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Principal: Mr Greg Turnbull Relieving Deputy Principal: Mrs Belinda Gibbs

Term 3 Week 10

Dear Families,

As the holidays approach I have been reflecting on how

busy this term has been including the many and varied

extra curricula activities and outstanding engaging

learning programs offered in classrooms.

I would like to thank all our staff for their efforts

throughout this term; many parents for their input and

student’s for their efforts.

I imagine the school holidays will bring an

opportunity for our student’s to overcome the winter

illnesses that have become so prevalent in the past few

weeks.

We are now starting to plan for the 2018 school year.

Accurate student numbers are essential. Could you

please assist us by letting the school know if you intend

on moving to a new school or there are new

neighbours in the street who have school aged children.

I want to wish all of our families a safe and happy school

holidays and I look forward to seeing all our smiling

Blairmount families back on Monday 9th October 2018.

Regards

Greg Turnbull

Principal

Important Dates

Last day for Term 3

Friday 22 September 2017

Students resume for Term 4

Monday 9 October 2017

Staffing News

In some staffing news I would like to let you know that

Mrs Gosling will be taking maternity leave for the

remainder of the year, in her absence Mrs Fetterplace

will take 1G. We would like to wish Mrs Gosling and her

family all the very best.

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Writing in 1R

Over the last 2 terms students in 1R have focussed on

writing narrative stories. Three of our students have

published their stories on iTunes. This is a huge

achievement and they are excited to be able to share

their work with audiences all over the world.

You can access their work through the links below:

https://tinyurl.com/princesstwilite

https://tinyurl.com/princessjasmin

https://tinyurl.com/princesslilly

I am extremely proud of these students work and am excited about the possibilities as all of the students in 1R continue to grow in writing.

One story has also been added to the student authored

section of iTunes U.

Mrs Ryan

Student and Teacher Conference in Canberra

On the 13th of September, Lailah Hyett and Stephanie

Butt went to Canberra for a Social Ventures Australia

(SVA) Thought Leadership Gathering. This was a

conference where teachers and students work together

focusing on S.T.E.M education. The conference was

held at Canberra University, where we worked with

schools (primary and high schools) from across the

country. We participated in many workshops, two of

them included: StrongerSmarter and CSIRO, both were

very intriguing workshops. We also got to experience

going to Questacon where we got to participate in maker

spaces. We created our own prototypes for a S.T.E.M

challenge where we had to create our own shake table

and make a tower that had 100g in the middle of it but

also make it tumble at 8 on the Richter scale.

We have taken back multiple ideas to share with

Blairmount and the staff but most importantly we would

like to see S.T.E.M education increase at Blairmount

Public School and we will share our ideas with teachers.

We were accompanied by Mrs Gibbs and Miss Pollock,

we thank them for giving us the opportunity that we had.

Thank you!!!

Lailah and Stephanie

2017 Important Dates

22nd September – Last Day of Term 3

9th October – First day of Term 4

19th October – Yr 6 @ EVHS

24th October – Stage 3 Careers Expo

26th October – Kindergarten Orientation

27th October – PSSA Gala Day

30th October – P&C Meeting

2nd November – Stage 3 Cyber Bullying Talk

3rd November – Stage 1 excursion

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Swim School 2017

"I like swimming because it's very fun. I learned lots of new things this week at swimming lessons." Avinesh 3P

"I didn't know that you could float on your back to save yourself but now I know you can do that I think I can be safe in the water." Grace 3P

"I like how you go on your back because if you get tired or have a problem you can back float to help you." Rebekah 3C

"I liked the swimming lessons because it teaches you how to swim and be safe. I learned how to do a rocket ship with Mr Walters." Alexis 3P

"Swimming lessons was fun, I learned how to swim." Nicholas 3C

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Eco group enjoying spring

This term the Eco group has prepared our school’s

veggie garden beds and planted some seedlings for our

spring/summer crop. We have planted tomatoes,

zucchinis, lettuces, snow peas, strawberries and baby

spinach. After planting, we mulched the beds to help the

water not evaporate. We are watering the plants,

keeping the weeds away and hope for a good crop next

term.

Looking forward to working with the Eco group next term

and harvesting our crop.

Miss La Luz and Ms Fakes

Busy Buzzy Learners Term 3

As the term comes to an end we get to celebrate the

amazing achievements each of our Busy, Buzzy

Learner students have made during their time in the

program. It has been a wonderful opportunity to get to

know the amazing students that will be starting

Blairmount in 2018. Friendships have been made,

school readiness skills have been practiced and each

student is leaving the program ready to start

Kindergarten. We wish each student the very best and

cannot wait to see them at the start of 2018.

Sydney South West Athletics Carnival

Congratulations to the following students who competed

at the Regional Athletics carnival last Wednesday.

Kaleb C, Naomi S, Lucyannah L, Malachi G, Brennae

D, Lusinita T & Lorima C. This is a huge achievement

and we are very proud of the sportsmanship and effort

of all students. A big congratulations to Kaleb for

winning the 12yr boys long jump. Kaleb will now

compete at the State carnival held at Homebush next

term.

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