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TERM 4 WEEK 5 10 November 2020
GEORGE STREET, BERKELEY, 2506 | P 42711171 | E [email protected]
Cross Country
The 3-6 Cross Country was held on Tuesday and Wednesday last week. The weather was wonderful and the children were excited to get out and run around. Well done to everyone who participated.
Respect Respect means caring for and valuing yourself and sharing kindness and consideration for others.
Responsibility Responsibility means being trustworthy and accountable for your behaviour.
Safety Safety means protecting the well-being and security of everyone in our school.
Cooperation Cooperation means getting along by working and playing together.
TERM 4 WEEK 5 10 November 2020
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Principal’s Message
Dear Parents and Carers, This week we celebrate NAIDOC Week which recognises the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Always Was, Always Will Be, this year’s theme reminds us that Indigenous Australians have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years.
This year we come together in a different way, as we continue to navigate the COVID-19 Pandemic, and while we celebrate in class groups, it does not diminish our strength or reason to be proud of our achievements. The NAICOC committee has been busy organising a range of activities for class teachers to complete with their students.
This years’ NAIDOC Week is an invitation for all Australians to reflect and understand our nation’s shared history. It’s an invitation to gain a greater understanding of the role Indigenous Australians have played in building and shaping the nation that we all call home today. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were Australia’s first explorers, first navigators, first engineers, first farmers, first botanists, first scientists, first diplomats, first astronomers and first artists.
Our culture is as important today as it was 65,000 years ago – Indigenous Australians are spiritually and culturally connected to this country – and we continue to regain and strengthen our culture through language and truth-telling, an exploration of our shared history. Our Aboriginal student told us in a recent survey that they are proud of their culture and that the school respects and supports their culture, this made us very happy and I thank the Aboriginal committee for all their efforts in this area.
Updated Guidelines from DoE Some lighter COVID restrictions will now allow for our students to attend high school transitions to support a smooth start to school. Our school is working closely with Illawarra Sports High School to have plans in place and information to students and families. In addition, we are excited to learn the Year 6 Farewell can now go ahead, with some restriction and differences to previous years. Staff are working hard in planning to ensure our students have a great end to their time here at BPS. We are now looking at Presentation Day and the Year 6 final assembly. Each Stage has organised external excursion for the last half of the term. It is pleasing that Year 6 will attend a 2-day camp this week. All the details of the updated guidelines can be found at - https://education.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/advice-for-families
School Enrolments We are still busy enrolling new students for 2021. If you or anyone you know has children who are from our local area ready to start kinder next year please encourage them to enrol at our school as soon as possible. Also, if you are planning to move out of the area and change schools please notify the front office as soon as possible. This will enable us to determine class sizes and staffing to ensure a smooth start in 2021.
Remembrance Day On Wednesday we will remember all those Australians who died or suffered in wars and armed conflicts. We will stop for a minute’s silence and lower the flag during this period.
Staff update Last Friday we farewelled Amber Quintal who has taken early leave to have her first child towards the end of December. The school wishes her all the best and hopes we have some exciting news for our community when we return in 2021. For the remainder of the year we have Holly Buckley on the class and there are a few days when she is unavailable so Pauline Clapham will be relieving. Kind regards Wayne Osborne Principal
TERM 4 WEEK 5 10 November 2020
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Learning from our Neighbours
The students of Stage 2 recently finished an English/Geography Integrated Unit, 'Learning from our Neighbours’. For their culminating task they were required to create a book that was based on an Asian country and was both entertaining and informative (hybrid) for their audience. Today they had the opportunity to be real authors and read their completed texts to the students of Stage 1.
Attendance Matters
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Attendance Term 4
Week 2 Burelli Week 3 Kookaaraa Week 4 Kookaaraa
School Attendance …Remember
Students need to attend school regularly to make the most of educational opportunities.
There is a direct link between school attendance and achievement later in life.
Poor patterns of attendance in the early years lead to poor patterns of attendance throughout the school years.
Poor attendance makes it difficult for children to form positive relationships with their peers.
When young people are in school every day, they are safer and less likely to be victims of crime, or become involved in crime.
TERM 4 WEEK 5 10 November 2020
GEORGE STREET, BERKELEY, 2506 | P 42711171 | E [email protected]
Curious Creatures, Wild Minds
A continuous story created by each class during Book Week
There once was a curious creature who wanted a friend. But everyone was scared of him because he was bigger than them and had sharp razor teeth, long horns and dark red eyes. At Berkeley Public School he found lots of friends. (Jubborsay)
When the teacher laid eyes on him, he became really scared of his appearance. His friends reassured him that he didn’t look so scary. He was convinced and skipped off to play. He suddenly saw some bullies who were picking on the younger kids. (Wollamai)
He rushed over and stood up for the kids being bullied and said “Stop it, they don’t like it”. He found a teacher in the playground and told them what had happened. The teacher came over and had a conversation with the students about bullying and how it is totally inappropriate. (Wondangar)
The creature listened carefully as the teacher explained to the bullies that bullying gets you nowhere in life. The bullies seemed to understand what the teacher was saying. As they walked away, they realised that the teacher was right. Bullying is not the path anyone should want to take. (Djeera)
The bullies walked back over to the kids that they were being unkind to and apologised for what they had done. The creature, his friends and the bullies decided it was a great idea to play a game of handball. Ring, Ring, Ring! The bell sounded for the end of lunch. (Gulung)
With sweat pouring off his purple brow, the creature had a light bulb moment as he pondered life at his desk. ‘The Kindness Cup’ a school-wide event promoting fair play in handball. (Nebo)
A way for everyone to have a chance to play, to share and to make new friends! The monster thought hard and asked himself the question, “How will I get everyone to participate?” (Lilly Pilly)
The monster was very busy writing invitations to everyone in the school to come along to ‘The Kindness Cup’. It was going to be a great event. He could feel it through all that fur. On the day of the event the whole school came together with a positive attitude ready to share kindness and their handballs. (Dhurrambang)
Everyone was included and got to play at ‘The Kindness Cup’. Someone got out in the game and his friends said to him “It’s ok, you did a great job and tried your best”. The teacher noticed the kind words that they were saying and congratulated the students on being such great sports and really kind friends. Later that day, the teacher was going to give them a Kindness on Purpose award. (Tuggarah)
Suddenly, from out of nowhere a dark shape flew over the handball courts. CRASH! All of the handballs smacked to the ground. They were all turned to stone. “HA! HA! HA!”. The students looked up at the dark shape that they could now see was a horrible looking creature. “Try being kind to each other now!” (Warrigal)
The creature had black wings, red spikey horns, three heads and sharp teeth. His sharp tongue made him dribble as he spoke with his deep voice. He stomped his smelly feet and it made the ground shake. The BPS kids were terrified and too frightened to move. (Kookaaraa)
All the kids at BPS picked up a handball each and started throwing them at the monster. He was now so terrified and started to cry. Then the students realised they were being just like the bullies and it wasn’t right. So they decided that it was best to invite him to play handball and to teach him by showing him how to act kindly. They figured he didn’t know what kindness looked like. From that day on and forever more kindness would be spread throughout BPS. (Budjong) Carolina Vujasin Teacher Librarian
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Wagolls from Djeera The Two Paths One cool, breezy summer day in a dry forest a worried, scared little Lamb was lost from its dear mother. Lamb then came across two paths
“Hoot, hoot, why are you here frightened little Lamb”, said the wise Owl in a deep voice.
“I am lost from my mother, I think she's on the other side of the forest where the farm is”, said Lamb in a nervous voice.
“Well luckily for you there are two paths that lead to the farm” , replied the thoughtful Owl. “YAY”, shouted Lamb. “However a starving, vicious, bloodthirsty Wolf blocks the left path and a hungry Lion blocks the right path”, responded Owl.
The terrified lamb started to think and decided to check out the two paths. He saw Lion snacking on a slain, dead deer. Lamb then went to Wolf’s path and he was licking his rotten, yellow, filthy teeth and his wet, dripping lips. Lamb went back to the start of the two paths and thought that in this situation both decisions I chose would have a bad outcome. Lion and Wolf would try to eat him but Lion could spare him because he already ate and might be full but wolf would eat him straight away! Lamb confidently went to the Lions path and then…
“ROAR! How dare you walk on my path’’, roared Lion.
" S - sorry Lion. I am only trying to get to the other side, I didn't mean to disturb you”, said Lamb in a petrified voice.
“Very well, I am full anyways but next time you won't be so lucky ’’, snarled the Lion. “T - thank you Lion’’, said the Lamb thankfully. Lamb then found his dear mother. Lamb told Mother Lamb how he chose the right path.
“Even though they were both bad decisions, I chose the one I thought was the least evil”, explained Lamb.
Moral: Choose the lesser of two evils William Simpson The Snake and the Frog It was a warm, spring morning. The Snake and the Frog were best friends and they were taking a walk around the swamp. They loved going there because of the limey green trees that created shade for the swamp and its surroundings. The Frog was as green as the tree and the Snake was as dark as the dirt. The water was disgusting and murky, you couldn't even see the bottom. But they still loved swimming in it.
As they slithered and jumped along the dirty leafy path the Frog said, “Have you had any breakfast?” “No,” replied the Snake. The Frog was getting really hot so he jumped in the water and splashed the Snake. “Hey don’t splash me, I don’t want to get wet”, said the Snake in a frustrated voice. Ten minutes later, the Snake was getting furious because he wasn’t drying.
“I'm actually hungry now and I am craving Frog”, said the Snake suspiciously. The Frog jumped out of the water and ran for his life.
Soon, the Snake caught up to the Frog and said, “Got ya, this is what you get for wetting me”. Before the snake could eat the Frog, the Frog stopped him and said in a panicked voice, “Don’t eat me you won’t want to eat me I promise you. You won’t like the taste of me”. The Snake didn’t care; she just scoffed down the Frog like it was nothing. Soon after the Snake was feeling terrible in the stomach. What the Snake didn’t know was that Frog was one of the most deadliest Frogs in the world. Within minutes the Snake was lying lifeless on the old crunchy swamp leaves.
Moral: Don’t betray the people that are close to you. Macey Aquilina Dog and Bear A huge bear was hunting for food one morning, the fast current pushed the crystal clear water right past him. The best fish in the forest lived in that river, so Bear thought it would be a great place to hunt. Dog watched Bear bob his head in and out of the water from afar.
“Are you having some trouble Bear?” yelled Dog from the flat rock he was lying on. Bear turned around and snarled at Dog. “I'm fine. I can catch fish, Dog”, he growled frustrated.
“Come on, let me help! I'm sure I will do a good job!” exclaimed Dog excitedly. Bear stood upset, but he didn't want any help. “You're just a silly old dog, how could you do something so hard?” “I’ll prove you wrong, Bear”, smiled Dog. Dog trotted over to the riverbank and waited. He waited for the perfect fish to swim by, then he bobbed his head into the water and grabbed it.
“See Bear, I did do it! I told you I could!” Dog bragged. “How did you do that?” questioned Bear.
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“Patience”, replied Dog.
Dog walked away and left Bear on his own. Bear sighed. He listened to Dog and calmly waited for a fish to swim by.
“Patience, just be patient”, Bear thought.
Moral: Don't underestimate someone's ability. Ryda-May
Kindergarten Excursion
Reminder: Notes and payment for the Kindergarten Discovery Space excursion need to be returned by Wednesday 25 November.
No late payments will be accepted.
Student of the Term Congratulations to the following students for being chosen as our Term 3 Student of the Term. These students are hard working,
kind and always follow our PBL values of respect, responsibility, safety and cooperation.
Early Stage 1 Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3
Lukas Nikolovski Indiana Stevceski Cody Crossling Rubi-Rae Green
Lilly Hickey Ava Coupe Jorja Stoker Zalee Milosevski
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