Contact Details: Address: Jacaranda Avenue, Bradbury. 2560 NSW

Phone: 4625 2271 Fax: 4628 0007 Email: bradbury-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Website: www.bradburyp.schools.det.nsw.edu.au P & C: Meets on the third Tuesday of the month.

Payments Cash is accepted Tuesday to Friday from 8.30am to 9.30am

only EFTPOS Monday to Friday 8.30am to 2.45pm

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Thursday 13th September 2018 From the Principal

Uniform update

As the weather is warming up I would like to

remind students of the expectations around

correct summer uniform.

Girls

Summer dress with white socks and black shoes

or Campbell skorts and green Bradbury shirt.

Sports uniform – green sports skirt or new sport

shorts, red sports polo with white socks and joggers.

Boys

Grey shorts and green Bradbury polo with grey socks and black shoes.

Sports uniform- green sports shorts and red sports polo with white socks and joggers.

Year 6 shirts and Aboriginal shirts can be worn daily except when representing the school at outside

events.

The old green shirt is now not regarded as school uniform, as the roll over period of 2 years for the old

uniform has finished.

Hats

Green Bradbury School Hats are to be worn. We are currently looking at sourcing a new fabric for the

school hats to assist with the fading issue. If you require support with purchasing the correct uniform,

please do not hesitate to contact me.

Playground

The primary climbing equipment will be closed until further notice as we are currently getting the soft

fall replaced.

Work is scheduled to begin on the Community funded soccer/ netball court on the 30th October.

Upcoming Events 14th September 2018

Gala Day

24th-26th September

2018

Stage 3 Camp Great Aussie Bush

Camp

28th September 2018

Last day of Term 3

15th October 2018 Students Return first day of Term 4

19th October 2018 “Back to Bradbury” 50th Anniversary

Twilight fair

2019 Enrolments

We are now taking enrolments for Kindergarten for 2019.

If you have a child who is turning 5 on or before July 31st

2019, they can start next year. Please come and see one of

our friendly office staff for an enrolment package.

Kindergarten orientation will commence in Term 4. If you

know of any new families in the area or families that have

school-aged children starting Kindergarten next year please

let them know they can come and enrol. Alternatively, if a

student is not returning to Bradbury in 2019 can you please

let their teacher or the office know as this will assist with

planning and an easier transition for students in the new year.

Friday 19th October Back to Bradbury 50th Anniversary Twilight fair. Please see our Facebook and webpage pages for an advertisement that our drama club have made.

School OPAL Cards

Many students are failing to tap on and off the buses with their Opal Cards.

As a result, their use of the system is not registering. This will result in the

cutting of many of the bus services if students do not start using it

properly.

Please make sure your ride is registered by tapping.

NO TAP = NO RIDE!

Parent Conference

Last Thursday Mrs Elvery and Mrs Sivell attended the Annual Parent

Conference at Airds High School with 8 of our parents.

There were over 200 parents and staff from a number of schools across

Campbelltown and Macarthur in attendance.

It was a fun filled day of student performances and guest speakers. This

year’s theme was “The Power in You.”

Parent feedback was positive and our parents stated it allowed them to be

reflective on some of the stories shared and how they could use these ideas

in their own lives.

Mrs Campbell and some of our primary choir joined our community of schools

to perform “Hall of Fame” at this event. They represented our school proudly.

Buzzie Bees

Last Friday, Buzzie Bees transition to school group had a great time visiting

KE for a story. Our transition to school group meets every Friday in Room 4

from 9:00-10:30am with Mrs King.

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics – 3/4F

Encouraging Critical Higher Level Thinking Processes Students in Stage 2, have been involved in STEM family projects since the beginning of Term 2. These

have been designed to create meaningful connections between the school and home for Science,

Technology, Engineering and Mathematical processes. Design tasks are differentiated to meet the

needs of individual students and provide opportunities for enrichment and project based learning.

Our project design challenge for August involved students designing and creating a zoo enclosure for

an animal of their choice. We were very excited to see what the students would come up with. The

results were amazing! Students used mainly recycled materials to build their enclosures and wrote an

information report based on their animal, this also included specific built environment needs of that

animal. Photographs of their wonderful creations

Built Environments – Science

Mrs M. Fairley and Mrs B. Dunn

STEM Projects 3D

The students of 3D and their parents made a fantastic effort with their STEM projects. They had to

design and create a zoo enclosure, considering features that would suit their animals’ needs.

Kindergarten STEM Lesson

In Week 6, Kindergarten classes enjoyed participating in their first STEM lesson. As part of their

Geography Unit on People Live in Places, all the children across the five classes were given the task of

designing and making a house. Working together in groups of three to four they used the materials

supplied by their RFF teachers, Mrs Gopallawa and Mrs Edwards. It was with great enthusiasm that the

groups of children used paddle pop sticks, straws, plastic cups, play dough and cardboard boxes to

construct their fabulous creations. The attention to detail and expression of creativity was great to

see as was the team work. Here are some of the finished constructions:

K/1M Enjoyed Learning about Aboriginal Culture

K/1M took part in learning Aboriginal culture from Sienna-Estelle and her dad (Rhett) as well as her

little brother Mindarie. Sienna-Estelle and Rhett are both descendants of the Mandandanji, Ngemba

and Wiradjuri people.

K/1M learnt about the importance of acknowledging country and the diversity in Aboriginal people and

nations. Sienna-Estelle and Rhett taught some words from their different languages including how to

say hello and goodbye.

Rhett also showed K/1M one of the techniques used by Aboriginal people to light fire as well as

partaking in a special smoking ceremony.

As part of the ceremony K/1M were invited to be painted in ochre from the Dharawal nation.

Students were taught the significance of the design and the paint as well as the meaning behind a

smoking ceremony.

A smoking ceremony aims to cleanse an area, person or place. A smoking ceremony rids the surrounds

of negative energy and creates positive energy. A smoking ceremony is an ancient tradition still

practised commonly today and has many health benefits. A smoking ceremony, ultimately, is a gift.

Attached to the ceremony K/1M learnt about some of the values Aboriginal people lived by and

practised in Australia for thousands of years, and still do, such as;

· Respect · Patience · Observation

Along with this, K/1M also learnt about some of the values of the plants in the newly established

Aboriginal garden and got to learn how to wash their hands and make soap using certain leaves.

Book Character Parade

What a fabulous day! Well done to the students, parents and teachers for their enthusiastic

participation in our Book Character Parade.

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Celebrating Stage One Writing!

Stage One have been busy learning to write using the “The Seven Steps to Writing Success” Program.

Each fortnight they have been focusing on learning a different step. Below are some examples of

‘Step 4 – Show Don’t Tell.’ In this step the children were showing how the character was feeling

through descriptive language. Instead of writing, ‘I was scared…’ the children described how the

character’s body was reacting and how they were feeling. It has been lovely visiting the Stage One

rooms and seeing the children excited and engaged in their writing.

Mrs Milne

My arms were so tired, I couldn’t keep this up for much longer. I heard its big, loud feet stomping in

the cold shallow water. I shot arrows at the dinosaur, but it was indestructible. I felt like I was as

frozen as ice. I could see his sharp teeth and big head charging towards me. His eyes were staring at

me with rage. I felt my heart in my chest pumping so hard that even Mars could hear it. Tara 2B

There was a wave of fear in my body like a marathon runner, running around inside of me as the T Rex

was chasing us. It was thundering behind us like a living, breathing racing car! Spencer 2B

My body was trembling with fright. Paddle faster!! Paddle, paddle, faster!! My heart was beating like a

flashing storm. I heard a huge, ginormous ROAR!!!! It was so loud everything started to shake like an

earthquake. Goosebumps popped out on my skin, my eyes were wide open with fear. Razaan 2C

I felt like there was a bulldog in my stomach as the dinosaur was about to eat me. Its roar was as loud

as a Lamborghini speeding faster than a Porsche in a race. Roar! Roar! Nattaan 1C

I was shaking with fear and I had sweat dripping down my head. My throat was dryer than a desert.

My heart was pounding like a cheetah as I was shouting for help. I had goose bumps all over my body

as the dinosaur was racing up to us and we were paddling like the wind. I had tears rolling down my

eyes and I was breathing so deeply that I was super scared. I covered my eyes so that I could think

of a happy place. Maali 1/2H (Year 2)

It stormed like thunder towards us, so I paddled and paddled and paddled. My heart raced, and a wave

of fear grabbed me. I sweated like an old man, it was like my heart was in a rocket ship about to blast

off. Eamon K/1M (Year 1)

As I was in the fast, rapid water escaping the dinosaur, my body was shaking. My teeth were

chattering with fright and I had goose bumps. Amelie 1L

The wind whipped my face like a mighty storm whirling around me. The burning sun shines and I feel

hot. I clutch the freezing, cold metal so tight my knuckles go white. I am amazed at the beautiful view

upon the sky like a pretty pattern. Briannon 1/2H (Year 1)

As the wind blew in my face, I jumped up and down and with a grin from ear to ear. I felt amazed.

Oscar K/1M (Kinder)

As I jumped up and down I felt like I was on cloud nine. The swirling wind flew across my face and I

was freezing like a snowman. Calin K/1M (Kinder)

One late, late night, I snuck out of my house and I was attempting to steal an egg from the legendary

bird. I snuck into its territory hoping that it wouldn’t spot me in the long grass. My body was shivering

like I was going to be eaten. I ducked down as it looked around. The legendary bird heard something. I

ran as fast as my legs could take me. I quickly ran to the nest and got the egg. As I ran the egg got

heavier and heavier then it was like carrying a boulder. Fynn 1L

I crept away from my mum’s house on a misty night. Then I was in the territory of the legendary bird

hoping it would not see me. I shook like a tornado because I felt like I was going to be history. I was

biting my nails. The mummy bird pecked at me, it chased me, but I got away. James K/1M (Kinder)

Once Jason lost one of his toys under his bed. As he crouched down, he heard the cracking of his

toys. He felt frightened. His eyes were bigger than a marble and his lungs were breathing like an air

pump at top speed, as he peeped down onto the floor. Jason heard the scratching as he looked down

and he wondered what it was. Zarif 2T

Creak, creak, scratch, scratch, scratch was the sound I heard as I lay in bed. My body was frozen like

I was a statue. My heart was beating like it was going to explode. My teeth were chattering like I was

going to be frozen in an igloo. I could not keep my eyes open. Aleira 1L