Pigeon Post

First of all, I want to say thank you to everyone who donated on Friday. We raised over $70!

I am so happy that my hair is gone for a good cause to make wigs for children with Leukaemia.

My hair is now 30 centimetres shorter than it was on Friday! The lovey ladies at Kamil’s Hair Salon were so nice, and in three snips my pony tail was gone. I have no regrets, and am so happy with the amount of money we raised.

Overall, my dad and I have raised $1,311.63! Thank you again to everyone who donated!

Sylvie D 5/6 W

As the World Health Organisation has declared COVID-19 a pandemic, please be assured that this announcement does not change the arrangements we have in place and the actions being undertaken within the department in response to COVID-19.

The NSW Department of Education continues to work closely with the NSW Ministry of Health in response to the unfolding international COVID-19 situation.

The department is already planning and operating in accordance with its pandemic plan to support the safety and wellbeing of staff and students and to ensure our students are at the centre of all of our decision making.

Skoolbag notifications will continue being sent as advice changes and is updated.

During a time of uncertainty for us all regarding COVID-19, here is a website that captures and consistently updates the worldwide statistics surrounding COVID-19:

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ 

As an example, from the above images, although there has been in overall increase in the statistics across the world in 95 minutes, Australia's figures have remained the same.

We can only hope that Australian figures will remain low...

Harmony Day is on 21 March in Australia. 

We celebrate Harmony Day to promote diversity and acceptance of other cultures.

Harmony Day aims to start a conversation about heritage, culture and community. The event coincides with the United Nations' International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

Venue: Balmain Public School

Dress:   Everyone to wear orange or come in your cultural dress

Students and families are invited to come dressed in their cultural dresses and share the diversity we have here at Balmain Public School.

Absences

Student absences can be emailed to the school  on Balmain-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au or Balmainps@gmail.com. Please ensure to include your child's full name and class, so email can be forwarded efficiently.

If you are planning on taking holidays during school term, you will need to contact the school to complete an Exemption form, which will be approved by the Principal.

Change of details

Please send change of details (such as: emergency contacts, address, mobile number, family situation) to the office, via email or Skoolbag.

Contacting teachers

If you need to contact your child's teacher, please email the school directly and your email will be forwarded. Please ensure to include your child's full name and class, so email can be forwarded efficiently.

Payments

Any payments are to be made through the Skoolbag app or clicking on the 'make a payment' tab on the school website.

If paying by cash or cheque, monies are to be placed into an envelope, clearly marked with student's first and last name, class and what the payment is for.  

Please place in the white box outside the Office window. Permissions can also be placed in this box.

P&C Events and COVID -19

Hi all, The P&C Exec have made a call to postpone the upcoming Parents' Social Night because of the rapidly evolving situation with the Coronavirus. If you have already bought tickets, they will be refunded.

It’s the right call given the fact that most events and activities around the country have now been called off, but it also means we lose an important fundraising opportunity for our school.

Our main fundraiser, the Balmain Fun Run, is also in doubt which means we will need to think hard about what support we can provide this year.   We’ll soon be sending you all an email about the voluntary P&C Contribution Fund. We need your help, now more than ever, to help top up investment in our school.

We all know the State Government funds public schools but there’s a big gap between what they give us and what we actually need. That gap means our children can miss out on vital resources that other schools take for granted.

So please keep an eye out for the email next week.

COVID-19

I know many of you are wondering if and when our school will need to shutdown and what that means for our children’s learning.

We’re working with Maria to understand the impacts and how we can all support the school and our children. It’s important to understand that the school will be guided in terms of any action by the NSW Department of Education.

We’ll discuss this all at the next P&C meeting on Wed 1 April so make sure you join us. We may need to hold the meeting online depending on how things go! 

At this stage, the advice from the NSW Chief Medical Officer is that it is safe for children to still be in school.

Shehana, Cliff, Victoria & Alvin - P&C Executive

Materials:

Butter

Bread

Sprinkles

Plat

Knif

Steps:

1. Get the plat.

2. Get a knif.

3. Next get the bread.

4. Get the butter.

5. Spred the butter on the bread.

6. Slape the sprinkles.

7. Eat and injoey and bee happy.

By Sierra R