3rd june 2021 from the principal - blackforestps.sa.edu.au
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From the Principal
N e w s l e t t e r
Term 2 Week 6 No. 9 – 3rd June 2021
CoVID-19 Update
Unfortunately the recent outbreak in Victoria, and NSW, has
highlighted to us all just how cautious we need to be. Once again we
have an Australian state in lock down and our borders closed to
Victoria. Whilst things in SA are not as bad as they are in Victoria, and
we do not currently have any cases in the community, it is a timely
reminder for us regarding protocols for CoVID-19 here at school.
We are still asking that parents/caregivers (any adult) do not enter
teaching blocks or buildings (other than the front office) without an
invite or pre-arranged with the class teacher. We would like our
teachers focusing on teaching (especially first thing in the morning)
and not having to manage head counts and become pseudo CoVID
Marshalls! If any adult does enter a building (upon request/invite, or
into the front office) you are required to scan in using the QR code, or
sign in on paper for contact tracing purposes. Adults are not required
to scan in if you are remaining in the yard only.
NAPLaN 2021
NAPLaN testing for 2021 has been finalised and we await results back
in Term 3. For the first time we can recall we have had 100%
participation! Every Year 3, 5 & 7 sat every test, what a great effort!
Banrock Station
As has been the tradition over many, many years, our Year 3 parents
take their children to Banrock Station to help with environmental
conservation and restoring the wetlands. Unfortunately our 2020 Year
3’s couldn’t participate due to the CoVID restrictions but they will get
an opportunity this weekend. Our Year 3’s will be attending in two
weeks’ time. It is fantastic that Banrock Station have made it possible
for our current Year 4’s to attend this year and not miss out on what
has become a rite of passage for them, and their parents! We wish
both groups safe travels and a great weekend.
Thinking of volunteering at BFPS?
You will require a DHS Screening (see Front Office)
AND a Responding to Abuse and Neglect Certificate.
This can be done online by following the link
Responding to Abuse and Neglect Training
BLACK FOREST PRIMARY
RESPECT ENDEAVOUR COLLABORATION RESPONSIBILITY CREATIVITY
Congratulations to the following students for demonstrating
School Values:
Daniel K (R10), Blake O (R3), Ari M (R3), Maryanne C (R21), Elif G-S (R1),
Cleo H (R20), Winter H (R16), Henry Se (R6), Sophie F (R6), Charlie K
(R23), Lev M (R17), Elsa G (R10), Charlie N (R11), Will M (R18), Lila M (R18)
Learning Achievement Award:
Oliver L (R3), Seb L (R3), Kaya L (R3), Arman H (R8), Max T (R10),
Obie P (R21), Freddie F (R20), Elliot B (R1), Abigail B (R16), Lachlan P (R6),
Brianna O (R6), Hiya P (R23), Brighton D (R17), Patrick S (R10),
Hugo T-G (R11), Frankie W (R11), Immy M (R18)
Learning Achievement and Values Awards
Volunteering at Black Forest Primary School
BLACK FOREST PRIMARY
R O O M 2 1 N E W S
In Room 21 we have been reading and delving into the novel Nim’s Island written by Wendy Orr.
“Nim lives on an island in the middle of the wide blue sea with her father, Jack, a marine iguana called Fred, a sea lion called
Selkie, a turtle called Chica and a satellite dish for her email. No one else in the world lives quite like Nim, and she wouldn’t
swap places with anyone.
But when Jack disappears in his sailing boat, and disaster threatens her home, Nim must be braver than she’s ever been
before. And she needs help from her friends old and new.”
Here are a few activities we did based on the book as we look at the features of narratives.
1. We explored the character Nim. We interpreted the author’s descriptive language and created posters of Nim depicting
her inside characteristics (emotions, personality traits) and her outside features (Nim’s physical appearance). Here are a few
examples: by Eva, Jasmeet, Maryanne and Summer.
2. After listening to the way Wendy Orr describes Nim’s island, we drew maps of the island. Upon completion we wrote a
paragraph each describing our pictures. Here are Grace, Payton and Obie’s maps along with Obie’s description:
“In the vast sea lies a lovely island called Nim’s Island. It has great yellow sand covered with shells. It has great green
grasslands, perfectly greenish-yellow rainforests, aqua waters, a long river with billions of fish and coves bursting with
volcanoes. A great place for a hut. It has millions of palm trees and hissing stones that spread rainbows into the sky. There
are coconuts for food to eat, lovely caves to explore tons of rocks, coral reefs to dive and explore and waterfalls to swim in.
3. Here are some examples of some Shared Talks we have done this year.
Character Mobiles with a focus upon the STEAL Technique: Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions and Looks. The
children each chose one character to explore and make a mobile demonstrating the above features. Here are a few
examples by Olivia, Grace and Xavier.
BLACK FOREST PRIMARY
In Term 1 whilst we were learning about Australia’s States and Territories, we chose a Floral Emblem each to make in 3-D
format and describe its features. The Victorian Common Heath made by Louise using Fondant, The New South Wales Waratah
created by Grace and The Northern Territory’s Sturt’s Desert Rose.
Here is a collective recount written by Tyler, Julia, Payton and Lillian about our excursion to the Dream Big Festival in Week 4.
Dream Big Festival
On Wednesday, Rooms 16, 17, 20 and 21 went on an excursion to the Festival Theatre. We went to sing the song ‘Space
Oddity’ for the opening Ceremony of the Dream Big Festival.
Firstly, we gathered into a big stadium and sat in the front row at the top. There were many people there! About 1200 children
from different schools around South Australia have been practising the same song. After we had a practice run of Space
Oddity, we did the real thing. It was very, very loud. There were amazing disco lights that looked like we were out in space.
Then 2 puppet like people “Cooooooooeed.” They were so noisy. I gulped! I hate loud noises, so I made small noises and
covered my ears.
A little while later, Mitch Tambo from Darwin sang five songs. Three of them were written by him and one was a song that we
had heard before, but the words were in an Aboriginal language. He rapped a song called Dreamtime Princess then sang two
others called Love and Wallamba. It was very, very, very long, but I survived.
Next we had lunch and out of nowhere some robots came. There was one robot that looked like a pile of boxes. One of the
boxes opened and inside was a hand in a glass dome. There were also two robots that looked like humans but had TV ’s for
head. The male robot had only one eye on his TV head and the female had lips.
After we played, we went to a silent disco and danced hard. I can get a little embarrassed when it comes to dancing, but I
danced away. We only had 20 minutes, but it felt like half an hour. We wore headphones and were able to switch the channels
to listen and dance to different songs. When you take the headphones off, you can get confused because everyone is dancing
in silence.
Finally, we got to see Wolfgang Mozart’s Magical, musical circus. The girl acrobat was strong. She could cartwheel over people,
but my favourite bit was when Mozart put four champagne bottles on the table, put a chair on the champagne bottles,
followed by another chair and another chair on top and then took away one bottle. Mozart was so impressive!
After the whole experience, I would love to go to the Dream Big Festival again because it was a lot of fun, enjoyable and had
many great performances. Overall, it was a good experience for everybody.
BLACK FOREST PRIMARY
On Monday, May 24 our school Orienteering team travelled with renowned minibus driver, Mr Greene to Foxfield Oval in
the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges to compete in the 2021 SA School Championships.
Armed with a map and compass, we sent 13 Year 3, 4 and 5 runners alone into the bush to navigate through the trees,
tracks and creeks to find a set of ‘controls’ then head back to the oval for a final sprint to the finish!
Orienteering can be a demanding individual sport: miss one control or get them in the wrong order and your time isn ’t
recorded at all. Each control is recorded electronically on your SI stick with the exact time it was “E-Punched”. It’s a test of
independence, planning, quick decision-making and cross-country running.
BFPS had runners in new Classes where the competition was fierce with times ranging from 12-64 minutes, others in their
first Champs and some brave runners on their first independent course.
Congratulations to Molly M who took out first place in the W10 Class!
This year we trained on Thursday afternoons at school for 4 weeks followed by 8 weeks at different courses in the
Adelaide park lands set up by SA Orienteering’s “Tjuringa Club”. In Term 3 we’ll be preparing for the Schools Relay
Championships.
If you want to join or try Orienteering, everyone is welcome to a training session at school, in the parklands or at one of
the dozens of courses around Adelaide on the weekends either with paper maps or the MapRunF app. It ’s just as much
fun as a relaxed family activity.
Get in touch with me, have a look at www.sa.orienteering.asn.au or look out around the school for our new controls (see
below). Thank you to all those who support our orienteers including through transport, supervision, record-keeping.
Paul Jankovic, Orienteering Coordinator
[email protected] or 0413 736 390
SA Schools Orienteering Championships - 2021
BLACK FOREST PRIMARY
SA Schools Orienteering Championships - 2021
BLACK FOREST PRIMARY
12 incredibly talented students from Black Forest P.S. participated in this year's SAPSASA YEAR 6/7 KNOCKOUT CRICKET
competition for the first time since 2019. Even though all children just got back from a three-day camp at Mylor, all
students were extremely excited to represent their school and challenge three other local schools in a special T-20
round-robin format.
Our first game started at 9 am and was against Stirling East P.S. Lachie P. (B.F.P.S Captain) won the toss and put our
opposition into bat with Stirling East making a solid 86 runs in twenty overs. Our bowling line-up had success with
Angus B. taking 2 wickets and Lewis B and Callum G.C taking 1 each. Stirling East's bowling line up were quite strong,
and our openers found it difficult to score runs before the first drinks break. We started improving our run rate during
the last ten overs but ended up scoring 68 runs overall. Harley C. (23) and Daniel W. (15) were our top run scorers and
can be proud of their achievements in our first game.
We then played St. Joseph's P.S. in the afternoon for third and fourth spot in this year's round one SAPSASA event.
Lachie P. won the toss once again and elected to bat which ended up being a great decision. Our team made 142 runs
in its twenty over allocation which was incredibly exciting to watch. Seb L. (34 not out with 4 huge sixes), Andrew C. (30
not out with 6 fours), Callum G.C. (14) and Liam F. (14) were our top scorers and kept their opposition busy in the field all
afternoon. We kept St Joseph's score down to only 70 runs with Callum G.C. taking the only wicket for the afternoon. It
was an impressive overall team performance and a great way to finish the day in third position (Stirling East - First,
Edwardstown - Second, Black Forest - Third and St. Joseph's - Fourth).
I was incredibly proud the way our team played throughout the entire 80 overs and congratulate them for their efforts
and positive attitude. I know that Shelby H., Angus B., Callum G.C., Liam F., Harley C,. Lewis B., Daniel W., Sam W.,
Andrew C., Seb L., Ari W. and Lachie P. will remember this SAPSASA event for a long time and look forward to their next
sporting challenge at Black Forest or later next year in High School.
Finally, many thanks to the Black Forest parents who helped score and provide assistance throughout the day. It would
be the largest gathering of adults that I've had for a SAPSASA K.O. cricket game and something I truly appreciate. Your
involvement made this day extremely rewarding and special for all the students ... THANK YOU !
Marc Zinndorf
R-7 Physical Education Teacher
Black Forest P.S SAPSASA Coordinator
Year 6/7 SAPSASA Knockout Cricket
Wednesday 4 August – Friday 6 August Cost: A$6.50
The AMC is an engaging 30-problem competition that demonstrates the importance and relevance of mathematics in
students’ everyday lives; it is open to students at Black Forest for years 3 to 7. Australia ’s leading educators and
academics, with a deep understanding of our national curriculum standards, actively design the unique AMC problems
each year.
The AMC will be run by Aaron during school hours. The competition is fully online, and setup similar to NAPLAN, where
once they are in the program, their browser is locked down to that page.
Held in term 3, the AMC has five divisions: Middle Primary (years 3–4), Upper Primary (years 5–6), Junior (years 7–8),
Intermediate (years 9–10) and Senior (years 11–12).
The AMT is a not-for-profit entity and they make their entry fees consistent with their status. Entries fees cost A$6.50 per
student including GST in Australia. Please pay via QKR by the 20th
of July, 2021. No late entries will be accepted.
2021 Australian Mathematics Competition