Bathurst Public School

279-281 George Street Phone: 02 6331 3923

Bathurst NSW 2795 Fax: 02 6332 2305

Email: bathurst-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: www.bathurst-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Thursday, 12th April 2018 Term 1 Week 11

Dear Parents,

The term has slipped by quickly and teachers are finalising units of work this week. We still have a

number of events this week including our Stage 1 Excursion to the Bathurst Historical Museum and

our ANZAC Service on Friday.

It is with great sadness that I announce the resignation of our Canteen Manager,

Mrs Heather Kimbel, effective on Friday 26th April, 2018. Mrs Kimbel has been

our Canteen Manager for 6 years and has done an amazing job in this time. She

has been a wonderful asset to our school and I thank her most sincerely for the

work she has done at Bathurst Public School. We wish Mrs Kimbel all the best

in her future endeavours. I am currently working closely with the P&C to

organize the canteen next term.

Congratulations to all of the children who attended the Green Award Morning Tea last Friday. These

children were the highest Green Award winners in their class. Well done on a great term of work.

The Term 1 Green Award winners are; Kai Barclay 3/4B, Sakina Baziani 4/5C, Koby Beecham 5/6G,

Kori Black 5-6N, Alison Brown 4/5C, Angus Cafe 5/6F, Ryley Clinghan 1S, Ruby Cole 1M, Hayden

Cook K-2C, Tearani Cowell KG, Eliza Dowton 3/4T, Hunter Fell 3/4I, Willow Foster K/1M, Beau

Francis KJ, Keeon Freeman 1M, Hannah Gafa 5-6H, Charlie Higgins 2M, Jake Irwin 1/2M, Axis

Killen 2K, Clara Klootwijk 1M, Tyler Lamers 3-4J, Sophie Lindsay 5/6F, Theo Lyle KG, Lucy Lynch

3/4G, Jordan Neilan 5/6A, Isabella Parkes KJ, Maddy Phillips 2K, Ella Pringle 2M, Charlie Quade

3/4RN, Hunter Reeks 2/3S, Alexander Ronan 2M, Faith Ryder 5/6D, Jacob Sargent K-6F, Charlie

Smith KP, Riley Sommer Reynolds 1S, Jayanna Sommer Reynolds 5/6D, Luca Stannard KP, Lilli

Storrie 5/6G, Kyle Tredinnick K/1M, Romy Trenerry 3/4T, Affan Usmani 5/6A, Hayden Wessling

3/4G, Stephanie Wilson 3/4I and Charlie Woolfe 1/2M.

Bathurst Public School will hold its Anzac Service on Friday 13th May at 9.30am in the McMullen Hall.

Term 2 begins for children on Tuesday 1st May. All staff will be involved in Professional Learning on

Monday 30th April in the areas of consolidating practices in Learning Clarity and Thinking Questions

and Creating Rich Tasks.

Our School Newsletter is uploaded every Thursday so all parents receive information at the same time.

Please refer to our website to download the weekly newsletter.

If any parent has any concerns regarding any aspect of school life, please do not hesitate to contact me.

We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday.

Kate White

Principal

Bathurst ANZAC Service – Wednesday 25th April

On Wednesday 25th April, children from Bathurst Public School have been invited to join together to

March in the Bathurst ANZAC Day Parade. We would be delighted for the children from our school to

participate in this parade.

As this date falls at the end of the school holidays, parents will be responsible for transport to and from

the parade.

Students and teachers who wish to take part in the March are asked to meet Mrs White at the Bathurst

RSL Club, 114 Rankin St at 9:45am. The children will be assembled into lines and will lead the parade

at 10:10am to the Carillion Service. Students can then be collected at the end of the service from staff

in front of the Court House.

Students will need to wear their full winter school uniform to March in the parade.

Girls

Winter pinafore – blue, white and grey checks and white polo shirt, white blouse or skivvy

Navy opaque stockings and black shoes

Navy hair ribbon

Navy sloppy joes with white school emblem.

Boys

White polo shirt or white skivvy

Navy long pants

White socks and black shoes

Navy sloppy joes with white school emblem.

Lest we

Play Equipment Before and After School Reminder

All parents and friends are reminded that children are NOT permitted on the school play equipment

before or after school. This area is unsupervised so we continue to ask for your assistance in ensuring

children do not access these areas.

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Year 5 Opportunity class 2019

Opportunity classes cater for highly achieving academically gifted students who may

otherwise be without sufficient classmates at their own academic and social level.

These schools help gifted and talented students to learn by grouping them with other

gifted and talented students, teaching them in specialised ways and providing

educational materials at the appropriate level.

Applications for opportunity class placement are considered mainly on the combined

results of the Opportunity Class Placement Test and school assessments. The

Opportunity Class Placement Test will be held on Wednesday 1 August 2018.

If you would like to have your child considered for Year 5 opportunity class entry in

2019, you need to apply soon. You will need to apply on the internet using a valid

email address (not the student's email address).

Detailed instructions on how to apply online will be available from Tuesday 1 May

2018 at htt ps'//education nsw.gov au/public-schools/selectjve-high-schools-and-

opportunjty-dasses/year-5. The application Website opens on Tuesday 1 May 2018

and closes on Friday 18 May 2018. No late applications will be accepted.

There are no paper application forms. If you do not have internet access, you could

apply at a public library. If you have a disability that prevents you from using a

computer, you can contact t he Unit for assistance after 1 May 2018.

You must submit only ONE application for each student.

Clothing Pool

The clothing pool will be open each Tuesday 2.30pm until 2.50pm or by texting Rebecca on 0405 326

927.

Please send all donations of clothing to the office.

P&C News

MUM’S THE WORD!

Mums can celebrate Mother’s Day twice this year! As

well as making Mum breakfast in bed on Sunday May

13, you can also shout her a famous P&C egg &

bacon burger on Friday May 11 at our annual

Mother’s Day Breakfast BBQ.

Details and order forms will be sent home next term.

We’ll also be holding a P&C Mother’s Day Stall on the

same day. We are looking for donations of small new,

unused or handmade gifts that students can buy from

the stall for $5 or $10, with all profits going back to the

school.

So if you’re cleaning out cupboards over the school holidays and find something you’d like to ‘re-

gift’, put it aside for the stall. We’d also love extra volunteers for both the BBQ and stall so if you

can spare any time to lend a hand, we’ll let you know how to get involved next term.

NEW CANTEEN MENU

We’ve updated our canteen menu for the colder months – see following page.

Next term students can order hot chocolate or noodles at recess and we’ve added butter

chicken with rice for lunch. There have also been a few other changes so make sure you throw

out your old menu and replace it with the new one so your order and money is correct.

We desperately need more volunteers for the school

canteen. The canteen is a not-for-profit service run by the

P&C and is a valuable asset to the school. Volunteers play

a vital role as this helps us keep prices low and allows us to

open the canteen for as many days as possible.

If you can lend a hand, please call 6331 3275 or simply

pop into the canteen any time after 9am on canteen days (closed Tuesday).

Term 1 2018

Week 11

09/04-10/04

ANZAC Service 9.30am

Friday 13th April – Last Day Term 1

Term 2 2018

Week 1

30/04-6/05

Monday 30th April - Staff Return for SDD (School Development Day)

Tuesday 1st May - Children K-6 return

Wednesday 2nd May – Canberra Instalment 3 due

Thursday 3rd May – CWA Public Speaking School Finals

Friday 4th May – Recorder and Strings Cluster Rehearsal at Bathurst PS

Week 2

7/05-13/05

Friday 11th May – Mother’s Day Breakfast and stall

Week 3

14/05-20/05

Tuesday 15th May – NAPLAN – Language and Writing for Years 3 and 5

Wednesday 16th May – Primary Assembly 2.15pm in the McMullen Hall

Wednesday 16th May – Canberra Instalment 4 due

Wednesday 16th May – P&C Meeting 7pm – All welcome

Wednesday 16th May - NAPLAN – Reading for Years 3 and 5

Thursday 17th May - NAPLAN – Numeracy for Years 3 and 5

Friday 18th May – School Cross Country

Week 4

21/05-27/05

Wednesday 23rd May – Infants Assembly 2.15pm in the McMullen Hall

Week 5

28/05-3/06

Wednesday 30th May – Primary Assembly 2.15pm in the McMullen Hall

Wednesday 30th May – Canberra Instalment 5 due

Friday 1st June – District Cross Country

Week 6

04/06-10/06

Wednesday 6th June – Infants Assembly 2.15pm in the McMullen Hall

Wednesday 6th June – Canberra Instalment 6 due

Friday 8th June – Canberra excursion final day for full payment

Week 7

11/06-17/06

Monday 11th June – Queen’s Birthday Long Weekend

Wednesday 13th June – Primary Assembly 2.15pm in the McMullen Hall

Wednesday 13th June – Regional Cross Country

Week 8

18/06-24/06

Tuesday 19th June till Thursday 21st June - Year 5/6 Canberra Excursion

Wednesday 20th June – Infants Assembly 2.15pm in the McMullen Hall

Week 9

25/06-01/07

Wednesday 27th June – Primary Assembly 2.15pm in the McMullen Hall

Friday 29th June – School Athletics Carnival

Friday 29th June – Semester 1 Student Reports home

Week 10

02/07-08/07

Wednesday 4th July - Infants Assembly 2.15pm in the McMullen Hall

Friday 6th July – Last Day Term 2

SCHOOL HOLIDAY ROAD SAFETY REMINDER

FOR FAMILIES

With the school holidays approaching, daily routines will soon

change. Different play locations and holiday destinations means

different traffic environments.

So to help keep our children safe, families are reminded about

these key road safety points:

Stop, look, listen, think every time you cross the road.

If your child is aged 8 years or younger hold their hand when walking near or across roads. If your child is 9-10 years old always actively supervise them.

It’s the law that everyone wears a helmet when riding a bike in a public place.

It makes sense to wear a helmet when riding scooters and skateboards too!

Click clack front ‘n back every person for every trip. Everyone in the car must be securely buckled up in the right seatbelt or child restraint.

Talk to your child about being a safe road user. Reinforce safe road behaviours by being a good role model! Children learn safe road

behaviours from the adults who care for them. Talk about what you are doing to be safe when near roads, in the car and when riding.

Point out road safety differences and dangers in new environments. This is especially important when on holidays in different surroundings. Roads, footpaths, parks,

carparks, bike tracks and bike lanes may look different in holiday areas.

The best way to keep your child safe is to actively supervise them.

Talk and teach your child about road safety every time you are out an about.

Remind other adults who care for your children to do this too.

You can find out more at:

Safety Town

Department of Education

Transport for NSW

Have a safe holiday break!