Bathurst West Public School ‘School of Opportunity’ Newsletter Term 4 Week 4 13/11 Cultural Infusion Performance for K-6 NO Assembly 16/11 Stage 3 Myuna Bay this week Swimming K-1 this week 18/11 Transition Parent Workshop with Donna Quinn (2010 Kinder parents) 10.00-11.00 Evening Workshop Maths K-2 starting 6.30pm Shining Day 19/11 Transition Parent Workshop with Donna Quinn (2010 Kinder parents) 10.00-11.00 20/11 K-2 Assembly - Wattle 3 - 12.10-12.40 3-6 Assembly - Waratah 2 - 1.00-1.40 24/11 Bathurst High Year 7 Information Evening Upcoming Events Thursday 12th November, 2009 Principal : Mrs Toni MacDonald P & C President: Mrs Lyndall Ross School Captains: Rebecca & Braydon Principal’s Report We were so excited to be able to perform for the Prime Minister on Monday at the commencement of the Cabinet meeting. Our children were superb. Their faces lit with excitement when the Prime Minister entered the room and we were very fortunate, as most of the entertainment groups did not have the PM at their performance. This will be one of those long lasting memories that children will carry with them always. Myuna Bay excursion is next week and I know that students and staff are looking forward to a great week. Bullying is an issue that concerns all of us, and is an area that we are currently working on intensively to reduce within our school community. Miss Glencorse is implementing a program K- 6 each Thursday and Friday which will address strategies and skills for students to use if and when they experience an incident of bullying. We are working towards a bully free school in which students feel happy, safe and confident in all areas of school life. ‘Flying Start’ is an excellent transition to school program that is currently operating each Wednesday and Thursday in the Wattle block. It is a delight to see these new little people arriving at our school with such excitement and anticipation. Don’t forget the swimming schools currently being offered. There are programs for K,1 and 2-6 (non- swimmers). If you would like your child to be part of this program please return the permission notes and money to the appropriate teachers. I hope you have an enjoyable week. Toni MacDonald Bathurst West Public School Suttor Street Bathurst 2795 NSW Phone (02) 63311142 Fax (02) 6332 2319 Email: [email protected]Have you been to our Bathurst West Public School website lately. You are able to access the weekly newsletter and check the calendar for school events. There are many up to date articles of interest for our school community. Our address is http://www.bathurstw-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/
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Bathurst West Public School ‘School of Opportunity’
Newsletter Term 4 Week 4
13/11 Cultural Infusion Performance for K-6
NO Assembly
16/11 Stage 3 Myuna Bay this week Swimming K-1 this week
18/11
Transition Parent Workshop with Donna Quinn (2010 Kinder parents) 10.00-11.00
Evening Workshop Maths K-2 starting 6.30pm Shining Day
Principal’s Report We were so excited to be able to perform for the Prime Minister on Monday at the commencement of the Cabinet meeting. Our children were superb. Their faces lit with excitement when the Prime Minister entered the room and we were very fortunate, as most of the entertainment groups did not have the PM at their performance. This will be one of those long lasting memories that children will carry with them always. Myuna Bay excursion is next week and I know that students and staff are looking forward to a great week. Bullying is an issue that concerns all of us, and is an area that we are currently working on intensively to reduce within our school community. Miss Glencorse is implementing a program K- 6 each Thursday and Friday which will address strategies and skills for students to use if and when they experience an incident of bullying. We are working towards a bully free school in which students feel happy, safe and confident in all areas of school life. ‘Flying Start’ is an excellent transition to school program that is currently operating each Wednesday and Thursday in the Wattle block. It is a delight to see these new little people arriving at our school with such excitement and anticipation. Don’t forget the swimming schools currently being offered. There are programs for K,1 and 2-6 (non-swimmers). If you would like your child to be part of this program please return the permission notes and money to the appropriate teachers. I hope you have an enjoyable week. Toni MacDonald Bathurst West Public School
Have you been to our Bathurst West Public School website
lately. You are able to access the weekly
newsletter and check the calendar for school events. There are many up to date
articles of interest for our school community.
Our address is http://www.bathurstw-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/
HAPPENINGS AT BWPS
GENERAL INFORMATION Administration Office Hours - 8.45am - 3.30pm School commences at 9.15am School finishes at 3.15pm Students are not supervised before 8.45am
2009 Term Dates Term 1 ~ Tuesday 3 February - Thursday 9 April.
STUDENT NOTES SENT HOME THIS WEEK
If you need another copy of these notes, please contact the Bathurst West Public School Office
• Specific notes to those children involved
Congratulations
Myuna Bay
This excursion will take place next week (Monday 16th November to Friday 20th November.) Thank you to all those parents who finalised their payments at the office. All other information you may require should be on the “Myuna Bay” web sight. (just google Myuna Bay) If you have any questions regarding this major excursion for Stage 3 children, please don't hesitate to contact me.
REMINDER
Children need to be at school at 5.45am
Bus leaves at 6.00am
M.Low Excursion Coordinator
Year Six Farewell Thursday 10th December, 2009
There will be a parent meeting for the
Year Six Farewell on Friday 13th November at 4pm
in the staffroom.
Parents of Year 6 children are all welcome to attend.
If you area unable to make this meeting and have some suggestions please send me a note with any ideas or
thoughts you have. Debbie Barratt
School Wide Bullying Focus- “Awareness breaks the cycle”
During this term, there will be a school wide focus on bullying. What is a bully? How do I know if I’m being bullied? What do I do if I’m
being bullied? Who do I tell?
Each of these questions will be asked, dis-cussed and answered throughout the term. As
well as class discussions, there will also be some student focus groups helping to raise the awareness of bullying and helping others make good choices in relation to bullying and making
friends.
The focus of this program is, “Awareness breaks the cycle”. We need to bring bullying into the open, because it thrives on secrecy. We must encourage victims to speak out as
this in itself will immediately stop some of the bullying. By educating students about what a
bully is, what to do if you are being bullied and how to cope with bullying, we are aiming to
make Bathurst West a safe and happy place to be for all students.
FUNDRAISING NEWS I will be doing one last photo run for those families who had portraits done by Wayne Milsteed. If you need to know the password to access the photos on
his website, and the cost and sizes, please call Jennie on 6331 6143. No orders will be taken after the
19th November.The P&C will be running a Chocolate Wheel at this years Carols Night instead
of an end of year raffle.Any donations for this would be greatly appreciated and can be left at the School Office.(Nuts,chips etc to go into hampers would be
Ashlin , Sarah , Chloe ,Sjaani ,Ying , Shajuan , Jack , Charlee
Silver Level
Gold Level
Bronze Level Ashlin , Connor , Lorelai
,
MORE HAPPENINGS AT BWPS
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
CLOSED L.Campbell A.Stevens
Kirsten Gibbs
Cake Roster
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
CLOSED 17/11 J.Baillie
18/11 L.Ralls J.Baillie
19/11 L.Hampton
J.Baillie
20/10 J.Gunning J.Breach
Canteen Roster
- Canteen News -
Parent Workshops
Evening Parent Workshop Maths – Kindergarten To Year 2
On Wednesday night, 18th November, at 6:30pm we will be repeating the maths workshop from Term 3. This workshop looks at how maths is taught in our K-2
classrooms. This is a wonderful workshop with lots of hands on activities that are used in the classroom and that
you could use to help your child at home.
OUR LAST MEAL DEAL FOR 2009 WILL BE A CHRISTMAS ONE TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY 4th
DECEMBER 2009. NOTES WILL GO OUT NEXT WEEK. PLEASE KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THEM. LETS ALL CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS WITH A GREAT MEAL DEAL FROM THE CANTEEN.
OUR 4th TERM PROMOTION KICKED OFF THIS WEEK. EACH C HILD WHO PUTS IN A LUNCH
ORDER AT THE CANTEEN WILL BE WRITTEN OUT A TICKET B Y THE CANTEEN HELPERS AND THE TICK-ETS WILL BE PLACED IN A BARRELL FOR A WEEKLY PRIZE OF A $4.00 CANTEEN VOUCHER. THE WINNER
WILL BE DRAWN ON MONDAY MORNINGS AT THE ASSEMBLY. A T THE END OF THE PROMOTION ALL TICKETS WILL BE PLACED IN A BARRELL AND WE WILL DRA W A NUMBER OF PRIZES WITH FIRST PRIZE BEING A SKATE BOARD. THE MINOR AND MAJOR PRIZES WIL L BE DRAWN ON MONDAY 14th DECEMBER. YOU HAVE TO BE IN IT TO WIN IT. GOOD LUCK TO ALL CHILDREN WHO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROMO-TION. THIS IS JUST A FUN WAY TO THANK ALL CHILDREN WHO SUPPORTED THE CANTEEN THROUGH-
OUT 2009.
P&C Christmas Dinner is being held on the 26th of November at 6.30 pm at Elie's Restaurant in William St. Everyone is welcome - should be a great night for so-cialising. To RSVP call Anne on63342254
P&C News • In recent months, the P&C has been par-ticularly active. We have approved over $50 000 in spending including for 2 pieces of climbing equipment for the Wattle and main playgrounds; 4 electronic whiteboards for classrooms and some new instruments for the School Band • The P&C will be having an end of year din-
ner on Thursday 26th November 09 at 7pm at the restaurant at the Oxford Hotel. Par-ents, teachers and friends of the school are welcome to join us. Please leave your RSVP in the P&C pigeon hole in the front office.
• We are busily planning the Christmas Car-ols evening (Wed 9/12/09) where we hope all families will come together for a night of fun and sharing
• We are intending to run one more Book Club for the year. Pamphlets will be distrib-uted in the next week or two
• Our final P&C meeting for the year will be held on Wed 25th November at 7pm in the Staff Room
Christmas Giving Tree This year Bathurst West Public School will be havin g a Christmas‘Giving Tree’.If you can donate a (new) small gift to someone less f ortunate, it would be greatly appreci-ated. All gifts will be donated to the Salvation Ar my for distribution. Please note that the Salvation Army have requested the gifts NOT be wrapped, but clearly marked with suit-able age range & boy/girl. Gifts can be left in the Office
COMMUNITY NOTICES
Disclaimer As a service to the community, we will advertise events that may be of interest. Bathurst West Public School does not endorse or sponsor the events and accepts no responsibility for the management or organisation of these events.
Free Child Weight Management Program for local fami lies As you are aware, obesity is becoming an increasingly important issue in our local community with almost 25% of Australian children cur-
rently overweight or obese. If current trends continue, by 2050 it is likely that the incidence of child obesity will be closer to 50%!
The MEND Program (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition…Do it!) is part of a national initiative offering free healthy lifestyle courses for children 7- 13yrs old who may not fit within the ideal weight range and their families. This is the first time that this program has been available to fami-
lies in Bathurst. The MEND Program is an evidence based healthy lifestyle program for children above their ideal weight and their families. Rather than focusing on weight loss, the Program uses a practical interactive learning approach to teach children and parents weight management
skills. This includes inspiring families to adopt a healthier l lifestyle, enjoy preparing and eating healthy foods, reading food labels and how to make healthy choices on a budget. There are also sim-
ple but exciting sessions which focus on making exercise fun again – especially for children who are not fans of traditional sports. MEND will commence in Bathurst in Term 1 and run for a period of 10 weeks with exercise, nutrition and mind sessions over this period. MEND will be offered completely free to children and families that are interested in being in- volved. For
more information please contact: Hayley Vaughan (02) 6841 5589 or 0418 454 592 [email protected]
AFL-NSW/ACT REGIONAL AWARDS NIGHT FEATURING SYDNEY SWANS
Join me and Sydney Swans Players in recog-nising some great achievers in 2009
When: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 Where: Denison College of Secondary Educa-tion-Kelso High Campus Hall, Boyd St, Kelso Time: 5.45pm for a 6.00pm start RSVP: [email protected] or 0403286574 by November 27
Listen to the Swans talk about their upcoming season and maybe grab an autograph or photo.
Hope to see you there. - Peter Yandle, Development Manager Southern NSW
BATHURST BIGGEST EXPO - 21ST & 22ND November at Bathurst Showground - Featuring - For the Men - A display by Clancy Motors including Ford, Kia and Mitsubishi, Offroad 4X4 Bathurst, 4WD’s and accessories, Clark Rubber pools, Go for a test ride in a demo 4WD truck. For the Ladies - Scrapbooking, Jewellry, Kitchen accessories, Garden supplies, Skin care and beauty products, perfumes, clothing and loads of Christmas shopping available. A variety of food stalls and kid’s rides and much more
