Dear Parents,

What a fantastic start to the year we have had. In the past week we have welcomed our 57 new Kinder children, had our school swimming trials and finalised our classes and whole school staffing for 2022.

Thankyou everyone for your patience whilst we welcomed and enrolled many new children to Bathurst Public School. We are excited with our school structure for 2022. The structure for 2022 is:

KG - Mrs Jodie Goninan (Assistant Principal Kinder and Year 1)

KP - Ms Fernanda Puebla (Rel Assistant Principal Learning and Support)

KB - Ms Rheannah Bogle

1C - Mrs Jo Curran

1G - Mrs Carly Guihot

1MW - Ms Chloe Murphy and Mrs Jodie Weekes

2M - Mrs Kathy Murphy (Assistant Principal Year 2)

2T - Mr Jeremy Thackray

2Mc - Mrs Mikayla McPhee

2I - Mrs Judy Issa

3/4S - Ms Tammy Simmons

3/4C - Ms Naomi Carr

3/4L - Ms Sarita Lloyd

3/4M - Mrs Danielle McClements

4/5A - Mrs Mel Abbott

5/6D - Mr Jay Datt (Assistant Principal Stage 3)

5/6W - Mrs Natasha Woolfe

5/6C - Mrs Lorelle Calder

5/6B - Ms Fiona Bennett

K-2N - Ms Alice Nathan

2-4B - Mrs Janelle Bowman

3-6R - Ms Nicola Reedy (Rel Assistant Principal Support)

3-6W - Ms Nicole Webster

4-6F - Ms Carolyn Flanagan

Library – Mrs Giovanna Morris

Learning and Support Teacher – Mrs Helen Rutherford

COVID Intervention Program - Ms Lisa Roberts and Mrs Amanda Ivory

ESL Teacher - Ms Lisa Roberts

Release from Face to Face – Ms Lisa Roberts, Mrs Amanda Ivory, Mrs Julie George, Ms Amanda Nelson, Mrs Helen Rutherford, Mrs Melissa Stait, Ms Fiona Shearman

School Counsellor – Ms Emily Boland (Monday/Tuesday) and Ms Anthea Bourne (Wednesday)

Speech Pathologist – Miss Ali Barratt

Hearing Team – Ms Susannah Foley, Mrs Belinda Crook, Mrs Shell Hanrahan and Mr Craig Nelson

Home School Liaison Officer – Mr Matt Cambey

Assistant Principal Learning – Mrs Yvonne Theiss

Assistant Principal Complex – Mrs Michelle Whiley

School Admin Manager – Ms Denise Noble

School Admin – Mrs Kathy Bogart

School Admin – Ms Leesa Lepaio

School Admin – Mrs Cathy Glasson

School Admin - Mrs Alana Datt

Library Administration – Mrs Lesley Macready

School Learning Support Officer – Mrs Shelley Chaffey

School Learning Support Officer – Mrs Jackie Fowler

School Learning Support Officer – Mrs Rebecca Dive

School Learning Support Officer – Mrs Dianna Mooney

School Learning Support Officer – Mrs Karen Mitchell

School Learning Support Officer – Mrs Sarah White

School Learning Support Officer – Mr Mitchell Crompton

School Learning Support Officer –Ms Sophie Tilburg

School Learning Support Officer –Ms Brianna Menken

School Learning Support Officer – Mrs Samantha Culham

School Chaplain – Mr Graeme Summerson

General Assistant – Mr Jim Milne

Assistant Principal Curriculm and Implementation - Mrs Angie Lee

Assistant Principal COVID Intervention and Stage 2 - Mrs Kylee Francis

Deputy Principal - Mrs Sharon Cafe

Principal - Mrs Kate White

BPS SWIMMING TIME TRIALS EVENT - Last Friday we conducted a different sort of swimming carnival. As a result of COVID safety guidelines, we had no spectators and competitive swimming only. While we were sad not to have as much of the school there and could not offer the opportunity for participation by all, it was a wonderful event and competition on the day was high. Children cheered on old and new friends and enjoyed being with their friends in the stands. We thank parents for understanding our limitations in organising this event and in helping us comply with guidelines to keep our children COVID safe. Thankyou to the staff who attended and to Mrs Francis for her organisation of the day. Our age champions were;

	Junior	11years	Senior
Boys	Cooper Jones	Tom Hamer	Ryan Copeland
Girls	Elena Noonan	Ella Pringle	Sophie Francis

Our School Photos will be taken on Tuesday 1st March. We will be using Advanced School Photography. Envelopes for school photos will be sent home in the next week.

As a staff we continue to modify our Assessment and Reporting practices so we can ensure parents obtain feedback each term on their child’s progress from their child’s classroom teacher. At anytime, if parents have any concerns or issues about your child’s learning, you are encouraged to contact the school to make an appointment to speak with your child’s classroom teacher. The Assessment and Reporting schedule for 2022 is:

Term 1 Week 5 – Wednesday 23rd February to Thursday 24th February – Support Unit Parent/Teacher Interviews
Term 1 Week 8 - Monday 14th March to Friday 18th March - Parent Teacher Interviews
Term 2 Week 9 – Semester 1 Reports home
Term 3 – Parent/Teacher Interviews
Term 4 - Semester 2 Reports home

Parent/Teacher Interviews have been organised for Wednesday 23rd February-Thursday 24th February for the Support Unit and Monday 14th March-Friday 18th March for all other classes. These meetings will allow parents to meet teachers, talk about what is to be taught this year and how your child has settled into the 2022 school year, plans for the school year, class expectations and parent expectations. More information about these meetings will be available soon.

Rapid Antigen Test Kits - the next fortnight supply of Rapid Antigen Test (RAT'S) Kits were sent home with children yesterday. Parents are encouraged to test children every Monday and Wednesday please. If your child did not bring their kit home, please contact the school for a replacement.

Sentral has been in maintenance mode whilst work was being conducted to have it ready for the 2022 school year. Sentral will be operational for parents again from 4pm this afternoon.

Our School Newsletter will be uploaded every Thursday so all parents receive information at the same time. If you would like the school newsletter emailed direct to you please contact our Front Office staff or refer to the Bathurst Public School website to access 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

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