It was great to see the majority of students return to school last week.. Coming to school each day will benefit all students and also help their class win the attendance awards. Grandparents Day is coming up in week 3. Please remember to ask all of your grandparents to participate in a Grandparents day on Wednesday 23rd October. Now that we are moving into the warmer weather students are expected to wear their summer uniform. Our summer uniform looks great when we all wear it. Have a great week and enjoy iKiFiT. Miss Milgate.

Monday 14th October 2013, Term 4 Week 2

BPS

Calendar of

Events Active After School

Care starts this

week.

iKiFiT – Monday 14th

& Tuesday 15th

October.

Kindergarten

Transition –

Wednesday 16th

October.

Rugby League Gala

Day – Wednesday

16th

October at

Brewarrina.

Primary Assembly –

Thursday 17th

October at 2.15pm.

Snowcone Day –

Friday 18th

October.

Grandparents Day –

Wednesday 23rd

October.

Year 5 Puberty talks

– Monday 28th

October.

P&C Meeting –

Tuesday 29th

October at 6pm in

BPS Library.

BOURKE PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Attendance

Goal

Weekly

Attendance

Award

Message from the Deputy Principal

Bourke Public School, Green Street Bourke NSW 2840

Ph: 68 722 051 Fax: 68 722 278

Email: bourke-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: www.bourke-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD

Week 1 Term 4, 2013 Principal’s award goes to

BONNIE MARTIN

2M & Miss

Mowbray

Week

1

90%

OUR

GOAL

91%

What a great start to the term! It was impressive to see the majority of students return to school in the first week. Attendance will continue to be a focus for this term. Please

encourage all students to come to school everyday. Remember – IT’S NOT OK TO BE AWAY. Today all students in year 3 & Year 5 who participated in NAPLAN earlier in the year would of received their student results. Parents/carers are most welcome to make an appointment with classroom teachers to go through their children’s NAPLAN results. Congratulations to Lilly Milgate, Emma Simmons, Hunter Flick, Grace Milgate, Bailey Simmons and Cody Simmons who all competed at the Baradine & St Lawrence’s Horse Sports last week. All riders did extremely well and came home with lots of ribbons. Bailey was

runner-up champion of his group at the St Lawrences Horse Sports and big brother Cody was champion of his group at both the Baradine Horse sports and the St Lawrence’s Horse Sports. Well done to all riders! Good Luck to the 2 Rugby League teams who are competing at the Brewarrina carnival on Wednesday. Cheers Kylie Pennell

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ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL NEWS

STAGE 1

Page 2 of 4 Kinder and Stage 1 – Infants School Newsletter

KINDERGARTEN

Messages AECG Annual General Meeting

– Thursday 31st October at 4pm at the Bourke TAFE.

Mid-Term Break – Friday 8th & Monday 11th November.

Swimming Scheme – - Infants week 7 & 8 - Primary week 9

Year 6 Farewell – Tuesday 19th November.

Bourke Public School’s Birthday - Tuesday 19th November.

Presentation Night – Tuesday 10th December.

Any parents/carers or community members wanting the BPS newsletter emailed to them weekly please contact the school.

Are your details up to date? Have you moved or changed phone numbers? Please inform the front office with any changes in your living situation so we can contact you if the need arises.

Signing in & out – Just a friendly reminder that all parents and community members who visit Bourke Public School are to sign in and out at the office. Therefore, everyone should be coming through the front door.

Bourke Public School Ties -

School ties are For Sale for $25 each. Please ask at the front office if you would like to purchase one.

Miss Heaney Welcome to week 2. It was so great to see so

many awards handed out at the infants assembly

on Thurday. Well done to all of infants. KH had a

fantastic time swimming on Friday. Please

remember to pack your swimmers, and a towel

every Friday for sport. Homework started last

week and is due in on Friday’s. It is very

important to complete and return to the teacher.

KH will continute to work on writing this week and

will focus on 2D shapes in maths. Have a great

week! Miss Heaney

Miss Budd

KB have had a wonderful start to the

term. It was fantastic to hear all about

their exciting holidays. We also had a

fantastic time swimming. Please

remember to bring your swimmers,

towel and 50c each week. This week in

English we are focusing on the alternate

ways to write ‘ee’ and the tricky words

‘away’ ‘then’ and ‘them’.

Miss Bartley Last week 1N were very excited to welcome Miss Buckley to our classroom. Miss Buckley is a visiting student teacher who is doing a 4 week internship teaching 1N. We really enjoyed the time Miss Buckley has spent with us and we are looking forward to the lessons she will be teaching. In Theme this week we have been discussing what the word celebrations means and what it might look like. Cheers Miss B

Miss Duiz I hope you all enjoyed your first week back at school. Remember that from now on we go swimming every Friday so make sure you bring you swimmers, hat, towel and suncream in a plastic bag with your name on it. This week we will be beginning our theme unit titled ‘Celebrations’. We will be exploring all different types of celebrations. I hope you all enjoy the week and keep trying hard to complete your work to the best of your ability. Cheers Miss Duiz

Miss Nixon What a fantastic and busy start to the term. It’s

great to see that everyone came back to school

with a positive attitude and ready to learn. 1H’s

attendance improved gradually throughout the

week and we even had 95% on Thursday! It is

important to remember to come to school

everyday, as there are many fun activities to

participate in, including swimming, which will

be on every Friday. Please remember to send

labelled waterbottles and hats with your

children each day, as the weather is starting to

warm up. Have a lovely week Miss Nixon

Early Stage 1 AP – Miss Budd Kinder Transition has started

again. This term it is for full days.

Students are to have their recess

and lunch. Please remember that

the students can be picked up from 2.30pm or they can catch the

transition bus home.

Remember it is very important to

attend school everyday. There is lots of learning still to be had in

term 4. Have a fantastic week!

Stage 1 AP – Miss Bartley

Just a reminder that infants will be swimming every Friday during their sport session, so students will need to bring their swimmers, hat, fifty cents and sunscreen in a bag. Please remember to label everything, so we can ensure it is returned to the correct student. If a student is unable to swim due to being unwell please send in a note to let us know.

P&C & CANTEEN NEWS

This Term will be the Summer menu.

Last week’s Canteen award goes to

Lachlan Lollback

Uniform Pool Has your child outgrown their uniforms?

Why not consider donating to the BPS

Canteen ‘Seconds Uniform Pool’

The canteen are currently taking second

hand uniforms & all donations are greatly

appreciated.

AEO Caught being good Awards in Week 1 – Jayden Thompson & Claire Hand

BPS Horse Sports Team that competed at the

Baradine Central Schools Horse Sports Day

& St Lawrence’s Horse Sports Day.

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Stage 2 & 3 - Primary School Newsletter Page 3 of 4

STAGE 3

STAGE 2

Miss Mowbray We had great attendance in 2M last week so

let’s hope we can continue this for the rest

of the year!! 2M Literacy has begun their

writing procedures unit on camping and we

continue to explore this topic this week.

Stage 2 will begin their music unit this

week. Please remember Primary Sport this

term is swimming so you need to ensure

that your child remembers to bring their

swimmers, towel and 50c every Friday!

Have a great week! Miss M

Mrs Gaukroger In literacy this week we are exploring

information reports. We are honing our

researching skills so that we can write

informatively using references.

In numeracy we are looking at time and

length. 2G have been working in HSIE

on the unit ‘Who will Buy?’ learning

about how their needs and wants are

satisfied. This week we will be starting

our music unit focussed around Day

Dreamer believer.

Ms Topalov

Last week in Literacy we started

our R2L unit on Procedures. We

are really enjoying the unit the

theme being “Camping”. This

week we will be putting up a

Dome Tent in the classroom. We

are going to work hard on

attendance this term again and

will encourage each other to come

to school every day. MsT

Miss Griffiths Kitchen & Garden We had a fantastic week in the kitchen last week with some beautiful fresh vegetables! This week its Stage 2’s turn! We are cooking a Creamy Vegetable Pasta, a Tomato and Vegetable Spagetti, Sweet and Spicy Rice and a Spinach and Carrot Stir fry! In the garden we have heaps of jobs to get done which includes weeding, harvesting, planting and watering! Have a great week everyone!

Mrs Douglas 3S has made a fantastic start to Term 4. We have already achieved 100% for class attendance this term and we are looking to keep this up! We are enjoying the Science unit on Communciation and were inspired by the story of Louis Braille - the young French boy who invented reading for blind people. We are continuing with our narrative writing in literacy and have been working very hard on percentage calculations in numeracy. Have a great week…. Mrs Douglas

Miss Dorrington

This term we are all very excited about the

Year Six Farewell. It will be at the Bowling

Club this year and tickets are on sale at the

end of this week.

We have been solving long multiplication

problems in maths with great success. In

English we discovered a very entertaining

book called ‘Treasure Fever’ by Andy

Griffiths. I highly recommend this book for

any student. Cheers Miss D

Mr Marshall

3M have had a new enrolment this term that we are all excited about, Our classroom chicken. He was born on the first day of school and is now our classroom pet. This term we are looking at Communication and Government in Theme. We are looking at narratives in English and making some great stories to make another classroom book. Mr Marshall

Stage 3 AP – Mr Driscoll Well our first week has been very busy.

We had Puberty Education talks and they

were very informative. Reminder that Year

5 girls talks is happening soon and we

would like as many girls to attend as

possible. The year 6 Farewell is currently

being organised with tickets on sale at the

end of week 2. We will also have some

graduation items for the years six students

to collect signatures – details out shortly.

Cheers Miss D

Stage 2 AP – Mr Hardy

Welcome to week 2! As the weather

gets warmer, it is important to bring a

water bottle and protective hat to

school each day. Remember, No Hat,

No Play! Every Friday this term is

swimming, so students must bring their

swimmers, towel, sunscreen and 50

cents. Non swimmers will be staying at

school for sport on the back oval. Have

a great week everyone!

ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS- NEWS

‘Create Opportunities’

2013 Merit System Awards

Silver Trae Wilson Samara Kelly Siara Kelly

Gold Alaysha Orcher Kayleigh Lollback Jarryn Moore Cooper Tiffen Mataya Edwards James Brookman Chad Lollback Sharlena Mann Michael McKay Shanaroh smith Destiny Middleton

Diamond Keelhan Lovett Jeremy Kane Salome Mann Janayah Moore Dakota Lovett Kerin Vincent Kyirone Mackay Bailey Harrod

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School Newsletter News and Student Work Page 4 of 4

LC & MC CLASSES

Miss Barsby

We had a sensational start to the

term in the M.C. with a number of

visitors to our classroom. Swimming

started last week and we had a blast!

With the warm weather we have

been enjoying water play in the

afternoons to keep us cool . We are

continuing with our learning centres

this week in Literacy and Numeracy.

We hope everyone has an amazing

week!

Miss Bradley

Week Two already! Last week the boys welcomed a clutch of chicken eggs into the classroom from the school's chicken coop and are hoping some of the chicks will be making their way into the world this week! The boys will also be having a look at African shrunken heads and will even be making some of their own - watch out if you come to visit!

Positive Behaviour for Learning

PROUD, SAFE & RESPECTFUL

Other News

Homework Centre Bourke Public School’s Thursday

Morning Homework Centre is up and

running in Term 4. The homework

sessions are held on a Thursday

morning from 8am to 8.30am in the

Library. There are students already in

the draw to receive a stationary pack

including a story book. Now that the

weather is getting very warm the

Homework centre is the place to be.

Parents and Carers are always

welcome. Homework is very important

to your child’s education.

P&C News Introducing the new BPS P & C Executive

Committee

President – Mel Milgate 0437 970 090

Vice Presidents – Lisa Rankmore & Alison Abbo

Treasurer – Natasha Milgate

Secretary – Theresa Johnston

Special thanks to Jenelle Hollman for all the

hours and hard work giving to BPS P & C over

the past 15 years. If you would like to know

more about P & C please call Mel. Next meeting

Tuesday 29th October all welcome.

Thanks,

Bluey Star of

the Week KH- Alaysha Orcher

KB- Narella McKellar

1D- Michael McKay

1H- Shayle McKellar

1N- Dreyshon McKellar

MC- Kiam McKellar

Year 6 Farewell The Year 6 Farewell will be held

on Tuesday 19th November.

Tickets will be on sale soon!