BROKE PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

18‐26 Cochrane St Broke NSW 2330

T 02 6579 1040 F 02 6579 1242

broke‐p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Dear Parents and Guardians, Welcome back to Term 3. With so much happening this term please keep an eye on the school calendar and any permission notes that are sent home. We started our Project ‘To Infinity and Beyond’ with a visit to the Planetarium. Students experienced a 360 view of outer space, travelled to planets and flew among the Milky Way. The students had so much fun and their inquisitive minds meant we came back to school with so many questions and insights. The students and teachers are excited learn all about this semesters project. The students thought the Planetarium visit was a great launch experience, but they were again taken by surprise when a UFO crash landed on our back oval and Miss Mahony was taken captive. The students needed to complete a range of STEM activities and gain puzzle pieces to complete a circuit. The students used their collaborative, imaginative, creative and reflective skills and made electrical circuits, parachutes, rockets, music tracks and catapults. Everyone had a fantastic day and designed some excellent items. Some of our students comments about our Project Launch: Jarrid ‘this is the best day ever’, Aliesha ‘I loved everything about it’, Kydan ‘I saw the spaceship leave’ ‘The UFO landing on our playground was really amazing and the Planetarium was really informative’ – Shania ‘The Planetarium was very entertaining, and then when I first found out about the alien landing, I was like ‘what’s going on?’ And then I loved the rest of the day” – Cameron ‘The activities we did were very unique, and I am very impressed with how we built a parachute, rockets, and catapults’ – Neo ‘The experience was exquisite. The alien landing was my favourite part’ – Zac ‘I loved the project launch. The Planetarium was amazing, and the alien was funny’ ‐ Aliki

Term 3 Week 2 Achieve with Pride 2nd August 2019

Congratulations We have had news this week of an absolutely amazing achievement for Orlando and Yarra. The boys have been invited to play for the Australian AFL Team and will travel to Fiji next December to represent our country. Boys we are so proud of your talent. Debating Our debating team headed to Bellbird PS on Wednesday for their next round debate. The team had some great ideas and rebuttals however were unsuccessful and Bellbird came away with the win). Well done to Orlando, Zoe, Ellie and Jessica.

Touch Footy Zoe, Shania, Jessica and Kiera represented our school as part of the Singleton Small Schools Touch Footy team. They played hard and showed outstanding sportsmanship and represented Broke PS with pride. Although they didn’t come away with the win, they were commended for their efforts. Well done girls. Camp – Term 3/Week 6 (Mon 26th August –Wed 28th August) If your child intends to participate in our 3‐6 Camp at Aussie Bush Camp please return your permission note no later than Friday 2nd August. Payments need to be completed by Friday 16th August. If you are unable to finalise your payment by this date please let us know and we can organise a payment plan with you. Miss Hedley and Mr Ingram will be attending camp and I will also be supporting throughout their stay. Camp provides fantastic opportunities for team work, building relationships and having fun. NAIDOC Day - Friday 2nd Our annual Small Schools NAIDOC Day takes place this Friday. Techers will meet your children at Milbrodale Public School at our usual starting time (from 8.40am). Students will complete rotational activities and have a sausage sizzle lunch. Students will need to bring their fruit break, water bottle and hat. Students can be collected from Milbrodale Public School at the conclusion of our celebrations, at 2.15pm. Education Week – Awards and Open classrooms Our education week begins on Monday 5th August with the Singleton Learning Community Awards at the Civic Centre. Recipients have already received their invitation, if you would like to attend the ceremony the evening will begin at 6pm (with light refreshments) with the awards presented from 6.30pm. Congratulations to our school award winners (these will be announced after the ceremony on Monday)

We would like to invite family and friends to attend our open classrooms on Thursday 8th August. Our school choir will perform for you at 2.15pm, and then you will have the opportunity to visit your child’s classroom and see and experience the fantastic learning they have been doing. Book Week Parade and Fair Our annual Book Parade will take place on Wednesday 21st August at 9.15am. Our Wombat’s will also be joining in this year, so please save the date and come along to see all of the fantastic costumes. During this week our students will be able to visit our book fair and write their wish lists. The book fair will be open for you to purchase on Wednesday 21st August before and after the parade. This is a great opportunity to buy some high quality reading books and support our school too. A percentage of the sales is given to the school, and we purchase a range of books for our school library.

Zone Athletics We have a number of students attending the Zone Athletics this year, which takes place on Wednesday 7th at Alroy Oval. Mr Ingram will be attending on behalf of our small schools group and will be assisting on the day. Please return any permissions notes. Good luck to all of our students attending, we know you will represent Broke PS with pride and honour. Year 6 Fundraiser Our Year 6 students are starting their fundraising events this term. Their first will be a sausage sizzle lunch which will take place on Thursday 8th August. An order form has been sent home, please complete this and return it to the office with your payment. Mrs Burley and the Year 6 students will be cooking and preparing the lunches on this day. We (Year 6) thank you for supporting our event. We have a lunch meal deal or just a sausage sizzle available. Responsible Pet Kathy and her puppy will visit our school again on Wednesday 7th August. The responsible pet program teaches students from K‐3 how to be safe and respectful around dogs. Change of Term 3 Staff Development Day (Pupil Free Day) Several of our public schools in the Singleton Learning Community will be undertaking Professional Learning together on Monday, 12th August, from 9am to 4pm. This professional learning is called Visible Wellbeing. The keynote speaker, Professor Lea Waters is a positive psychology expert in regards to education, organizations and parenting. Professor Lea Waters has devoted her time to help people thrive using the science of positive psychology. Our schools are striving to create positive wellbeing across our communities, and to strengthen our partnerships with the Where There’s a Will foundation. Because of the availability of Professor Lea Waters in coming to the Singleton Learning Community, our schools have had to rearrange our Staff Development Days. In Term 3, students will return to school on the first Monday back, 22nd July, and then our school will be closed on Monday, 12th August, Week 4, so staff can attend the Visible Wellbeing workshop. A small amount of administrative staff will be onsite during this day. We apologise for the inconvenience that this may cause, but we are giving our communities plenty of notice about this, in preparation for the change

Bilbies Class News Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring! Launching into the project ‘What’s on Earth and Above’, the Bilbies will spend the semester investigating the seasons and day and night. Recently we learnt about shadows. When asked what they thought shadows were, these were some of their responses: ‘Mine follows me everywhere!’ ‘Mine goes to sleep at night’ ‘Oh my gosh, I’ve never thought about it, they’re creepy’

The Bilbies have been smashing their learning goals, learning how to kick a soccer ball, read and write using a bossy ‘e’ (cake, skate, bite) and subtracting using a mental strategies and a number line.

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Week 2 July/Aug

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2 NAIDOC Day @ Milbrodale P.S

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Week 3 August

5 Education Week Education Week Awards night 6pm @ Civic Centre

6 7 Wombats Zone Athletics Responsible Pet Incursion Shake‐a‐leg

8 Yr 6 BBQ fundraiser lunch 2.15pm Education week Open Classrooms

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12 Staff Development Day No students

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15 16 St Caths Netball Gala day

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Week 5 August

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20 Touch Football Gala day

21 Wombats Book Week parade & Book fair 9.10am Shake‐a‐leg

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Week 6 August

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29 30 Father’s day Brekky & stall

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Week 7 September

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Week 8 September

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Week 9 September

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Week 10 September

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