3 April 2018 - Bendemeer Public School
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4 March 2019
3 April 2018
From the Principal… At our school we are dedicated to establishing a
school culture that is focussed on learning. Our
Over the past few weeks we have had some interesting school needs to be a safe place where students,
events. parents and staff enjoy attending daily. Recently, the
word bullying has crept into our gates. No one
The students enjoyed a trip to the preschool where they deserves to be bullied and often there is no simple
had a visiting Reptile Show. Students were able to see a solution. The staff of BPS are being proactive and
variety of creatures from frogs to snakes. A couple of days vigilant in both the classroom and playground. We
later the Kindergarten and Year 1 students joined the have a Zero Tolerance for bullying behaviours and will
preschool again for a ‘Bear Hunt’. implement our Student Wellbeing and Discipline
A huge thank you to Renee and her team at the Pre-School Procedures when necessary. Parents are encouraged
for including our boys and girls. to establish and maintain clear, honest and open
communication with their child’s classroom teacher.
A huge congratulations to Daniel, Matilda and Jacob for There are a number of resources available for parents
competing at the PSSA Zone Swimming Carnival. Our to understand and support their child including Kids
students were positive representatives of Bendemeer Help Line Website (https://kidshelpline.com.au/
School and they focussed on Striving High to achieve the parents/issues/bullying-school) and The Bullying
very best they could. This is a great achievement and they Project Australia (https://thebullyproject.com.au/
parents/).
should be very proud.
Thank you to Mrs Doak for spending the day at our school I am excited to announce that, after consultation
while I took our Year 5 / 6 students to Nundle for a with the P&C, Mrs Sharon Haling will be starting with
Leadership Day. Our students met Mr John Coutis as well as us on Monday 4th March as a
other students from Woolomin, Willow Tree, Timbumburi, School Learning Support
Officer (SLSO). Mrs Haling will
Duri, Dungowen and Nundle. The students participated in a
be working Monday, Tuesday
number of leadership and team building activities. Thank
and Wednesday in the 3 – 6
you to Mr Gadd for all his work in preparing for this great classroom. We are pleased Mrs
opportunity. Haling has decided to return to
We have some exciting events still to come this term BPS and we look forward to
working with her.
including Healthy Harold’s visit, Mrs Swain heading off for
AUSTSwim training, Primary Principal’s Association meeting
Happy Reading,
being held at our school and of course our Crazy Hair day.
Krystal Magann
Week 3 - Matilda Bullock Week 4 - Daniel Bridge Week 5 - Joshua Brown
Weeks 3 & 5:
Brax Hinchliffe
Week 4: Claire
Bridge
On Tuesday 19th February, our
students attended the
Bendemeer Preschool to join in
their reptile show. Selected
students had a chance to get up
close and personal with a range
of reptiles and learn some
interesting facts about them
along the way.
Matilda Bullock and Daniel and Jacob Bridge represented
Bendemeer Public School at the PSSA Swimming Carnival on Friday
22 February.
Although the students didn’t make it to the next level, by all
reports, they swam well and represented our school with pride.
Well done Matilda, Dan and Jacob!
Thank you to Bec Bullock for the photo.
The K/1 class were invited to the Bendemeer Preschool recently to join them in role playing the story ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’. The students watched and listened to the story first, before heading outside to hunt for the bear where they went through the snow, sloshed through the mud, splashed through the river, tramped through the long grass, balanced over the big bridge and snuck through the forest to find the bear hiding in the cave. Our students had a ball! Thank you Renee and preschool staff for involving us in this fun event. Matilda, Jacob and Jayden travelled with Mrs Magann to Nundle Public School last Tuesday to attend a Leadership day where they engaged in team building and problem solving activities and listened to inspiring motivational speaker John Coutis. Read their recount below for the full story! On Tuesday 26th February, Year 5/6 went to Nundle for a leadership day. We saw a man with no legs. His name was Mr John Coutis. He taught us not to be a bully and to be the best people we can be. He talked about his life and how he got picked on and when he wanted to amputated his legs. When he was born he was so small he could fit in the palm of our hands. The doctors said that he wouldn’t live a day but that day went by. Then they said he wouldn’t make a week and that week went by. Then they said that he wouldn’t make a month and then that month went by. Then they said he wouldn’t make his own birthday and guess what – that birthday went by. One day when Mr C was in class he needed to go to the toilet so he crawled along the ground and some bullies had put some thumb tacks on the ground and he got thumb tacks all in his hands. He tried to pull them out but they were so deep he couldn’t get them out of his hands. He went to the school nurse and they put Dettol on his hands. Mr C told us about how people picked on him and got tape around his mouth and hands and chucked him in a rubbish can and lit it on fire. After that we broke into some groups and did a whole bunch of activities like no armed baseball, putt putt, rhythmic gymnastics, wordle, stack the cups and kayaking relay. It was fun to join with other students from different schools. Thanks you to Mr Gadd and the students at Nundle for organising the day and inviting us to join in. We hope you enjoyed reading. By Matilda, Jayden and Jacob
The World’s Greatest Shave!
Bendemeer Staff have decided to enter
the 2019 Greatest Shave. Which one of
the team will lose their luscious locks?
Who will get the chop? Who will decide to
colour instead of shave? We are
collecting donations to “shave the world
from blood cancer!”
Save the Date! Thursday 11th April from 11.30 we will be holding a
BBQ lunch to raise money along with a crazy hair day where you
can get your hair shaved or coloured for a donation.
Lunch Orders
Lunch orders must be placed in the box at the front office by
Wednesday afternoon, or dropped off to the store.
No lunch orders can be accepted on Thursdays.
Child Away From School?
Don’t forget to notify the school of any absences by phone or email.
(02) 6769 6532
bendemeer-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
This year, the P&C are funding the Reading
Eggs subscription for the students, making
a sizable donation towards a new PA
system for the school, fundraising for the
By Bec, Jenny & Edwina cubby house and bike track projects, and
The P&C had a very busy weekend catering for the Rodeo on purchasing a new banner and event
Saturday and the Moonbi Pony Club on Sunday. signage.
A massive thank you to everyone who helped! Some parents To make all these things possible, we really
putting in 10+ hours and then helped the next day as well. A need the support of more parents and
very big thank you to the volunteers who helped who don’t community members to assist with
have children at the school. It was much busier than expected fundraising activities. Every bit helps,
and we really needed the extra hands! All help was greatly whether it’s baking, catering, handing out
appreciated. We have some very special people in our flyers, etc.
community.
It is a new school year and we have a new committee. There Our next meeting is Friday 8th March at
are many more events and fundraisers planned for the year so 9am in the library. This is a great chance to
we really need the extra help. hear what is happening with the school,
Our P&C does quite a lot for our little school and we rely on the voice your opinions and be a part of
help of our parents and community to allow this to happen. decisions made by our P&C association.
At Bendemeer Public School we are
committed to ensuring that we are
part of the community. Our
Newsletter is distributed throughout
the community, so if you would like
Tamworth FC's registrations are open for the 2019
season!
to make a contribution we are more
than happy to hear from you.
Once again, parents will be able to claim up to $100 per
school-aged child, per year, as a voucher to reduce the Please email us your contributions:
cost of sport registration or membership fees for after-
bendemeer-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
school and weekend sport, and active recreation
activities. Our next publication day is:
Tamworth FC registration fees for 2019: - Monday 25th March.
Entry Level (5-7 years) - $110.00 Please send any contributions
Junior Level (8-11 years) - $130.00
through by the Wednesday before.
Youth Level (12-16 years) - $150.00
Youth playing Seniors (17-18 years) - $200.00
For junior registrations please use the web Next Meeting:
address: https://www.playfootball.com.au and look for
club- TAMWORTH FC, 14th March at
10:30am
or contact a committee member to be emailed the link
on 0418 200 148.
SCHOOL CALENDAR TERM 1
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT SUN
6 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Life Drumbeat P&C Meeting
Education 9am in the
Van Library
7 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Drumbeat
8 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Drumbeat
9 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Principals
Meeting at
Bendemeer
10 1 April 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sketch &
Scripture
11 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Responsible STEM day Greatest P&C Meeting
pet ownership Shave, 9am in the
visit Assembly, Library
BBQ
SCHOOL CALENDAR TERM 2
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT SUN
1 29 April 30 1 May 2 3 4 5
Staff Students
Development Return
Day
2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
P&C Meeting
9am in the
Library
3 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
NAPLAN NAPLAN NAPLAN Walk Safely to
School Day
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