Welcome to another busy week at Bourke Public School. Our attendance has been FANTASTIC over the last few weeks – hopefully we can continue the great attendance for the remainder of the term. On Tuesday this week we are honoured to host a visit from the Minister of Education. Mr Adrian Piccoli is visting a number of schools in the area and will visit BPS to view the great things happening in our school. Congratulations to Claire Hand, Laura Hand, Bailey Harrod and Ashlyn Stutsel who are participated in the CWA Public Speaking last week. All 4 students presented themselves extremely well. Ashlyn came 2nd in the year ¾ section and will now progress to the next stage of the competition. Unfortunately the District Cross-Country didn’t go ahead at Enngonia last Friday due to the rain and unsafe conditions. We hope to confirm today a venue and a new date. Congratulations to our PSSA Rugby League team who beat Narromine PS last week in a nail biter. Our team won 22 to 20. The team now progresses to the 4th round of the competition. Good Luck to the students participating in the NAIDOC Public Speaking tomorrow. I’m sure they will represent our school with pride. Good Luck to all students participating in the Outback Challenge this Wednesday. It will be a great day of Rugby League so come along and enjoy the day. The Maintenance is just about completed with only a few bits and pieces to complete. All safety pre-cautions continue to be in place and students learning will not be interrupted by this work. Have a great week of learning! Kylie Pennell

Bourke Public School is hosting the Bourke Outback Challenge on Wednesday 8th June 2016. It will be another day where our students get the opportunity to show off their talent across the day and to the special NRL guests we will have. The NRL ambassadors will be present during this time to promote positive sportsmanship with all the students who participate. Bourke Public School will have 2 boys teams and 1 girls team competing on the day. All parents/carers and community members are welcome to come along to a great day and enjoy the atmosphere. A canteen will be available on the day with a huge selection fo food and drinks. A merchandise shop will also be available.

Monday 6th June 2016, Term 2 Week 7

BOURKE PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Attendance Goal

Weekly

Attendance

award

Bourke Outback Challenge

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

Term 2 Week 6 2016 Principal’s award goes to

HALLIE CUMMINS

2T & Mr Dewberry

Week 6

92%

OUR GOAL

93%

BPS

Calendar of

Events NAIDOC Public

Speaking – Tuesday

7th

June.

P&C Meeting –

Tuesday 7th

June.

The Minister of

Education Visiting BPS

- Tuesday 7th

June.

Reference Group

Meeting – Wednesday

8th

June.

Outback Challenge –

Wednesday 8th

June.

Primary Assembly this

week – Thursday 9th

June.

Queen’s Birthday

Long Weekend –

Monday 13th

June.

Western NSW Dance

Festival in Bathurst –

Monday 13th

to

Thursday 16th

June.

Regional X-Country –

Wednesday 15th

June.

Stage 1 Cake Staff –

Wednesday 15th

June.

Eternity Aide Year 6

Transition Program –

Friday 17th

June.

NAIDOC Week –

Monday 20th

to Friday

24th

June.

Infants News

KC - Miss Clark Welcome to another exciting week in KC!

This week in English we will be basing our

writing and discussions around the book ‘I

need a hug’ by Aaron Blabey. The focus in

our writing this week is to say our words

slowly to help us spell them correctly.

During Maths we will be working on

multiplication and division as well as

learning about patterns and algebra. As

the cold weather has arrived please ensure

your child’s name is clearly marked on

their jumper. Have a great week!

KG - Miss Griffiths Wow, week 7 already! This week in

English we will be focusing on reading and writing blends. It is wonderful to see all the students are going well with their Jolly Phonics sounds and actions. In Maths students will focus on counting whole numbers and 3D

objects. Our PBL focus for week 7 is resilience. We will be looking at how to be resilient in a range of situations. Remember to pack you’re school jumpers as we are now in winter!

Have a lovely week everyone!

Miss Bradley Welcome to a busy week 7 at Bourke Public School. 1C English has been producing some amazing writing this term. We will continue to focus on writing in English this week. During maths this week we will work really hard on our number facts and telling the time. Don’t forget to keep collecting your bluey’s so you can move up the merit system levels. Good Luck to the students participating in the Outback Challenge and the NAIDOC Public Speaking this week.

Early Stage 1 AP – Miss Griffiths Welcome to Week 7! Last week the Kindergarten students really enjoyed their visit from the Bourke Community Health Nurses who spoke about ‘Mr Germ.’ The students enjoyed learning about the importance of washing their hands thoroughly to prevent the spreading of germs. It has been mentioned by many staff about what an excellent job the students in Kindergarten have been doing with their Reading and Writing. Keep up the good work Kindergarten!

Miss Mowbray Welcome to Week 7! This week 1M English continues our imaginative writing about Harold and the Purple Crayon. We have been learning all about narratives and how to increase our story writing with longer complex sentences. 1M English class have also created a wonderful nouns diplay, based on Dr Seuss books, to help us with our writing – please come in a check it out!!! In Maths we will be focusing on Money and telling the time on analog clocks. Don’t forget it is Infants Assembly this Thursday, please come along and help us celebrate our students achievements. Have a great week!

Miss Budd

Wow isn’t the term flying. Week 7 already. This week in English we will be publishing our diary about our pets. We have done some wonderful writing and I am proud of all the students. We will then start an information report about wombats. So you can start looking for information at home. In Maths we will be looking at quarter past and quarter to as well as rounding numbers.

Dream, believe, learn and achieve!

Stage 1 AP – Miss Budd Next week students will receive a note if they have qualified (less then 3 days away at school, including partials) to attend the Stage 1 attendance party. If they receive a note they can come dressed up as a fairy tale character. 1B are performing this week at assembly, so come along and support the students. Have a lovely week.

Charlii Willoughby & Danni-Lee Dennis

AEO Caught Being Good Award

Messages

Stage Three Staff – Teacher – 3W – Miss Lisa Wade & Miss Jenine Milgate Teacher – 3H – Miss Rachael Heaney Support Teacher – Mr Tristan Marshall Assistant Principal – Miss Jenine Milgate

Any Parents/Carers or community members wanting the BPS newsletter emailed to them weekly please contact the school.

Parents/Carers or community members are reminded that there is an open invitation to attend our cooking classes in the kitchen. Please contact Miss Milgate to arrange a time.

Website – Bourke Public School has an active website that provides up to date information.

Facebook - Bourke Public School has a very active facebook page. Like our page so you can follow all the exciting things that are happening at our school.

Monday Morning Assembly – Starts at 9am every Monday morning. Everyone welcome to attend.

Around the school activities

in week 6!

MERIT SYSTEM

Primary News

Miss Duiz Well done to all Stage 2 students who attended the ‘Quit be fit’ program down at Central Park last Thursday. We had lots of fun and even got to see Shannon Noll again! This week in English we are writing a news article about the Titanic. We are also working very hard at learning about homophones and using verbs and adjectives in our writing. This Wednesday we have the Outback Challenge and all Primary students will be attending.

Mr Dewberry

Welcome to week 7! In English this week we will be finishing up our published version of writing about the Titanic. During Maths we will focus on Multiplication and Division and also Time. Good luck to the students playing Rugby League at the Outback Challenge this Wednesday. All of stage 2 had a great time at the ‘Quit be fit’ program with Shannon Noll last week.

Have a fun and enjoyable week

Miss Buckley

Welcome to week 7. 2B had a fantastic week with the Attendance Champion’s Cup. We are hoping to win it again so we need to make sure we are coming to school on time every day. This week in 2B we will be going to the computer lab to research different famous explorers. 2B English have been working super hard on our summarising skills which we will continue practising this week. Make sure you are bringing your home reader back in every Friday. Have a wonderful week.

Stage 2 AP – Miss Gordon-Poole Welcome to week 7 and what a week it is going to be. We have lots of activities happening this week. The Outback Challenge is on Wednesday at Davidson Oval. I would like to wish the Bourke Public School Teams the best of luck and encourage everyone to come down and enjoy the action packed day. I look forward to seeing you all at Davidson Oval. Good luck to the students participating in the NAIDOC Public Speaking on Tuesday. Have a great week of learning and representing our school.

PBL

Resilience

Proud

Diversity

Miss Wade Welcome to week 7! This week is a busy week for Stage 3 and there are a number of changes each day. 3W will be cooking with Miss Milgate on Monday this week to accomodate the Enviornmental Day on Tuesday. The Outback Challenge is on Wednesday, good luck to all students participating. This week in HSIE we will be creating our houses for sustainable living within the Rainforest. Have a fantastic week!

Miss Heaney Welcome to week 7! This week Stage 3 are participating in an Environmental Day on Tuesday which will be a very interesting and enjoyable day. The Outback Challenge is on Wednesday, good luck to all students participating. During class this week we will be creating an information report and learning to create a speech from the information gathered. During maths

we will be further developing our multiplication and division skills. Have a wonderful week!

Stage 3 AP – Miss Milgate Stage 3 students will be participating in a Sustainability Outreach workshop on Tuesday and will look at number of different aspects of our environment including: bee awareness, Taronga zoo backyard buddies, trash talks, worm power and garden tucker. We will also have students from other schools visiting for the day. Good Luck to the students participating in the NAIDOC public speaking. Have a great week!

P&C News: Don’t forget our P&C meeting this week! The meeting will be Tuesday 7th June at 6pm at Bourke Public School in the meeting room. New members are always welcome! Winter uniforms are still available at the canteen. Please speak to Kelly about uniform options and sizes. Anyone that can spare a few hours to help out in the canteen please contact Kelly.

B

P

Bourke Public School students who competed at the CWA

Public Speaking

BRONZE

William Bowden Eric Dixon Shayle McKellar Laura Hand Adrian Gersbach Clancy Lawrence Leithan Orcher Zali Reed Lachlan Lollback Kyirone Mackay

SILVER

Ieshia Robb Jamilla Smith Marcia Orcher Natarlia Smith Madeleine Nicholls Shanorah Smith Keelhan Lovett Mackenzie Smith Jaimyn Moore Takarni Dixon

Bourke Public School’s Motto for 2016

Welcome to week 7! This week we are

going on an excursion to Central park as a reward for covering our bluey poster with bluey stickers. Kangaroos are attending the excursion on the 7

th

June and Crocodiles are attending the excursion on the 9

th June. Also,

please ensure that your child is wearing enclosed shoes to school each day to protect their feet from hazards. Have a fantastic week

everyone.

Miss Nixon/Miss Bartley Welcome to week 7!! Last week we had Stage 2 and

Stage 3 students participate in the NAIDOC Public Speaking trials. Fristly, a big thank you to Di

Johnson, Aunty Margo, Miss Nixon and Miss Bartley

for being our judges. Also a special thank you to Miss Gordon who organised the day and provided support

to all the students who participated. This year the

students were to choose a point of view about ‘Songlines’, students had to explain what they are and

argue their point of view. Well done to all those

students who participated! It was a huge success and great to see students at Bourke Public School

developing their skills within this area. Two students

from each stage will be selected to enter in the next round of the competition.

BLUEY STAR OF

THE WEEK

2D- George-Orcher

Knight

2B- Shayle Mckellar

2T- Samara Kelly

3H- Rhian Lollback

3W- Taylah Reid

LC- Stephen Wilson

Miss McKechnie

Ms Bond Another physically active week in the LC class. Last Wednesday, three students played in the football team which beat Narromine and this week most students will participate in the Outback Challenge. Last week we began working with Clontarf students to paint our totem poles for our new cultural area. We look forward to working weekly with the Clontarf students. Have a great week.

Mrs Sagar Wow it is week 7 already! We are so

happy to be moving back to our

classroom and we have had some

wonderful maintenance occur to our

building. The MC is looking forward to

the visit this week from the Minister of

Education Mr Adrian Piccoli. We have

been working hard practising our social

skills particularly our ‘greeting people’

and saying ‘Goodbye’. Hope you have a

fantastic week

MC and LC News

Early Years Transition

Centre News

Instructional Leaders

News

PSSA Rugby League game against Narromine