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B.C.S. BULLETIN Be Respectful Be Safe Be a Learner

Relieving Principal: Kathryn Taylor Relieving Deputy Principal: Megan O’Meara

Term 3 Week 2 Yabbra Street BONALBO NSW 2469 Phone: 02 6665 1205

August 2 2019 Email: bonalbo-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.bonalbo-c.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 3 has started positively across the school. We welcome our new Primary and Secondary students and their families. Students have settled well into their routines and staff have been working hard to create dynamic and challenging learning opportunities. Later next week, students will bring home subject/class letters to inform parent/carers of the learning that will take place this semester. We enjoyed our annual NAIDOC Celebration this week. A huge thank you to all involved and particularly to the Aboriginal Education Team responsible for its organisation. We really appreciated the support of the many organisations, schools and community members who attended. Thank you for making it a memorable and valuable cultural day. If you have any feedback to help us improve future days, please contact Rachel Moore or Wendy Johnston at the school or fill in the evaluation sheet attached to this bulletin and send in to the Front Office. Attendance at school is vital for future success – this is not new. Neither is the legal requirement for parents/carers to explain absences within 7 days. Notifications can be made via a written note, phone call to the Front Office or by using the School Stream app. Please do not post this information on our Facebook site. The school also has a mandatory expectation to make contact with families regarding student absences. As such, staff will ring home after a few days to follow up. For any planned absences of 5 days or more, parents/carers are required to apply for leave to be approved by the Principal. This is done through a form available from the Front Office. Senior students have less than a term left for the year!! This makes for a very busy and stressful time for everyone. Year 11 students will sit their exams in Week 9 and finish the Preliminary course at the end of Week 10, prior to starting HSC in Term 4. Year 12s are working on final assignments, with Society & Culture, Industrial Technology and Visual Arts’ major projects due in the next couple of weeks. Trial HSC Exams are in Week 5 this term. Students will receive their final Year 12 Report at the Year 12 Luncheon in Week 10 on Tuesday 24th September. HSC exams begin next term

DATES TO REMEMBER AUG

5-6

Hospitality Seaworld excursion 26-30 Book Fair in Library

6 Years 2-6 Females in Sport@Goonellabah

Primary

29 K-12 WW1 Living History

8 Secondary Regional Athletics@Coffs Harbour SEPT

2

Primary Industries Quad Bike training

9 UCPSSA Athletics@Tabulam 3 Year 12 English Standard Study Day

15 Art excursion to Brisbane

Primary Assembly 10:15

5-6 Years 2/3/4 Lake Ainsworth excursion

17 EKKA Presentation (Saturday)

19-23 HSC Trial exams From

AUG 2

Kindy Transition will be 1/2 day in the

morning each Friday until 23rd August.

19 P & C Meeting in Primary 3:30

23 Zone PSSA Athletics@Lismore From

AUG

30

Kindy Transition will be a full day each

Friday until 27th September (end of

Term 3).

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with English on Thursday 17th October and our students end with Community and Family Studies and Visual Arts on Friday 8th November. We encourage all senior students to make the most of all class and study time to gain further support with their learning, and plan homework time carefully to complete all requirements to the best of their abilities. Unfortunately, Chanel was unable to participate in the State Cross Country competition last week due to a significant injury. Thank you to everyone who supported Chanel in fundraising for this event. People who bought raffle tickets are still in the draw and the money raised will be held at the school to support any students who progress to State level sporting events. A reminder, that the school can provide financial assistance to help cover costs of camps and excursions. If this would be helpful for your students to participate, please don’t hesitate to contact the Front Office to arrange a time to speak to Mrs Taylor. Great news! Our P&C have been successful in winning a significant grant to purchase cattle scales for our Agriculture department. Thank you to President Joanne Janssen and Treasurer Bob Pyefinch for writing the application and to Stephen Gray for providing a supporting letter. These scales will be an invaluable addition for our Ag Team. As always, there’s a lot happening this term: curriculum excursions and incursions, camps, staff professional learning, sport competitions, Book Fair, Primary Assemblies, Year 12 study days, Performing Arts concert, 3-way conferences, just to list a few! Please keep informed and updated via our website, Facebook page and School Stream app, and be punctual in returning notes and money (if required) so that arrangements can be finalised. Lastly, we are in need of more volunteers to help with Breakfast Club. This runs 3 mornings a week at this stage but we would love to expand it to be every day. Volunteers need a current Working With Children Check, which is free, so if you are interested in helping out 8:15-9:30, please contact the school. Looking forward to a great term.

Robotics in the Library at lunchtimes!

A MASSIVE robotics kit has been hired for use in our school for THIS TERM

ONLY!!

Students in Years 2 to Year 12 are welcome to come up to the library at lunchtimes

(except for Thursdays) this term to have the opportunity to program “Ozobots”, to build

robot buggies out of Lego and to program our library computers with “Makey Makeys” to

act like pianos, guitars dice and much more!

So come and find out what YOU can create with robotics!

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FREE DENTAL FOR ALL CHILDREN AGED UNDER 18 Available at NSW Health Public Dental Clinics in Tweed Heads, Pottsville, Byron Bay, Ballina, Goonellabah (Lismore), Casino, Nimbin, Coraki, Yamba and Grafton.

Call 1300 651 625 to book a visit for your child Children aged under 8 need help to clean teeth twice a day

o Use a soft child sized toothbrush and a pea sized amount of fluoride toothpaste o Stand behind the child and allow them to hold the toothbrush too o Move the brush in small circles using bristles to gently massage teeth and gums o When cleaning is complete do spit out toothpaste, but don’t rinse

How to Brush: Move a soft toothbrush in small circles over teeth and gums

We are having a BOOK FAIR!!!

DINO-MITE is our theme for this year When: 26th – 30th August 2019

Where: Bonalbo Central

School Library

Open: 8:45am – 3:30pm

There will be a wonderful selection

of interesting and affordable books

for every reading level.

Please come along and have a look

while supporting our school.

During our Book Week/Book Fair, Primary will be holding a Book Character Parade. Start thinking about costumes and having the relevant book on hand

so that you can show who you are.

The date will be announced as soon it has been decided.

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BONALBO CENTRAL SCHOOL ~Lifelong Learning for a Positive Future~

Yabbra Street, BONALBO NSW 2469 Principal: Desirée Moore

Phone: (02) 6665 1205 Fax: (02) 6665 1251 Rel. Deputy Principal: Kathryn Taylor

Email: bonalbo-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au Web: www.bonalbo-c.schools.nsw.edu.au

NAIDOC CELEBRATION 2019 EVALUATION

Thank you for supporting our recent NAIDOC Celebration.

Please provide some feedback.

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Bonalbo Central School-Absent Note

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