Dear Parents,

We have been extremely busy in this final week of Term 1 with Assemblies, the Green Award Sausage Sizzle lunch, the K-2 Easter Hat parade and our school ANZAC service. We thank all of our parents for their support throughout Term 1. Term 2 is definitely a busy one. The calendar on the Newsletter and Sentral will be kept up to date. At any time, if you need require and information or clarification about an event, please contact the office at school.

We have several staffing changes occurring in Term 2. Ms Reilly, one of our Special Education Teachers, has resigned from her position. We thank Ms Reilly for her work this term with 3-6R. It is wonderful to welcome back Ms Alice Nathan to her position as a Special Education Teacher at Bathurst PS and will teach 3-6R. Mrs Julie George will take Tuesday and Friday’s off in Term 2. We will fill this vacancy before the end of the term. We also farewell Mr Jim Milne (GA Jim) who has decided to take up a General Assistant position at another school. GA Jim will be very missed by students and staff, and we thank him for his work at Bathurst PS over the past few years. Again, we will fill this position in a temporary capacity for Term 2 whilst staffing work on filling this position.

NSW PSSA Swimming

We all wish Addison Jones the best of luck as she competes at the NSW PSSA Swimming Championships today and tomorrow in a number of events. Addison is representing Bathurst Public School and Western Region, and we are extremely proud of her. We are cheering for you, Addi!

Multi Cultural Public Speaking

We were thrilled with a wonderful and confident display of talent on Monday at our Multicultural Public Speaking School Finals. We had adjudicators from Bathurst High Campus who generously gave their time to support us. They too, were very impressed with the quality of the speakers.

A list of the incredible speakers and their topics were:

🗣️ Keitlynn Thew – Learning Together

🗣️ Peyton McIntosh – Diversity and Inclusion

🗣️ Enaya Ifsah – Everyone Has a Story

🗣️ Lilly Guihot – Diversity and Inclusion

🗣️ Maryam Wally – Peace and Trust

🗣️ Destiny Sutton – Diversity and Inclusion

🗣️ Zuha Haseen – Diversity and Inclusion

🗣️ Abigail Lama – Peace and Trust

🗣️ Addie Jones – Diversity and Inclusion

🗣️ Adeline Hunter – Diversity and Inclusion

Congratulations to Peyton McIntosh and Adaline Hunter who have been selected to represent Bathurst Public School at the local finals. Well done, girls.

A special thank you to Ms Roberts who has supported the children through the Multicultural public speaking program and organised the school finals.

Green Award Sausage Sizzle Lunch

Congratulations to our Term 1 Green Award winners who have had a fantastic term in and out of the classroom. Mrs Goninan and Mrs Murphy were extremely fortunate to have lunch with the children yesterday. The Term 1 award winners are;

KD: Avahni McManus and Decan Mead

KM: Biprojit Biju, Zoe Kneller and Piper Stevens

1/2M: Roisin Mannion, Linc Keegan and Valentina Holland

1/2G: Pippa Hunter, Amelia McIntosh and Margot Heiner

1/2W: Vance Wheeler, Bjorn Mills James and Davis Loder

1/2I: Zoe Carter and Lachlan Kelly

1/2S: Thomas Muldoon and Ellie Aveiro

3/4F: Pearl Saini, Lawson Glasgow and Zara Tallentire

3/4T: Alisha Hossain and Lexi McGrath

3/4GW: Lillian Coffey and Reshaun Morgan Bettles

4/5W: Sethina Addo and Noah McIntosh

5/6D: Yusuf Usmani and Adaline Hunter

5/6B: Jax Brennan and Willow Casey

5/6C: Jaycen Manning and Maryam Wally

K/3H: Sebastian Smith and Neil Hooper

3/6B: Dante Ross and James Hooper

3/6J: Brayden Hinchcliffe and Jackson Stark

3/6R: Jakob Hunt-McIntosh

K/6R: Braylen Eade

Easter Hat Parade

What a K-2 Easter Hat Parade today! It was outstanding. The children looked magnificent and their dances were fantastic. Thankyou to all the K-2 staff for their work preparing the children for today. A special thanks to Mrs McPhee for her coordination of the Easter Hat Parade and Mrs Murphy for her organisation of the Easter Raffle.

Western Region Representatives

Congratulations to Cruz Fischbeck who was selected in the Western Region Primary open rugby league team on Monday.

Cruz will play at the NSW PSSA Rugby League Championships in Hoxton Park in June.

Well done, Cruz.

Commemoration of ANZAC Day 2025

The Bathurst RSL Sub Branch are continuing the participation of students in the 10:15am march as part of the Community ANZAC Day Service. All children at Bathurst PS are invited to attend this service on Friday 25th April 2025 (during the school holidays).

School holidays aside, the Sub Branch would appreciate our student's participation in this activity. If your child would like to march, they are required to be at the RSL Club, Rankin Street Bathurst by 9:50am for a 10:10am step off in full school winter uniform. Our School banner will be carried by our School Leaders. Staff from Bathurst Public School will meet and march with the children.

The 10:30 am service will be conducted from the Carillion facing George Street, with a reserved space on the grass for the children. Parents are asked to collect their child from the school staff at the end of the service.

The official invite to our school is below for your information.

We commence Term 2 with School Development Days on Monday 28th April and Tuesday 29th April. We look forward to welcoming our children back to school on Wednesday 30th April.

We wish all our families a relaxing and enjoyable school holiday period.

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

Kate White