Senior School Weekly - Term 1, Week 7

Issue – February 2021 Term 1, Week 7

Senior School Weekly Year 12 Biology Excursion –Camp Coutt, Waterfall Wednesday, 17th March 2021 Year 9 Elevate Study Skills Session Thursday, 18th March 2021 Year 7 Immunisation Friday, 19th March 2021

Year 7 Excursion – Taronga Zoo

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Year 10 Leadership Program Term 1 & Term 2 The Lighthouse Community Support Leadership Program will commence with a group of students from year 10. We begin the leadership program by tackling one of the biggest issues facing students today: bullying The program will build on this topic in subsequent terms throughout the year.

Bullying is an ongoing and deliberate misuse of power in relationships through repeated verbal, physical and/or social behaviour that intends to cause physical, social and/or psychological harm. It can involve an individual or a group misusing their power, or perceived power, over one or more persons who feel unable to stop it from happening.

Bullying takes place almost every single day in schools and is one of the major issues that leads to conflict in the classroom, playground and after school. Once upon a time, bullying ended at school. In today’s online connected world and specifically through social media; bullying can be a vicious 24-hour cycle.

The initial stage of the leadership program will equip students with skills including; how to recognize bullying, discovering inner strengths, building self-esteem, communicating effectively, dealing with cyber-bullying and drawing upon support networks.

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Sport @ Bellfield College ISD Touch Football It was a beautiful day at Woodward Park Liverpool for the ISD Tough Footy tournament.

Bellfield College sent 3 teams which included the U15Boys, Open Boys and Open Girls. These teams worked hard over the few weeks of selection. With over 30 players trialling for each team, only 10 were selected for each age group.

The day started off tough with all 3 teams losing their first games. Trying to get their feet going, they struggled to face the reality of a competition. Although....the tides turned very quickly with the 15Boys wining their next game 2-0, Open Girls winning 3-0 and Open Boys winnowing 1-0. A little bit of motivation and teamwork, our teams pushed themselves and became very competitive throughout the whole tournament.

Our last 2 games for each team considered the following results: 15 Boys Open Girls Lost 3-0 Al Sadiq Draw 2-2 Green Valley Win 3-1 Green Valley Lost 2-0 Malek Fahed Open Boys Won 4-1 Green Valley Lost 3-1 Al Sadiq Overall, the teams placed in the top 3 in all groups.

As teachers, myself and Miss Rammal are very proud of the efforts and behaviour throughout the competition. The students are commended for their sportsmanship and manners.

Kind regards, Mr Akil and Miss Rammal

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Year 7 students attended Taronga Zoo this week where they learnt all about classifying animals into different categories. During the workshop students were able to see different animals up close! We got to see a beautiful green tree frog, endangered bilbies, a golden huntsman and we even got to see a rainforest scorpion GLOW under black light!

Through the trip, students were also able to see the 'seals for the wild' show, and reptile world, as well as visit other animal exhibits such as giraffes, sunbears, hippos and capybaras!

Overall, it was a knowledge filled fun adventure and we can't wait to consolidate our new learning in the classroom

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The Bellfield Bloomers gardening club Hi Bellfield community. My name is Hayley.

My main role in the school is as the Laboratory Technician for the STEM Department, but most of you have probably seen me outside digging around in the garden beds.

I spend some time pulling out weeds, but I what I most enjoy is harvesting from the Bellfield garden beds fresh herbs and vegetables.

The products from the garden beds are being grown for the Stage 5 Food Technology class to use in their practical lessons.

However, the level of student interest in the gardens has prompted Mrs Ramadan to start our very own gardening club here at Bellfield!

Any student interested in agriculture and horticulture is welcome to apply for a place in the Bellfield Bloomers gardening club. There will be 12 spots available and the club will meet at lunch time each week on Tuesday and Thursday.

Students in the club will be responsible for the choice of crops grown. They will need to research the most appropriate sowing times, growing conditions, soil types and harvesting times.

Senior school students can apply to join our club by emailing me at: hayley.brown@bellfield.nsw.edu.au Your application should include a couple of sentences outlining your interest in gardening and agriculture and the name of two crops you would be interested in growing. You should also state whether your chosen crops are of the perennial. biannual or annual plant varieties.

I can’t wait to meet my new gardening friends!

Hayley.

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When self-ishness is a strength Share your things with your brother. Don’t be so selfish!”

If you, like me, still have this message rattling around your head then you’ll know how much kids’ selfishness is frowned upon parents. It sits alongside negative terms such as spoilt, bratty and mean-spirited. I’ve long sung the praises of parents who promote a sense of generosity and giving in their kids. I hold the firm belief that one of the central tasks for parents is to socialise children so that the next generation has a strong sense of civic-mindedness.

There’s a place for developing self-ishness in children, but not the mean-spirited variety. Here are some aspects of selfishness that help ensure kids become happy, successful and contributing community members.

Self-awareness Young children have few social filters. They’ll blurt out comments at the worst possible moment that are guaranteed to embarrass you, your neighbour or relative. Embarrassing comments may be cute in toddlers but they lose their shine when children reach the school years. Parents can encourage self-awareness by drawing children’s attention to the requirements of different social situations, varying their social experiences and keeping behavioural expectations high.

The socialisation process means that kids need to be aware of how their words and actions impact on others, and modify their behaviours accordingly.

Self-regulation A child’s awareness of their emotional world is a wonderful gift. A rarer gift is the ability to regulate emotions such as anxiety, sadness and anger. Being able to identify their feelings, or at least, have the sense of awareness that something doesn’t feel right is central to emotional intelligence and is a requirement if they are to develop empathy. Parents can encourage self-regulation in children by drawing attention to feelings, creating moments of stillness and giving them tools to calm themselves down when they’re upset.

Self-knowledge My daughter came back from a six-month student exchange in Denmark as a sixteen year old with a remarkable sense of maturity. The challenge of living away from home for so long had given her what so many teenagers lack – selfknowledge. The experience taught her a great deal about herself, her strengths and vulnerabilities. She arrived home with a sense of ‘this is who I am’, which is one of the central tasks of adolescence. Parents can promote kids’ selfknowledge by helping them identify their strengths, encouraging a wide range of interests and providing challenge opportunities during the last years of primary school and throughout the secondary school.

Self-discipline Could your child sit at the meal table with food in front of them and wait until everyone has been seated before eating? I hope so, because little acts of denial such as this encourage the self-discipline required for later success. The ability to delay immediate gratification whether ‘to do the right thing’ or to ensure greater and later success is needed in every aspect of life. Self-discipline, like a muscle, needs to be exercised or it detiorates. Parents can develop self-discipline in their children by encouraging small acts of delayed gratification such as saving pocket money. Help them understand that some desirable outcomes such as achieving good academic marks, gaining sporting awards and helping others generally require them to give up something in return.

Self-leadership Leadership is a hot topic at the moment, particularly in the political sphere. The seeds of great leadership are sown in childhood by parents who teach kids solid values such as respect, accountability, kindness and empathy. They encourage skills such as emotional smarts, clear articulation and developing independence. In many ways self-leadership is the sum of these traits combined. Importantly, it comes before successful leadership in a public sense such as leading a school group, a sporting team, a workplace group or a family.

In closing Kids’ abilities and attitudes vary, and they shift at different stages of development, which makes raising kids according to templates such as the one above tricky. It’s generally not until adulthood that we see the lasting impact of our parenting efforts and it’s the big ideas such as developing positive self-ishness traits that have the most lasting impact on kids.

Michael Gross

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Quadratic Rocket Year 10 Accelerated and Year 10 Advanced classes joined forces to trial their Rockets.

Just to be clear about this, the Rockets were not because of any alien invasion. It was part of their assessment task titled Quadratic Rocket that is aimed at getting students to build a rocket and calculate the trajectory of the rocket when being fired.

Students have to hit a target in the oval so students must use the equations for a projectile motion and quadratic equation to identify the trajectory of the quadratic and evaluate whether the rocket will hit the target or not. The record for the longest distance was 23m and most of the students are in the adjustment and recalculation phase in anticipation of next week's final attempt. Students took note of the angle rocket is launched from, time of flight and distance it travelled. The record in the trail phase was 23m. Ms Hayley thinks she can get a rocket to reach 100m. Stay tuned for next week's results its Ms Hayley vs Year 10 in getting the target and reaching the most distance in firing a rocket.

Some pictures are provided during the test trail of the students' rockets in the school oval. regards Mustapha Khalil Mathematics Teacher

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Lunch 1 Monday to Friday B07 Commencing Monday Term 1, Week 8 Introducing BELL CREATive the new Visual Arts Extracurricular Club.

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The Memory Project The Memory Project initiative facilitates the creation and delivery of heartfelt artwork from youth to youth throughout the world. They strive to break cultural barriers, bring joy to children facing challenges, inspire creativity and build a kinder world.

This year, students from Bellfield College are creating portraits of children who are living in an orphanage in India.

A message from Ben - the organiser of The Memory Project on the Indian Portraits on 2021: You will notice that most of them are girls and many are teenage girls in particular. These girls have all grown up in the orphanage together, as girls in India are sometimes unwanted by their families... especially in rural areas.

Students involved are encouraged to Visit BELL CREATive Club during Lunch 1 to share their progress from Week 8 Monday 15th March 2021. Any other students who would like to attend to create art are more than welcome to join!

What's to come at BELL CREATive Club?

Term 2: Photography and Mixed media Comps

For further details Email: sasha.hayes@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

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It’s hard to believe that we are already at week 7!

What an amazing start to the year we have had. On a personal note it has been a great pleasure for me to gradually get to know not only my class students, but many others in the greater student body as well. There is genuine enthusiasm around the place for music this year and we are all really thrilled with that as a faculty.

Year 7 & 8 music students have been studying music theory and learning to apply their learning to the piano and percussion instruments. We are also practicing lots of music notation to build general music comprehension and literacy.

From the technology side, we are beginning to use music production software to create tracks and musical sequences. Currently the students are using an application called Garage Band in our MacBook Centre (located in the senior college library) and we have already seen some good work on that front. The students are saving their project files upon which they can build as the term progresses.

We have had a significant deal of interest from a number of students regarding the formation of music ‘clubs’ and we have begun putting together some small groups, starting today with the Year 7 Girls Keyboard Club. These are being run to promote interest in the development of an instrumental music program within the college, and no doubt you will be hearing more about these in the future.

One the whole, we are very pleased with what we have been able to do already this term, and our students are responding really well to the program.

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Support (Ageing) • CHC43015 Certificate IV in Ageing

Support • CHC52015 Diploma of Community

Services.

We are delighted to see more new and current employers taking on trainees and selecting ACBC as their training provider for 2021. We have delivered training for more than 24 years and we welcome enquiries from employers to see how traineeships can benefit and grow their businesses. Traineeships present a wonderful opportunity for employers to grow and develop their business while their employees gain career-ready skills while in the workplace.

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Be months ahead on the University ATARs to better guide your students.

How? All degrees for every career are now fully up to date with the cut offs from last year's Year 12s on JobJump.

We understand from year-to-year UAC provides these updated cut offs on their website Course Search much later in August.

To see these updates, watch the My ATAR video here for a couple of minutes: https://vimeo.com/511905927 and also find My ATAR under the super-fast, Help Videos with 30 of your main Careers topics (on your top left hand side of the Home Page): https://www.jobjump.com.au/helpVideo

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Coming up….

Week 7 to Week 10 8b

15/03 Yr 11 + Yr 12 HSC Minimum Standards Writing

22/03 MIN STDS YR 10

16/03 Yr 11 + Yr 12 HSC Minimum Standards Numeracy

23/03 MIN STDS YR10

17/03 Yr 11 + Yr 12 HSC Minimum Standards

18/03 Yr 11 + Yr 12 HSC Minimum Standards

19/03 Yr 11 + Yr 12 HSC Minimum Standards

Biology Excursion Camp Coutt, Waterfall

Year 9 Elevate Study Skills

Year 7 Immunisation Visit 1

Year 7 Lighthouse Community Support Managing the Bull Workshop

ISD Soccer Liverpool

Birth of Imam Hussain (as)

24/03 MIN STDS YR10

9a

10b

26/03 MIN STDS YR10

END PRELIM EXAMS

END PRELIM EXAMS

CAT Maths Competition 7-12 selected student

CAT Maths Competition 7-12 selected student

29/03 END PRELIM EXAMS

Year 7 STEM Leadership Program “It isn’t Rocket Science” 30/03 END PRELIM EXAMS

Young Halogen Leaders Day SRC Students & Ms Ramadan 31/03 END PRELIM EXAMS

Year 7 STEM Leadership Program “It isn’t Rocket Science” 01/04 END PRELIM EXAMS

MIN STDS YR10

MIN STDS YR10

MIN STDS YR10

Year 7-12 Parent Teacher Interview On campus: College Library

Year 7 & Year 8 ISD Gala Day

Year 7 Lighthouse Community Support Managing the Bull Workshop

21/03 Annual Walkathon 10am to 4pm Auburn Botanic Gardens

Birth of Imam Sajjad (as)

Birth of al Abbas (as) 25/03 MIN STDS YR10

CAT Maths Competition 7-12 selected student

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02/04 Good Friday P/H

27/03

28/03

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04/04 Easter Sunday

LAST DAY OF TERM 1

Birth of Imam al Mahdi (as)

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Bellfield College Canteen Bellfield College Canteen – Lunch Orders Senior School We are pleased to advise that the Bellfield College Canteen will be offering Lunch Orders from Monday, 8th March 2021. The canteen will be in operation on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday throughout term 1 during the LUNCH BREAK ONLY. The Canteen is now CLOSED during the recess break.

Please ensure you pack a healthy recess for your child/ren.

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Orders for lunch items, must be pre ordered and cannot be purchased over the counter during the lunch break.

Please ensure your child brings their lunch order in a brown paper bag with their full name, year group and order clearly labelled. The correct money for the order must be included in the bag, no change will be given.

Students must place their lunch order in the designated ‘lunch order’ box in the Senior School administration office prior to 8.30am.

Failure to place their lunch order by 8.30am will result in your child not having their lunch order fulfilled.

Lunch orders will be available for collection at the canteen during lunch 1, 12.30pm – 12.50pm.

Senior School students will collect their lunch order and return to senior campus immediately.

Senior school students are not permitted to enter the junior school playground other than to collect their lunch order from the canteen.

Items available over the counter: Snacks, frozen treats, and drinks will be available for purchase over the canteen counter at LUNCH time ONLY. Senior students may purchase items from the canteen at the following time.

Lunch: 12.30pm – 12.50pm Can I place a lunch order over the telephone?

Unfortunately, we do not accept lunch orders over the telephone.

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Parent Communication - WhatsApp Save the college mobile number:

0430 842 666

Parent Communication - Sentral Parent Portal Bellfield’s Student portal is a one-stop shop for everything. Students can access the portal using their school logon, which gives them access to their timetable, assessment marks, attendance history and reports from anywhere at any time.

In addition, the parent portal provides parents with 24/7 access to their child’s data. Parents can log in to access their child’s reports, attendance and welfare details as well as updating family contact details. Furthermore, if you are a parent and want to see your child’s records, contact the college and you will be given an access code for the parent portal, which you will use to access your child’s data.

You can access the portal here: https://bellfield.sentral.com.au/portal

Please download the Sentral for Parents app from App Store or Google store. Enter the name of the college (Bellfield College) and Click ‘Next’

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Senior Girls Summer Uniform (7-12) White long sleeve cotton shirt Long striped summer skirt

Senior Girls Winter Uniform (7-12) White long sleeve cotton shirt Long teal check winter skirt

Seniors – Teal head scarf Bellfield College logo bag White school socks to cover the shin or longer Black hard leather hard sole school shoes

Teal wool blend knitted jumper Teal blazer Charcoal lycra tights

Senior Girls Sport Uniform (7-10) Long teal polo shirt with logo Striped cotton long polo pants (unisex) Long White Sport socks School hat Microfibre long jacket

Black hard leather hard sole school shoes

GIRLS

These white socks should also be worn on Sport days for both boys and girls Senior Boys Summer Uniform (7-12) White short sleeve cotton shirt Charcoal wool blend long pleated pants Grey school socks to cover the ankle Seniors - School tie Bellfield College logo bag Black hard leather hard sole school shoes

Senior Boys Winter Uniform (7-12) White long sleeve cotton shirt Charcoal wool blend long pleated pants Grey school socks to cover the ankle Teal wool blend knitted jumper Teal blazer Black hard leather hard sole school shoes

Senior Boys Sport Uniform (7-10) Teal polo shirt with logo Striped cotton long polo pants (unisex) White sport socks School hat Microfibre jacket

BOYS

These white socks should also be worn on Sport days for both boys and girls

Sport Uniform Sports Uniform is worn for PE PRACTICALS and Sport days only. Please refer to the student timetable and CANVAS classroom for PE practicals days. o Year 7 - Year 8 students attend sport on Wednesday afternoon. o Year 9 - Year 10 students attend sport on Friday afternoon.

Students not in the correct and full summer uniform will be issued afternoon detention.

NOTE ** Our College uniform shop stocks open toe tights suitable for ablution Not wearing leather school shoes is a WHS risk and students will not be allowed to participate in practical lessons (ie Food Technology)

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IMPORTANT REMINDER NOTICE

UNIFORM SHOP Change of operating hours As of Monday 22nd February 2021, the uniform shop will be open on Monday and Wednesday ONLY

Any telephone calls to the office to change your child's dismissal arrangements must be received before 2.30pm.

We will also ask that students are not collected from the Junior or Senior office between 2.30pm and 3.30pm. If you have a medical appointment, we ask that students are collected before 2.30pm.

Please contact the office 10 minutes prior to collecting your child/ren so we can have them waiting for you.

We also encourage parents to inform their child/ren that they are leaving early so they are prepared for an earlier dismissal time.

These strategies are in place to ensure that teachers and students can maximise learning time and assist in keeping the dismissal as calm and safe as possible.

Thank you for your understanding.

Winter Uniform Purchases

Term 1, 2021 guidelines allow parents and carers to be onsite to purchase uniforms. Due to the limited space in our uniform shop only one family will be permitted access at a time.

Parents and carers are encouraged to consider their winter uniform purchases for Term 2, 2021 now.

Access to the uniform shop will only be given to those parents who have made an appointment.

Our uniform shop is open on Monday and Wednesday by appointment only.

Blazer Orders Families are encouraged to pre order their child/ren's Blazer prior to the end of term 1. It is compulsory for ALL students to wear a Blazer for school photos. School photo days are being held on the following days: Senior School Photo Day: Thursday, 3rd June 2021 The uniform shop does not take orders over the telephone for Blazers. Students are fitted for Blazers and full payment is required to place an order.

There will be NO REFUNDS or EXCHANGES for an incorrect size or purchase.

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Suspension A suspension from school is offered to students as a last resort or for a breach of College rules.

Students can be suspended from school from anywhere between 2 - 3 days. The length of time is dependent upon a number of variables and is at the discretion of the CEO/Principal.

An immediate suspension will be given to a student who: swears at a teacher, engages in physical fighting, violence directed toward a person, steals from someone or engages in immoral behaviour.

Other behaviours may also result in suspension at the CEO/Principal’s discretion and include vandalism, high level bullying, an ongoing accumulation of issues and an inability to demonstrate improved behaviour.

Mobile Phones Our College is a student phone free zone.

Mobile phones MUST be placed in the school bag and switched off before entering school grounds, this includes before the 8.30am bell and after the home time bell. If seen, heard or used on school grounds devices will be confiscated immediately and held for two weeks. Please note that this also includes mobile phone devices such as Air Pods and headsets. Other technology items including IPADS and Apple watches are also not permitted.

Students also have the option of handing in their mobile phone to the senior administration office each morning. Pick up occurs at 3.20pm, not earlier.

Afternoon Detentions Your child may receive an on-the-spot afternoon detention for reasons including but not limited to: o Late to class o Out of Uniform o Non completion of class work If a student is absent from school when the afternoon detention is served, then he/she will have to serve it on another day and families will be notified accordingly.

Failure to attend the afternoon detention may result in a suspension as this is considered a serious breach of college rules.

Homework Homework is sent home every night. Please contact your child’s class teacher if you have any questions.

The Main Types of Homework are • • • •

Practice Exercises – providing students with the opportunities to apply new knowledge, or review, revise and reinforce newly acquired skills Preparatory Homework – providing opportunities for students to gain background information on a unit of study so that they are better prepared for future lessons Extension & Research Assignments – encouraging students to pursue knowledge individually Revision and consolidation – reading over class notes, applying information and organisation or reformatting notes

Students late to class Students late to class will receive an Afternoon Detention. Late to class can be defined simply as ‘wrong place, wrong time’. If a student is late to class / truant an entire period they are marked as absent on the Sentral roll marking system. This is then followed up by the class teacher and the Head of Department the next day. Continued late to class / truancy may result in further action being taken.

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Withdrawing from the College If you are withdrawing a student from the College, please be advised that 10 weeks’ notice is required If you do not provide the College 10 school weeks’ notice of withdrawing from the college, a term’s fees will be charged to your account.

Roll Call Students must arrive prior to 8.30am and will attend period 1 class immediately after the morning bell (8.30am). Attendance rolls will be marked at the commencement of period 1 and throughout the day occurring at the beginning of each period. Students late to class will be issued with an ‘on the spot’ afternoon detention.

Travel Policy Please ensure that prior to booking any holidays during term time, that you seek approval from the college. We only allow 10 school days leave maximum during a calendar year. Any families who are in breach of our travel policy will be asked to repeat their current grade.

Please note that students enrolled in the Compression classes will not be granted leave during term time.

Private Buses Students travelling to and from school via private buses should use the foot path along the front driveway. When leaving school, students must use the Junior crossing and the student exit pedestrian gate.

Afternoon Pickup and Morning Drop off – Kiss and Drop If travelling to and from school by car, pick up and drop off is strictly via the school car line zone. Car line may be accessed through the Junior school gate, follow the road through to the senior school library and wait in your car for your child. Children must wait in front of the library until mum or dad are seen to approach the library.

Students are not permitted to wait along the grass area, nor should they be encouraged to cross carline to enter your vehicle. o o o o o o o

ALL students must be picked up from the car line.

NO students will be permitted to exit to enter cars parked on the street.

Gates will open at 2.45pm.

Please join the car line. No cars will be permitted to make a right turn to enter the car line.

ALL cars must exit the driveway and turn left ONLY. Right turn and U-turns will not be permitted.

Students will be lined up in family groups during afternoon pick up to allow for faster access.

Please be respectful and courteous to our staff as they are only doing their job.

Sick Bay Illness at School o Students who are sick during the school day should: 1. See a teacher for written permission to go to the sick bay.

2. Present themselves promptly to the senior administration office.

3. Follow instructions from the administrative staff politely.

4. Stay at school until the administrative staff have contacted parents. o o

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Students must not telephone parents to arrange for their parent/guardian to collect them. This will be done by the office staff.

The sick bay is used for a short time only and students will be monitored by the senior school administration officer. If the problem persists parents or caregivers will be contacted.

For serious problems, parents or caregivers will be contacted immediately and for very serious cases medical help will be sought.

It is extremely important that the medical information in each student’s file is accurate. If there is a change in your child’s health status, the school MUST be notified. For students who are on medication parents are required to complete a ‘Prescribed Medication’ form explaining the nature of the medication and give clear guidelines for administering the medication. This form is available from the front office. Prescribed medications must be distributed from the office.

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Ms Mouina Ramadan Head of Senior School mouina.ramadan@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mr Cameron Barrington HSIE/English cameron.barrington@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Ms Zeinab Rammal HSIE/English zeinab.rammal@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Miss Ayah Balloot Head of Department – CA.L.E ayah.balloot@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Ms Mariam Bazzi HSIE/English mariam.bazzi@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Ms Chanel Jbarah English chanel.jbarah@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mr Wassim Hijazi Head of Department – HSIE wassim.hijazi@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mr Mohamed Mohamedali HSIE mohamed.mohamedali@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mr Owen Gates Science and Mathematics owen.gates@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mr Hussein Akil Head of Department – PDHPE hussein.akil@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mr Ali Fawaz HSIE/English ali.fawaz@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mrs Zahrah Shaddad PDHPE zahrah.shaddad@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Dr Abdi Ali Head of Department – STEM abdi.ali@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Miss Layel Jomaa HSIE/English layel.jomaa@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mr Mustapha Khalil Mathematics mustapha.khalil@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mr Javid Karimi Mathematics Coordinator javid.karimi@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Miss Monika Kumar HSIE/English monika.kumar@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Miss Staphanie Laguna Science and Mathematics stephanie.laguna@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mr Moustafa Nehme Year 7 Year Advisor moustafa.nheme@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mr Mahdi Hussain English mahdi.hussain@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mrs Shweta Sharma Science and Mathematics shweta.sharma@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Ms Chanel Jbarah Year 8 Year Advisor chanel.jbarah@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Ms Riem Derbasi English and Learning Support riem.derbasi@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mrs Marwa Hijazi Science and Mathematics marwa.hijazi@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mr Mahdi Hussain Year 9 Year Advisor mahdi.hussain@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Ms Maysaa Balhas Arabic and Languages maysaa.balhas@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mrs Rana Chebli IST rana.chebli@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Miss Zeinab Rammal Year 10 Year Advisor zeinab.rammal@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mrs Sasha Hayes Visual Arts sasha.hayes@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Ms Eman Soliman TAS eman.soliman@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mrs Shweta Sharma Year 11/12 Year Advisor shweta.sharma@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mrs Jenna Crisp Learning Support Senior School jenna.crisp@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

Mrs Yasna Dench Learning Support Senior School yasna.dench@bellfield.nsw.edu.au

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COVID Communication for parents The NSW Health guidelines provided by the DoE advises the following:

Parents and carers should regularly be reminded that they are not permitted on school grounds except for the reasons outlined.

• Parents and carers are not allowed on school sites or at off-site school events held during

school hours except for the following purposes only:

1. Essential parent and carer meetings with teachers and/or school executives, with a scheduled appointment.

2. Entering a school administration building for the purpose of picking up your child if they are unwell 3. To attend the uniform shop via appointment only All parents are required to 'COVID Safe' Check-In at Bellfield College. Please look for the COVID Safe QR code posters when you enter the College. Be sure to sign in at the Business Support Office (white house) when you arrive.

Students should only attend school if they are well.

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Students will be sent home if they become unwell at school with even the mildest flu-like symptoms. Symptoms can be found on the Department of Health website: https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncovhealth-alert/what-you-need-to-know-about-coronavirus-covid-19#symptoms If a student has been absent due to flu-like illness or develops flu-like symptoms while at school, they are not to return to school until they have a negative COVID-19 test and are symptom free.

The negative COVID-19 test result must be sighted and received by the school for both students and staff members before their return to school Please send your negative test result to the College mobile number: 0430 842 666

Students who do not undertake a COVID-19 test result will not be permitted to return to school for a 10-day period. Additionally, they must be symptom-free for at least 3 days prior to returning to school.

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