26 September 2018

Newsletter Articles

From the Principal

As this is the last newsletter for Term 3 I would like to thank our students, staff, parents and the broader community for their support of our school and in particular our students’ learning achievements.

This week I share the Year 5 NAPLAN data, which like the Year 3 data, we can be very proud of. Reading, Writing, Spelling and Grammar and Punctuation outcomes are above similar schools, Tasmanian and Australian schools. Reading and Writing results also demonstrated strong learning gains of matched students’ scores between 2016 -2018. Year 5 Numeracy results were above similar schools and slightly less than Tasmanian and Australian schools.

I was also very privileged and proud of our students who represented ENE Miners in the Country Gold netball, soccer and AFL. I was fortunate enough to watch our netballers, and AFL teams play and also visit the soccer students between games during the finals. All students were highly competitive with one of the netball teams winning, our soccer girls’ team reaching the final and the AFL boys gained a respectable 5th position against some great teams.

A special thank you to our School Association that organised a wonderful Hoe Down evening. This was an amazing family event and a highly successful fundraiser for our school. The funds will go towards a new shade structure which has been ordered and most likely will be installed in the Christmas vacation period.

Finally I wish everyone a safe and happy holiday period and look forward to a very productive fourth term!

Kinder are Poking

Links to Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) – Outcome 5.

Children are effective communicators

Kinder have loved reading “Mopoke” by Philip Bunting. We have drawn our own “poke” using inspiration from the story.

Kinder Pokes

Boat Safety

Enjoy some photos of our grade 3 to 6 students at the recent Swimming and Water

Safety Program

What’s happening in our classrooms?

Prep/One

English

Maths

• Counting forwards and backwards from different numbers
• Showing our maths thinking on a number line and with pictures.

Science

Why do I live here?
Continuing to examine a range of living things to explore the links between the external features of living things and the environments they live in.

Social focus

• What is a growth mindset and how can we develop it?
• What can we do and how we can learn what we don’t know YET? Understanding the power of YET.

Prep One Poems

Prep/One students wrote poems about seasons and the weather using their senses to add details and descriptions.

Grade 1/2

In Maths we have been exploring mass, balancing scales and ordering objects from heaviest to lightest. We have also been ordering numbers on a number line.

In English we have been writing a retell of Aesop’s fable “The Lion and the Mouse”

In Science we have been exploring push and pull forces in water and in air.

Grade 3/4

This week in English we have been learning how we can improve our writing by editing a piece of text called “The Most Boring Story Ever’. We found more detail isn’t always better.

In Science we are investigating how heat energy can be transferred from objects.

In Maths we have been learning how to tell the time to the minute as well as conquering our times tables with early morning maths games.

In HASS we have experimented with using a compass to find places in our school yard as well as learning more about cartography and different types of maps.

Grade 5/6

In Maths, Grade 5/6 have been investigated the use of integers in the real world

and are learning about the transformation of shapes using: translation, reflection and rotation and the aspects of the shape that each affects. In English we are working in groups to conference each other’s work with a specific focus; providing feedback to help each other improve our writing. In Science we are constructing models to demonstrate the cause and effect of a natural disaster such as a tsunami, earthquake or volcanic eruption.

Indonesian

Kinder are continuing with the ELLA Indonesian Apps.

Prep/1 and 1/2 are revising appropriate greetings for the different times of the day.

Grade 3/4 are continuing with creating a Barong mask and using associated language during construction.

Grade 5/6 are introducing and talking about their school.

Sekolah saya/ My school.

School Association Update

2018 Major fundraiser “Country Hoedown”

Thank you to everyone who joined us at our Country Hoedown on Friday 14th September. The school community along with the wider community came together for a fantastic night of dancing, socialising and bull riding. The Pretty Things rocked all night, the bar and canteen kept us sustained, the Side Show Alley was a hit with the kids and Bessie the Bull was the star of the night.

We raised over $12,500 all of which will go directly to our school to support your child’s learning including a permanent shade structure.

Please support the local businesses who provided donations and support for our event, it would not have gone ahead without their kind generosity:

To the wonderful volunteers who pulled it all together and generously gave your time and talents, thank you! Including: Kylie L for her graphic design skills; Stacey P with her extraordinary sewing skills; Kate S for representing EON and KEON’s values; Ros W behind her camera; Mel L and Saskia S providing service with a smile in the canteen; Nick W for lighting and production set up; Mr Presswell and Ms Sliskovic for overseeing Side Show Alley; Tim J & Scott W with their bartending skills; Lizette for her cake judging skills; Natalie L and her magic face painting; Nick H & Tom S for overseeing Bessie the Bull; Amy Q for helping with the kids; and our fabulous high school kids Laura, Charlotte, Matilda, Elijah, Alice, Elyse, Lolita, Jonah, Aston and Kael. Too many people to name came early to set up and stayed late to pack down – thank you! To anyone who might be missed off this list by accident thank you!

Hoedown fun

Grants

We have been successful in our bid for a $1000 grant from Glamorgan Spring Bay Council. These funds will be used to progress the kitchen garden project.

If you become aware of any grants available to community groups you can email any info you have to megan_coelho@hotmail.com and we will do the rest.

Association Dates for your diary:

Next committee meeting: Sept 27th, 4.30pm @ BPS staffroom

ENE Report

2018 Country Gold Soccer Carnival

On the 20th and 21st of September, 6 students from our school and multiple other students from schools on the east coast travelled up to Faulkner Park, Invermay. We played 2 games of soccer on the first day. We played against North Midlands East and North East. We beat NME (North Midlands East) 3-1 and NE (North East) 2-1. On the second day we went up against our rivals, Tamar, and unfortunately we lost 3-0. Then we played North Midlands West and we won 7-0, which put us through to the Grand finale against Tamar. By the second half no goals were scored, but in the last half Tamar scored twice, which meant we were runner-ups.

We all got certificates and Ruby, Shae and Charli won a place on the All Stars team. That means all the coaches of the teams voted for who they thought were the best on their team.

Thank you to all of the coaches and other people involved, also a big thanks to Grammar for the use of their soccer grounds.

It was a great experience and we can’t wait until next year.

Written by Zali and Ruby

ENE Netball Photos

School Association Footy tipping Report

The footy fun is over for another year and raised a whopping $2,325.00 for our school.

A big thank you to Sallie Brockman for setting up the ticket slips and to all of the helpers, who photocopied, stapled, sorted and enveloped tickets.

See you all again next year!!

Congratulations to the following Winners:

Free Dental Service for Students

Little Blue Sports

Photos from the Saturday Sports Session

First Aid Course Opportunity

Yoga Classes

Important dates

Information for parents

A friendly reminder that the school has a duty of care for student from 8:15am, extending to 3:15pm. Students on the school grounds outside of these operating hours must be under parental supervision. The school toilets and classrooms are closed at 2:45pm. There are public toilets located next to Little Penguins Child Centre.

Rob Presswell

School Information

Phone: 63751222
Email: bicheno.primary@education.tas.gov.au
Principal: Robert Presswell
School Business Manager: Sandra Silberberg

Teachers

Kinder and LiL: Eliza Spykers
Prep/One: Emily McCormack and Jen Sliskovic
Grade 1/2: Bron Pierce and Ali Jones
Grade 3/4: Matt Woolley
Grade 5/6: Jill Bosua
Support Teacher: Robert Presswell

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