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‘WORKING TOGETHER’

NEWSLETTER 2019 Term 1 Week 5

YOU CAN DO IT! Focus of the Week: Persistence We are SAFE, RESPECTFUL and ACCEPTING

TERM 1 IMPORTANT DATES What’s on this week:

Monday February 25 Debating at University Wednesday February 27 BHPS School Assembly

Friday March 1 Clean Up Australia Day

What’s coming up:

Monday March 4 Parliament Induction Ceremony @10am

Wednesday March 13 BHPS School Assembly Friday March 15 McKeon Swimming for Stage 3 starts Wednesday March 20 BHPS P&C Meeting @ 9am

Friday April 5 Musica Viva

Dear parents, carers and community members,

Can you believe we are already in Week 5? Where has that time gone? There is a wonderful feel to the school as I walk around the playground and pop into classrooms. Students are engaged and enjoying the learning opportunities they are taking part in. We are continuing to focus on our five keys of the You Can Do It initiative – Organisation, Confidence, Resilience, Getting Along and Persistence and our students are constantly sharing how they are demonstrating these keys to success. Take a look further in the newsletter to see what our focus for this week is.

McKeon Swim and Water Safety Program This year, our school has been lucky enough to be chosen to participate in the McKeon Family Foundation Swim and Water Safety Program. This foundation, in conjunction with Clubs NSW and Healthy Cities will run a five week program for our Stage 3 students starting next Friday. The aim of the initiative is to reinforce the water safety message and skills of our students before they enter young adulthood; where they can make incorrect choices of when, where and how to swim. It is an incredible opportunity for ALL our students, regardless of swimming ability and I

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can’t wait for our students to be involved. A big thank you to the McKeon Family Foundation, Clubs NSW and Healthy Cities Illawarra (who run our very own Play Pod) for involving our school.

Changes and reminders about school events There have been some slight changes to a few school events this year due to timetables and clashes with learning times. School assemblies will now be on Wednesday afternoons at 2pm (odd weeks in Term 1, then even weeks Terms 2, 3 and 4). These will be advertised on the front of the school newsletter to remind all parents and carers when they are on. Scripture will now fall on a Thursday afternoon to ensure our students are engaged immediately in learning opportunities on a Monday morning. Our Breakfast Club initiative runs every morning from 8:30am – 8:50am. After 8:50am, our staff are preparing for their day in the classroom and cooking has stopped. Having breakfast every day is an essential part of being ready to tackle the day ahead. Without this important meal, students feel lethargic and find the absorption of learning difficult as the morning progresses. If your child has not had breakfast, please ensure they are at school during this timeframe so they don’t miss out.

Koori Catch Up Last Tuesday, we held our very first Koori Catch Up for the year and what a fantastic turn out. Thank you to all the parents, grandparents, siblings and carers who came to our Catch Up to hear all the wonderful opportunities our Aboriginal Education Team are working on with our students. If you missed this opportunity to pop into school, we will be having a few during the year so watch this space for details on when the next one is organised. Thank you to Mrs Mangos, Troy and Veronica for organising this opportunity and to Mrs Maranesi for working as part of our Aboriginal Education Team to ensure events such as this are possible.

Debating Today a team of five students went with Mrs Parkes to the to take part in a debating training day. Students were put through their paces and enjoyed all the new learning they were involved in. They especially enjoyed the workshop presentations and the demonstration debate. We can’t wait to see these new skills in action and hopefully our team will compete in a number of debating tournaments this year.

Clean Up Australia Day Our school is participating in Clean Up Australia Day this coming Friday. Our students will assemble at 2pm and each stage will be given a designated area to clean. Thank you to Miss Finlay for organising our participation in this important event. The theme of the initiative is Change Starts with You and the idea behind this event is to ignite an enthusiasm and desire among the community to get involved and make a difference to their local environment themselves. For our own event, it would be greatly appreciated if students could each bring in a pair of gloves and a plastic bag (plastic gloves and bags can be recycled in a soft plastics bin which our Stage 3 students will organise). Thank you for your support of this initiative.

ThinkUKnow This week you will again find a helpful information sheet from ThinkUKnow – Australia’s first (and only) nationally delivered crime prevention program. The focus for the week is Instagram; please look over this information and if you have any more questions head to https://www.thinkyouknow.org.au

Have a wonderful week! Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 Warm regards, Police 4232 5599

Skye Seymour Crimestoppers 1800 333 000 Principal

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You Can Do It Week 5 focus

Focus of the Week: Persistence

Penny Persistence Persistence is…

• working on a task until it is finished, no matter how hard it is or how long it

takes. • Trying hard and not giving up when

something feels like it is too hard to do.

Community Announcements

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School Route Number & Name Changes from Monday 2 July 2018

All School route numbers and names will be updated from Monday 2nd July 2018. The new numbers will ensure that school buses are easily identifiable. All new school bus numbers will start with a capital ‘S’ and be followed by a new 3 digit bus number, e.g. S100. You can access further information in the following ways: • Ask for the Schedule of School Route Service Changes from the school office. • View the Schedule of school route service changes on the Premier Illawarra website at www.premierillawarra.com.au • Contact Premier Illawarra on (02) 4271 1322 • Contact Transport for NSW directly on 131500 Schedule of School Route Service Changes – Premier Illawarra Effective from: 2 July 2018

Old Route New Route Number Number New Route Name

AHS1 S050 Albion Park HS to Calderwood Rd af Mellows Rd AHS2 S051 Ti Tree Ave bf Maple St to Albion Park HS AHS3 S052 Woollybutt Dr bf Jarrah Way to Albion HS AHS4 S053 Esperance Dr at Danjeera Dr to Albion Park HS AHS5 S054 Danjera Dr opp Chinchilla Way to Albion Park HS APS1 S055 Terry St af Badgery St to Albion Park PS APS2 S056 Albion Park PS to Princes Hwy af Woollybutt Dr ARS1 S057 Princes Hwy bf Mallee St to Albion Park Rail PS ARS2 S058 Woollybutt Dr bf Jarrah Way to Albion Park Rail PS ARS3 S059 Terry St af Badgery St to Albion Park Rail PS BHP1 S060 Woodlands Dr af Shellharbour Rd to Barrack Heights PS BLP1 S061 Rothery St opp Tressider Pl to Bellambi PS BPS1 S062 Squirrells Hills Pre-School to Oak Flats HS CCC1 S063 Shellharbour Bus Depot to Cedars Christian College via Oak Flats & Dapto CCC2 S064 Wollongong TAFE to Cedars Christian College CCH1 S065 Bonaira St at Henley Ave to Corpus Christi HS CCH2 S066 Corpus Christi HS to Pur Pur Ave af Shellharbour Rd CCH3 S067 Wentworth Rd af Darcy Rd to Corpus Christi HS CCH4 S068 Bong Bong Rd opp Parkdale Ave to Corpus Christi HS CCH5 S069 Ocean Beach Dr af Shellharbour Rd to Corpus Christi HS CCH6 S070 Tongarra Rd opp Albion Park PS to Corpus Christi HS CCH7 S071 Dunmore Station to Corpus Christi HS via Shell Cove CCH8 S072 Wollongong St opp Addison St to Corpus Christi HS CHS1 S073 Balgownie Rd af Princes Hwy to Corimal HS CHS2 S074 Corrimal HS to Bellambi PS via Rothery St CHS3 S075 Corrimal HS to Cabbage Tree Lane af Mclean Ave via Fernhill CPS1 S076 Gladstone Ave to Coniston PS via Roland Ave DHS1 S077 Huxley Dr at Colony Gdns to Dapto HS DHS2 S078 Dapto HS to Dapto PS DHS3 S079 Horsley Dr af Ashwood Pl to Dapto PS DHS4 S080 Dapto HS to Dapto PS DHS5 S081 Fairwater Dr af Highcroft Bvd to Dapto HS DHS6 S082 North Marshall Mount Rd to Dapto HS DPS1 S083 Wongawilli to Dapto PS via West Dapto Rd & Darkes Rd DPS2 S084 Dapto PS to Kembla Grange Station via Wongawilli, Sierra Dv & Bong Bong Rd DPS3 S085 Dapto PS to Marshall St af Cleveland St via Kanahooka DPS5 S086 Sunnybank Roundabout to Dapto PS via Horsley Rd & Bong Bong Rd ER1 S087 Stocklands Shellharbour to Edmund Rice College via Albion Park & Figtree Heights ER10 S088 Bellambi Bowling Club to Edmund Rice College ER11 S089 Edmund Rice College to & Keira St via Burelli St ER2 S090 Wollongong St opp Addison St to Edmund Rice College via Shellcove ER3 S091 to Edmund Rice College via Cordeaux Heights

ER4 S092 Farmborough Rd at Princes Hwy to Edmund Rice College

ER5 S093 Bong Bong Rd opp Parkdale Ave to Edmund Rice College

Schedule of School Route Service Changes – Premier Illawarra Page 1

Old Route New Route Number Number New Route Name

ER6 S094 Wentworth Rd af Darcy Rd to Edmund Rice College via Lake Heights The Avenue Shops Mangerton bf Taronga Ave to Edmund Rice College via ER7 S095 Wollongong Central ER8 S096 Balmoral St at Kembla St to Edmund Rice College via Mt Pleasant ER9 S097 Corrimal PS to Edmund Rice College FHS1 S098 Harry Graham Dr opp Central Ave to Figtree HS FHS2 S099 Farmborough Aged Care, Waples Rd to Figtree HS FHS3 S100 West Wollongong to Figtree HS FHS4 S101 Figtree HS to Kembla Heights via Cordeaux Heights FHS5 S102 Figtree HS to Cordeaux Heights FHS6 S103 Figtree HS to Kembla Heights FPS1 S104 Flinders PS to Southern Cross Bvd bf Cove Bvd FRS1 S105 Farmborough Rd PS to Derribong Dr af Tyalla Pl GPS1 S106 Porter St opp University Ave to Gipps Rd at Berkeley Rd via Keiraville GSS1 S107 Holy Spirit College to Good Samaritan Catholic PS GSS2 S108 New Mt Pleasant Rd at Bushland Ave to Good Samaritan Catholic PS GSS3 S109 Princes Hwy af Farmborough Rd to Good Samaritan Catholic PS HPS1 S110 Bong Bong Rd opp Parkdale Ave to Hayes Park PS via Horsley HSC1 S111 Holy Spirit College to Mcgrath St bf Princes Hwy HSC2 S112 Dunfries Ave af Mt Ousley Rd to Holy Spirit College HSC3 S113 Wollongong Conservatorium of Music to Holy Spirit College HSC4 S114 Farmborough Heights to Holy Spirit College HSC5 S115 Panorama Dr af Lyrebird Way to Holy Spirit College via Cordeaux Heights HSC7 S116 Obriens Rd af Princes Hwy to Holy Spirit College HSC8 S117 Holy Spirit College to Balgownie Rd opp Fairy Meadow PS HSC9 S118 Wentworth Rd af Darcy Rd to Holy Spirit College via Lake Heights ICC1 S119 Woonona HS to Derribong Dr af Tyalla Pl ICC2 S120 Gilmore St bf Reserve St to Illawarra Christian School via Unanderra ICC3 S121 St Pius X School & Illawarra Christian School to Berkeley ICC4 S122 Shellharbour Depot to Illawarra Christian School via Albion Park ICC5 S123 Illawarra Christian School to Princes Hwy opp Farmborough Rd ICT1 S124 Gipps St af Hothersal St to Tongara College ICT2 S125 Shellharbour Rd opp Barrack Av to Tongara College ICT3 S126 Southern Cross Bvd bf Monkhouse Pde to Tongara College ICT4 S127 Burdekin Dr opp Roper Rd to Tongara College ICT5 S128 Terry St at Wiley St to Tongara College ICT6 S129 Prince Edward Dr at Kanahooka Rd to Terry Rd af Badgery St via Horsley ISC1 S130 Port Kembla Station to Five Islands Secondary College ISH1 S131 Booreea Blvd bf Sheringa Grove to Illawarra Sports HS ISH2 S132 Tresnan Ave af Blackman Pde to Illawarra Sports HS ISH4 S133 Gerard Ave at Carlon Cr to Illawarra Sports HS ISH5 S134 Fairloch Ave af Farmborough Rd to Illawarra Sports HS ISH6 S135 Cove Bvd bf Brindabella Dr to Illawarra Sports HS ISH7 S136 Wentworth Rd af Darcy Rd to Illawarra Sports HS ISH8 S260 Cringila Station to Illawarra Sports HS ISH9 S137 to Illawarra Sports HS KHS1 S138 Warrila Grove Shopping Centre & Shellharbour Rd to Kiama HS KW1 S139 London Dr opp Shaftesbury Ave to Wollongong HS KW10 S140 Oak Flats Station to Wollongong HS

Schedule of School Route Service Changes – Premier Illawarra Page 2

Old Route New Route Number Number New Route Name

KW11 S141 Wollongong HS & Keira HS to Balgownie KW12 S142 Wollongong HS & Keira HS to West Wollongong KW13 S143 Heaslip St af St Johns Ave to Wollongong HS KW14 S144 WollongongHS & Keira HS to Port Kembla KW15 S145 Cove Bvd op Brindabella Dr to Wollongong HS KW16 S146 Shellharbour Rd af George St to Southern Cross Blvd bf Buckley KW2 S147 Mount Ousley to Wollongong TAFE KW3 S148 Tarrawanna Rd bf Yuill Ave to Wollongong TAFE KW4 S149 Foothills Rd af Margaret St to Wollongong HS KW5 S150 Farmborough Rd at Princes Hwy to Wollongong HS via Cordeaux Heights KW6 S151 Terry St af Badgery St to Wollongong HS via Horsley KW7 S152 Bellambi Bowling Club to Wollongong HS KW8 S153 Gladstone Ave af Bridge St to Keira HS KW9 S154 Wollongong TAFE to Wollongong Station LHS1 S155 Church St at O'Donnell St to Lake Illawarra HS LHS2 S156 , Cowper St to Lake Illawarra HS LHS3 S157 Wollongong St opp Addison St to Lake Illawarra HS LSP1 S158 Henricks Pde af Mackenzie Ave to Lake Illawarra South PS MBP1 S159 Marshall St at Cleveland St to Mount Brown PS MBP2 S160 Sierra Dr at Bong Bong Rd to Mount Brown PS via Dapto Station MBP3 S161 Hayward Bay Rd af Wollingurry Roundabout to Mt Brown PS MBP4 S162 North Marshall Mount Rd to Mt Brown PS via Haywards Bay MTS1 S163 Burdenkin Dr opp Roper Rd to Mt Terry PS MTS2 S164 Terry St af Badgery St to Mt Terry PS MWP1 S165 Konrads Rd bf Redall Pde to Mount Warrigal PS NCS1 S166 Cove Bvd bf Brindabella Dr to Nazareth PS NCS2 S167 Pur Pur Ave af Shellharbour Rd to Nazareth PS NCS3 S168 Pur Pur Ave af View St to Nazareth PS via Flinders NHP1 S169 Farmborough Rd at Princes Hwy to Nareena Hills PS OSH1 S170 Princes Hwy bf Mallee St to Oak Flats HS OSH2 S171 Woollybutt Dr bf Jarrah Way to Oak Flats HS OSH3 S172 Jarrah Way at Sugargum St to Oak Flats HS OSH4 S173 Shellharbour Depot to Oak Flats HS OSH6 S174 Ash Ave bf Maple St to Oak Flats HS PKP1 S175 Illawarra Area Health Service to Port Kembla HS SAC1 S176 Gipps St af Hothersal St to Shellharbour Anglican College SAC2 S177 Dapto Plaza, Baan Baan St to Shellharbour Anglican College SAC3 S178 Warrawong Plaza, King St to Shellharbour Anglican College SAC4 S179 Terry St af Badgery St to Shellharbour Anglican College SAC5 S180 Pur Pur Ave af Shellharbour Rd to Shellharbour Anglican College SCP1 S181 Shellcove PS to Cove Bvd opp Brindabella Dr SHS1 S182 Stocklands Shellharbour to Smiths Hill HS SHS2 S183 Smiths Hill HS to Princes Hwy opp Farmborough Rd SHS3 S184 Smiths Hill HS to Shellharbour Rd af Barrack Ave SHS4 S185 Smiths Hill HS to Obriens Rd bf Princes Hwy SHS5 S186 Smiths Hill HS to University of Wollongong SHS6 S187 Smiths Hill HS to St Therese PS SHS7 S188 Smiths Hill HS to Holy Spirit College SJ1 S189 Wentworth Rd af Darcy Rd to St Josephs HS

Schedule of School Route Service Changes – Premier Illawarra Page 3

Old Route New Route Number Number New Route Name

SJ10 S190 Calderwood Rd to St Pauls PS SJ11 S191 St Johns PS to St Joseph HS SJ12 S192 Princes Hwy af Berkeley Rd to St Josephs HS SJ13 S193 Princes Hwy bf Mallee St to Albion Park PS SJ14 S194 Exmouth Rd at Darly Ave to Albion Park HS SJ15 S195 Sierra Dr at Bong Bong Rd to St Joseph HS SJ2 S196 Peterborough Ave at View St to Albion Park HS SJ3 S197 Wollongong St opp Addison St to St Josephs HS SJ4 S198 Jindabyne Rd at Corunna Cr to Albion Park HS SJ5 S199 Bonaira St at Henley Ave to Albion Park HS via Kiama Downs SJ6 S200 Mortlock Dr at Collie Way to St Josephs HS SJ7 S201 Brunderee Rd bf Tyrrel St to St Josephs HS SJ9 S202 Yellow Rock Rd af Tongarra Rd to Albion Park PS SM1 S203 Bellevue Rd at Princes Hwy to St Marys College SM10 S204 St Marys College to Gladstone Ave bf Bridge St via Wollongong Station SM11 S205 St Marys College to Balgownie & Tarrawanna SM2 S206 Tannery St af Princes Hwy to St Marys College via Cordeaux Heights SM3 S207 Farmborough Rd at Princes Hwy to St Marys College SM4 S208 Obriens Rd af Princes Hwy to St Marys College SM5 S209 WIN Sports & Entertainment Centre to Terry St opp Ogorman St via Horsley SM6 S210 Shellharbour Rd bf Cove Bvd to St Marys College via Oak Flats SM7 S211 Berkeley Rd opp Semaphore Rd to St Marys College via Lake Heights SM8 S212 West Wollongong to St Marys College via Keiraville SM9 S213 Bonaira St at Henley Ave to St Marys College via Shellharbour SMS1 S214 Shellharbour Rd opp Peterborough Ave to Shellharbour PS SMS2 S215 Shellharbour Medical Centre, Lake Entrance Rd to Shellharbour PS SMS3 S216 Squirrells Hills Pre School to Stella Maris PS SP1 S217 Oak Flats HS to St Pauls PS SPS1 S218 Cove Bvd bf Brindabella Dr to Shellharbour PS SPS2 S219 Captain Cook Dr af Phillip Cr to Shellharbour PS via Barrack Point SPS3 S220 Stocklands Shellharbour to Shellharbour PS via Flinders SPX1 S221 Booreea Blvd bf Sheringa Grove to Unanderra PS SPX2 S222 Panorama Dr at Albermarle St to Western Suburbs Leagues Illawarra STC1 S223 Murranar Rd at Carters Ln to St Columbkilles PS Hopman Cres opp Newcombe St to Flagstaff Rd bf Inner Cres via Illawarra Sports STF1 S224 HS, Warrawong HS & St Francis of Assisi STJ1 S225 Avondale Rd bf Amaral Ave to St Johns PS STJ3 S226 St Johns PS to Compton St af Belmont Rd STJ5 S227 Bong Bong Rd opp Robins Creek Dr to St John PS STJ6 S228 Bong Bong Rd opp Parkdale Ave to St Johns PS STP1 S229 Aboriginal Arts and Oasis Caravan Park to St Patricks PS STP2 S230 St Patrick PS to Warwick St opp Hunt Pl STT1 S231 London Dr opp Shaftesbury Ave to Gipps Rd at Berkeley Rd STT2 S232 Farmborough Rd at Princes Hwy to St Therese PS STT3 S233 Wollongong TAFE, Gladstone Ave to St Therese PS SUL1 S234 Chalmers St at Margaret St to Amity College SUL2 S235 Robsons Rd af Murphys Ave to Amity College TAR1 S236 Tarrawanna PS to Balgownie PS TIG1 S237 Bonaira St at Henley Ave to The

Schedule of School Route Service Changes – Premier Illawarra Page 4

Old Route New Route Number Number New Route Name

TIG2 S238 Cove Bvd bf Brindabella to The Illawarra Grammar School TIG3 S239 Novotel Wollongong to The Illawarra Grammar School TIG4 S240 Wollongong Station to The Illawarra Grammar School TIG5 S241 Caldwell Ave at Charles Rd to The Illawarra Grammar School TIG6 S242 Wollongong Station to Western Ave opp. Gorrell Cres TPS1 S243 Albion Park Station to Tullimbar PS UPS1 S244 Unanderra PS to Nolan St af Northcliffe Dr UPS2 S245 Albert St at Nudjia Rd to Unanderra PS WAH1 S246 Wentworth Rd af Darcy Rd to Warrawong HS WAH2 S247 Oak Flats Station to Warrawong HS WAH3 S248 Warrawong HS to St Marys College WAH4 S249 Warrawong HS to Crown St af Harbour St WAP1 S250 Flagstaff Rd bf Inner Cres to Warrawong PS via Northcliffe Dr WH1 S251 Bellambi Bowling Club to Woonona HS WHS3 S252 Wollongong St opp Addison St to Warilla HS WHS4 S253 Cove Bvd bf Brindabella Dr to Warrilla HS WHS5 S254 to Warilla HS WHS6 S255 Brunderee Rd bf Tyrrell St to Warilla HS WHS7 S256 Dunmore Station to Warilla HS WHS8 S257 Garnett Dr at Lakewood Blvd to Warilla HS WIP1 S258 Windang PS to Windang Rd af Boundary Rd WPS1 S259 Iluka Rd at Junction Rd to Warilla PS

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