Newsletter No. 15 6 September 2023

From the Principal

Hi Everyone

Next week will be Kate Warhurst's last week for the year, she will take maternity leave from term 4. We wish Kate all the best with the final stages of her pregnancy and can’t wait for the arrival of her baby.

Please remember tomorrow is Dress up for Wildlife -  Dress like our favourite Native Animal and bring a gold coin in support of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy- special thanks to Sam P in year 3 for organising this again in 2023.

Please keep children home if they are not well- there has been a number of viruses going around at the moment.

Please contact the office if your child/children are leaving in 2024 (not necessary for current year 6s). Please also contact admin if you have not registered for prep in 2024.

Tonight I will discuss a draft Sunsafe Policy at the P&C meeting.

The year 4s from 3/4O attended school camp at  Jacob’s Well Environmental Education Centre on Monday and Tuesday this week. The students and staff enjoyed a great couple of days with the staff at the centre-exploring the local wetlands and South Stradbroke Island. Students in 4 W will head off on Monday and Tuesday next week. My sincere thanks to Ms O’Dempsey, Ms Matheson and Dr Scholl for attending the camp this week.

Next week is our School Review- the school review team will be here from Tuesday to Thursday. The school review team will conduct various interviews (face to face and by phone) on Tuesday and Wednesday. You may find members of the review team before and after school, around the school looking to talk to parents. If you are interested in speaking with a member of the review team next week please email me directly.

Next week is the final week of term 3- final day is Friday 15 September. Classes return on Tuesday 3 October.

I wish you all the best for the upcoming break with your children and families. Thank you for your ongoing support.

Have a great week.

Kind regards

Simon Vaseo - Principal

Finance News

Monthly Debtor Invoice Statements

Have you received a statement with a negative amount as the total?

If you have received a statement with a negative amount as the total (a minus before the amount), this means that you have a student account in credit and no payment is due. Please do not pay the negative amount on your statement. Any credits will be applied to future invoices; please only pay the balance of the statement or invoice.

Payment Reminder Notices

If you have the responsibility of paying student accounts and the student account is overdue, you will start to notice that reminders for payment will begin to be emailed to you in the middle of the month.  If the student account is still outstanding after statements have been sent to parents/carers, the Department recommends that reminders are emailed to parents/carers parents. These reminder notices are in addition to the monthly statements emailed to parents/carers.

If you are experiencing difficulties in paying your student account when you receive these reminders, please contact Doreen Holland on bsm@burandass.eq.edu.au to arrange a payment plan.  All discussions are held in the strictest confidence. 

Student Resource Scheme

Thank you to all those parents who have returned their Student Resource Scheme forms.  Invoices for the scheme will be sent before the holidays to parents.

Just a reminder to parents who have not returned the permission to participate in the scheme for 2024 that the school will invoice you for the for the printing of reference materials that complement and/or substitute for textbooks and invoice for the materials where the instruction is extended through providing practical learning at the published acquisition cost.  All other learning resources such as Mathletics, Education Perfect etc. that are listed and published on the resource lists will be required to be purchased by yourself and the school will not purchase access to these licences or purchase other resources, (apart from what is listed previously in this email) for distribution to your student. Please remember that forms already returned are valid for the enrolment life of the student at Buranda State School. 

If at any time you wish to participate in the Student Resource Scheme please provide a form with a yes answer to the school.  The forms are available on this link Student Resource Scheme form . 

If you have any enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact the Business Manager on bsm@burandass.eq.edu.au. 

2024 Student Booklists

The 2024 Booklist link will be emailed to students in Term 4, you will be able to order the booklists online directly from Olympia Office products.

Please communicate with Olympia Office products directly, the staff at school will be unable to help with any enquiries.

Please note a change for 2024 ordering, Buranda will NOT be distributing booklist packs from school in Term 4.  Booklist orders can be delivered directly to you and collected from Olympia directly.

Thank you

Doreen Holland

Business Manager

Cross Country

We held our Annual Cross Country last week with all children enthusiastically taking part. Our Prep – 3 children ran a track around the school while our Year 4-7 children ventured out and ran along the creek track. Every child enjoyed an ice block upon completion of the course thanks to our P&C. Thankyou to Ludivine who organised and handed out 260 ice blocks on the day.

Congratulations to our place getters:

Final points on the day were as follows:  Socrates – 307

 Plato – 252

 Aristotle – 245

Julie Wain

Physical Education Teacher

Cross Country

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Swimming - Term 4

Swimming will begin in Term 4 for all year levels. Children will need to bring their swimming togs, towel, bathing cap and optional goggles. All items should be named and stored in a waterproof bag.

Please note that swimming is a part of the curriculum and therefore all children must take part. A brief note is required if children are unable to swim due to illness.

Swimming lessons will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday during Physical Education lessons starting in week 3 and most classes will have a second swim with the classroom teacher each week. (Teachers will advise the children of their 2^nd swim time and start date).

Julie Wain

Physical Education Teacher

From the Music Room

This week I am featuring our work in Year 6 classroom.

The students have learnt ukulele most of this year but this term we have started bucket drumming. I’m really looking forward to developing the class’s ensemble and rhythmic skills this term and next through this very accessible instrument. In this photo you can see the students’ following Max’s lead.

Over the last few weeks of term, students have been working on writing a composition in Rondo Form using the major scale. The structure of a basic Rondo Form is ABACA, so there is one section of music that is returned to, with contrasting sections in between. Students plan their A section and contrasting sections by writing their rhythms in stick notation, adding solfa and then converting this to the major scale notes assigned for this piece of music. They then notate the whole composition. You can see the wonderful work of one student who has nearly finished in the photos. Music notation is incredibly complex – it is a whole language in itself. I see lots of great examples of the fantastic notation skills possible with a good foundation in primary school music in the Year 6 classroom, a huge credit to the work of Ms Patton in years past.

Finally we are nearing the end of the term and classes are eagerly competing to see who will win free time in the last week of term! At this point in time the placements are as follows:

1^st Place: 5H

2^nd Place: 1/2S, 2/3C, 6BA

3^rd Place: 5C

4^th Place: Prep B

5^th Place: P/1W

6^th Place: 1/2B

7^th Place 3/4O

8^th Place: 2/3Z

9^th Place: 4W

Camilla Tafra - Classroom Music Teacher

Music

Book Week - Thank you!

Thank you to all the families who participated in Book Week this year by supporting the students to dress up, wear pink and/or donate a book to “It’s From Elsie”. It was lovely to see so many great costumes and flashes of pink. We were flooded with book donations which was a beautiful testament to the school’s love for Ms Warhurst and support for her charity.

Many thanks again,

Ms Tafra

Book Week

Australian Girls Choir - Buranda School visit

On Friday in Week 10 representatives from the Australian Girls' Choir will be visiting Buranda State School to run a 30 minute workshop with girls who are interested in their programs. Permission slips will be distributed during music this week and must be returned to the office  before Friday 15 September. You can read more about the AGC here: https://ausgirlschoir.com.au/

Further information from the AGC below:

• We only run the workshop with girls who have returned their permission slip or registered through our website so disruption to your classes is minimised.
• On the day, interested girls will participate in a workshop with one of our experienced tutors, involving simple singing and movement activities. The workshop is fun and inclusive and not competitive in any way. All girls are welcome to join the AGC regardless of skill or experience level.
• Following the workshop, we will send an encouraging personalised written report to the parents of each girl who participated. All girls will be offered a position in one of the training levels of the AGC.

Any questions can be directed to Ms Tafra at ctafr0@eq.edu.au

Camilla Tafra 

Classroom Music Teacher 

Buranda State School 

Fire Safety visit

In week 8, 1/2S, 1/2B and 1W had a special visit from the Annerley firefighters.

Students learned important fire safety tips and each had a blast using the fire truck's hose. 

The fire fighters gave the students some homework:

1. Learn their home address in case they need to call 000.
2. Plan two ways to exit their home.
3. Remember these two phrases: Get out and stay out & get down low and go go go!

Nadia Santoro - Year 1/2S Teacher

Fire Safety visit

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