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Welcome back to Term 2. It’s been great to catch up with students and engage in conversations about what they have learnt during the school holidays! We would also like to welcome to our Burnie Primary School community, the 10 new students who started this term.
Last Term was certainly a term like no other in living memory. To acknowledge our part in history, we have captured a collage of some of our staff with masks. We captured this collage as an archive photo documenting the way we are working at the moment. Burnie Primary School is one of the oldest schools in Australia (170 this year), and staff have only faced these sorts of challenges that a pandemic brings, one other time during its history, in 1918 – 1920 with the ‘Spanish flu’.
You can find the details of the Term 2 Covid Operational Plan at: COVID-safe schools plan for Term 2 now available - The Department of Education Tasmania. A feature of the plan is we are to keep our high levels of ventilation throughout all rooms. This will of course be a challenge with windows open etc in the colder months but if it means that heaters will be on and windows open, then that’s what we have been advised to do to make it happen. We have received new tower fans for every classroom to be used to aid ventilation and we have received a number of new air purifiers that will help aid the air quality throughout this term. Please note that as of Monday May 1, the ‘close contact’ rule does not apply for household contacts, but you should be aware of other precautions in place from Public Health on this matter. Students will soon be given a pack of 5 RAT tests to make sure you are able to comply with the new close contact rules. If you require additional RAT tests, they are available at the front office on request. Masks are still required to be worn inside schools this term.
One of our priorities in this year’s school improvement plan is ‘Inquiry’, which we describe in our Strategic Plan as “Learners are engaged in wondering, discovering, making meaning, transferring understanding and reflecting on their thinking”. As we know, for students to be active participants in the 21st century, we must do more than simply provide knowledge. We provide students with the assets for learning that will equip them to engage in learning throughout life. These evidence-based assets include being able to think deeply and creatively (Thinking), to communicate effectively in a wide range of ways (Communication), to research critically and efficiently (Research), to collaborate with others (Collaboration), and to manage all this with initiative, confidence and independence (Self-management). All students from Kinder to Grade 6 have been developing these ‘Learning Assets’ and we are looking forward to sharing their work with you this year.
Andrew Starick
Principal
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Being at school is the best place for our kids. It’s where they learn and grow alongside their friends, and where they benefit the most.
The Department of Education’s new communication resources on School attendance highlight the importance of regular school attendance – watch the television commercial here.
Going to school not only promotes academic success, but also helps build important social skills, relationships and confidence. Every COVID-safe measure is being taken, so that every student can learn in class safely.
On Monday 25th of April, the Student Representative Council (SRC) were involved in the Anzac Day march and ceremony. We marched from the target carpark to the Burnie Park, where the ceremony was held. When the ceremony started, and we saw the mayor of Burnie, Piper thought that he was the King of Tassie, but she soon found out she was wrong. First the Burnie concert band played the New Zealand and Australian National Anthem; Next a lady came up and talked to us about the importance of Anzac Day and soon welcomed our guest speaker to the stage. Our guest speaker talked about how she had been involved in a war and how hard it was to live with that experience in her memory, then the laying of the wreaths started. The laying of the wreaths is an act of respect for the people that fought and died for our country. Burnie Primary was lucky enough to lay a wreath to show our respect for them.
Anzac Day is a special day to acknowledge those who fought and died, and to recognise their bravery and courage. We were lucky to be able to attend such an important date, we had an amazing experience.
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Understanding the Worry Monster : The Inside Out 4 Kids team present a one-hour webinar for parents and community members to help understand the feeling of worry and anxiety in children, followed by simple strategies to help build resilience.
11/05/2022 from 8:00pm – 9:00pm
For details and to register for this free webinar, please find the details via the link below, find the link via our Facebook page: Inside Out 4 Kids or email nwinfo@insideout4kids.org.au
Burnie Primary School Beanies for students,and adults. One size fits all. These are available from the School office at $12 each either by cash or eftpos payment...
Students who bring their mobile phones, iPads or smart watches to school are asked that these devices are signed into the school office upon arrival - this provides a means of safekeeping of their device.
Parents/Carers should call the School Office : 6433 3655 as the first point of contact. This is to ensure that any messages are passed on to the student before leaving for the day, as teaching staff do not readily access email or seesaw during the school day.