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BROKE PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 18‐26 Cochrane St Broke NSW 2330 T 02 6579 1040 F 02 6579 1242 broke‐[email protected] Dear Parents and Guardians, With only 2 weeks left of school for Term 3, students and teachers continue to be enthralled in their Project, ‘To Infinity and Beyond’. Please ask your children what exciting things they are learning. It has been lovely to see so many students excited about their new learning, and I’m often asked “Mrs Burley, do you know…” Seeing students so excited and enthusiastic is wonderful. We should soon receive Yr 3 and Yr 5 NAPLAN results. Once we have received the student reports we will send them home. Early indications show some great improvements in reading, writing and numeracy. Our students TTFM (Tell Them From Me) survey results also show growth and improvements in a number of areas. Students respond to a number of questions about their school, learning, environment, effort, and other aspects of their teaching and learning. These are some of our results: Students who are interested and motivated in their learning, increased from 57% of students in 2018 to 83% of students in 2019 Students who try hard to succeed in their learning, increased from 77% students in 2018 to 86% of students in 2019 Students find classroom instruction relevant to their everyday lives, increased to 8.0 in 2019 to be above NSW Government School Norms Students feel they have someone at school who consistently provides encouragement and can be turned to for advice, increased to 8.5 in 2019 to be well above the NSW Government School Norms Some of our greatest gains have been in student aspirations and their expectation to continue their education onto University. 2017 2018 2019 When I finish high school, I expect to go to university When I finish high school, I expect to go to university When I finish high school, I expect to go to university 17% strongly disagree 8% disagree 58% neither agree or disagree 0% agree 17% strongly agree 8% strongly disagree 13% disagree 38% neither agree or disagree 25% agree 17% strongly agree 10% strongly disagree 0% disagree 15% neither agree or disagree 15% agree 60% strongly agree These results are very pertinent as they show us what our students are thinking and feeling about their schooling. To see these positive results is an indication that our teaching and learning changes over the past 2 years is engaging our students, and providing them with high quality learning opportunities and relationships. There are also some areas for improvement which we will take on board also, with a hope to increasing our student’s sense of belonging at school. Term 3 Week 8 Achieve with Pride 13 th September 2019

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BROKE PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWSLETTER 

18‐26 Cochrane St Broke NSW 2330 

T  02 6579 1040 F  02 6579 1242 

broke‐[email protected]  

Dear Parents and Guardians,  With only 2 weeks left of school for Term 3, students and teachers continue to be enthralled in their Project, ‘To Infinity and Beyond’. Please ask your children what exciting things they are learning. It has been lovely to see  so many  students excited about  their new  learning, and  I’m often asked “Mrs Burley, do you know…” Seeing students so excited and enthusiastic is wonderful.   We should soon receive Yr 3 and Yr 5 NAPLAN results. Once we have received the student reports we will send them home. Early indications show some great improvements in reading, writing and numeracy.  Our students TTFM (Tell Them From Me) survey results also show growth and improvements in a number of areas.  Students  respond  to  a  number  of  questions  about  their  school,  learning,  environment,  effort,  and other aspects of their teaching and learning. These are some of our results:    Students who are interested and motivated in their learning, increased from 57% of students in 2018 

to 83% of students in 2019  Students who try hard to succeed  in their  learning,  increased from 77% students  in 2018 to 86% of 

students in 2019  Students  find  classroom  instruction  relevant  to  their  everyday  lives,  increased  to 8.0  in 2019  to be 

above NSW Government School Norms  Students  feel  they  have  someone  at  school who  consistently  provides  encouragement  and  can  be 

turned to for advice, increased to 8.5 in 2019 to be well above the NSW Government School Norms  Some of our greatest gains have been in student aspirations and their expectation to continue their education onto University.   

2017  2018  2019 

When I finish high school, I expect to go to university  

When I finish high school, I expect to go to university 

When I finish high school, I expect to go to university 

17% strongly disagree 8% disagree 58% neither agree or disagree 0% agree 17% strongly agree 

8% strongly disagree 13% disagree 38% neither agree or disagree 25% agree 17% strongly agree 

10% strongly disagree 0% disagree 15% neither agree or disagree 15% agree 60% strongly agree 

 These  results  are  very  pertinent  as  they  show  us  what  our  students  are  thinking  and  feeling  about  their schooling. To see these positive results is an indication that our teaching and learning changes over the past 2 years is engaging our students, and providing them with high quality learning opportunities and relationships. There are also some areas for improvement which we will take on board also, with a hope to increasing our student’s sense of belonging at school.  

Term 3 Week 8  Achieve with Pride                      13th September  2019 

 

Special Assembly  Our Termly assembly will take place on Thursday 26th September at 9.10am. The Bilbies will be showcasing their class item and the Choir will be singing ‘Can you feel the love tonight’ from the Lion King. If you child has any achievement awards  to  return  for  their next  level certificate please send them to  the  front office. We look forward to seeing you all then.   

Bunnings BBQ The P&C will be running a Bunnings BBQ on Monday 7th October (Monday of the Long Weekend). They would love some volunteers to help set up, cook and sell the BBQ items. If you can spare an hour or two please let Tash, Will, Francesca, Jackie or Phil know. Thank you in advance for supporting our school, funds are being raised to support a number of P&C initiatives.   

Year 6 High School Visit Students  attending  Singleton  High  next  year  are  invited  to  attend  the  High  School  on  Thursday  19th September to complete the HS placement testing. Private transport is required, please send your permission notes back to the office. We are still waiting on confirmation of dates for the Jump Start program and will communicate these as soon as we received them.  

Planned Maintenance Our annual planned maintenance work has begun, with large parts of our boundary fencing being replaced or repaired, Mrs Mors classroom painted internally and externally, Mr Ingram’s room will receive new carpet, the office block ‘green’ rooms will be painted to match the rest of the office, and the library step will be fixed to match its heritage style. Please be careful around fenced off areas, and if you have any concerns please report them to the office.  

Alpha Show Students had a great time at the Alpha show last week, with lot of giggles and belly laughs as they enjoyed the ‘Cinderella’ Show.            

           

 

Head lice  We have again received some reports of head lice, please check and treat your children’s hair. Teachers regularly discuss health and hygiene practices with their students, and we would appreciate you also talking to your children about these healthy practices. There may be an opportunity for the Departments Nit Buster program to be delivered at school, however this program is an opt in/opt out parent ran program. If you are interested in running this program please make an appointment to see Mrs Burley.   

Swim School  Our Swim School program will take place during week 5 of next term (Monday 11th – Friday 15th November). We are waiting for confirmation of costings for the week long program and will endeavour to send out information early next term.   

Save the Date Presentation Day Our annual Presentation Day will be held on Monday 16th December, this is where outstanding student achievement is recognised and our 2020 leadership team revealed.   

Grandparents Day Our students would like to invite their Grandparents to visit their classes and stay for afternoon tea on Friday 25th October (1‐2pm). An official invitation will be sent home soon.    

Year 6 Farewell  The Year 6 students, families and staff will be celebrating the class of 2019 graduation at ‘The Barn’ on Wednesday 4th December. More info will be sent out when things are locked in.  

K‐2 Parents Notice for parents/guardians with boys at Broke PS: If you child is coming home without any undies please let us know; over the past few months there have been a number of boys underpants left in the toilet block, urinal, and bin. The class teachers are reminding students of bathroom etiquette, however these incidents continue to occur.               

      

 

 

Bilbies News The Bilbies have become little scientists with our project ‘What’s on Earth and Above?’ We have been learning all things seasons, living things, weather and water cycle. Prior to learning about the water cycle, the students were asked why they think rain happens. These were some of the responses: ‘The sun is mean and burns the clouds and makes them cry’ ‘The clouds get sweaty from the hot sun and the sweat drips down on us’ Students understanding of the water cycle and seasons will be further developed as we take on our mini outcome 2, building a terrarium and bush tucker garden! The brains in the Bilbies class love being challenged, knowing that their brain is a muscle and gets stronger every time they struggle with their learning. This has led to some great academic leaps in the class as students can now identify number in their thousands and are reading and writing more difficult texts every week. We look forward to entertaining you at our next end of term assembly!

Term 3  

  

Term 4 

  

Term  Three 

 

 Monday 

 Tuesday 

 Wednesday 

 Thursday 

 Friday 

 Sat Sun 

 Week 8 September     

9  10  11 Wombats  Shake‐a‐leg 

  

12  13    14 15 

 Week 9 September    

16  17  18 Wombats  Shake‐a‐leg 

   

19  

20   21 22 

 Week 10  September   

23  24  25 Wombats  

26 Special Assembly 9.10am 

27  Last day of T3 

 28 29 

Term  Four 

 

 Monday 

 Tuesday 

 Wednesday 

 Thursday 

 Friday 

 Sat Sun 

 Week 1 October     

14 Staff and  students return 

15  16 Wombats   

17  18    19 20 

 Week 2 October   

21  22  23 Wombats     

24  25   26 27 

 Week 3  Oct/Nov   

28  29  30 Wombats  

31  1  

 2 3 

  Week 4 November  

4  5  6 Wombats  Last day 

7  8    9 10 

 Week 5 November 

11 Remembrance Day Service  10.45am  

Swim school 

12   

 Swim school 

13  

  Swim school  

14   

  Swim school 

15    

 Swim school 

 16 17