Burton Primary School Newsletter

Dear Families,

As another first semester comes to a conclusion, Burton Primary School would like to share its gratitude for the school community and its continued involvement in nurturing positive student outcomes.

Term 2 has seen our work on implementing the school values really ‘take off’. Nicolia Arharadis (SSO) worked collaboratively with some students to capture our values in a photo. These were used to create posters to be displayed within classroom environments and, intervention and office spaces (Below).  

Recently, we have received our 2024 NAPLAN results that, from 2023, are reported on differently. The numerical band system has been replaced with Proficiency standards that provide clear information on student achievement. They are set at a challenging but reasonable level expected for the child at the time of NAPLAN testing, based mainly on what has been taught in previous years of schooling.

There are 4 proficiency levels:

• Exceeding: The student’s result exceeds expectations at the time of testing.

• Strong: The student’s result meets challenging but reasonable expectations at the time of testing.

• Developing: The student’s result indicates that they are working towards expectations at the time of testing.

• Needs additional support: The student’s result indicates that they are not achieving the learning outcomes expected at the time of testing. They are likely to need additional support to progress satisfactorily.

In 2024, we are pleased to share that our year 3 students achieved a proficiency of strong in reading, writing and spelling. Our year 5 students achieved a proficiency of strong in reading, writing, spelling, and grammar and punctuation. This is an indication of the success Burton’s improvement work in English is having on student achievement. Thank you to all those involved.

We’re also thrilled to announce that we have received a 2024 Woolworths Junior Landcare Grant for our project, the Kaurna yarning circle. Thank you to Bernadette Haggerty for submitting the application. Burton Primary School is one of 1,041 primary schools and early learning centres across Australia to receive a Woolworths Junior Landcare grant to help grow our next generation of environmental champions.

The children and teachers are looking forward to getting their hands dirty and learning from this project – we’ll keep you updated!

A reminder that during term 3, hats are a requirement during lunch and recess as per our SunSmart Policy. Please ensure your child has a bucket hat with their name on it. Students without a hat will be required to be in the shade during lunch and recess.

Thanks,

Kaylem Short

Principal

A friendly reminder to use safe practices in and around the school when dropping your child to school.

I was wondering if a reminder could go in the newsletter regarding unsafe driving through the crossing:

• Speed limit is a 25 zone, please slow down around the school zone.
• Please refrain from parking your car across the crossing zone.
• Making U-turns at the Kiss and Ride is an extremely unsafe practice.
• Please use the crossing to cross the road. Parents and students crossing 5-10 metres away from the crossing zone puts everyone at  at risk.

From 1 March 2024, new laws will ban smoking and vaping in a variety of public outdoor areas in South Australia. Regulations under the South Australian Tobacco and E-Cigarette Products Act 1997 (PDF 1254KB) are being introduced to address risks associated with passive tobacco smoking and passive inhalation of e-cigarette aerosol. This will occur through the creation of smoke-free and vape-free areas in the following areas:

• at early childhood services premises, and education and children’s services facilities (including schools), and within ten (10) metres of their boundaries
• at and within ten (10) metres of non-residential building entrances, such as entrances to shopping centres, government and commercial buildings
• at public hospitals and health facilities, private hospitals and residential aged care facilities, and within ten (10) metres of their boundaries(note: the regulation for residential aged care facilities will come into operation 12 months after the day on which the other regulations are made)
• within outdoor public swimming facilities
• at major events venues declared under the Major Events Act 2013
• at and within ten (10) metres of a sporting venue during an organised underage sporting event, training or practice session   
• on beaches between and within fifty (50) metres of red and yellow patrol flags, and under (and within five (5) metres of) jetties.

Download the guide to the new smoke-free and vape-free laws (PDF 4MB).

Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports provided to students with disability. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD guidelines (2019).  

Information provided about students to the Australian Government for the NCCD includes: 

• year of schooling 

• category of disability: physical, cognitive, sensory or social/emotional 

• level of adjustment provided: support provided within quality differentiated teaching practice, supplementary, substantial or extensive. 

This information assists schools to: 

• formally recognise the supports and adjustments provided to students with disability in schools  

• consider how they can strengthen the support of students with disability in schools 

• develop shared practices so that they can review their learning programs in order to improve educational outcomes for students with disability. 

The NCCD provides state and federal governments with the information they need to plan more broadly for the support of students with disability. 

The NCCD will have no direct impact on your child and your child will not be involved in any testing process. The school will provide data to the Australian Government in such a way that no individual student will be able to be identified – the privacy and confidentiality of all students is ensured. All information is protected by privacy laws that regulate the collection, storage and disclosure of personal information. To find out more about these matters, please refer to the Australian Government’s Privacy Policy (https://www.education.gov.au/privacy-policy). 

Further information about the NCCD can be found on the NCCD Portal (https://www.nccd.edu.au). 

If you have any questions about the NCCD, please contact the school.  

Kind regards 

Principal 

If you have a school aged child and have had no active NBN broadband connection in the past 14 days, your family may be eligible for free home internet until 31 December 2025, through the School Student Broadband Initiative (SSBI).

To check if you are eligible, call the SSBI National Referral Centre on 1800 954 610 and their helpful team can check for you. Callback, webchat, translating and interpreting services are available.

Visit the SSBI National Referral Centre website for more information.

Dear Families,   Burton Primary School is on Facebook! Being on Facebook will allow us to communicate more easily with families. 

Liking our page will enable you to see our posts. You can like our page by going to    

https://www.facebook.com/Burton-Primary-School-110890621367317

This page will be used alongside SeeSaw and Skoolbag to communicate about events and learning at the school and within the community. We encourage parents to comment and message to provide feedback, ask questions and contribute to the Burton Primary School community. We ask that you read the following guidelines to ensure the page is used safely and respectfully. 

Comments which are:  

- Abusive, harassing, threatening, defamatory, offensive or attacking others 

- Identifying students, staff, families or members of the community in a negative or disrespectful manner.  

Will be removed by our Administrators. 

 If you have a specific concern we recommend you contact the school directly via email dl.1844.info@schools.sa.edu.au or by phone on 8280 6277.  

Kind Regards,   

Burton Staff

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