Each school in NSW offers something slightly different depending on the community. Here's what we offer for you.
Enrichment
In our Years 3-6 classes, we offer weekly mathematics enrichment sessions designed to challenge students with open- ended problems and mathematical investigations. These sessions help students develop advanced problem-solving skills, such as working backwards and using guess, check, and refine strategies. Students collaborate to discuss and share strategies, enhancing their understanding and problem-solving abilities.
Additionally, our Stage Three students in the mathematics enrichment group participate in the Mathematics Olympiad, where they can further develop their creative problem-solving skills. This primary school competition allows our teams to compete against other schools and students from across Australia and New Zealand.
Debating
Bonnet Bay Public School provides the opportunity for Stage 3 students to further develop their oral language and communication skills through our debating program. Students are coached in all aspects of debating, including planning, rebutting and delivering persuasive closing statements. Each year, we have selected teams representing our school in the highly competitive Premier's Debating Challenge, and in recent years have hosted The Department of Education Arts Unit Debating Workshops at our school.
School Captains and Vice Captains
Our School Captains and Vice Captains, who are Year 6 students elected by their peers, play a pivotal role in representing the school community. In addition to leading assemblies, welcoming special guests, and chairing Student Representative Council (SRC) meetings, they serve as role models, embodying the core values of care, responsibility and respect.
Our Captains and Vice Captains are actively involved in various school programs and initiatives. They support our Playground Pals, collaorate closely with teachers to coordinate events and lead a range of activities throughout the school.
Through their roles, they develop essential leadership skills such as organisation, public speaking, responsibility, teamwork and problem-solving. They contiribute significantly to a positive and engaged school environment.
Sport Captains
Our Sports Captains represent our four sporting houses: Red Rosellas, Blue Kookaburras, Green Lorikeets and Yellow Cockatoos. They are advocates for sportsmanship and active participation, encouraging their teams throughout various sporting carnivals and events throughout the year.
In addition to promoting teamwork and active involvement, our Sports Captains play a cruicial role in contributing to whole-school sporting events. They are also responsible for managing sporting equipment, ensuring everything is organised and ready for use and assist teachers to coordinate events.
SRC
Our Student Representative Council (SRC) is composed of two students from each class, from Kindergarten through Year 6. Elected by their peers each semester, these reprsentatives meet every fortnight to discuss and brainsorm ideas aimed at enhancing the student experience at our school.
The SRC plays a key role in organising various initiatives, such as fundraising for a new bike rack, hosting Easter colouring competitions, and running handball tournaments. This year, we also collaborated with our Aboriginal elders to paint new totem poles for our Indigenous Garden.
In addition to focusing on school activities, the SRC extends its efforts to support local and national charities. Through fundraising and community service, we foster the development of responsibility, empathy, compassion, and leadership skills amongst our students.
Playground Pals
Our school offers an amazing enrichment program for students from Year 1 to Year 6. The Playground Pal program empowers peer and teacher nominated students to act as supportive guides during breaktimes on the playground, and in the library. These students help to foster a positive and inclusive environment by assisting their peers with social interactions and emotional well-being. Through this initiative, Playground Pals develop leadership skills and empathy while making a meaningful impact on their school community.
Garden Club
Our Garden Club is open to all age groups and is a great way for students to learn the skills of gardening and what is involved in growing our own food. It promotes a love of nature and our natural world whilst providing students with hands on experience caring for and maintaining herb, fruit and vegetable gardens. Students are involved in planting, weeding, watering, feeding, trimming and harvesting the plants.
Choir
At Bonnet Bay Public School, we have choir groups for both junior and senior students. We meet weekly at lunchtimes. We learn and interesting and esciting repertoire that cumulates in the annual Suthrland Shire Music Festiva performances at The Pavillion, Sutherland. Students also get to perform at various school events throughout the year.
Being part of a choir builds self-confidence and positivity and brings joy as they perform as part of a group.
Technology Team
Our BBPS Technology Team help to foster a tech-savvy environment where students can thrive and develop their digital skills. The team discusses how technology can be implemented across K-6 to encourage participation in various activites, such as coding or 3d printing. Additionally, the team is responsible for setting up and operating technology during special events and assemblies, ensuring everything runs smoothly.
Chess Club
At Bonnet Bay Public School, we offer weekly chess club lessons before school. These sessions are conducted by the Sydney Academy of Chess, with a qualified coach guiding students through both fundamental and advanced chess concepts, including opening traps, tactics, and strategic planning. Chess helps develop critical thinking, problem-solving skills, concentration and sportsmanshipl As students advance, they have the opportunity to earn awards and tropies.
Additionally, each year we host the Interschool Chess Tournament, allowing our experienced players to compete against local schools.
Dance Group
At Bonnet Bay Public School, we offer both senior and junior dance troupes, where students participate in weekly dance lessons held before school. Under the expert guidance of Miss Hayley Woodward, director of Inspiration Dance Academy, students diligently learn and perfect their routines. These routines are showcased at the prestigious Sutherland Shire School Music Festival, held at The Pavilion in Sutherland, as well as at various performances throughout the year.
Dance plays a crucial role in fostering students' confidence and allowing them to express their creativity while empahsising the importance of teamwork.
Book Worms
Students from Years 3-6 who love our library can nominate to become a BBPS Bookworm. Our Bookworms work together to help take care of our library space by shelving books and tidying our space. They also shelp support our younger students, by reading to them, helping them with crafts and putting on Puppet shows.
Ukulele
The Ukulele is a popular Hawaiian instrument which is easily accessible to beginning musicians. With the support of musical experts from Menai Music, our school offers weekly Ukulele group lessons during lunch times. In fun, educational and engaging lessons, the students are taught chord shapes, chord notation, rhythm and strumming patterns. Students strum and sing along with the tutor to familiar modern songs.
African Drumming
With the support of expert musicians from Menai Music, our school offers weekly African Drumming & Movement group lessons during lunch times. In fun, educational and engaging lessons, the students are taught rhythms and tones of a non-melodic instrument. Students drum along and sing along wih the tutor to familiar modern songs.
Book Clubs
Students from Years 3-6 who love reading can join one of our Book Clubs! We read a variety of genres and authors to expose our readers their new favourite subjects and authors. Book Club members enjoy our robust discussions about the books they have read, explaining what they loved, loathed or found interesting on their reading journey.
Canteen
All canteens in NSW public schools must meet certain requirements. These include providing more healthy food and drink options – to make the healthy choice an easy choice for students. Visit Healthy school canteens to learn more.
Uniforms
When students wear a school uniform, they feel included in our school community.
Students, teachers, parents and carers, as well as members of our local community helped develop our school uniform to make sure it:
meets the requirements of occupational health and safety, anti-discrimination and equal opportunity legislation
includes items that are affordable, comfortable and made from easy-care and easy-wear fabrics
is appropriate for the full range of school activities
is suitable for all body shapes.
Learn more about the NSW Department of Education’s School Uniform Policy.
Hiring our facilities
You may apply to use our school’s facilities for appropriate purposes provided your hiring of the facility doesn't interfere with our teaching and learning programs.
We assess each application on a case-by-case basis. Find out more at Using school facilities.
If you’re interested in hiring our facilities, contact us for details.
