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2017 Attendance

Target

Monday 9th October 2017, Term 4 Week 1

BOURKE PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Bourke Public

School

Calendar of Events P&C Meeting – Tuesday

10th October. Stage 1 Snowcone

Fundraiser - Thursday 12th October.

Infants Assembly this week – Thursday 12th October.

Infants Scripture this week - Thursday 12th October.

Soccer Game against St Ignatius – Friday 13th October.

Excursion to Lake Keepit – Monday 16th to Friday 20th October.

2018 Kinder Information Night – Tuesday 17th October.

AECG AGM – Wednesday 18th October.

2018 EYTC Information Night – Tuesday 24th October.

P&C Halloween Disco – Tuesday 31st October.

Mid-Term Break – Friday 10th & Monday 13th November.

Reference Group Meeting – Wednesday 15th November.

Deputy Principal - Miss Margaret Gordon Welcome back to the final term of 2017. I hope you all had an amazing holiday and are ready for another busy term. During this term the students will be participating in intensive swimming, please ensure your child is bringing their swimming equipment with them. The Gold Coast Excursion is fast approaching please remember to have the opportunity to attend all students must be coming to school everyday and on time. More information will be send home as the time gets closer. This term for fortnightly 100% attendance the reward will be a soft serve ice cream from Kelly in the canteen. Have a great first week of education.

Week 10

89%

OUR GOAL

93%

Welcome back to Bourke Public School for Term 4! I’m sure everyone had a relaxing holiday and are ready for an action packed term 4. How good was Performance Night!! What an amazing night it was celebrating the talent of our students. Thank you to Miss Buckley, Miss Mowbray & Miss Bradley and the committee for coordinating a fantastic night. Thank you to our parents, carers and community members for supporting our school on this special night. Parents and carers still have this week to complete the Tell Them From Me Survey. The survey asks parents and carers questions about different factors that are known to impact on student wellbeing and engagement. Please also note it is totally anonymous and you are not able to be identified. Please go to the following address: https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/bps13 During term 4 the Connected Communities Stategy will continue to be evaluated. All 15 schools will participate and parents/carers, students, staff, agencies and community members will be evaluated. The evaluation team will be visiting Bourke from Monday 4th to Friday 8th December to meet all stakeholders. If you would like to contribute to the Connected Communities evaluation please contact the school. Don’t forget Friday sport starts this Friday. Have a wonderful term! Kylie Pennell

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD

Term 3 Week 10 2017 goes to

Jerekai Payne

1D- Miss Duiz This week 1D are straight back into their hard work with writing, spelling, reading and many fun activities during Learning Centres. In Maths, students are learning about place value. In the afternoon sessions students will be beginning the Geography unit ‘Weather’ and the Science unit ‘Push and Pull’.

1B- Miss Bradley & Miss Cook

Infants News

Stage 1 AP- Miss Duiz Welcome back to term 4! I hope everyone enjoyed their holidays, especially after such a busy term 3! This Thursday Stage One will be holding a Snow Cone Day to raise money for our PCYC activities this term. This Friday we begin Swimming for Sport. All students are required to bring in swimmers and a towel every Friday.

Messages

Year 6 Graduation – Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased at the school office for $25.00.

Website – Bourke Public School has an active website that provides up to date information.

Any Parents/Carers or community members wanting the BPS newsletter emailed to them weekly please contact the school.

Facebook - Bourke Public School has a very active facebook page. Like our page so you can follow all the exciting things that are happening at our school.

PERFORMANCE NIGHT

Early Stage 1 AP- Miss Mowbray Welcome back to our Kindergarten and EYTC students for the last term of 2017! This term the Dingoes and Wombats will be transitioning into Kindergarten, doing exciting lesson and activities with KM and KF weekly. Our Kindergarten 2018 Information Night will be held on Tuesday 17th October. I hope to see you there!

KF- Miss Finch Welcome back everyone to a very busy term 4. I hope you all had a restful and relaxing school holidays. KF are right back into it in the last term of the year. We are continuing on with our procedural reads and creating wonderful writing samples. Have a fantastic week and lets have a

great term.

Welcome to Week 1 of Term 4! This year is just flying by. This week, Infants will begin swimming for sport. Please remember to bring 50c, a towel and your swimmers every Friday in a labelled plastic bag. Remember to come to school on time everyday so we can fill our class Firefly jar and have a class party. Have a fantastic first week back!

KM- Miss Mowbray Welcome back to Term 4! It is straight back into learning this week. We will be focusing on our independent writing a lot this term and our number work in Maths. Don’t forget this term for sport we will be doing swimming so remember your 50c, swimmers and towel on Fridays! Have a great week!

1C- Miss Cook Welcome back after a relaxing holiday. We are ready for a very busy term 4. This week we are starting our writing drafts, learning about plotting numbers on a number line, beginning our health unit ‘Safe Living’ and learning the skills of an over arm throw. On Friday, we start swimming for sport at the pool. Every Friday students need to bring their swimmers and a towel.

3H- Miss Heaney Welcome back to Term 4! I hope

everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable

holiday and are reading for a busy end to

the year. 3H will continue their homework

gird this term. Students are required to

complete two activities and their spelling

list before returning at the end of the

week. Please keep returning home readers

and exchanging for new books when ready.

We are looking forward to starting our

Geography and Science units this term!

Have a wonderful week 1!

2D- Miss Dorrington Welcome back everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful break. This term we have a few exciting things happening. Musica-viva will be visiting us soon which is always exciting. We will be studying some very exciting units this term and hope to continue expanding our knowledge. Our class will also continue our visits to the hospital with the choir to sing for the long stay patients.

BLUEY STAR OF

THE WEEK

Primary News

Positive Behaviour for Learning Patience

Appreciation Bourke Public School’s Motto for 2017

3W- Miss Wilson

Term 4 - Welcome back everyone!

This term 3W will continue to develop our skills in imaginative writing. We

are learning all about space in our Science unit ‘Earth’s Place in Space’.

In Geography we will be looking at

factors that shape places and contemporary land issues. We may

even get a chance to be a town planner and design our own town.

Have a great first week back!

Stage 3 AP- Miss Wilson Welcome to Term 4! We hope everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable holiday and students are ready to learn in Term 4. We have a busy Term ahead with the Lake Keepit Excursion, Year 6 2018 Captains Speeches, Year 6 Graduation and School Presentation Night. Could all current Year 6 students please being in a baby photo for the graduation slide show. Remember to keep coming to school each day to be eligible to attend the Goald Coast Excursion. Have a super Term 4!

3B- Miss Buckley Welcome to Term 4! I hope you all had an enjoyable and relaxing holiday. This week 3B will be starting our exciting science unit ‘Earth’s Place in Space’ which is all about our wonderful Solar System. In Mathematics we will be practising our skills of how to solve long division problems. Just a reminder to Year 6 students if you could bring in a baby photo to your teacher ASAP it would be much appreciated. Have a great week!

Stage 2 AP- Miss Griffiths I hope everyone had a relaxing holiday and are ready for a very busy Term 4. This Term we have Semester 2 reports, Presentation Night and Parent Teacher interviews. Very soon we have our excursion to Lake Keepit. It will be a very exciting week away with students participating in sporting activities such as grass skiing, bush walking and canoeing and much more.

2B- Mr Dewberry Welcome to Term 4! I would like to thank all of 2B for a great effort performing their dance for Performance Night. You all looked great and tried your very best. Please remember to return home readers often so I can exchange booklets. Remember to keep recording your nights read and let me know so your child receives a certificate.

2G- Miss Griffiths Wow those holidays went fast. I hope everyone had an enjoyable time and are ready for a busy term. In English we are concentrating on our writing and planning. This term Stage 2 will have another Attendance reward for students who miss 3 or less days this term. 93% is our school aim for attendance and Stage 2 will try hard to beat this. Have a great week!

Merit System

Awards

BRONZE LEVEL: Shayle McKellar Harrison Simmons Archie Scanlon

SILVER LEVEL: Letayah Elwood Kayleigh Lollback Lantz Brown Bruce Wilson Tyrese Gibbs Leonard Doolan Ameilia Suckling

GOLD LEVEL: Salome Mann Rhian Lollback

DIAMOND LEVEL: Leah Zimmer Lacey Rowland

2D- Jarryn Moore

2G- Rasheda Smith-Orcher

2B- Phynyx Bye

3H- Maddison Willoughby

3B- Josef Norris

3W- Sharelle Brown

2-6N- Shekia Edwards

3-6L- Kiam McKellar

President – Lisa Rankmore The Halloween disco is on Tuesday 31st October. The disco starts at 6pm and concludes at 8pm. Please find attached a flyer for further details. The term 4 canteen menu has been updated and is attached to the newsletter. The next P&C meeting is on Tuesday 10th October (tomorrow night) at 6pm in the BPS Meeting room.

Miss McKechnie

Welcome to Term 4 in the EYTC. I

hope that everyone had a fabulous

break! This term our Dingoes and

Wombats are beginning to

transition into the Kindergarten

classrooms with Miss Finch and Miss

Mowbray. The students are going to

participate in English, Mathematics

and home class activities with our

Kindergarten students and are

going to learn the routines of a

Kindergarten classroom....………..

ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL is a BIG deal for Bourke Public School. We take it seriously!! IT’S NOT OK TO BE AWAY… Attendance facts:

Did you know that if your child misses as few as eight days in a school term, by the end of primary school they will have missed a whole year of education?

By law, you are required to send your child to school every day. If your child has to be away from school for any reason, please either tell your child’s teacher or send a signed note explaining the reason for the absence within seven days.

3-6L- Miss Wade Welcome to Term 4! This year has just flown by! I hope everyone has had a safe and relaxing holiday. During this term 3-6L will be participating in a joint unit of work with 2-6N and K-3W looking at local Community Members and Services. In Science we will be exploring the concepts of Night and Day. We will be continuing to complete learning assignments in Maths. Looking forward to another exciting term of learning in 3-6L!

AEO Caught Being

Good Awards

Toby Stutsel &

Emily Brown

Early Years Transition

Centre News

Instructional

Leaders News

Bourke Public School

P&C News

Support Classes News

Miss Bartley & Mrs Roe Welcome back to term 4! We hope everyone had a lovely break. Remember to return your Home Readers each week and exchange your books for new ones. It’s great to see students working towards achieving their reading goals. Happy reading!! Students are also remaindered to complete their homework this term.

Support AP- Miss Nixon The last term of the year already! This term, all students will be participating in swimming for Sport on a Friday. The Infants will head to the pool at 11.30am and return at 1pm. The Primary will be swimming from 1.30pm until 3pm. Please ensure that you pack swimmers, a towel and 50c entry for the pool each Friday. Please come and speak to me if you have any questions or concerns. I hope all the students going to Lake Keepit next week have a great time!

K-3W - Mrs Wood Welcome to Term 4! I hope you all had a relaxing break and are ready to get back into learning. This term we will be participating in lots of fun and interesting programs. We will continue to cook on Thursdays and go on shopping visits. We will also be joining the other support classes in looking at local Community Members and Services. Next Monday will be our first visit to the PCYC for gymnastics activities, and we are going to the pool to swim this term. What a busy term we have coming up!

2-6N- Miss Nixon Welcome to term 4! I hope that everyone had an enjoyable and relaxing holiday! This week 2-6N will be getting straight back into English and Mathematics activities. Next Monday will be our first visit to the PCYC for gymnastics and athletics activities. We will be going with K-3W, 3-6L and 3B. Please ensure that your child wears shorts and suitable shoes. Please come and speak to me if you have any questions about activities this term. Have a lovely week