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Principal Report

What an amazing DUGS Day on Friday! Thank you

to the dedicated staff of BPS who left their own

families to set up and cook breakfast for the DUGS

Day extravaganza. I was blown away by the

community spirit shown throughout the day and the

sheer number of special Dads, Uncles and

Granddads who were able to attend. A special

thank you goes to our Year 6 leaders. These

wonderful students displayed school pride as they

served over 150 breakfasts throughout the

morning.

We have new signage on our fences near each

school gate:

We appreciate that all visitors follow the above

directions. In addition, we have improved our visitor

passes. Once signed in, visitors will receive a red

pass to wear on a lanyard. These new procedures

will ensure that all visitors are clearly identifiable

and now meet school WHS. I ask for your support

in adhering to updated procedures. All visitors not

meeting WHS signing in procedures will be asked

to report to the office immediately or leave the

school grounds.

In addition to our new visitor procedures parents

are starting to arrive too early for pick up and

waiting on school grounds under the cola. Parent

feedback from the Disco Forum suggested that the

seated area behind the hall could be an appropriate

waiting space for parents. I am happy to support

parents waiting for children in this area from

2:50pm. Please do not arrive any earlier, visitors

before this time will be asked to sign in at the office.

Thank you for your support

Melissa Scully

Principal

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Booragul Public School Aspinall Street Booragul NSW 2284

T 4958 2811 F 4958 3152 E Booragul-p.school@det.nsw.au

A quality, innovative and caring environment

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Wednesday, September 10th

Kindergarten Information Session 3:30pm Friday, September 12

th Intensive Swim School

Friday, September 12

th Athletics Ribbons presented

at Assembly

Week 10

Friday, September 19th

Intensive Swim School Watch this space we are

attempting to change the day Friday, September 19

th NAIDOC Day – Lets Bridge

the Gap

LAST DAY OF TERM 3

Upcoming Events Week 9

Safety First

Visitors

Welcome to Our School

Please Use Main Entrance and

Obtain Visitor Pass at Office

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DUGS Day On September 5

th it was DUGS Day (Dads, Uncles

and Granddads day). The day kicked off with an amazing bacon and egg breakfast cooked by the wonderful teachers and served by some of the amazing Year 6 students. Soon after the students split up into their family groups to do some activities with the special DUGS, set up by the teachers. Some of the activities included: making paper aero planes, Frisbee games and the dangerous egg drop. At 10 o’clock everyone was called into the hall for an assembly put on by the school leaders. The assembly really showed the DUGS how students at Booragul Public School strive for their best and achieve great things. The day came to a close with the recess break where students could spend time with their DUGS and some lucky students even got a tasty treat from the canteen. This day will be one to remember for all students of Booragul Public School. It really showed the DUGS what amazing students we have here. All of this would not have been possible without the amazing staff and teachers. A special mention to Mrs Pallas, Mrs Monaghan and Mr Lewis for their organisation and being at school from 6 o’clock this morning and setting up. Everyone had a great time and we cannot wait for next year’s DUGS Day!!! By Danu Tanner, Phebe Lunn-McNally and Alexa Pearce.

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Footy Colours Day Fundraising Supporting Kids living with Cancer Thank you to all of you who supported this worthy cause by wearing your favourite footy colours on DUGS Day. We successfully raised $159.25 which will be donated to the “Fight Cancer Foundation”.

2014 Premier’s Spelling Bee

Today we have four very talented students representing our school at the Regional Final of the 2014 Premier’s Spelling Bee, held at Coal Point School. Blaise Grew and Blake Avery are our junior representatives with Caleb Bell and Brock Gillet-Trovato our senior representatives. Regional winners from each division will proceed to the State Final held at the ABC Centre in Sydney. Blaise, Blake, Caleb and Brock, congratulations and very best wishes. We are extremely proud of you and hope you have a wonderful, although tiring day. Good Luck!!!! Lyn Stevens

Library News

A great big THANK YOU to Michelle Holdsworth for knitting an amazing snake for our library. It is our very own “Rainbow Serpent”. We need your help! – we have several library books that are overdue or missing. Could you please check in the holidays. Could you also please help your child to remember their library days:- Tuesday – 1/2H, 2/3H, 5/6P Wednesday – K/1M, 3/4J Thursday – K/1G, 3/4L, 6E Friday – 4/5G Thank you Debby Oliver - Librarian

Attendance Tip

Encourage your child to talk about concerns they have that may affect school attendance. Call upon members of the family, friends, their classroom teacher or the School Counsellor. Ask for help before your child’s attendance becomes a big problem – seek support from the school, friends or community agencies. If your child says they are not feeling well in the morning and then have a ‘miraculous recovery’ around 10am – bring them to school. This shows you place a high priority on education and also they will have missed only part of the day. Putting on a ‘sick act’ is hard to do for a whole day, and be reassured, the school will contact you if they are not well. Finally – be firm and consistent in establishing regular patterns of attendance at school.

We are focusing on the Value of

RESILIENCE

I will keep trying and I won’t give up

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Kindergarten 2015 – Information Afternoon and Orientation Dates On Wednesday 10th September at 3:30pm, we will be holding our parent information afternoon for children enrolling in Kindergarten at Booragul Public School in 2015. This will be held in the library. We will discuss what to expect in your child’s first year at school, have a uniform display, and give you the chance to sign up for school banking and more. You will also meet various members of our teaching and non-teaching staff and be able to ask any questions you may have. Following this, there will be three orientation sessions at the start of Term 4: Wednesday 22nd October, Wednesday 29th October and Wednesday 5th November. All of these sessions will run from approximately 9:00 - 11:00am, with two parent workshops being held during that time on the 29th October and 5th November. Your child will meet their senior ‘buddy’ and start to build a relationship with them so they have a familiar friendly face when they start in 2015. We will also have a performance for your enjoyment and a celebratory party at the conclusion of the orientation sessions. As out-of-area enrolments need to be approved by a committee, if you know of anyone seeking enrolment outside our designated area, please ask them to contact the school office as soon as possible. Similarly if you have a child who is in our area, please let the office know they will be attending in 2015 as this helps us with our staffing arrangements, buddy program and resources. If you have any questions, please come and speak with me. Sharon Morris Assistant Principal

NAIDOC Day Celebration will be held on Friday, 19th September – last day of Term 3.

“Let’s Bridge the Gap” with Fred Reid

$4.00 per student has been charged to family

invoices.

Parents are invited to assembly at 2:15pm on this day. Please note this will replace our 9:00am assembly.

Road Safety KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER

Driving near school buses There is a 40km/h speed limit for traffic passing a school bus that is setting down or picking up school children. This speed limit is for all traffic travelling in the same direction as the bus, whether the bus is stationary or moving. The 40km/h speed limit must be obeyed when the rear wig wag lights on the bus flash. Flashing headlights on these buses also alert oncoming motorists that children are close by. As a driver, remember: When the lights on the bus are flashing, you must slow down to 40km/h. Never park in or near a bus stop or bus zone.

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Dr to Your Door Doctor to your door is a new after hours home visit doctor service. Free bulk billed until midnight. Open every day. Opening times: Weekdays - 6pm until 8am, Saturdays - from 12 midday, Sundays and Public holidays - 24 hours. Calls taken for visits 2 hours prior to opening times. Charges apply after midnight until 8am. Call 1300 YOUR DOOR or 1300 968 736.

LAKE MACQUARIE RUGBY CLUB PRESENTS

Summer Touch Football

JUNIORS STARTS – WED 8TH OCTOBER FINISHES – WED 10TH DECEMBER AGE GROUPS

U/6s,7s and 8s kickoff @ 4.30pm U/9s and 10s kickoff @ 5pm U/11s and 12s kickoff @ 5.30pm U/13s – 15s kickoff @ 6pm STARTS – WEDNESDAY 8TH OCTOBER FINISHES – WEDNESDAY 10TH DECEMBER COST - $50 Registration and receive a shirt, covers referee’s fees.

Squads of 10 players per team

List a manager so we can send all information to

If your not in a team, we can put you in a team

Boys and girls all welcome

Bring rego money and forms on 1st night and turn up 30 minutes early for registration and receive shirts.

Contact Greg Hodgson for further details – 0414255287 or at lakemacquarieroos@gmail.com Or visit our website www.lakemacquarierugby.com for online registration.

Personalised Name Bricks – A unique and personalised record of you or your child. Booragul Public School is giving families the opportunity to have their names engraved into brick as a lasting memory of your time at the school.

YOUR NAME WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY Your donation of $35 entitles YOU or your CHILD to have your name engraved into a brick facing as a lasting record of your valued time at Booragul Public School. Place your order at the office with the correct money in an envelope. Two or more brick orders per family $30 each.

Engraving details: Please print clearly in block letters. Each square represents one letter, number, space or punctuation mark. (34 max as above). Final orders will be accepted up to and including Wednesday, 17

th September. After this date we will be

unable to order anymore.

P & C News

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Canteen Roster

Wed 10/9 Thur 11/9 Fri 12/9

Kylie Vanessa

Joy Nic R

Michelle Robyn

Wed 17/9 Thur 18/9 Fri 19/9

Michel Vena

Belinda Jo Kerry

Leanne Lisa Michel

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Congratulations to the following

Students who received

Quality Student Awards last week

Kailei Enright – Quality Student Badge Chris Randall – Quality Student Badge David Farley – Quality Student Badge Brayden Smoothy – D Charm Denver Dines – E Charm Ruby Adams – I Charm Liam Tam – I Charm Lachlan Angel – P Charm Riley Atkinson – P Charm Bella Lewsam – P Charm Joel Rea – P Charm Taylor Gill – R Charm School Citizenship Award CourtneyArthur

Canteen News The Canteen is open Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 8:40am. Please ensure your orders are placed at the canteen before the bell goes at 9:00am. Volunteers are needed for our school canteen. Please contact Sue Robin if you are able to help on 4975 4825 or 0407 465 893.

From Wednesday, 13th August Order your lunch and go in the draw to win an awesome hamper full of canteen goodies

Fruit and Vegetable Promotion

Buy one item of Fruit or Vegetable per day to receive a sticker. When you have 2 stickers – fill in the card to go into the statewide competition and also receive a character ring – 6 different ones to collect. Many thanks Canteen Committee

Denver Dines