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7/29/2019 Burnside Newsletter

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Teacher Dennis Smith is very grateful to our school community for the support and best wishes at the time of his accident. He was verytouched by the efforts of our Japanese families, students, staff and parents who made the 1200 cranes to wish for his survival and returnto good health. They now hang in the foyer of the hospital. Dennis instigated the article that appeared in last Wednesdays Advertiser(and reprinted in todays newsletter) to show his appreciation for our community and for the care he is receiving at Hampstead Rehabil-itation Centre. Dennis is working very hard and looking forward to Christmas at home and returning to school at the start of Term 2next year. In the meantime we continue to be optimistic and resilient just as Dennis would expect of us all. Bad things do happen togood people in all of our lives, some much worse than others- it does help us to put our small issues in perspective and model for chil-dren that no matter how bad a situation may be, there is always hope and learning that comes from it.

At the start of each school year we need accurate student enrolments. Our day 1 and 6 enrolments determine our level of funding. If you

know your family will be late back from holidays at the start of next year please complete an exemption form, phone or email theschool. We are funded for all students returning.

We have extensive uniform items in the Resource Centre that are lost property. Please come and look if you are missing items. Thankyou to who comes in each week and organises for the return of named items. I request that all parents have a check through your childsuniform this week. We know some named items are missing and we think it likely that they have been inadvertently picked up. Somestudents and parents are checking regularly to see if their items may be returned. In addition could everyone please ensure all articlesare named for the new school year?

As required by our department all parents were polled to decide school fees for 2013. All families were invited to vote through a pollsent by mail. The Governing Council proposal to increase school fees was successful with 93 votes for increasing fees and 10 votesagainst. School fees will be set at $399 for 2013.

Christmas is a time for appreciating others. It is time for generosity of spirit and ac-tion. I encourage all community members to consider this week whose buckets theycan fill. By being a bucket filler, you also fill your own bucket with a sense of wellbe-ing. Go out of your way to thank that person who has helped you, done somethingspecial or has provided you with a sense of joy, humour or hope. As adults we need tomodel this for children, tell them what we are doing and why.

Many thanks to Sylvia Hillier and Meredith McAvaney for their huge commitment to the uniform shop over many years. Both havetheir last child leaving Burnside at the end of this week.

We wish to acknowledge the work of the retiring P&F Executive Committee, Sandra Gale President, Angely Bolzon Vice President,

Bec Mumford Secretary and Sarah Rowney who will continue as Treasurer.

Thank you to the many parents who have helped with playtimes at Hazelwood Park this term. Your support means students have hadthe opportunity to play in large grassed spaces.

Many thanks to Dan Jarrad who has been a fantastic school leader for the last six years at Burnside. We will greatly miss his profes-sional manner, skills, support and friendship. We wish him the very best at Elizabeth Grove PS. We know he will be a great princi-

pal as he is a passionate leader and educator and cares about children, their welfare and learning.

On behalf of all staff I wish every child and their family a very happyChristmas and relaxing holiday period. We will welcome students back onTuesday 29th January 2013 for another exciting year of

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Room 5 students participating in class based activities on new lawn area.

De Pnts, Ceivrs n Sunts,As you have heard, I accepted the position as Principal of Elizabeth Grove PS. I am excited and very

much looking forward to the next stage of my career. I will take with me many wonderful and varied

experiences from Burnside PS.

I would like to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation of the support Ive received over my 6

years as Deputy Principal of Burnside PS. I feel very fortunate to have worked with a school communi-ty such as ours and I can only hope to emulate it in my new school as the principal.

I have been very privileged to work in partnership with an amazing community of parents and stu-

dents during my time at the school. I have always appreciated the manner in which we have worked

together with a combination of respect, cooperation and commitment to developing a sense of com-

munity. Reflecting on my time at Burnside PS, I am very proud of what has been achieved and the di-

rections that have been set as the school moves forward.

To the students of Burnside PS, I could not have thought of working with a more engaged, enjoyable,

respectful and happy community of learners. I have thoroughly enjoyed developing relationships with

you all, challenging you with your learning, student leadership and contribution to the school ethos. I

will miss your manners, the delightful way in which you say good morning and your approach to your

learning. I wish you all the very best for 2013.

I also feel fortunate to have worked with an outstanding wider school community and to have received

so much trust in my leadership. It can only be defined as a great community school.

I wish all members of the school community well in the future and look forward to watching the school

develop and evolve in years to come. I wish you all enjoy a wonderful Christmas break and a safe re-

turn in 2013.

Kin Regrds, D Jra-

Duty Pincipl

We would love to hear from you! Contributions can come to the front office or be emailed to [email protected] a message titled feedback. All feedback will be viewed by Dan Jarrad, Carol Press or myself and then passed onto the relevant key

people, including conveners of committees to be considered. We know feedback about learning makes a difference for students and weneed to model feedback in all classrooms and at the whole school level. Thank you for your support. The Leadership Team
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An ancient symbol of peace and hope, paper cranes have begun the healing process

for teacher Dennis Smith and students at Burnside Primary School.

Mr Smiths Year 3 class was shocked to hear the teacher had been crushed by a falling

tree in the Adelaide Hills, leaving him unconscious and in intensive care.

Within days of the accident on September 6th, students began folding 1000 origami

cranes. it gave the children something really tangible to do that they thought wouldbe helping Mr Smith, so it was part of the healing, said Burnside Primary School prin-

cipal Sharon Broadbent.

The lovely part was that we had some older children helping the younger children, so

it really became a focus of the caring and nurturing side that Dennis is so well know

for.

The paper cranes now hang in the foyer of the Hampstead Rehabilitation Centres spi-

nal injuries unit, where Mr. Smith has spent the past 13 weeks.

In Japanese legend, a wish is granted in return for 1000 paper cranes and for Mr

Smiths family their wish is to have him home for Christmas.

As he lay pinned beneath the limbs of a ghost gum in the Adelaide Hills, Mr Smith

called out for his wife Melanie and son Tom, 16.

Twelve days later, having been resuscitated three times before reaching the Royal Ade-laide Hospital, it was their familiar voices that brought the 58 year old back.

I just remember having my family there, I remember lying there with my eyes closed

and hearing their voices, he said.

Mr Smith had been helping neighbours on Nioka Drive at Ironbank to remove debris

from a fallen stringybark, which SES crews had removed about 10.30pm.

I said to the property owner, well just check to see if theres any other damage, Mr

Smith said. I got three or fours steps up the embankment when the tree fell.

Left with badly damaged internal organs, broken ribs, shredded muscles and bones

snapped from his spine, Mr Smith credits quick thinking neighbours, ambulance offic-

ers, intensive care, trauma unit and Hampstead Centre staff with his recovery.

For Mr Smith, the paper cranes are a reminder of his quest to once again walk the hall-

ways of his school.

ECOVERY: Dennis Smith with therapist Cari Willsmore

d physio Marissa Sorich. Picture: Tricia Watkinson

Aer having a conversaon by the ve-

giegarden with Margie Dawson, she told

me her class had studied potatoes earlier

in the year. When it was me to dig upthe potatoes in the garden, I askedif

heryear 5 classwould liketo do this fun

job.

There was lots of excitement as they went

on the treasure hunt for potatoes, big and

small!!!

These potatoes were taken to the can-

teen. Aermany Junior Primary classes

were shown the big bowl of almost 10kg

f potatoes! These have been eaten the lastcouple of weeks asthe Baked Potatoesin lunch orders from the canteen - YUM!! In

e last few weeks, the fried rice has been looking colourful with grated yellow zucchini from the garden and tomatoes haveeen enjoyed in salads! We now have 4 new garden beds, which brings it to 8 in total. Thesehave beenlled and are ready to

ant outthanksto thehelpofsome year 7 students.While helping in the garden these students tried the fresh tomatoes (some

r the rst me), radishes, beetroot and kale,as well ashelping to collect some radish seeds for replanng!

he gardening will connue with the help of students in vacaon care next week! They will also get to enjoy the ripe tomatoes

ndzucchini!!This will hopefully mean we willreturn in 2013to produce ready for the canteen menu!

ebecca Mumford - Garden Manager


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We greatly appreciate the support of our

volunteers who help regularly in our shop.

We would like to extend our thanks to you all,

for without your support this facility would

not be available. Have a safe and enjoyable

holiday period.

Alison Bibby - Uniform Shop Manager

Janine Thompson - Canteen Manager

Congratulations and welcome the newmembers of the P&F executive:Melissa Petrus -PresidentShelley Morton -Vice-PresidentLucy East -SecretaryThank you to Sara Rowney for renominat-ing for Treasurer. I am sure the new mem-

bers will appreciate your support as they

settle into their new roles.I have enjoyed my two years as president

and I would like to thank everyone for theirsupport, and I hope the new executive willcontinue to enjoy the support of our won-derful school community.I would like to thank all thevolunteersforthe work they do to help create a fabulousschool for our children. Especially the fami-lies who are leaving our school this year. In

particular I would like to thank MeredithMcAvaney for her contributions to P&F, wewill miss her next year.

I have enjoyed working with Sharon, Dan,Carol and Di and appreciate the time andenergy they give to P&F. I would especiallylike to wish Dan all the best at his newschool. Also thank you to all the admin staffand teachers for their support.Wishing everyone a happy and safe holidayseason, see you next year.

Sandra Gale - Retiring President

END OF YEAR BBQ

Our annual end of year BBQfor all students is onThursday 13th December.

It is a free sausage sizzle!

We still require volunteers, if you can helpplease contact me on 8332 5441.

The Canteen will be closed for all orders

on Friday the last day of term due to

limited availability of stocks.Thank you to the many volunteers who

have supported the canteen this year and

all the very best for the future to our Year

7 students.

Fun,quality Artclasses,offeringchildrenpositive

experiences and the chance to use awide range of Art mediums. Classesrun every Mon & Thurs, 3.30 4.30pm in the Art room. Taking enrol-ments now for Term 1, 2013. To bookcall Helen on 0418 821 217. Or [email protected]

Thank you to the wonderful SRC Executiveand all the class reps for all their hard workthis year. It has been great to work along-side this enthusiastic group and to supportthem in seeking to make our school an even

better place. We have developed ideas,been involved in assemblies, run events andcasual clothes days and continued our envi-ronmental focus by recycling deposit con-tainers. It has been a productive year andthe students can all be proud of their ef-forts. Special thanks to Mr. Smith and MsGerner for their work in supporting thePrimary students and Ms. Diorio for herwork with the Junior Primary SRC.It certainly is beginning to look a lot likeChristmas. We had a group of volunteersfrom several of the local churches performa play detailing the Christmas story. Thechildren were captivated by the angel ap-

pearing to the shepherds and later to Jo-seph. I hope that you and your family expe-rience peace and goodwill this Christmasand in the coming year.

Sheila Chehade -

Christian Pastoral Support

High Distinction

Year 7 Hamish Porter, Daniel Radesic

Year 6 Corbin Francis, Miles Weder

Year 5 Ross Porter

Year 4 William Finster, AparajithaRaamkummar, Haruka Yanadori

Distinction

Year 7 Angus Dally, Angus Frost,Lucas Froude, Daniel Gage-Brown, Qi Le Kong-Lim,Kirrily Snape, Emma Tidemann

Year 6 Jason Charlwood, Jasper Chou,Angus Naughton, Claire Ser-wan, Michelle Yeoh

Year 5 Chinenye Achusiogu, DuddlieYu

Year 4 Thomas Carrig, Toby Cook,Mihda Loban, Henry Read, JackTideman, Joanna Wong, AndreyZadarnovski

Year 3 Kenechi Achusiogu, Jasper

Dew, Olivia Whyte

Margie Dawson - ICAS Coordinator

HOLIDAY CHESS PROGRAMMESafe and fun - Holiday chess program forKids. Take part in Holiday Chess Programorganized by Chess School SA. You willlearn chess openings, middle games,endgames, chess strategies and tactics.Your chess knowledge will increase andyou will become a better chess player! This Holiday Chess Program is safe andfun and provides an extra mile for thosechess players who wish to improve andwin more games. Feel free to contact usfor more information:Mato Jelic - Chess TutorPh/Fax: 08 8252 2226email: [email protected] Enter online: http://www.chessschool.com.au/holiday_chess_7.html

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Christian Pastoral Support

Review

Over the past few weeks the Schools

Ministry Group, local churches and the

school held a biannual review of Sheila

Chehades role in our school. A sample

of students, staff and parent feedback

was sought and collated. I am very

pleased to inform you that feedback was

overwhelmingly positive.

Feedback documented the wonderful

care and support Sheila provides to indi-

viduals, classes, teachers and parents. I

know everyone appreciates her Bucket

Filler Story and how she has supported

us through some very sad events this

year. Congratulations Sheila for your

kindness and perceptive inter personal

skills.

Sharon Broadbent - Principal
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DEGUSTATION DE FROMAGES ET PAIN AU CHOCOLATIn Week 8 week, our lucky Year 7s tasted a selection of imported French

fromages (cheeses), accompanied by jus de pomme (apple juice), as well as mak-ing their own easy pain au chocolat. Students have been encouraged to replicatethe pastry at home for the benefit of the whole family, so voil la recette (heres therecipe):

PAINS AU CHOCOLAT (une recette trs facile)INGREDIENTS:

puff pastry sheets (we used Borgs from the supermarket freezer section)block of chocolate (we used Cadbury ) and milk to glaze

METHOD: Pre-heat oven to 220 degrees (HOT) and leave out sheets of puff pastry to

defrost for 10 mins. With a knife, score each sheet into 8 equal pieces, place 3 squares

of chocolate onto 4 of the pieces and top with the other 4. Press and seal around the

edges with a fork and glaze with milk. Cook until golden, about 15 minutes, depending

on your oven.

Each pastry sheet yields 4 decent-sized pains au chocolat, so the number you make isup to you!!

Gteau au Yaourt

Last week, Audrey did her Masterchef demonstration, showing students how to makea traditional French Gteau au Yaourt. Staff certainly enjoyed the left-overs!Here is her recipe:1 Plain yoghurt ( approx. 200g)

1 tub (from yoghurt) of caster sugar

2 eggs

2 tubs of plain flour

2 teaspoons of baking powder

1/2 tub of sunflower oil

1 tub of chocolate melts

In a large bowl, beat the eggs, add the yoghurt and mix, add the sugar

and mix everything well. Add the flour and the baking powder, mix, add the oil, mix again, add chocolate

melts. Mix again. Preheat the oven at 180c. Grease the baking tin or put some baking paper on it (you can usesome oil or water to make the paper stick to the tin). Pour the dough into the baking tin and bake for 30 minutes

at 180C. Dont forget to clean the kitchen once you have put your cake in the oven.

We are trs triste (very sad) to farewell our fantastic French Assistante, Audrey Place, atthe end of this term. She has been of enormous help to the French teachers, and our

students have definitely benefited from having an authentic French speaker in the class-

room. She led the Year 6s in their French Assembly dance, and teamed beautifully with

Pierre and Emmanuelle earlier this year to show-

case her birthplace and French culture. Her culi-

nary skills have been much appreciated by the Yr

7s recently, and her Ptisserie and Nol power-points had all students salivating and learning a lot

about French traditions. Audrey has fitted beauti-

fully into our BPS school community

and she will be missed by all of us. Merci

beaucoup et bon retour en France, Audrey. Gros bisous de tout le monde!

D FINLY...............................................................Both French teachers et Audrey would like to wish our Year 7 graduates:

BONNE CHANCE ET BON COURAGE AU LYCEE!! (Good luck in High

School), and to everyone in our Burnside community, BONNES VACANCES, JOYEUX NOEL ET BONNE ANNEE 2012!

(Ask your children to translate!)

Amitis et lanne prochaine, (regards, and see you next year)Mad Arbrg e Mad Hm

The Christmas market in Strasbourg is one of the largest in France. Having held annual markets near its

famous cathedral since 1570, its also one of the oldest. The atmosphere is magical, and after explor-ing the charming timbered buildings of La Petite France with a delightful gingerbread bakery, it is like

being in a Hans Christian Anderson fairly tale


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