The Brush Telegraph

Week 3 – Term 3, 2022

Message From The Principal

Dear Parents and Carers

EDUCATION WEEK

This year’s theme is ‘creating futures – education changes lives and celebrates the quality education we provide and the opportunities available to everyone in NSW public education.

We celebrate all types of learning that occurs at all levels across our education system and we have a shared responsibility in helping to shape the lives and create the future of today’s learners.

Due to the increased cases of COVID and respiratory illnesses within the community, the department is requesting that we consider putting in extra measures for onsite events. The Gallery will now be open from 10am today through to the end of the week. Parents can sign in at the office then take their children to share the gallery anytime throughout the 3 days. This will decrease the amount of people on site at any one time.

Unfortunately, we will NOT be holding a shared lunch or visiting classrooms. Thank you for your understanding and support.

PERMIKIDS

Some of our students have stepped up to help plan and plant a site on Cedar Party Creek in Wingham. Thank you to Mrs Longstaff for her enthusiasm and energy to help make the project possible. Pupils travel on the OOSH bus to site to meet up with the property owners and Lyn, the Landcare Coordinator, then it's all hands on shovels to plant lomandra and native tubestock. The groups of students will travel every Monday and Friday for an hour over the next few weeks.

MUSIC

The Australian Childrens Music Foundation has found us another music teacher. Mr Ed Cachia began this term and is very eager to be working with the students. Ed will also be working with our choirs too. We are very excited to welcome him to our school.


‘While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is really about.’- Angela Schwindt

Regards, 

Kylie Seaman

Principal

Smoking Outside The School Gates

The number of people who gather just outside the entrances of buildings can be significant. This has the effect of forcing people entering and leaving those buildings to walk through groups of smokers, exposing them to second-hand smoke.

Smoking is already banned in enclosed areas of public places in NSW. The law extends the smoking ban to cover the area within 4 metres of an entrance to or exit from a school.

Please do not smoke near any of the school entrances. 

River Bruggy

River is a Year 2 student at our school that is very sick in John Hunter Hospital with cancer. The family is needing our support as they have a long and difficult journey ahead of them. The students are being informed this week and supported in their understanding of how we can care for his sister, friends and each other. His class will be creating a daily blog about the ‘Cheeky Monkey River’ to send to him as a way of creating happiness and connection.  We ask you to talk with your child and encourage them to recognise our own strengths and the power of positivity. Thank you to the staff and P&C for the donations towards the grocery drive for the family. 

CAMP QUALITY PUPPETS

On Tuesday 9 August the Camp Quality Puppets will be visiting and performing for the students K-2 and 3-6. The fun and interactive show helps schools create supportive communities for any child impacted by cancer – whether they are dealing with their own diagnosis or the diagnosis of a sibling, mum, dad or carer.

The puppets provide interactive and age-appropriate cancer education that helps to dispel common misunderstandings about cancer and deliver a shared language to facilitate cancer conversations. There is no cost for the school or students.

There are two shows aimed at different age groups. Caring Friend caters to Kindergarten to Year 2 and runs for approximately 30 minutes. Caped Crusader is aimed at students Year 3 to Year 6 and runs for approximately 60 minutes.

Diary Dates

AUGUST
Thursday 4 Book Club Due
Friday 5Zone Athletics Carnival 
Tuesday 9Camp Quality Puppets
Friday 12Assembly
Wednesday 24Book Fair and Book Week Parade

Book Week Organisation

Basketball Knockout

A big congratulations to the WBPS basketball team. At the end of term 2, they travelled to Gloucester to play against Gloucester Public School in Round 2 of the NSW PSSA Basketball Knockout Tournament. 

The game was an absorbing affair with many lead changes. Our boys and girls played a fair, hard game and started the 4th quarter with a slim lead. Unfortunately, they were overcome and Gloucester walked away with the win.

Mr Boucher

Tissue Drive

Cold and flu season is upon us and we are using an enormous amount of tissues in our classrooms. We are asking parents if they can spare a box to please send them in to the classroom teacher. Thank you for your help with this matter. 

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