Dear Parents

We have had the most wonderful time celebrating NAIDOC week. On Monday we had 80 children participate in the NAIDOC march in William Street and then gather for a BBQ in the park. Our Stage 3 students attended a cultural tour with Jordan Boney and Percy Raveneau. The children had the best time cooking johnny cakes, taking a bush walk and having lunch at the back of Mt Panorama.

On Tuesday we celebrated NAIDOC as a whole school. The day commenced with a whole school assembly, with our girls and boys dance groups performing. We also enjoyed a smoking ceremony which anyone could take part in. Again, a marvellous display of our Aboriginal Culture. For the remainder of the day, children took part in Aboriginal activities in the classrooms, attended talks about artefacts. We also had special guests come into our classrooms to work with the children and staff on Aboriginal languages, art and to tell us stories.

A heartfelt thankyou to our organising group, Mrs Cafe, Mrs George, Miss Carr, Mr Hayes, Mrs Abbott and Mrs Goninan who coordinated a magnificent celebration. A special thankyou to the many parents and friends who came to support our children and staff and made all of our experiences so much richer - Jordan Boney, Tonilee Scott, Vanessa Kendall, Josh Simpson, Brooke Andrews, Selina Sullivan, Tambelin Howarth and Julie Bennett. Thankyou all.

On Friday 16th September, 20 of our children represented Bathurst Public School and Bathurst District PSSA at the Regional Athletics Trials in Dubbo. All of our children competed extremely well with many throwing and running personal bests. Well done everyone. A special congratulations to Tim Lynch who came 2nd in the Senior Boys Discus and our Senior Girls Relay team, consisting of Ruby Cole, Lara Glasgow, Grace Ronan and Sophie Francis, who came 3rd in the Senior Girls Relay. All of these athletes have qualified to attend the NSW PSSA Athletics Carnival in Homebush next term. Terrific work.

We held our Term 3 Green Award Morning Tea this morning. Congratulations to all of our class winners on their excellent term of respectful, responsible, safe learning. We are extremely proud of your work. The term 3 award winners are;

KB - Leo Shoemark and Sam Weal

KP - Celia Jackson and Olivia O'Reilly

KG - Asha Melo and Oliver Walker

1MW - Marcus Allan and Lexi McGrath

1C - Ellie Surawski and Kaelan Wheeler

1G - Henry Callan and Samiksha Sathish Kumar

2M - Grace Moulds

2Mc - Charlotte Creasey and Ruben Dimmock

2T - Mia Higgins and Addison Lyon

2I - Adalynn Scott and Casey Shaw

K-2N - Jackson Stark and Sam Lord

2-4B - Tadhg Hart and Harper Rowlands

3/4C - Ruby Warfield and Xander Swift

3/4S - Heidi Lyle and Hannah Skein

3/4M - Charlotte McCann and Ella Owen

3/4L - Willow Casey and Saxon Royle

3-6R - Hannah Bowker and Zadjarlirra Sullivan

3-6W - Jakob Hunt-McIntosh and Casey Stanmore

4/5A - Isabella Parkes and Fatima Raheel

4-6F - Fletcher Rowlands

5/6D - Lexi Beckers-Doherty, Ella Pringle and Eshanika Sathish Kumar

5/6W - Keeon Freeman and Lucas Milne

5/6B - Aryan Hossain and Daniel Wirght-Warrington

5/6C - Ruby Cole and Ryan Copeland

A reminder that Thursday 22nd September 2022 has been confirmed as a public holiday in NSW, following the announcement of the National Day of Mourning for Queen Elizabeth II. Bathurst Public School will be non-operational on this day.

Our School Concert Tickets will go on sale at 10am on Wednesday 19th October. Tickets can be purchased from the BMEC Box Office, by calling the BMEC on 63 336161 or by purchasing them online at www.bmec.com.au. The price of tickets is $25 per adult, $20 for concession holders and $10 for juniors (please note K-6 children at Bathurst Public School do not require a ticket). The School Concert will be held on Wednesday 23rd November. Please note that on our performance day of Wednesday 23rd November, we will have a matinee (commencing at 11am) and evening (commencing at 6.30pm) performance. Children will be required to perform at both concerts. Please mark these important days on your calendar.

A reminder to parents that our Term 4 Swimming Program is still open for enrolments. Notes are attached to this Newsletter. Please enrol soon to avoid disappointment.

The last day of Term 3 is Friday 23rd September. Thank you to our entire school community for your continued support of our incredible school and the work our children and staff do. We hope you all have a wonderful, restful holiday. We look forward to seeing all children back for the commencement of Term 4 on Monday 10th October.

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

Kate White

Principal

School Holiday Program

The Neighbourhood Centre