Burnside Public School 1 Masons Drive, North Parramatta NSW 2151 Phone: 9630 1422 Fax: 9890 1876

Email: burnside-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.burnside-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

‘Omnia Pro Bono – For the Good of All’

NEWSLETTER Thursday, 23rd June 2016

Week 9 Term 2

Thursday 23rd June - Reports sent home Monday 27th June - Cumberland HS Band tour in the Hall Wednesday 29th June - Parent / Teacher Interviews Thursday 30th June - P&C Bingo Night Friday 1st July - Last Day of Term 2 Monday 18th July - Staff Development Day Tuesday 19th July - Students return for Term 3 Tuesday 26th July - Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) Excursion Thursday 28th July - Athletics Carnival (Track) at Kings School Tuesday 2nd August - Open Day for Education Week Thursday 4th August - Athletics Carnival (Field) Parent Teacher Interviews – Wednesday 29th June Parent Teacher interviews will be on Wednesday 29th June. If you require an interpreter for the interviews please contact the office. Online bookings are OPEN and close 3pm on Monday 27th June. The booking code is yc899 - www.schoolinterviews.com.au. Assembly Award Recipients Congratulations to all award recipients this week.

P&C Bingo Night – Thursday, 30th June 2016 The P&C Bingo night is fast approaching with lots of exited children. Please hand in your booklet order by Wednesday 29th. On the night, there will be prizes, fun games, raffle prizes, lucky door prize and not to mention a BBQ for those hungry tummy's. This fundraising event will take place in the school hall Thursday 30th June 2016 from 5.00pm. As this is a family event, all children must be supervised by a parent, so grab the whole family and join in the fun. All money raised on the night will go towards updating the laptops for our students, so come along and support your school.

DATES TO REMEMBER

YEAR 6 FUNDRAISING EVENT - OLYMP-A-THON As part of the major Year 6 Fundraising event for 2016, Year 6 will be staging an Olymp-a-thon, instead of a walk-a-thon, during Education Week. Year 6 students will be acting as the ‘Olympic Officials’ during this event. Classes will engage in Olympic style events e.g discus = Frisbees and earn points for their Country. There will be an opening ceremony during which classes will march as representatives of their designated country, followed by an Olympic torch relay. Students are asked to support Year 6 in this exciting Olymp-a-thon by obtaining sponsors. Students will complete a series of events and we ask that the sponsorship is one amount for completing the day. Sponsorship forms will come home tomorrow. LMBR – Learning Management and Business Reform A reminder that training for administration is continuing therefore our school office will still have limited staff during the rest of the term and most of Term 3. We ask for your patience and understanding during this time of change and development. Excursion/Incursion Payments and Permission Notes Year 1 and Year 2 payment for Field of Mars ($30) and Semester 2 Band Fees ($280) are due by next Wednesday, 29th June 2016. All other excursions/incursions for Term 3 are due by Wednesday, 27th July 2016. Multicultural Competition Congratulations to our Year 5&6 representatives. It is wonderful to receive such positive feedback on our student’s delightful behaviour and outstanding performances. Both H.Garbutt and V. Dimov presented their speeches and the impromptu speech delighting the audience. I am sure these great public speaking skills will be well used throughout their high school years. PSSA Results – Round 7 Soccer Jnr Burnside 1 v Parramatta East 3 Snr Burnside 11 v Parramatta East 0

Netball Jnr 1 Burnside 1 v Carlingford 11 Jnr 2 Burnside 2 v Parramatta East 3 Snr 1 Burnside Washed Out Snr 2 Burnside Washed Out

OzTag Jnr Burnside 9 v Dundas 4 Snr 1 Burnside 2 v Parramatta East 8 Snr 2 Burnside Bye AFL Burnside Bye Kindergarten Enrolments Enrolments are now being taken for Kindergarten 2017 for children, who will be turning 5 years old on or before 31st July 2017. Please pass this information on to friends or neighbours who do not receive this newsletter. Enrolment forms are available from the school office. Stewart House School Clothing Appeal Please donate good, clean, wearable clothing shoes, manchester and blankets by Friday, 29th July 2016. Additional bags are available from the office. Entertainment Book We still have a few of the 2016/2017 Entertainment Books at school. The book will be available at the school office until the end of Term 2 or you may wish to purchase a Digital Membership by visiting https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/21430k3 Gae Bromwich Principal

Penrith Observatory – Computing, Engineering and Mathematics

WHAT’S ON IN THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

Thursday 7 &

Thursday 14

10am – 12noon

School Holiday Hand-on Science Program - $15 per person

ROCKET WORKSHOP

Make and launch your own paper rocket and watch water and solid fuel rockets being

launched. Parental supervision required.

Saturday 9

7pm – 9pm

Aboriginal Astronomy Night – NAIDOC WEEK

A special night with a presentation on Aboriginal Astronomy.

Saturday 16

7pm – 9pm

School Holiday Astronomy Night – MOON SPECIAL

A close up look at our neighbour including its formation and structure as well as phenomena

associated with the Moon such as phases and eclipses.

The evenings will also include a 3D astronomy movie, a tour of the dome area and an opportunity to view the night

sky through the observatory's telescopes.

Cost: $18 adult, $12 child/concession and $50 family

Bookings are essential: To book and pay for tickets visit westernsydney.edu.au/observatory

HHN Burnside Newsletter

Prepared By: Julia Ha Month: June

Short Story Competition In week 7, we held our first “Short Story Writing Competition” here at the Burnside OOSH centre.

Children were encouraged to use their creative and critical thinking skills in order to come up with an

interesting story which demonstrates how we could practice “good manners” and show respect towards our

peers, family, friends or teachers. Every one of the story book we received from our children displayed so

much creativity and great story writing. So thank you and congratulations to all our writers who

participated in our first writing competition.

VACATION CARE Winter vacation is just around the corner for our children so please let us know if you’d like to book your

child/children in for our Winter Vacation Care Program. Please call Julia at 0418-411-636 or email

burnside@helpinghandsnetwork.com.au for further VC enquiries.