Bidwill Public School Principal : Ms Hilda Mavromati Bunya Rd, Bidwill 2770 Phone : 9628-2444 Email : bidwill-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Fax : 9628-0480

THE BIDWILL BUSH TELEGRAPH

Newsletter Term 1 Week 8

Wednesday 17 March, 2010

Happy Birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Laybys are more than welcome. Cut off dates for orders is Term 2, Week 3 Monday 3rd May, so that the uniforms can be made and deliv-ered to the school before it gets too cold.

Mother’s Day Stall 6th May

Donations for the Mother’s Day stall are greatly appreciated. Please leave any donations at the front of-fice. Thank you so much for your support. Prices for gifts will be $10 and un-der.

P&C Meeting

The next P&C meeting will be held on Tuesday 30th March. Please note this meeting is being held ear-lier than the normal date because of the school holidays.

Thank you P&C Committee

A reminder that school

photos are being taken

tomorrow Thursday

18th March.

P&C News

Easter Raffle

More tickets are available at the office for the Easter Raffle. Please return all money and tickets by Tuesday 30 March. Any donations of Easter Eggs would be greatly appreciated. Please leave these at the office with your name attached so we may thank you for your kind donation. The Easter Raffle will be drawn on Wednes-

day 31st March

2010.

Easter Hat Parade

The Easter Hat Parade is on Wednesday 31st March.

Please bring a chair or a picnic blanket. Students will be brought out from their classrooms between 12.00 & 12.20pm. The parade will commence as soon as all classes are settled. The P&C will be drawing the Easter Raffle winners at the parade and following will have a sausage sizzle. Sausage sandwich (roll) $2.00 and drinks $1.00.

P&C members will be selling uni-forms Friday mornings 8.30am—9.00am. Orders for the NEW WINTER UNIFORM will also be taken on these days. Please see the ladies at the uniform table to try on a size. A deposit will be required for all orders. Total cost of the package will be $55.00 and in-cludes 1 hat (bucket), microfiber jacket and pants.

Hats As part of our school uniform, stu-dents are reminded to wear a hat at school. All students are expected to wear a hat during lunch and when participating in sport. The P&C have Bidwill Public School caps for sale for $5 or the hat is included in the sports uniform pack for $30.

You can help by reminding all stu-dents to bring a hat to school. This will be very much appreciated.

Lets have “lids” on all

our kids!

Zachary LOCK 6 BC

James

COOKE-

KEOWN 1/2 J

Mary LOLOMA 5 R

Brittney TAMALA 1 S

Brandan TAMALA 1/2 J

Kolio MAGALOGO 4 S

Alfonso LABAN P Red

April WOMAL 3-6 R

Siitislefi LEAUANAE 1 S

Damian WOODFORD K-6W

Trisha TAYLOR 3 W

Hannah MCGOVERN P Yellow

Milica HOSKING 3 W

Jaiden LIZANO 5 H E

Trinity MARINER 1P

Nathan MACKRILL 6 BC

Julie VA'ELE 6 BC

Lawrence WRIGHT-PAYE K-6W

Brayden WEAVER P Yellow

Jordan CREGAN K M

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Student Birthdays

P&C News Hats

Harmony Week

AFL

Photography Group

Family Development Services

News from the Photography Group

On Wednesday 10th of March the Photography Group went to Taronga Zoo. We left school at a quarter past eight to catch the train to the city. The train was really busy with all the workers and we had to squash in. Once we got into the city we changed trains for Circular Quay where we then caught the ferry to go to the zoo. Miss Yard got a bit scared and we all had to sit outside. We sailed past the Opera House and even saw people climbing the Harbour Bridge. Once at the zoo we caught the Sky Safari up to the top entrance. (Everybody liked this except Jacob who thought walking would have been a better idea). We got to pat a snake as soon as we walked into the zoo. The animals that we saw included koalas, reptiles, giraffes, tigers, lions, leopards, tortoises, elephants and seals. One of the favourites was the Bird Show where a bird took a $1.00 coin from a kid’s hand from the audience and gave it to the zoo keeper. After a great day we caught the ferry and train back to school.

We would like to thank Mrs L King and Miss Yard for coming with us and also thanks to Mrs Bennett, Mrs Johal and Miss Tang for driving us to and from the station.

Harmony Day celebrates our nation and promotes the benefits of cultural

diversity.

The continuing message of Harmony Day is ‘Everyone Belongs’. It's about

community participation, inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for

everyone and importance of diversity in our school and community.

Many wonderful activities are planned for Harmony Day Assembly at Bidwill

PS on Friday the 19th of March. Parents are welcome to attend this special

assembly at 9:30 am in the school hall.

Students are be encouraged to wear something from their culture. Students are be encouraged to wear something from their culture. Students are be encouraged to wear something from their culture. Students are be encouraged to wear something from their culture.

We hope to see you!We hope to see you!We hope to see you!We hope to see you!

Remember to wear something ORANGE on Friday.Remember to wear something ORANGE on Friday.Remember to wear something ORANGE on Friday.Remember to wear something ORANGE on Friday.

AFL On Saturday 6th of March 23 students from grades three to six were invited to participate in an AFL game at the home ground of the new GWS AFL team. The students played a half time game at the practise match between Sydney Swans and Essendon Bombers. To begin the afternoon the students were involved in an AFL clinic which included meeting the players, learning AFL skills, face painting, tattoos and much more. We were able to watch a bit of the game before going to the change room to get ready for our game. Both Junior and Senior teams played extremely well and with great sportsmanship. All students who participated in the evening showed great respect and made us all proud.

A big thank you to Kate Fleming who gave up her Saturday night to help the students and another big thanks

to all the parents who helped transport all the students to the game.

The Senior Team