The Wave 27 - Blackmans Bay Primary School

The Wave 27 – 4th September 2015
Dear Families
Key Dates to Remember
Wed 9th Sept
School Hall 2.00pm
Music Performance with Jon
Madin - Marimbas & Wacky
Instruments
Families are invited to attend
Mon 21st Sept
School Assoc Meeting 6.30-7.30pm
P&F Meeting 7.30-8.30pm
Fri 25th Sept
Term 3 ends
Mon 12th Oct
Term 4 starts
Thurs 22nd Oct
Hobart Show Day
Fri 23rd Oct
Student Free Day
Sun 1st Nov
School Fair
Thurs 3rd Dec
Kingston High Grade 6 Orientation
Day
Blackmans Bay Primary School
Department of Education
Thank you to all of the dads and grandads who came to our Fathers’ Day Breakfast Café this
morning. It was so fantastic to see you all enjoying such a wonderful breakfast and laughing
and chatting with your children. I know you all have very busy lives so thank you again for
taking the time to support our school. Thanks also to our amazing ECE teachers, Ms Wilde,
Mrs Haley and Mrs Miller, teacher assistants, and parent helpers who were here at the crack
of dawn getting ready. It’s great to see such a team effort. The students will remember this
for a very long time. Thanks also to other staff that helped out – I hope you got to sample
some of the wonderful food.
In our Assemblies on Monday mornings we have introduced a focus area for the fortnight to
fit in with our values teaching. If there is an area of concern in the school we then spend
the next fortnight explicitly teaching and talking to the students about how to deal with such
issues. We are also introducing prompt language to support a whole school approach. This
week our topic has been Make it Better not Bigger. We are teaching students to keep their
problems small and not to react in a way that will make it worse. It is great to hear all staff
using this language when helping students.
Just a reminder today that if you have received a Parent Survey in the mail this week please
make sure it is completed online by next Friday 11th September. All information is strictly
confidential and really helps us plan for the future and address areas that may be of concern
to you.
Sincerely, Della Wells
MARIMBAS AND WACKY
INSTRUMENTS WITH
Jon Madin
Jon Madin is a trained classroom music teacher with a
background in a wide variety of music-making. His
experience includes playing in folk/rock bands, multicultural bands, an orchestra and early music con-sorts.
He also leads family music workshops and bush dances.
He has also worked extensively in musical instrument
design - marimbas in particular, as well as many other
experimental musical instruments.
Jon has worked with marimbas in all states of Australia
as well as in Japan, Indonesia, Austria, U.S.A., Germany,
New Zealand, Hong Kong and East Timor.
Recent work includes writing an extended piece for
community musicians playing marimbas, percussion and
found objects together with an orchestra. The project
was organised by the Arts Concert of Wangaratta,
Victoria.
Jon also worked on a music installation and
performance that was set in the Bundaleer forest in
South Australia.
Jon Madin will be visiting Blackmans Bay Primary School
next Wednesday, 9th September. He will be taking
classes (grades 3-6) throughout the day with students
learning a variety of songs on Marimbas and other
instruments Jon has invented! There will be a
performance at 2:00 pm in the school Hall. Parents
are welcome to come along to the performance with a
variety of instruments you have never seen or heard
before!
Library News
Many thanks to all the families who came through the
library during Book Week for the Scholastic Book Fair.
It was a lovely experience to see so many of you
sharing with your children in this way. Many lovely
books were selected for the library with a commission
of over $800 earned from the sales! Grateful thanks go
to our wonderful student fair helpers: Kelsey, Alex,
Jade, Sarah, Hannah I, Hannah T, Jasmine, Amy-Lea and
Taryn. Thanks also to our wonderful parents: Emily
Jardine, Leonie Hennessy-Smith, Jodie Bloor, Shelley
Slaghuis, Helen Sharma, Michelle Baillie, Claire Shum
and Gen Duncan. Many thanks also to Sharon Johnson
and Tania Harbottle. The fair would not have been such
a success without you all!
Heather Lambert 
CONTACT DETAILS
177 Roslyn Ave, Blackmans Bay TAS 7052
Phone: 03 6229 6637 Fax: 03 6229 2170
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.education.tas.gov.au