Wednesday 22nd August 2018 Week 5 Term 3
PRINCIPAL: Greg Platt DEPUTY PRINCIPAL: Maria Rivera
GOVERNING COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON: 11 SULTANA ST - BERRI - SA - 5343
PHONE: 8582 1077 FAX: 8582 3206
Berri Primary School Newsletter
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WEB: www.berrips.sa.edu.au EMAIL: [email protected]
DIARY DATES
BOOK WEEK Week 5 Mon 20 - 24 August
SCHOOL CLOSURE Week 7 Fri 7 September
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
We welcome back Maria Rivera from her amazing holiday overseas. We’ve been so busy since her return that we haven’t really had a good catch up about her travels but I’m sure there are plenty of good stories to come. It would be remiss of me not to thank Peter Safralidis on behalf of the Berri Primary School community for the outstanding job he did while in the Deputy Principal position. Maria was certainly a tough act to follow and Peter stepped into the role as though he’d been doing it for years. His efforts were greatly appreciated by all of us.
Pupil Free Day Last Friday the Berri Primary School teachers continued their Visible Learning Training. We spent the day with teachers from all the other schools in the Berri/Barmera Partnership learning more about what teaching strategies have the greatest impact upon student learning. One part that really resonated with me was the importance of strong relationships with children in order to maximise student learning. This is something that I believe we do extremely well at Berri Primary School and is one of the reasons our classroom environment is so calm and settled.
School Dog In the next newsletter I will hopefully be introducing you to our latest staff member namely Poppy our school dog. There has been significant research released in recent years outlining the benefits of therapy dogs in a school setting. It is intended that Poppy will regularly visit classes and be a helping hand when some of our kids that are doing it tough. Watch this space.
CLASS PLACEMENTS FOR 2019
We will begin the process of placing students for 2019 in the near future. Parents who wish to provide input into
the placement of their child can collect a proforma from the office. Educational and social grounds will be
considered with the needs of the school. Be aware that requests may not be able to be met. Requests for specific
teachers will not be considered.
Requests need to be returned to the Front Office by Friday 28th September 2018 (last day of term 3) as we will
begin class placements in week 1 of term 4. If your child will not be attending Berri Primary School in 2019 please
let the Front Office staff know as this will help us when getting 2019 classes ready.
Book Week
Dress Up Parade
Tomorrow 8:45 Pavilion
Sheds for Sale Berri Primary School is offering 2 sheds for sale by tender. The successful bidder will be responsible for dismantling and site clean up. Please complete the attached tender form and submit it by Friday 31st August, 9am. The highest bidder will be notified shortly after closing. Greg
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STUDENT
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AWARDS
Mickenzie
Zippy
Kahliam
Addison
Brantley
Nicodemus
Kym
Tia
Jy
Angel
Kayne
Tayla
Lisa
Toby
Isaac
BPS Choir
Anakin
Liam
Amelia
Brody
Shiane
Felicity
Hannah
Maddison
Declan
Alex
Chanel
Kristen-Ellan
Collaboration!
Is our learner quality focus in Term 3. Our students are talking about how collaboration can help us
with our learning. It’s one of the learner qualities that can help us to climb out of the learning pit!
You may hear your children talk about how collaboration can:
* Help us to learn from each other *Teach us to share and liste
n to each others ideas *Give us a
chance to try out ideas through dialogue * Help us to understand whether we are on the right track
or not when solving a problem *Teach us to ask questions * D
raw out each others strengths
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Health and Physical Education with Mr Coote
Hi all,
The growth in mental strength and willingness to improve personal skills continues positively at Berri Primary. With the learning intention and success criteria discussion points included in PE lessons, students are able to continually reflect upon their learning journey and build upon a confident learning experience each week. This is evident in the way students are questioning aspects of team play and supporting other individuals during PE lessons. Last week during PE lessons, students from Year 4 to Year 7 engaged in a series of fitness activities. Here is a short movie showcasing some of the students engaging within each activity:
https://youtu.be/nYhM4f-FPUE.
For the next two weeks, students from Reception to Year 5 will be
engaged in cricket skills and the Upper Primary classes in modified
Aussie Rules.
I hope you talk up Berri Primary in the community as the staff and
students are consistently working towards creating an exceptional
learning environment for all involved.
School Sport Update with Mr Coote
Good luck to the two Berri teams competing at the district Tag
Rugby day being held at the Berri Town Oval. Miss Brown and
Andrew Baker will be supporting the students as they compete
against other school teams from across the district.
Congratulations to Taj R. who has been selected into the School
Sport SA Riverland team to compete at the country championships
on the 24th September. Taj will be competing in Shot Put. At these
championships, Taj will have a chance of being selected into the
South Australia team, depending on results, to compete in
Melbourne later this year.
Recently, a group of year 3 and 4 students trialled to represent
Berri Primary at an upcoming regional Hot Shots tennis gala day on
Thursday 30th August. Two teams were selected consisting of 8 boys
and 8 girls. Each team will continue to train during lunch over the
next two weeks in preparation for the event. This is a rare
opportunity for these year levels to participate in organised
inter school sport so these students were very keen to represent
their school.
The second annual Berri PS versus Barmera PS Challenge Day is
being held on Friday 31st August. Berri PS hosted the inaugural
event in 2017. Both PE teachers from each school discussed ways of
allowing students from their respective schools to meet each other in
a pre-high school fun event. The sports played are 12 a side
Australian Football, 9 a side mixed soccer and 7 a side girls
netball. Each sport has a cup that the winning school can place in
their trophy cabinet for the next year.
District Athletics Wrap Up
On the 10th of August a determined team of 28 students, from
a selected 35, attended the District Athletics day in Loxton. The
journey of these 28 athletes has been amazing. Their positive
attitude in the way they represented and competed for Berri
Primary School showed that they were capable of taking on
feedback and then applying that feedback into improving their
own development.
Winding the clock back a little to term 2, Receptions to Year 7
participated in a vigorous 7 week PE program focussing on
track and field events. The aim of this program was to expose,
instil and then capture within the Berri PS cohort an interest in
track and field (athletics). During the annual BPS sports day
event, many students showcased a significant improvement in
their athletic capabilities – especially in the field events. Many
had noted that they were impressed with the level of correct
technique that was being presented.
And as mentioned, on the 10th of August, 28 determined
students from Berri competed with pride and displayed
excellent skill at the annual District Athletics day. At the district
event, the main focus, other than competing and testing your
skills and abilities against other students, is to gain selection
into the School Sport SA Riverland Athletics team to compete at
the State Country Championships. Gaining selection into this
particular team is always difficult. Especially when there are so
many talented athletes in the Riverland and only the winner of
each event is selected. Now knowing the journey of the students
and the challenge of gaining selection – take a close look at
the results of these amazing students and how close many of
them came to gaining selection.
PLACEGETTERS 1st Taj R – 10yr boys shot put 2nd Jai P – 10yr boys high jump 2nd Sophia K – 10yr girls shot put 2nd Sophia K – 10yr girls discus 2nd Liam W – 11yr boys high jump 2nd Tyson Mc – 13yr boys high jump 2nd Samantha C – 11yr girls high jump 2nd Harry C – 12yr boys high jump 2nd Cohen B – 13yr boys 800m 3rd Cohen RE – 11yr boys 200m
3rd 11yr boys 4 x 100m relay
FINALISTS Kate Z – 100m 10yr girls Nikki P – 100m 12yr girls Cohen RE – 100m 11yr boys Joseph H – 100m 13yr boys Rhianna Mc – 100m 13yr girls Joseph H – 200m 13yr boys
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BERRI TENNIS CLUB SEASON 2018-19 A new Tennis Season is fast approaching.
Berri Tennis Club Junior Team Trials for Interclub competition are as follows: Thursday 13th, 20th and 27th September at 4.30pm. Hot Shots Coaching Come “N” Try as well as Parent information session Sunday 16 th September from 10.00am. Hot Shots Coaching 11 week program starts on Friday 21st September. Match Play Competition at Berri TC starts on Sunday 4 November. For more information in regards to Junior Competition and Hot Shots Tennis programs at Berri Tennis Club email Georgia on [email protected]
Berri Out of School Hours Care Games 2 U from Adelaide will be coming to Berri
OSHC in the October Vacation Care Holidays. They
will be offering Laser Tag, the Hamster Ball and
Mobile Game Theatre. So remember to book early
for this rare opportunity October the 10th Cost $15.
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