Conclusion of Term 1

Today marks the conclusion of Term 1, although a few wet days to finish it has been a strong start across our school over the last 10 weeks. Term 2 will resume on Tuesday 22nd April with Easter concluding the school holiday period. I trust our school community will have a happy and safe holiday period and I look forward to reconnecting with everybody after the break.

Deputy Principal Position

We welcome Mrs Emma Keyes to the Deputy Principal role who will officially commence from the beginning of Term 2, Tuesday 22nd April. Mrs Keyes has had the opportunity to engage with our school setting on Thursday & Friday. Thank you to everybody for connecting with Emma and making her feel welcome as she adjusts herself with The Berserker Way.

Pedagogy Coach:

Our Head of Pedagogy Col Hehir will unfortunately not be continuing with us next term. Thank you to Ms Hehir for your time and support across our school during Term 1. It will be unfortunate not having her in the role moving forwards due to being recalled back to her substantive position at Mt Morgan SS. We wish you all the best for the future.

PBL Celebration Day

Thank you to our PBL team for creating a better and brighter celebration day for our students last week. Thank you to the petting zoo for providing a unique opportunity for our Term 1 gold recipients and it was fabulous to see so many amazing Eater Bonnets at our parade in the afternoon. Our Term 2 Berserker Buck collection has already commenced with the count closing in Week 8.

Term 2 PBL Better & Brighter Day – Circus Spectacular

Term 2 Gold reward – Daylight Disco and Pizza!

Parent/Teacher interviews

Thank you, parents/carers, for your engagement with teachers around celebrations and concerns for your child’s learning. This has been a significant celebration with the strongest uptake of parent participation with interviews that we have seen in a very long time across the school. The culture towards learning at Berserker is becoming strong and enthusiasm towards education evident with our recent parent engagement.

P&C AGM Meeting

The 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) for our P&C Committee will be held on Tuesday 29th April from 6pm in the Diverse Learning Hub located across from our Administration building on the corner of Berserker Street and Bedford Street. We look forward to another great turnout of parents and community members. We encourage new family members to come along in join our hard-working team of volunteers.

ANZAC Day Commemoration

Our school ANZAC ceremony will be held on Thursday 24th April from 8:45am in the Stadium. Parents/Carers are invited to come along to participate in our commemoration.

ANZAC Day March

Rockhampton’s Annual ANZAC Day March is on Friday 25 April, 2025 (Term 2 Week 1). Schools are invited to march and we are excited for Berserker students to capture the ANZAC spirit of respect by participating on the day.

Assembly and pickup arrangements are as follows:

Assembly Area: Alma Street (Behind Target Building)

Assembly Time: 9.15-9.30am

March Start: 9:57am

Pickup Location: Quay Street

Pickup Time: 10.30am

As Students are representing our school and marching behind the school banner, they will need to wear full school uniform including school broad-brimmed hat and closed in shoes. We also suggest that students wear sunscreen and carry a water bottle.

To assist us with our organisation, thank you for completing the permission note sent home if your child WILL be participating in the ANZAC Day March and return it to the office by Wednesday 23rd April, 2025. Students will NOT be allowed to participate in the ANZAC Day March unless the permission form is returned. Only staff and students will be invited to represent the school and walk in the ANZAC Day March. Parents are asked to drop off students to the assembly area and then find a place to watch the march.

Cross country:

Our 2025 Berserker Street State School’s Inter-House Cross Country and Fun Run has been rescheduled due to recent wet weather. This event is planned to be conducted at our school on Wednesday 22 April (i.e. Term 2, Week 2) – weather permitting.

All students are allowed to wear a coloured shirt representing their Sports House colour (i.e. Griffin – GREEN, Mahoney – BLUE, Steven – RED and Wilkinson – YELLOW) to school for the day. This will assist to create House spirit and support for participants. Coloured shirts will assist in allocating competition points to the Sports House for each participant who completes their event. These points will be used to identify the Overall Champion Sports House who will win a perpetual trophy.

Appropriate footwear is compulsory to participate. A wide-brimmed school hat and 50+ sunscreen, applied in the morning prior to leaving home, are both required for sun safety. Race participants should bring a water bottle to drink post-race but also, for the older students (i.e. 10,11 & 12years), to place on the water station tables to access as they pass through each of their laps.

APPROXIMATE RACE START TIMES: (Classes involved: 3D, 3E, 3/4J, 4B, 5B, 5C, 6F, 6W)

***These classes need to return the completed permission note to participate in the competitive Cross-Country races*** Notes have already been sent home.

12.00pm BORN 2016 – 9 years – 1,000m (1 Lap ) GIRLS & BOYS (3D, 3E, 3/4J 9 year old ONLY)

12.20pm BORN 2015 – 10 years – 2,000m (2 Laps) GIRLS & BOYS

12.40pm BORN 2014 – 11 years – 3,000m (3 Laps) GIRLS & BOYS

1.00pm BORN 2013 – 12 years – 3,000m (3 Laps) GIRLS & BOYS

The competitive Cross-Country Course this year will include parts of both our Top and Bottom Ovals plus the footpaths around the perimeter fences on Bedford, Berserker and Charles Streets. We will have staff positioned around the course, using 2-way radios for communication, to assist in maintaining the safety of all competitors.

Should you wish for your child to participate in their competitive Cross Country age group race, please indicate this on the permission/medical form and return to your child’s Class Teacher before next Wednesday 22 April.

Our younger students will also have an opportunity to participate in a short course, Fun Run conducted inside the school grounds during the Afternoon Session.

APPROXIMATE FUN RUN START TIMES: (Classes involved: PP, PT, 1C, 1N, 2K, 2P) + (3D, 3E: BORN 2017 - 8 years)

1.55pm BORN 2017 – 8 years – 500m (1 Lap) GIRLS & BOYS (3D & 3E - 8 years to join)

2.05pm BORN 2018 – 7 years – 500m (1 Lap) GIRLS & BOYS

2.15pm BORN 2019 – 6 years – 500m (1 Lap) GIRLS & BOYS

2.25pm BORN 2020 – 5 years – 500m (1 Lap) GIRLS & BOYS

We look forward to clear skies, a fast track, competitive races and enthusiastic supporters.

CCTV

Working with Protective Services we have secured funding to install CCTV across the school setting. These security cameras will begin to be installed over the school holiday period and into early Term 2. This resource is to promote further protection to our students, staff and our facilities.

School Photos – Save the date:

School photos will be held on Friday 9th May. This will be in Term 2 Week 3. More information will be shared with families once received from the photographer early next Term.

School Watch

Over this holiday period we thank you for your help in keeping our school safe. Please report any suspicious behaviour on school grounds directly to School Watch on 13 17 88.

Have you liked our Facebook page?

Remember to stay up to date with what is happening across our school then don’t forget to like our Facebook page – Berserker Street State School.

I hope you have a better & brighter day!

Ryan Gilmour

Principal

Berserker Street SS will continue to be a PBL school in 2025. This will allow us to continue to explicitly teach and reward positive behaviour for learning with a whole school approach. Each week our students are taught a school wide lesson on a particular focus.

Our school expectations are:

• We are safe

• We are respectful

• We are responsible

• We are learners.

Week 9 & 10: I am responsible

· I know what it means to be responsible

· I know how to make responsible choices in my classroom

· I know how to make responsible choices in the playground

· I know I am responsible for my actions (I am in charge of my behaviour. I think before I act. I listen to adults when directed. I am responsible for following school rules; hands off, feet – sticks and stones stay on the ground.)

· I know I am responsible for my words (I control what I say. It is important to use school talk, and talk friendly or firmly when I need to. I choose my words wisely to make others feel good.)

· I know I am responsible for my emotions. (I know what to do when I get angry or upset. I am responsible for ‘how I feel’ not controlling ‘how I act’. I can help others when I am in a good mood. I try my best to be Better and Brighter Every Day!)

PBL Focus: Term 2 Week 1 & 2 - I follow school rules and expectations

Expectations: We are safe; We are respectful; we are responsible, we are learners.

Rules/Common language across our school:

Right place, right time!; Hands off! Feet off!; School talk!; Respond correctly when directed by adults. Ready to learn! No hat – No play! Calm classroom, Calm school; Use the Berserker 5.

Berserker Bucks

Students are rewarded for positive behaviour choices with our whole school universal rewards known as Berserker Bucks. Each term students have the opportunity to reach Berserker Bucks milestones with incentives on our rewards day for those who reach our Gold benchmark. Berserker Bucks will change colour each term and this year we have raised the bar with our students blowing expectations out of the water last year. Each Term students who receive their gold award will be eligible to participate in a better and brighter event. Term 2 collection has commenced!

Term 2 PBL Better & Brighter Day – Circus Spectacular

Term 2 Gold reward – Daylight Disco and Pizza!

Bronze – 100 Berserker Bucks

Silver – 150 Berserker Bucks

Gold – 200 Berserker Bucks

A platinum award is presented to students at the end of Term 4 for those students who have received their Gold award in every term of the school year. This year our Platinum award will consist of an excursion to the movies with the cost covered by the school.

Children can also earn extra Berserker Bucks by using our school wide focus word of the week on Wednesday and Friday with school staff.

To promote further incentive the highest earning student in each cohort will be invited to a pizza party with the principal.

Week 9 

Week 10 

Berserker PCYC invites any new or current families to come and see us in A Block for any Before and After School Care needs for your children. If you would like to enrol, Natalie can be contacted on 0418 116 481 or by email at berserkerstsac@pcyc.org.au. We are open school days 6:30 – 8:30am and 2:45-6:00pm. You can also find us at the Breakfast club most mornings for a chat. At Berserker PCYC we offer children the opportunity to engage in different thing such as outdoor play, team games, cooking, craft and much more.