The Buzz - Beresford Road Public School

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The Buzz- Term 3 - Week 4 Tuesday 9th August 2016

The Buzz Beresford Road Public School

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


Assemblies

Friday 12/08 9.00am Years 3-6 5/6S

Friday 19/08 9.00am Years 1-2 2F

Friday 26/08 9.00am Years 3-6 6D

Principal’s message

It’s been a busy start to the term at Beresford Road with Art in the Dark and Multicultural Day to celebrate Education Week. It has been really fantastic to see the level of community involvement and support for these events. The children and staff appreciate you giving your time to celebrate with us. I believe that Art in the Dark is the best events we have at school. I would like to thank Mrs Crabtree, Mrs Mangin, Mrs Tiwari and the team for all the work that went into making this night successful. The best way to see pictures and updates of school events (inc. Art in the Dark & Multicultural Day) is to follow us on Facebook. Fathers’ day occurs at the end of the first week in September and, along with our usual Fathers’ Day stall (Wednesday 31st August), the P & C have organised a Fathers’ Day breakfast for Friday 2nd September. Dads can enjoy a breakfast with their children before a day at work, more information to follow. The next events at school will be to celebrate Book Week and will include an author visit, a book character parade and a bookfair. Healthy Family Boundaries (from Parentline.org.au)

It is important for children to know who is in charge of the

family. At the same time children need to feel that they

have a voice within the family.

Getting the Balance Right

Parents often make the mistake of focussing too much on

being in charge without listening to children. Others can

allow children too much say in making decisions for the

family when they are not ready for such responsibility. The

right to discuss issues in the family naturally increases as a

young person gets older, but young children can still have

input.

Authority versus Democracy

The key to developing good boundaries is a balance

between authority and democracy. As children grow up

they are able to think things through in more detail and as a

consequence might be able to contribute more to family

rules and expectations. This is one of the rights that comes

Upcoming Events

August

Mon 15th Author Visit

Tues 16th ICAS English Comp

Fri 19th Book Fair Begins

Tues 23rd Book Character Parade

Wed 24th P&C Spare Change Challenge

Thur 25th Zone Athletics Carnival

Wed 31st Fathers Day Stall

to children when they have the skills and responsibilities

needed for the task at hand. It is the parent’s task to assess

when the child is ready to make more of a contribution.

Developing Values

The most resilient families develop broad boundaries that

help children understand what is expected from them in the

home, at school and in the community. These boundaries

help children develop values about what is right and wrong.

What kind of boundaries are we talking about?

There are some basic principles that are helpful but

obviously each family can add more to their list.

Be kind and respectful to other people or property.

Parents can have a discussion about what this means

- don’t hit, bite, scratch others, or say things to others

that will hurt them. Apologise when you are wrong or

don’t deliberately or carelessly damage property or

things

Act responsibly and as part of the family. Discuss

examples such as - don’t leave things lying around,

clean up your own food plates, look after pets etc

depending on the child’s age and ability

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Office News

Money

As the school has grown a lot over the last few years, and

there is a lot more money coming through the front office,

we have had to change a few of our processes. Can you

please send all money to the class teacher and not directly

to the front office. The teacher will collect it each money

day. It is put in a special bag and brought to the front office

each day. This makes the process much faster and run much

smoother for the office staff. Money and permission slip

must be in a separate envelope for each student clearly

marked with their name, the excursion it is for and the

amount and handed to their class teacher. Money days are

still only Monday, Wednesday and Thursday morning by

10:30.

POP—New online payment system

We have had a few parents asking about the ‘Student

Registration Number’ section that is on POP. All students

receive a SRN when they register in a Government school.

You do not have to fill this option in when paying on POP.

Please ensure that you still send in the permission slip even

if you pay online. Payment alone is not permission for

students to attend excursions.

Absences

Please only contact the front office if your child is going to

be absent for 3 or more days. If your child is sick please

ensure that you keep them off school for the day.

Staff Car Park

This is just a reminder that you are NOT to park in the staff

car park. There was a letter sent home last term from Mr

Leydon requesting you NOT to do this.

Parking around the school

We have also had a phone call from one of our neighbours in

Bathurst street asking for me to put something in the

newsletter about NOT parking in peoples drive ways or

across them. We understand that it is very hard to park

around the school but it is illegal to park over driveways.

Please be considerate of our neighbours.

Due to teacher training

there will be

NO homework

club on: Week 4 the 10th August

and

Week 8 the 7th September

Use problem solving and communication skills when

you don’t agree with someone. Each family will have

their own way of dealing with problems. Some ideas

include raising it at a family meeting, discussing it

with a parent/adult, taking time out and thinking

about what might be the right thing to do, don’t say

things you will regret later etc.

Boundaries are for Everyone

Boundaries are for all family members including parents. If

parents also follow these principles, it will be much easier

for children to follow them. However understand that

children are NOT small sized adults. Sometimes it takes them

some time to understand concepts, to self regulate their

feelings and control their impulsivity. Be patient and

understand where they are developmentally.

Do you have a parenting issue that you might want to talk

through with one of our counsellors? For the cost of a local

call you can call Parent Line NSW – Free, Professional

Counselling 24/7 on 1300 1300 52 or visit our website

www.parentline.org.au

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Congratulations to the following students who have fin-

ished the Premier’s Reading Challenge:

Victoria Agius

Vasa Ah-Funny

Behrouz Akbari

Hamzeh Al Bayyaa

Abdul Al-Qadi

Nortad Angkhasirisup

Christos Antoniou

Milton Baidya

Antoine Bitar

Ekin Bolat

Nathan Box

Coby Bright

Mikayla Bulluss

Vitalia Butex

Melissa Cassisi

Arlo Castrogiovanni

Rhiannon Chand

Raymond Chen

Ye Choi

Mikey Darnell

Jacob Dean

Kaizen Earl-Sawa

Heath Edwards

Cameron Eisenhuth

Leana El Jbeily

Adam El Moubayed

Molly Ellender

Ibrahim Elriche

Jeram Emmanuel

Hellala Faghiri

Kassem Farhat

Maxwell Farrell

Maxwell Fletcher

Xavier Formosa

Domenic Francis

Theresa Gafa

Jade Gallagher

Georgia Giannakos

Hannah Gillett

Katerina Halacas

Harmonea Howell

Kadence Hua

Jad Jarrouj

Darius Jungslager

Lachlan Kearney

Zaine Khaznadar

Izayah Kohu

Sonny Lesaisaea

Katie Lui

Andrew Luk

Caleb Mariani

Aleisha Martin

Aarush Mehta

Neel Modi

Harrison Moses

Stephanie Muller

Kaylee Murch

Gemma Nader

Lily-Rose Newman

Ryan Nguyen

Francesca Nigro

Austin O'Keeffe

Hayley Olsen

Juliet Ora

Fereshteh Pajniger

Riley Pereira

Kilauea Petero

Ariana Peters

Marcus Petkovski

Nathan Prasaad

Ryan Prasad

Rhianna Prinitis

Nate Reynolds

Baxtyn Russell

Brodie Ryan

Shrika Saineni

Erika Seitis

Joshua Senituli

Leyla Shojae-Analoo

Sarahana Shrestha

Erik Sie

Jennifer Simi

Cooper Simonsen

Shaurav Singh

Tanvi Solanki

Mitchell Standing

Georgia Strachan

Jemma Stubbs

Baykar Taha

Joshua Talab

Gabriella Taufa

Sara Thaker

Matthew Tran

Viktorya Tukel

Vinusha Uruthiran

Gavin Villanueva

Natharie Vithanage

Daniel Vivic

Tyson Vu

Derek Wu

Eric Yu

Byron Zhang

Katherine Nguyen

Salma Sadar

Thomas Murdoch

Piper Cole

Luke Mandich

Hasan Ogar

Emogen Lane

Michelle Manouchehri

Jerusha Wilson

Jennifer Francis

Makayla Falzon

Natalia Lesniak

Nichola Jenkins

Sarah Cassar

Oviya Pari

Jackson Laybut

Jada Hollis

Howaida Kafi

Lavenia Ratucoka

Teleia Falzon

Hussein Muhieddine

Izabella Smith

Abbas Mirsanaei

Lewan Alan

Georgina Chan

Matilda Begg

Chloe Green

Amani Almosawe

Samit Lamba

Tanuj Bhatia

Altan Ozturk

Levu Bugeja

Joun Jarrouj

Valentina Billings

Hayden Fletcher

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Aaron Blabey will visit our school on Monday 15th August. Last day for payment is Wednesday the 10th!

Please ensure you get your payment in and avoid disappointment.

The Scholastic Book Fair will be at School on Friday 19th Aug to Wednesday the 24th Aug. During this time children will have

an opportunity to purchase books either for themselves or to donate to the school library. Books range in price from $2 to

$25 (sets costing more) with the average book costing around $10- $12.

The Character Parade will be on Tuesday the 23rd August at 11.30 in the infants quad (weather permitting). The theme this

year is ‘Australia! Story Country’; children can come as their favourite books character or something to do with the book

week theme.

Kids Matter

Rule of the Week

Week 4 – Strive for excellence – I am prepared

Week 5 – Participate – I have a go

Just a reminder to come and check out our parent information wall in the library foyer. There is information on community

events and ideas to help with everyday life:

PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION REMINDER

Hi everyone, just a reminder about our upcoming Public Speaking Competition. Please find important details

below! (NB: A more detailed note has already been sent home. Please see the classroom teacher or Mr Adams for

another copy if you need one!)

Each student must choose one topic from the appropriate stage level and prepare a short speech.

Stage Choice of Topic Duration

Early stage 1

(Kindergarten)

If I was a superhero…. School is fun! A day in the life of a…..(Choose a farm animal) My pet is the silliest creature on Earth.

One minute

Stage 1

(Year 1 and 2)

I woke up to the sound of a Tyrannosaurus Rex… Australia is the greatest place on Earth! My Olympic dream… If I were the teacher for the day…

Two minutes

Stage 2

(Year 3 and 4)

You won’t believe what I’m about to tell you! Young people should be seen and not heard... If I could be anyone/thing for a day… What courage means to me…

Three minutes

Stage 3

(Year 5 and 6)

Can we ALL be the best? Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi! Democracy – Have your say! If I were Prime Minister I would….(guided by history)

Three minutes

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

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Athletics Carnival

On Tuesday the 9th of August, a beautiful sunny day, Beresford Road travelled to Gipps Road for the 2016 Athletics Carnival.

The 800m was the first event and it was wet and muddy. This was a lot of hard work. The judges were calling all different

events at once including long jump, high jump, shot put and 200m. House groups were calling and cheering on their team

mates as they ran the 200m. There were so many 8, 9 and 10 year old kids running the 200m it was great.

After about an hour of 200m races the 100m sprint came next. Records were broken including the 11 and 12 year hundred

metres. Tommy Khouiss first broke the record with a time of 12.99 seconds and then Ethan Alimboyao broke the record again

with a time of 12.34 seconds. After all the events were completed the relay was held. Mackellar won the girls race and

Gilmore won the boys. After the relay was the finals where the top times would race again to see who made it into the zone

carnival.

It was fantastic to see so many kids participating in all the events. It was great to have everyone, including the parents,

cheering on their friends and children. Thanks to Mrs Lobb and all the teachers, parents and students who made this such a

successful day.

We wish the best for all the people going to the Zone Carnival.

Megan Abood and Ethan Alimboyao

Debating News

Debating this year has been a blast for the children in 5/6S. Earlier this year eight students were chosen to be in the debating

team for Beresford Road Public School. Megan Abood, Sarah Tame, Alicia Bidin, Chaitanya Sharma, Emma Yaghi, Jack

Eisenhuth, Bridie Austine and Piper Cole. This was a great opportunity for the students to learn about debating as well as

speaking and quick thinking. The four debates that were held all consisted of a different team of four students out of those

eight. We won three of those four debates.

This was a great experience for all of the kids. Here is what some of the BRPS Debating Team thought of the experience.

Megan quoted this to be “It was a great experience and it was really fun!” Chaitanya loved it and said “It was fun, friendly and

joyful.” Emma enjoyed this experience and stated “I thought it was fun and very exciting debating against other teams!” Jack

wanted to do it all again and he said that wants to continue this great learning experience in the future!

We encourage everyone to give debating a go because it was a great experience for everyone who participated. It also

increases loads of skills you could definitely use in the future.

Written by: Sarah Tame and Alicia Bidin.

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Parent Workshop

Loraine Cause, our Kindergarten Assistant Principal has a wealth of knowledge and experience as a teacher K-6, Reading Recovery Teacher and current Kindergarten teacher trained in L3. She has offered to share her expertise with parents in a workshop. She will show you how we teach children to read and give you strategies to help your

children at home. The ‘How to help your children with Reading’ workshop will be held after the K-2 assembly in Week 5 (Friday 15 August) at 10 am in the library. Morning tea will be provided. Don’t miss this great opportunity.

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Due Date

11th Aug

10th Aug

11th Aug

Now

24th Aug

Excursion

Stage 3 Camp

Aaron Blabey-incursion

Kindy Calmsley Hill City Farm

Voluntary contribution

School Swimming Scheme

Amount Due

$65 Final Payment

$5

$29

If not already paid

$67

Notes & Payments Due

Please send correct money in a sealed envelope, clearly marked with your

child’s name, class and what you are paying for on the front. Credit card

payments can be made for amounts over $20. Payment can be made on

POP by the online cut off date.

Money days are Monday, Wednesday & Thursday morning by 10:30am.

Please send all money to the class teacher for collection

**Please note that there will be no late payments taken for these as numbers need to be

confirmed and buses and venues need to be advised.

REMINDER: FINAL PAYMENT FOR STAGE 3

CAMP DUE THIS THURSDAY Hi Parents,

Just a reminder that camp payments need to be finalised by

this Thursday 11th August, 2016. No payments will be

accepted after this date. Please make sure your child’s name,

class and the amount you are paying is written on the front

of the envelope and given to your child’s classroom teacher

first thing in the morning. Please remind your child that the

classroom teacher needs to send all payments to the office

before 10am.

Thankyou, Mrs Doran

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Congratulations to the Intermediate Dance Group who came 2nd

at ‘The Ultimate Dance Spectacular’ on Saturday the 30th of

July.

Well Done!

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4/5Lhave been busy in 2016

A picture tells a thousand words……..

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And the story continues……...

That was the first half of the year. Bring on

the second half!

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Sports Awards

Joshua Fulton Gabby Topic Connor Cox

Dru Senituli Moosa Amiri Grace Hunt

Chaela-Lee Falls Tommy Khouiss Emma Yaghi

Anne Ah-Funny

KC Ece Yilmazok

Lesley Dickerson

Leigha Rosewarne

KF Bosco Zheng

Kylah-Jo Lake

Grace Darnell

KK Aidan Wilding

Cayla Heng

Shalize Jungslager

KM Harmony Brown

Anika Smith

Hayden Xerri

KP Shaniya Vithushan

Harsheev Kumar

Safeena Akbarzada

1A Shaurav Singh

Gabriella Taufa

Derek Wu

1F Jacob Dean

Domenic Francis

Hellala Faghiri

1M Shrika Saineni

Sarahana Shrestha

Nortad Angkhasirisup

1SB Gemma Nader

Kadence Hua

Raymond Chen

1/2L Chloe Green

Amani Al Mosawe

Pele Afasene

2A Mary Sleiman

Ashlee Sassine

Yunus Babat

2F Arav Singh

Abbas Mirsanaei

Leen Swadi

2M Zahra Kabir

Jessica Agius

Noah Troutman

3B Mac Hunt

Ye Eun Choi

Ava Moses

3E Rabia Akbari

Tameer Noor

Bryan Ah Funny

3/4E Gabby Topic

Tanvi Mulgundnath

Joshua Marks

4L Isabella Cooksley

Joan Edwards

Kaan Esenkurt

4T Javen Zhang

Kayden Haddad

Yifei Yao

4/5L Joseph Curtale

Zachary Oliver

Rania Maharaj

5B Grace Abdou

Tulisha Chettiar

John Azzopardi

5/6L Tree Siitia

Pierre Awad

Omar Salehie

5/6S Thomas Murdoch

Luke Mandich

Chaitanya Sharma

6D Ben Tunks Fletcher

Nathan Isaacs

Lachlan McCall

MCZ Tyson Vu

Kassem Farhat

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Kosta Seitis

Amelia Stevens

Daniel Craig

Erika Seitis

Maxwell Fletcher

Byron Zhang

Theresa Gafa

Lachlan Kearney

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2016/2017 Registration/Trials

Where: Roberta Street Park Nets

When: Sunday 14th and Sunday 21st August

Time: Under 10 & Under 11: 8.30am – 10.00am

Under 12 & Under 13: 10.00am – 11.00am

Under 14, 15 & 16: 11.00am – 12.00noon

Registration

All fees are payable on the day

New Players please bring birth certificate or passport

Cost: $135 includes Hat and Shirt

For more information contact David on 0409 604 697

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