfast Programs running. A big ‘Thank You’ to

Andrew Reid, Noah Phillips-Bartlett, Nikki Rowe and Amy Bolitho.

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Skyping with Erika from Norway On 21/11/17 at about 9:00am Grade 5/6 W skyped with Erika in Norway. She lives hour away from Oslo. We have been learning about Antarctic and the Arctic for a while. So Mrs Windridge knew Erika because she was an exchange student from Norway. She told us a little bit about how she keeps warm and how many clothes she has to wear when go-ing outside, and told us why Norway is a great place to live. Erika said we asked some amazing questions like ‘Have you ever been in a blizzard?’ (asked by Charli) and ‘Is there something that marks the Arctic circle?’ (asked by Shelby). She also told us about the aurora borealis (the northern lights). After that we asked if Erika had any questions to ask us. Unfortunately, she did not. Then we waved goodbye and she did too. We all loved talking to her and Erika enjoyed talking to us too. By Keesha Grade 5/6W have also been busy in art creating our own northern lights paintings.

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Cal Gully’s Got talent Cal Gully’s Got Talent will be held on Friday afternoon, December 1st

2:00-3:15pm in the Junior Building. We have some awesome kids

performing some great acts. All parents are welcome to come and

watch.


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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 a date to be confirmed.

Christmas Raffle Once again this year the Parents’ & Friends of California Gully Primary School will be conducting

a Christmas raffle to be drawn at the school concert on Wednesday December 20th. Raffle books

are being sent home today with the newsletter. Please return your tickets and money to the

school office by Tuesday December 19th. Spare raffle books are available from the school office.

Contacting the Parents’ & Friends of California Gully Primary

School If you wish to contact the Parents’ club have an email address which is

[email protected].

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

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

December 4th— December 8th

School Banking Day - Bendigo Bank

School Banking Day - Common-

wealth Bank


School Council Meeting 7.00

p.m.


Statewde Orientation Day

School Banking Day - Common-

wealth Bank

December 18th— December 22nd

Grade 6 Graduation

Dinner


End of Year Concert Last Day of 2017 School

Year


Christmas Day Boxing Day


mailto:[email protected]



GREAT TIPS FOR HEALTHY KIDS TIP 43 FOOD IS NOT A REWARD Most people give lollies or other sweet things to children as a ‘special treat’ or as a reward for being good. But giving kids these things can set up a lifetime of bad health. If kids receive sweets for being good, they will associate good behaviour with sugary and fatty foods, which have poor nutritional value. It can also give them the idea that these types of foods are more desirable than fresh nutritious foods. Kids need to know that there are everyday foods which provide the nutrition they need to grow and develop; and occasional foods which might contain higher levels of sugar and fat.

What you can do NOW Give your kids a hug when they do well. Listen carefully to your kids for ideas for very special treats

e.g. a visit to the aquarium. Plan a special, nutritious meal together to celebrate an event.

Good Idea!

If you want to give kids something as a reward, keep it simple and inexpensive. Examples are: stickers, some bits and pieces for craft activities, a small joke book.

Top Tip

Inviting a friend around to play or stay the night can be a reward.

Cool Summer

Snacks for

the Kids!

SUMMER FRUITS

Cantaloupe Boats

Ingredients:

1 wedge of cantaloupe (or rockmelon)

2 tablespoons of fruit yoghurt

1/2 cup of seedless grapes

Method:

Scoop seeds out of the rockmelon.

Put the wedge of rockmelon in a bowl.

Spread yoghurt on the cantaloupe and

decorate with grapes. Chill in the

refrigerator before serving.

Summer sees the arrival of all sorts of

colourful yummy fruits such as:

Apricots Nectarines Peaches

Cherries Honeydew Melon Passion fruit

Berries Watermelon Mangoes Pineapple

Encourage variety by buying different fruits each week.

Fruits in season will be sweet, juice and cheap!

Benefits of fruit:

It is a great source of fibre.

Creates a positive mood.

It tastes great.

Sweet tasting for children’s taste preferences.

Can be incorporated into many

yummy recipes!!




California Gully Hands Up Data – November 25

th, 2017

The hot weather has had an impact on our data with less children walking and riding to

school last Thursday. Let’s see if we can have more children involved in active travel

next week. Well done to those families who are walking together.

California Gully Hands Up Data – November 29

th, 2017

Good to see more children riding to school last Tuesday. Let’s see if we can have more

children involved in active travel next week. Well done to those families who are

walking together.




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!!




Thanks to Empowering Eaglehawk, The Eaglehawk Football Club and the Peter Krenz Leisure Centre/YMCA we have a community breakfast program for all families (parents are more than welcome to attend) and staff of California Gully. The community breakfast program will continue tomorrow, Friday December 1st at 8 a.m. (please note that we will stop serving break-fast at 8.20a.m. any children 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!

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen at California Gully Primary School

Thursday Mornings 8.00 a.m. to 8.45 a.m.







Food Bank Update:Amy Bolitho has been doing a fantastic job of collecting food for our families from Food Bank. There have been so many delicious offering lately. Because of the popularity of this program we have had a very large amount of people in the kitchen all at once and it is becoming a bit hectic. To help keep things running smoothly, we are implementing a system whereby students cannot collect food for the family unless they provide the form below to Amy or myself each week. The form needs to be signed by an adult in the house giving them permission to take foods. It is expected that students know if there are food that are not appropriate for their family due to allergies etc if they are being given that role. Otherwise, we will expect to see adults only in the kitchen, collecting food. Thanks for your support with this.Also, if there is anyone who is able to help Amy out on Tuesdays after school with handing out the food that would be great. Michelle Griffiths

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