BOAMBEE BULLETIN

25th May, 2018 Term 2, Week 4 Phone 6653 1107 ‘Achievement through Effort’ Fax 6658 2543 E-mail boambee-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au BPS online www.boambee-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today!”

Principal’s Report What an amazing week at Boambee! We had great success with our soccer teams who won last Friday, softball teams winning on Monday as well as our basketball teams winning yesterday! All 6 teams now progress to the next round of the PSSA knockout. Well done to Mr Stanley, Mrs Grant and Miss Thompson for coaching the teams so well. Today, over 30 students are participating in the Mid North Coast Cross Country at Nana Glen. I’m sure you’ll all run to the best of your ability - go Boambee! Last night, Mrs Ferguson, Mr Schultz, Mr Shipman, Miss Hollman and I returned from Sydney after spending two days visiting high performing schools. I was able to lead 27 staff from 9 schools, in the Coffs Network. We were also accompanied by our Director, Educational Leadership, Jenny Murray. 43 staff across our network have now been able to participate in this rich professional learning exercise. Another delegation will attend, hopefully by the end of 2018 or early 2019. The aim of the visits is to: ● embed effective collaborative practice

across schools, sharing successful and innovative teaching practices

● ensure school leaders are leading teachers’ professional learning, taking a central role in collaborative networks and working to identify the strengths and weaknesses of teaching in our schools

● ensure effective analysis of student data to assist teachers to identify areas in which students’ learning needs requires interventions, support and development

● support a culture of high expectations, including curriculum differentiation is supported by effective mechanisms and

strategies to support every student's learning needs

● ensure quality feedback is provided to staff about performance

Brad Lyne - Principal

2019 Kinder Enrolments From the 12th June 2018 we will be starting our enrolment process for Kindergarten 2019. In preparation, if you have a child that will be starting school next year please make sure you have the following when submitting your application to enrol:

● Proof of student’s residential address (council rates notice or residential lease)

● Birth Certificate or identity document (original must be sighted)

● Immunisation History Statement (copy from Medicare please)

We would like all enrolment forms back by the end of this term please. Thank you.

PBL This fortnight, our whole school focus has been on our PBL value, Respectful. We have been looking at putting rubbish in the correct bins, finishing eating before play and keeping our playground clean. We also had a visit from Fiona from the Coffs Waste Management Centre to help remind us which bins our different waste goes in and what happens once the bins have been collected. Today, at our Whole School Assembly, one student from each class was selected for being Respectful towards our playground and the environment.

Rugby League Congratulations to Caleb Rhodes who attended the North Coast Rugby League Trials representing the Mid North Coast. Hockey Congratulations to Ella-Ruth Beynon-Whitelaw who was selected in the North Coast Hockey team and will play at the State PSSA Hockey held from the 26th June until 28th June. Good Luck Ella-Ruth! Basketball

Congratulations to the Boambee boys and girls basketball teams who have qualified for round 3 of the PSSA knockouts. Both teams were victorious over Coffs Harbour Primary School in the second round of the PSSA State Knockout competition.The boys won a close encounter 27-24 and the girls were convincing in their 28-8 win. All players demonstrated excellent sportsmanship and represented Boambee with pride. We will now play Narranga Public School in the boys and Kororo Public School in the girls round three matches.

PSSA Softball Knockout Both Our girls’ and boys’ teams won their round 3 match on Monday. Girls played William Bayldon and won 27 - 1. Boys played Woolgoolga and won 22 - 19. We now go into Round 4 against the winner from Narranga and Frank Partridge Schools. Well done to you all.

Soccer Gala Day Well done to the Boambee boys and girls soccer teams who displayed excellent skills and sportsmanship during their convincing wins at the Gala Day last Friday. Our boy’s team defeated William Bayldon and Bonville, while the girl’s team defeated William Bayldon and Sawtell. Both teams have now progressed through to round 4 of the PSSA State Knockout Competition. Training will continue on Thursday morning at 8:00am. Our next round fixtures will be announced in the near future. Congratulations to all students involved! Year 5 Lake Ainsworth Excursion All students attending this excursion should have paid their $100.00 deposit. The next instalment of $100.00 is due on Friday,1st June 2018. Don’t forget you can pay on our school app or on Boambee Public School Website.

Year 6 Sydney Excursion All students attending this excursion should have paid $300.00 to date. The final instalment of $70.00 is due Friday, 1st June 2018. Don’t forget you can pay on our school app or on Boambee Public School Website. Toormina High School 2019 Extension Class Information and Application Form The above was sent home last week. Selection of students is based on academic merit, motivation, Principal’s recommendation and an interview. If you would like to apply for placement for your child please return the form to Boambee PS by Monday, 4th June 2018.

Yarn Up Meeting The next Yarn Up meeting is on Thursday, 31st May 2018 in 1F’s classroom from 11.00am until 11.30am. All families are invited to join us. We will be discussing the planning of NAIDOC Week. Hope to see you there. Sharing Culture with Gwenda Stanley Today we had the Sharing Culture performance. Gwenda shared stories, showed us artefacts, taught us a dance and used aboriginal language to teach us about her culture.

School Trials for Athletics On the 22nd June we will be holding trials for Shotput, Long Jump and Discus (and High Jump Finals) for the Juniors. Shotput, Long Jump and Discus trials for the 11 Years and Seniors will also be held at this time. All parents/caregivers are welcome to attend from 12.00pm on this day. Finals for all track and field (except High Jump) will be held during our Athletics Carnival at CEX Stadium on Monday, 2nd July 2018. Library Poster competition

Pictured is students

displaying the Aaron Blabey school packs.

Our Library is running a competition to design

a poster that encourages reading and borrowing books at our Library. If you need a note, Miss Adams has spares in the Library.

All entries are due back to the Library by Friday, 1st June. Winners will be announced on Friday the 8th of June. A winner will be

chosen from each year group and will receive an Aaron Blabey school pack, as well as having their poster displayed around the school. Looking forward to seeing all the

entries, Miss Adams

Write a Book in a Day at Toormina HS We have four lucky students who will be representing our school in the Write a Book in a Day event being hosted by Toormina HS. Damien Kell, Codie Nicol, Roxy Thomas and Maddie Hatfield will join a team of Bongil Bongil students in writing, illustrating, printing and binding a finished book in 12 hours. This event raises funds for children’s hospitals and the books will be made available for sick children to read. Canteen Special The special for the next two weeks is two mini taco boats. The mini taco boats come with lettuce, tomato, cheese and mince at a cost of $4.00 for two.

Bingo Tuesday’s, at 7.00pm, eyes down at the Coffs Ex Services Club.

Tuesday, 29th May - Team 4 Penny Smith and Kristy Watson Tuesday, 5th June - Team 1 Trudy Jeffery, Sandra Jeffery and Lisa Townsend

Important Dates 28.05.18 Uniform Shop 9am to 10.30am 29.05.18 - 31.05.18 PSSA Boys Football 31.05.18 Yarn Up Meeting 11am in 1F 01.06.18 Primary Assembly @ 11.50am 04.06.18 Uniform Shop 9am to 10.30am 05.06.18 - 07.06.18 PSSA Boys Hockey 07.06.18 PSSA Netball Gala Day 08.06.18 Infants Assembly @11.50am 11.06.18 Queen’s Birthday 12.06.18 Kinder 2019 Enrolments 12.06.18 NC Touch 13.06.18 NC Cross Country 13.06.18 NC Netball 22.06.18 School Trials for Athletics 26.06.18 Brainstorm Production 02.07.18 Athletics Carnival 04.07.18 Spelling Bee

Art Gallery Excursion Last Friday, Stage 2 went on an art adventure around Coffs Harbour. We were fortunate enough to tour two local art galleries - The Bunker Cartoon Gallery and the Coffs Harbour Regional Art Gallery. At The Bunker Cartoon Gallery, we viewed the work of Tanya Ackerman, a local artist, who can see sound. Synaesthesia is the formal name for this gift. When she hears music or natural sounds her visual field is populated with a mix of three dimensional and two-dimensional visual imagery. The students were impressed with her vivid paintings of superheroes like Wonderwoman, Batman, The Phantom and Spiderman. At the Coffs Harbour Regional Art Gallery, the Curator Jo gave us a tour of the gallery showing us four different types of art: In the Company of Trees - An Open Response featured small landscape paintings by Kerry Johns in the forests around Canberra and on the NSW south coast. Local artist, Elizabeth Tinker's Cloudscapes Series captured the children with images of clouds and birds. Echoes and Utilities were hand-made fibre and ceramic vessels and forms made by Glen Wilkinson and Timna Taylor. We were also privileged to hear first hand from another local artist, Frances Larder, about her multi-media project Landscape of the Soul. In these quilts she explores the loss and trauma experienced by people of mixed Dutch and Asian descent who were forced to flee their homes due to war, occupation and the Indonesian National Revolution. Boambee received positive feedback about how well behaved and engaged the students were.

Well Done Stage 2!