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Respect, Responsibility, Personal Best Branxton Public School Newsletter to Parents

BRANXTON PUBLIC SCHOOL

Find us at: 12 King St, Branxton NSW 2335 Email: [email protected] Phone: (02) 4938 1214 Fax: (02) 4938 1905 Website: www.branxton-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Week 10 Term 3 WEDNESDAY, 21ST SEPTEMBER 2016

Calendar of Events

22.9.16 Spelling Bee Competition

13.10.16 Parent Information Evening for

Bathurst Excursion

14.10.16 Infants School Carnival

15.10.16 P&C Shopping Trip

28.10.16 Reptile Park Excursion

28.10.16 Day for Daniel

8.12.16 Carols by torchlight

Principal’s News We have finally reached the end of a very busy

term. It’s hard to believe how quickly the year has

flown.

We have celebrated Education Week, Book Week,

recognised our indigenous background with

NAIDOC activities and Stage 2 has enjoyed an

exciting excursion to Sydney.

On the sporting arena our rugby league boys

experienced an exciting morning playing at

Hunter Stadium, the netball girls had a great gala

day, Stage 3 experienced a taste of High School

by enjoying sporting galas and interest groups and

the whole school had a slice of tennis! Our dance

groups and choir performed at assemblies and

represented the school at festivals and Education

Week presentations.

Tomorrow we are hosting the Regional Spelling

Bee which many of our own student are

participating in.

And…. Of course all of our students had a

wonderful time performing at our Boscars concert!!

So, thank you and congratulations to our

dedicated, talented and now exhausted staff and

students. I would also like to thank the many

parents and carers who have supported all of the

activities mentioned above.

Please have a wonderful and restful and safe

holiday. I look forward to seeing you all again next

term.

We are having a very special day next term on the

28th of October by the whole school participating

in “A Day for Daniel”. This is a national day of

action to raise awareness about child safety and

protection. We will begin the day with a walk

safely to school activity and I have invited police

officers from the Education Unit to talk to the

children. More information will be sent home later,

however, I would like to give a special thanks to

Leigh Lovell for promoting this idea for our

students.

We are also introducing an exciting new system

into the schools called Flexi Schools which will

support the canteen and uniform shop. Parents

and carers will be able to order the food and

clothing ahead of time and without sending the

cash to school. Please see the information

included in this newsletter.

If you are looking at moving or you may know a

family that is moving into the area, could you

please contact the school as soon as possible. We

would like to begin organising our classes for next

year to help ensure a smooth transition.

Stage 3 Bathurst Excursion Final payments are due by

Friday 23rd September, 2016. Please keep payments coming in.

Please note the parent information night will be

held on 13th October NOT the 6th October as

written in the information sheet sent home.

Respect, Responsibility, Personal Best Branxton Public School

PBL News

At Branxton Public School

students, staff and community

are respectful, responsible, and

achieve their personal best.

SRC representatives had a meeting last week to

discuss suggestions for our PBL rewards day for

week10.

Our PBL assembly and rewards afternoon will be

held this week on Friday. Assembly starts at

9.20am

Those student who achieve the Principals badge

will have morning tea with the principal, Mrs

Maier and a movie .

All students who receive an award on Friday will

participate in fun activities in the afternoon

session.

We would like to congratulate the following

students for being recognised as a ticket winner

in the last two weeks.

Term 3 Week 9 ticket draw winners were

Ambrose - Responsibility,

Maddison - Respect,

Jorja - Personal Best,

Kade - Respect.

Week10 draw winners were

Kade - Respect,

Cady - Personal Best,

Bree - Responsibility,

Jessie - Respect.

Mrs Wicks

Infant’s Sports Carnival

The Infant’s Sports Carnival will be held on

Friday 14th October. The carnival will be held

on the back field at school. The carnival will

begin at 10.30am. All parents and friends are

welcome to attend. Information about lunch

orders will come soon.

Mrs Nimmo

Good News

Parents can now access any missed notes on

our website. There is a tab at the top of the

web page where parents can get access to

scanned notes.

You can also pay accounts online with your

credit card under ‘Make a Payment’ tab

Our School Web Page

www.branxton-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

DVD of School Concert

We are taking concert DVD orders up until

Week 1, Term 4 Friday 14th October.


Sizzling Starts I was pleased to see so many students submit entries to my Writing challenge. Congratulations to the

following students who received a Principal’s prize of a journal and a pen last week. I am sure will

enjoy reading their entries. The next challenge is to write a Sizzling Start or a Tightening Tension to a

stimulus picture of a Super Squirrel. The students have to try and make the reader laugh!

Keep writing everyone!

Mrs Maier

Help! What’s happening? The moonlight is blinding me. Hair is sprouting all over my body. Blood is pulling itself through my veins. The grass is whipping me on the back. The world is turning its back on me! I feel as though I have tasted the bitterness of death. By Hannah Year 4

Wow! I climbed up the ladder to touch it. It was shiny like a diamond. It was so high in the sky.

I am standing on the moon. It was so fun and so white and it was so cool!

By Ruby Kindergarten

I looked up and saw the moon shining brighter than ever. I saw the ladder shooting up into the sky until it disappeared. I started climbing and the moon got

brighter and brighter. I looked behind me and I said goodbye to my life. The bars got colder. I was nearly there. I shouted “yes!” I was finally there. “Yahoo!” By William Year 2

Wow! That ladder is so long. The space is black. The stars are white. I want to climb. I am too scared to climb that ladder. I want to go to the moon to catch the stars. By Kiara Year 1 I am a little scared. I mean it is not every day that you climb a ten mile ladder up to the

moon. Remember how I said I was a little scared, because I am not so scared now…. Because

I am excited! I can’t wait to get up there. Is the moon really made of cheese?

By Duke Year 3

It was sun-down and I was finishing up with my farm jobs, like every other day. I can hear and see in the distance, the trees waving around as the wind sailed through the broad leaves. When suddenly, out of the blue a long swirling and twisting ladder appeared in the middle of the wheat field, leading up to the bright rising moon. KLINK! I don’t know what has come over me? The tip of my shoe made the klinking noise each time I stepped up a rail…KLINK, KLINK, KLINK…. By Lily Year 5

Whoosh, whoosh, the wind blows in my face as my feet sink through the sand of White Haven Beach. My hair covers my eyes as I try to look at the view. But the wind is too strong it pushes me down to my knees. I close my eyes as the sand storm rushes past me. I open my eyes to find myself standing in a field of wheat. In the distance I see a ladder leading up to the moon. I walk over to the ladder, I start climbing, and my heart is racing faster and faster. My hands get blisters. My arms get weak and my legs drift off to sleep. Finally I reach the top. I see a hand that I grab to pull myself up. I have been blinded by the beautiful light of the moon. By Amelia Year 4

Whoosh, Whish! This feeling…it’s amazing. Oh! Look at that beautiful shiny silver object. It looks incredible. But what is that dangling from it? It’s wooden, with lots of square holes. And the silver thing is as shiny as the moon. But wait, is it the moon? No it couldn’t be could it? By Lucy Year 6


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Junior Golf Clinic - Branxton Golf Club

Dear Parents,

Branxton Golf Club Junior Clinics resume after the

holidays on Tuesday afternoon 11th October, 2016.

We plan to start at 4:30pm, so if you could be there

at around 4:15pm to register and get organised that

would be great. Finishing time is around 5:45pm.

Children do not need any equipment unless they

have their own. They can bring them along. Water

and broad brimmed hat are essential.

Our clinics will continue each Tuesday until the

school holidays, Tuesday 13th December. If any

parents wish to help out it would be much

appreciated, but we do require a Working with

Children Check. Please see Mr J for details.

The cost will be $3 per week and parents are

welcome to use the club facilities at their leisure. All

money is used to maintain and upgrade our

equipment.

These are purely beginner clinics and we go through

the three main swings associated with the game of

golf. As the course remains open at this time we

need to respect and follow these rules. We expect

the children to listen carefully to instructions and be

respectful of the people volunteering their time to

assist the children.

We like to have little celebrations along the way so

there will be card for each child which will help us

register how many times they have been and we

can monitor their progress more closely. - Ta Mr J


Branxton Public School Canteen

Our school canteen operates everyday of the school term and is run by volunteers. If you are able to help from 9am till 2pm on one or more of these days each term, we would love to hear from you. Please either phone Denise on

0401 139 212 or return the slip below to school.

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I ………………………………………………………………………………………… (your name) am able to help

On: (please circle the day/s you prefer)

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

I can be contacted on …………………………………………………………………… (your phone number) the

best time to ring me is …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Phone numbers do appear on the roster.

FLEXISCHOOLS for P & C run canteen and uniform shop.

Online Ordering is starting Week 3, Term 4 – 24th October

Our school has now introduced a great new online ordering system for Canteen, Uniform and P & C

Fundraising called FlexiSchools. This system allows parents, students and staff to place orders from

home, work or school at any time. The payment is also done online, so less paper bags, cash, cheques,

and envelopes are sent via your student to school. As well as being convenient for parents, the online

orders are much faster and easier for the school coordinator to process - so it makes everyone’s life a

little easier. FlexiSchools is well established and tested, operating in hundreds of schools across Austral-

ia.

Getting online is easy and only takes a few minutes to register. From 24th October simply go to

www.flexischools.com.au and click “Register Now”. You will be sent an email with further instructions on

how to complete the registration. Once registered, you can start placing orders immediately. If you

have any questions, FlexiSchools provide a great help desk on 1300 361 769, or you can contact them

via their website.

There are a variety of payment options supported, including Visa, Mastercard (credit and debit) and

Bank Transfer. The system operates via a pre-paid account, so you no longer have to worry about the

manual process of sending payments into school, and you can easily budget your students spending

and expenses throughout the year.

If you have any questions about the online services we are introducing, please ask the school office for

more information.

Canteen Roster Week 10 Term 3 commencing 15th September, 2016 Week 1 Term 4 commencing 10th October, 2016

Monday Kerrie O’Brien Marianne Mathers Monday Penny Faustini John Faustini

Tuesday Bev Copot Kristen Rackley Tuesday Melinda Cullen Jade Nicholls

Wednesday Denise Bagley Tony Randall Wednesday Denise Bagley Tania Frost

Thursday Mel Nemeth Kerrie O’Connell Thursday Marg Jack Kylie Noyes

Friday Denise Bagley Jane Tickle Friday Denise Bagley Kathy Brown

http://www.flexischools.com.au/


SAVE TIME, ORDER ONLINE! We now have a great new online system to make the ordering of lunches easier and more

convenient.

Order at a time convenient to you

in the morning, night before, or weeks in advance!

No searching for cash required

It’s already paid online!

Teach students healthy eating in a fun way

Order from home or work

It’s so easy!

1) Go to www.flexischools.com.au

2) Click “Register Now” to create account

3) Top-up your balance

4) Start ordering immediately

To view a demonstration

go to the www.flexischools.com.au website and in the “Find

Your School” box, enter a few letters from our school name

and click the name when it appears below.

What Does it Cost?

The online menu is the

same price as the usual

menu. However, there is a

small fee for the online

orders to help pay for the

labels and the website

system. So why not order your next lunch online!

What payment methods can I use?

FlexiSchools accepts payment via Visa, Mastercard, and Bank Transfer. To perform a bank transfer to your

FlexiSchools account, click ‘Topup Account’ when logged into the FlexiSchools website and select ‘Bank Transfer’;

you will be given your unique EFT code. You can then make a transfer via your bank’s internet facility or at your

branch.

How Does It Work?

Go to www.flexischools.com.au and click

“Register Now” in the Login Box. Then

enter your student’s name, school and

class, and add funds (say $50) into a pre-

paid account. You can log into the

website at any time to place orders,

typically up until just before school starts.

As purchases are made, the funds are

taken from your pre-paid account. The

account can be topped up again in the

same way, or set to automatically top-up

via credit card when the balance falls

below a pre-set minimum. Each order is

sent automatically to the kitchen, where

an easy-to-read label is produced with the

student’s name, class and order details. At

lunch time, students can simply pick up

their order without the need for cash.


P& C News cont...

CANTEEN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Thank you to the volunteers for

helping in our school canteen. We

are in desperate need of some

wonderful volunteers. If you are

available and have been thinking

of volunteering to help out in the

Canteen please contact Denise

on 0401 139 212 or fill out and

return form within the newsletter.

SYDNEY SHOPPING TRIP

FUNDRAISER

15th October

We have organised a coach to leave from

BPS and travel down to Burkenhead Point

and then on to DFO at Homebush for a

day of bargain shopping.

Invite a friend too. There will be prizes and

give-aways on the day.

All the money raised from the sale of these

bus tickets will go towards the school

sport’s court.

Book your seat NOW! $40 Payment is by Direct deposit to:

Branxton Public School P&C Association

BSB: 062-813

A/C: 10073129

(Please put your name and how many

seats needed as reference

ie: S.Milgate x 3)

Thank you To the wonderful staff and students for an outstanding BOSCARS night under the stars.

Thank you to past students of BPS, Aliza Cullen, Phoebe and Annabelle Quilty for selling pro-

grams at this event. From the sale of the programs and generous donations, we raised $452

for the school.

Our next meeting: You are invited to the next

P&C meeting on:

MONDAY 17th OCTOBER at

6pm in the school library

Look at our “little green thumbs” (School Gardening

Club) keen as ever helping make our school look

beautiful.

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