Boambee Public School

Home Reading

Well done to everyone who has started Term 3 strongly with their home reading, I am very pleased to report to you that our work focusing on reading at Boambee Public School is starting to pay off with very strong preliminary results in NAPLAN reading for 2022. With a coordinated effort for improved teaching practice through our Professional Learning Community (PLC), staffing allocations, tutoring, and home reading this improvement is expected, but also worthy of celebration! Well done to everyone in the Boambee Public School Community.

Crossing Supervisor

You will be pleased to see that we have a crossing supervisor now. This will help the flow of traffic during pick and drop off via more organised and efficient road crossings.

Athletics Carnival

Having had both our school and district athletics carnivals in the past 2 weeks it has been a busy time for staff and students. Our student participation, performance and effort was first class as always. It was so entertaining to see our students compete so well and still have fun along the way. Both events ran smoothly thanks to the efforts of our staff and parent volunteers. Special thanks to Mr Doyle, Mr Shipman and Mr Lemaire for their quality organisation. I would also like to make mention of our admin staff, who are doing a wonderful job supporting our teaching staff to deliver quality educational events and provide care for our children.

AFL

The Boambee Public School AFL Team Participated in the Paul Kelly Cup and PSSA Knockout games on Thursday last week. With very few players in the team who actually play AFL, this exceptional group of young athletes have already exceeded all our expectations in this sport.

Our team comprehensively won our first three games for the day against Mary Help of Christians, St Augustines and South West Rocks. We then made it to the Semi Final against Bishop Duitt who fielded a very physically mature team. We lost this game by only 1 goal, and BDC went on the win the competition. This was a fantastic effort.

After playing 3 games in very quick succession our preparation for the PSSA Round 4 knockout game at the end of long and hard day was far from ideal. Regardless, our team pushed on and did their very best, again losing by only one goal against a strong Tacking Point team.

I was so proud of our students for their effort and persistence. It really is a pleasure to see this group of young people represent our school with great sportsmanship and competitive spirit. Sadly, this is the end of the road for this team in 2022 but after proving themselves as the best team in our region in the PSSA knockouts we look forward to having another crack at AFL in 2023.

2023 Kindergarten Enrolments

Our Kindergarten 2023 enrolment process has commenced. Orientation this year will commence in Term 3 Week 3. If you have a child that will be starting school next year please make sure you have the following when submitting your child's application to enrol:

* 100 points proof of student residential address

* Birth Certificate or identity document (original must be sighted)

* Immunisation History Statement (copy from MyGov please)

You may enrol by going to our school's web page (https://boambee-p.schools.nsw.gov.au) and completing your application online by downloading the enrolment form. Alternatively you may call by the school office and get a printed enrolment form.

We would like all enrolment forms submitted by the end of this term to assist us with teacher and class organisation for next year.

Please refer to the attachments for more information on our Kindergarten orientations.

Principal Awards

Congratulations to the following students who received a Principal Award at Friday's assembly:

Lily Clayton - Lily is a role model for her peers with her positive attitude to learning and determination to achieve

Kosta Rose - His continued persistence and dedication to learning

Riley Newell - A Positive attitude towards all aspects of his learning

Livvi Lawrence - For her dedication to research and MAPPEN presentation

Lyla Jeffery - Outstanding leadership in PBL lessons and morning movement

Noah Hughes - For his commitment to Reading

Chelsea White - For recognising and managing emotions using a growth mindset

Phil Maunder

Principal

Declaration for Child Related Work

It is a Child Protection requirement that the school gets all volunteers to complete the attached form. If you volunteer at the school please either print the applicable form below or call into the office for a hard copy. Your assistance with this very important matter is greatly appreciated.

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