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Tuesday 14th November 2017, Term 4 Week 6

BOURKE PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Bourke Public

School

Calendar of Events 2018 House Captain

Nominations – Tuesday 14th November.

P&C Meeting – Tuesday 14th November.

Reference Group Meeting – Wednesday 15th November.

AECG AGM – Wednesday 15th November.

Primary Rugby Union Clinic – Wednesday 15th November.

2018 House Captain Voting – Thursday 16th November.

Primary Assembly this week – Thursday 16th November.

Primary Scripture this week - Thursday 16th November.

Eternity Aide Visit – Stage 3 Transition Program – Friday 17th November.

Musica-Viva – Monday 20th November.

Year 6 Graduation – Tuesday 21st November.

2018 Leaders Speeches – Tuesday 21st November.

Presentation Night – Tuesday 5th December.

Last day of school for 2017 – Friday 15th December.

Deputy Principal - Miss Margaret Gordon Welcome back from Mid-term break, I hope you all had a wonderful

break and are ready for a busy 5 weeks. Congratulations to the girl’s

netball team that played at the Netball Gala Day last week. They played very well and should be congratulated for their efforts. It was lovely to

see so many Grandparents at BPS last Thursday for Grandparents Day, I hope you enjoyed your time at the school, I know the students loved

having you visit and spend time with them. Year 6 Farewell tickets are

still on sale for $25.00, please purchase them from the front office. Please remember to pack your swimming equipment for sport on Friday.

We still have lots of students not participating because they have forgotten their swimmers. I hope you all have an awesome Week 6.

Week 5

90%

OUR GOAL

93%

Week 6 is here and the run down hill has started. We have 5 weeks of learning left in 2017. We also still have many extra-curricular events over the next 5 weeks. A reminder to all students, parents and carers that students need to wear appropriate shoes and clothing to school. Shoes should be closed in shoes and clothing should be appropriate length and cover the students shoulders. Only one week until the Year Six Graduation which will be held on Tuesday 21st November. Please purchase your tickets as soon as possible at our school office. This week we start the process to select our 2018 Student Leaders. Nominations for House Captains are today (Tuesday 14th November) and voting for House Captains will be on Thursday 16th November. Our 2018 Leaders speeches will be presented on Tuesday 21st November at a Special Assembly starting at 9.30am. All parents/carers and community members are welcome to attend the Special Assembly. Thank you to all the Grandparents that visited our school last week. The smiles on the students faces demonstrated the importance of Grandparents Day. Don’t forget to bring in your Musica-Viva notes and money. The Performance is next Monday (20th November). Kylie Pennell

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD

Term 4 Week 5 2017 Goes to

Sienna Peddle

1D- Miss Duiz In English this week students are beginning to publish and then present their persuasive speeches on a range of topics related to school. Students will present these speeches to their peers next week. In Maths, students are working on developing their skills and knowledge in Mass and Time. Have a super week everyone!

1B- Miss Bradley & Miss Cook

Infants News

Stage 1 AP- Miss Duiz I hope you all had a lovely last Mid-term break for 2017! Remember to bring in your notes for Infants Swimming Scheme which begins next Monday (week 7). Please also continue to come to school every day on time as there are many fun and cool rewards for students with 100% attendance. Please also remember swimmers every Friday for sport.

Messages Any Parents/Carers or

community members who would like to become a volunteer in our classrooms please contact the school.

Year 6 Graduation – Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased at the school office for $25.00.

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

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.

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

Netball Gala Day

Early Stage 1 AP- Miss Mowbray Welcome back after Mid-term break, I hope you all had a lovely weekend! Thank you to all of the grandparent’s that came and visited KM, KF and the EYTC last week. It was wonderful to share our work with you all. Transition continues for the Dingoes and Wombats with Kindergarten this week. The EYTC will be joining KM and KF during the afternoon session and will be learning about Visual Arts. Have a wonderful week of learning!

KF- Miss Finch Welcome to week 6. Thank you to the grandparents who came into our classroom and participated in our lesson. This week we have the Wombats joining us for art on Wednesday and we will be making Yi Peng Lanterns. The lanterns are a tradition in Thailand. Have a fantastic week everyone.

Welcome to Week 6! I hope everyone had a safe and happy Mid-term break. This week we will continue our persuasive writing about the text ‘Hey, Little Ant’. In Maths we will be looking at the topic Data. Don’t forget swimming for sport is this Friday, so remember your swimmers, a towel, a hat and your 50c. Have a great week!

KM- Miss Mowbray Another busy week of learning for KM! In Writing we will be creating stories about the book Hand’s Surprise and discussing and explaining what our favourite fruits are. KM’s sound of the week is the blend cl. In Maths we are focusing on volume and capacity of objects. KM are working on maps in Geography and last week we took a tour of Bourke using Google Maps, which created some amazing discussions.

1C- Miss Cook

Thank you to everyone who came into our class for Grandparents Day. It was so lovely to see you all. I hope everyone had a well-rested Mid-term break. In English we are editing and publishing our persuasive writing on healthy food. During maths, we are learning to create our own graphs and collect data. Don’t forget swimmers, a towel and 50 cents on Friday for swimming

GRANDPARENTS DAY

3H- Miss Heaney Happy Week 6! I hope everyone had a happy and relaxing Mid-term break! 3H will continue to work on their poems this week during English and work on measurement in Maths class. Please make sure home readers come in this week! Swimming for sport this week, don’t forget swimmers, a hat and a towel. Have a great week and don’t forget the Year 6 Graduation.

2D- Miss Dorrington I hope everyone had a wonderful Mid-term break. This week we will be learning about the discovery of Australia. We will follow some explorers on their journey to Australia and gain a better understanding of life as a convict or early settler. We will be labelling the equator, the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere. Don’t forget there is a Rugby Union clinic this week.

BLUEY STAR OF

THE WEEK

Primary News

Positive Behaviour for Learning Fairness

Appreciation Bourke Public School’s Motto for 2017

3W- Miss Wilson

Welcome to Week 6! Last week in maths we were looking at Probability and Chance. We used M&Ms and other materials to determine the Probability of a situation. In English we are continuing our reading of the 13- Storey treehouse and looking at the characters in more depth. I hope you all had a fantastic Mid-term break

Stage 3 AP- Miss Wilson Welcome to week 6! A reminder that Year 6 2018 speeches are next Tuesday morning in our school hall. This is the same day as our Year 6 farewell so please make sure you purchase your tickets from the front office as soon as possible. Please remember to pack a hat and drink bottle as the weather is warming up fast. Have a wonderful week!

3B- Miss Buckley Welcome to week 6! I hope you all had an enjoyable and relaxing Mid- term break. This week 3B will be beginning our research task on Venice and why people would choose to live there. In Mathematics 3B will be using some different measuring devices to determine the mass of different objects. Remember that the Year 6 graduation is next Tuesday. Have a fantastic week!

Stage 2 AP- Miss Griffiths Stage two are working hard within

Science and History. We have been

learning about how the world rotates

around the sun and discovering what

would happen if the sun disappeared.

In history we are all excited to do

role plays on being a person sent to

Australia for the first time. The

students are realising how difficult

life must have been in early times.

2B- Mr Dewberry Welcome to Week 6! Hope everyone had an enjoyable Mid-term break. It was good to see all the Grandparents at school for Grandparents Day. 2B are continuing to work on our English unit Family Forest and are now creating a character profile of their best friend which they will be presenting to the class. In Maths, we will be focusing on Mass and Time. Have a great week

2G- Miss Griffiths This week 2G are looking forward to the Rugby Union clinic. We enjoy learning new skills and working as a team. This week we are learning to tell the time correctly, and timing each other doing various activities. We are learning about where the earth is when it is winter and how it orbits around the sun.

Merit System

Awards

BRONZE LEVEL: Kenneth Johnson

SILVER LEVEL: Lamiah Mintern Koen Robb Letaliah Burford

GOLD LEVEL: Jaidyn Sutton Alyarna Edwards Lucy Zimmer Kynat Waheed Aiden Hyland Logan Lollback

DIAMOND LEVEL: Zuleikia Edwards Jannali Smith Dekota Dallas Janah Hull Taylor Robb Jorjah-Louise Dwyer Hayley Riley-Henderson Tyrah-Jaye Smith Nahteyah Sullivan Sharla Johnson Mahkita Kelly Lachlan Brown

KM- Jannali Smith

KF- Jakydah Gibbs

1D- Deslen Dennis

1B- Lewis Monaghan Niki

1C- Kaleb Lollback

K-3W- Raylan Lollback

President – Lisa Rankmore The P&C would like to say well done to all students that are wearing their school uniform consistently. A reminder that all lunch orders need to be in by 10am each day please. Don’t forget you can get find the canteen menu on the BPS facebook page. Next P&C meeting is Tuesday 14th November (tonight) starting at 6pm in the BPS meeting room.

Miss McKechnie It was fantastic to have Grandparent’s visit the EYTC last week. Our students are going to begin learning a fun song for this week. The Dingoes’ Graduation is Tuesday 28

th November and the Wombats

Graduation is Wednesday 29th

November. Graduations will commence at 2pm in the school hall. Finally, just a reminder that the final day of school for our Dingoes is Tuesday, 5

th December and the Wombats

last day of school is Thursday, 7th

December.

3-6L- Miss Wade Welcome back from our Mid-term break! I hope everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable time. This week in 3-6L we will be focusing on publishing our Information Reports in English. In Maths we will be exploring Mass and how objects can be different sizes, but still weigh the same. In Science we are creating our own sundials and will be conducting an experiment on the shadow the sun casts each hour. Don’t forget swimming for sport on Friday!

AEO Caught Being

Good Awards Jimeara McKellar

& Trae Wilson

Early Years Transition

Centre News

Instructional

Leaders News

Bourke Public School

P&C News

Support Classes News

Miss Bartley & Mrs Roe As your child learns to read, it is very important to listen to him or her read aloud. Reading to you will give your child a chance to improve his or her reading skills with practice. By doing this, he or she will build confidence. As you listen to your child, remember that your reactions are very important. in

Support AP- Miss Nixon All K-6 students have received a note about the Intensive Swimming Scheme that Bourke Public School will be running in weeks 7, 8 and 9 of this term. Infants will be attending in weeks 7 and 8 and Primary students will be going in week 9. Please return your child’s note and money ASAP to secure their position in the scheme, as there will be limited positions available. If you would like your child to participate and do not have a note, please contact the Front Office or myself.

K-3W - Mrs Wood Welcome to Week 6! I hope you all had a lovely Mid-term break and feel rested and ready to go. This week we will be learning about volume and capacity, mass and time. We will be very busy participating in lots of fun experiments. Don’t forget to keep bringing your swimmers, a towel and 50c for swimming on Friday. Have a lovely week everyone!

2-6N- Miss Nixon Welcome to week 6! The second half of the term already! I hope that everyone had an enjoyable Mid-term break. This week 2-6N will participate in a Rugby Union clinic with the other Primary classes. We will also be celebrating Eric’s Birthday. Please remember to send in swimmers, a towel and 50c for swimming on Friday. Have a lovely week.