DIARY DATES

Thu 15 Aug Basketball Program

Fri 16 Aug P&C Working BeeMufti Day

Tue 20 Aug STEM Expo - 5.30pm -SHSDebating - 10am

Wed 21 Aug Netball Gala DayNPBS Test

Fri 23 AugLMCC Workshop - (Years 3/4/5/6)Playgroup 2-3pm

Tue 27 Aug Possum Magic Excursion(Yrs K/1/2)

Thu 29 Aug Fathers’ Day Stall

Thu 5 Sept Premier’s Spelling Bee - Greta PS

Fri 13 Sept Galgabba CupPlaygroup 2-3pm

Sat 14 Sept Bunnings Cake Stall

Wed 18 Sept Touch Footy Gala Day

Thu 19 Sept School Disco

Wed 25 Sept-Fri 27 Sept Canberra Excursion - Yr 5/6

TERM 3 Week 4 - Tuesday 13 August 2019

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

ASSEMBLY AWARD WINNERS

Congratulations to our Week 2 Assembly Award winners!

ZONE ATHLETICS

Congratulations to all of our students who competed at the Zone Athletics carnival last Tuesday and Wednesday.

Good luck to the following students who have all qualified for Regional for the following events:

Emerson L. 11 years: 1500m, 800m, 200m, 100m and Long Jump

Kaitlin R. 11 years: 800m and High Jump

Cameron R. 11 years: Discus and Shot Put

Tom C. Junior: 800m

Harry H. 10 years: 1500m

Sheridan K. Junior: Shot Put

PHOTOGRAPHING & VIDEOING

Please be aware that not all of our students have photograph or videoing permission, hence it is a timely reminder to ensure that you only record your own child/ren or you seek permission from the school or other child’s parents before filming or taking pictures without permission. Thank you for being vigilant with this matter.

SCHOOL PAINTING

The painting is in its final stages and should be completed any day now. This has been a huge process with our walkways to be painted in the second round of school beautification.

FOUNDA pair of sunglasses have been

handed in to the school office last week. Please see office staff to

identify and claim.

EDUCATION WEEK & BOOK PARADE

The children thoroughly enjoyed celebrating their educational success through classroom walk-throughs and parading for our visitors as their favourite book character. A huge thank you to our parents and grandparents who sourced or sewed costumes. They were very creative and we had such an array of characters. The children love sharing events with family and friends.

PUBLIC SPEAKING

We had two children from each Stage attend our Zone Public Speaking finals through last week. It is a huge achievement to make it to Zone level and we congratulate all of the children who attended. We are also extremely proud of Chloe R. and Lyla N. for achieving Highly Commended awards for this competition. Well done!

GATS CAMP

We had a small cohort of students attend specialised GATs camps during Week 2 of this term. Marley attended for English with Harry and Thomas attending for Sports Science. The children thoroughly enjoyed the experience, albeit quite a few late nights.

VEGETABLE STALL

Our environmental group await your purchases at our vegetable stall most Thursday afternoons. They are located directly outside the office. We have quite an array for sale at the moment and the children enjoy picking fresh produce at lunchtime for our family and friends. Come along and support our “green finger” environmental group.

ENROLMENTS

If your child is age appropriate for Kindergarten next year, please come and get an enrolment form from the office. This will ensure that you are informed about playdates, events, orientation times/days and parent information nights. Our current Kindergarten has been a huge success and we are looking forward to another great year for 2020! In addition, if you are aware of new families moving into the area, we are happy to provide a guided tour and introduction to the school at a convenient time.

Reminder: Open classroom in Week 5, Friday 23 Aug, from 2-3pm.

STEM EXPO

The Galgabba STEM Expo will be held on Tuesday 20 August from 5.30pm at Swansea HS. We will have quite a few groups from 5/6 attending with their entries. In addition, there will be special guests and the chance to see STEM projects from Swansea High School. This is an open event, meaning the community is welcome to attend.

OUT OF UNIFORM MUFTI DAY - GOLD COIN DONATION

We will be holding a Mufti Day this Friday 16 August to help with funding for Harry and Emerson to compete at the National Cross Country. Students may come dressed as their favourite sports person or team for a gold coin donation. Class 5/6 will also be holding a cake stall on the day to support our competitors.

HUNTER DANCE COSTUMES

It would be appreciated if all costumes could be returned to the school as soon as possible. Thank you.

Kim Harris - Principal

P&C UPDATE

Canteen

In an effort to further reduce the waste created by the canteen we no longer sell plastic sauce satchels. Our canteen volunteers now put a bottle of tomato and BBQ sauce in each class lunch tub for students to apply sauce to their own lunch. We no longer charge for sauce and the menu was recently updated to reflect this change.

Working Bee

This Friday is the P&C working bee. The cubby house needs to be painted, gardens weeded, planting done and a general clean up of the school grounds after the tree removal. Volunteers can help at any time during the day. Please sign in and out at the office.

Bunnings Cake Stall

The P&C is hosting a cake stall at Belmont Bunnings on Saturday 14 September. The cake stall will run from 9.30am to midday. We need volunteers for this fundraiser and will be asking for cakes/slices to be donated. We need a few people to make up cake packs on the Friday afternoon and we need volunteers to work on the stall. Please advise the office if you can help.

Pie Drive

The P&C will be organising a pie drive this term. Order forms will be sent out in a few weeks time.

ASSEMBLY AWARDS - Term 3 Week 2

K Koda K. Aulelei-Rose A. Archie A.

1/2/3 Kaili W. Damon M.Allira C.

Zoe H.

3/4/5 Tanner A. Anakin O. Sam W.

5/6 Ethan C. Sienna K. Macy N.

HOME READING AWARDS

75 Nights: Amelia B. Flynn L.

Piper W. Zachary M.

100 Nights: Sophie M. Braxton M.

Koda K.

125 Nights: Lyla N.

COMMUNITY NOTICE

Invitation - Bahtabah Local Aboriginal Land Council would like to invite you to attend a Cultural Burn to be held on Thursday 15 August from 10am at 67 Docker Street, Blacksmiths (vacant land adjacent to Belmont Golf Course). Entrance is via Docker Street via foot. Experienced fire practioners, elders from Bahtabah LALC and Hunter Local Land Services will be on site. Fire & Rescue will also be present on site. RSVP bahtabahkentan@hotmail.com or phone 4971 4800.

REQUEST FOR ALL SCHOOL MAINTENANCE LOCAL TRADES PROVIDERS AND SUPPLIERS

The NSW Government has committed the largest investment in planned maintenance at public schools in the history of NSW. A record $1.3 billion is being spent on an ambitious delivery program, focused on employing local businesses and contractors across the state.

To assist in addressing regional school maintenance issues and, at the same time, provide work for local trade’s persons and suppliers across the Hunter / Central Coast regions, over $100 million is being invested to upgrade and maintain our school infrastructure.

Given this record spend by School Infrastructure NSW, you are invited to an Asset Management Unit industry breakfast briefing. This will provide information to existing and new contractors on how you can get involved.

To find out more by attending our Industry breakfast register at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/industry-engagement-information-session-tickets-65766578607 or contact your Asset Management Unit on 4088 3500.

Blacksmiths Public School - Term 3 - 2019Term

3 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT SUN

122 July

Staff Development

Day

23 July

Students Return for

Term 2

4 July 25 July 26 July 2728

July

229 July 30 July

Hunter Dance

(Shows at:11.30am & 6pm)

31 July 1 August

Hunter Dance

(Extra Group Activity)

2 August

ATSI Incursion (Yr 1/2/3)

Playgroup (K-2-3pm)

34

Aug

3

5 August

Public Speaking-S3

EDUCATION WEEK

6 August

Zone Athletics

Public Speaking-S2

P&C Meeting - 6pm

7 August

Zone Athletics

Public Speaking-ES1

8 August

Education/Book Week

Activities/Book Fair

9 August

Public Speaking-S11011

Aug

412 August 13 August

Matter of Seconds

Water Safety Talk

14 August 15 August

Basketball Program

16 August

P&C Working Bee

Mufit Day

1718

Aug

519 August 20 August

STEM Expo

Debating - 10am

21 August

Netball Gala Day

NPBS Test

22 August 23 August

LMCC Workshop

Playgroup - 2-3pm

2425

Aug

6

26 August 27 August

Possum Magic Exc

(Yrs K/1/2)

28 August 29 August

Fathers’ Day Stall

30 August 31Aug

1Sept

72 September 3 September 4 September 5 September

Premier’s Spelling

Bee Finals - Greta PS

6 September 78

Sept

89 September 10 September 11 September 12 September 13 September

Galgabba Cup

Playgroup 2-3pm

1415

Sept

916 September 17 September 18 September

Touch Footy Gala Day

19 September

School Disco

20 September 2122

Sept

1023 September 24 September 25 September

Canberra Excursion

(Yrs 5/6)

26 September

Canberra Excursion

(Yrs 5/6)

27 September

Canberra Excursion

(Yrs 5/6)

2829

Sept

Hols30 September 1 October 2 October 3 October 4 October 5

6Oct

Hols7 October 8 October 9 October 10 October 11 October 12

13Oct