Student of the Week Joe Graham Receives
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■ 2019 ■ Term 3 ■ Week 9 ■ Principal: Bradley Gorman Bongongo Public School Newsletter ■ Phone: (02) 6946 6214 Learn and Grow ■ Fax: (02) 6946 6207 Bongongo Public School ■ Email: [email protected] Adjungbilly Road via Coolac ■ Website: www.bongongo-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Adjungbilly NSW 2727 Bongongo Public School ■ Principal: Bradley Gorman Learn and Grow ■ Phone: (02) 6946 6214 ■ Fax: (02) 6946 6207 Bongongo Public School ■ Email: [email protected] Adjungbilly Road via Coolac ■ Website: www.bongongo-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Adjungbilly NSW 2727 ■ 2019 ■ Term 3■ Week 9 Events for the Calendar Student of the week Week 9 Mon 16/9/2019- ‘Footy Colours Day’ (Students Active healthy lifestyle Assessment Task) Tues 17/9/2019—School photo’s K-6 Thur 19/9/19—Puggles Fri 20/9/19—Arabin Cup T-Ball @ Binalong K-5 Week 10 Wed– 25/9/19—Paint & Play Tues.—24/9/19 School Assembly , P & C Meeting Fri—Rewards Day Joe Graham receives “Student of the Week” for always actively participating P&C News in class discussions and set tasks. A P&C meeting will be held next Tuesday Well done Joe ! 24th September following our end of term assembly. In this issue ... A message from Brad ………………………..…………….….………...3 CANTEEN Numeracy in the spotlight …...…....……………………………..………..3 Literacy Corner ……………………………………………………….…………...3 Next Monday there will be NO Canteen. School Photos ……………………………………………………….…………...3 Instead we will be having a Hot Dog Day. A message from Miss Reynolds ……………………..…..……….. 3 $3 per hot dog. Times Tables………………………………………………………………….…….4 Super Spellers …………………………………………………………………….4 Order form to be in by Thursday please. Night Readers……………………………………………………………………...4 Woodbridge Cup………………………………………………………………….4 School Photos ……………………………………………………………………..4 Arabin Cup T– Ball………………………………………………………………..4 Bongongo Public School A message from Brad A message from Miss Reynolds Welcome to week 8 everyone! Congratulations to all the students for their Well there is no slowing down even though Robotics and Literacy Assessment last Monday. It there are only 2 weeks left of the term! We are was wonderful to see how the students going to be extremely busy over the next experimented and programmed the different EV3 fortnight with school photo’s, T-Ball, assembly and Dashbots to move, talk and use sounds to and rewards day at Yarrangobilly caves! Not to retell a selected story for their peers. Well done. mention all of the learning that will be in full swing! Today students will be using our Footy colours Day to present in a partnership our Healthy Active Speaking of learning, I have been extremely Lifestyle Assessment. Students had to organise a impressed with the creation of our National healthy snack by planning and preparing the snack Park diorama’s that the students have been and then taking a leadership role for their planned designing over the past week. We have Active sport to teach and organise their peers to National Parks being created from all over participate in. Australia from snow, desert and rainforest. I cant wait to see the final product! All of the This fortnight our Artist focus has been on Henri dioramas will be on display at our end of term Matisse. Students used paper cut-outs to design assembly on Tuesday 24th September. and create Paper collage. It was interesting to learn that Matisse took up Abstract Collage when Have you been tuning in to sounds of the he was unable to get out of a Wheelchair later in mountains on Friday? I have been really his life. impressed with our year 5 students Jetty, George and Archie as they have presented all In the K/1 classroom students have been exploring the news from around the area. Well done writing and expanding their sentences during guys! creative writing. Just quietly, did everyone see the Raiders beat As part of our Modelled Reading we have been the storm on the weekend?! reading the book ‘Wonder’. The students are That’s about all this week. Enjoy the week enjoying this novel. Next week we are watching everyone! the movie. Brad Kel Numeracy in the spotlight Did you know? If you multiply 111,111,111 × 111,111,111 you get 12,345,678,987,654,321 - a palindrome number that reads the same forwards or backwards. And that works all the way back down to 11 x 11 (121) or just 1 x 1 (1). Literacy Corner Community news Did you know ? Blues win group 9 Believe it or not, the capital A hasn't always Congratulations to the Tumut Blues who have looked the way it does now. Ancient Egyptians won the 2019 group 9 Rugby League wrote the letter upside down, creating a symbol competition against the South City Bulls. It is that resembled a steer with horns. great to see the local juniors coming through to get the job done. Page 3 Bongongo Public School Super Spellers On Wednesday Jack Weston, George Graham, Congratulations to the following students on Jetty Mason, Harvey Graham headed to Yass for achieving 100% in their spelling test last week the Woodbridge cup tennis. We will be combined with Wee-Jasper Public School. We won most of our games with Jetty and I being * Isobel Welsh * Olivia Graham undefeated. Thank you Rachel Graham for transporting us and Miss Andrews for coaching * Scout Onus * Harry Smith us on the day. * Finn Onus * Oscar Welsh School Photos * Joe Graham * Edward Smith Our annual school photos will be held * Juliet Mason * Archie Graham tomorrow. We will be having our photos taken at Will and Simone Onus’ property. We will be * George Graham taking photos in the morning, following the bus run. Students are to be in full school summer uniform including black shoes. Prices for photos have been sent home with an order form on an envelope. Please return your order form on the day of the photo’s to Siana Lucas. Times table of Thank you Siana for your assistance once again this year! the week is : X 7 (Yr 5) X 4 (Yr 2&4) This Friday 20th September we will be making X 2 (Yr 1) the trek to Binalong for the annual small school T-Ball competition. We will be competing against small schools in our district in a round robin competition. Mick will being picking up Jack Weston has reached 75 nights of home half an hour earlier in the morning for the bus reading. run with the bus returning at around the normal Well done Jack! bus run time. End of term assembly At the end of this term, we will be venturing off We will be holding our end of term assembly next to Yarrangobilly caves for our rewards day. The Tuesday 24th September 2019 at 2:00pm. All excursion will include a cave tour by a national community members are invited to attend. park guide followed by a nature walk along the Yarrangobilly River. We will then conclude the We will hold a P&C meeting following the day with a swim in the thermal pools! Students assembly. Please provide a plate to share for are required to pack fruit, recess, lunch, drink afternoon tea. bottle, swimmers, towel, thongs and wear sports uniform. Page 4 Bongongo Public School Adjungbilly Adjungbilly Adjungbilly is in a small village in country Adjungbilly is in Bongongo. NSW situated just over the hill from the ACT. Adjungbilly has a creek. It is clean water. We Adjungbilly Creek has trout and perch in it. have lots of green grass. By Max By Harvey Adjungbilly Adjungbilly is in Bongongo surrounded by green farm land. Bongongo is a school with four buildings. Adjungbilly has a bull sale for Crawford angus. Adjungbilly has a lot of stock and some trees. Adjungbilly has beautiful views. It has a creek with perch and trout. Adjungbilly has a community hall. The school has a school play we sing and dance and all of that stuff. One day I hope you visit. 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