Sunday, 28 June 2009

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.

Friday, 26 June 2009

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.

Monday, 22 June 2009

Parents are you looking for Maths games?

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

Sunday, 21 June 2009

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

Bubblesgreat free widgetsWidgetbox

Monday, 15 June 2009

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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Sunday, 14 June 2009

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!

Monday, 8 June 2009

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.

Tuesday, 2 June 2009

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!

Sunday, 31 May 2009

Our Jurassic Bookfair roared!!

WOW!

You should see all the great books we have been able to add to our library collection because of the bookfair. Almost $2000 worth of fabulous new reads recommended by our students from the selection.

I think it's great that the kids get a chance to show me what they really like-and what they don't!!

A HUGE thankyou *to all the families who joined in our competitions especially those who created Jurassic creature to help with the decorating.
*to all the helpers who gave me a hand creating "o

Image via Wikipedia

ur very own Jurassic Park"

*to all the helpers on the day of the bookfair with a special mention to the Woolgoolga Lions Club for their delicious sausage sizzle and their generous donation to the school.

Monday, 25 May 2009

Jurassic Park Bookfair on PhotoPeach

Friday, 22 May 2009

2009 Netball Gala Day

2009 Netball Gala Day on PhotoPeach

Year 6 survey

We have a group of Year 6 students who are involved in a DET sponsored project to develop a resource/resources to enhance the transition of students from Year 6 to Year 7. The first step in the project is to find out some of the things that concern/excite kids about going to high school.

Being a small school with a Year 6 of only 16 students they decided that this size cohort was not going to be big enough to gain any relevant data so they developed a simple online questionnaire and asked me to send it off to other schools for help. It will only take about 5 mins to complete.

The Student Action Team will be analysing the results and then developing some form of action to make the transition an easier process. They would be only too happy to share the results with the schools that participate. The Student Action Team will be eagerly awaiting the results.

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NB: The survey is completely anonymous.

Tuesday, 19 May 2009

Come one, come all to the Sandy Beach Bookfair

Links to Jurassic Park Bookfair 2009:

Jurassic Park Competition

There's More!!! Another competition!!

The process of creating a winning jurassic creature.

2009 Jurassic Park Bookfair a huge success!!!

Jurassic Park Bookfair was enormous!!

View the kids entries at this stage on PhotoPeach ( Automatically make your own free slide show in seconds. Upload photos, pick music, add captions in the show, and more!)

Jurassic Park Bookfair on Photopeach

View all the kids entries and the great decorations in the library that the students worked on over the weeks!!

Our Jurassic Park Bookfair roared!!

Sunday, 17 May 2009

Northern Beaches Inter-School Debating Program

Debating

Selected Years 5 and 6 students from Sandy Beach Public School will participate in the Northern Beaches Inter-School Non-Competitive Debating Program from next week.

All students that have participated in this program will receive a “Top Kid”. We wish them well with their arguing!!

Mrs Nay
Debating Coordinator

Jurassic Park Bookfair Competition

Library News

There's More!!! Another competition!!

CAR POSTER COMPETITION
Students will be bringing home car posters to help advertise the bookfair this week.

Year 6 students have worked on their designs. The winner is
After your child decorates the poster please help them to place it on your car so we can spot them. We will have spotters out looking for attractive posters and noting down your car's number plates. The winners will be announced in the newsletter the Tuesday before the bookfair.

4 prizes of $5 bookfair vouchers and
4 “pick a poster” prizes are on offer.

I hope your very own “air”, “land”, or “sea” 2D or 3D, Jurassic Park creature is almost ready!!!

To all our families this is NOT an assessment activity so please feel free to work with your children to create a great creature.

Please send the creature to school by next Thursday May 21st.

Plenty of prizes for participants.
3 x $10 book fair vouchers
5 “pick a poster” prizes

Wonderful news for Sandy Beach!!

"Under the Australian government’s Building Education Revolution, subject to Ministerial agreement, we are being offered:
A new school library worth up to $1.6million
Three (3) new permanent classrooms worth up to $900K

This is great news because it means not only $2.5million of new buildings for our school but also opportunity for local businesses to be part of the building and fit out over the next 2 years.

It is also great news because our existing library becomes available for other purposes.

The addition of a new library and 3 permanent classrooms and the freeing up of the existing library space provides us with much more flexibility for teaching and learning in the 21st century". Ray Rincheval Newsletter No. 14 – Wednesday 12th May, 2009