Learning For The Future

Booragul Public School Aspinall Street Booragul NSW 2284

T 4958 2811 F 4958 3152 E Booragul-p.school@det.nsw.au

A quality, innovative and caring environment

Issue 2 – Term 1 – Week 10 Monday, 30th March 2015

Principal Report Election Day Thank you

Thank you to our P&C volunteers for running the

BBQ during election voting on Saturday. The P&C

work constantly to raise money for our school and

on behalf of our students, staff and parents I would

like to thank them for their tireless work. Keep an

eye out as our P&C asks for volunteers and

donations for our fete late in Term 3.

Thank you also to our Year 6 students, selling

Lamingtons on Saturday to raise money for the

Stage 3 Canberra trip. What a wonderful way to

keep costs down for our parents.

Open Classrooms – Fleming Warm ups

KM, 2K and 5/6L welcomed our parents into their

classrooms this week. Over eighteen community

members visited our whirlwind classroom tour and

witnessed first-hand a snapshot of the amazing

work that our teachers are doing in each classroom.

Thank you to our parents for taking time out of your

busy day to visit with us.

Over a cold drink and cake Mrs Monaghan and I

were able to talk with parents about the changes

that have occurred in our classrooms this year and

the positive effects on the learning for our students.

Parents were deeply impressed by the

professionalism of our teachers, the complexity of

the work that students were able to achieve and the

engagement of all of our students. Parents were

also amazed, particularly in our Stage 3 classroom,

that every student moved quickly through complex

tasks with 100% effort and attention. I would like to

acknowledge in particular Mrs Morris, Mrs Kinnaird

and Mr Lewis for being our first teachers to openly

demonstrate their teaching for the community.

Have a safe and relaxing holiday.

Melissa Scully - Principal

Upcoming Events

Term 1 Week 10

Whole Assembly at 2pm Wednesday 1 April

Cross Country/ Thursday 2 April

Grandparents Day Easter Hat Parade

Last Day of School Term Thursday 2 April

Term 2 Week 1

Students Return To School Tuesday 21 April

3-6 Assembly Thursday 23 April

LMHS ANZAC Ceremony Thursday 23 April

School ANZAC Ceremony Friday 24 April

Term 2 Week 2

K-2 Assembly Thursday 30 April

Cross Country/Grandparents Day/

Easter Hat Parade Thursday, 2nd April, 2015 – 9.00am

This year we are holding Grandparents Day at our school on Thursday, 2

nd April. On this day the School

Cross Country and the Easter Hat Parade will also take place. You are invited to come and share this special day with me. The schedule for the day is as follows: 9.30am School Cross Country 11.00am Lunch – food and beverages available from the canteen (Pre-Order Lunch Orders) 11.30pm Classroom visits 12.05pm Singing under the COLA 12.20pm Easter Hat Parade The Easter Raffle will be drawn at the end of the Easter Hat Parade so please return your tickets!

Issue 2 – Term 1 – Week 10 Monday 30th March 2015

Learning For The Future

Issue 2 – Term 1 – Week 10 Monday 30th March 2015

Learning For The Future

Easter Hat Reminder Just a little reminder that our Easter Hat Parade will take place on Thursday, 2nd April, starting at 12.20pm Easter hats need to be made at home and brought in to school on Thursday morning. Senior students (only children in Years 5 and 6) may choose to create a mask instead of an Easter hat. Students are required to wear their Sports uniform or house colours. Looking forward to a fabulous fun-filled end to our first school term. Lisa Monaghan & Cathy Johnson Parade Coordinators

5/6L Classroom News Artist Research Project In anticipation of our Canberra Excursion and our visit to the National Art Gallery, 5/6L have begun researching prominent Australian artists. Each student is creating an electronic presentation on an artist and their portfolio of work. Whilst Sidney Nolan has been a popular choice, the students have selected a wide variety of visual artists and sculptors like Albert Tucker, Frederick McCubbin, Arthur Streeton and Margaret Preston. We're looking forward to sharing our presentations with the school at the end of term.

5/6Q Classroom News Welcome to 5/6Q. This term we have made great progress in our imaginative writing and Mathematics. Using the Fleming Schools guide to teaching we have developed and implemented wonderful warm-ups before each learning session to place information in student’s long-term memory. Using this strategy we have already seen great growth in the engagement and learning of students. We have had a very productive term. We have learned many different literary devices, including; simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, allusion, oxymoron, and paradox. We have read and enjoyed the novel ‘Rowan of Rin’ and used the book to develop our ever-expanding vocabularies. Also, we have placed a focus on ‘Walls that Teach’, reinforcing every day the new concepts we learn. In Mathematics we have excelled in learning difficult concepts, whole number (including triangle and square numbers), long multiplication, long division, number patterns, area, and length have all been a focus throughout the term. Our classroom engagement and behaviour continues to improve. We have even planted an amazing vegetable garden that families can reap the benefit of in the future. Our class has also made sure our chicken friends are happy and healthy! I am very proud of the progress we have made this term and look forward to an exciting year ahead.

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Canteen Roster

Wed 1/4 Thur 2/4 Fri 3/4

Vanessa Sally

Jo Kerry Belinda Robyn Easter Hat Parade

Good Friday

Wed 22/4 Thur 23/4 Fri 24/4

Tracey Dee

Nic Sherelle

Leanne Kylie Jo

Wed 29/4 Thur 30/4 Fri 1/5

Vanessa Sally

JO Kerry

Karen Bec Trudie

Wed 6/5 Thur 7/5 Fri 8/5

Belinda Michel

Cathy Nic

Lisa Sue

Canteen News

The Canteen is open Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 8:40am. Please ensure your orders are placed at the canteen before the bell goes at 9:00am. Volunteers are needed for our school canteen. Please contact Sue Robin if you are able to help on 4975 4825 or 0407 465 893. .

P & C Uniform Shop News

New Girls Skort now in stock….$20 Summer Pack $75 includes: 1 x School Shirt 1 x Sport Shirt 1 x Hat 1 x Shorts/Skorts

Winter Pack $130 includes: 1 x School Shirt 1 x Sport Shirt 1 x Hat 1 x Winter Pants 1 x Jacket

Issue 2 – Term 1 – Week 10 Monday 30th March 2015

Learning For The Future