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NEWSLETTER Phone: 9484 8844 20 November 2018 Fax: 9484 8200

P & C. Meeting – Wednesday 21 November 2018 7:30 p.m. – Library Website: www.beecroftpublicschool.com.au Email: beecroft-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Principal’s Report Student Leadership Visitors to our school would quickly observe that leadership at Beecroft Public School is about ‘service to others’ – staff and parents serving the needs of students and students serving each other and the entire school community. Last Monday, staff and students were entertained and persuaded as Year 5 candidates for 2019 School Leaders presented their arguments on why they should be elected as ambassadors for our school. The speeches were articulate, persuasive and reflected applicants’ deep understandings of the concept of leading and serving. The voting process was challenging for all staff and students because the reality is that while all candidates are already leaders, only eight students are elected into the senior leadership team. 2019 Student Leaders Congratulations to our 2019 leaders on your election into the student leadership team. I know you will serve the students, school and community proudly in 2019.

Captains: Oliver T & Skye T

Vice Captains: Rhys L & Sophia K

Prefects: Austin S, Claire B, Lucas M & Emily P

Congratulations to all of the candidates for your inspiring speeches. Congratulations Skye T, Sophia K, Claire B, Emma X, Ruby Y, Christine C, Emily P, Phoebe B, Charlotte C, Cathy S, Oliver T, Austin S, Lachlan C, Lucas M, Daniel L, Spencer K, Benjamin S, Rhys L & Patrick D.

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You are all amazing ambassadors for Beecroft Public School and I am sure you will continue to lead with the notion of ‘service to others’ throughout your lives. At this time it is also important to acknowledge the great work our current School Leaders carry out. Thank you to Lara C, Sam P, Isabel G, Thomas J, Leah D, Noah V, Danielle W and Hugo R for your outstanding service to our school. For those students who are currently looking for leadership roles there will be opportunities for all students to demonstrate leadership in their final year of primary school, including mentoring students through the Peer Support program, roles in library, band & strings, sport, SRC and supporting peer students in the playground. Leadership is best demonstrated through your actions and this does not require a badge or title. I encourage all parents to take the opportunity to discuss the notion of leadership with your children. Children learn the importance of leadership by watching television, reading newspapers and books and through teaching and learning programs taught at school. However, they also learn about the values of leadership through the dinner table discussions they have with you each night. Let them know what you think leadership is and the desires you have of them in terms of how you would like them to lead as they head into adulthood.

Community Leadership in Action

"Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.” John F Kennedy

This Wednesday evening our P&C will hold their annual general meeting and elect the 2019 P&C executive. I would like to thank the outgoing P&C executive and sub-committees for their ongoing and extensive support of our students and school. Melissa White, Ben McSweeney, Lisa Yen, Melannie Hogan and Leon Wu have lead the P&C executive in a way that has supported our school beyond measure.

Thank you to our 2018 P&C Executive and Sub-Committees for ‘making things happen’.

• P&C Executive: Melissa White, Ben McSweeney, Lisa Yen, Leon Wu and Melannie Hogan, • Adam Fusca, Caroline Choong, Nathan Breen, Becky Wu, Sarah Piper & Louise De Vos • Band and Strings Program - Janine Kissick & committee • Canteen Committee - Belinda Varndell & committee • BOOSH - Chris Parrish & committee • Uniform Shop - Sherri Cooper and Helena Coulson • Arts and Crafts - Maret Fraser and Helena He • Events – Caroline Choong • Banking – Alice Clayton • Class Parents- Lisa Yen • Greening our school – Ben McSweeney • Multicultural Fair Committee – Fiona Burton, Lisa Yen, Louise De Vos, Gary Tyzack, Melissa White, Adam Fusca, Cindy

Bremner and Ben McSweeney

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Our P&C has continued to generously support a diverse range of educational resourcing including ICT and interactive whiteboards, the MultiLit Program, hall and K – 2 sound system, hall lighting system, playground improvements, including a new grassed area and pergola and an outdoor learning and play space along the walkway. Our P&C has welcomed new and existing families into the school for events from orientations, movie nights and discos. Our P&C has worked tirelessly in making our school environment green and a space that children can enjoy. Our P&C committees provide a rich array of extra-curricula opportunities for our students to enjoy and a range of services that are offered conveniently here on site. For all that our P&C provides we say THANK YOU!

Farewell and Thank You for ‘Making Things Happen’ Our school is also fortunate to have community members who have led and served our school in many ways over many years and are now moving on to the next chapter, as their children grow up and move on too. Gavan Harrison, Obeid Hamid, Winnie Wong and Fiona Burton have been instrumental contributors within the Band and Strings program and I thank them for their passion and commitment to supporting music at our school. Fiona Burton has also coordinated the stalls and operations for the last 4 Mulitcultural Fairs. Fiona is a consummate professional whose detailed planning, organisation, communication and precision have underpinned the success of each event, ensuring that each MCF has showcased the very best of Beecroft community spirit and connection. Chris Parrish has served as BOOSH President for many years and I thank him for his significant contribution as well. There are a number parents who have supported the school community as class parents, MCF stall leaders or editors of the Year 6 Book who also leave us this year. Thank you to Sandra Campbell, Anne Farquharson, Kim Connor, Jennifer Lees and Belinda Jones for your service to students at our school. Tanya Rose Principal

Deputy Principal’s Report

Save the date – Beecroft Public School Presentation Day

Friday 7 December, 10:30a.m. for a 10:45a.m. start

Cherrybrook Technology High School

All families are warmly invited to join us in celebrating the achievements of all our students at our annual Presentation Day. We are very excited about our program this year as we will be showcasing the diversity of student talent with performances by our dance groups, choir, band and the whole student community. While not every child will receive an award, Presentation Day is a wonderful opportunity for our school community to come together and celebrate the achievement of each student’s goals. As in previous years, our awards capture a range of qualities that define a successful learner and school member:

• Participation • Persistence • Collaboration • Excellence • Growth Mindset • Sporting prowess

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• Social and emotional learning capabilities Dates for Gold and Silver Assemblies Wednesday 5 December – Silver Assemblies: K - 2 Silver Assembly: 12:00p.m. – 12:40a.m. 3 - 6 Silver Assembly: 2:00p.m. – 2:40p.m. Monday 17 December - Gold Assemblies: K - 2 Gold Assembly: 9:45a.m. – 10:15a.m. 3 - 6 Gold Assembly: 10:45a.m. -11:15a.m. Karan McDonnell Deputy Principal

Deputy Principal’s Report

Save the date – Thank You Morning Tea

All Beecroft parent/carers and volunteer teachers are cordially invited to a Thank You Morning Tea, next Wednesday 28 November from 11:00a.m. – 12:00p.m. in the School Hall. Irene Robbins Acting Deputy Principal

Sports Report

B.A.Z.A Awards Congratulations to Leah D.O. for meeting the very tough selection criteria for a Beecroft Zone sport award. Leah will be presented with her medal on Monday 3 December at Normanhurst West Public School. Well done Leah! Tennis Champs at the ETDTA Competition The Term 4 Primary School Tennis Challenge was another successful night for Beecroft Primary School. There were a couple of short rain delays, however, the skies cleared and allowed the competition to proceed and finish on time. We had 37 children participate out of 108 competitors which was great to see. 19 medals were won and Beecroft also won the Primary School Challenge Shield based on the results of all the competitions held this year. This Shield will be presented to the school by the Eastwood Thornleigh District Tennis Association at a quad assembly. Parents and Carers are most welcome to be at this assembly; I will advise you of when this will take place.

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The children had a great evening despite the challenging conditions early on and they should be proud of their efforts in this year’s competitions. Thank you to Mr Hopkins for coordinating the teams and entering the students into this competition! Below are a few photos from the evening.

Mrs Joanne Justic Sport Coordinator

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Pedlar’s Parade Tomorrow Wednesday 21 November is our annual Pedlar’s Parade. Each year, the students in Year 6 hold a market stall between recess and lunch to raise money toward their Year 6 gift that they present to the school. The items on sale range in price from 20c through to $2. All students K - 6 are invited to purchase food items, craft and toys etc to help support the year 6 students at this time. It is suggested that students bring approximately $5-00 in coinage to participate in this event. Please note that this is a normal school day and students are required to wear school uniform. (No mufti). Ellen Randall Rel. Assistant Principal Stage 3

Special Religious Education

Special Religious Education Special Event for SRE classes including Catholic, Presbyterian, Anglican and Uniting Groups – tomorrow, Wednesday 21 November.

Quizworx has been authorised by the approved providers to hold a combined SRE Christmas Assembly and puppet show for students who currently attend Catholic, Presbyterian, Anglican and Uniting SRE classes. They will be distributing a booklet called ‘Discovering Jesus from the Book of Luke’ as a free handout for each child who attends the show.

Eco Corner Report Busy Bee Knights

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There is nothing like a group of garden knights happily working away in the garden to make you appreciate what a joy our school is. The tomatoes that were supposed to be ready did not quite ripen last week due to the rain but they will be ready this week. Even without

the tomatoes, the knights harvested spinach, rocket, kale, lettuce, sorrel, chicory and rhubarb. Ten bags of produce that was all sold at Friday afternoon pick up by our year 3 boys. They made $20, which all goes back into some more gardening utensils and some new seedlings.

Our cauliflowers are progressing well with three developing heads coming along. More gardening this Friday. Only four more weeks of harvesting left. All years 3-6 welcome. Lunchtime on Fridays. Ben the Green Garden Guru

In knowledge we grow

P&C News P&C News P&C News P&C News P&C News

Message from the President

Thank you all very much for your support over a very exciting year where we have managed to support Beecroft Public School with over $71,000 from P&C funds to upgrade facilities and learning programs not funded by the NSW Department of Education. Including:

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• Replacement air conditioning $30,000; • Accidental Counsellor Program - $1,000 • Roofing and Astroturf of the Amphitheatre - $10,000 • Creative Play Space Funds - $30,000 • Funds to support Leah DO – playing in the National Girls Soccer team - $250

It is important in the spirit of openness and transparency to let you know where the efforts of your fundraising are used to support the growth and learning that your children have access to. An update on the MCF results will be available in next week’s newsletter should you be interested. I would also like to thank the executive and our sub committees for their outstanding support, many of whom work behind the scenes to make many of the programs such as Canteen, the Uniform Shop Arts and Crafts Program, Boosh, Band and Strings Program, Class parents who supported the MCF committee and the Social committee all run like clockwork. This year has in addition to the fantastic MCF, we also ran 18 other events from the 3-6 Disco to a Movie Night, Mother’s Day stall and many, many morning teas. Thank you very much to all the parents who helped support these events by volunteering time or baked goods, barbeque skills and so forth. We wouldn’t have been able to better connect our school community without your support. Tomorrow night is our AGM, it’s your chance to consider joining our executive and being part of the team in 2019. I strongly feel that the P&C executive needs to continue to evolve with new ideas and new faces on the team to make sure that it reflects the broader school community. Melannie Hogan will be tabling nominations for all roles and is desperately looking to replace the role of secretary. This is a key role in the team and is really as complicated as you choose to make it, now that Mel has it organised. Mel can be contacted at: melanniehogan@gmail.com. On a personal note, I won’t be nominating for the President role next year and would like to thank Tanya Rose and the school executive and the school community for making me feel so welcome in the role to date. It’s been a great experience, but I believe that it’s time for someone else to add their flair and passion to building connections between the school and community. Thank you for your support and all the very best in 2019!

Upcoming events: P & C Meeting – Annual AGM – tomorrow Wednesday 21 November 7:30p.m. in the Library

BPS P & C Notice of Annual General Meeting

Beecroft Public School P&C Association Notice of Annual General Meeting The 2018 Annual General Meeting of the Beecroft Public School P&C Association will be held tomorrow, Wednesday 21 November, 2018 in the BPS library. The meeting will commence at 7:30p.m. Following acceptance of the minutes from the 2017 AGM and the tabling of the 2018 P&C Annual Report, all current office bearer roles will be declared vacant and nominations called for the following positions: - President; - Vice President x 2; - Secretary; - Treasurer; - Executive Committee x 6. All current P&C members are encouraged to attend the AGM to vote and/or nominate for vacant positions on the executive committee. For more information concerning any aspects of the BPS P&C including the conduct of the AGM, and the roles of executives, please contact BPS P&C Secretary - Mel Hogan at melanniehogan@gmail.com or on 0425 242 784.

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The AGM is open to all parents and carers wishing to attend, however only financial members are eligible to vote and/or nominate for vacant positions. A friendly reminder that the membership fee of $1.00 for 2019 membership is also payable at the AGM.

Canteen News -(Phone 9980 7255)

2019 With the P&C AGM coming up this Wednesday – we are all looking forward to the upcoming year. At the Canteen, we are looking for volunteers new and old to help us out as we continue to provide lunches to our school community. If it is any indication of our growing school population, Monday’s lunch orders have increased by 49% and on Fridays, sandwich orders alone have risen from 23 on average to 52 last week. Can you help? We not looking for hatted chefs or star bakers – we just need hands! If you can make a sandwich or cut up veggie sticks – we need you! Please come have a chat to our canteen staff if you would like to find out more or email at info.bps.canteen@gmail.com. We look forward to working with you! Roster for the upcoming week Wednesday 21 November: Peter S, Sonia K Thursday 22 November: Yolanda Y Friday 23 November: Yvonne L,, Michelle M, Anne N Monday 26 November: Yvonne L Tuesday 27 November: Sherri C, Hala H

If you are rostered on and cannot commit, please arrange for someone to cover your day. Please try and let either myself or the Managers know to help organise the weekly roster. If you are still having difficulties, please phone the Canteen Managers, Jenny or Julie, on 9980 7255. Thanks. Belinda Varndell 0458 214 041 Canteen Convenor wbvarndell@gmail.com

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Lost Property

Thank you to the class parents who have sorted out the lost property area. KR is rostered on to sort lost property this week. Any concerns, please email: bpsclassparent@gmail.com Thanks, Lisa Yen Class Parent Coordinator lisakyen@yahoo.com.au

Uniform Shop

Hours: Wednesday 3:00p.m. – 4:00p.m. Thursday 9:00a.m. – 10:00a.m. Beecroft School Uniform Shop REFUND/EXCHANGE Policy. • Must have Receipt of Purchase – within 28 days We cannot exchange/refund ANYTHING without a receipt. • Item(s) still in new condition / not worn / not washed. • Labels and packaging, where applicable, must be intact. Please try on our sample shirts in the shop BEFORE making a purchase,

as it is almost impossible to re-package them, and we are then no longer able to sell them as no one wants to buy an obviously opened package.

• NO REFUND on SECOND HAND items! • NO REFUND or EXCHANGE will be given for socks, tights or hats, due to Health Regulations, so please choose carefully. • All REFUNDS are at the discretion of the Uniform Shop Manager!

NOTE: Second Hand Uniform is ‘donated’ to the shop: we do not sell on consignment. Helpers this week: Wednesday 21 November - Jen M Thursday 22 November - Anne F Next Week: Wednesday 28 November - Zahra M Thursday 29 November - Kristy S Sherri Cooper Uniform Shop Convenor beecroftpsuniform@gmail.com

School Banking

Regular Hours: Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

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Our last day of school banking for 2018 will be Thursday 29 November, so only 2 weeks left to order your prizes once you have reached 10 virtual tokens. Alice Clayton 0408 628940

Alice.clayton@cba.com.au

BOOSH

Hello Booshies!!! It’s ‘Under the Sea’ week at Boosh! VACATION CARE The Dec/Jan Vacation Care program is now open for bookings for current Boosh families who have submitted their permission slip. New families are welcome to lodge a permission slip, however please be aware that in the July Vacation Care period all available places were booked by current Boosh Families during the priority booking period. New families who lodge a permission slip will be contacted from Monday 3 December onwards to be notified of any availability. VACATION CARE FOR YEAR 6 2018 and KINDY 2019 Year 6 Boosh children who finish school in December 2018 are welcome to attend any day in December/January Vacation Care. Kindy 2019 children are eligible to join us in Vacation Care from January. This is due to children being cared for under a different learning framework in the year before they start school – which Boosh is not currently set up to provide. The name of any Kindy 2019 child who is booked in to December Vacation Care must be removed and parents will be notified that this has occurred. CHANGES TO SIGN IN/SIGN OUT AT BOOSH Regulation changes that come into effect in January 2019 have meant a change to the way families sign their children in and out of Boosh. In the coming weeks information will be provided to families on the new electronic system that will be in place by the end of term. We ask for patience and understanding as all staff and families adjust to this new system. .

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BOOSH Page 2 SPECIAL AFTERNOON TEA To be Advised! See the program in Boosh. Have a great week! UPCOMING DATES: Vacation Care open for Bookings – Open Now! (Current Boosh Families Only) Priority booking period for current Boosh families ends- Sunday 2 December Parent Committee Meeting – Tuesday 4 December 7:00p.m. in Boosh Year 6 BOOSH Farewell – Thursday 6 December from 6:30p.m. at Boosh Mel and the Boosh Team 9980 8224 admin@boosh.com.au

Band News

Upcoming performances

Event Date Bands End of year concert Friday 30 November, 5:30p.m.

Venue: School hall All bands

For any general inquiries, please contact the secretary. For inquiries about specific bands, please contact the relevant band coordinator. Megan Hobbs, Secretary E: therealmeganhobbs@gmail.com Parent Rosters IMPORTANT NOTE: SCB1 and 2 will have combined rehearsals for weeks 6-8, to prepare for presentation day. This applies to the full band sessions on Tuesday and Friday mornings. Sectionals remain separate. SCB1

Date Time Section Parent Tue 20 Nov 7:45a.m. – 9:00a.m. Combined SCB1 and 2 Ben Bezett Thu 22 Nov 3:30p.m. – 5:00p.m. Brass and percussion Ben Muhlethaler Tue 27 Nov 7:45a.m. – 9:00a.m. Combined SCB1 and 2 Ian Gao Thu 29 Nov 3:30p.m. – 5:00p.m. Woodwind Johnny Xu

Co-ordinator: Irene Robbins, irenerobbins19@gmail.com

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SCB2

Date Time Section Parent Tue 20 Nov 3:30p.m. – 5:00p.m. Woodwind Liam Z Fri 23 Nov 7:45a.m. – 9:15a.m. Combined SCB1 and 2 Lauren W Tue 27 Nov 3:30p.m. – 5:00p.m. Brass and percussion Rhys L Fri 30 Nov 7:45a.m. – 9:15a.m. Combined SCB1 and 2 Lucy P

Co-ordinator: Nicole Tyzack, nicoletyzack@gmail.com Stage Band

Date Time Section Parent Mon 26 Nov 7:45a.m. – 9:00a.m. Full band Ian Gao Mon 3 Dec 7:45a.m. – 9:00a.m. Full band Clara He

Co-ordinator: Karen Hopkins, karen.m.hopkins@gmail.com Intermediate Band

Date Time Section Parent Wed 21 Nov 7:45a.m. – 9:00a.m. Full band Kristine Weng Fri 23 Nov 3:30p.m. – 5:00p.m. Brass and percussion Grace Wong Wed 28 Nov 7:45a.m. – 9:00a.m. Full band Vivien Wu Fri 30 Nov 3:30p.m. – 5:00p.m. Woodwind Mikayla Yen

Co-ordinator: Quyen Bui, qhbui@bigpond.com Training Band Training band rosters are now available through SignUp.com. If you have any questions, please contact Ruby. Co-ordinator: Ruby Kandola, p.kandola@optusnet.com.au Megan Hobbs therealmeganhobbs@gmail.com Secretary

String Ensemble News

String Ensemble Application for 2019 Does your child play a string instrument? Violin, viola, cello, or double bass? Do you want your child to extend musical learning with friends at school by playing music together? Beecroft Public School Strings Program welcomes new players of all levels, from Kindy to Year 6, to join our String Ensembles. A variety of performance opportunities at festivals and events are provided to different ensembles throughout the year. Audition of current BPS students to join the ensembles in 2019 will be held on Monday 3 December 2019. Please contact String Ensemble Coordinator on StringsBPS@googlegroups.com for more details.

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LET’S PLAY MUSIC TOGETHER! Intermediate Strings Students with one year of tuition on their instrument can join the Intermediate Strings. Rehearsals are on Monday mornings before school. To book an audition, please contact String Ensemble Coordinator on StringsBPS@googlegroups.com. Advanced Strings More accomplished players are invited to audition for the Advanced Strings. Rehearsals are on Thursday mornings before school. Training Strings - Expression of Interest The Band and Strings Committee is planning to start a third string ensemble at school next year for beginners. We are looking for expressions of interest to see if we have enough students to start such a group. If you have a child who has just started learning violin, cello or double bass, or if you are intending to start your child on learning a string instrument and wish your child to join a school string ensemble, please complete the Expression of Interest form on the following link: https://bpsstrings.typeform.com/to/r9mvEy Thank you to those parents who have filled in the online EOI form. If you know of other children who might be interested in joining the Training String Ensemble, please encourage them to complete the EOI form in the link above. It is a lot of fun to play music with friends. Term 4 Events** Ensemble Event Location Date Time Intermediate Nursing Home Visit* Chesalon Nursing

Home Mon 26 Nov 10:45a.m.

Advanced + Intermediate

BPS Christmas Concert (End of the Year Concert)

BPS Fri 30 Nov 5:30p.m. - 8:00p.m.

Advanced Rotary Carols** Beecroft Village Green

Mon 10 Dec 6:00p.m.

*Additional rehearsal scheduled for Advanced Ensemble on Thursday 6 Dec 2018 at usual time. **Current Strings members, please make sure you communicate with the conductor Mrs Papallo well in advance if the student is unable to attend any of the events listed above, to minimise the impact on the overall performance. Thank you for your understanding and support. Fei Gao Strings Co-ordinator StringsBPS@googlegroups.com

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Community News Beecroft Public School, as a service to parents, will advertise community events that may be of interest. Beecroft Public School does not necessarily endorse or sponsor the events and accepts no responsibility for the management or organization of these events.

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Piano

Small Group Piano lesson at school Use our special Piano Book with Digital Piano

Learn Piano easy and fast . $24 per 45 min Pay by Term . Monday after school at Room 4C

Contact: je-music@live.com.au (leave mobile number )

Mobile SMS to 0424 614 591+Child & school name

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