Welcome to week 2 which will be a busy week! It’s great to see that the majority of students have returned to school and are back into routine. This term is going to go very quickly as we have many learning experiences happening each week. NAPLAN (National Assessment Program – Literacy & Numeracy) will be held in week 4 this term for all students in year 3 and year 5. An information note has already been sent home to parents/carers in term 1, if parents/carers have any further questions please contact the school. Good Luck to our 2 Rugby League Teams who are competing in Cobar on Wednesday at the Peachey & Richardson Carnival. Bourke Public School photos will be held on Thursday 11th June for Kindergarten to Year 6. Photos for the EYTC students will be held on Tuesday 9th June (both groups). Photo envelopes were sent home at the end of term 1. More envelopes are available at the school office or alternatively photos can be purchased online. It was great to see so many students representing Bourke Public School at the Local ANZAC March and Service. Our leaders did a great job and should be commended on their leadership. Our annual cross-country fun run is fast approaching (Friday 8th May). Sponsorship packages were sent home at the end of term 1 – some great prizes are up for grabs. A note was sent home last week about the Primary Excursion to the Snow/Canberra. Please return your note and deposit by the due date to avoid disappointment. Good Luck to the Boys and Girls Soccer teams who play Tottenham on Tuesday at Cooligan Oval. The girls game will start at 11am and the boys game will follow. This week we are lucky enough to have Shannon Noll visiting our school on Wednesday 29th April. Have a super week! Kylie Pennell

Miss Milgate

Wow! What a great week we had last week, a little chilly to start but it was great

to see all students engaged with their learning and with big smiles on their faces.

It was a very special week as we celebrated ANZAC day and the centenary of the

Gallipoli landing. Our ANZAC service at school was held on Friday morning and our

student leaders should be very proud of their involvement at the service.

Our Bluey goal for Term 2 is a game of bingo between all classes once we have

covered Bluey with our stickers. The winning class will then receive a reward of

their choice. Have a wonderful week!

Monday 27th April 2015, Term 2 Week 2

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 1 Term 2 2015 Principal’s award goes to

BRAITH KELLY

Miss Nixon + MC

Week 1

90%

OUR GOAL

92%

BPS

Calendar of

Events Boys & Girls PSSA

Soccer in Bourke –

Tuesday 28th April.

Peachey &

Richardson Rugby

League in Cobar –

Wednesday 29th

April.

Shannon Noll Visit –

Wednesday 29th

April.

Reference Group

Meeting –

Wednesday 6th May.

P&C Meeting –

Wednesday 6th May.

Annual X-Country

Fun Run – Friday 8th

May.

NAPLAN – Tuesday

12th, Wednesday 13th

& Thursday 14th May.

Outback Challenge –

Wednesday 20th May.

Term 2 Mid-Term

Break – Friday 22nd

& Monday 25th May.

District X-Country –

Friday 29th May.

School Photo’s –

Thursday 11th June.

EYTC Photo’s –

Tuesday 9th June.

Infants News

Miss Clark KC had a fabulous first week of term. This week we are continuing our science unit on Growth and Development. We will learn all about our characteristics and how we have and will continue to change as we grow. We will also begin our Drama unit where we will develop confidence through games and role play. Please remember that homework is due back to school every Friday. Have a great week!

Miss Wade

We have had a great start to Term 2 in KH! This week in Literacy we are continuing to revise all the sounds and tricky words we have learnt. In writing we will be developing our knowledge of full stops and capital letters. In Maths we will be learning about whole number and applying this knowledge to addition and subtraction. Have a fantastic week!

Miss Duiz Welcome to week 2 of Term 2. This week in Literacy we are reading and writing about the story ‘Little Refugee’ by Ahn Do. In Maths we are learning how to represent data and continuing to develop our skills in counting. In the afternoon we are participating in three experiments where we mix different ingredients to get a reaction. Have a great week.

Early Stage 1 AP – Miss Griffiths We have had a fantastic start to the term.

Again this term Kindergarten is having a

reward for great attendance. We are having a

PJ and Movie Day on Thursday 25th June

(week 10). To attend this you need to only

miss 3 or less days all term, and this includes

being at school on time. I hope to see a large

number of students attend and have fun!

In the Kitchen and Garden this week we are

collecting produce for the Bourke Show.

Hopefully we will win some prizes with our

fresh fruit and vegetables.

Miss Mowbray 1B have had such a great start to Term 2. We would like to thank all of the visitors that came to watch our class assembly last week. We hope you enjoyed our performance. 1B Literacy has been writing about their heroes and this week we continue with our writing on Anzac Day. 1B Home class have started their wonderful unit on Transport and they all have such wonderful knowledge about different types on transport. Have a fantastic week!

Miss McKechnie IM has had an absolutely fantastic first week back at school with great attendance and having all students wearing their school uniform! This week in Literacy we are continuing to develop our knowledge of the significance of Anzac Day and are writing about our personal heroes. This Friday we will be practising for Cross Country during Sport. Have a fabulous week everyone!

Miss Budd 1T has had a lovely first week back at school. We began our Transport unit and are interested to find out more about different types of transports. We have also completed an artwork to put in our show display. This week we will be focusing on our writing in English and learning about Multiplication, Division and Mass in Maths. 1T the place to be!

Stage 1 AP – Miss Budd Wow the weather has really started

to cool down. Remember to wear a

school or blue jumper. Please make

sure the students names are on their

jumpers so they can be returned if

they misplace them during the day.

Stage 1 has started with great

attendance. The winning stage 1

class for attendance last week was

1T. Have a wonderful week.

Nabeera Khan & Ben Vincent

AEO Caught Being Good Award

School ANZAC Service

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Bourke Public School –

Connected Communities

Reference Group – Our BPS

Reference group has

meetings twice a term in

weeks 3 & 7. The current

members on our Reference

group are:

Chair: Denise Webb

Vice Chair: Melanie

Milgate

Staff Rep: Samantha

Gaukroger

Senior Leader Community

Engagement: Troy Gordon

Principal: Kylie Pennell

Community Elder: Dot

Martin

Parent Rep: Dwayne

Willoughby

If you would like any

members to raise

something at a meeting

please don’t hesitate to

contact them.

Mr Porter This week in 3P we have students representing Bourke Public School in soccer and rugby league. We would like to wish these students all the best. We will be visiting the computer lab on Monday afternoon to explore QR codes and improve our word processing skills. Please remember if you would like to go on the Primary Excursion please bring in your note and deposit.

Primary News

Miss Hudson & Miss Bartley Welcome to week 2. It is starting to get cold now so please remember to bring a jumper to school and write your name on it. We started our HSIE unit last week on State and National Parks. We are continuing our science unit from last term called ‘Smooth Moves’ this week. This Thursday is Primary Assembly – we hope to see

you there. Have a great week.

Mrs Douglas

In Literacy this week, 2D is concentrating on imaginative writing whilst enjoying the digital text How the Kangaroo got its Pouch. In Maths, we shall be re-visiting multiplication and division as well as measurement. Well done to all those students who marched in the Anzac Parade on Saturday. Enjoy your week!

Miss Buckley Welcome to Week 2. This week 2B Numeracy will be learning about Multiplication and Division. We will be practising our times tables every day. Good luck to all the students participating in the PSSA Soccer. I’m sure you’ll represent Bourke Public School with great pride. Have a great week! .

Stage 2 AP – Miss Bartley Just to let everyone know our primary excursion note to Canberra went out last week, to save a spot your need to pay the $150 dollar deposit. Over the next few terms we will be fundraising to help towards lowering the cost. Remember this week on Thursday at 2.15pm we have our first primary assembly for the term, we hope to see you all there!

PBL - Week 2

Office & Staff Room

Proud, safe & Respectful

P

Relationships

Miss Dorrington This week we will continue investigating World War One, Two and the Vietnam War. The students were amazed at how many lives were lost for soldiers and civilians. We discussed the way wars can begin and how they affect communities. We also made ANZAC wreaths to display in our room. We are learning about the properties of light. We will be doing many experiments, including using a torch to create shadows which should be very interesting.

Stage 3 AP – Miss Dorrington This term we have NAPLAN for year 3 and year 5. We are still waiting on quite a few Moving into Year 7 forms from the year six students. These forms are very important and need to be returned to school this week. On the 19th May we have Parliament Alive visiting our school for stage 3. This group will act out a parliament session for the students to fully appreciate how parliament operates.

P&C News: Save the date for the 2015 School Fete- 9th October. Mother’s Day gifts are still available for purchase at the canteen. We are seeking volunteers to assist in the canteen for a couple of hours each day, if you’re available to help please contact the school or one of the committee members. Our next committee meeting is on Wednesday 6th May at 6pm at Bourke Public School. All welcome to attend!

Bourke Public School’s Motto for 2015

K/1D doing Science Experiments

MERIT SYSTEM

BRONZE Sharla Johnson Mahkita Kelly

Queneshia Orcher Jaidyn Sutton

Crystal Edwards Ella-Grace Hatch

Alex Hopley Taylor Robb Jylan Booth

Deslen Dennis Beau Harrod

Robert Johnston Connor McKay Riley Edwards Jamehlia Gibbs Jayarna Payne

Shyaleigh Morris Prestdan Booth Shannon Bates Archie Scanlon

Harrison Simmons Samara Kelly

Emma Simmons Kiah Sullivan-Knight

Tahliyah Sullivan-Nean Jeremy Kane

Lacey Rowland Kaleb Cummins Quaylan Orcher

SILVER Oscar Seiler

We are still looking at families this week

– with a very special focus on their mothers! We will be starting to make our

mother’s day presents this week so if you come in no peeking!

Thank you to those families that have

sent in a photo for our family tree – if you haven’t yet there is still time!

Please send a photo in with your child or you can email it to me and we will print

it: christine.bradley1@det.nsw.edu.au

Mrs Roe & Mrs Gaukroger Did you know you can help your child with literacy and numeracy when you go shopping? K-2

Look at the sings and read them aloud.

In the fruits section count out the fruit and vegetables you want. Get your child to add the numbers of fruit you have chosen.

Match the fruit and vegetables you have chosen with their written sign.

3-6

Make a shopping list together before you go.

Discuss the ‘specials’. Discuss which brand is best to buy for quantity.

BLUEY STAR OF THE

WEEK KH – Jakarl Vincent KC – Robbie Hull K/1D – Brittany Robb 1T – Leonard Doolan 1M – Riley Parnaby 1B – Laura Hand MC – Kiam McKellar

Miss Bradley

Ms Topalov

Last Friday we had a lovely ceremony to commemorate ANZAC Day. All the students showed great respect and appreciation of the events that occurred 100 years ago of the landing at Gallipoli. This Wednesday a group of students are playing rugby league at Cobar, good luck to all the students that are participating. During our CAPA sessions this week we are going to complete some entries for the Bourke Show. Have a great week.

Miss Nixon Welcome to Week 2! Last week the MC were very busy settling back into normal routine! We wrote a recount of our holidays and learnt about the letter ‘p.’ We also had a search of our room and had to find objects starting with every letter of the alphabet. In Mathematics, we practised writing numerals and counting. We also developed our fine motor skills by completing tracing, cutting and pasting activities. At assembly, our behaviour was so fantastic that we won Bourkey Bear! On Friday morning the MC learnt all about the significance of ANZAC day and in the afternoon, we were lucky enough to have a sport and hot chips afternoon with the LC boys. Have a great week!

School Photos Are Now Available For Secure Online Purchase 4 Easy Steps to Online School Photo Ordering

Step 1: Go to www.advancedlife.com.au before photo day and enter Your school code N7C 83Q 1ZX

Step 2: Enter your student’s details. Step 3: Choose the package that best suits your needs (all orders will be returned to the school for collection).

Step 4: Pay for the photos via the shopping cart (upper right corner of the page).

Please note: LATE FEES will apply once orders are closed | Family/Sibling photo orders online close 48 hours before the first school photo day however they can be

purchased using an envelope up until photo day.

LC and MC News

Early Years Transition

Centre News

Instructional Leaders

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