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17 August 201817 August 2018

Principal’s ReportDear Parents and Caregivers,

Enrolling Now- Kindergarten Students for 2019

If you have a pre-schooler or have neighbours or friends withpre-schoolers in our drawing area who are turning 5 years ofage before the 31st July 2019 please see the school office foran enrolment application. If your child is turning 6 in 2019 theymust attend school next year.

Our kindergarten orientation program starts in Week 3 of nextterm on Tuesday 30th October.

Please contact us about 2019 enrolments now.

Education Week

Blacktown South Public School had a fantastic time celebratingEducation Week last Tuesday. Thanks to the many parents,caregivers, grandparents and family members who attendedour open classrooms. Our teachers and students were thrilledto share the great learning and work that has been happeningin our classrooms over the year.

Following recess many family members stayed on to be partof our Performing Arts Concert, showcasing the talents of ourchoirs and dance groups. I would like to congratulate thestudents and teachers of the Vocal Ensemble, Senior Dance,Recorder Group, 1-2 Dance Group, Kindergarten Dance

Group, Boys Dance Group, Years 3&4 Dance Group and MiniMelodies for their outstanding performances.

On Wednesday our Vocal Ensemble, Senior Dance Group,Years 1-2 Dance Group, Boys Dance Group, Junior (Years3&4) Dance Group, and Recorder Group performed as part ofEducation Week at Westpoint Shopping Centre. It was fantasticto be able to showcase our school’s talent to the widercommunity. Thanks again to the many parents and familymembers who supported our students as part of our veryenthusiastic audience.

SRC Book Week

The SRC Book Week Dress-Up Day was held today. Whatan array of characters were on display. Thanks parents andteachers for supporting this day and raising money for DroughtRelief to support our struggling farmers- a very worthy cause.Thanks to the many families and staff that gave a little more,over $2,200.00 was raised to date.

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School Swimming Program

The School Swimming Program starts next week and continuesin Week 6.

Group1

Monday 20th August toFriday 24th August

Year 2 students, 3HW &3K attending

Group2

Monday 27th August toFriday 31st August

Remaining Year 3, 4, 5 &6 students attending

Information about what to bring and the arrangements was senthome to Group 1 earlier in the week.

Premier’s Spelling Bee

Congratulations to Dylan Lilian and Varad Joshi our juniorrepresentatives and Vansh Saini and Nilesh Kannan our seniorsrepresentatives for the Regional Finals of the Premier’s SpellingBee to be held in September. We wish all four of ourrepresentatives every success.

P&C Meeting

Our next P&C meeting will be held in the school hall on Tuesday21st August at 9.30am- this is a day meeting.

Mrs Price will start the meeting with a 20 minute demonstrationand talk about some of the ways we are integrating technologyinto our learning programs across the school.

All are most welcome to attend.

K-2 Sports Carnival- Wednesday 29th August

Parents of K-2 Students are most welcome to join us for theK-2 Athletic Carnival on Wednesday 29th August starting10.00am. It will be a fun day.

School Website Update

The Department of Education has migrated our School Websiteto a new platform to provide greater access for people withvision and hearing impairment or families needing translationservices.

This has made the loading of photos and some notes a littlemore complicated. We will continue to ensure our newsletterand most important notes are loaded on to our website.

We are exploring additional forms of social media to provideparents with timely access to photos of excursions and specialevents.

Token Fun Day

Term 3 is the time that the School (not including the P&C) holdsour one big fundraising activity- ‘Token Fun Day’.

Token Fun Day will be held in Week 10, on Wednesday 26thSeptember. It is a great day in which the whole school enjoysa range of fete type stalls, games and activities during thetwo hour middle session. It involves a huge amount of effortand coordination on the part of our staff. Our aim is to raiseover $10,000 to put towards much needed teaching resourcesacross our school.

Please support our endeavours throughout this term as weprepare for this great day. We will be sending out requests

for donations. It may be for things such as lollies, little luckydip prizes, face-paint or coloured hair spray. Every item, everydonation that is made means that there is less outlay and agreater profit at the end.

Please support us in making the 2018 Token Fun Day the mostsuccessful yet.

Andrew BowmerPrincipal

Cultural Calendar for AugustDear Parents I endeavour to include as many cultural eventsas possible, unfortunately I do accidently miss some. If I havemissed an import cultural event for your culture or religionplease inform me so I can correct it in the coming newsletter.Thanks for your help.

August 17th Independence Day – Indonesia, NationalDay – Gabon

August 19th Independence Day – Afghanistan

August 22nd Eid Al Adha (Muslim) is also called the"Festival of Sacrifice", is the second of twoIslamic holidays celebrated worldwide eachyear.It honours the willingness of Ibrahim(Abraham) to sacrifice his son as an act ofobedience to God’s command.

August 24th National Day – Ukraine

August 25th Independence Day – Uruguary

August 27th National Day – Republic of Moldova

Raksha Bandhan (Hindu) is observed on thelast day of the Hindu lunar calendar monthof Shraavana, which typically falls in August.On this day, sisters of all ages tie a talisman,or amulet, called the rakhi, around the wristsof their brothers, ritually protecting theirbrothers and receiving a gift from them inreturn.

August 31st National Day – Kyrgzstan, Malaysia, Trinidad& Tobago

Principal’s Reading AwardsCongratulations to the following students from Kindergarten –Year 6 who have been awarded the Principal’s Reading awardfor 100 nights of home reading.

Danesh Udachia Shiv Dobariya Bianca Zhang

Hamza Khan Abdul Qazizada Mahi Patel

Krisha Patel Akshara Maginthan Adi Patel

Cayley Menzies Alvar Singh Rayna Hu

Felix Guan Whitney Shwe Joleon Villalon

Gabrielle Temiz Arya Patel Aanya Kumar

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Brayden Foster Mopin Bakhiet Michelle Dasan

Inez Mudhar Rhina Jeffrey Vania Kaur

Adam Alseri Sharmaine Maralang Deeta Mehta

Surya Raj Katie Hoeta Teisha Kansara

Roshni Walia Abdul Qazizada Hamza Khan

Indra Shrey Hira Jafari Nazmin Khondokar

Sunay Patel Aarav Arora Jaskaran Singh

Trisha Patel Boen Wang Arooran Muhundan

Zannatul Marzana Angadbir Singh Brar

Support Aaliyah making a differencethrough the Charity ‘Variety’Awards

Aaliyah is a Year 5 student at Blacktown South Public Schoolwho is raising money for a very special cause. Please see theinformation and link below.

Help Aaliyah's big chop! make a difference

https://hairwithheart.everydayhero.com/au/ar

I have been growing my hair for a very long time with thegoal to make a difference by cutting and donating my hair tobe made into a wig for someone who has lost their hair dueto a medical condition. I'll be chopping off a huge 38cm inSeptember! (date to be confirmed shortly) Wigs cost families upto $6,000, lasting 1-2 years, meaning families can spend a lotof money throughout a child’s youth. By making a donation toVariety - the Children's Charity, you can help provide a wig orother vital equipment to a child in need. Thank you for helpingkids in need.

Year 2 AFL Sporting Schools ProgramPlayers from the GWS Giants came to meet our excitedstudents for their first session on 1st August. Lachie Whitfieldand Brett Deledio coached 2C, introducing them to the AFLskills required to play the sport. A media team from the AFLaccompanied the players and filmed our students in action.

Miss Sheaves

Debating NewsThe debates in the Premier’s Debating Challenge have beenfinalised for the zone in which Blacktown South Public Schoolhas competed.

Blacktown South Public Stars won their last debate againstDoonside Public Dingoes. They have won all their debates inour zone. Blacktown South Public Orators won their last debateagainst Minchinbury Public Motivators and they won three outof their four debates. We are eagerly waiting for news aboutwhich team Blacktown South Public Stars debates against inthe zone ‘play-offs’.

Blacktown District Debating Competition has two more roundsbefore the competition finishes.

On Tuesday 21st August, Blacktown South 1 will be debatingagainst The Meadows. The topic is team sports are better thanindividual sports. Blacktown South 2 will be debating MetellaRoad on Thursday 6th September with the same topic.

Year 4 Library Book BorrowingThe teacher librarians at Blacktown South Public School haverecently noticed that the number of Year 4 students borrowingregularly has declined. Students were asked if the requirementto remember to bring a library bag each week was the mainreason for this decline in borrowing and

they replied that it was.

In an effort to see this trend reversed and to encouragestudents to borrow books regularly from the school library, fromWeek 2 of this term, Year 4 students will no longer be requiredto have a library bag to borrow.

Should you require any further details or clarification about thismatter, please contact Mr Arundel in the library.

How to find our School PBL lessons onour website

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Blacktown South has Twitter! Please likeus…

Keep up to date with what is happening in and outside ofthe classroom. Click on the link below or use the QR code todownload and join Twitter.

http://twitter.com/

Don't forget to follow the school page.

https://twitter.com/blacktownsthps

The School Opal CardBusways has asked all parents who have children catching abus to remind them that they must remember to tap on at thebeginning of their trip and off again at the end of their trip. Thisis a condition of using the School Opal Card.

Data being gathered shows that not all students are doing this.If students do not tap on and off, services may be cancelleddue to the lack of recorded patronage.

Please remember it is the parent’s responsibility to maintain/update any changes of details, this will ensure you will receivenew Opal cards as requested.

POP PaymentsA reminder to parents making payments through the POPsystem to please check that you have logged into the correctschool. We have had a few instances lately of parents fromother schools paying for excursions etc through our school’saccount, this creates quite a bit of paperwork to reverse thetransaction.

To make a POP payment simply log onto Blacktown SouthPublic School’s website and click on the $ icon which will directyou to our school’s POP portal.

Thank youClaire Dobbie

Healthy CanteensFrom the start of Term 3, the canteen will have a new menu thathas lots of new healthy items.

We are phasing out the less healthy items and replacing themwith fresh, natural ingredients that will be made from scratch onthe premises.

Although the new Healthy Canteen guidelines do notcommence until 2020, as a community, we want to be the firstin the region to make the changes.

There are lots of amazing new foods that the kids will love.

“Healthy Canteens whole philosophy is to provide your childrenwith healthy alternatives. Michelle and Kristy, our canteenladies, have built up great relationships with the communityand all of the students, and it’s time to phase the non-healthyalternatives out of the canteen for good.

Each day, the kids are so eager to try the fresh cooked food,and the sales of our healthy counter items have significantlyincreased, so the time is now to make the change.

Healthy Canteens is only going to get better as we truly wantwhat is best for our students”.

Thank you.Healthy Canteens

P&C News

Fathers’ Day stall

The P&C will be holding our Fathers’ Day Stall on Tuesday 28thAugust. On this day children will be able to purchase a Fathers’Day gift for Dad, Grandfathers etc. The gifts will be $5.00 eachand children will have a wide range of gifts to choose from.

If anyone is available to help out on the day please meet at theschool hall at 9.15am. Morning tea, lunch and drinks will beprovided. All volunteers on the day will need to ensure they havesigned in at the office and have completed a Declaration for

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Volunteers and Non Child Related Contractors form. A WWCnumber is not necessary.

It’s time to purchase your Entertainment Books!!

Our fundraiser this term will be the sale of the ‘Entertainmentbooks’. You are able to purchase these in either a digital format(for your smartphone) or a hard copy book. For $65 theEntertainment book is fantastic value as it is full of a varietyof vouchers that can be used at restaurants, cafes, movies,museums, hotels, flights, online shopping and many moreplaces! There are thousands of dollars to be saved!

If you would like to make a purchase, please click on thefollowing link. Please feel free to share the link with your familyand friends.

https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/215g669

You are able to have a look at the book by either clicking on thefollowing link or there is a copy in the front office for you to readthrough.

https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/flickbook/sydney-greater-west

Remember, this is a fundraiser and for every book we sell wemake $13, so if we sell 100 books then that’s $1300 that canbe used for improvements in the school and classroom!

So let’s all get on board and help sell as many EntertainmentBooks as we can!

Follow Blacktown South P&C on Facebook!

We now have a Blacktown South Public School P&CFacebook page. This page is run by the P&C and is a forum forfamilies of BSPS to stay up to date with our fundraising events,what’s happening in the school and to communicate with theP&C. So if you are on Facebook just search the following to jointhe group:

Blacktown south public school P&C

School Banking

School banking is on every Tuesday. To join school banking,your child will need a Youthsaver account. If your child doesn’thave an existing Youthsaver account, there are 2 simple waysto open one:

Students earn 1 token for each time they bank and once theyhave earned 10 tokens they are eligible for a reward. Thereare 2 rewards available each term. Don’t forget once you have10 tokens fill in your rewards slip and send it in with yourbankbook. If you don’t have the rewards slip please send us anote in your bankbook and we will send one home with you.

Remember, it’s not the amount you deposit; it’s theconsistency of banking that will help you earn great prizes!

A reminder to all our bankers can you please ensure you fillin ALL parts of your deposit slip including name, studentnumber, account number, date and amount beingdeposited. We have had several students not completingtheir deposit slips and this is very time consuming for us tohave to fill them all out. If you fail to complete your depositslip your bank book will be returned to you and the moneywill not be deposited.

Uniform shop

The uniform shop is open on Monday’s from 2-3.15pm andThursday’s from 9-11am. If anyone is available to help out inthe uniform shop please see Kim Jeffreys on either a Mondayor Thursday at the uniform shop.

If you have any questions about the P&C or would like to helpout with the fundraising events please contact me on 0403694 898 or Kerrie.barton1@det.nsw.edu.au

Kerrie BartonP&C President

Next meeting

Our next P&C meeting is on Tuesday 21st August at 9.30am inthe hall. The meeting only goes for 1 hour and it is a great wayto find out about the fundraising events that are planned for theyear and what is happening in the school.

If you have any questions about the P&C or would like to helpout with the fundraising events please contact me on 0403694 898 or Kerrie.barton1@det.nsw.edu.au

Kerrie BartonP&C President

BLACKTOWN SOUTH PUBLIC SCHOOLCALENDAR

2018

TERM 3

Week 4

Friday 17th August 3-6 Assembly – 3E

PSSA

Book Week Starts

Week 5 Swim School Week 1

Monday 20th August Community Play Group

Tuesday 21stAugust

P & C Meeting – Day

Wednesday 22ndAugust

• Visit commbank.com.au/schoolbanking and click onthe link to open a Youthsaver account, or

• Visit any Commonwealth Bank branch withidentification for you and your child (Driver’s licenceand birth certificate) and they will assist you inopening up a Youthsaver account.

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2018

Thursday 23rdAugust

Blacktown District Debating

Friday 24th August PSSA – Semi Finals

Week 6 Swim School Week 2

Monday 27th August

Tuesday 28thAugust

P & C Fathers’ Day Stall

Wednesday 29thAugust

P & C Fathers’ Day Stall

K-2 Athletics Carnival

Thursday 30thAugust

K-2 Assembly – 1P

Friday 31st August 3-6 Assembly – 5/6N

PSSA Night Finals

Week 7

Monday 3rdSeptember

K-2 Athletics Carnival

Tuesday 4thSeptember

Zone Athletics Carnival

Wednesday 5thSeptember

Year 2 Excursion for Classes 2B,2H, 2M and 2S

Thursday 6thSeptember

District Debating

Friday 7thSeptember

PSSA Night Finals

Year 2 Excursion for Classes 2C,2PK and 1/2L

Week 8

Monday 10thSeptember

Playgroup

Tuesday 11thSeptember

P & C Meeting – Night

Shooting Star Assemblies

Wednesday 12thSeptember

Maths Olympiad

Year 2 AFL

Thursday 13thSeptember

K-2 Assembly K/1S

BLC Student Leaders Day

District Debating

Friday 14thSeptember

3-6 Assembly – 6V

Please click below for any notes that have gone home inthe past fortnight that you might have missed:

COMMUNITY NEWSAt Blacktown South Public School, we support our localcommunity. Click on the links for further information.

SCHOOL CONTACTSBlacktown South Public School183 Flushcombe RoadBlacktown NSW 2148Ph: 9622 6034, 9622 2449Fax: 9831 2379Email: blacktowns-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Principal: Mr Andrew Bowmer

Deputy Principals: Mrs Kathy Pizzinga and Mrs Kathy Price

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Assistant Principals: Early Stage 1 – Ms Michelle Cremona(Relieving)

Stage 1 – Mrs Renee Radecki and Miss Matilda Lee(Relieving)Stage 2 – Miss Bec Elgood (Relieving)Stage 3 – Mr Matthew van Trier (Relieving)

Senior Administration Manager: Mrs Claire Dobbie

School Administration Officers: Mrs Robyn Taylor, Ms DorisMifsud, Mrs Sharon Hawtrey, Mrs Kerrie Lee-Eyles & Mrs BevMills

School Counsellors: Ms Jennifer Ransley and Ms Keita Rennie

P&C AssociationPresident: Mrs Kerrie BartonVice President: Miss Kim JeffreysSecretary: Shabana AliAssistant Secretary: Mandi AshrafTreasurer: Mrs Nicole McDonaldAssistant Treasurer: Renee Tsingolis

CanteenCanteen Manager: Mrs Michelle MillingtonClothing PoolUniform: Miss Kim Jeffreys

The Uniform Pool is open every Monday afternoon from 2.00pmto 3.00pm and Thursday morning from 9:00am to 11:00am.

School Assemblies

K-2 Assemblies Thursday 2:15pm – 3:10pm – Even Weeks3– 6 Assemblies Fridays 2:15pm – 3:10pm – Even Weeks

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