Student Agency and Voice at Burnie Primary School  

We have 2 key ‘all year’ elected Leadership opportunities for Grade 6 students: Student Council and Sports Leader positions. Our student leaders prepared for leadership nominations and the election process in 2022 through choosing to nominate for one of the positions and preparing a speech that was for the 3 to 6 student group and accompanying staff.  Students were elected by the combined voting results of Grades 4 to 6 students and all school staff. Our Year 6 leaders work closely with Miss Smith, Ms Crabtree and Mrs Smith to develop their personal leadership capacity.

I would like to personally congratulate our 2023 Student Leaders for their courage and aspiration in stepping forward this year 

Burnie Youth Council Representatives 

Our 'Student Council Leaders’ main responsibilities include: 

• To Lead the Student Council 
• To represent Burnie Primary School at special assemblies, school and community events (ANZAC day) 
• To assist school staff in carrying out a number of school related tasks
• To prepare running sheet and lead school Assemblies 
• To be a positive role model for all students 

Our 'Sports Leaders’ main responsibilities include: 

• Leading/assisting class/es  for Daily PE Programs 
• Assist with lunch time and other organised sport/recreation activities 
• Leading/assisting with ‘House’ events – Athletics carnival, sports events, etc
• Assisting with care of sports equipment and sports store 
• To be a positive role model for all students 

Our 'Library Leaders’ were selected by writing a letter to Ms Crabtree. Their main responsibilities include: 

• Providing special help with borrowing/returns 

• Assisting with daily lunch library tasks/duties as timetabled 
• Maintaining a section of the school collection 
• Assisting with lunch time and other organised activities in the library 
• Book Week activities; Assist with Premier’s Reading Challenge 
• To be a positive role model for all students 

2023 Communicating Learning Progress with Families - Prep – Year 6 Reporting 

This week our new Term 1 ‘Application to Learning Reports’ will be sent home. This report provides families with a summary of each child’s learning habits and engagement in their class so far this year. 

If you have any questions, or would like to discuss this report please make contact with your child's classroom teacher via seesaw.  We value regular, meaningful conversations about learning achievement, progress and student wellbeing because we know this is key to support and grow our partnerships with all families. 

Staffing Update  

We continue to have some staffing changes this term. Assistant Principal, Kerryn Duncan will continue her period of leave through to the end of Term 2. We would like to express our thanks and best wishes to Miriam Ennis who will be transferring to Parklands High School, after a short period of service to Burnie Primary School. We congratulate and welcome Miss Emma Sterta who has commenced at our school as our Education Support Specialist and we welcome Paul Vardy to Burnie Primary School as our Digital Technologies and Art specialist teacher.   

Save the Date 

Upcoming Celebration of learning  

Please join us in the JMC for an afternoon of celebration on Tuesday 28th March, at 1:30pm. Grades two, four and six will be sharing. 

On Wednesday 8th March Burnie Primary participated in the NWPSSA North West Athletics Carnival. It was a terrific day and all students gave it their absolute best and came home with some terrific results. 

Well done to these students! 

On Thursday 9^th of March 23 students in grade 5/6 went along to the North-West Primary School Sports Association (NWPSSA) 5/6 Athletics Carnival in Penguin. Students excitedly hopped on a bus to travel to Penguin and were aspirational about the day ahead. The weather was cold, breezy and a little wet, but all students were in high spirits as they got onto the track and field for their first events. All our students represented Burnie Primary School with pride and cheered each other on during the races. The highlight of the day was the circular relays which we had been practising in PE, with students eager to put their practice to work. I would like to congratulate all the students who participated in the field events on the day for showing courage as many hadn’t done the event before. I’d like to thank Paige Aitken for giving up her lunch time to support our two grade 5 shot put throwers in some training on Wednesday before the carnival. I’d also like to thank all the parents who came to support the students and who assisted myself and Mrs Hyland on the day.  Special mention to Lucas Hyland who came second in a very close Grade 5 Boys Long Jump event, and Indigo Nott-Hage who came second in her Grade 6 Girls 800m final. All the students who attended should be proud of their efforts, and I wish those who made the Twilight Carnival on April 3^rd all the best.

Congratulations to the following students who were selected to attend twilights:

Lucas, Milla, Quaide, Indigo, Oscar, Louis & Penny.

School Health ‘Nurse Rob’

Fridays at Burnie Primary School

Did you know?

School health nurses work with the support teams of both primary and secondary schools and the Tasmanian Health Service.

School health nurses support schools to create a physical and social environment that promotes health and wellbeing and assists to improve the health and education outcomes for children and young people in Tasmania.

Focus for Primary Schools

• Vision and hearing checks.
• Health assessments.
• Providing advice and information to students, parents and school staff on children’s health, physical activity and nutrition.
• Local, state and national health promotion initiatives.
• Health education aligned with the Australian Curriculum including healthy relationships, body esteem, resilience and mental wellbeing, and drugs and alcohol.
• Assisting schools with the management of complex medical conditions.
• Addressing any medical issues that may be impacting learning.