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Term 1 Week 8 2024

News and updates from 

Botany Public School

Tomorrow we come together as a school to celebrate Harmony Day. This is a time to show that everyone is welcome at Botany Public School, no matter where they come from. It's a day to celebrate different cultures, languages, and beliefs and we celebrate it to make sure that everyone feels accepted and respected. Our Harmony Day celebration begins tomorrow morning with a special assembly. This will include a performance by our school band and recognition of some of our students who help to promote harmony and inclusivity at Botany PS. Over the day students will participate in lessons about harmony in the classrooms.

We ask that students wear something special tomorrow that represents their heritage or orange, the colour of Harmony Day. We are also asking students to bring in a small plate to share for morning tea, representing either their culture or family.   

It was wonderful to see so many of our families head off to the inaugural Botany Family Camp at Glenworth Valley recently. Luckily the sun shone for the whole weekend and students and their families had a wonderful time. Thank you to Danika Chapman for providing the idea and working with Glenworth Valley to organise the event. 

Wednesday 13 March - Friday 22 March - NAPLAN (Years 3 and 5)

Tuesday 19 March: Harmony Day 

Thursday 28 March: Easter Hat Parade

Friday 29 March: Good Friday Public Holiday

Monday 1 April: Easter Monday Public Holiday

Tuesday 2 - Thursday 4 April: Learning Conferences

Wednesday 3 April: SRC silly sock day

Thursday 4 April: Cross Country Carnival at school

Thursday 11 April: P&C Colour Fun Run

Friday 12 April: Last day of Term 1

Tuesday 25 April: ANZAC Day

Monday 29 April: Staff Development Day

Tuesday 30 April: Students return (Term 2)

Parent/Teacher/Student Learning Conferences will be held during week 10, Tuesday 2 April - Thursday 4 April.

Bookings will open on Friday 22 March at 10am and will close Thursday 28 March at 2.00pm.

Please go to the school interview website http://www.schoolinterviews.com.au/ and enter the code 85u2h  to make your booking.

The ySafe Cyber Safety program will be held here at school on Tuesday 2 April. All students from Kindergarten to Year 6 will attend sessions throughout the day.

The cost of this program is $15 per student which has been billed and is in your statement of account in School Bytes where payment can be made.

Parents are invited to attend a Parent Cyber Safety Education Session in the evening on Tuesday 2 April at 5pm in the school library. There is no cost for the parent session as it is covered in the student program.

If you are interested in attending the Parent Education Session, please email the office at botany-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au so we can confirm numbers attending.

Stage 2 have been learning about the importance of respecting everyone with a focus on people's unique cultures and heritage.

Students made posters which will be displayed around the school - Thank you to Violet, Bonnie and Abby for sharing their posters below. 

At Botany Public School Miss Tkachenko is our Anti-Racism Contact Officer (ARCO). 

In NSW Government schools, moving from primary school to high school is called the 'Year 6 to Year 7 transition' or simply 'high school transition'.

If you would like your child to attend a government high school in 2025, you will need to complete an expression of interest for Year 6 to 7 transition. The expression of interest lets you indicate which school(s) you would like your child to attend in Year 7. After you submit this expression of interest and it has been assessed, your child will be offered a place at a government high school.

Please follow the link https://year7.enrol.education.nsw.gov.au/?schoolCode=1323 to complete your expression of interest (EOI). If you do not require a government school placement, please continue to the bottom of the page and 'Advise placement not required'.

The EOI is open and the last day for submission is 31 March 2024.

Students participating in PSSA Sport depart school at approximately 9.30am Friday. Please make sure students wear full uniform including a school hat and bring a drink bottle. 

Please note if you place a lunch order for your child they can pick it up from the office when they get back at 12.30pm.

What a great start it has been for our students involved in PSSA League Tag. Congratulations to both our senior and junior teams who have won every single game so far. The students have demonstrated excellent team work skills, enthusiasm and pride on and off the field. Keep up the great work!  

On Monday 4th of March BPS leaders travelled to Darling Harbour to attend the 2024 National Young Leaders Day. Leaders listened to several inspirational speakers, participated in learning activities and even some dancing!

Speakers included authors Mat Cosgrove and Eva Amores, athletes Stephen O’Keefe and Bryson Klein, and memory champion Anastasia Woolmer. Students learnt strategies to overcome challenges, leadership skills and methods to improve our memory. Students enjoyed meeting all the speakers and hearing about how they had got to where they are today.

BPS leaders proudly and responsibly represented our school alongside thousands of other leaders from across the region.

By Sonali, Lois, Alberta, Sam, Will, Georgia, Izzie and Ariella

Whilst the role of the president of the P&C has been filled by Tegan, the roles of Secretary and Treasurer are still open and we are calling for volunteers to assist in filling these roles.

We are also looking for coordinators to assist the committee in running certain aspects of the school activities.

If you can assist in coordinating the school BBQ's (approx 3 per year) or canteen (1 per term) please let Tegan know through the P&C Facebook page.

All children were sent home with raffle tickets to sell for our Easter raffle. Please encourage them to ask friends and family to purchase tickets, with all funds going to the P&C to use to upgrade the furniture in the classrooms.

All tickets to be returned by Tuesday 26th March and the raffle will be drawn during the Easter Hat Parade on Thursday 28th March.

There are lots of great prizes to be won.

Last week all students should have received a booklet with the details of how to register for the colour run which will be held on 11th April.

Last year’s Colour Run was a huge success with all the kids, parents and volunteers having a blast. We also raised over $20,000 with a portion of this going to charities to support coral and bush regeneration throughout Australia.

Information will be going out through the class reps and P&C Facebook page with ideas on how to fundraise so stay tuned.

With the recent support of the scholastic book club, the P&C have been able to collect $1200 in funds to purchase books for the library. 

The P&C have BPS branded tote bags for sale for $15. They are a great size to use for your shopping or carrying around all the kids stuff. If you want to purchase one, please message the P&C Facebook page.