Celebrating School Success 
It is such a pleasure to lead a school with a deliberate and intentional focus on nourishing the development of knowledge, character and skills to equip our children and young people for life. Our school is far more than an educational institiute, we are a community of learners. Our students can spend up to 15,600 hours in school across 13 years and it is important that we create an environment that stimulates learning, develops character, facilitates belonging and sets up our young people for a life well lived. I know this to be true as I see it every day while walking through our school; however, it is always pleasing to hear this affirmed from a school we recently visited. Here is what they said; 

You should be so proud of the way your school audience conducted themselves last week – they were such a lovely, well-mannered group. We loved having them in. Looking forward to seeing your students again tomorrow and Thursday.

Well done BPS, we are incredibly proud of you! You certainly do live our values and epitomise our school expactions Best Effort, Positive and Safe.

Welcome to BPS 
This fortnight we welcome Abdullah and Avyaan and their families to our school community.

Staffing Update  
Mrs Cathryn Parke will take a period of long service for the remainder of this term and for the first two weeks of term 4.   

Miss Jessica Fidler will teach our Prep B class on Mondays for the remainder of this term and for the first two weeks of term 4.

Lock Down – Proactive Safety Practices in Schools   
This term, we are reviewing many of our school policies and procedures and you will notice our Lock Down posters in all classrooms. These simple visual reminders will ensure we all respond consistently if ever required to Lock Down our school site.  

Listen to the music  
Out of sight in buildings  
Close blinds, lock doors and windows   
Keep quiet and listen to the adults  
DOWN  

It is a requirement for all school sites to practice clear procedures when the school may require extra safety measures for response to such things as a severe storm, dangerous animals, angry visitors, a dangerous situation or an emergency where students are required to remain indoors or return to classrooms.  

This term, staff will be teaching students about the importance of these procedures prior to us having some practices. We appropriately teach all levels of safety at school and this is another important one for us to learn about; it is not meant to alarm anyone.  

Our signal to commence a Lock Down is an announcement over our PA system. This term, our introductory practices will be announced to the school prior to commencing. We are not aiming to alarm children and it is important for staff to use these early practices as new learning opportunities.  

It’s particularly positive to report to families that in my time as Principal, I have never needed this type of response; however, we still must ensure that we are all confident of what is expected if we were ever required to put the school into a Lock Down/Lock In situation.  

Learning Conversations
We warmly invite you to join us for our Term 3 Learning Conversations. These will take place during week nine (Monday 16/09, Tuesday 17/09 and Thursday 19/09). Teachers will be available between 3.15  and 4.30 pm on these afternoons.  Please contact your child’s classroom teacher to make a time using class Seesaw. 

School Safety
Road and school safety awareness and compliance are everyone’s responsibility. In keeping our school community safe please note:

• our signage requesting carpark users to reverse into our parking bays
• The accessibility/disability parking bays are for those displaying the specific authority to use the designated car parks directly outside the front entrance.
• If collecting your child/ren via car, children must only enter the vehicle from the pick up-zone where duty teachers are present
• All drivers exit the carpark using the southern exit (with traffic flow; please follow the arrow)
• All pedestrians must use the designated crossing point (zebra crossing)

These action ensure the safety of children and the consistent flow of traffic.  In the coming weeks, you will notice some new line marking, crossing poles and flags to assist this process. I thank you for your ongoing support in keeping our children safe.

Congratulations to all students who received a Growth Token.

Even just missing one day a fortnight can mean your child misses up to a year and half of their education, between Kindergarten and Year 12.  

See what happens when your child misses...  

1 day each fortnight = 20 days per year = 4 weeks per year and therefore, from Kinder to Year 12, that is nearly 1 1⁄2 years of school. This means the best they can achieve is equal to finishing Year 11.  

1 day a week = 40 days per year = 8 weeks per year and therefore, from Kinder to Year 12, that is 2 1⁄2 years of school. This means the best they can achieve is equal to finishing Year 10.  

2 days a week =80 days per year = 16 weeks per year and therefore, from Kinder to Year 12, that is nearly 5 years of learning missed. This means the best they can achieve is equal to finishing Year 7.  

3 days a week = 120 days per year = 24 weeks per year and therefore, from Kinder to Year 12, that is nearly 8 years of learning missed. This means the best they can achieve is equal to finishing Year 6. 

Every year the Department for Education, Children and Young People conducts a School Satisfaction Survey to find out what your child(ren)s school does well and where it may improve. We would be grateful if you completed our online survey about Burnie Primary School. Your feedback is very important to help us inform our school-planning and decision-making.  The survey is open from Monday 26 August 2024 until Friday 20 September 2024 and should take about 5 minutes to complete.  Each family should nominate one person to fill in this survey for their child(ren). Take the online survey by clicking this Link, or pasting it in your browser: https://nam.dcv.ms/KsEcVi6gmW 

The survey is carried out on a secure website and all responses are anonymous and confidential. All families in this school received the same survey link and no identifying information is collected. A summary of the survey results will be provided to schools. Responses from individuals or small groups will NOT be disclosed to any Department for Education, Children and Young People staff. Please contact your school if you require any assistance. Thank you for taking the time to fill in this survey. 

Dear Parents and Friends,

We can’t thank our school community enough. We asked for donations for the Father’s Day raffle, and you have delivered again! We were able to put together a total of 12 prizes with most of them featuring in the photos below. The raffle will be drawn on Friday 30^th August, just in time for Father’s Day.

We will soon be sending home lunch order forms for our pizza day happening at the end of term, please keep an eye out for this.

The P&F have had a long-standing fundraising campaign with the Entertainment Book. For 27 years, Entertainment has created a local community with its membership program by bringing together members, fundraisers and merchants that no one else can. Fundraising is at the heart of who they are, and they love the opportunity to help their fundraising partners make a difference. Their merchants offer incredible offers and experiences, and their members embrace the opportunity to get great offers. Up to 20% of a membership sale can be allocated to us, Burnie Primary School, it just needs to be selected during the purchase process.

Entertainment is currently running an amazing offer, well worth a look. You can follow the link here, or Google Entertainment Book.

Dates to remember:

30^th August – Father’s Day Raffle Drawn

We are always looking for new fundraising ideas and welcome your suggestions. Please feel free in reaching out to us via our Facebook page or joining us at a meeting. We welcome new and existing members in all that we do.

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