Newsletter 16 June Week 9 Term 2

Message from the Principal

Congratulations to our Budgie Cup students on a fantastic carnival on Friday. All four teams played exceptionally well- with all winning at least one game. Congratulations to our Junior Maroon team who made the major final and after a 2 all draw against Greenslopes, they were awarded the trophy on for an against margins. The cup is very hard to win in any sport- it’s a great result. Our two senior teams made the minor finals. I’d like to pass on that our students represented the school so very well throughout the day, I’m very proud of them all. Special thanks to all staff who attended- Mrs Wain, Mrs Hunt, Ms Matheson (x2). Thanks to Mr Doug for his set up and finally thanks to parents Nina and Craig  for helping with pack up at the end of the day.

Last week 3 Buranda students attended the State AFL Carnival in Cairns. Florence, Tanina  and Joe represented Metropolitan East (u12) and Metropolitan North (U11). The girls team came third overall with Joe’s team finishing 7 out of 12. This is a wonderful achievement for the 3 Buranda students to make the State Carnival in the same year. We are exceptionally proud of you. Well done.

Next Wednesday is Sports Day- parents are welcome to attend but please follow social distancing protocols. There will be QR codes to check in on also. If you have any cold or flu-like symptoms, please do not enter the school grounds.

The program of events is available in last week’s newsletter. There will be a limited tuckshop in operation too. Please see further details with this newsletter.

Parent teacher interviews are next week in most cases. Please be reminded that these interviews are to discuss your child’s academic progress. Report cards will be emailed out to families on Friday 18 June.

On Monday we were visited by our Assistant Regional Director, Hugh Goodfellow. We visited a number of classrooms and the leadership team met with Hugh to discuss our school improvement focus for term 3.

Our staffroom was broken into on Saturday afternoon. A number of windows were damaged but there was nothing of value taken. Thankfully our alarm system did the job of alerting the authorities. 

Have a great week.

Simon Vaseo - Principal

From the Inclusion Team

Parent Tip 8 from the Inclusion Team: 

Play word games.

Have your child sound out the word as you change it from mat to fat to sat; from sat to sag to sap; and from sap to sip.

Emphasise the different vowel sounds as this is one area children have difficulty with when transitioning from reading to writing.

Desley Alexion - Teacher

From HOC

As you read the following quote, try to guess who might have said it. What era do you think it was from?

“The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.”

I won’t reveal the author but you can google it. It is worthwhile reflecting on how adults generalise about children’s manners and the behaviours we expect from children, without remembering that at one point we had to learn these lessons, too.

On Monday when Hugh Goodfellow (ARD) visited we were discussing the newsletter this week and the ideas that emerged included empathy, manners, acknowledgement and gratitude. These are all behaviours that we are here to help the children learn. Every time the tyrant appears, butting into adult conversations, forgetting to clean up their messes, gobbling up their food, expressing desires for luxuries, we can view it as an opportunity to help our children gently learn these lessons and become the best versions of themselves. We can be the adults we needed when we were younger. When we reflect on empathy, manners, acknowledgement and gratitude ourselves most of us would recognise times we could still improve at them.

Hugh mentioned The Resilience Project, so I bring it to your attention here. The mission of  the Resilience Project is to teach positive mental health strategies to help people become happier and more resilient. They focus on three key pillars proven to cultivate positive emotion; Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness (GEM).

They have a page within their website specifically devoted to TRP@HOME which has useful ideas for parents and carers at home to help you work with your children on gratitude, empathy, mindfulness and emotional literacy.

When we hear children using lovely manners, saying good morning, and being truly grateful for what they have, we need to positively reinforce those behaviours and thank them for their lovely manners. Make gratitude and good manners contagious. Let people, especially children, know you noticed what they did right and that their efforts are appreciated.

Rosie Scholl - HOC

Sports Day Sausage Sizzle

Order your sausages for Sports Day BBQ on Qkr! The portal will close Tuesday 22 June - 4pm. (No late orders will be accepted). Order for your child, yourself and any other family spectators for $2 each. Vegan and Halal options are available when you register online. Home baked goodies will also be sold for $1. Classes Prep B, Prep/1TW, 1/2S and 1/2K are on the home-bake roster to bring biscuits, slices and cup cakes etc for the bake sale. But if you are a keen baker and would like to donate some goodies, please feel free to drop them off to the tuckshop from 8.30am on Wednesday morning. Look for the notice in your child’s bag this week.

Winter Solstice - Sat 19 June

Winter Solstice - this weekend!

This is a community event, and everyone is welcome.   if you work locally, please circulate to your networks. 

Invite your family and friends along to an afternoon full of nature, music, food and fun.   

• Join us from 2pm for a 2-hour session of planting native plants and get to know the new school garden! 
•  At 4pm Mr Doug will light the Winter Solstice fire. 
• We will have a range of delicious food available, such as pumpkin soup, chilli beans and sausages, if you can, please use Qkr to order your food so the volunteers have a good understanding of how much we will need on the night;
• Mulled wine, hot chocolate, wine and soft drinks will also be offered.

A couple of important points for Saturday afternoon:

• We do still need volunteers for the event - please contact us to assist if you can at  pandc@burandasspandc.org.au;
• There will be a raffle available on the night, please order your tickets on Qkr! app, we will also be roaming and selling raffle tickets, so please bring cash;
• We will have EFTPOS facilities available at the tuckshop on the night (where you will also be able to purchase drinks);
• We would like to keep the event as sustainable as possible and where possible please bring BYO plates and cutlery - this will be a huge saving on our environmental footprint on the night;
• We will have limited seating available around the fire, so if you would like additional seating - please bring along folding chairs for you and your crew;
• There will be sugar cane mulch to purchase post the event, so if you are interested, please get in touch via pandc@burandasspandc.org.au

Thank You!

We already have an incredible list of people to thank for making this event possible;

• Thank you to the families, parents and friends already volunteering your time - we could not pull this off without you;
• Entertainment will be provided by Silver Beats, and should be a cracker! Can't wait to hear you folks play some classic and original tunes;
• The very hip and cool local, City Winery has assisted us with stocking the bar on the night, cannot wait to offer you some of their wonderful plonk on the night (at a a very reasonable price);
• We have growing donations for baked goods from local families as well as some pretty amazing local eateries... if you have a sweet tooth, there are going to be some amazing treats for you to purchase on the night!
• For those on you on local community social media pages, thank you for spreading the word - it's going to be a great night out!

We can't wait to see you all there! 

Craig, Trudy and Vivian / contact us: pandc@burandasspandc.org.au

Raffle Prizes

Raffle tickets are $2 or 3 for $5

Prize 1 (valued at $325):

Prize 2 (valued at $225):

Helping Hands

Reminder: Vacation Care bookings will close on Friday 18 June. To help our service manage student and staff numbers please book as soon as possible. Please see Vacation Care flyer below with all the fun activities scheduled for the school holidays.