her baby. Congratulations to you and your family at this exciting time Rebecca – we will look forward to meeting the new member of your family next year, and see you back working with us from around 2018. And finally, goodbye to Liz Evans. Liz has applied and won a senior Teaching position at Girraween. Liz has also been at Bees Creek for many years and will be missed but we wish her all the best in her new school. Shona Henderson Principal shona.henderson@ntschools.net

Thank you This being the last newsletter for 2016, I wanted to thank you all for a fantastic year. I have thoroughly enjoyed my first year here and feel we have accomplished a lot in what seems to be a very short 12 months! I can’t wait for 2017 and all the wonderful initiatives we have planned. Happy holiday to everyone, and I will look forward to seeing you all again next year. Goodbyes It is with mixed emotions that I announce the following staff who will be moving on from Bees Creek: Linda Brodie will be moving on

to Berry Springs next year. Linda has been at Bees Creek for many years and she feels it is time for a change! Linda will be missed but we wish her all the best in her new school. Lynne Logan, one of our treasured ‘front office ladies’ will be away for 2017, living in Spain with her family. All the very best Lynne, you will be missed (and we are all jealous!). Sarah Featherstone who works in the Preschool, is also going to be away for 2017, while she moves back to Adelaide to be closer to family. Sarah will also be greatly missed but we also wish her the best. Rebecca Edwards is off to have

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Monday 30th Jan 2017 Students resume School

Thursday 15th Dec Students final day 2016

Monday 23rd Jan 2017 Front Office will be open to collect book packs and uniforms

Merry Christmas & thank you to all the parents & carers for your help & support throughout the year. We would also like to say thanks to Sarah, we’re going to miss you. We’ve loved the quiet way you’ve gone about your job and the way you sing and dance.

GOODBYE & GOODLUCK

SARAH!

Front Office will be closed from Monday 19th

December 2016 to Friday 19th January

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News from the Sports Desk

The 2016 school year has now come to an end! Over the past 6 months I have had a fantastic time teaching P.E and I am grateful for the opportunity to do so. On behalf of myself and Jenna Clarke I would like to thank all of our helpers this year. Without the extra help we receive our job would be much harder and somethings just wouldn’t happen. I would like to congratulate the following students who

have received Sports Awards this year The recipient of the Aus-tralian Olympic Commit-tee Boxing Kangaroo Me-dallion this year is Breanah Corpus. The recipient of the Junior Primary Sports Award is Zac Pears. The recipient of the Mid-dle Primary Sports Award is Diana. The recipient of the Upper Primary Sports Award is

Robert Rainger. The recipient of the Kezia Purick Excellence in Sport Award this year is Patrick Snell. I will not be returning in 2017 as I will be going on maternity leave. I hope that everyone has a safe and happy holiday and I am sure I will pop in from time to time next year! Rebecca Edwards

Christmas Concert

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Christmas Concert

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Gerry Wood Excellence in Performing Arts Lucy McDonnell

Kezia Purick Excellence in Sport Patrick Snell

NT Board of Studies Academic Excellence Eilis Evans

BK Medallion Breanah Corpus

Preschool - Fuzznuts Becoming - Ruby Hammermeister-Smith Belonging - Ned Barton-Ancliffe Friendship - Wade Howie

Preschool - Flickers Becoming - Isaac Jansan Belonging - Tui-Paul Cochrane Friendship - Indi Rykers

Transition - Walker Academic Literacy - Chloe McDonnell Academic Numeracy - Liam Murphy Endeavour - Isabella McKay Citizenship - Will Barnes

Transition - Gardner Academic Literacy - Selassie Abdulrahaman Academic Numeracy - Matthew Ahern Endeavour - Jake Cooper Citizenship - Kieu-vy Duong

Awards Ceremony Recipients

Transition Year 1 - Hester Academic Literacy - Billy Brown Academic Numeracy - Bronx Corpus Endeavour - Taryn Harrower Citizenship - Levi Skehan

Year 1 - Pack Academic Literacy - Penny Parry Academic Numeracy - Boady Crockett Endeavour - Peyton McLennan Citizenship - Amber Brabrook

Year 1 - Middlebrook Academic Literacy - Bill Barton-Ancliffe Academic Numeracy - James Pavlou Endeavour - Jed Terry Citizenship - Billie Paterson

Year 2 - Evans Academic Literacy - Maya Purdon Academic Numeracy - Tim Krause Endeavour - Sophie Sawyer Citizenship - Elliana Pearson

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Australia Day Student Citizen Joey Misener

Performing Arts Awards T/1/2 - Bryony Morris 3/4 - Ruby Holmes 5/6 - Codie Norman

Sports Awards T/1/2 - Zac Pears 3/4 - Diana 5/6 - Robert Rainger

Science Awards T/1/2 - Emily Vetter 3/4 - Chelsea Pears 5/6 - Hope McDonald

Year 2 - Allatt Academic Literacy - Zac Pears Academic Numeracy - Jacob Hanna Endeavour - Ashley Walker Citizenship - Shaun Murphy

Year 4 - Mylius Academic Literacy - Ruby Holmes Academic Numeracy - Emily Gornall Endeavour - Joshua Shevchenko Citizenship - Shae Overend

Year 3 - Ferguson Academic Literacy - Kaitlyn Pavlou Academic Numeracy - Tenzin Finch Endeavour - Emily Kenyon Citizenship - Leah Pattison

Year 4 - Scott Academic Literacy - Madison Dehne Academic Numeracy - Hannah Gornall Endeavour - Elsie McDonnell Citizenship - Diana

Year 3 - Holmes Academic Literacy - Alyssa Dehne Academic Numeracy - Joseph Jabour Endeavour - Archie Ampt Citizenship - Bonnie Brown

Year 4/5 McSkimming Academic Literacy - Alex Pearse Academic Numeracy - Laura Pearse Endeavour - Georgia Moffatt Citizenship - Rosalie Brunton

Year 5/6 - Blake Academic Literacy - Mitchell Kenyon Academic Numeracy - Cooper Ellem Endeavour - Rahni Nickolls Citizenship - Lucy McDonnell

Year 5/6 - Purdue Academic Literacy - Lily Sawyer Academic Numeracy - Ben Holmes Endeavour - Georgia Barnes Citizenship - Molly Ratahi

Year 6 - Brodie Academic Literacy - Danella Fitzakerley Academic Numeracy - Trent Marshall Endeavour - Jack George Citizenship - Gracie Busuttil

Japanese Awards Isabelle Brown Emma Lester Breanah Corpus

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Chief Minister’s Literacy Awards

A1 Charli Stephens Most Improved

Writing

Harmony Through Care Award Boady Crockett Sasha Hunsadee Owen Hamilton Elsie McDonnell

Administrators Medal Nomination Lily Bolitho

A2 Jaycee Haigh Most Improved

Writing

B3 Kairyce Monaei-Lowah Most Improved

Reading

A3 Ella Armstrong Most Improved

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B4 Jack Barker Most Improved

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C3 Kitty Richardson Most Improved

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D2 Eilis Evans Most Imaginative

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C4 Troy Howard Most Improved

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B2 Myana Norris Most Improved

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C1 Pippa Barnes Most Improved Oral Language

D3 Mia Eccles Most Improved

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B1 Allan Baxter Most Improved

Reading C2 Brody Howard

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D4 Chloe Potter Most Improved Oral Language

D1 Natasha Henry Most Improved

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News from the Chair are in the process of doing this and will have a new email address up and running in the new school year. We are hop-ing that this will make it easier for the school community to voice any concerns or infor-mation that you may want to bring to council’s attention, in an appropriate way. School Council will meet again early in the new year for our AGM and at this meeting, the 2017 School Council will be elected. I would like to encourage you to attend the AGM and be involved in the School Council next year. It is a great way to be involved and have input into the school. Secondly, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the dedicated teachers and support staff who are guiding our children in their education. Thank you to the wonderful staff in the office who help the school run smoothly, the excellent grounds people, care takers, and cleaners who keep our school clean and safe, our wonderful canteen operator for all her hard work providing a canteen service to the school and to all the

enthusiastic parents who volunteered their time and effort this year to make Bees Creek Primary School such a great school for our children. Thank you to our Principal Shona Henderson and our Vice Principal Sharon Chin. You are both so passionate about providing the best possible education for our children. I look forward to seeing some of the great plans that you have for our school, come more into fruition in the new year. Lastly, I’d like to give a special thanks to my other School Council members. Thank you for volunteering your time and for all the effort that you have put in. Thank you for making school council a fun and enjoyable group to be involved in. I wish all the School Community a very happy Christmas and a safe New Year. I look forward to what 2017 has to offer our wonderful community. Kind Regards Marissa Vetter School Chairperson.

So here we are – the last newsletter of the year. Without sounding too clichéd, I can’t believe this year has gone by so quickly. I would like to start off today by thanking all of those w h o a t t e n d e d t h e information meeting last week regarding the new BYOD policy. It was good to see so many of our school community who are passion-ate about and invested in their children’s education. School council met last week prior to the information session to discuss concerns regarding the BYOD policy and decided that more consultation was needed. We agreed that more time was needed for this consultation to occur. We put a hold on the BYOD policy and will be discussing it more in Council in the new year. It was clear at the BYOD information session that the school community needed a better way of communicating their concerns or ideas with school council, so an excel-lent idea of creating a Bees Creek School Council email address was suggested. We

Fundraising Roundup Thank you to our School community for all your effort and support of our fundrais-ing initiatives this year. We have had too many people putting their hand up to help for me to possible mention you all, but please accept our deepest thanks. Overall this year we have raised an estimated figure of $24000 (figures will be finalized after the end of the school year). Some of the things that the school has invested in this year with fundraising money include technology upgrades and purchasing materials for the new Makerspaces.

Bees Creek Primary School has a proud history of fund-raising to provide an amazing school environment for our children to learn in and excel-lent resources for them to use. We have always had really dedicated and enthusi-astic parents who co-ordinate the events that make this fundraising possible. In 2017 we will be looking for a new fundraising coordinator. This is a voluntary role that is a part of the school council. The role requires a person who is good at liaising with the school community, staff and council about fundraising

events. It requires a person who is able to oversee all fundraising efforts and sup-port individual event coordi-nators to make sure they have everything they need to run the event. If you feel like this is a role that you would enjoy doing or feel like you would like to improve your skills in this area, please do not hesitate to contact me on 0417 794 734.

Marissa Vetter. School Chair

Library News Wishing all students, parents and Friends a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and SAFE NEW YEAR. Cheers, Mrs Dickson

Carols By Candlelight

Well done everyone!

Farewell & Goodluck to our Year 6’s Lara-Jean Brunton Eilis Evans Jack George Benjamin Holmes Amelia Hore Mitchell Kenyon Emma Lester Thomas Mack Trent Marshall Jack Martin Joey Misener Codie Norman Robert Rainger

Molly Ratahi Cain Ryder Lauchlen St Clair Zek Stock Aiden Tulari Remember to make good choices, stay safe and pop in from time to time to say hello! From the staff & students of Bees Creek Primary School

Today we will say goodbye to our year six students who will be off to Middle School in 2017. All staff and students wish these students & their families well in their future endeavours. Good bye & good luck to; Rolanda Alolor Georgia Barnes Lily Bolitho