It has been busy couple of weeks here at Burnie Primary School, with more to come! Remember to keep your eye on Seesaw, schoolzine and/or Facebook for our upcoming announcements and events. The next few weeks are jam-packed and with open classrooms, assembly, stay and chat (after assembly), cross country and Brixhibition at BPS, just to name a few, we are looking forward to re-connecting with our families and community.  

Tuning into Learning   
At Burnie Primary School we commit to high levels of learning for all and believe that all children should gain a year's worth of learning every year they are at school. We believe that all children can learn given the right conditions and support. We inspire all learners to be confident, capable and involved individuals. 

Our school's priorities for 2023 are Reading and Number. To raise our levels of learning and achievement in these areas, our teachers are committed to improving their practice. This week at our teacher meeting our highly motivated and dedicated team came together to work with our School Improvement Leaders to unpack our recent external school review recommendations. Our school is truly a community of learners - not just children learning, but teachers learning as well!  Below are some of the opportunities we are offering to promote reading in our school. 

Premier’s Reading Challenge  
Our Prep to Year 6 students have been registered to participate in this year’s Premier’s Reading Challenge. Reading is a vital part of our learning and we are excited to be taking part in the challenge again this year.  

Your challenge 
The Premier’s Reading Challenge is a personal challenge – not a competition.    

How much will you read in 10 weeks? With your teacher, set your personal reading goal for the Challenge and see how you go! 

It doesn’t matter what you read, as long as you are reading.  You are free to choose books you want to read for the Challenge.   

You can read books in a variety of formats including print, digital, audiobooks and graphic novels. For younger children, a book that is read to them counts toward their total. 

Completing the Challenge is something to be proud of!  

National Simultaneous Storytime
National Simultaneous Storytime aims to engage children of all ages to enjoy books by creating a sense of excitement around reading. Reading ignites a spark of adventure that a child can carry within their heart well into their adult life. Library Leaders will be sharing the book with classes and have bookmarks available at lunch.

Lamont Books
Our school has recently purchased some new and engaging books. We are passionate about getting our students to read and know that providing quality books that are interest based is extremely important. We cannot wait for our students to be able to borrow these!

The Value of Respect

Over the next few weeks, we will continue to focus on our Value of Respect with a close look at positive and respectful communication and respecting others. This week our student leaders visited our early childhood meeting to talk about what respect looks like at BPS. 

Respect looks like: 

• being kind, considerate, and trusting of others 
• ignoring distractions, asking questions and actively listening when communicating with others 
• being inclusive and understanding difference and diversity 
• providing a safe environment where everyone’s mental and physical wellbeing is cared for 
• acknowledging hard work and thanking others for their contributions 

Colder Weather
Winter has (almost) arrived; it is cold outside – bring your school jacket. We have amazing school pride – please wear your uniform, every day! We do have spares; ask if you would like some help. Please see some examples of our uniform below.

Education Support Staff Personnel Day
This week we celebrated our amazing support personnel who always go over and above for our students and school community!

Celebrating Student Successes
The Primary School Sport Tasmania State Carnival was held in Launceston on Friday 5^th May. Six students from Burnie Primary were selected to compete in the North West team and represent our region.

In wet, windy and cold conditions, our students competed in a number of events, giving their best effort and gaining some wonderful results. Well done to all the students who participated, displaying such a positive attitude in trying conditions!

Results:

Grade 3- Micah	1st 200m 1st 4x100m relay
Grade 4- Kaden	1st 400m 1st 800m
Grade 5-Louis	5th 1500m 3rd 800m
Grade 5-Lucas	3rd 100m 2nd 200m 1st Long jump 1st 4x100m relay
Grade 6-Milla	4th 100m 1st 4x100m relay
Grade 6-Indigo	4th 800m 3rd 1500m

Susan Barnard
Acting Principal

At the beginning of Term 1, Grade 2 shared their understanding of history.

History is something from the olden days or the past. We know about it by watching TV shows, looking at pictures from the past, searching on the computer, reading books about the past and interviewing older people. Asking Siri and google are other ways of finding out.    Atharv

I think history is the past and they didn’t have the things that we have now. Long ago, back in time, there were no Xboxes or video games or soft warm beds or jet skis.  Jesper

We wrote part of our own history by writing a memory of when we were in Kinder.

In Kinder I didn’t want Mum and Dad to go home. I used to shake the fences. I was crying a lot until recess. I couldn’t wait for home time. Marli

I remember in Kinder I had best friends called Thea and Marlee. We played games and also made a tower. My teacher was Miss Snooks. We played on the equipment. Maddison

We found out about the history of Burnie Primary School. You can see a display about this in the front corridor near Grade 2T

Did you know

• Burnie Primary School was established in 1852. It operated in a cottage on the corner of Alexander St and North Terrace. It was called Emu Bay Public School.
• When Miss T went to Burnie Primary, it was called Burnie State School.
• The school celebrated its 150^th birthday in 2002.

We asked Miss T questions to find out what our school was like when she went to Burnie Primary.

• What was your classroom like? Reema
• Did you have to wear a school uniform or just your own clothes? Isla
• When was the building made? Amelia
• What happened when children did the wrong thing? Ava
• Was there a cafeteria or canteen? Maddox
• How did you know when school started and ended? Billie
• What were the telephones like? Hudson Y
• What was your playground like? Alexander
• Were there many people in the school? Jesper

We constructed T charts comparing Burnie Primary School now and when Miss T was in Grade 2. This is Arie’s chart and Ali's picture.

We tried on old school uniforms from this time and wrote about them.

The tunic was blue with a belt. In Burnie State School people also wore a white top under the tunic. It was actually called a blouse. A tunic is a sort of dress that goes over your head. There were middle sized white socks and a yellow and blue striped tie. The kids used to wear a jumper and a jacket that was called a blazer. Harry

Burnie Primary School Uniform 1960

Miss T wore a white blouse, a navy blue tunic and a navy blue, yellow and blue tie. She also wore socks and shoes with a blazer and jumper. She also wore a belt. The blazer had three pockets. One at the top and two more at the bottom. The pocket at the top had a logo. Reema

After comparing Burnie Primary School now and in the past (1950s) we gave reasons for which school we preferred.

Most children preferred their current school

I prefer BPS because the uniforms are really comfy and you don’t have to wear so many clothes. We get to sit on comfy mats and Miss T didn’t. We have a bigger ground with lots of play equipment. Billie

I would rather be at school in the 1950s because I want to finger paint. It seems fun. The 1950s is better because I want more school time for a lot of learning and because I love milk with the cream. The school now has none of that. Jesse

We are unable to give specific starting times for each race, however, the following is the current list of races in order for Thursday: G3 – G4 – G5 – G6 – Prep – G1 – G2 (subject to change).

For students who are selected in the Burnie Team to attend the NWPSSA Cross Country, the date is  Wednesday the 7^th of June. Information for this event will be sent out to relevant families.

Are you connected to our Burnie Primary School Facebook page or website? Please ensure you click the links for our facebook page Burnie Primary School | Facebook and our website Burnie Primary School (education.tas.edu.au) to keep up to date with the latest news from our School Community. These pages will be used for general announcements, information and upcoming events. 

If you child requires perscribed or over the counter medication at school, you will need to fill in the appropriate paperwork. If the medication is a prescribed medication a doctor/pharmacist/practicing nurse will need to fill in the medication form B. If the medication is an over the counter medication then parents can fill out the Medication form A. Form A and B can be found on the SZapp under forms and documents or you can collect from the office. All medication will need to be in the original packaging and within the expiry date.

Brixhibition Kids Competion 2023

This year Burnie Primary will be holding a lego exhibition / competition as a part of the wider Tasmanian Brick Enthusiasts – Brixhibition Kids Comp.

An exhibition of lego creations will be held at Burnie Primary.  The exhibition will also involve a competition where a winning creation will be selected from the following categories:

 Kinder – Prep                 Grades 1 – 2                    Grades 3 – 4                           Grades 5 – 6

An overall winner will also be selected from the 4 winners and they will be invited to exhibit their creation at Ulverstone with the opportunity of becoming a Grand Prize Winner.

If your child is interested in entering the exhibition / competition please have them collect an entry form and information page from the front office.

Mr Woodard

The Relationship Safety program, ALLY will be presented as part of your child’s Health and Physical Education program this term. 

The program will be held on Tuesday, 27th and Wednesday, 28th June for our Kinder to Grade 2 students.

ALLY develops children’s awareness of potentially unsafe situations. Build skills and knowledge about relationship safety in a range of environments. ALLY promotes help seeking behaviours drawing on the concepts of the traditional Protective Behaviours program.

Everyone has a right to feel safe all the time.

We can talk with someone about anything even if it feels awful or small.

The programs address a wide range of personal safety issues: including verbal and physical harassment, unhealthy relationships, sexual and physical abuse, family violence, grooming, consent, cyber bullying, and abuse. ALLY promotes an understanding of respect and responsibility.

Please contact the school if you have any questions. 

Congratulations to these studetns who received a Respect certificate at our meeting on Monday.

Prep SF
Knox, Quinn, Shay, Kilmeny, Oliver, Hayley-Grace, Flynn

1S
Oliver, Marlee, Avalily, Chace, Elsie

1W
Arya, Hartley, Dawson, Kenzie, Ivana & Lucy

2PK
Hudson, Maddox, Isla, Arya, Heath & Ava

2T
Jaylen, Marlee, Divon, Atharv, Gracie & Huon

3K
Leo, Peyton, Evelyn, Shontaya, Meshaan, Remi & Rafferty

3W
Kelsey, Nydin, Jaxon, Micah, Layla & Layla

4F
Brax, Jovi, Siharna & Zahalia

4H
Murphie, Matilda, Oscar & Agniz

5C
Delvin, Sakye, Samuel, Quaide & Haya

5P
Lucy, London, Lilly, Sashan & Maya

6SE
Noor, Liam, Ella, Paige, Leon & Kirilyn

6W
BoBo, Imogen, Kash & Quinn