Blacktown South Public School eNewsletter

183 Flushcombe Road
Blacktown NSW 2148
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Email: blacktowns-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Phone: 02 9622 2449
Fax: 02 9831 2379
26 August 2016
Blacktown Festival of Performing Arts
Principal’s Report
A very big well done to our wonderful Senior Dance group,
who performed on Tuesday Night at the Blacktown Festival of
Performing Arts at Wyndham College. Our dance group was
outstanding. Congratulations to all the dancers and to Miss
Christian for all your efforts.
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Kindergarten Enrolments for 2017
K- 2 Athletics Carnival
If you have a child, or know of a child who will be turning
5 years old by July 31st 2017, it is important to fill out an
enrolment application for Blacktown South Public School as
soon as possible. Enrolment forms are available at the office. An
enrolment application for Kindergarten 2017 will ensure children
are invited to our Kindergarten Orientation activities which start
early term 4.
Last Wednesday we were absolutely blessed with a wonderful
winter’s day to hold our annual Kindergarten to Year 2 Athletics
Carnival. Students had a fantastic time rotating through running
races, long jump and various novelty events. Mrs Hurst and
her hard working team of helpers organised a terrific day of
activities for all students to enjoy and be involved. The finals of
the running races were held just prior to lunch and as always
caused much excitement.
Thank you to the many parents that attended on the day to
encourage and cheer on the competitors.
Information and invitation letters for Kindergarten orientation are
being sent out now.
If you have questions concerning your child's enrolment, please
contact the school.
LMBR- Learning Management and Business
Reform
Book Week Dress Up Day
Yesterday our school was full of the most wonderful characters
from literature. Well done to the many students and staff who
made a huge effort to dress up as a book character. Thank you
to the SRC for your organisation of this annual school event.
On September 5th, Blacktown South Public School and many
other Department of Education schools in the Blacktown Area
will be migrating to a new accounting and data management
system. This will be the most significant change in the way
schools manage administration and finance since we moved
from book keeping to computers based systems in the 1990s.
All payments for current camps, excursions must be finalised
well prior to this date by Friday 26th August.
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Parking
A number of parents have been using the old convenience
store on Flushcombe Road across from the school for parking.
Please note that this property has now been sold and is being
used as a residence- private property. Please do not park there.
PSSA Grand Finals
Congratulations to the four Netball Teams and Senior Football
Team who will be playing in the PSSA Winter Grand Finals
this Friday night- weather permitting. I wish all our Grand Final
teams all the very best and I am looking forward to cheering you
on.
your child by encouraging them to throw papers in the bin and
hand in any lost property.
Principal’s Reading Awards
Congratulations to the following students from Kindergarten –
Year 6 who have been awarded the Principal’s Reading award
for 100 nights of home reading.
Christina Htoo
Noor Morad
Umair Mohiuddin
Jeremy Espinas
Dhvani Barot
Aarish Prasad
Flexi Schools- Online Ordering for the Canteen
Barry Sultan
Suedaba Lalee
Fin Annabel
The School Canteen has initiated a new program of online
ordering through Flexi Schools.
Aiman Adnan
Tirth Bhavsar
Nihil Prasath
Hetav Patel
Bill Fan
Shukanna
Chowdhury
Sena Joshi
Rukia Abd
Rabah
Andrew Hudson
Emina
Omerbasic
Nastasha
Morgan
Ally Brawn
Anastasia Vaz
Naeun Lee
Darsh Soni
Parneet Sodhi
Leo Zhu
Katie Shipp
Token Fun Day
Adam Nasser
Loudonald Go
Arnav Kumar
Just a reminder that our big event for Term 3 is the School’s
Token Fun Day to be held on Wednesday 21st September,
during the last week of term.
Shahneel
Salaque
Samuel Atherton
Charlotte Vaz
Hayden Ross
Nandini Patel
Jessica Latif
Jad Nasser
Juliana Mendoza
Families are able to logon to the Flexi Schools website and
create an online account. Once an online account is created
families can order lunches for their children. Lunches can be
ordered days in advance or for multiple days all at the one time.
If ordering lunch for today it must be ordered by 9am.
Uniform Price List
There is an up-dated uniform price list attached to this
newsletter.
This is Blacktown South Public School’s major fundraiser for
the year. Over the coming weeks multiple notes will be sent
home asking for donations as well as informing families about
the organisation for the day and how to purchase tokens.
This day is always one of the year’s highlights for all our
students.
Tokens for Token Fun Day will be sold from next week - see
attached note
Blacktown South now has Twitter!
Keep up to date with what is happening in and outside of the
classroom. Click on the link @ http://twitter.com or use the QR
code to download and join Twitter.
Help Needed
The school canteen is looking for a volunteer with basic
accounting skills and knowledge of MYOB to manage the
Canteen accounts. If you are able to spare a few hours on a
weekly basis please contact the school.
Andrew Bowmer
Principal
Don't forget to follow the school page by clicking on the link
below.
https://twitter.com/blacktownsthps
PBL @ Blacktown South
At Blacktown South we follow the
philosophy of positive behaviour for learning.
We are Safe, Respectful Learners in all
environments. We encourage our students
to meet these expectations at all times and in all settings.
This fortnight our focus is: Be RESPECTFUL – Care for the
school environment and the property of others. Please help
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The School Opal Card
Busways has asked all parents who have children catching a
bus to remind them that they must remember to tap on at the
beginning of their trip and off again at the end of their trip. This
is a condition of using the School Opal Card.
Data being gathered shows that not all students are doing this.
If students do not tap on and off, services may be cancelled
due to the lack of recorded patronage
POP- Parent Payments On-line
The school is currently in a transition phase while our system is
being upgraded.
Please note that NO POP PAYMENTS can be made during this
time
P & C and Clothing Pool WILL NOT be linked to POP. Amounts
owing to these organisations will have to be paid for in cash.
We have attached a link for you to see how easy the process is.
Mrs Dobbie
School Admin Manager
Fathers Day Raffle
Father’s day raffle note and tickets were sent out this week.
As usual tickets will be $1.00 each. If you require extra tickets
these can be collected at the office. All money raised will go
towards purchasing more iPads and laptops to be used in the
classrooms.
Fathers Day Raffle Prizes 2016
1st Prize – Charcoal portable BBQ set (valued at $115)
2nd Prize – White Water Rafting gift voucher (valued at $95)
3rd Prize – Hoyts Family movie passes & goodie pack
4th Prize – AMF Family bowling passes & goodie pack
5th Prize – $20 Panarotti’s gift voucher
6th Prize – $20 Panarotti’s gift voucher
7th Prize – $20 iTunes Gift card
Remember, “You have to be in it to win it!!!”
CANTEEN
The Canteen now has online ordering for lunch orders through
Flexischools, just go onto flexischools by clicking on the link
below and add your child’s name and class to get started.
http://www.flexischools.com.au/
If you have any enquiry about flexischools please call into the
Canteen and se Mrs Fogg.
I would like to say thank you to all the people who help sell
donuts on 16th August
Our helpers for the next two weeks are:
TERM 3 - Week 6
Monday 29th August
Sujatha Basker
Tuesday 30th August
Jean Loveday
Wednesday 31st August
Reggie El-bizai
Thursday 1st September
Pradaya Daddikar
Friday 2nd September
Lorraine Mollier
Week 7
Sandra Green
Tuesday 6th September
Sandra Green
Wednesday 7th September
Reggie El-bizai
Thursday 8th September
Sandra Green
Friday 9th September
A special thank you to the following businesses for
donating prizes:
Firebrand, Penrith Whitewater rafting, Panarotti’s
Blacktown, Hoyts Blacktown and AMF Bowling
Blacktown.
Father’s Day Stall – Tuesday 30th August
On this day children will be able to purchase a Father’s Day
gift for Dad, Grandfathers or even a special Uncle. The gifts will
be $5.00 each and children will have a wide range of gifts to
choose from. Children will be brought to the school hall in class
groups throughout the day to pick their very own gift for Dad.
On this day the P&C will also be looking for some helpers to
assist the young buyers with selecting their gifts. If you are
available on this day, please return the tear off section at the
bottom of the note and return it to your class teacher. Helpers
are required from 9:30am on the day of the stall. Morning tea,
drinks and lunch are supplied on the day.
Please note that you will have to have your Working With
Children form completed to be able to help on the day. Please
contact the school office for further details.
Entertainment books are still available!
Monday 5th September
Mrs R Fogg
Canteen Supervisor
P&C News
You are able to purchase these in either a digital format (for your
smartphone) or a hard copy book. For $65 the Entertainment
Book is fantastic value as it is full of a variety of vouchers that
can be used at restaurants, cafes, movies, museums, hotels,
flights, online shopping and many more places!
An order form has been sent home to families. If you would like
to make a purchase, please fill in the order form and return to
the school, or click on the ‘order from us today’ link and you
can purchase it online!
https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/215g669
You are able to have a look at the book by either clicking on the
following link or there is a copy in the front office for you to read
through.
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http://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/flickbook/
sydney-greater-west
Remember, this is a fundraiser and for every book we sell 20%
of the sale is donated back to the school, which is then used
for improvements around the school!
Charlie’s Restaurant – Cash benefit for our
school
Charlie’s Restaurant is in Blacktown City Bowling Club, Lismore
St Blacktown (opposite The Hospital), last year Charlie donated
a percentage of every sale to our school where the persons
presented a “Charlie’s Restaurant Voucher”. Click on the link
below for flyer and coupons and print these off, put on your
fridge or wherever else you can see them easily. When you go
to Charlie’s just take along a voucher, present it at the time of
purchase and our school will receive a cash benefit. This is a
way you can contribute without much effort.
Regards,
Kerrie Barton
P&C President
TERM 3
Tuesday 6th
September
• Year 3C, 3E, 3H & 3X Observatory
Visit
• Year 4 Soccer
• P&C Meeting
Wednesday 7th
September
• Zone Athletics Carnival
• Maths Olympiad Year 5/6
Friday 9th
September
• 3-6 Assembly 6H presenting
Week 9
Monday 12th
September
• Whacky Photos
Tuesday 13th
September
• Whacky Photos
• Year 4 Soccer
BLACKTOWN SOUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL
CALENDAR
COMMENTS: Please place this in the left hand side margin as
well as in the body of the Newsletter
• Green Australia Visit 5R / 5/6N
Wednesday 14th
September
• SW Athletics
Thursday 15th
September
• Milo Cricket Years 5&6
Friday 16th
September
• K-2 Assembly KB presenting
Week 10
Tuesday 20th
September
• Year 3K & Year 3 Students from 2/
3/4Z Observatory Visit
• Year 4 Soccer
• Spelling Bee – Regional Final
TERM 3
Week 7
Tuesday 30th
August
Wednesday 21st
September
• Token Fun Day
Friday 23rd
September
• Canteen closed
• Fathers’ Day Stall
• Year 4 Soccer starts
• 3-6 Assembly 3X Presenting
Wednesday 31st
August
• PBL Assemblies
Thursday 1st
September
• Fathers’ Day Stall
Friday 2nd
September
• K-2 Assembly KH presenting
• PSSA Finals Back Up
Week 8
Monday 5th
September
• School goes live with LMBR
• Year 4 Math Incursion
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