Eligibility and Nominations for Primary School

Captains/Vice Captains.

Students in Year 5 will receive a copy of the ‘Boorowa Central School conditions of Eligibility for School Captain/Vice Captains’ this term. Students who are planning to nominate for school captain/vice-captain roles need to read this carefully with their parents and consider the conditions for taking on these important leadership roles within our school. Leadership is a key component of all aspects of school life here at Boorowa Central and we rely on students with leadership ability and positive attitudes to help and assist our younger students.

If you have enquiries please do not hesitate to contact Mr Stuart.

Primary Learning

Year 5/6 Class

Well, it never seems to slow down in the 5/6 class. The last few weeks we have been as busy as always, with plenty of extra-curricular activities happening as well as our regular class lessons.

English

We have completed our unit of work on Wonder by R. J. Palacio and have watched the film starring Owen Wilson and Julia Roberts that was released in 2017. We have done some comparative writing about the differences between the book and film, completed writing a film review, explored the choices made by the author and director in regards to story and dare I say it...there may have been a tear or two shed over the last couple of weeks. We recommend everyone watch the film, but have tissues ready!

NAIDOC Week Preparation

We have created some 'erasure poetry' based on:

Uluru Statement from the Heart

Speaking and Listening from Heart by Blaze Kwaymullina

“Treaty” Song Lyrics by Yothu Yindi

Erasure poetry is based on 'erasing' words from a full text and using the left over words to create a meaningful piece of writing. The students found this a great exercise, as they didn't actually have to write anything! They then created some Aboriginal artwork around the sides and presented them together. We will be submitting these in a competition for NAIDOC and Reconciliation week. Watch this space!

Science

We had an absolute 'blast' during science week, conducting experiments on flight, damage control, space and rockets. The whole of week 4 was based around science and we thank Miss Moorby for organising so many great activities throughout the week. We will do another in-depth science week before the end of the year.

Maths

We have finished a long unit of work on the four operations and have now progressed onto reading, interpreting and creating graphs and charts. This is essential for us to learn because lots of real life maths is found through graphs and charts especially when we get older and start working at a job.

Creative Arts

We have created some outer space artworks using photographs, crayon, paints and pencils. We continue to practice our song for SMArt and drama night and will begin our drama act when we get closer to it (it's pretty exciting).

Some achievements over the past few weeks:

-Tamsyn collecting over 2000 plastic bottle lids to be recycled into prosthetics for people in need; what a fantastic thing you're doing Tamsyn. Keep donating please!

-Great effort and results at District Athletics

-Incredible dress-ups for Book Week

-Binit Binit dancers performing at Yass

A few reminders:

-Sydney Thunder Cricket Clinic Wednesday 4th September

-Trent Barrett Shield Year 3/4 Boys and Girls - Wednesday 11th September

-Western Athletics Friday 13th September

-SMART and Drama Night Wednesday 18th September

-NAIDOC Day Trip to Yass Thursday 19th September (notes out soon)

We look forward to seeing you all at SMArt and Drama night on Wednesday 18th September. Phew - what a big few weeks!

Jason Stuart l Year 5/6 Teacher l Assistant Principal Primary (Relieving)

Infants Learning

Year 2/3 have been using their teddy bears in Maths to collect data and present their findings in graphs. We also collected data on the various colours of gummy bears and found that red was a very popular colour.

We all enjoyed participating in Science Week activities and we made our own paper planes, decorated them and tested how far they could fly. Our flight paths ranged from 2 to 10 metres.

During Book Week we shared our favourite books, wrote about some of our favourite book characters and we had fun dressing up as well. During cooking we made tuna sushi rolls and fairy bread, which were both delicious.

In Geography we have been talking about places that are special to us and why. We have also been listening to some Aboriginal stories of how their land is important to them and why.

We are enjoying using various mediums in Art to create some beautiful art works, we investigated some threatened species in the Boorowa area (the Tarengo Leek Orchid and the Black Chinned Honeyeater) and we drew them to raise awareness of these animals and plants.

Year 2/3 have been working on relaxation and calming down techniques in PDH. Last week we blew all of our worries and anger into a cup of water through a straw. We are also able to use deep breathing and counting backwards to bring ourselves back to a calm state.

Miss Downey l Year 2/3 Teacher

Infants Excursion

Infants students will be travelling to Canberra next Friday 6th September to see Possum Magic at the Canberra Theatre. We are all very excited. We will be stopping at the Arboretum to have lunch and a play before the performance. Students will be required to wear their full school uniform. If you have not returned your permission note and payment please do so.

Kindergarten 2020

Kindergarten 2020 Orientation day is on next Thursday 5th September.

We are looking forward to welcoming children and families in the Library at 12.30 followed by and information session, School tour, lunch with our 2019 Kindergarten families and a performance by the Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2/3 classes.

Mrs Peta Proudford l Infants Assistant Principal

Book Week Gallery

SRC News

Congratulations to the following students who have been voted in by their classmates as SRC Representatives. These students will be presented with their badges and certificates on Friday at the Infants/Primary’s Assembly in the hall.

Year 1

Willow Howell

Skyla Penrose

Year 2

Josh Carney

Sebastian Crozier

Year 3

Mia Gibbons

Hunter Stephen

Year 4

Preston Harris

Matilda Dennett

Year 5

Destiny Hardefeldt

Max Galvin

Library Days

We love to see our students enjoying our library collection and always encourage them to borrow from our great range in the library. To assist your children to remember to return their books after fourteen days of borrowing, class times are as follows:-

Tuesday - Kindergarten and Year 5/6

Wednesday - Year 1 and 3/4

Thursday - Year 2/3

Mrs Eustace l Teacher Librarian

Week 5 and 6 Awards

Infants Star Students

Week 5

Kinder- Joyce Hawley - Working responsibly and independently

Year 1 – Mason Friend - Always in uniform, works hard in all areas and responsible in the classroom

Year 2/3 – Emily Ford - Always working hard in all areas

Week 6

Kinder – Daisy Lindeman - Doing her best in all areas

Year 1 – Macie Harris - Working very hard in Maths time

Year 2/3 – Blayde Trotter - Always working hard in all areas

Primary Awards

Week 5

Dakota Williams - Showing great independence and skill in creative arts.

Belle Riles – Continued effort, application and attitude across all key learning areas

Nicholas Wilson – Continued effort in English and an improved application to creative arts

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) Awards

Week 5

Infants: Reuben Dennett, Joyce Hawley
Primary: Elle McIntosh, Peter Roberts

Week 6

Infants: Mila Patyuk, Tesi Roberts
Primary: Juliett Miller, Nicholas Wilson

Star Cards

Week 5

3rd Star Card: Kayla Apps, Dylan Roberts, Ella Wilson, Reuben Dennett, Isabella Piper, Breah Polsen, Max Galvin, Hayden Croker, Finlay Shore, Belle Riles

Week 6

1st Star Card: Phillian Ford-Neeson, Bradlee Cox,

3rd Star Card – Annabelle Smith, Joe Reid, Brayden Shean, Daisy Lindeman

Reading Awards

Week 5

25 Nights: Joyce Hawley

75 Nights: Noah Bush

WEEK 5 AWARDS GALLERY

WEEK 6 AWARDS GALLERY

Science Week Certificates

Tyler Dennett – For volunteering to help BCS National Science Week

Josh Carney – Flew their Rocket the Furthest in BCS National Science Week – Rocket Launch

Fergus Smith – is highly commended in BCS National Science Week Art Competition

Hunter Stephen – is highly commended in BCS National Science Week Art Competition

Tyler Dennett – is highly commended in BCS National Science Week Art Competition

Preston Harris – is highly commended in BCS National Science Week Art Competition

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