Dear Parents,

Our Green Award Morning Tea was held on Wednesday morning for the children from each class with the highest amount of Green Awards. This term, the children had their morning tea in the staffroom with the entire school staff - very special! Congratulations to these children on a wonderful terms work and continually demonstrating a high work ethic and being responsible and respectful class and school citizens.

The class award winners for Term 1 were:

KC - Larni Andrews-Simpson, Heidi Lyle & Hugh Quade

KM - Cruz Fischbeck & Joselyn Robb

KW - Lachie Carnie & Olivia Somerville

KP - Beau Steel-Phillips & Jane Michalak

K/1B - Jacob Sturmann

1M - Willow Foster, Beau Francis, Brody Miller & Adelaide Fulthorpe

1W - Caia Long, Anaya Naveed & Elena Noonan

1H - Issac Gafa, & Hannah Skein

1/2M - Eliza Quade & Ethan Stephans

2T - Kingshuk Debnath, Keeon Freeman & Clara Klootwijk

2S - Ruby Cole & Madalyn Robb

2/4J - Max Rhind

3/4B - Gwendolyn Cutler & Lachlan McClements

3/4G - Jazmin Matiszik & Charlie Quade

3/4M - Demi Forrest & Milly Griffiths

3/4I - Liv Jackson & Ronny Schoenmaker

4/5C - Seth Dutheil, Oliver Croaker & Sadie Tobin

3/6H - Aiden Potts & Alexander Tobin

3/6N - Hayley Bonham & Danny Pike

5/6B - Jasmin Beckers, Mia McClements & Isabella Morris

5/6D - Charlotte Hair, Izabel Lee & Claudia McRobert

5/6M - Stephanie Wilson & Reuben Driscoll

5/6W - Joshua Pringle, Emily Brown & Lilli Storrie

5/6G - Lexie Waldron & Lizzy Roberts

Good luck to our students representing our school at the NSW PSSA Swimming Championships in Sydney today and tomorrow. We look forward to hearing the results.

Lachlan McClements Tom Hamer Evan Jaques

Oliver Hamer Logan Johnson Lachlan Simeonidis

Kai Barclay Gabriel Barclay Chase Robrahn

Don't forget our Easter Hat Parade tomorrow, Friday 12th April at 11.45am under the COLA. We are super excited as this is always a highlight of our school year. A reminder that all children are asked to make an Easter Hat at home to wear at the parade. It will also be a "free dress day" for all children K-6.

On Thursday 25th April, children from Bathurst Public School have been invited to join together to March in the Bathurst ANZAC Day Parade. We would be delighted for the children from our school to participate in this parade. As this date falls at the end of the school holidays, parents will be responsible for transport to and from the parade. Students and teachers who wish to take part in the March are asked to meet Mrs McClements at the Bathurst RSL Club, 114 Rankin St at 9:45am. The children will be assembled into lines and will lead the parade at 10:15am to the Carillion Service. Students can then be collected at the end of the service from staff in front of the Court House.

Students will need to wear their full winter school uniform to March in the parade.

Girls

Winter pinafore – blue, white and grey checks and white polo shirt, white blouse or skivvy
Navy opaque stockings and black shoes
Navy hair ribbon
Navy sloppy joes with white school emblem.

Boys

White polo shirt or white skivvy
Navy long pants
White socks and black shoes
Navy sloppy joes with white school emblem.

The application process for Year 5 opportunity class placement in 2020 is about to begin.

Important dates in the application process are as follows:

Tuesday 30 April 2019: Online applications open
Friday 17 May 2019: Online applications close (Parents and carers must apply by the due date.)

Opportunity classes located in 75 NSW government primary schools cater for Year 5 and Year 6 academically gifted and talented students. These classes help gifted and talented students to learn by grouping them with other gifted and talented students and using specialised teaching methods and educational materials at the appropriate level. Parents normally apply when students are in Year 4. Students who are placed then attend the opportunity class full time in Years 5 and 6 at the primary school with an opportunity class. It is a two-year placement program. In the majority of cases, students who accept a place in an opportunity class will leave their current school to attend the school with an opportunity class. There is no provision to apply for Year 6 placement only.

For further

Happy Easter!

Happy Holidays, stay safe & see you next term.