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BOMBALA PUBLIC SCHOOL

8 Bright St, BOMBALA NSW 2632

T 02 6458 3423 F 02 6458 3376 E bombala-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 1 Newsletter 8 Thursday, 19 March 2020

Our Term so far

We value… Respect Responsibility Safety Resilience and Active Learning

From Annie’s Desk...

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

We are working hard to keep your child safe here at school in light of the recent developments across Australia with regards to the Coronavirus. Today we have taken measures to ban students from using bubblers at our school. We have given students (who don’t have drink bottles at school) new drink bottles. Please ensure that your child has their drink bottle before they leave the house, as we don’t have many on site.

Amy Dwyer from Auskick has contacted us today to cancel the proposed program that was to begin next week. She said that this program will go ahead in Term 4.

Students are still working hard in class and teachers are very mindful of all of the constraints that the Health Department has placed on us. If your child is sick, we have to send them home.

On a lighter note, here is a recipe for a very cheap laundry liquid!

Ingredients:

Cake of generic soap

Grater

Bucket with a lip

Funnel

Stirring spoon

Boiled water (adults must supervise this!)

4 x 3Litre Milk bottles and 1 x 2Litre milk bottle

Method:

Grate the soap into the bucket

Boil water and add to the soap flakes – mixing as you add jugs full

Fill to 8cm from the top of the bucket

Leave overnight to thicken to a gel

In the morning, stir the gel and decant into the bottles – half full in each bottle

Add cold water to the half full bottles and shake vigorously.

Now you have 14 litres of liquid laundry wash for the cost of a bar of soap and a little elbow grease!

Events at a glance -

DUE TO THE CURRENT COVID 19

VIRUS WE HAVE HAD TO CANCEL

ALL SCHOOL EVENTS UNTIL THE

END OF TERM 1.

Head Lice

Unfortunately at this time of year these little critters make a reappearance. Please check your children’ s hair for any live nits or eggs. Children who are found to have nits must be kept at home until they have been treated with an appropriate treatment. Various treatments are available from our local chemist. For more information please go to www.health.nsw.gov.au/environment/headlice.

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Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) …

Sand Ticket Winners -

acknowledging students who

have demonstrated one or

more of the PBL values.

School Swimming

We have cancelled the last week of swimming. NO swimming this Friday.

School Banking

Notice from CommBank School Banking

The health, safety and wellbeing of our communities and our people is our first priority. Due to the rapidly developing situation with coronavirus, School Banking has been temporarily paused from 20 March 2020 until the start of Term 2. Please don’t bring your deposit book with your weekly banking into school and we will notify you when banking will recommence.

School Stream

School Stream is a free communication app. for parents to received communications from the school. It can be used anywhere and is suitable for all phones. Please see the flyer on page 4 for more information.

iPhone / iPad iOS

1. From your mobile device

go to the App Store search

for School Stream

2. Tap the FREE/

GET button to the right of the School Stream listing

3. Tap

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The Year 5/6 class is moving onto fractions, decimals and percentages and their

relationship with the four maths operations. Enthusiasm is running high and results in

maths generally are very pleasing.

We are also running rotations in Literacy using the Fitzroy Reading Scheme. This has been

running very well.

As the above photos indicate, the class area playing chess. It is

being utilised as applied maths, increasing social interaction and

the etiquette and rules of the game. In time we plan to have an

interschool chess competition.

I am very happy with the personal responsibility and effort from

all members of the 5/6 class.

We value… Respect Responsibility Safety Resilience and Active Learning

We value… Respect Responsibility Safety Resilience and Active Learning

Community Notices Bombala Basketball

has been cancelled until further notice.

COOMA CHAMPS TENNIS

School Holiday Tennis Camp

Come along and have loads of fun, win some great prizes

while learning lots about tennis

ACTIVE KIDS VOUCHER AVAILABLE

BBQ LUNCH

BOMBALA TENNIS CLUB COST:$120

CAMP 1 : Mon 20 Apr-Tues 19 Apr, 2020. 9AM–3PM

Tennis lessons available on Wed afternoon in Bombala.

We are taking bookings now for Term 2

Please contact Tom Perea : 0404838049

Qualified Tennis Australia Coach, ATPCA Accredited, Active Kids and Sporting Schools certified.