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STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
27 March 2015
Hailey Sheehan
P/1
Jack Thompson
Keeble Ambrum
Year 1/2
Tobias Ambrum
Year 2/3
Simone Matangi-
Hailey
Jack
Tobias
Keeble
Tamou
Robert Voyka
Year 4/5
Friday 27 March 2015
Wypaan Ambrum
Elyssa McNamara
Newsletter no 4
Year 5/6
Simone
Robert
Wypaan
Elyssa
Important Dates
LIBRARY AWARD THIS WEEK GOES TO YEAR 1/2
for BEING RESPECTFUL DURING LIBRARY TIME.
FRIDAY 3 APRIL
 GOOD FRIDAY
MONDAY 20 APRIL
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School Resumes
FRIDAY 24 APRIL
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School’s ANZAC CEREMONY
SATURDAY 25 APRIL
MUNRO THEATRE BABINDA
Friday 27, Saturday 28 , Sunday 29 Mar—7:30pm
KINGSMEN—SECRET SERVICE (M) $8
Thursday 2 April—7:30pm
50 SHADES OF GREY (M15+) $8
CAIRNS BASKETBALL HOLIDAY CAMPS
Taipans Skills Camp—higher level club players and rep players
U12-U14 age groups—7 and 8 April 9am—3pm at Cairns
Basketball, Manunda. Cost $110 per person. Includes 8 hrs
coaching, visit from Taipans, home skill pack and morning tea.
BYO basketball, waterbottle, lunch.
Taipans Sharp Shooter Camp—boys and girls 8-14 years old.
Monday 13 April—9am to 3pm at Cairns Basketball Manunda.
Cost $70 per person includes 4 hours coaching, testing, video
analysis of your shooting technique, individual feedback, home
shooting pack and morning tea. BYO basketball, water bottle,
lunch.
BOTH CAMPS CAPPED AT 30 PARTICIPANTS. FOR MORE INFO
CONTACT NIC VIA EMAIL COMMUNITY@TAIPANS.COM
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Anzac Day
MONDAY 27 APRIL, TUESDAY
28 APRIL
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Life Education Van
NO SCREENING GOOD FRIDAY 3 APRIL
Dear Babinda P-12 School Community,
Take a Stand Against Bullying Day
Last Friday was the annual Say No to Bullying day and our school’s
annual parade for this event. Students wore orange on the day and
celebrated with an icy cup. On this parade the student leaders and I
talked about the effect of bullying on students and the greater
responsibility we all have to put a stop to it across our nation and in our school. Babinda P-12
has very low incidences of bullying but we will continue to work hard to stamp out every single
instance of it.
The way we do this is by making it everybody’s business and taking a stand together – so as a
school both staff and students we undertook a pledge to not bully and to not stand by while
others are being bullied. Students were reminded that when they see or experience bullying
they can:
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Say no,
Tell a member of staff,
Drop it in our bully box outside the TLC room or
Text or message the issue in via our school mobile line on 0408 759 940 or
through a personal message on facebook.
All reports are always treated anonymously, are investigated and acted upon. Any Student
found to have bullied three times will have this behaviour met with a suspension. Should you
or your child ever have any concerns please make contact through the office as soon as
possible. Remember if we don’t know we can’t act.
After School Sport
A reminder that afterschool sport has finished for the term and will commence again on the
third Monday of next term. Also from next term this activity will again be funded by the federal
government through the Sporting Schools’ initiative.
Happy Easter
On Thursday, students from our Prep, 1 and 2 classes, spread the Easter spirit around town
with their Easter bonnet parade. The students walked down and through the town, sharing
their Easter cheer. The students were surprised with Easter eggs by many of the local
businesses and I thank them for getting in the spirit and for their support. The parade
culminated with a visit to Abbeyfield and Respite where the students shared songs they have
been learning. The morning was great fun for the students and for everyone involved.
Thanks to the teachers for organising this and the parent helpers who came along.
Saturday 4, Sunday 5 April—7:30pm
50 SHADES OF GREY (M15+) $8.00
Pg. 2/3 lunchtime activities,
representative sports, anti-bullying,
library news, Easter parade visits, Cross
Country, Murrai news
Pg. 4 Students of the week, classifieds
Finally, with next Thursday being the last day of school for term 1 – I wish everybody a safe
and enjoyable Easter break and holiday period and I look forward to another successful and
action packed term when we return.
Until next time
Yours in schooling
Mr Matt Thompson
Principal
13-19 Years Representative Sport in Term 1
Term 1 is the biggest on the sporting calendar, with students
having a number of opportunities to represent their school
and district at regional trials. Students from Babinda State
School competed in Volleyball, Rugby League, Rugby Union,
Touch Football and Soccer trials. Students demonstrated
outstanding sportsmanship and competitiveness to represent
their school and community. A big thank you must go to the
parents and families who helped transport and support our
students at these trials.
Congratulations to the following students for their
participation at Regional Trials:
Rugby League
Travon Pesamino, Geoffrey Snowball, Tyreyce
Chambers, Reece Howard, Henry Snowball
Rugby Union
Henry Snowball (Selected as shadow), Ben Dimarco
Volleyball
Henry Snowball, Kupatoa Snowball, Ben Dimarc
(Selected)
Renay Reddicliffe, Billie George-Allen, Tawny Ambrum,
Ellie Keily, Jack Ambrum (Selected), Elym Ware
(Selected), Geoff Snowball (Selected), Reece Howard,
Tyreyce Chambers, Joe Lethbridge, Maranda Detourbet,
Qelyta Ware, Larissa DePauuw, Cheyanne Best, Grace
Ehling, Raelani Asaki
Congratulations to the following students for their
participation at District Trials:
CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS
ANTI-BULLYING DAY
Babinda State School put in
an outstanding effort and
came away as school
champions for the first time
in 3 years. Our students ran
their
hardest, taking
several spots
in
the
combine schools team that will go away to
compete at the Mulgrave Cross Country.
Every single student showed heart and pride
and should be nothing short of proud of
their efforts. Student results are:
Orange was the main colour on Friday the 20
March as our school took part in National Day
Against Bullying. We are an anti-bullying
school with people pledging to stop and/or
report any bullying.
Eggscitement was in the
air as Prep-3 went on
our
Easter
Parade.
We sold icy cups (orange of course) and had a Respite was our first
free dress day with the emphasis on orange as a visit where we sang 3
theme.
songs and were given an
egg for our basket!
GIRLS 11 YRS—Emma Lawrance, Casey McCrae, Selena
Newman, Kassie Ryan-Cross
BOYS 10 YRS—Liam Henrich
GIRLS 10 YRS—Charlotte Cairns, Wypaan
Ambrum
GIRLS 12 YRS—Jane Aiken, Angel
Snowball, Shaneals Biehler, Lilly Rush
EASTER PARADE
We then headed down town to
say “Happy Easter” to anyone
and everyone. How eggciting to
be given an egg from so many
businesses.
THANK-YOU!
FIRE SAFETY with PREP/YEAR 1
On Tuesday Prep/Year 1
information visit from the
Luke gave a talk on safe
emergency numbers. He
students about how to
down low and go go go.
other safe practices in the
BOYS 12 YRS—Bullanoo Ambrum
class had an exciting and
fire services. Firefighter
fires, unsafe fires and
also
informed
the
stop, drop and roll, get
He also
mentioned
event of a fire and that is
to get out and stay out
After morning tea and an Egg Hunt in the park
(thanks to Jess and Ellie) we finished off at Abbeyfield
where we were treated to a refreshing ice block and
another egg!
and don’t hide but
shout.
Next term will be
exciting with more fire
safety information and
the fire engine will be a
highlight. We are looking forward to the fire
engine visit.
Volleyball
Henry Snowball, Kupatoa Snowball, Ben Dimarco
(Selected), Darren Massey, Renay Reddicliffe, Billie
George-Allen, Tawny Ambrum, Ellie Keily, Emma
Rowbotham, Shaya Reed, Jack Ambrum (Selected), Elym
Ware (Selected), Geoff Snowball (Selected), Reece
Howard, Tyreyce Chambers, Joe Lethbridge, Maranda
Detourbet, Qelyta Ware, Larissa DePauuw, Cheyanne
Best, Grace Ehling, Raelani Asaki
Touch Football
Ben Dimarco, Giangi Azaria, Brodie Keily, Jakob Finch,
Henry Snowball, Dayne Chapman, Kam Mallison,
Maranda Detourbet (Selected as Shadow), Qelyta
Ware, Grace Ehling, Jack Ambrum, Elym Ware, Reece
Howard, Geoffrey Snowball, Joe Lethbridge
Soccer
2014 Year 12 Students
Joe Lethbridge, Ben Dimarco, Giangi Azaria
Library News
One of our photos from the Book Fair last year was chosen to be used in this year’s Book
Fair Guide Planner. Out of about 5,000 schools they chose our photo!! Not bad for a small
school and again credit must go to Mr. Chris Hannam for his wonderful imagination in
designing our display.
We have also started Book Reviews by students which will be printed
in the Post-ed of the Cairns Post on a Tuesday. Hopefully we can
have 1 lot of reviews printed every term.
Quote by Alan Bennett ‘A book is a device to ignite the imagination’
James Steven:
James has literally had a “flying” start to a fantastic year. He has joined Christopher at TAFE studying a Certificate IV in
Fitness and recently competed in the IMP (Indigenous Marathon Project) in Cairns. He will find out in April if he is a part of
the squad who will then run the New York Marathon.
Lunch time Art & Craft with Georgina
Fine motor movements involve the coordination of small
muscles in the hands and fingers. Strong fine motor
skills are essential to complete tasks such as writing,
cutting with scissors, using a fork or spoon, threading
beads, moving puzzle pieces, zipping, buttoning, and
tying shoe laces.
Last week we created Easter bunnies with movable
arms, legs, ears and head. This involved using our fine
motor skills to colour the bunny, cut around the various
parts with scissors, use a hole punch, and pin the parts
together.
The end results were colourful Easter bunnies and lots of
excitement from our Prep to Year 3 students.
Good luck James and congratulations on your success so far!
Indigenous Leaders of Tomorrow:
A 3-day conference will be held in Cairns next term in May for our Year 11 and 12 Indigenous students. The aim of this school-based
mentoring program is to assist students to develop a skills base that enables them to be effective leaders in their schools, families and
communities. More information will become available soon.
NAIDOC:
The National NAIDOC Committee are pleased to announce the 2015 National NAIDOC theme – We all Stand on Sacred
Ground: Learn, Respect and Celebrate. NAIDOC will be celebrated at our school in Term 3. Until then please consider how
you and your family
can contribute to this special occasion that brings our school community together to enjoy a selection of cultural experiences,
including dance performances, colourful art displays, traditional games and traditional foods.