BROKEN HILL PUBLIC SCHOOL A dynamic community encouraging life-long learning, integrity and success for all

Mica Street BROKEN HILL NSW 2880

Telephone: (08) 8087 3522 www.brokenhill-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Email: brokenhill-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Dates to Remember

Teddy Bears’ Picnic

21st September, 2016

PSSA Girls Basketball

Gala Day

21st September, 2016

PSSA Boys Cricket

Gala Day

21st September, 2016

Old Time Games

21st September, 2016

Central Country Fair

22nd September, 2016

Grand Parade/Assembly

23rd September, 2016

Dinner Dance

6pm 23rd September,

2016

is Term, Mrs Jessett, Mrs Pearce and Mr Fisher, have been involved in ongoing training in

the new finance and management system being implemented

across all Department of Education schools. There will be days

each week this term, where one of us will be out of the school

undertaking this vital training. Some regular administrative duties

may therefore take longer to provide but we will closely monitor

this to ensure that school administration continues to function

effectively.

News at Central PRINCIPAL: Michael Fisher

At Central, it’s as simple as ABC. A is for Attendance. This is

part of our ongoing focus for the year. It is vital that your

children attend every day to make the most of their learning

opportunities. B is for Bump it Up. This is a continued strategy

to support the skills, strategies, collaboration and outcomes of

Literacy and Numeracy. C is for Communication. Our school is

a community! We use a variety of lines of communication, talk

with each other, ask and work together for the common goal

of success for all.

Last week we had a strong demonstration of some of the skills

and strengths our school are well known for. It is my pleasure

to thank and congratulate Ms Zacharia, Ms Gibbons and

students involved on their effort with public speaking. Students

participated in a district NAIDOC public speaking competition

in Dubbo demonstrating their exceptional skills in speaking and

preparation. We also had a selection of students represent our

school at Burke Ward Public School for a local competition of

public speaking with a tremendous effort put in by all students.

Coming up on the 21st, 22nd, 23rd August students will be

participating in Eisteddfod Choir, Verse Speaking, Speech and

Drama. Please ensure that all notes are returned and students

are wearing their full school uniform when necessary.

It was fantastic to see so many parents, family and members of

our community, at the assembly last Friday, to help celebrate

the educational and sporting achievements of our students.

From the Principal

Dates to Remember

Monday, 21st August, 2017

Eisteddfod – Choirs

Tuesday, 22nd

August, 2017

Eisteddfod – Speech &

Drama

Wednesday, 23rd August,

2017

Eisteddfod – Verse

Speaking

Thursday, 24th August,

2017

Father’s Day Stall

Friday, 25th August, 2017

Father’s Day Breakfast

Sunday, 27th August, 2017

Stage 3 Excursion

Monday, 28th August, 2017

P&C Meeting

6.30pm – Meeting Room

We also had great attendance at our weekly Coffee Club on Monday. The Coffee Club is

open on Monday afternoons in the meeting room and all are welcome to attend.

Lastly a thought for the week:

“Coming together is a BEGINNING. Keeping together is a PROGRESS. Working together is a SUCCESS”

(Henry Ford)

Yours in Education

Jonathon Thomas

Relieving Principal

KP – Matthew Summers, Isabelle Summers 3/4P – Oliver Matthias, Emily Jones

4/5H – Saxon Stewart, Keira Ragenovich 5/6J – Shanae Standley, Shayna Renton

5/6D – Lilliana Fox, Hunter Donohoe

CLASS OF THE WEEK – 2/3T

If you did not receive a note, please come to the office as soon as possible.

NOTES WHO’S INVOLVED

Occupational therapy note P-2 students

Sky viewing project 5/6J students

Hearing note K-2 and selected students

Ballarat/Melbourne Excursion information 5/6 students

A REMINDER that the Stage 3 Excursion to Ballarat departs on

Sunday, 27th August, 2017 Outstanding fees need to be paid by

Monday, 21st August, for your child to attend.

Coffee Club News

Coffee Club is off to a great start and we thank all those parents who have attended. It is really

great chatting to our parents in such a relaxed and informal manner, and to have such fantastic

input about the types of presentations and activities you would like to see. At Central, we

consider the parent voice an essential ingredient for the healthy and successful running of our

school and would love you all to come and join in the friendly chats and presentations over a

cuppa. All welcome

Next Coffee Club : Monday, 21st August

Time: 2:30 pm

Place: Meeting Room

Cost: Free

See you there!

Annette

Congratulations also to the following students who have completed their Orange Level.

2/3T Lacey Campbell

Congratulations also to the following students who have completed their Yellow Level.

3/4P Lincoln McIntosh

Congratulations also to the following students who have completed their Blue Level.

Congratulations also to the following students who have completed their Green Level.

4/5H Carlos Guerrero-Hunt

KP Olivia Coffey

1/2Z Jackson Learmonth, Isabell Coffey, Taelah Hoskins

4/5H Briana Ralph

5/6J Asha Forrest, Ashlee Fairholm

BOOK WEEK AND BOOK FAIR

The Scholastic Book Fair will be held in Week 3 Term 4.

Our annual Book Week Parade will coincide with the book fair.

We look forward to an exciting Book Fair and Book Week in Term 4!!

We are calling for expressions of interest for Preschool 2018. If your child is turning 4 before 31st July, 2018 please call into the administration office

to collect an Expression of Interest form. Applications will now be considered in round 2.

KINDERGARTEN 2018

We are now calling for enrolments for Kindergarten 2018. Enrolment

forms and information can be collected from the administration

office. If you are unsure of which school your child is zoned, please

contact the office and we will assist you. Your child must be turning

5 before 31st July, 2018 for enrolment in 2018. Kindergarten

orientation programs will start early in Term 4.

CANTEEN NEWS

DONUT DAY – THURSDAY, 7TH

SEPTEMBER

Take advantage of our Meal

Deals - available Wednesdays,

Thursdays and Fridays.

Fruit and Vegetable months –

August and September

BAGPIPER

OF THE WEEK

Saxon Stewart

DONATIONS OF TISSUES

Due to the very large number of

Tissues that have been used so far

this year, we are asking parents /

caregivers if they could donate a

box of tissues to the school. Thank

to all those parent who have

already donated.

On Friday, 11th August, the Junior and Senior public speaking teams from our school

headed to Burke Ward Public School for the next stage of the competition. The girls had

to present their written speech to a large audience. They were then taken into a room,

given a topic and had to write a speech on an impromptu topic to present. The girls were

all fantastic and presented all speeches beautifully. I would like to applaud them on their

hard work, dedication and confidence. Well done Emerson Chesterfield, Ruby Martin,

Briana Ralph and Edren Burrows.

Woolworths Earn & Learn

Earn 2 bonus stickers when you purchase any products from participating brands until 22nd

August. Participating brands include Airwick, Australia's Own, Bega, Cold Power, Finish,

Mr Kipling, Nature's Way, Tamar Valley, Uncle Tobys, Vanish and Yumis until stocks last.

Woolworths Earn & Learn 2017 We are excited to be taking part in the 2017 Woolworths Earn & Learn program. During the previous campaign, we were able to purchase some great resources with the points we earn, thanks to you. From Wednesday 26th July, 2017, until Tuesday 19th September, 2017, you can collect stickers at Woolworths that go towards Earn & Learn points. For every $10 you spend at Woolworths (excluding the purchase of tobacco, liquor and gift cards), you will receive a sticker. These stickers can then be given to your children to collect on a special sticker card. Once it is completed, they can simply bring it back here to school or you can drop them into your local Woolworths collection box. The more points we earn, the more we can redeem from a choice of over 10,000 educational resources including mathematics and English resources, art & crafts materials and much, much more! We are grateful for your support and look forward to a successful program. If you have any questions, please ask at School. Sticker sheets have been sent home with this newsletter (one per family). Extra sheets are available in the office.

At last Fridays school assembly we recognised the awesome achievements of our BHPS

Athletics Carnival Champions, Runners Up and field events ribbons. Overall, Freeman was

the winning house this year!

Juniors

Boy Champion Oliver Matthias

Boy Runner Up Ricky Williams

Girl Champion Alexandra Hardy

Girl Runner Up Emma Johnson

Girl Runner Up Hannah Kemp

11 Years

Boy Champion Tasman Guest

Boy Runner Up Trae Hammond

Girl Champion Shayna Renton

Girl Runner Up Kayla Carstein

Seniors

Boy Champion Kynan Johnson

Boy Runner Up Dwight Chestnut

Girl Champion Lilliana Fox

Girl Runner Up Eleana Geneblazo

Next week, Central will be celebrating Father's Day with our annual Father's Day Stall on Thursday, 24

th August, and Father's Day Breakfast on Friday, 25

th August. The stall this year has

some great new gifts for kids to buy for Dad, Grandad or anyone who is 'Dad'!

The Father's Day Breakfast, which will be at 8.00am, is always a great occasion to see our school community come together to celebrate. There will also be a special performance on the morning. So make sure you lock these dates into the diary for next week!

Last week we held our school finals for the Premier's Spelling Bee. All competitors did an

amazing job and it was a really close race. The results are as follows:

Senior Champion Charlize Cattermole

Senior Runner-Up Emerson Chesterfield

Junior Champion Alexandra Hardy

Junior Runner-Up Edren Burrows

Alexandra and Charlize will represent the school at

the Regional Finals to be held on Friday, 15th

September via VC. Well done to everyone

involved.

Some participants from the Kidney Kar

Rally will be coming to the School

tomorrow at 2.00pm to promote awareness

of kidney disease and to raise funds for

Kidney Kids and Young Adult programs.

Students are encouraged to bring a gold

coin donation.

Pictured are Jordan Cattonar and Tasman

Guest who are currently representing Barrier

PSSA Soccer in Inverell this week.