Remembrance Day Ceremony

The school community honoured the fallen with a minute silence at our Remembrance Day assembly today.

'Silence speaks when words cannot.' Unknown

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved, and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch, be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

- Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae

Dulcie Matthew Award

The Dulcie Matthew recipient is awarded to a student who has a love of reading.

The 2018 recipient Peter Koutroubas is pictured here with his last selection of books.

Save the date

Save the date for our 125 year celebration!

Wednesday 28 October 2020: Opening ceremony and time capsule opening including open classrooms and a BBQ .

Thursday 29 October 2020: events to be confirmed.

Friday 30 October 2020: Twilight continental

Saturday 31 October 2020: Burkie Ball (This event will have limited spaces)

Please note all events are subject to confirmation.

To register interest in any of the events or for further information please contact emily.macbeth@det.nsw.edu.au or phone Burke Ward Public school on 08 80884700.

Important: Update Your Contact Details

Ensuring your contact details are correct is vitally important. It allows us to contact you in case of an emergency. We are asking all families to please check in either via the school stream app or visit the office to ensure all phone numbers and addresses are correct and up to date.

Check out our new School APP

Our new school app school stream is live!

Have you downloaded it yet?

We hope you love the new app as much as we do!

Please feel free to give us feedback using the feedback form in the app.

New features in the School Stream APP include:

Absence notes
New permission to publish notes
Change of details form (check the notes section)
Link to Newsletter
Good news calls of the day

We will be adding more features over the school term, so keep a look out!

Kindergarten 2020- Enrolments Now Being Taken

Burke Ward Public School is now taking new Kindergarten enrolments.

Visit our school office or call to register your child for Kindergarten in 2020.

You can enrol your child in Kindergarten at the beginning of the school year if they turn 5 on, or before, 31 July of that year. Students must be enrolled by their sixth birthday.

If you know of any children who will be of school age this coming year, please encourage their family members to call or register.

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