BINYA PUBLIC SCHOOL Learning Together

16 Stephensons Rd, Binya NSW 2665 T 6968 3221 F 6968 3206 E binya-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 1 Week 3 Friday 14th February, 2014

Welcome to Week 3 newsletter.

Don’t forget: ‘Binya Ball is Back’ on 7pm, Friday March 14!! Meanwhile, gather up your friends and family from across the district for a great night. Tickets $25. BYO esky and nibbles. Music is by Matt van Buuren and ‘Blame Sally’ Guest! Easy listening music will start the night to enable ‘catch up conversations’ to be heard! Things will fire up as the night progresses! Please call to confirm numbers

We need ‘old-time ball go-ers’ to dig through photos from past Binya Balls?? Please send them in to school for us to scan (or email).

Have a great week,

Karen

Year 6 hard at work problem solving and working cooperatively to construct these 3D models of a castle. It was very challenging when the instructions were written in German and their only means to comprehend was by picture and problem solving!

SPORT

Sports Captains- Ben Rowston and Bill Geddes

Reminder - sport days are now Thursday. Students are to wear their sport uniform on this day. They may also wear it on our school swimming days. Students may pack thongs to wear home from lessons.

AFL -Change of plans for Friday, Che Jenkins will be coming on Monday 17th for AFL coaching at 9am, so please remember to wear your sports uniform on Monday.

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Zone Basketball Trials – Zone basketball trials will be on Monday Feb 17th. Ben and Harry will be representing our school. Good luck boys!

Small Schools Swimming Carnival- A reminder that the Small Schools Carnival will be next Thursday, students turning 8-13 years old are eligible to attend. We will be represented by 11 students this year.

Swimming lessons- Swimming lessons will be on Monday next week. It’s the last week everyone so have fun

P6 Relay Team - Trials were held for our P6 Small Schools Relay. Our team will be represented by the four fastest swimmers on the day. After a very close tussle, we congratulate Ben Rowston, Eliza Burcham, Harry Rowston and Leah Boyd. (Reserve is Jordan Boyd) Please let the office know if you do not wish your child to be a part of the team that is competing to go to PSSA competition ie District, Riverina or State levels.

Infants joint construction

Yesterday Mrs Calabria did craft with us. The focus of the activity was medieval knights. We made a shield. We cut out of cardboard and covered it in foil. We cut out some symbols, coloured them and pasted them onto the shield. We also painted armour to dress our knight. We

put glitter on the knee-pads, belt and shield. They look awesome!

Leadership

School Captains- Eliza Burcham and Jordan Boyd

On the 30th- 31st March the Year 6 leaders of Griffith and district schools will be going to Sydney for a Young Leaders Conference. Special guest speakers include Bob Carr, Andy Griffith and Ita Buttrose.

Bob Carr is the longest continuously serving Premier in New South Wales history. He served as Leader of the Opposition from 1988 until his election as Premier in March 1995. He was successfully re-elected and claimed an historic third four-year term. He retired from politics in 2005.

Andy Griffiths is one of Australia’s most popular children’s authors. He has written more than 20 books, including nonsense verse, short stories, comic novels and plays. Andy is best known as the author of the much-loved Just! Series and The Day My Bum Went Psycho. In 2008 he became the first Australian author to win six children’s choice awards in one year for Just Shocking! smashing his previous record of four awards for The Bad Book in 2005.

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Ita Buttrose is a truly exceptional Australian: a legendary media editor, businesswoman, best-selling author, committed community and welfare contributor and 2013 Australian of the Year; Ita Buttrose was the youngest ever Editor of The Australian Women's Weekly, the first woman to ever edit a newspaper in Australia Sydney Daily & Sunday Telegraphs, and the first woman director of News Limited.

This is sure to be a great experience with inspirational stories from such highly acclaimed Australians. With leader ship being their underlying theme, no doubt we will learn some great tips to guide our leadership skills.

P&C NEWS

Next meeting March 17h, 7.30pm at the School.

The primary students have been working hard to construct an actual castle at Binya School! It will be complete with a working moat, surrounded by blue skies, dragons and water. Our little ‘knights in shiny armour’ will soon be mounted along the walls to protect our community ;-)

“The Great Reading Wall of Binya” is under construction! Our first two bricks have been laid by Ben and Harry Rowston who have

been devouring the Captain Underpants series!

Captain Underpants is a children’s novel series by American author and illustrator, Dav Pilkey. The series revolves around two fourth graders, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, and

Captain Underpants, an aptly named superhero from one of George & Harold's comic books, that accidentally becomes real when George and Harold hypnotize their megalomaniacal principal, Mr. Krupp.

The book series includes 10 books and 3 spin-offs. These crazy books are light, fun reading for anyone with a wicked sense of humour!

And remember community members, you too can keep reading and send in your details, so we can add you to our Great Reading Wall of Binya! The children love to see you additions

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Wanted: Cylinder rolls for our 3D constructions in art and craft. Please send in any rolls you may have from kitchen paper etc.

KIDS CORNER

Swimming Lesson Reports:

Swimming in the pool was great. We did Stingrays and weight lifts. By Leo On Monday we went to the Griffith Aquatic Centre. Maddie was out teacher. She taught us in the Program Pool. We used muscle bars to swim across the pool. We went there to learn to swim. It was great. By Emily

Yesterday I went to the indoor pool. Our teacher was Maddie. Sam, Claire, Bailey, Patrick, Leo, Emily, Millie and I swam in the Program Pool. I used the rings. By Greer Yesterday Binya School went to Griffith. Infants swam in the medium pool. By Millie

Yesterday we went to the Griffith Pool. I swam freestyle in the medium pool. By Patrick Dragon Descriptions: Woosh!! My house just went up in flames. “Aaaaarrhh!” the dragon has returned… Fang is 7 metres tall, with five horrendous claws as sharp as knives. His wing-span is 10 metres at least! As wide as a header comb! He is as fierce as a bull shark, breathing fire too. Don’t get too close or you’ll end up a human sandwich- toasted! By Milly

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Dragon is 6 metres tall with a wing-span of about 10-12 metres. It is hazel coloured and has big claws, big eyes and massive teeth that are spiky like its tail! By Harry Dragons are big and vicious. This dragon is 6 metres tall, with a 7metre wing-span, as big as a room. It is hazel-coloured with a dangerous spiky tail. It has five claws and chainsaw- like, sharp teeth. Dragons are petrifying! By Leah Dragons are big and green. They are scaly, weird fat things! A dragon has big wings. They are dangerous with their long spiky tails. They have 5 toes with razor-sharp claws. They are like crocodiles- fearsome! I hate dragons because they give you nightmares. By Luke The dragon looks hideous because of its scary face. It has spikes on the back of its neck and big horns on its head. Its hazel colour blends in with the trees. By Sam In the scariest castle lived a giant dragon. It was hazel in colour. Its tail was long and spiky. Its fire was as hot as steam out of an oven! You should never ever go to that castle because that dragon is vicious! By Claire And a special announcement: In August my mum is having a baby. She is going for an ultrasound at Griffith Base Hospital. It scans a photo of the baby to see if it is a boy or girl. By Bailey

Bookchat

Percy Jackson (Fantasy)

Join the adventures of Percy Jackson and his demigod friends as they fight mythological

monsters and the forces of the titan lord Kronos.

Everything that you loved about Harry Potter is in this book, but not in the haphazard, copycat, money-maker way that some other series have. This is totally original and you will find yourself with the same love of Camp Half-blood that you had for Hogwarts. While this book is for children it is meaty. It has substance, thoughtful characters, interesting plots, and intricate world readers can’t get enough of. Enjoyed by both boys and girls who are fans of Greek mythology. Like Narnia and Deltora series, Riordan also appreciates the prominent featuring of strong female characters.

Rick Riordan is a bestselling author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, the Kane Chronicles, and the Heroes of Olympus. Riordan turned to children's fiction when he started The Lightning Thief as a bedtime story for his oldest son. In 2011, Rick received the Children's Choice Book Award for Author of the Year. Reading level: Ages 10 and up

Fantasy novels more often have strong characters that use intelligence, skill and strength to overcome an adversity. Many are based around male and female characters that solve problems together. This genre is a positive in portraying strengths of male and female role models.

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Teacher Talk

Spelling Tip of the week:

Maths teaching has been an evolving process in developing the ‘thinking’ and reasoning, using a range of strategies to solve maths questions. As a result we practise ‘skip counting’ to count forward and back in groups to work out addition and subtraction, or to help in forming groups for multiplication and division. Other strategies we develop are ‘counting on’, ‘doubling’, ‘halving’, ‘double and double again’ etc. Throughout this term we will be sending home some information and explanations to help families understand the language your children use at school.

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WHAT’S ON NEXT WEEK?

Thought of the Week: “For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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17/2 Piano Infants Swimming Book Club Due AFL Clinic

18/2 Piano Primary

19/2 Lunch orders returned Library

20/2 Sport Small Schools’ Swimming Carnival

21/2 Canteen ‘Kidz Konnect’

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Binya Ball is Back!!

Friday, 14th March, 2014

At Binya Hall

Commencing at 7pm Tickets $25.00 per person

Available from *Binya Public School

Tickets may be purchased on the night

Music: Blame Sally

Dress: Semi-formal

B.Y.O.: Esky and nibbles

Bus services to Binya from Yenda, Leeton and Barellan may be available upon enquiry to *Binya Public School

6968 3221

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