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The Buzz Beresford Road Public School

74 Beresford Road, Greystanes, 2145 T 98962644 F 9896 3172 E beresfdrd-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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Upcoming Events

December

Fri 16th Last Day of Term 4

January

Mon 30th First Day of Term 1 2017 Year 1-6

February

Thurs 2nd Kindergarten First Day

Principal’s Message

2016 has been another great year for Beresford Road Public

School. We have continued to grow and improve the learning

outcomes for children. The biggest change for us this year

has definitely been the staff training and class

implementation of ‘Learning Intentions’ and ‘Success Criteria’

in all classrooms. Based on strong educational research and

working as a learning community of schools (Beresford Road

PS, Girraween PS, Hilltop Road PS, Greystanes HS and

Greystanes PS), we have enhanced the learning of students

across our community and into high school. Students are

now able to articulate what they are learning and know how

to be successful learners. Mrs Pearson has a great 5 minute

video that she would love to share with you if you are

interested.

We have continued to improve student access to technology

through the purchase of a class set of Chromebook

computers and a wonderful 3D printer. Watching 3/4E

develop their gears and cogs using the 3D printer for their

artwork for Art in the Dark was fantastic as was 5/6L printing

3D name tags for all our new 2017 kinder students. The

school has also funded student access to IXL maths, literacy

planet, Worldbook and Wushka.

I was very impressed once again with the Art in the Dark art

show that we held in Education Week. The quality of the

work that all students presented was very good, as were the

dance and musical items, and the level of community

attendance was extremely pleasing. We continue to excel in

all sporting arenas, with championships in a number of PSSA

sports and student representation at both regional and state

levels.

Thank you for tolerating the heat during the presentation day

assembly today but it is important to share the successes of

these students. Congratulations to all the winners and our

new school captains. This might be the last year we can have

a K-6 presentation assembly in the high school hall due to our

increasing student numbers – it was a bit of a squeeze this

year. The school will look at this next year.

We are expecting to begin 2017 with 625 students in 27

classes. All current teachers will remain and we have added

Daniel Tang as the new teacher for the 27th class. He is very

excited about the position and we look forward to

welcoming him to BRPS in 2017.

The current school canteen lease expires at the end of the

year. Farideh Moussa has been running the school canteen

here for the last 5 years and has done a good job. The kids

are always served in a happy and friendly way and the food

is well prepared. The tender process has taken place in term

four this year with Healthy Canteens Australia the successful

applicants. They come highly recommended from a number

of local schools including Girraween and Westmead. I think

you will be happy with their prices, healthy food options,

meal deals and online ordering.

Have a safe and happy holiday, Merry Christmas, and I look

forward to seeing everyone return for 2017

David Leydon

THERE IS NO

HOMEWORK CLUB THIS WEEK

Scripture concert

You are invited to attend our annual scripture concert

tomorrow 14th December. This is held in the school hall.

Kindy—Year 2: 10.20am

Years 3-6: 11.25am

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New Report

Today your child should receive their report. It is quite

different to last semester’s report. It was changed in

response to parents expressing concern that it didn’t tell

them what they really wanted to know. Parents told me that

they were confused about what ‘SOUND’ meant. They told

me that they didn’t want to just hear a list of things they did

this term. They wanted to know that the teacher really knew

their child. Whilst the effort ticks have gone, hopefully you

will be able to find out about your child’s attitude to learning

in the larger general comment. Some children, for example,

may have a great eye for detail in art for example while

another child may be so worried that their work is not good

that they never complete anything. It can be difficult for

teachers to judge the effort that a child puts into an activity.

Some children find things easy, while others require intense

concentration and still don’t get things finished. We added a

work sample so you could see changes over time. For some

children, the work sample was not reflective of their usual

ability. Some teachers had difficulty in the scanning process

which we will try to rectify next time.

We would really like to know what you think about our new

report. Please email me to let me know what you think

about the changes. Kaye.pearson@det.nsw.edu.au. Please

let me know which class your child or children are in so I can

get feedback to teachers. It can just be a sentence or two. I

started making a survey, but sometimes it doesn’t give you a

chance to say what you really want to say.

Thanks,

Kaye Pearson

Deputy Principal

Library News

Just a reminder that borrowing has finished for 2016. Please

bring all library books back to school ASAP.

Congratulations to 2M who are the winners for issue 8 of

Book Club.

Rule of the Week

Week Ten – Respect – I follow teacher instructions

Megan Abood

Max Alalikin

Rachel Farrugia

Jordan Burns

Thomas Murdoch

Emogen Lane

Manogna Popuri

Premier’s Reading Challenge

Congratulations to everyone who finished the Premier’s

Reading Challenge, certificates have been sent home.

Special congratulations to the following students:

Kids Matter

Just a reminder to come in and check out our parent infor-

mation wall in the library foyer. There is information on com-

munity events and ideas to help with everyday life:

Disability Links

Child development

Children with disabilities

Dealing with anxiety

Depression

Events within our local community

ADD/ADHD

Finding assistance

Men’s health

How to eat well

This information will change on a regular basis so make sure

you keep checking in! If there is a topic that you would like

information about don’t hesitate to ask. If we don’t already

have it we will find it for you.

Good Luck to year 6

Good Luck to all of our students leaving Primary school

behind and starting high school. We wish you all the best for

your future endevours.

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Class Requirements for 2017

Because we know that you love buying things for your children over the holidays, this year we are letting you know early

what they will need for 2017. Next year, check your child’s pencil case on a regular basis and ensure items are replenished

where necessary as pencils break and pens and textas run out. Where possible, please label the items. Kindergarten students

will be told early next year.

STAGE 1 (Year 1 and Year 2) Lead pencils Pencil sharpener Rubber Library bag 2 tissue Boxes

Glue stick Coloured pencils Small pencil case Hand wash for our classroom sink Wet wipes

STAGE 2 (Year 3 and Year 4) One pencil case – not huge please Lead pencils Eraser Sharpener School Hat Ruler White board marker

Scissors Gluestick

A black medium point sharpie At least one highlighter Coloured pencils Textas are optional 1 Tissue box Wet wipes

STAGE 3 (Year 5 and Year 6) One pencil case – not huge please Odd sock for a personal white board eraser White board marker pens Lead pencils Eraser Sharpener School Hat Ruler Scissors Glue stick

Drink bottle full of water At least one highlighter Coloured pencils Textas are optional Library bag 2 tissue Boxes A4 Homework book Hand wash for our classroom sink A black medium point sharpie Wet wipes

Merry Christmas to all our families at Beresford Road Public School.

Have a safe and wonderful break. We will see you all next year.

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Toys N Tucker

Thank you to everyone who donated to the

Toys n Tucker drive. You will have helped

many families in need this Christmas.

CONGRATULATIONS

TO OUR GOLD AWARD RECIPIENTS

Emma Overton

Jordan Burns

Dimitri Halacus

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Sports Awards

Olivia Cassisi Ozkan Ozbal Caleb Picone Carlito Mata

Grace Hunt Micheal Axiak Lochlan Tranter Bella Bugeja

Isabella Cooksley

Jack Green Javen Zhang Emma Overton

Jordan burns Nathan Ankovics Dimitri Halacus

Luke Mandich

3B Evey Grant

Dilhan Ozturk

Aliesha Galea

Ryan Ready

Ayla Esenkurt

3E Rabia akbari

Hadi Maatouk

Salome Makaridze

3/4E Niharica Shrestha

4L Harry Singh

Katie Ready

Lucy Topic

4T Dennis Guclu

Dean Micallef

Shan Jauher

4/5L Emma Overton

Rania Maharaj

James Terrill

5B Eric Caran

Grace Abdou

Nikolas Grech

5/6L Deema Al Qadi

Jessica Hey

Harrison Hudson

6D Keilani Cummings

Jamie Fowler

Makayla Falzon

Congratulations

to everyone this year!!

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