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.
principal's message
NAPLAN
Our Year 3 and 5 students received their NAPLAN results yesterday, and I must congratulate our students on their wonderful success. We have demonstrated increased results in reading, writing and mathematics in both Year 3 and Year 5, with over 62% of our students in the top two bands in reading, and more than 44% of our students in the top two bands in numeracy. Additionally, we have met our Premier’s Priority school improvement measure (percentage of students in top two bands) in numeracy and are nearly there in reading as well. This has been a mighty feat given everything that has gone on in the world over the past two years.
I would like to thank my executive and teaching staff for their dedication to ensuring that our students are receiving the highest quality instruction, based on research into best practice and effective pedagogy. As a school, we have had a determined and sustained focus on improving student outcomes in literacy and numeracy through teacher Professional Learning for the last couple of years, in line with our School Improvement Plan targets and improvement measures. Together with our implementation of Visible Learning strategies, we are confident that we will continue to see these amazing, and even better results in all learning areas. I remain ever proud of my students and staff, as we strive to ensure our children are engaged and motivated in their own learning.
Kiss n Ride
Please ensure that after you drop your kids off, or pick them up at Kiss n Ride, that you drive safely around the small showground, and when passing by the large showground, remembering it is a 10km speed limit around these roads. I recently have had some community complaints about how fast and carelessly cars are travelling after the Kiss n Ride drop off/pick up spot, with one community member informing me that she was going to call the police out. Please be mindful that these are not public roads, but are shared community spaces, and that there are children, older residents, and lots of dogs around. I thank you for always driving carefully and considerately around this area.
Colour Run
Our colour run was such a fantastic event, and I am pleased to say that our students raised over $15000! Well done to our wonderful community for supporting us in our endeavours to raise funds towards our new playground. What a spectacular effort. I hope that the students had as much fun as the staff (including myself) did!
School Musical
Thank you to all of you who have so far purchased tickets to our matinee or evening performance. Our evening ticket allocation is getting close to being exhausted. However, there are many tickets still available for our matinee session. This would be a great session to perhaps invite grandparents who no longer work along to, or to bring younger siblings along to. The sale of these tickets will just cover the costs involved with running the musical (no profit), so please continue to support our students so that we can continue to put on these fabulous events in future. It is such a memorable experience for our students.
Billy Cart Derby
Please consider supporting our P&C fundraising efforts at our Billy Cart Derby. It is their first major fundraiser in several years. This year the pit stop stalls will be held at the bottom of the hill on Bryon Street, right in front of the school fence. You can help by volunteering to man stalls for an hour or two on the day, selling lots of raffle tickets, and coming along on the day (Sunday 18th September) for a fun family day out. While you’re at it, consider building a billy cart with your children and entering one of the races. You can register here .
Learner Disposition Launch: Perseverant
Next week we are launching our fourth learner disposition, Way of Achieving: Perseverant. I believe there are a number of exciting challenges which students will take part in, including a team inflatable obstacle course challenge! What a way to explore what it means to be perseverant in learning and life!
Public Service Association (PSA) Schools Recognition Week
Next week is PSA Schools Recognition week, when we acknowledge the vital contribution of our school support staff to our school community. We are very fortunate to have such dedicated support staff at Bangalow Public School, who always work tirelessly to ensure that the school runs smoothly, that teachers are supported and that our students are at the forefront of everything we do. Their contributions enable our teaching staff to focus on teaching, rather than administrative tasks.
Our wonderful School Administrative and Support staff includes Juliette Sizer, Andrea Steenson, Joelle Baker, Mark Thomson, Sarah Vaughan, Natalie Strain, Dee Cook, Mauzie Breslin, Lou Grofski and Kerri Vagg. On behalf of the school community, I would like to thank each of my SAS staff for their dedication and hard work in ensuring that Bangalow Public School is the amazing place it is. Please feel free to drop in and let the SAS staff know how much you value their contribution next week.
Father’s and Special Other’s Day
And finally, I would like to take the opportunity to wish all of our fathers a very happy Father’s Day. I extend this wish to all those men who play a special or fatherly role in someone’s life. I hope that you enjoy the gifts that your children bring home from our father’s and special other’s stall (thank you Reverend Phil). We look forward to welcoming our dads and significant other males into school tomorrow morning at 8:30am for a donut and a fun activity with your child(ren).
Have a wonderful week.
Carol
“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”
~ Paulo Coelho
class of the week - ngumahl (3/4M)
In Ngumahl we love to throw ourselves into our learning. The world is our classroom, so we use our school grounds to get hands-on learning and our local community, like the Men’s Shed to connect to our world. We are not afraid to get our hands dirty, so when we explore our natural world we allow a few explosions, a bit of mud and mess. When we write poetry, we immerse ourselves in our environment and use all our senses. And when it’s Book Week we really dress up!
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enrolments
Kindergarten enrolments are well under way for next year. Kindy Orientation will commence early in Term 4. Please remember that in order for students to attend Kindy O, they must be enrolled (due to Duty of Care regulations). We are very much looking forward to welcoming our new Kindergarten students into our wonderful community.
If you have a child and are yet 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.
As the year quickly draws near to end, we ask you to please inform the school as soon as possible if you know that your child will not be at Bangalow PS next year. We rely on accurate enrolment information to form the basis of our staffing and class organisation. We appreciate your help in this matter.
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# shrek the musical
We invite you to come along and watch our students shine on stage for this year's musical!
There are two performances on Wednesday 14th September: a matinee (12:30pm) for those with young children or who are available during the day, and an evening performance (6:30pm) for those who cannot attend our daytime show.
Tickets are $16 (plus booking fee) for adults and children, for both the matinee and evening performance. Babes in arms are free if they remain on a parent's or caregiver's lap for the duration of the event.
We thank you for supporting our students, staff and school, and hope that you enjoy the performance!
Click HERE for ticket sales.
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DAD’S DAY DONUTS – FRIDAY 2nd September
We invite all our dads and significant male carers to join us tomorrow Friday 2nd September at 8:30am for a chance to complete an activity with your child(ren) in their classroom before school commences. It’s a wonderful opportunity to share time with your child at school, and, of course, all dads and significant male others who attend will receive a delicious Byron Bay Bakery donut. We ask all attendees to please check in using the QR code at the entrance of the classroom at the time of attending. We look forward to sharing the morning with you.
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colour run
Bangalow Public School had our very first Colour Run and it was a HUGE success! The students and staff had a fun filled afternoon with lots of laughter and colourful smiles. The total money raised was $15,319.54 an outstanding effort by all BPS students. Thank you! Congratulations to Yumbar (3/4W) on achieving the highest amount raised as a class. They will enjoy their pizza party later this term. A special thanks need to go to Mrs Gisen, Ms Melville, Mrs Sharp, Miss Jameson, Mrs Cross and the Office Ladies for all the time and effort organising the afternoon.
Want to make a donation to our nature playground?
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Multicultural Public Speaking
Congratulations to Andy F of Stage 3 who competed in the regional final of the Multicultural Public Speaking competition in Grafton on Monday. Andy delivered his prepared speech and also an impromptu speech entitled ‘Keeping Secrets’. When giving an impromptu speech, children are given only five minutes preparation time and are required to speak between one-and-a-half and two-and-a-half minutes. The competition was fierce and while Andy has not progressed to the next round, he was congratulated by the adjudicator for having the best prepared speech of the day. We are so proud of Andy and his achievements. Congratulations!
debating
Yesterday, Bangalow Public School hosted the second Debating Gala Day for the two Bangalow teams as well as Eureka, Byron Bay and Brunswick Heads teams. It was a very busy day with six debates throughout the day.
Bangalow Gold were fabulous and had two very hard-fought debates. The first debate was a close one against the Byron Bay Blue team. The topic was ‘that schools should teach Year 5 and 6 students life skills like cooking, sewing, cleaning and how to fix things’. They had excellent arguments and were unlucky not to win. Their second debate was against Byron Bay Red team and this time they were the winners. The topic was ‘that primary schools should set aside 30 minutes every day for sport and exercise’.
Bangalow Green had another great day, winning both their debates. This leaves them undefeated in this local round of the competition and they are now the Zone Champions! They debated against Brunswick Heads with the topic ‘that every school kid should have to play in a weekend team sport competition’. Their other debate was against Byron Bay Red team with the topic ‘that parents should have their Year 6 children babysit younger siblings’. Bangalow Green will now compete against Alstonville in the coming weeks as part of the regional knockout finals.
All the arguments and rebuttals during the day were clear and well thought out. We are very proud of all the students in our debating teams.
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sport news
K-2 learn to swim program
Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 classes will be participating in a Learn to Swim program at Ballina Memorial Pool in Weeks 1 and 2 of Term 4. Students will be having an early lunch and will NOT be able to order frozen items from the canteen on these days. Notes were sent home this week, please return the permission slip either with payment or authorisation to use EHF funds for this activity.
sporting schools netball
Thanks to Tash and Liz who have visited the school for the past four weeks on Monday and Tuesday delivering a program introducing netball to our students. This program was funded by the Sporting Schools program and all students enjoyed these activities.
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alpha shows presents 'Aladdin'
On Monday 5 September, the Alpha Shows 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 was sent home earlier, either with payment or authorisation to use your EHF funds for this activity.
Alpha Shows 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.
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school visitor check-in
Every visitor to our school site needs to check in at the school office - this is NSW Department of Education policy. This used to be in the form of a paper sign-on book, however all schools have now moved to a digital sign-in procedure, using a QR code.
Many parents and carers are familiar with the process of using their phone to scan our school’s QR code and sign-in as a visitor but what happens if you forget your phone? We’ve got you covered. Our new School Visitor Check-in concierge iPad device and app is designed to help you check-in and check-out in mere moments! You can continue to check-in with your phone, but if you need an alternative, please use the concierge device at front reception.
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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).
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positive behaviour for learning (pb4l)
Congratulations to our weekly Gotcha Award winners, who each received an ice block ~
- Gargoon (KB) -Indi B
- Billing (KK) - Rex W
- Jingrrd Jingrrd (KL) - Emmy H
- Wajung (1/2A) - Gracie V
- Bing-in (1/2M) - George R
- Jahrayn (1/2S) - Clementine T
- Ngumahl (3/4M) - Leo C
- Yumbar (3/4W) - Milla H
- Boon-inge (4/5PH) -
- Junbung (5/6A) -
- Gooyarni (5/6G) - Quinn B
AWARDS
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.
THE NEXT ASSEMBLY WILL BE NEXT FRIDAY 9 SEPTEMBER FOR YEARS K-2 AND WILL BE RUN BY JAHRAYN (1/2S), 2:30PM IN THE HALL. PARENTS WELCOME.
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COVID19 Guidelines Term 3
RAT kits are 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
- Friday 2 September - Dad's Day Donuts morning, 8:30am
- Monday 5 September - Alpha Shows production of "Aladdin" for Book Week
- Monday 12 September - Musical full dress rehearsal
- 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
- Tuesday 11 - Friday 21 October - K-2 Intensive Swimming Program
- Wednesday 12 October - Kindy Orientation
- Wednesday 19 October - Kindy Orientation
- Wednesday 26 October - Kindy Orientation
- Tuesday 29 November - BBHS Year 7 Transition Day
- Monday 5 - Friday 9 December - Years 3-6 Swimming Program
- Wednesday 14 December - Presentation Assembly
- Wednesday 14 December - Year 6 Farewell
- Friday 16 December - Stage 3 excursion to Wet n' Wild
- 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 21 September 2022
- Time: 5pm
- Venue: school library or online via zoom
- Email bangalowpublicschool@pandcaffiliate.org.au for zoom details
Your P&C association needs a Vice President and Assistant Treasurer. Come and be an intrinsic influencer to our school by joining the exec and contributing to your community.
Please contact David or Tony on the above email for more information.
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Calling all super star volunteers!
We are looking for energetic parents for our stalls for the Pit Stop on 18 September. There are several stalls and two-hour shifts:
- Cake and popcorn
- Pocket curries
- Gourmet meat wrap
- Sushi and drinks
- Pizza
- Coffee
- Ice cream
- Year 6 stall (tattoos, hair spray, face paint)
- Jar tombola
- Choc shot
- Craft
- P&C info/merchandise stall
We really rely on our parent community to make it a success and can’t wait to have you involved.
Sign up HERE or call Chami to register your interest.
Raffle tickets
How are your raffle tickets going? We’ve sold just over $2000 worth and we have a target of $15,000. Let the office know if you need more.
Promoting the Pit Stop
Do you work in town or are you able to display a poster? Contact the office or download this image. We have some wonderful businesses already displaying in their windows.
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
Please note we have run out of some items and are low on stock on others, please be patient while we wait on new supplies.
canteen
Please contact Selina (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
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.