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
Far North Coast Dance Festival
What a week! I had the privilege of attending the Far North Coast Dance Festival on Tuesday evening to watch our three talented dance groups perform. All three groups performed beautifully, keeping the audience entertained. Well done to our wonderful dancers, and thank you to Mrs Cross and Mrs Sharp for all of their hard work throughout this year with our dance groups. They choreographed the dances and rehearsed diligently to ensure that our students put on a good show!
School Musical
Yesterday our students performed our school musical, #Shrek, with such talent and enthusiasm. It was such a pleasure to see them all work together to ensure that our performance was fabulous! Again, I must thank my staff for everything they did to ensure that we were able to put on the musical this year, allowing our students the opportunity to take part in this memorable event. Their dedication to our children is evident. Particular thanks must go to Ms Jenevieve who created and oversaw every aspect of the musical, as well as the staff involved in assisting with the production as part of the musical committee, Ms Burns, Nat, Mauzie, Sarah and Mark for going above and beyond. Also my wonderful office staff, Juliette, Andrea and Joelle, who helped out with the many aspects of administration involved.
Much gratitude to all of the parents who assisted along the way with painting, creating costumes, face painting, arranging food packs, photography, and all of the other ways that you helped. Without you, the musical would not have been possible.
And a very special thank you to all of you, parents, families, friends and community, for coming along to support our students and staff at either the matinee or evening performance (or both in some cases). The children were thrilled to be able to showcase their talents twice, to so many audience members. From my perspective, it was a pleasure to finally be able to have the community back together to celebrate our great school community.
Billycart Derby
On Monday our Stage 3 students competed in our Billycart challenge, to see which three would get the honour of representing our school in the Schools Challenge race on Sunday at the Bangalow Billycart Derby. Congratulations to Jake, Ben and Oscar, who were chosen to race on Sunday. If you’d like to see the NBN News clip, click HERE.
Remember to continue supporting our P&C fundraising efforts at the Bangalow Billycart Derby and the school Pit Stop. This will be the first Billycart Derby that I get to attend, and I can’t wait to see the community come together for the first big event in many years. Many thanks must go to my P&C, particularly our P&C President David Chang, for ensuring that our Pit Stop is going ahead, despite the challenges associated with not being able to use the school oval this year. The team working on the Pit Stop have been at it for months, working tirelessly to ensure that they are able to fundraise as much as possible on the day to contribute towards our new school playground. Please be sure to support them on the day.
National Day of Mourning Public Holiday
Finally, as the term winds down, a reminder that next Thursday 22nd September, has been declared a National Day of Mourning for Queen Elizabeth II. Our school will be non-operational and closed as a result. Please enjoy the day with your families. Hopefully the sun is shining and it’s a little warmer.
Have a wonderful week.
Carol
“You know what the best part of today was? I got the chance to fall in love with you all over again.”
~ Shrek Forever After, 2010
class of the week - jahrayn (1/2s)
It has been such a busy and fun time for us since our last feature. We are excited to share with you some of the amazing learning we have been engaging in.
Firstly, we had a fantastic practicum teacher, Miss Herwig teaching us heaps of fun new games and creating activities with us. Thanks Miss Herwig!
We have been involved in lots of learning groups and some extra curricular activities including netball skills with Liz, STEM lessons with Miss Thomas, visit to Men's Shed to view Billy carts, Colour Run and our school production.
We have really enjoyed more of our learner disposition launches including the Driven launch. These have taught us how to be motivated and keep on learning. We are looking forward to the launch days for our Perseverant and Reflective Learner Dispositions.
Finally, We are proud of our new SRC students and enjoyed listening to so many peers present speeches. We are excited to have these students represent our stage with pride and enthusiasm.
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#shrek the musical
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Regional Premier's Spelling Bee Finals
Last Friday our Junior and Senior finalists joined students from across NSW via Zoom to compete in the regional finals for the Premier's Spelling Bee. It was a tough competition with all the school's best spellers competing and our students did a wonderful job. Congratulations to Charlie in the Junior division for making it through to Round 4 and to Julian in the Senior division for making it through to Round 3.
We are all looking forward to PSB for 2023!
Mrs Cross
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far north coast dance festival
On Tuesday, 52 of our students from Years 3-6 showcased their talents, hard work and energy at the Far North Coast Dance Festival at Twin Towns. Our Stage 2 Girls, Stage 3 Girls and 3-6 Boys dance groups did a phenomenal job, representing our school on stage. Their enormous smiles, energy and hard work with choreography in jazz and hip hop was a wonderful sight to see. Thank you to all the parents who came to support the students and for those who assisted with transport home. A huge thank you and acknowledgement to Mrs Sharp and Mrs Cross for all the work that goes into running and choreographing the dance groups each week, and the huge 13 hour day so students at BPS could participate in this special opportunity. Thank you also to Ms Melville for coming along to assist with supervision in the evening.
We look forward to sharing our dances with parents in Term 4 at some stage if they were unable to attend and we look forward to another fabulous year of dance at BPS in 2023.
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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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life education k-6
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SCENT SENSITIVITY
Some of our students have been wearing strong deodorant and perfume products to school. While we support our students taking pride in their personal hygiene, some of our students and staff are particularly sensitive to these scents, which can trigger allergic reactions and migraine. We would greatly appreciate it if students could refrain from using excessive amounts of product or strong scents. We thank you for your support and understanding in this regard.
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sport news
K-2 intensive swimming 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. Please return the permission slip either with payment ($80) or authorisation to use EHF funds for this activity.
3-6 water safety & stroke correction
The Years 3-6 swimming program will take place in Weeks 9 and 10 of Term 4 (Mon/Tues/Wed in W9; Mon/Tues in W10). Notes have been sent home - please return the permission slip either with payment ($40) or authorisation to use EHF funds for this activity.
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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?
please don't just write "sick"!
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) -
- Billing (KK) -
- Jingrrd Jingrrd (KL) -
- Wajung (1/2A) - Van D
- Bing-in (1/2M) - Hardy G
- Jahrayn (1/2S) - Lola P
- Ngumahl (3/4M) -
- Yumbar (3/4W) - Benji B
- Boon-inge (4/5PH) - Ruben R
- Junbung (5/6A) -
- Gooyarni (5/6G) -
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 23 SEPTEMBER FOR YEARS 3-6 AND WILL BE RUN BY GOOYARNI (5/6G), 2:30PM IN THE HALL. PARENTS WELCOME.
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important dates
Term 3 2022
- Sunday 18 September - Bangalow Billycart Derby
- Thursday 22 September - National Day of Mourning Public Holiday
- 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
- Tuesday 11 October - Life Education
- Wednesday 12 October - Life Education
- Wednesday 12 October - Kindy Orientation
- Monday 17 October - Life Education
- Tuesday 18 October - Life Education
- Wednesday 19 October - Kindy Orientation
- Wednesday 26 October - Kindy Orientation
- Tuesday 29 November - BBHS Year 7 Transition Day
- Monday 5 - Wednesday 7 December - Years 3-6 Water Safety and Stroke Correction Program
- Thursday 8 - Friday 9 December - Stage 2 Camp
- Monday 12 - Tuesday 13 December - Years 3-6 Water Safety and Stroke Correction Program
- Wednesday 14 December - Presentation Assembly
- Wednesday 14 December - Year 6 Farewell
- Friday 16 December - End of year school fun day to various locations
- Monday 19 December - last day of Term 4 for students
- Tuesday 20 December - Pupil free day
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 19 October 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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School fair THIS weekend!
We’re excited for our school fair The Pit Stop this weekend – Sunday 18 September. The success of the event really relies on the whole parent community.
Please consider if you can spare 2 hours on Sunday to volunteer at one of the below stalls. Shifts are 8-9am (set up), 9am-11am, 11am-1pm, 1-3pm, 3-4pm (pack up)
- Pocket curries
- Gourmet meat wrap
- Sushi and drinks
- 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. You will be given a cheat sheet on the day and its super easy.
Sign up HERE or email Chami chamindu@gmail.com to register your interest.
Jar Tombola
Thanks for everyone’s contributions! Please drop off at the school office or on the day at the stall
Cake stall
You will have received your cake box sent home with your child. Please drop to the cake stall on the day between 8am and 10am. Note there will be road closures in place from 6am so you will need to access from the southern end of Byron Street.
We need all tickets returned by no later than this Friday 16 September as all tickets need to be in the draw on Sunday 18 September.
uniform shop
more stock has arrived!
The only items we are still waiting on are size 6 & size 8 SHORTS - thanks for your patience; these orders will be filled as soon as they arrive.
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 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
A massive THANK YOU to all of the volunteers this term. We have had some new faces pop up and of course our AMAZING regulars! Without you the canteen can not run.
All yellow dates require extra volunteers.
Please PM me if you can spare 3 hours 9 to 12 on any of those dates!
Selina Downes
0423 166 046
term 4 roster
Lions Recycle for Sight Month
The Lions Club of Brunswick Mullumbimby is collecting used prescription glasses, magnifier glasses and sunglasses (without cases) during the month of October. Each pair donated will be refurbished and a person in a developing country will be able to see thanks to that donation.
Thanks to Australians who help the Lions collect used glasses, currently 450,000 adults and children in developing countries, unable to see, receive this free gift each year.
There will be a collection box at the front office during the month of October.
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.