Jingi Walla - Welcome!
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land, the Arakwal people of the Bundjalung nation. We are grateful for the winding creek - Balun - and the Bangalow Palm trees, that are not just pretty but also a source of food, water and materials for the Arakwal people. We are thankful we can learn whilst we play on this land. We respect and love our Jugan - land. We treat all elders with jarima (pronounced Garima) - respect. We will take action to protect, unite and connect with Country.
class of the week - Junbung (5/6A)
Jingi Walla! Welcome to our class family of Junbung!
Junbung (5/6A) have been learning about British colonisation and incorporated their work into English writing tasks.
Students have read firsthand accounts of convict journals and recreated their own as convicts themselves sentenced to transportation to the new colony. Their journal entries include life in London, the crimes they committed, the perilous journey on board a ship, and what life was like when they arrived to serve out their sentence.
Junbung students have also learnt about some of the amazing contributions that convicts made, to solidify our knowledge of Indigenous cultures of the time. Artworks by the convict Joseph Lycett serve as a first had account of Indigenous life. Junbung students have begun recreating their own artworks to depict life at the time of settlement.
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naidoc celebrations
This week, students celebrated NAIDOC week. After learning about the significance of NAIDOC and celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures, they made personal commitments to Get Up, Stand Up, Show Up. It was wonderful to see the community engaging and having important conversations with their children.
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driven learning - way of DOING
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book club
Welcome back to Term 3, let's celebrate reading!
We are giving away up to THREE FREE BOOKS with your order on this Issue! All you have to do is spend over $30 to get your first free book. It’s a great time to grow your home library and empower your child to read more.
Look out for the catalogue in your child's school bag or view it online HERE.
Date for the last order is Monday 8 August - Please use the LOOP system to order your books - thank you and happy reading! ~ Sarah
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alphashows presents 'Aladdin'
On Monday 5 September, the AlphaShows performance of Aladdin is coming to our school!
All students K-6 will attend this incursion in our school hall, which has the values theme of 'Manifesting Your Dreams and Truth'. This show will put the audience on the right path to discovering their own innate wisdom of manifesting their dreams! There’s still the story that everyone is familiar with, and characters both new and old.
Cost is $10 per child - please return the note which will be sent home next week, either with payment or authorisation to use your EHF funds for this activity.
AlphaShows specialise in bringing real, quality theatre to people who don’t normally have a chance to see a full production musical. For more information, please visit www.alphashows.com.au.
Accessing the $500 EHF for your child
You should all now be aware that the government provided a $500 Educational Hardship Fund (EHF) for each student in our school because we are in one of the LGAs identified as flood-affected. These funds have been applied to any outstanding items on your account (other than the Voluntary Contribution amount, which will be cleared from accounts if unpaid at the end of the year). Account statements have been issued to all families by mail, so you will know how much credit is available for your child/ren to use.
There are a number of conditions attached to the use of these funds, however you may wish to use it for:
- Uniform purchases (contact the school, rather than ordering on Flexischools)
- Excursions and activities
- Educational competitions
- Music In Schools program fees (contact the school to discuss)
- Contact the school to discuss other options
Please be aware that you have until the end of the 2023 school year to utilise these funds. If your child leaves Bangalow to attend a NSW public school or high school in this timeframe, the funds will transfer with them, however if your child moves to a private or interstate school, any balance of funds will be returned to the NSW Department of Education.
international competitions & assessments for schools (ICAS)
At Bangalow PS, these competitions will be held on the following dates for those who have registered:
- Tuesday 9 August - ICAS Writing
- Thursday 11 August - ICAS Digital Technology
- Tuesday 16 August - ICAS English
- Monday 22 August - ICAS Spelling
- Wednesday 24 August - ICAS Science
- Tuesday 30 August - ICAS Maths
ICAS Assessments are conducted online, which allows greater accessibility for students and faster delivery of results. Students will use school computers to participate in the competitions. All the competitions will be conducted under teacher supervision before school from 8:00am in the Library.
Sending an absence notification to school?
When your child is absent from school, please advise us of the reason as soon as possible. You can do this with a simple phone call to the office, or by completing an Absentee Form in the School Stream app. If you are reporting the absence electronically, or responding to our automated SMS (which is sent out at 11am each day to parents of students who are absent without an explanation), please be sure to leave a detailed reason. If your child is unwell, please provide some further information so we don' t have to follow up with another phone call (e.g. "cold/flu", "headache", "tummy bug", etc).
positive behaviour for learning (pb4l)
Congratulations to our weekly Gotcha Award winners, who each received an ice block ~
- Gargoon (KB) - Maikaio S
- Billing (KK) - Elliott T
- Jingrrd Jingrrd (KL) - Orlando M
- Wajung (1/2A) - Neve H
- Bing-in (1/2M) - Rye D
- Jahrayn (1/2S) - Dexie W
- Boon-inge (4/5PH) - Atticus S
- Junbung (5/6A) - Mia S
- Gooyarni (5/6G) - Ayla O
Assembly
If your child's class will be presenting an assembly item, you will receive an email on the Friday beforehand, inviting you to attend.
TOMMOROW'S ASSEMBLY (FRIDAY 29 JULY) WILL BE FOR K-2 AND WILL BE RUN BY BILLING (KK), 2:30PM IN THE HALL. PARENTS WELCOME.
Athletics Presentation Assembly
Congratulations to all who received awards at our Athletics Presentation Assembly last week
age champions
winning house
KINDERGARTEN 2023 ENROLMENT
If you have a child you would like to enrol in Kindy for next year, please contact the school via phone or email to begin your Kindergarten enrolment process, or you can ENROL ONLINE. Similarly, if you know of any local families who may be looking to enrol, please encourage them to do so. In this way we can inform them of information sessions and transition dates.
COVID19 Guidelines Term 3
RAT kits will again be distributed to students, with more available from the office if testing is required. Please continue to be vigilant in testing when there are cold/flu/Covid symptoms or if someone is a close contact, and remember to keep your child at home if they are unwell.
important dates
Term 3 2022
- Monday 1 August - Kids in the Kitchen (5/6A and 5/6G)
- Friday 5 August - Headlands District Athletics
- Tuesday 9 August - ICAS Writing competition
- Thursday 11 August - ICAS Digital Technology competition
- Tuesday 16 August - ICAS English competition
- Thursday 18 August - COLOUR FUN RUN
- Monday 22 August - ICAS Spelling Bee competition
- Monday 22 August - North Coast Dance Festival dress rehearsal at school
- Tuesday 23 August - Byron Bay Writers' Festival (Stage 3)
- Wednesday 24 August - ICAS Science competition
- Friday 26 August - Far North Coast Athletics
- Tuesday 30 August - ICAS Maths competition
- Thursday 1 September - Fairtrade Father's Day stall
- Monday 5 September - Alpha Shows production of "Aladdin" for Book Week
- Tuesday 13 September - Far North Coast Dance Festival
- Wednesday 14 September - School Musical at A&I Hall
- Sunday 18 September - Bangalow Billy Cart Derby
- Friday 23 September - last day of Term 3
Term 4 2022
- Monday 10 October - Term 4 commences for students and staff
- Wednesday 19 - Friday 21 October - Stage 2 camp Lake Ainsworth
- Monday 19 December - last day of Term 4 for students
- Tuesday 20 December - Staff Development Day (pupil free)
ARE YOUR CONTACT DETAILS UP TO DATE?
Please update the school office whenever there is a change to any of your contact details. We are frequently trying to contact parents on disconnected numbers or at places that they no longer work. We also need alternative "emergency contacts" in case you cannot be contacted in an emergency. If you would like to check the details we have on file, just phone the office on 6687 1434 or shoot us an email at bangalow-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au.
Don't forget to follow Bangalow P&C on Facebook
P & c meeting
- Date: Wednesday 17 August 2022
- Time: 5pm
- Venue: school library or online via zoom
- Email bangalowpublicschool@pandcaffiliate.org.au for zoom details
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We’re gearing up for our annual school fair… The Pit Stop! - Sunday 18 September. It will be an awesome day out as we combine with the Bangalow Billycart Derby. Food stalls, rides, kids activities, games and our famous cake stall. Plus the draw of our HUGE RAFFLE.
It’s the school’s biggest fundraiser and all monies raised will go to our new playground!
It’s a team effort and we’ll soon be calling on parents to:
- bake for our cake stall (every family to receive a cake box)
- donate filled jars for “jar tambola”
- volunteer on a stall on the day
- sell raffle tickets (sent home last week, more available from the office if needed)
Please get in touch to register your interest! ~ bangalowpublicschool@pandcaffiliate.org.au
David and P&C fundraising committee
uniform shop
You can now purchase uniform items using the Educational Hardship Fund money allocated to your child - please contact the school office if you wish to do this (do not order on Flexischools).
Please direct any uniform enquiries to bangalowuniforms@gmail.com
canteen
Please contact Selena (Canteen Coordinator) on 0423 166 046 if you'd like to volunteer a few hours in our Canteen.
NB: All volunteers are to sign in at the front office. You will also need to complete a Volunteer Declaration prior to the day (and show photo ID) if you have not already done so.
term 3 roster
What is Fairtrade Fortnight?
Each year Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand designates a fortnight when people come together to support farmers and workers around the world by highlighting and purchasing Fairtrade products. It’s a chance to stand up for what you believe in – whether that’s protecting the environment, gender equality, or ensuring that farmers and workers are paid fairly. This year Fair Trade fortnight runs from the 3rd-16th August.
We all make choices about how to spend our money. Every time we go to the shops or decide what to do at the weekend, we’re choosing what’s important to us and our families.
Farmers in developing countries make choices too, but when they’re paid low prices, their options become limited. For those farmers, the choice might be between having enough food for all the family to eat a proper dinner or planting trees to shelter their crops from the hazards of climate change.
For Fairtrade farmers, fair pay means the choices become easier. Having enough money to purchase dinner and trees, means that their farms will be sustainable in the long term and their family will have what they need in the short term. And that’s the simple reason that addressing poverty is one of the best ways to protect the planet. Trees will never be the top priority, not while there is food to buy. Food trumps trees. Every time. But Fairtrade means you can have both.
The great thing is that you can support Fairtrade without doing much at all - just change your purchasing habits to favour Fairtrade endorsed products! Tea, coffee, chocolate, clothing and giftware are all good examples of Fairtrade products we can access in Australia.
In Bangalow, which is Fairtrade Town, and other local towns you will find lots of options once you start looking for them! And, just as Bangalow Public School’s Mother’s Day stall this year was all Fairtrade, so will its Father’s Day Stall be too (the stall is running on Thursday 1st September). So, the gift that your child brings home to celebrate you, will also be supporting Fairtrade.
This Fairtrade Fortnight you might like to encourage your child to explore Fairtrade some more as a fun activity. They could look out for the logo in the shops, create a poster about Fairtrade, draw themselves (or you) consuming or using a Fairtrade product, or make a list of Fairtrade products they were able to find in Bangalow. The more we ask for these products in the shops, the more pressure there will be to stock them and the more we can support people in developing countries! Let’s make a difference in this world this Fairtrade Fortnight.
FREE Girls' basketball clinic
Professional WNBL women's basketball team the Sydney Flames are holding a free clinic for primary school aged girls at the Cavanbah Centre in Byron Bay. Two of their professional players will be in attendance, being Shyla Heal and Tiana Mangakahia.
At just 20 years of age, Shyla Heal is already a basketball superstar, having played for the Australian senior national team, the Opals, and professionally in the American WNBA and the Australian WNBL. Participants at the clinic will have an opportunity to meet these professional players and learn some basketball skills in a fun environment.
Primary school girls - Tuesday August 2nd, 4-5:30pm. Free entry.
Registration is essential as there are limited places. Register HERE.
For further information about basketball in Byron, please email info@byronbasketball.com
If you would like to advertise your business, service or event in our Newsletter, please contact the office on 6687 1434 for more information - conditions apply.