Blakebrook Public School Bulletin Term 1 Week 9 - Thursday 28th March 2019

Email : blakebrook-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Phone : 0266 293 263 Website : blakebrook-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

T1 Week 9

Fri 29th Mar * Deadline: Y6 TRSC Enrichment Classes EOI

T1 Week 10

Mon 1st Apr NCPSSA Soccer trials @ Grafton for selected students

Tue 2nd Apr * Interrelate Y6 ‘Moving into Teen Years’ @ BPS

Wed 3rd Apr

Thu 4th Apr

Fri 5th Apr

NRPSSA Ruby League trials @ Yamba for selected students

Final assembly for term @ 3pm

T1 Week 11

Mon 8th Apr

Tue 9th Apr

* Easter Scripture Presentation @ 11am * Small Schools Choir Cluster Rehearsal @ 10:30am for registered students

Wed 10th Apr * Free Dental Checks for students in Kindergarten and Year 2 - consent forms sent home today

Thu 11th Apr

* K-3 ‘Easter Hat Making’ @ 12.30pm - grandparents welcome * Community arvo tea 2.15pm - all welcome * ANZAC Assembly 3pm - all welcome

Fri 12th Apr

* EASTER HAT PARADE 9:30am—all welcome

* PBL Rewards Day K-6 Group activities from 12:30pm

* LAST DAY OF TERM * No Assembly

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Awards will be presented at assembly tomorrow at 3pm.

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD: Georgia for being an excellent leader and role model CITIZENSHIP: Cooper P CAPA: Indie Rose PBL: Lilah ENVIRONMENT: Jaxon SPORT: Hayden

Nude Foodist: Emillee & Indie O GOOD FRIEND: Chloe W chosen by Joe

Aussie of the Month: Rhys O

ACADEMIC K-1 Lincoln for sorting and naming 2D and 3D shapes 1-3 Alicia for demonstrating independence in all writing tasks 4-6 Hayden for creative mathematical thinking

GO FOR IT K-1 Riley F for improving his ’Friends of Ten’ skills 1-3 Chloe M for positive engagement in making a stand against bullying 4-6 Amber B for enthusiasm and effort in PE and sport

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR LEARNING (PBL) K-1 Mikayla H for being a great class helper for both students and staff 1-3 Rhys for assisting peers to achieve success in their learning 4-6 Django for displaying our PBL values of Respect, Safe and Learn

LIBRARY AWARDS with Mrs McInnes K-1 Zoa 1-3 Lilah 4-6 Wendell

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL)

What is a Jeremy?

Jeremy is our PBL mascot, he is a turtle you’ll see around the school and a toy version of him is given out each Friday

to a student who has won the school PBL award. This student looks after Jeremy, at school, for the following week.

This Friday we will have our first Jeremy (Gotcha card) draw. Students have been earning blue Jeremy cards in Week

3 & 4 for

demonstrating the Blakebrook PS expectations of Learn, Respect and Safety. The drawn student will receive a reward for their effort.

This week a new collection began, and a new fortnightly draw will occur in week 10. All names will be kept, going in the end of term

mega draw in Week 11.

PRINCIPAL NEWS

Northern Rivers PSSA Soccer trials

Nine of our students participated in the Northern Rivers Zone PSSA soccer trials last Friday at the Southern Cross Football Centre. They were seeking selection in the boys and girls Northern Rivers teams to travel to Grafton for the North Coast selection trials. They competed against the best soccer players from 66 other schools. Competition was fierce but our students tried their hardest. Students were Drew, Willow W, Hayden, Austen, Baylie, Amber B, Georgia, Maddie and Ashlee. Congratulations to Drew, Amber B and Maddie on their selection in the Northern Rivers PSSA teams.

Terania District Soccer and Softball Trials

Our small schools district combine students to compete in the state-wide Knockout competitions in soccer and softball. Schools involved are Blakebrook, Caniaba, Larnook, Jiggi, Goolmangar, Coffee Camp and Nimbin. The trials for these were held at our school this afternoon. Students in years 3-6 were welcome to try out for these teams. I am awaiting to hear which of our students were successfully selected in these teams.

Y6 TRSC Enrichment Classes EOI

Enrichment Class Application forms for Y7 2020 have been sent home this week. Could Parents and Carers please complete and return to school by Friday 29th of March 2019.

Positive Behaviour for Learning, commonly known as PBL

Our school has three main values, which underpin all of our rules and expectations for staff, students and community.

Respect

Safe

Learn

Our mascot for PBL is Jeremy. Jeremy is a turtle who has links to our local waterways and is proudly displayed in the school logo. Jeremy is the name the students selected in 2018 to be our PBL mascot. We encourage you to talk to your child about how PBL works within our school.

Year 7 2020

Our year 6 students travelled to Richmond River High Campus for an orientation day on Tuesday this week. They sampled many differ-ent types of lessons and had a tour of the site. Our students were well behaved and thoroughly enjoyed the day. This day formed part of their overall transition to high school for next year. Thank you to the parents for coordinating transport.

Year 6 Interrelate

The Personal Development Program for year 6 students will be held next Tuesday 2nd April. This will be presented by staff from Interre-late. Year 6 students from other local small schools will join our students in these activities. A reminder that the cost has been substan-tially subsidised by the school. Notes and money should have been returned to school.

Have a great week and an enjoyable term, Allan Duroux

KINDERGARTEN NORTHERN STAR PHOTO 2019 Garden Club News—March

Since the rain some days ago everything in the garden

has responded beautifully, the tomatoes, cucumbers

and beans just can’t seem to grow fast enough.

The cauliflower, spinach and lettuce are all establishing

well.

We have moved one of the small beds and planted

some strawberries in it. The other small bed we have

planted a sweet potato vine to provide cuttings for

spring planting.

The dwarf beans are ready for harvesting this week, the

children really enjoy eating the beans raw straight from

the bush.

Finally I have to comment on the citrus trees, since we

have been spraying every two weeks with white oil

there has been little leaf miner infestation and they are

looking remarkable. We can only hope that flowering in

the spring will match the health of the trees.

Marion and John

Future dates & events

Term 2

Week 1 Tues 30th April First day of Term 2 for all students K-6

Fri 3rd May Terania Cross Country @ Caniaba School for all students K-6

Week 2 Fri 10th May Office unattended all day

Week 4 Wed 22nd May National Simultaneous Storytime (Alpacas with Maracas)

Week 6 Fri 7th Jun Interest Day—more information to follow

Week 7 Mon 10th Jun Queens Birthday—Public holiday

School Stream is a communication app used by Blakebrook PS for

sharing newsletters, notes, reminders and alerts to parents through

your smart phone or tablet. We encourage you to take advantage of

this free app.

See below for download instructions

4-6 Class Activity 4-6 Class were set the task to come up with 2 survey ques-tions to ask students and staff at BPS. They had to collect the data and then collate the results. Here is what we found out about Blakebrook….. SURVEY RESULTS At Blakebrook Public School there are more boys than girls and 80% can roll their tongue. The most popular day of celebration is Christmas and 75% of students can click their fingers. Almost half of our students ordered their lunch and mango is the most popular fruit to eat. The most favourite instrument is drums, and the most popular colour was yellow. There are 13 people at Blakebrook who are left handed and 22 students could not wink with both eyes. The most popular Princess is Elsa and the most popular Super Hero is Wonder Woman.

Head lice alert

Once again these little critters are doing the rounds of our

community. Please ensure you check and treat each child if

necessary. There are a multitude of products available

(shampoos) and remember that a once off treatment isn’t

enough. Combing the nits (louse eggs) out of the hair with a

very fine toothed comb is recommended daily for 14 days. A

2nd treatment shampoo is recommended 7 days after the

first treatment. everyone co-operating & following through

is the only way to break the cycle.

Sandwiches/Toasted Ham, chicken, Tuna, Salad Vegemite, cheese Raisin Toast Snacks Fresh Fruit Apple slinkies Popcorn

$3.50 $2.00 $1.00

50c 50c 50c

Drinks Just Juice Popper (Apple, apple & blackcurrant, tropical) Milo Smoothie (banana, mango, mixed berry) Ice Blocks Quelch Fruit Tubes (8 flavours available) Moosie (chocolate/strawberry)

$1.00

$1.00 $1.50

50c

$1.50

Friday 5th April Canteen Menu

Meat Pie $4.00 or

Sausage Rolls $3.00

Please see extra menu item and prices below

Blakebrook Public School P&C Newsletter Thursday 28th March 2019 – Week 9 Term 1

CANTEEN

BPS P&C UNIFORM ORDERS

Size Quantity: Total:

Polo Shirt $22 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16

Hoodie $30 or Sports Jacket $35 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14

Hat with Logo $10 S/M, M/L

Library Bag $5

Student Pack (includes 2x Shirts, 1x Hoodie

or Jacket, Hat & Library Bag) $90

Grand Total: $

Student Name: Class:

Contact Name: Phone:

Direct Deposit Receipt No: Reference:

Cash or Cheque: Payable to “Blakebrook Public School P&C” (Please provide correct cash amount) Or Direct Deposit: Account Name: Blakebrook Public School P&C Association

Bank: Westpac BSB: 032-539 Account Number: 170296

Place completed order form with payment in an envelope marked “School Uniforms” in the black P&C tin under the bench, in the school administration office. Admin staff DO NOT handle uniform sales or enquiries. P&C will be available at school every second Tuesday commencing 26

th February 2019 @ 3:30pm to answer questions or view

uniforms. Once orders completed they will be given to your child or left at office for collection. Any questions please contact Sarah Signall, or email: bpspca@gmail.com

Blakebrook Public School P & C now has a Facebook page. Visit our page at Blakebrook Public School Page