Newsletter_15-05-15 - Bulimba State School
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Newsletter_15-05-15 - Bulimba State School
Page 1 of 10 Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. 18-May-2015 Quick links: Attachments What's On This Week Principal's Report P&C Report Messages From Local Businesses In and Around Our Community Contact Us Term 2 Calendar of Events 2015 BSS Court Hire AEDC Census Newsletter In Other News Web Links: Dear Kylie Welcome to this week's latest news. To Stay Fully Informed about what is happening around our school, please read the whole newsletter. CELEBRATING OUR VOLUNTEERS This Monday 18 May we want to thank and celebrate all the wonderful volunteers who help our school to be a great place to learn. To do this, our students will be performing in their year level groups. Please come along to the hall before school and enjoy a coffee/tea and pastry served by our fantastic “Special Events” team. The concert will start at 8.45am and will finish at approximately 10.00am. Order of Events Concert Band Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Senior and Junior Choirs Prep Year 3 Year 2 Year 1 http://bssns.businesscatalyst.com/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=View&Data=uAiLS5cf3... 18/05/2015 Page 2 of 10 WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK (Term 2 - Week 5) To stay fully informed about what is happening around our school, please read the whole newsletter. Monday 18 May: “Thank you” Parade (8.45am – 10.00am) • Senior Band (7.50am - Hall) • Yr 6 Instrumental Music Lessons • Chess Club (7.30am - Library) Tuesday 19 May: • • • • • • ICAS - Digital Technologies Chess Club (7.30am - Library) Yr 4 & 5 Inst. Music Lessons Staff Session (3.15pm) SAKGP: 6K (8.45am & 9.45am) SAKGP: 6D (9.45am & 11.30am) Wednesday 20 May: • • • • Walking Wheeling Wednesday Religious Instruction Classes SAKGP: 6B (8.45am & 9.45am) P&C Meeting (7.00pm) Thursday 21 May: • • • • UQ Master of Teaching Students Regis visit (Sp. Events Team) Junior Choir (8.15am) Peer Support (12.00pm) Friday 22 May: • • • • Newsletter Senior Choir (8.00am) Fun Fit Friday Interschool Sport (Yrs 4 – 6) • CODE OF CONDUCT We all have the right not to be harassed or bullied. Responsibilities Explanation We all have the responsibility not to harass anyone in the following ways: Harassment can be: • • • • • sexually racially religiously for physical disabilities or in any manner Verbal - name calling Physical - touching in inappropriate ways • Intimidation - staring, leering, ogling and winking suggestively. • • Bullying will not be permitted. http://bssns.businesscatalyst.com/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=View&Data=uAiLS5cf3... 18/05/2015 Page 3 of 10 We all have the responsibility to treat each other with care and respect. PRINCIPAL'S REPORT Australian early development census (AEDC) In early 2015, our school, along with thousands of others across the country, will begin preparations for the Australian Early Development Census (AEDC). Since 2009, results from the AEDC have helped communities, schools and governments plan services and target support for children and families where it is needed most. An information sheet is attached to this week’s newsletter. Environment club Each week our students are having fun in our Environment Club. If you would like your child to attend, please email the office. Prep children must be accompanied by an adult. ICAS digital technologies competition Our ICAS competitions begin next week with the Digital Technologies competition to be held on Tuesday 19 May. The Years 4 – 6 students will sit the competition in the staffroom at 9.00am and Year 3 will sit the competition at 12.00pm. Parents of children who have entered the competition should have received an information letter from their child’s class teacher. Parents are encouraged to ensure their children are familiar with how to complete the front cover of the competition booklet. Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program http://bssns.businesscatalyst.com/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=View&Data=uAiLS5cf3... 18/05/2015 Page 4 of 10 Last week a group of students was involved in making cheese to enter this year’s EKKA cheese making competition. Our Year 6 students made camembert and our Year 4 students made blue vein cheese. There were some interesting smells coming from the kitchen. Thank you to the parents who came along to help. We look forward to trying the cheeses. Semester one report cards At the end of this term Prep – Year 6 parents will receive their child’s report via email. When report cards were emailed home at the end of last year, a number of service providers saw the report card mail out as spam, causing the email with the report card to be delivered into people’s junk/spam folder rather than their inbox. Please add [email protected] to your ‘safe senders list’ so your child’s Semester 1 report card will be delivered to your inbox at the end of the term. If your email address has changed, please let the office know as soon as possible. School disco: Thursday 18 June 2015 Venue: Michael Zeuschner Community Hall Times: 5.00pm – 6.15pm Prep – Year 2 6.30pm – 8.15pm Years 3 – 6 Cost: Entry is $3 Food: Sausage Sizzle, Chips, Drinks All children must be picked up by an adult from the door of the hall after the disco. Children will not be released to wait at the road for parents or walk home. Bulimba State School students only http://bssns.businesscatalyst.com/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=View&Data=uAiLS5cf3... 18/05/2015 Page 5 of 10 Michael Zeuschner Sheryl Kennedy Jillian Blennerhassett Principal Deputy Principal Deputy Principal P&C REPORT Fantasy trivia night 2015 We’ve heard the whispers in the playground, there’s excitement in the air. With only a month to go until our infamous event, it’s time to get your costume and your babysitter booked. Book your tables Grant applications Have you seen any grants advertised that the P&C may be eligible to apply for? We’d like to know about them. Our P&C Vice President, Jocelyn, will be heading up the grant writing team to try and secure funds to improve our school. If you are interested in helping, or would like to notify us of grant opportunities, please email Jocelyn at [email protected]. May P&C meeting - Wednesday 20 May, 7pm Please join us in the Library for the May P&C meeting. Hope to see you there. May 150th Anniversary meeting - Wednesday 27 May, Room MG03 at 7pm Come to the next meeting to find out what’s planned for the Anniversary weekend. Also hear about our “A Trip Down Memory Lane” event on 25 July. This event will be the launch of our 150th year celebrations and an opportunity to film and gather photos and information for our commemorative DVD and book. If you’d like more information please contact Sharon [email protected]. http://bssns.businesscatalyst.com/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=View&Data=uAiLS5cf3... 18/05/2015 Page 6 of 10 Entertainment books - P&C fundraiser The new 2015/2016 Entertainment Books are coming! With many new businesses on-board and all the old favourites at $65 these books are great value. Best of all $13 from every membership sold contributes to our P&C fundraising. Once again you can also choose between the book and a digital membership. The digital membership puts the value of Entertainment Book into your smartphone (Apple or Android) and has 'near me' technology and the ability to show and save with your phone. Digital membership is only available when purchased online. Your books or Digital Membership can be pre-ordered here by credit card. Pre-order here Order your book before 1 June 2015 and you will receive BONUS OFFERS worth over $195 (subject to availability). Michael Wilkes (President) [email protected] Jocelyn McEown Rachel Oudyn (Vice President) (Vice President) Contact Treasurer at [email protected] to book your Advert in the BSS Newsletter. IN OTHER NEWS LIBRARY NEWS BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Eric Vale Epic Fail by Michael Gerard Bauer is an exciting and funny book with lots of laughter. You dive into a pool of fun and amazement on how badly Eric wants to lose his nickname and how he plans on doing it! I therefore think that this book is suitable for students around 8-12 years of age. Written by Isabella Armitage, Readers Cup Team Member. SEMESTER ONE PHOTO COMP CLOSING SOON The theme is REFLECTIONS. This semester, the judges will be looking for reflections that are focused, visually appealing and creative. All entries must be on an official entry form and have the $2 entry fee. Entry forms are available from class teachers and the Library. All entries must be submitted to the school library or Mrs Cannons by 29 May. CONGRATULATIONS NEW LIBRARY MONITORS and SENIOR LIBRARY MONITORS The following students have passed their Library Monitor and Senior Library Monitor training and are now able to work in the library on either Monday, Wednesday or Thursday lunchtimes: Library Monitors 5G: Sienna Thistlewaite, Dante Vickers 5H: Lanty Boyle, Isabella Armitage, Libby Donnan, Tahlia Sipple 5WA: Sabrina Guse, Branden Rossi, Charlotte Thomae Senior Library Monitors 6B: Rosemary Grant 6D: Lucinda Fidler, Rylee Austin Mrs Lyons has appreciated their willingness to learn their new tasks and responsibilities and looks forward to working with them. LATEST ACCELERATED READER WORD MILLIONAIRE and WORD BIMILLIONAIRE It has been wonderful to see the enthusiasm in our Years 4-6 students in using Accelerated Reader this year. This is shown in the number of certificates that are printed each fortnight and the number of students who have read in excess of a million words. By the end of 2014, we had one Word Bi-Millionaire and 13 Word Millionaires. So far this year, we have two Word Bi-Millionaires and six Word Millionaires. Our latest Word Millionaire is Alexandra Riches and Word http://bssns.businesscatalyst.com/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=View&Data=uAiLS5cf3... 18/05/2015 Page 7 of 10 Bi-Millionaire is Harrison Wilkes. Congratulations and well-done on your hard work. ECO MARINE AMBASSADORS Congratulations to the 2015 Eco Marine Ambassadors! Last term, our Year 4 students attended the highly anticipated camp at Tangalooma Island Resort. They learnt first-hand about the dangers to our precious wildlife and marine life. They participated in real life experiences, spoke to experts and interacted with marine life. Tangalooma Island Resort is passionate about spreading the word to all about what we can do to ensure that Moreton Bay remains a beautiful, pristine environment where marine life flourishes. Bulimba began as one of the pilot schools for Tangalooma EcoMarines Program in 2014. The Tangalooma EcoMarines Ambassador Program is one way that we can encourage students to take an active role in promoting environmentally responsible practices. Becoming an EcoMarine means that you care about our environment, and want to learn how you can keep it beautiful for years to come. By signing up to become an EcoMarine, you take a pledge and have your word heard! This term, Year 4 students were invited to nominate to become Tangalooma EcoMarine Ambassadors and have their word heard! We were extremely impressed with the maturity and commitment to the environment displayed by all the students who submitted applications. We thank everyone who applied and we would love to invite all applicants to be part of the EcoMarine Support Crew! We are proud to announce that the 2015 EcoMarine Ambassadors are Layla Cunliffe, Eddie Webster, Lauren Ballard and Lily Pitman. These students will work together with our Environment Captains to make a difference and encourage our community to join the mission to help save the Bay. Please go to this website and Sign up now!! Be sure to select Bulimba State School in the drop down box, so we can keep track of how many people we have reached. Watch the video link below to see what EcoMarines is trying to achieve. Bulimba State School Community, now is the time to “SPREAD THE WORD” Smart bites Loved the Show Bag but have never ordered from Smart Bites? Due to the overwhelming response to the Smart Bites Show Bags for the Swimathon we thought it timely to revisit how to order from tuck shop. Some staff and students including Preppies, may never have ordered from Smart http://bssns.businesscatalyst.com/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=View&Data=uAiLS5cf3... 18/05/2015 Page 8 of 10 Bites and would like to know that they have had a taste of what we offer. We look forward to seeing you at Smart Bites soon!... Pip Carter (our Convenor) and her team make most of our menu items in the Smart Bites kitchen (located in B Block on ground level) including many gluten free options. We also try hard to cater for other various allergies. A full service of hot and cold lunch orders, drinks and snacks are available each Friday, including a counter service where students can additionally purchase snacks and drinks. Each Tuesday only lunch items may be ordered (no snacks, drinks or counter service). Lunches are ordered via Flexischools, which is a cashless online system and your child’s full order is delivered in time for first break (you may wish to pack an ice brick in your child’s lunchbox for anything kept for second break). Flexischools - Online lunch ordering system Flexischools eliminates the need for children to bring cash to school to purchase food and drink items. To register: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Go to www.flexischools.com.au Click “Register Now” in the Login Box to create account; Enter your child’s name, school and class and add funds (e.g. $20) into a prepaid account; Place order. You can log into the website at any time to place orders (& up until 8.30am Friday. Tuesday service orders need to be placed by 8.30am Tuesday) As purchases are made, the funds are taken from your prepaid account; The account can be topped up again in the same way, or set to automatically top up via credit card when the balance falls below a preset minimum; Each order is sent automatically to the Bulimba State School Food Service, where an easy-to-read label is produced with your student’s name, class and order details; Your child/ren will receive their order without the need for cash. What does it cost? Flexischools charges a 25c/order fee for the online orders to help pay for the labels and the website system. There is also a 29c top up fee when using your credit card. There is no cost for direct deposit. What if I don’t have a credit card? If you don’t have a credit card you can still use Flexischools. Simply register as shown above then email [email protected] and you will receive the instructions on how to top-up your account without a credit card. Drop us a line! Please let us know what you think of all the new menu items. We thank you for supporting our continuous efforts to provide healthy, tasty and affordable food options for our children. Please contact Melanie Cox ([email protected]) or Naomi Pritchard ([email protected]). We would love to hear from you. Parent Roster Class Reps please contact Pip at Smart Bites to let her know in advance who has volunteered for your class. Phone/text: 0414 523 865 Email: [email protected] Term 2 Parent Roster Week 5 (Friday 22 May) – 3PJ Week 6 (Friday 29 May) – 3S Week 7 (Friday 5 June) – 3TP Week 8 (Friday 12 June) – 2B Week 9 (Friday 19 June) – 2D Week 10 (Friday 26 June) – 2F The full 2015 class roster can be found at the Bulimba Events website: http://www.bulimbaschoolevents.com/#!other-events/c1mg1 If you have any questions or problems using Flexischools please contact Sarah Donnan at [email protected]. You can contact Smart Bites directly on 3395 9623 during Friday service hours. Many thanks Smart Bites Team http://bssns.businesscatalyst.com/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=View&Data=uAiLS5cf3... 18/05/2015 Page 9 of 10 Arts festival Dear Parents We would like you to save 4 September for the 2015 Arts Festival at Bulimba State School. If you would like to assist teachers in the classroom or can assist in preparing for this wonderful event please email Brigette Cannons [email protected]. We require help to put up lights prior to the event, to decorate, make food, hang art work, label individual art pieces, make signs for food sales and the list goes on. If you know you can assist in one or more of these areas please let us know. Many hands make light work. We appreciate your support and look forward to the Arts festival in September 2015! Brigette Cannons Teacher Sports News LYTTON RUGBY UNION TRIALS If your son is interested in trialling for Lytton Rugby Union? He needs to see Mrs Young to collect the paperwork. He should be currently playing with a club in a high division. Students need to be born in 2003 or 2004 to attend the trials. School trials may be held to select those to go to trial if a number of boys are interested. MESSAGES FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES IN AND AROUND OUR COMMUNITY Invitation to thank the PA Hospital and raise awareness To show our appreciation to our friends, school community and the PA Hospital we would love you to join us on Saturday 30 May as we share “Gary’s Journey out of the Woods”. The Doctor who saved Gary’s life and Dr Clair Sullivan, who some of you may know from Bulimba, will be raising awareness of the PA Hospital within our local community. Tickets can be purchased directly through the PA Hospital. We were unable to personally thank everyone for their support and kindness. Please accept this as your personal invitation and thanks and in turn would love to have you join us as we share our Journey out of the Woods. All proceeds of the $40 ticket price go to the PA. Please follow this link for tickets https://pafoundation.sslsvc.com/community/eventrsvp/?event_id=4 Thanks, Janelle Lynch http://bssns.businesscatalyst.com/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=View&Data=uAiLS5cf3... 18/05/2015 Page 10 of 10 Facebook Events Page | BSS Facebook Page BULIMBA STATE SCHOOL Oxford St, Bulimba QLD 4171 Office phone number: 3395 9666 (8.00am – 3.30pm) Fax: 3395 9600 Absentee phone number:3395 9667 (24 hours a day) Absentee Email: [email protected] Add us to your contact list. The presence of an ad in the Bulimba State School Newsletter does not imply endorsement of the advertised company or product. unsubscribe from this list| unsubscribe from all lists Newsletter and Hosting by Coetzer Creative http://bssns.businesscatalyst.com/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=View&Data=uAiLS5cf3... 18/05/2015