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Newsletter Term 4 Week 2 15 October 2019


BIG ON HEART – RESPECT – RESPONSIBILITY – LEARNING WHILE STRIVING TO EXCEL

PRINCIPAL’S NEWS

Welcome back to term 4 2019, I can’t believe we’re into term 4 already. This term is an extremely busy one with events. We have primary camp this week, transition visit for our year 10’s to Isis District State High School next week Thursday/Friday (Week 3), Grandparents day (Week 4), 2020 Prep transitions starting in week 3, free dress days, rewards day activities - surfing for Year 10’s and waterpark for Prep’s- Yr 9, 2020 student leadership speeches, Xmas parties, Year 10 formal, graduation parades and awards night, and not to mention all of the learning and assessment that needs to take place between now and the end of the year.

VOCAB-WORD OF THE WEEK

This week students in both the primary school and high school have been introduced to their new vocab in our Word of the Week program. The WOW (Word of the Week) in the Primary is adventurous. The high school will focus on cognitive verbs. The high school WOW is identify, describe and explain. Vocabulary is a strong indicator of student success (Baker, Simmons, & Kame'enui, 1997).

GOALS

All students have been working with their teachers to develop goals for reading and behaviour. Please ask your child what their goals are and what work they are doing to reach their goals. The whole school reading goals are: Being able to talk about your favourite book and author, Reading for a sustained period of time (up to 20 minutes) and being able to talk about what you have read.

REWARDS DAY

At the end of each term the school puts on a rewards day/activities for students who have been managing their behaviour throughout the term. On Parade on Monday, I outlined the criteria that students need to meet to be able to participate in the rewards day activities. The criteria to attend the rewards day is as follows:

All assessment completed and handed in

At least 4 mighty merit cards completed

Appropriate behaviour including no suspensions or withdrawals

No Buddy Class refusals

Correct wearing of the uniform

Greater than 90% attendance

The rewards activities this term will be a surfing experience for our graduating year 10’s and a water park visit for Prep’s to year 9. Have a great week. Mr Weir Principal

FACEBOOK PAGE

Like our facebook page to keep up to date with events

and activities happening in our school. Biggenden

State School is also on Instagram.

ADMIN NEWS

OFFICE HOURS

The Admin Office is open each day from 7.30am – 4.00pm, Monday to Thursday and 7.30am – 3.30pm on Friday.

ABSENCES

A reminder to parents to please contact the school

when your son/daughter is absent from school to

advise the reason for their absence. For your

convenience you can text the school mobile 0408 747

301 and leave a message or email

[email protected]. If the school has not

been contacted and the school is unable to get in

contact with the parent/guardian, your son/daughter

will be marked as unexplained on the class roll. This

will then affect your child’s eligibility to participate in

extra curricula activities and rewards.

mailto:[email protected]



PARADE NEWS

WEEK 2 - CERTIFICATES

Congratulations Matthew – Big on Learning – For

achieving his goal in spelling.

DATES TO REMEMBER

OCTOBER 16-18 Primary Camp 18 Year 7 Vaccinations 21 Pupil Free Day 24-25 Year 10 Transition Day to Isis State High School NOVEMBER 1 Grandparents Day 14 Awards Night 6.00pm Prep – Yr 10 27 Year 10 Trip 28 Year 10 Dinner 29 Year 10 last day

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR FOR LEARNING (PBL)

BIG ON LEARNING – PERSUE MY PERSONAL BEST

At Biggenden State School we are Big on Learning when we pursue our personal best no matter who we work with. This is important for us to learn because when we pursue our personal best we feel confident in ourselves and we stay motivated to keep going. We are learning that we don’t come to school to be better than others. We come to school to better ourselves by being able to work with others. This is achieved by working on strategies such as;

We don’t compare ourselves to others. We help others to be involved. We don’t always have to work with our

friends. We compete against ourselves. We listen to others ideas. We persist when it is hard. We understand that it can take hard work and

effort to achieve what we want. We know that being better than others at

something does not make us a better person. We work with people with different strengths

and weaknesses.

We are going to be examining personal attributes that help us work with others and pursue our personal best. Some of these attributes are being persistent, hardworking, tolerant, friendly and cooperative. All of these are important for us to learn about and practice in our daily lives.

PRIMARY NEWS

PRIMARY CAMP

41 students, 4 staff and 7 parents will set off on

Wednesday for our 2019 Primary camp to Barambah.

We are looking forward to having an amazing time!

Here is a snap shot of some of the activities we will be

undertaking:

Survival of the fittest, connection inspection,

Barambah habitats, sound mapping, bird watching,

animal tracking, low ropes, GPS orienteering (5/6

only), animal adaptions, photo trails, forest fun,

catapult knots (4/6), damper making, plant nursery,

compost critters, making paper, lantana tug of war

and on Wednesday night we have

Astronomy/Indigenous stories and on Thursday night,

Mrs Garrigon’s famous movie night….lets hope we can

convince the kids to sleep so they can enjoy all the

great activities!

The bus will depart at 7.30am. Students must be at school by 7.15am. The bus will return to school on Friday afternoon between 3.00 – 3.30pm.

Please check our facebook page for updates from the camp and photos.



PRIMARY SWIMMING

Primary Swimming this term for PE lessons will occur on a Monday. Please ensure your child comes with their swimming togs, towel, sunshirt and water bottle. Admission to the pool will be covered by the school.

STUDENT COUNCIL

Tomorrow, 16th October the Student Council are holding a red food day due to the tuckshop being closed. Find below a list of the items available to purchase:- Hot Dogs $4-00 Cheerio’s 10 for $4-00 Softdrink $2.50 Powerade $4.00 Chocolate Bars $2.00 Chips $0-50c Poppers $2.00 Shapes $0.50c Order forms have been sent home. Hot food is only available first break.

LIBRARY NEWS

PEN PAL

Mrs Rehbein and Miss Beddows are excited to

announce that we will now be adding a Pen Pal Club

to our lunch time activities. Biggenden students

partaking in the activity will discover the joy of writing

a letter to students at another small country school

located around Australia.

Watch this space for more information.

LUNCH TIME ACTIVITIES

Monday's library activities include quiet reading and

puzzles. Letisha is pictured with her Paw Patrol floor

puzzle.

P & C ASSOCIATION NEWS

UNIFORM SHOP

This year the uniform shop will not be opening over the Christmas holidays therefore school uniform orders for 2020 will need to be placed by the 15th of November 2019.

Paid orders can be collected from the tuckshop on the last day of term or the first week back at school after the Xmas vacation.

Any questions please Call Trish on 0407 094 958

Order forms have been sent home, spare forms are available from the school office.

TUCKSHOP

Tuckshop is open every Wednesday. Please place

your order on a bag and hand to the tuckshop by

9.00am.

Volunteers always welcome, and greatly appreciated.

TUCKSHOP IS CLOSED ON WEDNESDAY 16TH

OCTOBER.



MEETING

The next P & C Meeting will be held on Wednesday

23 October, 2019 at 1.30pm in the School Library.

BREAKFAST CLUB

Breakfast club is held every Tuesday morning from

8.00am.

Thanks to Foodworks for your continued support of

our Breakfast Club program.

COMMUNITY NEWS

PARENT SUPPORT GROUP

PARENT SUPPORT GROUP ... every Thursday morning

9am to 11.30am. Bring your children. Everyone

welcome.

In the Learning Centre.

PCYC - CADETS

PCYC Emergency Service Cadets meet every Thursday

after school to 5pm, at Biggenden SES Shed.

New recruits welcome!

Enquiries Moira Thompson 0458365051

BIGGENDEN APEX CLUB

BIGGENDEN APEX CLUB is in need of members, or the

Club will fold.

This will affect the Christmas Fair and the Rose

Festival.

Membership is open to those aged 18 to 45.

Meeting Grand Hotel Wednesday October 16 at 7pm.

RUGBY LEAGUE

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