DIARY DATES

Fri 2 Aug

ATSI Incursion (Yrs 1/2/3)Yr 5/6 Canberra Excursion- $50 Instalment DuePlaygroup - 2-3pm

Mon 5 Aug Public Speaking - Stage 3

Tue 6 Aug Zone AthleticsPublic Speaking - Stage 2

Wed 7 Aug Zone AthleticsPublic Speaking - ES1

Thu 8 AugEducation Week Activities/Book Fair/Book Parade-10am

Fri 9 Aug Public Speaking - Stage 1

Thu 15 Aug Basketball Program

Fri 16 Aug P&C Working Bee

Tue 20 Aug STEM Expo - 5.30pm -SHS

Wed 21 Aug Netball Gala Day

Fri 23 Aug LMCC Workshop - (Years 3/4/5/6)

Tue 27 Aug Possum Magic Excursion(Yrs K/1/2)

Fri 30 Aug Fathers’ Day Stall

Thu 5 Sept Premier’s Spelling Bee - Greta PS

Fri 13 Sept Galgabba Cup

Wed 18 Sept Touch Footy Gala Day

Thu 19 Sept School Disco

Wed 25 Sept-Fri 27 Sept Canberra Excursion - Yr 5/6

TERM 3 Week 2 - Thursday 1 August 2019

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

HUNTER DANCE

The girls performed beautifully on Tuesday night. It was an absolutely huge day with rehearsals at Wests Newcastle, followed by the performance that night. The girls should be congratulated on their performance and were model students for the entire event. A sincere thank you to the parents that volunteered to assist with transport and to Mrs Hellier for taking on the girls for this event and rehearsing for the past week. A special mention to Kaitlin R. who performed in the Elite Troupe for Hunter Dance on Monday. They will most likely have the opportunity to attend State Dance later in the year.

ZONE ATHLETICS

Unfortunately, due to bad weather, Zone Athletics has been postponed until next week on Tuesday 6 August and Wednesday 7 August. We wish all of our students attending good luck!

STATE CROSS COUNTRY

A huge congratulations to our five school representatives who competed at Eastern Creek last Friday. The effort and achievements of these students were amazing and goes to show how very talented the students at our small school are.

Results: Tom C. - 3rd Mitch C. - 5th

Harry H. - 6th Emerson L. - 6th

Kaitlin - 30s

NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY

Good luck to Harry and Emerson who have both qualified to represent NSW at the National Cross Country Championships in Wollongong on August 23. This is an amazing achievement and very well deserved.

EDUCATION WEEK, BOOK WEEK & GRANDPARENTS SPECIAL DAY

The children are looking forward to our Book Week Parade, where they will all have the opportunity to show off their costumes at the parade. We will also be inviting our pre-schoolers and siblings to join in. The theme for Book Week for 2019 is:

Please note our parade has been pushed back by 30 minutes and will commence at 10am. After the parade we will invite our visitors to come into the classroom to read a book and have a look at some student work samples. You may then wish to visit the Scholastic Book Fair in the hall, where books and stationary will be available for purchase. Parents and grandparents are welcome to stay for morning tea. Lamingtons, tea and coffee will be available for a gold coin donation for your guests.

OPEN CLASSROOM PLAYGROUP

Reminder: Tomorrow, Friday 2 August, our Kindy classroom will be open from 2-3pm to allow for any siblings, neighbouring families or friends that would like to come along and have a play in the classroom to familiarise themselves with our environment. This is a great opportunity to potentially meet other families also. Other opportunities for open classrooms will occur in Weeks 5 and 8.

PUBLIC SPEAKING

Zone Public Speaking will be held next week, with the following children representing their stages at locations across our region:

• Early Stage 1: Sophie M. Lyla N.

• Stage 1: Chloe R. Eden A.

• Stage 2: Lily R. Maili P.

• Stage 3: Grace H. Kaitlin R.

YEAR 5/6 CANBERRA EXCURSION

The next instalment of $50.00 is due tomorrow, Friday 2 August, for this excursion. Prompt payment would be appreciated.

LIVING SMART FESTIVAL

We will be entering a stall in the upcoming Festival and require donations of bread tags to create a sign for the stall. Tags can be left at the school office. Thank you.

GARDEN STALL

We will be holding a garden stall this afternoon. Produce available includes kale, spinach, eggs, peas, cauliflower, broccolli and mandarines. Come along and grab a bargain.

P&C NEWS

The next P&C meeting will be held on Tuesday 6 August at 6pm. All welcome.

Our Working Bee has been postponed to Friday 16 August due to the wet weather. If you are available to help out, even for just an hour, please come along and join us.

Kim Harris - Principal

DYSLEXIA OR LEARNING DIFFICULTIES? Some children experience reading and learning difficulties as a result of

visual perception problems caused by

Irlen Syndrome/Scotopic Sensitivity Irlen Syndrome can cause Dyslexia and difficulties with:

• Spelling Writing • Comprehension Concentration • Fatigue Eye Strain

IRLEN DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC NEWCASTLE

Suite 3/136 Nelson Street Wallsend 2287

Phone 49 556904

Regional Clinics Taree: 0409653700 Central Coast: 0414685283

www.irlendyslexia.com

WALLSEND TOUCH Junior Comp STARTS TUESDAY - 20 AUG 2019

All Teams receive FREE Steeden Touch Ball! Players receive NEW Playing Singlet!

Official Refs! Same location each week! Airconditioned Clubhouse!

CUBS – 4/5/6 Years

7s, 9s, 11s,13s, & 15s Girls and Boys

Easy Online Registration Process Register your team for FREE

Players pay online afterwards

WWW.WALLSENDTOUCH.COM.AU

Blacksmiths Public School - Term 3 - 2019Term

3 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT SUN

122 July

Staff Development

Day

23 July

Students Return for

Term 2

4 July 25 July 26 July 2728

July

229 July 30 July

Hunter Dance

(Shows at:11.30am & 6pm)

31 July 1 August

Hunter Dance

(Extra Group Activity)

2 August

ATSI Incursion (Yr 1/2/3)

Playgroup (K-2-3pm)

34

Aug

3

5 August

Public Speaking-S3

EDUCATION WEEK

6 August

Zone Athletics

Public Speaking-S2

P&C Meeting - 6pm

7 August

Zone Athletics

Public Speaking-ES1

8 August

Education/Book Week

Activities/Book Fair

9 August

Public Speaking-S11011

Aug

412 August 13 August 14 August 15 August

Basketball Program

16 August

P&C Working Bee

1718

Aug

519 August 20 August

STEM Expo

(5.30pm at Swansea HS)

21 August

Netball Gala Day

(rescheduled from Term 2)

22 August 23 August

LMCC Workshop

(Yrs 3/4/5/6)

2425

Aug

6

26 August 27 August

Possum Magic Exc

(Yrs K/1/2)

28 August 29 August 30 August

Fathers’ Day Stall

31Aug

1Sept

72 September 3 September 4 September 5 September

Premier’s Spelling

Bee Finals - Greta PS

6 September 78

Sept

89 September 10 September 11 September 12 September 13 September

Galgabba Cup

1415

Sept

916 September 17 September 18 September

Touch Footy Gala Day

19 September

School Disco

20 September 2122

Sept

1023 September 24 September 25 September

Canberra Excursion

(Yrs 5/6)

26 September

Canberra Excursion

(Yrs 5/6)

27 September

Canberra Excursion

(Yrs 5/6)

2829

Sept

Hols30 September 1 October 2 October 3 October 4 October 5

6Oct

Hols7 October 8 October 9 October 10 October 11 October 12

13Oct