Newsletter Term 3 Week 4

Dates for the Diary THURSDAY 13th AUGUST

2020

Year 10 Work Experience

10th—14th August

Science Week

17th—21st August

MNSEC formal

Friday 21st

August

Bookweek

24th-28th August

Sapsasa Soccer and Hockey

Carnival

24th-26th August

Year R-3 Patch Theatre

Excursion—Pt Pirie

Tuesday 1st September

Governing Council Meeting

Monday 7th September

Sapsasa Netball and Football

Carnival

7th—9th September

Shearing School

21st—25th September

School Closure Day

Friday 11th

September

Student Free Day

Monday 14th

September

Governing Council News

Hi everyone!

Hoping you’ve all had a great start to the week and bit of rain!

**** Gauging interest in a “community garden” project to make the most of the Ag Plot at BCDS. If you have an interest and passion for gardening, our school and the community, we’d love to hear from you! Please contact Tony Jarvis on 0427 586 035 to register your interest. All members of the community welcome!! ****

Our last governing council meeting was held on Monday 3rd August. Thank you to those who attended and those who provided reports for the meeting. Your time is invaluable!

Finance reported on several grants received by BCDS/Kindy to assist with literacy/numeracy, Covid19 cleaning, maintenance and immunization requirements. The “Pre-school Maintenance Grant” will be divided between the Booleroo site and the Melrose site. Alby Nicholls was also successful in gaining three sports grants. Staff have been busy preparing submissions for the 2021 budget. These submissions will be reviewed at the next finance meeting.

A summary was presented around learnings in the 4/5/6 class with Emma Bennett. It is fantastic to hear that Emma has drawn “on Professional Development around STEM”. The students will be taking part in an investigation relating to bees with great ideas around cross-curricular learning. The students will have the opportunity to make bees wax wraps and Andrew Geddes will assist in making “bee hotels”.

It’s lovely to hear the SRC are working in conjunction with our Ag and Grounds committee to make plans and engage helpers for the landscaping/paving of the bus area. The SRC, as always are working hard to provide students with opportunities for enjoyment and fundraising. Keep an eye out in the newsletter and Facebook for more information…. We have been told that the “Colour Run” will be held again this year as it was a hit last year! Looking forward to it!

As mentioned above Ag/Grounds are gauging interest in a community garden project. It was also confirmed that costs involved into cropping are to be paid by the school. Many thanks to those who have begun clearing the Ag Plots.

The updated Uniform Policy and Terms of Reference for the Uniform Committee were ratified at our meeting. Thanks to the Uniform Committee for your work on this. Uniform dress code is included for your viewing.

There are multiple ideas for fundraising on the table; however, these are on hold until times become more certain. Keep your eyes open for information.

Please remember, you don’t need to be a sub-committee to volunteer your time to our school or to take part in a working bee etc. If you’re interested in lending a hand, but not sure how, please contact either myself or the school. Everyone is welcome!

Stay well, Nic Carey,

Governing Council Chair

Governing Council News (cont)

Colours: Main colour is MAROON with accent colours of navy, white and grey. Standard Uniform:

Jeans, hoodies &/or other design features are not acceptable as part of the school uniform. Discreet brand names and stripes in school colours are acceptable.

Hats: In line with the School’s Sun Smart Policy, hats are required to be worn all year round. These should be a broad-brimmed hat (8-10cm brim width) or “bucket” style with a deep crown and brim width of 6cm (5cm for younger stu-dents).

Parents and students are advised that closed footwear must be worn in workrooms where chemicals and machinery

are used for WH&S standards eg Science, Technical Studies & Home Economics. The only acceptable open shoes are a

sandal. Thongs, scuffs and slides are not appropriate for school. Ugg boots are also not considered appropriate closed

footwear.

Senior School News

Dental Assistant Traineeships (SA Dental Service)

12 month traineeships are available with on the job training at SA Dental Service clinics and study through TAFE SA. You will need to be 17-24 years of age (or up to 30 years if Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander). Applications open 28th August and close on 18th September. For more information visit: www.sahealthcareers.com.au and look for Search Job No: 726091.

Open Days

Prospective students can visit their future campuses and take a tour of the facilities, explore study options and career paths. Students will need to book a campus tour to attend by visiting the website of their preferred campus and search for open days information. This is different to past years due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Uni SA Tours (by bookings only):

Sunday 16 August – City West, City East Sunday 23 August – Whyalla Tuesday 25 August – Mawson Lakes Wednesday 26 August – Magill Campus Please see other university tours on relevant websites for Adelaide, Flinders and Torrens universities.

Kathy Kupke, Senior Coordinator

Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) course

BCDS in conjunction with TAFE SA will be hosting a RSA course on September 1st from late afternoon. Community members, including those involved in sporting clubs, are invited to attend. Please contact Kathy at BCDS on 86672124 to register your interest. Please look for further information on our Facebook page in the next few days. Thank you!

Pants Navy, grey or black track pants/pants.

Windcheater/Weatherproof Jacket Custom School Windcheater/Jacket. Plain maroon windcheater.

Polo Shirt Custom School Polo. Plain white or maroon polo.

Shorts Navy, grey or black mid thigh length.

Skirts/skorts Navy or black mid-thigh length. Custom school winter skirt.

Dress Custom school dress or maroon check dress. Mid-thigh length.

Undershirts Layering under polo shirts/jumpers with long sleeved under shirts in school colours is acceptable. Navy, white, maroon or grey. Hoodies are not acceptable as under-shirts.

Shoes Sneakers or sandals. No thongs, slides, scuffs or ugg boots.

School News Spotlight on Stage 1 major Tech projects

Semester 1 seems so long ago, but it is important to reflect and celebrate the student’s success and hard work. The Stage 1 Material Solution class finished up their major projects from Semester 1 recently and they all achieved excel-lent finished products. The students used a variety of skills to complete a garden bench made from a combination of wood and metal material (Kodi Carey), redgum coffee table with metal frame (Mitchell Orrock), a bar stool featuring redgum back rest with metal frame (Jaxon Kumnick), a pine step stool (Lisa Stevens) and two timber tool storage chests (Hunter Cheriton and Brenton Stevens).

Leigh Wade, Material Products Teacher

Sapsasa News

Congratulations to Dani Heaslip, Grace Winen, Bella Hall and Harrison Roocke who have all been selected in the North Eastern Sapsasa Teams. Dani and Grace have been selected in the Soccer Team and will compete in the state carnival in Adelaide on Monday 24th August - Wednesday 26th August. Bella and Harrison have been selected in the Netball and Football teams and will compete in the state carnival in Adelaide on Monday 7th September - Wednesday 9th September. The State carnivals are only 2.5 days this year due to COVID-19.

Statewide Volleyball

The attached photo is of the students that com-peted in the Statewide Volleyball Carnival in Jamestown this week. More details to follow in next week’s newsletter and also on the School’s Facebook page.

School News Subject Counselling – Individual SACE student interviews (Year 10 & 11 students)

Thank you to the parents and students who supported the SACE Information Nights for Stage 1 and Stage 2. We real-ly appreciate your support of our programs and trust that you have gained a broad picture of the options in the SACE which will be refined in the coming weeks.

Students have completed their initial subject selection forms. Subjects offered in 2021 are then considered. Students have been encouraged to explore a range of options including SUN and VET courses, and the range of subjects from the SACE website.

Individual subject counselling sessions are held for each student. The meeting times will be on Wednesday and Thurs-day after school (26st and 27th August), and on Friday 28th August. There will be no classes held on Friday for Year 10 and 11 students.

To book for a subject counselling session, please go to www.schoolinterviews.com.au and make your booking. The code is s6ce4 and bookings are now open.

Kathy Kupke, Senior Coordinator

Sapsasa Basketball

Early this term, our students had the opportunity to participate in SAPSASA Basketball. Bella Hall, Bayley Dodman and Caleb Prosser played in a combined BCDS/JHS team at Crystal Brook. St James PS were the eventual winners for the day but our teams were very competitive, espe-cially considering they had not played any basketball in a long time or played together. The girls won two of their three matches, while the boys won their final match against St James by one point. Huge thanks to Liz Prosser and Teegan Prosser for their umpiring.

Gayle Bury, Teacher