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The Beacon

DIARY DATES

Tuesday 11 August

Teddy Bears Picnic 9.30am

P&C Mee ng 7.30pm in the library

Friday 14 August

P&C Sponsored

“Bounce”

Monday 24 August

SRC Superhero fundraiser for Bear Co age

Celebrating 60 Years in Education A Publication of Beacon Hill Public School Tristram Road, Beacon Hill, 2100 Tel: 02 9451 6328 Fax: 02 9975 4631

Email: [email protected] Website: www.beaconhill-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 3 - Week 4 Thursday 6 August 2015

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Athletics Carnival

We enjoyed a spectacular winter’s day on Monday for our annual Athletics Carnival at Narrabeen Sports Academy. It is always such an amazing opportunity to be able to hold this carnival at such a terrific sporting venue. There were giggles of excitement galore and fabulous displays of BHPS sportsmanship as our students cheered each other on during races and field events. The Athletics Carnival is always a wonderful day and this year certainly was no exception. Participation levels were high, many personal bests were achieved as

well as a number of records broken. Many thanks must go to Mr Norman and Mr Browne for their superb organisation of the carnival. An incredible amount of work goes on behind the scenes to prepare for events such as these. We thank all of our terrific staff members and parent helpers for their invaluable assistance to the smooth running of the days as well as ensuring everyone maintained their energy levels with the delicious lunch packs provided.

Teddy Bears’ Picnic

We are all very excited to welcome our children coming into kindergarten in 2016 and their parents next Tuesday 11 August as they visit our school for our annual Teddy Bears’ Picnic. This is one of several fantastic opportunities for children to experience the realities of ‘big school’, familiarise themselves with our school environment and get to know some of the amazing staff members at Beacon Hill. My sincere thanks must go to Miss Kylie Bull and her wonderful Kindergarten Team: Miss Beange, Mrs Covell, Mrs Grinter and Mrs Gaille Bowe for organising this event.

Good Luck!

We congratulate all of our PSSA sporting teams on another terrific winter season and commend them on their commitment, team spirit and sportsmanship. Best of luck to our senior girls and senior boys’ soccer teams, junior girls and junior boys’ soccer teams, junior girls’ netball A and B teams and both junior and senior rugby league teams who are all competing in the semi-finals this Friday. Our senior girls’ netball teams and year 3 soccer teams will enjoy friendly games this Friday. Well done to all boys and girls on a great season!

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P&C Meeting Tuesday 11 August

Our next P&C meeting is scheduled for next Tuesday 11 August at 7:30pm in the school library. I look forward to seeing you there!

Enjoy your week. Stay warm.

Peta Hanson Principal SRC Fundraiser The SRC met on Tuesday and are planning a “Superhero” fundraiser day on Monday 24th August to raise funds for Bear Cottage. Bear Cottage is the only children’s hospice in NSW - a very special place that’s dedicated to caring for children with life-limiting conditions. Families who care for a child with a life-limiting condition often do so around the clock for many years. Bear Cottage’s vision is to be as far removed from a hospital environment as possible. They are located in Manly and are set up to provide excellence in paediatric palliative care 24 hours a day, and are affiliated with The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network. Students are encouraged to dress up as a superhero and to bring in a gold coin donation in support of Bear Cottage on Monday 24th August. Students can also now enter their student portal through a link on the schools web page. Be sure to check it out! White Ribbon-Treasure Project Leadership Initiative On Monday 10 August, Year 6 leaders and Year 6 SRC leaders have been invited to participate in a Leadership Day incorporating the White Ribbon/ Treasure Box project- a combined schools initiative that sits under the White Ribbon umbrella. The two main purposes of this event are:

1. To provide our student leaders and SRC leaders with an opportunity to build their

communication, collaboration and citizenship skills. 2. To participate in the ‘Breaking the Silence’ program, strengthening a culture of respect in our

schools, ultimately challenging gender stereotypes and leading to a more balanced concept of masculinity.

Other schools in our network participating are: Brookvale PS, Dee Why PS, Balgowlah North PS, Harbord PS, Manly Village PS and The Forest HS. Stay tuned for a report from our school leaders and for further information on how we can contribute to the Treasure Project as a school community. Jane Stanley Deputy Principal

FROM THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL

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Wow, what a day we had last Thursday celebrating the school’s 60th. I would like to say thank you to all those who worked extremely hard to make this day a huge success. Firstly thank you to the committee, Jenny Harrison, Kylie McManus, Nicole Rourke, Deb Kasmar, Amanda Walsh, Melissa O’Sullivan, Michelle Howland and Julian McGee. This team worked for the last seven months putting together the day. Without this team our day wouldn’t have been the success it was.

Thank you to Mrs Jane Stanley for her overall involvement and preparation in coordinating the day, I would also like to thank Ms Peta Hanson for all her support to myself and the committee.

A big thank you also to Leanne West- assisting with the media and script, Kellie Alexandratos – assisting with catering, Sam Gojak- for the gorgeous donation of the cake, Peter Capindale, Lachelle Ferguson, Claire McHardy from Narraweena/Narrabeen Ray White for the supply of the 60th water bottles, Kaz Cerneaz, Libby Hall & Suzette Stevenson for their assistance.

To all the volunteers on the day who helped with the selling of the bottles, pavers, photos and to the massive team in the canteen cooking the 1000 sausages and packing them all … Marianne Hardy, Sonya Shelton, Nicole Holicky, Kim Gorman, Linda Zimbos, Jane Peterson, Kerry Derz, Sharon Douglas, Maria Battista, Shannon Mapstone, Louise Davis, Tania Thompson, Sheridan Femia, Cathalina Walsh, Keiryn Osbourne, Reno Giannitto, Scott Brewster, Rob Kralic (dad’s

cooking on BBQ), Madeline Butt, Jonathan Sharp, Amanda Pearson, Michelle Meyer, Michelle Wallis, Jo McNeil, Gabrielle Vana, Kirsten Simpson, Mary Leatherby and for anyone who I may have missed I do sincerely thank you for your help on the day as many hands make light work for us all.

We cannot forget the wonderful team in the school office who have also had a hand in making the day such a success. Thank you to Meegan Marnoch, Rosemary Robertson, Denise Kitchener, Jill Starr and to Steve Gibbons and his sidekick Peter King for all the preparation prior and on the day.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY to the incredible teachers at Beacon Hill for their patience and hard work for every single child at the school to teach them not only in the classroom but also the

great dance moves and fantastic music. Beacon Hill is such a wonderful community because of you all. To all the students, we are all so very proud of you and are extremely grateful for your hard work to make our 60th celebration such a day to remember for years to come. THANK YOU.

Just a quick reminder that all paver forms will be finalised by the end of next Thursday 13 August 2015 so please have all forms into the office by Wednesday 12 August. Thank you Sally Bate 60th Birthday Coordinator

60TH BIRTHDAY THANK YOU

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60TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

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Drink bottle colouring winner 3-6 Izaak Cerneaz Drink bottle colouring winner K-2 Annalise Kline

Beacon Hill students wearing our past school uniform

Member for Wakehurst - The Hon. Brad Hazzard

Sally Bate receiving flowers on behalf of BHPS

The official cutting of the 60th Birthday cake

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KB Jack Coombes, Star of the week

KB Luke Simpson, Writer of the week

KB Jorja Wall, Maths Award

KB Haomi Katagiri, Beautiful book work

KB Seanna Kritsotakis, Beautiful book work

KB Skye Stuart, Star of the week

KB Jorja Wall, Writer of the week

KB Gabriel Lee, Maths award

KB Haomi Katagori, For being kind

KB Jack Coombes, Being a great friend

KB Georgia Gabilo, Great reading

KB Gabriel Lee, Great reading

KB Jonah Smallwood, Writer of the week

KG Jye Abbott, Great story writing

KG Molly Miln, Being friendly and helpful

KG Eddie Stearn, Writer of the week

KG Dimity Mulders, Maths award

KG Eli Saunders, Star of the week

KG Jye Abbott, Star of the week

KG Harley Bell, Working well in class

KG Dimity Mulders, Great work in class

KG Miko Baird, Maths award

KG Lisa Derz, Writer of the week

KG Kristian Norgaard, Great reading

KG Kaitlyn Orlando, Beautiful book work

KG Alex Kolokossian, Writer of the week

KC Lucas Greenhalgh, Star of the week

KC Lucas Williams, Excellent home reading

KC Callum Price, Great writing

KC Maeve Weir, Good reading

KC Ava Stevenson, Maths award

KC Emmanuel Smallwood, Writing award

KC Shayna Smith, Star of the week

KC Nicholas Hosford, Excellent home reading

KC Sarah Williams, Excellent home reading

KC Levi McNatty, Writer of the week

KC Ava Stevenson, Maths award

KC Maisie Cohen, Star of the week

KC Lachlan Eyles, fabulous home reading

KC Levi McNatty, Very good maths work

KT Tessa Fagan, Maths award

KT Jude Lewis, Writer of the week

KT Natan Petnehazi, Star of the week

KT Maddison Blackbourne, Being a thoughtful friend

KT Lachie Coulstock, Great effort answering ques-tions

KT Liam Daly, Star of the week

KT Belle Kerr, Writer of the week

KT Zac Ottery, Maths award

KT Sienna Eyre, Fantastic effort in reading

KT Christian Clarkson, Great effort in writing

KT Sammy Burns, Star of the week

KT Alex King, Maths award

KT Ava McLelland, Writer of the week

1G Bailey Rudd, Very good effort always

1G Tylah Newsome, Maths award

1H Fern Sharp, Improvement in reading

1H Jude Hawke, Maths award

1M Luca O’Sullivan, Always trying his best to improve

1M Isobel Pacholski, Maths award

1J Alana Cronin, Great creative writing

1J Patrick Oake, Maths award

2BVictoria Cosentino, Dedication to learning together

2B Liam Acton, Maths award

2KA Clara O’Reilly, Thoughtful contributions to class discussions

2KA, Codie Sheehan, Maths award

2N Milana Mollica, Big improvements in reading

2N Aston Hulme, Maths award

2W Sienna Shelton, Improved reading comprehension

2W Jake McGuire, Maths Award

K - 2 CLASS AWARDS

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The 2015 Sponsored Bounce is nearly upon us and there is a great prize of a $100 Westfield Voucher to be won for the student who raises the most amount of money for our school in sponsorship.

The Sponsored Bounce will be held in the MPC during school hours on 14 August 2015. We will be hiring a jumping castle and the children will have an opportunity to see how many bounces they can do in 1 minute! It is a fun day and the children really enjoy the opportunity to take some time out of their busy day for a good bounce! Every child will have an opportunity to take part.

Parent helpers will be present to count each child’s bounces and there will be prizes for those who do the most number of bounces in the infants and primary sections and prizes for the runners up in the drive to raise the most funds. The prizes will be awarded after the day when tallies are counted.

Don’t forget though to qualify for any prizes a donation / sponsorship form needs to be submitted! Forms went home this week and are included in this issue of The Beacon. Please ensure that forms and monies have been received by Friday 21 August to qualify for a prize.

The link to the online roster for patients who can help us count bounces on the Friday the 14th is: https://signup.zone/XucGAkqDgQsMMGEZD

Sign up now for your chance to support a really fun filled day of jumping!

For any queries, please contact Tania Thompson on [email protected]

WINTER PSSA Due to the inclement weather this season and numerous rounds cancelled due to ground closures, Manly PSSA has made the decision to extend the competition by one extra week and use the wet weather back-up date of 14/8/15. New dates for competition are: Friday 31st July last round of competition. All sports are at the regular venues with Boys’

Soccer at Millers this week. Friday 7th August - Semi Finals & friendly matches for teams who didn't qualify. Teams and

venues to be confirmed at completion of regular season matches. Friday 14th August - Finals week only for teams who qualify.

Mathew Duff Assistant Principal - Stage 3

SPONSORED BOUNCE NEWS

SPORT NEWS

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Athletics Carnival 2015 Our school athletics carnival was held on Monday at Narrabeen. We were lucky to have such favourable weather conditions which contributed to a fabulous day. It was great to see so many children participating in races and cheering on their peers. There were quite a number of extremely close races! Results for all track and field events will be published in The Beacon next week. A list of updated school records will also be included. A HUGE THANK YOU to those magnificent parent helpers who kindly gave up their time to make the day a very successful one.

ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

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SEEKING HELPERS FOR OUR BOOK FAIR

UNIFORM SHOP

SEEKING HELPERS FOR OUR BOOK FAIR

The Scholastic Book Fair will be at our school from Wed 19th August until Monday 24th. There are morning sessions from 8:30 - 9:00 and afternoon sessions from 3:00 - 3:45 and we need helpers for both. If you have the time and have enjoyed being part of this great experience in the past please log onto the link below and put your name down in a time slot that suits. I am grateful to you all for giving up your time in this way and look forward to meeting and working with you all to further our students’ love of reading. https://signup.zone/Jf2dqncGA6HTBpjLo With thanks Rosemary Malone Librarian We have added a list of our "home made" ingredients on the school website. To access the list go to the canteen page and click on the link.

Roster 12 August 2015 Liz King Michelle Murray

TERM 3

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week 5 Annette Ryan Yvonne McAllan Juliet Stokes Sheridan Femia Sarah Williams

10/08/15 Carin Parker Karen Blackbourne

Week 6 Tani Mazza Deb Kasmar Lesley Weir Sharon Kemp Kim Gorman

17/08/15 Tanya Younan Keiryn Osbourne Nicole Holicky

Week 7 Pip Sercombe Anne Wehr Kate Nott Sheridan Femia Caroline Clarkson

24/08/15 Serene O'Young Doris Heidi Tetz/Abbie N

Week 8 Helen Gom-pels Selena Buko Juliet Stokes Sally Bate Gabrielle Sheridan

31/08/15 Marianne Hardy Doris Merry Dickson

Week 9 Tani Mazza Yvonne McAllan Kylie McManus Sheridan Femia Belinda Foster

07/09/15 Sonya Shelton Kirsten Simpson

Week 10 Annette Ryan Zoe Monk Amanda Davies Abbie N

14/09/15 Maree Ishac Karen Pritchard

PRIME MINISTER

MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER

BEACON HILL PUBLIC SCHOOL 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

I send my best wishes for Beacon Hill Public School’s 60th anniversary celebration. There are few things more vital than a good education in preparing young people for the challenges of life. Since 1955, your school has played a significant role in helping thousands of young Australians from the Beacon Hill community to reach their full potential. You have lived up to your motto – ‘Be Proud to Achieve’ – and inspire a love of learning that stays with your students throughout their lives. When I was a student, my teachers would continually remind me to: always think about other people, have a strong sense of right and wrong, and have big dreams. This is advice that has stayed with me throughout my life and it is reflected in the values of Beacon Hill to be kind and caring, to act with integrity and to strive for excellence. I pay tribute to all of the teachers and principals of Beacon Hill who have dedicated so much of their time and energy to giving their students the best possible education. Congratulations to ‘The Friendly School’ on reaching this milestone and I wish students and staff every success for the future. The Hon Tony Abbott MP Prime Minister of Australia

29 July 2015

BEACON HILL PRIMARY

You are invited to be part of the

“CELEBRATING 60 YEARS AT BHPS”

Beacon Hill Primary School invites you, your child, your family, business or

organisation to become a permanent part of our school's history. If you decide to

take advantage of our offer your paver will become a part of our “Celebrating 60

Years at BHPS”, which will provide an enduring link between the past, present

and future that includes the essential partnerships that make our school what it is

- students, parents, school and community.

Offer Closes

31ST

JULY 2015

To be located in the school grounds

You are invited to

participate in this

unique opportunity

to have your name

as a permanent

part of our school.

For as little as $50.00 your name or

message will be engraved into a

paver, which will then be laid

permanently in our

"Senses Garden”.

To order your paver please complete the order form attached and return it to the school.

For those families who

would like to purchase

one for each child see

the form for great

multiple purchases.

Only valid per family.

~ ORDER FORM ~

FOR PATHWAY PAVER

Please complete the details of the name or

message you would like engraved in your

paver/s in the template provided below.

BRICK 1

Single name

or message

paver

COST: $50 -

Thank you for your support

Line 1: 12 Characters

maximum



Please print clearly. Each letter, number, punctuation mark or space represents one character. SINGLE PAVER

Order Early

Avoid

disappointment.

Offer is limited by

Space available

within the pathway.

BRICK 2

Single name

or message

paver

COST: $40 -


maximum




BRICK 3

Single name

or message

paver

COST: $30 -


maximum




Name:__________________________________________Phone:___________________Childs Class_______

Email Address:_________________________________________________________________________

Address:____________________________________________________ State:_______Postcode: _______

Method of Payment: __ Cash __ Visa __ Mastercard __ Chq (Beacon Hill Primary School)

Card Number: ___ ___ ___/___ ______/___ ______/___ ___ ___ Exp Date: ______/______ CCV_____

Cardholder’s Name: _______________________________ Signature: ___________________________

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