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Wednesday, 1 April 2015
We value being: Respectful, Responsible and Safe
REMINDER Berinba is an allergy aware school
SCHOOL DISCO Wednesday, 1 April @ 6.30-8.00pm. “Hilarious hats” for Years 3-6 $2 entry
SOCCER TRIALS Congratulations to Ewan McAleer and Zach Enseleit for being selected to trial at Kiama recently for the South Coast Boys Soccer team.
PRIVATE VEHICLE CONVEYANCE SUBSIDY (PVC) A PVC subsidy is available for eligible school students, who are residents of NSW and where there is no public transport available for all or part of their journey to school. It is paid based on the distance between the student’s home and the nearest transport pick up point (must be more than 1.6ks) or school. If you feel you qualify for this subside you can contact the school or go to the website: http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/pvc
Chris Bradley (Relieving Principal)
K-2 BUNNY HOP DISCO: Thursday 2 April at 2.10pm K-2 Students may wear mufti and bunny ears or Easter themed headwear. A Bunny Hop Disco will be held at 2.10pm. K-2 Teachers
Berinba Public School 81 Church Street, Yass ph: 6226 2110 [email protected] www.berinba-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
BERINBA OFFICE HOURS: 8.30am to 3.30pm
The Bulletin can be viewed online at: www.berinba-p.schools.nsw.edu.au or can be emailed to your home email if you wish.
2015 BERINBA P&C COMMITTEE The following positions where filled at our recent P&C AGM: President - L Hollingsworth Vice President - S Wright Treasurer - K Baker Secretary - J Buckmaster Canteen Convenor - A Cahill School Banking - L Muscat Uniform - M Ironside Sports Convener: C Bradley NB: The P&C Uniform Shop will only be open every 2nd week from Term 2 Dates: 24Apr; 1, 15, 29May; 12, 26Jun
P&C FAMILY PORTRAITS FUNDRAISER Unfortunately the AdvanceLife family portraits had to be postponed to a later date - yet to be advised.
LOST PROPERTY There are lots of clothing and lunchboxes etc in lost property - those with names on them have been returned to students. PLEASE PUT YOUR CHILD’S NAME ON THEIR UNIFORM, LUNCHBOXES, DRINK BOTTLES ETC.
Years 5/6 being trained in rugby skills by the ACT Brumbies: 31 March 2015
Class work
for Yass
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COMMUNITY NOTICES
BERINBA CANTEEN ROSTER APRIL/MAY 2015
Mon 20 Apr Tues 21 Apr Wed 22 Apr Thurs 23 Apr Fri 24 Apr
Pupil free day Staff Dev
Leigh Robertson Rose Baldini Suzanne Pollock Sue Buffington Trudy Polsen
Mon 27 Apr Tues 28 Apr Wed 29 Apr Thurs 30 Apr Fri 1 May
Tanya Wilke Andrew Cahill
Kirsty Sargent Lisa Jordan Wendy Worthy
DATES TO REMEMBER
2 April World Autism Awareness Day
2 April K-2 Bunny Hop Disco @2.10pm
2 April End of Term 1 - Holidays start
20 April Staff Dev. Day - NO STUDENTS
21 April Classes resume for Term 2
24 April P&C Uniform shop open
29 April District Cross-Country
1 May P&C Uniform shop open
20 May Berinba Athletics Carnival
EASTER SCHOOL HOLIDAY TENNIS CAMP - 7, 8 & 9 April ‘15 - Hume Tennis Courts, Yass Ages 5-7, 8-10, 11-14. Register by 2 April to [email protected] Scott Eulenstein – Tennis Australia Jnr Development Coach
PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION: Saturday 11 April @ Bookham Sheep Show & Country Fair Entry info in our last Bulletin Enquires - Phil Cox 6226 2372
NETBALL NSW - School Holiday Clinic - 15 April Register online only by 2 April 2015: https://store.netballnsw.com/index.php/community/clinic/school-holiday-clinics/netball-nsw-school-holiday-clinic-yass-15042014.html
2015 SPORTS EXPO @ National Hockey Centre Date: 15 & 16 April 2015, 9am - 2pm both days Ages: 6-16 years old Cost $100 Register by 6 April www.hockeyact.org.au/development/clinics
HUME’S HEYDAY FESTIVAL @ Cooma Cottage Saturday 18 April 2015 - 10am to 4.00pm Experience how life was in colonial times Adults $10 Children under 15 free More info: Rick 0488 963 492 Sue 0408 261 503
GOULBURN REG. CONSERVATORIUM HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS: Free Music Workshops go to www.thegrc.com.au
FREE: Collect from our GA, Mr Rayner, on a Thurs or Friday
YEAR 2 FUN! Year 2 have been learning all about Science this term with the unit “All mixed up”. They made a mixture of playdough which they then used to learn about fractions in maths. To finish up their unit both classes explored the Coke and Mentos experiment. Which was heaps of fun! Mrs J McAleer (2M)
“In Science we made a bottle of coke and a bottle of lemonade fizz up. We went outside to do the experiment. Mrs Bliss put two Mentos in the coke. The coke went kaboom! It went all over the place. I was shocked.” By Logan 2M When we put the Mentos in the Coke-a-Cola it fizzed up with bubbles and overflowed for a ‘loooo..ng’ time. With the lemonade it didn’t do anything, just some little bubbles went up. Even when we put the coke and lemonade together it still didn’t do anything it just stayed where it was. That part was boring just boring, boring, boring.” By Angus 2M
“At home we make playdough the same as we made at school. We use flour, cream of tartar, salt, oil and food colouring. We had to knead the food colouring into the dough and it was so sticky icky, so we had to add more flour. I was in group one with Mrs Snape.” By Ella 2M
P & C News
Meetings in the staffroom 7:30 2nd Tuesday of the month
during school terms
March 2015
Welcome to 2015 As President of the P&C for 2015 I would like to extend a
warm welcome to all the new and returning families for
2015. I hope that you and your children have settled
into your school routines.
I don’t know about you but, as a parent of a kindy child,
I’m finding it hard to believe that we are already at the
end of term 1.
The P&C Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on
Tuesday 10 March. Amongst other things such as
reviewing the efforts of the P&C’s previous year (more
on this later in the bulletin) a new board with a couple of
new faces was elected.
The board for 2015 consists of:
President: Lindsay Hollingsworth
Vice President: Susan Wright
Secretary: Jo Buckmaster
Treasurer: Kylie Baker
Canteen Co-ordinator: Andrew Cahill
Uniform Co-ordinator: Megan Ironside
Sports Convener: Chris Bradley
I would like to thank the board of 2014 for the time and
effort that you put in. I know the staff and students
appreciate the donations that were made to the school
as a result.
I look forward to working with the members of the
board and other volunteers in making 2015 a year that
we can all be proud of our small school and the
community efforts of the volunteers.
Til next time,
Lindsay
Why “Do” P&C? Taken from the P&C Federation Newsletter
I volunteer at my child’s school. It is my local school.
I find that giving up an hour or two each month to attend
meetings where we as a group get to have a direct
impact on my child’s learning is priceless. I appreciate
the fundraising that the P&C needs to do to ensure that
our children have access to educational materials and
great facilities. I don’t mind lending a hand.
It’s the least that I can do every now and then.
My children like that I am involved in their school life
and they love it when they see me at the stall or helping
out at school community events. P&C has allowed me
to develop my skills. I have a better understanding of
meeting practices and I have made lasting friendships.
P&C for me also offers opportunities for my children,
I get to show them the good that people can bring to
their community, I am giving them a model to aspire to,
I am showing them that I value their education, that they
are not alone.
I am Involved
These reasons may not interest you but I bet there is
something for you at P&C. Our P&C is looking for
members of the school community who are willing and
able to give as little or as much time as they are can.
Your child’s school can only benefit of a
successful P&C
How can you Help? The best way to find out what is going on is to attend a
few P&C meetings to find out how things work. The
Berinba P & C meets in the staff room at 7:30pm on the
2nd Tuesday of every month during school terms. There
is always a warm welcome and if you are lucky maybe
even some supper and cuppa, especially for anyone
willing to lend a hand with our many activities,
throughout the year.
All positions of the Executive committee for 2015 have
been filled. However, we are looking for volunteers to
assist in the running of various fundraising activities
throughout 2015.
If you can’t make it to meetings, please register your
interest in volunteering with Lindsay on 0411 133 400 or
Kylie 0438 939 026 or by emailing
Last Years Efforts In 2014 your P&C raised over $10,000, with over $6,500
coming from our share of the food stall at the
Murrumbateman field days. The fields days were our
biggest yet.
The P&C donated over $3,000 for new library books,
$2,000 for dictionaries and world globes and we
purchased 6 new bookshelves for the K-2 classrooms.
It’s amazing what a school of our size can achieve.
2015 School “Wish List” At the AGM Relieving Principal, Chris Bradley gave the
P&C the beginning of a “wish list”. A list of items that
the staff would like to see in the school is a great way for
the fundraising goals of the P&C to be set. Some of the
items on the “wish list” are:
Library furniture
Sandpit toys
Pinboards/soundproofing for Year 1 rooms
Curtains/Blinds for demountable classrooms
Skylight blinds for year 5/6 rooms and library
Electric sharpeners
Interactive projectors for the 2 demountable
classrooms
Playground equipment for the primary area
Extraordinary meeting At our first P&C for the year the President called for an
Extraordinary meeting. The purpose of this meeting is to
focus on our fundraising activities for 2015. As you can
see the “Wish List” is extensive and with Term 1 having
already passed us by, we really need to focus our efforts
on new and exciting fundraising ideas that will have
excellent returns to the P&C.
You are encouraged to come along to this meeting to
share your ideas and experiences in fundraising or
perhaps you would like to volunteer some of your time
towards a fundraising event, even an hour is appreciated.
This meeting will be held at 7:30pm on Tuesday 21st
April in the staff room
Uniform Shop
A decision has been made by the P&C to change the
hours of the uniform shop to meet the demands of the
parents. From term 2, the uniform shop will be open
every 2nd Friday from 8:45am to 9:30am. Dates will be
advised in the school bulletin. Don’t forget that you can
place an order through the office for collection at a later
date. Opening dates for term 2 are 24 Apr, 1 May,
15 May, 29 May, 12 Jun & 26 Jun.
P&C Levy A letter went out with the last school bulletin advising
that the P&C levy were now due.
A massive thank you to the 23 families that have
already paid, your contribution is appreciated.
Proceeds from the levy help with purchasing learning
materials and equipment that the Department of
Education does not provide adequate funding for.
The 2015 levy is $35 per child OR $70 per family
Payments can be made by cash or EFT
EFT Details:
Account Name: Berinba P and C Association
BSB: 032771
Account: 154602
Reference: Please state your eldest child’s full name so
that payment can be identified and receipts issued.
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