BURPENGARY NEWSFLASH
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OF BURPENGARY STATE SCHOOL
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Number 11
24 April 2015
Dear Parents / Caregivers,
Thank you to the whole school community for the committed observance of such an important historical and cultural milestone of
the Centenary of the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli. The Centenary has captured the imagination of our students, some of whom
have gone that extra step in spending their own personal time researching our very own World War 1 veterans who actually
attended Burpengary State School in the 1890’s. They were acknowledged today in a special tribute: Anthony Bourke; Sidney
Bourke; Alexander Gall; Frederick Gall (Killed in Action); David Uhlmann and John Uhlmann (Wounded in Action). Thanks to Mr
Scott Bowden for his organization of the ceremony, our special guests Mr Ken Steckelbruck (Deception Bay RSL); Mrs
Michelle Carter (P&C Vice-President); Councillor Peter Arnold (MBRC); Warrant Officer Phillip Aberle (RAAF); Mr Duncan
Armstead (War Veteran); Mr John Foxwell (War Veteran) and Master Nick (ex-BSS student and Bugler). Thanks also to Mr
Ross Tattersall, Mrs Tamara Jones and Mrs Janine Kay (and Michelle Carter’s specialty cake) for the fantastic morning tea
that followed for our guests.
In further ANZAC Day news, Aidan was part of an Australia wide project to commemorate the graves of every Australian
Serviceman who died in the First World War. Our assigned war hero was Trooper Cecil James Marson, Gallipoli, who lies in
Quinn's Post Cemetery, Grave Reference: Special Memorial 46. Our cross, with the message from Aidan, along with a poppy
and Australian flag, will be placed on his grave. The person who will represent our school and who will place the cross on our
behalf is Maddison, a Year 11 girl from Matthew Flinders Anglican College, on the Sunshine Coast. Maddison will be
commemorating our service person on Monday 27th April. Photos of our cross placed on the grave or memorial will be available
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for viewing On Tuesday 28 April, at:
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The Premier’s Anzac Prize website
http://www.education.qld.gov.au/students/grants/scholarships/anzac/index.html
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The Australian War Memorial Commemorative Crosses Flickr site
https://www.flickr.com/photos/australianwarmemorial/sets/72157644424267093/
A handy ANZAC Day tip: Descendants may wear the medals of deceased recipients on ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day.
The medals must be attached above the right breast.
I take the opportunity to remind and encourage families to get behind the very first local Burpengary Community ANZAC Day
March on ANZAC Day itself – Saturday April 25. Our staff and students will sign in and assemble at 9.15am in the Coles
Carpark, and form up at 9.45am for the March that will commence at 10.00am. Burpengary State School has been awarded the
privilege of being the lead school for the March, and I encourage a huge turn out to do justice to the Centenary of the amazing
sacrifices made by the original ANZACs. Students will march and then form a Guard of Honour on Progress Road (near the new
Memorial) for a March Past of the local War Veterans, before being dismissed after the March at about 10.20am from Progress Road.
An optional Memorial Service will follow at 10.30am at the new Burpengary Memorial site.
A big congratulations to Jorja for her recent selection in the U/13 Queensland State Soccer Team. Jorja is only aged 11 years,
however, through hard work and commitment she has been selected in the Queensland U/13 team. She will compete at the
National Youth Championships in Coffs Harbour from Monday 6th July to Friday 10th July. Best wishes, Jorja!!
Notice is given that the next P&C Meeting will be a special meeting to validate a new P&C Constitution, and will be held in the
Staff lounge on Monday night, May 11, commencing at the special time of 6.45pm. This change is essential for all
Queensland State School P&C’s to adopt a new Constitution in order to accommodate School Council elections for
Independent Public Schools. The usual May General Meeting will follow at 7.00pm.
We are proud to announce that the Totally Wild story "Food Revolution Day – Garden & Kitchen" featuring our Burpengary
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State School students in Year 2, 5 and 6 will be going to air on Tuesday 12 May 2015 at 8:00am on Channel Eleven. The Ten
Network have informed us that they are unable to supply copies of the show, so we encourage you to make your own
arrangements regarding viewing &/or recording this episode. After this episode goes to air, it will then be available to watch online.
Just visit the website - http://tenplay.com.au/channel-eleven/totally-wild Channel 10 informs us that if you “like” their official
Facebook page it will keep you up-to-date with all the TOTALLY WILD action at https://www.facebook.com/TotallyWild and feel
free to share this link on social media so that your friends & family can also see the finished story. They thanked the school for our
assistance in the development of this story. We hope you enjoy it!
I ask parents to be particularly conscious of the following two safety issues around our school: A large number of our
parents are crossing Station Road at Leah Street again, when there is a traffic light control a short walk down the street.
The message that you are covertly sending to your children is that it is OK to break rules and place yourself at risk, because for
sure when they are on their own and independent (in not too many years) they are going to live those same values. Are the extra
minutes saved a good trade for your child’s life in an accident? Likewise, illegal parking on footpaths and yards around
George Street impairs vision, over-crowds roads and creates hazards for pedestrians and motorists alike, as well as being
completely inconsiderate of our neighbours. Safety around our school is everybody’s business every day.
Internet safety Tip for Parents: Why Snapcash is the most dangerous thing since Snapchat: The popular social media and
communication app SnapChat last year released a facility within the app that allows users to forward and receive money with
the tap of a button. Many other companies provide facilities to transfer money, however this one specifically works within the
SnapChat app which is enormously popular with children and teenagers. This app, like many others of its type, has no
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moderation, monitoring or identity verification. Not a sound environment to be dealing with money back and forth. It’s a
program designed for social networking, not finance. To read the full article regarding functionality, advice to parents and to watch
the 'SnapCash' promotional video visit: www.internetsafefamilies.com
To other news…
1. Coming up:
Description
Choir
Kitchen Garden
Life Education
Year Level
Selected students
Prep - 6
Yrs 1, 2, and 4
Cost
$ 30.00
$ 5.00
$ 7.00
Payment Due
Monday 27 April
Eftpos is available at the Cashier window on the carpark side of the Admin Office each morning from 8.00 to 11.00am.
We encourage families to make use of the electronic payment systems we have operational here at Burpengary (Direct
banking, Bpay) so that we minimise the risk of children carrying large sums of money, and you can perform the payment task
from the convenience of home. Please keep in mind that we do not carry change.
2. The P&C are excited to be selling the Entertainment Book for our school this year! These books are full of vouchers, not only for
restaurants, but also takeaways, movie, arts, sports & attractions and retail services too. They are great value for money at $65
giving you over $20,000 of value – the P&C will receive $13 from every book sale. Check out their page to see what's on offer
http://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/Search-the-Book and if you want to go ahead and order, just click/enter the link below to
support our school www.entbook.com.au/23z0512 . All payments can be made online, with pick up being made available from
school – contact Donna Harrowell 0418 151 671, or choose the convenience of a digital membership, which can be accessible from
two devices. All your family & friends can order their book/digital membership via our school's link too, even if they are interstate. If
you are going on holidays, check out the book for that area, you will find great savings across Australia. All books are valid until 1st
June, 2016!!
3. P&C News: The next P&C Meeting will be a special meeting to validate a new P&C Constitution, and will be held in the Staff
lounge on Monday night, May 11 commencing at the special time of 6.45pm. The regular May general meeting will
follow, commencing at 7.00pm. All Welcome. The next Parent-Admin Chat Meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 12,
commencing at 9.30am in the Staff Lounge.
4. Library News:
Welcome back to Term 2 where the cooler weather means we have a great excuse to snuggle up with a good book. Please
remind your children to bring back their library books as they were all overdue on Monday.
Term 2 means that Year 5 students may now start borrowing two books and we have had many students enthusiastically take
up this opportunity already. Prep students are welcome to come into the library and borrow before school if they are
accompanied by their parents or caregiver. They will need to find their own browsing card and choose a book from the area
they normally borrow from with their class. Please note they cannot borrow on their borrowing day or on a Tuesday when the
Junior Library is closed before school.
In the library, we encourage students to read widely and we try to recommend authors and series they may enjoy. We
particularly like to encourage them to read across genres. This includes Adventure, Humour, Fantasy and Historical Fiction.
Once they get to know authors that write in a particular genre they like, they start to become much more self-sufficient in
finding books they will enjoy.
For those that enjoy reading information books, we remind them to look for the Dewey number to help them locate the
subjects they find interesting.
Scholastic Book Club - The current brochures have been given to students during the week. We regret that we are unable
to accept cash payments for Book Club orders. Payments need to be made by credit card or cheque only. If paying by
credit card, follow the instructions at the bottom of the order form. If paying by cheque, please make cheques payable to
Scholastic Australia . Orders are due in no later than 9.00am on Tuesday 5 May, 2015.
5. Lost - If any student knows the whereabouts of a FIFA Game Soccer Ball, lost on the last Tuesday of school last term, with
the name ‘Rylan Lyndon’ on it, please return it to the School Office.
6. Talent Quest News - Dust off your dancing shoes and tune those vocal chords. It’s that time we’ve all been waiting for…yes,
the Talent Quest is back! There are categories for both junior and senior students. If you would like to take part in this year’s
auditions, nominations will be taken in coming weeks. If you can sing, dance, be a magician or anything else that’s
entertaining, here’s your chance! Items should be strictly no longer than 2 minutes and will be monitored to ensure
appropriate content is performed. More information will be available soon, but until then…get practising!
7. Tuckshop News: Flexischool Tuesday Meal Deal for 28 April: Toasted turkish bread with vegemite and cheese, 3 ANZAC
biscuits, and a big juice popper - $4.50. Only available by Flexischool online ordering. Please note Tuckshop is a cash only
facility – EFTPOS is not available. Flexischools Online Ordering www.flexischools.com.au is the preferred option for
ordering. Free to register, quick, easy and convenient. Reminder to families of gluten free options available - toasted white
bread sandwich, rice cakes, curried chicken and rice, fried rice, corn cob, salads.
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Until next week,
COMMUNITY NOTICES
Brad Fox
Principal
Please be advised of the revitalised Burpengary Central Neighbourhood Watch Group. Looking forward to seeing you all at our next
meeting on Thursday, 30 April at 7 pm at the supper room at the Burpengary Community Centre.
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