Burnside Public School 1 Masons Drive, North Parramatta NSW 2151 Phone: 9630 1422 Fax: 9890 1876 Email: burnside-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.burnside-p.schools.nsw.edu.au ‘Omnia Pro Bono – For the Good of All’

TERM 2 WEEK 7 Friday, 12 June 2020

NO PARKING ON SCHOOL GROUNDS AT ANY TIME - Please Park on Masons Dr

Wednesday 17 June Maths Olympiad 3

Wednesday 17 June P&C Google Meeting

School Council Meeting

Friday 26 June Year 5 OC Placement applications due

Monday 29 June Semester 1 Reports home

Friday 3 July Last day of Term 2

Monday 20 July Staff Development Day

Tuesday 21 July Students return for Term 3

Mon-Frid 3 – 7 August Education Week

Wednesday 5 August Maths Olympiad 4

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

It seems hard to believe that we are in the last three weeks of term. The students and teachers are truly

back in the swing of their teaching and learning programs. Students are really enjoying spending time with

their friends and teachers whilst engaging in quality face to face learning.

Semester 1 Reports

Semester 1 reports wil be sent home with your child on Monday, 29 June. If you require a meeting with

your child’s teacher, please make an appointment through the school office. All parent/teacher meetings

will be conducted by phone call or online.

In line with advice from the NSW Department of Education, our school reports for Semester 1 2020 have

been adjusted to cater for students learning from school and at home. Please be aware that all students

may not have covered the same syllabus outcomes or content during this period. This report will not grade

student achievement using the A-E scale for all outcomes.

Drink Bottles for Students

Please ensure that your child has a drink bottle with them every day.

Absent Notes

If your child is not at not at school, please contact the office daily by phone, email or school app. If your

child is absent for more than three days, a doctor’s certificate should be provided to the school.

School Email

A reminder that the school email, burnside-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au, should be used at all times to

contact teachers and staff. You may also use this email to let the school know if your child is absent.

Burnside Public School 1 Masons Drive, North Parramatta NSW 2151 Phone: 9630 1422 Fax: 9890 1876 Email: burnside-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.burnside-p.schools.nsw.edu.au ‘Omnia Pro Bono – For the Good of All’

P&C Google Meet- Wednesday 17 June 7.30pm

The P&C meeting on Wednesday 17 June will be conducted as a Google Meet. P&C members should

have received an email with the link to attend. If you wish to attend the meeting and haven’t received the

link, please email the school and we will contact the P&C executive on your behalf.

NCCD

The Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD) is an annual

process participated in by all Australian schools across the country. The aim of this process is to provide

the Australian Government with consistent information about the number of students with disability in

Australian schools and the type of adjustments they require in order to access and participate in

education on the same basis as other students. Since 2018, the NCCD has been used by the Australian

Government to inform funding for schools, known as the ‘student with disability loading’. In some cases,

an individual learning plan (ILP) or personal learning plan (PLP) may be developed to document specific

educational goals and to review your child’s progress over time. Your child may be included in the NCCD

if they require ongoing adjustments at school due to a disability as defined by the Disability

Discrimination Act 1992. Please access the link below for further information.

https://www.nccd.edu.au/for-parents-guardians-and-carers

YEAR 4 PARENTS - YEAR 5 OPPORTUNITY CLASS PLACEMENT FOR 2021

Changes to the opportunity class placement process for 2020 Year 4 students

The 2021 Year 5 opportunity class placement process was put on hold in April 2020 due to the COVID-

19 situation.

We now have a revised and simplified timeline for the OC placement process to ensure that students

and families can have certainty about their placement as soon as possible.

The changes include:

• A new date for online applications. Parents must apply between 9 June 2020 and 26 June 2020.

Late applications cannot be accepted.

• A new test date - Wednesday 16 September 2020.

To ensure fair and consistent assessment of students across New South Wales, students will be offered

places based only on their test results this year – there will be no school assessment scores.

There will also be no opportunity for appeals given the tight timeframes.

For further detailed information I encourage you to visit (https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-

schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-5

KINDERGARTEN 2021 – Online Enrolment now available (in area families only)

We are now accepting applications for enrolment in Kindergarten for 2021. Any in-area parents/carers are

now able to submit an online application to Enrol in a NSW Government School. Please go to the Burnside

Public School website and click on the Enrolment Tab, then click on Apply for enrolment online. All

original documents must still be sighted by the office staff.

If you are not eligible to use the online form or prefer not to, you can download an Application to enrol in a

NSW Government School, which can also be downloaded from our school website or you can collect a

copy at the school office.

If you are applying but reside outside the boundaries, both a hard copy of the Application to Enrol in a

NSW Government School and a Non-Local Enrolment Application must be submitted. Then the student

will be placed on a waiting list. Both these forms can be collected from the school office.

Burnside Public School 1 Masons Drive, North Parramatta NSW 2151 Phone: 9630 1422 Fax: 9890 1876 Email: burnside-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.burnside-p.schools.nsw.edu.au ‘Omnia Pro Bono – For the Good of All’

Uniform Orders

The uniform shop will only be taking orders by email to burnsidep.school@det.nsw.edu.au as the office

staff are completing the orders. After emailing your order, please contact the office by phone to complete

payment. Once payment has been made we will send the clothes home with your child on Friday.

Year 1 Science

Students in 1S were conducting their Buoyancy experiment for the

Science Push and Pull unit this week. The task was to build a foil

boat and see how many counters could be put in it before it

sinks. They worked collaboratively to investigate the outcome of

buoyancy theories through discussion and conducting

experiments.

Weekly Class Awards

Burnside Public School 1 Masons Drive, North Parramatta NSW 2151 Phone: 9630 1422 Fax: 9890 1876 Email: burnside-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.burnside-p.schools.nsw.edu.au ‘Omnia Pro Bono – For the Good of All’

Burnside Public School 1 Masons Drive, North Parramatta NSW 2151 Phone: 9630 1422 Fax: 9890 1876 Email: burnside-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.burnside-p.schools.nsw.edu.au ‘Omnia Pro Bono – For the Good of All’

Entertainment Book Year 6 Fundraising

Entertainment Digital Memberships are now available. Burnside Public School Year 6 Fundraising will

receive a percentage from every Entertainment Digital Membership sold.

To order please go to: https://www.entbook.com.au/21430k3 \ .

Gill Bennett Relieving Principal

Burnside Public School 1 Masons Drive, North Parramatta NSW 2151 Phone: 9630 1422 Fax: 9890 1876 Email: burnside-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.burnside-p.schools.nsw.edu.au ‘Omnia Pro Bono – For the Good of All’