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9TH NOVEMBER 2015 WEEK 6 TERM 4

SCHOOL BANKING Congratulations to Sophie and Jack for being the recipients of some wonderful prizes from the Commonwealth bank. Sophie received a mini-iPad and Jack received headphones, just for being regular school bankers! Student banking is done every Tuesday. You can get an application form through our school office. SWIMMING SCHEME This is the last week for our Year 2 swimming scheme. Hopefully the weather will be a bit kinder this week for them. YEAR 5 FUN DAY AT ERINA HS Our Year 5 students are looking forward to visiting Erina High School this week. They will be participating in an elective session including Science, computers, cooking, art, Maths, drama, sport & more! As well as enjoying their time there, we know they will display excellent Brisbania behaviour. MINI-FETE Year 6 is eagerly preparing this year’s much anticipated and fun mini-fete. All students took home a note last week outlining all the exciting activities that are in store for them on the day. Students are asked to pay $5 to participate in the day and need to return the pink permission note on the day in order to have their hair sprayed / face painted and/or a flash tattoo applied. The money raised goes towards the purchase of a goodbye present for the school from Year 6., ST 2 LEAGUE TAG Good luck to our Stage 2 girls and boys who are participating in the league tag day this Thursday at Adcock Park. Thank you to Miss Iles for her enthusiasm in training our teams and to our parents for their ongoing support and encouragement. ST 1 RUGBY LEAGUE & St 2 BACKYARD LEAGUE These activities are occurring this week and are sure to be both instructional and fun! No note is required for participation in these. HEADSTART Our final Headstart for 2016 Kindy students was held last Friday. Our new Kindy students met their very excited Year 4 buddies who will support them throughout their first 2 years at Brisbania and beyond. Thank you to the Kindy 2016 team for a great introduction to Brisbania. Thanks also to our fabulous parent helpers who ensured Headstart was so successful. We are looking forward to seeing our 73 new Kindergarten students again in the New Year. APPLICATION FOR YEAR 7 SELECTIVE HIGH SCHOOL PLACEMENT IN 2017 Last week students in Year 5 were given a letter ‘Intention to apply for Year 7 entry to a selective HS in 2017’, if your child did not bring home their letter, copies are available at the office and from our various online options. Important information:

Parents must apply online at www.schools.nsw.edu.au/shsplacement

Applications for entry in 2017 can be made online between 13 October 2015 and 16 November 2015.

Applications will not be accepted after 16 November 2015.

All applicants are required to sit the Selective High School Placement Test to be held on Thursday 10 March 2016.

For further information, please visit the below link. http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/media/downloads/schoolsweb/learning/k_6assessments/ss/ss_apppackage.pdf REVERSE SANTA

FOCUS OF THE WEEK

‘BE PROUD’

THIS

WEDNESDAY 11TH

NOVEMBER Arrive @ Erina

HS 8:45am

BRISBANIA PUBLIC

SCHOOL

1 High Street Saratoga NSW 2251

Phone: (02) 4369 1246

Fax: (02) 4363 1068

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

School Web Page: www.brisbania-

p.schools.nsw.edu.au

WE ARE NOW ON FACEBOOK !

School Security: 1300 880 021

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P&C “BLINGO” NIGHT Thank you to our wonderful P&C who have organised a fun social night for our parents and local community to be held this Friday, 13

th November at Davistown RSL from 7pm. Please see further in this newsletter for details.

Enjoy your week. Jo Whelan

PRINCIPAL’S GOLD BOOK Marisa Mitchell Jack Blake Daniel Jorgi

TERM 4 DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Wednesday 11th November Y5 Erina HS - Fun Day Out

Thursday 12th November Stage 2 League Tag - Adcock Park

Friday 13th November P & C Bingo Fundraising Night Backyard League S2 - 1:40 to 2:50pm

Monday 16th November Stage 3 First Aid

Tuesday 17th November Stage 1 RL @ School

Thursday 19th November Stage 3 League Tag - Adcock Park Stage 2 First Aid P & C Meeting 7pm & AGM 6:30pm

Friday 20th November Year 6 Mini Fete Fundraiser Backyard League S2 - 1:40 to 2:50pm

Wednesday 25th November EHS Fun Day Y5 Combined Scripture

Wednesday 2nd December Parent Helpers Morning Tea 10:45am

Thursday 3rd December Y6 Orientation day @ High Schools

Friday 4th December Reverse Santa Gold Star BBQ Backyard League S2 - 1:40 to 2:50pm

Tuesday 8th December K Graduation 9:10am Y1 - 2 Presentation @ 10am Y3 - 4 Presentation @ 11:15am Y5 - 6 Presentation @ 1:30pm Reports home after each presentation

Wednesday 9th December Y6 Big Day Out - PLC Woy Woy

Thursday 10th December Year 6 Farewell

Monday 14th December Y6 Graduation 9:30am

Tuesday 15th December P & C Evening Xmas Carols & BBQ

Wednesday 16th December Last Day of Year for students

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WEEK 11 Monday - R Cattley Tuesday - K Dobell W’day - A Russell

Th’rsday - S Purtell Friday - E Brock

Week 6 Mon - VACANT Tue - M Mondon

Wed - E Rutherford Thurs - M Turnbull

Fri - K Lewis/S O’Donnell

Week 7

Mon - M Martin Tues - VACANT Wed - J Fenech

Thurs - R Cattley Frid - Mini-Fete

BLINGO NIGHT – Doors open at 6.30 BYO nibbles Last chance to get your seat or table! Closes this Thursday 12

th November.

BLINGO will take place this Friday 13th November , 7pm at Davistown RSL auditorium. Come along

and organise a table of friends for a fun night... $12 pp for 10 games (6 per page) includes bingo dabber. Please pay at the school office to secure your table – please bring correct change. # Optional dress up in ‘bling’ or Friday 13th attire - Prize for best dressed # Loads of fantastic bingo game prizes # Lucky door prizes # fun break games

PRIVATE VIP SHOPPING NIGHT- Casey's Toys Erina - Christmas shopping here we come!

Tuesday 17th November 6pm - 8pm 20% of sales are returned to the school. Nibbles, drinks

and lucky door prizes. Please RSVP by this Wednesday 11/11/15 to

brisbaniapandc@hotmail.com

so we are able to confirm numbers for catering.

Our next P & C meeting will be on at 7pm on Thursday 19th

November in the school staffroom. All

welcome! Prior to this at 6.30pm is the AGM. All positions will become available for re-election.

This includes: president, 2 vice presidents, secretary and treasurer. Only current financial members

are able to vote. Liza Moulton On behalf of Brisbania P & C

ERINA HIGH SCHOOL Y7 2016

ORIENTATION DAY We have been advised by Erina HS that the Orientation

Day for our Y6 students will be held on

THURSDAY DECEMBER 3, 2015

followed by a parent evening that night at Erina HS, NOT

on the Wednesday as indicated in the original Erina HS

correspondence.

mailto:brisbaniapandc@hotmail.com

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STAGE 3 Austin, Jai, Declan, Noah,

Ryleigh, Ruby, Noah, Shantay, Sophie, Cheyenne, Amber,

Arabella, Tanya, Kayla, Tayah.

NO ASSEMBLY AWARDS THIS WEEK FOR EARLY STAGE 1, STAGE 1 & STAGE 2

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Stage 2 are seeking some new furniture for our classrooms.

We are seeking milk crates and wooden electrical reels.

If anyone could assist us in locating these items for cheap (or free) could you please let Ms Simpson or Miss

Iles know.

Bunnings Erina Christmas Family Night

Thursday 10th December

6pm – 8pm

Join us for a great night of fun for the whole family!

Make a Potted Christmas Gift,

Face painting, air tattooing, jumping castle, Reptiles Rule with lizards, snakes, turtles, crocodiles, water

dragons, lucky door prize, free gift bag for kids, popcorn & games.

Sausage Sizzle Bookings Essential

Please ring 4365 7300 to book your place

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