Bathurst Public School

279-281 George Street Phone: 02 6331 3923

Bathurst NSW 2795 Fax: 02 6332 2305

Email: bathurst-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: www.bathurst-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Thursday, 3rd May 2018 Term 2 Week 1

Dear Parents,

I hope everyone had a wonderful, restful holiday. Term 2 is bound to be very busy with many events

planned.

Congratulations to the four Rugby League Teams that

competed at the Richardson/Peachey Shield yesterday.

A great day was had by all. A special congratulations to

our Years 3/4 Boys who won the Richardson Shield. Our

Year 3/4 boys will now head to Dubbo later in the term

to play in the next level of the Richardson Shield.A

special thank you to Mr Kelly, Miss Miller, Mr

MacPherson and Mr Corey Reynolds who coached the

teams, and to the many parents who came along and

supported us. Super work everyone.

Thankyou to the many children and teachers who represented our school at the ANZAC Day March

during the holidays, and to the parents who also came along to support us. Well done to Abby Price

and Savannah Mahoney who played with the RSL Youth Marching Band and to the children who

marched as part of the Guides and Scouts. It is always wonderful to have our school represented at this

extremely important occasion.

Congratulations to our boys that attended the NSW PSSA Swimming Championships at the end of last

term. Well done Angus, Oliver, Logan, Lachlan and Kai. They all swam incredibly well.

Our School Newsletter is uploaded every Thursday so all parents receive information at the same time.

Please refer to our website to download the weekly newsletter.

If any parent has any concerns regarding any aspect of school life, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kate White

Principal

FlexiBuzz

Uniforms Available from the front office

Hats $8

Polo $26

Jumpers $33

Jackets $35

Play Equipment Before and After School Reminder

All parents and friends are reminded that children are NOT permitted on the school play equipment

before or after school. This area is unsupervised so we continue to ask for your assistance in ensuring

children do not access these areas.

Bathurst Public School's Biggest

Morning Tea

Bathurst Public School will again host a Biggest

Morning Tea to support the Cancer Council.

Thursday 24th May from 11.00am-11.40am.

Stage 3 students will be setting up food stalls and there will be tea and

coffee available for adults. Parents, Teachers and Students will be able to

enjoy morning tea together whilst listening to talented buskers from

Stage 2 and 3.

To make this a successful fundraiser, we are asking students in Stage 2

and Stage 3 to provide a plate of food to be sold, e.g. biscuits, muffins,

cupcakes etc. These can be taken to the Staff Room before school on

Thursday 24th May.

We hope you can join us for Morning Tea on Thursday 24th May at 11:00am.

Stage 1 History Excursion

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Rugby League Peachey Cup / Richardson Shield

Yesterday, Bathurst Public School participated in the annual Rugby League Peachey Cup / Richardson

Shield at the brand new St Pat’s facility on Hereford St. Our school was represented with a record 4

teams. It must be said that each of these teams played and represented our school in a tremendous

manner. The players themselves were treated to the whole Penrith Panthers NRL Squad coming and

watching them play, which in itself, is an experience they will never forget.

Yr 5 & 6 Boys: Koby Beecham, Evan Jaques, Angus Café, Ben Everitt-Foran, Oliver Gumpert, Kaleb

Holman, Mac Hutchings, Jacob Lamb, Boston Reynolds & Greyson Rozga.

These boys played 3 games of high quality Rugby League and should be extremely proud of their

efforts. We won our first 2 games convincingly against Holy family & Perthville. Jacob Lamb and

Greyson Rozga played exceptional football in these two games. Unfortunately, in our final game we

couldn’t capitalise on early chances and ended up losing, which ultimately cost us a spot in the semi-

finals. These boys should be extremely proud of their effort and once again represented our school

tremendously on and off the field.

Yr 5 & 6 Girls: Ashleigh Ball, Phoebe Connors, Mimi Taylor Jemmia Luck, Bonny Campiao, Faith

Ryder, Evie Goninan, Kristina D’quino, Sophie Lindsay, Mia McClements & Tiaani Bijelic Yesterday

the Year 5/6 Girls Rugby League team participated in the Peachey Shield in a non-competitive

division. The girls played 3 games against the Holy Family team, winning all games convincingly!

Being only their second time playing a full contact sport, the girls tackled hard in defence and used

their speed and wit in attack. The girls had a combined score across the three games of 24 tries to 5.

Mr Kelly has worked very hard with these girls to prepare them for yesterday and it showed on the

field as they displayed great Rugby League knowledge and sportsmanship. Congratulations girls, you

should all be very proud of yourselves and continue to pursue your footy careers!

Yr 3 & 4 Boys (Team 1): Buster Goninan, Blake Fulthorpe, Connor Hobby, Lachlan McClements,

Hudson Reynolds, Henri Gumpert, Pierson O’Dwyer, Jaxon Ballinger, Cooper Naylor & Aemon West.

We are the Champions! A huge congratulations to these Year 3 and 4 boys for winning the whole

Richardson Shield tournament! For the majority of this team, it was their very first time representing

BPS on the sporting field and I am sure they will never forget it. Qualifying for the semi-finals itself

was a huge achievement for these boys but to then go on and convincingly win the Semi against Holy

Family and then ultimately win the Grand Final against St Phil’s was extraordinary. Well done boys!

Everybody at BPS is extremely proud of you all. I’m sure this is the first of many sporting

championships to come.

Yr 3 & 4 Boys (Team 2): Jaxon Ballinger, Rylan Beecham, Charlie Fischbeck, Max Lamb, Cooper

Naylor, Will Pheils, Henri Gumpert, Charlie Turnbull, Isaac Turnell & Jake Webster.

A great day was had for our BPS Year 3/4 (Team 2) Rugby League Team. Everyone enjoyed

themselves throughout the day and played with outstanding sportsmanship.

We came up against a fast and strong Holy Family team first and the boys tackled and passed really to

grind out a 4-4 draw. Playing Kelso Public second, our team played well together with everyone

making tackles and several players crossing the line for a try including Jake Webster who got his first

ever try in Rugby League, the whole team was ecstatic for Jake. The BPS team, came away 7-4

winners. Our third game was against a 'non-competitive' St. Phils team, who were mostly playing

contact sport for their first time. Our BPS Year 3/4 team showed their great sportsmanship and

encouragement for the other team as both teams enjoyed the game together. Although it was a 'non

competitive' game, we came away 8-0 winners with sportsmanship and Rugby League the real winners

of this game. The fourth and final game of the day was the hardest of all, coming up against a strong

St. Phils team. It was a fast and hard game played by both teams, unfortunately we could never get in

the lead and the game could not decide a winner as it ended 2-2.

An outstanding performance from everyone who played in the BPS Year 3/4 (Team 2) team on the

day, unfortunately missing out on the finals by 2 tries.

Thank you to Eglinton Eels Junior Rugby League Football Club for allowing our Year 3 & 4 teams to

borrow the playing jerseys. Unfortunately, our brand new junior BPS sporting jerseys did not arrive in

time for yesterday’s tournament.

Luke Kelly, Emma Miller & Sam Macpherson

Clothing Pool

The clothing pool will be open each

Tuesday 2.30pm until 2.50pm or by

texting Rebecca on 0405 326 927.

Please send all donations of clothing to

the office.

Term 2 2018

Week 1

30/04-6/05

Friday 4th May – Recorder and Strings Cluster Rehearsal at Bathurst PS

Week 2

7/05-13/05

Friday 11th May – Mother’s Day Breakfast and Stall

Week 3

14/05-20/05

Tuesday 15th May – NAPLAN – Language and Writing for Years 3 and 5

Wednesday 16th May – Primary Assembly 2.15pm in the McMullen Hall

Wednesday 16th May – Canberra Instalment 4 due

Wednesday 16th May – P&C Meeting 7pm – All welcome

Wednesday 16th May - NAPLAN – Reading for Years 3 and 5

Thursday 17th May - NAPLAN – Numeracy for Years 3 and 5

Friday 18th May – School Cross Country

Week 4

21/05-27/05

Wednesday 23rd May – Infants Assembly 2.15pm in the McMullen Hall

Thursday 24th May – Biggest Morning Tea

Friday 25th May – Western Dance Workshop

Week 5

28/05-3/06

Wednesday 30th May – Primary Assembly 2.15pm in the McMullen Hall

Wednesday 30th May – Canberra Instalment 5 due

Friday 1st June – District Cross Country

Week 6

04/06-10/06

Wednesday 6th June – Infants Assembly 2.15pm in the McMullen Hall

Wednesday 6th June – Canberra Instalment 6 due

Friday 8th June – Canberra excursion final day for full payment

Week 7

11/06-17/06

Monday 11th June – Queen’s Birthday Long Weekend

Wednesday 13th June – Primary Assembly 2.15pm in the McMullen Hall

Wednesday 13th June – Regional Cross Country

Sunday 17th June – Festival of Instrumental Music for Strings and Recorders – Opera House

Week 8

18/06-24/06

Monday 18th June – Friday 22nd June – Kinder AEDC Data Collection

Tuesday 19th June till Thursday 21st June - Year 5/6 Canberra Excursion

Wednesday 20th June – Infants Assembly 2.15pm in the McMullen Hall

Week 9

25/06-01/07

Tuesday 26th June – NRL Workshops

Wednesday 27th June – Primary Assembly 2.15pm in the McMullen Hall

Friday 29th June – School Athletics Carnival

Friday 29th June – Semester 1 Student Reports home

Week 10

02/07-08/07

Tuesday 3rd July - NRL Workshops

Wednesday 4th July - Infants Assembly 2.15pm in the McMullen Hall

Friday 6th July – Last Day Term 2

P&C News

VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY NEEDED

Can you spare a few hours on Friday May 11 to help with our Mother’s Day activities? We’d love

some extra volunteers at both the breakfast BBQ and the stall. No experience necessary! Email

bathurstpublicschool@pandcaffiliate.org.au to let us know if you can assist.

BBQ helpers – come to the front of the school from 7am.

Stall helpers – come to McMullen Hall just before 9am.

MEET OUR NEW CANTEEN MANAGER

We would like express our appreciation to Heather Kimbel who managed the

P&C canteen so efficiently for the last six years. We would also like to introduce Caroline Kelly

who became our new manager this week!

Hi my name is Caroline and I am delighted to be filling the role of

Canteen Manager at BPS. I have been part of the school

community for a few years now with my girls in Year 3. (Where

does the time go??)

I look forward to speaking with students, parents/carers and

staff about all topics related to food (my favourite subject!). If

you can spare a few minutes, pop into the canteen, I'd love to

hear your suggestions. If you can spare an hour or two, come

and volunteer, it is well worth your time to see the smiles on your

children's faces.

MAY P&C MEETING

The May P&C meeting will be held on:

Wednesday 16th May 2018

When: 7pm Where: School staff room. All welcome!