Boondall School Newsletter
No.7 Term 2 2015
Boondall State School Newsletter
Tuesday 21 April 2015 Term 2 Issue 6
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
4 May
5 May
Year 6 Sandgate SHS
High School Learning
experience
6 May
7 May
Newsletter
12 May
13 May
14 May
NAPLAN
NAPLAN
NAPLAN
8 May
Prep-Year 6 Assembly
8.30am in hall
Book Club DUE today
Bramble Bay Cross
Country
15 May
Prep-Year 6 Assembly
8.30am in hall
11 May
School Band
performs at Ferny
Grove State High
Volunteers
Afternoon Tea
2-2.30pm
18 May
19 May
20 May
21 May
22 May
Prep-Year 6 Assembly
8.30am in hall
25 May
Newsletter i
26 May
27 May
28 May
29 May
Prep-Year 6 Assembly
8.30am in hall
BB U12 Girls
Softball trials
Boondall State School
Roscommon Rd
Boondall Q 4034
email: [email protected]
Web: www.boondallss.eq.edu.au
Uniform Shop
Open Tuesday 8-8.40am
Tel: 3623 8333 Fax: 3623 8300
Student Absence Line
P & C Association
3623 8399
meets 3rd Monday of each month
p&[email protected]
Dentist
1300 300 850
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Phone: (07) 3623 8333 Fax: (07) 3623 8300
Student Absence Line (07) 3623 8399
From the Principal’s Desk
BSS School Spirit
I was overwhelmed by the number of
students and their families who attended
the ANZAC day march on the 25 April at
Sandgate. We had well over one hundred
students and more than a dozen staff
members marching which was a school
record. I think I must have been the
proudest principal in Bramble Bay!
School Wide Positive Behaviour
As you know from previous newsletter articles and school assemblies, this year
we are continuing to focus on improving student behaviour at the school. We
are doing this through our School Wide Positive Behaviour (SWPBS) work
which includes consistently having easy to remember school rules (RISE),
setting expectations and rewarding positive behaviours (Gotchas and awards).
Every classroom / working space in the school (even the Tuckshop and First
Aid Room) has a poster of rules based on RISE, so that students know what is
expected of them in these areas.
Part of our SWPBS process is looking at our behaviour data. Our data indicates
that we are taking a firm stance on behaviour at our school. Students who are not acting according
to our RISE values are having the appropriate consequence.
Prep 2016
A reminder that we are now taking Prep enrolments for next year. Please make sure you fill out an
enrolment form ASAP and let your neighbours and friends know that enrolments are now open.
Date claimers:
 Parent Information Session – 6:00pm Wednesday 26 August (in the school hall)
 Prep Orientation Mornings – 9:00 – 10:00am 14 October & 24 November
Attendance
I wrote in a recent newsletter about how much learning time is lost when students are continually
late to school or absent. Whilst there has been some improvement, we can still do better! Please
minimise the number of interruptions your child has from their education.
NB – Advanced notice for those planning overseas Christmas holidays your child MUST be back
from the vacation by the first day of school which is the 25 January, 2016.
NAPLAN
A reminder that the Year 3 and the Year 5 students have their NAPLAN tests next Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday. We ask that you ensure they have a good night’s sleep, a
healthy breakfast and arrive on time so that they feel in their best frame of mind on these
days.
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From the Deputy Principal Desks
ANZAC Day March
What a tremendous turnout we had at the ANZAC Day march from Sandgate RSL! We targeted
100 students for 100 years and we had at least 109 students (those Preppies were hard to count
as there were so many), 10 staff members and many, many parents and friends. I can’t thank you
all enough and it was a very proud moment for our whole school. We also had students marching
for other organisations such as scouts and I also noted other students with their families in the
crowd. A day like this shows the spirit that we have in our school and I am certainly very happy to
be a part of it. A big thank you to Trevor Jarvis, Steph Morley and Sandy Jarvis for their efforts in
coordinating our march.
While I’m handing out thankyous, I would just like to say well done to Chris Hart for organising the
ANZAC Day service at school. It was a very emotional day and I did see tears flowing freely on
more than one person. I actually had dust in my eyes.
Lost Property
With the cooler weather approaching, many students are starting to wear jumpers to school. Can
you please ensure they are named? It is a good time to check that all of your student’s belongings
are labelled in particular their hats.
Goal Setting
We are well into the new term and it is exciting to see the learning that is taking place in the
classrooms. You have all had the opportunity to meet with your child’s teacher. The next step is to
sit with your child and set some goals for the remainder of the semester based on this meeting. If
you have not met with your child’s teacher, it is not too late. Please contact the office or email the
teacher so we can arrange a suitable time. A healthy, proactive relationship between the teacher,
parent and student is so important to each child’s development.
Michael Drake
Deputy Principal
Learning Experiences
As we rapidly head toward the middle of Term
2, NAPLAN and the assessment period before
the June / July holidays it is a great time to
reflect on some of the fantastic learning
opportunities that our students have had
beyond the classroom. Last week I was
fortunate enough to spend some time visiting
the ‘StarLab’ with Year 5 students. To connect
with their unit of work on the Solar System
students were able to enter an inflatable
planetarium. The quality of presentation was
outstanding and our students were left literally speechless by what they saw.
Earlier in the year I accompanied the Year 6 students as they participated in the Kokoda
Challenge at Mt Coot-tha. Students worked in teams throughout the day to complete various
challenges as well as the climb up Mt Coot-tha in adverse conditions. It was an excellent day and I
could see the students learning a great deal about themselves and their team mates as the day
went on. Our Year 6 students are also going to Sandgate State High School today for an
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‘Immersion Day’ and Wavell State High School tomorrow Wednesday the 6 May to see the
musical production ‘The Wiz’.
All in all these experiences are geared towards helping our students to connect their learning with
the real world and reflect the belief that learning doesn’t stop at the classroom door. It is great to
see our teachers planning and implementing such wonderful experiences and even better to see
our students benefitting from them.
Chris Hart
Deputy Principal
Music Matters
QYMA
QYMA is a series of Music events for school ensembles. This Monday our School Band will be
heading to Ferny Grove State School to compete against other Primary School Bands. On the 20
of May our Junior Choir will be going to Albany Creek State High School and on the 22nd our
Senior Choir will be going to The Gap State High School to compete. Students will wear School
Uniform for Choirs and last year's Band Uniform for Band. Students in Band will be fitted on
Thursday and Friday before school from 7.30am to 8.15am.
Keep making music
Rebecca Chan
Music Co-Ordinator
LOTE (German)
Ach du lieber!!
On Wednesday April 29, we had our first ever meeting of the Boondall German club! I was worried
that I would be sitting in the flexible learning area all by myself, but as you can see, it was a
roaring success. Children did activities on Languages Online on the computers, and Language
Perfect on the IPads.
We listened to some German music and ended up with that all important German favourite the
Chicken Dance! Thank you to all the Preps Yrs 1, 2 and 3s who came. I stopped counting at 100! I
can’t wait for next week.
Aufwiedersehen
Frau Vlaisa
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Sport
Fun Run News
Last Friday on parade we presented our Fun Run prizes. The
highest fundraiser in the school was Lily Roozen from PD1
who raised $318.50. For that fantastic effort she won a bike!
The top fundraising class was PD1. PD1 will now win a class
party catered by our hard- working tuckshop ladies.
There were also 10 random draw winners who won a $30 gift
card and every child who raised over $10 won a high bounce hand ball.
On behalf of the school, I would like to thank our P and C for their efforts in running the Fun Run
this year. In particular, Mrs Suzanne Lawrence, Mrs Jo Harvey and Mr Charles Morley greatly
contributed their time and effort which led to the success of the fund raiser.
All proceeds go to towards supporting the Boondall State
School sports program from which all Boondall State School
children will benefit.
Finally, we would like to acknowledge Angela from Ray
White Real Estate for her very generous donation of the
bike.
Don Ree
(PE Teacher)
Boondall State School Fun Facts
This year is Boondall State School’s 90 Anniversary and the P & C is holding a Trivia night as
part of the celebrations. We shall be placing some Boondall Fun Facts in each newsletter this
term, so pay attention , we really will be asking questions later!!!
Today’s Fun Fact: In 1988 Boondall School students and teachers built and buried a time capsule
filled with student work, local and international news, and memorabilia from the eighties. We shall
be uncovering this time capsule as part of our 90th Celebrations
Book Club
Book Club orders and payments due this FRIDAY 8 May 2015
Free Microsoft Office available for State School students
Did you know that all Queensland state school students can download multiple free copies of
Microsoft Office 365 Student Advantage to their personal devices? Students will need to access
the Learning Place to download. For more information visit the Student Space section of The
Learning Place: www.education.qld.gov.au/learningplace/
Please note : You will need your child’s MIS ID number to activate. Please check with the
class teacher.
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Year
5
Raw
Art
On Monday 4th May, the Year Five students participated in a session
run by the Raw Art instructors. The students used mixed media to
produce a Mexican Day of the Dead skull design.
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WAVELL STATE HIGH SCHOOL
Open Day Information Afternoon
Sunday 17 May 2015
2:00pm – 4:30pm
Assembly Hall
Telopia Avenue, Wavell Heights
Organised Guided Tours of the School
An Address by the Principal
Opportunities to meet Teachers and Students
Afternoon Tea
Parents and Students of any year level
are most welcome to attend.
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