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Important Dates OCTOBER OCTOBER

Tue 16th – Fri 19

th Year 5/6 Canberra excursion Mon 29

th Bluearth

Wed 24th P&C Meeting Tue 30

th School Photos

Fri 26th Cricket for sport Wed 31

st Book Club orders due

…Berrigan Public School… ‘The Bell Ringer’

Principal: Dorothy Dore & Tanya Saraikin email: [email protected]

Wednesday 17th October 2018

Year 5/6 Canberra Excursion

Principals Report Year 5/6 Excursion Year 5/6 students headed off on Tuesday morning bright and early for their Year 5/6 excursion to Canberra for 4 days. Mrs Tait tells me the students thoroughly enjoyed the bus trip and National Canberra Exhibition as well as the famous Canberra gelato ice creams. Cricket Program Our very own Connor Thornton is conducting a cricket skills program on Friday for four weeks. Connor as well as being a very competent cricket player, has completed a professional training course enabling him to present a cricket skills development program. Our Bluearth program will continue on the alternate Mondays starting Monday of week 1. Kindergarten Transition Program Next Friday, our eight week Kindergarten Transition Program begins. Mrs Arnold will work with our prospective 2019 Kindergarten students from 9am to 11.15 each Friday for the next eight weeks. This is a great introduction to our school for our new prospective students. Mrs Arnold will be helped by our Year 5 students who will be the 2019 Kinder buddies. All students will have an amazing time, it’s a valuable introduction to the school environment. Welcome to Sophia Berrigan Public School would like to welcome new student Sophia Wyatt. Sophia is settling into our school very well and will be joining Mrs Tait’s Year 5 students when they return from the Canberra school excursion.

School Assembly This term our weekly school assembly will be held every Friday at 9am followed by choir practice. Parents/carers are welcome to come along to our assemblies.

Amaroo Visits This term we have initiated weekly visits to Amaroo Aged Care. Each week 8 Year 5/6 students will walk up to Amaroo with Chaplain, Val Head and myself. They will join in the bowling session with the residents from 10am to 11am. No Hat, play in the shade It is wonderful to see how proactive the students are being with making sure they are wearing their hats whenever they are outside. BPS is a Sunwise School and it is that time of the year, when it is our policy to wear hats. Students who do not wear hats are asked to stay under shelter, out of the sun. Our students are very conscious of this health safety issue and have an excellent reputation for following this policy. School Photos Tuesday 30th October, our annual school photos will be taken. All students will receive a labelled order form next week. All school photo orders must now be done online then the form returned to the school office. MSP Photography will no longer accept cash for your school photos. Please Note: a $20 fee will apply to any orders received after photo day. School Merit Award System As mentioned in a newsletter at the start of the year, you need six School Merit Awards to receive a Principal’s award. Principal’s Awards will be made on a Semester basis. Semester 2 Principal’s Awards are for merit awards received in Term 3 & Term 4. Merit awards cannot be carried over from Semester 1 to Semester 2. When students have received their 6 School Merit Awards from this semester, please bring them into the school front office for recording. Breakfast Club There will be Breakfast Club this Thursday morning. Dorothy Dore & Tanya Saraikin Principals

Notes required to be returned “School of Rock” final permission note

Book Club orders due 31/10/2018 Text Books

Voluntary Contribution If you require copies of these notes please contact the office

Quote of the Day

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

Henry Kissinger

Slide show running in the foyer…

Commonwealth Games Athletes BIO’s

By Year 5/6

Berrigan Public School is a member of the BiJOU Learning Community


Congratulations

to the following ‘Students of the Week’

Mrs Arnold:

Jordan Swann for amazing golf skills.

Jack Phillips for fantastic results in Writing.

Nicholas Arnold for fantastic results in Writing

Vocabulary assessment.

Alyssa Wood for improvement in her application to

tasks.

Miss Bacchetto:

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Tahlia Wood for spectacular environment art.

Shaya Sharp-Shorney for spectacular 2 star and I wish.

Taylor Thornton for wonderful class attitude always.

Thomas Baxter for Greedy Pig class champion.

Maddie Rice for superb Bee Bot coding.

Mrs Saraikin:

Phoenix Jeffress for lovely fluent reading.

Jeremy Packer for great work in maths.

Rosie Phillips for lovely neat handwriting.

Logan Agnew for a fabulous genius hour report on

trucker caps.

Mia Cameron for great knowledge of times tables.

(not in picture)

Mrs Tait:

Jessica O’Dwyer for impressive work ethic in Science.

Jessica O’Dwyer for a terrific Canberra Diary cover.

Layla Towler for persisting with protractor learning

activities.

Molly Rice for listening well & participating in our virtual

Parliament House excursion.

Jye Litchfield for excellent equivalent fractions learning.

Charlton Baxter for great points in for/against battery

hens.

Xavier Fox for wonderful sphero coding. (not in picture)

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

15th October

Jo Turner

16th October CANTEEN CLOSED



19th October Leigh Jeffress

22nd October

Kelli Litchfield

23rd October CANTEEN CLOSED



26th October Renee Paine

P&C News

Berrigan Show Catering Thank you to those families who helped with the show catering. Special thanks to Kerrie O’Dwyer for co-ordinating the day. Over $2000 was raised, a great result. P&C Meeting The next P&C Meeting is next Wednesday, 24th October 2018. All welcome. School of Rock It’s happening!! School of Rock tickets have been finalised and paid for. Everyone now needs to get their permission notes and medical forms to Mrs Fox in the office


School News

TTFM Parent Survey This Term, our school will be participating in the Partners in Learning parent survey, another part of the Tell Them From Me suite of surveys (student, teacher and parent surveys) on student engagement. The survey asks parents and carers questions about different factors that are known to impact on student wellbeing and engagement. Running this survey will help our school understand parents’ and carers’ perspectives on their child’s experience at school. These include: communication between parents/carers and staff, activities and practices at home and parent/carer views on the school's support of learning and behaviour. This valuable feedback will help our school make practical improvements. The survey is conducted entirely online on smartphones, ipads, tablets, laptops or computers. The survey will typically take 15 minutes or less to complete and is completely confidential. The parent survey will be conducted between 21

st August and 13

th October.

Although participating in the survey is entirely voluntary, your responses are very much appreciated.

More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au. To access the survey for our school go to: https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/yhh9t

Canteen Roster - Term 4 2018

Thank you to all our canteen helpers. Please remember if your day(s) are not suitable to organise your own swap and please notify the office.

Please do not order snacks, lollies or icy poles with your lunch orders.

PLEASE NOTE: Students are NOT to bring food to school for lunches etc. that requires heating up in the

canteen, as this is a WH&S issue.

STUDENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE CANTEEN AS THIS IS A WH&S ISSUE AND THEY ARE NOT COVERED BY PUBLIC LIABILITY.

http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/

https://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/yhh9t

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