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O’Neile Street, Blackville NSW 2343 Principal: Kylie Burns

Blackville Public School News

Principal’s Message

Term 1, Weeks 3 and 4

What a wonderful start we have had to the year. Our students are happy, keen to learn and considerate of

other students. They have enjoyed playing a variety of games during break times and have scoured the school

grounds for a variety of mini-beasts before putting them into magnified containers to study them closer. Handball

draws have been designed and we look forward to starting the BPS Handball Competition soon. New games and

resources have been ordered and are arriving daily to ensure our students are engaged and socialising during

breaks. A new badminton and volleyball net has introduced students to both games and they are all doing

exceptionally well at them.

Learning continues to happen with reading and number being a focus this fortnight. Students have been

engaged in lessons on which plants and animals are classified as being friend or foe. They have looked at the Loch

Ness Monster and researched the phenomena behind Burning Mountain in Wingen.

This week we have welcomed some new faces. We have seen a returning staff member come back to

Blackville as well as a new student. We welcome a new family who has also joined our P and C. How lovely to have

some new faces in our meetings. We welcome anyone else who would like to form part of this amazing P and C.

Finally, it has been wonderful to see the rain falling around our region. I sincerely hope you have received

significant amounts where you are. Let’s hope it continues for the rest of 2020!

Kylie Burns

(Teaching Principal)

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Welcome Ava

This week we welcomed Ava and her family to our school. How wonderful it has been

to see another student enjoying the learning opportunities provided at Blackville Public

School. Ava is in Year One and has settled in nicely with the rest of the students. We hope

you enjoy your time with us at Blackville Public School Ava!

Welcome back Mrs Williams

We have also welcomed back to our school Mrs Williams. Mrs Williams has

fond memories of teaching at Blackville Public School before moving to Sydney

and more recently New Zealand. We are very excited to have Mrs Williams on our

team as she brings with her a wealth of knowledge and experience. Mrs Williams

will be working Wednesdays to Fridays until the end of the year. Please feel free

to call in and say hello.

Genius Hour

Thank you to our parents who have offered to undertake Genius Hour again this year. We have allocated

weeks for the year and look forward to having you in our classrooms passing on your knowledge to both students

and staff.

Week 3: Rebecca

Week 5: Jess

Week 7: Georgina

Week 9: Krystal

P and C AGM and General Meeting

This week the P and C held their AGM and General Meeting. How wonderful it was to see 100% of our

families in attendance as well as some new faces. Welcome to our new members. Members discussed a variety of

upcoming events as well as intended expenditure to support our students throughout 2020. We thank the P and C

for their ongoing support of our school and welcome the incoming 2020 committee:

President: Jess

Vice President: Tanille

Secretary: Krystal

Treasurer: Georgina Congratulations all!




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Pool Access

Don’t forget all students have free access to both Werris Creek and Quirindi Pools until the end of 2020.

Student cards will be distributed soon which will allow them to enter at no cost.

Canteen

The Canteen will operate again this year, but has changed to Fridays. On this day, students can order a

variety of home cooked meals and healthy snacks for lunch and 2nd break. Price lists will be sent out shortly.

Please remind students to hand in lunch orders to Mrs Williams or Miss Burns before school starts. Correct

change is appreciated, as the school does not hold change at the school and proceeds go to the P and C.

Uniform Shop

The Uniform Shop is open five days a week and has new and used clothes available for sale. Please ask the

helpful ladies in the office if you require anything and they can see if it is available. Prices include

New Used

Hats: $15 $5

Microfibre Trackpants $25 $10

Summer Dresses: $10

Winter Dresses $10

School shirt: $21 $10

Shorts/skorts: $27.50 $10

Long pants: $10

Ties: $5

Jackets: $35 $10

Jumpers: $10




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Canberra Excursion

Mrs Redgrove will be booking accommodation, transport and the activities for our excursion to Canberra

next week. Please ensure you abide by the payment plan as it not only helps the school to pay their compulsory

deadlines, but also supports families in making the cost more manageable. If payments are not finalised prior to

the excursion, then adults will no longer be allowed to attend. Any deposits paid will be forfeited. The payment

schedule is:

Payment 2 - 24th February

Payment 3 - 23rd March

Payment 4 - 4th May

Final Payment - 1st June

Crazy Camel

Crazy Camel orders are now OVERDUE. Please pay as soon as possible either by the POP system or cash to

the office. Please contact Miss Burns if you are unsure of the total amount.

Parent Information Evening

Our Parent Information evening will be held on Wednesday 26th February at 3pm. It would be wonderful to

see every family represented. Please bring a plate to share and we look forward to discussing the year ahead with

you.

Enrolments for 2020

Enrolments for 2020 are being taken now, so if you know of any new faces to the area or families that would

like to enrol their children in a wonderful rural school where every child is known, valued and cared for, then

please pass on our information or ask them to contact the school on 02 67474024.

BAMD Meeting

The first Blackville Art & Market Day (BAMD) meeting and AGM will be held on Tuesday 3rd March at the

Blackville Hall. Please be there at 6:00pm for a 6:30pm start We encourage you to show your support as this

Committee and the event itself contribute greatly to our school.




Awards

Week 3: Miss Burns Award: Hannah for great work on ‘greater than’ and ‘less than’ concepts.

Leadership Award - Logan for being considerate of others

Week 4: Mrs Williams Award: Lani for showing the school values by always helping others

Miss Burns Award: Logan for outstanding work on rounding three digit numbers.

Leadership Award - Isabella for being a good role model

Week 5: Be a good example for our school. Speak and act sensibly

Week 6: Be a good sport. Take turns and show sportsman-like behaviour.

February

26th - Parent Information Afternoon

28th - Healthy Heart talk (Healthwise)

March

13th - Resilience Show at Werris Creek

Week 9 - Harmony Day at WTPS

April

8th - Easter Hat Parade

9th—Cross Country at SRPS

Value of the week

Coming up ...

Weekly Events…

Tuesdays

- Music 2-3pm

Friday

- Sport

- Scripture (even weeks)

- Library

- Cooking/Genius Hour

- Assembly

Ph: 0267 474 024 Fax: 0267 474 100 [email protected]

O’Neile Street Blackville NSW 2343 Principal: Kylie Burns


Term 1 Calendar...

Term 1 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week 5 Feb

24

25

Music

26

Parent Info afternoon

27

28

Healthy Heart Talk

Week 6 March

2

3

Music

4 5

6

Week 7

March

9 10

Music

11 12

13

Resilience Show at WCPS

Week 8

March

16 17

Music

18 19

20

Week 9

March

23 24

Music

25 26

27

Week 10

April

30 31

Music

1 2 3

Week 11

April

6 7

Music

8

Easter Hat Parade

9

Cross Country

10

Good Friday


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