Broken Hill North Public School

Newsletter No. 3 - 22 February 2021

From the Principal

Another really positive week in Paradise with numerous double and triple whammys being acknowledged on Friday. Another highlight was that for the second week we had over 200 students attending every day of the week! Given our ‘Focus On Improvement’ theme for the year, it has been a sensational start. KOKO!!!

 

2021 will see us continue to pursue the goal of being a paperless school with our communications with our community. We still have many students who need permission notes signed for Tuesday’s swimming carnival. Please attend to this as we’ll need all staff at the pool to run the carnival and won’t have the capacity to supervise our non-permission primary kids back at school. The positive news however, is that parents will be able to attend the carnival, albeit separate to the kids in line with the pool’s COVID Safe Plan.

 

Current guidelines re COVID-19:  Keep an eye on this space as things are likely to change week by week, particularly with the Victorian lock down in place.

 

COVID Safe Check-in

Signage at each entry point explains the expectations and processes currently in place.

 

Please remain outside the school grounds during

drop off and pick up times.

Remember to practice social distancing at all times.

Should you need to come in –

1.                  Check in using QR code & then

2.                  Sign into office.             

SRC

Our student leadership groups have been elected and the SRC Induction assembly will be held on Friday 5th March from 10.25am. Many thanks to our patron, Mrs Gaiter for her support of this process. The student leadership group follows –

School Captains -            Emmanuel Wild & Dakota Pettitt

Vice Captains -                 Kobi Woods & Tiah Riley

 

Class Representatives

 

K-6 C             Cameron Fauser

K-6 D             Abby Donohue

K-6 R             Makayla Devlin

2 M                 Olivia Hampton, Patrick Aeschlimann

2-3 P              Cooper Pettitt, Lily-May Linnett

3-4 K              Eva Wasley, Konnor Ali

3-4 S              Eoin Simmons, Connor Druitt

3-6 L              Blayze Devlin, Jensen Rowbotham

4-5 M             Mylee Pettitt, Clementine Schultz

5-6 G              Matt Molloy, Shreena Gajjar

5-6 VW         Siarn Brady, Eli Ahearn

House Representatives

 

Kalthi             Captains                  Joshua Austin, Samuel Harvey

                        Vice captains          Shaelee Calder, Georgia Kennedy

 

Thalta            Captains                  Eliza Brooks, Marcus Spencer

                       Vice captains          Joshua Reardon, Maddison Pollard

 

Parna            Captains                  Dylan Barlow, Addie Schultz

                       Vice captains          Isaac Chavez Slater, Mason Pettitt

How2Learn

One of our major and ongoing professional learning activities we have in place is HOW2Learn which is a research-based package aimed at increasing our teaching skills and improving outcomes for our students. Each week I will endeavour to propose aspects of mindsets and challenge you to take it into consideration in your role as parents / carers.

 

 

Fixed Mindset

If you have to try you must be stupid

Change to

Growth Mindset

If you have to try you must be learning

Which mindset is most likely to result in learning? Change the words, change the mindset!

Attendance Snapshot

Term 1 Week 4

Target 91%

Actual – 92.96%

 

K FK-1 MK-6 CK-6 DK-6 R1 H2 M
96.8%92.9%100%93.3%91.4%95.6%90.9%


2-3 P3-4 K3-4 S3-6 L4-5 M5-6 G5-6 VW
95.5%81.7%89.2%93.8%94.4%93.1%92.8%

 Woohoo!! Hit the target – let’s build on this positive start!

Classes of the Week

Raise Responsibility Class Points ( > 90% ) – K F, K-1 M, K-6 C, K-6 D, K-6 R,1 H, 2 M, 2-3 P, 3-4 K, 3-6 L, 4-5 M, 5-6 G & 5-6 VW

100% Green students – 2 M, 2-3 P, 34 K, 4-5 M, K-6 C & K-6 R

 Attendance – K-6 C

 100% attendees – 200 students attended every day this week. 

Superstar

Torah Pompeo from class K-6 R spreads joy every where she goes. We are so lucky to have you at North.

Legend

Emmanuel Sitali from class 4-5 M for his mature, responsible approach to all aspects of school, always with a smile on his face.

Class Awards

    


Merit AwardLearning Power
K FPaigen Arnold, Ayla Coperland, Ashton Bugeja
K-1 MTheodore Pascoe, Acacia Johnston, Layken Barrett
K-6 CCameron Fauser
1 HSlade Blore, Grace Cooper, Amelia Haring
2 MBlake Ali, Whisper Dodd, Ashton AuldArchie Bezzina 
2-3 PRiordan Morris, Dylan Macadam, Scarlett Fraser
3-4 KAnisa Islam, Mark McClure, Jacquline Jones
3-4 SLilly Vigar, Blaine Lukins
4-5 GSeth Crowe, Matt Molloy, Shreena Gajjar
5-6 VWDeklin Reardon, Joshua Reardon
Robertson
Tyler Pollard, Trey Patrick 

Years 3-6 Swimming Carnival

Date and Time

From Tuesday, February. 23rd, 9:30 am

Location

336 McCulloch Street, Broken Hill NSW, AustraliaGet Directions

Information

Don't forget our Swimming Carnival will be held tomorrow Tuesday 23 February 2021 at the Broken Hill Regional Aquatic Centre.

Full details and an online permission form are available from the link below.  If you require a paper copy please contact the office.

Swimming Carnival Online Permission

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8iMHJNfwM0OtIKeKH42fy123L28h012Wf-aRzeKPCkb81iw/viewform
Remember the Carnival is only for students in Years 3-6.

Community Notices

Broken Hill North Public School

Our school prides itself on providing all students with a broad education and the ability to achieve.