What a proud moment for all of us when our Year 5 students put themselves forward to be considered for the role of school captain on Wednesday. The speeches that all of the students delivered were well constructed, thoughtful and delivered with confidence. I know the elected representatives will be wonderful leaders of our student body. For those students who miss out, it’s natural to feel disappointment, however, I’m sure they’ll all be happy for their peers. Students can also nominate themselves for the position of house captain and/or as an SRC Representative. Our student leadership program is growing and it’s wonderful that our students have the opportunity to be a voice in our school.

For the past two days, I have been attending a Leading and Sustaining a Quality Learning Culture Conference in Maitland. It is a professional learning program that builds the capabilities of teacher leaders and executive mentors to lead and sustain a quality, collaborative learning culture in our school community with a focus on the pursuit of excellence in learning, teaching and leading through evidence-based practice. I have been developing

an implementation and progress monitoring plan to ensure we continue to deliver a quality education to all of our children. It was disappointing that I was unable to attend the Kindergarten Graduation Assembly today, however, I know that we are extremely proud of our Kindergarten students for demonstrating perseverance and resilience in their first year of school. Thank you to Mrs Ferguson, Mrs Lang, Mrs Davis and Mrs Wigg for their wonderful work with our Kindergarten students and families over the past 12 months. I can confirm that we have had two staffing appointments confirmed over the past week. Mrs Laurel Boyd will join Boambee PS as Assistant Principal and Mrs Jodi Leader will join us as a classroom teacher. Both are very excited to join our community and I’m sure you’ll give them a great Boambee welcome! I hope to see you at our Parent Helper Morning Tea on Thursday, commencing at 11am. The coffee van will be on site from 10:30am. We would like to thank you for your continued support and if you can’t make it on the day, a BIG thanks from all staff, students and parents! You may have heard that the NSW Teachers Federation has called a stop work meeting for Thursday, 8th December. The meeting is scheduled to commence at 8:30am and staff attending will return to school shortly thereafter when the meeting concludes. Some staff from Boambee will be attending the meeting so at this stage, minimal supervision will be in operation at Boambee PS until such time as all staff return to school. Have a great weekend. Principal - Brad Lyne

2nd December, 2016 Term 4, Week 8

BOAMBEE BULLETIN 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 person who never makes a mistake is the person who never does anything”

Uniform Shop To help our new Kindergarten families, the uniform

shop will be open Monday, 5th December 2016 for ex-tended hours from 9.00am until 2.00pm.

2016 Kindergarten Graduation

2016 Kindergarten Graduation

School Captains and Vice Captains 2017 Mr Lyne will inform students next week of who will be the 2017 school captains. 2017 Sport Costs Next year our swimming carnival is Wednesday, 1st February 2017, this is in the first week back. We are asking that sport costs be paid this year to help organise this event. This carnival is open to Year 2 students who turn 8 in 2017 and can swim 25 metres. All Year 3 to 6 students are expected to attend. Students will travel by bus to Coffs Harbour Memorial Pool at 9.00am and return by bus at approximately 2.30pm. Sport costs for 2017 is $20.00 per student, this covers swimming, cross country, athletics and PSSA fees. ASSEMBLY Week 8 CLASS AWARDS Congratulations to the following students for their fantastic week at school.

KL Alara Goodwin & Jayda Seager KD Nevaeh Corner & Eli Townsend KF Abby Gaulton & Kaidyn Mulligan KW Roman Zukowski-Jurd & Lucas Singleton 1G Samantha Hayer & Poppi Hudson 1A Cooper Hatfield & Grace Dunstan 1W Tom Wilson & Max Vaughan 2H Sam Ablett & Riley Patten 2D Taya Gaulton & Jax Mackay 2S Mason Cocks & Cooper Thompson 3/4D Poppy Willmott & Chelsea Burns 3/4T Katelyn Rovere & Olivia Lindsay 3/4J Koen Loader & Zarlee Roberts 3/4F Chantelle Smith & Lydia Wakeham 5/6T Jackson Thomas & Erin Krainik 5/6M Jarrod Hughes & Hayley Duck 5/6G Ashton Reid & Lilly Devine

5/6T and 5/6G won the Gus Award last week.

Picnic Day Tuesday, 13th December 2016 The cost for Picnic Day this year is $15.00 per student. Permission notes and payments will need to be returned by Tuesday, 6th December.

Zoo Visits - Date Change Stage 1 parents are being invited to come and see the wonderful zoos that Stage 1 students have been creating this term for our Science unit. Classrooms will be open on Wednesday, 7th December at 10am. Students will be bringing home more information soon. “Koalas in our Backyard” Last week Year 1 and 2 were very lucky to have a visit from Sandy from the “Koalas in our Backyard” program. We learnt about Koalas and the importance of looking after these magnificent, furry creatures. Presentation Day You are invited to our Presentation Day which will be held Friday, 9th December 2017 at 10.00am in the school hall. Letters have been posted today to parents of students who are receiving an award at Presentation Day.

Bingo Eyes down at the Coffs Ex Services Club every Tuesday from 7.00pm. Please come along and have some Bingo fun.

Bingo Roster

Penny Smith, Kristy Watson and Peta Robinson will be organising the Bingo on the 6th December 2016.

Canteen Special The special for next week will be a mini wrap (crumbed chicken tender, lettuce, carrot, tomato and cheese) plus any drink for $5.00. Canteen Roster Wed 7 Dec Leanne Kraink & Kylie Welsh Thu 8 Dec Lynda Mclaughlin & Agnieszka Hambling Fri 9 Dec Susan Dean-Hickey, Lisa Page & Donna Nash

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Important Dates 06.12.16 Toormina High Orientation Day Coffs High Orientation Day Orara High Orientation Day 06.12.16 House Captain Elections 06.12.16 Payment due for Picnic Day 07.12.16 Year 1 & 2 Parent Visit 10am 08.12.16 Volunteer Helpers Morning Tea 11am 09.12.16 Presentation Day 10am 12.12.16 Year 6 Graduation Sawtell RSL 13.12.16 Picnic Day 16.12.16 Last Day for Students