BUNGENDORE PUBLIC SCHOOL

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

THURSDAY 7 MARCH 2019, WEEK 6 TERM 1

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Term 1 2019

Mon 11 Mar Pupil free day

Thur 21 Mar Harmony Day

K-2 Ass hosted by 2B

3-6 Ass hosted by 6B

Sat 23 Mar NSW State Election

Fri 5 Apr Cross Country Carnival

Fri 12 Apr Last day Term 1

Sun 14 Apr Qbn Regional Heritage

Festival @ BPS hall

Term 2 2019

Tue 30 Apr Students return

Thur 2 May School Photos

Fri 3 May Special Group Photos

Wed 29 May NRMA Science & Road

Safety Day

Wed 5 June - Fri 7 June Yr 5 Camp

Tue 18 June - Wed 19 June

Qbn Choral Festival

Fri 5 Jul Last day of Term 2

CLAIM THE DATE PUPIL FREE DAY

MONDAY 11 MARCH 2019 (Canberra Day Public Holiday ACT)

Staff Development for all Queanbeyan Network

Primary Schools

There will be no classes on this day

CLEANERS REQUIRED

We are looking for reliable cleaning staff to work at local Government sites

in the Bungendore area, various positions available.

Experience preferred but not essential.

Training and uniform provided.

Please send your resume to:

Joss Facility Management

P O Box 1486 Albion Park Rail 2527 or email

craig.plumb@jossgroup.com.au

Ph: 0427 182 793 between 8.00am—4.30pm Mon Fri

A working with Children Check is required for this position

Bikes and Scooter Safety

All children and adults are requested to walk their bikes and scooters while on school

grounds. This includes 3 wheeled scooters and bikes with training wheels. Bikes and

scooters are not to be ridden to the bike racks, please walk them from the footpath.

In accordance with NSW Legislation:

ALL riders must be wearing an approved bike helmet that is secured and fits safely.

This includes children who are riding in a seat behind an adult rider and in a bike

trailer.

The rider of a bicycle must not ride across a road, or part of a road on a children's

crossing or pedestrian crossing. Cyclists must dismount to use pedestrian crossings.

This is relevant for the crossings on Gibraltar street, Majara St and the Kings Hwy.

CITIZENSHIP AWARDS

K/6H 2W

KB 3G

KC 3SC

KP 3/4M

K1T 4P

1B 4/5B

1GO 4/5F

1R 5LP

2B 5/6M

2L

Georgi

Ashton

Bianca

Mia

Matilda

Damon

Luca

Poppy

Stori

Izzy 6B

6J

Hazel

Kilarni

Logan

Kate

Josie

Hayden

Lachlan

Maddie

Alyssa

Tambah

Chloe

NEWSPAPER CLUB

Clean Up Australia Day

On Friday all the classes cleaned up a part of

the school as their contribution to Clean Up

Australia Day. The clean-up was a success

and our school is looking great and rubbish

free. Most classes filled an entire bag of

rubbish that each class was given which was

pretty gross and disappointing but the school

is liking much better now as everyone took

their part.

Most students didn’t like doing it which is

understandable but knowing that they made

the school clean they should be really happy

with themselves..

I think Clean Up Australia Day in school is a

great idea because it makes the schools in

Australia much cleaner and it encourages kids

to do their part.

By Emma Metham

GRIP Year 6 Leadership Day

The excursion for GRIP was held in Goulburn

on Monday, March 4. GRIP is a leadership day

which many schools attend to do team building

and leadership activities. It is an important day

for Year 6s to attend. They get to learn and im-

prove non their team building and leadership

skills, make new friends from other schools and

have some fun. Most of the Year 6s went to

GRIP and got to learn these skills.

Is it a great opportunity for our Year 6s who this

year were supervised by Mr Brothers, Ms

Boardman, Mrs Jackson and Mrs McGillion.

I think GRIP sounds amazing and I can’t wait to

do it myself next year.

By Emma Metham

BPS Gazette Club

Bungendore newspaper club has started up this year again and there are quite a few people interested. As

always Ms Forman is running it and this year the members are all students that are news to writing re-

ports and stories.

The students who have joined so fare are Chelsea, Tilly, Peyton, Charlotte, Cameron, Maria,, Nicole,

Kyran, Macey, Molly, Matthew and me.

This year we are aiming to write reports to put in the local newspaper which will be about things happen-

ing around the school and some big stories outside.

Personally, I’m really looking forward to this year in the newspaper club and I think everyone else is as

well.

By Emma Metham

GROK Coding Competition

The GROK coding competition started this week and a bunch of students have joined. Mrs Donaldson said

it is the first time Bungendore has entered so it is new for everyone. The competition is to create a website

using coding. GROK gives us images and information and we have to make a website out of that. There is

coding class once a week where we learn different types of codes and how to use them. Some of the codes

are difficult to understand but most covers are on their way. I think it is a great way of learning, we get to

move at our own pace and it is lots of fun attending with friends.

By Emma Metham

Preparation Program for the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist

St Mary’s Parish, Bungendore 2019

Between March and June 2019, St Mary’s will be running preparation programs on the

sacraments of Reconciliation (Confession) and Eucharist (First Communion). These pro-

grams are intended for baptised Catholic children who are in Year Three or above.

Information session: For both sacraments there will be a meeting for interested parents /

guardians and children on Sunday 24th March at 9:30am in St Mary’s Hall, 28 Turallo Tce,

Bungendore.

Sacrament of Reconciliation, there will be preparation sessions during Sunday Mass at

8:30am on 24th and 31

st March.

The sacrament of Reconciliation will be celebrated in St Mary’s Church on Wednesday 3rd

April at 6:30pm.

Sacrament of Eucharist 1 Hour Preparation sessions for the children will be conducted af-

ter Sunday Mass at 9:30am on 26th

May and 2nd

, 9

th and 16

th June.

The sacrament of First Eucharist will be celebrated in St Mary’s Church on Sunday morn-

ing 23rd

June at 8:30am Mass.

More details and enrolment forms are on the parish website for the parish of Bungendore

http://www.stmarysbungendore.org.au/

or on our parish page at the archdiocesan website at

http://cg.org.au/bungendore/Home.aspx

or phone 6238 1247 (11- 5 Wednesdays) or email bungendore@cg.org.au

Reading in the Wild

My job was to interview Mrs. Donaldson and the library monitors about Reading In The Wild. This is what they said: Molly: I think it’s fun to be reading outside because it’s like you’re actually in the wild Emily: Reading in the wild is fun, educational and it’s so you can connect with people. Christina: I believe that it’s good for people who want to learn to read, especially the kindys. Imogen: I think that it’s a good thing for the kindys who don’t know how to read yet. Kyran: Reading in the wild is fun, educational and people have a great time. Tilly: It’s fun because you get fresh air and books to read. Chris: People like to read and it’s fun. Reading in the Wild started at Bungendore Public School last week and will take place on a reg-ular basis during second half lunch on Wednesdays for all students who are interested.

Teacher librarian Mrs Donaldson explained that she came across the idea recently and the aim was to encourage more readers from K-6. “I spoke to a teacher on the school holidays and she said that her school reads books outside so I asked Mrs Lloyd who also thought it was a great initiative,” Mrs Donaldson said.

“I decided to call it ‘Reading In The Wild’.”

By Gazette reporter Charlotte Titmuss