Post on 27-Jul-2020
Contact Details: Address: Jacaranda Avenue, Bradbury. 2560 NSW
Phone: 4625 2271 Fax: 4628 0007 Email: bradbury-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Website: www.bradburyp.schools.det.nsw.edu.au P & C: Meets on the third Tuesday of the month.
Payments Cash is accepted Tuesday to Friday from 8.30am to 9.30am
only EFTPOS Monday to Friday 8.30am to 2.45pm
Excellence Partnerships Opportunities
Thursday 21st February 2019 From the Principal
Thank you for another successful “Meet the
Teacher afternoon’. We had 365 online bookings, as
well as bookings made through the school office.
This was an opportunity to discuss any concerns and
share knowledge with the teacher. More in depth
parent interviews will be held after the mid-year
reports are distributed in late June. If you need to
speak to the class teacher anytime please feel free
to contact the office to arrange an interview.
Parent forum
It was great to see a large number of parents and caregivers attend
today’s “Life at Bradbury” parent forum. We will be having additional
parent forums in the next few months on curriculum areas.
Upcoming Events 8th March 2019 Zone Swimming Carnival
12th March 2019 Regional Swimming Carnival
13th March 2019 Athletics Carnival Year 3-6
14th March 2019 Selective High School test
19th March 2019 Parent workshop TEN
phonemic/awareness
21st March 2019 Harmony Day
Parents and Community Association (P&C) The Annual General Meeting will be held at 9.15am on Tuesday 19th March in the school hall. All
executive positions on the Bradbury Public School Parents and Community Association will be declared
vacant.
Anyone wishing to nominate a school community member for a Parents and Community Association
Executive position please fill out the application on the last page and return it to the office by 4pm on
the 8th March.
Student Banking
We are very pleased with the amount of students who are now banking.
Our school banking representatives will happily assist parents or
students with any school banking needs on Tuesdays in the community
Room between 9-10am.
Save the dates- School photo day – Monday 25th March. All students to wear summer
uniform. Photo envelopes will be sent home soon.
K-2 Easter Hat parade Thursday 11 April. More information to follow.
1/2K
Students from 1/2K came to visit with some outstanding work this morning. They had written about what
it means to be a student at Bradbury Public School.
I was impressed with the vocabulary that they had used and the pride they felt about our school.
Swimming Carnival
For the first time in a while, Bradbury ran a swimming carnival which included novelty events. Over 300
students walked down to Bradbury pools to compete in 25, 50, 100 metre, races or novelty events. It was
fantastic watching the students share the team spirit of the houses and cheer on their colours. Well
done to all the swimmers that qualified for the Zone Carnival on the 8th of March. We look forward to
seeing your results.
West Tigers visit
On Tuesday, the NRL and two players from the West Tigers came to visit our school to talk about
bullying and everyone being different. It was great to see our students work with the players and get
some insight into the way the players train and work with each other. Students seemed to enjoy the visit
and look forward to seeing the two wingers score some tries in the season ahead.
Start Smart
Over the next four Mondays students will be participating in Start Smart workshops
delivered by the Commonwealth Bank. This program teaches students about financial
literacy, empowering them to make wise financial decisions for themselves. It’s never too
early to teach children the value of money.
The Primary program consists of six stages, each of which corresponds to a different level of learning.
The workshops are engaging as well as educational, featuring characters such as Captain Cash and Coach
Cash, who represents all the temptations to spend money needlessly.
https://startsmart.com.au/
Welcome back to the Library
It's been a busy start to the year with Kindergarten starting and PAT testing delaying the start to
formal library times but all should be underway as of next week. A reminder to students and parents
that ALL students require a bag or in 3-6 a folder will suffice to protect their library books from
damage and make for easy location. Water damage from drink bottles is common, as is page damage due
to being carelessly put into bags or under desks. Even students who leave books at school require a
folder as books left on desks are often misplaced. It is a requirement of borrowers to be responsible
for books in their care and to pay for any damaged or lost books. Let's try to do all we can to keep them
safe. Library borrowing is a great way to begin the training process of responsibility, remembering
which day, remembering to bring books on time, keeping book separate from home books, having a set
place for things.
The Premier's Reading Challenge begins again in March. Years 3-6 have to complete this by reading the
books themselves, unlike K-2 where we read them to the students. This is a new challenge for Yr 3. All
students will receive a copy of the recording sheet during Library next week. This is only a record and all
books will need to be entered on line to actually complete the challenge. Students are guided through
this process at school but encouragement from home allows students to see that you value reading too.
Please sign off on books your child has read. Why not ask a few questions about the book to see how
much understanding they have.
Looking forward to working together to develop a love of reading.
The school has purchased a whole lot of new readers for classrooms and Mrs Mayor and I are slowly
working on getting them processed for classrooms. If any parents, grandparents are available to contact
these books at home or in the HUB it would be greatly appreciated as this is the slowest part of the
process.
Happy reading.
J. Smith
Teacher Librarian
FUNDRAISING WITH RETURN AND EARN Dear Parents and Carers, Last year Bradbury Public School partnered with Nepean Distributors to help fundraise using the NSW Container Deposit Scheme (CDS). We raised $170.82 for our school last year. This year we will be continuing our partnership with Nepean Distributors and will be collecting containers. Our collection bins are located near room 13 or you can bring the containers to your child’s classroom. We kindly ask that all children assist us by bringing 10 eligible containers to school with them each week where they will be collected and processed at the bulk collection point by Nepean Distributors. Nepean Distributors is NOT charging the school for this service all net funds will go directly towards assisting your child’s education in the form of new programs and equipment. A list of eligible containers can be found at www.returnandearn.org.au. We would also like to ask that NO glass containers be brought to school and that all containers are empty and milk containers (Flavoured and Up & Go) are washed out. Thank you for your ongoing support with this scheme. Mrs Thompson
Parents and Community Association
Nomination Form
Annual General Meeting
As the Annual General Meeting approaches, (9.15am Tuesday 19th March), nominations are now called
for positions on the Bradbury Public School Parents and Community Association for 2019.
Anyone wishing to nominate a school community member for a Parents and Community Association
Executive position, should (after consultation with the person concerned) fill in the slip below, including
the name of a seconder, and return it to the school office by 4.00pm Monday 18th March. Nominations
will only be taken from the floor, in the event of no written nominations having been received.
All Executive positions on the Parents and Community Association will become vacant.
Many thanks,
Mrs M. Lester
Principal
Parents and Community Association Nomination Form
Please return by 4.00pm Monday 18th March 2019.
I wish to nominate for the position of:
Please circle to indicate-
a) President
b) Vice President
c) Treasurer
d) Secretary
On the Bradbury Public School Parents and Community Association Executive for 2019
Nominated signed
Seconded signed
Date-