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Thursday March 28sth 2019

CALIFORNIA GULLY PRIMARY SCHOOL

P.O. Box 88 California Gully 3556 Phone: 5446-8393 Fax: 5446-3115 Email: [email protected]

FROM THE PRINCIPAL RIDE2SCHOOL - FRIDAY MARCH 22nd Ride2School Day provided a wonderful opportunity to remind everyone to be active at

every chance, encouraging children and families to start the day with a walk, ride or scoot

to school as often as possible. The second focus is to remember important road rules when

travelling to and from school, and always wear a helmet when riding, scooting and

skating.

SCHOOL FAIR With our school fair occurring today we once again pass on a huge thank you to families

and businesses that have donated goods and services, time and support in preparation for

this event. It is a major fundraiser for the school and we appreciate those that have

offered support. We look forward to a wonderful evening for our community.

MISSION At California Gully Primary School we educate students to be lifelong learners and

well informed and productive community members who are well prepared to become

active, engaged and responsible citizens of the local and global community.

The Bell Topper

Volume 37 No.8

IMPORTANT REMINDER

Last Day of Term One 2.15p.m. Dismissal- Friday April 5th

First Day of Term Two - Tuesday April 23rd

ANZAC Day Public Holiday - Thursday April 25th

School Photo Day - Monday April 29th

School Council Meeting - Monday April 29th

Mothers’ Day Stall - Thursday May 9th

Mothers’ Day Breakfast - Friday May 10th

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MISS ENNOR - LONG SERVICE LEAVE Miss Ennor will be on Long Service Leave next week. We welcome in Mr. Jono Guy to

replace Miss Ennor during this time. Please welcome Mr. Guy into CGPS.

TERM ONE CONCULSION With the last week of Term 1 next week this is friendly that our last

day for the term is Friday 5th April. Our school day will finish at

2.15p.m. Please also remember that OHSC does not operate on the last

day of term.

Andrew Frawley

Principal

PAGE 2 THE BELL TOPPER FROM THE PRINCIPAL

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

April 1st — April 5th

School Banking Day - Bendigo Bank

School Banking Day - Commonwealth Bank

Last Day or Term One

April 22nd — April 26

th

Easter Monday Public Holiday


First Day or Term Two

ANZAC Day Public Holiday


April 29th — May 3rd

School Photo Day

School Council Meeting



May 6th — May 10th


Mothers’ Day Stall


Mothers’ Day Breakfast





Congratulations to the following students on being named Student of The Week

for their positive attitude to school and social values.

Friday March 22nd

Foundation Hinton-Ryan-Baldwin: Ethan C.-B. - For always being excited to learn. Trent G. - For being focused on using 5 ‘L’s”. Holly P. - For always being ready to learn. Grade One Carroll-Reilly: Anika A. - For always getting herself and her reader organized before school and reading to herself. Nevaeh A. - For always getting herself and her reader organized before school and reading to herself. Sophie O. - For always displaying positive attitude and using sensational manners. Grade 2/3 Ennor: Nikita M. - For excellent home reading. Heath P. - For writing an interesting and engaging narrative orientation. Grade 2/3 Kantarias: Biankah B. - For working hard and striving to do her very best in all writing tasks. Jemma S. - For being a quiet achiever who is an absolute pleasure to teach. Shayne T. - For being a motivated and independent student with a great love for learning. Grade 4/5/6Windridge: Ryan B. - For being an excellent participant in Reader’s Theatre and keeping all records on track. Riley Cl. - For working hard in Maths. Carmella S. - For working hard on her home reading. Grade 5/6 McKerrow: Liam C. - For excellent strategies with square numbers. Lara T. - For excellent clue writing in the vocabulary activity.

Quote of the Week It’s easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone. - Mahatma Gandhi





Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open and California Gully Primary School is excited to be par ticipating. The Challenge is open to all Victorian children from birth to Year 10 in recognition of the importance of reading for literacy development. It is not a competition; but a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by 6 September 2019. Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. Children from Year 3 to Year 10 are challenged to read 15 books. All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and former Premiers. To read the Premier’s letter to parents, view the booklists and for more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit: www.education.vic.gov.au/prc


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1. READ ALOUD WITH PASSION! When a child is read to by a loved adult, they are hearing the rhythm and flow of the language, building a rich and diverse network of words and seeing a love of reading modelled.

2. KEEP BUYING BOOKS Continue to build up a home library full of adored books. School reading material is designed for teaching the school of reading whereas recreational reading is all important.

3. TALK ABOUT BOOK CHOICES Talk with your child about why they have chose books from their school library, the classroom or the bookstore in order to develop an idea of your child’s read-ing interests.

4. READ THE RAINBOW! Embrace any book or series your child is keen to read, while gently encouraging them to expand their reading horizons. A balance reading diet is the healthiest by far.

5. BRING BOOKS TO LIFE Research author visits via your local bookstores and libraries. Meeting an author helps for a bond between the child and their favourite books as they gain insight into the ‘story behind the story’. These tips are from Megan Daley’s new book ‘Raising Readers: How to nurture a child’s love of books’ - to be release April 2nd 2019





This past week, in After School Care, we have been quite busy working on new art projects and trying new activities. We started our week by playing with the circus equipment in the shed. All the children tried the different activities and everybody had achieved some success by the time we left. We also made some fruit kebabs, with each child selecting their favourite fruit to put on their kebab, even the oranges which were quite tricky to put on our skewers. One of the particularly pleasing things that has happened this past week, was that all children have played and cooperated well together, whether that was on the oval, on the playground or in our room playing board games. We finished our week by watching a movie and constructing some reading boxes given to us by Miss Ennor. These reading boxes were rather popular and some children took it upon themselves to decorate them with textas, highlighters and glitter paint. Many of the children have also continued their art projects which they started last week. They have been

using cardboard boxes that they have been decorating and turning into dog kennels for our toy dogs, complete with food and water. These kennels are getting bigger and bigger and more impressive and many of the older children have taken it upon themselves to help the

younger children with their kennels.

Have a great week, Josh

CSEF (Camps, Sports & Excursion Fund) Applications are open for families who are Health Care Card holders to apply for this funding - forms are available from the school office. When completing your application please bring a long your current Health Care Card, this is needed for the application to be accepted. If you are a Health Care Card holder please do not miss out on this funding.





PARENTS & FRIENDS OF CALIFORNIA GULLY PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWS

Parents’ & Friends of California Gully Primary

School Meeting The next meeting of the Parents’ & Friends of California Gully Primary

School will be in the conference room after assembly on Friday May 3rd.

All are most welcome to attend.

Contacting the Parents’ & Friends of California Gully Primary

School The Parents’ & Friends of California Gully Primary School would love to hear from you.

If you have any ideas that you would like to share with them please email them at

[email protected].

Thank you to all families who support the Parents’ & Friends of California Gully Primary

School.


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GREAT TIPS FOR HEALTHY KIDS TIP 43 FOOD IS NOT A REWARD Most people give lollies or other sweet things to children as a ‘special treat’ or as a reward for being good. But giving kids these things can set up a lifetime of bad health. If kids receive sweets for being good, they will associated good behaviour with sugary and fatty foods, which have poor nutritional value. It can also give them the idea that these types of foods are more desirable than fresh nutritious foods. Kids need to know that there are everyday foods which provide the nutrition they need to grow and develop; and occasional foods which might contain higher levels of sugar and fat.

What you can do NOW Give your kids a hug when they do well. Listen carefully to your kids for ideas for very special treats

e.g. a visit to the aquarium. Plan a special, nutritious meal together to celebrate an event.

Good Idea!

If you want to give kids something as a reward, keep it simple and inexpensive. Examples are: stick-ers, some bits and pieces for craft activities, a small joke book.

Top Tip

Inviting a friend around to play or say the night can be a reward.

HEALTHY

GUIDELINES FOR

KIDS...

Ensure kids have good eating habits by

providing them with a variety of healthy meals and snacks.

Influencing your child’s food selection is

not an easy task, as kids are naturally reluctant to try new foods, that is they

dislike new foods. Be patient; it may take up to 10 exposures before a new food is

accepted by a child, and it is during a child’s development when their palate and tastebuds are most influential.

Kids are grazers and its best that they eat according to

their appetite. Ensure that healthy options are available

for them to snack on such as cut up vegetable sticks or fruit pieces.

Your child has a small stomach with high nutrient

requirements so their foods eaten will vary every meal.

The best help you can offer your kids is

making sure that there is always an

abundance of breads, cereals, vegetables

and fruits available; incorporate lean

meats and dairy foods in their diet;

encourage drinking of plenty of water;

choose low salt foods; and most

importantly follow these

yourself to be a good

role model.





Healthy tip!

Choose plain water or soda water in place of a sugary drink.





START SAVING NOW! Pick up a flyer from the office, or phone 5434 3908.





WANT TO GET RID OF YOUR PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS??? Do you have lots of plastic grocery bags taking up valuable storage space in your home? A member of our school community is collecting plastic grocery bags to make sleeping mats for the homeless. If you have excess plastic grocery bags (I’m sure many of us do) they can be brought to the school office for collection to make more sleeping mats. Not only are we providing a soft place for a homeless person to sleep—we are also recycling those unwanted plastic grocery bags!!

California Gully Primary School has signed up with the Fitzpatrick’s Home Hardware D.I.Y. Rewards program. Each time you make a purchase at Fitzpatrick’s Home Hardware please mention the school and for each $1.00 spent the school will earn five club reward points that we can use to purchase products in store when we need to make any repairs around the school.

Current Uniform Prices at Bendigo Uniform Plus - Shop 6, Abbott Arcade Bendigo.

Short Sleeve Polo – $20.50 Long Sleeve Polo – $26.00 Polar Fleece Jumper – $35.00 Hoodie – $35.00

Blue & White Checked Dress – $22.00 Bucket Hat – $13.50 Slouch /Wide Brimmed Hat – $13.50





Stephanie Alexander Kitchen at California Gully Primary School

Tuesday Mornings 8.00 a.m. to 8.45 a.m.

With Thanks to The Eaglehawk Football/Netball Club and our generous sponsors we have a community breakfast program for all families (parents are more than welcome to attend) and staff of California Gully. The community breakfast program will continue tomorrow, Friday March 29th at 8 a.m. (please note that we will stop serving breakfast at 8.20a.m. any children who arrive after 8.20 a.m. will miss out). Sharing in breakfast together, what a great way for our school community to start to start the day!


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