Excellence Partnerships Opportunities

Thursday 19th December 2019

From the Principal

Thank you to all the parents who attended our

end of year Presentations. Last night and today

we will sadly farewell our Year 6 students.

Reports went home on Friday and we hope you

enjoyed reading about the progress your child

has made.

Staff will be returning to the school on Tuesday, 28th January 2020. Whilst we are away, a new senior

girl’s bathroom will be installed, sinks upgraded in 12 classrooms, plus some renovations to one of our

classrooms to make our school more accessible for students with disabilities.

On behalf of the staff, can I thank the dedicated and hardworking members of our P&C for supporting

our students. We would also like to thank each and every family for their support this year, it has been

such a pleasure sharing your children’s educational journey with you. We wish all our families a safe and

happy holiday season. To those families moving on in 2020 we wish you all the best with new endeavours.

Teachers return 28 January

Students 1-6 return 29 January

Kindergaten 2020 return 3 Febuary

Upcoming Events 18th December 2019 Last Day of Term

28th January 2019 Teachers Staff Development Day

29th January 2019 Years 1-6 Students Return to School

29th-31st January 2019 Kindergarten Best Start Assessments

3rd February 2019 Kindergarten Students First Day

Teacher Acknowledgement

I wish all the teachers Mrs Casey, Mr Cook, Mrs Marsh, Mrs Bertie all the best at their new school. And

congratulations to Mr Bourke who will be an assistant principal at Leppington for 2020.

Congratulations to our 2020 leaders

Congratulations to our major award winners for 2019.

Major Awards Names

DUX 2019 Eamon McAuliffe

Lachlan Delves Excellence in Mathematics

2019

Edwin Babu

Citizenship Award 2019 Sophie Vernon

Honour Board 2019 Ashton Ible

Honour Board 2019 Samuel Zhang

Henderson Literary Award Year 5 Rhys Alvarez

Henderson Literary Award Year 6 Ashton Ible

Outstanding Talent In Production 2019 Isaac Filies

Outstanding Talent In Production 2019 Eyvette James

Outstanding Commitment to Aboriginal

Culture 2019

Ciara Whiting

Overall Senior Sports Champion 2019 Eyvette James

Overall Senior Sports Champion 2019 Benjamin Hodsdon

Premier Sporting Challenge Award 2019 Adrian Razza

Junior Swimming Overall Champion 2019 Charlotte Malcolm

Junior Swimming Overall Champion 2019 Edward Zhang

11 Years Swimming Champion 2019 Talia Saumamao

11 Years Swimming Champion 2019 Aidan Barnes

Senior Swimming Overall Champion 2019 Eyvette James

Senior Swimming Overall Champion 2019 Samuel Zhang

Junior Athletics Overall Champion 2019 Sienna-Estelle Burraston

Junior Athletics Overall Champion 2019 Maahir Boonzaier

11 Years Athletics Champion Reki Roberts

11 Years Athletics Champion Isaiah Azmi

Senior Athletics Overall Champion 2019 Eyvette James

Senior Athletics Overall Champion 2019 Ashton Ible

Junior Cross Country Overall Champion 2019 Amelia Taylor

Junior Cross Country Overall Champion 2019 William Beale

11 Years Cross Country Overall Champion2019 Taylor-Jay Thompson

11 Years Cross Country Overall Champion2019 Tyson Smith

Senior Cross Country Overall Champion 2019 Eyvette James

Senior Cross Country Overall Champion 2019 Ashton Ible

Sydney South West Representative 2019 Brydi Peppard

Sydney South West Representative 2019 Reki Roberts

Sydney South West Representative 2019 Brooklyn Osborne

Sydney South West Representative 2019 Austin Matahau

Sydney South West Representative 2019 Sophie Vernon

Sydney South West Representative 2019 Samuel Zhang

Sydney South West Representative 2019 Ashton Ible

NSW PSSA Representative 2019 Benjamin Hodsdon

Premier's Debating Challenge Quarter

Finalists 2019

Larissa Le Maistre

Premier's Debating Challenge Quarter

Finalists 2019

Karthik Sunder Raj

Premier's Debating Challenge Quarter

Finalists 2019

Arwa Amir

Premier's Debating Challenge Quarter

Finalists 2019

Jessica John

Premier's Debating Challenge Quarter

Finalists 2019

Isaac Filies

Outstanding Effort in Enrichment Program

2019

Rio McGuinness

Outstanding Effort in Enrichment Program

2019

Maria Thomas

Uniform Shop Operating Hours in School Holidays

Our Uniform shop will be operating in the School holidays on 13th and 14th January

2020 from 9am to 12pm and 28th January 2020 9am to 3pm.

Swim Scheme 2020 Notification

Swim scheme will be offered in Term 1 - 2020, in Weeks 6 and 7.

Notes and payment advice will go out in Week 2.

New House Name

Harmony Day 2020

The Community Partnerships and Transitions Committee are looking to showcase our students multicultural backgrounds at Bradbury Public Schools Harmony Day celebrations next year. If you and

your child/ren would like to share your culture with Bradbury Public School, please feel free to speak to Mrs Stewart-Conner or Mrs Eddie.

*Any Pacific Islander Dads, Uncles, Big Brothers etc, that would be interested in teaching our Pacific

Islander students a combined Haka, please contact Mrs Stewart-Conner.

After consultation with families and students the fourth house will be called Namut. Namut Gilbert was an Aboriginal tracker and Dharug man who found the body of Fred Fisher in the 1800s. His tribe was from the Liverpool area and he was often referred to as ‘Chief of the ‘Cabrogal Clan‛. He had close relations with both Aboriginal people and white settlers. Namut was the first Aboriginal Tracker to be employed by the NSW Police.

Library news

Thank you to all students who have respectfully returned their library books. Congratulations to 5S, the

only class with all books returned.

All Book Club has arrived and been delivered. If your child did not receive theirs please contact me asap.

Happy holiday reading.

K-2 Presentation Day Assembly

On Monday 16th December, K-2 held their presentation day assembly.

We congratulated all Kindergarten on completing their first year of school.

Congratulations to all the class award winners for 2019.

It was wonderful to see some new awards presented this year for dedication for learning and success in

enrichment programs.

Well done Sienna Estelle-Burraston for your huge achievement of Junior Athletics Champion.

P&C Disco

Thank you to the P&C for all you hard work over the year and for making the Disco night such a success.

The sales from the Raffle tickets raised $650.00. Prize winners have all be notified.

Colour Run

Thank you to all students who participated in our whole school end of year celebration colour run. On

Wednesday week 9, students had so much fun. Thank you to all parents who came to watch student run

through the different colours stations. It was a fun and colourful end to 2019. We raised $2,810.00

which will go into purchasing more robotics equipment.

Year 6 Farewell

Our fabulous Year 6 students had a night to remember at their farewell. They all looked amazing and

enjoyed burning up the dance floor, dinner chit chat, crazy photos in the photo booth, loads of laughter

and of course, many tears.

Our new leaders of 2020 did a wonderful job of representing the rest of the school in their first

official duties as the leadership reins were handed over by our 2019 leaders. Many staff members

enjoyed catching up with students they have watched thrive and grow throughout the years.

A highlight was having more than two hundred family and friends come in at the end of the night to see

the presentation of graduation certificates and to wish the students well as they enter the next phase

of their education. Best of luck 2019 Year Six. We know you will do us proud.

Kindergarten Requirements for 2020

1 x Labelled Home reading folder (A4 plastic envelope)

1x Labelled Library Bag

1x Labelled Headphones (over the head style)

1x Labelled Paint shirt

4 x Glue Sticks (wind up)

6 x Whiteboard Markers

2x Tissues Boxes

1x Paper Towel

1x Soap / Hand sanitizer on tap

Stage 1 Requirements 2020

2x wind up glue sticks

4x whiteboard markers

Whiteboard rubber

A plastic folder for home reading.

An A4 exercise book for home work.

A box of tissues

A paint shirt

Stage 2 Requirements 2020

A pencil case containing the following clearly labeled stock :

2 HB pencils

1 eraser

1 sharpener that will catch the shavings

1 30cm ruler (not metal or flexi)

1 pair of scissors

2 glue sticks

Coloured pencils

NO liquid paper (including no liquid paper tape)

1 Homework book A4 size

3 white board markers

1 white board eraser

1 paint shirt (an old large sized t-shirt that covers the clothing is fine.)

2 fine point black sharpies for art

Headphones, clearly labeled.

For communal class use:

2 large boxes of tissues

2 rolls paper towel

1 Hand sanitiser

Students may bring textas to school but these will not be used very often so please have them in a

separate pencil case.

As Year 4 students gain their pen licenses throughout the year they will require red and blue fine point

pens.

Stage 3 Requirements 2020

The following equipment will be required for all Year 5 and 6 students in 2020, the stationary items will

need to have a name on it where possible and be at school every day:

These items will need to be replenished throughout the year.

Eraser

2x Lead Pencils

Paint shirts

Whiteboard markers

Scissors

30cm Ruler – hard plastic/wood (no Metal or flexi rulers)

Glue Sticks

Sharpener

USB Stick

Textas

Headphones

Roll paper towel

2x box of tissues

2x Red Pens

Homework Book

Coloured Pencils

2x Blue/Black Pens

NO liquid paper (including no liquid paper tape)