Principal's Report
It has been busy couple of weeks here at Burnie Primary School, with more to come! Remember to keep your eye on Seesaw, schoolzine and/or Facebook for our upcoming announcements and events. The next few weeks are jam-packed and with open classrooms, assembly, stay and chat (after assembly), cross country and Brixhibition at BPS, just to name a few, we are looking forward to re-connecting with our families and community.
Tuning into Learning
At Burnie Primary School we commit to high levels of learning for all and believe that all children should gain a year's worth of learning every year they are at school. We believe that all children can learn given the right conditions and support. We inspire all learners to be confident, capable and involved individuals.
Our school's priorities for 2023 are Reading and Number. To raise our levels of learning and achievement in these areas, our teachers are committed to improving their practice. This week at our teacher meeting our highly motivated and dedicated team came together to work with our School Improvement Leaders to unpack our recent external school review recommendations. Our school is truly a community of learners - not just children learning, but teachers learning as well! Below are some of the opportunities we are offering to promote reading in our school.
Premier’s Reading Challenge
Our Prep to Year 6 students have been registered to participate in this year’s Premier’s Reading Challenge. Reading is a vital part of our learning and we are excited to be taking part in the challenge again this year.
Your challenge
The Premier’s Reading Challenge is a personal challenge – not a competition.
How much will you read in 10 weeks? With your teacher, set your personal reading goal for the Challenge and see how you go!
It doesn’t matter what you read, as long as you are reading. You are free to choose books you want to read for the Challenge.
You can read books in a variety of formats including print, digital, audiobooks and graphic novels. For younger children, a book that is read to them counts toward their total.
Completing the Challenge is something to be proud of!
National Simultaneous Storytime
National Simultaneous Storytime aims to engage children of all ages to enjoy books by creating a sense of excitement around reading. Reading ignites a spark of adventure that a child can carry within their heart well into their adult life. Library Leaders will be sharing the book with classes and have bookmarks available at lunch.
Lamont Books
Our school has recently purchased some new and engaging books. We are passionate about getting our students to read and know that providing quality books that are interest based is extremely important. We cannot wait for our students to be able to borrow these!
The Value of Respect
Over the next few weeks, we will continue to focus on our Value of Respect with a close look at positive and respectful communication and respecting others. This week our student leaders visited our early childhood meeting to talk about what respect looks like at BPS.
Respect looks like:
- being kind, considerate, and trusting of others
- ignoring distractions, asking questions and actively listening when communicating with others
- being inclusive and understanding difference and diversity
- providing a safe environment where everyone’s mental and physical wellbeing is cared for
- acknowledging hard work and thanking others for their contributions
Colder Weather
Winter has (almost) arrived; it is cold outside – bring your school jacket. We have amazing school pride – please wear your uniform, every day! We do have spares; ask if you would like some help. Please see some examples of our uniform below.
Education Support Staff Personnel Day
This week we celebrated our amazing support personnel who always go over and above for our students and school community!
Celebrating Student Successes
The Primary School Sport Tasmania State Carnival was held in Launceston on Friday 5th May. Six students from Burnie Primary were selected to compete in the North West team and represent our region.
In wet, windy and cold conditions, our students competed in a number of events, giving their best effort and gaining some wonderful results. Well done to all the students who participated, displaying such a positive attitude in trying conditions!
| Grade 3- Micah |
1st 200m |
| Grade 4- Kaden |
1st 400m |
| Grade 5-Louis |
5th 1500m |
| Grade 5-Lucas |
3rd 100m |
| Grade 6-Milla |
4th 100m |
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Grade 6-Indigo |
4th 800m |
Susan Barnard
Acting Principal