The Principal and Staff would like to congratulate the following children who received an Award at our Infants’ Assembly on Friday, 8 April 2011 Budalima / Kangaroo Phoebe Gilham, Quill McKechnie, Lochie Neilson, Tyler Cooper Nyaagaan / Cockatoo Jay Campbell, Will Callaghan, Lily Wilson-Starr, Danika Myers Djungas / Octopus Isis Wighton, Wirinun Aldridge Huntley, Blayne Austin, Nicholas Jacobs Murriyirras / Whales Jerremiah Mason, Ryan Holdsworth, Lillian Rose, Coco Bradley Special awards Isobel Edwards, Giacomo Cementon, Logan McLeod, Jaycee Cantrill

EXCITING TIMES AHEAD

9/5 Cross Country 10-12/5 NAPLAN tests Y3 & Y5

STUDENT WELFARE Our incentive award for Term 2 will be the “Shining Shark”. The student who receives this award on a Friday will have a - Strong Happy Attitude and be Respectful and Kind. Students, community members and all school staff can nominate students for this award. The nominated student can redeem the awarded $5 voucher at our canteen. Photos of our Sharks will be in the newsletter and displayed on the Admin Notice Board.

BERMAGUI PUBLIC SCHOOL

THE BREEZE

Ph: 64934271 Fax: 64934255 11.2011

3 May 2011

Year 5/6 Sydney Excursion

Final notes have been sent home.

HOMEWORK CHALLENGE WEEK 2, TERM 2

Make your own find-a-word (with the grid provided) using as many technical words as possible from Monday’s Bournda and Zoo Mobile visit. Do NOT fill in the extra spaces as we would like to see how you have placed your words on the grid. Please list your words neatly and correctly spelt below the grid. (Minimum of 15 words)

P&C—CENT SALE

At the Bermagui Country Club on Sunday, 15 May at 2pm. $2 entry fee includes afternoon tea. There will be raffles, lucky numbers and trivia. Cent Sale Raffle Books (strip of 5 tickets x 5 strips) for $5 - 25 chances to win. We would like to thank all of the local businesses for their very kind and generous donations. Please come along, have some fun and support our school.

P&C FUNDRAISER RAFFLE Each family has been issued a booklet of 10 raffle tickets. $1 per ticket. All raffle books (whether sold or not) and money to be returned to the office by Monday, 9 May. Extra booklets are available. Prizes: 1st-Family Holiday at Merimbula, 2nd-Family Pass to Mogo Zoo, 3rd-Blue Wave Seafood voucher. Thank you.

Shaylene Kerr

Welcome back to Term 2 and congratulations to those students who represented the school on ANZAC day. Special congratulations to Blake and Charlize for their presentation of prayers. We have had a busy start to term. We have moved into our new admin area and prepare for cross country, netball and soccer competitions. NB we are using a new track this year for the cross country. It is on next Monday at 9.30am and advise visitors to view from under the big tree and not to park near any gates or markers. Unfortunately some of our new trees were pulled out over the holidays. Also over the holidays the brick classrooms had new lights installed and the roofs were painted. The school purchased another IWB and is planning for blinds and readers.

CANTEEN ROSTER Wed 4.5 Rebecca Moresi Fri 6.5 Lisa Miller-Bradley Mon 9.5 Jo Hemming

PARENTS’ GUIDE TO THE NSW PRIMARY SYLLABUSES

Mathematics develops students’ thinking, understanding, competence and confidence with numbers, shapes and measurement. Students learn to add, subtract, divide and multiply whole numbers, fractions and decimals. They learn to measure time and calculate with money. They learn geometry, algebra and how to work with data and graphs.

Community Announcements Fun Bowls for the Family. Tomorrow from 5pm at Bermagui Country Club. All Welcome! Bermagui Breakers play Tathra this Saturday. Under 12’s 8.20am. Canteen open. Come & cheer for our four local teams. Dickinson Oval. Junior Tennis Social comp resumes this Wed 4/5 4.30-6.30pm approx. If you are being coached, this is your chance to play ‘real’ tennis. Come along, have fun. $3 includes drinks & snack Adult Tennis Social—if you love tennis & can’t play in the day, come along to Tues night 5-7pm approx. Resumes Tues 3/5 $2. See you there. Enquiries 64933242 Counselling Relationship problems? Depressed? Anxious? A Counselling service is offered by Dee Rabbolini (Counsellor, Bega P.S.C.P. Community Care, ANGLICARE Diocese of Sydney) in Bega. Enquiries 64947641 Ultimate Frisbee continues during Term 2 at the Valley Fields—3pm on Sundays. Join us every week or whenever you can. Try it, you’ll love it. For more details contact Jane Andrew 64923636 (home) or 0420905033 (mobile)

KEYBOARDS It has come to our attention, through the P&C, that it is best to purchase an external keyboard for your laptop when using Mathletics.

DRUMMING

All drumming classes with David Hewitt will be Week 3 & Week 5. There are plans for after school drumming to continue. Please watch this space for future news.

BOURNDA FIELD STUDIES AND ZOO MOBILE

With guidance from Bob and Ross from Bournda, students were amazed at the biodiversity of living things in our playground. Surveys and treasure hunts uncovered a wide variety of species in our beautiful environment. Ryan from Taronga Zoo thrilled the children with Brian the Echidna, a diamond python, a ring tailed possum called Storm, a blue tongue and a double headed lizard. Children could touch these animals.

LIBRARY NEWS Welcome back to Term 2. I am looking forward to lessons in our pleasant, well resourced library. Feel free to visit us at any time! We really appreciate the new library bags made by Norma Reid and the books that she donated for our library. Many thanks Norma!