■ 2019 ■ Term 3 ■ Week 9 ■ Principal: Bradley Gorman

Bongongo Public School

Newsletter

■ Phone: (02) 6946 6214 Learn and Grow

■ Fax: (02) 6946 6207 Bongongo Public School

■ Email: Bongongo-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Adjungbilly Road via Coolac

■ Website: www.bongongo-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Adjungbilly NSW 2727

Bongongo Public School ■ Principal: Bradley Gorman Learn and Grow ■ Phone: (02) 6946 6214 ■ Fax: (02) 6946 6207 Bongongo Public School ■ Email: bongongo-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Adjungbilly Road via Coolac ■ Website: www.bongongo-p.schools.nsw.edu.au Adjungbilly NSW 2727

■ 2019 ■ Term 3■ Week 9

Events for the Calendar

Week 9

Mon 16/9/2019- ‘Footy Colours Day’ (Students Active

healthy lifestyle Assessment Task)

Tues 17/9/2019—School photo’s K-6

Thur 19/9/19—Puggles

Fri 20/9/19—Arabin Cup T-Ball @ Binalong K-5

Week 10

Wed– 25/9/19—Paint & Play

Tues.—24/9/19 School Assembly , P & C Meeting

Fri—Rewards Day

Student of the week

Joe Graham receives “Student of the Week” for always actively participating in class discussions and set tasks. Well done Joe !

In this issue ... A message from Brad ………………………..…………….….………...3

Numeracy in the spotlight …...…....……………………………..………..3

Literacy Corner ……………………………………………………….…………...3

School Photos ……………………………………………………….…………...3

A message from Miss Reynolds ……………………..…..……….. 3

Times Tables………………………………………………………………….…….4

Super Spellers …………………………………………………………………….4

Night Readers……………………………………………………………………...4

Woodbridge Cup………………………………………………………………….4

School Photos ……………………………………………………………………..4

Arabin Cup T– Ball………………………………………………………………..4

P&C News

A P&C meeting will be held next Tuesday 24th September following our end of term assembly.

CANTEEN

Next Monday there will be NO Canteen.

Instead we will be having a Hot Dog Day.

$3 per hot dog.

Order form to be in by Thursday please.

Bongongo Public School

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A message from Brad

Welcome to week 8 everyone!

Well there is no slowing down even though there are only 2 weeks left of the term! We are going to be extremely busy over the next fortnight with school photo’s, T-Ball, assembly and rewards day at Yarrangobilly caves! Not to mention all of the learning that will be in full swing!

Speaking of learning, I have been extremely impressed with the creation of our National Park diorama’s that the students have been designing over the past week. We have National Parks being created from all over Australia from snow, desert and rainforest. I cant wait to see the final product! All of the dioramas will be on display at our end of term assembly on Tuesday 24th September.

Have you been tuning in to sounds of the mountains on Friday? I have been really impressed with our year 5 students Jetty, George and Archie as they have presented all the news from around the area. Well done guys!

Just quietly, did everyone see the Raiders beat the storm on the weekend?!

That’s about all this week. Enjoy the week everyone!

Brad

A message from Miss Reynolds

Congratulations to all the students for their Robotics and Literacy Assessment last Monday. It was wonderful to see how the students experimented and programmed the different EV3 and Dashbots to move, talk and use sounds to retell a selected story for their peers. Well done. Today students will be using our Footy colours Day to present in a partnership our Healthy Active Lifestyle Assessment. Students had to organise a healthy snack by planning and preparing the snack and then taking a leadership role for their planned Active sport to teach and organise their peers to participate in. This fortnight our Artist focus has been on Henri Matisse. Students used paper cut-outs to design and create Paper collage. It was interesting to learn that Matisse took up Abstract Collage when he was unable to get out of a Wheelchair later in his life. In the K/1 classroom students have been exploring writing and expanding their sentences during creative writing. As part of our Modelled Reading we have been reading the book ‘Wonder’. The students are enjoying this novel. Next week we are watching the movie.

Kel

Numeracy in the spotlight

Did you know?

If you multiply 111,111,111 × 111,111,111 you get 12,345,678,987,654,321 - a palindrome number that reads the same forwards or backwards. And that works all the way back down to 11 x 11 (121) or just 1 x 1 (1).

Literacy Corner

Did you know ?

Believe it or not, the capital A hasn't always looked the way it does now. Ancient Egyptians wrote the letter upside down, creating a symbol that resembled a steer with horns.

Community news

Blues win group 9

Congratulations to the Tumut Blues who have won the 2019 group 9 Rugby League competition against the South City Bulls. It is great to see the local juniors coming through to get the job done.

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Bongongo Public School

Times table of

the week is :

X 7 (Yr 5)

X 4 (Yr 2&4)

X 2 (Yr 1)

Super Spellers

Congratulations to the following students on

achieving 100% in their spelling test last week

* Isobel Welsh * Olivia Graham

* Scout Onus * Harry Smith

* Finn Onus * Oscar Welsh

* Joe Graham * Edward Smith

* Juliet Mason * Archie Graham

* George Graham

Jack Weston has reached 75 nights of home

reading.

Well done Jack!

On Wednesday Jack Weston, George Graham,

Jetty Mason, Harvey Graham headed to Yass for

the Woodbridge cup tennis. We will be

combined with Wee-Jasper Public School. We

won most of our games with Jetty and I being

undefeated. Thank you Rachel Graham for

transporting us and Miss Andrews for coaching

us on the day.

School Photos

Our annual school photos will be held

tomorrow. We will be having our photos taken

at Will and Simone Onus’ property. We will be

taking photos in the morning, following the bus

run. Students are to be in full school summer

uniform including black shoes. Prices for

photos have been sent home with an order

form on an envelope. Please return your order

form on the day of the photo’s to Siana Lucas.

Thank you Siana for your assistance once again

this year!

This Friday 20th September we will be making

the trek to Binalong for the annual small school

T-Ball competition. We will be competing

against small schools in our district in a round

robin competition. Mick will being picking up

half an hour earlier in the morning for the bus

run with the bus returning at around the normal

bus run time.

End of term assembly

We will be holding our end of term assembly next

Tuesday 24th September 2019 at 2:00pm. All

community members are invited to attend.

We will hold a P&C meeting following the

assembly. Please provide a plate to share for

afternoon tea.

At the end of this term, we will be venturing off

to Yarrangobilly caves for our rewards day. The

excursion will include a cave tour by a national

park guide followed by a nature walk along the

Yarrangobilly River. We will then conclude the

day with a swim in the thermal pools! Students

are required to pack fruit, recess, lunch, drink

bottle, swimmers, towel, thongs and wear

sports uniform.

Bongongo Public School

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Adjungbilly

Adjungbilly is in Bongongo.

Adjungbilly has a creek. It is clean water. We

have lots of green grass.

By Harvey

Adjungbilly

Adjungbilly is in Bongongo surrounded by green farm land.

Bongongo is a school with four buildings. Adjungbilly has a bull sale for Crawford angus. Adjungbilly has

a lot of stock and some trees.

Adjungbilly has beautiful views. It has a creek with perch and trout.

Adjungbilly has a community hall. The school has a school play we sing and dance and all of that stuff.

One day I hope you visit.

By Joe year 2

Adjungbilly

Adjungbilly is in a small village in country

NSW situated just over the hill from the ACT.

Adjungbilly Creek has trout and perch in it.

By Max

Bongongo Public School

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