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Respect, Responsibility, Real Learning Relieving Principal: Sarah Steele PO Box 192 Fairy Meadow NSW 2519 P&C: www.balgowniepnc.com

The Bally Buzz

Balgownie Public School Living & Learning

W:www.balgownie-p.schools.nsw.edu.au T: 4284 4245 F:4284 3462 E:[email protected]

Term 3 - Week 6 Wednesday 29th August 2018

Calendar - Term 3 - 2018

Fiver for a Farmer Fundraiser

On Wednesday (22nd August),

Balgownie Public School hosted

a fundraiser in support of

Australian farmers who have

been struggling with drought

conditions. We are very pleased

to announce that our school

raised $2439. Thank you to all the

families who made a contribution. I would

especially like to thank the following

Balgownie families who contributed to the

bake sale or made an outstanding

contribution:

The McKillop Family

The Beaver Family

The Anderson-Bull family

The Neal Family

The Hoyn Family

The Green Family

The Gilmour Family

The Giuliani Family

The Baghdadi Family

The Kelly Family

The Holmewood Family

The Wei Family

The Godfrey Family

The King Family

The Madden Family

The Salvador Family

The Connelly Family

The Panozzo Family

The Wiaczek Family

The Armstrong Family

The Sukara Family

The Cox Family

I would also like to thank the following local

businesses and families would made a

contribution in support of our fundraiser:

Wed

+

Thurs

29th + 30th

Aug

Southern Stars

Rehearsals at WEC

Fri &

Sat

31st Aug

+1st Sept

Southern Stars Matinee

and Night Performances

Mon 3rd Sept

SASS Recognition Week

Book Week celebrations

& Treasure Hunt

Performance

Wed 5th Sept Pirate Mufti Day - GOLD

COIN for MDN Disease

Wed 12th Sept P&C General Meeting @

Balgownie Hotel

Thurs 13th Sept

Keira HS Year Advisor

Talk - For Year 7 2019 @

12.15pm

Tue 11th Sept Book Club Orders - Final

Day

Fri 14th Sept South Coast Athletics

Thurs 20th Sept

Stage 2 Assembly in

school hall @ 12-1pm

Parents welcome!

mailto:[email protected]

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Illawarra Kitchens (Gigliotti Family)

Chickos

Figtree Plaza Pharmacy

The Farina Family

The Crookes Family

The Evans Family

The Vicoroski family

4/5G and Alannah S should be very proud of

their efforts! Miss Gigliotti thanks you for your

kindness towards others.

Southern Stars Dance 2018 – Iconic

Over the past 6 weeks, 28 Stage 3 students

have been busily preparing for Southern Stars

2018. We will be dancing in four items in this

year’s show – Iconic. The Show will celebrate

contributions made to the creative and

performing arts over the past few decades

and will recognise iconic moments in music,

dance, art, film and drama. Balgownie’s

Stage 3 dancers will celebrate Walt Disney in

their items “Chillin’ Like a Villain” and “Happily

Ever After: Part 2”. Keep an eye out for Cruella

de Vil and Captain Hook on the dance floor!

After weeks of rehearsals, Show Week is finally

here! Students will perform in four shows this

week:

Friday 31st August: Matinee show 10am,

Evening show 7.30pm

Saturday 1st September: Matinee show

2.30pm, Evening show 7.30pm

Students at our school would not be able to

participate in these events without the

continued support of our amazing P & C! The

P & C provided our Southern Stars dancers

with funding to assist with some of the costs

associated with Southern Stars. This included

paying for each students’ Show T-Shirt and the

cost of buses to and from our rehearsals. On

behalf of the Stage 3 teachers and Southern

Stars Dancers, I would like to say a huge

THANK YOU to our wonderful P & C for their

assistance this year and for their continued

support of Southern Stars and the performing

arts. We would not be able to give our

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students these opportunities without their

support.

If you haven’t purchased your tickets yet,

there are available through Ticketmaster, but

be quick! Tickets are Adult $48, Pensioner and

student over 12 $38, Student/Child under 12

$27.

Make sure to keep checking the Southern

Stars – The Arena Spectacular Facebook site

for more stories, pictures and videos from this

week’s rehearsals. Like the page and please

share with your friends all the great stories and

colour of Southern Stars.

SASS Staff Recognition Week

NEXT week, our School

Administrative Support

Staff are celebrating

National Recognition

Week 2018, ‘Our jobs,

Your Children, Their

Future.’ SASS staff play

an essential role in the

operation of the school

and in supporting student learning. Thanks to:

Office staff who welcome everyone to our

school, and multi task with all the many

enquiries, people and first aid in a day.

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Service with a smile!

The School Admin Manager (Michelle

Thompson) who is also responsible for the

financial management of our school.

Our School Admin Officers who enrol

students, process banking and

procurement and work in the library.

Our School Learning Support Officers that

assist teachers in providing care and

management of students with disabilities,

additional learning and behaviour needs.

They also support teachers and students in

implementing individual education

programs.

Our General Assistants who assist in

enhancing students’ safety and learning

environment, performing minor

maintenance of buildings and equipment

and upkeep of the playing fields and

school grounds.

CONGRATULATIONS and THANK YOU to all our

wonderful SASS Staff: Michelle Thompson, Jo

Oyston, Casey Snow, Jenny Price, Jo

Carrigan, Rae Masters, Elizabeth Scott, Katrina

Obaydin, Brett Somerfield, Gareth Quin and

Dave Swan.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE HARD

WORK YOU DO!

Father’s Day Stall Thanks to our P and C President Susan

McAndrew for organising our Father’s Day stall

yesterday and to all our parent volunteers. It is

much appreciated!

What Kids Learn From Fathers

(Grandfathers, uncles, family friends, coaches, older cousins and other

positive male role models) By Michael Grose

Kids learn important lessons from their dads. A

recent study conducted by Galaxy Research

found that three quarters of Australian dads

nominated their father as the person from

whom they learned their most important life

skills.

Shaving, riding bikes, driving and changing

tyres are the skills that men attributed to their

dads. At first glance these may not appear

too startling but dig a little deeper and you

find that they attribute vital lifelong success

characteristics to their dads. High work ethic,

honesty, supportiveness and loyalty were all

values that men directly attributed to their

dads. The results of the study show that dad is

the ‘doing’ guy.

Mothers tend to interact with their kids

differently. They are more verbal, more astute

at developing interpersonal skills and more

likely to reveal what is on their mind. The

language of fatherhood is about activity –

dads teach many of their important lessons

through activity. Learning to be a good sport,

to share and to work toward a goal are

lessons that dads teach their kids in very

hands-on ways.

The study also showed that it was through

activity that men formed their relationships

with their dads. Playing, tinkering, building

and pulling things apart are the modus

operandi of many dads.

What do dads teach girls?

Dads teach girls fundamental lessons about

interacting with males. As my girls were

growing up I wanted them to expect to be

treated well and respectfully by males (both

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present and future) as well as having the

confidence to be assertive.

Numerous studies have linked fathers with the

healthy development of girls, including self-

esteem and confidence.

Certainly dads should compliment their

daughters genuinely and persistently in

adolescence when body image doubts are

very common. But they also need to let their

daughters grow away.

This is a challenge as dads tend to be

protective of their daughters and hard on

their sons. It’s lucky then that most mums are

protective and super-supportive of their boys!

The yin and yang that mothering and

fathering provide is a fabulous balance for

kids.

Boys grow into their dads

Little boys want to be like their dads. They

attribute superman-like qualities to their

fathers. Dads need to make the most of this

while they can because their sons become

teenagers and try hard to reveal their feet of

clay. The GOOD NEWS is that the Galaxy

Survey showed that most men still want to be

‘like their dad.’ That boyhood dream doesn’t

diminish in adulthood. That’s lucky as most

men become like their fathers, hopefully

better versions!

For more ideas, support and advice for all

your parenting challenges visit:

www.parentingideas.com.au

Playground Update: I wish to inform you that we have had further

advice from our Assets Management Unit and

Health and Safety Directorate regarding the

fragments of non-friable asbestos found in our

back playground.

A ‘chicken pick’ was completed two

weekends ago and the site has now been

declared safe. A clearance certificate has

been issued by the hygienist. A further

management plan will be provided to the

Compliance Directorate. We will notify the

school community of any further updates as

we are advised.

Find your Treasure Book Week 2018

This year our annual children’s Book Week

celebration will be happening at our school in

Week 7 (3rd to 7th Sept). We hold our amazing

Book Week Parade every second year, and

while we will not be parading this year, we

have some great activities lined up for our

students to enjoy.

This year’s theme is Find Your Treasure! I love

this theme as it really helps us to impart to our

children that stories and books can be

treasures. All we need to do is know how to

find them. That is where I come in! As a

Teacher Librarian, my passion is about getting

our next generation hooked on reading.

It is books that are the key to the wide world;

if you can’t do anything else, read all that you

can. —Jane Hamilton

Book Week Activities Book Week Performance Monday 3rd

September 10.00am. Cost per student $5.00

http://www.parentingideas.com.au/

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Treasure Hunt!

Jess lives by the

ocean. George lives

in the forest. One

morning they both

wake to find that something is missing –

something terribly important. It appears their

world may have changed ... and not for the

better! Despite their differences, George

and Jess realise they share a common need.

Together they set off on a quest to find the

treasure that has disappeared from their

homes. There are strange and challenging

obstacles to overcome but they discover that

help may be found in the most unexpected

places…

Find Your Treasure

Competition

This is voluntary, but lots of fun for those of you

who would like to get involved. Enter our Find

Your Treasure “Turn me into a Pirate”

competition. All you have to do is turn

something that is NOT a pirate (eg. a

pumpkin, a teddy bear, a potato, a toy, craft

materials, etc.) INTO a pirate. Remember, it

must be a pirate, not a treasure chest or a

pirate ship or anything else ‘piratey’. After

making your pirate model, fill out the entry

form available in the library with your name,

class and object’s pirate name (e.g. Captain

Boxbeard, or First-mate Pumpkinhead). Entries

will be displayed in the Library and will be

judged in Book Week by our three pirate

judges Ms. Steele, Mrs. Oyston and Mrs.

Thompson from the Office. Entries will be

judged on imagination, craftsmanship and

creativity. One winning entry will be chosen

from Kinder, Stage 1, Stage 2 and Stage 3. All

winning entries will receive a $25.00 book

voucher. The entry date closes on Monday

3rd September. Good luck to all of our

creators.

Mrs Birchall

AHOY Me Hearties!! Book Week Fundraiser

in support of MND.-Wednesday 5th

September

Balgownie Fire Station again are committing

a team to participate in the Sydney

CenterPoint Tower stair climb to raise funds for

Motor Neuron Disease MND. Motor Neurone

Disease is a progressive, terminal neurological

disease. There is no known treatment or cure.

Each day, in Australia, two or more people die

from MND and more than two people are

diagnosed with MND.

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Using the Book Week theme ‘Find Your

Treasure’, we are encouraging all students

and staff to come dressed as a pirate. All

money we collect will be used to sponsor the

Balgownie Firies for their stair climb team.

All donations go to Macquarie University

which houses Australia’s largest MND

research facility. Currently Macquarie

University employs 40 researchers and 12

clinicians involved in the research effort to

end MND.

The Stair Climb is on Saturday 20th October.

The Firies will climb 1504 stairs, carrying 20kg of

equipment. We wish them luck and strength.

Please support the Bally Firefighters and their

team to raise much needed funds, dress like a

Pirate and give a gold coin

Balgownie SRC and Mrs Burns

Year 5 STEM Day Report

By Zoe Johnson and Emily Petrov From 5/6B

After going to Keira High School and

participating in many activities for STEM

(Science Technology Engineering

Mathematics) we had participated in the

events that were: meltdown madness,

catapult building, bionic hand, bridge

building and water turbines. One of the

activities was Meltdown Madness we had to

use an iPad to control a robot which had to

pick up different coloured batons. The red

batons we called the ‘critically injured’, the

yellow were the ‘severely injured’, the blue

were the ‘highly injured’ and the purple were

the ‘mildly injured’. The batons were worth

different amounts of points but if dropped,

they would subtract a certain amount of

points off your total. For the catapult building

we were given rubber bands, pieces of

masking tape, a piece of string, scissors, safety

glasses, wooden sticks and a wooden spoon.

We only had an hour to complete this

challenge and our main goal was to build a

catapult, put a wooden spoon on the

catapult and flick a ball into the target using

rubber bands as our ‘flying force’. For the

bionic hand we had to make a working hand

that you pull string and you can grab things

with. We had to use thick straws, string, tape,

gloves and scissors. We succeeded in that

activity as well as the bridge build. We had a

durable bridge that held weights of different

measurements. As for Bally we made it to the

weight of 93.8 grams. For the water turbines

we were provided with foam, tape, paddle

pop sticks and plastic sticks. The water was

poured down onto the turbine and it rotated

35 times and in that activity we came 3rd.

Overall we enjoyed the day thoroughly!!

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Regional Athletics

Congratulations and best wishes to our

students attending the South Coast Regional

Athletics Carnival on Friday 14th September in

Canberra. The standard of the competition is

very high as competitors strive for a position at

the State Carnival.

We look forward to hearing about your

wonderful sportsmanship and personal

achievements. Potentially our next future

Olympians!

Girls Touch Footy Knockout

On Thursday 16th August our Senior Girls

Touch Footy team played in Round 4 of the

PSSA Knockout competition. This was our first

game after 2 bye rounds and after receiving

a forfeit in Round 3. We played against

Corrimal East in windy conditions, but that

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didn’t stop the BPS girls. We went into the half-

time break leading the game 4-1. After some

fancy footwork from a few of our players we

extended our lead in the second half by

another try. Corrimal East fought back with

another 2 tries in quick succession. Balgownie

girls were not disheartened and responded

by scoring another 3 tries. Balgownie won the

game 8-4. The girls showed great

sportsmanship and encouragement for their

peers. Well done girls! We play our next game

in Week 7 against Shell Cove Public School. \

CONGRATULATIONS:

Isaac M who competed on Friday 27th July

the in the state cross country championships.

Isaac came 57 in the state in the 8/9’s boys

combined age group. With a personal best

time of 8.17mins for the 2km course. Well

done.

Boys Basketball

Athletics

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Please support our local village butcher:

Uniform Shop

Pre-orders for the Girls Summer Tunics are now

being taken. Orders can be placed online

http://balgowniepnc.com/ourschool/unifor

ms/ or by using the attached pre-order form

and placing money/cheques in the P and C

Box in the School Office.

All orders must be placed and paid for in full

by 3pm Friday 31st August to ensure delivery

for Term 4.

SUMMER DRESSES ARE NOT KEPT IN

STOCK SO ORDER NOW TO AVOID

DISAPPOINTMENT!

We will be OPEN FRIDAY 31st AUGUST. Any

orders placed after 9am Friday 17th August

will not be processed until the 31st.

Did you know you can

order your uniforms

through Facebook on

the desktop?? Just LIKE

Balgownie Public School

P & C Association page.

And then order your uniform through the

STORE. We are currently working on being

able to access the store on your mobile! Stay

tuned!

Kindergarten Teddy Bear’s Picnic

Excursion…Term 4

Kindergarten will be on a Teddy Bear’s Picnic

on Monday the 22nd October. We will be

travelling by bus to the Royal national Park,

Audley Heights. The cost of the excursion will

be approximately $30 to cover the bus, entry

and program. Notes will be sent out to

Kindergarten students in Week 7 of this term.

Please see your class teacher if you have any

concerns about your child attending this

excursion.

http://balgowniepnc.com/ourschool/uniforms/

http://balgowniepnc.com/ourschool/uniforms/

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KK Scarecrow Update

The male scarecrow has been in the cubby

house garden for a month. The students in KK

have been reflecting (Orange thinking cap)

about our scarecrow and we have realised

the following points:

In the afternoon toddlers enjoy looking at the

scarecrow and often do so by climbing up the

retaining wall.

There are still significant numbers of Balgownie

Public School students using the retaining wall

as access to the cubby house and

surrounding gardens.

Our scarecrow looks awesome in the garden.

Even though our scarecrow hasn’t solved the

problem of students and staff climbing the

retaining wall we think he looks great.

Over the next few weeks KK will be re-

planning and producing a different idea to

stop students, staff and toddlers climbing the

retaining wall.

Please watch this area for the next solution to

our problem.

Alison Kerema and students of KK

Stewart House Clothing

Appeal 2018 Stewart House clothing

appeal bags have been sent home. Please

return Stewart House bags to the area outside

the Canteen by Thursday 30 August 2018. The

school is unable to accept any clothing bags

after this date.

August Meeting of the Balgownie Public School

P&C In our August meeting for P&C we reflected

on the success of the kindy 2019 Open Day

and Education Week Open Day. We then

planned and discussed the Fathers’ Day Stall

which was held on Tuesday 28th August. Next

we reviewed the options for girls winter pants.

Finally we reviewed 1/2L’s notion to create an

outdoor learning space. We hope to see

members of our community at our next P&C

meeting to be held on Wednesday 12th

September.

Family Fun Day Meeting Members of our school community are invited

to come along to our Family Fun Day Meeting

next Wednesday evening 5th September at

7pm at Balgownie Collegians. So, if you would

like to offer help (no matter how big or small),

have some ideas or you just want to know a

bit more about what is happening, please

feel free to join us.

September Meeting of the Balgownie Public

School P&C Members of our school community are

warmly invited to our September P&C

Meeting on Wednesday 12th September at

7:15pm at Balgownie Hotel. Hear about our

plans for the school P&C and our plans for the

Family Fun Day to be held on Saturday 27th

October, 2018.

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Balgownie Public School P&C

General Meeting: at Balgownie Hotel.

Wednesday 12 September 2018

Agenda

1) Welcome

2) Attendance

3) Apologies

4) New members

5) Minutes of Previous meeting

6) Business arising from previous minutes

7) Reports

Principal’s

President’s

Treasurer’s

Fundraising

- Family Fun Day Committee

Uniform shop

Grounds & Environment

Grants

Volunteers

Museum

8) General Business

- Defibrillator

- Comedy For A Cause

9) Next Meeting

Joke of the Week

Have a fabulous fortnight

everyone!

Sarah Steele

Relieving Principal

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