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PLEASE NOTIFY THE SCHOOL OF A CHILD'S POSITIVE CASE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Acknowledgement of Country...

...in alphabetical order

Note: Please do not hand this work in to your child's teacher, as it will not be marked.

Enrolment - online application

https://ehub.enrol.education.nsw.gov.au/schoolenrolment/?schoolCode=7404

Extended leave - application form

https://wongarbon-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/doe/sws/schools/w/wongarbon-p/localcontent/application_for_extended_leave_-_travel.pdf

Please ensure you complete all sections of the form, as well as to include a travel itinerary.

Extra-curricular activities @ BPS

https://balmain-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/extra-curricular-activities.html

P&C - page on school's website

https://balmain-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/p-c.html

P&C membership form

https://balmain-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/doe/sws/schools/b/balmain-p/pandc/2022/BALMAIN_PS_PC_MEMBERSHIP_FORM.pdf

P&C - parent reps

https://balmain-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/p-c/2022-parent-reps.html

P&C September Minutes

https://balmain-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/doe/sws/schools/b/balmain-p/pandc/2022/september/September_Meeting_Minutes_070922.pdf

P&C - 2022 Agendas & Minutes

https://balmain-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/p-c/2022-agendas---minutes.html

School Resource Fees

School Resource Fee

Link to Google form here:

https://forms.gle/qr6XRcki6G71BUSq7

Download

UNIFORMS

Balmain Public School children are expected to wear full school uniform, including a school hat, every day. All children are required to wear full school uniform when representing the school on excursions, at sporting events or at cultural activities.

HAVE YOU ENROLLED YOUR SIBLING YET?

Enrolment information - website

https://balmain-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/about-our-school/enrolment.html

Start the enrolment process here...

https://ehub.enrol.education.nsw.gov.au/schoolenrolment/?schoolCode=7404

From the Principal's Desk...

Connect with Balmain PS...Wonder what's goes on at our school? Follow us on Instagram for daily content, both through posts and stories...

The week that was...

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Keep up with what's happening @ Balmain Public School

https://www.instagram.com/balmainps/

IF YOU SEE A COLOURED CIRCLE AROUND OUR SCHOOL LOGO, DON'T FORGET TO TAP ON IT, FOR OUR LATEST STORY...you've got to get in quickly, as it disappears after 24 hours!

SOME OF OUR STORIES ARE SAVED AS HIGHLIGHTS...

To see what else we've been up to this week, head over to @balmainps!

SkoolBag is our main comms @ Balmain PS...

SKOOLBAG IS OUR MAIN FORM OF COMMUNICATING WITH YOUIn case of urgent/important communication, notifications via the Skoolbag app on your phone will keep you informed***

To ensure you receive all communication via SkoolBag, please have the app downloaded on your phone, with the notifications turned ON.

Although the school pushes out notifications via the app and email, there may be times when an important message may be missed as emails may sometimes not be checked regularly.

If there were to be an emergency, (hopefully not), information would be pushed out via SkoolBag.

If you need assistance downloading the app, please see below...

https://www.moqproducts.com.au/skoolbag/installation-instructions/

From the Office

Are you saying GOODBYE to our Balmain family for 2023?

We love all our family members equally, but know that sometimes we have to spread our wings and leave the coop...

If your child (not currently in Year 6) will be leaving and you have yet to let the Office know, please email balmainps@gmail.com, with their full name and, as well as the intended last day of school at BPS.

Dropping something off for your child? Please label item/s with their full name and class...

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Every FRIDAY (weather permitting) - AWARDS ASSEMBLY

Please leave your furry friends at home...

Every FRIDAY - Uniform Stall

Order items online here

The best way to order new uniforms is online and they will be delivered to children's classrooms each Friday morning.

Come to the uniform stall if you need to try items on for size.

Second Chance items are available the first Friday of every month during the school term.

If you would like to volunteer to help, please either email us at balmainpsuniforms@gmail.com or sign up via the link

Located on top floor, via Miss Pauline's Garden entry.

Every FRIDAY - The School Canteen: Special request for parents and carers to cancel their lunch orders if their child is not going to be at school for lunch, by texting 0416 786 603 with their child’s full name and class. In return, an sms will be sent back to confirm the order has been cancelled and all monies returned in full to the child’s Spriggy school account.

Friday 23 September - LAST DAY OF TERM 3

Monday 10 October - TERM 4 COMMENCES for students

Friday 28 October - HALLOWEEN DISCO

Friday 18 November & Saturday 19 November - ART SHOW

AWARDS

LEARN LIVE LEAD awards

K Beluga - Ms R Bonney	Evelyn R	for her well thought out design of a Pokemon card during Investigations.
K Guppies - Mrs L Goodridge & Mrs F Bowman	Indigo C	being a superstar learner, who always puts in her best efforts!
1/2 Bluebottle - Ms L Burke	Zachary B	for finishing Term 3 with positivity, maturity and embracing the values of The Balmain Way.
1/2 Cultivate - Ms F Chiang	Elliot J	for working harmoniously and persevering with his drawings during the making of Steggy's house.
1/2 Jellyfish - Ms L Jennett	Nico H	for taking on feedback and striving for excellence in all KLAs!
1/2 Penguin - Ms S Parsons & Ms A Davis	Lucrezia F	for working hard to find new friends.
3/4 Channichthyidae - Ms A Cooper	Anya B	for demonstrating diligent and calm leadership skills during ProjectNEST!
3/4 Pufferfish - Mrs A Pitman	Lily J	for demonstrating a mature, attitude towards her work, using feedback to make improvements.
3/4 Wrasse - Ms K Withers	Yunxi L	for approaching learning with creativity and joyfully participating in class.
5/6 Betta Splendens - Mr S Baumann	Jacob A	enjoying a joke, having a great sense of humour, and not taking things too seriously.
5/6 Flying Fish - Ms N Ferguson	Liya G	for applying herself during challenging tasks in mathematics.
5/6 Koi - Ms K Barcenilla	Ben S	for showing a strong sense of self and inclusivity of others through his creativity.
5/6 Rock Lobster - Ms R Reedy	Adhiraj B	for helping to keep the classroom organised and clean!
5/6 Sunfish - Mrs A Sun	Jasper A	being a proactive and helpful member of our class.

CHARACTER STRENGTH awards - JUSTICE

K Beluga - Ms R Bonney	Beatrice S	for being a kind and considerate by always cooperating with others during literacy rotations!
K Guppies - Mrs L Goodridge & Mrs F Bowman	Emily K	sharing fairly and cooperating with others during play time.
1/2 Bluebottle - Ms L Burke	Gabriel R	for encouraging rules to be followed to ensure fairness for all.
1/2 Cultivate - Ms F Chiang	Rayson M	by being mindful of playing fairly during play time.
1/2 Jellyfish - Ms L Jennett	Juliet K	by demonstrating the Balmain Way, and for always being mindful of how her actions impact those around her.
1/2 Penguin - Ms S Parsons & Ms A Davis	Angus M	by encouraging rules to be followed to ensure a sense of equity and fairness.
3/4 Channichthyidae - Ms A Cooper	Georgie C	by maintaining a strong sense of equity and fairness in the classroom.
3/4 Pufferfish - Mrs A Pitman	Oscar L	promoting a positive environment by encouraging a fair go for everyone.
3/4 Wrasse - Ms K Withers	Harry S	for his efforts in considering different perspectives and for developing a deeper understanding of fairness.
5/6 Betta Splendens - Mr S Baumann	Angus B	his strong sense of social justice and treating everyone with the same level of respect and kindness.
5/6 Flying Fish - Ms N Ferguson	Ziggy S	always showing respect and kindness to his teachers and peers.
5/6 Koi - Ms K Barcenilla	Alf V	maintaining positive relationships with everyone around him through fairness and teamwork.
5/6 Rock Lobster - Ms R Reedy	Ashton G	for understanding and demonstrating to others the value of equity and fairness.
5/6 Sunfish - Mrs A Sun	Amy M	doing justice to her learning opportunities, by applying herself and embedding her creativity.

Best Class @ Assembly Award

Each week, a mystery teacher will choose the class that has followed the 'Balmain Way'. They will be entitled to 10 minutes extra play!

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

POSITIVE PETE Awards

Thanks to Ms Burke, who organises the collection and distribution of the Gelatissimo ice-creams, as well as takes the fab photos!

As it is the end of the term, Week 10 Positive Pete winners will receive their ice-cream in Term 4!

Our Week 9 winners...

ES1 - Darcey P KG; S1 - Ruby O 1/2J; S2 - Matthew X 3/4C; S3 - Billy T 5/6K

Spotlight on...

3/4 CHANNICHTHYIDAE!!!!

3/4C has been busy all term learning hard (but not hardly learning!) We thought it might be nice for everyone to read a little about what life is like in our class.

What our Tuesdays, on an even week, looks like by Imogen

Fruit break 9:05-9:15

During fruit break we talk about what we are gonna do that day. A apple a keeps the doctor away.

Writing 9:15-10:10

My favorite thing we did in writing this term was explanation reports we got to choose our topic. I did netball.

Maths 10:10-11:10

This past week we did capacity and volume we went outside and filled up liter jugs and one day we did submerging objects.

Break A 11:10-11:50

On Tuesday I do frogs-ville which is where me and some of my friends work on a town for origami frogs.

History 11:55-12:50

In history we are doing project nest about the explores i'm doing the Endeavor and tupia.

Break B 11:50-1:30

I do frogs-ville again.

Reading 1:30-2:00

Im reading a choose your own adventure book called the mystery of the maya.

Literacy 2:00-2:50

Sometimes in literacy we get to do typing games i really like doing that.

A day in 3/4C by Clancy A

HISTORY - History, my favourite subject I used to hate history but Miss Cooper has made history so much more fun for me and everyone, we learned about early explorers and the British Empire which was tones of fun!

SCIENCE - Science is SOO much more exciting and fun with Miss Cooper and 3/4C we melted chocolate (me and Caelan got up to 56 degrees celsius)… we learnt about astrophysics I learnt about thermonuclear astrophysics.

A day in the life of 3/4C by Anya B

Project nest - In project NEST we are doing explorers.we have to research and make a comic.

History - In history, at the start of the term we did the early explorers. Then we did the Dutch explorers. And then we did English explorers.

Maths - We have been doing angles, multiplication and division, chance and other things.

Our very good class 3/4C by Nate and Cooper

1oo% of our learning time is wasted because our maths lesson is magically turned into a science lesson which is AWESOME. We are the largest class in the school. Our favriuute subject is history and we like maths. We have table colors me and nates is red, but next term we will change.

A day in the life of 3/4C by Ivy W

history - In history we are learning about the age of exploration.

math - In math early in the term we were learning about angles, names of angles and lots of other things.

art - In art we are coming up to the art show ‘See’ so our wonderful art teacher Ms Bowman is teaching us how to draw and paint different things.

music - In music Ms MacDonald is testing us on music notes and we sometimes play music instruments.

library - In library we are looking at poems and every fortnight on Monday Ms Whelan takes us until the end of the day.

steam - In STEAM Ms Loxton is teaching us about how astronauts do things in space.

What a day is like in 3/4C by Georgie

Firstly we line up near the big stair case and walk up the stairs on the third floor. And then we eat our fruit break. Now we get to learn, if it was a Friday we’d do spelling.

After Break A we get to do maths, we learn about times tables, milliliters and other cool stuff!

Then after Break B we get to do silent reading and journaling. When it is soon the end of the day we sometimes get to go to STEAM, music, art or library and that’s what it’s like to be in 3/4C.

COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD

YOUNG AT ART SYDNEY

The Peninsula Engagement Program is being relaunched at Balmain Campus in 2022. The Peninsula Engagement Program (PEP) is an enrichment, extension and transition program for high potential and gifted primary students. PEP has been designed in response to demand for programs which cater for the many high ability students on the Balmain peninsula.

For more details, please go to the SSC Balmain Campus website...

https://balmain-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/learning-at-our-school/peninsula_engagement_program.html

Term 4 enrolments NOW OPEN!

Enrol now for Term 4...

https://www.bricks4kidz.com.au/sydney-inner-west/balmain-public-after-school/

Pigeon Post

2022 Volume 3 Issue 10