Week 5 - Burnside Primary School

From the Principal
Governing Council 2016
On Tuesday evening this week we held our Annual General Meeting to reflect on the past year and look to our future. What a fabulous
turnout of parents and staff. The Annual Report emailed to all parents last week was presented and our 2016 School Council
determined. I am very pleased to announce that we have a full council again this year thanks to the many willing volunteers. At the
meeting we thanked retiring members and asked some to talk about what they had gained from participation. All agreed that their
children had benefited from their involvement.
I am pleased to announce the following roles
Chairperson: Emma Weber
Vice Chair: Amanda Brien
Secretary: Patricia Melzer
Treasurer: Oliver Roger
New and existing members offered to convene or participate on our subcommittees. Staff representatives include Tara Burgers and
Tony Probert and our Community Representative is President of Parents and Friends, Raelene Masters
Governing Council has 7 subcommittees to increase parent participation - Education, Finance, Assets, Sports, Canteen, OSHC and
Community Events. Convenors will contact existing and new members to inform you of first meeting dates and times. School leaders are
involved with each committee. The effectiveness of committee work is based on involvement by councillors, staff and parent volunteers
working productively together. Most subcommittees have 2 meetings a term and convenors report business back to Governing Council.
Please complete the form in this week’s newsletter if you are interested in participating on any of our committees or email your
details to [email protected]
Meetings generally occur at school either before school or in the evenings. I look forward to working collaboratively with all members of
Governing Council to support our school to be the best it can be.
Following our AGM, Governing Council met together and approved the date and content of our first Pupil Free Day next Friday 11th
March. Staff will have professional learning in our social emotional program Bounce Back and work with a consultant on team building
skills. Other planned dates will be discussed at our next meeting on Tuesday 22 nd March and will be advised to the whole community.
Congratulations
Congratulations to Year 7 student Ella Lee! She has been selected after an extensive singing and
dancing audition to take part in the ‘Harvest Rain production of Hairspray- The Big Fat Arena
Spectacular’. She will dance in the mass ensemble involving 500 cast members in shows on the
weekend 14-16 October at the Entertainment Centre! We wish her well with holiday workshops!
New surface for our Middle Yard and Lower Yard play space
We have been fortunate in securing corporate funding to replace the majority of our bitumen play
surfaces across the middle yard and extending down towards the gym. Construction work is being
undertaken by Camco and is scheduled to commence in the first week of the April school holidays.
The construction area will be securely fenced off, however, given the scale and scope of the works
undertaken there will be an impact on the school. Access for the many trucks coming and going from the site will be from Stuart Street
and as such the western car park adjacent to the gym will be out of action for staff car parking and out of hours users of our facilities.
We will manage playtimes for students in the most efficient way possible, in that R-2 students will be restricted to the western play
spaces and 3-7 students will access the Eastern play spaces for the duration time of weeks 1 and 2, Term 2. We will communicate more
information as the time for construction commencement draws closer, however, we have already involved our SRC in brainstorming
designs for the new acrylic surface and we plan to keep them informed and actively involved in design presentations by sports surface
contractors.
Sharon Broadbent, Principal
Governing Council
 Provides governance to the school
 Involves setting the broad directions through strategic planning, policy review and development
 Supports school directions through allocation of resources
 Work with school leaders to ensure best practice for the Burnside School Community
 Parents are voted onto Governing Council at the AGM Tuesday 1 at 7pm
 You may nominate yourself or another parent
 2 meetings per term
 Governing Council members are required to be on at least one sub-committee
SUBCOMMITTEES AND TERMS OF REFERENCE
Budget/Finance Subcommittee
 Monitor the development of the schools’ budget
 Receive and evaluate financial reports
 Supporting long term and short term financial
management procedures
 2 meeting per term
Sports Subcommittee
 Coordinate and manage afterschool sports program
 Coordinate SAPSASA school programs
 Develop directions and policies for school sports
programs
 2-3 meetings per term
Asset Management Subcommittee
 Management and upkeep of buildings and
grounds
 Supervision of Grounds Person and School Cleaning Contractors
 At least 1 meeting per term and needs based
Burnside Foundation Board
 Works collaboratively with Governing Council to
cultivate a sense of community and raise funds for
vital projects
 Financial members volunteer to be on this board.
Canteen Subcommittee
 Establishing and monitoring guidelines related to
Canteen practices and procedures
 Overall management of Canteen employees
 Communicating and promoting Healthy Eating
programs
 1 meeting per term
Out Of School Hours Care (OSHC) Subcommittee
 Establishing and monitoring guidelines related to
OSHC practices and procedures
 Budget management and fee structure
management
 Communicating and promoting programs
 2 meetings per term
Education Subcommittee
 Reflect upon and provide advice on the
implementation of policies and procedures
 To provide forums to advance parent
understanding of educational and curriculum
matters
 2 meetings per term
Community Events Subcommittee
 To plan school/community events and activities
 Coordinate major fundraising activities
 Manage and coordinate school family functions
 2 meetings per term and needs based
Sub-Committee Membership 2016
I…………………….….....................................
am interested in joining
the……………………………Sub-committee.
My youngest child is
…………………………………………………..
in Room ……..
Telephone contact …………………………
Email Address ………………………………...
Signed………………………………………
Please return to Alison Bibby in the
front office
Design a poster!
The SRC and
KidsMatter team
are running a
competition.
We would like you
to design a poster
showing how we
can make our
school safe.
What to use
White A3 or A4
paper
Textas, pencils,
paint, etc.
Fabulous prizes
One for each year
level!
Please make sure
that you attach an
entry form with
your name and
room number.
Entries close on
Thursday March
10th. Give your
entry to your SRC
representative.
Winners announced
at a special
assembly on
Thursday, March
17th
In Week 3, many Year 7 students prepared to give an oral presentation to their house teams, outlining why they would
make excellent House Leaders in 2016.
House Leaders play an important role in our school community. They support the younger students through the Swimming
Carnival and Sports Day, prepare health hustles, run the Lunch Time Sports program and deliver speeches at important
school events. House Leaders must demonstrate the following qualities at all times:
 Be excellent role models for other students AT ALL TIMES
 Be motiveated and enthusiastic
 Be organised, reliable and responsible
 Be confident in public speaking at assemblies, health hustle practices and Sports Day/Swimming Carnival presentations
 be inclusive of other team members
 willing to give up their own time to carry out their duties
 RESPECT, COOPERATION and HIGH QUALITY LEARNING
 Be encouraging, supportive and helpful.
We would like to congratulate the following students for being voted into this important role by their peers.
Stuart – Keiran Kemal, Sam Gecz, Skye Pitchers-McKay and Danica Vigor.
Penfold –Jasper Dew, Billy Trim, Shaina Altman and Haley Waterman.
Bradman – Milo Bennet, Thomas Carson, Amy Carrig and Alyssa Zhou.
Florey – Zhengqin Ouyang, Cooper Brown, Olivia Summerton and Emily Gale.
They will be formally introduced to the school community at the assembly in Week 5. We wish them well this year!
The Year 7 Team.
Free webinar on ‘Nature Play in Education’
with Guest Speakers:
Simon Hutchison, Director, Climbing Tree - Simon started Climbing Tree to help schools and learning centres enrich their student's learning experience through nature play. He is able to share his passion for all things outdoors by hosting workshops, interactive play days and
inspiring schools to re-think the way they're able to develop their outdoor environments.
Martin Crabb, Senior Business Development Manager - Grounds, Programmed Property Services
Martin has a passion for horticulture, design and developing creative interactive spaces for children. Working for Programmed for over 10
years, he has designed and constructed outdoor active learning spaces for early learning centres, primary schools and high schools
Wednesday 9th March, 3:30pm - 4:30pm (AEST)
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2763372159997767937
Register for this free webinar to learn about the importance of nature play in a child's education.
 Learning philosophies and its associations to the outdoor environment.
 Benefits of introducing young children to outdoor measured risk activities.
 Trending outdoor spaces - nature play, outdoor classrooms and edible gardens.
The Junior Primary and Primary SRCs are vital groups in our
school. This year we aim to strengthen student voice through
the SRCs being part of the KidsMatter framework . There will be
a social and emotional learning focus at meetings such as
respect or persistence and class meetings will focus on
these. The JP SRC will be run with Kellie Di Maria and the
Primary SRC will be led by Angela Elkin and Edward Gilmour.
There is an executive of four Year 7 students, Eve, Isabella,
George and Antucco, who will be running meetings and leading
the group. One of the first initiatives is running a poster
competition in conjunction with the KidsMatter team.
This is to highlight National Day of Action against Bullying and
Violence on March 18. Congratulations to all Semester 1 Student
Representative Council representatives.
Angela Elkin - Assistant Principal
PRIMARY
Year
7
SRC Reps Term 1 and 2
Room Representative
Yoomin Park
11
2015
Representative
Emilia Robbins
7
10
Jasper Dew
Ava Kitching
7
9
Jackson Merrigan
Tiana Mazomenos
6
12
Arshyah Mirzaei
Sakura Gardiner-Kobashi
6
6
7
8
Jarvis Neaves
Courtney Siegert
Matthew Adams
Jazz Galvan
5
5
17
15
Alex Huynh
Naomi Booth
Jett Neaves
Lara Martin
5
14
Connor McAllister
Esme Kitching
5
16
Zac Guth
Casey Leis
4
30
Adam Gamtcheff
Hana Melzer
4
4
33
34
Jeff Davies
Ella Gush
Hugo Matthias
Finnley Leedham
3/4
18
Jesse Ferres
Zara Trim
3
29
Liam Savi
Ava Schmidtke
3
31
Ricky Carter
Lola Hannon-Tan
3
32
Riley Francis
Elizabeth Drummond
Junior PRIMARY
Year
Room
2
4
2
5
2
6
SRC Reps Term 1 and 2
2015
Representative
Representative
Oliver Ferravant
Ella Beissel
Daniel Paasuke
Maeve Carruthers
Oscar Di Matteo
Ava Coscia
2
27
Ethan Dulong
Madison Nicolitsi
1
19
James Appleton
Chloe Saliba
1
1
25
26
Harry Adams
Annabella Carrigan
Tadhg Fanning
Chloe Kim
1
28
Max Faulkner
Sari Wainscott
R/1
20
Brody Bell
Matilda Wilkin
R
21
Tom Goldsworthy
Ophelia Harding
R
22
Bjorn Enderling
Lexie Parkinson
R
23
Ewan Rumney
Zantheh McWhinnie-Wong
R
24
Henry Kameron
Mia Duthy
SRC Executive for 2016!
In Week 3, many year 7s prepared written applications to be
considered as SRC Executive Leaders in 2016. The SRC Executive
are a group of highly organised students, who run weekly SRC
meetings, give important speeches at school events and manage
the Values Cup reward system across the school. Executive members must demonstrate the following qualities at all times:
 Organisation, initiative and responsibility.
 Confidence in communication.
 Collaborative
 Effective time -management
 Demonstration of the school values of RESPECT, COOPERATION
and HIGH QUALITY LEARNING at all times.
After a careful selection process involving Leadership and the
Year 7 teachers, we would like to congratulate
George Cox, Isabella Tucker, Eve Drummond and
Antuco Cifuentes for their successful applications.
We wish them well this year!
The Year 7 Team
FREE seminar
Children, teens and pornography:
What every parent should know
‘Online’ is filled with risks for children and families. Come and
hear nationally recognised parenting speaker, author and researcher Dr Justin Coulson talk about:
 the alarming statistics regarding children’s access to online
pornography
 the impact on boys and girls
 how parents can guide their child or teen.
 The event will be webcast to accommodate parents and carers who cannot attend in person.
Date and time: Wednesday 6 April, 7.00 to 9.00pm
Venue: City Rooms, Adelaide Convention Centre, North
Terrace
Register online at http://parentingsa.eventbrite.com.au to
attend, or to view the webcast.
For more information, visit http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/
parentingsa/seminars.htm or phone Parenting SA on 8303
1660
Contact: Senior Health Promotion Officer, Parenting SA,
Dorian Marsland-Smith, phone 8161 7159
In Biological Science, furry, feathered, scaly and wet animals abounded with all Reception classes on Tuesday 23rd
February! As a part of our Australian Curriculum Science
learning topic ‘living things have basic needs’, we invited
animal handler Jodie, from Animal Capers to school for a
hands-on, sensory experience and to show off the
character traits of several native Australian animals. During
each session, students had the chance to see a Queensland
whistling tarantula, hold a freshwater crocodile, tree frog
and a Children’s python, feed squirrel gliders, pat at a tawny frogmouth, receive a kiss on the nose from a blue
tongue lizard and tickle a tortoise.
Mrs Glasson - JP Science teacher
TERM 1 CALENDAR
Week 6 Scholastic Book Fair
10.03.16 SAPSASA District Swimming
11.03.16 Pupil Free Day
14.03.16 Adelaide Cup Holiday
18.03.16 Yr3-7 Swimming Carnival
18.03.16 National Day Against Bullying
22.03.16 Governing Council 7.30pm
23.03.16 RAN Training
25.03.16 Good Friday
28.03.16 Easter Monday
Friday 4th March
Kirsty Carruthers, Beth Dally & Nancy Hunyh
Wednesday 9th March
Trish Griffith, Marcia Gilbert & Gael Kaveburg
Friday 11th March
Well, we are almost halfway through
term 1 and it’s been great to see so
many class reps organising functions for
their classes. It’s a great way to get to
know the other parents within your
child’s class and helps build on that wonderful sense of community that we have
here at Burnside. Some great ideas for
class functions are parent coffee catchups, plays at Hazelwood Park after
school, parent dinners or bottle and
plate nights, mum’s cocktails evenings or
pizza nights for parents and kids. With
Easter approaching, egg hunts at Hazelwood Park after school are a fun idea!
Consider getting a couple of classes together or even entire year levels.
Our Easter Fundraiser
is underway. Order
Kytons Bakery items
online by Wednesday
9th of March and
every order will raise
funds to support our
school. Follow the link:
www.trybooking.com/GZGI to order!
Raelene Masters - President
Katherine Russell, Frances Elliott & Tara Staritski
Wednesday 16th March
Week 6 is our Scholastic Book Fair
week. The Fair is organised to allow all
students to look in our "pop up bookstore"
and enjoy a visit from our surprise Scholastic character. During this week we will have
a display of books for sale in the Library and
all students can come down to the Library in classes with their Buddies, to look
at the books and then carefully choose
TWO books to add to their take home
Wishlist. This wishlist is for parents to know
which books their child is interested in and
can then decide whether to buy a copy!
The books can be bought with cash/order
sent to school with their child or preferably
online at www.scholastic.com.au/payment.
(Please choose Book Fairs payment not
Book Club.)
The library will be open
Monday 7th and Tuesday
8th March after school
from 3.10pm until 4pm
Tuesday 8th and
Wednesday 9th March
before school from 8.30am until 9am
for parents to visit the Library with their
children. These will be the ONLY times
open for parents and computers will be
available to complete online orders with
assistance.
Tatiana Arellano, Ingrid Oakes & Helen Smitham
Beth Dally - Parent Volunteer
In week 7 a team of volunteers from
several of the local churches will be presenting a program aimed at teaching
children what Easter is all about. The
program has been written with Primary
School students in mind and is an interactive and interesting way to teach children the Easter story. These programs
have been running in our local schools
for well over 10 years now and are well
received by students and staff.
Consent forms will be issued and all children must return a signed consent form
if they would like to attend. If you have
any questions about the program I
would be happy to answer them.
If I can assist you in anyway please make
contact via the school office, by email or
drop by my office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Fridays. I am located upstairs in
the new JP building next to Room 27.
Sheila Chehade
Pastoral Care Worker
[email protected]
We have one session
this term to be held
on Tuesday 23rd
March 6-7pm
This session will be
held in the Staff Room. Participants will
receive a handbook and a certificate.
There are limited places available.
Please follow this link to make a booking
RAN-EC Training
http://www.trybooking.com/HEDF
Angela Elkin - Assistant Principal
If your child is interested in guitar tuition
with Brad or Guy, we still have a few
vacancies.
Please contact Mark Ashby by email
[email protected]
Please leave your name, mobile
number, child’s name and room
number.
Mark Ashby
Music Teacher
Thank you for supporting this event as we
are able to use the rewards to buy new
books and resources for our Library.
Mel, Maria and Tanya
Which High School?
URRBRAE AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL
Providing unique opportunities for learners and future innovators.
URRBRAE COULD BE THE SCHOOL FOR YOU
To find out what Urrbrae has to offer, come along to one of our
Information Sessions on
Tuesday 22nd March, 2016
Meeting at the Farm Shed.
Two hour visits to the school will include:
Information about the Application Process, Farm Tour and School Tour
The Open Day Program runs from:
9.30am - 11.30am and will be repeated at 1.00pm - 3.00pm and again at 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Applications for Year 8 2017 will close at 5.00pm on Wednesday 4th May 2016
Collect a brochure from your School Office for more details.
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.urrbraehs.sa.edu.au
Facsimile: (08) 8372 6999
505 Fullarton Road, Netherby SA 5062
Telephone: (08) 8372 6955