Congratulations to the students who represented Burnie Primary at the inter-school Cross Country in Ulverstone last week. Not only did we win the Division A schools section, but all students upheld our school Expectation of Best Effort and our School Value, Respect. All students should feel extremely proud! Results and pictures are further on in the newsletter.

Grade 5/6 Toilet Make-Over

The SRC and Bunnings have been working together on a project to make toilets a safe space for students to go, both mentally and emotionally. The SRC recognised that toilets are a place that people may go to when they are feeling upset or worried and wanted to put inspirational words and quotes to help support their peers.  We have the first stage completed, a repaint! Stay tuned for more pictures when the next stage is complete. A huge thank you to Michelle, Mickey and Lee from Bunnings Burnie and Devonport for painting our toilets!

Breakfast Club

Our Breakfast Club will be starting Monday 26 July, Week 2, Term 3 in the Makerspace. It will be open daily from 8.30am - 9.00am and students will have the option of toast, cereal, and a glass of milk all for a nominal donation of 50 cents. We have been lucky enough to secure a donation of cereal from Kellogg’s. The donation will be arriving by the end of the term.

Thank you to Chris and Mel Smith for supporting the breakfast club, along with Fonterra, Wynyard. Donations of food or money will help secure the running of Breakfast Club into the future.

Further informaiton will be provided Week 1, Term 3.

Family Breakfast

The School Association are excited to be hosting their first family event for 2021, a Pancake Family Breakfast! This free family event will be on Wednesday 30 June from 8.00am - 9.00am in the JMC.

Bombshell Coffee Van will be selling coffees for $1.00  We hope all families can join us throughout the morning and celebrate a busy and successful Term 2! To secure your spot, and ensure our event is COVID compliant please go to the link below and pre-order your tickets.

Eventbrite Ticket link:

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/family-breakfast-tickets-158813526533

Sickness

It is that time of year again when coughs, colds and sore throats are rampant. If your child is sick, we ask that you keep them home until their symptoms are gone. If you are unsure if they are ready to return, please contact the office.

The office needs to be contacted each day your child is absent and if your child will be away for 3 or more days, we ask that you provide a doctors certificate or statutory declaration.

Rochelle Cunningham

Acting Principal

Grade 5SH read the book, The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo. They then wrote a description about the character by trying to encapsulate their attitude and emotions as well as their appearance.

On Wednesday, 2 June a group of 20 Burnie Primary students travelled to the Ulverstone Football Ground to participate in the Inter Primary Cross Country. This was an event where primary schools from the North West Coast came together to compete in running.

Due to COVID-19 the event was split up into 2 sections. Grade 3 and 4s in the morning and Grade 5 and 6s in the afternoon. The grade 3 and 4s departed Burnie Primary at 9:15am, with Mrs Fidler, to arrive in time for the Grade 4 boys' race. The boys did an excellent job as did the Grade 4 girls. The Grade 3 events were very exciting also. Both Grades did an excellent job, and after everyone’s great run, Burnie Primary was sitting in second position to Penguin Districts School in Division A.

The grade 5 and 6 runners left with Mrs Cunningham at 11.15am for the afternoon session. First up were the Grade 5 Boys who did exceptionally well leading up to the Grade 5 Girls who also did great. The Grade 6 Boys ran a fantastic race, leaving the Grade 6 Girls to finish it off strongly for the day. Everyone was a great sport and was very encouraging to one another.

Burnie Primary were getting very nervous and excited about the team results. It was down to the last 3 schools, we were very happy with our effort of being top 3, but we were still in the running for first place. When third and second were called out and it wasn’t us, we knew we had won. We were all extremely proud and happy of our efforts and came back to school with big smiles on our faces.

The whole of the Burnie Primary had a great team effort. There were also some great individual results, where the following students finished in the Top 10 in their respective Grade groups:

• Grade 3 Boys- 1^st Sashan S, 5^th Louis S;
• Grade 3 girls- 10^th Lucy R;
• Grade 4 girls – 1^st Indigo N;
• Grade 6 boys- 4^th Nash A, 9^th Joshua B;
• Grade 6 girls- 3^rd Amarli P;

written by Amarli and Nash A

This year, the SRC have been focusing on Mental Health. Last term, we held an Anxiety Awareness day and this term we have organised with Bunnings to have our Grade 5 and 6 toilets repainted in more positive colours. The purpose of this was that we discovered that the toilets are often a place where people go when they are feeling down so we wanted to make this a more positive space. We are also going to put some positive quotes in bright colours on the doors and walls of the toilets.

We were lucky enough to have Mrs Jensen (Psychologist) come and talk to us about how the brain works and some helpful tips on how to regulate our emotions. We then visited the classrooms and talked to the students about the session.

By Sanuli (Grade 6)

The SRC are continuing their theme of Mental Health for 2021.  We have decided that we are going to create awareness around multiculturalism. Often people from other cultures can be subject to bullying and racism. The SRC believe that if we create awareness and understanding of people from different cultures this could combat bullying and racism.

To create more awareness and understanding the SRC would like to conduct a Poetry Competition in which students can write a poem in the tradition/style of a different culture.

The Prep students will be working collaboratively to create their multicultural poems.

The Grade one students will be exploring some stories, songs and poems from different cultures within their classroom community.

Grade 2 - Grade 6 will be working independently on their poems.

Also, the members of the SRC will be/have been visiting classrooms and sharing stories from different cultures.

The closing date for the poems will be Friday 23 July.

The Tasmanian Primary All Schools Cross Country is being held at Symmons Plains on Tuesday 22June 2021. The race is a very challenging course held over 2km for Grade 3 and 4 and 3km for the Grade 5 and 6.

Whilst this is an event open to all primary aged students, it is a Tasmanian state-wide event and therefore attracts the best runners from all over the state. Burnie Primary will not be entering a team, however should any individuals wish to enter, they will need to complete the form (link attached).

Entry is $16.00 per runner with a $2 administration fee. Burnie Primary can supply a BPS running singlet if required.

Athletics Tas has now finalised all details for the upcoming All Schools XC events. See Aths Tas website for full details or the schools information link below:

Primary All Schools – Event Info

• Tues 22 June, Symmons Plains
• Entry portal is now open
• Nominations close 5.00pm Monday14 June

Parent Teacher discussion appointments can be made with the SOBS app through the link below.

It's an easy to use system that allows you to book directly with your child/children's teachers.

Appointments which will be available for Tuesday 15 June - Friday 18 June 2021 (please check each teacher's appointment days and times, as they will differ).

Bookings close 24 hours prior to each time slot.

Should you need any assistance with bookings please call the School Office on 64333655.

 https://sobs.com.au/pt3/parent.php?schoolid=1476

Payment of School Levies

This is a reminder that payment for your child’s school levies is required to be completed by the end of Term 3.

Please arrange payment of this account or, if you cannot make full payment, please contact Cheryl King (School Business Manager) to make a payment arrangement that is mutually acceptable.

If you have any queries regarding this account, please contact our office as soon as possible.

Grade 5 Camp Fees

Invoices have been created and payment can be made at the school office, or over the phone with card.

Payment prior to the camp on June 23 is preferred, however, if this is not possible, please contact Cheryl King (School Business Manager) to make a payment arrangement.

Congratulations to the following students for reaching :

25 nights reading

Jesse, Ashton, Thea, Billie (PSJ)

Marlie, Jordan, Lenny, Jesper, Marlee (PS)

Ash, Ellie, Bronte, Madelyn, Kelsey, Peyton, Alexis (1HC),

Nydin, Micah, Tamsyn, Evie, Rafferty (1W)

Ella, Jovi (2P)

Lok Man (2T)

Evie, J'Tay (3FJ)

Kobe (4H)

Piper, Jem, Ruby, Sienna, Lucas, Max (5M)

Amarli, Pippa, Sharon (5SH)

50 nights reading

Poppy, Azalea (2P)

Torben, Chelsea, Zaharlia, William (2T)

Evie, J'Tay, Oliver, Layla (3FJ)

Ella, Imogen, Kobe, Romilly (4H) 

Ellie (5SH)

75 nights reading

Kaylee, Evelyn (2P)

Ethan, Ellah, Nikil, Cooper Y, William, Sana, Zarin, Torben, Eden (2T)

Millie, Darcey, Kobe (4H)

100 nights reading

Edie, Leo, Olivia (2P)

Matilda, Willow, Murphie, Nikil  (2T)

Archie, Yashika, Lucas, Keandra (3FJ)

125 nights reading

This program has been extended to 20 July 2021

Subway Lunches are available every Friday.

Please check you have received confirmation of each order placed, as we have had a number of children expecting their subway for lunch, however the order was not fulfilled.

In three easy steps you can order your child’s lunch:

1. Sign Up at www.subsforyou.com
2. Register your child
3. Order lunch by 6pm every Thursday

Your student’s lunch will be delivered to the school at lunchtime.

Below are further instructions on how to order your child/s lunch. 

If you have any questions or queries regarding your account or placing an order please email contact@subsforyou.com or call Subway Burnie on  03 6431 2342.

Students can bring along their deposit book to their class each Tuesday where our volunteer co-ordinator, Hallee-Ce will complete the necessary process.

https://www.commbank.com.au/banking/school-banking.html

We have many items in lost property, so ask that you clearly label your child's items with their full name, especially jackets. This enables us to return your child's items back to them if they are handed into Lost & Found.

Without a name on the items they all look the same and we are unable to locate the correct owner.