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Principal: Iain Elliott

Deputy Principal: Brianna Jordan

Aaron Bayliss

Phone: 08 8293 1204

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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

BFPSOrienteering@gmail.com 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