Jamberoo Public School Newsletter

In Term 2 we are looking at starting a cultural immersion program. This program has come around from some of the community consultation surveys received earlier this term. So far I have approached one of our German families to come along and share some language and fun information as well as completing a cooking activity. This program would be run with about ten students on a weekly basis with a different focus each week. If you feel you have something to offer this program, please do not hesitate to contact me to discuss a good time. I look forward to getting more community involvement in our school. The program would begin with the senior students and move down throughout the school until even the kindergarten students can create and learn something culturally significant. This program will utilise the facilities in the outdoor classroom.

This week senior students will have received an Operoo letter about the upcoming senior Canberra excursion. Unfortunately the price has gone up considerably. With this in mind, we have begun fundraising with the hope to lower the cost for families considerably. So far we have held the Easter raffle and the Easter Hat Parade sausage sizzle. If you are a senior student parent and would like to help out with fundraising, please let me know so that we can work together. Thanks to Mrs Galea for her organisation of this. 

Construction will begin at Jamberoo Public School on Tuesday 6 April. We are having our carpark and school entrances renovated to make better access to our school site for those who require it. It will mean that the lower gates are widened so that trucks can enter the site.  There will now be one entrance and one exit for all vehicles and staff parking arrangements will change. The student access on the lower side of the school will become safer as it will be fenced off.

 The other works that will begin these holidays are in the lower classroom block. The teachers are having their floor space increased, with the removal of old storerooms and creation of new ones. There will also be decks built of the lower sides of the classroom.

 We are hoping that the majority of this work is able to be completed during the holidays, to avoid as much disruption to classes as we can. 

This week, Birrahlee and Cooinda have been learning about BINS. Students have been exploring which materials belong in which bin and why. Students then looked a little more deeply at recycling and investigated whether a cardboard egg carton could be recycled into a bowl. They explored different materials and how they could be combined to create different properties.

 It was a whole lot of mushy fun!

Ruby, Mali, Kiya and I went to the forever memorable Young Leaders day on Thursday. We arrived in Sydney with Ms Lewis and went into the International Convention Centre where we got our little booklets to write down our questions and notes.

My favourite quote was from Lachie Smart. "there's always more fuel left in your tank!" Lachie talked to us first up about his experience as the youngest pilot to fly solo around the world.

Next was Anatasia Woolmer, their first woman to win the Australian Memory Championship, who inspired us to continually dedicate ourselves to what we are passionate about.

Then we say Jimmy Rees  AKA Jimmy Giggle (My favourite!) He took us through his journey of being on Goggle and Hoot and what's next for him. (we even got a photo with him.)

Finally was David Campbell. He is an Australian singer, stage performer, television presenter, children's author and Jimmy Barnes' son. 

All in all, Young Leaders day was an amazing experience and we are all so grateful to have gone. We learnt so much about achieving the impossible, thriving to do your best and surrounding yourself with what makes you happy!

Matilda