Byron Breeze tERM 1 | wEEK 2 2025

Yesterday, all Year 7 to 10 students received a note about our Wednesday afternoon Sport Program. Selecting a sport will be a new experience for our newly enrolled students and additional information has been emailed to these families.

School Sport runs each Wednesday afternoon for the duration of the term and is a compulsory part of the Years 7 to 10 BBHS curriculum. All students are expected to participate.

Term 1 Sport will start on Wednesday 19 February (Week 4).

All sport choices MUST be made online via a link that will be sent to the STUDENT’s Department of Education (@education.nsw.gov.au) email account. Students can select their choices online at home on Monday 10 February, from 8 pm. Computers will also be available at school on Tuesday and Wednesday if they do not have access to a computer/device at home.

Cavanbah Centre - lost and found uniforms

The Cavanbah Centre has contacted the school to advise that they have an extensive number of Byron Bay High School uniforms in their Lost Property. Many of these items do not have a name on them. If your child attended a sport at the Cavanbah Centre last year and is missing uniform items, please swing by the centre to have a look in their Lost Property.

School photo day

Friday 14 February | Years 7 to 12

Yesterday, the school photo order forms were handed out to all students. If your child was absent or did not receive one, they will need to visit their Year Advisor to collect their form. We have a limited number of spare copies at the office.

All orders are to be processed on The School Photographer's website. Students are to wear their WHITE SHIRT on this day (not the teal sports shirt).

If your family would like a sibling photo taken, sibling photo order forms can be collected at the school office.

IMPORTANT PHOTO INFORMATION:

Students must give their completed envelope directly to the photographer on photo day. The school office is NOT collecting these envelopes.

• The school office will not be collecting the completed order forms. Students are to give their envelope directly to the photographer on photo day.
• Payment details are on the envelope - payment must NOT be made to the school
• Students are to wear their white polo shirt (NOT their sports teal polo), with navy shorts/skirt or girls check tunic/skirt
• Students with a 'NO Permission to Publish' status will not have their individual photo included in their class group. Please be aware of this when ordering group photos.
• The School Photo catch up day is Tuesday 25 February for any students who missed their individual photo.
• Every student is required to have an individual photo taken, regardless of whether you are purchasing it or not (these photos are used on the student's school profile in our database and also on the student cards).
• If you would like a sibling photo, please collect a form from the school office.

Swimming Carnival

Whole school | Wednesday 12 February

All parents and carers have been emailed comprehensive details about next Wednesday's Swimming Carnival. Here is a quick summary about the day:

• The Carnival is at the Byron Bay Pool and will commence at 9 am and finish at 2.45 pm.
• Pool Entry is $5.00 per student (please bring this on the day), if you have a pool pass you can use this instead.

Parent/Carer consent - IMPORTANT!

Only those students who have online consent from their parents to attend the carnival will be allowed to be at the pool. If a student arrives at school or the pool on Wednesday 12 February and DOES NOT have online parent consent, our school office will call you to immediately come and collect your child. If you have not yet granted your online consent, please search your email inbox for the consent email that has been sent to you on multiple occasions.

Transport

• Some regular school buses will drop students directly at the pool. Buses coming from the north of Byron Bay (Ewingsdale, Myocum, Brunswick Heads, Mullumbimby, etc) will drop students off on the way through town. Buses from the south and west (Lennox Head, Suffolk Park, Bangalow, etc) will drop students to Byron Bay High School as normal.
• Additional buses have been chartered to take students to and from the pool at 9.05 am, from the high school bus bay. Those students who normally walk or ride to school, can also travel to the pool on the chartered buses.
• From 2:45 pm buses will bring all students back to school so they can meet their normal school bus home.
• Any students who would like to remain in town at the end of the carnival MUST present teachers with a handwritten note signed by their parents/carers.

Other details

• Students are to remain at the carnival for the whole day, please avoid where possible signing students out through the day. If for some reason it is unavoidable a parent/carer MUST come to the pool to collect their child only.
• Dress up in your house colours and remember to be sun safe (bring a hat, rash vests, shirt, and reapply sunscreen).
• Fishheads Kiosk will be open for students to purchase food/drinks on the day.
• Please refer to your email for the Program of Events. The program is a guide and times may change throughout the day.
• Parent spectators are welcome to come along.

Meet our 2025 Colour House Captains!

This week our students voted for their House Captains for 2025. The role of a House Captain is to help organise and plan House events and carnivals, liaise with other senior leaders and staff, plus support students across all year levels.

We look forward to working with these fabulous students and watching them grow in this role:

• PASS (black & white) – Sam R and Banjo C
• DOLPHINS (yellow) – Ryan T and Caleb P
• TALLOWS (red) - Kai P and Rowan M
• WATEGOES (blue) - Amelia-Belle C and Savannah S

Representative sport trials

We have some sport trials coming up this term. Students who are interested in trialling for these teams should see Mrs Caoyonan in the PE Staffroom ASAP to sign up:

• 15s AFL - FNC trials. Students must be playing in a regular AFL competition team to trial.
• Open Hockey - Boys and girls.
• 15s and Opens Boys + 16s and Opens Girls Rugby League - trials for Far North Coast Team only. Students must be playing at rep level.
• Opens Boys and Girls Basketball - Years 10 - 12 only.
• Girls Opens Netball - interested students please see Ms Cranfield (trials will run 17 February at school)

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