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“Plover Planet” The Newsletter of Biddabah Public School.
Week 3 Term 1- 2018
45 Medcalf St Warners Bay NSW 2282 Ph. 4954 6058
Email: [email protected] “Future Focused Learners”
Focus of the week……….
Buddy says
“ I am on time every time”
Achievement awards for weeks 2 & 3 T1 were presented to
Future Focused Learners who have demonstrated excellence in our
three core areas of "Safety, Respect and Responsibility".
Principal’s Report.
Welcome to our new Biddabah families and our returning
families to what promises to be a very exciting year ahead. The
Term has already got off to a flying start with some new
innovations and a ‘tweaking’ of some of our old favourites. For
example, whole school assemblies are once again weekly and
will take place every Monday at 2.15pm. This is designed to
provide increased access to parents wanting to celebrate
student recognition. Similarly, in order to get early feedback
and input from parents as to how we can best support the
academic, social and emotional needs of students, mid year
parent/teacher interviews have been moved to Week 6 Term
1. It is hoped that this earlier exchange of information will allow
teachers to hit the ground running armed with a complete
picture of how to best structure the learning environment to
maximise individual student outcomes.
I am thrilled to report that our canteen is now fully operational
once again with our successful tenderer “Lunchkins” (Kim B and
Kim R) commencing business week 1 providing affordable,
healthy recesses and lunches every Monday to Friday.
In terms of enrolments and staffing, our numbers are well down
on 2018 due to the very large Year 6 cohort of 2018 moving on
to high school. As a result we have 379 students enrolled in 15
classes across the school. Our staff remains largely unchanged
for the new year. (See full list provided).
Our annual
swimming carnival
was a great success
last week and should
set the tone for a
fabulous year of
energy, enthusiasm
and participation
from our wonderful students. Special thanks to our staff and to
the kind parents who braved the heat to help out with
timekeeping and other voluntary roles on the day. Much
appreciated.
In order to get our senior students off to a positive start to the
year, we are hosting our inaugural “Friendship Forum” on
Wednesday Feb 27. Students in Years 4 to 6 will take part in a
range of ‘hands on’ workshops and activities designed to build
resilience, connectedness and anti-bullying strategies.
KB Tyler H, Sienna T
KF Kacee C, Deakin F
1F Joanne S, Lachlan J, Ava P, Charli F,
1B Nate H, Olivia C.C.
2H Georgie W, Joshua G, Lylah R, Chase T
2MC Charlee P, Lachlan S, Harvey PM, Demi M
3W Becca W, Isabella W, Isabella R, Preston J, Eleanor A,
Patrick N, Imogen F, Nicholas U.
30 Evie F, Owen P, Isabella M, Lacey H,
4/5L Maddix L, Harper Y, Isabella L, Cooper M.
4B Kloe R, William M, Callum AB, Maddie V
4M Riley M, Bryson D, Liam L, Trey M,
5F Eden H, Ben T, Taylea B, Hudson J,
5M Will H, Alexia P
6F Xavier A, Baylee P, Seth W, Ellie C
6D Liam H, Emily B, Jesse S, Paige M
The following students received awards at our last 2 assemblies.
Workshops will also be available to parents and carers throughout
the day along with a FREE morning tea and lunch for all
participants. Notes for this day went home last week , however
further information is available from the office. RSVP for parents
wanting to attend (for catering purposes) closes Friday Feb 22.
To ensure the safety of our students, could I please remind
parents not to park in the staff car park at any time or to
shortcut the Watt St roundabout queue to access the top
visitor car park during peak pick up and drop off times.
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Environmental News
Hunter Water proudly
provides funding for the
educational ‘Bubbles and
Supa Squirt Water Saving
Show’. This hilarious show is
filled with fun and
laughter and makes
learning about water child's play. ‘The Bubbles and Supa
Squirt’ show is free to Kinder, Year 1 & 2. The show runs
for approximately 35 fun & educational minutes where
the students will learn about; the water cycle, water wise
rules and the health benefits of drinking
water. Biddabah students are lucky enough to be
watching the show on Friday the 15th of March.
Mrs Filipcevic
2019 Full Staff List
KB Mrs Burton (AP) KF Mrs Ford
1F Mrs Finley 1B Mrs Bell
2MC Mrs McEwan 2H Mr Harris
3O Mrs Osborn 3W Mrs Wood
4B Mrs Bradshaw 4M Mrs Minett
4/5L Mr Leadbeatter 5F Mrs Filipcevic
5M Mrs Maxfield 6D Mrs Dutch
6F Mrs Freund
Stage 2 RFF Mrs Hanley Stage 3 RFF Mrs Davidson
Tech RFF Mrs Broxom LAST Mrs Hone
Library Mrs Barbour K-2 Pedagogy Mrs Phillips (AP)
Counsellor Mrs Harrison Tech Support Mrs Svensek
Grounds Reece Roffey Admin Mgr Michelle Curtis-Allan
Office Julie Cavanough Office Connie Hooey
Uniform shop Michelle Hain SLSO Nicole Harrison
SLSO Kerrie Wallace SLSO Shae Roberts
SLSO Jo Sandhoff
Principal Mr Gately
Library News Welcome back to another busy in our library.
We have lots of exciting events and plans for the
Library this year. The following days are class
library sessions for 2019.
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
3W 6F 6D 1F
3O 1B 5F 2H
KB 4/5L 2MC 4B
KF 4M
5M
Students from K-2 require a Library bag to borrow but for 3-6
students it is optional. Kindergarten will commence borrowing in a couple
of weeks time when they have become more familiar with the borrowing
procedures.
Looking forward to a great year in the Library
Library teacher
Jenny Barbour
SRE AND ETHICS
SRE and Ethics classes will commence soon. We appreciate your patience
and understanding whilst our timetable is being finalised.
Once again it has been a lengthy and complexed process.
Tracy Ford (SRE & Ethics Co-ordinator)
Save the Date Term 1 2019
Zone Swimming Carnival
Tuesday 19 February
P&C Meeting Wednesday 20 February 7:30pm Library
The Friendship Forum Wednesday 27 February
School Photos 2019 Thursday 7 March 2019
Parent Teacher Interviews & Info evening Monday 4 March– Friday 8 March
School Disco Tuesday 12 March
Harmony Day Thursday 21 March
Cross Country Thursday 21 March
Athletics Carnival Monday 1 April
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory Wednesday 10 April
NAPLAN Tuesday 14-Thursday 16 May
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Swimming Carnival
Congratulations to all students who participated in our School Swimming Carnival on Friday 8 th February. A huge thank you
to all parents who assisted with time keeping on the day. We couldn’t run the carnival without our parent helpers. Students
will be presented with their place ribbons at their respective Stage Assemblies next week (Stage 1 – Wednesday 20th,
2:15pm, Stage 2 – Friday 22nd, 2:15pm, Stage 3 – Thursday 21st, 2:15pm). We ran many heats in some events on the day
and ribbons are awarded to the fastest times recorded for each event.
Our age champions will be presented with their medals at a whole-school assembly at a date to be advised.
Congratulations to those students selected to represent Biddabah at the Westlakes Zone Swimming Carnival on Tuesday
19th February. Students with the top two fastest times for each event are invited to attend the Zone Carnival, however,
students must also reach the Westlakes Zone qualifying times as well. We wish these students the best of luck at Zone.
We are sure they will represent Biddabah with pride.
Mrs Bradshaw
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Boys Events Girls Events 50m Freestyle
8yrs 1st Lachlan S 50m Freestyle
8yrs 1st Demi M
2nd Joseph L 2nd Joanna L
3rd Flynn J 3rd Mikayla D
9yrs 1st Charlie L 9yrs 1st Mia A
2nd Kye I 2nd Monique C
3rd Xavier T 3rd Zoe R
10yrs 1st Fletcher A 10yrs 1st Charmaine B
2nd Toby H 2nd Tahlia F
3rd Sonny A 3rd Ruby I
11yrs 1st Cambell C 11yrs 1st Kirra B
2nd Kuda H 2nd Eden W
3rd Louis M 3rd Tara B
1yrs 1st Xavier A 12yrs 1st Cora S
2nd Tyce H 2nd Tayla Mc
3rd Kye P 3rd Mia M
50m Breaststroke
Jnr 1st Xavier T 50m Breaststroke
Jnr 1st Ruby I
2nd Fletcher A 2nd Charmaine B
3rd Hamish M 3rd Kloe R
11yrs 1st Cambell C 11yrs 1st Kirra B
2nd Jackson D 2nd Sarah G
3rd Luke S 3rd Zoe P
12yrs 1st Liam H 12yrs 1st Cora S
2nd Xavier A 2nd Mia M
3rd Roy H 3rd Grace C
50m Backstroke
Jnr 1st Charlie L 50m Backstroke
Jnr 1st Charmaine B
2nd Xavier T 2nd Matilda-Jade H
3rd Fletcher A 3rd Kloe R
11yrs 1st Cambell C 11yrs 1st Kirra B
2nd Jack R 2nd Tara B
3rd Kuda H 3rd Charlie B
12yrs 1st Xavier A 12yrs 1st Jorja S
2nd Liam H 2nd Tayla Mc
3rd Alexander K 3rd Paige Mc
50m Butterfly
Jnr 1st Bailey W 50m Butterfly
Jnr 1st Monique C
2nd Toby H 2nd Charmaine B
3rd Hamish M 3rd Mia A
11yrs 1st Cambell C 11yrs 1st Kirra B
2nd Jackson D 2nd Tara B
3rd 3rd Khaliah R
12yrs 1st Liam H 12yrs 1st Tayla Mc
2nd Macklin F 2nd Grace C
3rd Xavier A 3rd Emily B
100m Free All
Age
1st Cambell C 100m Free All Age
1st Kirra B
2nd Xavier A 2nd Charmaine B
3rd Tyce H 3rd Paige Mc
Individual Medley
Jnr 1st Sonny A Individual Medley Jnr 1st Charmaine B
2nd Dylan S 2nd Lakeisha B
3rd Monique C
Snr 1st Cambell C Snr 1st Kirra B
2nd Xavier A
4x50m Relay Jnr 1st Saturn 4x50m Relay Jnr 1st Venus
2nd Mercury 2nd Saturn
3rd Venus 3rd Mercury
Snr 1st Mercury Snr 1st Venus
2nd Jupiter 2nd Mercury
3rd Saturn 3rd Saturn
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P & C News
The next P&C meeting is on
Wednesday 20 February at
7:30pm in the Library.
Mel Aurisch P&C President
Tuesday
Mornings
Thursday
Mornings
Thursday
Afternoon
8.30am-9.00am Michelle Hain
8.30am-9.00am Kirsten Rae
2.30pm-3.00pm Renea Shepherd
Stage Assemblies Term 1 2019
K-2 Assembly– Wednesday 2:15pm
Stage 2 Assembly– Friday 2:15pm
Stage 3– Thursday 2:15pm
Presenters: Alexander C, Xavier A
Whole School Assembly– Monday 2:15pm
Notes Sent Home Due
Wk 2
Mon 11 Feb
Wed 13 Feb
Text Book Fee Note
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory
Student & Family update pack
ASAP
Wed 3 April
ASAP
Check for Individual Class or
Activity Notes Sent Home
Parent/Guardian & student details
A student & family update pack was sent
home this week. Could this please be
returned as soon as possible to the office.
Please notify the school as soon as
possible if there are:
Changes in address, phone numbers or emergency contacts.
Changes in family arrangements.
Changes in schooling arrangements e.g. collecting of children
or supervision.
Medication or other health concerns.
Sweetheart Day was a great success!
Thanks to all the donations we were able
to raise $510 for the HeartKids Foundation!
The money raised will go towards funding
and supporting children and adults living with heart conditions.
The Prefects did an amazing job with the first fundraiser of the
year, well done! A big thank you to Selena Brown who shared
Willow’s heart story with many classes.
Mrs Osborn
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This Newsletter is produced fortnightly by the students and staff of Biddabah Public School. For further information phone 4954 6058. Advertiser please contact the office to negotiate special rates.
Parents are reminded that paid advertisements are not necessarily endorsed by the school, but they do assist with the costs of publication.
Steve Gately
FAMILY TAEKWONDO
For all ages from 5 years. Come and try. Bring a friend. Complimentary beginner lessons.
BIDDABAH SCHOOL HALL Medcalf Street,
Warners Bay TUESDAY and THURSDAY
6.00 pm to 7.15 pm
Inquiries:
0422 050 200 /
49 544 522