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Blaxland East Public School

Old Bathurst Road, East Blaxland 2774 Phone 4739 1579 Fax 4739 8300

Principal Kerry Bryan Email Blaxlande-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Webpage www.blaxlande-p.school.nsw.edu.au

Term 3 Week 6 Friday 22 August, 2014

P & C Association meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 7.30 p.m. Next Meeting Wednesday 10 September, 2014

In this School Matters: Aussie of the Month

Library News Book Week Activities

ICAS Writing Competition Results Parliament and Civics Education Rebate

Student Work – 1M Student Work – 1F

Values Awards Garage Awards

Schoolwork Awards Principal’s Message

Fridge Flyer

Aussie of the Month

Angie Leihr,

Isabella Lockett

and Claire

Nichols

School Matters

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Library News

The Premier’s Reading Challenge finished on Friday, 22nd August. Congratulations to these students who have completed the challenge recently: 3/4G Luke El-Fadle, Sampson Rose, Emma Gordon, Isabella Brandley-Thacker, Kieran Niklaus, Skye O’Neill, Jessie Czapla, Keri Muhlmann, Zoe Spyrakis, Amy Rossetto, Daniel Skinner, Andrew Plumpton, Tess Heath, Brooke Taylor, Melody Frith, Isaac Parsons 4/5B Mireilla Niklaus, Sam Glen, Emma Cranby, Sophie Chapman, Alexander Ley, Shahar Buskila, 6M Kristina Nair, Zale Croxford, Caige Smith, Liam Stephenson, 5G Molly Carberry, Noah Przydacz, Ella Commins, Charlotte Smith, Tahlia Bradshaw, 6W Paris Hooley, Deklan McKerrell, Sarah Plumpton, 6G Benjamin Crilley, Angelina Liehr, Abbi Loveday, 4H Cooper Haldane, Ty Baker, 2/3H Maayan Buskila, Oliver Wickerson, Mackenzie Hawkins, Tamika Maynard, KG Lucas Bailey, Andrew Bell, Elliott Cairns, Holly Coghlan, Virginia Cole, Khelia Commins, Emily Croft, Kaleb Gibson-Lelilio, Oskar Graham-Anderson, Tamieka Green-Boon, Thomas Hitchon, Leila Kennedy, Mitchell Kennedy, Stephanie Kirkman, Olivia McKone, Joshua Millett, Nathaniel Mills, Heidi Page, Hannah Proctor-Camlin KW Anya Bestley, Vera Cable, Liam Cranby, Benji Dalgleish, Mitchell Garvan, Paige Grant, Ella Haldane, Haemish Hrymak, Jonah Lamplough, April Martin, Sienna McGrath, Coby McIntosh, Lucy Presland, Jacob Przydacz, Isla Puri, Alexander Robeson, Joshua Simone, Hannah Tankard, Ethan Wards

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Book Week Activities

Book Swap Next Monday and Tuesday books (4 per person) and the $2 donation will be collected outside the library from 8:30 – 9am. Funds will go to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. Parents and pre-schoolers are welcome to participate. Vouchers will be distributed on Tuesday. Starting at 8:30 on Wednesday, students will be able to swap a voucher for a book. The books will be outside the hall. Students who are absent on Wednesday can select books on the following Monday – see Ms Brown.

Book Parade Our Book Character Parade will be after recess on Wednesday at the COLA. All are welcome to attend and dress up if you wish. Book Week artwork will be on display in the library and the primary classrooms. The Children’s Book Council of Australia has announced the winning Australian books for this year. They are: Picture Book- Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan Early Childhood – The Swap by Jan Omerod Younger Readers (our Primary students) – A Very Unusual Pursuit by Catherine Jinks Information Books – Jeremy by Christopher Faille Each of these books (and the runners-up) is on display in the library foyer. Thank you to the P&C for providing the funds for their purchase. Ros Brown Librarian

ICAS Writing Competition Results

Results have been received from the University of New South Wales for Blaxland East students who entered the ICAS (International Competition and Assessment for Schools) Writing Competition for 2014. Students from Blaxland East again achieved outstanding results when they participated this year. Those students whose achievements were outstanding were rewarded with certificates of Merit, Credit, Distinction and High Distinction. These ICAS tests are designed to assess students’ academic abilities in aspects of Writing such as Genre, Grammar, Syntax, Punctuation and Spelling. Each year, many BEPS students take the plunge and attempt these tests, putting themselves up against gifted and talented students from all parts of Australia, New Zealand and parts of Asia. These students deserve the highest praise for their efforts and participation.

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The highlights of our results this year are as follows:- High Distinction Sophia Hadjimichael (Year 6) Distinction Awards Zoe Spyrakis (Year 3), Shahar Buskila (Year 5), Georgia Biaggini, Emma Cole, Sarah McConville and Caspar Zauner (Year 6). Credit Awards Sarah Plumpton (Year 6) Merit Awards Jackson Pearce and Hannah Saad (Year6) Congratulations to all these students, and to all who participated.

R Wallis Competition Coordinator

Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)

Students from our school have recently undertaken an education tour of the national capital. Students were given the opportunity to participate in a variety of education programs with a focus on Australia’s history, culture, heritage and democracy. The Australian Government recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to visit the national capital as part of their Civics and Citizenship education. To assist families in meeting the cost of the excursion the Australian Government is contributing funding of $20 per student under the Parliament and Civics Education Rebate program towards those costs. The rebate is paid directly to the school upon completion of the excursion.

Student Work – 1M

The Land of Sweets

The Land of Sweets is a magical land found at the top of the Faraway Tree. There were multicolour trees that are tasty lollipops. There are blue circle clouds with flying pigs. There is an upside down rainbow and people can ride down it. They can eat the ground. There are Easter Eggs in the ground at winter. by Cooper

The Land of Footballs

The Land of Footballs is awesome with crowds and crowds of people. All the footballs are free and they grow football trees. People can play and do lots of games like tip and bull rush and play in the classroom with toys. People can play all of the games every day.

by Isabell

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The Land of Candy The Land of Candy is a yummy land at the top of the Faraway Tree. In Candy Land the grass is candy canes. The trees are rainbow coloured and the bark is chocolate. They shine brightly in the sun. by Ella

The Land of Me

The Land of Me is a land of Mes. There are lots of mes. The sky drops undies and people are wearing the same dresses. All the dresses are yellow and green.

by Evelyn

The Land of Upside Down Soccer The Land of Upside Down Soccer is a magical land found at the top of the Faraway Tree. The land has Jesse in it and we were playing soccer upside down. People can float wherever they want and they can go up in the sky. They also can eat the grass because it is made out of bubble gum and it explodes when you kick it in the goals. by Zach

The Land of Candy

The Land of Candy is a wonderful land that is found at the top of the Far Away Tree. It has a fairy floss sun and the trees are made out of chocolate and their leave are made out of chocolate money. There’s jelly grass next to it there’s a custard lake. Candy people also live there. by Ruby

The Land of Sport

The Land of Sport is an awesome land found at the top of the Far Away Tree. There are big brown rocks and soft spongy grass. There is a bright sun to help the soccer people know where they are going. Zach won the soccer game. There is a green bubble gum ball. If you kick it too hard it will burst. by Jesse

The Land of Candy The Land of Candy is a yummy land found at the top of the Faraway Tree. The clouds are candyfloss you can lick the clouds the houses are lollypops. When you go inside you can see candy everywhere, the lollypops are chocolate, and the laws are you have to be candy. by Lucy

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The Land of Jelly The Land of Jelly is a yummy land. There are mountains of jelly. You can eat them or jump on them. It is fun to jump. You can eat the jelly. It is a yummy land. And it is fun in the Land of Jelly. by Isabella

The Land of Lollies

The Land of Lollies is sweet land found at the top of the Faraway Tree. Rainbow snow falls out of rainbow. Candy flowers are rainbow candy coloured and are very, very, very candy to eat. When you catch a bird you can eat them. A tree that grows in winter in candy land when you lick the tree it changes colour. by Jessica

The Land of Jelly World The Land of Jelly World is a magic land found at the top of the Faraway Tree. If you jump on the jelly hills they will explode. The sky is purple all day and all night. The sun glows everyday and at night. by Lita

The Land of Candy The Land of Candy is a delicious land at the top of the far away tree. My favourite is the rainbow lolly pop tree that tastes like lollypops. There are pink squishy fairy floss clouds that taste like fairy floss when you eat them. You need pink fairy floss jet packs to eat the clouds. by Sarah

The Land of Ice Cream The Land of Ice Cream and every toy land is found at the top of the far away tree. Everyone likes eating ice cream and playing with toys. Everything looks like ice cream and toys grow from trees. There are also lots of trees that smell like different types of ice cream. by Grace

The Land of Food The Land of Food is a foody land found at the top of The Far Away Tree. It is a delicious land. You would die to go to this yummy place. by Anzac

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The Land of Piggies

The Land of Piggies is a magical land found at the top of the Far Away Tree. There was a flying piggy and piggy 99. A pink sun shines at night. There was a piggy that snorts randomly. by Lewis

The Land of Cheeseburgers

The Land of Cheeseburgers has a cheeseburger tree and a cheeseburger sign. If you have a cheeseburger you can go to cheeseburger land. by Christopher

The Land of Movie World

The Land of Movie World is a land found at the top of the Far Away Tree. This land has so many TVs especially when you put the TV on there is 19 shows. The Movie Land has up to 90 spots to watch some awesome shows. The grass is so squishy and it feels like marshmallows. by Amelia

The Land of Treats

The Land of Treats is a delicious land found at the top of the Far Away Tree. There are beautiful fluffy clouds above the land. There is a lollypop tree that grows and shines in the sunlight. There are purple birds that land on clouds and sink to other lands. People can slide down a fabulous rainbow slippery dip. There is light green squishy grass. by Imogen

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Student Work – 1F

1F have been learning about Australian Animals. These are some of our Koala pictures.

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Values Awards

Week 3 Term 3 – Participate Courageously Isabella Watson 2K Jennifer Greeaway 6W Mitchell Skarratt 2/3H Quintin Handley 3/4G Liam Robinson 6G Jessica Orme 4H Zoe Spyrakis 3/4G Charlie Duncan 6G Shahar Buskila 4/5B Grace Court 1M Matthew Kirkman 6G Annabella Boon 3B Mikaela Terupe 2K

Week 4 Term 3 – Serve Others Joshua Millett KG Chloe Bird 6G Grace Cranby 4H Jasmine Clark 3B Cooper Strathdee KM Wynter Cluney KM Andrew Plumpton 3/4G Mitchell Skarratt 2/3H Alex Brisbane 3B Mitchell Garvan KW

Week 5 Term 3 – Be Respectful Skye O’Neill 3/4G Jack Godwin KM Tess Heath 3/4G Juliette Latouche 1/2T James Gardner 1/2T Haemish Hrymak KW Millie Brisbane 6G Lara Brear 1/2T Nadia Paige 4/5B Kyah McGauley 6M Alexander Ley 4/5B Jamie Beifus 2/3H Kasey Fox 6M

Week 6 Term 3 – Excellence Always

Olivia Quass 5G Sienna Williams 4H Caige Smith 6M Toby Geisker 6M Sophie Hart 4H Chloe Farnham 6M Isabella Lockett 4H Samuel Wootton 4H Jessica Orme 4H Tavila Gibson 1F Levi Ireland 1F Asherah Murray KM Claire Skinner 1/2T Lewis Miller 1M

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Garage Awards

Week 3 – Participate Courageously Isabella Watson 2K Jennifer Greenaway 6W Mitchell Skarratt 2/3H Week 4 – Serve Others Mitchell Garvan KW Tamika Maynard 2/3H Telina Court 4/5B Week 5 – Be Respectful Kyah McGauley 6W Alexander Ley 4/5B Jack Godwin KM Week 6 – Excellence Always Olivia Quass 5G Sienna Williams 4H Tavila Gibson 1F

Schoolwork Awards

Weeks 3 & 4

Maggie Laurence-Rogers 2/3H A beautiful bridge & sunset Tom Cairns 2/3H A beautiful bridge & blue sky Mackenzie Hawkins 2/3H A beautiful bridge & sunset Dom Briggs 2/3H A beautiful bridge & sunset Cooper Haldane 4H A wonderful recount Ethan El-Fadle 4H A wonderful recount Georgie Alexander 4H A wonderful recount Joshua Millett KG Child of the Week Ella Haldane KW Child of the Week Dylan Korber KM Child of the Week Ella Commins 5G A wonderful Storybook Luke Dunning 5G A wonderful Storybook Molly Carberry 5G A wonderful Storybook Monique Tait-Owens 5G A wonderful Storybook Ben Busch 3B A fantastic bridge Brayden Watson 3B Good Comprehension and Writing

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Week 5 Term 3

Logan Myhill 1/2T A fantastic speech on Adam Goodes Jake Wood 3B A wonderful picture of the Harbour Bridge Alex Brisbane 3B Beautiful handwriting Carter Goodhart KM Child of the Week Andrew Bell KG Child of the Week Paige Grant KW Child of the Week Zara Pachetto KM Beautiful work writing ‘t’ Jack Godwin KM Beautiful work writing ‘t’ Emma Gardiner KM Beautiful work writing ‘t’ Eve Wood KM Beautiful work writing ‘t’ Jayden Wells KM Beautiful work writing ‘t’ Ned Thompson 3/4G Fantastic spelling results Isabella Brandley-Thacker 3/4G Fantastic spelling results Brooke Taylor 3/4G Fantastic spelling results Lily Robinson 3/4G Fantastic spelling results Hannah Roessler-Jamieson 3/4G Fantastic spelling results Jacob Pryzdacz KW Child of the Week Virginia Cole KG Child of the Week Wynter Cluney KM Child of the Week

Week 6 Term 3

Hannah Tankard KW Beautiful writing Ben Dalgleish KW Beautiful writing Jacob Pryzdacz KW Beautiful writing Lucy Presland KW Beautiful writing Ania Bestley KW Beautiful writing Ethan Wards KW Beautiful writing Nate Mills KG Child of the Week Sienna McGrath KW Child of the Week Joshua Patfield KM Child of the Week Samuel Attard 3B His great imagination Laila Givens-Christensen 3B Her bridge work Aiden Paige 2K Wonderful writing about emus Emma Orme 2K Wonderful writing about emus Grace O’Neill 2K Wonderful writing about emus Jezebel Mills 2K Wonderful writing about emus

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Principal’s Message

Dear Parents/Caregivers, Firstly, my apologies for the lateness of this newsletter and the last one in week 4. Illness has decimated our staff at various times in the last couple of weeks and we are only just getting on top of everything. Thank you to everyone for their patience. Due to my absence, no message from the Principal was included in the last newsletter, so this newsletter has a larger number of awards than usual. Please look carefully for your child’s name! As we near the day of the fete, please ensure you check your children’s bags for notes from the P & C about events leading up to the fete. Don’t forget to purchase your all day ride passes! Helpers are still needed on a variety of class stalls, so sign up for an hour or two to help make our fete a success. Our thoughts and best wishes are with the family of Jarrod Samson-Hills who sadly passed away in an accident last weekend. Our hearts go out to you in your loss. We can only hope that the memories you hold will comfort you at this time of loss. The wet weather has seen the postponement of a number of sporting activities, including the Zone Athletics, so please check with your child for notes coming home with regard to these changes. It is important that permission slips are returned promptly to ensure everyone can attend these events. Once more I would like to remind all parents that they are not to drive into the carpark to pick up children as it poses a safety threat to our students. In addition, we ask that all parents take care around the school when dropping off or picking up students. We would hate to have an accident occur. Congratulations to the band who placed 3rd at the Penrith Eisteddfod this week. Well done! Thanking you in partnership for quality education, Kerry.

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Upcoming Events Payment/Permission In line with Blaxland East Public School Money Collection Policy no late payments will be accepted without prior arrangements. Please send correct money as the school does not hold a cash float. NOTE: It is a legal requirement that each student has a signed permission slip for ALL extracurricular activities

25-27.8.14 Book Week Book Swap 27.8.14 Book Parade 27.8.14 Art Show 27.8.14 NRL Legends Shield Finals 28.8.14 Kindergarten Calmsley Hill Farm Visit 1.9.14 Dance Performance JSPAC 2.9.14 Milo T20 Regionals 4.9.14 Father’s Day Stall 4.9.14 Canteen Special Day “Circus Treats” 5.9.14 Stage 1 Featherdale Excursion 9.9.14 Fete Mufti Day 13.9.14 Fete 10am – 3pm 15.9.14 Regional Spelling Bee 16.9.14 K-2 Sport Day 18.9.14 Aussie of the Month Assembly 2pm 19.9.14 Last Day Of Term 3 7.10.14 First Day Of Term 4

Term1 and 2 Dance Fees are now overdue Term 3 Band Fees are now overdue Penrith Eisteddfod permission note and

payment due no later than 9.00am Thursday 21 August, 2014

Calmsley Hill Farm permission note and payment due no later than Friday 22 August, 2014

Featherdale Wildlife Park permission note and payment due no later than 9.00am Friday 22 August, 2014 NCCD opt out note due no later than 5

September, 2014 NRL Legends Shield Finals permission note

due ASAP Voluntary Contributions can be paid at any

time to the office

NOTE- Kindergarten enrolments for 2015 now being

accepted.

Notes Home this week

Nepean Blue Mountains Dance Festival 2014

Band Performance-Blaxland Uniting Church

NRL Legends Shield Finals

NCCD opt out

1M Fete helper request

BMPSSA Change of date permission note

Glenbrook Little Athletics

U5-U17 Groups, 4th + Child free Registration Days - Glenbrook Oval 9am -1pm Saturdays - 23 August /

6th September

For all information please visit our website www.glenbrooklac.org

Matt Andrews - 0438 357 478

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Over 400 artworks from artists, photographers & galleries plus artisan crafts.

When Opening Night: Friday 29th August -

Doors open 7.00pm for 7.30pm start.

Panel Discussion Q & A, Artists’ Perspectives on the Archibald Prize (including 2014 Finalists, Mathew Lynn, Mick Bales and Winter Magic Festival Artstreet 2014 Director, Victor Peralta).

Saturday 30th August - 9.30am-6pm

Sunday 31st August - 9.30am-4.30pm Close of Show with Simon Marnie (ABC 702).

Where Springwood High School, Grose Rd, Faulconbridge.

Tickets Friday Night : $15 Includes Light Supper & Wine

Sat & Sun : Adult $5 Concession $2.50 Family $10

Tickets at door or School Office

For more information contact (02) 4751 9261 or email: springwoodartshow@gmail.com

Springwood Art 2014

www.springwoodartshow.org.au

Proudly brought to you by the Springwood High School P&C