1 NEWSLETTER Phone: 9484 8844 28 May 2019 Fax: 9484 8200 P & C Meeting – Wednesday 19 June 2019 7:30 p.m. – Library Website: www.beecroftpublicschool.com.au Email: [email protected]Principal’s Report Relieving Executive From next week, I will be taking seven days long service leave. Mrs Irene Robbins will relieve as Principal, Mrs Kim Walsh will join Ms Alex Montgomery as Deputy Principal and Miss Alicia Smith will relieve as Assistant Principal during this time. Following my return to school, Ms Montgomery will take two weeks leave and Mrs Ellen Randall will relieve as Deputy Principal and Mrs Fiona Johnson will relieve as Assistant Principal. Supervisors for each stage will remain unchanged during this period. Early Stage 1- Mrs Kim Walsh Stage 1 – Mrs Kay O’Brien Stage 2 – Mrs Joanne Justic Stage 3 – Mrs Ellen Randall I am thrilled to work with such a talented and dedicated staff at Beecroft who are highly capable of both leading learning in their classrooms and beyond. I both thank and congratulate all of these outstanding leaders as they serve our school community and in particular our students. If you have an inquiry, our helpful team in the front office can direct you to an appropriate member of our executive team. Our office staff can be contacted on 9484 8844. Gold, Gold, Gold On the weekend, every band that competed at the Ryde East Music Festival won gold. Congratulations to the Training Band, Intermediate Band and Stage Band and to their conductor, Mr Tim Ferrier, on this fabulous achievement. We all know that it is not always about winning but the gold medals certainly encourage our young musicians to get up early on cold mornings for band practice and to persevere with the many hours of practice and rehearsal that is required to become highly accomplished. Congratulations - your hard work, commitment and effort have paid off. Assessment "for" and "of" Learning In most professions, employees and employers are assessed as part of validation to qualify and quantify the effectiveness of work undertaken. Often, the assessment process includes an appraisal of long term work-based achievements measured against key performance indicators. At times, performance appraisals in the workplace are used to measure what has been achieved (assessment "of" work) and at other times, appraisals are used to inform future work streams (assessment "for" work). Schools also operate in a similar way. On a daily basis, teachers assess their students to determine where each individual needs to go to improve their skills. This type of assessment is generally informal and focuses on "where to next". In teaching, we call this type of formative evaluation "assessment for learning". Assessment for Learning – Feedback that Moves Learning Forward Teachers at Beecroft Public School are dedicated professionals who work hard both in the classroom and after hours to ensure student learning is maximised through high quality teaching. This year, our professional learning program at Beecroft Public School is focused on using assessment data to drive learning forward for each student. As a school we are focusing our collective energy on showing students ‘what good looks’ like in relation to the teaching of writing. We are also sharing and developing our strategies for giving feedback
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NEWSLETTER Phone: 9484 8844 28 May 2019 Fax: 9484 8200
P & C Meeting – Wednesday 19 June 2019 7:30 p.m. – Library Website: www.beecroftpublicschool.com.au Email: [email protected]
Principal’s Report Relieving Executive From next week, I will be taking seven days long service leave. Mrs Irene Robbins will relieve as Principal, Mrs Kim Walsh will join Ms Alex Montgomery as Deputy Principal and Miss Alicia Smith will relieve as Assistant Principal during this time. Following my return to school, Ms Montgomery will take two weeks leave and Mrs Ellen Randall will relieve as Deputy Principal and Mrs Fiona Johnson will relieve as Assistant Principal. Supervisors for each stage will remain unchanged during this period.
Early Stage 1- Mrs Kim Walsh Stage 1 – Mrs Kay O’Brien Stage 2 – Mrs Joanne Justic Stage 3 – Mrs Ellen Randall
I am thrilled to work with such a talented and dedicated staff at Beecroft who are highly capable of both leading learning in their classrooms and beyond. I both thank and congratulate all of these outstanding leaders as they serve our school community and in particular our students. If you have an inquiry, our helpful team in the front office can direct you to an appropriate member of our executive team. Our office staff can be contacted on 9484 8844. Gold, Gold, Gold On the weekend, every band that competed at the Ryde East Music Festival won gold. Congratulations to the Training Band, Intermediate Band and Stage Band and to their conductor, Mr Tim Ferrier, on this fabulous achievement. We all know that it is not always about winning but the gold medals certainly encourage our young musicians to get up early on cold mornings for band practice and to persevere with the many hours of practice and rehearsal that is required to become highly accomplished. Congratulations - your hard work, commitment and effort have paid off. Assessment "for" and "of" Learning In most professions, employees and employers are assessed as part of validation to qualify and quantify the effectiveness of work undertaken. Often, the assessment process includes an appraisal of long term work-based achievements measured against key performance indicators. At times, performance appraisals in the workplace are used to measure what has been achieved (assessment "of" work) and at other times, appraisals are used to inform future work streams (assessment "for" work). Schools also operate in a similar way. On a daily basis, teachers assess their students to determine where each individual needs to go to improve their skills. This type of assessment is generally informal and focuses on "where to next". In teaching, we call this type of formative evaluation "assessment for learning". Assessment for Learning – Feedback that Moves Learning Forward Teachers at Beecroft Public School are dedicated professionals who work hard both in the classroom and after hours to ensure student learning is maximised through high quality teaching. This year, our professional learning program at Beecroft Public School is focused on using assessment data to drive learning forward for each student. As a school we are focusing our collective energy on showing students ‘what good looks’ like in relation to the teaching of writing. We are also sharing and developing our strategies for giving feedback
to students and for students giving feedback to each other. Feedback is given against shared criteria for success. Feedback is an important feature of ‘assessment for learning’ – assessment that moves learning forward. Two stars and a wish is a strategy that many classes use that allows teachers and students to provide constructive feedback. There are countless strategies available and teachers are investigating the research of Dylan Wiliam and Lyn Sharratt as they progress this important work. Assessment of Learning – Reporting to Parents "Assessment of learning" is a summative style of evaluation where teachers collect data to appraise the level of understanding and achievement students have gained during a period of time or after the teaching of a specific concept. As professionals, teachers are highly skilled at using formative and summative assessment and I am impressed with the depth of understanding in "Assessment for and of" learning each teacher holds. This term, teachers will be using their highly advanced skills in assessment as they prepare Semester One student reports. We look forward to sharing your children's achievements and giving you feedback about your child’s progress in reports later this term. Tanya Rose Principal
Sports Report Tennis Saturday night saw many of our students participate in the ETDTA tennis competition. Well done to everyone who competed, I will let the results below speak for themselves. What a close result! Thank you to Mrs Marshall from Cherrybrook Public School for penning the report. Beecroft had 19 students playing tennis on Saturday night at Pennant Hills Park. It was wonderful weather - so a good night for tennis. Beecroft was one of the winning finalists - but lost on a countback of games to Eastwood. Congratulations to these divisional winners: Benny and Cameron; Andrew and Liam; Riley and Rhys. Also, there were some second places: Angus and Ellena; Mukhilan; and Vignesh and Mikhail. The rest of the players had a great night of tennis: Kieran and Joshua; Anna and Edward; Lucas and Nicholas; Keurik and Thomas; and Clayton who played with a student from Cherrybrook. The next Challenge will be in August!
Zone Cross Country Good luck to all students who are competing at the Zone Cross Country Carnival this Wednesday at Fagan Park Galston. Students will meet Mr Blair under the Beecroft shade tent at 9:50a.m. to collect their running singlet and to cheer all our runners on throughout the day.
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Athletics Is your child a keen track or field athlete? Perhaps the following opportunity is for them! Please note that applications close on Wednesday 26 June (strictly no late applications will be accepted). NSWPSSA Athletics Team Selection to School Sport Australia Primary Schools Athletics Championships – Darwin 2019 In 2019, the School Sport Australia Primary Schools Athletics Championships will be held in Darwin from Wednesday 18 to Monday 23 September 2019. As a result, the NSWPSSA State Athletics Championships scheduled for 6-7 November 2019 will not be the selection trial for the NSW team to head to Darwin. An alternate selection trial, to select the state team, will occur on Thursday 8 August at Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre. Student applications must be submitted to: https://app.education.nsw.gov.au/sport/Events/View?eventId=6094&subEventId=6095 Mrs Joanne Justic Sport Coordinator
Elizabeth Farm Excursion At Elizabeth Farm there was a cellar to keep things cold. The people used chamber pots as a toilet. If the person needed something they used bells to call the servants. - Jasmine At Elizabeth Farm there were ladies’ bonnets. Ladies bonnets can cover you from the sun and the rain. There were horse and carriages instead of cars. They also had candles because back then they didn't have electricity and the rooms were dark. - Abigail At Elizabeth Farm they have dirt roads. We now have roads made out of cement. Dirt roads are bumpier and slower. Cement roads are faster and softer. They also had wooden toys. We now have plastic toys. Plastic toys are harder to break and wooden toys are easier to break. - James At Elizabeth Farm the toys were wooden. Now we have plastic toys and some toys use electricity. At Elizabeth Farm they had candles instead of lights. In the olden days they didn’t have electricity. - Erica Kay O’Brien Assistant Principal
Week 5 A huge congratulations to everyone who participated in our first Peer Support lesson last week. It was wonderful to see our groups getting to know each other and working so well together. Our Year 6 leaders were outstanding. They were extremely well organised, confident and caring. We’re very proud of them all. Our focus for Peer Support this week is showing how we care for others. This session enables children to recognise how they care for themselves and others. During the week, ask your child how they care for themselves, their friends and family. Ellen Randall Assistant Principal
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Woolworths Earn & Learn
Woolworths Earn & Learn is back! Between 1 May and 25 June, the Woolworths Earn & Learn program gives schools the chance to earn amazing school equipment. It only runs for a limited time, so spread the word and get everyone helping you to collect stickers: kids, parents, grandparents, neighbours and friends. It’s easy; collect as many stickers as you can, stick them on sticker sheets and drop them into the collection box either at the Front Office or outside the Staffroom.
Eco Corner Report Diligent Knights keep the gardens watered Although the rain has not fallen recently, the garden continues to grow aided by diligent watering knights. Spinach, beans, rhubarb and lettuce were harvested and more rainbow silverbeet, lettuce, beans and snow peas were planted in both the main garden and heritage garden. Whenever planting or other work is going on in the heritage garden, the kindy children crowd around watching and asking questions. Last Friday was no exception as the knights were swamped with over 20 keen kindy children watching on. Ben the Green Garden Guru In knowledge we grow
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Message from the President Opportunities to grow our community by volunteering and serving at our school A quiet couple of weeks for the P&C after a very busy start to the term. Although it is a quiet time for activities, it is a good time to look forward and plan how you can help grow our school at the events to be held over the next two terms.
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Coming P&C events to put in your diary and to look at helping at are below. Also, we are always in need of people to help at our Canteen and Uniform Shop, both of which rely on volunteers to remain operational. Term 2 Athletics Day Canteen: Wednesday 3 July Term 3 Fit-a-thon: Thursday 8 August Years 3-6 Disco: Friday 6 September Kindergarten Orientation: Thursday 19 September Movie Night under the Stars: Friday 20 September Term 4 Working Bee: Sunday 20 October For all these events, the more parents that are involved, the smoother the event, the easier the event and more importantly, the greater opportunity to grow the community of our school. If you’re interested in any of these, please let me know or grab a Blue Volunteer Sheet from the front office. Upcoming Events: P&C General Meeting: Wednesday 19 June at 7:30p.m. in the School Library Ben McSweeney [email protected]
P & C President
Canteen News - Phone 9980 7255
HELP THIS COMING WEEK – CAN YOU HELP? Excursions and other off site events We are having an exciting term of learning and it is great that some of that happens in the form of a day out! Please keep a note of the days your child is away from school and DO NOT order a lunch order for them that day.
THE GREATEST SAUSAGE SIZZLE
ONE DAY ONLY at the BPS Athletics Carnival
3 July 2019
Get a sausage in roll, a piece of fruit, a mini brownie,
Athletics Carnival – VOLUNTEER DRIVE At the end of this term on Wednesday 3 July, the whole school will be involved in the Athletics Carnival. This year, the Canteen will be running a sausage sizzle with lots of treats, both in the everyday and occasional categories. We are looking for volunteers on the day to cook, prepare, serve and sell. It is going to be the GREATEST SAUSAGE SIZZLE! If you are coming along to cheer on your child, why not come along for an hour or so to help us out! Please register your interest and availability to Belinda on [email protected]. We would love to hear from you! Roster for the upcoming week Wednesday 29 May: NO ONE ROSTERED Thursday 30 May: NO ONE ROSTERED Friday 31 May: NO ONE ROSTERED Monday 03 June: NO ONE ROSTERED Tuesday 04 June: Alison F
If you are rostered on and cannot commit, please arrange for someone to cover your day. Please try and let either myself or the Managers know to help organise the weekly roster. If you are still having difficulties, please phone the Canteen Managers, Jenny or Julie on 9980 7255. Thanks. Belinda Varndell [email protected] Canteen Convenor
Lost Property
This week 5R is rostered on to sort out lost property. Adam Fusca Class Parent Coordinator
Uniform Shop If you are unable to come into the shop during opening hours, please use our 'MAIL ORDER' system. Download the order form from the school website (http://www.beecroft-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/p-c/uniform-shop)** hand it in to the front office with the cheque or card payment details and your child's name and class details. For security reasons cash payments are not advised. The completed order will then be sent to your child's classroom. Please do not email us your order as we may not receive it in time to process it that week. ** DO NOT 'Google' search for the Beecroft Uniform Price List as this may bring up older, out of date price lists. Any orders using old prices will not be accepted. Transaction charges when paying by card are 2% for credit and 25c for EFTPOS. Please note if you 'tap' rather than 'insert' or 'swipe' your card, payment will be processed as CREDIT and you will be charged the 2%. Helping in the shop this week: Wednesday 29 May - Jen M Thursday 30 May - Kristy S Next week: Wednesday 5 June - No volunteers Thursday 6 June - Lucinda B
Hello Booshies!!! Vacation Care The July Vacation Care program is now available to view and permission slips are available to lodge on the Boosh Website. A direct link to the form was also emailed to current families. Current Boosh families who have lodged their permission slips will then be able to book selected days from Friday 7 June. Please note the change of date that bookings will be opened due to public holiday on 10 June. The online form can be directly accessed from our website or use this link: https://forms.gle/jFVhhR7BdsyfkDut8 . New families who lodge a permission slip will be contacted from 24 June onwards to be notified of any availability. Suspension of Permanent Places – Cut Off Date this Week If you would like to suspend a permanent Boosh session, or extend a session currently suspended until the end of Term 3 – you must notify Boosh in writing by 2 June (End of Week 5). After this date, requests for temporary removal of a session will be treated as a cancellation. Sessions must be suspended for the entire duration of a term. Please be aware that you will not have access to that session for the term, however, you can book casual sessions if a one-off attendance is required. For further information on this, please contact Boosh. Evacuation and Lockdown Drills – This Week Next week we will be holding Lockdown and Evacuation drills. As per Regulation 97 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations we are required to conduct these drills every 3 months. Please allow additional time to sign in and out children as we cannot interrupt roll call during a drill. Special Afternoon Tea This week’s special afternoon tea is Mini Pizzas on Tuesday afternoon. This Week’s Photos Some fun with building creations; helping with breakfast; and saying goodbye to Staff Chris! Have a great week! Mel and the Boosh Team
BOOSH Page 2 Upcoming Dates Permission Slips can be submitted: Monday 27 May Requests for Suspensions must be received by: Sunday 2 June Current Boosh Families can book Vacation Care days: Friday 7 June June Parent Committee Meeting: Tuesday 4 June at 6:30p.m. in Boosh Priority booking period for Boosh Families ends: Sunday 23 June Mel and The Boosh Team 9980 8224 [email protected]
Congratulations to the Training Band, Intermediate Band and Stage Bands, and their director, Mr Ferrier, for outstanding performances at the Ryde East Music Festival on the weekend. All three bands won Gold Awards. Image: Stage Band Captains Aidan and Allison holding the Gold Award trophy, from the Ryde East Music Festival. Upcoming Festivals
Date Event Venue Thursday, 6 June From 7:00p.m.
Band and strings subcommittee meeting
School staff room
Sunday, 16 June Wahroonga Music Festival Bands: IB, SCB1, SCB2
Wahroonga Public School
Your band coordinator will email details of upcoming performances. Please make sure that you complete the permission form to record your child’s attendance. Intensive Band and Strings Weekend survey If you haven’t yet provided your feedback on the Intensive Band and Strings Weekend, please take a few minutes completing our survey. We’d love to hear from both parents and students about what you liked, and what you didn’t, to help us with planning better events in future. Student survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5RNLWX6 Parent survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BRX9S7Q If you have any questions, please contact your band coordinator. For general inquiries, please contact the secretary. Megan Hobbs [email protected] Secretary
String Ensemble News
Change of Rehearsal Date – Intermediate Strings The rehearsal in Week 8 (Monday 17 June) has been moved to Friday 21 June, due to the conductor’s commitment to take the Advanced Strings group to deliver a performance in Chatswood that morning. Intensive Band & Strings Weekend Survey Child survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5RNLWX6 Parent survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BRX9S7Q The Band and Strings Committee is seeking your feedback on our recently held Intensive Music Weekend. It is designed to help us to plan future events for the program. We would appreciate you and your child(ren) spending 5 minutes completing the survey and sharing your experience with us. Thank you! Weekly Rehearsal Parent Roster
A volunteer parent is needed to support the smooth running of each rehearsal. Please remember to sign up to the weekly parent roster if you have not done so already: Advanced Strings: http://signup.com/go/BtZixuD Intermediate Strings: http://signup.com/go/wkThHSQ Training Strings: http://signup.com/go/PwxgKfw – A volunteer parent is needed on 20 June – please fill the spot if you are available! String Ensemble Application for 2019 Beecroft Public School Strings Program welcomes new players of all levels, from Year 1 to Year 6, who play violin, viola, cello and double bass. The String Ensembles perform at festivals and events throughout the year. For more details, please refer to the BPS Band and Strings Program Handbook 2019. To make an enquiry or book an audition, please contact the Strings Coordinator on [email protected]. Term 2 Events
Ensemble Event Location Date Time
Advanced Strings McDonalds City of Sydney Eisteddfod
The Concourse, Chatswood (train ride to Chatswood with the conductor)
17 June (Monday)
10:30a.m.
Intermediate Strings Northern Beaches Instrumental Festival
Pittwater High School (transport arranged by each parent)
22 June (Saturday)
11:15a.m. – 1:15p.m.
Advanced Strings Croydon FOIM Croydon PS (school bus organised)
24 June (Monday)
TBA
Advanced Strings Opera House FOIM Sydney Opera House 29 July (Monday)
We would like to invite all of the parents/carers and children of 3B to join us on the Village Green on Friday 31 May straight after school. A plate of food (nut free) to share for afternoon tea would be appreciated. Siblings are more than welcome. We look forward to seeing you there! Jaci & Ann 3B Class Parents
Community News Beecroft Public School, as a service to parents, will advertise community events that may be of interest. Beecroft Public School does not necessarily endorse or sponsor the events and accepts no responsibility for the management or organization of these events.
