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School Matters
Old Bathurst Road, East Blaxland 2774
Phone 4739 1579 Fax 4739 8300
Principal Kerry Bryan
Email [email protected] Webpage www.blaxlande-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
P&C Email [email protected]
Term 3 Week 2 3 August
Morning Bell 9.00am Afternoon Bell 3.00pm Office Hours 8.30am - 3.15pm
P&C Association meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm Next Meeting 8 August
Next Fete Meeting 15 August 7.30pm
CORE VALUES
Be Respectful
Excellence Always
Participate Courageously
Serve Others
Public School Blaxland East
Core Values
Open Day 2018
Library News
Senior Girls Touch Football
Stage Cross Country Carnival
Principal’s Report
Core Values Awards
Principal’s Schoolwork Awards
P&C News
Fete News
Canteen News
July/August Meal Deal
Garden Update
Tell Them From Me Survey
Blaxland High School Extension Class information
Community Pancake Morning
Meet the Orchestra
In this School Matters:
The best of Public Education was on display again at our Education
Week Open Day extravaganza. The day involved open classrooms,
an art exhibition and a performing arts showcase, where students
dazzled visitors with their singing, dancing and musicianship. This
year we enjoyed performances by the junior and senior choirs, the
band and five dance groups.
The combined efforts of students and parents came together at the
Science Fair, visited by hundreds of interested parents,
grandparents, ex-students and retired staff members. On display were models, mobiles, animal shelters,
cookers and campfires, electrical circuits, environments, life cycles and much, much more.
The Open Day was an outstanding demonstration of student engagement and community involvement – a
credit to all participants and a tribute to Public Education. Well done and congratulations to all involved in
helping to make this day a great success.
Liz Dunning
We have been busy reading the Children's Book Council of Australia
(CBCA) Short Listed books for 2018. The K-2 classes have been doing
some great artwork in the library to showcase some of these books.
The CBCA Book of the Year Awards will be announced on the 18th of
August and we look forward to finding out if any of our favourite books
win.
(Continued on page 4)
On Tuesday the 11th of September (Week 8), we will be having our annual
DRESS AS A BOOK CHARACTER PARADE. The theme this year is "Find Your
Treasure" however students may come as any character from any book. A note with
more information will be sent home shortly.
Exciting Premier’s Reading Challenge News
We only have a handful of students left in the whole school who are yet to
complete the challenge. Whilst we are proud of all our students who have
finished the PRC, we would also like to acknowledge those students who
have gone above and beyond to read more books than they did last year.
The library is also open second half of lunch from Monday to Friday for borrowing and
returning books.
Mrs Swatridge, Mrs Fuller and Mrs Watson
(Continued from page 3)
On Thursday 2nd August, 2018 our Senior Girls PSSA Touch Football team played
a game against Ellison Public School at Warrimoo Oval, Warrimoo.
The girls played the game with enthusiasm, fairness and sportsmanship.
Unfortunately they lost the game 2-1 in a tight contest with Ellison.
The game was 1-1 at full time so we then had to have a drop off. This is when each
team lose a player every 2 minutes until a team scores. The first team to score after this time is the
winner. BEPS girls played hard but unfortunately Ellison scored first winning the
game 2-1.
I would just like to say what a wonderful bunch of girls they are. Considering most of
the girls have not played a lot of touch before, they listened and learned a great
deal in training and in the game. It has been a pleasure coaching the girls and
hopefully this will inspire some of them to continue playing
touch football.
A big thank you to Zara Ebeling and Rebecca Twomey for refereeing the game
and for setting up the field and to the parents for supplying lifts and for cheering on
and supporting the students.
Mrs Hunter
Coach
On Friday 27th July, four students from Blaxland East Public School, Will Haydon, Ellis Haydon, Deanna
Drake and Virginia Cole went to the NSW All Schools Cross Country Carnival at Eastern Creek Raceway.
A big congratulations to all the students who had a terrific day, running
hard and pushing themselves to their limits. Congratulations to Will
Haydon who will now represent NSW at the PSSA Nationals Cross
Country Championships on The Sunshine Coast at the end of August.
We wish you the very best of luck!
Mrs Hunter
Coordinator
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Phew, what a week to return. A huge one, but an excellent showcase of all the good things teachers are
doing here at BEPS.
A big thank you to all the staff for their hard work last week to ensure that our Education Week
Assembly, Science Show and Art Show went off without any problems. Well done to all the students as
well for their cooperation and wonderful science and art works!
Also a big thank you for all the hard work and organisation staff, and in particular, Janene Pearson and
Shannon Blunt, put into our wonderful NAIDOC celebrations on Friday. It was again an excellent day
and I am sure that all the students had a wonderful time immersing themselves in the cultural activities.
I would like to thank the Executive who did such a wonderful job while I was on leave. It’s great to know
that the school is in good hands when I am away!
A gentle reminder that the Fete is only four weeks away and I know that the
Committee is working very hard to ensure that the Fete is a successful one.
Please make sure you let family and friends know and purchase the All Day
Ride Armbands prior to the Fete. We will need lots of volunteers on the day to
help out on stalls and also before and after for setting up and packing up. The
Fete is the P&C’s major fundraiser every second year, and I know they are
hoping that this one will be bigger and better than ever. All funds will be used to support your child(ren)’s
education and the P&C are looking at how they may extend the hall in the future.
Looking forward, this week we have Year Six out at the Snowy Canberra excursion and the Vocal
Ensemble performing at the Sydney Opera House at PULSE. The following week sees the Band at the
Hawkesbury Eisteddfod on Monday and the Athletics Carnival on Tuesday. Please make sure you
check Skoolbag and your child’s bag for the many notes coming home.
Once again, thanks for all your support of our school,
Cheers
Kerry
Stage 2 Term 2 Week 10 Caitlin Bestley 3B Excellence Always
Ellie Fordham 3B Being Respectful
Joshua Sach 3B Participating Courageously
Chelsea Brown 3B Serving Others
Isabella Wootton 3D Serving Others
Milo Tucker 3D Participating Courageously
Katie-May Batko 3D Participating Courageously
Lara Tomkins 3D Excellence Always
Mason Smith 4G Serving Others
Ania Bestley 4G Participating Courageously
Lucas Bailey 4G Being Respectful
Edison Burne 4G Excellence Always
Lucy Presland 4H Excellence Always
Owen Griffiths 4H Participating Courageously
Ethan Wards 4H Serving Others
Eve Wood 4H Being Respectful
Stage 3 Term 2 Week 10 Isabell Chardon 5M Serving Others
Alyssa Hunter 5M Being Respectful
Lilly Allport 5M Excellence Always
Ryley King 5M Participating Courageously
Jacob Davis 5/6T Serving Others
Sarah Elliott 5/6T Excellence Always
Maayan Buskila 5/6T Being Respectful
Zeke Turnbull 5/6T Serving Others
Ewan Tamsett 6B Serving Others
Ella Richter 6B Participating Courageously
Banjo Tucker 6B Excellence Always
Jack Wicks 6B Being Respectful
Isaac Austin Hall 6W Participating Courageously
Kieran Thomson (x 2) 6W Serving Others
Lara Brear 6W Excellence Always
Grace O’Neill 6W Being Respectful
Tom Sach 6W Serving Others
Liam Griffiths 6W Serving Others
James Gardner 6W Serving Others
Ethan Haldane 6W Serving Others
K-2 Term 3 Week 2
Felix Spillane KC Serving Others
Lucy Schnell KM Serving Others
Evie Graham KP Serving Others
Brody Duric 1D Serving Others
Layne Cluney 1H Serving Others
Joel Bunting 1M Serving Others
Sage Cluney 1/2T Serving Others
Harlee Vandiejen-Nicoll 2H Serving Others
continued…….
K-2 Term 3 Week 1
Huon Stephenson KC Participating Courageously
Ryla Burgmann KM Participating Courageously
Ariki Achterberg KP Participating Courageously
Alfred Prowse 1D Participating Courageously
Lachlan Flower 1H Participating Courageously
Ari Ryffel Goldsmith 1M Participating Courageously
Zach Waayer 1/2T Participating Courageously
Tyler Farnham 2H Participating Courageously
Henry Turner KM Kayleigh Sydes KM
Ryla Burgmann KM Ava Schnell KM
Maximus Warburton KM *** ***
Introducing a new concept…
SAVE THE DATE!!! The P&C are so excited to announce we will be holding a Father’s Day Breakfast this
year rather than a stall!
Order form and note will be coming home but please let all the dads, grandparents and carers know to
keep the morning of Friday 31st August FREE!
BEPS Shades…
Be prepared for the new craze… Introducing School Shades sunglasses for kids..
Our uniform shop now has these in stock, sizes S M L at $19.50each. They come with a hard case and
lifetime warranty. You can also order online via QuickCliq.
Friday
31 August
How to order at school or online
Lunch orders must be placed in class baskets before 9.00am each morning. Lunches are delivered to the
classrooms at the beginning of lunchtime.
Students in Kindergarten and Year 1 may order recess through class baskets and buy snacks and drinks
over the counter at lunchtime.
You can also order online via Our Online Canteen (now called QuickCliq) - information can be found
here.
Welcome back to another busy term! The garden club are preparing for spring and getting seeds and
plants ready! We have some happy helpers assisting us taste test, plant and water.
Thank you 1D for coming to the garden! 1D are helping in
the garden as they are preparing the plant stall at the Fete.
Any parents who would like to join us in the garden or
helping with the stall, we would love your help! Please
Garden Friends Club
is back Tuesday 14th
August at 9am.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Have you seen any new
gardens or plants around the
school lately? There are a
few popping up - keep your
eye out :)
The Tell Them From Me student survey (Term 3, 2018)
I am delighted that this term, our school, like many other public schools in the state, will participate in a
Department of Education initiative: the Tell Them From Me student feedback survey. The survey
measures factors that are known to affect academic achievement and other student outcomes. The focus
of the NSW-wide survey is on student wellbeing, engagement and effective teaching practices.
You may remember that some of our Year 4, 5 and 6 students also participated in a Tell Them From Me
student survey in Term 1 this year. Asking students to complete the survey twice in one year allows us to
identify trends in student responses as well as track engagement and motivation across the school year.
The survey is a great opportunity for our students to provide us with valuable and quick feedback on what
they think about school life, how engaged they are with school and the different ways that teachers inter-
act with them. More than 6,300 schools in Australia and around the world have used Tell Them From Me
to survey 5.4 million students. Capturing the voices of our students will help improve how we do things at
our school.
More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au
I want to assure you that the survey is confidential. The survey is conducted online and will typically take
less than 30 minutes to complete. It will be administered during school hours between 27 August and 26
October. Participating in the survey is entirely voluntary.
A consent form and FAQs for parents/carers about the survey is being sent home with students. If you do
not want your child or children to participate, please return the form to school by 27th August.
Copies of the form and FAQs are available from: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-for-parents.
Please see Mrs Taylor if you would like any further clarification about the survey.
Tell Them From Me student survey:
Information and consent form for
parents and carers
