Jason’s Message

Dear families and friends of Bell P-10 State School,

WOW, week 7 already. Where has the time gone. We have had a good start here at Bell State

School, the students are working hard in the classrooms and we are starting to see some excellent results with assessments that have been completed. From this Wednesday, I will be taking 6 days leave and Mrs Rachel Pascoe will be Acting Principal while I am away. Students Code of Conduct Temporary Removal of Student Property The removal of any property in a student’s possession may be necessary to promote the caring, safe and supportive learning environment of the school, to maintain and foster mutual respect between all state school staff, students and visitors. Inappropriate Items to bring to school The following items are explicitly prohibited at Bell State School or other settings used by the school (e.g. camp, or sporting venues) and will be removed if found in a student’s possession: · Illegal items (e.g. drugs such as cannabis, ecstasy, or amphetamines) · Drugs** (Including tobacco) · Alcohol · Items that puts the safety or wellbeing or others at risk (e.g. knife, firearm, handcuffs, replica weapons, blades, rope, explosives, fireworks, flares, sparklers, flammable solids or liquids, poisons) · Items that do not preserve a caring, safe, supportive or productive learning environment (e.g. baton, nunchaku, club, chains, aerosol deodorants or cans) · Items that do not maintain and foster mutual respect (inappropriate or offensive material

such as racist literature, pornography, extremist propaganda, printed materials with offensive language) Removal of Student Property Property may be temporarily removed from a student if the principal or state school staff are reasonably satisfied the removal is necessary. · Preserve the caring, safe, supportive and productive learning environment of the school. · Maintain and foster mutual respect among staff and students at the school. · Encourage all students to take responsibly for their own behaviour and the consequences of their actions. · Provides for the effective administration of matters about the students of the school. Searching of Student Property Under normal circumstances, principal and state school staff members are not permitted to search student and student’s property unless they have the consent of the student or their parent. Under emergency circumstances only, such as the need to access an EpiPen for anaphylactic emergency, principals or state school staff may need to search a student’s property with out the students’s consent or the consent of the student’s parents. · Consent is not required to search school property such as lockers, desks or laptops that are supplied to the student through the school. · Consent is required from the student or parent to open, examine or otherwise deal with the temporarily removed students property. For example, without the consent of the student or parent, principals or state school staff who temporarily remove a mobile phone from a student are not authorised to unlock the phone or to read, copy or delete messages stored on the phone. Have a good week, Jason.

Excellence in Education, Prep to Year 10

90 Dennis Street BELL Q 4408

Email: principal@bellss.eq.edu.au Web: https://bellss.eq.edu.au

Main Phone (07) 4679 2333 Student Absences (07) 4679 2366 Fax (07) 4663 1249

Newsletter Term 1 Week 7, 09/03/2021

Date Claimers

Term 1

March

12th Words out West

17th P&C AGM

20th Bell Triathlon

31st Prep-2 Excursion

April

2nd School Holidays

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Dance Club in the Library Chloe came up with the wonderful idea of Dance Club and it’s held at lunchtimes in the school library. They have Dance Club sign in, they choose their music and are dressed in their finest dance attire!

Hudson: for being an Active Learner for his incredible building and teamwork in the construction area. Byanca: for being an Active Learner for her detailed drawings in recalling events from her favourite story. Laura: for being an Active Learner for writing an excellent personal response to a narrative. Amelia: for being an Active Learner for reading with increased fluency and expression. Will: for being an Active Learner for getting all of his spelling words correct each Friday. Morgan: for being an Active Learner for practicing her teen numbers. Lachlan W: for being an Active Learner for achieving an outstanding mark in his biology assessment last week. Breanna: for being an Active Learner for showing 'grit' and 'determination' when completing her biology assessment last week and achieving a great result. Ben G: for being an Active Learner for knowing his 2x’s table off by heart. Gain: for being Respectful for being settled and quiet in PC time.

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Stars of

the Week

Orange Level: Zoe, Pearl, Rocket, Jed, Camden, Kaleb, Amelia, Charles, Nate, Harry, Maliegha. Yellow Level: Chester, Chloe, Olivia K, Landon, Hayden, Will McN, Abbey. Green Level: Chloe, Amy. Blue: Blake.

PBL and curriculum

Focus Expec-tation Be Safe, Be Respectful

Skill Term 1, Week 7: Wearing a Hat

Context All settings – Mostly playground.

Introduction 1. What is the school policy / rule on wear-ing a hat?

2. What are some of the other things we do to remain “Sun-Safe”

3. What does “Sun-Safe” mean to you?

Discuss the responses and make advertis-ing slogans like – slip-slop-slap-seek-slide

Skill Term 1, Week 7: Stay Safe in the Playground /

Use Playground Equipment Properly

Context Playground

Introduction Today we are going to talk about BEING SAFE in the playground. To help us get started we are going to brainstorm all the things we see being done in the play-ground that are ways to stay safe. For ex-ample we need to play only in approved areas as this helps to keep us safe. Brainstorm other ideas with students; record these ideas on butchers paper or similar.

Darling Downs Swim Trials Last Tuesday Finnian and Taite swam at the Darling Downs Swim Trials 13 years and over held in Gatton. On the Wednesday Lachlan and Charlie swam at the Darling Downs Swim Trials for 12 years and under. All boys swam really well and a lot of pb’s were achieved. Congratulations boys!

Book Club Book Club orders due back by next Monday the 15th March, 2021.

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P&Cs are required to hold their Annual General Meeting by the end of March every year. The AGM is held so that the P&C Association can:

receive and adopt the associations’ audited financial statements

report activities of the previous year to the members

accept new and renew existing memberships for the association

elect an executive committee

confirm continuance of existing subcommittees and/or establish new subcommittees

appoint an auditor for the coming financial year

adopt the Student Protection Risk Management Strat-egy

adopt a new version of the Constitution if needed

award life membership to the P&C – if any.

Bell State School P&C AGM will be held on the 17th March 2021.

All executive positions will be vacated at the AGM

and nominations will be called.

Bell P-10 State School

Update on your School Photos

Thank you for having us take your children’s school photos again this year. We always enjoy

coming to your school and are proud to be recording history for your family and school.

If you happened to forget your envelope (or it was left in the bottom of the school bag),

don’t worry as we photograph every student, so it is never too late to order.

Just contact Donna on 0429 405 418 to order by credit card or direct deposit.

Our direct deposit details are: Westpac CountrySchoolPhotos BSB: 034058 Acct: 350148 Reference: Child’s Surname/School Your photos will be ready for postage at the end of April as we have many schools that were photographed beforehand that need to be completed and a lot of travel to schools throughout Queensland in the coming weeks. We thank you for your patience, as we pride ourselves in striving to produce the best photos possible for you. You will receive a newsletter with a more definite date closer to the time of delivery. But please contact Donna if you have any questions about your order. We look forward to photographing your school again next year. Kind regards

Paul & Donna Webb Country School Photos PO Box 3317 Bracken Ridge Qld 4017 Parent Enquiries Mob: 0429 405 418 countryschoolphotos@gmail.com www.countryschoolphotos.com.aut

To meet growing demand, we’re looking for people from Bell,

and surrounding towns, to join our community of independent

support workers.

By signing up to Mable, you’ll be able to choose your rate of

pay, your hours and you’ll help older neighbours to continue

living independently in the community.

Types of support you can offer • Social and domestic support, which includes things like

cleaning, laundry, cooking and gardening, help getting out and about, home maintenance and companionship.

• We’re also looking for certified Personal Carers, Nurses and Allied health practitioners, to offer services like medication assistance, personal care and therapies.

As an independent support worker on Mable... • You choose the hours you work, the services you provide

and the clients you support.

• You set your own hourly rates.

• You’re covered by a suite of insurances when providing support

• You get access to the Mable learning hub, where you can access 100s of courses on providing support.

• Mable also facilitates the admin, invoicing and payment from government packages, such as Home Care Package

or NDIS.

Find out more at The Bell Community Hall

Wed 17 March 7pm - 8.30pm

Thur 18 March 10am- 11.30am

Get paid for

supporting

your local

community

eBooks Digital Library – Available FREE for ALL Bell State School Students!

Read on your PC, laptop, tablet or even your phone for Free.

TRIATHLON VOLUNTEER’S ROSTER Please phone/text to add your name to the roster.

Please add your mobile phone number as well as your name.

Bell State School – 07 4679 2333 Rachel Pascoe 0431 091 045

Friday Briefing (with cold beverage) for volunteers:

5pm Friday 19th March, Bell State School Swimming Pool

Saturday, 20 March 2021 Volunteers required to check in with Brendan Fullagar 0408 380 447 by 5am.

Registration Tent

Bell State

School

3 needed

Pool/Oval/Dennis Street

Stewards

5 needed

Bicycle Changeover

School Tennis Court

3 needed

Open Route Stewards

Bell-Kaimkillenbun/Glencoe

Rd Route

8 needed

Enticer Route Stewards

Koondaii & Glencoe Route

6 needed

Canteen

8 needed

Rachel Pascoe Kim Fullagar Joan Van Kuijck Terry Coleman Jade Willis Geraldine (set up only)

Brigid Redding Cara Edwards Marion Williams Tim Cox Amanda Burns Don Custodio

Theresa Green Thomas Edwards Glen Williams Ross Green Talisha Stone Katrina Hills

Jessica Cassidy Amanda Burns Paul Bryce Amy Donohoe

Jeanie Cuskelly Gavin Brooks Holly Donohoe

* Meal and drink supplied to registered stewards/volunteers.

Proposed timings:

5:30am Registration Open 5:30 – 6:00am Transition Open – Open and Enticer Events 6:15am Open Sprint Events Race Briefing 6:30am Open Sprint Start – Male, Female, Team Waves 7:15am Enticer Race Briefing 7:30am Enticer Start - Male, Female, Team, 12-16yr Waves 8:30 – 9:00am Transition Open – Junior and Nipper Events 9:15am Junior Race Briefing 9:20am Junior Race Start 9:30am Nipper Race Briefing 9:45am Nipper Race Start 10:00am Presentations

The P & C wishes to thank those who have offered assistance in any way towards the Triathlon.

P&C Association

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