School News 08/03/2017
Grade 5/6
Propaganda Posters
This term we have been reading Loyal Creatures
by Morris Gleitzman.
In the story the main character; Frank, was desperate to
go war.
We have looked at what influenced young Australians to
want to put their lives on the line and learnt about
Propaganda posters which are a type of persuasive text.
We then created our own propaganda posters
Maceo
Sunny
Axel
Bicheno Primary School
Department of Education
Kyia
Charlie
Josh
Georgie
Alice
Nathan
Luke
Zali
Shae
Caleb
Olivia T
Olivia May
Elise
Matilda
Isak
Jimmy
Lola
From the Principal
What a fantastic turn up to our School Association meeting yesterday afternoon and what a dynamic, purposeful group of parents
and caregivers. Really looking forward to working with the School Association. I also encourage other parents and carers to get
involved in the work of the Association or the fund raising arm of this group. Our Annual General Meeting is scheduled for
Thursday May 4th at 4:30 in the school library so please come along if you are interested.
It’s great to see lots of activities for children getting up and running around Bicheno: Sporting Schools after school Athletics, footy
and Music lessons. Sandra is once again organizing the school May Book Fair. Carrie is also finding out who is interested in
Saturday morning tennis lessons.
We will be holding our first school assembly at 2:10pm on March 21st to celebrate Harmony Day. Please come and join us in the
grade 3/4/5/6 classrooms. Children will be invited to come along to school in national dress or orange to celebrate the diversity
and harmony of our community.
For those families who may not be aware, Mrs Silberberg is a Volunteer Ambulance Officer with the Bicheno Station. This may
mean she is called away from the office without notice and for unknown periods of time. If you come to the office and she is not
at her desk and the “Office is Unattended” sign is on the front counter there will be an clipboard where you can leave your name
and a contact number and Sandra will ring you when she returns.
Parents wanting to gain their Working with Vulnerable People Registration should start the process by visiting the Department of
Justice Website
1.
http://www.justice.tas.gov.au/working_with_children
complete the application online and pay for it (please keep your application number and receipt)
2.
Visit Service Tasmania to have your ID photo taken
3.
Present you registration card to the school in order to be registered here.
This process may take around 6 to 8 weeks.
Hope to see you at the BPS Athletics Carnival on Thursday 16th March.
Julie Leitch
On February 28, Our School Student Leaders; Elise, Matilda, Alice and Aston
participated in a student leadership conference. The GRIP Student
Leadership Conference is unique in that it concentrates specifically on
training student leaders for their role as PRIMARY SCHOOL LEADERS.
What's happening in our
classrooms
world problem. We have to investigate what simple machines are in
order to design and construct a prototype for a Tasmanian Devil trap.
In Kinder…
Grade 5/6 Learning Intentions
We have been learning about the routines in Kinder.
Reading
Prep Learning Intentions
- Class Novel [ Loyal Creatures]
In prep we are continuing to learn the routines of being in prep.
- We are considering the character traits of Frank Ballantyne and the
clues the author gives us that gives an idea of the type of person he is.
Our class social focus is to help others and show initiative.
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We are also focusing on:
-being safe and sensible in the toilets
- We are identifying the significant or key events of the story that
affect the direction of the story.
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-being inclusive and kind to all our friends
Writing
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-standing in a line and listening to the teachers at line up
-structural and grammatical features of a Narrative
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-listening on the mat and putting up our hand when we wish
to talk.
-Writer's Notebook
In English we are continuing to learn the different sounds that letters
make and using this in our writing.
In maths we are learning about the different ways to we can make
groups of numbers that equal 10.
Grade 1/2 Learning Intentions
English:
Reading strategies such as using the picture clue, initial
letters and reading on.
What is a noun?
What is an adjective?
Maths:
We are learning to partition numbers (how many ways can
I make 6?)
We are learning to use spin-arounds (the spin around of
2+4 is 4+2)
Science:
We have started a biological science unit called “Dinosaurs
and More”
Grade 3/4 Learning Intentions
In Literacy we have been learning about the ‘Art of Storytelling’. We
are using Pixar Animation film productions to help us understand how
the experts capture their audience’s attention. We learnt the
importance of writing using emotions drawn from our own
experiences. We are learning to ask ‘what if’ questions to let our
imaginations run wild.
In Numeracy we are using interactive maths journals to make place
value families. We are learning that there are only ever 3 in each
family: ones, tens and hundreds and that they belong to different
families: units, thousands, millions and billions. This helps us
understand each digit’s value and also how to pronounce big
numbers.
In STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics)
we are working in groups made up of Gr 3 – 6’s to investigate a real
Spelling
- spelling contracts to develop our sound, visual and meaning
strategies
Maths
- number properties: Prime Factors/Factors/product/multiples/prime
and composite numbers
-designing, making and testing a game that involves number
properties.
History and Social Sciences
- We are finding out what we know about Australia’s systems of
Government .
Science
-working collaboratively with the Grade 3/4s to work through
a STEAM challenge to learn about simple machines.
Art
-we learning about Op Art. An abstract form of art that uses optical
illusions.
Learning intentions for Indonesian
Indonesian learning intentions:
In Kinder we will be learning morning greetings, asking and answering
what your name is and simple songs.
In Prep we will be revising the body parts nouns and participating in
games and songs.
In 1/2 We will be continuing with learning the greetings for different
times of the day.
In 3/4 We will be focusing on the numbers from 1-20.
In 5/6 We will be revising and practising the numbers from 1-20 and
beyond.
satu/one, dua/
two, tiga/three,
empat/four, lima/
five
Welcome to Launching
into Learning 2017
What a fantastic start we have had to the year. Thank you to parents who
contributed their feedback last year. We have taken your suggestions into
consideration and have made some changes to our programmes.
Last week we saw the start of
“Shake it Up Kids” – a musical
playgroup with Victoria
Headlam. Vic will be back this
Friday during our playgroup
session…I wonder what our instrument
of the week will be? Playgroup is held
every Friday from 9am to 10:30am at
Little Penguins Childcare Centre. Please
bring a plate of food. This week, we are
celebrating the Australian classic story
“Wombat Stew” – be ready for some
mud! Next week we are celebrating
Harmony Day, with Vanessa Richardson
coming along to help out with an art
piece that will be entered into the Bay of
Fires Art competition.
Teacher’s helper/volunteer needed
Wanted - someone who likes to cut, paste, laminate, contact and staple.
Teachers at BPS would love someone who could spare a bit of time to
help prepare classroom materials for teachers.
If you are interested, please call into the office to find out how. You
will need a current Working with Vulnerable People Registration.
MONDAY
6 March
TUESDAY
7 March
WEDNESDAY
8 March
THURSDAY
9 March
FRIDAY
10 March
Bank book Day
Play group
School Association Meeting
Newsletters home
Parks and Wildlife Visit
4.30pm
Sporting Schools
Sporting Schools
14 March
15 March
16 March
17 March
Bank Book Day
BPS Athletics Carnival
Play group
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
Newsletter home
Canteen
Sporting Schools
Sporting Schools
13 March
20 March
21 March
22 March
HARMONY DAY
Bank Book Day
Newsletters Home
27 March
23 March
24 March
MOVE AND PLAY
Sporting Schools
PLAYGROUP
SHARING ASSEMBLY at
2.10pm in 3/4/5/6 room
Sporting Schools
28 March
29 March
30 March
31st March
ENE Carnival St Helens
Newsletters home (because
of ENE)
Playgroup
Bank Book Day
Coles Bay Playgroup
School Contact Information
Tour da Cure
Visiting Bicheno
Kinder and LiL: Eliza Spkyers
Prep/One: Emily McCormack and Kris Ross
phone: 63751222
Grade 2/3: Bron Pierce and Ali Jones
email: [email protected]
Grade 3/4 Matt Woolley
Principal: Julie Leitch
Grade 5/6: Jill Bosua
School Business Manager: Sandra Silberberg
Indonesian: Alison Jones
PE and Support Teacher: Jen Sliskovic
Learning….
Respect….
Friendship…..
We strive to do our best.
We are proud of our school and
community.
We welcome everyone
We are persistent.
We are resilient.
We care about other people.
We are proud of who we are.
We include others.
We embrace diversity.