Term 1, Week 4, 2020 Principal: Jeremy Campbell Boree Creek … · 2020. 8. 20. · 2.18.03 1.29.22...
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Our School Values
Phone: (02) 6927 1478
Fax: (02) 6927 1476
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.boreecreek-p.school.det.nsw.edu.au
Each to their own ability
Boree Creek Public School
Namoi St
Boree Creek, NSW, 2652
Boree Creek Public School
Newsletter
Term 1, Week 4, 2020 Principal: Jeremy Campbell (rel.)
• BE A LEARNER • • BE SAFE • • BE RESPECTFUL •
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WHAT’S ON AT BOREE CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOL… TERM 1, WEEK 4
Tuesday 18th February ▪ Miss Madelyn Marley at professional learning. Mrs Gail Alexander in teaching K/1/2.
Wednesday 19th February ▪ Sport day ▪ Scripture and music
Friday 21st February ▪ Southern Riverina Swimming Carnival in Albury
TERM 1, WEEK 5
Tuesday 25th February ▪ Mobile Library
Wednesday 26th February ▪ Mr Jeremy Campbell at Narrandera Principal Network Meeting
▪ Sport day ▪ Scripture & music
Friday 28th February ▪ SRC run Clean up Australia Day
TERM 1, WEEK 6
Monday 2nd March ▪ GK Principal Network Meeting, 2pm @ Pleasant Hills PS
Tuesday 3rd March ▪ Miss Madelyn Marley at professional learning. Mrs Gail Alexander in teaching K/1/2.
Wednesday 4th March ▪ Sport day ▪ Scripture & music ▪ BCPS staff to Lockhart Central School for
professional learning 3:40 – 5:00pm.
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main Public School
Principal’s Report
What an incredible pace we have set as we start the new
year. So much is happening at Boree Creek Public School;
there is something for everyone.
This year we welcomed, Jett Cunningham, our
kindergarten student into our community. It was
rewarding to see him and his family excited to start school.
He has settled beautifully into our school and we look
forward to keeping track of all his progress throughout the
year.
On a personal note, thank you to those that were able to
come along and engage in our ‘Meet & Greet’ afternoon.
It was fantastic to meet so many families and begin to build
a lasting partnership, as we collectively educate your son
or daughter.
Have a great week.
Jeremy Campbell
Principal
P&C News
Last week we held our first P&C meeting for the year. We
started with the AGM where all positions were declared
vacant and the 2020 office bearers were elected. I will take
this opportunity to thank the tireless work of the 2019
P&C, in particular our office bearers, Melissa Patey –
President, Rachel Westblade – Secretary & Annie Alchin –
Treasurer. Your guidance and work in supporting Boree
Creek PS is greatly appreciated.
I would also like to formally welcome the 2020 office
bearers.
President – Michael Cunningham
Vice-President – Melissa Patey
Secretary – Rachel Westblade
Treasurer – Virginia Jones
Uniform Officer – Kristin Reed
If you would like to join this active and dedicated P&C,
please speak to any of the office bearers who will gladly
discuss ways you can support through the P&C, as well
as when the next P&C meeting will be held.
GK Swimming Carnival
Thank you to the students, families and staff for your
tremendous support to run an outstanding swimming
carnival. It was a wonderful showcase of the Boree
Creek Public School community, with parents readily
involved helping with timing, judging, and participating
in the impromptu parent’s swim at the conclusion.
Students showed a warm side, encouraging one
another, which was a fantastic thing to witness
throughout the day.
It was a highly successful day with a number of records
broken throughout the day. Congratulations to each of
the following students who broke a record on the day.
Name Event Old Record
New Record
Jacinta Westblade
Open 100m Freestyle
1.52.90 1.47.38
Girls 11 yrs 50m Freestyle
55.07 46.37
Girls 11 Yrs 4x50m Medley
5.03.19 4.36.31
Girls Snr 3x25m Medley
2.18.03 1.29.22
Riley Kenny Boys 11 Yrs 50m Freestyle
1.25.62 54.79
Boys 11 Yrs 50m Breaststroke
1.41.28 1.22.13
Ava Cunningham
Girls Jnr 50m Breaststroke
1.06.59 59.41
Girls Jnr 3x25m Medley
2.07.47 1.31.56
Kevin Alchin Boys Jnr 3x25m Medley
2.18.00 2.03.81
For the first time in a number of years, Boree Creek
Public School won each of the individual age champions,
as well as individual champion and champion school.
Congratulations to each of the 2020 GK Swimming
Carnival Aged Champions.
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Aged Champions
Junior Girls Ava Cunningham
Senior Girls Jacinta Westblade
Junior Boys Kevin Alchin
Senior Boys Riley Kenny
Overall Individual Champion
Jacinta Westblade
Champion School Boree Creek Public School
Voluntary Contributions
In line with the Department’s Voluntary Contributions
Policy, the 2020 voluntary contributions were set in
consultation with the school community at our first P&C
meeting last week. For the 2020 school year, voluntary
contributions have been set at $30 for the first child and
$20 for the second child. As such, if you are a family with
two or more children who attend our school the total
contribution is $50. Please find an envelope attached to
the newsletter with your individual family’s voluntary
contribution details.
Southern Riverina Swimming
Carnival
This Friday, Miss Michele Thomas and 10 students will
head to Albury to compete in the Southern Riverina
Swimming Carnival. This carnival starts at 10am sharp,
with students required to be at Lavington Swimming
Complex by 9:30am. We wish each of the 10 students the
best of luck and know they will represent Boree Creek PS
and the Greater Kengal Network superbly.
Quality Teaching Rounds (QTR)
One of the Departments Strategic Plan Goals is every
student, every teacher, every leader and every school
improve every year. In order to achieve this goal, we
applied for were successful in our application to engage in
a Quality Teaching Rounds research project through the
University of Newcastle. Quality Teaching Rounds (QTR) is
strongly
endorsed by the department as a professional learning approach that involves teachers learning together at school or online. The Rounds use the department's Quality Teaching model as the framework for deep conversation about classroom practice. Teachers work collaboratively in small Professional Learning Communities (PLC), observing each other teach on a rotating basis and discussing and analysing their observations. Research has found QTR build significant improvements in the quality of teaching and have positive impacts on teacher morale and school culture as a result of encouragement and recognition of teachers' good work.
Being involved in this digitally delivered research project is a wonderful opportunity for our school and something that will ensure we as a school meet our expectation of continued improvement.
Dojo Rewards System
This year as a school we will be using the dojo rewards
system again. After consultation we have aligned our dojo
rewards system to our school values of be a LEARNER, be
SAFE and be RESPECTFUL. Students have the goal of
working towards 100 dojo points throughout the year.
However, to ensure we are building a culture that rewards
wonderful behaviour choices we have introduced a termly
values reward. When a student receives 25 dojo points in
a term they will be invited to the values reward afternoon.
The values reward afternoon date has been set, however,
what the reward will be is still undecided. This has been
done deliberately as we want student voice to play an
integral part in determining what the values reward
afternoons will look like.
Be a LEARNER Be SAFE Be RESPECTFUL
Students are eligible for the values reward for embodying our school values and receiving 25 Dojo
points in a term.
Term 1 Values Rewards 25 Dojo points
Term 2 Values Rewards 50 Dojo points
Term 3 Values Rewards 75 Dojo points
Term 4 Values Rewards 100 Dojo points
Events Calendar
To ensure every family is aware and has the opportunity
to come along and support their child, we have developed
an events list. Find this events list calendar attached to this
week’s newsletter for your convenience.
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K/1/2 News
Welcome back to everyone in the K/1/2 classroom for
2020!
A very BIG and warm welcome to our new Kindergarten
student, Jett. Jett has settled into his first weeks of
primary school so well and is contributing his ideas,
trying new things and getting to know his peers. Here is
what he has to say about ‘Big School’ so far:
What is your favourite thing about School? Homework
and learning new words.
What would you like to learn at School this year? I want
to learn how to write lots of words.
If you could be anything when you grow up, what would
it be? A recycler.
Why is school so fun? Because the teachers let me do
fun stuff.
Festival of Instrumental Music
(FOIM)
Last week Miss Jennifer Gollasch was involved in
professional learning regarding the 2020 Festival of
Instrumental Music. Miss Gollasch was learning the
sheet music for this year’s event which she will be
teaching to students on a Wednesday during music. As a
school we are very blessed to have the caliber of
musician that Miss Gollasch is and we thank her for the
wonderful support she is to our students.
NSW PS Recorder Camp
As a school we have an affiliation with the recorder and
on any given day you will hear students rehearsing and
refining their skills. Each year students from NSW public
schools Years 5-12 are invited to apply for the annual
four-day (three-night) residential recorder workshop
and camp, culminating in performances at the Sydney
Town Hall as part of the Festival of Instrumental Music in
July and August 2020. The cost of the camp is $400 per
participant. If you wish to nominate for the camp you are
asked to complete the online application by Friday 20th
March. The link to the online application form is below.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfg8jMMlt
zjcVXxb2Bf5VGieIkEqJlMZXekCzctBfinWlZphA/viewform
Please note this is a state-wide recorder camp.
Information regarding Riverina Recorder Camp held at
Borambola will be distributed closer to the event date.
School Library
This year as a school we are running three classes. This
means our library is used as a classroom and we have had
to make a slight change to our school library borrowing
routine. For children and their families that would like to
borrow from our school library this will occur every
Wednesday during the lunch time break. Student are
invited to return their books, before they re-borrow. To
ensure the safety of our school books can students
please bring a library bag when borrowing.
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K/1/2 News (continued)
Rylee has been nominated for SRC this term. K/1/2
students used this opportunity to create a speech and
present it to our class. Each student participated and
voted for who they thought would be a great
representative and who had the most persuasive speech.
Rylee was voted in by her peers and the thing she is
looking most forward to is making new plans with people
for our school. Rylee added “I also like it because it
means I can be around people I don’t usually play with.”
Hamish is our second SRC member for term 1 and was
also recognised for successfully achieving his learning
goal this week. Hamish said something that challenged
him this week has been learning the difference between
numbers. Hamish was asked what was something he was
hoping for next week in class, he wished for more craft.
Hamish stated “The thing I love most about our K/1/2
classroom is how many books we have. There are always
new ones to read without going to another room.”
Renae using informal units for measuring length
Montana creating a reading response to our ‘Read
To’ text.
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VOX POP voice of the people
Kiara Reed What is the best thing about Boree Creek Public School? The best
thing about BCPS is that we share and get to work together to learn.
Who is your hero and why? My hero is Matilda because whenever l
am in the farm area she will always help me.
What is the best thing about being a child today? You get to have
play time every day and spend time with our friends.
What do you want to be when you grow up? When l grow up l want
to be a doctor.
Hamish Cunningham
What is the best thing about Boree Creek Public School? You get to
go out into the farm area and play with your mates.
Who is your hero and why? My hero is my Dad because whenever l
am sad he always comes and helps me.
What is the best thing about being a child today? I get taken to go
bowling with my brothers and sister.
What do you want to be when you grow up? When l grow up l want
to be a scientist.
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2020 - Whole School Events
Term 1 Date People responsible
Meet and greet 11 February BCPS staff
GK Swimming carnival 6 February BCPS staff
3-Way PLP meeting 24 – 28 February Jeremy Campbell
Clean up Australia Day 28 February SRC
School photos Jeremy Campbell
National Ride to School Day 13 March SRC
National Day of Action Against Bullying Harmony Day
16 March Yerong Creek PS
Value reward afternoon 7 April BCPS staff
Term 1 Assembly 8 April BCPS staff
Easter Hat Parade & P&C lunch + raffle 8 April Maddi Marley
GK Cross Country 9 April Pleasant Hills PS
Term 2
ANZAC Day 25 April Maddi Marley
GK Athletics Carnival 1 May Yerong Creek PS
Mother’s Day High Tea + P&C raffle 8 May Maddi Marley
Dance/social 13 May SRC
Reconciliation week 27 May – 3 Jun Josh Jones
Fête de la musique & P&C lunch 17 June SRC + Miss Gollasch
Values reward afternoon 2 July BCPS staff
Term 3
NAIDOC celebration 28 July Josh Jones
Education Week Assembly 5 August Jeremy Campbell
Healthy Harold August Pleasant Hills PS
Bernie O’Connor Football & Netball August date to be confirmed
Southern Riverina Event
3-Way PLP meeting 17 - 21 August Jeremy Campbell
Musica Viva Excursion to Morundah 9-18 September Jeremy Campbell
Book week parade 26 August SRC
Book week “curious creatures, wild minds” 22-28 August SRC
Father’s Day breakfast / Footy colours day 4 September Josh Jones / Jeremy Campbell
Literacy Day celebration – preschool/reading day (launch transition) & P&C lunch
9 September Maddi Marley
SASS appreciation week 26 - 30 August Jeremy Campbell
Values reward afternoon 23 September BCPS staff
Term 3 assembly 24 September BCPS staff
Term 4
Teachers’ Day 30 October SRC
Grandparents’ Day 23 October Michele Thomas
Remembrance Day 11 November Michele Thomas
Swim school 2-11 December Michele Thomas
Movie Night 15 December SRC
Santa Visit & P&C lunch December Maddi Marley
Presentation Night 10 December BCPS staff
Value reward afternoon 16 December BCPS staff