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The Buzz Beresford Road PS School & Community News

74 Beresford Road, Greystanes, 2145 T 98962644 F 9896 3172 E [email protected]

The Buzz- Issue 16 Term 4 - Week 10 Tuesday 10th December 2013

Assemblies

Friday 13/11 9.15am Years 3-6 K-2 Xmas concert

Upcoming Events

December

Wed 11th Party Day

Thurs 12th Peddlers’ parade

Fri 13th K-2 Xmas concert

Tues 17th Presentation Day

Wed 18th Last Day of Term

January

Wed 29th First Day of Term 1

February

Thurs 13th Swimming carnival

Principal’s Message

The end of this year marks two years at Beresford Road for me. It seems to have gone past in a flash but as a team we have achieved lots of things for our students and made changes around the school. During that time we have had two new Assistant Principals (Mrs Mangin & Mrs Leverett), a Learning and Support Teacher (Miss Rogerson), a School Administration Officer (Mrs Schubert), a librarian (Mrs Hamersma) and, of course, Paws – the school dog!

We have worked hard as a staff to improve curriculum and planning by establishing learning committees and developing a school plan & aims, completing ‘Focus on Reading’ training, introducing the L3 program into Kindergarten, trialing a Stage 1 safety net class, strengthening the Learning Support Team role, moving to the National Curriculum and forging links with Greystanes High School, Greystanes Public School and Girraween Public School as part of the Pemulwuy Learning Community.

We have continued to work hard to improve our participation in the performing arts by staging a wonderful school concert, Rewind, having dance lessons available to all, offering piano and guitar lessons at lunch, having gymnastics classes for all, having dance group and/or choir performances at the Opera House, Panthers & Riverside Theatre and adding a K-2 Xmas concert to the end of year celebrations.

We have built on the school’s technology resources by being one of the first ten schools to migrate to eT4L server, updat-ed over 70 computers to Windows 7, introduced the Sentral intranet system for class rolls, administration, student tracking and communication. We installed the remaining 6 Interactive Whiteboards needed to complete the school, purchased staff laptops, began our school wireless rollout, established a class set of ipads and moved to wireless mikes for the hall and K-2 quad.

We have tried to improve school communication through updates to school website (all school notes are uploaded), using Facebook for quick communication, the introduction of a daily morning assembly, a redesign of the school newsletter and student report card, new promotion materials and improved Kinder orientation and induction programs.

The school is also looking better with 4 completely painted Stage One rooms, painted front walls in all 4 kinder rooms, painted / carpeted walls in 4 other classes, painted K-2 toilets, painted 3-6 balconies and painted doors, toilets and the outside of administration building. The mural outside

the school administration area has also been a fantastic addition to the school, as has the new canteen windows, the new grassed area outside the hall and the established gardens around the school.

We have worked hard for the last two years to make Beresford Road the best it can be and we plan to continue to improve both the look of the school and the outcomes we achieve for our students. The word is out that Beresford Road is the place to be! We grew by 30 students this year and look to do the same for 2014. We now have weekly requests for out of area enrolments from students and families at other schools, unfortunately we are unable to help all these families as our local enrolments continue to grow.

Presentation Day

Presentation Day will be held next Tuesday at Greystanes High School. I would recommend that you are seated by 9.15 to secure your place. Class awards will be presented for each class, along with the major school academic and citizenship and the announcement of the new school captains.

Don’t forget the parent helpers’ morning tea on Monday 16th December at 11am. Hopefully if you have been a helper at school this year you will have received a note but it is easy to miss a couple with over 100 helpers for classes, carnivals and excursions. If your note was mislaid, please come along so we can thank you for your help.

Beresford Rd Presentation Day Assembly

You are invited to attend Beresford Road Public School's Presentation Day at Greystanes High School Hall on Tuesday, 17th December 2013. The Presentation will commence at 9.20am and conclude at approximately 11.00. This Presentation Day will be celebrating students’ achievements for 2013. Our dance groups will be performing as well as our school choir.


P & C

I would like to thank Annette Cachia as president of the P & C for all the wonderful work they have done this year. They are a small but dedicated group of parents who work hard to provide new resources and fun opportunities for your children. This year the P & C donated funds to the school to purchase a class set of ipads and to repair the playground equipment while organising mufti days, a movie night, election day BBQ and stalls for Mothers and Fathers Days.

2013 marks Annette’s last year of involvement with the school P &C. By asking around, she has been involved with the school and the P &C for somewhere between 25 and 200 years! As president, she has been the driving force behind many improvements for your children, including interactive whiteboards and ipads in the last two years. Annette has worked tirelessly for the school across three decades and will be missed by the staff and students at Beresford Road. I have appreciated her friendship and support as a new principal in a school. I wish every success and happiness as she moves forward.

Staffing 2014

Every year at schools there are changes to the teaching staff. Teachers take leave, some return from leave, there are promotions to new positions, changes in student numbers and department appointments. At this stage we are expecting limited changes; holding on to all our current teachers apart from Mrs Kimpton and Mrs Silva who are leaving to have babies.

We are also expecting a couple of old faces to return during the year, Mr Adams from the beginning of the year and Mrs Cukman during term two. Two new staff members will join us as temporary teachers from the beginning of the year; Mr Laidlaw and Miss Miller.

At this stage we are expecting to start the year with 460 students in 19 classes.

Merry Christmas, Have a safe and relaxing holiday

David Leydon

Principal

Friday Assembly

There will be no primary assembly this week. There is going to be a K-2 Christmas assembly instead.

Office News

Leavers

As the year is coming to an end we are currently doing planning for next year. If you know that you are leaving our school can you please come to the front office and complete a leavers form.

Medical Forms

Some medical forms were sent home last week to some parents can you please make sure that they get completed and returned to school asap.

“Run, run, as fast as you

can, you can’t catch me

I’m the Gingerbread Man”

Gingerbread

Goldilocks and

the Three

Bears

Jack and the Beanstalk

KA learnt about the different parts of a castle, including a moat, keep and a drawbridge. Stu-

dents then built their own castles out of recycled materials and a king and queen to go inside.

KA also read the Aboriginal Dreamtime stories: “How the

Kangaroos Got Their Tails”, “When the Snake Bites the Sun”,

“How the Birds Got Their Colours” and “The Rainbow Serpent”.

The Buzz- Issue 12 Term 4 - Week 2 Tuesday 15th October 2013

Beresford Road Public School Merit Cards Presented on Week 8

Blue Certificate

Summer Whyte Emma Yaghi

Christian Wheatley Daniel Mandich

Anthony Francis Alicia Bidin


3F Dylan Concha-Attard

Manny Ye

Tommy Khouiss

Zoe Kambouris

3/4G Carlos Reyes

Mena Shams

Zoe Markarian

3/4P Managna Popuri

Farris Al Qadoumi

Mary Louise Chakti

Thomas Murdoch

4/5F Olivia Stevens

Ali Ozbal

Blake Tinker

5/6D Jehan Chahrouk

Ben dunstan

Avegail Matutina

5/6L Hasan Ozbal

Renee Fordham

Nedinne Ratucoka

Takoda Cummings

5/6W Mariam Alamaddine

Salma Al Qadoumi

Sarah Taleb

Gautam Singh

Dominic Johnson

SPORT AWARDS Mario Sousan

Kaitlyn Raucoka

Justin Borg

Jake Farrugia


The Uniform Shop will be open on the following days:


Bounce Gymnastics is proud to announce that as of 6th January, 2014

it will have a new owner – Michelle Turner.

Michelle has over 20 years’ experience in gymnastics as a gymnast, coach, judge and head coach.

Bounce Gymnastics offers gymnastics lessons for all school aged children from beginners through to advanced.

Classes are held Monday to Friday after school and Saturday mornings.

All classes are small in size for a more personal experience and are supervised by qualified coaches.

WE OFFER THE FIRST LESSON FREE TO ALL NEW MEMBERS

We are now taking registrations for 2014.

HOLIDAY CLINIC

We are also holding a holiday clinic in January 2014. It’s a great way to have an introduction to gymnastics and get the children out of the house. The days will be Mondays 6th, 13th & 20th and Wednesdays 8th, 15th & 22nd January, 2014 from

9am to 3pm for $30 per day.

Please contact us for more information by emailing [email protected]

or calling Michelle on 0401 454 092.

mailto:[email protected]

Beresford Road Public School does not endorse any item or service advertised in this newsletter



We hope all our families at

Beresford Road have a very safe

and merry Christmas.

See you all next year

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