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Banksia Bulletin Banksia Road Primary School

65 Banksia Road, Greenacre NSW 2190

Tel 9707 3423 Fax 9790 5607 Email [email protected]

Caring, creative, challenging and achieving

Tuesday, 15 June 2021

CALENDAR

Week 9 Term 2 2021 June

Wednesday 16th Fathering project – Movie

night Thursday 17th Year 3 to 6 Assembly (4O

item) Mr Harry send off

Friday 18th Winter PSSA – Round 7 Uniform Shop 8.45-9.15am

Week 10 Term 2 2021 June

Monday 21st Uniform Shop 8.45-9.15am P & C meeting from 6:30pm Tuesday 22nd Playgroup at 9.15am in hall

Wednesday 23rd Good as Gold day K & 1T P & C sausage sizzle

Thursday 24th Good as Gold day – St 1 and St 2

Friday 25th Good as Gold day – St 3 Last day for students Winter PSSA – Round 8

Uniform Shop 8.45-9.15am

Future Dates: School resumes Tuesday 13th July Education Week 26th – 30th July

(Open Day – 29th July) Athletics Carnival Thursday 12th August

Book week parade Thursday 26th August Camp at Tea Gardens 6th – 8th September

MR HARRY – Thank you

All parents are welcome to join us for the afternoon assembly where the BRPS community will thank Mr

Habib Mansour (Harry) for his years of service.

The school will also create an archway leading out to the Banksia Road gate where the BRPS community

may personally thank Mr Harry for all that he has done.

EXTERNAL VALIDATION

Last Wednesday we met with an external panel and

went through the process of external validation. I am pleased to say the panel agreed with every one of our

on balance judgements which were, excelling (the highest rating) in three of the elements and sustaining and growing (the middle rating) in the other eleven

elements. This is a celebration of the collective work of our entire

school community and something we should be very proud of.

STAFFING UPDATE On behalf of the entire Banksia Road PS community I

would like to congratulate Mrs Frangakis who after more than 9 years’ service to BRPS was recently successful in

gaining an Instructional Leadership position at Victoria Avenue PS which starts from week 10 this term. This is a temporary position.

Mrs Trish Colley will join the Banksia Road team as the ES1 AP.

Mrs Haidar also finishes up at the end of this week as she is expecting the birth of her first child in the coming weeks. We wish her all the best.

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Tuesday, 15 June 2021 Issue 39 - Term 4 - Week 9

PBL FOCUS

Please see information about this fortnight’s focus on

page 7 of the newsletter - Accountability

SCHOOL PHOTOS

School photos have been delayed and will be

distributed early Term 3.

MOVIES & MUNCHIES NIGHT

THE FATHERING PROJECT – Wednesday 16th

June

This Wednesday night we have approximately 227

people attending the night. Unfortunately, we were forced to cap this number for catering purposes. We will host other events later in the year.

MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES PUBLIC

SPEAKING

On Wednesday we have four students representing

Banksia Road in the Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking competition to be held at Lidcombe

PS. Our representatives are:

Arsalaan 3D and Zahra M 4/5J Daania 6H and Mariam S 6B

STUDENT TO TEACHER FEEDBACK

Feedback was a theme the school community identified as an area to improve after our extensive situation analysis. Most notably student to teacher

feedback.

Stage three students will reflect on their Semester 1 report, starting with social development and

commitment to learning. They will also identify academic strengths and areas to develop. This self-reflection will accompany your child’s report and may

initiate as a discussion starter when discussing the report at home. We will include Year 1 to 6 students

in this process for Semester 2 reports.

SEMESTER 1 REPORTS

Your child’s report will be sent home at the end of this

term. We will schedule GOAL SETTING INTERVIEWS for the week beginning 9th August. In

line with one of our identified themes, ’Parent Engagement’ – we will ask each parent the question:

- How do you think you child is performing

academically?

NCCD

The final three pages of this newsletter provides

information regarding the purpose and process of NCCD (Nationally Consistent Collection of Data) for students

requiring adjustments.

Family Focus (courtesy of The Fathering Project)

Managing negative behaviour

Being clear about how you expect your children to behave in different situations gives them the ability to

begin judging what’s appropriate on their own. Clarity here can bolster them up to become increasingly more

independent and lessen the amount of retroactive

discipline needed.

• Create expectations using specific language; this doesn’t have to be harsh or even overtly assertive, just clear. Tell them exactly what is

acceptable, rather than simple “be good” or

“behave.”

• When clear expectations are set over time, this builds routine and consistency for your kids.

With boundaries, routine and consistency – they can begin to regulate their own behaviours because they know what to expect in different

settings.

• The more information you give about your

rationale for doing and behaving a certain way, the more they can begin to pre-empt and identify

these reasons for themselves.

• If you find the need to consciously develop new routines; start with small and achievable steps

and communicate clearly what is happening. Remember – routines take time and practice to

understand and learn.

• Don’t forget to model what you expect of your

children by making sure you are always, respectful, rational and self-aware of your own

biases and imperfections

SILVER AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who will be

receiving awards on Monday morning: KB – Mya, Omar T; 1/2H – Emmett

Congratulations to the following students who have received their awards:

4O – Aqsa, Maryam; 5/6G – Grace; 6A – Seth, Syed Nazeer Mohsin


BRONZE AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who will be

receiving have received their bronze awards:

KB – Hamze, Yunus; KC – Amin, Ayaan, Ibrahim T, Ibrahim Z; K/1F – Abbas, Aisha, Mohomed, Mona, Zahraa; 1/2H – Isaac, Medina, Mohammed E,

Uthman; 1N – Ahmad, Ayesha, Mariam S, Mohamad E; 1T – Hopisoni, Ibrahim, Medina, Sami;

2A – Muhammad S, Yazen; 2L – Asma, Mustafa, Sara; 3D – Awa, Ayaan, Ghassan; 3S – Aaliyah, Aya,

Ayah, Maysa, Souad, Yasin; 3V – Hadi, Malek, Manahil; 4/5J – Amatullah, Angelina, Joumana, Usman; 4I – Fouad, I'zel, Saffiyah; 4L – Alynn,

Armani, Hamna, Jihad, Myah; 4O – Adam S, Amira; 5I – Aaliyah, Adam M, Mohammed Y, Yarah;

5N – Jana, Youssef, Zain B; 6A – Mohammad Z, Nabeela, Zayn; 6B – Eiliyah, Rayana

PSSA DRAW

PSSA Winter Round 7 - Friday 18th June

SPORT OPPONENT PARK

Girls Soccer Bye At school

Boys Soccer

St Euphemia The Crest 3

Carysfield Road Bass Hill

Netball Birrong Deverall Park

Yanderra Street Condell Park

Rugby League

Bankstown Steve Folkes Reserve

McLean Street Georges Hall

PSSA Winter Round 8 - Friday 25th June

SPORT OPPONENT PARK

Girls Soccer Malek Fahd Jim Ring Reserve

Woods Road Birrong

Boys Soccer

George Hall The Crest

Carysfield Road Bass Hill

Netball Condell Park Deverall Park

Yanderra Street Condell Park

Rugby League

Malek Fahd Steve Folkes Reserve

McLean Street Georges Hall

Mr Hamish Woudsma Principal

ICAS

ICAS Assessments are online assessments designed to

recognise academic excellence, students are assessed on their ability to apply classroom learning to new

contexts using higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills.

If you would like your child to participate in these assessments, parents can visit the below link and

purchase the assessments desired. Closing date is 25th July 2021.

The cost of each assessment is listed below.

ICAS English $17.05 (inc. GST)

ICAS Mathematics

$17.05 (inc. GST)

ICAS Science $17.05 (inc. GST)

ICAS Digital Technologies

$17.05 (inc. GST)

ICAS Writing $21.45 (inc. GST)

ICAS Spelling Bee

$17.05 (inc. GST)

These assessments will occur at school between the dates listed below. ICAS assessments are conducted online during school hours.

Digital technologies - 9 August 2021- 13 August 2021 Science - 23 August 2021 - 27 August 2021 Spelling - 23 August 2021 - 27 August 2021

Writing - 9 August 2021- 13 August 2021 English - 16 August 2021 - 20 August 2021

Mathematics - 30 August 2021 - 3 September 2021

Parents will be able to make a payment

for ICAS Assessments directly. You can complete your Parent Payment System registration by logging in to

ICAS assessments with the school code and password below. https://www.icasassessments.com/shop/

Order ICAS School Code: 01219004

Password: OTENTR

Please contact the school office if you have any

questions or comments.

https://www.icasassessments.com/shop/


NAIDOC

NAIDOC Week is a time to reflect and celebrate the

history, culture and achievements of First Nation Peoples – recognising them as the Traditional

Owners of the land.

This year NSW Public Schools will celebrate a week

earlier to fit into the school term.

The official NAIDOC Week (4 to 11 July) is also being marked by events in the Department and in

communities around Australia.

As a school we will be engaging in a workshop with

Aunty Carol an Aboriginal Elder (see below).

Acknowledgement to Country for Banksia Road Public School workshop

Friday 18th June 2021 Aunty Carol will to work

alongside of with our Aboriginal students and our 8 student leaders to create our very own Acknowledgement to Country for Banksia Road

Public School.

The parents of our Aboriginal students are also welcome to attend and participate if they wish

PDHPE Child Protection (REPEAT)

Kindergarten to Year 2 Child Protection lessons will take place in classrooms in the next few weeks. The

updated curriculum will be covered. Please contact the school if you would like further information.

PSSA and Behaviour

At Banksia Road Public School, our students learning, wellbeing and safety is a high priority. We implement

teaching and learning approaches to support the development of skills needed by students to meet our high standards for safe, respectful and engaged

behaviour.

PBL lessons are taught explicitly to students each day.

The expectations of being a safe, respectful learner at school is essential to enable students to represent

our school at PSSA. Consequences will occur if students are not being safe, respectful or a learner.

The PSSA coaches will also work together with the students to develop and explicitly teach students how

to be a safe, respectful learner on the field/court.

Premiers Spelling Bee

The Premier’s Spelling Bee was introduced in 2004 as

a fun and educational way for NSW public primary school students to engage in spelling. The program

includes activities to encourage all students to improve their vocabulary and spelling and to promote literacy skills in combination with the English K-6 Syllabus.

Spelling Bee School Competition will be held before

the end of the term. Pease stay tuned for the date. Happy Spelling to those that would like to participate.

There will be 1 representative from each year from 3-6

selected to represent our school.

- Junior Spelling Bee – Year 3 and Year 4 NSW public school students

- Senior Spelling Bee – Year 5 and Year 6 NSW public school students

Below is the website.

https://www.artsunit.nsw.edu.au/speaking-competitions/spelling-bee/resources-teaching-spelling

Please use the link for the Junior and Senior spelling list. Due to copyright and sharing rules for wordlist and

password will need to be accessed via your child’s teacher. Debating

BRPS were defeated in round 1 but are looking forward

to competing in the Second Round held this week, on Thursday at 9:20am. We are versing Lake Albert Public

School. We wish all our students the best of luck. All debates will be via zoom videoconferencing.

Infants Interest Groups starting Term 3

We will be collecting K – 2 input about what interest

groups they would like to attend in Term 3. Once interest groups have been selected, more information

will be communicated.

Mrs Janice Azzopardi Deputy Principal



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