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2020 Volume 3 Issue 2

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From the Principal

#EveryWeekIsEducationWeek

In NSW, we celebrate public education annually in Term 3 Week 3. This year, Education Week will be celebrated 3-7 August, with the theme being 'Learning together'.

As we know too well, this has been quite an unusual year so far for us all; I am so very proud of how the Balmain Public School community has navigated and kept connected throughout the period of remote learning, to ensure we are all learning together.

Students, staff and families have all worked together and supported each other for our students, to ensure the learning continues throughout these previously unchartered waters.

Although we won't be able to share our Education Week celebrations with you on-site this year as we normally would, we will continue to connect via the Pigeon Post and our Instagram account. Hooray for public education!

Maria Lambos - Principal

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Every FRIDAY

Go to www.flexischools.com.au to place your order

For any food/menu queries please feel free to contact us directly via email :

info@theschoolcanteen.com.au.

Alternatively, you can call Kirsty on 0416 786 603 and we will be happy to assist.

Kirsty and Jason Feliciotto – The School Canteen

Monday 3 - Friday 7 August - EDUCATION WEEK

Monday 3 August - Year 6 Fundraiser

Wednesday 5 August - Zoom P&C Meeting

link to come

Thursday 6 August - Year 6 Fundraiser

Friday 7 August - Semester 1 Reports to go home

Following the guidelines from the NSW Department of Education, this Semester 1 report will follow a simplified format to reflect on your child’s learning on-site at school and via remote learning.

Semester 2 'goal setting' meetings will be scheduled for mid-Term 3. More details to come.

Wednesday 2 September - Zoom P&C Meeting

link to come

Friday 25 September - LAST DAY OF TERM 3

FROM YOUR P&C

School Uniforms


Order uniform items here


For any size exchanges, please:

1. Email the uniform stall with the details of the exchange, at: balmainpsuniforms@gmail.com

2. Return the items to be exchanged to the school office, clearly marked with Student name, Class and EXCHANGE

3. Replacement items will be packed and re-delivered to your child's classroom

Orders will continue to be packed and delivered for collection each week, until we are able to reopen the stall.

Thank you!

AWARDS

LEARN LIVE LEAD awards

K GumnutPatrick Yhaving a go at writing all on your own!
K JasmineSkye Cher enthusiastic attitude towards modelling addition and subtraction
K KaleOliver Cwriting rockstar sentences and sounding out tricky words
1/2 Banana PalmElizabeth Wcompleting her writing tasks with enthusiasm
1/2 CactaceaeElodie Walways putting excellent effort into her work and friendships
1/2 LavenderNash E Mimprovement in his writing and growing confidence in class
1/2 MangroveEirlys Jrevising her work by adding more interesting words to her wonderful character description
3/4 BambooElizabeth Rcontinually being attentive and proactive during lessons
3/4 MagnoliaRose Fparticipating in PDHPE health lessons
3/4 RainforestElizaveta Sher enthusiastic approach to class discussions
5/4 MarigoldJoshua Hshowing remarkable improvement in his behaviour and attitude during class time
5/6 Cherry BlossomOlivia Sher positive attitude to improving her spelling
5/6 FrangipaniAlexander This attentiveness and positive attitude towards all aspects of school life
5/6 WillowAlarik Csetting a good example for the rest of the school as a Year 6 leader
5/6 YautiaChristopher Pcoming into Term 3 with a positive attitude towards school-life

YOU CAN DO IT! awards - Confidence

K GumnutLola Breading with confidence!
K JasmineJames Lshowing confidence writing creative sentences independently
K KaleFelix Jconfidently sounding out words and giving writing sentences a red hot go!
1/2 Banana PalmMia Pjoining the Banana Palms classroom with confidence in a new school
1/2 CactaceaeJoshua McGhis good behaviour and willingness to give things a try
1/2 LavenderClaudia Pbeing helpful and supportive to all students in the classroom
1/2 MangroveLuca Sconfidently sharing insightful ideas during classroom discussions
3/4 BambooEli Sbeing confident when taking on challenging tasks
3/4 MagnoliaZacharie Shis confidence and enthusiasm towards reading! Keep it up!
3/4 RainforestLester Wdeveloping his growth mindset and confidence at school
5/4 MarigoldAlesha S Dincreased confidence in applying her knowledge and skills at school
5/6 Cherry BlossomMatilda Pher confidence in participating in discussions during mathematics
5/6 FrangipaniLachlan Whis clarity, confidence and voice projection when presenting to the class
5/6 WillowAsha Scompeting in the soccer tournament with confidence and wonderful leadership skills
5/6 YautiaVeronica Ndemonstrating confidence and creativity during guided writing

POSITIVE PETE Awards

Thanks to Ms Burke, who organised the collection and distribution of the Gelatissimo ice-creams, as well as took the fab photos this week!

PHOTO GALLERY: This Week's Positive Pete Winners

And the winner is...(drumroll please!)

WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING THIS WEEK...

5/6F explore musical structure through movement with a BPS favourite, 'The Travel Dance'

Ms Biggins helps us prepare for Education Week!

Don't they look so cool!!

Learning together? And how!!!!! They've nailed it!!!!

Spotlight on...

1/2 MANGROVE!!!!!!

In 1/2M, we have had a jam-packed, fabulous, extraordinary, creative and collaborative start to Term 3! Can you spot what type of words we have been focusing on this term? That’s right, it’s been all about the detail in our class with our use of adjectives. They have been helping us in English to learn how to write exciting character descriptions!

What’s the matter with Maths? Well it all depends on the object really... we have been learning about and comparing the mass of different objects around our classroom according to how much ‘matter’ they contain.

In Literacy Groups we’ve been using Reading Eggs, creating our own character descriptions, making rainbow spelling words, writing our own books, playing spelling word games, writing fact files and making silly sentences!

COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD

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