Telephone: 67434526 Fax: 67434276 Mobile: 0436 676 261 Email: [email protected]Website: boggabri-p.schools.nsw.gov.au Page 1 Boggabri Public School Newsletter Issue 5 Term 1 – Week 9 Monday 23 rd March 2020 COVID-19 All public schools will remain open until instructed. However, as mentioned in the news the Premier has advised parents that if they would like to keep their child at home it is a personal decision. We are preparing booklets of work that are available from the office. Could parents please provide their email addresses to the office ASAP or notify via phone so work can be provided. The school is taking every precaution to ensure all students safety including practising social distancing in the classroom and the playground. Students are regularly washing their hands before and after eating, during class activities and before entering a classroom. If your child is unwell please keep them at home. Parents please reinforce good hygiene practices at home, attached is a hand washing and virus safety fact sheet, please use these at home if possible. All events for Term 2 are on hold for now until further notice. Merit Award Winners Congratulations to the following students for receiving their Merit Awards for the past fortnight. William Barber, Jaylah Oliver, Nayte Thompson, Fred Weinthal, Indy Demmery, Beau Hobden, Macie McKenzie, Breanna Moyses, Lillian Rowland, Tayla Thompson, Jordan Shackell, Liam Grover, Miley Oliver, Jack Bomford, Beau Debreceny, Izak Bourke, Zachary Hancock, Charlotte Devine, Kye Tumbers, Ashley Rowland, Savanah Smith, Harvey Grosser, Jack Fielding, Myami Morley, Alice Hoskinson, Chase Campbell, Alexis Hancock, Lily Walther, Kyle Rowland, Cecil Readett, Haylee Turner and Billy Furner. Notes Sent Home for Students • General permission notes • SRC Fun Day - postponed • Hearing Note Please return notes at your earliest convenience.
COVID-19 All public schools will remain open until instructed. However, as mentioned in the news the Premier has advised parents that if they would like to keep their child at home it is a personal decision. We are preparing booklets of work that are available from the office. Could parents please provide their email addresses to the office ASAP or notify via phone so work can be provided. The school is taking every precaution to ensure all students safety including practising social distancing in the classroom and the playground. Students are regularly washing their hands before and after eating, during class activities and before entering a classroom. If your child is unwell please keep them at home. Parents please reinforce good hygiene practices at home, attached is a hand washing and virus safety fact sheet, please use these at home if possible. All events for Term 2 are on hold for now until further notice. Merit Award Winners
Congratulations to the following students for receiving their Merit Awards for the past fortnight. William Barber, Jaylah Oliver, Nayte Thompson, Fred Weinthal, Indy Demmery, Beau Hobden, Macie McKenzie, Breanna Moyses, Lillian Rowland, Tayla Thompson, Jordan Shackell, Liam Grover, Miley Oliver, Jack Bomford, Beau Debreceny, Izak Bourke, Zachary Hancock, Charlotte Devine, Kye Tumbers, Ashley Rowland, Savanah Smith, Harvey Grosser, Jack Fielding, Myami Morley, Alice Hoskinson, Chase Campbell, Alexis Hancock, Lily Walther, Kyle Rowland, Cecil Readett, Haylee Turner and Billy Furner.
Notes Sent Home for Students • General permission notes • SRC Fun Day - postponed • Hearing Note
Student of the Week Congratulations to Jack Bomford and Nayte Thompson who have received Student of the Week for the past fortnight. Student of the Week receives a certificate, an extra merit and a canteen voucher.
Year 7 EOI The High School EOI was sent home 2 weeks ago, it is now overdue. Parents please do your best to return these forms ASAP, even if you are not intending on enrolling your child into our local school it still needs to be completed with your preferred choices. SRC Fun Day The SRC Fun Day has been postponed, a new date will be advised in the future. All money will be returned to students. Students Absences As the Government has advised this morning that if you would like to keep your child at home that is your choice. If you decide that is something you would like to do, please contact the school office via phone or email with how long you will keep them at home.
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Easter Raffle Thank you to all the families who donated Easter eggs for the Easter raffle as part of our Harmony Day celebrations. The school is very appreciative of our families supporting new ideas we have come up with. Due to the amount of donations we received we have made a 4th prize. On the raffle ticket books it will say 3 prizes as they were made before the donations had been given. Each family will receive 10 tickets with the newsletter today, each ticket is $1.00. All money, sold and unsold tickets are due back to school by Tuesday 7th April 2020. All proceeds of the raffle will go towards excursions/activities for students. The prizes are pictured below: First Prize Second Prize
Third Prize Fourth Prize Harmony Day The students on Friday participated in Harmony Day activities in their classrooms and cultural games in the playground. The students had a great time working together and learning about the importance of Harmony Day and inclusiveness.
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Easter Hat Parade The Easter Hat Parade on Thursday 9th April will still go ahead for students only. Students will make their hats at school during the week. Students may bring in additional craft supplies for their hats. Prizes will be awarded for one student in each class by special judges. The school will do their best to capture as many photos as possible for parents.
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Great Aussie Bush Camp Excursion The school is still planning to attend the GABC at this current stage. However, we are aware of the current situation and we will act as required. If the school does decide to cancel the excursion all monies paid including the deposit will be refunded. We will try to keep parents updated as best we can but at this present time we won’t have final costings available until Term 2 because of this we will extend the payment period to allow for this if the excursion goes ahead as planned. We thank the parents for the understanding in this matter. Assemblies All assemblies have been cancelled for the remainder of this Term and Term 2 postponed until further notice. We apologise for this but it is now department policy. PSSA Knockout & Trials All PSSA knockouts and trials have been postponed until Term 3 for the present time, it could be longer depending on the developing situation. The school will keep parents up to date with the details. Hearing Tests Thank you to those families who have returned the Sound Scouts hearing test note. Some tests have been conducted as the test requires the students to be tested twice for accurate results. Parents will receive information regarding their child’s results in the coming weeks. Swimming for Sport Swimming for Sport has been cancelled for the rest of the Term. Students will receive a refund in the coming days. Sport will continue at school.
Visiting the school The school would appreciate that all parents report to the office first before entering the playground and/or classrooms from now on as we have to practise social distancing and our student’s health and safety is our main priority. Student Banking Student banking is now closed until further notice, we have been instructed not to continue by the Commonwealth Bank. Mrs Patricia Sharp Relieving Principal
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P&C and Canteen News Canteen is open on Monday’s and Friday’s and will be by ORDER ONLY. Please ensure if your child wants to purchase something from the canteen it is ordered of a morning so they don’t miss out. We have decided that for now we will allow canteen orders to be paid for by direct debit to help us lower our interactions with money. Our direct debit details are as follows: Account Name: BPS P and C BSB: 062-551 Account Number: 1023 9762 Reference: child’s name Please note on the order that you have paid via direct debit as well as send a copy of the payment receipt to Nicole Rixon on 0427 257 759. As most of you would be aware Drovers Campfire has been cancelled. We will no longer be requiring the return of the volunteer forms.
Canteen Roster for Weeks 9 & 10
Presidents Report Dear Parents, Carers, Community Members and Staff, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the previous P&C Executive Committee for the tireless and hard work that they did for our School this past 12 months. Our new P&C Committee for 2020 is as follows President- Nicole Rixon Vice President- Stephanie Friel-Hancock Secretary- Camille Wannan Treasurer- Amber Grover Canteen Co-Ordinator – Krystal Hobden Due to the cancellation of the Drovers Campfire we have lost one of our major fundraisers. This is however not stopping us from continuing to find new ways to fundraise for our school to help with purchases for our students. Our Canteen will continue to run on Mondays and Fridays as per normal until the end of Term. We are asking that you please take note of our new cashless option of direct deposit for lunch payments. This reduces this need for our volunteers to handle money. The Canteen are always looking for people to help volunteer. I promise it isn’t a scary or overwhelming place to be. You are trained over a cuppa and biscuit and your children love to see you in there. Next Term I am looking to reinstate TRY IT TUESDAY!!! I have had quite a few children ask when I would be doing it again as they loved trying something new each week. I am open to suggestions for meals etc to try and am happy to send home recipes for the meals. I am a very approachable person and love to chat so if you have any ideas, concerns or questions relating to the P&C please get in touch and I will be happy to help to the best of my ability. Regards, Nicole Rixon President Boggabri Public School P&C Association.
Friday 27th March Cherie Tumbers Monday 30th March Kate Bomford
Friday 3rd March Amber Grover
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Term 2 1
April/ May
27
SDD
28
First Day back
29
30 1
2 May
4
Mother’s Day Stall
5
6 7 Book Fair Starts
School Photos
8
3 May
11 12
13
14
Biggest Morning Tea & Grandparents Day (could be postponed)
