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The Buzz Beresford Road PS School & Community News 74
Beresford Road, Greystanes, 2145 T 98962644 F 9896 3172 E
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The Buzz- Term 3- Week 4 Tuesday 5th August 2014
Assemblies
Friday 08/08 9.00am Years 3-6 5/6L
Friday 15/08 9.00am Years K-2 2F
Friday 22/08 9.00am Years 3-6 5/6D
Upcoming Events
August
Wed 6th Art in the Dark
Tues 12th UNSW Maths
Fri 15th Bookfair Begins
Tues 19th Book Character Parade
Mon 25th Kindergarten Excursion
Principal’s Message
I’ve arrived back from a nice month in Europe to find the school
moving along at full speed while I’m still stumbling along with
jetlag. I’d like to thank Mrs Pearson for once again managing the
school beautifully in my absence. We are lucky to have a cohesive
staff that work together wonderfully and have the skills necessary
to keep Beresford Road running smoothly in all circumstances.
I am really looking forward to the Art in the Dark tomorrow
night. It is great to have the opportunity to showcase students’
work in the Creative Arts field. Every student in the school will
have a piece of art in the exhibition and the evening will also
have performances from our dance and choir groups. Please make the
time to visit the Art in the Dark exhibition on Wednesday night
(5pm – 8pm) and help us celebrate the creative talents of our
students. More information and a timetable of events are located in
this newsletter. I’d like to thank Mrs Leverett and her planning
committee for all their work leading up to this event.
I am pleased to see the XO computers up and running in most
classes. After our trial last term in 3/4P and 1G we decided that
this level of access to technology would benefit all classes so the
decision was made to jump in and purchase one for every student and
teacher. It will take a while to tweak out all the little issues
(500 extra computers on the school network is a challenge) but we
will get there and your children will have their own personal
computer for the whole time they are here. I can’t wait to see the
exciting new learning that will take place.
The rest of the term is already filling up quickly with
excursions, parenting session, Stage 3 camp, Fathers’ Day and, in 2
weeks’ time, Book week! I’d just like to add a quick reminder for
tonight’s P & C meeting at 7.30pm in the staffroom – all are
welcome.
Flu season is here! Influenza is spread from person-to-person
through the coughing or sneezing of infected people. Remind your
child about these good hygiene practices to minimise the spread of
infection:
Anyone who is sick with influenza symptoms should stay home
until their symptoms are gone.
Cover the nose and mouth with a tissue when coughing or
sneezing. Throw the tissue in the garbage bin after use.
Wash hands often with soap and water, especially after coughing
or sneezing. Alcohol-based hands cleaners are also effective.
Avoid touching eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread thatway.
If you or your child develops influenza-like illness, seek the
advice off your family doctor as you would with any other illness.
The seasonal influenza vaccine, which protects against the pandemic
influenza strain as well as two other influenza strains, is now
available free to eligible people. More Information about the
vaccine is available from the NSW Health Immunisation Unit's
vaccination page. Previous vaccination with the pandemic influenza
vaccine, Panvax® is not a barrier to also receiving the seasonal
influenza vaccine.
MONEY DAYS
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY ONLY.
Please also make sure that all monies is in a envelope and
clearly marked with child’s name, class, excursion. If
money is paid via credit card please make sure this is
marked on front of envelope also.
It is a Departmental policy that money not be kept on the
premises so can you please assist by not sending money in
on any other day. Please also make sure that money is paid
on the due date by 10am as all the appropriate paperwork
for the excursion must also be completed.
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation/Pages/default.aspx
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The Buzz- Term 3- Week 4 Tuesday 5th August 2014
SPORTS NEWS
PSSA News
Round 11 – Friday 8th August
Girls Soccer vs Metella Blue @ Daniel St
Boys Soccer vs Wentworthville @ Daniel St
OZ Tag vs Metella Road @ Binalong Oval
Netball vs Metella Gold @ Beresford Road PS
Bus 1 – OZ Tag, Soccer and Girls Soccer going to Daniel St
then onto Pendle Hill PS then onto Binalong Oval
Round 12 – Friday 15th August
Girls Soccer vs Darcy Road @ Binalong Oval
Boys Soccer vs Toongabbie @ Binalong Oval
OZ Tag vs Darcy Road @ Binalong Oval
Netball vs Warriors @ Beresford Road PS
Bus 1 – OZ Tag, Soccer and Girls Soccer going to Binalong
Oval
ATHLETICS CARNIVAL
Two weeks ago we held our annual athletics carnival at CV
Kelly Park in Girraween. The venue was a new one for
BRPS with a grass track which a lot of students were
unfamiliar running on. The day ended being a huge
success and I must thank the Girraween Little Athletics
Club for allowing us to use their venue and for the support
of our school sporting program.
In particular, I would like to thank Jo and Karen Farrugia
and Shandelle Tautz who are members of the executive
team of Girraween Little Athletics Club, for assisting me
with setting up the ground and for running the canteen on
the day. I would also like to thank all the parents who
gave up their valuable time to assist myself and the teach-
ers in running the carnival and for the parents who came
along to cheer on their children.
Days like these are huge community events for schools
and the support of the local community is very much
appreciated by our school Beresford Road.
There was an outstanding individual performance on the
day with a long standing school record broken:
Teagan Neich – 11yrs Girls Shot Put – threw a new
record of 9.44m beating the old record of
K. Dawson (1997) by 66cms. Congratulations
Teagan on an outstanding result.
ZONE ATHLETICS
The ZONE athletics teams have been selected and students
are reminded to check the notice boards to see if they have
been chosen in the BRPS team. If students have been
selected they need to see Mr Wicks to receive the
permission note to attend the upcoming Seven Hills/
Wentworthville carnival which will be held on:
Tuesday 26th August @ Blacktown Olympic Park,
Doonside
ATHLETICS RIBBONS
The final results have been worked out and the BRPS Zone
Athletics team has been finalised and athletics ribbons will
be given out at Week 4’s Primary Friday Assembly.
CONGRATULATIONS to Mitchell Hagan
Congratulations to Mitchell Hagan from 2/3E who recently
competed in the 2014 NSW/ACT/QLD Inter-schools
Snowsports Championships in the ski fields of Thredbo.
Mitchell competed in the downhill skiing event against 108
other competitors and finished in 50th place, which is an
outstanding effort considering we don’t have any snow in
Western Sydney.
Mitchell tells me that for next year he is going to compete
in
the snowboarding events and we wish him all the best and
further success in his winter sport endeavours.
CONGRATULATIONS to Timana Mikaere
Congratulations to Timana Mikaere from 5/6D who recently
competed in the 2014 NSW Opens Rugby League
Championships in Kingscliff. Timana was part of a very
strong
Sydney West team that managed to remain undefeated
throughout the championships and was crowned State
Champions.
Timana was part of history with not only the Opens Sydney
West team winning the NSW title but also the 11’s winning
the championships a few weeks earlier at Cronulla, which I
was part of as the team manager/trainer. This hasn’t been
achieved for a very long time in Rugby League at school boy
level and is something very special.
Timana is also part of the Sydney West Rugby Union team
which will compete in the NSW Championships in Kiama
from the 19 – 21st August and we wish him well for the
tournament.
Jerome Wicks -Sports Co-ordinator
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Library News Just a reminder that the book fair is on from the
15th August
to the 20th August. The character parade is on Tuesday the
19th August.
Premier’s Reading Challenge
Congratulations to the following students who have recently
completed the Premier’s Reading Challenge:
Caitlin Adams-Ayoub, Salma Sardar, Mary-Jane Ratucoka,
Ethan Alimboyao, Piper Cole, Thomas Murdoch, Lucy Topic,
Reit Kakar, Abbey Wilson, Rahi Chhugani, Riley Farrugia,
Tara Firth, James Delailoa, Abby Sissi, Pratham Patel, Seth
DiSalvia, Tristan Stiff.
PBL News
Kids Matter Rule of the Week
Week 4 – Strive for Excellence – I am prepared
Week 5 – Participate – I have a go
As part of our Kids Matter survey, parents have shown an
interest in having a parent information area. We have begun
to facilitate this by organising a notice board and pamphlet
wall in the library foyer. Please feel free to come and have
a
look and suggest any that are of interest you may want
included on our community wall. Thanks again to the
parents who completed the survey.
The Buzz- Term 3- Week 4 Tuesday 5th August 2014
Mrs Akhurst on leave
Mrs Akhurst will be on leave in week 4,5 and 6. Mrs Pannucci
will be taking her place. Mrs Akhurst will be returning to
school on Wednesday 27th August
Home readers
The new home reading scheme is working well. Remember
that for students to improve their fluency and vocabulary,
they should read each book at least twice. The first time
they
may stumble on a few words or phrases and the second time
they remember. It is even better, if you can stand it, for
them to read it 3 or more times, not necessarily on the same
night.
Please make sure you record the books your child reads or
they may get the same book again. If they lose it, ask the
teacher for another one.
If you can spare 10 minutes after morning lines to help
change them, the parents there could always do with help.
Kaye Pearson
Yr 5/6 CANBERRA SNOWY EXCURSION FINAL
PAYMENTS
There is only a few weeks left till the FINAL PAYMENT for
the Year 5/6 Canberra/Snowy trip is due by Thursday 21st
August, 2014 as per the original payment schedule.
Failure to pay the FINAL PAYMENT by the due date of
Thursday 21st August could jeopardise your child’s place on
the excursion and their spot may be given to other students
who are on the waiting list.
SRC News
There will be a P&C Meeting held in the office staffroom
at
7:30 tonight.
Helpers Wanted!
We need parents to help pack fruit and vegies for
our school community every Tuesday at 12:00pm.
Beresford Road Public School has taken the initiative
to start Harvest Hub. Every Tuesday at midday a
delivery of fresh fruit gets delivered to our school.
We currently have 10 teachers that are members and
receive a bag of fresh produce each week. Before we
can offer this wonderful program to the families at
our school we will require parent helpers to pack the
produce.
If you can help, please contact Mrs Leverett or leave
your name and number with the office ladies.
Driving and parking safely near the school
School opening and closing hours are busy times for
pedestrian and vehicular traffic outside the school.
Always take extra care in 40km/h school zones,
which operate on gazetted school days.
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The Buzz- Term 3- Week 4 Tuesday 5th August 2014
Well, 5/6D have had a very exciting start to Term 3 with the
introduction of many new
resources to the classroom. The roll out of the XO computers has
begun and we were one
of the first classes to discover just how much these lap tops
can support our learning.
Students have started using their XOs during
literacy groups to revise their spelling words
and research reading and writing topics. They
can reinforce new mathematical concepts
introduced in class by accessing mathematical
websites including: Cool Maths Games, IXL
and Studyladder. Those students who do not
have access to the internet at home have been
keen to take the XOs to the library at
lunchtime and complete set homework activities that they have
had trouble accessing in
the past. There are a range of applications on the XO that
support students work in class
including the Journal which allows them to type up notes and
save them for later use or
the Graphing app which allows students to create a range of
relevant graphs to display
and interpret the data they collect during mathematics, just to
name a few.
In reading, students have been using the Classic Literature
Reading Sets which are
produced in three different levels to meet student’s individual
needs. 5/D have already
been introduced to a range of classics you may be familiar with
including ‘The Wizard
of Oz’, ‘Little Women’ and ‘Robinson Crusoe’. These cards
contain extracts from the
classics and are exposing children to different types of
writing. They are accompanied by
discussion points and activity sheets designed to develop
comprehension skills and are
leaving many students keen to borrow these classics from the
library so they can read
the whole story. We have also been using the the Macmillan
English Writing
Prompts to guide our writing in class. These prompts are
allowing students to become involved in ‘rich tasks’ which
teach them to follow an enquiry-based model of learning.
This provides opportunities for students to learn large
amounts of new content, whilst developing important skills
and encouraging inter-disciplinary learning. And yes, they
are enjoying it!
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The Buzz- Term 3- Week 4 Tuesday 5th August 2014
We have had a very busy start to the term with our annual
Athletics carnival and preparation for the Art in the Dark creative
arts spectacular planned for tomorrow night. Please come along and
see how your child has experimented with different media this year
to create a range of unique artworks.
Vietnam Students worked with clay to create a set of wind
chimes. When travelling through remote Vietnamese villages, it is
very common to see wind chimes made from wood or clay as a
decorative element in front of houses. The key feature of
traditional Vietnamese wind chimes is that the top is made from
different, unique shapes.
Electricity Again we used different techniques and media
includ-ing layering and attaching wool to create an artwork that
depicted a typical urban landscape in New South Wales which
highlighted ‘electricity’. Students found
gluing the ‘electrical wires’ in place quite challenging but
were very proud of their final artworks.
Black and White Winter Collage Students used media, (strips of
newspaper) to create this collage of a winter landscape taking
particular care to incorporate different shades of grey, white and
black.
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The Buzz- Term 3- Week 4 Tuesday 5th August 2014
Beresford Road Public School Merit Cards Presented on Week 2
& 3
Sport Awards
Sienna Arango
Bailee Cross
Megan Abood
Kayla Marks
Ruby Walker
Lucas Scott
Daniel Mandich
Sally Reweti
KK Aisha Yassine
Izabella Smith
Matthew Ng
KB Tiba Alsawafi
Ashanti Grant
Noah Troutman
KC Daniel Blanche
Isaac Bradbury
Mary Sleiman
KM Yunus Babat
Levi Hurford
Nicky J Thompson
1A Patrick Eisenhuth
Charlotte Azzopardi
Josh Marks
1G Mia Scott
Hudi Elriche
Troy Tedesco
1L Kingston Lake
Dilhan Ozturk
Fetet Elkheir
2M Lotus Haladus
Chantelle Hovell-Marsters
2F Nickshay Ali
Elisha Hua
Connor Cox
2S Hilal Elriche
Olivia Cassisi
Joan Edwards
2/3E Zinat Adeli
Aydin Ozbal
Archie Kambouris
3F Tulisha Chettiar
Grace Abdou
Kokul Sivaraj
3/4L Rawezh Goran
Susan Abul Ogal
Andrej Mikovic
3/4P Jacob Rokobaro
Piper cole
Angel Talwar
4/5L Ben Tunks-Fletcher
Dylan Concha-Attard
Rachel Farrugia
5/6L Shanead Davidson
Blake Tinker
Olivia Lesniak
5/6W Yash Sallakonda
Amber Manners
Avegail Matutina
MCZ Riley Farrugia
Blue Certificate
Niharica Shrestha
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The Buzz- Term 3- Week 4 Tuesday 5th August 2014
Art in the Dark You are invited to join Beresford Road Public
School staff and students for a night of celebrating the
arts.
Art in the Dark is a special school event that will showcase
talented artwork from all the students in the
school. Please come along and admire the students’ talents.
When
Week 4 Wednesday 6th August
Where
Beresford Road Public School Hall and primary quadrangle
Time
The exhibition will be open from 5pm till 8pm. You are welcome
to arrive and leave at any time during
the exhibition opening hours. Please see the performance
timetable on the back of this invitation to
help determine your arrival time.
Cost
We are asking for a gold coin donation upon entry to help cover
the cost of the art supplies used to
create the artwork for the event.
Please join us for dinner The P and C together with outback
steaks will be cooking a barbeque and selling steak sandwiches
for $5. A coffee cart will also be on site selling delicious
coffee and refreshing cold drinks. Why not
bring a blanket and have a family picnic?
This is a special event and all of the students have worked hard
to produce their best quality work for
the exhibition. Please come along and support our schools
wonderful achievements.
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The Buzz- Term 3- Week 4 Tuesday 5th August 2014
Art in the Dark
Performance Run Sheet
Time Performance 5:30 Junior Choir – Count on Me
5:50 Junior Choir –River Deep, Mountain High
6:10 Junior Choir – Everyone Belongs
6:30 Junior Dance – Party Rockers
6:50 Intermediate Dance Group – Circle of Life
7:10 Senior Choir – Top of the World
7:30 Senior Choir – Michael Finnegan
7:40
BRPS Guitar Group- Stand by Me
7:50 Senior Dance Group- I’m a be Rockin’ like this
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The Buzz- Term 3- Week 4 Tuesday 5th August 2014
Holroyd Giants Junior Baseball would like to invite boys and
girls and Adults to attend our try baseball day. You will have a
chance to learn a few basics of baseball and sample what a game
scenario would feel like. This will be held on our registra-tion
days. Registration will be over 2 days. When: 3th August 2014 Rego
Starts from 10am to 3pm Try base Ball games start at 12pm. Where:
Guildford Sports Ground Foray Street, Guildford West. Playing
baseball (T-Ball) promotes the development of hand and eye
coordination and gross motor skills Provides interaction and
develops communication skills in a team environment. Boys and girls
are in mixed teams. TeeBall – Under 7, Under 8 Machine Ball – Under
9, Under 10 Liveball – Under 12, Under 14, Under 16 17+ - Senior
baseball for all skill levels. Please Contact Kevin 0407 248 152
for more information
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