On Friday 27th October, we celebrated Staff Appreciation Day. It was the perfect day to express our gratitude to our dedicated teachers, teacher aides, admin officers, lolly pop ladies, and the list goes on. Mr Payne expressed his heartfelt appreciation for the staff at Bowen State School who work tirelessly to make our school community great.

On Friday 20th October, some of our Year 5 & 6 students attended Bowen State High School along with other local schools. STEM is an approach to learning and development that integrates the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Through STEM, students develop key skills including: problem solving, creativity and critical analysis.

Mr Close commended the students on their outstanding conduct throughout the session.

In English this term, 1M are learning how to create a procedure. This week we read 'The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch' and have been creating disgusting recipes to feed the seagulls in the story. Students have been using our learning wall to help them with the structure of a recipe and writing commands using verbs, nouns, and adverbs.  

In Maths, we have been learning how to solve addition and subtraction problems using a variety of strategies. We have explored writing number sentences, tens frames, number lines, concrete materials, and part-part whole models. 

This term in English, students have been writing stories about overcoming a fear. Students have learnt about the show, don’t tell strategy to describe character’s emotions. They have also been focusing on including similes, adverbs and engaging verbs in their writing. Here are a few excerpts from their stories.

All of a sudden, my night light turned on by itself. My palms started to sweat and my legs were wobbly like jelly. My heart was beating like a bouncing trampoline. I bravely walked over to my light and it was broken. I tried to yell out to my mum but she wouldn’t answer. I slowly reached my arm out and turned my torch on. I slowly picked my night light up and it was as heavy as an ox.

-Eden

As soon as I was at the edge of the water, all I could see was darkness. A cold shiver went up my spine as I slowly tip toed into the cold water. My heart beat like a jackhammer hammering through pavement and my worried legs were wobbly like jelly. I panted and panted until there was no more breath left to pant. As the cold water rose up to my shivering waist, I was in shock. My stomach had fluttering butterflies inside.

-Dylan

I sit down while trembling uncontrollably.

“It’s okay Zoe,” mum whispered. I started shaking.

“Welcome ladies and gentleman to the circus! First up is the clown!” The man on the speaker called out.

My eyes widen in horror as my greatest fear came out of the navy, soft curtains. As we nervously sat down, the clown squirts water at us.

-Jessica

Soon after, my friends go have a swim in the water while I stay back on the sand. I suddenly spot something in the water.

“It’s a shark fin!” I yelp.

An eerie chill ran down my thick spine. My chest was so tight, it was hard to breath as my heart beat nonstop. My lips quivered uncontrollably like a mini rollercoaster on my lips. I suddenly turned around and dashed back to the carpark.

-Billy