Pennant Hills Public School

Learning for Life

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Wellbeing News

16 May 2023

Pem the Possum

The Wellbeing Team is very excited to announce part of the new reward system that has been implemented this term.

We have a new award called a Burumin. Burumin is Dharug for ‘possum’ it has been named after our school totem Pem.

The Burumin is handed out by all teachers, across all areas of the school to students who are demonstrating our three-core values, Respect, Aspire and Responsibility.

Each site also has a Burumin box which is taken to assembly each fortnight. Three Burumins are drawn from the box at assembly, the students whose names are on the Burumin are rewarded with a prize.

When the Burumin box is filled with awards the whole site receives a reward. 

Burumin sample awards

   

Another new part of our reward system is our Tens Frames. Every student has a tens frame with their name on it in their classroom. Every day teachers reward students demonstrating our three-core values, Respect, Aspire and Responsibility with a stamp on the students’ tens frame.

Once the student has filled their tens frame by demonstrating our three core values, they receive a merit award. 

Tens frame

Pennant Hills Public School

General enquiries

Pennant Hills Public School acknowledge the Dharug and Kuring-Gai people, who are the traditional owners of this land. They have walked upon and cared for this land for thousands of years. We would like to pay our respects to Elders past and present of the Dharug and Kuring-Gai people and extend that respect to other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We acknowledge the continued deep spiritual attachment and relationship of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to this country and commit ourselves to the ongoing journey of Reconciliation.

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