Mid North Coast Athletics Last Friday, numerous students from our school attended the Mid North Coast Athletics Carnival. We were extremely proud of all of the athletes and congratulations to all Boambee athletes for their wonderful participation and sportsmanship. Ella-Ruth Beynon-Whitelaw, Lucy Kacsics, Shayla Webb, Charlet East, Maddox Bird, Savarna Wheatley, Joshua Marsden, Elke Bowles, Zac Wilson and Zoe Wilson all qualified for the North Coast carnival in individual events. Our junior girls relay team also stormed away to win their relay event! The winning team is pictured below. Well done Boambee!!

Father’s Day Raffle We are holding a Father’s Day Raffle this term. First prize is a signed 2016 Rugby League NSW Blues jersey. The youngest in each family have been given tickets last Friday to sell at a cost of $1.00 each. If you would like more books please call by the school office. All raffle books are to be returned to the school by Friday, 26th August 2016 The raffle will be drawn Friday, 2nd September 2016.

Year 5 and 6 Sydney Excursion This excursion is fast approaching. Students will depart Monday, 12th September and return Friday, 16th September. All Year 5 and 6 students who will be attending this excursion should have paid $400.00 in total with $100.00 remaining. The final instalment of $100.00 is due to be paid by Friday, 2nd September 2016. Girl’s Soccer Round 6 Good luck to the girl’s soccer team. The next round will be played at Port Macquarie against Tacking Point Public School on Friday, 26th August. Spelling Bee Well done to the following students who represented their class in this year’s School Spelling Bee Final: Cash Hudson, Keiran Porter, Cooper Thompson, Mason Cocks, Macsen Carter, Tate Harrison, Taya Gaulton, Claire Richards, Sam Watson, Cordelia Hook, Sienna Nielsen, Maddie Hatfield, Malekai Jedyn, Rory Buhler and Olivia Lindsay. Congratulations to Claire Richards and Sienna Nielsen who were the winners and will represent our school at the Regional Finals at Sawtell Public School on Monday 12th September. Responsible Pets Program Kinder to Year 2 participating in a Responsible Pets Program today. A real dog will be helping with the presentation and our students will learn about how to be safe around dogs.

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BOAMBEE BULLETIN Phone 6653 1107 ‘Achievement through Effort’ Fax 6658 2543

E-mail boambee-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au BPS online www.boambee-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic, it takes sweat, determination and hard work”

Kinder Parent Expo Wednesday, 31st August 2016

9.30am until 11.00am in the school hall An opportunity for parents to access information and to

meet with support services to assist in preparing children for Kindergarten. Present will be representatives from

the school including; teachers, P&C, canteen, uniforms and office staff. We have also invited representatives

from bus companies, after school care, optometrist and hearing.

ICAS Writing Congratulations to Aaron Howton and Madeline Hatfield in Year 4 for their fantastic results in the writing paper for the University of New South Wales!! Well done kids! Morning Movement The Morning Movement program has recommenced. This program involves 10 minutes of physical activity for all students first thing in the morning. Our Year 5 and 6 students are doing a wonderful job instructing and acting as peer leaders to the younger students. The senior students are developing invaluable leadership skills and learning to work as part of an instructional team. It is pleasing to see some strong leaders coming through in both Year 5 and 6. The pictures below show some of our student leaders with their group. Miss Thompson

Year 1 Assembly Item Friday, 26th August 2016 At next week's assembly, all of Year One are taking a step back in time as part of their history unit, “The Past in the Present”. Students will be performing a traditional Australian song and re-enacting a historic process that has changed over time. Hope you can come and enjoy our performance and get a feel for life in the Australian outback. Last Weeks Assembly Item Last week 3/4J presented their very own Australian edition of Family Feud with star host Damien Denyer. The feud was a tight battle between the Smith family and the Simpson family, with the Simpson family taking the honours. In the end it came down to the Fast Money Round and Lara and Tyler just claimed the 200 points for the Simpson family and they walked away with $10 000 cash! Well done to both families and thank you Damien Denyer for taking time out of your busy schedule to visit Boambee Public School.

ASSEMBLY Week 4 CLASS AWARDS Congratulations to the following students for their fantastic week at school.

KL Jasmine Hill & Lachlan Bull KD Zayvier Snape & Scarlett Hopwood KF Kodi McDonnell & Jessie Crossland KW Reid Bentley & Evie Dawson 1G Stephanie Perry & Samantha Hayer 1A Lachlan Snape & Imogen Saunders 1W Charli-Bella Matthiesen & Charlotte Myers 2H Ronan Lindsay & Cash Hudson 2D Lily Bourne & Claire Reed 2S Charlie O’Brien & Tim Chibeba 3/4D Shae Walsh & Ned Jones 3/4T Landan Laws & Jahara Thompson-Hope 3/4F Tia Hayer & Annabelle Snape 3/4J Bradley Szabo & Bradan Coote 5/6T Gabby Bowles & Dylan Gilman 5/6M Kane Perry & James Duffy 5/6G Montana Anderson & Abigail Evans

5/6M won the Gus Award last week. Coffs Harbour Running Festival The Bendigo Bank Coffs Harbour Running Festival is on Father’s Day, Sunday 4th September 2016.The event is in its sixth year and caters for people of all ages and abilities with a half marathon, 10km run, 5km fun run/walk and the 3km family fun run/walk – all held on the picturesque Coffs Creek Walkway. Entries for the event are now open online at www.villagesports.com.au If you have any questions or would like additional information please contact Alison Fidge on 6651 2029 or Hadley Black on 6651 2029, hadley@villagesports.com.au. Parent Line Parent Line is a unique telephone and online counselling and support service for parents and carers. They cover issues with babies, children and young people up to 18 years of age. Their counsellors are professionally trained and specialise in working with families. You can call them on 1300 130 052 or email info@parentline.org.au or go to their website www.parentline.org.au for more information.

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Mini Fete Thursday, 8th September 2016 We would like to extend an invitation to any parents who may like to organise and run a stall or activity at our school fete. The stall would need to be purely for the purpose of raising money for our school and we can not endorse or advertise any private business, however you would receive our acknowledgement and thanks. Also, if any families or friends may have equipment they are happy to loan us for use on the day, please contact the school office and leave a message for Ms Townsend. Tokens The Token Sheet order form for the Mini Fete has been sent home today. Sheets are $12.00 each (Amounts less or more than $12.00 can be purchased). Fete tokens will be distributed to all classes Thursday morning of the Fete. Showbags If you would like to order a showbag please make sure you send the order form with payment back to the school by Thursday, 25th August. Plants Stall As part of the school fete every year we have a plant stall. We depend on potted plant donations to sell at our stall. Donations are coming in very slowly at present. Could you please look around your garden to see if there are any cuttings you could spare or plants you would like to donate to our stall. All donations are to be sent to Mrs Grant in 1G before 7th September. Thanking you in advance Mrs Grant. Trash n Treasure Now is the time to have a clean out. Please start bringing in your treasures for our fete. Toys, books, jewellery, and household items sell well. Jaffa Smash Stall Who doesn’t love that feeling of triumph when smashing a tiny orange chocolate ball at the Jaffa Smash Stall!! To help us run this popular fete stall, donations of Jaffa packs are desperately needed. If you can donate just one pack it would be very much appreciated. Please send all donations to the office. Thank you. Advanced Life Group Pictures At a price of $17.00 each you may purchase, Year 6 Muck Up, Year 6, House Captain and School Captain photos. If you would like to view the photos, just call past the school office, whilst there you may pick up an order envelope. Last day to order is Friday, 26th August.

Bingo We desperately need bingo

volunteers. If you can offer your time and volunteer or would like to find out more on how you can help then please email Vicki Totzl on

vicki.totzl@hotmail.com or phone her on 0406 507 057. Eyes down at the Coffs Ex Services Club every Tuesday from 7.00pm. Please come along and have some Bingo fun. Vicki Totzl and Ann Beynon will be organising the Bingo on the 23rd August 2016. Canteen Special Next week is “Fruit and Veg” week. For every 50c you spend on fruit or vegetables at the canteen you will receive a sticker. Once you collect two stickers, fill out the entry and return it to the canteen and receive your free pencil with eraser. All entries will be sent to Sydney for entry into the major draw. First prize is a Home Entertainment unit (TV & DVD Player), second prize is an Apple iPad Mini and third prize is a backpack with lunch bag and drink bottle. Canteen Roster Wed 24 Aug Leanne Krainik Thu 25 Aug Sandra Jeffery & Sam McGowan Fri 26 Aug Julie Bellamy, Lisa Page & Ellen Davis Coffs Coast Cycle Challenge Gabby Sullivan won the 40km Coffs Coast Cycle Challenge on the weekend at a time of 1 hour and 9 minutes. There were 51 adult riders in her race.

Congratulations Gabby!

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Important Dates 18.08.16 Year 6 Farewell Meeting @ 4.00pm 22.08.16 Uniform Shop Open 9.00 - 10.30am 24.08.16 Otitis Media Screening 26.08.16 Girls Soccer Round 6 26.08.16 Assembly at 1.00pm 31.08.06 2017 Kinder Expo 9.30-11.00am 31.08.16 Year 3 & 4 Coastal Walk Excursion 01.09.16 Fathers Day Stall, Free Coffee and BBQ 02.09.16 NC Athletics 08.09.16 Mini Fete 07.09.16 Yarn Up Meeting 12.09.16 - 16.09.16 Year 5 & 6 Sydney Excursion

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