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26th august 2011 term 3 week 6 bo am bee phone 6653 1107 e-mail boambee-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au bu lleti n fax 6658 2543 bps online www.boambee-p.schools.nsw.edu.au `achievement through effort a proud member of the bongil bongil community of schools dear parents and caregivers welcome southern cross university students the staff extends a warm welcome to our eight very enthusiastic first year students from southern cross university the students are placed with stage 1 teachers and working in classrooms each friday for the next four weeks followed by a three week practicum kings princesses hobbits wizards pirates knights fairies and elves filled the school grounds on monday it was a wonderful sight oh no watch out willy wonka book week and book fair one world many stories what a wonderful start to book week thank you to students and parents for the interest and time put into costumes everyone looked fantastic thank you also for supporting the book fair it has been a very successful event myths and legends ­ facts and fiction

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2 bulletin mid north coast athletics congratulations and good luck to the students who are representing boambee school today at the north coast athletics carnival results and photos will be in next week s newsletter boambee kindergarten expo it was wonderful to see so many parents attend our kinder expo on thursday morning a number of representatives from organisations including our school canteen p&c uniform store after school care bus companies and therapists were in attendance to answer questions and hand out relevant information kinder and 1d performed a song and dance and a number of our senior students spoke about their time at boambee senior students from toormina high school also gave parents an insight into high school and reflected on their time as students at boambee thank you to everyone who gave up their time to prepare a display and attend the expo judging by the positive parent feedback the expo was a great success congratulations to mia wilson in 1d for winning the seven little australians colouring competition held by coffs harbour library mia won art supplies and a certificate well done mia thank you mrs thompson

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3 student spot by 1/2c this week 1/2c have been writing stories and drawing pictures about the life cycles of birds when chickens are born they use an egg tooth to crack the egg open a hummingbird is the smallest bird in the world an osprey makes the biggest nest by josh marsden a chick has an egg tooth that puts a hole in the egg then it pushes the bottom off the egg i know that roosters have more colourful feathers than hens a rooster has longer tail feathers too ostriches have wings but can t fly i know that an ostrich egg is the same weight as 24 chicken eggs by tom smith i remember that chickens go through three stages in their life i remember that when the hen sits on her eggs it s called brooding i remember that roosters have more colourful feathers than hens i remember that hummingbirds make the smallest nests in the world i remember that chickens have no teeth when the baby in the egg hatches it uses it s egg tooth to make a hole in the shell i remember that ospreys make the biggest nests in the world by jordyn spillman bulletin positive behaviour for learning parent survey we have commenced a program this year to continue to promote positive student behaviour at boambee an important aspect of the program is to develop common goals with our school community to assist with this process could you please complete the survey and return it to school on monday 29 th september this is a survey asking about what you think are important qualities in creating a positive school culture and is not asking you to rate boambee public school assembly class awards kg/l 1d 1/2c 2m 3/4m 3ts 4b 4/5jp 5/6f 6h angel harvey tyler sharkey jake hobbins tom jones lilyarna sharkey ali morris yasmin chong rachael o brien annalise jones joshua ablett logan atkinson siobhan pink sam wilson kate murray jacob millar tyler borg haylee bowman oscar edwards tenisha perrie bradley chong mitchell gray aaron hollier james murray celeste uren goundar 3/4m won the harvey award congratulations award winners by mia benson the bird who makes the smallest nest is a hummingbird to make the same weight as an ostrich egg with a hen s egg you need 24 when a hen sits on the eggs it is called brooding the chickens make their nest out of grass and straw a chicken goes through three stages an egg chick and adult chicken a rooster has more colourful feathers than a hen they have a comb on their heads and their comb is bigger than a hens by yasmin chong class item ­ 5/6f had great fun in entertaining the audience at assembly their performance about ancient egypt and how to mummify mummies was terrific with lots of singing enthusiasm and applause well done 5/6f

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4 bulletin count us in sing-a-long event on thursday september the 1st the students of boambee public will be participating in the 2011 count us in music singa-long this is an australia wide event with over 1600 schools joining in from across the country at precisely 11:30am aest all students in these schools will sing we ve got the music ­ an original song composed for this event school choirs will also be assembled at the town hall steps in sydney the vics art centre in melbourne darwin s parliament house and many other prominent places to perform the song it is an exciting event that emphasises the ability of music to unite people from different demographics and backgrounds ask your child to sing you a verse or two when they get home mr singh music teacher premier s reading challenge there is only one week left until the end of the premier s reading challenge all completed reading logs need to be handed in by next wednesday 31st august to be eligible for the premier s certificate any reading logs handed in after this date will still receive their certificate from the school this week freya lindsay in 2m and liam larnach in kindergarten completed their challenge well done to both students mrs holden toormina high school enrichment workshops when wednesday afternoons ­ 1.30-2.30 how parent transport students involved industrial technology dates 31st august 7th and 14th september courtney miley haydn smallwood aidan dawson brodie dawson drama dates 12th 19th 26th october holly isaac caitlin thomson brooke mills shanyne jurd nadine hughes maths dates 12th 19th 26th october david schutt michael podbury kate bowles art dates 2nd 9th 16th november courtney miley macaylah sonter-payne brianna page tenisha perry kenya pedersen nika ryan creative writing dates 2nd 9th 16th november courtney miley ella shaw nadine hughes coles sports for schools we had a great response with vouchers last week receiving 2630 that brings our school total to 4300 so keep collecting those vouchers if you could staple into bundles of ten it saves us a bit of time when counting thank you to all families who have been collecting for us coming events weeks 7,8 9 please note the coming events on your calendar wednesday 31.8.11 ­ 4/5jp assembly thursday 1.9.11 ­ kindergarten transition morning for 2012 students 9.30 ­ 11.30am in kindergarten rooms friday 9.9.11 ­ youth environment council at bellingen tuesday 13.9.11 ­ school public speaking competition wednesday 14.9.11 ­ boambee star assembly at 10.00am p c meeting monday 12th september 7pm canteen news popular lunch break treatspaddlepops-rainbow choc banana 1.50 calypo 1.00 lemonade icypole -1.00 icecups juice or milk 1.00 icecream buckets 1.00 frozen yogurt mango or strawberry 2.00 jelly custard 1.00 red rock chips plain or honey soy 2.00 thanks terri canteen roster wed 31 august leanne larnach vicki totzl thur 1 sept leonie woodward pru rhodes fri 2 sept susan dean-hickey steve wiggins every tuesday evening eyes down at 7.30pm coffs ex services club come along and support your school more volunteers desperately needed and always welcome volunteer enquiries karen aranyi 0427098300 30 august team 2 danielle hughes emma rhoades sonia portelli meredith bowles open day saturday 27th august 9am ­ 3pm newton lawson memorial hanger 60 aviation drive coffs harbour airport come along and discover what the air league provides for local kids boys and girls 8 years and over can join bingo news the australian air league

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