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Email:Email: principal@biboohrass.eq.edu.auPhone:Phone: 4086 9333

26th May 2021

From the Principal's desk...........................From the Principal's desk...........................

Dear Parents students and staff

Thanks to everyone who was part of the Run4Fun ColourExplosion last Friday. It was great to see so many familiescome along and our students having a really great time gettingcolourful. AA BigBig ThankThank YouYou to our P&C committee who tooktime out from work and other commitments to run the sausagesizzle and organise and run the obstacle course. Thanks toall the parents who helped out – the kids looked a colourfulmess by the end and very happy. One student told me thathe would like it every week! Super success on the day and asuper success in raising funds for our school – we appreciate allthe support we get from our community; working together wemake our school a great school.

Last Thursday we held our annual school photos day. This ranvery smoothly and we are looking forward to seeing the smileyfaces when we get the photos back. We are keen to hear yourfeedback on the school photos including the process. Pleasecontact the school if you have any feedback.

This Friday we will be having a CrazyCrazy HairHair DayDay for the studentswith a gold coin donation raising money for the Prep garden.Hope to see you with your craziest most colourful hair then.

Each week on parade we talk about our three school rules:BeBe Safe,Safe, BeBe aa LearnerLearner andand BeBe RespectfulRespectful. These rules are theoverarching rules for our school and from which all our otherrules come from. In every context we want our students to bethinking of being safe, physically and emotionally. Our school’spurpose is to be a place for learning so students need to dothings that help them and others learn. Being respectful is alifelong action that allows us to work and get along with others.We have these rules to make schooling as successful andsmooth as possible while also preparing our students for livingsuccessfully in our community.

As the colder weather is starting and students are starting towear jackets and track pants. It is a timely reminder that all

students gear should clearlyclearly labelledlabelled with their name. Studentscome to school rugged up and then as the day warms they takeof their jackets/track pants but these items do not always makeit back into their school bags. We would like to make sure thatstudent’s property is returned to them.

A number of students are forgetting to bring their hat to school.Remember - NONO HATHAT NONO PLAY!PLAY! We do have spare hats butthese are only for emergent use not as a regular replacement.Once again please ensure students hats are clearly labelledclearly labelled.

Yours in education

David King

Principal

Tuckshop 1st JuneTuckshop 1st June

This weeks menu items:

Meal deal: Toasted sandwich and popper -$6.00Toasted sandwiches - Ham & Cheese or Chicken & Cheese

Nuggests (6) - $3.00

Popcorn - $1

Poppers - $1.50

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What a dramatic change in the weather. It is nice to see all thePrep students rugged up in their winter clothing. Can everyonemake sure that jumpers are labelled just in case they go walkabout. When students take their jumpers off they are to gostraight into their school bags and not worn around the waist.Talking about clothing, we were lucky enough to have a hugepython skin that was found on the Maifredi premises. Our classsat on either side when it was stretched out to discover thatit was longer than us and we discovered many shapes andrepeating patterns. What a beautiful coat! Thanks for letting ussee such a wonderful discovery!

The colour fun run was also a great success and getting hoseddown at the end of the day topped it off just nicely. Another fun

event this Friday the 28th of May is the crazy hair day. Don`tforget to get your imaginations fired up and get that hair wildand free. Gold coin donation towards the prep garden.

Miss Renee Cadby

Crazy Hair DayCrazy Hair Day

Why tame that hair when you can give it some flare!

Gold coin donation towards a brighter sustainable Prep garden.

This Friday the 29th of May.

Year 1/2Year 1/2

Yesterday students took their Technology planning sheet hometo gather the materials they require. This planning sheet,together with their materials, needs to be returned by Mondayso students can start making their puppet. Just a reminder thatmaterials can be substituted if necessary. There were somegreat designs and I’m looking forward to seeing themeventuate.

On Friday, we are looking forward to having our local Fire andRescue visit our classroom to teach us about fire safety. Thisvisit will be followed up by the Fire truck at a later date.

We have been reading both traditional and fractured fairytalesand creating character profiles on the main character. Studentshave compared both characters and identified the similaritiesand differences then determined a preference for a particularcharacter. It’s been a fun English unit.

Just a reminder that Sight Words books must be returned eachday in the Reading Folder so that up-to-date sheets can beglued in. It’s pleasing to see that many students are makingsignificant progress and on track to meet the benchmark withinthe specified timeframe. Homework books need to be broughtin each Friday to be marked and updated with new spelling andMaths sheets.

Last Friday we had so much fun at the Colour Explosion!

Enjoy the remainder of the week.

Tricia Pitt

Year 3/4Year 3/4

What a fun and busy week of learning! It’s hard to believe thatwe are now in Week 6. We have commenced most of ourassessments and it is vital that your child attend school duringthis time. Semester one reports should be available by the endof this term.

Students HASS assessment and two of their Mathassessments has been marked. It is wonderful to see somestudents reading questions carefully and putting more effort intotheir assessment tasks.

All students have completed writing their final assessment inEnglish where they had to write an imaginative story aboutovercoming fear. It is fantastic to see them carefullyproofreading and editing their final work. As I mentioned earlier,the student’s English assessment task is linked with Media

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Art assessment task where students will then use their writtenstory to develop animation characters. They have been workingextremely hard for the last few weeks learning how to use theMicrosoft word, PowerPoint presentation and a software called‘storyboardthat.com’. Their final piece of work will be presentedin front of the class and hopefully they’ll get a chance to makea book.

In Health, we have been learning and discussing about heritageand culture. As part of their assessment, students are requiredto conduct a research about their family history. This week,students will be given some questionnaires to take home tocollect information. Your time would be much appreciated.

This week Science investigation, students will be working insmall group settings to investigate a question ‘Which cup willkeep liquid the hottest?’ They will conduct the investigationby comparing four different cups to determine which cup willkeep the liquid the hottest. Student will use the thermometerand clock to obtain the results. Students will then discuss theirprediction, findings and whether the investigation was fair ornot. Their next investigation is about ‘Cooling bowls’ and theyshould resume their Science task by Week 7.

In Maths, Year 3 students are currently revisiting the place valueand number expander while our Year 4 students continue tolearn the concepts of odd and even numbers.

As you can see, while we have a busy week of learning, itis important that students have a small break in the morning(outdoor activities and brain breaks); as well as incorporatingour learning with the General Capabilities that is learning howto be creative, working as a team and learning how to beresponsible. Our ‘pride project’ with the gardening and plantstall has been a fantastic way to learn lifelong skills.

Weekly News about our PRIDE PROJECTWeekly News about our PRIDE PROJECT

A huge thanks to my wonderful team for raising $207.50.Money raised will go towards our upcoming projects, that is,building a green house, extending the fruits trees initiallydeveloped by the Year 5/6 class as well as buying someequipment for our school garden. It is a major responsibility andthere’s a lot of work involved but it has been amazing to seehow community getting together to help us with this project. Amassive thanks to MsMs JanJan Cois-TullochCois-Tulloch for donating 30 plantslast week. Your kind generosity is much appreciated. Pleasecontinue to support our pride project by checking our weeklyweeklyspecials.specials. This week, students have decided to sell 7 small potplants and 2 packets of seeds for $5, they are normally worth$1 each; or buy 4 medium pot plants and 2 packets of seedsfor $10, they are normally worth $3.00 for 1 pot. Most of all,thanks to Ms CadbyMs Cadby for being our loyal customer. Thank you ?

Students had a fantastic day planting some of those beautifultrees donated to us by Michael and Lindy Alba.

Have a wonderful week!

Mrs Aileen FrondaMrs Aileen Fronda

Year 4/5/6Year 4/5/6

We are absolutely rocketing towards the end of term- alreadyover halfway!

This week we have welcomed Miss Wallace back in to ourclassroom for the next 4 weeks. It is her final placement andshe will be teaching us in preparation for a class of her own.

We have been super busy getting things done in Year 4/5/6. This week we are focusing on finishing off our Englishassessment tasks, which is a poetry analysis; except we’vechosen a song to analyse instead! Once we’ve finished offthis English unit, Miss Wallace is going to take us through anexamining media texts unit, which means we will start analysingdifferent types of news articles.

We have been exploring an environment for our creature tosurvive in for science. Most of us have identified anenvironment, and now we are working towards constructing ananimal that have specific adaptations that allow it to survive,using real-life examples from real-life creatures! We need tobe able to explain what we have chosen and why it helps itsurvive, and if the environment was to suddenly change, wouldour creature have the adaptations necessary to continue on orwould it become extinct?Speaking of science, last week we were able to have animpromptu adaptations lesson when a little visitor popped into say g’day! Affectionately known as Jimmy, a brown treesnake slithered by to say hello before making its escape tosomewhere safe.

We are excited to be able to start work on our technologies andarts tasks too! We’ve been exploring Scratch and beginning toform an idea about our maze games, and in arts we’ve vieweda few different artworks in preparation for our stop motioncreation!

Next week, student council are planning on organising an eventfor World Environment Day- watch this space!

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Have a great week everyone!

Eleanor Silver

Pre-Service teacher in Year 4/5/6Pre-Service teacher in Year 4/5/6

My name is Karlie Wallace and I am a pre-service teacherstudying at Central Queensland University. I was born inMareeba and regard myself a true local at heart. After workingand living overseas for a number of years, teaching English asa second language, I decided to return to Australia to obtainmy teaching qualification. I am passionate about teaching andlearning and enjoy supporting students with their education.This is my final placement and I feel very privileged to belearning in Miss Silver’s 4/5/6 class. Looking forward to thenext 3-weeks!

Prep 2022Prep 2022

BiboohraBiboohra StateState SchoolSchool isis nownow acceptingaccepting enrolmentsenrolments forfor PrepPrep2022.2022.

Children born between 1st July 2016 and 30th June 2017 areeligible to attend Prep in 2022

-School-School tourtour MondayMonday 1414thth JuneJune 20212021 2:15pm2:15pm –– 3:00pm3:00pm &&5:30pm – 6:00pm5:30pm – 6:00pm

-Information-Information SessionSession WednesdayWednesday 2828thth JulyJuly 20212021 2:00pm2:00pm ––3:00pm & 5:00pm – 6:00pm3:00pm & 5:00pm – 6:00pm

--Prep Open DayPrep Open Day Monday 2nd AugustMonday 2nd August 2021 9:00am -11am2021 9:00am -11am

Whole school Parade followed by morning tea at 10:00am.

Each family will receive a welcome pack with enrolment forms.

Please call the school office if you have a child that will becommencing Prep in 2022. 40869 333

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This is a petition to get 50m Mareeba pool heated, whichmeans more Learn to Swim and School swimming programs.

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Or

https://www.change.org/p/mareeba-shire-council-let-s-hear-the-mareeba-pool

Your signatures will be greatly appreciated

Kindest regards

April

Cotters Aquatics Swim and Fitness

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