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March 23rd, 2012 Term 1 Week 9

BOAMBEE BULLETIN

Dear Parents and Caregivers, Ms Donoghoe gave a great lesson on our last PBL rule “Think Safety and Sustainability” at our school assembly on Wednesday. Students successfully unjumbled the letters in the word SUSTAINABILITY to finally reach this monstrous mouthful. The meaning behind the words ‘safety’ and ‘sustainability’ are basically about decision making. We will all try our best to make sensible, informed decisions that affect ourselves, our community and our environment. Next term watch out as we all become more aware and gain greater understanding of the term ‘sustainability’.

Following discussion at the P&C meeting earlier this term it has been decided in the spirit of PBL that the Boambee Best assembly be replaced with a Celebration of Learning assembly at the end of each term where no awards are given but we simply celebrate the positive behaviour and learning of all students. Our Term 1 Celebration of Learning assembly will officially launch our PBL (Positive Behaviour for Learning) program and will also be a time for students to showcase their talents musically sharing their B.E.S.T rap skills. Parents and community members are invited to stay and join us at 12 midday for a free sausage sizzle. The canteen will be open to sell drinks and icy poles on the day—however there will be NO lunch orders taken on this day.

Kindergarten-Language Learning and Literacy (L3) Language, Learning and Literacy (L3) is a program for Kindergarten students. All the Kindergarten teachers in our school are using this program in their classrooms. L3 focuses on providing rich literacy experiences to assist all children to become successful Readers and Writers. It occurs as part of the daily literacy lesson within

the Kindergarten classroom. During the literacy session your child will be taught in small groups of three to four students. While each group is being given short, explicit lessons in Reading and Writing, the rest of the

class will complete carefully selected activities to extend their literacy learning. The children will also listen to the reading of stories, poems and songs. This will build their knowledge of sentences, letters and words to help their reading and writing. Children will be taught all parts of the English K–6 Syllabus through L3 lessons.

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CELEBRATION OF LEARNING ASSEMBLY 11.15am

WEDNESDAY 4TH APRIL Boambee School Hall

ALL WELCOME

2 Bulletin Harmony Day Everyone Belongs What a great day! Wednesday 21st March was a sea of orange and yellow at Boambee as students and staff joined together to celebrate communities that embrace belonging. Although wet weather dampened some planned sports activities students and teachers still enjoyed many games including varieties of hopscotch played in many different countries, carnivale mask making and henna hand painting. $187.80 was raised in support of Relay for Life.

Thank you to all staff and students for supporting this great cause. “Welcome to Our Orange School” Bradley, Liana and Joshua from 3P

Nika from 6H enjoyed henna hand painting

Holly and Shanyne designing henna prints for their hands

KG learning about hopscotch games before

giving it a go!!

Mia and Brooke from 2/3M prepare for cooking Arsh and Emma are ready for orange jelly, made after working with real oranges, hollowing out middles and hoping they set. Yummy 2M children creating their carnivale masks

Maya and Tarran from 2/3M had a wonderful day. Harmony Day Everyone Belongs

3 Bulletin Student Spot by 2M On Thursday, our class had free time. Ms Maerz put some Super-

hero music on the CD player. We all danced to the music. There was the Harry Potter theme, Eye of the Tiger, Superman and Spiderman. Everybody had fun and a fantastic time. Lilly Luck, Lucy Kacsics and Mia Wilson.

On Wednesday, we had a fun run on the oval. Before we ran, we had a sausage sizzle and a paddle pop. We had a great day! This is a picture of a group of us completing a Super-hero Find a Word.

Erika Staines, Willow Morris and Lilyarna Sharkey International Competitions and Assessments for Schools The University of New South Wales is once again conducting their International Competitions and Assessments for Schools’ (ICAS) for Yr 3-6 Science, Computer Skills, Writing, English and Mathematics Competitions this year. These competitions will be held during terms 2 & 3. These assessments provide an opportunity for all students to gain a measure of their own achievement in an external assessment situation. These assessments are delivered to schools across the world including Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand and the United States of America. Notes and money should be returned by the end of term. Thank you Mrs Phillips PLEASE NOTE-- The MNC League Trials set down for today Friday 23rd March have been postponed to a date yet to be fixed. Once I have more information I will pass it on. Thank you Jill Bale Shave for a Cure Boambee students and staff got behind a wonderful fundraising initiative for the Leukaemia Foundation:-

THE WORLDS GREATEST SHAVE Thanks to our school community for your outstanding support last Friday for the World's Greatest Shave. I am proud to announce that 6H alone raised $1200 of the $1494 in total for our school. An awesome effort kids. We sincerely thank Sandra Franklin and Kate Kelly for shaving our heads for this important event. Our school's contribution to Sam Crampton's fundraising has elevated his total to almost $4000 with more to come. Well done everyone. Congratulations Sam for raising the awareness of such horrible diseases across the Boambee School Community.

Thank you parents, students and staff once again for your generous support of this event.

Sport News Ashton Reid competed in the World Martial Arts Championships Tournament recently held at Sportz Central in Coffs Harbour. He came away with 3 1st places in his division for 8yrs and under. A terrific effort. Congratulations Ashton.

Relay For Life – Easter Raffle Don’t forget our Easter raffle. We are asking each family to contribute to the raffle by bringing an Easter egg or chocolate bunny or chocolate bilby etc. which we will package as prizes and draw on Wednesday afternoon in Week 11. Families have received a book of raffle tickets. Tickets will be $1 each (students are welcome to more booklets if they wish). Tickets and money will need to be returned to school by Monday, 2nd April. Thanking you for your support.

ASSEMBLY CLASS AWARDS KL Miley Richards, Hunter Bellamy KG Ella Floyd, KR Kiara Thomson, Joel Ible 1LS Rhiannon Bourne, Jack Hellicar 1D Max Gosschalk, Shayla Webb 2M Cooper Latimer, Lilyarna Sharkey 2/3M Arsh Singh, Nicola Stephens 3P Lenny McCarty, Macey Gray 4F Tyreece Siebert, Madison Coulter 45TS Ky Sullivan, Sarah Walsh 5/6B Maria Andreou, Brock Larnach Ebony Thomson, Nicholas McCann 5/6N Zac McDonald, Emma Chidgey 6H Angus Dam, David Thomson