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Monday 6th November 2017, Term 4 Week 5

BOURKE PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Bourke Public

School

Calendar of Events Netball Gala Day in

Bourke – Wednesday 8th November.

Infants Assembly this week – Thursday 9th November.

Infants Scripture this week - Thursday 9th November.

Grandparents Day – Thursday 9th November.

BIG Brother Program with Louth PS – Thursday 9th November.

School Remembrance Service – Thursday 9th November.

Mid-Term Break – Friday 10th & Monday 13th November.

Reference Group Meeting – Wednesday 15th November.

AECG AGM – Wednesday 15th November.

Musica-Viva – Monday 20th November.

Year 6 Graduation – Tuesday 21st November.

2018 Leaders Speeches – Tuesday 21st November.

Presentation Night – Tuesday 5th December.

Last day of school for 2017 – Friday 15th December.

Deputy Principal - Miss Margaret Gordon Welcome to week 5. Remember it is Mid-term break this week, the school will be closed Friday 10th November and students return Tuesday 14th November. Please remember all students are required to participate in sport on Friday’s. All students should be bringing their swimmers and equipment ready for the pool. The term 3 100% Attendance reward was last week. The students had a wonderful time at the pool and enjoyed the hot chips and kabluies. Soft Serve ice-cream is the fortnightly attendance reward this term, if you would like to be eligible for this reward students must be at school everyday and on time.

Week 4

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OUR GOAL

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Another brilliant week begins at Bourke Public School. Come along to our Remembrance Day Service this Thursday at 10.40am. Bourke Public School’s Grandparents Day will be held on Thursday 9th November. All Grandparents are invited to spend the day with family and friends at our school. Please find attached the flyer with more details. The Year Six Graduation will be held on Tuesday 21st November. Tickets are on sale now for $25.00 at our school office. Good Luck to our 2 netball teams that are competing at the Netball Gala day this Wednesday. Good Luck to Ashlyn, Ellenore & Toby who are competing at the Coonabarabran St Lawrence’s School Horse Sports this Thursday & Friday. Congratulations to Miss Dorrington who received her 20 Years Service award last week at a special assembly. Have a wonderful Mid-term break relaxing with your family and friends. Don’t forget to return your Intensive Swimming note. Kylie Pennell

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD

Term 4 Week 4 2017 goes to

Valentine Orcher

1D- Miss Duiz In English this week students are continuing to draft their persuasive speeches on a topic of their choice. In Maths, students are working on volume and capacity. Many students will be receiving their merit level awards at this weeks assembly so it would be lovely to see a large amount of parents, carers and visitors. Have a lovely week!

1B- Miss Bradley & Miss Cook

Infants News

Stage 1 AP- Miss Duiz Wow, can you believe it is Mid-term break already? This Thursday we have some students from Louth Pubic School visiting 1C and 1D classrooms to complete activities in English, Maths, Scripture and Assembly. This Thursday is also Grandparents Day. Stage One classes will be in Maths classes during open classrooms. It would be lovely to see you come along.

Messages

Year 6 Graduation – Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased at the school office for $25.00.

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

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NESA CEO Visit

Early Stage 1 AP- Miss Mowbray Week 5 already and another busy week! Grandparents Day is on this Thursday 9th November for the Wombats and K-6 and on Tuesday 7th November for the Dingoes. We will have open classrooms and the Wombats will be in KM doing some fun activities. We also have Infants Assembly this Thursday so please come along and celebrate our stduents achievements. Don’t forget Mid-term break this week too! Have a fantastic week!

KF- Miss Finch WOW week 5 already! This term is flying by. In Maths this week KF are looking at 3D shapes and finding them in our environment. KF should be very proud of their writng lately. This week we are reading ‘I love me’. I cant wait to see the writing that is produced. This weekend is Mid-term break. Have a great weekend. See you all on Tuesday.

Welcome to Week 5! In English this week we will be looking at a new range of books and starting our new persuasive writing. In Maths, we will begin to look at the topic Mass and have conversations about how much things weigh. In Art, the students will be looking at the artist Henri Matisse and his famous artworks about Waterlillies. Have a fantastic Mid- term break!

KM- Miss Mowbray KM are very busy this week! In Writing we will be publishing our stories about the book The Green Turtle and our sound of the week is the blend tr. In Maths we are focusing on 3D shapes. In Music KM will be learning about repeating and copying rhythm with musical instruments. No swimming this week because of the Mid term Break. Have a wonderful week!

1C- Miss Cook

Welcome to week 5! This week, we

are editing and publishing our

persuasive writing. In maths, we are

using the pan balance to explore the

mass of objects. We will be testing

our creative parachutes for science

and will continue to look at weather

and the seasons. No swimming this

week due to the Mid-term break.

Enjoy your break

P&C Halloween Disco

3H- Miss Heaney Welcome to week 5! 3H will be creating poems based on Mermaida from The 13-Storey Treehouse. Students will be focusing on using adjectives to describe her thoughts and feelings. During Maths Year 6 will be looking at chance and data. Don’t forget to purchase year 6 farewell tickets from the office, it is coming up quickly! During afternoon sessions 3H will be looking at the Why Live Where unit in Geography. Please make sure your child has a hat to wear on the playground! Happy Mid-term break!

2D- Miss Dorrington

This week we will continue the journey at Hoopers Bend in our novel. We are learning to use descriptive language to describe items. In maths we will be using fun activities to find out about chance. The data collected will be displayed in a graph. We are all looking forward to Grandparents Day, this Thursday!

BLUEY STAR OF

THE WEEK

Primary News

Positive Behaviour for Learning Fairness

Appreciation Bourke Public School’s Motto for 2017

3W- Miss Wilson

Welcome to Week 5! In Science this week 3W are continuing on with their study of the solar system. We will begin a research project focusing on the Murray-Darling basin in Geography and will continue reading the 13 Story Treehouse in English lessons. In Maths this week we will be focusing on Fractions and Decimals and Mass. Have a great week

Stage 3 AP- Miss Wilson Welcome to Week 5! Remember to keep the 21st Novemeber free for the Year 6 Graduation Dinner. Tickets are $25 for guests and are available at the front office. Intensive Swimming will commence for Primary Students in Week 9, please send in permission notes if you would like your child to participate. Grandparents Day is this Thursday, we welcome all grandparents and family members to attend our open classrooms and check out some of the great work occurring in Stage 3. Enjoy your Mid- term Break!

3B- Miss Buckley Welcome to Week 5! This week 3B will be completing our persuasive text writing on ‘Why they should be allowed to bring a dinosaur to school’. In Mathematics we will be creating ‘Symmetry bugs’ to help us remember where to put our lines of symmetry. In Science, we have created the solar system in paper mache form. Make sure to come and visit to have a look. Have a great week!

Stage 2 AP- Miss Griffiths Week Five is proving to be a very exciting week. We have Grandparents day coming up. There is also our Remembrance Day school service as well. This week students will be working on their art items to display on presentation night. We are all enjoying swimming on Fridays and the students skills are improving every week. I hope everyone enjoys their Mid-term break.

2B- Mr Dewberry Welcome to Week 5! Half way through the term. In English, 2B are continuing to look at the book Family Forest and are writing our own Character Profiles of a family member and best friend along with making a class forest with a positive sentence about each friend. In Maths, we are focusing on Chance & Data including flipping a coin and observing objects and things in our class. Don’t forget to bring a hat to school to be able to play. This Friday is Mid-term break so no swimming.

2G- Miss Griffiths This week 2G are looking forward

to more discussions on night and

day in Science. We are learning

how the earths orbit around the sun

makes night and day. 2G are also

learning the history of early

Australian settlement. We are

looking forward to our Mid-term

break and hope everyone has a

relaxing break.

Merit System

Awards

BRONZE LEVEL: Ebony Shaw Klaneesha Knight

SILVER LEVEL: Kiam McKellar Sharelle Brown Landon Burford Samuel Ord Chenille Doolan Leithan Orcher Shontay Knight

GOLD LEVEL: Dakota Edwards

DIAMOND LEVEL: Grace Curulala Rhian Lollback Salome Mann Lyiata Gillon

2G- Shannon Bates

2B- Ieshia Robb

2D- Ella Brown

3B- Ebony Shaw

3H- Natarlia Smith

3W- Shontay Knight

2-6N- Shekia Edwards

20 Years of Service for

Miss Dorrington

President – Lisa Rankmore The P&C held their annual Halloween Disco last week. It was a great turn out, it was fantastic to see Louth and other Bourke Schools attend. Everyone looked terrific in their costumes! I would like to say a big thank you to everyone that helped out by either cooking cupcakes, helping setup or packup or cook the sausages. A BIG shout out to Alister Hull for doing the music! The P&C would like to congratulate Miss Dorrington for receiving her 20 Years Service Certificate. Next P&C meeting Tueasday 14th November starting at 6pm in the BPS meeting room.

Miss McKechnie

Welcome to week 5 in the EYTC. Students are excited for their graduation, which is occurring on Tuesday 28th November for the Dingoes and Wednesday 29th December for the Wombats. The graduation will commence at 2pm in the school hall. Finally, just a reminder that the final day of school for our Dingoes is Tuesday, 5th December and the Wombats last day of school is Thursday, 7th December.

3-6L- Miss Wade Wow! Week 5 already! Last week 3-6L enjoyed creating patterns in Maths, this week we will be developing our skills in mass. In English we are continuing to write our information reports on Wombats. In Sceince we will be investigating how the Earth and Suns rotations cause night and day. Don’t forget this Friday is Mid-term break, so no school on Friday or Monday. Have a nice relaxing long week returning in week 6 ready to learn!

AEO Caught Being

Good Awards Hayden Reid

& Dekota Dallas

Early Years Transition

Centre News

Instructional

Leaders News

Bourke Public School

P&C News

Support Classes News

Miss Bartley & Mrs Roe Congratulations to Lance Gordon and Dakota Edwards who were selected by their teachers for Miss Bartley’s Star Award. Both students have produced some fantastic writing and have strived to achieve their individual writing goals. These students have their work displayed in Miss Bartley’s office, have been awarded their certificate at assembly and personally picked a prize. Well done!! Please watch this space every fortnight to hear about other students who have been added to Miss Bartley’s Star board for their hard work and effort.

Support AP- Miss Nixon All K-6 students have received a note about the Intensive Swimming Scheme that Bourke Public School will be running in weeks 7, 8 and 9 of this term. Infants will be attending in weeks 7 and 8 and Primary students will be going in week 9. Please return your child’s note and money ASAP to secure their position in the scheme, as there will be limited positions available. If you would like your child to participate and do not have a note, please contact the Front Office or myself.

K-3W - Mrs Wood Welcome to Week 5! Last week K-3W had a wonderful and busy week. We received letters back from the sharks we had previously written to and loved reading about their under the sea adventures. This week is Mid-term break so there will be no school on Friday 10th or Monday 13th November. Have a lovely week and keep working super hard!

2-6N- Miss Nixon Week 5 already! Halfway through the term! Last week 2-6N enjoyed learning about Uluru and creating a matching artwork. This week we will be continuing to write Information Reports about animals. We will also be visiting the PCYC again on Monday afternoon to participate in gymnastics activities. Have an enjoyable Mid-term break with family

and friends.