Burton Primary School Newsletter

Annual General Meeting of Governing Council NEXT TUESDAY

The Governing Council represents all parents and exists to provide direction and policy support to improve the school.  Governing Council is an important decision-making group. For example, the Governing Council approves the school budget, and approves new policies.

Governing Council only meets twice per term, with the meetings taking about 1.5 hours each time. Governing Council needs some new parent representatives. If you want to get involved in the running of the school, this is your opportunity.

The Annual General Meeting of Governing Council will happen on Tuesday March 28 at 6.00pm in the Staff Room. Any parent or carer with children in the school is able to attend, and to join the Governing Council.

We invite you to come along. A free creche will be provided.

Autism Inclusion Teacher Role for Burton Primary School

As of February 2023, the Department for Education has appointed an Autism Inclusion Teacher in every public primary school. 

The Autism Inclusion Teacher will;

·      Provide support to fellow educators on how to best support and educate autistic students.

·      Drive improved practice relating to autism that works for our school.

The Autism Inclusion Teacher appointed at our site is Di Dunkeld.  Di has this role 1 day per week.

This is an exciting opportunity to improve the support we provide to autistic children and young people at our school.

Visit the Department for Education website to find out more about improving support for autistic children and students.

NAPLAN Testing

Last week our Year 3 and 5 students have completed 3 of the NAPLAN tests- Reading, Language Conventions and Writing. This week they will do the Numeracy test.

Swimming and Aquatics

Families will now have received information about swimming lessons (Reception to Year 5) and Aquatics (Year 6). Both swimming and Aquatics will happen in week 1 of term 2, so payment for swimming and aquatics must be completed by April 6. The water safety consent forms and any medical forms must also be completed this term.

Pupil Free Day

Last week’s Pupil Free Day was used by teachers to work on the new Brightpath writing tool. Brightpath is being introduced to all schools across South Australia by the Department for Education. We use Brightpath to assess each child’s (story) writing ability.

Our SSO’s worked on how they improve the phonics ability of students. Phonics is the foundation to students being able to read.

We understand that pupil free days sometimes cause problems for families, but these days are really important for staff training. Therefore, we thank parents for their continued support.

Parents/ Carers Entering Rooms

Parents and carers are reminded that you should not enter classrooms between 8.45am and 3.05pm. If you wish to speak with the teacher, please contact him/her by email, Skoolbag or Seesaw to make a time to chat.

Recently, there have been a number of times when parents/ carers have entered classrooms in the middle of lessons while teaching is happening. This interrupts the learning and breaks the flow of the lesson.

Before School

Students can only enter the school grounds after 8.30am when teachers begin yard duty and supervision. All students need to be in the courtyard between 8.30 and 8.45, because that is the only area where the yard duty teachers are supervising.

Some students have been arriving at school at 8.00 and are not booked into OSHC. In future, Governing Council has agreed that those students will be placed into OSHC – at parent cost- until teacher yard supervision in the courtyard begins at 8.30.

Michael Hosking

Principal

When: Monday 20 to Friday 24 of March

At Burton Primary School we encourage all families to attend as Parent/Teacher Interviews give parents a great opportunity to:

• learn more about your child's academic, emotional and social development
• meet and get to know your child's teacher
• help your child's teachers understand more about your child and
• make plans with your child's teacher about how you can both support your child

If you require an interpreter to support you in these conversations, please contact the front office on: 82806277.

Maria Appelt

Deputy Principal

Burton Primary School

Gates open : 8:30am - If you need to drop your child at school earlier than 8:30am, then they need to be booked into OSHC, as there is no teacher on duty until 8:30am. If a child arrives before 8:30am they will be sent to OSHC and there will be cost attached to this service. All OSHC bookings can be done via the Hello Hub app, or call and speak to Michelle on 0488 200 207.

Start time: 8:45am - Anytime after 8:45am your child needs to come via the office to get a late slip.

Finish time: 3:05pm

If a child is not collected by 3:30pm they will be sent to OSHC and there will be cost attached to this service.

School office hours: 8am-3:30pm.

For absences, please send an SMS before 9am to our absentee line: 0428218669 (available 24/7) or call the office on 82806277 during office hours.

Canteen available through the QKR app.

To raise awareness regarding severe allergies and to provide a safe learning environment for all members of the Burton Primary School community, the following management strategies are in place:

·       Parents and caregivers are requested not to send food to school that contain nuts. This includes peanut paste, Nutella, all nuts and nut cooking oils, as well as foods containing nuts

·       Students are encouraged not to share food.

·       Students are encouraged to wash hands after eating.

·       Staff supervising eating at lunchtime. When teachers notice nut product being bought into the classroom the identified child will be sent to the front office to eat their lunch.

·       All children are encouraged to wash their hands.

·       Staff are made aware of students and staff who have anaphylactic responses, including nut allergies. 

·       Staff participating in first aid training in understanding and dealing with Anaphylaxis (severe allergic reactions).

·       School lunch providers complying with the Nut Awareness Policy.

·       Parents and caregivers being requested not to send boxes that have previously contained nut products, e.g. cereal boxes, muesli bars with nuts, cake boxes, biscuits.

If it is absolutely necessary for a student to bring a mobile phone to school it must be signed in at the school  office before school and collected by them at the end of the day after dismissal, (we take no responsibility for phones that have not been signed in).  This also relates to any watches which can make and receive phone calls/messages.

All Lost and Found uniform items are now kept in "The Hive".  If your child has misplaced something, please check in there.

Please make sure to label all belongings in multiple places, this makes it much easier for our staff to be able to return the items to their owners.

Wednesday March 15 to March 27 - NAPLAN TESTING WINDOW

Monday 20 to Friday March 24 - Harmony Week

Friday March 24 - Last day to pay and register for Children's University

Tuesday March 28 - Annual General Meeting of Governing Council

Thursday April 6 - Last day to pay for Swimming and Aquatics

Breakfast club has now moved from the Gym to in "The Hive".

Breakfast club is available to anyone who needs it.

Time:

Monday to Friday - 8:30-8:40am

A reminder that Children’s University registration is now open. You have until March the 24th to register and pay via the QkR! app only.

If you are not sure about what it’s all about you can go to the following link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNx7zgN3Wio and watch a short clip about it.

Children’s University information and registration forms were messaged out by the school last week. If you have any further questions, please contact me, Mr Nick.

Anyone wanting photos from 2022 Children's University.  Please send a USB in to school for us to upload for you.

As of now, uniforms are no longer kept at the office.  Uniforms need to be ordered online via the supplier's store.

Hats are the only item which will still be stocked in the office for purchasing, but they can also be purchased online.

Collection/Delivery Options:

• Collect from School: Orders placed before Midday Tuesday during school term will be packed and delivered to the school front office for collection each Thursday
• Click and collect: Online orders can be collected from the Craigmore location, shop 16 Craigmore Village, 170-190 Yorktown Rd, Craigmore. Please wait for an email from one of our shop staff advising when it is ready for collection.
• Home Delivery (Fee)
  
  

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Dear Families,   Burton Primary School is on Facebook! Being on Facebook will allow us to communicate more easily with families. 

Liking our page will enable you to see our posts. You can like our page by going to    

https://www.facebook.com/Burton-Primary-School-110890621367317

This page will be used alongside SeeSaw and Skoolbag to communicate about events and learning at the school and within the community. We encourage parents to comment and message to provide feedback, ask questions and contribute to the Burton Primary School community. We ask that you read the following guidelines to ensure the page is used safely and respectfully. 

Comments which are:  

- Abusive, harassing, threatening, defamatory, offensive or attacking others 

- Identifying students, staff, families or members of the community in a negative or disrespectful manner.  

Will be removed by our Administrators. 

 If you have a specific concern we recommend you contact the school directly via email dl.1844.info@schools.sa.edu.au or by phone on 8280 6277.  

For us to post pictures of students online, in newsletters and other publications we are updating our Media Permissions for all students. If you are willing for your child’s photo to be used in newsletters, our website, School Facebook Page and other publications please fill out the attached form. Once completed this permission is valid for your child’s total schooling. If you do not want your child’s photo shared please indicate this on the form. Please return to the front office as soon as possible.  

Kind Regards,   

Burton Staff

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