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Term 4, Week 8 3 December 2018
Blakehurst Public School, Dewrang Street, Carss Park, NSW 2221 Tel: 9546 1555 Fax: 9547 1796 E-mail: [email protected] Website: blakehurst-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
A Message from our Relieving Principal, Mrs Savellis
Thank you to all of the families that completed The School Hours survey. I presented the results to the P&C at the last meeting. In light of the fact that only one-third of those surveyed were dissatisfied with our current school hours, they will remain the same. Of those that were not satisfied, the majority wanted the hours changed to 9am – 3pm. This will have a major impact on the traffic in the area due to the hours of neighbouring schools. Blakehurst Public School is, however, changing the internal hours in 2019. Our new times are as follows: 9:25-11:15 Morning session 11:15-11:25 Supervised eating period 11:25-12:05 Lunch break 12:05-2:05 Mid session 2:05-2:25 Recess 2:25-3:25 Afternoon session This change has been made to ensure our students stay focused and energised for the entire day. It will also allow students to have a break when they return from PSSA on Fridays. As stated in our previous newsletter, we will be having a combined K-6 Presentation Ceremony on Monday 17th December at 9:45-11:25. Parents are welcome to stay for recess and sample some of our Blakehurst Bites delicacies. Please note, students are expected to remain at school after the ceremony as it is a normal school day.
School Calendar – 2018
Term 4 Week 8 2018
Tuesday 4 December Stage 2 Art Excursion
Yr 7 High School Orientation
Wednesday 5 December Thankyou Morning Tea
Term 4 Week 9 2018
Thursday 13 December Last day for student banking 2018
Friday 14 December BPS Family Christmas Night
Term 4 Week 10 2018
Monday 17 December K-6 Presentation Day @ 9.45
Tuesday 18 December School Picnic
Yr 6 Formal Farewell Dinner
Wednesday 19 December Last Day Term 4
School Calendar – 2019
Term 1 Week 1 2019
Tuesday 29 January Staff Development Day
Wednesday 30 January Students return to school
Wednesday 30 January to Friday 1 February
Kindergarten 2019 Best Start Assessment
Term 1 Week 2 2019
Monday 4 February Kindergarten 2019 commence school
Friday 8 February Swimming carnival years 3-6
Term 1 Week 8 2019
Thursday 21 March School Photo’s
School Security
Please help keep our school safe. If you see anything unusual happening in the school grounds during the holidays at any time please call School Security on 1300 880 021.
School Contributions
Thank you to the parents who have already paid the school contributions for 2018. Your support of your child’s education is most appreciated. Final invoices will be sent home for outstanding contributions. Please pay any outstanding payments as soon as possible either online or the school office.
The Bush Telegraph
Blakehurst Public School Fortnightly Newsletter
A caring community school - safe, respectful, engaged, resilient
I also tabled the Class Formation Guidelines at the P&C meeting and they were met with enthusiasm. A copy of the entire guidelines was sent via the SkoolBag App last week and a section was published in our previous newsletter. One point that the P&C were particularly positive about, was students and families will be notified at the end of the current school year regarding class placement for the following year.
Blakehurst Bluey says…
At Blakehurst Public School we are
Safe, Respectful, Engaged and
Resilient learners.
PBL Assembly Awards
The following students received awards in assembly…
Star Award
Emna A 3/4C Allyson A 3/4C Stefani M 3/4C Sienna S 3/4C Selina Z 3/4C Bronson A 3/4C Omar D 3/4C Bill F 3/4C Lucas G 3/4C Sam M 3/4C Niko P 3/4C NPTP 3/4C NPTP 3/4C
Silver Award
Lucy B 3/4C Aomei C 3/4C Alyssa K 3/4C Aabha S 3/4C Anabelle T 3/4C Prashit B 3/4C Aayush B 3/4C Jackson C 3/4C Nathan D 3/4C Wasim H 3/4C Bailey K 3/4C Jack P 3/4C Pranav R 3/4C
Diamond Award
Raza A 5/6K NPTP 5/6K Mary T 5/6K Anthony K 5/6K
Banner Award
Geordie A 5/6K Yasmin D 5/6K Joanna F 5/6K Jesse L 5/6K Gladys Z 5/6K Raza A 5/6K Mya H 1/2G NPTP – No permission to publish Congratulations to the above students and keep up the great work.
PSSA Sport
Sport Results Friday 23 November 2018
Winners
Congratulations to all our PSSA teams on a great season. Our Senior Boys Cricket Team was undefeated all season and has taken the honours of being Senior Boys Cricket Champions. Well done also to the teams for playing well each week and for being great representatives for our school. Thank you to Ms Hamer and Mrs Constantinou for their commitment each week.
Enrichment Program T4 - Goodbye Mrs Fraser
The stage 1 geography group completed their research on an important landmark in NSW. They then typed their sentences and printed appropriate images.
The next stage 1 group focused on Science. They investigated forces such as air, buoyancy and magnetism by making predications and then testing the forces. Boats were made from a variety of materials. What excitement when they floated!
Animation using “Stop Motion: ans “Scratch” was the task of Stage 2. The steps included drawing a storey board, constructing the setting and characters and finally filming with an ipad. Sone experts demonstarted how to create with “Scratch”. The results were great! Art as an enrichment subject was introduced to Stage 3 for the first time. Besides being instructed in various techniques the students then chose the styule and media for their final artwork. These could be proudly displayed in an art gallery.
I would like to take this opportunity to say fareweel to Blakehurst Public School as time has come for me to retire. The last four years have been a wonderful experience with the enthusiasm of the enrichment groups! The program will continue in 2019 and I wish you all the best.
Mrs C Fraser Enrichment Coordinator
PSSA Team Opposition Results MVP
Senior Boys Cricket Hurstville Won Christian V
Junior Boys Cricket Kogarah Lost Pranav R
Senior Girls Softball Brighton Lost Maddie J
Junior Girls Softball Brighton Lost Zerrin U
Volunteer Thank you Morning Tea
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our volunteers for their contributions that they have made to our students and school here at BPS. Our school is very fortunate to have the support of many parents, family members and community groups who contribute their time for the benefit of our students. The scripture and Ethics teachers have given their time weekly for their religious and Ethics education and so have our parent/carer volunteers for all their help with our students from reading, to our school with fundraising, organising to maintaining our school gardens etc. On Wednesday 5 December 11.15am to 11.45am in the school library, we will be hosting a morning tea for all volunteers to attend in thanks for their contribution to our school in 2018. If you have received an invitation, please return the slip back to school ASAP. We look forward to thanking you and showing our appreciation for all your efforts.
P & C News
Family Christmas Night
We have organised some delicious food trucks to come along and cater for everybody on the evening- we have Arlecchino on the Road woodfired pizza, Turkish Gozleme, Fantastic Coffee by Whimsy &Co and the lovely Bella’s Ice-cream truck.
Raffle Time
Notes and raffle tickets came home last week, there are plenty more raffle tickets available in the office for any families that would like more. The class that sells the most will be rewarded with a delicious treat in the last week of term!
We are delighted to say that our local retail community have been so generous in their support by donating items to our school for the raffle. We will be offering prizes on the night from: Carss Park Finest Meats, The gorgeous studio twenty one thirty, Mark Gardener Salon, The Fishbox, The Kismet Cafe, Carss Park Chemist, The Bottle-O, Belles Decorations By Design, The French Cargo Store, Skyzone, Flipout to name just a few.. We are still seeking more prizes so if you own a business and would like to offer a prize/voucher donation or if you have good connection to a business or know someone that would like to help, please get in touch ASAP at- [email protected] We are also looking for donations of items that we can include in food hampers. And will be looking for volunteers to help wrap between 10-14th so please let us know if your available to help out.
Baker’s Delight
Bakers Delight has offered us the opportunity to order from their seasonal range of cakes, tarts and pies. They will be making a generous donation for any items sold through our school. So please ask your friends, families, neighbours, colleagues if they would like to order anything too. The cakes are delicious- they will also make great gifts too. Round fruit cake $18 Tree shaped cake $10 Mini Fruit cakes $3.50 Pack of 6 Mince (fruit) pies $10 Pack of 6 lemon tarts $10 Orders need to be in by Monday 10th December please. Cash/cheque’s and order forms to the P&C payments box in the office please. Delivery will be Friday 14/12 and can either be sent home with your child or collected from the Family Christmas night.
P & C Contact information
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If you have any feedback, comments, suggestions or questions, you can email us at [email protected]
Blakehurst Bites
Canteen Roster Term 4 Week 8
Monday 3 December Mary, Irene Wednesday 5 December Mary, Hiroka Friday 7 December Mary, Lisa
Canteen Roster Term 4 Week 9
Monday 10 December Mary, Alana Wednesday 12 December Mary, Hiroka Friday 14 December Mary, Lisa
Canteen Roster Term 4 Week 10
Monday 17 December Mary Wednesday 19 December Mary, Hiroka, Selvina Canteen Coordinator: Angela Morfitis 0400 736 186 School Lunch Orders via www.flexischools.com.au : [email protected]
UNIFORM SHOP Open Fridays
9.00am – 9:45am
Uniform shop is located in the school hall,
near the entrance facing to the main gates of
the school.
The shop is run by the P&C and all proceeds
from the uniform sales go back to the school
for the purchase of resources and learning
materials.
Orders can be made via www.flexischools.com.au
Look for the bins with the blue lids around the school.
