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- Dates to Remember
- Principal's Report
- P&F Raffle
- Dates To Remember
- Parent - Teacher Discussions
- Grade 4 STEM
- Math Challenge number 4
- Auslan Level 1 Classes
- Dr Dolittle Jr Auditions
- Burnie Community House Winter Solstice
- Sea Lyons Swim School
- Indigenous Tennis Holiday program
- Hockey Tas Holiday clinics
- Tunes for Tots
| Mon 22 July | Student Free Day |
| Tues 23 July | Term 3 starts for students |
| August 1-2 | Grade 4 camp |
| Tues 6 Aug | School Assoc & P&F meetings |
| August 10- 16 | National Science Week |
| August 17- 23 | Book Week - "Reading is my Secret Power" |
| Wed 21 Aug | Book Week Parade |
| Fri 27 Sept | Last day Term 3 |
Collaboration is a key to our vision of a collaborative, creative and innovative learning community.
Teachers have been busy preparing student reports which will go home next Friday, 28th June. We are sure parents and carers will appreciate the opportunity to read the reports and, in the following week, continue the discussion and collaboration in your child’s learning at Parent/Teacher discussions.
This term all teachers have had the opportunity to learn more about the ‘Seesaw’ app and its application in providing valuable evidence of student learning to parents and carers in real time. We recognise Seesaw as a valuable communication, and parent engagement, tool. All Grades now have access to a device (iPad mini) dedicated for capturing images of classroom learning and sharing through Seesaw.
In staff news, we congratulate Cheryl King who has won the substantive position of School Business Manager here at BPS.
In other news, Miss Stephanie Hanson will be taking long service leave in Term 3 and Miss Meghan Hosking will be returning to BPS as the teacher on this class for this short -term placement.
Next term we will be hosting 2 Korean teachers joining staff to work with the Grade 6 classes. They will be at BPS for 8 weeks as part of a Korean teacher scholarship, Grade Six classes look forward to an enriched insight into Korean life, enhancing their HASS curriculum.
Our Student Council provides a valuable ‘student voice’ to the Principal. They also organise activities such as ‘National No Bullying Day’ and school assemblies, SRC provide support for the Vinnies Soup Kitchen, and have weekly visits with the residents at Umina Park. The SRC are currently investigating improvements to the oval line markings, and looking into proposals for the upgrade of the playground equipment outside Grade 1. The costed proposals have been presented to the Principal and will provide valuable data for future school financial planning and P&F involvement. The P&F have committed to support the purchase of new playground equipment and have started organising a major raffle. Please consider supporting the raffle by initially looking at opportunities for providing prizes for the raffle.
Next term all students in Grades 3 – 6 will be participating in a ‘Student Well-being Survey’. The data collected will help inform practice within the school systems, and help recognise the important personal and social capabilities that we develop in students to allow them to learn at their true potential.
Burnie Primary School has been recognised as leaders in our State, and Australia wide. A team of film makers are working with Burnie Primary School students and staff to produce 6 short films for the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). ACARA developed the National Curriculum and Burnie Primary has been identified as the only primary school in Tasmania undertaking to meet the General Capabilities component of the Australian Curriculum, especially in the ‘critical and creative thinking’ through our STEAM program and its alignment to our Burnie Primary School Improvement Plan 2017 – 2020. These films should be released on the ACARA website next term, we will be excited to see Burnie Primary School on the National ‘stage’. Just another step in our ‘collaborative, creative and innovative learning community’.
Burnie Primary School Parents and Friends are organising a raffle as our major fundraiser in 2019 to assist with the purchase of new playground equipment for our school. We are seeking donations of prizes or sponsorship of prizes for this raffle. If you are able to assist, please contact our school office.
| Mon 24- Fri 28 June |
City of Burnie Eisteddfod Music week |
| Tues 25 June |
Primary School All Schools Cross Country at Symmons Plains |
| Fri 28 June |
Mid Year Reports sent home. On-line Bookings for Parent-Teacher discussions open 5pm www.sobs.com.au |
| July 1-4 |
Parent Teacher discussions |
| Thurs 4 July |
End of Term Assembly 11:30am |
| Fri 5 July |
Last day of Term 2 |
| Mon 22 July | Student Free Day |
| Tues 23 July | Term 3 starts for students |
| August 10- 16 | National Science Week |
| August 17- 23 | Book Week - "Reading is my Secret Power" |
| Wed 21 Aug | Book Week Parade |
All parents are encouraged to make an appointment for a discussion with your child's teacher next week. Bookings for appointment times can be made via the Schools On-line Booking System - SOBS with the following link:
https://sobs.com.au/pt3/parent.php?schoolid=1476
The booking system will open at 9am on Monday 24th June and close at 2pm on Wednesday 3rd July. Appointment times will be available from Monday 1st July through to Thursday 4th July.
This is the same site used in March this year, however you will notice the appearance of the site has changed. If you would like assistance with the booking please call the School Office.
Grade 4 have been constructing Rube Goldberg Machines. These are simple machines that perform a task. Our challenge was to design a machine that could raise a flag. We used a lot of different materials including dominoes, marbles, bike wheels and cardboard tubes to make our machines work. We had to learn about what forces were involved in our design that would help us to raise the flag, some people used pulleys, others used the affect of gravity on an object. Everyone had a lot of fun doing this activity. We will share some of our videos at the next assembly.
