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Written by Tim Jurd
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This year the school is ensuring that all students have easy access to purchase Bookpacks from Kookaburra Educational Resources.
Bookpacks can be ordered ONLINE using the Kookaburra Website (www.kookaburra.com.au) or OFFLINE by simply downloading the appropriate year order form and sending the completed form with your money to Kookaburra NOT the school.
All bookpacks will be ready when your son arrives at school on Day 1 (31 January 2012 Years 8, 9, 10).
Online ordering instructions click here.
Offline ordering forms click your son's 2012 group either year 8, year 9 or year 10.
All are PDF files and require an appropriate pdf reading software. |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 December 2011 08:10 |
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Written by Roger Doenau
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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.
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Students receiving their certificate & Gift
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Drummers entertain the students
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Cutting the Christmas cake
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Dancing to the drumbeat
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Students wishing their sponsors a Happy Xmas
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Students open their presents
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Last Updated on Monday, 28 November 2011 18:41 |
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Written by Roger Doenau
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Photos from the Investiture of the 2012 Prefects and Student Representative Councillors are now available in the Gallery section of the HBHS website. |
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Last Updated on Monday, 28 November 2011 13:20 |
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Written by Tim Jurd
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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.
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Last Updated on Friday, 25 November 2011 16:34 |
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Written by Leonardo Pane
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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.
Some extracts of comments by the participants of ABW 2011...
Christopher De Pasquale said "it's pretty good"
Benjamin Chiu said "It was a great time and I would recommend it for future years"
Janice Ma from Strathfield Girls said "It was fun and great experience, especially with the boys" .
Below is some commercials prepared from the groups. Note Groups 3 & 13's commercials couldn't be uploaded.
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Written by Tim Jurd
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Read the new exciting student school newsletter "New Name Coming Soon".
Click on the cover art below to view the PDF version.

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Last Updated on Friday, 18 November 2011 16:10 |
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