Retired Homebush teacher Tom Pinkey and his wife Carol are in Kampala, Uganda working as volunteers with Kawempe Home Care, a non-profit organisation that cares for families with HIV Aids/Tuberculosis. Homebush Boys High has been sponsoring children from this organisation to attend school over a number of years. On Saturday 19th November 84 children boarded two buses to go to the Botanical Gardens, Entebbe to celebrate their Christmas Party.

Tom Pinkey, Winnie Nabayego and Oliver Namirimu (Coordinators of Education Support Program) and the seventeen students sponsored by Homebush Boys High

The children celebrated the day by playing games before having a lunch of chicken, rice, potatoes and chapatis. Following lunch children in the choir, drum troupe and dancing group gave a performance to the children, staff and volunteers. One of the children Sherina Nakalema who is eight years old, gave a magnificent narration of a play acted out by some senior students. The children then had a dessert of bananas, pineapple and boiled egg before the cutting of the Christmas Cake. Finally each child was awarded a Certificate for their attendance and commitment to study at school by Executive Director Dr. Sam Guma, handed a Christmas present by Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Stan Jacobson and Tom Pinkey handed out the “lolly bags”. A very tired but very happy group of children and volunteers returned to Kampala.

Photos from the Investiture of the 2012 Prefects and Student Representative Councillors are now available in the Gallery section of the HBHS website.

The staff have formed a Movember Team called "Bushy Boys". They have been sporting unflattering moustaches all November to support the Movember initiative to raise funds and awareness of men's health issues.

Today the staff played the athletic students of the first grade volleyball team in a charity match and nearly caused an upset by drawing the deciding set 5-5. Spectators were charged a gold coin to watch and the $100 went to the Bushy Boys movember team.

The picture shows the Movember Bushy Boys from Left Mr Mark Standen, Mr Scott Belgre, Mr Jon Sculthorpe, Mr Stefan Madyski, Mr Ramana Kirubagaran and Mr John Pearson and in front Mr Bill Hilliard and Mr Tim Jurd.

Please donate to the Bushy Boys at http://au.movember.com/ or http://au.movember.com/mospace/245548 for the Bushy Boys page.

Thanks

 Friday the 18th of November marked the final day of ABW with the 18 Groups comprising of a mixture of Homebush Boys & Strathfield Girls. The corporations prepared trade displays, commercials & a speech of a simulated hotel which all contributes to find an overall winner.

Read the new exciting student school newsletter "New Name Coming Soon".

Click on the cover art below to view the PDF version.