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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 8 Term 3 Tuesday, 15th September 2009

Welcome from the Principal PSFP Conference in Sydney saw myself, Lorna Brennan, Debbie Pritchard and parent Kylie Hall attend. We all attended different workshops. Some outstanding sessions saw me listen attentively to author Mem Fox, Young Australian of the Year - Tania Major - absolutely inspirational over the 2 days the common theme was better outcomes; success for schools from areas of low SES clientele. I was quietly excited to see how far we are ahead and what success Buninyong students are having. We came back however, with plenty of new approaches!

Schools as Community Centre (SACC)

which is situated at the front of our school hall will see an extension soon arrive with Housing providing a new building to extend

our program. Our new SACC will house a clinic, housing and Centrelink contacts. Please stay tuned for our official opening and display day. Drop in anytime for help and information about local community services, educational services from Lorna Brennan - co-ordinator. School Uniform - Although the official summer uniform hasn’t begun, it is obvious that the weather is very warm at the moment hence, many would now move to the summer uniform. Summer Uniform requirements on Page 2.

All students need to be wearing a sun hat. Our school hats are available through the front office - Eftpos available. Sun policy states that if students don’t have a hat, they must play in the shade.

‘NO HAT—NO PLAY in the sun.’ Check your children each day for hat and drink bottle.

Good Luck to the Western Athletics team

heading off this Friday to Barden Park. I know they will do their best and have fun!

Aboriginal Dance Group - It is great to have recognition for our Aboriginal Dance Group who have regularly been invited to perform at a range of local events. This week they are performing at the launch of Dubbo South Campus PBL on Tuesday and Housing event at Lunar Park on Thursday.

CSU NAIDOC Day - Thank you and congratulations to the Aboriginal Training Directorate at Dubbo CSU for their wonderful celebration of programs last Wednesday for NAIDOC day. Well done to the Aboriginal students—great rewards, great success and great partnerships! I had a great time along with our dancers! Have a great week,

Sharon Murray Principal

SAFE, RESPECTFUL, LEARNERS

NO CHILD should be riding their

scooters to school.

My front office has become a car park for scooters.

No child wears a helmet— this is very unsafe transport to school!

Leave scooters at home for the weekend!

NAIDOC DAY Wednesday 23rd September

Commencing at 9.15am with an opening Assembly.

Parents and Community welcome to attend.

BBQ Lunch. Fun activities throughout the day.

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THIS WEEK’S RIPPAAS

Aliya Smith Bronze S1G Roxanne Reid Bronze S3A Harry Mayall Silver S1A Tyreak Shillingsworth-Byers Silver S1A Jenaya Gibbs-Muir Silver S2M Alisha Jones Silver S2M Misha Chuykov Silver S2M Matthew Coghill Silver Sp W Noah McInnes-Varcoe Silver S1A Jordan Ashfield Silver S1A Tyler Tattersall Silver S1A Cheyenne Hughes Silver S2M Corey Channells-Oxman Silver S2/3F David Carriage Silver S2/3F Balen Hannifey Silver S2/3F Jy Earsman Silver S2/3F Piper- Leigh Tripp Gold S2M Abbey Linnnane Gold S2M Nicholas Campbell Gold KP Chloe Fardell Gold S2M Brianna D'Esposito Gold S2M Kyla Wilson Gold S2M Jared Kelly Gold S1L Caitlyn Warwick Gold S1L Ladine Caspersonn Gold S2M

DATES FOR THE DIARY - TERM 3

Week 8 Wednesday 16th September - Wambangalang Exc. -

Stage 2

Thursday 17th September - Wambangalang Exc. - Stage 2

- Touch Football Gala Day Riverbank Ovals

Friday 18th September - Western Athletics Week 9 Tuesday 22nd September - Oz Opera Performance

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

(Parents) - P&C Meeting - SACC - 6.30pm

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

Friday 2nd October - Last Day of Term

Summer Uniform

Sport News

Western Region Athletics Carnival This Friday the following students from Buninyong will compete at the Regional Carnival.

Melita Hampton Bryarna Harris Bobby Mackay Burren Shaw Daniel Neave William Smith

Debbie Pritchard—Sport Coordinator

Girls • Navy blue, light blue and

white checked drop-waisted dress with sleeves, contrast white collar and navy blue tie. The skirt has two pleats on each side, front and back.

OR

• Navy blue shorts and pale blue penguin shirt.

• Navy blue socks

• Black shoes

Sport:

• Navy blue pleated skirt OR

• Navy blue cotton tails or

scungies

• White socks or navy blue long socks

• Appropriate sports shoes

Boys • Light blue penguin shirt

• Navy blue shorts

• Navy blue socks

• Black shoes

Sport:

• Navy blue shorts

• White penguin shirt

• Navy blue socks

• Appropriate sport shoes

• Thursday 17th September — selling pink ice-cups for 50c • Friday 18th September everybody to dress in pink - (gold coin donation) • Friday 18th September —Sausage sizzle $2 each. Must be prepaid to the teachers by Friday

morning. Please fill out the tear-off on Page 7.

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Special Education Unit News Gifted and Talented News

The following students have been selected to represent our school at the Premier’s Spelling B at the Aboriginal Knowledge Centre on Thursday 24th September.

Codie Linnane Daniel Neave Chloe Hilder

Balen Hannifey These students have been busy learning their word lists. Winners from the Regional Finals will compete at the State Finals in Sydney later in the year.

Debbie Pritchard—G&T Coordinator

Canteen News

Pop Top Juice $1.60 600ml Water $1.50 Flavoured Milk $1.80 Aroona Fizzy Drinks $2.20 Large Juice $2.40

Frozen Quelch Fruit 60c (1/2 - 30c) Ice Bon (Jelly Cups) $1 Calippo $1 Icy Twist $1.0 Paddle Pops $1.40 Paddle Pop Moo’s $1.50

Frozen Bananas 50c Watermelon 20c piece Orange 10c piece Bananas $1 Apple Slinkys 80c Kiwi Fruit $1 Pears $1.20

Students from the Unit are very excited to have a plot in the school’s garden. They had a vote to decide what to grow and decided on a mixture of veggies, fruit and flowers. We are going to try growing potatoes in tyres. We were able to get some old tyres. Until they are cleaned and painted ready for the veggie patch, they are being used for part of a fitness circuit!

Matthew, Robert and Andrew test their balance and co-ordination.

Lyn Dennison, Jo Hamilton,

Barbara Warren and Lisa Webeck —Special Education Teachers

BUNINYONG PUBLIC SCHOOL

SCHOOL VALUES:

We will -

♦ Respect the rights of others ♦ Speak nicely to each other ♦ Keep within our school bounds ♦ Keep the school neat and tidy ♦ Keep our hands, feet and other

objects to ourselves ♦ Be honest and trustworthy

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Early Stage 1 & Stage 1News

Can you believe that we are already in week 8? This term is just flying by with many events been and gone and a few more still to come…..

Last week all Infants classes visited the Healthy Harold Van. Students learnt about different parts of the body and ways of keeping safe and healthy. A good time was had by all.

Next Tuesday the Sydney Oz Opera will be performing “Cinderella” to K-6 in the school hall. Students are very excited by this and it will be a good opportunity for students to watch this kind of performance.

Next Wednesday is NAIDOC Day! The day will start off with an assembly and then followed by students rotating around a variety of Indigenous activities including face painting, storytelling,

jewellery making and tasting Johnny Cakes. We would like to take this opportunity to invite any parents or family members to come and attend this fun day with us. All Infants classes have been given a section of the vegetable garden to maintain and plant their own vegies in. Once a week each class gets to visit the vegetable garden to watch and see how their vegies are growing. Each class is planting a variety of vegetables. Students are very excited about this and are looking forward to the day that they can pick their vegies and eat them. As the weather is getting warmer please remember that students should be bringing a hat and a water bottle to school every day. It is really important that your child’s name is clearly marked on all items of clothing and equipment. Please remember the school rule:

“No hat, no sun!”

During the term students have been working hard to earn 30 stickers or more on their behaviour charts. Once again this finishes at the end of week 9. Infant’s teachers are busily planning a fun and exciting reward party for students who reach this achievement. The

reward party will be held in week 10. Further information about this will be announced next week. Stage 1 Lightning Bolts have been very lucky to have Mr Arnold a prac student from Charles Sturt University (Bathurst) working with their class for the past 2 weeks. Mr Arnold has planned and taught some fun and exciting lessons. S1L would like to thank Mr Arnold for his hard work and would like to wish him the best of luck for his future as a teacher!

Stage 1 Lightning Bolts have been writing some acrostic poems. Here are a few for you to read:

Brave at all times

Really nice to people

A kind and caring person

Doesn’t fight in the playground

Likes playing football

Explains recounts properly

You’re a good sportsman

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Cares for babies

A kind and caring person

I like to play at the park

Trying to be not scared of heights

Like to play with my cousin’s dog

I like to play with my friends

Nice to my friends

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Debbie Coyle, Rebecca Letfallah, Tania Pilon, Rowena Gay and Kate Ash - Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 Teachers

PLEASE LABEL ALL CHILDREN’S ITEMS: School Clothing, Drink Bottles, Hats etc.

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Stages 2 & 3 News

Dubbo College Academic

Extension Classes Year 7, 2010

Dubbo College will conduct a placement test for students wanting to enrol in Academic Extension

Classes in Year 7, 2010.

The test will provide an independent and objective measurement of student performance and will identify

students for placement in these classes.

Date: Thursday October 29, 2009. Venue: Dubbo College South Campus

Cost: $5 per student payable on the day.

BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL - State school students can nominate through their local Dubbo primary school.

Enquiries: Phone Dubbo College Administration on 6885 2300.

CLOSING DATE: Wednesday September 30, 2009 (no exceptions.) ———————————————————————- Further information is available from Dubbo College media officer

Robyn Yeo on (02) 68852300 or 0438 852 300

Week 8 has arrived and boy has the time flown! Term 3 is a short term, finishing at the end of Week 10 so students and teachers are working busily to complete units of work in preparation for portfolio tasks. If you have not done so

already could you please send $1with your child to school

for the cost of their portfolio.

Cameron Stelzer Visit - Last week a group of Stage 2/3 students attended a workshop with the fabulous Dr Cameron Stelzer. It was a busy and educational day for all. We thank Dr Stelzer for offering his time and expertise to Buninyong and we hope he enjoyed his visit. The following students enjoyed working with Dr Stelzer so much that they have written a recount of their experience;

Last week on Tuesday 8th September, I attended the writing and illustrating course in the library. With Dr Cameron Stelzer we were taught how to plan a story out with a beginning, middle and end. Then we had to draw the characters of our story , we also did some drafts for our title page. Finally we made a good copy of our title page. The name of my story was alien invasion. The best part of the day was when I had finished my good copy of my title page.

By: David Carriage S2/3F Alien picture also drawn by David Carriage

Last Tuesday I went to the library and met the author Cameron Stelzer . He taught me how to write and illustrate a narrative. I wrote a narrative about dad and I fishing down at the river whilst a lion was on the loose. In my recount a man with a tranquiliser gun shot the lion and took him back to the zoo. My favourite part was illustrating my recount and meeting Dr Stelzer’s puppet who is the main character in his books. I think Dr Stelzer is a fantastic author and I would like to attend another workshop with him.

By: Shania Kilby S2/3F ——————————————————-

When I was at the Cameron Stelzer Workshop, we first got two sheets of paper. One piece of paper explained what I had to include and the other piece of paper was a planning sheet. Then Cameron opened a blue bag and tipped out a bunch of little animals, dinosaurs E.T.C. After that I started the front of my cover. Then we started drawing our characters on another sheet of paper. When we finished that we wrote sentences that had to have one letter chosen and at least have 5 of the chosen letters in the sentence eg. My one was the ‘Battle of Planet Norman’. As we finished we started to pack up and then we went home.

By: Balen Hannifey S2/3F

——————————————————— Wambangalang Excursion - Stage 2 students along with Mr Frost and Miss Mercuri are busily preparing for the excursion to Wambangalang. Students are reminded that the bus leaves at 9:15am Wednesday morning and returns Thursday afternoon in time for students to catch buses. A note detailing the excursion will be given to students this week.

Head Lice - Please be aware there have been a number of students reported with headlice. It is extremely important that infected students are treated effectively and that treatments are consistent amongst all students. Girls particularly should be encouraged to wear their hair tied up, especially with the warmer months

approaching as these dreadful creatures thrive in warm conditions. Students should also be discouraged from sharing hats and playing with each others hair. Parents and carers can help by treating siblings and keeping potential threats at bay.

Stage 2/3 Fish have been helping Ms Ferguson plan her

trip to the Northern Territory. They have assisted her with mapping the 4 day long drive and have researched a range of heritage sites for her to visit along the way. On page 6 are some suggestions.

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Stages 2 & 3 News

Destination Time KMs Attractions Type of

Heritage

Dubbo to Charleville

8 hrs 36 mins 824.9 Vortex Steiger Guns

Historical

Charleville to Mount Isa

12hrs 20mins 1166.3 Underground Hospital

Historical

Mount Isa to Mataranka

12hrs 59mins 1180.6 Thermal Pool Environmental

Mataranka to Katherine

40mins 49.7 Katherine Gorge Environmental/ Indigenous

Katherine to Adelaide River

4hrs 10mins 360.3 Lichfield National Park

Environmental/ Indigenous

Adelaide River to Darwin

1hr 22mins 115.4 Australian Aviation Heritage

Centre

Historical Stay tuned for an update of

Ms Ferguson’s outback adventure and pics!

Congratulations to the following students who received 100% in last week’s

spelling test:

Stage 2 Marlins

Dylan Ewin Piper-Leigh Tripp Sommar Preston Ngali Shaw

Abbey Linnane Lawrence Campbell-Kelly

Cheyenne Hughes Kyla Wilson Tanisha Tago

Greer Rontanauy Laine Smith

Georgia Wieland

Stage 2 High Five

Faith Cavanagh Portia Gardoll-Blair Jack Campbell-Kelly Buddy Kennedy Kobe Harris

Mower Walshaw Kiarah Toomey Harley Budworth Rebekah Mudford Mitchell Gozzard Josh Herbert

Jahnesta Carriage Tristan Ryan

Congratulations to the following students who received 100% in Week 6 spelling test:

(These students were not published in last week’s newsletter.)

Stage 2 High Five

Jack Campbell-Kelly Harley Budworth

Kobe Harris Tristan Ryan

Zaymia Freeman Rebekah Mudford Jahnesta Carriage Mitchell Gozzard Joshua Herbert Jasmine Osborne

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Stage 3 girls are enjoying Iki classes during sport time on Fridays. Last week they did some team building exercises instead of the normal Iki lesson. One of the exercises was a game called mine field. This game is designed to help the girls develop their communication skills by requiring them to guide their blind folded partner through a maze of obstructions.

Connie Mercuri, Jody Hall, Erin Faulds,

Brooke Ferguson, Carolene Agnew and Lincoln McBroom

—Stage 2 & 3 Teachers

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SACC News

RELAY FOR LIFE—Fundraising Sausage Sizzle on Friday 18th September, 2009

I would like to purchase sausage sandwiches at $2 each. Name:………………………………………….. Class:……………...

Please send note and money into the teacher by Friday 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.

11.00-1.00pm 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

Community News

Who Will You Relay For????

Celebrate…...

Remember…..

Fight Back!

DUBBO

3.45pm Saturday to 10am Sunday

19th and 20th September 2009

Victoria Park, No 1 Oval,

Darling Street

www.relayforlife.org.au

1300656585