This term, we have had the opportunity to reflect and refine our plans for the Burnie Primary School Strategic Plan 2021 – 2022. We reflected on our 2017-2020 Plan and where we would like to be at the same time in 2022. Understanding the learning needs for students as 21^st century learners is essential for us as educators to plan for the attributes our learners will need to be lifelong learners. This certainly reinforced our vision for Burnie Primary School into the year 2022. 

Collaborative, creative and innovative learning community.

This year we acknowledge the power of collaboration in learning in teams together. Most innovations come as a result of people collaborating together, in some cases with people from the other side of the world. 2021 will see a real focus on problem solving and the skills and attributes that we can learn to help in the problem-solving process. Again, this requires learners to be able to work collaboratively, but also with resilience to understand the importance of making and learning from mistakes. We want students to think deeply about concepts and design solutions to problems. Our focus on Inquiry will continue into 2021.

This year we have been excited at the depth of student understanding around concepts, and this sets us up for an empowering year in 2021 where we will be targeting student engagement to become connected, resilient, creative and curious thinkers.  Some see creativity in the arts, but we will be acknowledging creative problem solvers in Maths, English and other curriculum areas and also socially in the playground, teaching students the social skills to be able to solve problems peacefully. Wellbeing will also form a goal for Burnie Primary School over the next two years.

We know that literacy and numeracy will continue to be essential for successful lifelong learners and they form one of our goals for the next two years. The Australian Curriculum guides what we teach in each grade but teachers and schools guide how it is taught and this will be a focus for quality teaching and whole school approaches to our teaching and learning.

As part of our planning for next year, it is important for us to make an accurate prediction of the numbers of students who will be attending Burnie Primary School next year. If you know that you will not be here or you know of families that will be moving into our area, can you please let us know as soon as possible so we can ensure that we cater for every single students’ success in 2021?

Andrew Starick
Principal

Congratulations to the following students who were awarded Merit Certificates in our assembly last Thursday, 12 November. 

The Department of Education recently announced that we would be expanding the Student Assistance Scheme for 2021.

Parents who have a current concession card as listed below can apply for dependent students for assistance under the STAS:

• Services Australia – Centrelink Health Care Card
• Service Australia – Centrelink Low Income Health Care Card
• Services Australia – Pensioner Concession Card or
• Department of Veteran Affairs – Pensioner Concession Card.

Please note that if you are already receiving student assistance you do not need to complete a form.

For 2021 a new on-line form has been developed to assist with processing applications for new applicants.

The online form can be completed here:  https://stasonlinesubmission.education.tas.gov.au/ 

Once a validated form is completed the Department of Education will confirm the outcome of your application in writing.  This process takes approximately 14 days.

We understand this online option may not be possible for all families, so if you require a hard copy form please contact your school or stas@education.tas.gov.au or 1800 827 055.

Issue 8 closes 31st November 2020.

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