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Dear Parents & Carers,

It is with tremendous pleasure that we announce the BPS Art Show 2022 has raised a whopping $40,000! What an amazing result for our school, which would not have been possible without a lot of hard work from many parents, carers and teachers.

Across two successful events – The Soirée and Family Fete Day – we showcased the highly impressive student and collaborative class artwork and auctioned over 100 pieces of external artworks. We opened our school gates to the community and entertained the crowds with stalls, activities and performances. It was such a huge effort by so many volunteers and such an achievement to see so many children and families enjoying the displays and festivities across the weekend.

Special thanks to the following people: 

·      Principal Maria and BPS Teachers for their support

·      Art teacher and parent Felicity Bowman for her unwavering enthusiasm, creativity and energy

·      Parent, Josie Simpson for her outstanding curation of the online auction and visual display

·      Parent Lindsay Egan from Corner Bar Rozelle for his generosity and fabulous bar skills

·      Our class reps, all volunteers and helpers who made the Art Show an absolute roaring success, especially parent Louisa Rigoni who helped out the entire two days

·      P&C friend Amanda Cooton for her beautiful photos

·      Our major sponsor Ray White Rozelle and Belinda Cassano 

·      All our showcased event sponsors 

·      And finally to event organisers Lauren LaChapelle and Karen Wyness, who worked tirelessly to bring these events to life!

The money raised will be used against the priorities outlined in the P&C survey earlier this year. We look forward to updating you early next year with more details.

Check out photos of the Art Show here:

Evening Soirée photos

Family Fete Day

Thanks again to all our community sponsors:

• Belinda Cassano
• Ray White Rozelle
• Corner Bar
• State Soccer
• BWS
• Balmain Wine Shop
• Officeworks
• Pepperwhites by Tara Dennis
• Woolworths
• Bunnings Warehouse
• Honeybrook School of Dancing
• Directions in Music
• Pinot & Picasso
• Prettybird
• Exolt
• The London Hotel
• Good Drinks
• Balmain Ukulele Klub (BUK)

The Australian Snowsports Interschools competition is a series of Ski, Snowboard and XC events held across Australia’s ski resorts, attracting school kids from Kindy to Year 12.

After a 2-year forced hiatus (thanks COVID!), Balmain Public School was again represented at the Australian Snowsports Interschools.

Camilla K (1/2 J) enthusiastically represented BPS in Division 6 (Kindy to 2), in both the Ski Cross and Alpine competitions.

In July, Camilla competed at the Sydney Championships, qualifying for the NSW State Championships by finishing:

• 9th in the Alpine GS competition; and
• 5th in the Ski Cross competition.

In August, Camilla qualified for the National Championships by finishing with the 18th fastest run in Ski Cross.

Then in September, Camilla finished 38th out of more than 60 of the fastest K-2 skiers across the whole country.

But most of all, Camilla had heaps of fun, made new friends on the slopes from a bunch of other schools, and she can’t wait to do it all again in 2023 (this time with her little sister who will be starting kindy in 2023!).

Camilla also hopes that a bunch of other BPS skiers and snowboarders can help form a few teams to put Balmain Public on the (ski) map!

WOW, Camilla, what an achievement...CONGRATULATIONS!

[Team Manager for Balmain Public School (Joshua Knuckey) is keen to hear from any families with kids in Kindy right through to Yr 6 in 2023 who might be interested in skiing or snowboarding for Balmain Public in 2023 - for those interested, keep an eye on Pigeon Post in early 2023]

FYI - Sydney Championships are scheduled for 10-14 July 2023 in Thredbo, with States and Nationals to follow in August and September, respectively.

If you are new to Balmain PS, or you already play a musical instrument, we welcome you to join one of our instrumental ensembles in 2023! 

Students who play violin, viola, or cello are welcome to join our BPS String Ensemble, and there are also positions available in our BPS Senior Band for students who play woodwind, brass, drums, keyboard, &  bass guitar.

For more information and to register your interest please follow this link: https://directionsinmusic.com.au/balmain-ps