BARRINGTONPUBLIC SCHOOL

Integrity and Excellence

1 Kenmore Street, Barrington NSW 2422 t: 02 65584258 f : 02 65584216www.barrington-p.schools.nsw.edu.au barrington-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 4 Week 4 Tuesday 31 October 2017

A p r o u d m e m b e r o f t h e B u c ke t t s Wa y C o m m u n i t y o f S c h o o l s

Weekly Awards Term 4 Week 3

K/1/2Bella Douglas - ‘improved writing skills’Stella Thurlow - ‘having a mature understanding of stories told’Logan Webeck - ‘improved effort with home reading’James Barry - ‘clever maths skills’

3/4Nathaniel Graham – ‘clever board game skills’Irelyn Want - ‘clever board game skills’Samuel Ellis - ‘good progress in all areas’Amarlie Stephenson - ‘excellent work habits and organisational skills’

5/6Dean Germon – ‘for creating a tension filled comic’Isoa Kisi – ‘for creating a tension filled comic’Michael Spooner - ‘for his clever use of figurative language in poetry’Justin Battams - ‘for his clever use of figurative language in poetry’Hamish Laurie - ‘for his clever use of figurative language in poetry’Adelaide McIntosh - ‘for her clever use of figurative language in poetry’

Level 2 - Silver Commendation Certificates

Connor Carr, Kaitlyn Commons, Summer Edwards and Hayden Schultz

Gold Commendation Certificate

Charli Macdonald

BPS Values

Congratulations to the following students who have demonstrated the school’s values.

Week 2, Term 4: Renee Carr, Kaitlyn Commons, Charli Macdonald.

Week 3, Term 4: Ella Howe, Joslyn Kilby, Hugo Laurie, Natalie Rayner, Chelsea Webeck.

COMING EVENTSTERM 4 2017

Tuesday 7 NovemberYear 6 Fundraiser

Saturday 11 NovemberRemembrance Day Service at Memorial clock Tower 10.45am

Monday 13 - Friday 24 NovemberIntensive Swimming Scheme - Not proceeding

Friday 17 November* K-4 Shark & Ray Centre Excursion payment due* 2017 Annual School Report Satisfaction Survey due

Wednesday 22 NovemberKinder Orientation Day

Tuesday 28 NovemberK-4 Excursion to Shark & Ray Centre at Port Stephens

Wednesday 6 DecemberEnd of Year Presentation at theRSL Auditorium

Friday 15 DecemberLast day of Term 4 for Students

Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 DecemberStaff Development Days

P&C Canteen RosterMonday 6 NovemberRod Pope and Amanda EllisMonday 13 NovemberGeorgie Bandy and Lyn Laurie

BirthdaysOliver Laurie 8.11.17 (7)Bryn Hoggett 15.11.17 (9)Emily Hebblewhite 18.11.17 (7)

Hunter Region Primary Mathematics Competition - Years 5 & 6

Congratulations to the following students who have received Merit Certificates:

Hamish Laurie

Evaena Radford

Justin Battams

Lucas Pope

Dean Germon

Kaitlyn Commons

Georgia Graham

Luke Blanch

Ella Howe

Adelaide McIntosh

Congratulations to the following students who have received Distiniction Certificates:

Toreen Denyer

Charli Macdonald

Natalie Rayner

Zane Commons

BARRINGTONPUBLIC SCHOOL

Integrity and Excellence

1 Kenmore Street, Barrington NSW 2422 t: 02 65584258 f : 02 65584216www.barrington-p.schools.nsw.edu.au barrington-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 4 Week 4Tuesday 31 October 2017

A p r o u d m e m b e r o f t h e B u c ke t t s Wa y C o m m u n i t y o f S c h o o l s

Intensive SwimmingUnfortunately, due to lack of numbers, the Intensive Swimming Scheme will not be proceeding this year.

The Australian Shark and Ray Centre ExcursionOn 28 November 2017 an excursion is planned for Years K-4. The students will be visiting the Shark and Ray Centre at Port Stephens as an integral part of their Science unit titled ‘Our Living World’. An information and permission note has been handed to students in Years K-4 for return to the school with payment by Friday 17 November.

Congratulations to Hunter Region Primary Mathematics Competition, Years 5 & 6 students:

Alison FittlerPrincipal.

Measuring Dinosaurs

Year K/1/2 students have been learning different methods of taking measurements this last week as part of their Mathematics and HSIE curriculums, and discovered the size of their footprints compared to a dinosaur footprint.

Measuring the length of a dinosaur.

Comparing footprints.

Intention to apply for Year 7 Entry to a selective

high school in 2019.

Selective high schools cater for high achieving academically gifted students who may otherwise be without sufficient classmates at their own academic and social level.

These schools help gifted and talented students to learn by grouping them with other gifted and talented students, teaching them in specialised ways and providing educational materials at the appropriate level.

Applications for selective high school placement are considered mainly on the basis of the Selective High School Placement Test results and school assessment scores. The Selective High School Placement Test will be held on Thursday 15 March 2018.

If you would like to have your child considered for Year 7 selective high school entry in 2019, you need to apply soon. You will need to apply on the internet using a valid email address (not the student’s email address).

Detailed instructions on how to apply online will be available from 10 October 2017 in a printed application information booklet and at https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity- classes/year-7.

The application website opens at https://education.nsw.gov.au/selective-high-schools-and- opportunity-classes/year-7 on 10 October 2017 and closes on 13 November 2017.

You must apply before the closing date.

NO ALCOHOL | NO DRUGS | NO PASSOUTS

All Blue Light events are drug and alcohol free and supervised by Police Officers www.pcycnsw.org.au

YOUR LOCAL PCYC PRESENTS

3/11/17 @ 7.30PMJUNIOR BLUELIGHT - Yrs 3 to 7

7.30pm till 9.30pm - $5 entryGloucester Soldiers ClubEntertainment: Mobilistic DJ Disco

LOYALTY CARD LUCKY DOOR PRIZES ON OFFER - PUSH BIKES AND OTHER GIFTS

3/11/17 @ 5.30PMJUNIOR BLUELIGHT - Yrs K to 2(last year Preschoolers welcome)

5.30pm till 7pm - $3 entryGloucester Soldiers ClubEntertainment: Mobilistic DJ Disco

LOYALTY CARD LUCKY DOOR PRIZES ONOFFER - PUSH BIKES AND OTHER ITEMS

Barrington Public School

Year 6 Fundraiser Tues 7th November

Games & Prizes…. Come dressed up for: Best ‘Fashion on the Field’ or Best ‘Dressed Jockey’ Join in…. Jockey Races Fashion show Fascinator hat making Jockey hat making

(No sandals please)

 

A proud member of the Bucketts Way Community of Schools  

1 Kenmore Street, Barrington NSW 2422 t: 02 6558 4258 f: 02 6558 4216 www.barrington-p.schools.nsw.edu.au barrington-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Principal: Ms Alison Fittler

 

2017 Annual School Report Satisfaction Survey  

Dear Parents

The range of evaluations the school undertakes each year is underway. One of the evaluations that we have to complete is a Satisfaction Survey. This is a requirement of the Commonwealth Government. The results of all these evaluations will be published in the Annual School Report.

The Satisfaction Survey has been designed to cover a number of areas – school environment, student welfare, school uniform, technology, service and communication. The survey is printed on the back of this letter.

This survey is for parents to complete. Students will be given separate surveys designed specifically for children. Students will complete their surveys at school.

It would be appreciated if the completed survey could be returned to school by Friday, 17 November 2017.

Thank you for your anticipated support with this survey. I look forward to sharing the results with you.

Yours sincerely,

Alison Fittler Principal 27 October 2017