ega Valley Public School...ceremony and morning Tea provided by our P&, thank you. Stage 3 students have been discovering the undian Way south of Eden. The undian Way is a shared history

What’s coming up:

2-6 July NAIDOC WEEK Activities

Thursday 5 July Reports Sent Home

Friday 6 July

Last day for Term 2 NAIDOC Colour Day GOLD

COIN DONATION & Disco

Sausage Sizzle lunch $2 each sandwich

Tuesday 24 July

Students Return Term 3

Friday 27 July South Coast Region Cross

Country Eastern Creek

Tuesday 31 July Paul Kelly Cup Final

6th - 10th August EDUCATION WEEK

Thursday 9th August Book Parade and Book

Fair

Friday 17th August PSSA Athletics Carnival

Mrs Carolyn Nugent - Principal 21 Auckland Street BEGA NSW 2550

PO Box 667 BEGA NSW 2550 School Office Hours: 8.30am to 3.30pm

Phone 02 6492 1280 ▪ Fax 02 6492 3965

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE:

Dear Parent/Carers, Under the theme - Because of Her, We Can! - NAIDOC Week 2018 will be held nationally from Sunday 8 July and continue through to Sunday 15 July. BVPS is acknowledging this week of celebration in this final week of Term 2. As pillars of our society, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have played – and continue to play - active and significant roles at the community, local, state and national levels. This week our students have been involved in the official Flag Raising ceremony and morning Tea provided by our P&C, thank you. Stage 3 students have been discovering the Bundian Way south of Eden. The Bundian Way is a shared history pathway between Targangal (Kosciuszko) and Bilgalera (Fisheries Beach). Students have also participated in cultural activities at Jigamy Farm, shared in Indigenous Games with BHS students and showcased our respect for NAIDOC Week in a special assembly on Thursday.

Bega Valley Public School

Great Expectations ~ Great Attitude ~ Great Opportunities

NEWSLETTER - Term 2 Week 10

Phone: (02) 64 921280

STAFF CHANGES TERM 3/4 Mrs Butchers will be continuing in her role as Assistant Principal Special Education and also takes on the role of leading the Learning and Support programs throughout our school. Meg Derwent will become classroom teacher, alongside Sophie Martin and Liam O’Sullivan in our Creative Learning Centre. Lacey Rees, Jana Welsford, Candy McVeity and Jhania Malinemi will continue providing additional programs for all of our students in Art, PE/H/ Music and STEM.

EDUCATION WEEK Term 3 brings along Education week 6th - 10th August. This year we are having a S.T.E.A.M. day (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Maths). We would like to host 30 STEAM based activity groups for 90 minutes on Tuesday 7th August from 11:30-1pm. Would you be interested in helping run an interesting activity on this day? Please contact Liam O’Sullivan at school and offer your name. Thanks.

SAFE AND HAPPY SCHOOL HOLIDAY BREAK

As we prepare for Term 3 with programming and planning I wish all of our families a safe and happy two week break. Carolyn Nugent

NAIDOC Week

This week Bega Valley Public School is celebrating NAIDOC week. Our theme for 2018 is - Because of her, we can! We will especially be celebrating the invaluable contributions that our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have made - and continue to make - to our communities, our families, our rich history and to our nation. As pillars of our society, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have played – and continue to play - active and significant roles at the community, local, state and national levels.

For at least 65,000 years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have carried our Dreaming stories, songlines, languages and knowledge that have kept our culture strong and enriched us as the oldest continuing culture on the planet. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women were there at first contact.

They continue to influence as doctors, lawyers, teachers, electricians, architects, emergency and defence personnel, volunteers, accountants, academics - the list goes on. They are our mothers, our elders, our grandmothers, our aunties, our sisters and our daughters. They have marched, protested and spoken out for justice, equal rights, our rights to country, for law and justice, access to education, employment and to maintain and celebrate our culture, language, music and art. They did so and continue to do so, while caring for our families and maintaining our homes. Their achievements, their voice, their unwavering passion give us strength and have empowered past generations and paved the way for generations to come.

Walk the Bundian Way As part of our NAIDOC week celebrations, Stage 3 were lucky enough

to walk part of the Bundian Way Story Trail.

The Bundian Way is the best preserved of the ancient east-west Aboriginal routes of South

Eastern Australia. It has been used for millennia by Aboriginal people for practical resource

access, ceremonial and education purposes, maintenance of kinship ties and business and

trade. It was also used to share knowledge and resources, make alliances and settle

disputes.

The Bundian Way is a 256km-long route from the coast at Bilgalera (Fisheries Beach) near

Eden, to the summit of Targangal (Mount Kosciuszko).

NAIDOC Week Assembly

Today Bega Valley Public School held a special whole school NAIDOC week assembly. We were treated to a cultural dance display by Bega Valley Public School and Bega High dancers. They will also be performing at the Bega High School today. We were also lucky enough to enjoy a special song written and performed by 4S titled “Because Of Her We Can”. We will be wrapping up our celebrations on Friday with a Colour Day and Disco.

Athletics Carnival

Last Friday 29 June was the annual BVPS Athletics Carnival.

We were blessed with sunshine and dry conditions on the field.

We were so impressed with all the support and encouragement from

parents and carers who came along to cheer on their children. Thank you to all the helpers who contributed towards making it such a

successful day, the students thoroughly enjoyed it.

Jigamy Farm

As part of the NAIDOC week celebrations Stage 2 were fortunate enough to travel to Jigamy Farm to participate in various cultural activities such as bush walking,

boomerang and spear throwing, seed grinding and storytelling. Students enjoyed a wonderfully rich cultural experience.

Library News

The Book Parade and Book Fair will take place on Thursday 9 August during

Education Week (Week 3). The theme this year is “The Sea”. Costumes can be based on things found

under or above the sea. So… start thinking of ideas for your costumes over the holidays!

Visiting Author Aleesah Darlison will be visiting our school Thursday 2 August (Week 2). She will give “Author Talks” to

ES1 and Stage 1 titled “Animals Galore”, Stage 2 titled “Fun, Fantasy and Fractured Fairytales”, Stage 3

titled “Writing Realism- Narrative Tricks of the Trade” and she will also be conducting a “Creative Writing

Workshop”.

Events – Put them in your diary now P&C Meeting – Monday 30th of July 5.30pm in the staff room Next Term Next term is a very busy on for the P&C with Zone athletics, Father’s day stall, school plays and the colour fun run. Keep an eye out on FaceBook and School stream and in the newsletter for more information about these great events. Athletics Carnival Thank you to all the people who donated cakes and slices for the School Athletics Carnival and to Za’s coffee for supplying coffee and hot chocolate. It was a fantastic day and the P&C made just under $1000 on the day P&C Meeting – Monday 30th of July All welcome to the next meeting – items on the agenda include Zone Athletics carnival catering and colour fun run at the end of term 3. Volunteers thanks – still need help! Fridays are still the busiest day at the canteen and we still need some volunteers to help out. Please contract ring Chris Young on 0427 998 944 if you can help out. School Stream Ap & Facebook page – tell a friend I am constantly amazed when parents tell me that they didn’t know an event was on, we need your help to spread the word on the School Stream Ap & the Facebook page – if you are doing pick up and are talking to other parents, please ask them if they have the school stream ap or have joined the school Facebook site. If they haven’t can you show them how to join. The P&C is very supportive of the school’s move to start using the School Stream Ap. You can download this Ap for free at the ITunes store or the equivalent Ap store for non-Apple phones. The School will use this Ap to get information like newsletters, bus breakdowns, absent notes, excursion details etc out to parents. Once you have downloaded the Ap you will be able to sign up to Bega Public School and get all the alerts in real time as they are posted. Facebook Please join the schools Facebook page, it is a great source of information about what is happening in the school. Information from the school will go out on School Stream and the info from the P&C will go out on Facebook, so make sure you join both.

P&C NEWS

Canteen Roster MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY

Week 10 JULIE LEEA BEC

Term 3 Week 1

NO CANTEEN STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY

LEEA VOLUNTEERS NEEDED MEL W

Week 2 JUDY BETTY ANDREW VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Week 3 ROBYN JAMIE MEL S VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Rugby League/Tag Gala Day On Wednesday Stage 3 got to compete in the Far South Coast Rugby League/Tag Gala Day. The Students played really well. They won some games and lost some, but overall they enjoyed the experience of playing in a team against other Schools in the area and learnt some new skills along the way. Well done Bega Valley!

Here is the Canteen Roster for the rest of this Term and for the three weeks of next term. As you can see we still need extra volunteers on Fridays. If you are able to help out, even if it’s just for a couple of hours, please contact Chris Young on 0427 998 944.

Lost Property Once again we have accumulated a large number of lost property this term. There is a considerable amount of non-uniform items that are not labelled and are currently sitting in our sick bay area. If your child has lost an item of clothing please let us know so that we can return it to your child. All items that are not collected by the end of term will be donated to charity.