Dear Parents,

We had the most beautiful celebration at Presentation Day on Tuesday at the BMEC. It was wonderful for our entire school community to be able to come together to celebrate the school year. It was also great to have the event live streamed, with over 514 views. How lovely that family friends from anywhere can join the celebration. Congratulations to all of our children on a fantastic year. A special congratulations to the children who won awards on Tuesday, a very special honour.

Below is a list of the 2022 Presentation Day award winners.

On Tuesday at Presentation Day, our 2023 Leadership Team was announced. Congratulations to all of the children on the elections. Our leadership team for 2023 consists of;

School Captains - Georgie Weal and Felix Dickson

School Vice Captains - Lara Glasgow and William O'Brien

Macquarie Captains - Sovereign O'Dwyer and Darcy Hair

Macquarie Vice Captains - Harmony Taylor and Sam McCann

Evans Captains - Kayleigh Framhein and Xavier Pawsey

Evans Vice Captains - Penelope Spek and Liam Simpson

Chifley Captains - Chykarra-Lei Sommerville and Justin Head

Chifley Vice Captains - Harper O'Leary and Wiley Wynn

Hargraves Captains - Amira Buttsworth and Tom Hamer

Hargraves Vice Captains - Poppy Shoemark and Koeban Webster

Swimming recommenced on Wednesday. I have been visiting our swimming groups this week to look at the progress of our children. It is incredible how the confidence of our children grows over the 10 days. They are all enjoying their time in the water and learning new skills. The rest of our swimming program is on the following days;

Friday 9th December
Monday 12th December
Tuesday 13th December

Semester 2 Reports will be sent home with children tomorrow, Friday 9th December. Thank you to the teachers who have spent many hours writing these reports. I was very pleased with the progress of every child when reading their reports. If parents would like to discuss the report with their child's classroom teacher, please contact the office so an appointment can be facilitated.

This Friday, 9th December will be the final canteen day for 2022. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mrs Chaffey and all of our volunteers for their sensational work every Friday. We look forward to our canteen reopening every Friday in 2023 and welcoming our many volunteers back.

We have a busy final week next week. An outline of activities for Week 9/10 is below;

Friday 9th December - Final day for Canteen in 2022

Friday 9th December - Final Smart Start Kinder Transition to School day

Wednesday 14th December - 10.00-10.50 - Primary Assembly in the McMullen Hall

Wednesday 14th December - 11.00-11.30 - Green Award Morning Tea

Wednesday 14th December - 12.00-1.00 - Year 6 Assembly - under the COLA

Wednesday 14th December - 2.00- 2.50 - Infants Assembly in the McMullen Hall

Wednesday 14th December - 6.00- 8.15 - Year 6 Farewell at Bathurst Panthers

Thursday 15th December - Free Dress day

Thursday 15th December - Class parties - food supplied by the school

Thursday 15th December - SRC - crazy hair day

Thursday 15th December - Final Newsletter published for 2022

Friday 16th December - No Canteen

Friday 16th December - Year 6 Tunnel at 2.30pm

Friday 16th December - Last day for 2022 for all children K-6

If any parent has any queries about any aspect of school life, please contact the school.

Regards

Kate White

Principal

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