Berinba Public School 81 Church Street, Yass ph: 6226 2110 berinba-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au www.berinba-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Tuesdays 9-11am: Playgroup at Berinba Hall Uniform shop opened at Berinba Friday mornings fortnightly

We value being: Respectful, Responsible and Safe

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land, the Ngunnawal nations, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and future

Coming Up

May

17th-Weeks 5-10 - K-2 Gymnastics.

18th- NAPLAN numeracy.

25th- PSSA touch football knockout gala.

26th- Sorry Day.

26th- Tablelands PSSA softball trials.

27th- Mortimer Shield Rugby League.

June

2nd- Scripture

3rd- Berinba Open Night

Lost Property

We have a large amount of clothing in our

lost property with no names on them. If

you are missing items please pop into the

office to have a look.

Principal Report

I hope all our mothers across our community had a wonderful Mother’s Day last weekend. I thank the P&C for providing the K-2 students with a stall and our 3-6 students with their portraits. I thoroughly enjoyed my gifts and I hope all our Berinba mothers did as well. This week our Year 3 & 5 students have been taking part in NAPLAN assessments, with writing, reading and literacy conventions being sat already. Next week will see the conclusion of the assessments with numeracy on Tuesday. Mr Bradley will endeavour to catch up any students who have missed out due to absence. Feedback around the assessments will be provided later in the year. The scores from these assessments will tell you how your child did on the day. While the assessments do provide important data to the school, at Berinba we know there is much more that makes each of our students exceptional and unique. Some of our older students across the senior grades have been taking part in a range of PSSA trials and knockouts of late. At Berinba we consider these extracurricular activities important to providing a well-rounded education that taps into a variety of students’ interests. There are plans later in the year to engage in different technology, performing arts and chess enrichment opportunities as well. We love sharing their success with the community and will continue to do so via Facebook. Malena Waibel

Uniform Shop

Friday Morning’s 9-11am or order online

via the QKR App

Barry’s Handy Work

Barry works very hard around our school, always going above and beyond.

Thank you Barry , especially for all the extra fun things you do.

5/6MS

Term 2 and 5/6MS has settled quickly into class routines and

learning.

This week MS students were learning about the different parts

that need to go into writing a persuasive paragraph.

Using the OREO process, students have begun to understand

how a paragraph is formed and what they need to include.

It was also made fun when completing an OREO paragraph

students got to enjoy a real Oreo

In Science we have been learning about the power of light. We have been involved in a range of experiments including making shadow puppets and investigating materials that are transparent, translucent and opaque. Next, we are going to learn how light can bounce.

KID’S CORNER

Welcome back to issue 4 of kid’s corner. Congratulations to the cross country winners that made it to district this year. Good luck at Gunning. Special shout out to Mrs Armour for running a sewing club and Mrs Nelson for chess club. The students have enjoyed learning new skills at lunchtime. Mr O’Mara has been working hard on the new garden area near kindergarten. It looks amazing. Berinba has had a couple of new students. Welcome to Mia and Josh.

Jokes

Knock knock Who’s there

Harmony Harmony who

Harmony electricians does

it take to change a light-

bulb?

Knock knock Who’s there

U U who

U can buy a brand-new car

for $199 a month!

Why did the boy sit on his

watch?

Because he wanted to be

on time

Spot the difference

Find the 10 differences between the two similar photos. Good luck!