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BENNETT ROAD PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

TERM: 3 WEEK: 10 DATE: 28/9/2018

BLACKBOARD NEWS 2018 In This Edition: Principal’s Report Deputy Principal’s Report Instructional Leader’s Report

Assembly Awards

P&C Report

Coffee and Community

Christmas Shoeboxes

Community Announcements School Calendar

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BENNETT ROAD PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

TERM: 3 WEEK: 10 DATE: 28/9/2018

Principal’s Report

As term 3 comes to a close, I would like to thank our community for the continued

support you give to our school, it is

very much appreciated by the staff

and students.

Thank you to all of the staff who have

given up their own time throughout

the term to support student learning

through extracurricular activities.

I look forward to seeing everyone in 2

weeks’ time, ready for another fabulous

term.

Please remember that there is no Staff

Development Day in term 4 and staff

and students all return to school on

Monday 15th October.

Have a safe holiday.

Glen

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BENNETT ROAD PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

TERM: 3 WEEK: 10 DATE: 28/9/2018

Deputy Principal’s Report Term 3 has been incredibly busy and engaging for Bennett Road Public School. I

took a moment to look back at the school calendar for the term and was stunned at

all of the fantastic events that our students and teachers have been able to

experience. It is impossible to list everything, but some of the standout events have

been:

• Stage 3 camp

• K-2 sports day

• Peer Play Leader training

• Father’s Day stall

• Colyton showcase

• Swimming Scheme

• Touch Football

• T20 Cricket

• Brumby Assemblies

• Rewards day disco

• Education week

• Gymnastics

• Kindergarten Taronga Zoo excursion

I would like to extend a big thank you to all of the staff, parents and P & C members

that have made these events possible for our students.

Planning for Term 4 Over the past couple of weeks, teachers across all grades have been busy

collaboratively planning high quality teaching and learning experiences for Term 4.

Planning has occurred in consultation with our two extremely knowledgeable

Instructional Leaders, Mrs DiMarco and Mrs Carroll. Collaboration is such a

fundamental aspect of successful schools as pointed out in the What Works Best

Document put out by the Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation (CESE):

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BENNETT ROAD PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

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International education researchers point to collaborative practices between teachers

within and across schools as important features of many high-performing schooling

systems.

I look forward to seeing the wonderful learning that will occur in classrooms as a

result of this planning.

Goal Setting Interviews It was great to see so many of our families attending our Goal Setting Interviews on

Tuesday afternoon. As a part of our ongoing commitment to connect our school

community with the educational needs of our students, we recently held the third

session of our Goal Setting days on Tuesday 25th September. The purpose of this

day was to review the 3 student centred goals set at the last goal setting session, in

consultation with parents and carers, students and the teacher. Together we

reviewed and developed student literacy, numeracy and behavioural goals. These

goals will support student success during the second semester and may be reported

on in the Semester 2 reports. This process is an important part of forming and

maintaining an educationally connected community.

We understand that due to work and family commitments, it is not always possible

for some parents and caregivers to make it to school interviews. In order to engage

100% of our school community and support all of our students, we are sending home

goals for students whose families were unable to attend on Tuesday. These goals

have been set by your child’s classroom teacher. If you would like to discuss these

goals further, please contact the school office to make an appointment with your

child’s classroom teacher. If can expect to find these goals in your child’s bag in

week 1 next term.

Happy Holidays I would like to wish everyone a safe and restful spring break. I am looking forward to

seeing all of our enthusiastic learners back and ready for an action packed Term 4.

Alicia Howard

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BENNETT ROAD PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

TERM: 3 WEEK: 10 DATE: 28/9/2018

Instructional Leader’s Report Hello Parents and caregivers,

Our Kindergarten teachers and students have been working exceptionally hard to investigate

numbers and develop early number sense knowledge by completing ‘Number of the Day’

lessons as part of their daily mathematics instruction.

Our students spend quite some time working on identifying numbers and counting which is

heavily reliant on their visual discrimination skills and investigating the numerals 0-9 through

quantities, language and symbols.

Once they meet the number 10 they are then introduced to our base 10 system and early

place value. Place value is the position of a number that tells what value it is assigned. This

is in contrast to the digits 0-9, which indicate “how many.” This can be difficult for some

students to understand as it requires a shift in mathematical thinking and having to identify,

make and represent numbers as ten and some more eg: 16 is one ten and 6 more.

Our Kindergarten students have investigated a range of numbers and represented their

understanding using a variety of mathematical tools. They can represent numbers on ten

frames, number lines, using tallies, dominoes, counters, before and after sequences and

using blocks to represent tens and ones. Once they record their representations on a

whiteboard, they are also asked to explain their thinking to a partner or to the class. This

gives them an opportunity to

articulate their learning using

mathematical language eg: I

investigated the number 12 and I

drew two ten frames because I

filled one for ten and had two

more. We are so amazed by the

excellent number knowledge

they are developing! Here are

some examples of our ‘Number

of the Day’ work.

Sarah DiMarco

Instructional Leader- Numeracy

Alyssa

Zaine KW Alyssa KL

Mason KB Jye KA Travis KP

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BENNETT ROAD PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

TERM: 3 WEEK: 10 DATE: 28/9/2018

Assembly Awards Assemblies for Term 3 Week 6 was held on Friday 31st August, 2018 and the following

children received assembly awards:

Class K-2

Name Class 3-6

Name

2/4S

KA Hunter and Chloe 3/6A

KB Beighley and Zachary 3/6P

KL Jacob and David 3M

KP Bianca and Logan 3T

KW Journey and Dallas 3Y

1C Ileina and Jacob 4G

1M Italia and Xavier 4N

1R Jackson and Madden 4S

2B Maine and Kasamita 5/6T

2C Zainab and Darren 5D

2H Gus and Ruby 5MB

2L Mia and Nicholas 6E

6N

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BENNETT ROAD PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

TERM: 3 WEEK: 10 DATE: 28/9/2018

P&C Committee

Well here we are at the end of Term 3.......The countdown is on until Christmas.

Firstly we would like to say “Congratulations” to Xavier in KB who was our highest

fundraiser in our “Colour Explosion”. Well

done......we hope you and all other prize

winners enjoy their gifts.

Thank you also for everyone’s support at the

Cake Stall for the K-2 Sports Day.

Next Term we will be having our Christmas

Raffle. Any donations for prizes would be

greatly appreciated.

Don’t forget we have our school fete “Colyton

Carnival” next year in May. The fete committee

is coming up with lots of exciting ideas for the

day. If you would like to help please send a

email: Bennettrdschoolfete@outlook.com

Our next P & C Meeting will be held Wednesday 24th October at 6:30pm

We hope you have a safe & relaxing holiday

P & C Committee

bennett.pc@outlook.com

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BENNETT ROAD PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

TERM: 3 WEEK: 10 DATE: 28/9/2018

Coffee and Community

"We have enjoyed another successful term with our Coffee & Community times. We

have ranged from being overwhelmed at education week, to the relaxed atmosphere

in the rain this last week. Whatever the number we see

at the coffee van, we always enjoy our conversations

and opportunities to serve and provide

services/programs/support to our community.

A great success story of the Community & Coffee has

been one of our kindy mums Gloria, desiring to gain

new skills, learning

how to make good

coffee on the

coffee van under

the guidance of our

volunteers Katie and Tara. We are excited to

provide opportunities for our community to step

out and learn new skills whether that be through

the coffee van or other programs in

our community. Please come and

see us if you would like more

information on programs

happening in our community..."

Shannon King

(School Chaplain)

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BENNETT ROAD PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

TERM: 3 WEEK: 10 DATE: 28/9/2018

Christmas Shoeboxes It’s getting close to Christmas silly season, where we are braving the shops to buy

gifts for all our loved ones. This is a joyous time for most of us, but for many kids

around the world who do not receive a gift at Christmas time. But together, we can

make a difference to the lives of those who do not receive gifts and at the same time

teach our kids some important lessons in compassion, looking out for others less

fortunate and understanding that other kids don’t have what we have.

Once again this year Bennett Rd Public School in partnership with the P&C and

Colyton Church will be participating in Operation Christmas Child where each class

will have one shoebox (or more if they like!) to fill with some special things which will

then be sent to a child from another country who wouldn’t otherwise receive a gift.

Last year we gave over 100 shoeboxes from the school, and we would love to match

if not better that mark this year. The joy on the faces of the children is something

special and I encourage you to check out the video below to see some of what this

means to the kids who receive these shoeboxes… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq8FAnzYD94

What is needed is a collective effort from our great families and staff to contribute

different gifts to fill these boxes. These must be new gifts, and they must be small

enough to fit in a shoebox! A helpful list of options for gifts will be given to each class

but the basic ideas are either something to wear, something to love, something to

play with, something for personal hygiene, something special and something for

school. Each class will be given an

age range and gender to prepare

their box for. Each class will also

have the opportunity to follow where

their box is sent to through the

unique barcode given to their

shoebox.

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BENNETT ROAD PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

TERM: 3 WEEK: 10 DATE: 28/9/2018

Collection dates will be the last two weeks of Term 3 (17th-28th of September) and

the first two weeks in term 4 (15th-26th October)

Lastly we will be holding a mufti day for the kids on the 19th of October with a

donation of a gift for the shoebox needed to come in mufti. If you have already

donated you do not need to donate again to come in mufti.

This is an exciting opportunity for our community to come together and give back to

others far less fortunate than ourselves.

If you have any questions feel free to grab me at school or contact me via email at

colytonchurch@gmail.com or alternatively you could check out their website at

https://www.samaritanspurse.org.au/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/

Thanks for your generosity,

Shannon King (School Chaplain)

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BENNETT ROAD PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

TERM: 3 WEEK: 10 DATE: 28/9/2018

Community

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BENNETT ROAD PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

TERM: 3 WEEK: 10 DATE: 28/9/2018

School Calendar Monday, October 1 to Friday 12 October

School Holidays

Term 4

Monday, October 15

Students Return

Thursday, October 18

Stage 2 Health Day

Wednesday, October 24

District Public Speaking

Thursday, November 8

Grandparents Day

Friday, November 16

K-6 Brumby Assembly

Friday, November 30

K-6 Brumby Assembly

Monday, December 3 – 5

Stage 2 Camp

Thursday, December 6

Kindy Orientation Expo

Friday, December 7

Recognition Assembly

Wednesday, December 12

Talent Quest

Thursday, December 13

Rewards Day

Friday, December 14

End of Year Concert

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