March 2016 Hornbill School

Parent Post Volume 6 Issue 5

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Landing Pads for Term 2 will take place this month.

Details to follow soon.

Year 4 are off to Temburong on

their residential trip from

14th-17th March. We wish them

an exciting outdoor learning experience and a successful trip.

All Year 5 and Year 6 parents are cordially invited to

attend a meeting on 17th March at 1700 hours in

the Multi-Purpose Hall. The meeting will focus on

secondary schooling in the UK in preparation for the

Unit Move next year. We will share some important

information with you and there will be plenty of

opportunities to ask questions. So, please do come along.

On Monday 7th March we

are launching our Book Week

and would like to invite your

children to dress up as a

favourite character from a

book that day. There will be prizes awarded in

assembly so get your thinking caps on and

impress us with your imaginative ideas!

We are excitedly awaiting the arrival of

Reading Force and their roadshow and know

that the children are going to have a wonderful

week. On Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th

March we will be giving you the opportunity to

come and meet the Reading Force team and

receive one of their scrapbooks for their

upcoming competition. This meeting will take

place at 1345hours. We are very pleased to

announce that during the course of the week,

children will be given a book written by one of

the authors and these afternoon sessions are

also an opportunity for your child to get their

book signed by the authors. Please come

along and support these meetings on

whichever day suits you best.

Alison Baverstock and Elaine

Boorman from Reading Force along

with Tom Palmer and Miriam Moss

who are both very popular children’s

authors will be at Hornbill the whole week working across the

school with children and teachers to promote the love of reading

and writing which also ties in really well with Book Week.

More than 100 children (15 teams) took part in the Panaga

Football Funday on Sunday 28th February and what a superb

performance by our teams! Many congratulations and well

done to all our children and team managers especially to Year

1, Year 2 and Year 5 (girls) teams who won champion

trophies in their age group. A big thank you to all the adults who came to

support our teams or help by managing the teams on that day.

Foundation Stage 1 have welcomed a number of new children to the year group this term. They have all settled in well to life at school and are enjoying taking part in a wide range of activities and exploring their new environment.

FS2 are currently investigating Africa and have loved listening to the story Handa’s Surprise. They had a very enjoyable Chinese New Year Launch Pad – thank you to all of the parents who came and supported this. The ‘Right Royal Affair’ theme is continuing to inspire our Year 1 children. They have been investigating the role of knights and designing and making their own weapons and armour. Our whole phase are really looking forward to Reading Force visiting us in March and can’t wait to meet Miriam Moss an author who will be working with all of the children in the phase.

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A fabulous response to Parents Consultations. Thank you. It was great to see so many parents and lovely to see and hear the children contributing to their learning in

the Pupil Conferencing books. We have had a busy few weeks in Phase Two including a visit from a giant tortoise in Year 3. This was all part of the Year 2 theme and learning all about the animals and wildlife from the Galapagos Islands. Year 3 will be looking towards the skies for the partial solar eclipse as part of their them on Space. Pupils from Year 4 represented their year group extremely well in the recent swimming gala. Their talent, enthusiasm and sportsmanship really shone through. Very well done!

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Thank you to all parents for

showing your great support during

our Parent Consultations recently.

It was wonderful to have so many

children joining the meeting so we can all share in their

learning journey by supporting every child.

It was also wonderful to see the fantastic efforts of our

children during the swimming gala. All children did

extremely well and it was a great opportunity to

showcase the skills that they have. Well done all!

Lastly, we look forward to a very rare event! There is a

partial solar eclipse that will occur on March 9th. Our

watches have been primed for 0837 hours when the

eclipse should occur! Children have been learning all

about the science behind the event as a great build up.

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JSL Athletics Meet

Thursday 10th March

At Tutong

Time: 0800hrs - 1530hrs

Year 4 Residential Visit to

Temburong

Monday 14th March 2016

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Thursday 17th March 2016

F S 2 Celebration Assembly

Thursday 17th March 2016

Time: 1000hrs - 1100hrs

F S 1 Landing Pad

Thursday 10th March 2016

Time: 1000hrs - 1115hrs

Book Week

7th March - 11th March

Year 1 – 6

Family Learning Programme on

Mathematics

Tuesday 8th March 2016

Time: 1700hrs - 1745hrs

Solar Eclipse

Wednesday 9th March 2016

Time: 0837hrs

Volume 6 Issue 2

Walk the plank was a huge success.

The pupils’ voice was heard! I’m not sure we’ll be seeing Mr Burgess

around here for a while (What a great sport he was!)

In a strange twist of events, Mrs Hunter was also made to walk the plank!

Well done to the School Council for

their efforts in organising the

Valentines Disco. All who attended

had great fun with some

awesome dance moves on display.

Volume 6 Issue 2

The Market Stall is up and

running on a regular basis. If you

want our garden fresh fruits and

vegetables that are also organic

then please come to our market

stall on Fridays at 1330 hrs.

We need your HELP.

Be a part of the

Community Clean Up Team

First Friday of every month

between 1700-1800hrs

Meet at Hornbill Bus Terminus at 1645 hrs.

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The Hello - Goodbye Club The Children and Staff at Hornbill School say a fond farewell to the following ...

...and welcome the following to Hornbill School.

Sadly we bid farewell to Mr Burgess. We will all miss his cheerful, caring and positive

outlook that he brings to every day here at Hornbill. We wish him all the best for his future.

Also we bid farewell to Rubica Rai from FS2, Brodie Burgess FS1 and Erin Burgess Year 1 who

have left Brunei with their families. We will miss them and wish them all the very best for their

future.

We extend a warm welcome to our new children Roselyn Sambahamphe who has joined us in

FS 1, Ritima Tamanh in FS 2 and Davin Borromeo in Year 1. Hope they will enjoy their time

in Hornbill School.

Family Learning

Programme

Great changes have taken place in the National Curriculum

with regards to Mathematics. Our next FLP session on

Tuesday 8th March will focus on these changes and we will

have interesting strategies to share with you from 1700-1745

hours at the Multi Purpose Hall for our Year 1-Year 6 parents.

So, please do come along.

Healthy life-style is one of the key factors to happy life and it is

always better to start early. That is why we are focusing on

healthy life-style at our FLP session on Tuesday 15th March

for our FS1 and FS2 parents from 1700-1745 hours at the

Multi Purpose Hall. Please come along because we are going

to share a lot of interesting information with parents and there

will also be plenty of opportunities to ask questions.

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‘Well done all of our football teams whose combined

results enabled us to bring home the Champions trophy’

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Amazing Earth Facts

Parents taking an active role in science at the Family Learning Programme.

Years 3, 4 and 5 visiting

the Health Fair at the

Garrison Gym Hall.

On Wednesday 9th March, there will

be a partial solar eclipse. Special

eclipse glasses are available for

purchase for $3 each from the school

office. Years 2-6 will meet on the

Sports Pitch after registration.

A solar eclipse happens when the

Moon moves between the Sun and the

Earth, blocking the Sun's rays and

casting a shadow on the Earth. It

should be quite a sight and an event

not to be missed!

The volcanic rock known as pumice is the only rock that can float in water.

Natural gas doesn't have an odour, strong smells are added to it by humans so it can be detected when there are leaks.

Scientists have the dated the Earth as being between 4 and 5 billion years old!

Most of Antarctica is covered in ice

over 1.6 kilometres thick (1 mile).

Scientists believe that there may be millions of plant and

insect species in rainforests that have yet to be discovered.

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School uniform update - a gentle reminder (please refer to our Parents’ Handbook www.hornbillschool.com/

phb1516.pdf for full information regarding uniform)

Children need to have suitable footwear for school, well fitting shoes, fastened with laces, buckles or velcro, without pointed

toes or high heels (no higher than 3cm). The modern heavily built type of trainers are not suitable for PE activities for

children whose feet are still growing.

Please note that Crocs and flip-flops are not accepted as suitable foot-wear, as they do not provide enough grip when

children use the play equipment or while running.

If your child has long hair, please see that it is tied up so that it does not impede their vision. Hair should look be of natural

colour and bright dyes should not be used unless authorised by the Headteacher as part of a fund-raising event. For health

and safety reasons, we encourage all children to wear school caps while outside during break-times and other outdoor

activities.

No jewellery, other than a watch, is permitted. However, in the interests of safety and because a great deal of time is wasted

looking for lost items. If parents wish their child to have pierced ears, only studs are permitted but must be removed by the

parents/child on days of PE, Games and swimming. School cannot be held responsible for injuries incurred from the wearing

of earrings.

We do not encourage children to wear nail polish or wrist bands unless the Garrison / school / country are celebrating a

particular event and the wrist band supports this – such as poppy appeal or ABF charity week and so on.

Kind co-operation and support from parents in this matter will be most appreciated.