Banksia Bulletin Banksia Road Primary School

65 Banksia Road, Greenacre NSW 2190

Tel 9707 3423 Fax 9790 5607 Email banksiaroad-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Caring, creative, challenging and achieving

Tuesday, 6 August 2019

CALENDAR

Week 3 Term 3 2019 August

Wednesday 7th School transition program – Step Up to School

Thursday 8th Education Week – Open Classrooms

Friday 9th Uniform Shop 8.45 - 9.15am

Winter PSSA Round 11

Week 4 Term 3 2019 August

Monday 12th Uniform Shop 8.45 - 9.15am Homework Club Book Club orders due Tuesday 13th Playgroup Wednesday 14th School transition program –

Step Up to School Thursday 15th Year 3 to 6 Assembly (5/6G

& 5E) Georges River excursion

(2B, 2C, 1/2S & K/1P year 1 only)

Friday 16th Uniform Shop 8.45 - 9.15am Winter PSSA Round 12

Georges River excursion (2J,

1N & 1V)

Week 5 Term 3 2019 August

Monday 19th Uniform Shop 8.45 - 9.15am Homework Club Tuesday 20th Playgroup K to 6 Athletics Carnival Wednesday 21st School transition program –

Step Up to School Stewart House bags last day Thursday 22nd K-2 Assembly (K/1P lead) Friday 23rd Uniform Shop 8.45 - 9.15am

PSSA Winter Semi Finals

Notes Home:

Year 5 Maritime museum excursion - 3rd September

Year 6 Maritime museum excursion – 5th September

Stewart House Clothing bags due back by Wednesday 21st August

GOAL SETTING INTERVIEWS

Thank you for supporting the Goal Setting Interviews, I will publish the data in the next newsletter.

EDUCATION WEEK OPEN DAY 8th AUGUST

60th ANNIVERSARY (1959 - 2019)

9.30am K-6 Assembly

10.15am Open classrooms

11.15am New building information booth

Please see information flyer at the bottom of the

newsletter.

RED NOSE DAY – FRIDAY 9TH AUGUST

Australia Red Nose Day is on this Friday. Please send

$3 with your child to purchase a red nose and support research into why young lives are cut short.

RETURN AND EARN

Banksia Road has come together with “Return and

Earn”, a plastic bottle and aluminum can recycling program. If you have any plastic bottles or aluminum cans at home with the 10c label on it, please bring them

to school and place them in our 'Return and Earn' Blue bins located under the Primary Cola and Canteen

area. No glass bottles can be brought to the school for

recycling.

BOOK CLUB

Scholastic book club orders are due back Monday 12th

August. For every Book Club order placed, Scholastic gives back 20% of the order spend to our school to

purchase valuable educational resources.

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SOLUTION TO TRAFFIC ON BANKSIA ROAD

With the upcoming build, traffic congestion will increase. Teachers will need to park off site as will the builders. I am proposing some solutions as

follows:

- If you are able, please park a suitable

distance away from the school and walk.

If this is not possible:

We are asking parents to register their family to be issued a number which will be used to support

efficient use of the kiss and drop zone.

When your car pulls up at one of the eight kiss and

drop spaces, your registered number will be called and your child(ren) will safely embark in your vehicle.

To ensure this works:

- Students need to arrive promptly at the top gate at 3pm (teachers are also aware).

- Parents will be asked to go around the block

if their child(ren) are not ready.

Please complete the registration form at the end of this newsletter and return to the school office. We will

also email this form if you would like to register

electronically.

READING FOR LIFE

Are you able to spare 45 minutes a week for 15

weeks to assist with a reading program and become a Reading Volunteer Buddy at our school?

Learning Links will train you to work with children and deliver the Reading for Life program, which aims to

improve children’s reading accuracy, fluency and comprehension. Also, most importantly, the

confidence and enjoyment of reading in participating children has increased, influencing their self-esteem and motivation to learn through a variety of fun

activities and games to encourage engagement and interest.

Volunteer reading buddies have also benefited

enormously from their involvement in the program, recognising the difference they have made to children’s lives. Reading for life has been enormously

successful since its development in 2003.

Follow the link for more information, including videos about the programs, and about registering for the training. Make sure you select Banksia Road when

registering. Training will occur at our school on Tuesday 27th August, from 9.30am till 12.30pm.

https://www.learninglinks.org.au/get-

involved/reading-for-life/

UNIVERSITY OF NSW ICAS TESTS

Year 3 – 6 students who have paid to take part in the

ICAS assessments, will be tested on the following dates:

Digital Technologies - Monday 2nd September

Science – Wednesday 4th September

Writing - Friday 6th September

Spelling – Thursday 12th September

Mathematics and English – Tuesday 17th September

WHAT PAYMENTS ARE DUE?

Year Excursion Due Date Cost

1 & 2 Georges

River Wednesday

7 August $25

K - 6 Athletics Carnival

Tuesday 13 August

$10

5 & 6 Maritime Museum

Wednesday 20 August

$30

BALL SKILLS WORKSHOPS – TERM 3

GOT GAME

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SILVER AWARDS

The following Year 3-6 awards have been handed to

the students: 4A – Shoaib; 5O – Aiyah, Nawfel; 5/6G – Audrey,

Mariam; 6R – Jaafar, Saashah, Yasmeen, Zidane The following K – Year 2 awards will be handed to

the students at the education week assembly on Thursday 8th August at 9.30am:

KF – Hooria; K/1P – Liyana; 1V – Jacob; 1/2S – Adam A, Liyana, Siham; 2J – Jacky

The following Year 3-6 awards will be handed to the students at the Year 3-6 assembly on Thursday 15th

August: 5E – Aisha; 6K – Jana, Norah; 6R – Adam J, Kerem,

Syeda Yusra, Yusuf

Congratulations to all the above students!

BRONZE AWARDS

Congratulations to the following K - 2 students who have received their bronze award:

KB – Issa, Mya, Esya; KF – Muhammad; KM – Aws;

K/1P – Jayda, Mahmoud, Adam I; 2B – Saba; 2C – Ashleigh, Gurustat; 2J – ‘Ahio, Ahmad, Belal, Isaac, Mariam, Adam S, Armani

Congratulations to the following Year 3 – 6 students

who have received their bronze award: 3A – Ahmed, Fathi; 3/4G – Jana, Yara; 4T – Jayda,

Ali A, Emmanuel, Yusuf; 5E – Hamza, Mohamad; 5O – Soraya, Adam C, Hamida, Khaled, Omar;

5/6G – Zayne; 6B – Laila, Mohammed, Farah; 6R – Kerem, Sophia

SCHOOL ABSENCES

With winter upon us, cooler weather and unwell

children, a reminder that all student absences need to be explained

It is a legal requirement of parents to explain the absences of their children from school on the day

they return to school. This must be given to the teacher within 7 days of the first day of any period of

absence.

PSSA DRAW

A reminder to Year 3 – 6 PSSA students that are required to wear football/soccer boots with studs – these

shoes are to be worn at sport only, not during the day.

PSSA Winter Round 11 - Friday 9th August

SPORT OPPONENT PARK

Girls Soccer Bass Hill Jim Ring Reserve

Woods Road Birrong

Boys Soccer Bankstown Walshaw Park Hector Street

Bass Hill

Netball Greenacre Deverall Park

Yanderra Street Condell Park

Rugby League

Bye At school

PSSA Winter Round 12 - Friday 16th August

SPORT OPPONENT PARK

Girls Soccer Greenacre Jim Ring Reserve

Woods Road Birrong

Boys Soccer Chullora Walshaw Park Hector Street

Bass Hill

Netball Regents

Park

Deverall Park Yanderra Street

Condell Park

Rugby League

Bankstown Steve Folkes Reserve

McLean Street Georges Hall

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Tuesday, 6 August 2019 Issue 39 - Term 4 - Week 9

Tuesday, 6 August 2019 Issue 39 - Term 4 - Week 9

Tuesday, 6 August 2019 Issue 39 - Term 4 - Week 9

Tuesday, 6 August 2019 Issue 39 - Term 4 - Week 9