Blakebrook Public School Bulletin Term 3 Week 7 - Thursday 5 September 2019

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

Awards will be presented at assembly tomorrow, 3pm. PRINCIPAL’S AWARD: Luna for being a friendly and cooperative student

CITIZENSHIP: Mikayla H CAPA: Omar ENVIRONMENT: Baxter SPORT: Hannah PBL: Joe GOOD FRIEND: Melanie chosen by Sapphire

ACADEMIC

K-1 Loretta for quick mental skills adding of numbers

1-3 Macklin for a neat invitation inviting his parents to experience virtual reality

4-6 Baylie for a positive attitude towards public speaking tasks

GO FOR IT

K-1 Mikayla H for increased confidence completing mathematical tasks

1-3 Alex for great team work when creating a virtual world

4-6 Cameron for having a good attitude in touch footy

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR LEARNING (PBL)

K-1 Luna for demonstrating a safe and respectful attitude towards school

1-3 Kobi for helping peers by bringing in toys to share on the planet Mars virtual world 4-6 Austen for demonstrating a respectful and responsible attitude towards younger students

LIBRARY

K-1 Ayla for demonstrating Reading Super Powers

1-3 Kobi for demonstrating Reading Super Powers 4-6 Django for demonstrating Reading Super Powers

Fresh Kids Friday draw 30/8/19: Alicia, Amber B, Ashlee, Ayla, Baxter, Caleb, Cameron, Charlotte, Chloe K, Daniel, Declan, Fynn, Indie O, Kobi, Lilly R, Lily S, Makayla S, Olive, Rhys, Riley F, Sapphire, Wendell, Zoe.

Thu 5th * LPAF evening performance @ LWC: SSC and BPS

Fri 6th * Deadline $5 production fee CASH ONLY to Mrs Tate

* BPS SS Soccer match v’s Rous PS @ South’s fields

kick off 10:30am ( private transport )

Mon 9th * P&C meeting 5:45pm - all welcome

Tue 10th *

Wed 11th *

Thu 12th * BPS Blarney: Public Speaking competition

* Deadline: for returning Half Day Public Holiday note *

Fri 13th * NCPSSA Athletics Carnival @ Riverview Park, South Lismore: Amber B & Daniel and Mr Duroux attending * Incursion: Shadow Puppetry Workshops (no cost)

Mon 16th * Tue 17th * Wed 18th * Thu 19th * Half Day Gazetted Public Holiday from 12:00pm. All students to be collected from school by 11:50am

Fri 20th * Terania District Public Speaking competition @ Jiggi PS for selected students only

Week 8 - September

Week 7 - September

Week 9 - September

Class 1-3 Virtual World

Thank you to all the parents

that were able to join our

virtual world yesterday.

We saw lots of different

animals and volcanoes. It was

wonderful to share the

experience.

Mrs Skorjenko :)

PRINCIPAL NEWS It’s certainly been a busy time for our school recently. Please ensure you keep an eye on the Bulletin, School Stream updates and emails to keep up to date with notes and any payments. Touch Football Our Year 6 students, under the guidance of Mrs Perren and Lochie, attended at gala day in Goonellabah on Tuesday. They played 5 games and came away with 4 wins. The most pleasing part of this initiative is that some of our less sporty students, had a go and really enjoyed themselves. Well done kids and thank you to the parents for transporting the kids. Small Schools Soccer Knockout Competition Our Blakebrook soccer team will play the next round of the state wide knockout competition this Friday against Rous PS. If the students are successful, they qualify to compete at the semi-finals of the competition during week 10 in Sydney. Best of luck kids. Team members: Drew, Ryan, Georgia, Austen, Maddie, Wendell, Amber, Baylie, Willow, Ruben, Hayden, Jake, Django and Ashlee. P&C Meeting The next P&C meeting will be held this coming Monday the 9th September. It would be great to see as many families as possible at this meeting. It commences at 5:45pm in the school library. Children are welcome and can read or play quiet games during the meeting. I offer a huge thankyou to our P&C and Rotary volunteers for coordinating the recent Zone Athletics carnival. This was a massive challenge and you did a great job. Well done and thank you. Education Awards Last Thursday four members of our school community received Education Awards from the Department of Education. These were presented by Mr Frank Potter who is an Executive Director of the Department. Congratulations to our school Captains Georgia and Wendell for their student award and to John and Marion, our wonderful grandparent gardening volunteers, for their community award. Well done, we are very proud of you all. North Coast Regional Athletics Next Friday Amber B and Daniel will represent our school at the North Coast Regional Athletics Championships to be held in South Lismore. Here they will compete against the best athletes from 210 other schools from Taree in the south to Tweed Heads in the north. This is a massive achievement and we are very proud of your efforts. We wish you good luck next week as you try to qualify for the state championships next term. Performing Arts Festival Lots of information has been sent home about the musical and Performing Arts Festival. Our school has been involved in some rehearsals this week. Please note only 9 selected students will actually perform at the Workers Club this week. We will also have some students performing as part of the Small Schools Choir with over 150 students singing – amazing! Today all of our students travelled by bus to watch 17 performances at the Performing Arts Festival Matinee. This included watching our students on stage. Well done to all the students on their behaviour and enthusiastic appreciation of the performances. Our whole school musical, is actually next term. Pet Education Our K-3 students had a visit from the Pet Education program on Wednesday. The students listened to the responsibility and importance of looking after pets. Jackie and her beautiful corgi, Ghost presented a very informative talk which the students really enjoyed. Lismore Half-Day Gazetted Public Holiday Thursday 19th September is a gazetted half-day public holiday from 12pm. A note has gone home today (bright orange paper) asking for a response on picking up students at the earlier time of no later than 11:50am. Deadline for note is 12/9/19. 2020 Kindergarten Enrolments We are currently taking enrolments for 2020 Kindergarten. If you have a child who is coming to Blakebrook next year, please contact Wendy to arrange an interview with the Principal and to collect enrolment forms and other information. If you know of a family with a child ready for ‘Big’ school in the local community, encourage them to contact the school for an appointment to discuss enrolment or to have a look at our wonderful school. Have a great week - Allan Duroux Touch Footy Gala Day On Tuesday Lochie and I travelled with all of Year 6 to Hepburn Park for 5 games of Touch Football. It was Blakebrook's best performance so far in playing in the annual Gala Day. Year 6 played a mixed team in the Senior Division and won 4 out of 5 games. Everyone enjoyed the day and improved their skill level and confidence throughout the day. Thank you to the parents/grandparents for helping with transport and cheering for our team on the day.

Thanks to Lochie for refereeing our games. Well done Year 6 - absolute legends!!

Future dates & events TERM 3

Week 10 all week Georgia attending NSW PSSA Girls Softball Championships in Curl Curl, Sydney

Fri 27 Sep Last day term 3 for all students K-6

TERM 4

Week 1 Mon 14 Oct First day of term 4 for all staff and students K-6 (no pupil free day)

Week 2 Wed 23 Oct School Musical at Italo Club with/without dinner option - more info to come

Thu 24 Oct Visiting author Lucas Proudfoot incursion @ BPS

Week 3 Thu 31 Oct Deadline for Kinder 2020 Orientation RSVP’s + completed Enrolment Application paperwork

Week 4 Mon 4 Nov Kinder 2020 Orientation #1 half-day (am)

Wed 6 Nov Kinder 2020 Orientation #2 half-day (am)

Fri 8 Nov Kinder 2020 Orientation #3 full-day

The Rivers Public Speaking Final @ Lismore City Hall for qualifiers only

Week 8 Tue 3 Dec TRC Richmond River High Campus: Orientation Day for Y6 -> Y7 in 2020

Week 9 all week NEW Five day Intensive Swim Scheme - Participating years are Y2-6, cost to be confirmed (TBC)

Tue 10 Dec Year 6 Farewell (involves Y5 –Y6 students and Y6 parents & carers)

Fri 13 Dec Awards Presentation 5pm / Xmas Tree Night 6pm

Week 10 Wed 18 Dec Last day term 4 for all students K-6. Mystery Tour -TBC

Dunoon PS SPRING FAIR Saturday 21st September 9:00am—2:00pm James Street, Dunoon. Join us for a wonderful family day in support of Dunoon PS Lots of stalls: Cake, Crafts, Plants, Produce, Books, CD’s & Bric-a-Brac & Real Coffee BBQ Ella’s FAMOUS Dahl Live local music all day Massage tent Kid Zone with Jumping castles Pop-up Op-Shop The famous “Dunk Machine’ Dunoon Rural Fire Service North Coast Astronomy demonstration Koala Sanctuary Information plus much more ...