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Current Dates to Note: |
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28 May -5 Sep |
Premiers Reading
Challenge |
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25 Jun |
2N Bowling Reward Day |
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27 Jun |
Last day of school
Term 2 |
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Future Dates to Note: |
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14 Jul |
Pupil Free Day |
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15 Jul |
First day school Term
3 |
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16 Jul |
P&C Meeting |
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31 Jul |
Fete Meeting |
TERM 3
Reminder that Monday 14th
July is a Pupil Free Day. First day for
Term 3 is Tuesday, 15th July.
STAFF MOVES
At the end of this term we will be saying farewell to two
staff members.
Mrs. Hobson (nee Dodd) and her family are moving to Mt Isa
and it is with great sadness that we say goodbye. Beryl has been a fantastic teacher aide,
always ready with a smile and sense of humour to give that little bit
extra. We wish you and your family well.
We also farewell Mr. Lyndon Todd who whilst only with us
as a teacher for a term, certainly made a big impact!
Mr. Rossiter
returns to the classroom to start next term with Mr. Robinson finishing his
regional duties. We’d like to say thanks
to Mr. Rossiter for accepting the position of acting deputy principal for the
term and for completing his duties to a high standard.
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST - INDIGENOUS
TEACHER AIDE
We are sourcing an Expression of Interest for a temporary
or casual part time indigenous teacher aide position at this school with a possibility
of permanency in the future.
We have a staff member going on leave for terms 3 & 4
who works with our indigenous students. Hours will vary depending on funding to
be received early in term 3. We are calling for suitable applicants to cover these
hours. All applications will remain current for a period of 12 months.
If you would like to submit an Expression of Interest,
packages will be available from the Office or requested by emailing admin@sunburyss.eq.edu.au from
Wednesday 18th June to Thursday 26th June. The closing date for these applications will
be Monday 14th July at
SECRETARY NEEDED
The P&C is desperately seeking a person to fill the
position of P&C secretary. Our
previous secretary has won the tuckshop convenor’s position and is unable to
continue the secretary’s role as it could pose a conflict of interest. Please
contact Deidre Sharp ( 4123 4888 or 0429
893 926 if you can help!
CONCERT BAND
All beginners will start in the Concert Band after the
holidays. Band rehearsals will be
starting at
Mrs. Richardson.
FABULOUS SPORTS
DAY!
Our sports day was a sensational event thanks to the
participation of students, staff and parents. The 2008 sports day was an active
demonstration of what we have been teaching and encouraging at our school over
the past few years:
¯ good sportsmanship,
¯ respect for and encouragement of
others,
¯ putting in your best effort,
¯ celebrating successes,
¯ students adopting leadership roles
and
¯ working together as teams.
At the last count we had close to 150 parents and family
members in attendance each with stories of their own personal highlight from
the day. We had many comments about the
modifications made to events to accommodate some of our students with special needs
so that they too could participate fully in the fun of the day.
Setting the record straight!
Hmmm, there have been a few comments about the strategies
and tactics employed by certain staff members during the staff, family and
student relay races. I’d just like to
explain that I was very concerned to have found myself pushed in the back,
which propelled me halfway down the running track and
towards the next relay runner. Before I
was even aware of what was happening, the baton was in my hand and I was across
the finishing line. Surely this
constitutes a brilliant win?????
In all seriousness, it was terrific to see that we had so
many staff and family members ready to put their body on the line to have fun
with the students.
As a child, I vividly recall my mum diving fully clothed
into the pool in a swimming carnival parent relay race. Both proud and slightly embarrassed her
participation is something that has been a treasured memory all my life and I’m
sure that many of our students will find similar memories when they recall your
participation in our 2008 sports day. Thanks to the following parents for their
involvement:
Leanne Searle, Maria Sten,
Brenda Booker, John Young, Kylie Karner, Darryl
Bullen, Lisa Mugford, Tonia Gillard, Susie Anderton, Darryl Shelford, Rob Flemming
Apologies if we missed anyone.
Age Champions
Congratulations to the following students:
10 year old boy Tyronne Tanna
10 year old girl Shakeya Baker & Christina Stephenson
11 year old boy
Tyro Sharpe
11 year old girl Nakita-May Patterson
12 year old boy Bayden Christopher
12 year old girl Ashlee Hilliard
13 year old boy
Jesse
Sharpe
13 year old girl Jasmine Sharpe
One of the really pleasing aspects
to see at the end of the carnival was the totals sheet for each element that
makes the carnival. Aldridge won the
most points in Boys athletics, Girls
field events, relays, ball games and infants sports with
an overall total of 976 points. Furber won the Boys
field events with an overall total of 928 points and Palmer won the Girls Athletics, Infants Sports and year 3 /
4 rotations with an overall winning total of 1009 points. These totals indicate the closeness of our 3
sports houses and the high level of participation and effort that all of our
students contribute to the carnival.
CONGRATULATIONS PALMER!!!!
Raffle:
Winners from our raffle on Sports Day were:
1st:
2nd K.
Adam
3rd” J.
Hartgrove
Thanks
Thanks to all the volunteers who helped in the Tuckshop on
Sports Day. It was fantastic to have so
many willing helpers and it was especially great to see some new faces.
SCHOOL REPORTS
bring home their semester one school report.
This will have been placed in a sealed envelope with clear instructions
from
staff not to open the report, but to deliver it to their parents.
HOME
Congratulations to the
following students who have reached their home reading targets:
25 Nights
Chloe McArthur Skye Huth
Brayden
Patterson
50 Nights
Jayden
Stimpson Alicia
Elphick
Chloe McArthur Thomas Sten
Donald O’Brien Casey
Nina Whittingham Kim
Anderton
Tamika
Clayton
100 Nights
Hayden
Wardlaw Travis
Eisel
125 Nights
Lily
Gardiner Joel Neville
150 Nights
Shakeya Baker Jack Smith
Rachel
Dasecke
CLASS NEWS
P/1C
Boo! The prep/1’s are
looking for words with the “oo” sound this week.
2N
Bowling tomorrow! Please remember clean socks and a wide
brimmed hat. We have started learning
about magic tricks this week. It’s
amazing how our eyes and mind can get tricked!
Happy holidays.
4F & 4M
Have a great holiday
everyone. Enjoy your 2 weeks rest and
we’ll see you nice and refreshed ready for Term 3! (p.s. don’t forget
to read).
5R
Parent
teacher interviews currently underway – some times still available. Looking forward to seeing
you all at our book launch tomorrow,
5S
On Thursday we will be
performing the play ‘Our Beginning’ which we have been working on in
Drama. Any parents or family members who
would like to watch please be at the 5S room for a
6P
Busy
week with our visitor, Andrea Hopf, a Year 11 student from
7B
Our medieval banquet is
tomorrow. Let’s hope our table manners
are a little more refined these days.
LIBRARY
Borrowing has finished
for this term. Could all children’s
books be returned to the Library as soon as possible?
Karen O’Brien
LOST PROPERTY
Parents, there is a
large amount of lost property at school.
Please check, or ask your child to check, if any of the items belong to
them. Any items not collected by Friday
will be donated to a local charity.
ART COMPETITION
Last week we had a Dot
Painting competition for Prep to year 7.
There were lots of great dot paintings that we had to choose a winner
from. The winners are:
1st: Jasmine Sharpe 7R
1st:
Roslyn
Eade 2N
2nd: Kelsey Brieschke 7R
2nd:
Jonathon Mugford 3MP
AUSKICK
Auskick time is
here again. Josh Scanlon from AFL QLD
will be on Wednesday, 16th July to run the Auskick Promotion Clinics with all
Sunbury students. He will then speak at
our Thursday 17th July parade to introduce this year’s program.
The Auskick sign on will then
be the following Wednesday 23rd July during the first lunch
break. The Auskick program will run
during our lunch breaks at school weekly starting on Wednesday 30th July and
will run for 8 weeks.
TUCKSHOP volunteers
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Wednesday 25th June |
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Jaye Christopher |
Bridie White |