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PIGEON POST 2019 JULY • 29-2 ~ Spelling Bee Stage

Competitions

• Wed 31 ~ OC 2020 Placement Test

AUGUST • Fri 2 ~ Winterful Disco

• 5-9 ~ Education Week

• Mon 12 ~ Open Classrooms

• 10-18 ~ Science Week

• Wed 7 ~ Yr 6 parents meeting @ 6pm in the Treehouse

• Wed 7 ~ P&C meeting @ 7pm in the ConneXion Hub

• 17-23 ~ Book Week

• Wed 21 ~ Kindy 2020 Info Evening @ 6pm in the hall

NOVEMBER • Sun 10 ~ Belle Property

BALMAIN FUN RUN

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Mr Urben

Mr LaMacchia

Mr Carlton

Ms HammondMs Matthews

Ms Morris

Ms Cooper

Ms Ferguson

Ms WestonMs Yau

Welcome back to Term 3! Can you believe that we’re already halfway through the school year? We started our new term with a song led by Ms Biggins and two of our ministers, Ava and Harrison. Teachers sat with their classes, on the green, to sing and dance along… can you spot them all?

We are looking forward to a BIG term ahead, with Education Week, Science Week and Book Week all coming up. Parents and carers are invited to attend our open classrooms morning on Monday 12 August… keep reading to find out more!

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School Calendar2019 TERM 3 @ BPS

WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT/SUN

122 July Staff Development Day ~ NO STUDENTS

23 July ALL STUDENTS K-6 RETURN TO SCHOOL

24 July 25 July 26 July

2 SPELLING BEE STAGE FINALS

29 July 30 July 31 July OC 2020 Placement Test

1 August 2 August ‘Winterful Disco’ - Tickets available on Flexischools

3EDUCATION

WEEK

PARENT TEACHER

INTERVIEWS

5 August 6 August 7 August P&C Meeting Year 6 parents meeting

8 August 9 August

4SCIENCE WEEK

PARENT TEACHER

INTERVIEWS

12 August OPEN CLASSROOMS - See flyer below

13 August 14 August 15 August Balmain Zone Athletics Carnival @ ES Marks Field

16 August

5BOOK WEEK

PARENT TEACHER

INTERVIEWS

19 August 20 August 21 August Kindy Information Evening

22 August 23 August

626 August 27 August 28 August 29 August 30 August

72 September 3 September

Jump Rope for Heart - Jump Off

4 September 5 September 6 September

89 September 10 September 11 September 12 September 13 September

916 September 17 September 18 September 19 September 20 September

1023 September 24 September 25 September 26 September 27 September

LAST DAY OF TERM 3

BPS event

P&C event

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Positive Pete winners…Congratulations to our Term 2, Week 10

Positive Pete winners…

Nate J (KP), David T (1/2G), Ben S (3/4K) & Keira C (5/6L)

AND

Congratulations to our Term 3, Week 1 Positive Pete winners…

Henry F (KD), Kai McB (1/2B), Zacharie S (3/4M) & Thomas A (5/6Y)

Students will receive their ice-creams on Monday.

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EARLY STAGE ONE & STAGE ONE ~ LEARN LIVE LEAD

K Duruga Lachlan C - Beginning to take risks in his learning. K Potoroo Aidan B - Working mathematically. K/1 Miima Jordan G - Writing excellent sentences during daily 5. 1/2 Banjorah Natasha G - A wonderfully written letter to a friend. 1/2 Collarenebri Zara R - Presenting engaging and neat work over six chapters! 1/2 Gidgjirrigaa Elisya G - Her great recount of her holidays. 1/2 Hielamon Niamh F - A huge improvement in her 5 star writing. Well done!

S2 & S3 ~ POSITIVE PETE & YOU CAN DO IT! (Term 3 ~ Confidence)

S2 Positive Pete - Zacharie S (3/4M) ~ S3 Positive Pete - Thomas A (5/6Y)

3/4 Alura Theo R - A composed, confident performance in the Spelling Bee. 3/4 Kabi Kabi Henry S - Taking pride in his bookwork. 3/4 Malya Billy B - His enthusiasm and entertainment in class - Well done! 4/5 Manbara Monika McB - Demonstrating confidence when sharing her ideas during class discussions. 5/6 Lamalama Leah S-D - Her incredible confidence to present information to her peers. 5/6 Nakkara Alison H - Overcoming self-doubt.5/6 Waka Waka Gemma B - Approaching learning tasks with a new found confidence and with pride! 5/6 Yorta Yorta Leonard S - His confidence and achievement during our class Spelling Bee.

ES1 & S1 ~ POSITIVE PETE & YOU CAN DO IT! (Term 3 ~ Confidence)

ES1 Positive Pete - Henry F (KD) ~ S1 Positive Pete - Kai McB (1/2B)

K Duruga Halle N-W - A confident start to the new term. K Potoroo Sophie W - Trying hard with all of her tasks. K/1 Miima Ben W - Reading confidently during literacy rotations. 1/2 Banjorah Fiona R - Confidently developing her skip counting skills. 1/2 Collarenebri Panya S - Confidently participating during class discussions. 1/2 Gidgjirrigaa Callan H-J - Confidence in sharing his work with the class. 1/2 Hielamon Edward B - Improved confidence in sharing his ideas in whole class conversations. Keep it up!

STAGE TWO & STAGE THREE ~ LEARN LIVE LEAD

3/4 Alura Jayden Y - Always displaying enthusiasm in all subjects. 3/4 Kabi Kabi Julia B - Demonstrating diligence in all learning tasks. 3/4 Malya Hayley Y - Her valuable contributions in class discussions. 4/5 Manbara Olivia S - Consistently showing courtesy and kindness to her peers and teachers. 5/6 Lamalama Andrei L - His outstanding spelling ability during the 5/6L Spelling Bee. 5/6 Nakkara Eva S - Demonstrating self-belief during challenging tasks.5/6 Waka Waka Maya B - Enabling her creative side to thrive in all learning tasks. 5/6 Yorta Yorta Sooyeon K - Her outstanding efforts in our ‘Aboriginal Seasons’ mathematics investigation task.

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STARTING SCHOOL IN 2020? ENROLLING NOW…

KINDERGARTEN INFORMATION EVENING

Wednesday 21 August, 2019 at 6:00 pm.

The information session will be held in the school library.

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PSSA 2019 NETBALL Balmain AThe A team had a great start to term 3 with a 12 - 5 victory! Everybody played as hard as they could, and the team should be proud about the win.

Captain - Ava R Most valuable player - Mahalia B Most improved player - Lara PBalmain BTeam B played really well on the starting game of the term, winning 31 nil. Everybody in the team should be very proud with how they played today.

Captain - Madeleine M Most valuable player - Coco McP Most improved player - Phoebe MBalmain CC team played really well today, almost wining 4-6, our closest game yet. Very proud of all of you!

Captain - Sylvie D Most valuable player - Misha L Most improved player - Keira TJuniorsI think today we played really well this week. It was Balmain vs Nicholson Street and our team did really well in attack and we won 5-4.

Captain - Mirabelle F Most valuable player - Mirabelle F Most improved player - Elena B

SOCCER JuniorsOn a lovely Winter day, the mighty Junior Balmain A’s took on a brave Nicholson St team. We won 9 to 0 - it was a tough game. Drew scored 3 out of the nine goals. Theo was the man of the match for brilliant defending. In the first week of Term 3, our Junior B team faced Birchgrove boys soccer team. Elise scored 1 goal but Birchgrove scored 2 goals. It was a very close game. Lucas was man of the match.

SeniorsThe Balmain A’s versed the Kegworth C’s and we won 10:0 with an amazing 7th goal by our keeper Oscar. Overall Charlie scored 3 goals and Lachlan R x2, Lachlan W x1, Oscar x1, Joe x1, Alexia x1 and Dylan x1Captain - Charlie H Player of the match - Charlie H

The Balmain B team faced off against Kegworth’s D team. Balmain played well, as did Kegworth, but the game favoured Balmain with an 11-0 win. Overall, Balmain did well and played exceptionally as a team. The man of the match was Lucius as he was very coordinated in passing and shooting, and was generally active.

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BPS Athletics - Schedule for 1500m TRACK races

We will be facilitating 1500m races, for interested students, during Week 2.

The 1500m race will take place at Gladstone Park.

Monday 29 July 12 & 13 yrs (senior) girls & boys

11 yrs girls & boys

Wednesday 31 July8, 9 & 10 yrs (junior) girls & boys

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