APRIL

5th Cross Country

8th P&C Meeting

11th Stage 2

Excursion

12th Peer Support

Last Day of

Term 1

MAY

30th Students First

Day Term 2

7th & 14th Stage1 Popes

Glen Excursion

9th Yr 4 Popes Glen

10th Yr 4 Gymnastics

Yr 4 Coding

Workshop

24th Zone Cross

Country

27th Stage 3 Choir

Rehearsal WFPS

JUNE

25th Narragunnawali

KPS Rehearsal

26th Stage 2 Choir

KPS Rehearsal

JULY

5th Last Day Term 2

23rd Students First

Day Term 3

AUGUST

5th Stage 2 Choir

WFPS Rehearsal

19th UBBMF KHS

Rehearsal

Narragunnawali

KHS Rehearsal

20th UBMMF & Narragunnawali Matinee

Performance

21st UBMMF & Narragunnawali

Evening Perf.

PLEASE REFER TO THE SCHOOL WEBSITE FOR RELEVANT NOTES &

FURTHER INFORMATION

Blackheath Public School Website: www.blackheath-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Leichhardt Street, Blackheath 2785 Email: Blackheath-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Office hours: 8.30 a.m.—3.15 p.m. Phone: 4787 8253 Fax: 4787 8320

Term 1, Weeks 9 &

10, 2019

Blackheath Public School Website: www.blackheath-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Leichhardt Street, Blackheath 2785 Email: Blackheath-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Office hours: 8.30 a.m.—3.15 p.m. Phone: 4787 8253 Fax: 4787 8320

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Parents , Carers and Friends,

We are nearly to the end of term one already. Time has flown but we have had a wonderful time settling in to our classes and learning new things. I hope that the two week break is enjoyable and the Easter bunny finds you. Safe travel for those getting away and have fun. School will resume for students on Tuesday 30th April. Staff will be attending training at Katoomba

High School on 29/4 and no one will be at BPS.

Working Bee for Winifred’s Garden After some great rain and sunshine over summer, the garden

is looking wonderful and the spaces have filled up with foliage. The weeds have also grown rapidly. On April 17th from 10am to 12pm you are invited to come along and assist us with some weeding. Jessica Nockolds, mum of Riley and the designer of the garden will be there trimming and guiding the

team. Come along and help, no experience necessary. Children welcome.

Thank you once again for your support and love of our school.

Memorial Tree Planting for Ms Jennifer Balaam Tuesday April 30th 2pm As you will be aware Jennifer died on March 13th. She taught at BPS for 14 years before retiring in 2018. Jennifer dearly loved teaching and her students, and will be greatly missed. James and Sam Masters, parents of Will (now in high

school) and Georgia have very generously sourced a mature and magnificent maple to be planted in the school grounds.

Please join us on the oval for the planting if you are able. Jennifer loved her garden and I am so grateful for the generosity of the Masters family in sourcing the tree and preparing the site. Once again we see and appreciate the beautiful people of Blackheath. Warm Regards,

Jane Davies Principal

PRINCIPAL AWARDS

K-G Carter Bosman & Ava Starkey

K-R Harper Hitchon, Kyan Paulos

K-1H Sam Clarke & Bernie Windsor

1-2K Portia Prendergast & Saxon Dzwinek-Cunningham

1-2N Juniper Hadjiivanova & Charlie Evans

1-2R Isabel Carmady & Thaihoa Exner

1-2S Oliver Draguns & Daliah Kimel

3-4B Ziggy Banffy & Lola Fleischmann

3-4M Lucia De Losa & Jesse Moore

3-4Y Georgia Cooper & Harry Hughan

5-6H Lola Draguns & Cateana Ewers

5-6L Sarah Connell & Laura Golian

5-6T Jacob Wooldridge & Natalia Taranto

MERIT AWARDS

3-4B Owynn Hannay, Arlo Lawless, William Peterson,

Charlotte Wooldridge & Tavish Locke

3-4M Elvan Hoekstra, Vincent Helm, Sophie Abel,

Thomas Curtis, Max Bailey &

Aneirin Mullard Boehringer

3-4Y Sienna Vogtenhuber, Lucy Double, Owen Stieger,

Amelia Montgomerie, Liam Kingswood & Noah Roe

5-6H Anneke Godfrey, Sophia Andersen, Isla Corscadden,

Claudia Paag, Tara Indigo & Sean Boehringer

5-6L Ella Stacy, Julia Ross, Lucas Hodgson, Abbas Haidar,

Annabel Dignam & Finn Wardell

5-6M Olivia Pellegrini, Connor Oliver, Calan Bagnall &

Miette Hoekstra

5-6T Rosie Lamerton-Mall, Angie Collins, Mia Clarke,

William McPherson & Owen Peterson

The sun was out and the

breeze was a mere zephyr on the morning of Friday, 22nd March 2019, a perfect backdrop for our students and their families to walk, ride their bicycles and scooters to school to celebrate National

Ride2School day. Our school was a sea of bicycles of every

size and colour. Many thanks to our teachers who came out that morning to

help park the many bikes.

A thunderous applause to the P&C for organising a bike tuning workshop for our students. It was a “wheelie” fun day!

MERIT AWARDS

K-G Angus Chambers-Rennert, Hallie McSorley-

Jamieson & Jacob Harper-Blease

K-R Zuko Collins, AJ Collins, Charlotte Harper-Blease,

Lilly Lamb & Glen Roe

K-1H Amy Hedgecoe & Flynn Bagnall

1-2K Lucy Wilson, Henry Combs & Oliver Lane

1-2N Joe Kelly, Poppy Banffy & Kamilla Flannery

1-2R Charlotte Pellegrini, Liam Angove & Lilliana Skinner

1-2S Tainyth Hooper-Brown, Sebastian Wilson & Lily Kells

STAMPS Do you throw away your used stamps? If so, please tear off the stamp and bring it

to Sue in the school office for donation to the Red Cross. Money raised by the

foundation is used to support under-privileged families in Australia

ILLNESS AT SCHOOL AND NOTIFYIYING

Please do not send your child to school if they are sick. If your child has been vomiting or had diarrhoea, they must not have vomited or had runny stools for a minimum of 24 hours (even if they feel better) as they may still be infectious. Staff have only the best interests of our students at heart when we ask this so as to avoid outbreaks in classrooms. We also have children with compromised immune systems at school for whom contracting these illnesses can have serious repercussions. It is important for these students that they participate actively in the day to day school program without

any major limitations. Towards this end another major concern is if these children were to develop measles, chickenpox, whooping cough or influenza so I seek your cooperation in preventing this situation. If your child has, or may have, measles, chicken pox or other infectious illness, I would ask that you please:

1. Do not send them to school. 2. Notify the School Principal as soon as possible.

3. Take them to your GP or medical centre to confirm diagnosis if possible. Thanking you in anticipation, Jane Davies Principal

A gentle reminder that all payments MUST be in by the

due date on the note. Owing to our Department of Edu-

cation system we cannot process money that comes in

after the closing date. You may find that the online payment may seem to work as this is the bank’s system but the mon-

ey cannot be processed for that event and will be put into credit for your future use. If finance is an issue PLEASE com-

plete the assistance form BEFORE the due date. You are more than welcome to reimburse us after the date.

PAYMENTS

After a few years off, our production for Wakakirri 2019 is taking shape. Over 80 students have paid their entry fee to be part of the cast and crew. This is over 20% of all the students in our school! Casting is underway now and rehearsals will begin in Term Two. Families are encouraged to join the “Blackheath PS Wakakirri” Facebook page to stay up to date with all the Wakakirri happenings and updates. We will be looking for set builders, painters and parents who are handy with a sewing needle very soon ! Kate Blackwell

NPWS & BPS JOIN FORCES IN “SAVING OUR SPECIES” Stage Two students are excited to be part of a NPWS program to protect the critically

endangered plant Zieria covenyi which currently exists in the wild in only two places in

the Blue Mountains. Seed has been collected from these wild populations and Mount

Annan Botanic Garden has propagated seedlings which will be planted in the “Zieria

Area” in our native garden. The aim of this project is to establish insurance populations

in case the remaining wild population is lost due to an event like bushfire. Senior Project

Officer with NPWS and Blackheath PS parent, Michaela Jones will be bringing the

precious seedlings to our school next week. So keep an eye out for our precious Zieria !

On Thursday 28th March, students at Blackheath celebrated the

many cultures that make up our school community. Throughout

the preceding week, classes discussed cultural diversity and

identified many different countries with ties to Blackheath

families. Our mufti donations and orange nail painting raised

$420.70 for UNICEF which is a fabulous effort by our students.

The dedicated team in the canteen celebrated Harmony Day

with lots of orange treats for sale which were a huge hit.

Thanks to everyone who supported this annual event at our

school. Kate Blackwell Anti-Racism Contact Officer

Three of our Blackheath equestrians competed at Scots All Saints College on 24th March in Bathurst. There were many competitors from schools around Oberon, Bathurst and as far away as Sydney. Competition was very tough with classes including

riders from Year 3 up to Year 12. Isla Corscadden on Poppy and Laura Golian on Rusty competed bravely in classes of 30 riders. Annabel Dignam on Tom, placed 4th in the 65cm and 85cm classes. The girls proudly represented Blackheath Public School and

gained valuable competition experience. Well done girls !

INTERSCHOOL SHOWJUMPING COMPETITION

Grandparents’ Day

Thanks to the generosity of our school community, and the support of our

local bookshops Gleebooks and Megalong Books, we have hundreds of

new books coming into our school library. All donations have been

accessioned and are being covered as quickly as we are able. Thanks to Ms

Booth, who is always covering books for us, and a kind group of

community members including Robyn (Ella’s mum), Vanessa (Alton’s

mum), Marilyn (Ruben A’s grandmother), Andrew (Robert and Lucy’s dad)

and Sarah (Ruby and Matilda’s mum) for your ongoing help in achieving

this massive task.

PRC

We have our first students who have already finished the Premier’s

Reading Challenge! Congratulations to Ruby Ross in K/1H, Gryffyn

Hoekstra in 1/2N, Elvan Hoekstra in 3/4M and Miette Hoekstra in 5/6M.

CBCA

Last Tuesday I was excited to attend a CBCA conference and spend the whole day talking about, listening to experts talk

about, looking at, and revelling in children’s books. I heard Graeme Base, Aura Parker, Jules Faber, Stephen Michael

King, Andrew Daddo, and many others talk about their work and books. As an amazing and unexpected special bonus, I

got to see Charmaine (Jude’s mum) being awarded the Kestin Indigenous Illustrator Award. Congratulations Charmaine!

LIBRARY NEWS

KOALAs

All KOALA nominations need to be in by this Friday. Over the next few weeks, results from all around Australia will

be tallied up and the shortlists of 10 finalists in the 4 categories (Picture Book, Younger Readers, Older Readers

and Years 7-9) will be announced. Please encourage your children to nominate their favourite Australian, less than

10 years old books by seeing me. Children’s choice awards mean so much to authors and illustrators!

P&C NEWS

Please join us for the last P&C Meeting for the term

this coming Monday, 8th April, at 7.30pm.

We will be formalising all P&C roles for the year at this meeting, so come along if you’d like a position and/or would like a say! (*Please note you must already be a member to take up or vote on a position).

The Wholesome Kids Cafe

We would love your help for the School Cross Country BBQ, NOW ON THIS FRIDAY 5TH APRIL!

Please pop your name on the sign -up sheet outside the canteen if you can volunteer for even a short time.

Our wonderful healthy canteen is open every day. Lunch order forms are available at the canteen, on our Facebook page and on the Skoolbag app.

Our free Breakfast Club runs every morning outside the canteen, 8.30am to 8.50am, serving Weetbix, cornflakes and

rice bubbles. Everyone welcome.

Does your child have a food allergy or sensitivity?

It is crucial that you inform the school if your child has, or develops, an allergy or sensitivity to a specific food. Please ask at the office for a form to update your child’s details.

What an awesome school community!

A massive thank you to the many volunteers who helped make Grandparents Day a huge success, and those who gave up their Saturday to help us run the Election Day events. These days have raised essential funds for our canteen and P&C activities. We are extremely grateful to be part of such an active and supportive

school community. A special thanks also to the bike mechanics who came and serviced all of the bikes on ride to School day!

Mother’s Day isn’t far away! Stuck for gift ideas?

There are still copies of our wonderful cookbook Nourish available- the

perfect gift! Come and grab yours from the office for $35 or order online to have it sent directly to the recipient (postage fees apply) http://bpscookbook.com.au/

Stay in the loop…

P&C news and events are shared via the Skoolbag app, our Facebook page (@BlackheathPandC), on the noticeboard and in the newsletter. Minutes of meetings are emailed to all P&C members. If you’d like to get in touch with us directly, flick us a message via our Facebook page or email us at blackheathpublicschool@pandcaffilliate.org.au or catch us at school!

Our Uniform Shop is open Monday mornings from 8.30 to 9.30am near the canteen.

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