PBL (Positive Behaviour

for Learning)

The winners of our PBL this week are: Hunter Chesher & Ben Bingley

“At Bowning Public School we are Respectful, Responsi-

ble and Resilient.”

We take care of our

selves and our belong-ings.

We respect other people

and their property.

We follow school rules

and routines.

We wear our uniform

with pride.

From the Principal

Our annual school public speaking competition, with the topics being set around the “Heroes Past and Present “ theme will be held this term on Tues-day 23rd June. Any stu-dent from Yrs. K-6 is wel-come to participate by giving a speech. Speech-es will be 3 minutes for Yrs. 4/5/6, 2 minutes for Yrs. 2/3 and 1 minute for K/1. 1. The ANZACS 2. Animal Heroes 3. Our Family Hero 4. The best things

about my hero are …

5. What being a “hero” means to me ...

6. If I was a hero … Good luck to Emmily-Rose Cairns who will compete at Regional level for Cross Country this Friday at Cambewarra.

Students who have been nominated to participate in the District Athletics Carnival are asked to return their permis-sion notes to school no later than Friday 29th May. Stu-dents are to travel to and from the carnival by private car. Please notify the office if your child requires a lift so arrangements can be made. The staff continue to undertake training. On Monday and Tues-day I attended 2 days training on Comprehension strategies for Years 3 to 6. Mrs Manuatu continues her L3 course and Miss Robertson is beginning a new Numeracy program. On Friday, I have been called to Sydney to be trained in un-dertaking a copyright audit to be carried out next term. Mrs Bush will be with 3/4/5/6 class. Please see Mrs Manuatu if you require assistance during my absence. Clare Pritchard

Bowning P&C Association The next meeting of the Bown-ing P&C Association will be held on Monday 20th July. All parents and community members are welcome to at-tend.

GRIP Leadership

Conference Thank you to Mrs Bush and Mrs Allen for transporting the children in Yrs. 5/6. The students thoroughly en-joyed the experience. Grip Leadership focuses on developing leadership skills in everyone. The students work

through a series of workshops and speeches to identify ways in which they can be “HERO’s” in their school lives and be-yond. “HERO’S” have and demon-strate skills in Helping others, Encouraging others, being Role models and being Organ-isers. We look forward to sup-porting the senior students of our school become our play-ground HERO’s.

Live Life Well at School Staying fit and well for school means that our students can attend each day and be ready to learn. Diet, exercise and

adequate sleep are all im-portant factors in keeping kids well. At school we provide fitness activities and outdoor play everyday. We also strongly encourage the students to eat a piece of fruit or vegetables everyday. The apple slinkies are proving irresistible. Finally, drinking water is a key initia-tive. Please ensure your child has water to drink rather than sweet drinks. Not only is it bet-ter for their health , it helps stop sticky spills attracting ants and mice to our bag rooms!

I n s i d e t h i s

i s s u e :

Reporting to Par-ents//Yass Valley

Dental

2

Milo/Soccer trials /Puppet program/Lions Club of Yass

writing workshop

2

Puppet Workshop photos/Landcare & GRIP Photos/Attachments/

Reminder

3

Contact details/

GRIP photos 4

P&C Association / GRIP Conference / Live Life Well

Bowning Public School Newsletter

2 7 t h M a y , 2 0 1 5 W e e k 6 , T e r m 2

Calendar of Events Wednesday 27th May—Yass Valley Dental Friday 29th May—Regional Cross Coun-try at Cambewarra Wednesday 3rd June—Scripture Friday 5th June—District Athletics (nominated students only) Wednesday 10th June—Puppet work-shop at Binalong School Friday 12th June—Puppet show at Yass Public Library (Yrs. 5/6 only) Friday 26th June—Assembly and Last day of Term 2

P a g e 2

“Everything has beauty,

but not everyone sees

it.”

Reporting to Parents/ Yass Valley Dental

Reporting to Parents

During this term, teachers will interview parents re-garding their child’s progress at school and prepare a formal written report which is sent home during the last week of term. Parent interviews will be held over the final weeks of this term. Please return the interview slip attached to last weeks newsletter. We hope to see everyone. Please contact the office if alterna-tive times are required. Students in Years 1-6 are asked to return their red report folders for updating.

Yass Valley Dental

Visit Yass Valley dental visited

our students today educat-

ing our students on the

importance of good oral

health, including good oral

hygiene and healthy diets

for healthy mouths.

A good breakfast gives children a great start to the day by providing the nutri-ents they need to concen-trate and learn well at school. It can be a good source of calcium for strong healthy bones and teeth. Skipping breakfast

may mean the body works more slowly and burns less energy. This can lead to weight gain from snacking on sugary and fatty foods later in the day.

For new breakfast

ideas try: www.schools.nsw.edu.au/

media/downloads/

schoolsweb/

studentsupport/

studentwellbeing/

schoolcan-

teen/2_Breakfast.pdf

B o w n i n g P u b l i c S c h o o l

Milo/Sports/Puppet Program/Lions Writing

Workshop

Milo Year 6 students will be making warm milo for all students most Friday mornings between 8.30am and 8.50am throughout Term 2.

Soccer Trials Mrs Bush and Miss Rob-ertson are organising a soccer team from Upper Division students to enter in a small school’s play off in the last week of term. Students will be nominated by teachers and notes will be for-warded to families in due course.

Puppet Workshop

Years 5/6

All of our Year 5 and 6 students attended the first of 3 Puppet Making work-shops led by the Southern Tablelands Arts group. Our students are collabo-rating to make a hand puppet production based on their classroom novel “A Fortunate Life” and incorporating their thoughts on life choices, leadership and heroes. On the 12th June, our students will have a final rehearsal and then pre-sent their work to an audi-ence at Yass Public School in the Yass Public School Library (please note change of venue). This has been a unique opportunity for students of small schools.

Lions Club of Yass Writing Workshop Poet—Liz Murphy

Our thanks to the Lion’s Club of Yass for once again organising a writing work-shop. 6 of our senior stu-dents were able to attend this valuable poetry writing workshop led by Liz Murphy. Our students will now write their own work to submit to the Lion’s Club’s competi-tion. Schools from around our local district will have stu-dents entering the competi-tion. We wish them all well and look forward to publish-ing poems written by our students in this bulletin over the next few weeks.

P a g e 3 W e e k 6 , T e r m 2

How to contact us:

Phone: 6227 6093

Fax: 6227 6121

Email: bowning-p.school@det.

nsw.edu.au

Website: www.bowning-

p.school@nsw.edu.au

Attachments

Yass Valley Council flyers

x 2

Landcare Photos

GRIP Photos

Attachments/Photos/Reminders

Puppet Workshop Photos

Reminder

Textbook payments

are now due

147 Bowning Road Bowning NSW 2582

Phone: 02 62276093 Fax: 02 62276121 E-mail: bowning-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

NSW Department o Education and Communities Bowning Public School

GRIP Photos

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