BUNGENDORE PUBLIC SCHOOL

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

37 Gibraltar Street Bungendore NSW 2621 Phone 6238 1317 Fax 6238 1718

Website: bungendore-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Email: bungendore-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

THURSDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 2014, WEEK 8 TERM 3 2014

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Father’s Day Breakfast

Don’t forget tomorrow is our Father’s Day breakfast. It starts at 8am on the lawn between the office and the

staffroom. Please bring the tickets you bought for your egg and bacon rolls. The Breakfast has been well supported

by our families and we are really looking forward to this opportunity to celebrate Dads. We wish all fathers a

fantastic and relaxing day on Sunday.

Premier’s Spelling Bee

Last week we held ‘spell offs’ to choose the students who will represent Bungendore Public School at the Regional

Final to be held on the 10th September at Sunshine Bay. Congratulations to Cameron and Christina who will

represent our Year 3 and 4 students, and Tom and Michelle who will represent our Year 5 and 6 students. We wish

them all the best.

Permission to Publish and Update of Parent Contact lists

These two forms were sent home last week. We are still waiting for a significant number of families to return these.

Please check the parent contact list and return both it and the permission to publish list.

Le Tres Bon Excursion

Year 2 students visited the local Le Tres Bon Restaurant last week and had the opportunity to experience what it is

like in a working kitchen. The students thoroughly enjoyed their visit.

‘Last week everyone in Year 2 visited Bungendore's French restaurant, Le Tres Bon. We enjoyed tasting the

chocolate, smelling a vanilla bean and a truffle (not so much!). We liked learning about what happens in the kitchen

with Chef Christophe and doing a role play in the restaurant with Josephine. It has given us a good idea of what it

would be like to work in a restaurant. One day some of us might train to be a master chef or manage a restaurant.

It was lots and lots of fun and we look forward to eating French food one day soon!’

Henry and Sally, 2/3H

Book Week winners

Mrs Donaldson announced the winners of our “Guess the Teacher “and the “Lego construction” competitions today.

There are more details on this in our on-line newsletter along with photos of the winning Lego models.

Congratulations to all our winners.

K-2 Concert

The K-2 concert is on next Thursday evening commencing at 6pm. There is a tremendous amount of excitement

among the students and it promises to be an amazing night. All students are asked to have their costumes at school

by Friday so that final preparations can be made for our dress rehearsal on Tuesday. Teachers have sent home

notes about preparations and arrival times for Thursday evening but please contact your child’s teacher if you have

any queries. We are asking families for a gold coin donation, on Thursday evening, which will be used for school

resources.

Jump Rope for Heart

As you walk through the playground you find students keenly practicing their skipping skills. From some of our

younger students working on mastering skipping to our older students working on multiple rope skills and complex

patterns, everyone is having fun and getting their heart rate pumping. The Jump Rope for Heart event will be held

on Friday 19th September.

CWA Winners

Yesterday, the winners of the 2014 CWA poster and colouring competitions attended a celebratory luncheon with

Miss O’Connell at the CWA rooms. The students really enjoyed being able to see their artwork on display and we

were all very jealous of the fantastic luncheon they were provided with. Well done Georgia, Sarah, Jackson,

Mikayla, Alyssa, Ben and Lainie

NAPLAN results

Families of students in Year 3 and 5 who sat for the NAPLAN assessment earlier in the year will receive their child’s

results tomorrow. If you have any questions or concerns about these results please make an appointment to see

your child’s teacher.

Musicorp Permission

Students who attend lessons with Musicorp received a permission note this week, to attend lessons outside of

school grounds at the School of Arts building. It is important that these permission slips be returned so that

students can participate in their music lessons.

Mobile Phones

We would like to remind families about the appropriate student use of mobile phones at school. While we

understand that families may wish their child to have a mobile phone for use after school, mobile phones are not to

be taken out of bags during school hours. The school can not be responsible for the security of a student’s mobile

phone. If a student feels unwell during the day or has a dispute or problem with their friends the staff are always

available to assist them. Students do not need to ring home.

Evacuation

On Monday we held a successful whole school evacuation practice. It is important that the students regularly

practice evacuations so that things run smoothly if we should be faced with an emergency situation.

Kindergarten 2015 Orientation

Last Thursday we held the first of our Kindergarten Orientation sessions for 2015 Kindergarten students. The

‘Readiness for School meeting’ was well attended by families. A special thank you to Kids Zone childcare centre

for hosting this event and The Bungendore Preschool for providing child care so that parents could attend.

Kinder zoo visit

Our Kindergarten students had a marvellous excursion to the zoo on Tuesday. After the disappointment of

postponing the excursion last week, there were a few nervous students when the day turned overcast. Luckily they

only experienced a slight shower when the students were inside the undercover aquarium. Very tired but excited

students returned to school with one of their favourite things being the bus trip. I have heard that some

Kindergarten students have asked their families for a new pet with lions and bears being the most popular.

We will have photographs of this excursion in next week’s newsletter.

Have a great week

Sue Nicholls

Relieving Principal

P&C NEWS

Next P&C meeting

Tuesday 2 September 2014 at 7.30 pm in the

School Staff Room

Come and share ideas, issues or feel com-

fortable just to listen. All welcome.

For more information, email

bungendore_pandc@bigpond.com

“Coming Events”

2014

Term 3

Fri 5 Sept Fathers Day Bbq - 8.00am

Tues 9 Sept Infants Concert Dress Rehearsal

Thur 11 Sept Infants Concert 6pm

Fri 12 Sept Uniform Shop Open 2.45 - 3.45pm

Thur 18 Sept Whole School Assembly Yr2 hosts

Fri 19 Sept Jump Rope for Heart 12.10 - 2.10pm

Last Day for Students

Term 4

Mon 6 Oct Labour Day Public Holiday

Tue 7 Oct First Day for Staff and Students

Mon 13 Oct School Photos

Tue 14 Oct Special Groups School Photos

Thur 16 Oct Primary Assembly 5T hosting

Thur 30 Oct Primary Assembly 3R hosting

Thur 6 Nov Whole School Assembly K hosting

Thur 13 Nov Primary Assembly 4L hosting

Thur 27 Nov Primary Assembly 6K hosting

Thur 11 Dec Primary Assembly 3W hosting

Wed 17 Dec Last Day for Students

Thur 18 Dec Staff Development Day

Fri 19 Dec Staff Development Day

SRC Cake Stall

Fundraiser

Thank you to the students

at Bungendore Public

School for helping to raise

a wonderful $354.70.

This money

will be used to help our

sponsor child, Rupa Akter,

as well as other SRC fund-

ed projects.

Thank you,

SRC and Ms.

Millard

YEAR 6 CAMP

A reminder to parents of Yr 6 students going

to camp this year.

Full Payment needs to

be made by

Week 1 of Term 4.

Please contact Mrs Dabusti if you need

further information regarding these

payments.

COMMUNITY NEWS

LOST 2 WINTER JACKETS

A black ski jacket and a blue, hooded, knee length, with fur lining jacket.

Both jackets are named. The blue jacket also has a phone number in it.

If you find them, please return to Nadia in K1/O or phone 0409 399 250. Thanks.

Wamboin Playground

Sunshade official opening

The Wamboin playgroup will be hosting a

celebration of this community achieve-

ment. There’ll be craft, treats and face

painting as well all the usual stores of the

Wamboin markets.

Saturday 20th Sept 9am-12pm

Wamboin Community Hall, Bingley

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS TENNIS CLINIC

Bungendore Tennis Club

FREE 1ST DAY!!

From Kindergartens to 17yrs (all standards)

Mon July 7th – Fri 11th

8am – 1pm Half Day

8am – 5.30pm Full Day

100% refund after Day 1 if not continuing!

LESS THAT $5/HR FULL DAY, $6.50/HR HALF DAY!

Total stroke development

(First timers will be serving by end of clinic)

Professional well credentialled coaching staff

Trophy singles tournaments Thursday

Heaps of fun, Prizes galore!

Enrolment forms at Bungendore IGA or Ph. Matt McDon-ald, Professionally Qualified Level 2

Tennis Coach, on 0412 565 137

QBN District Junior Cricket Club

You can still register either online via;

www.queanbeyancricket.com (follow ‘Junior’ link), or

visit ‘ Mr Brandman’ at 5 Gilmore Place, Queanbey-

an, (near ‘Metro’ Service Station).

In2cricket can register on start day – 22nd

October,

at Town Park, Queanbeyan.

Registration closes on the 21st September for all