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Bargo Bush Buzz Term 2 Week 10 2019
Calender
July 5 K-6 Assembly 9:30am in HallLast day Term 2
July 22 Staff Development Day
July 23 Students first day Term 3
July 26 NSWPSSA-All Schools Cross Country Championships
Aug 5 K-6 School Athletics Carnival Razorback Boys Cricket Trials
Great Southern Road BARGO NSW 2574PH 02 684 1396 FAX 02 684 3781 EMAIL [email protected] WEB bargo-p.schools.nsw.gov.au
Dear Parents & Carers,
How fast time flies…
As we draw to the end of another extremely busy term, I get the opportunity to sit in Mr Green’s chair and say ‘well done’ to each and everyone! Thank you to all students for all your hard work. Thank you to our parents and community for your ongoing support. To all the teachers and those that work within our school for our students, I would like to say a HUGE thank you for all your hard work and ongoing contributions throughout this busy term, it is very much appreciated. I can’t believe we have hit half way through the year already. It seems like yesterday students returned to school for a new school year!
Tomorrow (Thursday) will see Semester 1 Reports going home to all students. Please ensure you take the time to sit and discuss this report with your child/ren. Students have worked exceptionally hard over the past semester to improve in all areas and reports will provide parents and carers with an opportunity to understand the academic and social achievements improvement for their children. Reports also provide an opportunity for reflection and to determine areas for improvement. Part of the assessing and reporting process is not only the paper report but also the chance to converse with your child’s teacher to ask questions and student learning. It is important for them to identify and be praised for all their efforts, strengths as well as areas in
which to improve upon. We must remember no one is perfect and that each and everyone of us can improve. If your child is absent, reports will be held at the front office. Please ensure you contact the office to arrange collection.
Thank you to the staff at Bargo Public School for their wonderful efforts during the assessment and reporting period. I was able to read and sign every child’s report and obtained a clear indication that staff had worked extremely hard to ensure that the reports provide information relative to each student in their class.
PARENT-TEACHER INTERVIEWS Parent teacher interviews will be conducted in Term 3 commencing the week beginning 29th July 2019 (Week 2) except for Stage 2 classes. Due to camp, Stage 2 classes (3S, 3/4C, 4K & 3-6W) will be holding their interviews the following week. Further information about dates and booking procedures will be included in your child/ren’s report envelope. In response to the positive feedback we received last year,
we will be using the online booking system once again this year. If you require assistance in regards to booking, please speak to your child’s teacher.
YEAR 6 PYJAMA MUFTI FUNDRAISERToday we held our Year 6 fundraising pyjama mufti day. Wasn’t it great to have your kids get out of bed and leave their pyjamas on - no fuss and no complaining about getting ready for school? Thank you to everyone for supporting our Year 6 students.
SPECIAL THANK YOUI would like to take the opportunity to thank Mrs D’Onofrio, Mrs Menne, Ms Ritchie, Mrs Warder and Mr Hill who attended the Stage 3 Canberra camp last week. To give up your own families and time to ensure our students are provided with this amazing experience is very much appreciated. From the write up in this newsletter, it looks like it was a rewarding and fun filled experience for all.
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Little Elves Vacation Care Program July 2019
Monday 8th Tuesday 9th Wednesday 10th Thursday 11th Friday 12th Games Galore
Board games, challenges, group games, indoor & outdoor games
Come along if you are up for a challenge!
Bring morning tea,
afternoon tea, drink bottle & hat
Lunch Supplied
Movies Day
Join us for a movie day. Popcorn and snacks during the
movie (PG & G Rated)
Bring morning tea,
afternoon tea, drink bottle & hat
Lunch Supplied
Incursion Bargo Public School
Puppetry Workshop
How to make your puppet look real, make your own
master piece using a variety of resources
Extra Cost: $20
Bring morning tea, afternoon tea,
drink bottle & hat
Lunch Supplied
Let’s get Creative
Let’s get creative and see how many craft resources we
can use in our project.
Bring morning tea,
afternoon tea, drink bottle & hat
Lunch Supplied
Incursion Bargo Public School
The Jess Academy - Ninja
Warrior time.
Extra cost: $20
Bring morning tea, afternoon tea,
drink bottle & hat
Lunch Supplied
Monday 15th Tuesday 16th Wednesday 17th Thursday 18th Friday 19th Aboriginal Sand
Art
Beautiful high-quality sand art
designs for you to pick and take
home.
Extra Cost: $5
Bring morning tea, afternoon tea,
drink bottle & hat
Lunch Supplied
Excursion to Bargo Hotel
Come & learn how
to make a pizza from scratch,
whilst it cooks play some games.
Extra Cost: $15
Bring morning tea, afternoon tea,
drink bottle & hat
Lunch Supplied
Incursion Bargo Public School
All Kids Fit coming to us!
Bring your joggers for some fun
games
Extra Cost: $15
Bring morning tea, afternoon tea,
drink bottle & hat
Lunch Supplied
Woolly Winter Dress Up Day
Come dressed up in
your favourite clothes, prize for the best dressed
Woolly Crafts
Lego Master Competition
Bring morning tea, afternoon tea,
drink bottle & hat
Lunch Supplied
Pyjama Movie Day
Come dressed in your pyjamas and
watch movies
A variety of PG movies
Bring morning tea, afternoon tea,
drink bottle & hat Lunch Supplied
Monday 22nd – Monday Funday (children’s choice day, come and take your pick of fun activities our
storeroom has to offer).
To book please email [email protected]. Registered for Childcare Subsidy. All bookings must be paid for in advance/all cancellations must be paid for. Program subject to change, normal childcare fees
apply. Any questions contact Jen, 0418 814 031 or Jamie/Tracey in Bargo School Hall (OOSH hours). Open during school holidays from 6.30am.
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KINDERGARTEN 2019!How fast time passes........Can you believe our current Kindergarten students and teachers are preparing to celebrate their 100th day of school tomorrow, 4 July 2019! Kindergarten students will be involved in a day of fun filled activities to celebrate becoming 100 days smarter. They have been asked to come to school dressed in bright coloured clothes as part of this celebration. There will also be the cutting of a cake, a special teddy bears picnic, with a certificate of their 100th day of school for a keepsake. A VERY special day for our very special Bargo Kindy students..... stay tuned for lots of pics in next term’s newsletter.
K-6 ATHLETICS CARNIVALOur upcoming K-6 Athletics Carnival will be held on Monday 5 August (Week 3) at Tahmoor Sports Ground. Unfortunately Friday’s were unavailable to us this year. Please refer to the permission note sent home along with this newsletter. Parents and friends are welcome to attend and support our students on the day.The lovely Michelle Azzapardi will also have the canteen at the sports ground open on the day.
CHILD PROTECTIONAs part of the NSW PDHPE syllabus all students K-6 will be participating in mandatory Child Protection lessons next term. Students will be working with their class teacher/s on a set of age appropriate lessons, according to the PDHPE syllabus. Child Protection lessons are mandatory for all students and aims to assist students to develop skills in:• Recognising and responding
to unsafe situations.• Seeking aassistance
effectively.• Establishing and maintaining
non-coercive relationships nd strengthening attitudes and values related to equality, repect and responsibility
Parents are welcome to speak to their child/ren’s teacher should they require clarification around these lessons.
KINDERGARTEN 2020Kindergarten enrolments are currently been taken for 2020. Please contact the office for enrolment package. We will be providing you with further information in regards to Kinder Orientation dates/days early next term. If you know of any young families in the neighbourhood please let them know this information. There will be a Kindy Expo as well as our School Readiness program later in Term 4. Stay tuned for further information!
SPECIAL RECOGNITIONBlake Symons, Eddie Hockey and Jay Davies have been recently been competing
in the NSW State Cup Soccer Tournament. This tournament attracts over 500 entries each season and is an opportunity for club teams from all areas of Football NSW to compete against teams from outside their own Association. It is self nominated and goes for approximately 3 months, in a knockout style. The team, in which the boys play for, were unfortunately defeated yesterday, however they managed to finish 3rd in the state overall. This is an amazing result, considering no team in the Macarthur district has gone as far in the tournament. Congratulations boys on this outstanding result!
Please remember, if your child/ren are involved in competitions outside of school, please let the school know of their achievements. It’s always good to acknowledge them not just for their achievements at school, but also for their dedication and achievements outside of school. They work hard and deserve to be recognised.
BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE
Little Elves before and after school care will also be conducting school vacation care during the holidays. Please see their advertisement in this edition of the newsletter if you wish to enrol your child/children.
I wish everyone a safe and relaxing holiday and look forward to seeing everyone upon their return for Term 3.
Regards,Mrs Jane SmartRelieving Principal
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THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING THE P&C COIN CHALLENGE.THE FIRST PRIZE WINNER WAS 3/4C RECEIVING A HOT LUNCH.
SECOND PLACE WAS 1S RECEIVING AND ICE BLOCK.
P&C WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE PARENTS WHO HELPED OUT IN THE CANTEEN AT THE ‘B’ GALA DAY
This semester, Stage 1 has been learning about ‘Living Things’. In 1M, we have been super busy investigating how plants grow and exploring the life cycle of a plant. We read a wonderful book called ‘The Tiny Seed’ by Eric Carle. We looked at how Eric Carle creates his artworks and we recreated ‘The Tiny Seed’. We had great fun mixing paints and trying
new techniques. Our room now looks like a beautiful garden!
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Look out for the
School Book Fair
Wednesday 7 August
Term 3 Week 3
SOCCER GALA DAYSOn Friday the 14th and 21st of June, students from Bargo Public School played in soccer gala days at Tahmoor Sportsground. The junior and senior teams scored some great goals and displayed outstanding sportsmanship. The senior team won all their games and were crowned the winners of the gala day.
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STAGE 3 CANBERRA TO COOMA
19T H – 21S T JUNE
D A Y 1 : Q U E S T AC ON : 5 0 Y E A R S S I N C E M A N L A N D E D O N T H E M O O N
Stage 3 marvelled at the view of the moon at Questacon. It was surreal to realise that man travelled so far. The moon display hung over us all and we were all amazed. R O B O T S – B O R N O R B U I L T ?
Did you know you could move things with your mind? Stage 3 explored the similarities and differences between humans and machines. S O M U C H T O E X P L O R E A N D M O R E .
Some of us took the plunge and were weightless dropping on the slide (We were so fast Mrs M’s photos were all blurry). We explored the marvels of natures in the Earth Room – every 15 mins it gets extra loud as lightning strikes in the cage. We built and we discovered. WA R M EMOR I AL :
Standout moments for students included seeing one of the boats that WW1 soldiers rowed up to the shores of Gallipoli. A diaorama of lone pine trenches caught few eyes.
Many of the students were very interested in the replica of the submarine that attacked Sydney.
A number of students stopped to get poppies and were very interested about the different poppy colours. There is so much to see here and the time flew very quickly.
N A T I O NAL M US E U M O F A U S TR A L I A :
Stage 3 enjoyed K Space – at this very hands on museum. Lots of interactive displays and a wonderful collection of indigenous artifacts. There are also places you can explore colonial life…..Did you know this is free to go in?
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P A R L I A MEN T A R Y E D UC A TI ON O FF I C E :
At the PEO we role played passing a bill in parliament. It was another great opportunity to explore how the cogs of democracy turn.
The Australian Government recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to visit the national capital as part of their Civics and Citizenship education. To assist families in meeting the cost of the excursion the Australian Government contributed funding of $20 per student under the Parliament and Civics Education Rebate program towards those costs. The rebate is paid directly to the school upon completion of the excursion.
DA Y 2 : C OOM A – SN OW D A Y
It was a very mild 2 degrees at Perisher when we visited. No wind …an absolutely delightful day…
For those who had never seen snow it was wonderful to hear the excitement as we snaked up the mountains. At the first sight of snow the bus erupted with …SNOW!!
Whilst in the snow, we made snow angels, snow men and had snowball fights. Some students had been holding out to build their own Snow Arena for their Beyblades.
Mrs Menne even grabbed some action shots … and the snowball hit her in the smacker. Some students tried snow swimming – I mean it is a variation of water isn’t it?
D A Y 3 : P A R L I A MEN T HO U S E
We toured the houses of parliament with our guides and sat in the public galleries. We also saw the portraits of all of the past prime minsters and the most recent portrait of the retiring Governer General, Sir Peter Cosgrove. Another interesting thing we saw was the apology speech. M U S EU M O F A U S T R A L I A N D EMO CR A C Y ( O L D P A R L I A MEN T HO U S E)
We all had to don white gloves whilst we were here, because the old lady (old parliament house) can be easily damaged by the oil on our fingertips. We went on a hunt in the interactive gallery and explored the history of democracy. Then we did a role play in the old house of representatives. The old and new speakers were dressed up and talked about the chair of the speaker.
T H E MI N T
We were guided around the mint and saw the robots involved in making our money. We also explored the displays of coins over time. We got a history lesson about currency. FREE SAMPLES?? No ..sorry ……
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Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) Bargo students have been working hard to make good choices in our playgrounds. We are SAFE, RESPECTFUL, LEARNERS at Bargo PS.Wishing all Bargo students, parents and carers a happy and safe holiday.Looking forward to a productive and positive Term 3.Bargo PS Staff
SAFE RESPECTFUL LEARNER
Jump Rope for Heart Jump Off Day!Jump Rope for Heart is a fantastic physical activity and fundraising program that has been run by the Heart Foundation for over 35 years.
We held our school Jump Off Day yesterday marking the end of the program and was a chance for everyone to come together to skip and show off their newly learned skills.
Thank you to all our students who registered online and raised much needed funds for this charity. All classes participated in our end of program ‘Jump Off Sessions’ and had a great time with their buddy classes. Mrs O’Reilly needs to finalise donations (ONLINE only please) by this Friday (week 10) so that our students can receive their thank you prizes.
Follow the link below to complete your fundraising. www.jumprope.org.au/parents
Thank you for supporting the Jump Rope for Heart program!
