BONVILLE NEWS 7th November, 2016 Term 4, Week 5

Phone 66534250 ‘Innovation and Opportunities’ Fax 66534092 Email bonville-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au A proud member of the Bongil Bongil Community of Schools www.bonville-p.school.nsw.edu.au

Dear Parents and Caregivers, You may have noticed our beautiful gardens as you walked through the school this morning. We had some very hard working families at our working bee on Sunday. A big thankyou to Tracy King and Ethan, Ben, Tess and Logan Lucas, Trish, Tayla, Abbey and Ray Morgan, Darren, Mandy, Kira and Tyla Long, Matt, Katrina, Isabella and Maddison Kennedy, Glenn Cocks, Julie Elvery, Geoff, Di, Jacinta, Saskia and Flynn Iredale, Miss McKillop, Abby and Ella Hunter. Your extremely hard work all paid off and we now have a beautiful garden at the entrance to our school.

Bouquet of Flowers Thank you to all of the families who worked at our working bee on Sunday. Swimming Scheme Swimming lessons begin next week for K/1/2. There are only a small number of spots remaining. Please send your money and notes in early this week. Don’t forget your swimmers and towels on Monday morning. Bus Passes 2017 Students going into Year 3 2017 will need to reapply for their bus passes online at: www.transportnsw.info/school-students.

Mini Fete Bonville Public School’s Mini Fete will be held on Friday, 9th December. Please start having a look at home for anything that would be suitable to sell at the white elephant stall. Tokens are now available today from the office, there is also a note going home with today’s newsletter with more details. Presentation Evening Due to our school growing in student numbers, we can no longer hold our presentation assembly in the Memorial Hall. This year our Presentation Assembly will be in the evening at the Bonville International Golf Club on the 6th December.

Working Bee

Thank you to Richard Taylor

Tree Services for the donation of mulch for our gardens.

Year 5/6 Camp

Last week our Year 5/6 students travelled to Brisbane for their end of year camp. Students had an early start on Monday and arrived at school eager and full of excitement to start their adventure. The first major attractions on our trip were Super Bee Honey World and the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary where students were lucky enough to get up close and personal with various native animals that have been rescued from the wild. Next stop was at our accommodation and after setting up their rooms for the next four days a roast for dinner put a big smile on everyone’s faces. Day two and three were crammed pack with excitement and activities for students to participate in. We were lucky enough to jump onto some tours through Brisbane’s town hall and undertake police investigations at the Police Museum. One of the highlights from the trip was being able to explore and interact with all the different and interesting things on display at the Brisbane Museum. After so much non-stop action it was nice to relax at the planetarium and watch an amazing 360-degree view movie about the moon and stars. Some students and maybe a teacher could have been caught having a quick nap during the movie. Some of the other talking points from the camp were the ferry ride, ten-pin bowling, eating out at Sizzlers, Joy’s dancing during the talent quest and being let free on the playground at the Botanical Gardens. Day four, the day we were all looking forward to, you could see the excitement jumping out of every single student and Trish as we lined up to enter Sea World. After an action packed day some of the talking points were Dallas being eaten by a stingray, all of the boys screaming on the rollercoasters, the jet ski and dolphin shows and soaking each other on the pirate ships. As we started to head home and reflect on our amazing adventure the teachers and parents couldn’t help but to stop and think about how well our students behaved. We were extremely happy and proud of the way they conducted themselves and how much each student had grown by the end of the experience. A massive thanks must go out to our parents, Trish and Cresta and university student Mr Sherwood for coming along and helping run such a wonderful excursion. To sum our camp up, as the kids would say, #bestcampever! Mr Simpson Have a wonderful week!

Francine Hunter Relieving Principal

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What’s On This Week! Tuesday 8th November

Wednesday 9th November

Thursday 10th November

Friday 11th November

Monday14th November

KW library 1/2B library 3/4C library

4/5/6S Volleyball Gala Day

Sportz Central

Kindergarten Orientation 3

$1 a scoop ice-cream Student banking Volleyball

Canteen

Fun Friday enrichment

groups 3/4 Assembly

4/5/6S library

KH library

1M library

K/1 Swimming

Scheme