Belair Public School Newsletter Take Just Pride 34 Carolyn Street, Adamstown Heights NSW 2289 Phone: 4952 1735

Email: belair-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 3 Week 3 6 August, 2019

Principal’s Message Happy Education Week 2019. The theme for 2019 Education Week is Every Student, Every Voice. It is a celebration of student empowerment and how the NSW public education system gives students the skills they need in order to have and express a voice during their own educational journey and as engaged global citizens. Here at Belair we are currently giving our students a voice in designing a new approach to how we use our playground during break times. One again this year we are combining our Education Week and Book Week celebrations. Families are invited to join us for our book parade on Friday 23 August.

Heart Out For Lachlan Disco- Thursday 22 August Once again we invite wonderfully supportive community to help out a family facing some challenges. Lachlan in Year 6 is preparing to undergo open heart surgery for the third time in his 12 years of life. Lachlan will be off school for at least a couple of months. To support Lachlan’s family we are holding a family event with food and dancing for all. Parents are invited to come along for a night of fun, or students can come along like a normal disco night. We are planning to start at 5.30 and finish at 7.30. To help with catering and organisation, please complete the short form at https://forms.gle/TT89ELczpNRz5JLb7

Term 3 August

7 KU Preschool Talk

8 Uniting Preschool Talk

9 Whole School Assembly

12 Stage 2 Zone Public Speaking (held at Belair PS)

13 Newcastle Zone PSSA Athletics Carnival

14

Stage 1 Zone Public Speaking (held at Adamstown PS)

Year 6 High school experience Day

Premier’s Debate @Belair 2nd Round

Play Community Consultation- 6pm-7pm

15

Stage 3 Zone Public Speaking (held at Kotara

South PS) Early Stage 1 Wetlands

Excursion MamDojo Performance for

Book Week

16 Early Stage 1 Zone Public Speaking (held at Stockton

PS)

19 Kings Chess Competition

19-23 Book Week

21

Newcastle Permanent Maths Comp

Year 5 Interrelate P&C Meeting

Kinder Book Week Performance

23 Book Parade

Belair Play Community Consultation As communicated in recent newsletters, we are planning to make some changes in our school organisation around play. A community Consultation is planned for Wednesday 14 August at 6.00pm in the school hall. This should last for approximately one hour. Please come along, hear what we are planning and share your thoughts. Congratulations to our Hunter Dance Festival performers Last week our senior and junior dancers performed with dozens of other schools at Wests in town. It was no coincidence that our Juniors opened the show on Thursday night and our Seniors closed the show on Tuesday. Both groups wowed the audience with stunning performances. Thanks to Mrs Mounser for coordinating our dance program and thanks to parents for supporting our students to give them this opportunity. Regards, Warwick Beard, Principal

Deputy Principal’s Message

Congratulations to 5K and 5G for being the classes of the week at assembly last week and to class 1B at

the K-2 assambly yesterday. You should be proud of the examplary behaviour that you model.

Anti- bullying: What is bullying? A shared understanding of bullying is the starting point for effectively preventing and responding to bullying. Making sure everyone at our school shares the same definition of bullying is essential. Sometimes things that are called bullying are not really bullying at all.

The national definition of bullying for Australian schools says:

Bullying is an ongoing and deliberate misuse of power in relationships through repeated verbal, physical and/or social behaviour that intends to cause physical, social and/or psychological harm. It can involve an individual or a group misusing their power, or perceived power, over one or more persons who feel unable to stop it from happening.

Bullying can happen in person or online, via various digital platforms and devices and it can be obvious (overt) or hidden (covert). Bullying behaviour is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time (for example, through sharing of digital records).

Bullying of any form or for any reason can have immediate, medium and 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.

Behaviours that do not constitute bullying include:

• mutual arguments and disagreements (where there is no power imbalance) • not liking someone or a single act of social rejection • one-off acts of meanness or spite • isolated incidents of aggression, intimidation or violence.

However, these conflicts still need to be addressed and resolved.

Preventing bullying involves everyone talking together openly and respectfully.

Belair Language of Resilience The current resilience focus is: Control

Kind regards, Kathie Colley

Australian Schools’ Competitions 2019

Link to website for all Resileince elements: https://belair-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/learning-at-our-school/future-focussed-visible-learning.html

Year 3 to Year 6

Dear Parents and Caregivers This year the Australian Schools’ Competition organisers have introduced some changes to their various competitions.

These changes include later sitting dates, online testing (except the writing for years 3 and 4) and a parent online

payment system.

The sitting dates for all competitions are between September 3rd and September 19th as outlined below. Information

about how to pay directly to UNSW Global is also outlined below. If you have any difficulties with the new online payment

system, please contact the school office.

These competitions are open to all students, however parents are advised that the papers are set at quite a high level

and are designed to test more able students. Our school has participated in these competitions for many years and both

parents and students find them informative.

This year the following competitions are being offered at school. All competitions are optional.

Digital Technologies Science

Year 3, 4, 5 and 6

Year 3, 4, 5 and 6

3rd Sep. 2019

5th Sep. 2019

Writing

Spelling Bee

Year 3, 4, 5 and 6

Year 3, 4, 5 and 6

10th Sept. 2019

12th Sep. 2019

English Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 17th Sep. 2019

Mathematics Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 19th Sep. 2019

If you would like your child to participate in any / all of these competitions, please complete the following online payment

steps: 1). Access online service by typing unsw.global/parentpay into a browser. 2). Enter school access code 0fa4b1fcb8. From here you will be prompted to enter your child’s details and select which competitions you would like to enter them in. You do not need to enter a student ID number, just leave that file blank.

Online payment will close on 14th August 2019. NB: No late entries can be accepted for these competition.

Student Attendance: Parents must ensure:

Their children of compulsory school age are enrolled in a government or registered non-

government school or, they are registered with the Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards (BOSTES) for Home Schooling.

Their children who are enrolled at school attend every day the school is open for their instruction.

They provide an explanation for absences by means such as a telephone call, written note, skoolbag app or email to the school within 7 days from the first day of any period of absence.

They work in partnership with the school to plan and implement strategies to support regular attendance at school, including communicating with the school if they are aware of issues impacting on their child’s attendance or engagement with school.

• From the beginning of 2015, Family holidays and travel are no longer considered under the

Exemption from School - Procedures. Travel outside of vacation period is now counted as an absence for statistical purposes. Where the Principal considers that the travel is appropriate during the school term, the parent submits an Application for Extended Leave – Travel for the principal to approve. The Principal will request travel documentation, such as travel itinerary or e- ticket to attach to the application. (downloaded from the link; Application for Extended Leave (Travel or Holiday) The absences will be recorded as “L” - Leave

mama dojo Presents:

KIDS’ PARTY CONFIDENTIAL @ BELAIR PS IN BOOK WEEK 2019

Kids addicted to screens?

Sean Murphy can help!

After seven years of running birthdays, bar mitzvahs and every other kind of family bash, he’s the ultimate instigator of real-life fun! Sean’s show Kids' Party Confidential is a hilarious insider’s guide on how kids can create their own excitement without pining for Minecraft or dying to watch Frozen. Again.

Equal parts stand-up, storytelling and celebration, Sean has created a show for adults and kids 5 to 12 that educates and entertains. “When it comes to kids parties, I’ve seen it all: amazing highs, terrible humiliations, endless amounts of birthday cake,” Sean recalls. “It’s my duty to pass on my knowledge to the next generation. This is important work.”

In one hour Kids’ Party Confidential guides the audience towards fes�ve enlightenment through co�ume crea�on, balloon bending and a bold re-inven�on of Happy Birthday to You.

“The show is a comedy, but very different to a typical stand-up routine,” Sean says. “It’s all about the kids getting involved and creating the best fiesta ever – with a little help from this idiot right here.”

Performer Bio:

Sean Murphy makes people laugh all over the world. Based in Sydney, he has toured shows to the Adelaide and Edinburgh Fringes as well as the Melbourne Comedy Festival and Sydney Opera House. If you haven't heard of him, your younger relations have: Sean's been an educator, entertainer and comedy act for thousands of kids and the young-at-heart.

"Fast-paced and wickedly funny" (Primary Times, UK), his shows bring together a combination of stand-up, theatre and clowning to create truly delicious idiocy. Bon appétit!

“A delight for kids and adults!" Ian Zammit

The Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre (AU)

Help Needed The Uniform Shop needs more volunteers to keep it open as the existing volunteers’ work commitments have changed. The commitment is currently Monday's 8.45-9.30am but could be changed if there is sufficient interest. Could any interested volunteers email us at belairuniform@gmail.com

Water Safety Program Newcastle Council Lifeguards presented a Water Safety Program to K-2 students on Wednesday 31st August 2019 .The program was based around teaching preventative measures and basic fundamentals of water safety on the beach at the pool safety and around open water.

ES1 Public Speaking Last week 6 class representatives took to the BPS stage to present their speech. The quality was extremely high with Mrs Kelly being set the difficult task of selecting our two ES1 zone representatives. Congratulations to Alia Mc and Aisling T who have been selected to represent Belair PS at the Zone Early Stage 1 Public Speaking which will take place at Stockton PS on Friday 16th August. Thank you to Mrs Kelly for adjudicating the final. All speakers should be very proud of their efforts and we wish Alia and Aisling all the best next week at Zone.

Stage 2 Creative Groups Stage 2 students have been participating in mixed Creative Groups on Wednesday afternoons. One of the activities this term involves creating things using Flexo bricks. Flexo is the world’s only flexible bricks system. Once familiar with how the bricks fit together, students are able to create objects that they can bounce, bend, wrap around or even wear! Here are some of the Group 4 students having a lot of fun!

School Environment

Recycling Ooshies from Woolworths

TerraCycle are proud to partner with Woolworths to bring you the Woolworths Ooshies™ Recycling Program, where you'll be able to recycle any pre-loved Lion King Ooshies™ collectables in store.

If, for any reason, you no longer want to keep your Lion King Ooshie, you can simply drop your Ooshie back to the Service Desk at your local Woolworths store, and Woolworths will send it to TerraCycle to recycle on your behalf.

Plastic Free Living

Bye Bye Plastic has some great ideas and resources for living a plastic free life at home and school https://byebyeplastic.org.au/plastic-free-schools/ SOME PLASTIC-FREE ALTERNATIVES

CURRENT SINGLE-USE PLASTIC ITEMS

BETTER ALTERNATIVES BEST ALTERNATIVES

Straws

Single-use paper or cardboard straws Be creative – pasta straws

Reusable bamboo straws

Stainless steel straws

Cups and lids

Compostable single-use cups and lids Refusing a lid Reusable coffee cups e.g. keep cups

Water, juice and soft drink bottles

PET bottles that can be recycled at Return and Earn machines for 10c per bottle

BYO Water bottle refilled at the tap or bubbler station

Food containers Bagasse or cardboard food boxes

Reusable containers provided by or BYO container

Cutlery

Wooden or bamboo cutlery

BYO cutlery

Chip/lolly packaging Collect and recycle soft plastics with RedCycle Eat fresh, wholefoods that don’t come in plastic

Plastic wrap on sandwiches etc. Collect and recycle soft plastics with RedCycle

Wrap your lunches in beeswax wraps, paper, or reusable containers

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Student Awards

KA

Atticus W, Jade C,

Brooklyn M

2L Zoe B, Samuel R,

4/5J

Ethan S, Molly H

KM

Owen P, Lily B 2M Maddison M, Benjamin H

5G

Charlie M, Zara B

KZ

Anastasia M, Lucas B

3E

Nicholas R, Sonny S

5K

Annabelle M, Samuel C

1B Samuel E, Lucy M 3H Chareti S, Caden T

5/6F

Tyson D, Callan F

1K

Jake H, Ivy C

3M

Ben R, Eloise A 6P Bailey T, Alexander W

1S Cooper P, Odin B

4B

Emer S, Jude W

6W

Cameron A, Bella S

2C

Maya E, Maesey U

4R

Ellie G, Liza CW

Junior Choir

Ronna S Oliver C

Canteen Roster and News ~ Canteen Supervisor Sonja

0438 684 401

The Green Tree Kitchen Online only specials are now up and running. Check them out at

flexischools.com.au

Wednesday 7th August

Robyn S

Thursday 8th August

Renee P

Friday 9th August

Karen R

Danielle W

Monday 12th August

Tuesday 13th August

Kate C

canteen news