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The Burrawang Bunyip Wednesday 18 May 2016
Burrawang Public School www.burrawang-p.schools.nsw.edu.au
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Year 6 are looking good!
A big thank you to our P&C who have kindly presented our Year 6 students with their jerseys. We know they
will enjoy wearing them in their last year at Burrawang.
Gymnastics
Thanks to our Sporting Schools funding,
we have been able to greatly subsidise
the cost of this term’s gymnastics
program. Gymnastics is a mandatory
component of the PDHPE syllabus and
is a program students will participate in
every stage of their primary schooling.
Premier Sporting Challenge
Our school is participating once again in
this year’s challenge. This challenge is
a joint challenge where all students
must work together to attain the highest
results. Students are being challenged
to increase the amount of daily exercise
they do and this is recorded on the tally
cards.
Congratulations to Le and Ella who
have been selected as our school’s
Sporting Challenge leaders. They will
be responsible for updating the online
challenge sheets and motivating and encouraging our students to increase their activity.
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Reports
Our teachers are well into implementing assessments with your children, spending hours analysing test results
and evidence to prepare your child’s half yearly report.
In line with departmental requirements set down by the government, we are required to report to parents using
five levels. These levels are: Outstanding; High; Sound; Basic and Limited.
As a guide:
o Outstanding is given to students who are working well above stage level. These students are able to
constantly demonstrate a standard of learning which places them in the next stage/grade to their
current year of learning. These students constantly attain perfect results.
o High is given to students who are working towards the next stage level. These students are able to
demonstrate mastery of their stage/grade level and can demonstrate a standard of learning which
almost places them in the next stage/grade.
o Sound is given to students who are working at stage level. These students are able to constantly
demonstrate a standard of learning which places them in their current year of learning. THIS is the
result all students are trying to attain each and every day.
o Basic is given to students who are working towards attaining their stage level. These students are trying
to master the standard of learning appropriate for their current year of learning.
o Limited is given to students who are working below stage level. These students receive work which is
modified by the teacher to suit the child and have different completion expectations.
Enjoy reading your child’s report and remember to celebrate your child’s achievement with them. Look at the
effort mark as this tells you a lot about their performance in class. Reports will go home in Week 9.
Genius Hour
Students this year have once again been participating in one hour each week of learning about something that interests them – Genius hour! All students K-6 have been planning and developing their expertise in their interest area and we look forward to their presentations at the end of this term. Parents will be invited to attend this exciting presentation. Dates to be advised.
Library News
Just a reminder that Wednesday is now library day for all students. Don’t forget your library bag and books. Also, remind your children to go onto the Premier’s Reading Challenge site and log the books that they are
reading.
Rosemeadow PS and Burrawang PS connection
We already know the great benefits our students gain from our close links and sharing that happens across our small schools in our local area. It is also important for our teachers to gain these benefits of sharing, planning and learning with other teachers, to ensure we have the greatest impact on our students’ learning.
We have been fortunate to be able to form a link with Rosemeadow PS in Campbelltown, in order to foster a mutual exchange of skills and expertise. Rosemeadow is a large school who have specific staff employed to support their literacy and numeracy programs. As part of our connection, next week, Mrs Laval will be spending the week at Rosemeadow PS, and their Instructional Leader, Catherine Flamos will be taking her place here at Burrawang. This will allow both teachers and schools to share expertise. Mrs Flamos will be working with both staff and students here at Burrawang, supporting us with our Strategic Direction of developing “Consistently high standards of educational practice.” Mrs Laval will be sharing some of our 21st Century learning with Rosemeadow, while she uses this experience to bring back some new ideas for Burrawang.
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This is a very exciting opportunity for both schools. It is planned that this partnership will continue as teachers
from both schools support each other through shared educational practice.
Public Speaking
This year both classes will be participating in school public speaking competitions. These are aimed to give students experience and practice in the very important component of our English syllabus, Speaking and Listening.
Parents will be invited to listen to our speeches in Weeks 6 and 7. Students from Stage 2 and 3 will then be
selected to represent our school in the Multicultural Public Speaking competition.
3-6 class news
The senior class have been doing some excellent work with algebra over the last two weeks. Students have demonstrated their abilities to solve maths problems with missing numbers using a variety of strategies. They then tested their peers by creating increasingly complex problems for each other to solve.
In art this week the senior class have begun creating 'Zentangles.' These intricate designs reflect the detail in the popular 'adult colouring books.' I have been impressed with the way students have shown care and put so much effort into their creations.
Finally, congratulations to all the students in years 3 and 5 who completed NAPLAN last week. It was a busy week but students in all years showed flexibility and maturity in adapting to the changes in routine. Thank you students!
K-2 class news
For our History unit ‘Change over time’, Sophie’s
nanny came in to talk about what it was like
growing up in Western Australia on a farm. She
spoke about how she had to ride 1.5km on her bike
to the bus and then sometimes the bus would get
bogged, get flat tyres or run out of fuel. At school,
Nanny would eat meat or jam sandwiches (with
homemade bread) and fruit. The playground
games were marbles, knuckles and hide and seek.
On the farm, nanny’s family had saddleback pigs,
Clydesdale horses and cows. Her jobs were
collecting eggs, sticks for the wood burning stove,
feeding the pigs and she started milking the cow
when she was 4 years old. Electricity came to the farm in 1950 and the phone in 1956. The students listened
intently for the whole session and asked lots of interesting questions or made comments. We look forward to
hearing from Griffin’s grandma tomorrow.
Recorder news – year 3-6
Please remember your recorders on Wednesdays and PLEASE practise everyday. If you haven’t heard your
child playing the recorder around the house or out in the paddock…you need to remind them and assist them in
getting the Haberfield Public School YouTube clips up so they are playing at the right tempo.
Don’t forget!
There is a growing amount of lost property in the bucket. Please check for any missing clothes. Any clothes that remain in here without names will be put into the clothing pool.
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FREE & fun program for fitter, healthier,
happier kids!
Know if your child is over a healthy weight?
Go to www.go4fun.com.au or call 1800 780 900
to see if your child could do Go4Fun.
Check your child's hair regularly for head lice. Don’t forget that you need to wash all bedding and especially
hats. Please ensure that your child has their own hat at school (clearly labelled) every day so that only their own hat is worn.
Notes to be returned:- NRL Students of the week
Congratulations to:-
Week 2 – Iona and Breanna
Week 3 – Griffin and Oscar
Canteen - Look out for the note next week.
Upcoming events
Don’t forget to check the website for the most up-to-date
information. Week 4
Friday 20th May NRL gala day
Week 5
Mrs Flamos relieving Principal for the week.
Friday 27th May Gymnastics
Friday assembly – Yr 6 sharing
Week 6
Tuesday 31 May ICAS science
Stage 2 Public Speaking
Thursday 2 June Stage 3 Public Speaking
Friday 3 June Gymnastics
Friday assembly – Yr 2 and
Kinder sharing
Mittagong Blue Light Disco
Venue: Mittagong RSL
Date : Saturday 28th May
Times : 4pm to 6.30 pm
Cost : $5.00 per child 4 – 14 years
Parents and children under 4 free.
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