EVERYONE is welcome at our school!
Acknowledgement of Country...
Kindy 2025 Important Information
Kindy Orientation
Children enrolled for Kindergarten in 2025 are invited to get an early taste of Kindergarten through 5 sessions of FUN! Sessions will run in the morning between 9am and 10:40am. More information will be sent directly to families regarding how to sign up, what to expect and session timings.
Kindy 2025 Information Session
Parents and Carers are invited to join our Kindergarten 2025 information session from 9:30am to 10:30am on Monday the 24th of November.
This is a chance to meet the Kindy 2025 teaching team and learn more about how to help your child get ready for big school.
During this time representatives from The Uniform Shop, Eaton Street Before and After Care and the P&C will be providing information.
Kindergarten Best Start Assessments
Families will be asked to book in a time during these 4 days to bring in their student to sit the Best Start Assessment.
During this week, Kindergarten students will NOT be attending school.
First day of KINDERGARTEN
Come and join in the celebrations for our FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN!!!!
Students will start later than usual for this day only. We ask parents and Carers to meet under the COLA for a 9:30am start.
Useful links can be found at end of this issue of the Pigeon Post...đ
BIRTHDAY ICE-BLOCKS | If you are bringing in ice-blocks to celebrate your child's birthday, please ensure they are FULLY FROZEN prior to the day. This will avoid disappointment when handed out. Additionally, please do not bring in ice-cream packs, as we have a number of students with allergies.
Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.
From the Principal's Desk...
Restricted social networking platforms for students | From Day 1 Term 4, students will no longer be able to use their school email address (@education.nsw.gov.au) to access social media, gaming, instant messaging and similar platforms. This means they will also not be able to retrive password-recovery emails and the like from these platforms.
Please share with your child as required...updating social media account emails
The NSW Department of Education is making an important change to help keep our students safe online, reduce the risk of cyber threats and make sure your child's student email accounts are used for their intended educational purposes only.
Whatâs happening
Starting Day 1 Term 4, students won't be able to use their student email address to sign up for, or recover access to any social media, gaming, instant messaging or similar accounts.
What needs to be done
If your child has signed up for a social media, gaming, instant messaging or similar account using their student email address, please change to a personal email address on each platform by Sunday 13 October to make sure they don't lose access to the account. Hereâs how:
Log in to each account.Go to the account settings and update your email address to a personal one. Add a mobile number too, if you havenât already.Why this is happening
The department is making this change to ensure all student accounts are being used for their educational purposes, and to help protect them from risks online. Using a personal email address for these platforms instead of their student email address reduces the chances of someone gaining access to information in their school account.
Talia came a little earlier than expected, ready for the world just after Fatherâs Day! She was born at 4:03am on September 2. She is 51cm, 3.215kgs. Huge CONGRATULATIONS to Ms Barcenilla and her partner on the safe arrival of Baby Talia...Welcome to the World!!
We LOVE celebrating achievements! If you have something to share with our community, through the Pigeon Post, please send photo/s & blurb through to balmain-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Att: FOR THE NEWSLETTER
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IF YOU SEE A COLOURED CIRCLE AROUND OUR SCHOOL LOGO, DON'T FORGET TO TAP ON IT, FOR OUR LATEST STORY...you've got to get in quickly, as it disappears after 24 hours!
SOME OF OUR STORIES ARE SAVED AS HIGHLIGHTS...
During the past week, an upbeat energy has wafted between the walls of 5/6R. But what is this excitement all about? As we all know that the art show is coming up, our class has been working dedicatedly on our individual and combined artworks. What are we working on? For our individual pieces we had come up with the idea of making trees out of old music sheets. Being extremely keen on the plan, we had to pivot when the designs didn't turn out as expected. Instead, we adopted a suggestion from one of our year 6's - Ren Chen. We decided to create a lotus flower print by making indentations on foam, rolling it over with black ink and finally transferring it onto coloured paper. We were even more enthusiastic about our new idea. How about our collective artwork? Sewing, painting, cutting, drawing, pasting, but most of all we unleash the depths of our creativity. With mountainside landscape pictures, we are emphasising the benefits of a calmer and a more connected environment. Just two artworks come together conveying a thousand messages. Touching a hundred souls. Done with thirty different views, with a combined effort. But there are only 29 students in 5/6R, why 30? A secret helper has entered our class, the one and only Teddy, a proud Aussie Tasmanian Devil toy. He has offered a helping hand to us with all our schoolwork but his interest has been piqued at art. We are deeply grateful to have him! To sum our experience up, one can speak for all of us. This time has been an utter blast. Written by: Zerene D Published by: Alice M
1/2L have been busy this term, with all the fun, fantastic things happening in our school! Our investigations projects have blown Miss Lydon away with fascination! We will have a new robot student in our class soon, designed by some clever crafties! Everyone has thoroughly enjoyed the preparation time for our much anticipated art show! 1/2L's class project shows the thought, creativity and magic of the imagination, as each mushroom shows a flair of the children's personality! Special thanks to Liv's Mum, Chrissie, and Ines' mum, Shona, for their special help with the project. Writing has taken an inspiring direction as the children have loved creating mythical creatures from fantastical creatures and real-life animals! We even explored some Greek myths such as: Theseus and the Minotaur and the Story of Medusa, to determine the magical and mythical concepts involved in these stories. There are some passionate poets in our midst also as we have explored lots of poems, such as shape poems and cinquains! We have been smiling through similes! The writing process has been very enjoyable as we have completed partner poems and independent poems, which has stretched our ideas and vocabulary even further! 1/2L have been reaping the benefits of Zing! Gymnastics and Wellbeing. We have been learning some more emotional regulation remedies and some practices to help our breaths when we feel our tummies bubbling! Thanks for reading! 1/2L đ
Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L)
CHARLIE THE CHOOK says...
Are you intending on travelling during the school term? Please apply for leave using the link below...all sections of the form needs to be completed and the travel itinerary, including child/ren's name/s, is also to be included
PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU INFORM ANY EXTERNAL PROVIDERS, SUCH AS âDIRECTIONS IN MUSICâ, OF ACTIVITIES THAT MAY AFFECT YOUR CHILDâS ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION, SUCH AS AN EXCURSION OR EVENT. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
The balmainps@gmail.com email address is no longer in use and not monitored. Please redirect your email to balmain-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au. Alternatively, contact the office on 9818 1177 during school office hours, 8:30am to 3:15pm Monday to Friday, throughout the school term.
SAT 14 SEPT | DEMOCRACY SAUSAGE BBQ
FRI 20 SEPT | ART SOIRĂE
SAT 21 SEPT | FAMILY FAIR DAY
2-27 SEPT | SNACKTEMBER DRIVE
SAVE THE DATE | FRI 25 OCT
Every MONDAY | The Wellbeing Program - ZingActiv
Every TUESDAY | NUDE FOOD TUESDAY
Every FRIDAY (weather permitting) | AWARDS ASSEMBLY
Please leave your furry friends at home...
Every FRIDAY | Uniform Stall | ONLINE ONLY
Order items online here
The best way to order new uniforms is online and they will be delivered to children's classrooms each Friday morning.
Come to the uniform stall if you need to try items on for size.
Second Chance items are available 8:30-9am twice a term on Fridays. 2024 dates are:
Term 3: 2 August, 20 September
Term 4: 25 October, 13 December.
Donations can be dropped into the tub near the office anytime.
If you would like to volunteer to help, please either email us at balmainpsuniforms@gmail.com or sign up via the link
Every FRIDAY | The School Canteen: Special request for parents and carers to cancel their lunch orders if their child is not going to be at school for lunch, by texting 0416 786 603 with their childâs full name and class. In return, an sms will be sent back to confirm the order has been cancelled and all monies returned in full to the childâs Spriggy school account.
Many thanks to Balmain Woollies Metro, for their generous donation for our Family Fair Day next week! Thanks so much for supporting our school!
From Compass: Itâs officially less than two weeks to go before our đš Art Show and Family Fair Day and itâs certainly shaping up to be a fantastic day for all! To help ensure the fun đ€© and variety for everyone, we need YOUR help! Please sign up on this link https://volunteersignup.org/MXQFJ âTHANK YOU đ â€ïžđâ€ïž
FRI 20 SEPT - ART SOIRĂE & SAT 21 SEPT - BALMAIN FAMILY FAIR DAY
Have you purchased your Soirée ticket yet?
Bidding open for the Silent Auction!
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Every 1st WEDNESDAY (usually) of SCHOOL TERM | P&C Meeting @ 7pm | Online & In-person
LEARN LIVE LEAD awards
| K Deer - Ms A Davis | Enid D | using a question mark at the end of a question |
| K Jentinki - Ms L Jennett | Harry K | showing demonstrated focus during writing time |
| 1/2 Javan Ruso - Ms J Walsh | Teddy C | fantastic improvement in his handwriting this week and presenting his work neatly in all literacy activities |
| 1/2 Pampas Deer - Ms S Parsons | Hazel T | doing a magnificent job on her art project |
| 1/2 Llama - Ms N Lydon | Lily K | her inspiring attitude towards writing this week and using amazing adjectives in her poetry! |
| 3/2 Antilocapra - Mrs E Archibald | Charlie B | consistently applying herself to classwork |
| 3/4 Elk - Mr G Elix | Jordan T | building her resilience and demonstrating a positive attitude to learning |
| 3/4 Guanaco - Mrs L Goodridge | Charlie N | persevering with perimeter problems in to solve the maths mystery |
| 5/4 Capreolinae - Ms A Cooper | Tristan T | showcasing exemplary behaviour and contributing meaningfully to classroom discussions |
| 5/4 Springbok - Mr L Saville | Giselle P | demonstrating determination in numeracy by converting improper fractions, creating accurate 3D shapes, and successfully applying formulas, to solve the volume of rectangular prisms |
| 5/6 Puku - Mrs A Pitman | Spencer M | taking feedback on board and using it to improve his Information Report writing! Good Job! |
| 5/6 Royal Antelope - Ms R Reedy | Rosalind C | cultivating kindness and resilience in herself |
| 6 Reindeer - Mrs N Riley | Zoe P | actively participating in class and asking questions to deepen her understanding |
| Library K-2 - Ms M Whelan | Liam L 1/2J | a wonderful improvement in his reading. |
| Library 3-6 - Ms M Whelan | Zoe A 3/2A | her interest and participation in history lessons |
| Music K-2 - Mr T Kim | Hazel C 3/2A | her love of music and her readiness to learn |
| Music 3-6 - Mr T Kim | James L-McB 6R | his display of confidence in an amazing freestyle rap for the entire class |
POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR 4 LEARNING (PB4L) awards - RESPECTFUL
| KD - Ms A Davis | Harry B | having excellent manners towards teachers and always speaking kindly to his peers |
| KJ - Ms L Jennett | Penny T | listening carefully and following instructions diligently |
| 1/2J - Ms J Walsh | Alex B T | always showing respect to each and every member of our school community |
| 1/2P - Ms S Parsons | Elena V | always being a curious and respectful student when engaging in class activities |
| 1/2L - Ms N Lydon | Finley H | being a bright and respectful role model to his peers |
| 3/2A - Mrs E Archibald | Adam F | responsibly participating in classroom discussions |
| 3/4E - Mr G Elix | Linda C | always giving things a go and doing her best work |
| 3/4G - Mrs L Goodridge | Maya S | being an exemplary role model to her peers through her considerate nature and kind interactions |
| 5/4C - Ms A Cooper | Elliot J | his kind and considerate nature |
| 5/4S - Mr L Saville | Margot B | consistently demonstrating respect by treating peers and teachers with kindness, listening attentively, and contributing positively to the classroom environment |
| 5/6P - Mrs A Pitman | Adelaide L | consistently demonstrating honesty and dependability, and being a positive example for those around her |
| 5/6R - Ms R Reedy | Ren Chen X | helping out and being considerate of others |
| 6R - Mrs N Riley | Caelan A | showing consideration to his peers and teachers by listening and being kind |
Best Class @ Assembly Award
Each week, a mystery teacher will choose the class that has followed the 'Balmain Way'. They will be entitled to 10 minutes extra play!
Congrats to 5/4 Capreolinae!
This week's winners...
ES1 - Fintan A KD; S1 - Billie McI 1/2J; S2 - Lane W 3/2A; S3 - Anya B 5/4C
Balmain Public School children are expected to wear full school uniform, including a school hat, every day. All children are required to wear full school uniform when representing the school on excursions, at sporting events or at cultural activities.
