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Mon 15th Feb @ 7pm

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TERM 2, WEEK 2

Monday, 9th April

Sydney West PSSA Zone Softball

Last day for payment of Sports in School

for Term 2

Tuesday, 10th April

Australiana Village Excursion - 1MG,1/2W,2S,1T & 1R

Stage 2 Excursion - Muru Mittigar Aboriginal

Centre 4C, 4G & 3J

Wednesday, 11th April

Australiana Village Excursion - 1G, 1B, 1E, 2H, 2M & 2R

Stage 2 Excursion - Muru Mittigar Aboriginal

Centre 3R, 3B & 3S

Thursday, 12th April

Stage 2 Excursion - Muru Mittigar Aboriginal

Centre 3/4T, 4W & 4B

Last day for payment of Primary Maths

Friday, 13th April

End of term

Summer PSSA Round 4

Stage 3 Assembly @ 1:50pm in the hall School Swimming Carnival Ribbons to be

handed out

Monday, 30th April

Staff Development Day

Tuesday, 1st May

Students Resume

Anzac Day Ceremony Wednesday, 2nd May ES1 Assembly @ 1:50pm in the hall

Thursday, 3rd May

K-6 Cross Country

Friday, 4th May

Stage 3 Assembly @ 1:50pm in the hall

Tuesday, 8th May

Mother’s Day Stall

Wednesday, 9th May

Stage 1 Assembly @ 1:50pm in the hall

Thursday, 10th May

Mother’s Day Breakfast

Longneck Lagoon Leadership Day Leaders and SRC

Friday, 11th May

Stage 2 Assembly @ 1:50pm in the hall

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Mon 15th Feb @ 7pm

PRINCIPAL REPORT

Wonderful Students at Barnier

A big shout out to Marley and Wade from 4G for being

amazing citizens! They found an adult’s wallet in the

playground and took it to the office immediately so it could

be returned to its rightful owner. The father was so grateful

and we are so proud that we have such honest and

responsible students at our school.

Staff Congratulations and Commiserations

It is with great sadness that I inform you that Mrs Karen

Wolff will be leaving us at the end of this term to take up

a teaching position at a school closer to her family and

home. Mrs Wolff has been a highly valued teacher at Barnier

for the last 16 years. She is an outstanding practitioner and

her experience, professionalism, collegiality and friendship

will be sorely missed by many.

We also congratulate Mrs Christine Doyle on attaining a

promotion to substantive Assistant Principal at a school

closer to her family, starting next term. Mrs Doyle has been

at Barnier for 14 years and will be sadly missed by many, as

she has made outstanding contributions to supporting

students, staff and parents over this long period of time. We

congratulate her on this promotion through merit selection

process and wish her all the very best.

It is also with mixed emotions that we farewell Mrs Kelly

Madanowski next term, as she has gained a substantive

Assistant Principal position through merit selection at a

school much closer to home too! Mrs Madanowski has been

at Barnier for the past 4 years and we congratulate her and

wish her all the best as she embarks on the next exciting

stage of her teaching and leadership career.

We are currently going through due process, as outlined by

the Department of Education, to replace these amazing staff

members and will keep you informed of the outcome once

this is completed.

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Mon 15th Feb @ 7pm

PRINCIPAL REPORT

Painting and temporary classroom movement

Over the next few weeks and school holidays (and possibly

into early next term), some of our classrooms and the

library, both internally and externally, will be painted as part

of the Department of Education’s scheduled maintenance.

Each year, areas of need are addressed and tended this

way to manage the maintenance of all NSW public schools.

It is a big undertaking and has required a lot of flexibility and

good humour by the staff and students while this is carried

out. We know that short term inconvenience will result in

long term gains but I would like to thank all our incredible

teachers for continuing their quality learning programs

seamlessly in the usual professional manner that we see

from them every day. They are amazing!

If you notice that your child’s classroom is being painted,

you will find the class in the Connected Classroom near the

entry of the library.

Air Conditioning

We would like to let you know that we will be installing air

conditioning in the hall over the next few weeks. We are very

excited about this and expect it to make a big difference at

special events and assemblies. We would also like to thank

Norwest Community Child Care who have kindly offered

to fund half of the cost of this. We look forward to seeing you

in a cooler environment for this year’s Celebrations of

Learning (and many other events).

I would like to wish all our students a happy and safe holiday

break. Remember to listen to your parents and be kind to

each other.

Sharon Moon (Rel/Principal)

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BARNIER AWARD RECIPIENTS

Gold Awards

K-2

Izayah W - KM

Saissha P - 1B

Jorshaan E - 1B

Pete N - 1E

Alexander L - 1G

Arsh R - 1R

Rafael P - 1R

Alexis V - 1T

Logan L - 1T

Mikaela C - 1T

Lachlan N - 1/2W

Samhita S - 1/2W

Sruthi S - 1/2W

Alice Y - 1/2W

Neo C - 2R

Abigail S - 2R

Shreeya K - 2S

3-6

Shiven S - 3B

Zachary R - 3B

Cooper S - 3J

Maddison M - 3S

Lisa P – 3S

Marley O - 3S

Anirudh D - 3/4T

Aanvi G - 3/4T

Aadarsh C - 4B

Elijah D - 4B

Hayden L - 4B

Sophie C - 4G

Stella B - 4G

Toby C - 4G

Aditya R - 4W

Ethan H - 4W

Vinay N - 5L

3-6

Jiro P - 5T

Sienna H - 5/6K

Bailey H - 6A

Sanjana N - 6A

Kodi Ellia - 6B

Zachary M - 6B

Joel B - 6T

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BARNIER AWARD RECIPIENTS

Playground Hero Student

Mason R

Alexis V

Wade H

Marley C

Harry V

Class

1T

1T

4G

4G

5T

Platinum Awards

Shiven S - 3B

Jett Rolles - 3S

Lisa P - 3S

Naisha D - 3/4T

Aadarsh C - 4B

Hayden L - 4B

Stella B - 4G

Makenzie S - 4G

Joely D - 4W

Hannah P - 5R

Akane P - 5/6K

Sarah G - 6B

Zachary M - 6B

Abbey S - 6T

Tristen S - 6T

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4W’s “Trash Report”

In 4W, as part of our Statistics and Probability lessons, we collected our rubbish from recess and

lunch over a week. Please see the graph below that the students created to represent the

information we gathered. After collecting this data, 4W calculated that, on average, our class

brings to school 62 pieces of rubbish per day. Students then calculated that, on average, all the

classes combined are bringing 2,108 pieces of rubbish into the school grounds each day.

Graph by Cameron G and Matthew N

Girls’ Zone Football Gala Day

On Wednesday 4th April, 14 girls from

the Blacktown zone Football team,

coached by Mrs Reedy competed in a

gala day at Valentines Sports Park. We

had three Barnier girls in the team;

Caitlyn Brissett, Jessica Gauci and

Chloe Burston. The girls used their

teamwork skills and played together

really well throughout the day. I am very

proud of their performances. Well done

to our Blacktown Girls Football Team.

Photo

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Easter Visit to the Quakers Hill Nursing Home

On Tuesday 27th March a number of Year

One classes had the opportunity to visit the

Quakers Hill Nursing Home in celebration

of Easter. Year One students presented

the residents with two songs and

showcased their Easter hats. The students

were extremely excited to also have a visit

from the Easter Bunny during their time at

the nursing home. This day was very

special for one of our students who was

able to see her great grandmother at the

home. She had the opportunity to have a

family photo with her grandparents and

great grandmother.

Easter Celebrations @ BPS

Easter is always an egg-citing time of year at

BPS and this year was no different! What a

fabulous celebration and community event,

where all of our students had their turn to shine

while wearing their amazingly colourful creations.

Congratulations to all the raffle and competition

winners - such egg-cellent work! A huge thank

you to the Barnier community, especially to our

P&C and highly enthusiastic staff. Finally, well

done to kindy on their fabulous first whole school

performance - it was egg-strordinary!

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Riverstone ANZAC Day Memorial Service

Dear Parents and Carers,

The Riverstone-Schofields RSL Sub-Branch will be conducting an ANZAC Day memorial

service to commemorate the legacy of the ANZAC soldiers who fought and served in

war.

This year, some of our school leaders and their family members will be attending the

event to represent Barnier, and we would like to extend this invitation to the rest of our

Barnier families. Students and their families are welcome to join in the march and

service, and support our leaders as they lay a wreath on behalf of the Barnier

community, which has been kindly provided by the school P&C.

Please note this is not a school event and all parents are responsible for organising

travel to and from the event and for supervising their children. However, students are

encouraged to wear their full school uniform.

Date: Wednesday, 25th April 2018

Time: Meet at 5.30am at the Sub-Branch Hall for the march to the cenotaph

commencing at 5.45am; service begins at 6am

Venue: Riverstone-Schofields RSL Sub-Branch Hall

18 Market Street, Riverstone

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Bringing up Great Kids Program

Bringing up Great Kids is an evidence based FREE 5 week program for parents and

carers with children at any age.

The program promotes and supports respectful, caring and nurturing relationships

between parents and their children, assisting parents to become more reflective and

mindful in their parenting approach.

The Program will also explore:

Parenting Style

Important messages: what do we want to convey to our children and how best

to do this

Brain development in children and its influence on thoughts, feelings and be-

haviour

Discovering how to overcome some of the obstacles of raising children

Exploring ways for parents to take care of themselves and how to find support

when needed

FREE CHILD CARE AND MORNING TEA EACH WEEK

PRE-GROUP INTERVIEW DATE: Tues 8 or Wed 9 May 2018 please

book: 8811 0000 or blacktownfrc@ransw.org.au

Date: Tuesday 29 May—Tuesday 26 June 2018 (5 weeks)

Time: 9:15am-11:30am

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BARNIER P&C

Second Hand Uniform Donations

The P&C Second Hand Uniform stall is in need of donations. Please consider donating any

uniforms that do not fit anymore or you do not need, that are in good condition, to the clothing

pool. All money raised will go directly to the P&C, which in turn is used to improve our childrens’

education. Donated uniforms can be left in the yellow P&C bucket located in the office foyer or

they can be dropped off at the P&C room.

Easter Raffle and Guessing Competition

Thank you to all those who contributed with donations to make the Easter Raffle a huge success your support is greatly appreciated. Congratulations to all the winners!

We hope you all had a safe and enjoyable Easter long weekend.

Behind the Scenes Fundraisers

Movie Tickets

Heading to the movies these holidays? Don’t forget to take your Reading

Cinemas Rouse Hill Coupons! Hand over one coupon for each ticket

purchased when you visit Reading Cinemas Rouse Hill and the P&C will

receive 1 free movie ticket for every 10 tickets purchased. These tickets are

used as prizes for different fundraisers throughout the year. The coupons can

be found on the P&C website:

http://barnierpandc.wixsite.com/barnierpandc/behind-the-scenes-fundraisers

Entertainment Tickets

Entertainment books are back, just in time for the school

holidays! Inside are a wide range of vouchers and discounts

that can be used at a variety of places - restaurants,

cinemas, cafes, bowling, laser tag and so much more!

Books can be purchased in digital format that can be used

on your smart phone, or in hard cover copy. More

information will be available in the coming weeks.

My Name Labels and Athletes Foot

Are you in need of new school shoes or labels for your

children’s school items? My Name Labels and Athletes

Foot are supporters of your P&C. Further details can be

found on the Behind the Scenes Fundraisers web page

of the P&C website. Follow the link below for more

information:

http://barnierpandc.wixsite.com/barnierpandc/behind-

the-scenes-fundraisers

Thank you very much for the continued support to our school community!