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Persistence Pride Excellence

Principal’s Report

Dear Parents/Caregivers, Welcome back to all of the students and families of Bligh Park Public School. I especially welcome all of the new families and hope that you enjoy your association with our wonderful school. I hope that everyone had a great Christmas and a relaxing holiday. The staff of Bligh Park Public School look forward to a fantastic 2018, full of lots of learning, laughter and many great achievements throughout the year.

It was fantastic to welcome our new Kindergarten students last Thursday. Well done to all our Kindergarten students and their families for making such a smooth transition to ‘big school’. The students were very settled on their first day of school and interacted very well with their new classmates. Thank you to Mr Ellis, Miss Boyd, Mrs Saunderson and our Year 6 buddies for the

wonderful job they have done settling our Kindergarten students into school life at Bligh Park Public School. We welcome all Kindergarten families to the Bligh Park Public School community and hope that you enjoy your association with our wonderful school.

Weekly:

Library Scripture - Tuesday Student Banking - Tuesday Uniform Shop 2:45 - 3:15pm

Tuesday & Thursday

Fortnightly:

Newsletter Thursday - even weeks

Assembly Wednesday - even weeks

Monthly:

P&C Meeting 7.00pm 3rd Monday of month

Recent Notes:

2018 Class Requirements 2018 Library Timetable Email address request for

Newsletter distribution Class Welcome - Stage 2

classes

Diary Dates:

Tuesday 13 February Swimming Carnival Thurs & Fri 15 - 16 February Leadership Camp Wednesday 21 February Parent Information Night: K-2 starts 3:15pm Stage 2 starts 4:00pm Stage 3 starts 4:45pm Friday 2 March Clean Up Australia Day Monday 5 March District Swimming Carnival Tuesday 6 March School Photos

Learning for Life

Term 1 Week 2 No. 1 8 February 2018

Bligh Park Public School 64 Alexander Street, BLIGH PARK NSW 2756 Phone: (02) 4572 7067 Fax: (02) 4572 6642 Email: [email protected]

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Congratulations to all students from Year 1 to Year 6 for the great start that they have made to the 2018 school year. The students are very settled in their new classes and are working extremely well. This has been very pleasing to witness, as it has contributed significantly to an extremely smooth start to the year. Well done to all staff who have worked incredibly hard to ensure all students are placed in the best possible learning environment.

A very warm welcome to Mr Futcher, Miss Hemphill & Mr Ellis as they join our very dedicated teaching and leadership team at Bligh Park. Mrs Grech and Mr Futcher are relieving Assistant Principals for Stage 2 and Stage 3 and we welcome them both to the Leadership team.

On Monday morning, I met with Linda Strickland and Lynne Dunne from Hawkesbury Helping Hands which was very exciting, as the school is forming a partnership with this organisation.

The first of our projects was the delivery of ten new backpacks full of supplies, and around a hundred pairs of socks that went straight to those students who required assistance.

The second project is to re-establish our breakfast club. The breakfast club will operate two mornings each week, Monday and Friday from our school canteen with all supplies and voluntary assistance from Hawkesbury Helping Hands. This program is called Fuel for Learning.

I would like to thank Linda and her wonderful team for the assistance that they providing and look forward to developing this partnership.

2018 School Leadership Team Congratulations, to our school leadership team for 2018. Thank you for taking up the challenge of student leadership and being selected from a very competitive field. These students are such important role models for every student in our school.

I wish you all the best as you learn from this wonderful opportunity.

Our 2018 School Leaders are:

School Captains: Taylea 5/6P and Jordan 6F

School Vice Captains: Maddison 6F and Ryley 6F

Senior SRC: Brianna 6F, Aidan 6F, Crystal 6F, Jackson 6F, Wen 6F, Asad 6F

Year 5 SRC: Bindi 5/6P and William 5W

House Captains and Vice Captains:

Allunga

Captains: Hayley 5/6P and Jacob 5/6P

Vice Captains: Makenzie 5/6P and Daniel 5W

Bindaree

Captains: Emily 6F and Cory 5/6P

Vice Captains: Katelyn 6F and Trae 6F

Goonagulla

Captains: Tarnice 5/6P and Joshua 6F

Vice Captains: Phoenix 5/6P and Joshua 5/6P

Teangi

Captains: Tiarna 6F and Ryley 5/6P

Vice Captains: Shanaya 6F and Koda 5/6P

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SRC Representatives 2H -Enzo 2K - Chase 3C - Brodie 3/4G - Eve 4B - Tayla

2018 Classes Team Leader: Mrs Saunderson KB Miss Boyd KC Mr Ellis 1D Mrs Gatt (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday) and Mrs Driver (Monday and Friday) 1H Miss Howard 2H Miss Hemphill 2K Miss Khalifeh Team Leader: Mrs Grech 3C Miss Card 3/4G Mrs Grech 4B Miss Morrison Team Leader: Mr Futcher 5 W Miss Williams 5/6P Miss Patterson 6P Mr Futcher Support Classes Team Leader: Mrs Casey K-6M Mrs McDermott 3-6S Mrs Hemmingway 3-6C Mrs Casey

Learning and Support Mrs Conroy & Mrs Knippers-Blake

Instructional Leader K-2 Mrs Taylor RFF Miss Ferris & Miss Bourke

Our non-teaching team for 2018 School Learning Support Officers Mr Eccles – Support Unit Mr Barnes - Support Unit Mrs Roos - Support Unit Ms Johnson - Support Unit Mrs Kaun - Mainstream

School Counsellor Mrs Condon School Chaplain Bec Kenny

Administrative Staff Mrs Trevarthen - Administrative Manager Mrs Hurst - Admin. Officer Mrs Benson - Admin. Officer Mrs Dobson - Admin. Officer General Assistant - Mr Schroder Canteen Supervisor - Mrs Murphy Cleaning Staff - Di & Hazel What a great team! School Swimming Carnival Our annual school swimming carnival will take place on Tuesday 13 February at the Hawkesbury Oasis Swimming Centre. Parents and community members are most welcome to come along and join in on the day’s activities and support our students as they participate in their swimming events.

Parent Information Sessions This year, we will be holding our Parent Information Sessions on Wednesday 21 February.

These sessions provide information relating to Stage expectations, homework, classroom routines and expectations, overview of the units of work that will be covered throughout the year.

The organisation for the evening is listed below: K-2 starting at 3.15pm in the library, stage 2 starting at 4pm in Miss Card’s classroom and stage 3 starting at 4.45pm in Mr Futcher’s classroom.

This is a wonderful opportunity to meet your child’s teacher and see their classroom but it is not a suitable time to ask individual student’s questions. If you need to speak with the teachers individually, please organise a suitable time.

We look forward to seeing all of the Bligh Park Public School community, as well as meeting the new parents who have joined our great school in 2018 during the parent information sessions.

If you have any concerns, which you would like to discuss please contact the school office to make an appointment. Take care Joan Westerweller

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School Photo Day

School photo day will be Tuesday, 6 March 2018.

To achieve the best result for class photos, students should wear full summer school uniform on this day – summer

check tunic and white socks for girls; sky blue shirt, navy shorts and navy socks for boys, including black shoes for both boys and girls, hair neat and tidy.

If your child is outgrowing their uniform and you were considering buying new ones, please get your order in quickly to allow sufficient time for orders to be received. Our uniform shop is open Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 2.45 – 3.15pm, or alternatively, most items are stocked at Brynorms uniform specialists in Richmond.

Photo order forms will be sent home as soon as received from the photographers. Please note MSP Photography this year are requesting payment online using credit or debit cards from Mastercard or Visa. You must record the order reference number on the photo order form and return the form to the class teacher by Monday, 5 March. Late orders will not be accepted at school and any late orders placed with the photographer will incur a minimum late fee of $20 per order.

School Swimming Carnival The 2018 Bligh Park Public School swimming carnival is almost upon us. The carnival will take place on Tuesday, 13 February - we ask that students be at school and ready to depart by 8.45am.

This year non-swimmers and spectators will not be able to enter the water, however for students not competing we will be offering novelty events at various points throughout the day. Novelty events will be undertaken with teacher supervision on land and will include a range of water activities that will involve participating students getting wet.

To participate in the novelty events students will be required to have a rash shirt, hat, sunscreen, towel and a change of clothes.

Looking forward to a fantastic day.

Stage 3 Teachers.

K - 2 Sport

Sport at school is a great way to get our students to regularly participate in physical activity.

K - 2 Sport will be on the following days: Kindergarten – Tuesday Year 1 – Wednesday and Thursday Year 2 – Monday and Friday

Please ensure your child wears joggers, has their school hat and water.

Thank you for your support. K – 2 teachers

Coles Sports for Schools is back and we need your support! Coles Sports for Schools is back and we need your help to get the most out of this program. The program aims to help Aussie kids stay fit and healthy.

When you shop at Coles, you'll receive Sports for Schools vouchers that you then bring into school and place in the Sports in Schools collection box in the school office. We then exchange these vouchers for sports equipment. The more vouchers we collect, the more sports equipment we will receive. So please start collecting because the race is on!

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Welcome Bluey

Have you met Bluey yet? Bluey is our new Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) mascot. Soon you'll see Bluey up around the school reminding you to be safe, be respectful and be a responsible learner.

PBL is a whole school program that actively promotes positive behaviour. It enables students to develop a clear understanding of required expectations, become responsible for their own behaviour and work together to create a positive, productive and harmonious learning community.

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If you are missing any of these items, please call into the Office.

All weather parkas may be pre-ordered from the Office or the Uniform Shop. Available in sizes 4 - 16 for $65, with a 20% deposit ($13) required at the time of ordering please.

Orders will need to be in by Thursday, 8 March 2018 to allow delivery prior to winter - we are only able to place one order for parkas.

We are unable to carry surplus stock due to the cost of this item.

Thank you.

Opal passes for 2018 travel

Just a reminder to all Busways student travellers, that you must tap on and off with your Opal card every time you travel to and from school by bus.

If you don’t tap on and off with your Opal card, an accurate number of students travelling to and from school cannot be recorded and this risks bus services being reduced as a result.

Thank you.

Just a gentle reminder to all of our

school community to please be

courteous to our neighbours and

please do not park across their

driveways.

Please be mindful of where

you park as parking

rangers often patrol around

this area.

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TAI CHI AND QIGONG

Tai Chi & Qigong exercises are conducted during School Term

every Tuesday from 6.30 to 7.30pm at Bligh Park Public School

Hall. This activity is suitable for people of all ages and fitness

levels.

You will learn skills that are relaxing and healing to help you

establish a healthy lifestyle.

For further information contact the instructor, Cyril Loa on

0432 639 053.

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