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BURRA COMMUNITY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
Principal: Alicia Hoddle 7 Bridge Terrace, BURRA 5417
Phone 8892 2007 Fax 8892 2047 www.burracs.sa.edu.au Email: [email protected]
‘Quality Teaching - Quality Schooling’
TERM 1 NO. 3 DATE: 5 March 2020
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
I recently had the pleasure of attending the 2020 Literacy Summit in Adelaide for leaders and teachers from across the State. The keynote speaker for the day was Nancy Frey, an American educator and leader in literacy learning. She reported that she had had the following conversation with a student. Teacher: Where’s your book? Student: At home. Teacher: What’s it doing there? Student: Having more fun than me. Whilst this is a humorous look at the conversations teachers may be having each day, it highlights that in today’s world we need to make learning relevant and interesting so that students become engaged and therefore reach their full potential. At Burra we are fortunate that we are able to offer students a range of pathways through their schooling that were not necessarily available when parents were at school. If you have a student in Year 9 or above and would like to talk about alternative pathways, please contact us to arrange an appointment and we will investigate the possibilities available. Earlier this week we waved off the Year 8s as they headed to Port Vincent for the aquatics camp. I hope that these students had an excellent time at the beach and that the weather warmed up for them as it was very cold at the time of departure. Thank you to Mr Inglis, Miss Smiley and Mr Veitch for accompanying students on this camp. On Monday, students in Years 9-12 had the opportunity of listening to Neil Davis from the Sammy D Foundation talk about how one punch can take a life. Neil’s message was to look out for your mates and “not be the idiot”. Neil’s son, Sam was killed in such an incident and his message was powerful for our students. I hope that they will discuss the presentation and its implications across dinner tables in the coming days. Congratulations to our SAPSASA swimmers who competed last week at the carnival in Clare. Burra did very well, coming third overall and second in the handicap. Well done to all involved. Enjoy the coming long weekend.
Alicia Hoddle
DIARY DATES
March 7-8 Exeat Weekend 9 ADELAIDE CUP HOLIDAY 10 3km run Lesson 1 11 Javelin - lunchtime 12 School Photographs Storytime in Library 9.30am 13 R - 12 Sports Day 17 Crows Cup Girls Football
Carnival in Clare 19 Lower North Interschool Athletics
at Burra Years 8-12 16-20 SAPSASA Cricket/Tennis State
Carnival 20 SACE Art Show Excursion Years
9,10,11 23 Governing Council meeting
7.30pm 26 Storytime in Library 9.30am 27 Primary Assembly at 9.00am in
Drama Room SAPSASA Country Swimming
Championships
Attendance Weeks 4 & 5
91.3%
FROM THE DEPUTY PRINCIPAL
SHEARING SCHOOL – 2020
Gain the skills and knowledge to pursue an entry level role in shearing. You will learn in real working conditions in a fully operational shearing shed, providing you with excellent preparation to work in the industry.
Note *This program is subject to change without notification.
Students do need to be 16 years of age or over to attend.
Learner Sheds - students must supply meals and accommodation at own expense
Learner Date Duration Venue
Learner 4 May – 8 May 5 days Pinnaroo/Lameroo
Learner 8 Jun – 12 Jun 5 days Jamestown
Learner 13 Jul – 17 Jul 5 days Willalooka (Pinindi)
Learner 20 Jul – 24 Jul 5 days Elliston
Learner 27 Jul – 31 Jul 5 days Karoonda
Learner 3 Aug – 7 Aug 5 days Langhorne Creek
Learner 10 Aug – 14 Aug 5 days Maro Creek (via Snowtown)
Learner 17 Aug – 21 Aug 5 days Ki Ki
Learner 7 Sep – 11 Sep 5 days Minlaton (Yorke Peninsula)
Learner 28 Sept – 2 Oct 5 days Roseworthy Campus
Learner 26 Oct – 30 Oct 5 days Furner
Improver Date Duration Venue
Improver 2 Mar – 13 Mar 10 days Pandurra (via Pt Augusta)
Improver 30 Mar – 10 Apr 10 days Curnamona (via Yunta)
Improver 4 May – 15 May 10 days Teetulpa (via Yunta)
Improver 11 May – 29 May 15 days Oakden Hills (via Pimba)
Improver 18 May – 22 May 5 days Konetta (lambs)
Improver 3 Aug – 14 Aug 10 days Belmore (via Renmark)
Improver 6 Oct – 16 Oct 10 days Moreview (via Kingston SE)
Jackie Falland Program Support Officer
[email protected] 08 8562 0525
Josh Sneath Co-ordinator
[email protected] 0448 117 615
To apply, register either with your VET Coordinator Mr Randall (Burra Community School) or via TAFE SA
www.tafesa.edu.au/xml/course/aw/aw_TP01085.aspx
The River Murray Youth Council (RMYC) is a fantastic opportunity for high school students (Year 8-12). Students who are interested in the environment come together to meet new people, learn new skills and assist with projects aimed at protecting our environment. The students will be directly involved with real, hands-on projects throughout the year.
For more information contact [email protected]
If you are interested in being part of the RMYC this year, please share this information with your parents.
Morgan Randall
FROM THE WELLBEING
COORDINATOR
This Friday, our Secondary SRC and Prefects are attending the Halogen Young Leaders Day held at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. The day will be focussed on building leadership skills and hearing from influential and inspiring leaders from around Australia. So far, John Coutis, Kane Cornes, Jade Slater, Bianca Chatfield and Marc McBride are confirmed speakers on the day. Again, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Regional Council of Goyder for providing funding for this fantastic opportunity.
Last Friday, our school was involved in Clean up Australia Day around our school and town. It was great to see the enthusiasm and pride shown in our living and learning areas. Younger students identified what was general waste and what was recyclable, and disposed of it accordingly. It was also a great opportunity to walk around Burra and appreciate what a beautiful area we live and learn in.
Athletics practice is in full swing during HPE and at lunch times. Please ensure to check the school Facebook page and newsletter for information about the day, and also the long runs and javelin which are held in the days leading up to Athletics Day. A big thank you to Jess Tiver for her work in organising information and the events. Make sure to check out the sports board outside the gym for athletics records and the events timetable.
The ball is rolling with our Nature Play space with plans beginning to come together. We have a handful of enthusiastic parents involved which has motivated our SRC group. If you are interested in being involved in this project or would like more information, please don’t hesitate to contact me here at the school.
We have a few busy weeks coming up with school sports day, interschool sports day and basketball finals. Good luck to everyone involved, enjoy the competition, represent your house/team with pride and most of all, enjoy yourself.
Matt Norman
PRIMARY [R-6] ASSEMBLY 9.00am Drama Room
Friday 27th March
SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHS
THURSDAY 12 MARCH Don’t seal envelopes inside each other. You can pay for all children in one envelope, however each child needs to have their own envelope on photo day.
Family envelopes have been sent home via the oldest in the family. Spare family envelopes are available from the Front Office. Family photos will be taken in the Library at 8.40am and 1.00pm for remaining families.
Please enclose correct money as no change is given. Cash, cheques and money orders only (no credit card accepted).
Online orders can be made via https://orders.msp.com.au. You will require the unique shootkey displayed on each order envelope.
Students are to be in school uniform on the day.
For any enquiries please contact [email protected]
8664 1363
The Agriculture report starts with congratulating Georgie Lines and Bradtke Stockman. They were successful winners of the Poll Dorset Association scholarship for the 2020 Sheep Expo (15th – 17th April). There is another opportunity for students to win a scholarship to a Sheep Expo. The CWA Goyder region have a scholarship on offer which requires an application to the CWA. More information can be found in the daily bulletin for students, or by contacting Miss Crighton. Registrations are closing soon for Sheep Expo, so please be quick and email Miss Crighton with your confirmation for record keeping purposes. More information and entry can be found here: https://www.sasheepexpo.com.au/. There are also some exciting opportunities coming up for students and they will be continually promoted through the daily bulletin or the communication board down at the Ag Block. One exciting opportunity will be a cattle and sheep education day at the Jamestown showgrounds coming up on Friday 24th July for Year 10-12 students. As more opportunities come up throughout the year, these will be advertised through the daily bulletin and the Ag Block communication board.
Figure 1 Georgie Lines and Bradtke Stockman - Winners of 2 Poll Dorset Association scholarships for the 2020 Sheep Expo.
Our show team is continually growing with the arrival of our South Australian School’s Merino Wethers competition teams. A big commendation to Cody Jones (Year 12) who has taken on the added responsibility of Wethers as it is his Year 12 External investigation for SACE. This is a huge responsibility and given his previous success with sheep, his contacts in industry and his willingness to support younger students in Agriculture, he is a true asset to our show team. The wethers have now been shorn by Brett Jones (with the help of some Year 10 students) and booked in for their tagging and weigh-in with Merino SA.
Figure 2 Caboose the Limousin during his training sessions
There are now 4 confirmed steers which will arrive over the holidays if all goes well. The team will consist of Gumhill South Devon, Princess Royal Black Angus, Shorthorn from Matt Ashby and the Limousin. I have received regular updates from Dr Emily Buddle who has kindly donated Caboose, the Limo. He is very quiet and taking well to gentle training. There has been big talk around the Ag block about the arrival of miniature goats. These mini goats will provide students with more opportunity to lead animals at the show. At this stage, they have been running with a Buck so there is a high chance that the Does are pregnant. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you can help out the agricultural department in a positive and/or education way, it would be greatly appreciated.
Holly Crighton [email protected]
R-7 SWIMMING LESSONS
My class went swimming in week two and three. I had a good vibe about lifesaving lessons in the Burra Pool. We learnt about survival and safety. Our instructor was good at teaching. It was fun and important. I learnt a lot and had so much fun with my friends in the pool.
Tommy Nicholls In week two and three our class had swimming lessons. The lessons were at the Burra Pool. We had swimming lessons because it's important to be safe and know how to swim. We were put into groups. We learnt strokes and new techniques which was really fun. Our instructor's name was Louise. The temperature of the pool was a bit cold. We got to go down to the deep end with a life jacket. It was very, very fun! I really loved swimming lessons and I can't wait to do it next year. Marissa Bevan
SAPSASA DISTRICT SWIMMING
On the 24th of February, several students from Burra Community School participated in the SAPSASA District Swimming Carnival held at the Clare Swimming Pool. The students selected were:
Cash Cooper Abbie Mirtschin
Will Quinn Bree Tiver
Eliza Clarke Emmylou Cooper Annabelle Quinn Anna Schuppan Jaxson James Lucas Thamm Lily Hancock
Overall, Burra placed 3rd, and with an even better result of 2nd place for the Handicap Shield. Congratulations must go to Cash Cooper, Will Quinn, Bree Tiver, Lucas Thamm and Lily Hancock for their selection in the District team. These students will be swimming in the state championships on Friday 27th March. We wish them all the best. Thank you to all of the parents and the teachers who helped out and made this night possible.
By Will Quinn
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST - BASIC EMERGENCY LIFE SUPPORT (BELS)
We are in the process of organising a BELS First Aid training course here at Burra Community School. This training covers the units; HLTAID001 Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation and HLTAID002 Provide basic emergency life support.
Please indicate whether you would be interested in undertaking this course. Date/times to be confirmed. Please send correspondence to Jess Tiver or the Front Office.
CANTEEN ROSTER
March 9 ADELAIDE CUP HOLIDAY 10 Anthea Lines 11 12 13 SPORTS DAY 16 Monica Davy 17 18 Mel Cooper 19 20 Andrea Higgs Maureen Down
R-12 SPORTS DAY Friday 13th March
Sports Day is fast approaching, and it is a wonderful day where students participate in many different events to earn points for our three houses - Jennison, Riggs and Steele. We encourage all students to get behind their house and wear their team colours: Riggs - red; Steele - blue; Jennison - yellow.
A hat must be worn at all times throughout the day (except during running events) in which case sunscreen will be strongly encouraged and available on the day. Please ensure hats are labelled to avoid losing them.
Students arrive at school at the normal time, and R-6 students are to go to their classes in the morning as per normal. Students can leave once the day has concluded (approx. 3.00 - 3.20pm), however they must notify their class teacher when they are leaving and with whom they are leaving with. Buses will run as per normal. If Sports Day finishes early and your child is being picked up at the end of the day, a teacher will be with them until the normal pick up time of 3.20pm.
Lunch can be a packed lunch from home or purchased on the day from the Canteen tent which will be located at the oval. There will be a range of food, drinks and snacks. The Canteen will be closed, so no Flexischool orders please. Cogwebs Coffee Van will also be operating on the day.
Helpers - there are many different ways you can help - in the canteen, with timing, or assisting the class teachers. Your help will always be appreciated.
REMINDER Orders for the Winter Warm Up Jacket close
this Friday 6th March Sizes 6-2XL $50.00
REMINDER TO PARENTS
A friendly reminder that the top car park (behind Tech Studies / Home Ec. classrooms) is not a drop off or parent parking zone. This park is for community library users, canteen staff and organised school visitors. Please use the bus car park or kindy car park to drop and collect your children. The disabled park is for people with a disability and organisations that provide transport to people with a disability. People using this park are required to display their Australian disability parking permit. For information on qualifying for a disabled park, please refer to:
https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/driving-and-transport/disability/disability-parking-permit
Also, please be aware that the speed limit is 25km/p/h when children are present. A few people are ignoring this, especially around the caravan park/kindy carpark. Remember that the safety of our students and their families is paramount.
