KKeepingeeping BBerryerry IInformednformed TOWNBERRY CRIER PPOO BBOXOX 220202 BBERRYERRY NNSWSW 22535535 WWWW.BERRYALLIANCE.ORG.AUWW.BERRYALLIANCE.ORG.AU AAPRILPRIL 22016016 PPRICE:RICE: $$3.003.00 Anzac Day MMONDAYO N D AY 225TH5 T H AAPRILP R I L TThehe BBerryerry Conversations EEstatestate Speaker Series TTrailsrails starts in April Page 3 PProposalroposal Page 5 Imagine living in an area Angus Trumble -- author, where you are able to go to internationally renowned art the local beaches - or just curator, and Director of the take in ‘that view’ National Portrait Gallery in - all without jumping Canberra will be the featured in your car. speaker at the inaugural Berry Conversations event. Information for RRotaryotary aarere Parents and hhostingosting a Carers MMovieovie NNightight Berry Public to raise funds for School P&C End Polio Now - Page 15 Page 2 & 3 - Waste free Wednesdays and fundraising for the school. Berry Preschool Page 8 & 9 - Snippets from Term 1 Berry Playgroup Page 25 - Inviting you and your pre-schoolers to join in the fun! March assembles in Berry CBD Queen Street at 10.20 am for commencement at 10.30am and proceeds to Memorial Park for the Commemoration Service. TTOWNOWN CCRIERRIER IINFORMATIONNFORMATION Berry Public P&C Comm The Town Crier is produced by the Berry Alliance, Inc. position to pave the way for other schools in The purpose of this publication is to The start to the year has been a fl urry communicate to the people of Berry about of activity for the Berry Public School Australia to follow. community activities and to generate a Benefi ts: small income for the Berry Alliance to cover P&C Committee and it’s shaping up administrative costs. to continue into the rest of the year. Choosing Waste- Free lunches is one small way kids can make a big impact on MEMBERSHIP We had a fantastic turn out for our their immediate environment. This can be Membership of the Berry Alliance costs $10 fi rst meeting of the year and have pa. It aims to share information amongst measured and analysed by students as community groups and individuals, and to started a few new initiatives that we in-class activity that falls under the cross ensure that Berry continues to be a community would like to share with the Berry curriculum priority of Sustainability. we are proud of. Reduced consumption of processed and Membership is open to Berry community Community. groups and individuals. pre-packaged foods. To join the Berry Alliance, write to Waste Free Wednesday Waste-Free lunches are cheaper. PO Box 202, Berry NSW 2535 Life is busy, especially as a parent. Possible fund-raising opportunities for the Understandably, many often fi nd themselves school. CONTACT DETAILS: taking shortcuts with children’s lunches. Less litter. ALL TOWN CRIER ENQUIRIES: However, packaged foods are always lower 0428 037 572 in nutritional value and generate waste. [email protected] ALL BERRY ALLIANCE ENQUIRIES: Food is fuel for our bodies and, as such, it Secretary: 0449 569 059 is imperative that our children learn good Email: [email protected] eating habits when young to maximize their Each Wednesday Post Offi ce Box 202, Berry NSW 2535 health throughout their lives. Therefore Berry Public School P&C Committee is backing we are asking parents to help their child TOWN CRIER EDITORIAL BOARD this parent-led initiative. you are supporting our school’s environme Nancy Davies Holly Landgren one small way they can make a big impa Rick Gainford Geoffrey Armstrong Idea: In moving the school towards Waste-Free Contributors are those from the Berry community landfi ll. Plus, Waste-free lunches are chea who have news or views relating to residents of the lunchboxes we are helping our children learn area. The opinions expressed in the Town Crier are to respect and nurture their environment So, if i not necessarily those of the Berry Alliance or the and adopt sustainable lifestyle habits. Editor. The Town Crier is published every month, with a circulation of 2300. Waste-Free lunchboxes encourage better Eaten - Refi lled or re-u nutrition by reducing the consumption of PRINTED BY Berry Printers processed and pre-packaged foods. You have a Wa CONCORDE WAY BOMADERRY PH: 4422 3774 BPS has a great reputation and has strong PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER parental support; this puts us in a compelling SUBSCRIPTION I would like to subscribe to the Berry Alliance Town Crier for 11 Issues (12 Months). I ENCLOSE MY CHEQUE FOR $55.00 INCL. GST. Shoalhaven Committee - Presents PLEASE POST MY COPY TO: Arts and Crafts NAME: .............................................................. Showcase of the Shoalhaven .......................................................................... At the Nowra School of Arts • Berry Street Nowra ADDRESS: ....................................................... Offi cial Opening 14th April 7pm .......................................................................... $20 Admission RSVP 13th April .......................................................................... Then Open 15th and 16th April .......................................................................... 9.30am to 4.30pm PHONE: ............................................................. RETURN TO: Admission $5.00 • Teas, Coffees & Lunches Available PO DROP BOX OR PO BOX 202 BERRY NSW 2535 Enquiries: [email protected] Page 2 - The Town Crier EEditor’sditor’s NoteNote The closing date for our May APRIL c School issue will be Wednesday 13 April at 5pm. Please submit 13 prior to this date if it is your fi rst submission. Material can be submittedtted via e-mail to: [email protected]. mittee Phone 0428 037 572. Town Criers can be downloaded for free from Online Fundraising “EveryDay raised a large amount of money for the new www.berryalliance.org.au or our Hero” fundraising initiative to Library through the “Our Berry Kitchen” Facebook Page: Berry Town Crier. cookbook project, there is still some way to Nancy Davies - BERRY TOWN CRIER help rebuild the School Library go! A new library will not only house lots of The Berry Public School P&C Association books for the children to borrow but will be Director of Canberra’s National has created an online Fundraising Page an innovative learning space in which the because we are determined to create a children can develop. Portrait Gallery to Kick-off Berry more comfortable, more inspiring and We understand that many people these days Conversations Speaker Series are time-poor and are unable to donate the more technologically advanced learning time and effort required for many fundraising Angus Trumble -- author, internationally environment for our children. Previous projects, so we created the Everyday Hero renowned art curator, and Director of the projects funded by the P&C have included page so that families and the Community National Portrait Gallery in Canberra --will be air conditioning units and smart boards for can donate, anonymously if required, at a the featured speaker at the inaugural Berry classrooms, learning support teachers and time of the year that suits them best. Conversations event to be held on Sunday, Paint Pot and the current fundraising efforts If you would like to donate then click on the April 17 at the Berry Sports and Recreation hope to create a fabulous new library for link below: donations can be tax deductible Centre from 2 to 4pm. the children to enjoy. While we have already and even spread throughout the year. The “I am very much looking forward to coming to page will close on 2 December. Berry next month, and honoured to have been invited to begin the Conversations” he said. https://give.everydayhero.com/au/berry- Discussing with him, among other things, his public-school-p-c-committee role as Director of the NPG; his thoughts on Please donate and help the Berry Public the current state of art and culture in Australia; ren pack a Waste Free Lunch. In doing so School P&C Committee build a better future his books, which include A Brief History of for all of our children. the Smile; and his time as Senior Curator of ental initiatives and demonstrate to students Painting and Sculpture at the Yale Center for act by reducing the amount of waste sent to Follow us on Facebook! British Art in the US, will be his friend and aper and healthier too! literary agent, Berry resident Mary Cunnane. The Berry Public School P&C Committee Members of the audience will also have the t can be: is now on Facebook! Find us at “Berry opportunity to ask questions. Public School P&C Committee” and please Admission is $25 ($20) and includes used - Or composted… remember that the P is for Parent but the refreshments. Tickets can be purchased at C is for Citizen and we are always happy the Berry Music Centre or on line by going to aste Free Lunch! to welcome Community members to our Berry Conversations on Facebook. Enquiries: meetings. 02 44643553 or berryconversations@gmail. com. John Henderson Landscape Art Photography Walking the Light – Together lighthorizon.com.au APRIL 2016 The Town Crier - Page 3 INDEPENDENT - CONFIDENT - DIFFERENT Looking for an experienced local agent, who resides in Berry, likes to get it right, who’s as comfortable in her gumboots as she is in her heels? Lets get together and start the conversation. GAYNOR PETERS Page 4 - The Town Crier APRIL 2016 An exciting new opportunity – The Berry Estate Trails Imagine living in an area where you are able to go to the local beaches Berry Strategic Plan - or just take in ‘that view’, the clean country air and maybe lunch with a local wine or two - all without jumping in your car. • A big THANK YOU to everyone who completed the Resident Survey. The proposal is to create a series of ‘easy to use’ trails that link the It was a great result, with 300 online responses completed and 5 communities established on the land originally occupied by the Al- another 100 response forms deposited in the barrel.