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Buninyong School News Building Better Futures

Myall Street, Dubbo NSW 2830 Ph: 6884 9806 Fax: 6884 8913 www.buninyong-p.schools.nsw.ed.uau

Week 9 Term 3 Tuesday, 22nd September 2009

Welcome from the Principal

Western Region Athletics Carnival -

Congratulations to our students who participated in Western Region on Friday. All performed very well.

A special congratulations to Melita Hampton who will represent our school at State for shot put! Relay for Life saw a team of 9 staff take part in the Buninyong team walking the track from 4pm on Saturday to 10am Sunday all in the name of raising funds for cancer support. Jody Hall and Erin Faulds walked 17 hours! A great cause but a lot of sore feet and blisters. Well done team. The school students raised $457.40 from ice cup sales. and Pink Day.

B.ER Project will provide funding for the building of 4 COLA areas, storage building and 3 outdoor learning areas. A meeting will

be held this Thursday to get the site organised. The netball court will have a new outdoor cover along with covered walkways from the school hall. PBL - Positive Behaviour for Learning is moving this year. At the moment our targeted taught behaviours are aiming on time for school assembly - 8.55am; moving into our morning session quietly and ready to work; leaving the school safely at 2.45pm. Please continue to talk to your children about their day and behaviours under banners of SAFE, RESPECTFUL LEARNERS. For extra motivation there are morning raffles for students to school on time. End of this term extra playtime will be given to all students who have had no referrals this year (ie. - not had to be followed up for a negative behaviour). I was very pleased to see how many of our students will be involved in this reward. A letter will be sent home to let you know your child is in this group and are always SAFE, RESPECTFUL LEARNERS.

Staffing - Welcome back Kerrie Cameron from her leave. Good luck and all the best to Rebecca Letfellah (Stage 1) who will be on maternity leave Term 4 and replaced by Alyce Limburg. School will recommence on Monday 19th October for all students.

Have a great week, Sharon Murray Principal

SAFE, RESPECTFUL, LEARNERS

OH&S Do not send your children to school

before 8.30am (unless at Breakfast Club). There is NO SUPERVISION

UNTIL STAFF COME ON DUTY AT 8.35AM. The gates are

locked until this time. I will be ringing parents of students who are dropped off early.

Sharon Murray and

Barbara Warren

NAIDOC DAY Will be held TOMORROW with a school assembly at 9.15am in the hall. Please come along and stay for the BBQ. A lot of activities have been organised for a lot of fun. Remember to wear your colours: red, black and yellow. Come and celebrate with the theme:

“Honouring our Elders, Nurturing our Youth”

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Week 5

Michael Harper—KP Charlotte Nash—KC

Hayley Jackson—S1L Clayton Daley—S1A

Aliya Smith—S1G Brianna D’Esposito—S2M Harley Budworth—S2HF

Lindsay Green-Honey—S3M Braithe Jones—Sp. Ed.

Week 6 Ceejay Egan—KP

Malakye Walford—KC Marley-Ann Edwards—S1L

Caydean Milson—S1G Ngali Shaw—S2M

Zaymia Freeman—S2HF Cain Fuller—S2/3F Burren Shaw—S3A Jaleel Brown—S3M

Kurtis Baker—Sp. Ed. Week 7

William Wieland—KP Leslie Blackhall—KC

Jared Kelly—S1L Sjaan Harris—S1A

Mirrikie Shaw—S1G Abbey Linnane—S2M

Faith Cavanagh—S2HF Jessie Brown—S2/3F Rachel Mudford—S3A Codie Linnane—S3M

Robert Freeman—Sp.Ed. Week 8

Shannon Kassel—KP Dakota Smithson—KC

Kyiesha Edwards—S1L Dezarai Booth—S1A

Bree Pilon—S1G Nadine Caspersonn—S2M Mitchell Gozzard—S2HF Caleb Andrews—S2/3F

Roxanne Reid—S3A Lindsay Green-Honeyman—S3M

Ryan Barwick—Sp. Ed.

DATES FOR THE DIARY - TERM 3

Week 9 Wednesday 23rd September - NAIDOC Day Week 10 Wednesday 30th September - Maths Workshop

(Parents) 1.55-3.25pm - Whudagurra Awards

RSL - P&C Meeting - SACC - 6.30pm

Thursday 1st October - AECG AGM at Delroy - 1.30pm

Friday 2nd October - Last Day of Term

Active After School – Term 4 AAS will begin Week 2 in Term 4. Activties will take place at the Dubbo Pool, including basic swimming skills and games to improve students confidence in the water. Primary students will be going every Monday with Miss Green and Infants will go on Wednesday’s with Miss Ash. If your child has not participated in Active After School before, please ask Miss Ash for a note to fill out. There will be more details in Week 1 Term 4 Newsletter. Thankyou, Kate Ash

Canteen News

Wednesday—NAIDOC Day

Soft Drinks will be available

from the canteen

Solo Sunkist

Lemonade

$1.50

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Keep going with the Fruit (2) and Vegetable (3) each day—recommended for growing strong healthy bodies.

We have:

Apples—red and green Pears

Kiwifruit Bananas Oranges

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There is a shortage in supply on Orange Mango and Orange

Passionfruit Poptops - Apple and Orange still

available.

Have a great week, Rod Woodburn—Canteen Manager

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On Thursday Mrs Hamilton and Mrs Warren took a group of students from the Unit to a Special Athletics Carnival at Canobolas Rural Technology High School in Orange. We met students from all over western NSW and were grouped together for activities such as 10pin, bocche, tennis, cricket, softball, soccer, mini golf, netball and athletics. The activities were organised and run with the help of CRTHS students who did a wonderful job. It was a long and tiring day but students had a wonderful time.

Lyn Dennison, Jo Hamilton,

Barbara Warren and Lisa Webeck—

Special Ed. Teachers

Special Education Unit News

Stuart & Matthew - netball

Koorine - softball

Rebecca – 10 pin Matthew – tennis

Best activity – rolling down

the hill!

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Stage 1 Transport Excursion

Thank you to all of those students who have already paid for our upcoming transport excursion! Remember it is in

week two of Term 4 and it costs $10 per student to go. If you haven’t paid, try to get your money in as soon as possible. It will be a fantastic opportunity for students to learn more about transport in our local community!

Home Readers and Library Books

If you have any home readers or library books at home, please remember to bring them back before the end of the school term.

No hat, No Play

Well done to everyone who is remembering to wear their hat to school! Remember as the days

continue to get warmer, you must have a hat to be able to play when we are outside.

Mrs Letfellah’s Last Week

Next week will be Mrs Letfellah’s last week at school before she leaves to go on maternity leave. We wish her and her husband all the best for the exciting times they have ahead of them!

Debbie Coyle, Rebecca Letfallah, Tania Pilon,

Rowena Gay and Kate Ash - Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 Teachers

Early Stage 1 & Stage 1News

Sport News

Western Region Carnival Congratulations to the students who represented the Dubbo District at the Western Region Carnival at Barden

Park last Friday. The team performed extremely well and Melita Hampton will now compete at the State Carnival in Sydney in the shot put event.

PSSA Sport Next term, students in Stage 2 and 3 will have the opportunity to participate in PSSA against other Dubbo Schools. We have entered teams in Touch Football (junior and senior) and T-Ball. Students will be asked to nominate their sport this week.

Debbie Pritchard—Sports Coordinator

Buninyong students greatly enjoyed a cultural feast this morning in the school hall, as OzOpera presented a vibrant operatic performance of Cinderella.

PLEASE LABEL ALL CHILDREN’S ITEMS:

School Clothing, Drink Bottles, Hats etc.

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Stages 2 & 3 News

Stage 2 and 3 teachers would like to congratulate Buninyong students for their fantastic efforts this term. Students are trying their best to be Safe, Respectful Learners and we look forward to giving extra play and a treat to

Bluey’s Best students next week, those students who have had an excellent term of behaviour. Also, next week class teachers are having their end-of-term rewards to thank our Safe, Respectful Learners in Term 3. Our targets for rewards have been attendance (with notes to explain absences) and behaviour. Please continue to send notes to explain absences with your child upon their return to school.

We look forward to parents and community members joining us tomorrow for our NAIDIOC Day

celebrations at Buninyong. It’s going to be a fun day of activities and celebration of our schools culture and talents!!

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Last week students from Stage 2 travelled to Wambangalang Environmental Education Centre for their overnight excursion.

Students had their bags packed and were ready to go. When we arrived, students were introduced to Bob and Ian who were our hosts for the trip. Bob and Ian congratulated students on their manners, behaviour and knowledge of the environment and what things we can do to look after it. Once students were shown around, students were asked to select their beds for the night. Students were very excited about the top bunks and to share a room with a friend. After students selected their area they were divided into groups and the learning began. Group 1 headed off to learn about our Aboriginal Ancestors. Bob spoke with students about an extensive collection of Aboriginal artefacts such as spears, wooden dishes and stone axes. Students asked many questions and presented a great amount of knowledge about Aboriginal hunting and gathering.

Students then were taken outside to learn how to throw a returning boomerang. Bob had both left and right-handed boomerangs. Most students’ boomerangs returned but some just crashed the trees or the tin shed. Thank goodness for the safety net!

Group 2 went with Ian to complete the Low Ropes course. This course consisted of 12 connected activities with varying degrees of challenges. Students were pumped! They put on their helmets and partnered up. No student showed fear, only Miss Mercuri as she went through the air on the Flying Fox. Students learnt trust, confidence in themselves and how to guide their partner. Both groups swapped over after lunch.

At dinnertime students ate their spaghetti bolognaise. The talk at the dinner table was very loud but students didn’t forget to use their manners. Well done! While waiting for their desert students played charades. Great acting from Talon Tripp

and Josh Herbert. Students were then treated to an ice-cream waffle cone. Yummy!

After dinner, students settled down to a classic DVD with a special surprise for Brianna D’Esposito who celebrated her 10th birthday. Thanks Mrs D’Esposito for the fabulous cake.

Congratulations to the following students

who received 100% in last week’s

spelling test:

Stage 2 Marlins

Cheyenne Hughes Chloe Fardell

Greer Rontanauy

Stage 2 High Five

Kobe Harris Tristan Ryan

Jack Campbell-Kelly Mitchell Gozzard Jasmine Osborne Jahnesta Carriage Zaymia Freeman Kiarah Toomey

Hayley-Anne Smith

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Stages 2 & 3 News (Continued)

The next day students spilt into their groups again and participated in the Orienteering course and bike riding. The orienteering session required students to divide into teams and explore the Wambangalang Woodland. The bike riding session consisted of two activities. Students selected their bikes and listened to Bob’s instructions. It was interesting that some students had never been on a bike before. The session included: riding through set challenges on the bike track. Challenges included a Slow Race, Chaos Corner, Minefield, and the Ball on the Stick. Students were then given time to explore the woodland on their own on their bike. Overall, the Wambangalang experience for all was wonderful. Congratulations to all students for being Safe, Respectful, Learners. Special thanks to Mrs Pritchard for organising the excursion and food shopping, George Dunn for his wonderful cooking and assistance and Mrs Julie Adams and Janette Knight for your time, enthusiasm and support. Photos on Page 8.

Our Excursion to Wambangalang Written by: Chloe Hilder and Balen Hannifey (Stage2/3 Fish)

When we went to Wambangalang (40 minute drive by bus) we first sat down and met our instructors, Bob and Ian. They showed us around the Wambangalang site. It was exciting. We then met Cockatoo Joe, who was owned and raised by an old lady that passed away. Bob and Ian took Joe in. Joe is taking a long time to settle into his new home. It was exciting that Mr Frost could make him dance. Go Mr Frost! The following day we went bike riding and orienteering which was heaps of fun. We learnt how to use a compass and what some signs meant in the woodland. Later Mrs Pritchard brought rissoles, coleslaw and fresh buns for our barbeque lunch. It tasted so good. Before we left to go back to school, Bob and Ian opened up the souvenir shop so we could purchase things. We had such a great time at Wambangalang.

Wambangalang Written by: Jenaya Gibbs-Muir

(Stage 2 Marlins) On Wednesday Stage 2 travelled to Wambangalang for two days. After our school assembly, Miss Mercuri marked the roll. We then got on the bus. The trip took approximately 30 minutes. When we got there we put our bags near the cabins and had a look around the site. It looked pretty cool. Mr Frost called us to the green seats and then we were introduced to Ian and Bob who were going to help us through the next two days. They then let us pick our beds for the night. The bell rang and we were given some free time to have a good look around. I got to feed Joe the Kangaroo. After lunch we split into two groups. One group did the Aboriginal study session while my group went to the Low Ropes with Ian. The next day we had orienteering and bike riding. We were so busy but had lots of fun! I had such a good time at Wambangalang.

SRC News

The SRC would like to thank Mrs Faulds and Mrs Hall for organising the Safari Week.

We’d also like to thank Mrs Faulds for arranging the OzOpera group to come and

perform for us. Mrs Gay, Miss Ash and Ms Ferguson have done a wonderful job organising the (NO TREE NO ME) Koala Fundraiser and also the Garden competition. The SRC would

also like to thank Mrs Jody Hall for organising the Relay for Life….

we raised over $400 dollars.

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SACC News Stage 3 Boys Group News

Friday afternoons are very popular for the boys heading down to PCYC for some fun activities and exercise. We are approaching the end of our gymnastics program, and there is some impressive talent among Buninyong’s students. We have been practising back flips, handstands, cartwheel and round-offs, and hope to inject some of our newly-developed skills into the Stage 3 performance for NAIDOC Day assembly tomorrow morning!!

Play a Little:

Learn a Lot -

Art Cultural Resources Launch

I N V I T A T I O N

Centacare Wilcannia-Forbes and the Dubbo Us through Arts group invite you to the launch

of our series of art cultural resources.

Three books for 0-2, 2-3 and 4-5 year old’s play experiences, help teach

your child through play.

11.00am-1.00pm

TOMORROW

Wednesday 23rd September 2009

Buninyong Schools as Community Centre, Buninyong Public School Dubbo

RSVP: Kylie Hall by 16th September 2009 Phone: 0268829518 or 0409829612

E: khall@centacarewf.org.au

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