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 2 Week 3 14 May, 2019

Principal’s Message

I had the pleasure of accompanying our Year 6 students on the Canberra excursion last week. This is a wonderful experience for our students and the experience we all had was a testament to the nature of students here at Belair. Almost without fail, the presenters and guides at the various activities we participated in commented on the deep engagement and great behaviour of our students. The message below from one of our grandparents says it all.

NAPLAN Begins This week students in Years 3 and 5 commence their NAPLAN tests. Whilst this is an important tool for our school in judging the effectiveness of our instruction across several key areas of learning, it should never be something that places students under undue stress. Their success in life will never be determined by their NAPLAN scores. Whilst we do some preparation in the lead up to NAPLAN so students are aware of the testing format, we keep the process as low-key as possible. The best advice to students is “relax and enjoy showing your teachers how well they have taught you.”

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Term 2

May

13–24 NAPLAN Testing

14 P&C Meeting at 7pm Tuesday Evening

17 Whole School Assembly

School Disco

21 + 22 + 29 Life Education

30 Starstruck Combined

Rehearsal 8am

June

3-7 Book Fair in the Library

4 Grandfriend’s Day

6 PSSA Netball Knockout Gala Day - Stage 3

11 Basketball Gala Day

12 + 13 Starstruck Rehearsal Days

14 + 15 Starstruck Shows

17

NSW State Library Visit 11.30am Yr 4 & Yr 5

Water Show K + Yr1 - 2pm

19 + 26 June + 3 July

Interrelate Year 6

21 Whole School Assembly

27 Inquisitive Minds Maths Workshop 9am–12noon

28 Train on Debating Day

Kinder Classroom Work Continues This week there will be some disruption to Kinder classes as rooms are being painted. The painters will keep disruption to a minimum by working across the weekend but a degree of shuffling students will be unavoidable. We are looking forward to freshly painted rooms with brand new pin boards everywhere. Kindergarten 2020 We are beginning to make contact with our kindergarten students of 2020. We would appreciate if any siblings of current students or neighbours could please contact the office to begin the enrolment process. Regards, Warwick Beard, Principal

P&C News P&C Monthly Meeting for May is on tonight ! (14th May) The P&C have moved the meeting to a Tuesday night this month to entice and enable more people to attend. All parents and community members are invited to attend. There will be some nibbles!

Uniform Shop is now on Flexischools! That's right - we have added the Uniform Shop to our Flexischools account making it even easier to order uniform supplies without having to go to school 😀😀 Go to www.flexischools.com.au to login and make your purchases. All Online orders will be processed on a Monday morning during normal Uniform Shop Hours and provided to your child's classroom soon after. Orders can still be placed using the order form on the school’s website and sending in with your child or in person on a Monday morning. Orders cannot be picked up from the Canteen. There is only a limited amount of Polar Fleece Jackets left so be quick. Remaining stock includes: 4 x size 4, 7 x size 6, 8 x size 8, 2 x size 12 and 2 x size 14. Mother’s Day Stall A big shout out to Priscilla from ‘The Palace’ for her assistance in a helping the P&C with this year’s Mother’s Day Stall! Such a great variety of affordable gifts for all the Mums! Regards, Matthew Morrison, P&C President

Deputy Principal’s Message

Congratualtions to KA the assembly class at the K-2 assembly and to 4/5J the class of the week at the primary assembly last week.

ALARM PROJECT Stage 3

I have included a poster in this newsletter for students to reference when responding to a text using the ALARM matrix. The poster gives students prompts to think about when approaching a question to encourage higher order thinking through the various stages of the matrix.

Last Thursday, Year 5 and 6 teachers observed lessons at Kotara High School to gain a deeper understanding of how the ALARM matrix is used across the high school context. The idea around building these links is to ensure the same teaching strategies and language are used to develop the skills our senior students will require when writing across all key learning areas when transitioning to Year 7. The ALARM matrix is used as a writing and critical thinking tool in all learning areas from Year 7 through to Year 12 in all faculties at Kotara High School.

Feedback from KHS teachers has been very positive regarding Year 7 2019 entering with the ability to use the thinking matrix to deconstruct texts and write a written response. The Community of Schools believe this project is having a positive impact on student learning as they transition to high school.

Kind regards, Kathie Colley

Woolworths Earn & Learn

It’s easy to Earn and Learn. Just get everyone you can earning as many stickers as possible. The promotion runs for a limited time, so spread the word and get everyone helping you collect stickers; kids, parents, grandparents, neighbours and friends. Between 1 May and 25 Jun 2019, collect as many stickers as you can. Stick them onto a sticker sheet (these are available at Woolworths, in the school office or online to print out). Bring your sticker sheet to school and place them in the collection box located in the SCHOOL OFFICE.

Our own Lego Master in our School 2M have had their first lesson with our resident Lego Master Mr Lohs. The students learnt about the names of bricks, creating symmetrical patterns and shapes and linking bricks to form a huge Lego chain. Lego is about creating, patience and more patience. We are looking forward to Mr Lohs visiting in a fortnight and sharing more of his expertise with us and helping us create, design and make some incredible structures.

Belair Public School Grandfriends’ Day Celebrations We are looking forward to welcoming our Grandfriends to school on Tuesday 4th June 2019. 9.30am– 10.15am K-2 Assembly and Performances in the hall- including junior choir 10.15am– 10.45am K-2 Open Classroom Visits 10.45am– 11.30am Recess Cakes, sweet biscuits and slices on sale as part of the band fundraiser Canteen-coffee, tea, and savoury plates- cheese and biscuits on sale 11.30am- 12.00pm 3–6 Open Classroom Visits 12.00pm- 12.45pm 3–6 Assembly and Performances under the Primary COLA (including bands, choirs and dance groups) 1.00pm End of Grandfriends’ Day activities

The Book Fair will be open in the library for the day.

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Student Awards

KA

Lucas Janowski, Michael Allen 2L Silas Donald, Alby Ayton

4/5J

Harry Walters, Chloe Lim

KM

Vivienne Ngo, Leila Ballardie 2M

Jonah Gardiner, Ellie Fullard, Ruby Jeffrey

5G

Charlie Walker, Lucy McCoy, Zara Bridges

KZ

Gabe Jones, Camilla McGrorey

3E

Hannah McDonnell, Eliza Kennedy-Myers

5K

Laura Ng, Samara Swan

1B Emma Swift, Cooper Mayo 3H Tyson Simmons, Cameron Burke

5/6F

Xavier Crisp, Levi Gay

1K

Eleanor Karsten, Lennox Berger

3M

Trinity Hair, Elias Van Der Wel 6P Tom Reid,

Lachlan Fleming

1S Eleanora Millhouse, Thomas Woolmer

4B

Ava Burgin, Julia Shipton

6W

Kendra Burdack, Michael Ristevski, Justin Martin,

Saffie Lennard

2C Charlotte Findley, Oliver Croft

4R

Ethan Crane, Alyssa Wilson

Dance Awards Junior Dance Group: Evie O’Brien

Senior Dance Group: Georgia Juchau

Knights Knockout Gala Day – Our Team Well done!!

Canteen Roster and News ~ Canteen Supervisor Sonja

0438 684 401

The Green Tree Kitchen

Check out our new online only specials at flexischools.com.au

May 15

Wednesday

Colleen Robyn

May 16

Thursday

Amy O

May 17

Friday

Jen A, Karen R,

Danielle

May 20

Monday

Irene T

May 21

Tuesday

Desiree

Food Glorious Food!!

You can now order Pasta on Monday and Mini Pizza on Wednesday online for recess.

Special meal deals are also available at flexischools.com.au

Did You Know That?

Did you know that you can add avocado to any sandwich, burger or wrap for just $1!

The first issue for this term has been sent home. Orders

are due by:

THURSDAY 15 MAY

The issue will be closed-off in LOOP after this date.

Book Club orders can only be placed via LOOP. Paper forms cannot be completed and placed at the

office. All orders earn resources for our school.

What is LOOP? LOOP is Scholastic Book Club’s “Linked Online Ordering & Payment” platform. This system allows parents to place and pay for their order without the need to return the

paper form to school. With LOOP you can pay using credit card and you can use any Scholastic vouchers.

LOOP includes a gift option so you can still request that your order is left at the office to be collected.

You can access LOOP either at www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP or via the app (download from the App Store or Google play).

If you have any problems using LOOP, Scholastic are more than happy to help out parents directly – call them on 1800 021 233.

Belair Book Club Co-ordinator – Catherine Whittaker, 0414 945 817