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Celebration of our Diverse Cultures
Last Friday we celebrated the rich multicultural diversity at Bowen State and a wonderful morning of learning about the history of countries that represent our school and cultural foods and dishes from around the world. This was a wonderful morning for families, staff and children to come together to celebrate the messages around acceptance, empathy and kindness. Can I thank staff, families and students for the combined efforts to enable such a great morning within our school.
Thank you to the Community
Recently I was privileged to represent the school and be presented with a $400 donation from the Bowen IGA Community Chest. The cheque presented will be tabled at the next P&C meeting, a decision about where the these funds could be best spent on the students at our school. I’d like to thank the community for their kind support to contribute and donate to a great program the “IGA Community Chest”.
Last week we had special guests from North Queensland Bulk Ports to present a wonderful Year 2 student, Piper Maloney with a certificate and $75 Gift Voucher. Out of 100 applicants, Piper’s design of the Bowen Jetty was selected as the winning entry for her age category. Her thoughtful design included First Aid Kits strategically placed along her jetty drawing. This idea is in the process of being approved by NQBP Design Team and will be part of the final project. We are proud of Piper, for her efforts and considered thoughts put into her design.
Serving the Community
As a member of the Bowen Community for 5 years, I have made the decision to join the local Rural Fire Brigade. I believe that volunteering is a critical part of our community, and something that I committed to further support and assist.
In this role I volunteer on the weekends, school holidays and after school. On the very rare occasion, I may be required to leave the school for critical incidences such as structural house fires or major car accidents. Plans are in place with the School Leadership Team should this occur.
The Department of Education supports all staff involvement with defence reserves such as Fire and Rescue, Rural Fire and SES if they choose. My primary employment as Principal of Bowen State School remains my priority to support our school, staff, students and families to realise the potential of every student.
Christien Payne
Principal
This week’s PBL focus is – Be a Learner Self-reflect and problem solve.
Please talk about this with your child.
Zones of Regulation
This weeks students unpacked the 4 zones of regulation with their teacher.
Zones of Regulation is:
- A proactive, skills based approach
- A simple, common language to understand, talk about, and teach regulation
- A consistent, metacognitive pathway to follow for regulation
- A systematic framework with a developmental sequence of lessons
- Meant to be adapted for your learners and setting
Why Teach Self-Regulation?
Regulation is something everyone continually works on whether we are aware of it or not. We all encounter trying circumstances that can test our limits. If we can recognize when we are becoming less regulated, we are able to do something about it to manage our feelings and get ourselves to a healthy place. This comes more naturally for some, but for others it is a skill that needs more attention and practice. This is the goal of The Zones of Regulation.
Attendance
Our school goal for attendance is 93%. This week’s attendance is 90%.
We know how important education is for your child's future. That's why we want to encourage you to make sure your child attends school every day. Attending school regularly helps your child develop important skills, like reading, writing, and math. It also helps them build social skills, make new friends, and learn how to work collaboratively with others.
It’s that time of year when the jumpers and warmer clothes maybe required.
Our uniform policy is as below.
Please don't forget to name jumpers so we are able to keep our lost property to minimum.
This term 2I are continuing to look at partitioning numbers. We are looking at standard and flexible partitioning. We have been working together and using our MABs to help us partition numbers flexibly. We are also drawing how we can partition our 2 digit and 3 digit numbers.
We’ve started our premiers reading challenge on the 7th of May and it goes to the 23rd of August. All children have been given a sheet to record their 20 books. If they read 20 books they will receive a zooper dooper and a certificate ? If there are children who would like to continue and read over 20 books they will be in the running to receive a prize for most books read.
Happy Reading!
Thank you to our P&C committee members Lisa, Emma and Adina!
Message from the Minister of Education
Happy P&C Day to all 1,258 P&C Associations, School Councils and every single one of the 43,588 P&C regular volunteers supporting local P&Cs in state schools throughout Queensland.
Your work means so much for our school staff, students and the broader community.
You are at the heart of our school communities working hard to give every child every chance in both education and life. You are supporting schools across the state, through your fundraising and your services to students and families through our tuckshops, uniform shops, sporting and other clubs, and outside school hours care.
As the voice of parents across the state school system, you play such a vital role in shaping the learning environment of our kids.
Not only do you do a wonderful job in supporting your own schools, but you have also told me you want to able to assist your neighbouring schools when disasters or hard times strike. That’s why we are progressing changes to allow you to donate to other P&Cs to help your wider school community. We are also making changes for those schools that have multiple campuses by reducing red tape to make life easier.
I want to thank each and every one of you for the time and effort you are dedicating to supporting our schools to always be the best they can be.
Thank you for being our extremely valuable partners, and for your tireless work for your children and our students.
