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THE BIDWILL BUSH TELEGRAPH

Newsletter Term 1 Week 11

5th April 2017

Page 1 From the Principal Dates to Remember Debating Page 2 SRC Report Cross Country Sausage Sizzle Easter Parade Sydney West PSSA PSSA Preschool

Page 3 Scientist In Making Page 4 Bunya Awards Page 5 Community News Page 6 Fun Colouring Page

Bidwill Public School Principal : Mrs Toni Thomas

Bunya Rd, Bidwill 2770 Phone : 9628-2444

Email : bidwill-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Fax : 9628-0480

From the Principal

Many thanks to our students and staff for a fantastic

Term, it's hard to believe this is week 11 already. We

have had some tricky weather impacting on sporting

events so please check for the new dates in the com-

ing newsletters and on our school Facebook page. We

are hoping the cross country can run tomorrow. I

look forward to seeing many of our families tomor-

row at our Easter Hat Parade. It's a great community

event and a lovely way to end the school term.

This Friday we will say goodbye to one of our staff

who has been a part of Bidwill for a long time. Mrs

Cox has accepted a substantive Assistant Principal

position at Crawford PS commencing Term 2. While

this is great news for Jacqui she will be greatly

missed here at Bidwill PS, we wish her all the best in

her new adventure!! Mrs Cox will send a note home

to her class introducing their new teacher.

Our school will hold an ANZAC assembly on Thurs-

day April 27th, families are welcome to join us.

On April 9, 10 & 11, year 3 and year 5 students will

be completing the NAPLAN assessment. Students

will be doing practice exams in preparation for next

term.

Have a safe and relaxing school holidays. We look

forward to a great Term 2.

Mrs Toni Thomas

Debating

Today Bidwill Public School played host to Rooty Hill

Public School at the first Mt Druitt district debate of the

year. Both teams had strong arguments for or against

the topic ‘Sisters make the better siblings’ however

Rooty Hill PS won out in the end. Our year 5/6 audi-

ence did a tremendous job listening attentively to the

debate and showing the visiting school our respectful

behaviour.

TERM 1

APRIL

Thursday 6th - Easter Hat Parade (11.30am)

- Cross Country

Friday 7th - Last Day For Students

TERM 2

APRIL

Monday 24th - Staff Development Day

Tuesday 25th - ANZAC Day (Public Holiday)

Wednesday 26th - Students return for Term 2

Thursday 27th - School ANZAC Ceremony

Dates to Remember

Inside this issue:

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Cross Country

Cross Country is on this

Thursday morning from

9.30am for all students

in years 3-6 and those in Year 2 who are turning 8 years

old.

Sausage Sizzle

On Thursday at 11am we will have a sausage

sizzle. Sausage sandwiches are $2.50, soft

drinks are $2 and water and fruit poppers are

$1.50.

Easter Parade

Our school Easter Hat Parade will commence at 11.40am

on Thursday under the COLA. Students are encouraged

to create hats and are able to wear mufti today. Please

ensure students wear appropriate footwear. To conclude

this event, the

Easter raffle will

be drawn and the

winner of the

guessing competi-

tion will be an-

nounced.

Parents and carers

are welcome!

Sydney West PSSA Carnivals

We had a number of talented students represent Bidwill

in the Mt Druitt zone PSSA trials. Mia (5/6 Yellow)

made it into the Mt Druitt soccer team and participated in

the Sydney West carnival last Tuesday where they fin-

ished 4th on the day. Jacob (5/6 Green), Stuart (5/6 Yel-

low) and Rico (5/6 Blue) were successful in trying out for

the zone rugby league team. They played in the Sydney

West opens carnival yesterday and were runners up after

being narrowly defeated in the grand final. Congratula-

tions to these students, we are very proud of you!

Miss Marlow

PSSA

Due to the weather and ground closures,

our summer PSSA teams unfortunately

only played two games this term. T-Ball,

Softball, Newcombe ball and Volleyball

competitions will resume in term

4. Try-outs for our winter sports;

netball, soccer, rugby league and

touch football will be held early

next term.

Miss Marlow

Preschool closed Friday

We look forward to seeing you all back next term.

I would like to introduce the SRC representatives for this year.

The SRC is a group of students from Years 2-6 who represent the different classes. It helps to make the stu-

dents feel valued, to be involved and contribute to the community. Our first event for the year will be a

guessing competition. You need to guess how many Easter eggs are in the jar. It will be 50c per guess. You

can guess from 30th March until 5th April before school under the cola. The closest guess will be announced

at the Easter Hat parade. An Easter raffle will also take place where each student will take home a book of

10 tickets to sell. This will be drawn at the Easter Hat parade too.

Thank you

Shania, 5/6 Blue Rep

K-6 Blue Mikaere 4 Blue Michegan

2 Yellow Theodore 4 Red Jacoda

2 Blue Persaiyce 5/6 Blue Shania

2 Red Julius 5/6 Yellow Raphael

3 Red Mele 5/6 Green Judith and Nikola

3 Blue Cailyce

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Bidwill Public School’s Scientist In Making Mikaere (K-6 Blue), an SRC member is a budding scientist. He wishes to share his recent research on the ‘Axolotl’ with you. Description: The Axolotl (Mexican Walking Fish) can sometimes travel on land as well as water, although this is rare. Axolotl (meaning water dog) is not a fish. It is a salamander. It is found in Lake Xochimilco in Central Mexico. Axolotl can be various colors, including gray, shades of brown, leucistic (white with black eyes), golden albino, white albino, and near black. It breathes through its skin and three feathery gills (on either side of its head). Mikaere, “I used plasticine to make the 5 stages of the Axolotl”. Life Cycle: Stage 1 is the embryo surrounded in jelly-2 mm in diameter. Stage 2 is the embryo right before it hatches-11 mm in diameter. Stage 3 is the young larva before it has grown any limbs. Stage 4 in about two weeks, the axolotl develops fore limbs (front legs) followed by the hind limbs (back legs). Stage 5 the axolotl is a miniature adult, until it dies at about 12-15 years of life. Food: Axolotl is carnivorous, it swallows worms, insects, and small fish. A bit more: The axolotl can regrow most of its body parts (arms, legs, or tails). “Hope you liked learning about the Axolotl. I am in year 2 and I study in K 6 Blue. More from my lab later. Happy holidays to you”, Mikaere.

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Bunya Awards Congratulation for being Safe, Respectful Learners

K BLUE Adriana Learoy

K YELLOW Elizabeth

1 BLUE Vida Sidney Lily

Lenorah Katey Brittany Amelia Alecia

1 RED Isla

Kaiden Perize Ayvah

1 YELLOW Bianca Jayden Aliyah

Emmerie Taniah

2 BLUE Chloe

2 RED Orianna Arman Ashanti Janayah Julius

2 YELLOW Agnes

Jeremiah Matilda

Rubie-Rose Theodore

3 BLUE Cailyce Candice Emily Jai

Jerome Junior Kate

Madison Orisma

3 RED Sarah Lucas Mele

Armaghan David Marcus Qadria

4 BLUE Hayal Kiva

Michehan Roana

4 RED Zoe

Amelia Allison Jacoda

Jamie-Lee Joe

Leaniva

5/6 BLUE Eva

5/6 GREEN

Chloe Jesse Judith

5/6 RED Courtney Keiara Selena

5/6 YELL0W Alfonso Beau

Faithful Junior Logan Maddie Makailah Phoenix Shiloh Tamsyn

K-6 BLUE Mikaere

BRONZE AWARD

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