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2017 Attendance

Target

Monday 15th May 2017, Term 2 Week 4

BOURKE PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Bourke Public

School

Calendar of Events GRIP Conference –

Monday 15th May.

CWA Public Speaking –

Tuesday 16th May.

Primary Assembly this

week – Thursday 18th

May.

Support Classes

Excursion to Dubbo –

Tuesday 23rd, Wednesday

24th & Thursday 25th May.

Big Brother Program with

Louth PS – Thursday 25th

May.

Term 2 Mid-term break –

Friday 26th & Monday 29th

May.

Reference Group Meeting

– Wednesday 31st May.

District Cross-Country –

Thursday 1st June.

Director, Sean Andrews

Visit – Thursday 1st June.

Outback Challenge –

Tuesday 6th June.

Western Dance Festival in

Bathurst – Tuesday 6th,

Wednesday 7th &

Thursday 8th June.

Regional Cross-Country –

Wednesday 14th June.

NAIDOC Week –

Monday 19th to Friday 23rd

June.

Deputy Principal - Miss Margaret Gordon Congratulations to all of the Year 3 & 5 students who participated in NAPLAN.

You were all amazing and should be proud of your efforts. Congratulations to the

students who won an award for their art work at the Bourke Show. It was lovely

seeing the Bourke Public School display and all of the students work. Please

remember that students should be attending school every day. The school’s target is

93%. If students wish to attend the Gold Coast excursion at the end of the year they

need to have 100% attendance. Congratulations to the 66 students who attended the

Movie afternoon last week. I enjoyed spending the afternoon with you eating

popcorn and watching Moana on the big screen. The boys and girls have been busy

training for The Outback Challenge which will be held on Tuesday 6th June at

Davison Oval. Teams will be selected later in the term. I hope you all have a

fabulous week.

Week 3

95%

OUR GOAL

93%

Welcome to another terrific Week at Bourke Public School. It’s great to see students wearing their school uniform to school and demonstrating our school pride. Congratulations to our year 3 and year 5 students who participated in NAPLAN last week. All students tried their best in all assessments and should be proud of their efforts. Today our school leaders (Captains, Vice Captains and Prefects) are attending the GRIP Leadership Conference in Dubbo. What a fantastic opportunity for our leaders to further develop their leadership skills and also meet some other school leaders in the area. Thank you to Miss Wilson and Dwayne Willoughby for taking our leaders to Dubbo. NAIDOC week will be held later this term (Monday 19th to Friday 23rd June). Anyone that would like to assist please contact the school. Our 2016 Annual School Report has been released and can be found on our school website or a copy can be collected from our school office. Good Luck to the students participating in the CWA Public Speaking on Tuesday. The term 2 Mid-Term break is fast approaching and will be on the weekend of Friday 26th to Monday 29th May. Kylie Pennell

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD

Term 2 Week 3 2017 goes to

Mataya Edwards

1D- Miss Duiz This week in English 1D are writing another narrative but this one is based on Little Red Riding Hood. In Maths we are learning about two and three dimensional shapes and objects. In home class we are exploring the differences between past and present life in our History unit. Remember it’s cool to be at school!

1B- Miss Bradley & Miss Cook

Infants News

Stage 1 AP- Miss Duiz Welcome to Week 4, wow this term is flying by so quickly! I hope all the Mother’s enjoyed Mother’s Day yesterday and that you all loved your cards and gifts from your child. Remember to bring your home readers back every couple of days and when you read for 25 nights you will receive a certificate at Monday assembly.

Messages

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.

NAIDOC Week is week 9 in term 2, any parents, carers or community members who would like to assist with our NAIDOC week please contact the school.

Website – Bourke Public School has an active website that provides up to date information.

Any Parents/Carers or community members wanting the BPS newsletter emailed to them weekly please contact the school.

Jewellery – Parents are reminded that students are not to wear big and dangly jewellery to school.

Breakfast Club operates every morning from 8am to 8.50am.

School Hours are 8.40am to 3pm.

Don’t forget we have a Dressing Clinic at school every Monday, Wednesday & Friday.

Warrumbungle Excursion

Early Stage 1 AP- Miss Mowbray Week 4, already! It is wonderful to see Kindergarten students receiving Home Reader awards at assembly on Mondays. Don’t forget to keep bringing in your home reader folder so you can collect your awards. Kinder attendance has been wonderful so far this term! Let’s keep it up, remember we have our Zoo day at the end of term for all students who have had less than 3 days absent this term! Have a wonderful week! KF- Miss Finch

I hope all mothers had an enjoyable day and loved their presents. This week in English we will continue to look at more Aaron Blabey books for our author study and produce ‘proud’ writing. In Maths this week KF are looking at grouping and sharing objects. Remember ‘It’s Not Okay to be Away’, let’s try and get 100% and win that Attendance cup.

Welcome to week 4! This week we will begin writing about another Fairytale in English. We will be looking at Goldilocks and the Three Bears. In Maths we will be learning about three dimensional shapes. For Drama this week the students will be breaking down different emotions and explaining how they might look through improvisation. Have a great week!

KM- Miss Mowbray This week in English, KM will be publishing our writing about the text “I Need a Hug” by Aaron Blabey. In Maths, we will be focusing on groups of objects and time. For our Geography unit in the coming weeks, KM students will need to bring in a photo of the environment they live in. If you could please send in a photo of your child’s house or their favourite place that would be greatly appreciated.

1C- Miss Cook

Great effort to all of 1C on their Mother’s day performance at the infants assembly. In English this week, we are looking at Cinderella and creating our own narratives. In maths, we are building three dimensional shapes. We are looking at internal body parts in PDH. Have great week everyone

Premiers Reading

Challenge

Remember if you are participating in the Premiers Reading Challenge

to bring in your reading logs to Miss Wade, so we can log the

books you have read. If you need any more reading logs please let us know, so we can give you new

logs.

3H- Miss Heaney Well done to all Year 5 students on

completing NAPLAN last week, I am sure

you all did a brilliant job. In the classroom

during week 4, 3H will be investigating the

properties of liquids in Science, Year 6

Maths are further developing their skills

to solve extended multiplication problems

and we will begin a new book study during

English. Good luck to the CWA Public

Speakers who are competing tomorrow.

Have a great week!

2D- Miss Dorrington I hope everyone had a terrific time at the show on the weekend. It was lovely seeing so much of our students work on display. This week we are looking at the book ‘Cyclone’ by Jackie French. This is a wonderful book that tells the story of a family experiencing Cyclone Tracey. The English unit will allow us to discuss personification and descriptive language. In Maths we will study subtraction and addition as well as number patterns.

BLUEY STAR OF

THE WEEK

Primary News

Positive Behaviour for Learning Communicate positively with others

Appreciation Bourke Public School’s Motto for 2017

3W- Miss Wilson We hope everyone who attended

the Bourke show had a chance to

see 3W’s amazing artworks

‘Picasso Heads’. This week we are

looking at solids and liquids in

Science by performing some fun

experiments. We will continue

reading our story of ‘Sadako’ in

English and look at the symbolism

in the book ‘Tuesday’. Have a fantastic week!

Stage 3 AP- Miss Wilson Congratulations to the Year 5 students who completed NAPLAN testing last week, we are looking forward to seeing the results later in the year. This week the school leaders are attending the GRIP Leadership conference in Dubbo. I’m sure they will learn loads of valuable leadership skills they can bring back

to BPS. Best of luck to the public speakers, I am sure you will do us all

proud. Have a great week!

3B- Miss Buckley Welcome to week 4! Well done to all of the Year 5 students who completed their NAPLAN assessments last week. You should be proud of your amazing efforts. This week, 3B will be finishing off our Banyan Tree artworks which are the national tree of India. In English we will be learning all about the Chinese New Year and the special events that happen during the celebration. Have a top week!

Stage 2 AP- Miss Griffiths

Everyone is super busy at

Bourke Public School. Year 3 and 5 have finished their

NAPLAN testing for 2017, District

Cross Country is coming up and

also the ICAS Digital

Technologies Test for those students who nominated. Please

remember the Premiers Reading

challenge is still happening as is

the Home Reading Program.

2B- Mr Dewberry Welcome to another week at BPS! A big

congratulations to all the Year 3 students

that participated in the NAPLAN last

week. You should be proud of your

efforts. I hope that all mother’s had a great

day on Sunday for Mother’s Day.

For Science we will be looking at what

types of materials would ‘soak, leak or

repel’. 2B have been learning about

‘Happy, Healthy and Safe’ for PDH which

involves keeping a healthy and active

lifestyle. Have a great week

2G- Miss Griffiths I would like to send a challenge out to 2G for the next fortnight. As discussed with the class today, if you come everyday (on time) you will receive a class reward. Students can have a vote between milkshakes and chips & gravy. Let’s try hard 2G and have all students receive this. I will be out and about tomorrow visiting parents and care givers about Student’s progress.

Merit System

Awards

BRONZE LEVEL:

Charli Dallas Violet Dowling Zuleika Edwards Kaitlyn Kelly Chloe Robb Iona Smith Percy Johnson Raylan Lollback Edward Orcher Jerekai Payne George Wadley Janah Hull Addison Lollback Shenareahar McKellar Shaunee Elwood Danni-Lee Dennis Kobi Williams Hayley Riley-Henderson Edie Crain Nellie Spencer Ellenore Stutsel Charlii Willoughby James Hatch Toby Stutsel Beau Harrod Jakarl Vincent

KM- Olivia Turnbull

KF- Violet Dowling

1B- Crystal Edwards

1D- Ashley Harrod

1C- Xavier Orcher

K-3W- Lateikah Orcher

President – Lisa Rankmore

Please remember Kelly is selling Birthday cakes through the canteen. See Kelly if you would like to know more details. Later this term the P&C will be holding an Eighties Dress up day to fundraise for the Southern Stars dance group. If any parents, caregivers or community members would like to volunteer to help in our school canteen please contact Kelly.

Miss McKechnie This week, our students will continue learning all about the ‘m’ sound. They will also be using clay to make a marvellous artwork. Just a reminder that the Life Education van is coming to Bourke Public School in weeks 9 and 10. Please sign the permission note and give $5 to the office if you would like your child to attend. Have a fantastic week everyone!

3-6B- Ms Bond Welcome to our new students who have settled into our routine quickly. We have had a very busy week. We had our first PCE visit at the PCYC where we participated in team building activities. We had a cook up with Clontarf at Bourke High School. We cooked Chicken Curry and we all ate it. This week we will spend one day fishing at the river. We are all excited to try and catch a fish. Let’s see who catches the first fish! Keep smiling

AEO Caught Being

Good Awards

Laura Hand &

Karen Vincent

Early Years Transition

Centre News

Instructional

Leaders News

Bourke Public School

P&C News

Support Classes News

Miss Bartley & Mrs Roe When kids hear and use the words ‘big’ and ‘little’ they are learning about size.

• Talk about the things you see. “Look at that big cow with her little calf!” • Play finding games with kids. “Can you find a big truck and a little car?” • Talk to kids about size. “You can carry the little one.” • Talk about size while you are out in the bush. “We need to find some big sticks for the fire.”

Support Class AP- Miss Nixon The countdown is on….. Only 1 more week until the Support Classes go on their Excursion to Dubbo! Please try to pay your remaining balance ASAP. You will receive a note this week that outlines the itinerary for the excursion and everything you will need to pack. Please come and speak to me if you have any questions or concerns. Have a lovely week

K-3W - Mrs Wood Welcome to Week 4. The countdown is really on now. Only one more week until our excursion to Dubbo! Please bring in your note and money if you have not done so already. We are enjoying learning about lots of different animals in preparation for our visit to Dubbo zoo. We have been looking at movement in drama, exploring patterns and shapes in maths and investigating weather in science. Keep up the great work

2-6N- Miss Nixon Welcome to week 4! Last week 2-6N

loved learning about peacocks, and

they can’t wait to see them on the

Dubbo excursion! They also created

artworks about the animals to decorate

the classroom. 2-6N enjoyed listening

to stories about ‘Little Red Riding

Hood.’ They particularly enjoyed

hearing about the Wolf’s side of the

story. The class wrote excellent

persuasive texts and discussed point of view. This week we are cooking!