2019 Term 2 Week 3 Principal: Ms Lynne Johnston

Phone: 02 60 293 253 Personal Best For All

Fax: 02 60 293 235 Burrumbuttock Public School

Email: burrumbutt-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Howlong Road

Burrumbuttock, NSW, 2642 Website: www.burrumbuttp.school.det.nsw.edu.au

Newsletter Burrumbuttock Public School

‘Reading With The Nation’ National Simultaneous Story Time Wednesday 22nd May at 11.00am

Hi everyone! Well, I thought this term would be quieter but we have already had a very busy week organising many learning and sport events! Most importantly, on Friday 17th May and Monday 20th May, the teachers, students and parents/carers will meet to discuss the student’s Personal Learning Plans, including individual learning needs and goals. We are all working together to support students to achieve their personal best. A note was sent home on Monday informing parents/carers of their interview day/time. Please be prompt as we have allocated 10 minutes per student. If you require a change please contact me asap. The Southern Riverina Cross Country was postponed due to adverse weather conditions. Sienna, Paige, Toby, Abby, James, Madison, Rhys and Mason will be running in this event on Friday 17th May. Good luck! Our Walbundrie Small Schools PSSA Netball Knockout team will play their first game against Holbrook at Burrumbuttock courts on Wednesday 22nd May at 10.00am. Thank you to Narelle McKimmie and Rachel Koschitzke for helping prepare for this game. Paige, Sienna and Abby will be representing our school. The Paul Kelly Cup was also postponed due to adverse weather—it is being held on Friday 24th May at Culcairn. Toby, Max, James and Izack will be representing our school in the Walbundrie Small Schools team. Enjoy boys! I am attending the National Highly Accomplished and Lead Teacher, (HALT), Summit in Darwin next week. This is an annual event for teachers who have National accreditation at Highly Accomplished or Lead Level. As a Lead Teacher, I am attending to continue the professional conversation about expanding our impact on learners, colleagues and the profession as a whole. We will work together in workshops, school visits and masterclasses to explore best practice to increase student achievement by improving teachers’ assessment and impact through instructional leadership. School Photos were taken on Tuesday 7th May. Thank you for ensuring students were wearing their full winter school uniform. Orders can be made online if needed. Thank you to the P&C for organising the Mother’s Day stall. There were a lot of happy children and many relieved dads I’m sure! I hope all mums enjoyed their day. The next P&C Meeting will be held on Tuesday 11 June at 7pm, Mr Mott will be sharing an update on what’s happening in our gardens to enhance student learning. All welcome! The Year 3 & 5 students have been completing the NAPLAN Assessment tests this week. One to go tomorrow—Numeracy. Well done to these students for their concentration and perseverance. These tests are externally marked and each student will receive detailed results. The teachers use these assessments, (and classroom assessments), to guide their teaching programs. The Kinder students, (with the assistance of our Yr. 6 Leaders), will be running assembly next Wednesday at 3pm. Regards Lynne Johnston, Principal

2019 Calendar

Term 2 Week 3

Monday 13th May

Tchs Federation Meeting, 4.15pm

Tuesday 14th May

Sch Counsellor visit, Mrs Robinson

NAPLAN , Yr. 3 and Yr. 5

P&C Meeting, 7pm

Wednesday 15th May

NAPLAN, Yr. 3 and Yr. 5

Newsletter

Thursday 16th May

NAPLAN, Yr. 3 and Yr. 5

Writing Workshop, Wagga Mrs Miller

Friday 17th May

Southern Riverina Cross Country , Bowna

PLP Parent/Teacher Interviews

AFL Clinic, 2pm

Term 2 Week 4

Monday 20th May

Art and History, Mrs T and Mr Mc

PLP Parent/Teacher Interviews

WTLC Teachers, 2pm Brocklesby

Tuesday 21st May

HALT Summit, Darwin—Ms J

Wednesday 22nd May

PSSA Netball Knockout—10am

National Simultaneous Story—11am

Assembly, Yr K—3pm

HALT Summit, Darwin—Ms J

Thursday 23rd May

HALT Summit, Darwin—Ms J

SASS Conference, Albury— Mrs Kosi

Friday 24th May

Paul Kelly Cup, Culcairn

AFL Clinic, 2pm

HALT Summit, Darwin—Ms J

SASS Conference, Albury— Mrs Kosi

Term 2 Week 5

Monday 27th May

Long Service Leave (LSL), Ms J

Tuesday 28th May

GRIP Leadership Conference, Albury– Yr 5&6 and Mrs Miller

Murray HS Transition Day—9am 12pm

Billabong HS Transition Day

LSL, Ms J

Wednesday 29th May

Newsletter

LSL, Ms J

Thursday 30th May

LSL, Ms J

Friday 31st May

AFL Clinic, 2pm

LSL, Ms J

Banksia Room with Miss Merrilees

Banksia students have been writing their own procedures including: how to make slime, pizza and zucchini slice. Peter challenged himself to write the entire recipe for zucchini slice based on memory. We followed his procedure step by step and included every ingredient to successfully make a delicious zucchini slice. Well done Peter!

Students have been using arrays to help solve multiplication algorithms. We made a city to demonstrate our learning . Well done to year 1 for presenting and sharing their knowledge of arrays during last weeks assembly.

Array Cities

Procedural Writing

‘Hooray For Arrays!!’

Waratah Room with Mrs Miller

In Science this term we have been exploring forces. A force is an external influence that can change the motion, direction or shape of objects. Examples of forces include pushes, pulls, friction, gravity and magnetism. In one experiment we observed the effects of a larger push vs a smaller push and discussed how the larger push had more momentum and the smaller had less momentum . In another experiment we built a LEGO machine to demonstrate pulling..

‘ May The Force Be With You!!’

Assembly—Term 2, Week 2

Award Banksia Waratah

CLASS AWARD Ms Merrilees/Mrs Miller

Savanah Lindner— Commitment towards her learning in maths

Abby-Rose Young—Working hard on her comprehension skills

HISTORY/ART Mrs Trevethan/Mr McDonald

Zac Prater—Enthusiasm towards learning more about Australian Indigenous Artworks

Mason Burns—Excellent effort with his timeline.

PRINCIPAL Ms Johnston

James Lindner—For taking the initiative to advocate for his peers by writing a persuasive text to the principal.

RESPECT Student Leaders

William Frohling—For being engaged in his learning.

BIRTHDAYS Charlotte Young Tom Hall

SPORT SR PSSA Swimming

What’s Happening;

Sport

Southern Riverina Cross Country

The Southern Riverina Cross Country was postponed to Friday 17th of May at 9.30am due to wet weather. It will still be held at the Bowna Water Reserve. Good luck to Sienna, Paige, Toby, Archie, James, Maddison, Rhys and Mason! Southern Riverina Athletics Carnival

The Southern Riverina Athletics Carnival will be held

on the 28th of July at Alexandra Park. Good luck to

William, Mason, Will, James, Abby-Rose, Archie, Toby,

Paige and Max who will be competing. A permission

note will be sent out closer to the date.

PSSA Netball Knockout Round 1 of the PSSA Netball Knockout will be held on Wednesday 22nd of May at the Burrumbuttock Netball Courts from 10am

against Holbrook. As this is a knockout competition the team will need to win each round to move forward. Good luck to Paige,

Abby-Rose and Sienna!

Deadly Australian’s Safety Presentation On Thursday 6th of June from 1.30pm, the Pre-School students will join our K-6 Students for a fun and interactive Deadly Australian’s Safety Presentation. Deadly Australians is an entertaining and educational presentation on the unique venomous animals that live in our backyards, bush and oceans. Discussion on where our venomous creatures might be found, how to avoid them and the im-portance of seeking adult help, greatly reduces the risk of harm. It is a highly interactive and hands on presentation. The children will have the opportunity to hold non-venomous snakes, lizards and turtles.

What's Happening;

Parent Teacher Interviews Parent Teacher Interviews will be held on Friday the 17th of May

as well as Monday the 20th of May, with individual times set for

each child. Please contact the office if you have any questions.

GRIP Leadership Forum—Albury Commercial Club The Year 5/6 students will attend the GRIP Leadership forum on the 28th of May, students are to meet Mrs Miller at the Elizabeth Street, side entrance by 8.30am. GRIP Leadership is an organisation that exists to train and develop leaders within the school and education sector. The students will attend sessions on ‘Developing Myself to Lead’, ‘Making a Difference to My Team’, ‘Making a Difference to My School’ and ‘Making a Difference to Society’. Please return you permission notes by Monday the 21st of May.

Music Workshop On Thursday the 16th of May at 12pm the K-2 Students will walk down to the Pre-School to engage in an interactive Music workshop with the Pre-Schoolers.

National Simultaneous Story Time 2019 Wednesday the 22nd of May at 11am schools all around Australia will all read the Matt Cosgrove book, Alpacas with Maracas simultaneously. It is a colourful, fun event that aims to promote the value of reading and literacy, using an Australian children’s book that explores age-appropriate themes, and addresses key learning areas of the National Curriculum from K-6.

What’s Happening;

Friday June 21st at 7pm Burrumbuttock Public Hall

Admission $5 or Family $15

Please bring a plate of Supper A community fundraiser—

Proceeds to the Burrumbuttock Hall

Earn and Learn A big thank you to everyone

who has been supporting Burrumbuttock Public School with the Woolworths initiative, Earn and Learn Program. A sticker being earnt for every

$10 spent at Woolworths. The stickers go towards the school being able to access a huge range of new equipment and

resources. Every sticker helps!! The program will run till the

25th of June.

The more stickers you earn, the more kids learn!

P&C News—Federal Election

Federal

Election will be this

Saturday the 18th of May. Votes can be made at the school from

8am.