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Buninyong School News Building Better Futures

Myall Street, Dubbo NSW 2830 Ph: 6884 9806 Fax: 6884 8913 www.buninyong-p.schools.nsw.ed.uau

Week 5 Term 1 Tuesday, 23rd February 2010

Welcome from the Principal

Congratulations to Lorna Brennan

for a wonderful launch of the

new Wiradjuri book as well as

the opening of the new SACC

services last week. An

absolute wonderful turnout

from community and local

services. Thank you to Lorna

who does a fabulous job

facilitating the SACC

programs.

School Photos will be happening tomorrow.

All monies and orders should be in by today.

If any special requests or late requests come

in tomorrow - parents will have to approach

the photographers (MSP Photography) themselves on

the day - at the hall or after on phone number -

(02) 6382 3243.

Vaccinations - Swine Flu - are being

offered FREE of charge from the SACC on

Wednesday 24th February 8.30-10.00am

and Tuesday 2nd March 2.00pm till

3.30pm. All community are welcome. If

you want your child to be vaccinated - a parent must be

present - take advantage and get up there!

More information on Page 2.

Positive Behaviour for Learning is away again this

year. Bluey the Blue Tongue is our school mascot.

Please see attached the school team matrix which

allows us to target behaviours for explicit teaching. A

staff team will be trained next week in looking at how

to introduce lessons into the classroom. It is important

for you to remind your children each day of these

targeted areas. We are still continuing to teach all

children they need to be on time to school each

morning. All children are taught to walk out sensibly at

the end of the day.

SIP Meeting will be held on Thursday 25th February at

3pm for the school committee. See you there! A couple

of new plans will be presented to the committee for

support to be sent to Sydney. After this has gone through

and approved I will send out a copy to all parents.

Good Luck to our District Swimming Team

at our upcoming carnival on Thursday 25th

February.

Have a great week,

Sharon Murray Principal

SAFE,

RESPECTFUL, LEARNERS

School Photos will be TOMORROW

- Wednesday 24th February

PLEASE NOTE:

NO MONEY FOR PHOTOS WILL BE

ACCEPTED ON THE DAY

- NO EXCEPTIONS.

MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE AT THE OFFICE.

ALL STUDENTS MUST BE IN

FULL SUMMER UNIFORM.

There is to be NO alteration to the uniform

ie. coloured hair spray etc.

See Page 2 for Summer Uniform Requirements

Chloe Arnold from Stage 1 Grasshoppers

P & C Annnual General Meeting -

Buninyong Public School P& C are holding their AGM on Wednesday the 17th March . This meeting is open to anyone, those of you who are willing to give up less than an hour of your time

once every four weeks. If you are eager to have an amazing time with a great team of people where your children are also welcome then by all means come and join! The meeting will be held the

SACC Centre at 6.30pm it would be wonderful to see lots of new faces.

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DATES FOR THE DIARY - TERM 1

Week 5 Wednesday 24th February - SCHOOL PHOTOS Thursday 25th February - SIP Meeting - 3pm - District Swimming Carnival Friday 26th February - Infants Assembly Week 6 Friday 5th March - Infants Assembly Western Swimming Carnival

GET YOUR FREE SWINE FLU VACCINATION NOW

WHO SHOULD BE VACCINATED?

EVERYONE AGED 6 MONTHS AND OLDER SHOULD

GET VACCINATED AGAINST SWINE FLU!

PROTECT YOUR WHOLE FAMILY NOW WITH FREE

VACCINE

FREE CLINICS BEING RUN JUST TURN UP?

WHERE: Buninyong Public School

Community Centre

Myall Street

East Dubbo

WHEN: Wednesday 24th February 8.30am – 10.00am

And

Tuesday 2nd March 2.00pm till 3.30pm

SACC News

Girls: *Navy blue, light blue and white checked drop-

waisted dress with sleeves, contrast white

collar and navy blue tie. The skirt has two

pleats on each side, front and back.

OR *Navy blue shorts and pale blue penguin shirt.

*Navy blue socks

*Black shoes

Sport:

*Navy blue pleated skirt OR Navy blue shorts

with white penguin style shirt.

*Navy blue cotton tails or scungies.

*White socks or navy blue long socks

*Appropriate sport shoes

Boys:

*Light blue penguin shirt.

*Navy blue shorts

*Navy blue socks

*Black shoes.

Sport:

*Navy blue shorts

*White penguin shirt

*Navy blue socks

*Appropriate sport shoe

ALL students must wear navy blue bucket

hats with school logo.

Available from the front office for $10.

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NO HAT—NO SUN

rule which is applied to playground

activities all year round!

Library News

Congratulations to the students for

continuing to bring their library bags. Set

aside a few minutes to talk with your child to

find out when they attend library.

Yesterday students from Stage 2 and Stage 3 came

together for a quick meeting regarding the Primary

Dance Group which will be performing in the Dubbo

Eisteddfod next term.

Many thanks to the families who supported

the Eumungerie School Fundraiser. We

have made a great collection of resources

that I am sure will be put to great use. If you still wish

to donate, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

for your efforts.

Don’t forget: RIPPAAS for when you borrow! Have a great week! Miss Mercuri—Teacher

Student Emergency Contact

Details were sent home last week.

Please return to school ASAP (completed or not).

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This Thursday 25th February the District Swimming Carnival will be held at the Dubbo Aquatic Centre. The carnival starts at 5pm. Swimmers are requested to meet me at 4.30pm under the Buninyong banner. The carnival normally finishes at approximately 7-7.30pm. Parents are requested to provide transport to and from the pool.

The following students will represent our school on Thursday:

Lakkirri Carriage Chloe Gozzard Jarrod Peachey Charles Wilson-Carr Kiariah Toomey Sommar Preston Dallas Towney-Elemes Tanika Kennedy Gregory Kennedy Brianna D’Esposito David Carriage Dylan Carr Blake Edwards Helena Carr Henry Ebsworth Shania Kilby Nathan Harland Chayce Giles Jessie Brown Michael Derrick Jacob Southwell

Debbie Pritchard—Sports Coordinator

Congratulations to our individual champions:

Sport News

Senior Boy Nathan Harland

Junior Girl Sommar Preston

Junior Boy Dallas Towney Elemes

Senior Girl Jesse Brown

11 Year Boy Blake Edwards

11 Year Girl Brianna D’Esposito

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This term, Stage 1 Grasshoppers are studying colour in

visual arts. Already we have talked about primary and

secondary colours and painted fantastic colour wheels. This

week we are going to look at complementary colours. If

you haven’t already sent in a paint shirt, it would be

wonderful if you could as we will be doing lots of painting

this term.

Say Cheese! School photos will be taking place tomorrow.

All money should have been returned to

school by now and students will need to be

wearing their full summer uniform on the day.

Infants Assembly This week the Stage 1 Grasshoppers will be

running the infants assembly as well as

performing a short item. Assemblies are held in

the school hall at 1pm. We would love to see you all there!

Sun Smart It is still warm and very sunny. All students

need to remember to bring a hat to school. If

you do not have a hat, you will be asked to play

in the shade.

Jolly Phonics has started this week in Kindergarten.

The children will be learning all about the sounds:

Special Education Unit Early Stage 1 & Stage 1News

Every morning, students in the Special Unit take

part in literacy activities. Each class does different

activities such as matching the letters in their

names, identifying spelling words in stories or

tracing over letters in Jolly Phonics – and

everybody enjoys story time.

Tyson matches the letters in his

name.

Wyatt traces

over his Jolly

Phonics letter.

Special Lions look at the words in their big book story.

Lyn Dennison, Jo Hamilton, Barbara Warren and Lisa Webeck —Special Education Teachers

Wyatt traces

over his Jolly

Phonics

letter.

REMINDER:

Please remember to return

home readers!

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Music and Movement Class

The young groups who are attending

the weekly music and movement

lessons have already developed a small

repertoire of melodic songs and

rhythms. They are learning to sing and

move to a variety of music.

I would encourage you to talk to your children about

their music lessons and remember that music can be

simply ‘fun’. Music makes people feel good, it rocks

us to sleep and makes us tap our feet. Start playing

music to go to bed and instead of watching television

occasionally put on some music. Mrs Faulds

Early Stage 1 & Stage 1News Stages 2 and 3 News

Year 5 Avatars are collecting small,

clean, glass jars.

If you have any spare,

please send them in.

#1 Simple Sandwich Deal…..$3.25

Honey or Vegemite Sandwich + Chocolate or Banana Muffin + Juice Poptop or Bottle Water #2 “U” Beaut Sandwich

Deal….$3.95 Ham, Egg or Cheese Sandwich + Chocolate or Banana Muffin + Juice Poptop or Bottle Water #3 Juicy Nugget Deal….$3.75 4 Chicken Nuggets Tomato Sauce Juice Poptop or Water #4 Milky Nugget Deal….$4.00 4 Chicken Nuggets Tomato Sauce Moove Flavoured Milk

Canteen News

Please write lunch orders on bags for students.

We don’t have time to write out orders for all the students.

Lunch bags can be bought from Woolworths or Franklins. I appreciate your help!

Rod - Canteen Manager

#5 Sausage Roll Deal….$4.50

Village Lite Sausage Roll Tomato Sauce Moove Flavoured Milk #6 Juicy Pie Deal….$5.00 Village lite Meat Pie Tomato Sauce Juice Poptop

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Aboriginal Education Officers’ News

Profile: Mr McBroom

- Assistant Principal What is your favourite food? Steak (preferably still bleeding!) What is your favourite colour? Green Favourite Sport? Waterskiing Favourite Movie? Cool Hand Luke What Part of School do you work in? Stage 3 What do you love about your job? That everyone is different and gifted in their own unique way and working with teachers and parents to help kids achieve new heights and personal bests. Favourite NRL Team? The Mighty Dragons Favourite TV Show? Iron Chef Hobbies? Gardening, Waterskiing, Running (when I’m fit and have time) Fishing, Weights, Motorbikes, Music and Playing with my dog.

Cairns Bike Tour

By: Lincoln McBroom

Over the New Year break, I crammed a few changes of

clothes, a map and some camping gear into the panniers of

my Suzuki and pointed north, hoping to reach Cairns. Along

the way I stopped at many great places, met lots of friendly

Queenslanders and rode some amazing mountain roads,

perfect for bikes.

Highlights and lowlights of my holiday included scuba

diving and fishing the Great Barrier Reef, riding the Gillies

and Kennedy Ranges behind Cairns through the rainforests,

staying with my big brother at his new house on the

Sunshine Coast tableland, dropping the bike onto its side off

a loading ramp, and having a tooth pulled out in Mackay.

It was a fantastic trip into the Tropics, spanning just over

5500km. Next time I plan to do two things differently- 1:

visit in Winter, as Summer is the Wet Season and it

POURED most of the way (not so much fun on a bike!!);

and 2: install more seat padding!

Profile: Jessie Brown - Student

What is your favourite food? Vanilla Ice Cream What is your favourite colour? Blue Do you have pets? Yes, 2 Beagles named Molly and Barney Who are your friends? Rhiannon, Karri and Tiana What do you like about school? Art

On Wednesday, 2nd March at Dubbo Golf Club there is Mindmatters presentation called Community Matters which has an indigenous perspective.

This module explores the diversity both of, and within communities and examines how schools can work in respectful partnerships that will enhance school planning and action to support positive community mental health and well being.

Please register at www.mindmatters.edu.au