Berrigan Public School ‘The Bell Ringer’

Principal: Tanya Saraikin email: berrigan-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Wednesday 9th February 2019

Congratulations to our new School Sports Captains!

IMPORTANT DATES: FEBRUARY

20th – P&C AGM 25TH – Bluearth 5/6 visit to Amaroo 21st – Twilight Swimming Carnival 22nd – Pupil Free Day (Day in lieu of carnival)

MARCH 1st – Zone Swimming Carnival @ Cobram Swimming for Sport 2-3pm 8th – Swimming for Sport 11th – Bluearth – Forensic Day Year 6 Year 5 visit to Amaroo 15th – Scripture begins

Principal’s Report

Students at Berrigan Public school have been doing a lot of working hard in Peer Groups on what makes a great school. From this work the Year 5 and 6’s were able to condense the ideas of each group to 4 key Values that they felt would help the students at Berrigan Public School be the best people that they can be. These Values will now sit under our school Mantra of ‘Play your Part,’ as the way we conduct ourselves at school, at home and in our community. Following these values will help all students prepare for adulthood and to be the best people they can be. Each Value is assigned a colour and will be visible around the school. Be Safe is yellow, Be Respectful is Green, Be Responsible is Blue and Be Proud is Pink. As part of the work that students have been doing we will be holding a Launch Party later in the term – so please keep an eye out for the finalised date on FaceBook and in the newsletter. BPS Swimming Carnival Mrs Phillips has been very busy organising our carnival and is all set to go. Our new house captains and vice captains have done a wonderful job organising their houses with war-cries, ready for the big event. The staff have been extremely impressed with their leadership already. A reminder that this is a school event and all students are expected to attend. Students in 3-6 will go to the pool at 3pm to commence the Carnival. K/1/2 will get changed at school and then go to the pool. Please pack extra snacks. Students will remain under the supervision of staff until the completion of the carnival. As with any school day, if you wish to pick up your child early you must inform their teacher. Mrs Arnold and Miss Bacchetto will run an infant’s water fun carnival alongside the main carnival, which enables all students to participate, Kinder to Year 6. Good luck to both houses and I know the trophy for the 2019 champion swimming house will be hotly contested. A big thank you to our BPS P&C as they are providing a free sausage sizzle at the carnival to welcome everyone to the 2019 school year. Thank you to the parents that offered to time keep – it’s not too late to put your hand up to help – Please see Mrs Phillips. An important reminder, Friday will be a pupil free day, in lieu of the Twilight Swimming C i l b l k d

P&C Meeting

Tonight at 6:30pm will be the AGM for the P&C, followed by the monthly meeting. The P&C will provide a light supper after the meeting and I would encourage parents to take advantage of this and come along – many hands make light work.

Attendance – Messaging Service

Regular attendance at school is essential to assist students to maximise their potential. Children and young people will grow, flourish, do well and prosper if they have a sense of connection to their school and wider community. Regular attendance at school assists students to achieve quality life outcomes and helps them to develop confidence in positively shaping their own futures. It is important that you inform the school of any absences. To make this mandatory requirement easier in the next few weeks we will be introducing a text service. This will mean that you will be notified in the morning when your child has been marked as absent, you will then have the option to reply to this text message with your reason rather than write a note.

Tanya Saraikin - Principal

Welcome Jed…

My name is Jed Webster and I’m here at Berrigan Public School for the next two weeks on my university placements. I live and come from Newcastle, which is where I attend university. I am currently a third year student which means after this year, I will only have one year to go until I finish my degree. I have really enjoyed my time in the first couple of days at your school and am looking forward to the two weeks.

P and C News REMINDER: The P&C AGM is TONIGHT at 6.30pm in the School Library, this will be followed by our monthly meeting. It would be wonderful to see some new faces, come along and see what exciting things are in store for 2019!!! BUNNINGS BBQ Yarrawonga- It would be great to have a couple more volunteers for our Bunnings BBQ. It’s on the SATURDAY 2nd of March. We need people from 8.30am -12.30pm or 12.30pm - 4pm. Please contact Andrea Packer on 0409397739 if you can help. Don’t forget the P&C will be running a FREE Sausage Sizzle at tomorrow night’s Swimming Carnival!! CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to Mia Cameron and Jessica O’Dwyer who have been selected to play in the 2019 Riverina PSSA Tennis Final Selection Trials following pre-selection trials at Deniliquin.

GOOD LUCK MIA AND JESS! HEALTHY HAROLD

Students from BPS enjoyed learning about healthy food, the importance of cyber safety, our respiratory system and making good choices.

SPORT CAPTAINS Congratulations to our new Sport Captains for 2019. Momalong: Boys Captain Jeremy Packer Boys Vice Captain Brody Penrose Girls Captain Miley Driscoll Girls Vice Captain Isabel Sierra Algudgerie: Boys Captain Ryan Thornton Boys Vice Captain Justin Milne Girls Captain Sophia Wyatt Girls Vice Captain Gracie Rice SRC Congratulations to our SRC members for 2019. School Captains – Charlton Baxter, Lara Willemsen, Lachlan O’Dwyer and Jess O’Dwyer. Year 5 – Jason Yeo Year 4 – Lucy Pyle Year 3 – Kaleb Litchfield, Taylor Thornton Year 2 – Sophie Baxter Year 1 – Jack Phillips CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to Jeremy Packer who tried out for the Western Riverina PSSA Cricket team at Deniliquin last Wednesday. He was successful to progress to the next round and will now participate in Deniliquin on Monday, 25.2.19 for the Riverina Squad. 24 students will be selected to represent the Riverina Squad.

GOOD LUCK JEREMY…