This Tuesday we welcome the Minister of Education, Mr Adrian Piccoli to Bourke Public School. It will be a excellent opportunity for our school to showcase our programs and achievements. Intensive swimming continues this week. Infants have one more week left to focus on their water confidence. During week 9 & 10 we are holding a Book Fair in the library. We are encouraging reading over the Christmas holidays by promoting a deal to buy one book and get a second book free (for the same price). It will be my pleasure to host lunch on Tuesday this week for 59 students who made it onto the Platinum level in our merit system. Well done to all of these students! Semester 2 student reports will be completed and ready to pick up on Monday 7th December after 3pm from the front office. Parent/carer and teacher interviews are being held on Wednesday 9th December at Bourke Public School. Appointments can be made from 5pm to 8pm. Please call the office to make an appointment with your child/children’s teachers. Don’t forget Presentation Night is coming up on Tuesday 8th December and will start at 6pm at the High School hall. I’m sure the infants students who are off to Cobar Pool this Friday for the attendance excursion will have a fantastic time! Have a super week! Kylie Pennell

Miss Milgate K-2 students are continuing with our intensive swimming program this

week and there have been some fantastic improvement and greater

confidence in the water.

On Friday 65 students from K-2 will be participating in an excursion to

Cobar pool for the day as a reward for 92% or greater attendance

during 2015. This excursion is free to those students who have excelled

in their attendance this year.

Don’t forget Presentation night is on Tuesday 8th

December, starting at

6pm at Bourke HS MPC. Have a great week 9!

Monday 30th November 2015, Term 4 Week 9

BOURKE PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Attendance Goal

Weekly

Attendance

award

Message from the Deputy Principal

Bourke Public School, Green Street Bourke NSW 2840 Ph: 68 722 051 Fax: 68 722 278

Email: bourke-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.bourke-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD

Week 8 Term 4 2015 Principal’s award goes to

GEORGE MILGATE

Miss Nixon & MC

Week 8

90%

OUR GOAL

92%

BPS

Calendar of

Events Intensive Swimming for

Infants – continues

Monday 30th November

and finishes Thursday 3rd

December.

Book Fair – starting

Monday 30th November &

finishes Friday 11th

December.

Minister of Education –

Adrian Piccoli Visit to BPS

– Tuesday 1st December.

Merit System – Lunch

with the Principal -

Tuesday 1st December.

LC Excursion to the Cobar

Pool – Tuesday 1st

December.

Helpers Morning Tea –

Wednesday 2nd December.

Year 6 Transition Day to

the High School –

Wednesday 2nd December.

Infants Assembly –

Thursday 3rd December.

Infants Attendance

Excursion to Cobar Pool –

Friday 4th December.

Semester 2 Student

Reports can be collected –

Monday 7th December after

3pm.

Presentation Night –

Tuesday 8th December

starting at 6pm in the High

School hall.

Semester 2 Parent

Interviews – Wednesday

9th December.

Primary Attendance

Excursion to Dubbo –

Thursday 10th & Friday 11th

December.

Infants News

Miss Clark Wow week 9 already! This week is the final

week of Literacy and Numeracy groups. We

will be revising all concepts that we have

learnt this year. In the afternoon we will be

talking about road safety in our PDHPE

lessons. We will also be continuing to make

artworks that represent the celebrations in

different countries. Remember that the

Intensive Swimming Program continues this

week and the attendance excursion to Cobar

is this Friday for those students with

outstanding attendance this year. I hope you

all have a great week!

Miss Heaney Welcome to week 9! This is the last week

for English and Maths groups so students

will be revising all concepts learnt

throughout the year. During the

afternoon sessions KH will be completing

our weather unit and are beginning to

decorate our classroom Christmas tree.

Please remember we are still learning in

class time so make sure students are

attending school every day and arriving

on time. Have a fabulous week!

Miss Duiz For all those students who are again participating in the Intensive Swimming program this week, please remember to bring your swimmers, a towel and a hat. We recommend that students do not remain in their swimmers for the remainder of the day. This week K/1D Literacy are going to the Post Office to post our letters to Santa. This is also the last week for English and Maths groups. We have our Christmas assembly this Thursday and it would lovely if you could attend. Have a fantastic week

Early Stage 1 AP – Miss Griffiths This is the last week of the Intensive Swimming Program. It has been great to see and hear the confidence building in our students. Please remember to send enclosed shoes to wear to the pool for safety reasons. Congratulations to all students who received letters for our Infants and Primary Attendance Excursions. You have all made a huge effort with your attendance for the year and I am sure you will all have a fantastic time. Early Stage One and Stage One will be heading to Cobar Swimming Pool this Friday. Have a super week everyone!

Miss Mowbray Welcome to week 9! This week our Year

2 students will head to the Kitchen

and Garden, preparing for Stage 2 next

year. We will be learning all about

the kitchen with Miss Griffiths and

will be cooking too. 1B Literacy are

working hard on their persuasive

writing tasks and will continue this

week. Our Numeracy class had a

wonderful week learning all about time

and the seasons and months of the year

last week. Don’t forget swimming on

Friday. Remember your swimmers and

50c. Have a wonderful week.

Miss McKechnie Welcome to week 9! This week is our final week for Maths and Literacy for the year and we will be working hard to consolidate what we have learnt this term. This Thursday is our Infant’s Christmas Assembly which will be our final assembly for the year! It would be fantastic if you could come along and watch us sing some classic Christmas songs! Please remember to bring in your permission note for our Infants Pool Party which is on the 10th of December! Have a fantastic week!

Miss Budd Last week the year 2 students in 1T had a cooking session with Miss Griffiths. We had a fantastic time and loved all the yummy food we made. 1T also enjoyed designing our own ‘Pizza party’. We had lots of fun cooking our own pizza creations in the kitchen. Next Thursday 10th December Stage 1 students are having a pool party. 1T the best place to be!

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Stage 1 AP – Miss Budd This Thursday the 3rd December is the last infants assembly. Students have been practising their Christmas songs and are looking forward to singing them for you. Remember the assembly starts at 2.15pm and we would love to see lots of parents and carers there. There may even be a special visitor who will be bringing along a nice gift.

Robbie Hull & Hallie Cummins

AEO Caught Being Good Award

Winners of the Thiyamali Colouring in competition & Stage 1 Attendance Disco

Messages The EYTC will finish in Week

10 this term – the dates for

the last days are: Monday

& Tuesday group - Tuesday

8th December

and Wednesday &

Thursday group - Thursday

10th December.

Last day of school for 2015 –

Wednesday 16th December.

2016 Students in Year 1 to

Year 6 return to school in

2016 - Thursday 4th February.

2016 EYTC students start –

Monday 8th February.

2016 Kindergarten students

complete their Best Start

Assessments – Thursday 4th

February, Friday 5th

February and Monday 8th

February.

2016 Kindergarten start

school – Tuesday 9th

February.

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Parents/carers are

reminded that the Early

Years Transition Centre

opens at 8.40am

each morning. Students

are not to be dropped

off prior to this time.

Primary News

Miss Hudson & Miss Bartley

Welcome to Week 9! Last week all students enjoyed seeing Santa at Primary Assembly. We created some Aborigonal Art dot paintings in class last week, all the students enjoyed the lesson. This week we will be finishing off our HSIE and Science Units. Don’t forget to bring in 50c for Swimming on Friday. Have a fantastic week.

Miss Wade Welcome to week 9! Congratulations to 2D for winning the Wii Pride award at Assembly last week! I hope you all enjoyed our Christmas themed assembly. This week we will be completing our Science unit of work and having a visit from Aunty Margo to tell us some Dreaming stories. Don’t forget this week is our last week for swimming, please remember to bring your swimmers, a towel and 50c on Friday. Remember is it important to keep coming to school every day!

Miss Buckley

Welcome to Week 9! Last week 2B Numeracy went to the High School for a Drumbeat Performance. We had lots of fun learning about beat and rhythm. Congratulations to the SRC who held a very successful Pink Ribbon Day. All monies raised will go to the Cancer Council to support womens cancers. Thank you to everyone who made amazing cupcakes to sell. Have a great week.

Stage 2 AP – Miss Bartley Now that we have finished our Merit

System, Stage 2 have started another

incentive for the remainder of the year.

Students are able to collect ‘Lucky’ tickets

that get placed in a box for a draw at our

Christmas party on the 14th December,

students will be drawn out to see if they

win a prize out of our santa sack. The

more tickets students have in the draw the

greater the chance they have of winning a

prize!!

PBL

Proud, Safe

& Respectful

Relationships

Miss Dorrington This week 3D looked at various

angles in maths and practiced

their long multiplication. The

student are able to divide four

digit numbers successfully. In

English we read a book called

‘The Photographers Diary’. It was a

very interesting book that

investigated Komono Dragons. We

then created a diary entry for a

tourist on an adventure.

.

Mr Porter Week 9 is upon us and it will be very

busy for all of Stage 3. Monday

afternoon we have PDHPE with Mr

Marshall. Tuesday afternoon we will

be in the computer room finishing

off our ‘best moments’ slide show.

On Wednesday all of year 5 will be

in the 3P classroom while Year 6 are

at the high school for a transition

day. Have a great week!

Stage 3 AP – Miss Dorrington Stage 3 have been working hard on their time capsule items. There are some interesting discussions about why we have time capsules and what it will mean to those in years to come. Year 6 have their full day of transition at the High School on Wednesday 2nd December. Students must bring swimmers, a towel and a hat on this day.

P&C News: Uniforms are still for sale! It is the perfect

time to be buying uniforms for the 2016

school year. Look out for uniform packs

coming soon! The canteen will be open on Wednesday 3rd

February (day before school starts) from

10am to 2pm for parents/carers to purchase

uniforms.

The P&C Annual General Meeting will be

held on Wednesday 17th February, 2016 at

6pm in the meeting room at Bourke Public

School. Everyone welcome!

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Bourke Public School’s Motto for 2015

LC students helping prepare the food for ‘Meals on Wheels’

MERIT SYSTEM

BRONZE

Mackenzie Smith Dean Cubby Brody Walsh Cyenna Bunyan-McMahon

SILVER

Cameron Peddle Paige Johnson

GOLD

Mataya Edwards Tyrell Kelly Marikki Smith Callum Edwards-Driscoll Jaquan Ord Shanorah Smith Kirsty Faulkner Braden Grimes Cooper Ryan Shane Lamb

DIAMOND

Latoya Orcher Sharika McKellar Karen Vincent Kyirone Mackay Takarni Dixon Aisha Benek-Sutton Braxton-Leigh Norris Kylan Orcher Abbey-Leigh Warwick Myah-Rose Edwards-Driscoll Kyah Sullivan-Knight Jaimyn Moore Kobie Lollback Bailee Waller

PLATINUM

Emily Hopley Marcia Orcher Janayah Moore Maddison Willoughby Tyrese Gibbs Chad Lollback Salome Mann Madeleine Nicholls Ashlyn Stutsel Lyiata Gillon Michael McKay Dakota Lovett Zali Reed Taylah Reid Tara Brookman Bonnie Martin Claire Hand Nikyra Suckling Andi Ibbotson Jordan Kane

It’s December and that means Christmas is almost here! This week in the EYTC students will begin creating Christmas decorations to hang up within our classroom - I know I’m super excited! Don’t forget that next week is our last week in the EYTC and that means our graduation ceremonies and Christmas parties...………………………………………………... Mon/Tues Graduation - Mon 7th Dec 2pm Wed/Thurs Graduation - Wed 9th Dec 2pm Mon/Tues Christmas Party - Tues 8th Dec Wed/Thurs Christmas Party - Thurs 10th Dec All students are asked to bring a plate of goodies to share with their friends for our Chirstmas parties and are invited to come dressed up in their favourite Christmas outfits!

Miss Bradley

Ms Topalov

Week 9 already!!!! Last Monday we had the opportunity to help prepare the meals for the “Meals on Wheels” clients. Karen Ashton taught us about proper hygiene when preparing meals. She also showed us how make a delicious Potato Salad. We really enjoyed delivering the meals we had made. Karen told us we did a great job and we have been invited to do the meals again next week. Tomorrow we are going to Cobar for our class Christmas Party – it will be great fun to see Dougie zooming down the water slide. Have a great week!

Miss Nixon Welcome to Week 9! Term 4 is flying past! Last week the MC enjoyed making sausage roll snakes in the Kitchen. We also explored volume and capacity using containers, water and unifix cubes. Next week we will be learning about length in mathematics and using informal units to compare the length of different objects. Don’t forget about Infants Intensive Swimming and the Cobar Pool Attendance Excursion on Friday. Have a lovely week everyone.

LC and MC News

Early Years Transition

Centre News

BLUEY STAR OF

THE WEEK

2N – Lyiata Gillon

2D – Rossy Howarth

2B – Marcia Orcher

3P – Tymmal Ord

3D – Daniel Wilson

LC – Anthony Orcher

PINK DAY!