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43-45 Charles Street, Blackalls Park 2283

Phone: 4959 1213 Fax: 4950 4913 Web: www.blackallpk-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: blackallpk-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Public School

Official awards Jewellery winner

Musicians

Congratulations to our dancers.

What’s on at B.P.P.S.

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Wednesday 31 July • Dance Festival - Tap

Thursday 1 August • Dance Festival-Yrs 3 & 4 • Learners’ Band

Friday 2 August • Band

Monday 5th to 9th August • Education Week Tuesday 6 August • Dance • P&C meeting – 6:30pm Everyone welcome

Thursday 8 August • Learners’ Band Friday 9 August • Band Monday 12 August

• Zone Athletics Carnival Monday 12th to 14th August • Year 4 Camp

Tuesday 13 August • Dance Wednesday 14 August • Yr 5 & 6 Science

Discovery Day Thursday 15 August • Learners’ Band Friday 16 August • Band

Last week was a special week for our school, and in particular for two of our students who celebrated great achivements.

The first was Oliver C who joined with our local MP Greg Piper to raise the flags for the first time on our new flag poles. Over 15 months ago Oliver came to me and asked if we could get a new flag pole so that we could fly both our national flag and the Aboriginal flag. Oliver has persevered through 15 months of “beaurocratic challenges” to get the flag poles installed. Thank you Oliver for your incredible patience. Oliver and I would like to thank the P&C and Mr Greg Piper for their support in the process.

Our second student to have a wonderful success acknowledged was Seb W from Kindergarten. Seb was our school winner in the Kadia Jewellery Mothers’ Day design competition. From there Seb went on to be the overall winner (from 7 schools). Seb’s prize was to have his design made into a pendant for his Mum – what a lucky lady.

We are required to have regular lock down and evacuation drills. If you hear the sirens going off please don’t telephone the school to find out what is happening. We treat the drills as if they are the real thing. In an emergency or a drill calls like this just tie up the telephone lines and the staff who need to be dealing with the emergency. If there is a real emergency we will probably be following police instructions. Our first priority is always student safety.

Last term we sent out a note asking if families were interested in attending evening sessions run by Interrelate. A few families returned the survey so I have booked Interrelate for Tuesday 22nd October. More details about the sessions will be sent home later this term.

The canteen is really “humming along” with lots of students ordering their lunch. What isn’t working well is the volunteer roster. The canteen needs more workers every day, but particularly on Friday. Friday is a very busy day and needs 4 workers. For some Fridays, there are only 2 available. If we aren’t able to staff the canteen properly we will need to look at closing it on days that there are insufficient workers. Can you help?

Merrita Jeffrey (Principal)

Awards for Term 3 - Week 1

The Act of Kindness Award

Term 3 Week 1 went to

Amelia B for using her YCDI skills to make a new student very welcome.

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Merit Certificates You Can Do It! Student of the Week KF Ruby B

Elijah C Ocea N Henry K

KN Jacinta J Tyler H Laylah J Keely B

1A Decklan M Adelaide D Ayla Mc Ryker B Austin K

1-2L Kayla D Peter W Alyssa J Alex-Rose B

2W Layla D Charlie E Sam S Miliani E-C Abigail H

3-4S Bently T Hayden S Lila C Darcy G

3-4H Cordelia R Landon F Oliver C Charlotte L Gabriel R

5-6K Savannah S Holly H Brock P Armarlia P Josie B

5-6M Rhys Mc Tyson H Kaleb K Jesse D Jaxon S

Dance Band

AUGUST BIRTHDAYS 1st Madison C

2nd Joshua F

4th Jax G

6th Jaxon S

9th Tahj B

9th Laylah J

17th Nyah E-C

21st Eric H

24th Corey B

24th Sienna R

25th Clayton T

Central West Yrs 5 & 6 excursion this Year!

Final payment of $340 to be paid by 30th August.

Year 4 Milson Island camp!

Full payment of $260 must be paid by 9th August.

WOW! Check out our new “BENTO BOX” This bento box is just one of the new additions to our healthy lunches at the canteen. The Bento box can be purchased with ham & cheese, chicken & mayo or egg sandwich rolls with apple, carrot, cucumber and hommus. The cost for the Bento box is $3.50 each.

Uniform order for Term 3 (on back of this newsletter) This order will be the only one for Term 3 so if you need any item of clothing please complete this form and return it with money by Wednesday 7th August.

CANTEEN ROSTER – Term 2

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday August 5 August 6 August 7 August 8 August 9

Kez T Jo A Jane M CLOSED Jane M / Mel F Susan M Jade H Mel F Carissa M

Uniform room open hours

Monday mornings 8:45-9:15am Wednesday mornings 8:45-9:15am Wednesday afternoons 2:30-3:00pm

Tuesday 6th August 6:30pm in the staffroom We are hoping we get more parents interested to attend our meetings.

Remember our online ordering system. Our new home cooking items are proving to be very popular.

BLACKALLS PARK PUBLIC SCHOOL Term 3 – Uniform Order

All uniform items require full payment to be sent with order.

Dear Parents/Guardian, Uniform orders are done every term with only limited uniform stock on hand at school. The next uniform order will be Wednesday 7th August. If you would like to purchase new uniforms, please complete the order below and return it with the correct money to the office by this date. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Child’s Name ____________________________________________Class ______________ Phone _________________________________ Amount enclosed $___________________

Item Cost Size Qty 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Total $ Dress $37 4 -16

White polo $18 4 -16

White polo (long sleeve)

$20 4 -16

Green polo $18 4 -16

Green polo (long sleeve)

$20 4 -16

Grey shorts (boys) $16 4 -16

Jumper $19 4 -16

Zip Jacket $24 4 -16

Microfibre Jacket $36 4-16

Microfibre track pants (cuffed)

$26 4 -16

Microfibre track pants (straight)

$26 4 -16

Green shorts $18 4-16

Skirt with shorts $18 4-16

Surf Hat $12 55,57,59 61cm

Rain poncho (new) $16 S, M, L

Backpacks $40

Library Bag $12

Lunch Bags $10 Large

Music bags $15

Total Cost $

POP receipt number # _______________School receipt number # ___________

(POP is our new online payment which can be made through our school website)