Blacktown South Public School
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183 Flushcombe Road
Blacktown NSW 2148
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Email: blacktowns-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Phone: 02 9622 6034
Fax: 02 9831 2379

28 September 2018

Principal’s Report

Enrolling Kindergarten Students now for 2019

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Term 3 has been another very busy term. A big thank you to all teachers and parents for your work together to ensure children are provided with great learning experiences and opportunities.
LAST DAY OF TERM 3 – Friday 28th September ( Students & Staff )
FIRST DAY OF TERM 4 – Monday 15th October ( Students & Staff )

Sydney West Athletics

On Wednesday 19th September over 15 children represented the Blacktown Area in the Sydney West Athletics carnival.This is a very difficult competition, against other Zones from Sydney West. Congratulations to all the boys and girls who represented our school and area proudly!
A thank you to the parents and families who attended this carnival, to show their support and cheer for the children.

Chess competition

On Tuesday 25th September a group of 12 Year 3 to 6 boys and one girl represented Blacktown South PS in a Chess competition. It was a very competitive day with many schools from the Blacktown area competing. A big thank you to Mrs Catalano for organising this opportunity for the students and also transporting them all to the venue, with the help of Mrs Radecki and Mrs Francis. We were awarded 3rd Place for one team and 1st place for another team who will go onto the next level of the competition.

Group Photos

Group photos all ran smoothly on Monday 24th September thanks to Mr Arundel and parents for ensuring that students were appropriately dressed for sport, SRC, Year 6 and extra curricular photos. Once the photos have arrived further information will be provided to students and families.

Enrolling Now - Kindergarten Students for 2019

If you have a pre-schooler or have neighbours or friends with pre-schoolers in our drawing area who are turning 5 years of age before the 31st July 2019, please see the school office for an enrolment application. If your child is turning 6 in 2019 they must attend school next year.
Our kindergarten orientation program starts in Week 3 of next term on Tuesday 30th October.
Please contact us about 2019 enrolments now.

Token Fun Day

Once again we had an awesome experience despite the weather. Children and parents and teachers were engaged in lots of fun activities and many opportunities to receive prizes. Thank you to our wonderful parent community who supported this event with an outstanding effort in the donations supplied. Without the amazing community effort this would not have been as successful a day as it was. This year we managed to raise over $15,000 for the students at Blacktown South Public School. Showbags, jumping castles, face painting, hair spray and lots and lots of jelly and food made for a very exciting time. Well done Blacktown South Public School, days like today show what wonderful safe, respectful learners we all are.

Intention to apply for Year 7 entry to a Selective High School in 2020

If you would like to have your child considered for Year 7 selective high school entry in 2020, you need to apply on the internet using a valid email address (not the student’s email address).

Detailed instructions on how to apply online will be available from mid-September 2018 at the link below.

https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-7

The application website opens at that link on 9 October 2018 and closes on 12 November 2018. You must apply before the closing date.

There are no paper application forms. If you do not have internet access, you could apply at a public library. If you have a disability that prevents you from using a computer, you can contact the Unit for assistance after 9 October 2018.

You must submit only ONE application for each student.

We wish all students, parents and staff a safe and relaxing holiday!

Kathy Pizzinga
Relieving Principal

Newsletter Articles

Cultural Calendar for October and early November

Dear Parents: I endeavour to include as many cultural events as possible, unfortunately I do accidently miss some occasionally. If I have missed an important cultural event for your culture or religion please inform me so I can correct it in the coming newsletter. Thanks for your help.

September 28th

Confucius’ Birthday: Confucius 551-479BC was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician and philosopher.

September 30th

National Day – Botswana

October 1st

Labour Day (NSW)

Independence Day – Guinea, Tuvalu

National Day – China

National Day – Cyprus

National Day – Nigeria

National Day – Palau

October 2nd

International Day of Non-Violence

October 3rd

Unity Day – Germany

National Foundation Day – Republic of South Korea

October 9th

Independence Day – Uganda

October 10th

National Day – Fiji

National Day – Republic of China, Taiwan

October 12th

Independence Day – Equatorial Guinea

National Day – Spain

October 19th

Dasara (Hindu) – Dasara, also called Dussehra or Vijayadashami is one of the biggest Hindu festivals. This festival is celebrated and is followed by Diwali which falls 20 days after Dasara. The significance of this festival are many but the prevailing story is of the triumph of good over evil.

October 20th

Instillation of Scriptures as Guru Ganth (Sikh)

October 24th

Independence Day – Zambia

October 26th

National Day – Austria

October 27th

National Day – Turkmenistan

October 28th

Grandparents Day

National Day – Czech Republic

October 29th

National Day – Turkey

October 31st

Halloween

November 1st

All Saints Day (Christian)

National Day – Antigua and Barbuda

November 2nd

All Souls Day (Christian)

November 3rd

Independence Day – Dominca

National Day – Panama

November 4th

National Day – Tonga

November 7th

Diwali (Hindu) - One of the most popular festivals of Hinduism, Diwali symbolises the spiritual "victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance".

Bandi Chhorh Divas (Sikh)

November 9th

Independence Day – Cambodia

Constitution Day – Nepal

November 11th

Remembrance Day

National Day - Angola

Principal’s Reading Awards

Congratulations to the following students from Kindergarten – Year 6 who have been awarded the Principal’s Reading award for 100 nights of home reading.

Lola Ayres

Gurleen Ghotra

Asraa Lalee

Aria Arora

Akshith Pendyam

Jaydhen Sruthi Jith

Manroop Kaur

Shyrin Salaque

Eshal Khan

Hirav Raval

Vedanshi Shah

Samantha Cheetley

Hasan Khan

Ashton Israil

Panagioti Lauzon

Hetanshi Patel

Behshid Bandi Amirabad

Amik Marok

Hermione Deol

Thesnave Sarvananthan

Jay Darji

Braxton Hillier

Emily Trinh

Shay Foster

Sidhi Pahuja

Sukirat Kaur

Yara Othman

Matthew Muradian

Tirth Patel

Rosa Panuve

Raina Mayavanshi

Heli Patel

Blake Krauss

Rebecca Suwal

Archi Kohli

Hamza Abd Rabah

Bonnie Fan

Jonathan Lumen

Congratulations to the following students from Kindergarten – Year 6 who have been awarded the Principal’s Reading award for 200 nights of home reading.

Eshal Ahmed

Humaira Yamani

Vaashini Aravinthan

Vivian Yang

Roya Raji

Aarav Patel

Shardul Kadwadkar

Arisha Islam

Shivam Dave

Elham Mahmudi

Jessica Dasan

Amani Kaur

Albert Deng

Samar Singh

Husnain Ashraf

Arianne Monteiro

Serena Zhang

Manvir Khangura

Ansh Kapoor

Jayden Ramos

Ishta Shah

Shivesh Nair

Zachery Li

Kara Guerin

Wesley Kuo

Shaunak Kadwadkar

Deepak Prajapati

Mishty Jani

Flynn McAndrew

Danyaa Vijithan

Izam Mashrur

Tameem Rahman

Adi Patel

Samantha Cheetley

Zahraa Farhat

Arkesh Maginthan

Sanjana Yoshi

Jade Longhurst

Anvi Sharma

Tamanna Patel

Dhvani Barot

Aaliyah Faiz

Ediz Gurbuz

Zunairah Hossain

Jay Patel

Ibrahim El Bizri

Damaneet Kaur

Bora Sertlioglu

Blacktown District (Hassall Grove) Chess Tournament

On Tuesday 25th of September, Blacktown South Public School participated in the Blackown District Chess Tournament held at Hassall Grove Public School. The tournament consisted of 24 teams with three players in each team. Congratulations to Blacktown South Group D that came in 1st place and Blacktown South Group B that came in 3rd place. All students that attended from our school showed great sportsmanship throughout the day.

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The School Opal Card

Busways has asked all parents who have children catching a bus to remind them that they must remember to tap on at the beginning of their trip and off again at the end of their trip. This is a condition of using the School Opal Card.

Data being gathered shows that not all students are doing this. If students do not tap on and off, services may be cancelled due to the lack of recorded patronage.

Please remember it is the parent’s responsibility to maintain/update any changes of details, this will ensure you will receive new Opal cards as requested.

POP Payments

A reminder to parents making payments through the POP system to please check that you have logged into the correct school. We have had a few instances lately of parents from other schools paying for excursions etc through our school’s account, this creates quite a bit of paperwork to reverse the transaction.

To make a POP payment simply log onto Blacktown South Public School’s website and click on the $ icon which will direct you to our school’s POP portal.

Thank you
Claire Dobbie

Healthy Canteens

From the start of Term 3, the canteen has had a new menu that has lots of new healthy items.

We are phasing out the less healthy items and replacing them with fresh, natural ingredients that will be made from scratch on the premises.

Although the new Healthy Canteen guidelines do not commence until 2020, as a community, we want to be the first in the region to make the changes.

There are lots of amazing new foods that the kids will love.

Healthy Canteens whole philosophy is to provide your children with healthy alternatives. Michelle and Kristy, our canteen ladies, have built up great relationships with the community and all of the students, and it’s time to phase the non-healthy alternatives out of the canteen for good.

Each day, the kids are so eager to try the fresh cooked food, and the sales of our healthy counter items have significantly increased, so the time is now to make the change.

Healthy Canteens is only going to get better as we truly want what is best for our students.

Thank you.
Healthy Canteens

Australian Early Childhood Education Development Experience (AECEDE) Research Project

Parents needed to help us build a complete picture

Our school is participating in the Australian Early Childhood Educational Development Experience (AECEDE) Research Project which will add to the richness of the Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) undertaken earlier this year. The project explores the impact of early learning experiences on children’s development, at home and in early education and care services. This research will help policy makers better understand how children’s education and care experiences in the years prior to starting full-time school can be delivered in a way that best supports children’s development and learning.

The project is being conducted by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training, and supported by the NSW and NT Departments of Education and researchers from the Telethon Kids Institute and the Social Research Centre.

The Primary Caregiver Survey, will take place from 10th September to 2nd November 2018 and will invite parents and caregivers to complete a short survey about the early childhood education and care history of their child, as well as information about their parenting style and the child’s home environment. This is an important perspective that only the parent/primary caregiver can provide.

Parents/caregivers of children in Kindergarten have been sent an invitation to complete the Primary Caregiver Survey online. Paper versions of the survey will be available from our school for caregivers without suitable internet access, or for whose first language is not English. Support will also available by phoning 1800 092 548 where parents/caregivers will be assisted to complete the survey over the phone.

Children at our school will directly benefit from parents/carers participation as we will receive a voucher to be spent in support of the children, if most of the caregivers complete the survey.

Whilst your participation is entirely voluntary, our school will receive a voucher to be spent in support of the children, if most of the caregivers complete the survey. I sincerely hope that you are able to complete this survey.

Please click on the link below to begin the survey:

http://srcentre.com.au/Primary_Caregiver_Survey

P&C News

Mega Raffle Prize winners!

Congratulations to our winners of the major prizes:

1st – iPad – Austin Sharma 5/6N
2nd – Atura Hotel Blacktown Deal - Dinesh Vishnu
3rd – $300 Cindy’s Dance School voucher – Jai Yadav 2M
4th – $250 Your Local Painter voucher - Lilly
5th – 2 months Fernwood Seven Hills Gym Membership – Neena Mulqueen

All major prize winners and the 75 additional prize winners have been notified and you are able to collect your prize from the school office.

Thank you to all students, families and staff who purchased tickets, we will have a final amount raised for the next SNIP.

This raffle would not have been possible without the donations of the following businesses:

Atura hotel Blacktown, Cindy’s Dance Studio, Your Local Painter, Fernwood Gym Seven Hills, The Music Bus, Westpoint Chinese Medicine Clinic, Geoff Crew Keyboard, Riley’s Gym Seven Hills, International Martial Arts Prospect, Jess Designs Photography, Unrivalled Entertainment cheerleading lessons, Sensibly Organised, Hogs Breath Café Blacktown, Blacktown Workers Club, Super 6 High Performance sports program, Taronga and Western Plains Zoo, Crocs Play Centre, Go Bananas Play Centre, Sliq Hairdressers Blacktown, AMF Bowling and Laser Tag Blacktown, Chipmunks Play Centre, Bowlarama Wetherill Park, Five Senses Education Centre, Michelle Rowland MP, Eastern Creek Tavern, Playtime Entertainment Blacktown, Scholastic Book club, Western Sydney Wanderers, Inflatable World Blacktown, Flip Out Blacktown, Museum of Fire Penrith, Gozleme King Blacktown, Mighty Macros Meals, Lonestar Blacktown, Blacktown Council Swim Centre, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.

Entertainment Books!!

You are still able to purchase Entertainment books in either a digital format (for your smartphone) or a hard copy book. For $65 the Entertainment book is fantastic value as it is full of a variety of vouchers that can be used at restaurants, cafes, movies, museums, hotels, flights, online shopping and many more places! There are thousands of dollars to be saved!

If you would like to make a purchase, please click on the following link. Please feel free to share the link with your family and friends.

https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/215g669

You are able to have a look at the book by either clicking on the following link or there is a copy in the front office for you to read through.

https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/flickbook/sydney-greater-west

Remember, this is a fundraiser and for every book we sell we make $13, so if we sell 100 books then that’s $1300 that can be used for improvements in the school and classroom!

So let’s all get on board and help sell as many Entertainment Books as we can!

Follow Blacktown South P&C on Facebook!

We now have a Blacktown South Public School P&C Facebook page. This page is run by the P&C and is a forum for families of BSPS to stay up to date with our fundraising events, what’s happening in the school and to communicate with the P&C. So if you are on Facebook just search the following to join the group:

Blacktown south public school P&C

School Banking

School banking is on every Tuesday. To join school banking, your child will need a Youthsaver account. If your child doesn’t have an existing Youthsaver account, there are 2 simple ways to open one:

  • Visit www.commbank.com.au/schoolbanking and click on the link to open a Youthsaver account, or
  • Visit any Commonwealth Bank branch with identification for you and your child (Driver’s licence and birth certificate) and they will assist you in opening up a Youthsaver account.

Students earn 1 token for each time they bank and once they have earned 10 tokens they are eligible for a reward. There are 2 rewards available each term. Don’t forget once you have 10 tokens fill in your rewards slip and send it in with your bankbook. If you don’t have the rewards slip please send us a note in your bankbook and we will send one home with you.

Remember, it’s not the amount you deposit; it’s the consistency of banking that will help you to earn great prizes!

A reminder to all our bankers can you please ensure you fill in ALL parts of your deposit slip including name, student number, account number, date and amount being deposited. We have had several students not completing their deposit slips and this is very time consuming for us to have to fill them all out. If you fail to complete your deposit slip your bank book will be returned to you and the money will not be deposited.

Uniform shop

The uniform shop is open on Monday’s from 2-3.15pm and Thursday’s from 9-11am. Please remember to bring your own plastic bag when making purchases at the uniform shop. If anyone is available to help out in the uniform shop please see Kim Jeffreys on either a Monday or Thursday at the uniform shop.

If you have any questions about the P&C or would like to help out with the fundraising events please contact me on 0403 694 898 or Kerrie.barton1@det.nsw.edu.au

Kerrie Barton
P&C President

BLACKTOWN SOUTH PUBLIC SCHOOL CALENDAR

2018

TERM 3

Week 10

Friday 28th September

  • 3-6 Assembly – 3P
  • LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR TERM 3

Term 4

Week 1

Monday 15th October

  • STUDENTS RETURN TO SCHOOL

Tuesday 16th October

Wednesday 17th October

  • Year 1 Excursion – Rouse Hill Farm for 1RM, 1J, 1P and 1H

Thursday 18th October

  • Year 1 Excursion – Rouse Hill Farm for 1B, 1/2L and K/1S

Friday 19th October

  • Summer PSSA – Round 6
  • 3-6 Assembly – 6L

Week 2

Monday 22nd October

Tuesday 23rd October

Wednesday 24th October

Thursday 25th October

  • K-2 Assembly – KC/KF
  • Blacktown District Debating – Semi Finals
  • Newsletter

Friday 26th October

  • 3-6 Assembly – 4C
  • Summer PSSA – Round 7

Week 3

Monday 29th October

Tuesday 30th October

  • Kindergarten Orientation

Wednesday 31st October

  • State Athletics
  • Year 6 Out of Uniform - Halloween

Thursday 1st November

  • State Athletics
  • Genius Hour Presentation Day
  • Blacktown City Council Grandparents Day

Friday 2nd November

  • Summer PSSA Round 8

Week 4

Monday 5th November

  • Year 5 Excursion to Canberra
  • Year 6 Camp
  • P & C Meeting - Day

Tuesday 6th November

  • Kindergarten Orientation
  • Year 5 Excursion to Canberra
  • Year 6 Camp

Wednesday 7th November

  • Year 6 Camp
  • BLC Public Speaking Competition – Years 3 & 4

Thursday 8th November

  • K-2 Assembly – KA
  • Newsletter
  • Blacktown District Debating – Finals
  • Year 6 Camp
  • BLC Public Speaking Competition – Years 5 and 6

Friday 9th November

  • 3-6 Assembly – 4G
  • Summer PSSA Round 9
  • Year 6 Camp
  • Remembrance Day

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COMMUNITY NEWS

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SCHOOL CONTACTS

Blacktown South Public School
183 Flushcombe Road
Blacktown NSW 2148
Ph: 9622 6034, 9622 2449
Fax: 9831 2379
Email: blacktowns-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Principal: Mr Andrew Bowmer

Deputy Principals: Mrs Kathy Pizzinga and Mrs Kathy Price

Assistant Principals:
Early Stage 1 – Ms Michelle Cremona (Relieving)
Stage 1 – Mrs Renee Radecki and Miss Matilda Lee (Relieving)
Stage 2 – Miss Bec Elgood (Relieving)
Stage 3 – Mr Matthew van Trier (Relieving)

Senior Administration Manager: Mrs Claire Dobbie

School Administration Officers:
Mrs Robyn Taylor, Ms Doris Mifsud,
Mrs Sharon Hawtrey, Mrs Kerrie Lee-Eyles & Mrs Bev Mills

School Counsellors: Ms Jennifer Ransley and Ms Keita Rennie

P&C Association
President
: Mrs Kerrie Barton
Vice President: Miss Kim Jeffreys
Secretary: Shabana Ali
Assistant Secretary: Mandi Ashraf
Treasurer: Mrs Nicole McDonald
Assistant Treasurer: Renee Tsingolis

Canteen
Canteen Manager
: Mrs Michelle Millington
Clothing Pool
Uniform
: Miss Kim Jeffreys

The Uniform Pool is open every Monday afternoon from 2.00pm to 3.00pm and Thursday morning from 9:00am to 11:00am.

School Assemblies
K-2 Assemblies Thursday 2:15pm – 3:10pm – Even Weeks
3– 6 Assemblies Fridays 2:15pm – 3:10pm – Even Weeks