We have had two fantastic Cross-Country events. Last week was our Prep to Grade 6 event and yesterday was our Kinder Cross Country. The event highlighted how well our students do at following our school expectations of Best Effort and Positive behaviours. It was also wonderful to see families come and encourage all our students. A big thank you to all our staff and volunteers who helped ensure both days ran smoothly.

Ulverstone Cross Country

Congratulations to the students who have been selected to represent our school at the interschool cross country in Ulverstone next week. If any parents of students attending, who have a WWVP card, would like to help on the day, please contact either Mrs Liz Fidler who is accompanying the 3/4 team or Ms Rochelle Cunningham who is accompanying the 5/6 team.

Breakfast Club

A BIG thank you to the Burnie West Rotary Club for the donation of $500 to our breakfast club. This will help with the purchase of white goods. Thank you to Emma and Gregory Baker for your huge tub of vegemite! If anyone wishes to donate, we are after donations of long-life milk, jam and cream cheese spread.

Children with Anxiety

There are only 8 tickets available to Clare Thompson's free parent workshop on children with anxiety, Thursday June 3 from 6.00pm -8.00pm at school. You can reserve your spot via the Eventbrite link or contacting the school office.

Parent Teacher Conversations

Parent Teacher discussion have been scheduled from Tuesday 15 - Friday 18 June 2021.

As previously we will use the SOB's (Schools Online Booking System) application as it's an easy to use system that allows you to book directly with your child/children's teachers.

Once the rounds have been finalised, we will send the SOBs link via our SZapp.

Rochelle Cunningham

Acting Principal

Congratulations to the following students who were awarded our Values Certificates - Growth, Courage, Respect and Aspiration at our assembly on 20 May.  

Also congratulation to our two students who were awarded Aussie of the Month.

Congratulations to the following students for reaching :

25 nights reading

Prep SJ - Maddison, Axen, Hudson, Jesse, Ollie, Harry, Max

1HC - Madelyn

50 nights reading

3FJ  - Zara

75 nights reading

3FJ - Keandra, Archie, Yashika, Olivia

After having to postpone our Prep - Grade 6 Cross Country Carnival due to inclement weather on Thursday 20 May we had an exceptional day of weather on Friday 21May.

Our students participated with great courage and determination over a long distance and challenging course, particularly the Grades 4 - 6 students who ran out of the school and into Hellyer, I believe the Hellyer Hill was a challenge for many coming towards the end of the race. It was great to see how supportive our students are of each other encouraging and cheering on all runners regardless of their position in the race. All students who participated and gave their all are winners to me as it is the ethic of doing your best that is most important.

It was fantastic to have parents back for these carnivals as I know that the students were excited and it certainly adds to the atmosphere of these types of events.

Top three placegetters;

Prep Boys  1^st   Lenny M 2^nd Hudson B, 3^rd Patrick A

Prep Girls   1^st Thea M, 2^nd Isla W, 3^rd  Iris V

Gr 1 Boys   1^st Andy H, 2^nd Jakob C, 3^rd Isaiah P

Gr 1 Girls   1^st Micah D, 2^nd Storm M,  3^rd Ellie W

Gr 2 Boys   1^st Kaden R , 2^nd William V, 3^rd Zarin H

Gr 2 Girls   1^st Murphie B, 2^nd Siharna D, 3^rd Poppy C

Gr 3 Boys    1^st Sashan S, 2^nd Louis S, 3^rd Archie M

Gr 3 Girls   1^st Lucy R, 2^nd Scarlett R, 3^rd Storm S

Gr 4 Boys   1^st Hudson B, 2^nd Ryan A, 3^rd Malik R

Gr 4 Girls   1^st Indigo N, 2^nd Sari A, 3^rd Molly S

Gr 5 Boys   1^st Harry H, 2^nd Lucas K, 3^rd Billy S

Gr 5 Girls   1^st Ellie R, 2^nd Isabella L, 3^rd Alicia R

Gr 6 Boys  1^st Joshua B, 2^nd Oliver R, 3^rd Nash A

Gr 6 Girls  1^st Amarli P, 2^nd Jana A, 3^rd Parissa S

Final house points were; Wyona 167, Curraghmore 180  and Oakleigh 204

From these results we selected a Burnie Primary team to compete in the North West Cross Country Carnival on Wednesday the 2 June in Ulverstone.

We are eligible to have five runners in each age group our team is; Sashan S, Louis S, Archie M, Lucas H, Ashton W, Lucy R, Scarlett R, Storm S, Taylor W, Penelope S, Hudson B, Malik R, Kobe S, Archie H, Oscar W, Indigo N, Sari A, Molly S, Paige A, Milla D, Harry H, Lucas K, Billy S, Blake B, Max R, Ellie R, Isabella L, Alicia R, Tilly B, Pippa B, Joshua B, Oliver R, Nash A, Ryan D, Brooklyn H, Amarli P, Jana A, Parissa S, Addison B and Olivia W.

We wish this team all the best and look forward to hearing their results.

Kinder Cross Country Event

On Wed 26 we ran the Kinder cross country in challenging windy conditions.  It was awesome to see these young athletes competing in their first school cross country and of course it was wonderful to have parents cheering them around the track  - well done to all who participated.

Thank you 

Stephen Dome - PE Teacher

We were fortunate to have Rodney Eade, ambassador for The Fathering Project, join us live via Teams to facilitate the event. As a result of the launch we are now well on the way to forming our Burnie Primary Dads' group. Dads' Groups can help build your school community, and benefit children, fathers and families. The Dads Groups are run by dads, for dads – to engage, belong and learn.

If you haven’t already, please become a member of our Dad’s group via the QR code posted below. This gives you access to a great deal of helpful information and it's also a way whereby we can contact you as a group about events.

Our next event is for Dads and children with more information on this coming your way very soon.

If you require any further information, please contact the school on 64333655.

Amanda Hyland-In School Co-ordinator for The Fathering Project