Last week we celebrated a special birthday at Bourke Public School. We celebrated our 40th birthday on our current site. The celebrations included signing Happy Birthday, cutting a cake and burying a time capsule. Congratulations to all year 5 students who presented a speech to the school community last week at the 2016 Leaders Assembly. All students did a terrific job and should be proud of their efforts. Intensive swimming continues this week. Infants will be this week and next week (a note was sent home with those studnts involved). Congratulations to all year 6 students who have now graduated from Primary school. The Year 6 Farewell was a fantastic night celebrating the achievements of our Year 6 students. Thank you to Miss Dorrington and all staff for organising the night. The Minister of Education, Mr Adrian Piccoli will be visiting Bourke Public School on Tuesday 1st December. It will be a excellent opportunity for our school to showcase our programs and achievements. During week 9 & 10 we are holding a Book Fair in the library. We are encouraging reading over the Christmas holidays by promoting a deal to buy one book and get a second book free (for the same price). Don’t forget Presentation Night is coming up on Tuesday 8th December and will start at 6pm in the High School hall. Have a super week! Kylie Pennell

Miss Milgate Well done to all the Stage 2 & 3 students that participated in the

intensive swimming program last week. In week 8 & 9 Infants students

will be having a daily swimming lesson.

This week those students who have had 92% or better will receive a letter

inviting them to either Cobar for K-2 or Dubbo for 3-6 for the annual

attendance excursions. These excursions are one of the many ways we

reward our students for excellent attendance each year.

Don’t forget Presentation night is on Tuesday 8th

December commencing

at 6pm at Bourke HS MPC. Have a wonderful week!

Monday 23rd November 2015, Term 4 Week 8

BOURKE PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Attendance Goal

Weekly

Attendance

award

Message from the Deputy Principal

Bourke Public School, Green Street Bourke NSW 2840 Ph: 68 722 051 Fax: 68 722 278

Email: bourke-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.bourke-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD

Week 7 Term 4 2015 Principal’s award goes to

TAKARNI DIXON

Miss Heaney & KH

Week 7

90%

OUR GOAL

92%

BPS

Calendar of

Events Intensive Swimming for

Infants – starting

Monday 23rd November

and finishes Thursday

3rd December.

Pink Day – Wednesday

25th November.

Primary Assembly –

Thursday 26th

November.

Minister of Education –

Adrian Piccoli Visit to

BPS – Tuesday 1st

December.

Merit System – Lunch

with the Principal -

Tuesday 1st December.

LC Excursion to the

Cobar Pool – Tuesday 1st

December.

Helpers Morning Tea –

Wednesday 2nd

December.

Year 6 Transition Day

to the High School –

Wednesday 2nd

December.

Infants Attendance

Excursion to Cobar Pool

– Friday 4th December.

Semester 2 Student

Reports can be

collected – Monday 7th

December after 3pm.

Presentation Night –

Tuesday 8th December

starting at 6pm in the

High School hall.

Parent Interviews –

Wednesday 9th December.

Infants News

Miss Clark Welcome to week 8! In Literacy this week

we will be reading the book “The owl who

was afraid of the dark”. We will be focusing

on re-reading our writing to make sure it

makes sense. In Maths we will be learning

about fractions, and how to divide shapes and

groups of objects in half. If your child is

participating in the Intensive Swimming

program, it began today and will run for 2

weeks. They will need their swimmers, a

towel, and a hat each day. Please remember

to return your homework and home readers

each Friday. Have a fantastic week!

Miss Heaney Week 8! Christmas is just around the corner. KH enjoyed listening to all the fabulous School Captain speeches last week and it was a hard job to vote. This week during English time students are focusing on self-correcting when an error is made during reading. In Maths we are continuing to develop our subtraction skills. It is very warm at the moment so please remember to bring a hat to school with your name in it and a water bottle. Have a fabulous week!

Miss Duiz Well done to all the current Year 5

students who gave a speech last week at

the 2016 School Leaders assembly. This

week Infants begin Intensive Swimming

lessons, which runs for week 8 and week

9. In Literacy we are beginning to write

letters to Santa and we will go down to the

post office and post them during week 9.

In the afternoons we are continuing to

learn about how Christmas is celebrated all

over the world. Remember, keep coming

to school everyday on time.

Early Stage 1 AP – Miss Griffiths Intensive Swimming continues this week for infants students. If your child is participating in these lessons, please ensure they have swimmers, a towel and a hat each day. It is getting very close to our Term 4 Attendance party also being held at the swimming pool. Remember you can only be away 3 or less days to be able to attend and this includes late days. Have a great week 8 everyone!

Miss Mowbray Welcome to Week 8! 1B Literacy class have been

learning all about persuasive texts and will begin

their own persuasive writing this week. 1B

Numeracy class enjoyed learning all about

division last week as we learnt about sharing

through the book ‘The Doorbell Rang’. 1B Home

class are continuing with their fantastic

celebrations work in HSIE. We have created some

amazing Chinese lanterns and we discovered our

animals through the Chinese Zodiac. Don’t forget

about Infants Intensive swimming this week!

Have a wonderful week!

Miss McKechnie Welcome to week 8! 1M Literacy class had a

fantastic time debating last week and had

some very convincing arguments! 1M home

class enjoyed learning about Chinese New

Year and created a fantastic Chinese lantern

display. This week in Maths we are continuing

to develop our skills in telling the time on

analog and digital clocks. If you are

participating in Intensive swimming, please

remember to pack your swimmers and wear

your uniform to school. Have a fabulous

week everyone!

Miss Budd This afternoon Stage 1 students with no more than 3 days away were able to attend a Stage One disco. We all had a fantastic afternoon with lots of dancing. This week in English we will begin looking at the book ‘Hey, little ant’. Students will write an exposition on if the boy should or shouldn’t squish the ant and give reasons why. In HSIE this week we will be looking at birthdays and designing our own celebration to have in the class.

1T the best place to be!

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Stage 1 AP – Miss Budd Intensive swimming for infants students has started today and will be running for the next 2 weeks. Please remember to bring your swimmers, a towel and sunscreen every day. Coming up next Friday is the infant’s excursion to the Cobar pool. Students will find out soon if they are eligible to attend the excursion. On the 10th December is the Stage 1 pool party. More information will be provided next week.

Maddison Willoughby & Michael McKay

AEO Caught Being Good Award

HAPPY 40TH

BIRTHDAY on the current site

Messages The EYTC will finish in Week

10 this term – the dates for

the last days are: Monday

& Tuesday group - Tuesday

8th December

and Wednesday &

Thursday group - Thursday

10th December.

Last day of school for 2015 –

Wednesday 16th December.

2016 Students in Year 1 to

Year 6 return to school in

2016 - Thursday 4th February.

2016 EYTC students start –

Monday 8th February.

2016 Kindergarten students

complete their Best Start

Assessments – Thursday 4th

February, Friday 5th

February and Monday 8th

February.

2016 Kindergarten start

school – Tuesday 9th

February.

Website – Bourke Public

School has an active

website that provides up to

date information. Check

out our website today!

Facebook - Bourke Public

School has a very active

facebook page. Like our

page so you can follow all

the exciting things that are

happening at our school.

Parents/carers are

reminded that the Early

Years Transition Centre

opens at 8.40am

each morning. Students

are not to be dropped

off prior to this time.

Primary News

Miss Hudson & Miss Bartley Welcome to Week 8! Intensive swimming continues this week as well as swimming for Sport on Friday. 2N enjoyed having Aunty Margo come into our classroom last week and tell us dreaming stories. This week we will be looking at the Aborigional belief system in HSIE. This Thursday is our last Primary Assembly for the school year. Have a fantastic week.

Miss Wade Where has the Term gone? Week 8 already! The week in Science 2D will be creating their own sun dials to take home as a part of our experiments with shadows. In 2D Literacy we are learning about plurals of nouns.. During HSIE we will be continuing to look at Dreamtime stories and Aboriginal belief systems and will have a special visit from Aunty Margo. Don’t forget to bring your swimmers on Fridays for sport. Have a great week!

Miss Buckley

Wow, week 8 already! Congratulations to Year 6 who looked absolutely fabulous at their farewell last week. This week 2B Literacy will be learning about Poetry. We will be creating lots of different poems over the next few weeks. 2B have almost finished our Science unit ‘Night and Day’ which we have all enjoyed learning about. Remember to come to school everyday so you can attend the Stage 2 Pool Party. Have a great week!

Stage 2 AP – Miss Bartley Remember that the Stage 2 pool party reward for great attendance is coming up on the 7th December. To attend you have to have missed no more than 3 days of school, do make sure you come everyday to school! Also a reminder that this Thursday is Primary students last assembly for the year, it would be great to see everyone there as I think we have a special visitor.

PBL – Week 8

SAFE – Building Confidence

Relationships

Miss Dorrington This week 3D will be spending time

discussing different scenarios that

are considered bullying. We will

talk about the affects other

people’s behaviour have on the

victim. We will also further

investigate earthquakes. Students

will list different values and beliefs

around Australia. This is quite

topical as we have been following

the recent events in the news.

Mr Porter Congratulations to all of the year 5

students that were involved in our

2016 School Captain speeches. You

should be very proud of your

efforts. The weather has certainly

warmed up and in our bag room we

have lots of hats with no names. If

you are missing a hat please make

sure you check the bag room this

week. Have a great week 8.

Stage 3 AP – Miss Dorrington I am sure everyone will agree the Year

Six Farewell was a lovely evening. The

year six students all looked fantastic in

their beautiful dresses and smart shirts.

It was lovely seeing families come

together to celebrate their childs’

achievements. Year six will soon be

having their first full day at High

School. Students will be required to go

straight to the high school that

morning. There are various activities

organised for them during the day.

P&C News: Uniforms are still for sale! It is the perfect time

to be buying uniforms for the 2016 school

year. Look out for uniform packs coming soon! The canteen will be open on Wednesday 3rd

February (day before school starts) from

10am to 2pm for parents/carers to purchase

uniforms.

The P&C Annual General Meeting will be

held on Wednesday 17th February, 2016 at

6pm in meeting room at Bourke Public

School. Everyone welcome!

This weeks Canteen award goes to Nabeera Khan

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Bourke Public School’s Motto for 2015

Year 5 students who presented a speech at the 2016 Leaders

Assembly

MERIT SYSTEM

BRONZE Rory Smith

SILVER Deshawn Morris

GOLD Kenneth Johnson

Hailey O'Sullivan Shontaya Mackay Jimeara McKellar Emma Simmons Kiah Sullivan-Knight Adrian Gersbach Henry Scanlon Jaydiah-Maree Thomas Samuel Ord Toby Martin Haylie Reed Douglas Edwards-Smith Makye Knight

DIAMOND Jamehlia Gibbs Shannon Bates Riley Stingmore Blake Sutton Ella Brown Tiona Gibbs Keelhan Lovett Charmaine Johnson Takayaliah Dixon

PLATINUM Hallie Cummins Queneshia Orcher Ellenore Stutsel Oscar Seiler Ella-Grace Hatch Alex Hopley Connor McKay George Milgate Sakai Ord Jack Reid Lacey Rowland Lillian Milgate

Who can believe we only have three weeks left?! This week in the EYTC the students will be looking towards the sky and studying the stars! Students will learn how the stars can be used to help figure out the direction you need to be going when you are on a long journey! We will also be looking at the planets in our solar systems and creating some amazing artworks! It is getting very hot at the moment so just a reminder that if you would like to you can send money to school with your child to buy an ice block at lunchtime from the canteen!

Miss Bradley

Ms Topalov

Week 8 already!!!! Last Tuesday was a very special day for the Year 5 and Year 6 students. The Year 5 students presented their speechs for positions as 2016 school leaders. All the students spoke proudly, and with confidence - well done! Year 6 students had a wonderful Graduation Ceremony at Diggers – a very memorable evening for everyone who attended. Today we cooked and delivered the food for ‘Meals on Wheels’ and put a smile on all the clients faces! They were excited to know we cooked for them! Have a super week!

Miss Nixon Welcome to Week 8! Last week the MC enjoyed learning about Brazilian Carnival and making masks. This week we will be learning about volume and capacity in mathematics. Students will be using water and sand to compare the capacity of containers. In HSIE, students will be learning about La Tomatina in Spain and will create a tomato artwork using oil pastels on black cardboard. In English, there will continue to be a reading, writing and fine motor focus. Today, students who had less than 3 days off school in Term 4 attended the Stage One Attendance Disco. Please remember to

pack your child’s hat and drinkbottle.

LC and MC News

Early Years Transition

Centre News

BLUEY STAR OF

THE WEEK

KH – Kenneth Johnson

KC – Lachlan Brown

K/1D – Jayarna Payne

1T - Takayaliah Dixon

1B – Laura Hand

1M – Kade Cattermole

MC – Makye Knight

YEAR 6 FAREWELL!