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A n n o u n c e m e n t s:

Reminder to all

community

members of

Ayton and Wujal

Wujal

There is a 40 km

SCHOOL ZONE in

front of the

school.

It is paramount

for the safety of

all students and

staff that these

laws are

followed.

Book Week 2017 Who: Parents, Carers, Grandparents, Wujal Wujal Kindy and community members

What: Are invited to attend Book Week celebrations and parade along with a visit to

student’s classrooms (light refreshments will be available)

When: Tuesday August 22nd, 2017 at 10:00am

Where: Bloomfield River State School

Why: Each year in August Book Week is celebrated. This is a wonderful opportunity to

celebrate books and the love of reading.

Students and staff are encouraged to dress up as their favourite book, comic or movie

character. Below are some ideas as what students can come

dressed up as! Join in the fun!

Greetings Everyone!

Welcome to another edition of our school newsletter, Yimbalji. We have

had a very busy start to the term, with NAIDOC Day at the school and in

Community, and the Southern Cape Cluster Small Schools Athletics Carnival.

Thank you to everyone who has supported us in these events.

Coming up, we invite parents and family members to Book Week

celebrations next Tuesday. We encourage all students to dress up as their

favourite book character. There will be books for sale at lunch times all

week. Book week also marks the conclusion of the Premier’s Reading

Challenge. Please send in completed forms by Friday 25th August. Students

who successfully read the required number of books will receive a certificate

signed by the Premier.

Today, all families with children attending this school have received a copy

of the School Opinion Survey and a confidentiality envelope. The School

Opinion Survey gives you an opportunity to have your say about what this

school does well and how this school can improve. Please complete the

survey, place it in the envelope provided, seal and return it to the school as

soon as possible. Final date for returns is Friday 25th August.

School photos will be on Wednesday 30th August. Orders can be placed

online or on an order form which will be sent home soon. A variety of Photo

Packs can be ordered and sibling photos can also be requested.

I will be taking two weeks Long Service Leave later this term. The Relieving

Principal while I am away is Ms Jacquie Price, who is currently working at

Cairns West SS. Please make her feel welcome.

Yours in Learning

Anne Walsh

Principal’s Pen INSIDE THI S

Principal’s Pen 1

Miss Tammy 2

Miss Vicki 3

NAIDOC

Miss Jo & FAFT 4 & 5

Miss Melissa 6

Student of the

Month

Announcements

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More

Announcements

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Term 3 Week 5 2017 Our Shared Vision:

Expect Excellence—Celebrate Achievement Understanding in Diversity

Address: PMB 1001 Via Cooktown, QLD 4895

Telephone: 07 40608134

E-mail: admin@bloorivess.eq.edu.au

Principal: Anne Walsh

Our School Pledge

I will be

safe,

respectful

and

strong.

I will be

the best

learner

I can be.

Bloomfield River State School acknowledges the Traditional custodians of the country in which this school is located and pays respect to their Elders past , present and future.

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Hello Parents, Carers and Community Members,

It has already been a very busy start to Term 3 with several community events. At the beginning of the term we celebrated NAIDOC Day with the community at the school, which was enjoyed by all the students. The Sports Carnival was a huge success and students enjoyed having the visiting schools participate.

We have been busy with lots of learning in Prep/1/2. In English we are focusing on continuing to learn our sounds including long vowel sounds, and are exploring the book Hey Little Ant in our L4L unit. In Mathematics we are focusing on measurement including mass and length, numbers 0-100, place value, and time just to name a few.

A reminder to all parents, carers and community members students have the best chance at success when they attend school EVERY DAY.

Miss Tammy

Prep—2 Class News:

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What?: National Data Collection is where schools collect data

on students with disabilities and the levels of reasonable

adjustments they receive to support their learning. This data

is used to inform long term planning and to review systems

which teachers and education staff use to support students.

Why?: Every school is to use the same method to collect the

data (government and non-government). This allows

information to be consistent, reliable and systematic.

How is privacy protected? All students are automatically

included in the data collection. Personal details such as

student names are not provided. Other information which

will identify a student is protected and not uploaded by the

system. Parents can request for their student not to be

included by contacting the school. More information

needed? Please contact the school or visit

www.education.gov.au/nationall-consistent-collection-data-

school-students-disability

Thank you for your support.

Our Student of the

Month for

Quaneisha

Quaneisha is always a happy, helpful and enthusiastic member of our class. She always

tries her best, gives everything a red hot go and follows the class/school rules.

Quaneisha enjoys answering questions and sharing her ideas during our class discussions.

It is obvious that her enthusiastic approach to learning, positive attitude, imagination

and creativity inspire her to learn. Quaneisha is a delight to have in our classroom.

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Newsletter Year 2, 3 Class

Week 5

Again it is already half way

through Term 3 and I am happy to say that students are continuing to work hard on improving their learning and

are still working towards meeting the targets expected of them.

If at any time you would like to discuss your child’s progress please contact me. Please remember that in

order for your child to have the best chance of achieving successful outcomes they must attend school

every day. Unfortunately if your child does not have constant attendance, this will be reflected in their

overall achievement.

What are we learning about this term?

In English we are continuing with our writing program. I am very excited to

inform you that we have had several comments by various adults on how well

we form our letters and write our words. We are continuing to learn about

grammar, comprehension, spelling rules, sight words, and working on our

reading. We are now learning to write Information Reports with our focus book

One Tiny Turtle. In Mathematics we are continuing to learn new concepts and

revise them daily. Some of our new concepts include. We have also

introduced a Mental Computation lesson each Wednesday. This aims to

assist students in making quick calculations and

estimations mentally.

Our Geography unit this term is all about

Exploring features of places. In this unit students will investigate what places are

like? What are the different features of places? How can we care for places? How

can spaces within a place be rearranged to suit different purposes? And what is a

place?

Please sit with and encourage your child to complete their homework each night and

return it completed on Friday Mornings.

Our art classes in Wujal Wujal are a great opportunity for students to get out of the classroom. Please feel free to

come and join us on a Tuesday afternoon. Our focus this term is the story of the Gruffalo. So far we have drawn

images and characters from the book and are now looking at

instruments that portray the characters in the story.

We love seeing families in our classroom so if you do

have some spare please come and say Hi and join our

lessons. You are always welcome.

Miss Melissa - Teacher

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Around the classes with Miss Vicki

HPE:

It was fantastic to see the improvements with student’s skills and participation at

the Sports Day at Wujal Wujal. Family, friends and community members were

there to cheer and enjoy the day as well. What a

great effort with the school war cry as well. I am

sure it could be heard all the way to Cooktown.

We are now practising soccer skills to be ready for

the soccer carnival at Laura towards the end of

term. Go! Bloomfield!

READING GROUPS: In all classes we are re-

visiting using the strategy of Eagle Eye to

look at the pictures and clues to help us.

Miss Melissa’s class has been practising

changing their voice tone to suit the

character. What a great job they are doing.

MATHS GROUPS: The focus has been on

counting, using dice, numbers in order and

rainbow number facts. Miss Tammy’s class

and Mr Steve enjoy the “Race the Rainbow”. Rolling dice, adding numbers and

counting. Miss Jo’s class are being sporty with Maths Olympic challenges to

practise their measuring skills.

BOOK WEEK: I have my costume as a book character

sorted!! I love books, reading and I love dress ups. It is an

exciting week with the Book Fair and Book Week coming up.

Remember: R.I.B.I.T (Read In Bed It’s Terrific!)

From Miss Vicki

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NAIDOC Day Celebrations

2017

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News from the 3-6 class

We have already reached the halfway point

of Term 3, a term in which we have already

had NAIDOC celebrations both in school and

in the community, the cluster athletics

carnival,

art lessons in Wujal Wujal, as well as the daily

school lessons.

It has been a productive term of teaching and

learning so far! We are reading How to Train Your

Dragon, making a comparison between the novel

and the movie. This has inspired the students to

paint a scene from the novel in art and make a model dragon in technology!

Attendance has been fantastic all year but has dropped recently. We need to

remember EVERY DAY COUNTS to help our students to be strong and smart.

Homework needs to be done regularly too to assist our students’ progress. Many thanks

to those parents who are encouraging students to do

their homework. The school year is flying by. We

have Book Week, Laura soccer carnival, a robotics

workshop and a circus workshop coming up in the

next few weeks. Let’s finish the term strongly!

Miss Jo, Miss Pietrina, Miss Shan

FAFT NEWS Miss Bec has now taken Miss Vanessa’s place doing the FaFT at Playgroup every Thursday morning. If you haven’t had a chance to attend a FaFT session yet, it designed to empower families and provide them with the resources to be their Child’s first teachers in the early years before school.

“It has been lovely getting to meet parents and children and I look forward to meeting more families in the coming weeks.” Come and FaFT with us!!!