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THE BIDWILL BUSH TELEGRAPH

Newsletter Term 1 Week 3

Friday 16th February 2018

Bidwill Public School Principal : Mrs Toni Thomas

Bunya Rd, Bidwill 2770 Phone : 9628-2444

Email : bidwill-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Fax : 9628-0480

From the Principal Welcome to the new school year. Thank you to the many families and friends who came along to our meet the

teacher afternoon. We had a lovely BBQ and enjoyed getting to know our new families as well as catching up with

our families who returned for the 2018 school year.

Our students are all settling nicely into their new classes and the classrooms are starting look and feel like theirs. We

have welcomed a few new teachers to Bidwill this year. Here are the 2018 classes and teaching staff.

We have welcomed back Mrs Cutting to her DP Instructional Leader role and she is joined by Mrs Noppert, working

Monday to Wednesday in our part time DP Instructional Leader role.

Mrs Rowen continues in her Deputy Principal role.

Sadly this is my last term as Principal of Bidwill Public School; I have accepted a position as Director of Education-

al Leadership for the Bungarribee network of schools. I have a great team working across our school working to

support our fantastic students, making this a very hard decision to make. The process for filling the position has

commenced and once we are appointed a new principal I will introduce them to our community. Thank you for your

continuing support.

Mrs Toni Thomas

Kookaburras Mrs Mirza (Preschool AP) 3P Mrs Prasad

Goannas Miss Cassells 4C Mrs Carstens (Stage 2 AP) Mr East (Friday)

Possums Mrs Brown / Ms Galambos 3B Mr Birdee

K-6 Blue Ms Dhingra 3/4G Miss Gough

K-6 Red Miss Chapman 5/6M Miss Marlow (Stage 3 AP)

K Blue Mrs Rogers (Early Stage 1 AP) 5/6P Miss Allyce Portelli

K Yellow Miss Viuya 5/6 Z Mrs Zorzo (Support AP)

K Red Miss Attard 5/6G Mrs Gravina

1B Ms Barat

1H Miss Hernandez LaST Mrs Malhi

2M Mrs Mahajan LaST Mrs Borg

1/2P Ms Palenzuela (Stage 1 AP) Interventionist Mrs Blaxland

2S Ms Stafford Librarian Ms Yard

Reading

Recovery/EALD Ms Duggal

Friday 2nd March

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Students can borrow library books on their library

days or 2nd lunch.

Library Days

Monday: 3P, 3/4G, 1B & 1H

Tuesday: 5/6P, 5/6M, KBlue & 1/2P

Wednesday: 5/6Z, 5/6G, KYellow

& KRed

Thursday: 3B, K-6Red, K-6Blue

& 4C

Friday: 2M & 2S

Rubbish

Every year the average Australian family produces

enough rubbish to fill a three-bedroom house,

producing about 2.25 kg of waste each per day.

Help by putting rubbish in the bins and by reducing

waste and using reusable containers and water

bottles.

K-6 Blue

encouraging all

to put rubbish in

the bin.

ATTENDANCE MATTERS

School Dresses

Uniform dresses are now back in stock and are for

sale for $45 each

Library Bags School Library bags are being

sold in the Library for $2. Please

see Ms Yard to purchase one.

TERM 1

February

Thurs 22nd - Zone Swimming

March

Friday 2nd - Summer PSSA

Monday 5th - Anti-Bullying Plays

Friday 9th - Summer PSSA

Tuesday 13th - Sydney West Swimming

Friday 16th - Summer PSSA

Monday 19th - Preschool Multicultural Week

Thursday 22nd - WSU Incursion (Stage 3)

Friday 23rd - Summer PSSA

Tuesday 27th - School Photos

Thursday 29th - Easter Hat Parade

Friday 30th - Good Friday

April

Monday 2nd - Easter Monday

Thursday 5th - Cross Country

Friday 6th - Summer PSSA

Monday 9th - Preschool Colour Week

Friday 13th - Volleyball (Year 6 vs. Teachers)

Dates to Remember

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CHANGE OF STUDENT INFORMATION

STUDENT/S

Name/s: ___________________________________________ Class: _____________________

Address: ______________________________________________________________________

MOTHER/GUARDIAN FATHER/GUARDIAN

Name: ________________________ ________________________

Home Phone: ________________________ ________________________

Mobile Phone: ________________________ ________________________

Work Phone: ________________________ ________________________

EMERGENCY CONTACT 1 EMERGENCY CONTACT 2

Name: ________________________ ________________________

Home No: ________________________ ________________________

Mobile No: ________________________ ________________________

Relationship to student: ________________________ ________________________

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Date: 3 March Event name: Astronomy Night: Big Bangs in the Night Sky - the Explosive and Dynamic Universe Event details: Speaker – Dr Martin Bell Stars explode, black holes merge, galaxies collide, neutron stars pulse. The Universe is a ticking time bomb and it’s Dr Martin Bell's job work out where the next big-bang is going to come from. Hear about some of the latest research in time-domain astrophysics, in which we aim to detect and study dynamic and explosive objects in the Universe. Take a tour of the types of objects that can create Natures best firework displays, such as tidal disruption events, gamma ray bursts and relativistic jets from super massive black holes. Highlights will include a discussion of the recent discovery of a burst of radio waves following the cataclysmic death of two merging Neutron stars, which re-sulted in the detection of gravitational waves. Will also in-clude the recent discovery of an Earth like planet around our nearest star system Proxima Centauri, which is a fairly badly behaved “flare” star and may not be capable of sustaining human life. Includes presentation, short 3D movie, tour of the dome and viewing of the night sky through a range of telescopes (weather permitting). $18.00 Adult $12.00 Child/Concession $50.00 Family (2 adults + 2 children) Children under 3 years of age free. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL Time: 8pm – 10pm Venue Address: Penrith Observatory (Building AO), Western Sydney University, Werrington North campus, Great West-ern Highway, Werrington Contact phone or website for public enquiries and book-ings: https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/observatorypenrith/penrith_observatory/whats_on Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1601017533268312/ Date: 24 March

Event name: Astronomy Night: Our Moon – Looking Lunar Event details: Speaker – Ms Raelene Sommer Taking advantage of tonight's quarter Moon phase to have a close up look at our natural satellite, including its formation and structure as well as phe-nomena associated with the Moon such as phases and eclip-ses. Includes presentation, short 3D movie, tour of the dome and viewing of the night sky through a range of telescopes (weather permitting). $18.00 Adult $12.00 Child/Concession $50.00 Family (2 adults + 2 children) Children under 3 years of age free. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL Time: 8pm – 10pm Venue Address: Penrith Observatory (Building AO), Western Sydney University, Werrington North campus, Great West-ern Highway, Werrington Contact phone or website for public enquiries and book-ings: https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/observatorypenrith/penrith_observatory/whats_on Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1654290507926755/

What’s On at Penrith Observatory in March

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