What a joy-filled end to the year we are having at BBPS. The past two weeks have perfectly captured the community spirit, curiosity and courage that define our students. We have Patrick our editor in chief to thank whole heartedly for all his efforts in bringing this newsletter together each fortnight, without his eye for detail and his brilliance as a photographer this would not be possible! Thanks Patrick you are a super star!   Well done to our Grade 5 and 6 students, who

'Not a Box' incursion   Preps wrapped up their STEAM inquiry unit on design and construction with a special incursion with the biggest boxes we've ever seen! We were shown how to use special tools to cut the cardboard, make small holes and screw parts together. There was an assortment of other bits and pieces that we could add to our box to make our designs come to life.    Finn "We made a house. We used one box. I added windows and I put two holes at the top of the house so

Prep Preps have loved bowling in PE, making collages in Art, and playing the Xylophone in performing arts. In their inquiry lessons they have been collaborating and sharing ideas to come up with ways to use carboard boxes creatively for projects as part of their STEM program.   William "Me and my brother Xavier made these transformers costumes at home. We used hot glue and carboard boxes and paint. Then we brought them to school to show everyone. The transformers are Bumblebe