TERM 2, WEEK 2 Bilpin Public School 7 t h May 2019

NEWSLETTER

2517 Bells Line of Road, Bilpin NSW 2758 Phone: 4567 1154 Fax: 4567 1388

Email: bilpin-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Webpage: www.bilpin-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

** All newsletter attachments / notes will also be available for printing from the school webpage **

IMPORTANT DATES PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Welcome back to Term 2! We hope you were able to enjoy quality family time over the Easter break.

We have another busy term ahead. Please see the attached Term 2 planner for upcoming events.

Kurrajong ANZAC Day Dawn Service

On Anzac Day, Ariarn, Joel and their families attended the Dawn Service in Kurrajong to lay a wreath at the cenotaph in memory of our fallen soldiers on behalf of our school. Ariarn was asked to read the Prayer for the Nation which was a great honour for her to play this special role in the service. After the service many principals, teachers and community members have praised Ariarn for the wonderful job that she did. This morning she was presented with a letter and certificate of thanks from the Kurrajong District War Memorial Club. We are very proud of Ariarn and Joel for their sincere and respectful representation at the service. We would also like to thank Ms Wheen for accompanying the leaders and Sam Craigie for making a beautiful bouquet of native flowers for the students to present on behalf of the school and community.

School ANZAC Service On Wednesday last week our leaders conducted the schools’ Anzac Service. Students were very respectful throughout the service as they reflected on the sacrifices, both past and present that have been made by our brave servicemen and women. We would like to thank the parents and grandparents who were able to join us as well as the families who provided flowers for the students to lay in remembrance.

We would like to thank Mr Hynds for organising the ceremony.

Athletics Program Last week our school Athletics Program with Richard Berrell began. The students will undertake training in field events. The program will run each Tuesday until the end of the term. Please ensure children are dressed in their sports uniform and appropriate footwear. We are pleased to advise that the school applied for and was successful in achieving a grant through Sporting Schools to cover the cost of the program.

MAY

Tuesday 7th – NEWSLETTER

Tuesday 7th - P & C 3:40pm

staffroom

Wednesday 8th – NO Scripture

Wednesday 8th – Mother’s

Day stall

Friday 10th – Small Schools’

Cross Country Carnival –

Woodbury Reserve Glossodia

Tuesday 14th – Year 3 and 5

NAPLAN: Language

Conventions and Writing

Wednesday 15th – NAPLAN

Reading

Wednesday 15th – NO

Scripture

Thursday 16th – NAPLAN

Numeracy

FRIDAY 17TH – Book club due

Saturday 18th – Federal

Election day BBQ

Wednesday 22nd – NO

Scripture

Friday 24th – District Cross

Country Cattai National Park

Wednesday 29th – NO

Scripture

JUNE

Monday 3rd – Parent

Assembly

Mother’s Day Stall

On Wednesday 8th May the Mother’s Day Stall will take place which raises funds for the Year 6 end of year activity. Thank you to all the families who have donated and wrapped goods for the stall. Your donations are much appreciated.

We would also like to thank Angie Pirie for all her hard work behind the scenes as well as Vanessa Smith and Danielle Boughton for giving up their time to run the stall on Wednesday.

All gifts will be sold for $5. Wishing our mums, nans and aunties a wonderful Mother’s Day on Sunday 12th May!

Small Schools’ Cross Country

This Friday, 33 students will compete at the Small Schools’ Cross Country at Woodbury Oval, Glossodia.

As our school runs this event, the P & C operates a canteen and BBQ on the day. If your child is attending the carnival we would kindly ask you to spend a little time helping out if you can, as it is always very busy. Please phone Angie Pirie if you can help on the day on 4567 7469 or her mobile 0414 570 365.

We would like to thank the parents who have already generously offered their assistance and those who have kindly donated goods to sell on the day or money to purchase supplies.

School Cross Country

A reminder that our 2019 Cross Country Champions will be presented with their medallions in the Week 6 Parent Assembly.

Safety around the School

From time to time the school receives reports of strangers in the area. Sometimes incidents are reported to us as a community service notification. If a report is directly related to the school, or may impact on our students, procedures are implemented which includes the notification of parents which may occur via message or a note sent home, as well as notification to the police and school security.

The school conducts emergency drills once a term and extra drills as required. Last week we conducted a lockdown drill. A lockdown would be used in an emergency where there is an external threat to the school or students. In the event of an evacuation, lockdown or other emergency, parents will be notified via SMS, Sentral messaging and Class Dojo. The procedures of drills and their purpose is discussed with students and strategies for keeping safe are explicitly taught in Personal Development and Health lessons. Please be assured that staff have the safety and wellbeing of your students front and foremost and are always vigilant regarding what is occurring in and around the school.

Hawkesbury Show Art

This year the Hawkesbury Show will take place from Friday 10th – Sunday 12th May. Each class has entered a chook in the ‘Painted Chook Competition’ and students have entered individual artworks in the Primary Competition ‘My Favourite Transport’. We wish our students the best of luck in these competitions as well as any competitions they have entered independently. If you are planning on attending the show, we hope you spend some time in the arts pavilion and in the paddock to inspect the students’ handiwork!

133rd Hawkesbury Show Admission Prices: Adults $25.00 Child $15 (5-17yrs) Family 1 Adult & 2 Children $40.00

Family 2 Adults & 2 Children $65.00 Additional Child $5.00 Seniors, Pensioners $15.00 Companion Card $15.00 (Carer free) FREE PARKING Admission tickets available from www.hawkesburyshowground.com.au

NAPLAN 2019

On the 14th, 15th and 16th of May the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) will be completed by students in Years 3 and 5.

The results of the tests will provide important information to schools about what each student can do and will be used to support teaching and learning programs. Parents will receive a report indicating their child’s level of achievement.

Each student’s level of achievement will be reported against the national minimum standard. Student background information (student name, gender, date of birth, language background and aboriginality) will be collected as part of the National Assessment Program. This information is treated confidentially and held securely to ensure that every student’s right to privacy is maintained.

This year our school will continue to sit the paper test.

Federal Election Day BBQ and Cake Stall P & C will be holding a BBQ and cake stall for the Federal Election on Saturday 18th May. This presents a great opportunity to raise funds for our school. Can you help make our fundraiser a success? Donations are needed for our cake stall. Cake boxes are available for collection from the school office. Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

Attached is a flyer with further information.

Opportunity Class Placement Test for Year 5 2020

Opportunity Class Opportunity classes cater for high achieving academically gifted students. Applications for opportunity class placement are considered mainly on the combined results of the Opportunity Class Placement Test and school assessments. The Opportunity Class Placement Test will be held on Wednesday July 31st, 2019.

Detailed instructions on how to apply online will be available from this week at https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunityclasses/year-5 .

The application website opens on Tuesday 30th April 2019 and closes on Friday 17th May 2019. No late applications will be accepted.

Absentee Reminder Students are required to be at school every day of the school year. There are times when students are sick or have appointments or have unavoidable family reasons for being absent from school. In the event of extended absences, a doctor’s certificate will be requested. All absences must be explained either by a note or a verbal explanation. Please note that the school should be informed of long absences, such as family holidays, before they are taken. Please see the office to complete the relevant form required for extended absences.

Attached to the newsletter is a sheet of absence notes that will make it easier for you to fill in and return to school on the next day after the absence. Absentee notes will be sent home when absences have not been explained within a school week. Please remember to complete a green slip located in each classroom if your child arrives late or leaves early. Late arriving students must be taken to their classrooms by their parents/caregivers and signed in. Students being collected early must also be signed out. Please see the attached Department of Education document regarding student absences.

Happy Birthday We hope the following students have a wonderful birthday this month. Zak (12 years old), Aliza (11 years old), Abby (11 years old), Sam (11 years old), Sam P (11 years old), Bailey (10 years old), James (10 years old), Lilly (10 years old), Luke (10 years old), Axle (8 years old), Layla (6 years old).

Mrs Melanie Mackie Principal

CLASS NEWS

CLASS K/1/2 - Mrs McCloy & Ms Wheen

Welcome back, I hope you all had a lovely break. Term 2 began with us reading the story ‘Boy’, about a deaf child who used his ‘dancing hands’ to communicate. We learnt to sign our own names using letters and how to say ‘My name is’ using Auslan. We are also learning about direct speech and how to use punctuation to show that someone in speaking. Green spelling group are learning about contractions eg. didn’t, that’s, whilst our Blue spellers are learning about short e, long e (ee, ea) and short e (ea). In Maths Year 1 and 2 are learning about place value and Kindergarten are consolidating their understanding of part whole to ten (eg ten is 5 and 5, 3 and 7 etc.) and numbers to ten with 5 as a reference (8 is 5 and 3, 7 is 5 and 2 etc.). Homework this week is unit 8. If students are up to week 8 and want to do more maths they can login to their Mathletics or Maths Online as I have set activities in both. PD/H/PE this term is ‘Healthy Me’ where we learn about the choices that keep us healthy such as food, fitness, brushing our teeth and sharing (eg you can share a toy but not a toothbrush). In Creative Arts we will be looking at Visual Art this term, although we will still continue to learn about music through brief sessions on the glockenspiels. Banana messaging has had a twofold positive affect in K/1/2. 1) We are eating lots of delicious bananas! 2) We are reading every morning and figuring out tricky words just so we can share our special message with our friends. Happy Mother’s Day to our K/1/2 mums. I hope your special person from K/1/2 helps you all day on Sunday.

CLASS 3/4 - Mrs Mackie & Mrs Carroll

Welcome back! I hope you all had a restful break!

This term in History we will be looking at the First Contacts in Australia of European and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We will be looking at life before and after first contact and also at explorers and voyages of discovery. Our Science unit this term is Beneath our feet which is a geology unit looking at soil, rocks and how different landforms are formed. Could students look out for interesting rocks they find at home and bring them in to school to investigate. For the next 2 weeks, Year 3 Homework will consist of NAPLAN related tasks. Year 4 Homework will continue as normal. Interviews will be held at the end of the term after reports are sent home. If you need to meet with us before then, please contact the office to make a time.

CLASS 5/6 - Mr Hynds

Welcome back to everyone in my class. Our classroom routines are fully underway this term. The children will be completing homework this week including mentals. Our spelling routine for the term has commenced last week so students will be practising their words as part of their homework. The number of spelling words each student completes every fortnight is a reflection of their current ability level for their grade. As students show accuracy in tests they automatically move on to words that are more challenging. As our homework has all 30 words of the list, parents are welcome to use them for extension activities, particularly the next 6 higher words. This will help prepare your child for the higher order words they will be moving to in the future. Reading group’s activities will continue this week following on from last term and I look forward to having any parent helpers, so please let us know if you are available, even if it’s not every week. We would love to see you. I wish all my students in our cross country team all the best at the Small Schools’ Carnival on Friday.

END OF TERM 1 DISCO

LIBRARY

Welcome back, I hope that everyone had a great holiday! Congratulations to everyone who has completed the Premier’s Reading Challenge, great work! Students have been so keen to keep reading that we are having a competition to see who can read the most books. Anyone who would like to take part just needs to keep reading and keep a list of the books they read, these can be brought into to school to keep a record of the number read, and there will be a prize for the winner. Good luck and keep reading. Keep up the great work those students who are still completing the challenge.

CANTEEN

A roster for term 2 has been sent home with this newsletter for those parents who are on this terms roster. Thank you to the parents that have been able to volunteer for this term to help keep our canteen open.

Many thanks to all the families who were able to assist in the canteen last term. We greatly appreciate the support you have provided to our school.

CANTEEN ROSTER MONDAY THURSDAY

6/05 – CLOSED 9/05 - CLOSED 13/05 – Alex Phillips 16/05 – Steve Jones 20/05 – Rebecca Giles 23/05 – Bernadette Bebbington 27/05 – Hayley Broadhead 30/05 – Steve Jones 3/06 – Jen Andrews 6/06 – Jen Andrews 10/06 – CLOSED QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY 13/06 – Rebecca Giles 17/06 – Hayley Broadhead 20/06 – Steve Jones 24/06 – Cheryl Baird 27/06 – Bernadette Bebbington 1/07 – VACANT 4/07 – Samantha Craigie

P & C

The next P & C Meeting will take place this afternoon in the staffroom from 3:40pm. During the meeting we will discuss the following fundraising opportunities; Mother’s Day Stall – Wednesday 8th May Small Schools’ Cross Country – Friday 10th May Federal Election BBQ at Bilpin Hall – Saturday 18th May The P & C is seeking any volunteers who might be able to assist with the Federal Election BBQ at Bilpin Hall on Saturday 18th May. Please let Angie Pirie or the office know by Monday 13th May. Many thanks in anticipation of your assistance.

COMMUNITY NEWS

TARA PILATES classes in the BILPIN HALL

2PM MON and WED in school terms. Have

some fun with other Bilpin Mums and Dads,

decrease pain and discomfort, restore your

energy, increase mobility and core strength.

Phone TARA on 0405 263 136 or download

the Tara Pilates App from Google Play or the

App Store to book your sessions.

Senior First Aid course and full refresher CPR update Anaphylaxis training will be held in the school library on Monday 22nd July 2019. Please see Mrs Chapman if you would like to register for this course. RSVP by 7th June 2019.

What’s On at Penrith Observatory in May 2019

Date: Saturday 11 May 2019 Event name: Public Astronomy Night: Cosmic Collisions Event details: Speaker – Ms Raelene Sommer Asteroids, Comets and Meteors. What are they and what happens when they hit Earth? Includes presentation, short 3D movie, tour of the dome and viewing of the night sky through a range of telescopes (weather permitting). $18.00 Adult $12.00 Child/Concession $50.00 Family (2 adults + 2 children) Children under 3 years of age free. IMPORTANT: Parents/Carers are responsible for and must remain with their children at all times. BOOKINGS VIA OUR WEBSITE ESSENTIAL Time: 7pm – 9pm Venue Address: Penrith Observatory (Building AO), Western Sydney University, Werrington North campus, Great Western Highway, Werrington 2747 Contact phone or website for public enquiries and bookings: https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/observatorypenrith/penrith_observatory/whats_on Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/700172310419737/ Date: Saturday 25 May 2019 Event name: Public Astronomy Night: A New Age of Stellar Polarimetry Event details: Speaker – Dr Daniel Cotton Polarimetry measurements are crucial for understanding stellar structure and determining the role heavy stars play in the evolution of the galaxy. With new ground-breaking techniques that we've developed, we have entered a new age of stellar polarimetry and are poised to answer some important questions. For instance, stellar interior structure, rotation and the complications of binarity are the biggest sources of uncertainty in stellar evolution models. Includes presentation, short 3D movie, tour of the dome and viewing of the night sky through a range of telescopes (weather permitting). $18.00 Adult $12.00 Child/Concession $50.00 Family (2 adults + 2 children) Children under 3 years of age free. IMPORTANT: Parents/Carers are responsible for and must remain with their children at all times. BOOKINGS VIA OUR WEBSITE ESSENTIAL Time: 7pm –9pm Venue Address: Penrith Observatory (Building AO), Western Sydney University, Werrington North campus, Great Western Highway, Werrington 2747 Contact phone or website for public enquiries and bookings: https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/observatorypenrith/penrith_observatory/whats_on Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/312077436130139/

Term 2 2019 WK Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat/Sun

1

29/04 SDD

30/04 Students return

1/05 NO SCRIPTURE

2/05 Last day for entries – Hawkesbury Show chook

3/05

4/5

2

6/05

7/05 Newsletter Athletics lessons

P & C 3:40pm

8/05 NO SCRIPTURE

Mother’s Day Stall

9/05

10/05 Hawkesbury Show SS X-Country, Woodbury Reserve Glossodia

11/12 Hawkesbury Show

3

13/05

14/05 NAPLAN Athletics lessons

15/05 NAPLAN NO SCRIPTURE

16/05 NAPLAN

17/05 SS X-Country Back-up

18/19 Election BBQ

4

20/05

21/05 Athletics lessons

22/05 NO SCRIPTURE

23/05

24/05 District Cross Country Cattai National Park

25/26

5

27/05

28/05 Athletics lessons Newsletter

29/05 NO SCRIPTURE

Year 5 Gala Day – Colo CLiC schools

30/05

31/05 Responsible pet programme K/1/2

1/2

6

3/06 Parent Assembly 2:45pm

P & C 3:40pm

4/06 Athletics lessons

5/06 Gala Day Back-up

6/06

7/06

8/9

7

10/06 Queen’s Birthday

11/06 Athletics lessons

12/06

13/06

14/06 Cares road programme years 5/6

15/16

8

17/06 Yr 6 Transition Day - RNPS

18/06 Newsletter Athletics lessons

19/06

20/06

21/06

Student CPR HELP course

22/23

9

24/06

25/06 Athletics lessons

26/06

27/06

28/06

29/30

10

1/07 Reports Home Parent Assembly 2:45pm

P & C 3:40pm

2/07 Interviews Newsletter

3/07

4/07

5/07 K/1/2 Excursion to Brewongle Last Day Term 2

6/7

NSW DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND COMMUNITIES LEARNING & ENGAGEMENT WWW.DEC.NSW.GOV.AU

Compulsory School Attendance

Information for parents

Education for your child is important and regular attendance at school is essential for your child to achieve their educational best and increase their career and life options. NSW public schools work in partnership with parents to encourage and support regular attendance of children and young people. When your child attends school every day, learning becomes easier and your child will build and maintain friendships with other children.

What are my legal responsibilities?

Education in New South Wales is compulsory for all children between the ages of six years and below the minimum school leaving age. The Education Act 1990 requires that parents ensure their children of compulsory school age are enrolled at, and regularly attend school, or, are registered with the Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards for homeschooling.

Once enrolled, children are required to attend school each day it is open for students.

The importance of arriving on time

Arriving at school and class on time:

• Ensures that students do not miss

out on important learning activities scheduled early in the day

• Helps students learn the importance of punctuality and routine

• Give students time to greet their friends before class

• Reduces classroom disruption

Lateness is recorded as a partial absence and must be explained by parents.

What if my child has to be away from school?

On occasion, your child may need to be absent from school. Justified reasons for student absences may include:

• being sick, or having an

infectious disease

• having an unavoidable medical appointment

• being required to attend a recognised religious holiday

• exceptional or urgent family circumstance (e.g. attending a funeral)

Following an absence from school you must ensure that within 7 days you provide your child’s school with a verbal or written explanation for the absence. However, if the school has not received an explanation from you within 2 days, the school may contact you to discuss the absence.

Principals may decline to accept an explanation that you have provided if they do not believe the absence is in the best interest of your child. In these circumstances your child’s absence would be recorded as unjustified. When this happens the principal will discuss their decision with you and the reasons why.

Principals may request medical certificates or other documentation when frequent or long term absences are explained as being due to illness. Principals may also seek parental permission to speak with medical specialists to obtain information to collaboratively develop a health care plan to support your child. If the request is denied, the principal can record the absences as unjustified.

Travel

Families are encouraged to travel during school holidays. If travel during school term is necessary, discuss this with your child’s school principal. An Application for Extended Leave may need to be completed. Absences relating to travel will be marked as leave on the roll and therefore contribute to your child’s total absences for the year.

In some circumstances students may be eligible to enrol in distance education for travel periods over 50 school days. This should be discussed with your child’s school principal.

NSW DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND COMMUNITIES LEARNING & ENGAGEMENT WWW.DEC.NSW.GOV.AU

If a student misses as little as 8 days in a school term, by the end of primary school they’ll have missed over a year of school.

My child won’t go to school. What should I do?

You should contact the principal as soon as possible to discuss the issue and ask for help. Strategies to help improve attendance may include a referral to the school’s learning and support team or linking your child with appropriate support networks. The principal may seek further support from the Home School Liaison Program to develop an Attendance Improvement Plan.

What might happen if my child continues to have unacceptable absences?

It is important to understand that the Department of Education and Communities may be required to take further action where children of compulsory school age have recurring numbers of unexplained or unjustified absences from school.

Some of the following actions may be undertaken:

• Compulsory Schooling

Conferences

You may be asked, along with your child, to attend a Compulsory Schooling Conference. The conference will help to identify the supports your child may need to have in place so they attend school regularly. The school, parents and agencies will work together to develop an agreed plan (known as Undertakings) to support your child’s attendance at school.

• Application to the Children’s Court – Compulsory Schooling Order

If your child’s attendance at school remains unsatisfactory the Department

may apply to the Children’s Court for a Compulsory Schooling Order. The Children’s Court magistrate may order a Compulsory Schooling Conference to be convened.

• Prosecution in the Local Court

School and Department staff remain committed to working in partnership with you to address the issues which are preventing your child’s full participation at school. In circumstances where a breach of compulsory schooling orders occurs further action may be taken against a parent in the Local Court. The result of court action can be the imposition of a community service order or a fine.

What age can my child leave school?

All New South Wales students must complete Year 10 or its equivalent. After Year 10, and up until they reach 17 years of age, there are a range of flexible options for students to complete their schooling.

Working in Partnership

The Department of Education and Communities recognises that working collaboratively with students and their families is the best way to support the regular attendance of students at school.

We look forward to working in partnership with you to support your child to fulfil their life opportunities.

Further information

regarding school

attendance can be

obtained from the

following websites:

Policy, information and

brochures:

Please visit the Department of

Education’s Policy library

The school leaving age:

Please visit the Department of

Education’s Wellbeing and Learning

website

Do you need an interpreter?

Interpreting services are available

on request, including for the hearing

impaired. The Telephone Interpreter

Service is available 24 hours a day,

seven days a week on 131 450. You

will not be charged for this service.

For further advice and questions

contact your educational services

team

T 131 536

Learning and Engagement

Student Engagement & Interagency

Partnerships

T 9244 512

www.dec.nsw.gov.au © February 2015

NSW Department of Education and Communities

BILPIN PUBLIC SCHOOL

"Learn to Live"

STUDENT ABSENTEE NOTE

DATE OF ABSENCE ........................................................

DEAR Mr/Mrs/Miss ...........................................................

AS PARENT/GUARDIAN OF ..........................................

I WISH TO ADVISE THAT HIS / HER ABSENCE ON

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Yours sincerely,

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CLASS TEACHER: ..........................................................

DATE: ..........................................

BILPIN PUBLIC SCHOOL

"Learn to Live"

STUDENT ABSENTEE NOTE

DATE OF ABSENCE ........................................................

DEAR Mr/Mrs/Miss ...........................................................

AS PARENT/GUARDIAN OF ..........................................

I WISH TO ADVISE THAT HIS / HER ABSENCE ON

.................................................................. WAS DUE TO

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Yours sincerely,

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CLASS TEACHER: ...........................................................

DATE: ...............................................

BILPIN PUBLIC SCHOOL

"Learn to Live"

STUDENT ABSENTEE NOTE

DATE OF ABSENCE ........................................................

DEAR Mr/Mrs/Miss ...........................................................

AS PARENT/GUARDIAN OF ..........................................

I WISH TO ADVISE THAT HIS / HER ABSENCE ON

.................................................................. WAS DUE TO

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Yours sincerely,

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CLASS TEACHER: ...........................................................

DATE: ...............................................

BILPIN PUBLIC SCHOOL

"Learn to Live"

STUDENT ABSENTEE NOTE

DATE OF ABSENCE ........................................................

DEAR Mr/Mrs/Miss ...........................................................

AS PARENT/GUARDIAN OF ..........................................

I WISH TO ADVISE THAT HIS / HER ABSENCE ON

.................................................................. WAS DUE TO

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Yours sincerely,

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CLASS TEACHER: ...........................................................

DATE: ...............................................

BILPIN PUBLIC SCHOOL

"Learn to Live"

STUDENT ABSENTEE NOTE

DATE OF ABSENCE ........................................................

DEAR Mr/Mrs/Miss ...........................................................

AS PARENT/GUARDIAN OF ..........................................

I WISH TO ADVISE THAT HIS / HER ABSENCE ON

.................................................................. WAS DUE TO

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Yours sincerely,

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CLASS TEACHER: ...........................................................

DATE: ...............................................

BILPIN PUBLIC SCHOOL

"Learn to Live"

STUDENT ABSENTEE NOTE

DATE OF ABSENCE ........................................................

DEAR Mr/Mrs/Miss ...........................................................

AS PARENT/GUARDIAN OF ..........................................

I WISH TO ADVISE THAT HIS / HER ABSENCE ON

.................................................................. WAS DUE TO

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Yours sincerely,

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CLASS TEACHER: ...........................................................

DATE: ...............................................