Burwood BUZZ
Aiming for the Stars

Friday, 2023 - Term 2  Week 4

Burwood Council have contacted the school to let me know that they will be sending traffic wardens to patrol our area due to some unsafe practices. 

This week is Walk to School Safely. Students were encouraged to walk to school on Friday. Walking your child to school, when you can, is a great opportunity to:

• highlight the importance of being a safe road user
• talk about and role model how to be a safe pedestrian
• be physically active
• stimulate the brain for a productive day of thinking
• help the environment by lowering noise and air pollution, and traffic congestion
• start a new routine!

Thank you to Mrs Kumar and Mrs Tarren for organising the cross country carnival and to our teachers who helped make it a successful day, despite it being the coldest day of the year!  Congratulations to all students who participated in the event and gave their best effort.  

We are transitioning to a new system for payments and permission slips. I hope you have received the alert about our new finance system.

Applications are now being accepted for Kindergarten 2024. If your child turns 5 before July 31, 2024 they are eligible to start school next year. We would appreciate local area. Applications are now being accepted for Kindergarten 2024. If your child turns 5 before July 31, 2024 they are eligible to start school next year. We would appreciate local area local enrolments submitting their applications as soon as possible.
We offer support and encourage you to complete your application online. However, if you do not feel comfortable completing an online enrolment, a paper copy will be available for collection from the front office or can be downloaded from the Department’s going to a public school site.
Please apply online HERE.

School photos will be held in the last week of this term on Tuesday 27 July. Following parent feedback and discussion with the P & C, we will be using a new photographer. Information will be sent home to parents shortly.

At our recent K-2 Assembly, Nella from KM gave her first acknowledgement of country. Nella is a proud Bundjalung and Kamilaroi student and this was a great opportunity for her to share this respectful message with our K-2 students. KM recently discovered that the artist and author Bronwyn Bancroft is also a proud Bundjalung woman, so we will be sharing her artworks with each acknowledgement of country in our assemblies.We are looking forward to Nella continuing to share her cultural heritage with us throughout the year.

Rebecca Mitchell 

Classroom Teacher

Dear Parents and Carers,

As part of the department upgrade our school will be transitioning to the School Bytes finance system on 23 May 2023. This means that we are required to implement a short payment lockout period from 17/05/23 – 22/05/23. We will not be able to receive any payments until that date. 

After the transition, a School Bytes portal will be available for you to register and begin using (Link: https://portal.schoolbytes.education). Through the portal, you will easily be able to download a receipt once a payment has been made and have access to view all historical payments when needed. Online payments are processed in real-time and can be viewed by school staff immediately. 

Permission notes will now be sent via School Bytes for you to complete electronically. This system is being used successfully in other schools and we believe it will be a streamlined process for the school and parents. If you have difficulty accessing School Bytes please do not hesitate to contact the office (02) 9745 22 99. 

School Administration 

Manager C Kandilas

After a rushed start to the season and having to manage the new grass area in the playground, the boys soccer teams have focused on developing their skills together as a team. By working together and aiming to improve our skills one game at a time, we have seen some success as a result of our teamwork. 

The Junior team has enjoyed some success on the field, resiliently using our first loss against Abbotsford (0-6) to win against Dobroyd Point (2-1) and a draw against Russell Lea (1-1).

The Seniors have had a more difficult start to the season, but continue to try their best. They have lost to Abbotsford (0-12), Dobroyd Point (0-4) and Russell Lea (0-6). 

Here's to continuing to make improvements over the season!

K-2 are teaching from the new mathematics syllabus this year. 3-6 will begin teaching this syllabus next year. Teachers regularly engage in professional learning and this week teachers have been focusing on the working mathematically processes within the new syllabus. In mathematics these processes are communicating, understanding and fluency, reasoning and problem solving. Students work mathematically by using these processes in an interconnected way.

Here are students in Stage 3 working mathematically by communicating their thinking and using reasons to justify their choice of strategy during a task.

Assistant Principal Curriculum & Instruction  
Julie Birchley

Thank you to the P&C who have very generously purchased 10 new violins to support our music program.

We have had 41 students from Years 3 - 6 this past week attending combined rehearsals with other  students from around New South Wales. This all is leading up to a concert at the Sydney Opera House on Wednesday 14th June.These students have dedicated their time to prepare and practice their music and have really enjoyed their rehearsals. 

Update - Lessons will begin for those students who have signed up. If any parents are interested in buying a Violin and need advice please see Mrs Wijngaarden before or after school in the music room.

We are still welcoming students in all of our music groups. There is no cost involved in our extra curricular music groups. Students who would like to join the Senior Orchestra please see Mrs Wijngaarden first. 

The music group timetable is below and there is also a timetable outside the music room for updated information.

If your child is involved in a music group, please sign up for E - news music group alerts. Please check the noticeboard outside the music room for groups and time changes. 

Any questions please see Mrs Wijngaarden in the music room after school or send an email to school.

Many of our iconic buildings will light up this Sunday to mark the start of National Road Safety Week

Each year 1200 people are killed and 44,000 seriously injured on Australian roads

Every injury or life lost on our roads is one too many

Let us remember to always:

• Buckle up & slow down
• Be road aware at all times
• Avoid driving tired or distracted
• Show courtesy and consideration

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