Newsletter

Buxton Public School Hassall Rd, Buxton. NSW 2571 Phone: 0246818229

Friday, 8 March 2019 Term 1, Week 6

UPCOMING EVENTS Wednesday 13 March Stage 2 Camp P & C AGM at 6:30pm Thursday, 14 March Stage 2 Camp Friday, 16 March Orienteering Friday, 22 March Orienteering Thursday, 21 March Last day for Book Club orders Friday, 29 March Orienteering Monday, 1 April Special Meal Deal (canteen) Friday, 5 April Camden Show CANTEEN CLOSED Wednesday, 10 April Celebration of Learning Assembly

From the Principal

Steam Festival What a fantastic weekend of fun at the Steam Festi-val. Thank you to all the students who came and rep-resented Buxton Public School in the Steam Festival Parade. And a big thank you to the teachers that came to help supervise. Buxton maybe a small school, but our presence is always felt.

Student Led Conferences The feed back we have received from the parents, staff and students regarding the Student led confer-ences has been extremely positive. The students have reported that they feel they have a voice and they feel more involved in their learning. Parents have stated that they have felt that the conference gave them an opportunity to really talk about their childs learning in terms of goal setting and that they didn’t feel rushed. And the teachers have comment-ed that they felt that they were able to facilitate con-versations between parents and students regarding the learning instead of just talking to parents. What a wonderful start to a great year of learning ahead.

Cyber Safety Our student’s safety and well-being continue to be at the forefront of everything we do and online safety is no exception. Primary aged students are vulnerable to the more negative influences of the internet and we ask for parents support in continually checking to see what your children are accessing and doing on-line. It is important to put in place measures to re-strict access to undesirable sites and educating your children on how to keep safe, setting limits to screen time and ensuring that what they are doing is appro-priate for their age and stage of development. We need to work together to ensure our students are safe and remain safe.

Smoking It has come to my attention that some parents are smoking on school premises and just outside the school gates. Our school is a smoke free zone and no smoking is allowed on the premises or in the im-mediate area/ boarders around the school. The de-partment policy stipulates Smoking on school prem-ises, including school buildings, gardens, sports fields and car parks, is prohibited. This includes stu-dents, employees, visitors and other people who use school premises, including community groups. For further clarification of this policy, please use the link below. https://education.nsw.gov.au/policy-library/policies/drugs-in-schools-policy

Our Newsletter We have decided we need to make our newsletter a celebration of all that goes on here at Buxton PS, so in our newsletter from now on there will be a feature class. This is an opportunity for the teachers and stu-dents to share with you the fun and exciting learning happening in their classes. There will also be an events page, which will include photos, accounts from the students and a blurb from the teachers re-garding the activities and events our students are involved in.

The P&C Disco A big thank you to our amazing parents and P&C members and friends that helped organize and coor-dinate the school disco this week. I would also like to thank all the teaching staff here at Buxton PS, their dedication and commitment to the students is excep-tional and they danced the night away and laughed and joked with our children giving up their own family time. The students had a great time and except for a few extra grey hairs for me the event was a great success. Look out for this in our events pages.

Cheny Collins

Relieving Principal

P&C AGM

P&C AGM will be held on Wednesday, 13 March at 6:30pm at the conclusion of our monthly meeting. All P & C positions will be available. Should you like to be nominated for any of the positions, please place your name and the position you are interested in on a piece of paper and place in the nominations box at the school office. Please note that to be eligible for any position you must be in attendance at the AGM. To vote at the AGM you must be a paid member of the P&C ($2.00). Membership forms are available at the office. The following positions available as at 13th March will be; President 2 x Vice President Secretary Treasurer Uniform Shop Coordinator We would love to see some of our new families and our older students families. We welcome all new members and encourage them to put their hat in the ring for some of the positions that will be availa-ble. Our P&C is a valued and necessary component of our Buxton School community.

SWIMMING CARNIVAL

Swimmers represented our school at the Zone Swimming Carnival last week at Picton Pool. All students performed their absolute best and many achieved personal best times. Well done to all our swimmers. We are proud of you!

Mrs Britton

Payment Reminders Orienteering - $5.00 per child Unfortunately orienteering was not able to start to-day (Friday 8th March), the new dates will be 15/3, 22/3 and 29/3. Due to this we have extended the time for payment, if you have not already paid please send your payment into the office as soon as possible or make a payment on line through our school website. Stage 2 Wooglemai Camp The balance is due today, if you have not paid in full please either pay online or send the balance in on Monday 11th March, 2019. Camden Show - $14 per child Due Friday 29th March

Russ Has His Vaccinations On Tuesday 5th March Rennie from Caring Country Vets came to visit our school to talk to K1ND about how to look after Russ the school rabbit and give him his vaccination. This was a wonderful learning opportunity that the Caring Coun-try Vets offered free of charge. Thank-you for supporting our children’s learning and inspiring many of them to what to be-come vets.

CANTEEN CLOSED FRIDAY, 5 APRIL Due to Camden Show

BOOK CLUB LAST DAY FOR ORDERING IS

THURSDAY, 21 MARCH

PLEASE NOTE NO CASH ACCEPTED

PLEASE USE A PAPER BAG FOR LUNCH ORDERS

WEST TIGERS VISIT

On Tuesday 19th February Buxton Public School was fortunate to have two players from West Tigers visit our school to talk to the whole school about wellbeing. Below are some photos of some of our very excited children.

ASSEMBLY AWARDS Thursday, 8 March 2019 KN Excellence in Learning: Lara Student of the Week: Alexandra, Declan Writer’s Award: Eloise

K/1D Excellence in Learning: Porscha Student of the Week: Ruby, Aiden Writer’s Award: Phailin

1/2R Excellence in Learning: Kody Student of the Week: Bella, Jaycob Writer’s Award: Bronte

2/3L Excellence in Learning: Isaac Student of the Week: Charlie M, Declan Writer’s Award: Charlee

3/4B Excellence in Learning: Jaxon Student of the Week: Eva-Mae, Hamish Writer’s Award: Bradley

4/5I Excellence in Learning: Harvey Student of the Week: Leila, Logan Writer’s Award: Xavier

5/6 D Excellence in Learning: Ivy Student of the Week: Lucas, Jack Writer’s Award: Isabella M

PBL AWARDS

1/2R: Brooke, Jessica, Amelia P, Nadya x3

2/3L: Liam, Charlee V, Matthew, Kate, Issac, Karley

Katherine, Charlie N, Jeremy, Amelia M,

3/4B: Victoria, Alex, Sonny, Jaxon, Hamish, Tory,

Evie x2, William, Bradley, David, Lana, Abby,

Chelsesa, Jayleigh

4/5I: Jennifer, Samantha, Lachlan, Harvey, Ella,

Gwen, Leila, Khloe

5/6D: Caidan, Jack, Connor, Jessica

RESPECTFUL 1/2R: Amilia, Chase B, James, Auroa

2/3L: Declan, Kate, Amelia, Katherine, Isaac, Jeremy

3/4B: William, Paige, Hamish, Chelsea

LEANER WRISTBAND 1/2R - Nadya

2/3L - Charlee V, Karley

3/4B– Victoria, Alex, Sonny, Jaxon, Hamish, Tory, Evie,

William

4/5I– Emmie, Logan, Angus, Cooper, Lachlan. Harvey,

Ella, Khaylan, Jaime

RESPECTFUL 2/3L - Decaln

3/4B - William, Paige

5/6D - Estelle, Caidan

PBL BADGE AWARD

William Dickeson

Khloe Sutton

Jack Mills

PBL AWARDS (continued) RESILIENT 1/2R: Eden, Nadya, Chase B, Jaycob

2/3L: Katherine, Koby, Zack, Karley, Kate

3/4B: Abby D

SAFE 1/2R: Oscar, Eden, Brooke, Amelia

5/6D: Maddison