The Gazette Barellan Central School Boree Street, Barellan NSW 2665

Phone: 02 6963 9202

Fax; 02 6963 9302

Email: barellan-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au

www.barellan-c.schools.nsw.edu.au

WEEK

Monday, 11th February

2013

3A,Term 1

Principal’s Report

Swimming Carnival Time to dust off the goggles and the swim cap – the swimming carnival is looming.

Our twilight carnival will be held this Thursday after-noon kicking off at 3:45pm. The weather forecast is for a mostly sunny day and 33 degrees – sounds perfect!

In the event that the weather doesn’t hold out, the back-up date for the carnival is this Friday, 15th Febru-ary, during the day.

P&C Meeting Thank you to the ladies who attended the P&C meeting on Friday in the BCS Library. There was hearty discus-sion around a number of matters that impact the school – make sure you come along to the next one to hear what’s going on and have your say.

SRC The Student Representative Council (SRC) is being co-ordinated by Miss Murdoch this year and the ball is already rolling with nomination forms for students in Years 3 and up being handed out late last week.

If you think you have what it takes to lead your fellow students then fill in the application form and hand it in to Miss Murdoch by Thursday this week. Watch this space to hear who has been successful!

2013 DERvices The new lot of DERvices are scheduled to arrive in the school this Wednesday. Mrs Gatto will be organising their roll out to students once they have actually ar-rived.

Year 7 (Boys and Girls) Immunisation

Tuesday 19th February 2013.

Consent forms were distributed to students last week and need to be returned to the school by tomorrow, Tuesday 12th February.

RAP Induction Camp The annual Riverina Access Partnership induction camp for year 11 students is on this Tuesday and Wednesday. Students will meet their RAP teachers and classmates and spend time learning about their courses, each other and the protocols surrounding their new way of learn-ing in Stage 6.

Students will travel across with Mr Whytcross and my-self and must be at school at 7:30am sharp to be at Borambola on time.

Lunch Passes Students were reminded of the importance of signing out and in accurately to leave the school grounds for lunch at the end of last week. Students must only sign for themselves and no-one else, in a timely manner. Senior students who may have a lunchtime class may seek to leave earlier or later to have lunch.

Once students have signed out to go to lunch, they must find the nominated Executive teacher to sign back in once they return to school.

The current system we have for students to leave the school grounds for lunch is being reviewed and there was a lengthy discussion around the topic at the P&C Meeting last Friday.

Absences A reminder that if your child is away from school it is a legal requirement that they have a written note to ex-plain their absence. This includes partial absences for example, if your child is late to school (any time after 8:55am is considered “late”), or if your child needs to leave early for some reason (this is before 3pm for Pri-mary students and 3:25pm for Secondary students).

If your child leaves the school grounds for lunch and does not return to school, this is also a partial absence and requires a written note to explain the absence.

Gazette Items Remember, for your items to be included in the Gazette, please they are emailed to Vicki at Vicki.tubb@det.nsw.edu.au by 9am sharp each Monday morning for inclusion in that weeks Gazette.

Calendar for February 2013 Thursday 14 BCS Twilight Swimming Carnival

Friday 15 Day of in Lieu of Swimming Carnival

Monday 18 NRL Clinic K-6 2-3pm

Tuesday 19 RAP Sport Trials @ BCS

Wednesday 20 PSSA Cricket Trials @ BCS

Wednesday 27 Primary Meet & Great 2pm

Canteen Roster

Mon 11/2

Jane Snaith

Thur 14/2

Tina Haeuslaer

Fri 15/2

Closed

Mon 18/2

Sarah Lees

Thur 21/2

Sue Wilson

Fri 22/2

Rebecca Rainbird

Mon 25/2

Helen Foy

Thur 28/2

Jane Snaith

Fri 1/3

Karen Smith

Twilight Swimming Carnival 2013 Our swimming carnival will be held on Thursday

February 14th, starting at 3:45pm at the Barellan

Swimming Pool.

All family and community members are welcome to join us.

There is a return slip in this week’s Gazette asking for people to help in the running of the carnival. Please fill it in and return to the school by tomorrow, Tuesday 12th February 2013 if you can help.

Students are allowed to come to school in house col-ours. Coloured hairspray is not permitted in the pool. Coloured zinc can be applied after 3:00pm prior to the start of the carnival.

The swimming carnival is compulsory for all students. Students will spend Thursday at school following the normal timetable. At 3pm students will have time to have afternoon tea, then be walked to swimming pool to commence the carnival.

Students are reminded to bring sun-screen, towel, hat and water. A BBQ and Canteen will be operating on the night.

Students are not permitted to leave the pool during or after the carnival unless they are with their parent or trusted adult. Parents are expected to make arrange-ments to have their children collected from the pool if they are unable to do so themselves.

Looking forward to a great afternoon of swimming and fun.

Mr Hesketh

Volunteer

BCS Swimming Carnival

Thursday February 14th 2013 - 3.30pm I can help at the Swimming Carnival, and am available at the following times:

____________________________________________

I am prepared to help with: _____________________

___________________________________________

Name: _____________________________________

Tele: _____________________________________

Signed:____________________________________

Primary Report - Mrs Rowe Equipment List Please ensure that your child/ren are coming to school pre-pared to learn with the right equipment. Attached is a list of what your child will need in their class this year. The right equipment will guarantee that your child is not missing out on learning and achieving.

Parent Information Afternoon Tea As at the beginning of every year, the Primary staff will be conducting an information afternoon tea for parents. This afternoon tea will inform parents of the activities and plans for students in 2013. All parents of students in Kinder to Year 6 are invited to attend. This year’s meeting will be held on Wednesday 27th February @ 2pm.

Absences From time to time all students will be absent from school for various reasons. It is a requirement by the Department of Education and Communities that parents must provide an adequate explanation for their child’s absence. Please ensure that if you are planning on being away, a note is sent in to notify the school of your child’s absence or a note sent in on your child’s return to school. If at any time your child is late or you need to pick up your child early, please notify the front office prior to dropping off or picking up your child.

NRL Clinic There will be a free NRL Clinic for all students in Yrs K-6 on Monday, February 18. Students will be permitted to wear sports clothes on Monday.

Crunch and Sip Barellan Central School is a ‘Crunch and Sip’ School, there-fore we encourage all students to bring a piece of fruit or vegetable to eat a a set time in class. ‘Crunch and Sip’ as-sists with promoting healthy eating, a healthy lifestyle and also assists the brain in functioning in a way that will stimu-late and support learning.

Parents are also reminded to make healthy choices when packing their child’s lunches.

BCS Primary Student

Requirement List 2013 Kinder/1 Library Bag Smock with long sleeves for art and craft - (If not already provided) Hat Box of tissues per Term Homework / Reader Folder Head Phones / Ear Buds for computer learning

ALL ITEMS MUST BE CLEARLY LABELLED Year 1/2 Students will need to replenish the first 5 items at the beginning of each term

HB Lead pencils Sharpener Eraser Coloured pencils (12 pkt) Glue stick A4 Homework book Homework / Reader Folder Box of tissues per term Paint shirt (if not already provided) Library bag Hat Pencil case (small/barrel style) Head Phones / Ear Buds for computer learning

ALL ITEMS MUST BE CLEARLY LABELLED Year 3/4 Students will need to replenish the first 5 items at the beginning of each term

HB Lead pencils Sharpener Eraser Coloured pencils (12 pkt) Glue stick Homework book Homework / Reader Folder Box of tissues per term Paint shirt (if not already provided) Library bag Hat Pencil case (small/barrel style) Head Phones / Ear Buds for computer learning

ALL ITEMS MUST BE CLEARLY LABELLED

Year 5/6 Students will need to replenish the first 5 items at the beginning of each term

Glue stick Coloured pencils (12pkt) Eraser HB lead pencils Blue/black/red/green pen Sharpener Library bag Box of tissues per term Paint shirt – if not already provided Pencil case (small/barrel style) Hat Head Phones / Ear Buds for computer learning

What’s on in Year 2/3

All students in 1 / 2 settled beautifully into work last week. We established our spelling routine using the Thrass letters

chart, over write sheets and word chunking. It was wonderful to see the students excited about spelling and using picture

dictionaries

This Week

Leaders Lachlan & Anika

Writing Recounts describing what is like to live in the bush and work on a farm. John O’Brien writing competition.

News

News Days

Crunch ‘ n’ Sip

We eat our fruit and sip water at 10 am.

Please check that your child brings a water

bottle each day, children can drinks water in

class. Bottles can be refilled with chilled water

at the bubblers. Sending fruit cut up in a small

container is a great help, thanks for supporting

your child in this.

NO HAT NO PLAY—everyone must remember

to wear their hat to school

Homework

Ring Words

Students will bring home a ring of hot words this week, please revise them each night. This should be a quick sight activity. If your child does not know the words, don’t sound them out, just tell your child the word and move on quickly.

Home

Reading

Great job with the reading everyone!!

Please remember we are recording 10 minutes of reading not a whole book. If the book is not finished in a night that is OK. Record the page and comment on the great strategies your child is using, e.g. checking the pictures, reading aloud or recording to check meaning.

Macarthur

RED

Farrer

BLUE

This Thursday is our

swimming carnival, all students are involved.

Those who are 8 this year ac-tually swim in events and the rest of us will participate in

games and races in the small pool and cheer for our house.

Everyone should come to school dressed in their

house colours. On Friday we get to stay at home for the

day.

Matisse

John

Ryan

Nace

Lachlan

Olivia

Jack

Lillian

Riley

Marian

Ben

Madison

Matilda

Isabella

Jordan

Anika

Ruby

Clancy

Emma

Zach

Emily W

Jonathan

Ella

Ben G

Logan

Tre

Zach

Monday

Tuesday Thursday Friday

Emily

Ben

Marian

Jonathan

Lillian

Riley

Lachlan

Emma

Clancy

John

Nace

Olivia

Ruby

Zach

Jordan

Matisse

Anika

Ella

Jack

Ryan

Ben G

Congratulations Olivia

and Lachlan for shar-

ing your family pho-

tos. We look forward

to hearing about eve-

ryone else’s families

this week.

Barellan Community News

For all inclusions in the BCS Gazette

Please email:

vicki.tubb@det.nsw.edu.au

All items must be in by

9.00am Monday Morning

Thankyou

Barellan Rural Fire Brigade AGM, Monday March 4th 7.00pm at the Fire Station.

Prior to the AGM there will be training for mem-bers and interested people at 6pm.

A general meeting will follow the AGM.

Ian Waide - Secretary.

Barellan Swim Club BBQ Roster for BCS

Swim Carnival

Thursday 14th Feb 2013

Menu on the Night Sausages $ 2

Rissoles $4

Steak sandwich $5

We have put a roster together to share the load of running the BBQ. We ask each family to spend half an hour helping out. If your given time is unsuitable please organise a swap and let Heather know so she can record the change on the master roster. Your help and co-operation is much appreciated.

Coleslaw –

Thanks to the following for offering to

provide coleslaw.

Brumby 4lts

Ohlsen 4lts

Gordon 4lts

Many thanks everyone, remember many hands make light work.

P&C Membership 2013 We invite you to become a member for a small fee of $5.00. This allows you to have voting rights at meetings. Simply fill out the slip below and return it to the school office or bring it to a meeting. Our next meeting will be the AGM on Tuesday, March 5th at 7.30pm Tina Haeusler Jo Ohlsen Tracey Gordon Helen Foy President Vice President Secretary Treasurer

Valentine’s Day Flowers (No excuses this year!!)

Barellan Post Office are now agents for Starfish Florist selling fresh, & artificial flowers. Please call and see Trish at the Post Office or phone 69639499 or 0427535020 Monday-Friday, 9.00am—5.00pm.

Lost

1 Asics white runner size 13 at the pool on Thurs-day night. Please ring 0437639170 if found.

2013 Debutante Ball. Any girls intending to make their Debut at this year’s Debutante Ball are invited to attend an information meeting to discuss the ball, on Friday February 15th at 5pm in the Catholic Church Parish Centre. Any enquiries regarding the ball can be made to Vicki Tubb or Bernadette Bandy.

Robyn Howarth School of Dancing

Open to all ages. Phone 0458262363

Street Stall Roster February

15th - No stall 22nd - CWA Any one wishing to hold or cancel a stall, please contact Barellan Club. Thankyou

Barellan Central School P & C Membership Slip 2013 I ______________________________ would like to become a member of the Barellan Central School P & C for 2013. As a member I have the voting rights at meetings. Enclosed $5-00 Email address ____________________________________________ _______________________________________signed ________________date

3:15 pm – 4:00 pm Haeusler Lees

4:00 pm – 4:30pm Brown Kenny

4:30pm – 5:00pm Neville Lucas

5:00pm – 5:30pm Geltch Inglis

5:30pm – 6:00 pm Flagg Rainbird Male ( Ella)

6:00pm – 6:30pm Brumby Gordon Snaith

6:30pm- 7:00 pm Hayes Ohlsen Findlay

BARELLAN MASTERS GAMES 2013 NEWS

BAREFOOT BOWLS - Friday night 22nd March. Com-petition will commence at 6.00pm

35 years and older

Mixed Event – 2 Male and 2 Female

Rego with Shelly Anderson – shelly.anderson117@hotmail.com

Or Sally Irons at the Club (Friday 15th and Wednesday 20th Feb between 6:30 and 8:30 pm)

Save money by paying and registering prior to the night!

* Teams are encouraged to dress up

* Please try and source your own bowls

The BMG Barefoot Bowls Format:

- 1st Round (6 Ends)

- Winners play winners and advance

- Losers play other 1st round losers in repo charge for medals

- The teams defeated by the most, drop out after Rd 2

BBQ tea available

Decisions by Barellan Masters Games Committee are final

HELPERS NEEDED Anyone with an RSA that would be willing to help over the Master Games Weekend (23rd & 24th Feb) Please contact Lyndal Davies on 0414349909 Your help would be greatly appreciated

Raffle Win a 16gb iPad Mini. Tickets only $2.00. Tickets available from Barellan Pool, Barefoot Bowls night, the Sportsground over the weekend. Raffle drawn at Sports Ground Sunday 24th February. Games Entries Masters Games entries will be being taken at the Me-morial Club on Friday the 15th of Feb from 6:30 till 8pm. Please see Sally Irons. Please return forms either to Sally on those nights or send through to our PO Box

BCS School Hats Order

NO HAT, NO PLAY An order will be placed for school hats next week. This is your last chance to order hats this semester. The hats are printed with BCS on the front and the child’s name on the back.

Hat sizes are:

Small — 55cm

Medium — 57cm

Large — 59cm

X Large — 61cm.

Hats are $20.00 each.

Payment should be made to the Barellan Central School P&C.

BCS HAT ORDER

Family Name: ___________________

Student Name Name on Hat Size

Total amount enclosed $ ________________

JACKET ORDER FORM

Orders and money to be returned to school

by Monday 25th February 2013

Cheques made payable to

Barellan Central School P&C

Total Amount Enclosed $ ___________________

NAME SIZE TOTAL

Barellan Central School Spray Jackets

Orders are now being taken for Spray Jackets

Sizes are as follows: (Order form opposite)

2SB Equivalent to size 6

SB Equivalent to size 8

MB Equivalent to size 10

LB Equivalent to size 12

XS Equivalent to size 14

S Equivalent to size 16

M Equivalent to size 18

L Equivalent to size 20

XL Equivalent to size 22

XXL Equivalent to size 24

Cost $55.00 Each

Orders and money are to be in by

Friday, March 16th 2012.

Orders must be placed with a $25 Deposit

with balance payable on delivery.

Cheques are to be made payable to-

Barellan Central School P&C

Hat orders to be in Monday 18th February. Spray Jack-ets by 25thFebruary. Any new parents or carers not sure on sizes please contact Jeanette Brumby. Please note that spray jackets take several weeks to be made so I am trying to get orders in early. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY ORDER FOR JACKETS SO DONT MISS OUT.