Term 1 - Week 6

34R Tudar Rd, Bonnet Bay NSW 2226 Email: bonnetbay-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Ph: 9528 4111 Fx: 9528 4191 Website: www.bonnetbay-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

School Calendar 2019

March

7 Zone Swimming

14 P & C Meeting

15 Camp Payment Due

15 Dance Payment Due

18 Uniform Orders Due

15 Bullying NO WAY!

23 Election Day BBQ

26 Cross Country

27 Mona Williams

Storyteller

27 Harmony Day

28 Fathering Project

29 School Fees Due

April

3 Camp departs

4 Camp

5 Camp returns

12 Last day Term 1

Weekly Schedule

Monday

Yoga

Tuesday

Student Banking

Library - KLZ, 5/6H

Wednesday

Dance lessons

Library - 3/4T, 3/4D,1/2K,

1/2R K/1CL

Thursday

Scripture / Ethics

Friday

Sport K-6

Assembly 2.45

School notes are available on

our website. www.bonnetbay-

p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Principal’s Report

Zone Swimming Carnival - Qualifying students from our Small Schools

Combined Swimming Carnival will represent our school at the Zone

Swimming Carnival on Thursday 7th March. Mrs Distefano will be

accompanying our students. Good luck team and enjoy the

competition. We’re all cheering you on, you are champions already.

Go Bonnet Bay!!

National Day of Action “BULLYING NO WAY “ - Join us to

support that Bullying is not OK! We will be visiting activities

in our classrooms and recognising this day on Friday 15th

March. Our leaders will be leading the way. Each student

will receive a wrist band to wear to remind them of our

oath.

Tell Them From Me student feedback survey for students in Years 4, 5, 6.

Reminder, if you do not want your child or children to participate, please

ensure that the non-consent form is returned to school. More information

about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/

information-for-parents

Harmony Day - “Everyone Belongs At Bonnet Bay”. Wear Orange on

Wednesday 27th March and celebrate working in harmony at our school.

Remember to choose to be kind and follow our

school values of Care, Cooperation, Integrity,

Responsibility and Respect! We are looking forward to

a vibrant storyteller Mona Williams who covers a vast

spectrum of stories including myths, legends and

heroic tales. Please return your permission note and

small cost of $3.50 to be engaged in this captivated

performance on diversity where everyone belongs.

BONNET BAY turns 40! - As we plan to celebrate our school’s 40th

Anniversary this year, I welcome any interested community members who

would like to join a small committee to drive the celebration. I have staff

members and a P&C representative keen to be a part of this committee

and I welcome others to join us with great ideas and support. As they say

many hands make light work! Please contact me with your details so we

can organise a meeting and get started on our planning of this exciting

celebration.

Fathering Project-Bonnet Bay Dads - Save the date, Thursday 28th March

2019 at Como Pub, information night invitation to come.

Karen Deacon

Principal

School Response Unit 1300 880 021

Sutherland Police 9542 0899

School News

Clean Up Australia Day

As part of the Clean Up Australia Schools event

last Friday, students of BBPS worked hard to

make sure our school grounds keep looking

beautiful and rubbish free! Well done Bonnet

Bay!

Mobile Muster

Throughout this term there will be a Mobile Mus-

ter collection box in the school office. Please

have a hunt around for any unused mobile

phones and accessories and drop them in the

box at school.

Fathering Project - Save the Date

The first activity on the Fathering Project calen-

dar this year is a dads only information session

and dinner at Como Pub on Thursday 28th

March from 6.30pm. More details to follow, but

spread the word to all the dads out there and

save the date!

Rebecca Harvey

Stage 2 Indigenous Visit

History: First Contacts

Stage 2 were fortunate to have a special visitor

bring in Aboriginal artefacts and present an

informal talk of

Aboriginal culture. A

huge THANK YOU to

Neika and Zachary for

sharing their

Indigenous

knowledge of their

clan, culture and

history. The students

loved seeing,

touching and learning

throughout your

informative session.

School Assembly Awards

Term 1 – Week 5

Award Recipient

KLZ

Class Felicity J, Zarli O

Values Cliff B

K/1CL Class Matilda G, Toby P

Values Ethan M

1/2R

Class Gemma B, Kai S

Values Rydah T

1/2K Class Sidney Mc, Lincoln P

Values Pip W

3/4D Class Oliver H, Zoe L, Nicholas G

Values Nikolai KL

3/4T Class Vincent T, Lara O, Amelia H

Values Thomas K

5/6BF Class Elise O, Adam DC

Values Jai C

5/6H Class Jamie H, Lachlan T

Values Jessie HW

Road Safety

It’s important to remind children, especially

younger ones, of the need to be vigilant

when out and about. Talk to your child about

road safety and model good behaviour

yourself. For lots of good safety reminders,

Kidsafe NSW has an informative website with

a number of free brochures and fact sheets

on maintaining a safe environment for your

child and teaching them about staying safe.

They are also available in several community

languages. www.kidsafensw.org

Dance at Bonnet Bay

Dance is well underway for 2019 and students

are enjoying working on their routines for up-

coming events. All dance lessons are held on

Wednesdays each week. Stage 3 from 8.20-

8.50am, stage 2 from 8.50-9.20am and Stage 1

at lunchtime from 11.35-12.05pm.

PSSA Each week students need to arrive at school by

8.30am for an 8.40am departure. Buses will re-

turn to school at 11.00am.

P&C News

At our first meeting this year we had funds

available to approve the purchase of new

resources for the school. Dash Robots, Lego

WeDo and a 3D printer were on the list of

exciting new resources for our kids!

Canteen is closed tomorrow, Wednesday 6th

March. We have only been able to get enough

volunteers to cover 3 weeks. If you are interest-

ed in covering as a one off on a Wednesday,

please let us know and we can arrange to

open on the additional day.

This year will be having meetings alternating on

a Tuesday and Thursday. We had feedback

that running on the same night there were

some people who were unable to attend due

to standing commitments. Our next meeting is

coming up on Thursday 14th March. Hope to

see you there.

Rachel Watson

Canteen Roster Monday 11 March: Lisa Seaman, Donna Brown

Tuesday 12 March: Alyce Odams, Gillian Hill,

Greg North

Wednesday 13 March: Chloe Croft, Kelly Bow-

ers

Uniform Shop -Winter Orders It’s that time of the year again! Please plan

carefully for this order as it will be the only bulk

order placed for winter uniforms this year.

Please complete the attached order form

(which will be sent home with students

tomorrow) & forward it with your payment to

the office NO LATER THAN Monday the 18TH OF

MARCH. Payment options are listed on the

order form.

PRICE CHANGES: There have been some price

changes to our stock recently. Please make

sure you use the most current form to prevent

delays with receiving your items.

Current stock in the shop will be sold as per the

2018 order form, however all items ordered and

supplied post 18 March will be at the 2019 price

as per the attached order form.

SHOP OPEN DAYS: If you would like to bring your

child in to try uniforms on for size or browse the

second hand stock, the uniform shop will open

on the following days:

PLAYING AGAINST LOCATION

Round 1 Kareela Kareela Oval 2

Round 2 Loftus Waratah Oval 2

Round 3 Oyster Bay Oyster Bay Oval 1

Round 4 Woronora River Sutherland Oval 2

Round 5 Sylvania Heights Box Road Oval 1

Round 6 Boys - Oyster Bay

Girls - Como West

Boys-Oyster Bay Oval 1

Girls-Sutherland Oval 2

Round 7 Boys - Kareela

Girls - BYE

Boys - Kareela Oval 2

February Wednesday 25th 3:15-3:45

Wednesday 27th 9:00-9:30

March Monday 4th 9:00-9:30

Wednesday 6th 9:00-9:30

Tuesday 12th 9:00-9:30

Friday 15th 9:00-9:30

MONEY COLLECTION PROCEDURES Please read below the procedures for

collection of payments from students.

Payments for excursions, sport, carnivals, fees,

etc:

A black secure ‘letter box’ is on the wall next

to the front office window.

All payments and permission notes, in an

envelope, should be placed through the slot. No money is collected by teaching staff.

One envelope can be used per family.

Please write on the front of the envelope:

- Student/s name/s and class.

- Details of what payment is for and the

amount for each item/s.

- Total amount of payment enclosed.

Enclose permission slips in the envelope – separate permission note for each child

please. Permission notes stamped ‘PAID’ will

be given to teachers after payment/s have

been processed, with receipts for distribu-

tion to students.

A due date for all payments is printed on the

notes sent home however, as has always

been our policy, if you should have difficulty

with making a payment by that date, please

advise the school and alternative arrange-

ments can be made.

Payment for an activity or excursion does not

constitute permission to participate.

Permission Notes are still required for rel-

evant activities.

Students should be encouraged to place

their payment envelope through the ‘Letter

Box’ on their arrival at school.

Cash & Cheque Payment Option

Cash or cheque can be placed in the family

envelope for all expenses. Cheques should

to be made payable to Bonnet Bay Public

School. Payments will be receipted against

your child’s account and a receipt will be

issued.

Parent Online Payment Option

We accept online payments via a secure

payment page hosted by Westpac. The pay-

ment page is accessed from the bottom of

the home page of the schools website

www.bonnetbay-p.schools.nsw.gov.au by

selecting $ Make a payment. Payments can

be made using either a Visa or MasterCard

credit or debit card.

Details of online payments are passed daily

to the school where they are receipted

against your child’s account. As a receipt

has been issued from the payment page a

further receipt will not be issued by the

school. It should be noted that if a payment

is made after 6.00pm the school will not see

that payment until the second business day.

Please do not process payments for the P&C,

P&C Fundraisers or Uniform Shop using the

Parent Online Payment system. Cash, cheque

(payable to Bonnet Bay P&C) or EFT to the P&C

Account remain as the only option for P&C

payments.

In the event that the school is collecting

donations for a charity, students should take

their donation to their classroom where it will be

collected by their teacher.

BASC News Our focus this week is Social Development.

During our experiences, children learn to

interact in relation to others with care, empathy

and respect. We chatted about the story of The

Rainbow Fish, demonstrating kindness and

appreciation towards it’s friends as we

engaged in a clay moulding activity adding

some sequins for it’s scales. Staff conducted a

social group time, where we discussed and

role-modelled scenarios focussing on inclusion

and antibullying. Children expressed their ideas

and respected the perspectives of others. We

look forward to another fun week ahead!

Photo: Christian, Madison, Darla, Audrey,

Jacinta, Pip, Harriet and Catelyn moulding their

Rainbow Fish.

Kindergarten Enrolments

We are taking enrolments for

Kindergarten 2020.

Our Kindergarten Information

Evening will be held on Tuesday 14th

May 2019 at 7pm in our Library.

If you have a child starting school in

2020 or you know friends or

neighbours that do, please

spread the word.

Enrolment packs are available

from the school office.

All Visitors to Report to School Office

Please ensure you stop by the school office before entering the grounds of the school.