BOOMI PUBLIC SCHOOL

25 Werrina Street - Boomi NSW 2405 Tel: 0267 535 221 - Fax: 0267 535 332 - Email: boomi-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 1 – Week 7 – 11.03.2021

BOOMI & SCHOOL COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER Principal’s Message It is hard to believe that it is Week 7 already! Time has flown

and I am loving being here at Boomi Public School. Over the

last two weeks the students have had the opportunity to

participate in the Beezotted bee show at Boomi and the

RESTA – Reptile Awareness and Safety Training Australia –

at Garah Public School. I will have to say that all the children

were much braver than me when it came to patting the

snakes. I stayed safely away on the verandah, as has been

noted by a couple of the students in their writing about this

visit.

We will be having an Easter hat parade on Thursday 1st

April. Students are encouraged to use their imagination in

creating their Easter masterpieces. Mrs Oates wishes me to

let you know that we now have enough milk bottles for the

ANZAC activities. However, if everyone could send in plastic

bottle tops we will use them later in the year for an

artwork.

This will be the last week of swimming, weather permitting.

Speaking of weather, it has been wonderful to see and hear

this precious resource. Wishing everyone a fantastic end of

the week.

Finally, if you have any questions or concerns please do not

hesitate to contact the school.

Kathryn Weston

Principal

Coming Events

2021

Term 1

Week 7

9/3 Reptile visit

Garah School

12/3 School Swimming

Week 10

31/3 Outback Scripture

1/4 Easter Hat Parade

1/4 Last Day Students

Term 2

Week 1

19/4 Staff Development

day

20/4 Students return

Week 2

27/4 P&C Meeting 3pm

Week 3

5/5 Grip Leadership

7/5 School Cross Country

Week 6

27/5 Zone Cross Country

Trials

Week 9

14/6 Queens Birthday

Holiday

Week 10

22/6 UNE Discovery visit

25/6 Last Day Students

The bee man came for a visit to the

school to teach everyone about

bees. He gave us some honey which

was very rare. He also brought all

different types of bees. Grace

The queen bee chooses if it is going to lay a boy or girl egg.

Walter

Last Friday the bee man came to show us all

about stingless Australian bees. We got to

taste some honey. One interesting fact is that

the Queen bee lays eggs all day. Elsie

I went outside and saw some bees. The man had them in the

log and I could hear them humming. Indy

The bee man was very cool. He made

learning about bees fun. He brought a

bee hive to our school so we now have

one in the school grounds. The bee man

told us a story and played the didgeridoo.

The story was about a boy who followed

a bee and found honey. He cut down all

the beehives and became greedy. The

princess of the last beehive went and

stopped him. They became friends and

learnt to play bee lullabies with a hollow stick. Ally

On Friday we had the bee man visit our

school. We learned so much! Did you know

that in a hive there are only girls? He let us try

a little bit of honey from the stingless bees

that we now own at school. When the queen

bee lays her eggs she gets to choose the

gender! The bee man could also play the

didgeridoo. He told us a story about a boy

and a princess bee who taught him a lesson. Maddie

The bee man (whose name was Matthew)

said that most stingless bee queens lay girl

eggs until she sends the princess out to start

a new hive. Billy

He said the queen bee walks around laying

eggs all day. He told us a story about a boy

destroying bee hives. Sarah

Last week on Friday, Beezotted visited our

school. He taught us about the native

stingless bees and how they have been

around since the dinosaurs. There are 11

types of native stingless bees. The man gave

us a log full of bees so we can slowly add to

the hive. William

When the bee man came to visit he gave us a bee hive. It was

in the shape of a log. Fun Fact - If you try to touch the eggs of

the Queen bee, one bee will come and bite your eyelid, then

10, then 100 and so on. Georgie

Last week we had a bee man visit the school. All the students

thought he was funny. Everyone got to try a spoonful of

stingless bee honey that he had taught us about. Kayla

The snakes, crocodile and lizards

were so cool. I wanted to hold

the crocodile twice because it

was so cool. We got to pat the

snakes and lizards but hold the

crocodile

We went to Garah to see the reptile man.

Davie showed and told us about a lot of

reptiles. He let us pat them and we got to

have our photo taken holding a crocodile. It

was very scary but it was also a lot of fun.

On Tuesday we went to Garah for a reptile

visit. There were lots of different reptiles like

snakes, lizards and crocodiles. My favourite

snakes were the olive python and the pretty

yellow snake. Miss Withers got a crocodile

put on her head.

I saw a crocodile and

a lizard and 4 snakes.

The man cuddled

and gave a kiss to his

pet goanna.

The reptile man showed us lizards, snakes and a

crocodile. He told us how they survive and what he

feeds them. The reptile man had a big goanna named

Georgina and a huge snake 3m long. At the end we

got to hold the crocodile and the man put it on Miss

Wither’s head.

The reptile man showed

us how to be safe around

reptiles. He showed and

also let us touch all the

retiles including the

crocodile. There was an

albino carpet snake and it

was beautiful. Even at the

end he let us touch the

dangerous and deadly

Reuben… the sausage dog!

Miss

Weston on the verandah

On Tuesday, we had a reptile visit to Garah. Miss

Weston was right when she said to us that she

wasn’t going anywhere near a snake. But, she

touched a salt-water crocodile. (It was small, only

about 50cm) It makes no sense! Miss Withers held

the crocodile and the man even placed it on her

head! He had a goanna called Georgina who he liked

to kiss and cuddle.

When we got to Garah the

reptile man was already

there waiting for us. He

showed us a bearded

dragon, then he got out a

green tree python. He said

it was extremely rare. He

also showed us an olive

python. It could grow to

sixty metres long. Then he

showed us a salt water

crocodile and we got to

hold it. I noticed it had a

hairband around its snout.

The man showed us a green python

that was blue when it was born. It is a

very good climber. He also showed us

another python and he said it was

very strong and good at climbing. He

showed us a rare snake that was

huge. It was three metres long and

can grow up to six metres. It was also

a python.

We had a reptile visit at Garah. The students

were very brave. Some teachers just stayed on

the verandah – Miss Weston! We saw some

lizards, snakes, turtles and a crocodile. Fun fact:

An olive python can be up to 6m long.

On Tuesday we visited Garah for a reptile show. The

man showed us three lizards, three snakes and a

baby crocodile. One snake was an olive python

called Shrek. It grows to 6 metres long but this one

was only 3 metres long. There was a Darwin carpet

python. They are rare. And finally, a green python

which was can be born blue, yellow or rusty maroon.

At the end we had our photos taken holding the

baby crocodile.

On Tuesday we saw snakes,

lizards, a goanna and a baby

salt-water crocodile. The salt-

water crocodile wriggled a lot

and we got to have our photo

taken with it, one at a time.

The goanna was funny

because she liked cuddles and

kisses. She was 8 years old,

just like me and I love hugs

and kisses as well. At the end

we got to pat a cute sausage

dog.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK AND THE SHINING STAR AWARD

This week’s Student of the Week is Ally for always

producing work of a high standard.

Our Shining Star is Max for showing improvement

in his handwriting.

REMINDER

Book Club due Thursday 18th March

TUCKSHOP

Term 1 Week 8: 16th March Tamara Garner

P&C NEWS

*Claim the date Boomi Motorcycle Trail Ride 4 & 5 September

*The recycling shuttles are in place at the Tuckshop gate. One

is for cans, poppers and plastic drink bottles (NOT MILK

CONTAINERS).

The other is for small glass bottles NO WINE or LARGE SPIRIT

BOTTLES thanks. All funds raised will support the school P&C.

Please drop off your recycling anytime.

COMMUNITY NEWS

*Boomi Anglican Easter Service Sunday 28th March at 4pm.

All welcome. Easter Eggs for all children that attend.

*Free courses locally through TOCAL college. Agskilled is

delivering through TOCAL college a working at heights and

confined spaces course in Moree on the 16th & 17th March.

On the 29th & 30th March they are running chemical training

called SMART train which is equivalent to a chemical

certificate but is also free. Contact SMART train and Jayne

Wood’s contact details are 02 6763 1285.