Burwood BUZZ
Aiming for the Stars

Friday, 2022 - Term 1  Week 4

With voices clear, all at Burwood Public School Acknowledge the Wangal Clan as the Traditional Custodians of this place. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

With Deeds Not Words we learn, grow and care for Country together with our Aboriginal brothers and sisters, Aunties and Uncles.

The first of our Kindergarten Orientation sessions was held on Tuesday 24 October. The event was marked by some very excited Kindergarten students for 2024 and some very proud parents. Our future students participated in a range of literacy activities in the Kindy classrooms. It was a successful morning and we are looking forward to session 2 next Tuesday 31st October!

Thank you to our wonderful P&C for providing a delicious lunch to celebrate World Teachers’ Day. Our teachers were very thankful and thoroughly enjoyed the Vietnamese cuisine.  

There will be no access via the Hornsey Street gate On Tuesday 31 October due to tree works. To ensure safety, the gate will be locked. Please be mindful of the trucks and machinery on Hornsey Street. Alternative gate entrances are via Stanley Street, Conder Street and Parade.   

Our school will be participating in the Tell Them From Me suite of surveys (student, teacher and parent surveys). The survey asks parents and carers questions about different factors that are known to impact on student wellbeing and engagement. 

Running this survey will help our school understand parents’ and carers’ perspectives on their child’s experience at school. These include: communication between parents/carers and staff, activities and practices at home and parent/carer views on the school's support of learning and behaviour. This valuable feedback will help our school make practical improvements.   

The survey is conducted entirely online on smartphones, iPads, tablets, laptops or computers. The survey will typically take 15 minutes or less to complete and is completely confidential. Although participating in the survey is entirely voluntary, your responses are very much appreciated.  

 To access the survey for our school go to: 

 http://nsw.tellthemfromme.com/vmsph  

The survey is available in 22 languages. 

Dear Parents and Carers

The application website to apply for selective high school in 2025 opens today. Please see the attached document for important information and the link to apply.

Kind Regards

Burwood Public School

The Book Fair was held in the library this week and it was a huge success! Our goal was to reach $6000 in sales and we achieved this by Wednesday afternoon! Thank you to all the parents and carers who came with their children to browse the wonderful books and make purchases. Every item sold helps to raise money for our library to buy more quality books for the collection. 

Thank you for supporting the Book Fair and our school library!

Music Incursion - Musica Viva

Last week a group from Musica Viva called Moon Radio Hour gave an interactive concert. This is linked to the Curriculum. Students have been performing, creating and organising sound using resources from Musica Viva. 

Students really enjoyed the concert which was very interactive. The group commented on how engaged the students were with their knowledge of the music. Please enjoy the photos.

Performance Choir (Years 5-6)

There will be a practice on Tuesday lunchtimes for students in the Performance choir to prepare for our CAPA night later in the term.

Schools Spectacular Choir 

Please ensure your child arrives on time for rehearsals because we have a lot of songs to learn for the concert. 

Rehearsal 2 - Netball Central, Sydney Olympic Park

Thursday 9 November - Rehearsal 2

Please arrive by 7.50 am.

What to wear - School Spectacular black t - shirt, comfortable pants and shoes.

What to bring 

• Opal card

• Music 

• Lunch and recess, water bottle

Students need to attend rehearsals every Thursday morning and bring their music with them.

Tickets are now available to purchase via the link below

https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=SCHOOLSS23

MUSIC GROUPS

Advanced Recorder 

Please come to the Senior Orchestra on Tuesday mornings at 8.15 to rehearse for CAPA night.

Please remind your child to bring their recorder on a Wednesday for Advanced Recorder. Many of the students who attended FOIM earlier in the year have not been attending rehearsals. We need all students for rehearsals to prepare for CAPA night. 

Please make sure if your child is a member of a music group they still need to attend rehearsals as we are preparing for our CAPA night in December. 

We are still welcoming students in all of our music groups. There is no cost involved in our extra curricular music groups. Students who would like to join the Senior Orchestra please see Mrs Wijngaarden first. 

JOIN OUR BEGINNER ENSEMBLE - Monday 8:00 am in the Music room

We are inviting students from K-6 who are having lessons in - 

• Violin/Viola/Cello/Double bass

• Percussion

• Flute/Clarinet/Saxophone/Trumpet/Oboe/Trombone

• Guitar 

Instrumental Lessons

A few reminders for lessons - our tutors time is limited.

Please make sure you communicate with your tutor;

• if your child is going to be away when their lesson is on

• If they are no longer continuing lessons next year please let your tutor know as soon as possible. They cannot stop lessons during the term due to fees calculated by the number of students in a group. 

Please remind students when their lesson is on or tell their classroom teacher.

Please make sure they bring their music books to all lessons.

If your child is involved in a music group, please sign up for enews music group alerts. Please check the noticeboard outside the music room for groups and time changes.

Mrs Wijngaarden 

Music

Key Event Details:

When: Saturday 18 November 2023, 10am – 4pm

Where: Enfield Aquatic Centre, 8 Portland Street, Enfield

 Free entry all day and free activities from 10am – 4pm, including:

·         Open air cinema with movie screenings from 1pm and 3pm.

·         Inflatables in the outdoor pool.

·         Water safety education and demonstrations.

·         Free ‘come and try’ aquatic programs.

·         Children’s activities and face painting.

·         Music and roving entertainment.

·         Community BBQ by the Enfield Swimming Club.

Bookings not required. For enquiries please contact the Enfield Aquatic Centre on (02) 9078 6169.

Please note, the advertisement placed in the newsletter are either community users or local community activities. Their inclusion in the newsletter does not imply that the school endorses the products or services. Payment is paid directly to the company.