Dear Parents

The weather has been sensational this week and teachers and children have taken the opportunity to take some of our learning outdoors. Spring in Bathurst is a gorgeous time of year.

Today, at 6am, representatives from our school from Year 4 and 5 were involved in activities with Australia Post at the Bathurst Fossil and Mineral Museum. This was also broadcast on the Today morning show. This was to promote stamp collecting month, which is in September. This year, the dinosaur is the feature on the stamps. It was such a wonderful morning. The children were excellent ambassadors of our school and participated in everything with enthusiasm and passion. The Today show crew engaged with our children and made the experience a memorable one. Thank you all for your participation. Thank you Mr Datt, Mrs Cafe and Mrs Francis for joining me early this morning. These opportunities are wonderful for the children at Bathurst PS to be involved in.

Congratulations to all of our students who attended the District Athletics Carnival on August 25th. We had some wonderful individual and relay results. After a super successful day we were named the Bathurst District Champion School! A team of 20 students will attend the Western Region Carnival in Dubbo on Friday 16th September. Good luck to all of our participants. The children competing are; Hannah Skein, Milla Cole, Sophie Francis, Max Naylor, Charlie Higgins, Tim Lynch, Jackson Fischbeck, Lilly Guihot, Ruby Cole, Archer Kolkman, Xavier Pawsey, Ryan Copeland, Max Clements, Tom Hamer, Beau Francis, Harvey Glasgow, Issac Gafa, Max Higgins, Grace Ronan and Lara Glasgow.

The results of the District Athletics Carnival were;

Hannah Skein – 3rd Junior Discus
Milla Cole – 2nd 11yrs Discus
Sophie Francis – 2nd Discus, 1st Senior 100m, 1st Senior 200m
Max Naylor – 3rd Junior Long Jump, 3rd 9yrs 100m
Charlie Higgins – 2nd Senior Long Jump, 2nd Senior 800m
Tim Lynch – 2nd Senior Shot Put, 1st Senior Discus
Jackson Fischbeck – 1st Senior Shot Put, 2nd Senior Discus
Lilly Guihot – 3rd 8yrs 100m
Ruby Cole – 2nd 11yrs 100m, 2nd 11yrs 200m
Archer Kolkman – 1st 9yrs 100m
Xavier Pawsey – 3rd 11yrs 100m
Ryan Copeland – 3rd 12yrs 100m
Max Clements – 2nd 11yrs 200m, 2nd 11yrs 800m
Beau Francis – 1st Junior 800m
Harvey Glasgow – 2nd Junior 800m
Tom Hamer – 11yr 100m, 11yr 200m, 11yr 800m, 11yr Shot Put, 11yr Discus
Junior Boys Relay – 3rd (Issac Gafa, Beau Francis, Max Naylor, Archer Kolkman)
Senior Boys Relay – 2nd (Charlie Higgins, Max Higgins, Ryan Copeland, Xavier Pawsey)
Senior Girls Relay – 1st (Grace Ronan, Sophie Francis, Lara Glasgow, Ruby Cole)

Next Tuesday, 13th September, our Rugby League Team play in the NSW PSSA Knockout Grandfinal in Cessnock against Scone PS. The team have been training well and are keen to play this NSW decider. We wish the team, Mrs Goninan and Miss Tilburg the very best of luck.

Next Tuesday, 13th September, we have the 2Mc Parent Teacher interviews. These interviews will be held in the Interview Room near the main school front office. The times that were allocated for the original meetings are those we will be using again. If you need to change the time or date, please contact the office so this can be organised.

In Week 10 our NAIDOC celebrations will be held. We have a full week of activities organised.

Monday 19th September - NAIDOC March in William Street commencing at 10am
Monday 19th September - Stage 3 NAIDOC Cultural tour
Tuesday 20th September from 9.30am - School NAIDOC Celebrations. All parents and friends are welcome to come along and join in our celebrations throughout the day. An overview of the day will be published next week.
Thursday 22nd September - NAIDOC sporting activities at Stannies

Don't forget our REDtember day tomorrow, Friday 9th September. This is a wonderful fundraiser for our school to be associated with. I encourage everyone to come dressed in red and donate a gold coin to Ronald McDonald House Charities Central West.

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

Kate White

Principal

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