Jollybops are coming!!

Sandy Beach Public School will be hosting Jollybops on August 3rd.
"Our aim is to bring science alive for students through exciting, stimulating and interactive shows. "

Balloon Science- for K-2 (50 minutes)

Students will see many fantastic scientific demonstrations that seem like magic but really are science. These include exploding hydrogen balloons, spooky fog (dry ice) balloon helicopters that fly to the roof and back, liquids that mysteriously change colour(chemical reactions) students dance and jump to science songs and laugh at the jokes of Rusty the Robotic Clown and see juggling and unicycling, all in the one great show. Concepts covered include Hot and Cold, Forces, Energy, Introductions to Solids, Liquids and Gases and Scientific Terminology

What the? Science or Magic - for 3-6 (1 Hour)

In a humorous and most dynamic manner, students will watch a myriad of scientific demonstrations that will seem to them to be Magic but will indeed be science. The children will be introduced to a series of scientific concepts including properties of gases, force, air pressure, gravity and its relationship to properties of materials, temperature and energy. Rusty the Robot and the JollyWizard use juggling, magic, comic pantomime, unicycling to keep the kids in total awe, thinking, sitting and laughing on the edge of their seats.

Ready for reading now- our 2008 ASR.

Don't miss out on reading The Sandy Beach Public School 2008 Annual School Report- now available!!

The eldest child in every family was handed one with the school newsletter this week.

Parents are you looking for Maths games?

Go to my Parents - Partners in Learning blog to check out some good maths games!

Guinness World Records

Do you think we could set our very own SBPS Guinness World Record?
Check these out and have a think about what we could do?

Guinea Pigs

Have some fun with bubbles

Jurassic Park Bookfair was enormous!!

Jurassic Park Bookfair was enormous!! on PhotoPeach

The process of creating a winning Jurassic creature.

The making of Ankylosaurus














First, we made a frame from chicken wire.
We tied it together with wire and string.
The spikes are seed planter punnets tied on with string.
Next, we used newspaper and flour glue to paper mache the whole body.
Finally, we painted our Ankylosaurus, glued on the eyes and the felt tongue.

Finn and Jana Rothacker.

Please forgive the date on the computer-We can't help being ahead of our time!! If anyone knows how to remove the date off photos please contact me as I would really love to know.

Free images for school projects.

Try: DK's free clip art!
This mini site will help support class and homework activities with downloads of DK's famous photographs that can be included in your school projects.

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Overdue books need to come back.....

We ask you to "Be Kind" but maybe we should adopt a different approach?
Watch this video from Murray Hill Middle School
Bookfellas...don't mess with these guys...bring back your overdue books...OR ELSE!

Improve your online security

Are you in the habit of regularly changing your passwords?

National Change Your Password Day, 5 June

Australians are being encouraged to take some simple steps to improve their online security as part of National E-security Awareness Week, June 5 - 12 2009.

Stay Smart Online provides all Australian online users with information on the simple steps they can take to be secure themselves online.

This website contains a free alert service that provides easy to understand information on the latest e-security threats and vulnerabilities, a free interactive education resource for primary and secondary school students, videos with useful tips on protecting your computer, a self assessment tool for small businesses, and information for parents.

2009 Jurassic Park Bookfair a huge success!!!

What a gigantic result!

We sold almost $6000 worth of books.

The Woolgoolga Lions Club donated over $200 towards even more new books for our students.
A big thank you to all the people young and old, who supported our Bookfair!

Hundreds of great new books now

We sold enough books to receive over $2000 worth of new books for future reading. Students will be able to borrow many of these great books from the library over the coming terms and years. Just think how many more new books are now in our community inspiring and engaging our kids!!!



All Jurassic creatures are now available to be picked up from the library.


Anyone waiting on re-orders-they won’t be long as I was assured that they were sent from Sydney yesterday. They will be delivered to the students as soon as possible after we receive them.

Remember: Kids’ who read, succeed!