Week 4 already! The students and staff have their routines in place and lots of exciting learning is happening in each of the classrooms. This week has been an especially busy week with lots of Professional Learning opportunities for our staff. We have also had the pleasure of working side by side with Newcastle University in their Quality Teaching Rounds (QTR) Research Project, which will continue over the next 18 months. QTR is an approach to teacher professional development that involves teachers working in groups to observe and analyse each other’s teaching using a framework called The Quality Teaching model. We look forward to this partnership and the opportunity to be reflective in our practice. Miss Hedley and I attended a 2 day Positive Partnerships training at Maitland District Office this week. Positive Partnerships is a National project funded by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training through the Helping Children with Autism package. The program was delivered by Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect).

“Positive Partnerships provides a range of programs and resources to assist teachers, school leaders and other education professionals to support students on the autism spectrum in the classroom and other school contexts, and create an ‘autism friendly’ school culture. It provides practical ways to strengthen partnerships between parents and school staff and promote improved learning outcomes for students on the autism spectrum.” www.positivepartnerships.com.au

There will be an opportunity for parents to attend a Positive Partnerships workshop later this term, and we would encourage parents and guardians of students with students on the spectrum to attend. An invitation will be sent home with all relevant details in the coming week.

Design Thinking – 3D Printing Mr Ingram, Miss Hedley and Mrs Burley were in Sydney this week attending a Makers Empire workshop. We are excited to introduce Design Thinking, as part of our Project Based Learning work and are attending professional learning sessions with Australian experts in this field. We are currently waiting for our delivery of three 3D printers in the next 2/3 weeks and will run a design project with our Primary students, as part of our partnership with Makers Empire. Student designs and 3D printing will be selected and showcased in Sydney early next term. We will also be offering a parent workshop, where you will be able to see and play with our range of technology devices and 3D designs tasks. We are so excited about the opportunities we are able to offer our students here at Broke PS.

Term 1 Week 4 Achieve with Pride 22nd February 2019

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Camp – Term 3/Week 6 (Mon-Wed) Our Year 3-6 camp will be at The Great Aussie Bush Camp this year. Milbrodale, Jerry’s Plains, Kirkton and Mt Pleasant students will join together to help support the relationships of our great network of small schools. Further details will be sent home in the coming weeks. Please note, if you have any remaining balance from a previous camp, this must be finalised before your child can secure a place in this year’s camp. Camp will cost approximately $320 per student and includes transport, food, accommodation and activities. If you would like to begin a payment plan or require student assistance please pop in and see Tash or I. Sporting Achievements A big congratulations to all of our students who moved on to the Zone Swimming trials this week. Mr Ingram said our students gave their all and were fantastic role models for Broke PS. Congratulations to Orlando who was successful a Zone Tennis, and is today at Broadmeadow for the Regional trials. We wish him the very best. We are all very proud of each and every one of you who represent Broke PS with pride and honour.

Teen Talk Please return your permission notes asap. Teen Talk takes place on Friday 1st March at Singleton Public School Library. KAOS – Save the Date This year sees the CAPA performance KAOS. All Singleton schools participate in this event, which will take place on Wednesday 8th May. We are currently working on our school performance and look forward to being a part of this event, that celebrates the creative and performing arts. Lesley Burley – Principal - Broke Public School

Bilbies News The Bilbies have had a fun start to 2019 and are continually surprising themselves and I with their learning abilities and new skills. The beginning of the school year has focused on reading, letter and number recognition and a whole lot of hands on and fine motor activities. The Bilbies are excited about library, outside adventures, learning new skills and dancing. The class is ready to embark on their first mini outcome for the project ‘Kind Words, Strong Mind, Positive Attitude’ which is creating music. The class have been having discussions on what makes them happy (avocado and dirt bikes) and what tools they can use to ensure they are able to recognise and manage their emotions. Music is the first tool the class will discover and will see the students be hands on with instruments, dance and then create music on the iPads.

Lunchtime groups Our lunchtime groups continue to be popular with our students. Students are showing lots of creativity, collaboration and enthusiasm.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Dance – Miss Hedley

Wallabies Room

Art/Craft

Finger Knitting

(outside)

Finger Knitting (outside)

Finger Knitting (outside)

Lego – Mrs Burley

Library

Garden Club – Miss Mahony

Gardens

Board Games – Mr Ingram

Library

Choir – Mrs Mors

Mrs Mors room

Term 1-2019

Term One

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

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Week 4

February

18 Debate Training Day (selected students)

19 Zone Swimming Carnival @ Scone

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Week 5 Feb/Mar

25 26 27 28 1 Young Teen Talk Yr 6 only

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Week 6 March

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Week 7 March

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Week 8 March

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Week 9 March

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Week 10

April

1 2 3 Special Assembly

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Week 11

April

8 9 10 11 Easter Hat Parade

12 Last day of Term 1

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