NEWSLETTER

120 Barnier Drive

Quakers Hill, 2763

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27th September 2019

Thanks to everyone in our school community for a truly spectacular Term 3 that included several amazing whole school events, many special celebrations, countless opportunities for our students as well as many great achievements along the way. I thank all parents and staff for their ongoing support of our students and school. Special congratulations to all our wonderful students who have represented Barnier at Zone and Regional events as well as Public Speaking, Drama, Spelling Bee, PSSA, Dance, Choir, Debating and Wakakirri this term. We are very proud of you all!

Thank you to our hard working P&C

Our P&C work very hard to raise funds for our students and our school. They’ve organised a number of events this term that required a lot of time, planning and effort. All money raised comes back to the school to support our students and their

learning. Sincere and heartfelt thanks to all the wonderful P&C parents who work together, giving up their own time to support our students and our school. Your dedication and efforts are very greatly appreciated!

Stage 3 Camp

Student behaviour during our Stage 3 Camp was absolutely exemplary and all involved had an absolutely fantastic time despite the weather. Well done everyone!!

Special thanks to Ms Keane and Mr Thorpe for taking on the huge job of organising camp. They put in hours and hours of work in their own time to organise all aspects of this wonderful experience for our students and ensure that everything went smoothly.

Special thanks also must go to our stage 3 teachers and Ms Moon who gave up their time with their own families to ensure that students are able to experience a school camp. Teachers are on duty 24 hours a day without breaks while away at camp. They do not get paid any extra to do this. This is a gesture of goodwill on their part. They do it because they are dedicated and passionate educators who want the very best for our students. They take great care of our students, they work hard to ensure that students get the very most out of every learning opportunity presented to them at camp and arrive home safely. They have my sincere gratitude and admiration.

World Teachers Day

Without teachers who are willing to go ‘over and

Principal’s Message

Email: barnier-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Phone: 9837 1600

Fax: 9837 1858

above’, our students would not have amazing and wonderful opportunities like camps, excursions, dance and performance groups, debating and technology experiences, public speaking experiences and higher level sporting opportunities. Teachers also work hard to ensure every student achieves the highest possible learning outcomes in all curriculum areas and are happy and safe at school. World Teacher’s Day is Saturday 5

th October. We’ll be celebrating it at

Barnier early next term. Take some time to thank your child’s teacher and let them know how valued they are. It will make their day!

Safety on School Days

Please follow road and parking laws at all times when dropping off and collecting students. Please

ensure your child crosses the road safely, always using the pedestrian crossings provided. The roads surrounding Barnier are very busy, particularly in the mornings and afternoons, please keep your children and yourselves safe.

Helping Children to Cross the Road Safely

We need to be realistic about children's developmental levels and not over-estimate their ability to judge safe distances. A small error can result in the child being seriously injured. To keep children safe, adults need to start by setting a good example. Children learn a lot just by watching.

If parents and older children behave in dangerous ways, younger children are likely to do so also. Older children may take greater risks dashing out between cars.

Pedestrian safety lessons need to start early when children have to cross busy intersections from a very young age.

For toddlers, parents can talk about what safety choices they make each time they cross the street, from looking both ways to making eye contact with drivers. By the time children are 4 or 5 years old, parents can start letting children make the decision about when it's safe to cross a street, starting with residential streets with light traffic before trying busy intersections. This lets parents gently correct bad choices so children can fine-tune their instincts about when it's safe to cross.

Talking to children about why they need to follow particular rules or procedures for crossing safely is a good approach, like pointing out the good sense in walking a little further to use a pedestrian crossing rather than take a risk.

This is a timely message as we approach the October school holidays.

Kindergarten 2020

If you have a child who is starting Kindergarten here at Barnier next year, please submit an enrolment application immediately. We need accurate anticipated numbers so that we can plan classes and staffing for 2020.

Please ring the school office on 9837 1600 if you need assistance with this.

We thank you sincerely for your support and assistance.

Our Kindergarten transition program commences next term, we are looking forward to meeting all our new Kindergarten students and supporting them through the commencement of their big school journey.

Social Media

Although social media is a great communication tool and is wonderful if used responsibly, it does have its disadvantages. Sometimes, information shared on social media presents one side of a situation or viewpoint and sometimes information placed onto social media sites is false. Sometimes people’s perceptions are based on what they believe is true, which may be far from the truth. It is unfortunate and unfair that this often happens without people having the opportunity to state the correct facts of a situation directly relating to them.

I ask all parents who have a concern about the wellbeing or education of their child to contact the school office immediately and make an appointment to speak with me or a member of my staff. We will ensure that fair process occurs for all concerned, we will ensure all incidents are thoroughly and fairly investigated, we will ensure that everyone has a voice and that actions will be taken in line with department policy in a highly professional, fair and completely confidential manner.

Wishing everyone a safe and happy school

holiday time. We look forward to seeing

everyone’s bright and happy faces back at

school on Monday 14th October as we

commence the final school term for 2019.

Warmest regards,

Mrs Mandy Hollis

R/Principal

Dylan P 2M

Dev C 3B

Francine G 4T

Aditya R 5L

Krisha A 5S

William H 5T

Jackson H 6H

Jake T 6R

Vansh K KT

Younus M KT

Raxhanna S KT

Anushka A 1B

Isaac B 1B

Leo H 1B

Isaac B 1M

Archer C 1M

Avas S 1M

Emerson W 1M

Dev P 1T

Sylvia G 1W

Nivain P 2B

Tiffany G 2D

Alexander L 2D

Madhuranjan L 2D

Aryan Z 2D

Lachlan W 2D

Trisha S 2R

Saanvi V 2R

Abel S 2S

Samy S 2S

Logan B 2W

Brent C 2W

Jorshaan E 2W

Alayah H 2W

Lila S 2W

Aarna P 3B

Anya G 3W

Conor O 3W

Benjamin W 4B

Tara A 4/5V

Blake G 4/5V

Jonathan P 4/5V

Kaiya S 4/5V

Khushil K 5L

Aayush P 5L

Amrit B 5S

Toby A 5T

Diya R 5T

William H 5T

Sienna H 5/6K

Lachlan P 5/6K

Christian G 6G

Fallon A 6H

Abigail C 6H

Emma C 6H

Gurkeerat D 6H

Jake T 6R

Rhyu T 6R

Platinum Award Recipients

Gold Award Recipients

Term 4

Week 1

14th October 2019

All students return to school

P&C Meeting @ 7:30pm

15th October 2019

Stage 1 Science Excursion

2B & 2R

16th October 2019

Stage 1 Science Excursion

1A, 1/2 1R & 2W

Kindergarten assembly @ 2pm

17th October 2019

Stage 1 Science Excursion

1B, 1/2 1R & 1W

18th October 2019

Stage 3 Assembly @ 2pm

Week 2

23rd October 2019

P&C Colour Run K-6

Life Education - Healthy Harold Last

day for online payments

Stage 1 Assembly @ 2pm

Kindy information evening @ 6pm

24th October 2019

Stage 1 Science Excursion 1M, 1T & 1/2 2D

25th October 2019

Stage 1 Science Excursion 2D, 2M & 1/2 2D

Life Education - Healthy Harold

Last day for payment at office

Stage 2 Assembly @ 2pm

26th October 2019

CSO Choir Rehearsal - Sydney Town

Hall

27th October 2019

CSO Choir Concert - Sydney Town

Hall

Week 3

28th October 2019

Year 6 - Butterfly Effect & Goodfellas

Program

Swim School

29th October 2019

Swim School

30th October 2019

Swim School

Kindy Orientation 9am - 10:30am

Kindergarten Assembly @ 2pm

Digi Ed Year 6 - Last day for online

payments

31st October 2019

Swim School

1st November 2019

Swim School Digi Ed Year 6 - Last day for

payment at the office Stage 3 Assembly @ 2pm

Week 4

4th November 2019

Swim School

5th November 2019

Swim School

Life Education - KA, KB, & KS

Hire-A-Helper Auction Day

6th November 2019

Swim School

Kindy Orientation 9am - 10:30am

Life Education - 1W, 4C & 1T

Stage 1 Assembly @ 2pm

Stage 2 Geography Excursion - Last

day for online payments

7th November 2019

Swim School

Life Education - 1R, 4T & 1B

Hire-A-Helper

8th November 2019

Swim School Stage 2 Geography Excursion - Last

day for payment at the office

Stage 2 Assembly

Event Reminders

Stage 3 Camp

Stage 3 students had a blast last week at Broken Bay camp despite the challenges of the

weather! Highlights of the jammed-packed and energetic week included fun on the ropes

course and flying fox, the night shows and games, fishing, archery, making damper and

the very tiring but exciting bushwalk discovering various flora and fauna. A special thanks

to all teachers and camp staff who attended the 5-day camp and ensured all students had

a memorable and amazing camp experience.

Thank you Miss Moon, Miss Keane, Mrs Hayhow, Mrs Reedy, Mrs Soltan, Mr Thorpe, Miss Hansell, Mr Stuart, Miss White and Mrs Feltham!

On Thursday Kylie from Bunnings Warehouse, Blacktown visited Barnier Public School to help us

maintain our kitchen garden and start our bush tucker garden.

4T, 5S and 6H students did an excellent job helping our kitchen garden by giving it a super feed,

watering it and laying down some mulch so that all our vegetables are happy in their new home. They

are now so happy we have our first beans and flowers.

To continue our companion planting we added basil and parsley. Parsley is a good neighbour to our

beans, encouraging growth. Basil is said to repel mosquitos and flies. It also improves the flavour of its

neighbour.

Our Marigold is said to repel white fly and root knot nematode.

The Environmental group was very lucky to meet some slimy guests who are now happily living in their

new worm farm. We got the opportunity to learn about the benefits of worms in our garden and how their

castings and ”tea” keeps our soil healthy.

1A continued their investigation into the parts of a plant by viewing the roots, stems, and leaves of some

native varieties. We planted an Australian Plum Pine, Black Apple, Dianella Flax Lily, Tamarind and

native violets.

We also learnt some interesting facts about bush tucker. We can’t wait until some berries or flowers

appear which we can taste!

Thankyou to Bunnings Warehouse, Blacktown who donated worms and native plants to continue the growth of our garden along with providing valuable knowledge which enriched our learning experience.

Gardening News

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Dear Families, It has been an exciting term and we thank you for being involved with our Father’s Day celebrations and Let it Glow Disco. For the Let it Go disco we had a team of dedicated volunteers and teachers collaborating to make sure all students had a great time. It was all hands on deck to buy all the supplies, create 600 tickets, organise the playlist and coordinate classrooms and hotdog orders. We spent time dressing the hall with streamers, balloons, lights and shimmer to 'Let It Glow'. It was exciting to see it come together with the glowing children in their disco outfits, excited on the dance floor jumping, skipping and dancing in the dark. A special THANK YOU goes out to Kylie Gleeson, Kim Hough, Janet Fakes, Catriona Noble, Rhiannon Iacono and Pam Layton, all the teachers who helped us with coordinating students and all the dedicated wonderful parents, who helped us with face painting, supervision, food collection and sales. The success of the event was possible because of the school, teacher and student collaboration. It’s amazing what can happen with unity and working towards a common goal. We are excited and planning the Colour Explosion coming up on the 23rd of October. We are looking for parent volunteers to help us on the day. Please email your availability to: barnierpublicschool-pres@pandcaffiliate.org.au or complete your availability to volunteer with your child's permission slip to participate in the Colour Explosion. All notes for the Colour Explosion have been handed out to your children. A copy of the note is available on the school website. We wish all families a safe and exciting holiday.

NEXT P&C Meeting

Don’t forget if you want a say in the types of events we should run or where the funds should be spent, please come along to our P&C meetings. It costs $1 to join and you will be able to vote and receive the agenda and minutes. The next meeting is on Monday 14th October at 7:30pm in the library.

Key dates to remember:

P&C Meeting – Monday 14th October at 7:30pm in the library.

Colour Explosion - Wednesday 23rd of October

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