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2017

Term 1, Week 3, 2017

Address: 54-70 Laycock St,

Cranebrook

Ph: 0247 290392 BRADDOCK PUBLIC

SCHOOL WEB: www.braddock-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

PRINCIPAL’s REPORT

Welcome back to the 2017 school year. We have had a very

settled start to the year and it is with excitement that all of

our students, staff and family members have returned. It is a

great honour to be the Principal of such an outstanding school

and I look forward to working with all of the students, staff,

families and wider community members over the coming years.

We currently have an enrolment of 260 students, an increase

by almost 50 students over the past two years. I believe this is

due to the pride we take when representing and speaking about our school in

the wider community, the excellent way we personalise learning for all of our

students, the opportunities we provide for all and the passion we have for

ensuring every student achieves success.

Kindergarten 2017

On Thursday 2nd February we welcomed 54 new Kindergar-

ten students to our school. I have visited each class every day,

and already the students are learning about and demonstrating

what it means to be safe, respectful and responsible learners.

This is a very important time for these children and their par-

ents, and as a school we are very proud of them all for settling

in so quickly. We look forward to our new families becoming

an active part of our school and we welcome you all.

School Driveway Gate

The school driveway gate will be closed and locked from 8:30am to 9:30am

each morning and from 2:25pm - 3:15pm, every afternoon. We do this to

ensure all of our students are SAFE when entering and leaving school. As you

can imagine, if we allowed all members of the community to drive in and out

of the driveway and use the carpark, we could have up to 150 cars come in

and out, which would be extremely unsafe. I thank you for your understand-

ing in this matter.

Assembly

This term we will be trialing Wednesdays from 12:40pm - 1:30pm for our

whole school assembly. Assemblies will be held in the hall. We are trialing this

time as during the afternoon session the before and after school care require

the hall to set up for the service, and our students on assisted school

transport miss part of the assembly when held in the afternoon session. Par-

ents and carers are encouraged to attend the assembly and you will receive an

invite from the classroom teacher if your child is to receive a PBL or special

award. Our first assembly this year will be held on Wednesday 1st March

at 12:40pm.

Important Dates:

TERM 1 2017

Monday 20th February

NRL Respect presentation

Tuesday 21st February

Swimming Time Trials 3:30pm

Monday 20th and Tues-

day 21st February

Ms Drage and Miss

Trimingham at Early Action for

Success Conference

Mrs Bentham Relieving Principal

Wednesday 22nd, Thurs-

day 23rd and Friday 24th

February

Ms Drage at Principal's Induc-

tion Conference

Mrs Bentham Relieving Principal

Wednesday 1st March

Whole School Assembly

12:40 - 1:30pm

Wednesday 1st March

Parent meeting with Ms Drage

re school events and fundraising

2:00 - 3:00pm

Thursday 2nd March

First Foot Forward Incursion

Stage 3

Friday 3rd March

Year 6 Leadership Conference

Monday 13th March

School Photographs

BRADDOCK PUBLIC SCHOOL

PRINCIPAL’s REPORT (cont’)

Staff 2017

As you will likely have noticed, we have a few new faces this year and also a few staff who have changed

roles. This year our staff structure is as follows:-

Principal - Ms Michelle Drage

Deputy Principal - Mrs Pauline Bentham

Instructional Leader - Ms Gillian Trimingham

Early Stage 1 and Stage 1 Assistant Principal - Mr Simon Clay

Stage 2 and 3 Assistant Principal - Mr Adam Hall

Classes and teachers:-

KB - Mrs Tracy Brooks

KG - Miss Ashley Greene

K-1N - Mrs Trenna Newman

1/2C - Mr Simon Clay

1/2L - Mr Grant Little

1/2S - Mrs Cassandra Scicluna

3/4D - Mr Michael Dukes

3/4H - Ms Emma Heterick

3/6B - Mrs Jo Bayliss

K/6D - Ms Julie Dohne

4/5H - Mr Adam Hall

5/6C - Mrs Courtney Connor

5/6B - Mr Michael Bourne

Specialist Programs and Additional Teachers

Reading Recovery - Ms Alison Daly RFF - Mrs Nancy Ellks (Mon, Tue and Wed)

Library and RFF - Mrs Trudy Scanlin Music - Mr Russell Baker (Mon and Wed)

Creative and Performing Arts - Mr Michael Byrne (Tue, Wed and Thur)

B.E.L.L. - Mrs Nicole McManus

Term 1, Week 3, 2017

School Learning and Support Officers

3/6B - Mrs Robyn Clarke

K/6D - Ms Ashlea Holt

Mrs Yvonne Cookson

Mrs Jody Sloane

Mr Corey Kovaks

Mrs Lee Dunn (B.E.L.L.)

Office and Administration Staff

Mrs Jackie Smith - (Administrative Manager)

Mrs Julie Berrier

Mrs Nikki Rawlings

Mrs Lyn Blahut (Library administration Tuesdays)

Aboriginal Education Officer

Miss Lisa Holt

School Counsellor

Mr Terry Simms (Thursday and Friday)

Mrs Pearse Cremin (Tuesday semester 1)

General Assistants

Mr Terry Brockhoff (Thursday)

Mr Wayne Redington (Wednesday)

Our Learning and Support Teacher (LaST) position is currently being advertised, to fill the vacant

position now that Ms Trimingham is our Instructional Leader.

We would like to welcome to our staff Mrs Bentham (DP), Mrs Scicluna, Mr Dukes and Mrs New-

man, and we look forward to them being a part of the future vision of our school.

Enquiries

If you have any enquires or concerns about anything that is occurring with your child, or

simply need a question answered, please approach your child's classroom teacher.


This year every class will attend the library for a library lesson each week. Some classes

will spend an additional hour in the library to complete lessons related to other Key

Learning Areas.

The library program is part of our whole school release from face to face (RFF) pro-

gram.

All classes have now had their first library lesson for the year. The students have en-

joyed borrowing books for both home and school.

In order to encourage students to continue to borrow and enjoy books we are starting

a borrowing competition. Children who remember to return their library books and

borrow again will earn one point for their class. At the end of the term the class with

the highest percentage of borrowing will be rewarded.

There will also be individual recognition for students who make the greatest effort with

borrowing.

Please encourage your children to remember their library books on their day and to

continue to borrow!

Mrs Trudy Scanlin

Library Teacher

Library 2017

Braddock Public School

Creative and Performing Arts at

Braddock in 2017

Excellence and opportunity in Creative & Performing Arts is an integral part of the fine reputation we

foster at Braddock Public School and is a fertile key-learning area we continue to facilitate and grow

at Braddock Public School.

During 2017, you will see “Yellow Cluster” transformed into a dedicated space where the creative

and performing arts will flourish for our students as they engage in a diverse and engaging suite of

creative opportunities.

Music. Cultural & Contemporary Dance. Band. Painting. Drama. Acting. Singing. Storytelling. Media.

Choir. Costuming. Make-up. Stage & Sets. Environmental Art. Printing. Light & Sound.

Inspired art.

Creative Performances.

Creative opportunities throughout the year for all students!!

Soon the new space in Yellow Cluster will be ready.

It will be a very busy and exciting year with much planned . . . projects like these . . .

In the next few weeks, starting with Kindergarten, all students and school staff will be invited to

paint their own “Foundation Brick” in the foyer of the “new” Yellow Cluster whilst others will

commence a segmented “War & Peace” mural that we will aim to present to the audience at

our Anzac Day Assembly.

Another group will construct an installation that will feature flashing lights arranged on a metal-

mesh panel that will be suspended from the ceiling in Yellow Cluster.

Make sure you drop-in and see how it all works out and also find out what else is happening.

You might like to contribute or participate in some way.

As always, we are very eager to have parents, carers and family members join us during these pro-

jects, so please let us know if you’d like to participate in some way . . . and have yourself a creative

year !!

Mr Michael Byrne

Creative and Performing Arts Teacher


Welcome back to the new school year at Braddock Public School,

and what a wonderful school it is.

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is

Pauline Bentham and I have been appointed as the Deputy Principal

for Braddock Public School for 2017.

I have had the opportunity to visit many of the classrooms at Brad-

dock PS and what a delightful experience this has been. Visiting

classrooms and working with students is the part of my job that I

love the most. I am looking forward to getting to know the students as the term pro-

gresses. My visits to the classroom has enabled me to witness students and staff who

are committed to embracing the new year with vigour and enthusiasm. Classrooms are

buzzing with excitement and learning is well underway.

I have felt very welcomed over the last two weeks and I would like to thank students,

staff and parents for welcoming me into the Braddock school community. I am very

much looking forward to getting to know you all and to be a part of the broader Brad-

dock community.

Braddock’s New Deputy Principal

Before and After School Care

The before and after school care ser-

vice started at Braddock PS on Mon-

day 30th January. If you are interested

in accessing this service for your chil-

dren, please call 4732 7844. The ser-

vice runs out of our school hall every

morning and afternoon.

School Hats

It is expected that all

students wear a school

hat.

For students to play in

unshaded areas, a school

hat must be worn.


Kindergarten - first days at

school!

.

Did you know that our whole school attendance target is 93%? That means

we expect all students to be at school for 93% of the school year, which

means that students should have no more that 12 days absent for the en-

tire year. We want all of our students to get the best out of the school

year, so we encourage excellent attendance.

Of course children get sick, so please be sure to let us know by note or

phone if your child is sick and will miss school.

Attendance

Uniforms are

available

in the front office.


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