Week 3, Term 4, 2022
- Leadership Update
- Whats Been Happening At Bradshaw...
- Walkathon
- Attendance
- Book Fair!
- World Teachers Day
- NAPLAN
- School Council
- Principal's Tour for our new families
- 2023 Transition Family Information Night
- Interschool Swimming Carnival
- Reminder to families
- Bradshaw OSHC Oct/Nov Newsletter
- Upcoming Events
- Community News
Leadership Update
Our week 1 Newsletter offered a comprehensive picture of the amazing events and programs being offered to our students through term 4. We have a mixture of fun, the arts, music and exercise! Something for everyone!
BUT don’t worry….LEARNING is still our number 1 priority and we will keep this focus strong throughout term 4 to ensure our Bradshaw learners are fully prepared for their next step on their learning journey.
The Professional Learning day on Friday 28th October has a strong literacy focus. Ioana Suciu, our Assistant Principal has dedicated an enormous amount of time in planning a highly informative day where staff will focus on the teaching of vocabulary as a critical part of a literacy program.
This term, classes are engaged in using “Mentor text” (book) as a vehicle to engaging students in an integrated style of learning. The mentor text provides a platform for all sorts of learning including reading comprehension, grammar, sentence structure as well as having a geography, science or history focus. Unfortunately, there isn’t room to detail all our classes learning plans for this term but I do know the Year 5 students are loving their text “We Are Wolves” by Katrina Nannestad. This novel is about a family caught in the war between Russia and Prussia. The family face all sorts of problems and ethical dilemmas. Have a look below at how the talented Year 5 teachers are using this novel to teach many aspects of learning.
Great learning is certainly alive and well at Bradshaw and in the talented hands of our teachers, our students can count on an engaging and motivating style of learning.
Pat Anderson
Special Education Teacher
Whats Been Happening At Bradshaw...
Transition Fahey
Do you love learning? Yes, we do! Transition Fahey have been busy in Maths this week learning about Data. They have been asking lots of questions and representing their findings in different ways. Students then made statements about their results.
Year 1 Abel
Year 1A have had an amazing start to Term 4. In Literacy, we have been reading the book ‘My City Speaks.’ We have been unpacking the special places that are in cities and why these places are important. We are very excited to be building our own city next week out of recycled materials. In Maths we have been ordering and sorting numbers correctly on number lines, to build strong number sense. 1A have been trying hard to follow our school value ‘We Learn with Others’ by trying to solve our own problems kindly, before seeking a teacher or adult.
Year 3 O'Brien
Year 3 had their much-awaited sleepover!
The night was filled with sports, snacks, twister and even a disco! Students enjoyed spending the night at school and being the only students here.
After all the fun and excitement (and not enough sleep), students went home tired with a smile on their dials!
Walkathon
What A Wonderful Walkathon!
Thursday morning was a wonderful example of Bradshaw at it’s best and most enthusiastic! More than 500 staff and students put on their walking shoes to raise money for two new sandpits.
Fluro shirts and outfits shone everywhere as students and staff walked or ran around the school.
There were 37 prize winners for the most laps achieved in each class. Ruby and Daniel in 5/6P achieved the highest number at 11 laps!
AND now the important part….a lot of money was brought in on the day. THANK YOU. Students have a full school week to bring in their sponsor money. All money needs to be at school by next FRIDAY 4th NOVEMBER. Any amount will be welcomed. $1.00 is better than no dollars. And that way everyone has contributed towards the sandpit.
Thanks also go to Carolyn Donovan, Mrs Mapstone and Aunty Shannan for their help on the day.
Pat Anderson, on behalf of the School Council Fundraising Sub-committee
Attendance
School Attendance YTD %
It is important that every student is at school every day. Our goal at Bradshaw is 90% attendance.
Please notify the front office when your child will not be at school. This can be done by phoning us on 8955 2100 or by email to bradshaw.school@education.nt.gov.au
Book Fair!
Our annual Book Fair will be held in the Library next week from Wednesday 2nd to Friday 4th November.
Shopping times will be:
Wednesday 2nd Nov: 3pm – 4pm
Thursday 3rd Nov: 3pm – 4pm
Friday 4th Nov: 1pm – 1:30pm (student sales)
3pm – 4pm
Please look out for notes and the Scholastic fliers that went home with students yesterday.
Cash and EFTPOS payments will be accepted during the shopping times listed above and online orders are also welcome.
We look forward to seeing you in the Library!
World Teachers Day
Happy World Teachers Day to all our incredible team at Bradshaw - our teachers, administration team, classroom support staff and school leaders. Today is one of celebration and appreciation to all those who help our students shine. This year has been an exceptional one and we applaud and recognise the resilience and commitment of our dedicated educators who kept students focussed on rich, purposeful learning during some challenging times.
Congratulations to many of our staff who received Teaching Excellence Award nominations across the various categories. We will be announcing our school nominees and presenting them with a certificate at a lunch on World Teachers Day. It is a BIG surprise for staff!
Bradshaw has three finalists for the Awards:
- Tiny Nardoo – Northern Territory Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Educator of the Year
- Bronnie Andrews - Northern Territory Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Educator of the Year
- Michele Turk – Northern Territory Principal of the Year
The winners will be announced at a World Teachers Day event on Friday afternoon.
A special thank you to the families who provided tasty treats for the staff Morning Tea your kindness is appreciated.
NAPLAN
Our NAPLAN results for 2022 are some of the best ever for Bradshaw!
In both Year 3 and Year 5, across all areas – Maths, Reading, Writing, Spelling and Grammar and Punctuation, Bradshaw are closer to the Australian mean than we have been in a long time. Take a look at the selection of data below.
This is an outcome of teaching excellence across all stages of schooling starting with our preschool and the foundations that they lay for formal learning. Our teachers have met to review our NAPLAN data and to think about our approaches which has led to these results.
We are incredibly proud of the effort of all our students at Bradshaw!
School Council
The next meeting of School Council is on Monday, 21st November at 5.30pm in the library. All parents are welcome to the meeting which runs for about 1 hour covering the Principal's Report, Treasurer's Report and the Reports from the Sub-Committees. Our School Council is an active and interesting space to have your input into the school improvement.
At our most recent School Council Meeting we
* Reviewed the released NAPLAN results for both Year 3 and Year 5.
* Building and Grounds Sub-Committee provided an update on identified projects around the school.
If you have any queries regarding School Council matters please feel free to email our School Council email address - bradshaw.council@education.nt.gov.au
Principal's Tour for our new families
2023 Transition Family Information Night
Interschool Swimming Carnival
Reminder to families
Road Safety message - Parents please do not park along the yellow lines on both Flynn Dr and Adamson Ave and please refrain from parking too close to the school crossings.
Halloween treats - Halloween is coming up next Monday. We do hope that our students have an enjoyable time Trick or Treating however we would like to remind families to not send the spoils of Trick or Treating to school with their children on Tuesday.
Not returning to Bradshaw 2023?? - We are currently working on our workforce planning and class structures for 2023. For this to be successful we need to be sure if our current students are going to be attending Bradshaw Primary School next year.
Please advise the Front Office ASAP if your child/children will NOT be returning in 2023.
Bradshaw OSHC Oct/Nov Newsletter
Upcoming Events
- Book Fair Wednesday 2nd to Friday 4th November (Week 4)
- School Disco, Thursday 10th November (Week 5)
- Principal's School Tour, 4:30pm to 5:15pm, Friday 11th November (Week 5)
- Interschool Swimming Carnival, Tuesday 15th November (Week 6)
- 2023 Transition Family Info Night, 5:30pm to 6:30pm, Wednesday 16th November (Week 6)
- Year 6 Graduation, Thursday 8th December (Week 9)
- Buddy Christmas Celebration, Monday 12th December (Week 10)
- Last day of Term 4, Thursday 15th December (Week 10)
Community News
