“Plover Planet” The Newsletter of Biddabah Public School.

Week 3 Term 1- 2018

45 Medcalf St Warners Bay NSW 2282 Ph. 4954 6058

Email: biddabah-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au “Future Focused Learners”

Focus of the week……….

Buddy says

“ I am on time every time”

Achievement awards for weeks 2 & 3 T1 were presented to

Future Focused Learners who have demonstrated excellence in our

three core areas of "Safety, Respect and Responsibility".

Principal’s Report.

Welcome to our new Biddabah families and our returning

families to what promises to be a very exciting year ahead. The

Term has already got off to a flying start with some new

innovations and a ‘tweaking’ of some of our old favourites. For

example, whole school assemblies are once again weekly and

will take place every Monday at 2.15pm. This is designed to

provide increased access to parents wanting to celebrate

student recognition. Similarly, in order to get early feedback

and input from parents as to how we can best support the

academic, social and emotional needs of students, mid year

parent/teacher interviews have been moved to Week 6 Term

1. It is hoped that this earlier exchange of information will allow

teachers to hit the ground running armed with a complete

picture of how to best structure the learning environment to

maximise individual student outcomes.

I am thrilled to report that our canteen is now fully operational

once again with our successful tenderer “Lunchkins” (Kim B and

Kim R) commencing business week 1 providing affordable,

healthy recesses and lunches every Monday to Friday.

In terms of enrolments and staffing, our numbers are well down

on 2018 due to the very large Year 6 cohort of 2018 moving on

to high school. As a result we have 379 students enrolled in 15

classes across the school. Our staff remains largely unchanged

for the new year. (See full list provided).

Our annual

swimming carnival

was a great success

last week and should

set the tone for a

fabulous year of

energy, enthusiasm

and participation

from our wonderful students. Special thanks to our staff and to

the kind parents who braved the heat to help out with

timekeeping and other voluntary roles on the day. Much

appreciated.

In order to get our senior students off to a positive start to the

year, we are hosting our inaugural “Friendship Forum” on

Wednesday Feb 27. Students in Years 4 to 6 will take part in a

range of ‘hands on’ workshops and activities designed to build

resilience, connectedness and anti-bullying strategies.

KB Tyler H, Sienna T

KF Kacee C, Deakin F

1F Joanne S, Lachlan J, Ava P, Charli F,

1B Nate H, Olivia C.C.

2H Georgie W, Joshua G, Lylah R, Chase T

2MC Charlee P, Lachlan S, Harvey PM, Demi M

3W Becca W, Isabella W, Isabella R, Preston J, Eleanor A,

Patrick N, Imogen F, Nicholas U.

30 Evie F, Owen P, Isabella M, Lacey H,

4/5L Maddix L, Harper Y, Isabella L, Cooper M.

4B Kloe R, William M, Callum AB, Maddie V

4M Riley M, Bryson D, Liam L, Trey M,

5F Eden H, Ben T, Taylea B, Hudson J,

5M Will H, Alexia P

6F Xavier A, Baylee P, Seth W, Ellie C

6D Liam H, Emily B, Jesse S, Paige M

The following students received awards at our last 2 assemblies.

Workshops will also be available to parents and carers throughout

the day along with a FREE morning tea and lunch for all

participants. Notes for this day went home last week , however

further information is available from the office. RSVP for parents

wanting to attend (for catering purposes) closes Friday Feb 22.

To ensure the safety of our students, could I please remind

parents not to park in the staff car park at any time or to

shortcut the Watt St roundabout queue to access the top

visitor car park during peak pick up and drop off times.

Environmental News

Hunter Water proudly

provides funding for the

educational ‘Bubbles and

Supa Squirt Water Saving

Show’. This hilarious show is

filled with fun and

laughter and makes

learning about water child's play. ‘The Bubbles and Supa

Squirt’ show is free to Kinder, Year 1 & 2. The show runs

for approximately 35 fun & educational minutes where

the students will learn about; the water cycle, water wise

rules and the health benefits of drinking

water. Biddabah students are lucky enough to be

watching the show on Friday the 15th of March.

Mrs Filipcevic

2019 Full Staff List

KB Mrs Burton (AP) KF Mrs Ford

1F Mrs Finley 1B Mrs Bell

2MC Mrs McEwan 2H Mr Harris

3O Mrs Osborn 3W Mrs Wood

4B Mrs Bradshaw 4M Mrs Minett

4/5L Mr Leadbeatter 5F Mrs Filipcevic

5M Mrs Maxfield 6D Mrs Dutch

6F Mrs Freund

Stage 2 RFF Mrs Hanley Stage 3 RFF Mrs Davidson

Tech RFF Mrs Broxom LAST Mrs Hone

Library Mrs Barbour K-2 Pedagogy Mrs Phillips (AP)

Counsellor Mrs Harrison Tech Support Mrs Svensek

Grounds Reece Roffey Admin Mgr Michelle Curtis-Allan

Office Julie Cavanough Office Connie Hooey

Uniform shop Michelle Hain SLSO Nicole Harrison

SLSO Kerrie Wallace SLSO Shae Roberts

SLSO Jo Sandhoff

Principal Mr Gately

Library News Welcome back to another busy in our library.

We have lots of exciting events and plans for the

Library this year. The following days are class

library sessions for 2019.

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

3W 6F 6D 1F

3O 1B 5F 2H

KB 4/5L 2MC 4B

KF 4M

5M

Students from K-2 require a Library bag to borrow but for 3-6

students it is optional. Kindergarten will commence borrowing in a couple

of weeks time when they have become more familiar with the borrowing

procedures.

Looking forward to a great year in the Library

Library teacher

Jenny Barbour

SRE AND ETHICS

SRE and Ethics classes will commence soon. We appreciate your patience

and understanding whilst our timetable is being finalised.

Once again it has been a lengthy and complexed process.

Tracy Ford (SRE & Ethics Co-ordinator)

Save the Date Term 1 2019

Zone Swimming Carnival

Tuesday 19 February

P&C Meeting Wednesday 20 February 7:30pm Library

The Friendship Forum Wednesday 27 February

School Photos 2019 Thursday 7 March 2019

Parent Teacher Interviews & Info evening Monday 4 March– Friday 8 March

School Disco Tuesday 12 March

Harmony Day Thursday 21 March

Cross Country Thursday 21 March

Athletics Carnival Monday 1 April

Charlie & The Chocolate Factory Wednesday 10 April

NAPLAN Tuesday 14-Thursday 16 May

Swimming Carnival

Congratulations to all students who participated in our School Swimming Carnival on Friday 8 th February. A huge thank you

to all parents who assisted with time keeping on the day. We couldn’t run the carnival without our parent helpers. Students

will be presented with their place ribbons at their respective Stage Assemblies next week (Stage 1 – Wednesday 20th,

2:15pm, Stage 2 – Friday 22nd, 2:15pm, Stage 3 – Thursday 21st, 2:15pm). We ran many heats in some events on the day

and ribbons are awarded to the fastest times recorded for each event.

Our age champions will be presented with their medals at a whole-school assembly at a date to be advised.

Congratulations to those students selected to represent Biddabah at the Westlakes Zone Swimming Carnival on Tuesday

19th February. Students with the top two fastest times for each event are invited to attend the Zone Carnival, however,

students must also reach the Westlakes Zone qualifying times as well. We wish these students the best of luck at Zone.

We are sure they will represent Biddabah with pride.

Mrs Bradshaw

Boys Events Girls Events 50m Freestyle

8yrs 1st Lachlan S 50m Freestyle

8yrs 1st Demi M

2nd Joseph L 2nd Joanna L

3rd Flynn J 3rd Mikayla D

9yrs 1st Charlie L 9yrs 1st Mia A

2nd Kye I 2nd Monique C

3rd Xavier T 3rd Zoe R

10yrs 1st Fletcher A 10yrs 1st Charmaine B

2nd Toby H 2nd Tahlia F

3rd Sonny A 3rd Ruby I

11yrs 1st Cambell C 11yrs 1st Kirra B

2nd Kuda H 2nd Eden W

3rd Louis M 3rd Tara B

1yrs 1st Xavier A 12yrs 1st Cora S

2nd Tyce H 2nd Tayla Mc

3rd Kye P 3rd Mia M

50m Breaststroke

Jnr 1st Xavier T 50m Breaststroke

Jnr 1st Ruby I

2nd Fletcher A 2nd Charmaine B

3rd Hamish M 3rd Kloe R

11yrs 1st Cambell C 11yrs 1st Kirra B

2nd Jackson D 2nd Sarah G

3rd Luke S 3rd Zoe P

12yrs 1st Liam H 12yrs 1st Cora S

2nd Xavier A 2nd Mia M

3rd Roy H 3rd Grace C

50m Backstroke

Jnr 1st Charlie L 50m Backstroke

Jnr 1st Charmaine B

2nd Xavier T 2nd Matilda-Jade H

3rd Fletcher A 3rd Kloe R

11yrs 1st Cambell C 11yrs 1st Kirra B

2nd Jack R 2nd Tara B

3rd Kuda H 3rd Charlie B

12yrs 1st Xavier A 12yrs 1st Jorja S

2nd Liam H 2nd Tayla Mc

3rd Alexander K 3rd Paige Mc

50m Butterfly

Jnr 1st Bailey W 50m Butterfly

Jnr 1st Monique C

2nd Toby H 2nd Charmaine B

3rd Hamish M 3rd Mia A

11yrs 1st Cambell C 11yrs 1st Kirra B

2nd Jackson D 2nd Tara B

3rd 3rd Khaliah R

12yrs 1st Liam H 12yrs 1st Tayla Mc

2nd Macklin F 2nd Grace C

3rd Xavier A 3rd Emily B

100m Free All

Age

1st Cambell C 100m Free All Age

1st Kirra B

2nd Xavier A 2nd Charmaine B

3rd Tyce H 3rd Paige Mc

Individual Medley

Jnr 1st Sonny A Individual Medley Jnr 1st Charmaine B

2nd Dylan S 2nd Lakeisha B

3rd Monique C

Snr 1st Cambell C Snr 1st Kirra B

2nd Xavier A

4x50m Relay Jnr 1st Saturn 4x50m Relay Jnr 1st Venus

2nd Mercury 2nd Saturn

3rd Venus 3rd Mercury

Snr 1st Mercury Snr 1st Venus

2nd Jupiter 2nd Mercury

3rd Saturn 3rd Saturn

P & C News

The next P&C meeting is on

Wednesday 20 February at

7:30pm in the Library.

Mel Aurisch P&C President

Tuesday

Mornings

Thursday

Mornings

Thursday

Afternoon

8.30am-9.00am Michelle Hain

8.30am-9.00am Kirsten Rae

2.30pm-3.00pm Renea Shepherd

Stage Assemblies Term 1 2019

K-2 Assembly– Wednesday 2:15pm

Stage 2 Assembly– Friday 2:15pm

Stage 3– Thursday 2:15pm

Presenters: Alexander C, Xavier A

Whole School Assembly– Monday 2:15pm

Notes Sent Home Due

Wk 2

Mon 11 Feb

Wed 13 Feb

Text Book Fee Note

Charlie & The Chocolate Factory

Student & Family update pack

ASAP

Wed 3 April

ASAP

Check for Individual Class or

Activity Notes Sent Home

Parent/Guardian & student details

A student & family update pack was sent

home this week. Could this please be

returned as soon as possible to the office.

Please notify the school as soon as

possible if there are:

Changes in address, phone numbers or emergency contacts.

Changes in family arrangements.

Changes in schooling arrangements e.g. collecting of children

or supervision.

Medication or other health concerns.

Sweetheart Day was a great success!

Thanks to all the donations we were able

to raise $510 for the HeartKids Foundation!

The money raised will go towards funding

and supporting children and adults living with heart conditions.

The Prefects did an amazing job with the first fundraiser of the

year, well done! A big thank you to Selena Brown who shared

Willow’s heart story with many classes.

Mrs Osborn

This Newsletter is produced fortnightly by the students and staff of Biddabah Public School. For further information phone 4954 6058. Advertiser please contact the office to negotiate special rates.

Parents are reminded that paid advertisements are not necessarily endorsed by the school, but they do assist with the costs of publication.

Steve Gately

FAMILY TAEKWONDO

For all ages from 5 years. Come and try. Bring a friend. Complimentary beginner lessons.

BIDDABAH SCHOOL HALL Medcalf Street,

Warners Bay TUESDAY and THURSDAY

6.00 pm to 7.15 pm

Inquiries:

0422 050 200 /

49 544 522