BUNGENDORE PUBLIC SCHOOL

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

THURSDAY 07 SEPTEMBER 2017, WEEK 8 TERM 3

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TERM 3

Thur 14 Sept Primary Concert

Fri 15 Sept Milo Cricket Yr3&4

Thur 21 Sept Whole School Assembly Y1 hosting

TERM 4

Thur 19 Oct Infants Assembly 2C hosting

Primary Assembly 6B hosting

Fri 20 Oct Twilight Fair

Thur 2 Nov Infants Assembly 2HB hosting

Primary Assembly 3/4P hosting

Mon 7 Nov - Fri 8 Dec Swim School

Thur 9 Nov Whole School Assembly K hosting

Mon 13 Nov - Fri 17 Nov Yr6 Camp

Thur 16 Nov Infants Assembly 1C,1R hosting

Primary Assembly 5F hosting

Thur 23 Nov Kinder Orientation Assembly

Thur 30 Nov Infants Assembly 1S,1T hosting

Primary Assembly 3D hosting

Tue 12 Dec Presentation Day

K - Yr2 9.30am

Yr3 - Yr6 12.15pm

Thur 14 Dec Yr6 Farewell

Fri 15 Dec Last day for students

BUNGENDORE PUBLIC SCHOOL

Presents

THE BIANNUAL PRIMARY CONCERT

14 September 2017

6.30pm

“A Night at the Movies”

Teachers will advise students on the arrival time for

classroom preparations before the performance.

Students will return to their classrooms after their

performance for parents to pick up at the conclusion

of the concert.

Young artists create mural for Gibraltar Street Bungendore’s Kindergarten classes have been flexing their artistic muscle recently to create a large mural for

Gibraltar Street.

The mural will be unveiled on local government election day, this Saturday at 11am at the old Supermarket

site.

Bungendore Rotary will be running a sausage sizzle in conjunction with the mural’s unveiling.

Gibraltar Street Traders donated $100 for art supplies and provided basic materials, including the canvases for

the mural.

Meanwhile, Bungendore Public School also will be running a cake stall, silent art auction and a sausage sizzle

as part of the election day excitement.

HELP NEEDED Are you coming to BPS to vote this Saturday.

Can you help out for 30 minutes on our Cake

stall or BBQ. Please contact the front office to

put your name down.

THANK YOU

LOST PROPERTY

There are many items in the lost property box.

If you think your child is missing some clothing, please check the lost property box outside K/6O.

Most of the items do not have names on them.

To ensure that lost property is returned to your child, please write their name on the tag.

Any items left in lost property at the end to the term will be donated to charity.

DEFENCE NEWS

Hope all our Fathers Day stress balls are getting a work out— but not too much!!

Just a reminder to our defence club children if they are interested, we will be working on our gnomes for

Floriade this week and next week on both the Wednesday and Thursday at

lunchtime in the music room (multipurpose

room).

The gnomes will be taken to Floriade on the

weekend of the 16-17th September where

they will be displayed along with all the other

gnomes in Gnome Knoll.

Michelle English DSTA

PREMIERS SPELLING BEE

Bungendore Public School student Kaeli

Russell made it to the top 4 in the Junior

division of the Premier’s Spelling Bee

regional finals this week, successfully

spelling her way to the second last round

before falling on the word ‘centurion’.

Her classmate Chelsea Clugston also put up a food fight correctly spelling her way through

to the fourth round where ‘debtor’ proved too tricky. The winning word was ‘alkaline’

which gave Maxwell from Captains Flat Public School a ticket to the State finals. Mean-

while, the spelling of ‘pinafore’ and ‘enigma’ bought our two Senior Premier’s Spelling Bee

representatives undone at Nowra on Monday. Andrew Goslett made it through to the final

10 while Isobel Campbell was one of 14 who bowed out during the second round. A

student from Jerrabomberra spelt ‘notoriety’ correctly to win her way to the State finals,

which will be held in Sydney later in the year. A mighty effort and every school would be

and should be very proud of each Spelling Bee contestant. Both Junior contestants and

Senior contestants were given a practice round before starting the competition, where the

first five students were given a word from the Spelling Bee wordlists to demonstrate the

rules of the competition. This was in line with how the school’s Great Spelling Bee was

conducted earlier this term

Premier’s Debating Challenge for Years 5 & 6 Regional Team Trials

Bungendore Year 6s Tom Rudd and Tom Osborne will travel to Jamberoo Public School to try out

for the Illawarra South East Regional Debating Team tomorrow. If successful, one of the boys

will compete with the squad at the State Debating Camp in November. The rule is that not more

than one squad member can come from the same school. It was very pleasing that the school’s

nominations were accepted and we wish both boys the best of luck for the try outs.

P&C UPDATE

7 September 2017

Father’s Day Stall

We hope all the dads, uncles, grandpas enjoyed

their gifts from the kids. This year’s stall was big-

ger and better than last year for all involved and

we are so grateful to our volunteers for making

this happen, thank you!

Rockstar Disco

Wow what a night! Huge thanks to Jennifer who

managed the whole event from start to finish. As

always Jennifer made the night special with lots of

fun for all.

Special thanks to the team of volunteers who

manned the BBQ, served the drinks, popped the

corn and helped with all the kids activities. We

are incredibly grateful for your help because with-

out you there wouldn't have been a disco.

Election Day BBQ & More

There is nothing like a sausage sizzle after you

cast your vote. To assist with the thrill of council

elections we will be having a BBQ, Cake Stall and

Art Auction (BPS class artworks).

If you can bake a cake or two, help us sell sau-

sage sizzles and drinks or assist with the art auc-

tion we’d love your help. Email Nicole and Jen-

nifer at; bungendorepspandc@gmail.com or sign-

ing up here for a shift; http://

www.signupgenius.com/

go/30E0549AEA62BA0FC1-election1

All donations of eggs and labelled baked goods

will be accepted at the front office from Friday

morning until 3:20 pm and then again on Saturday

at the cake stall.

Twilight Fair

We are looking for coordinators of stalls to ensure the fair is a success. If you are interested in run-ning a stall or doing something new then join us at the Twilight Fair meeting, Tuesday 19th Septem-ber 6:30pm in the staff room.

If you can’t make the meeting please contact us via email bungendorepspandc@gmail.com or via PM on our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/BungendorePandC/ or catch one of us at school for a chat.

Next Meetings

Twilight Fair Meeting - Tuesday 19th September 2017, 6:30 pm Staff Room.

P&C General Meeting - Tuesday 24th October 2017, 7pm in the staff room.

Brief look at what we’ve achieved

Interactive LED Panels for Library & Demount-ables

Sensory Garden

Subsidised excursion travel costs for every stage

Musical Instruments

New readers to support L3 Program

Lego packs to continue from the incursion this year ($16,000)

Subsidised Lego Incursion for every student

Signage & New P&C Shed

Skoolbag App

Go to the App Store on your mobile phone

and search “Bungendore” to find it.

Skoolbag will keep you up to date with

everything happening at BPS!

UNIFORM SHOP

TERM 3 OPENING HOURS

OPEN FRIDAYS

WEEKS 1,3,5,7 & 9

8:45am-9:15am AND

3:00pm-3:30pm

$$$ WIN $$$

up to $100!

Lots of prizes Decorated Pot Competition

Buy a pot from K/6O

Entry only $5.00

Competition closes 21.9.07

Support buying Maths resources for our school.

The challenge has been set with Matific’s Maths Competition!

Matific, an online primary maths resource is running a maths competition and we are excited to be taking part!

The Matific Games, which concludes on September 13, 2017, awards students as they progress through the educational activities with stars. The more our students play, the more stars are collected and the

higher the chance of winning the major prize of $20,000 cash!

The best part about this great competition is that screen time, really is learning time with Matific -- a recent academic study showed that Matific helped improve students maths test results by 34%

So let's all get into the competitive spirit and show other schools in our area what we are made of.

For more information visit www.matific.com.au

Piano Tuition

Thursdays and Fridays, after

school and during lunch and recess, All

ages and all styles. Beginners Welcome

Craig Mewett 62300688 or 0409 151 887

COMMUNITY NEWS

Jessica west—Family Day Care—Bungendore

I am taking enrolments for my new Family Day

Care Service. I am located in Bungendore and

have vacancies on Tuesday, Wednesday and

Thursdays.

I am going through Country Children’s Early

Learning. This is an Approved Service offering

CCB and CCR.

Please contact me on 0400 383 542 or Julia on

6236 8305 or at Julia.morphett@ccel.com.au for

further information.

COMMUNITY NEWS

Sacrament of Confirmation

St Mary’s Parish, Bungendore 2017

St Mary’s is running a preparation program for the sacrament of Confirmation for baptised

Catholic children in Year Six or above, who have already received the Sacraments of Recon-

ciliation, and Eucharist.

Confirmation will be celebrated in St Mary’s Church Thursday 26th October, 6:00pm.

Information Session:- Saturday 7th October 1:30pm St Mary’s Hall, 28 Turallo Tce, Bungendore.

Candidates’ Retreat:- Saturday 7th October 2pm – 5:15pm St Mary’s Hall, 28 Turallo Tce,

Bungendore.

Preparation sessions during Saturday Evening Mass, 5:30pm, 7th, 14th, 21st October.

More details and enrolment forms on are on

http://www.stgregorysparishqueanbeyan.com/

sacred-room/sacraments-at-bungendore/ or phone 6238 1247 (11- 5 Wednesdays) or email

bungendore@cg.org.au.

Safety tips for drivers using Drop-off and Pick-up zones • Always drop off or pick up your child from the designated zone and follow the school’s procedures.

• Drivers should remain in their vehicles at all times in the Drop-off and Pick-up zone.

• Make sure children use the Safety Door (the rear footpath side door) to get in and out of the car.

• Make sure the handbrake is applied when the vehicle is stationery.

• Always park legally.

• Avoid dangerous manoeuvers such as U-turns and three-point turns.

School Hols Tennis Clinic,Sept.27-29, Wed-Fri, 8-1(half day),8-6(full day),

kindergarten and up, all standards,Bungendore Park Tennis Club•

Total stroke development-Beginners will be serving over-arm by end of clinic!•

Trophy Singles Tournament (Fri)•Great range of lunchtime activities •McDonald's for lunch

(Fri, full day Pupils)•Free, spare racquets•Prizes galore, heaps of fun•

Enrolment Forms at School front office or ph.Matt McDonald,

professionally qualified Level 2 Tennis Coach, 0412565137