Reading Challenge

Well done to everyone who finished their Premier’s

Reading Challenge this year. You will receive your

medal or certificate later next term.

Congratulations to Room 10 for being the first class

finished, they will receive a morning tea in week 10.

Congratulations to these students for winning the ‘Teachers Choice

Award’:

Nathan H. Rm 4, Kayla R. Rm 5, Nahima K. Rm 6, Abby S. Rm 7, Aden C.

Rm 8, Nicole K Rm 9, Rm 10, Jessica L. Rm 11, Abbey S. Rm 13, Cole P.

Rm14, Tyson A. Rm15, Tanner V. “Rm 16, Jaimi M.

Rm 18, Eloise K. Rm 19, Skye B. Rm 20.

These students will receive a morning tea and

choose a book each for our Library in Week 2 next

term.

Edwardstown Primary School

1 5 t h S e p t e m b e r , 2 0 1 6 P r o d u c e d b y

S t u d e n t s

S P E C I A L P O I N T S

O F I N T E R E S T

SEPTEMBER

Week 8

FRI 16

-Camp Quality

Puppets

SUN 18

-Festival Choir Perf.

2.30-4.30pm. Students

to arrive by 1.30pm

Week 9

FRI 23

Whole School

FRENCH Assembly,

Week 10

TUE 27

-State Athletics Day FRI 30

-End of term.

-Casual Clothes, -

12.15pm Assembly,

Early Dismissal 2.10pm

Don’t Forget !!!! Reminder- The last day to

hand in your PBAC forms is

Thursday 29/9/16 which is

Week 10 of this term.

Please put all forms in Mrs Bogg’s black

pigeon hole outside the Front Office.

Congratulations to the 56 students who

have already completed the challenge –

check on the notice board next to the front

office payment window if you are not sure.

P a g e 2

E d w a r d s t o w n P r i m a r y S c h o o l

Bonjour !

Our French Day this year will be held on

Friday 23rd September (Term 3,

Week 9) The whole school can be in-

volved in these ways:

French Lunch – Ham and cheese ba-

guettes will be available to order for $4.

Orders must be received at the

bookroom no later than Monday 19th

September (next week). Order forms will

be sent out with children. Spare forms will

also be available at the bookroom.

dress in

French theme on the day. This may be

simply wearing any combination of the

French colours, blue, white and red (bleu,

blanc, rouge). It doesn’t have to be all

three. If they prefer, children may like to dress as a typical French character.

French Assembly – you are invited to attend the whole school assembly which will show-

case some work done in class as well as highlights of the French Day activities, such as a

fashion parade.

What to wear?!! Possibilities include famous monuments, frogs, snails, poodles, baguettes,

musketeers, artists, ballet dancers, fashion designers, Nicolas Baudin, the explorer, Asterix or

Ratatouille characters, Tintin, Smurf, the Little Prince, Madeline, T’choupi, Barbapapa,

chefs, characters from French fairy tales first written by Charles Perrault, such as Red Riding

Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots, Cinderella and Bluebeard. A simple beret or striped t-

shirt and scarf can make a French outfit.

Our recent connections with Reunion Island,

a French department off the coast of Africa,

allow for a new range of dress-ups : chame-

leon, dodo bird, volcano, tropical fruits and

island dancers. Perhaps a Renault car or a

bottle of French perfume?

It is always a very colourful day. Merci. Madame Lyn Empen

Paralympics has started!!!!!!

veterans and civilians

after world war II. It is

now an opportunity for

disabled and injured

people to take part in an

event for the spotlight to

be on them for their

achievements.

The DECD string teacher

Anne Rhoda’s son is in the

The Paralympics started

on the 7th of September

with the opening cere-

mony. The events are

differ from the Olympics

but the events have the

same thrill.

The Paralympics started in

September 22 1989. it

started to support the war

Paralympics as a swim-

mer so look out for him

when we watch it.

Angel V

P a g e 3 P r o d u c e d b y S t u d e n t s

confirms that planets the

size of Earth exist in the

habitable zone of stars oth-

er than our sun. The “Earth-

like” planet is approximate-

ly 500 light years away from

planet Earth. The solar sys-

tem is also home to four

companion planets which

orbit a star half the size and

mass of our sun. The star is clas-

sified as an M dwarf, or red

dwarf, a star that makes up 70

percent of the stars in The Milky

Way galaxy.

By Dimitri H.

NASA has discovered a

new planet using a high

magnification telescope

that has been watching a

solar system named Kepler.

This new planet is one of

the first “Earth-sized” plan-

ets orbiting a star in the

“habitable zone”. The dis-

covery of Kepler-186f also

A Second Earth

Aladdin Trouble Props

Do you recognise anything here? Should it be

in your house instead of Studio 17?

Come and get your treasures before they are

added to the Drama Props

Room.

E d w a r d s t o w n P r i m a r y S c h o o l

Year 2 Netball

Our last game was full of fun and very close in score. We have had a great netball

season.

School Sport by Kavindu R.

How to bowl in Cricket by Kavindu R.

Leg Spin Off Spin

LOST PROPERTY

We have lots……can you please come and check, especially with

swimming there are lots of good quality clothes needing to be claimed.

Fast Bowling

1 step: Take the run up.

2 step: Stride with a fast jump.

3 step: After put your back foot on the

back line.

4 step: Then put your front foot on the

front line.

5 step: Next take your hand around

your back and swing your hand fast

and follow on.

Spin Bowling

Off Spin and Leg Spin

1 step: Take a little run up.

2 step: Stride with a little jump.

3 step: After put your back foot on the back

line.

4 step: Then put your front foot on the front

line.

5 step: Next take your hand around your back

and swing your hand slowly with spinning your

hand right side ( Off Spin) and follow on.

When you do the Leg Spin you have to spin

your arm left and do the same steps until step

4.

P a g e P r o d u c e d

great tunes but these

last two years we have

had Mr. Wallace and

Mrs. Bogg to DJ. There is

a upper primary and

junior primary disco the

junior primary disco

went from 5.30 to 6.30

and the upper primary

disco went from 7.00 to

8.30. During each disco

Last week on Friday we

had the school Disco

which was held in the

hall. The school disco is

held in the hall every

year in term three. It is a

great opportunity to

dance and have great

time with all your friends.

We usually get DJ’S

come in to play some

kids are allowed to get

a packet of chips and a

juice box. We would like

to thank Mrs. Papps and

Mrs. Bashford for making

it all happen and we

would like to thank eve-

ryone else who helped.

Kids were also allowed

to buy glow sticks.

By Chloe B

Sleep all day and dance all night!

E d w a r d s t o w n P r i m a r y S c h o o l

The Energetic Educators

On the 1st of September Liza, Terri, Miss Hatzi and Miss Weber began taking

on the challenge of completing 10,000 steps a day each for the entire month

of September.

UPDATE! They are now half-way through and have

so far walked 543,606 steps to raise vital funds for

the Cerebral Palsy Alliance. They have a fundrais-

ing target of $1,000 and so far they have raised

$250, can you help them to achieve their target?

You can donate to our fundraising page: (http://

bit.ly/2bT3lQw) or leave a donation at the front

office in the donation tin.

Cerebral palsy is the most common physical disabil-

ity in childhood. One in two people with cerebral

palsy are in chronic pain due to the tightening of

their muscles. Many will never be able to take a sin-

gle step without assistance.

Any amount you contribute would make a huge difference to children and

adults living with cerebral palsy.

Thank you so much,

P.S. You’ll receive an automated

receipt (if you donate online) as

every donation over $2 is tax

deductible.

10,000 reasons to raise funds for

Cerebral Palsy Alliance

$1000

$250

P a g e 7 P r o d u c e d b y S t u d e n t s

been working hard

to get our choir as

best as they can be

and they sound

great good job Miss

Groves . Emma B

Some of our year 6/7s are

doing the festival choir at the

Festival Theatre this week on

Sunday. The Festival theatre is

where different schools come

together and sing 15 songs.

Our choir students have been

learning these songs since the

start of the year we also

have . Our fantastic choir

teacher Miss Groves has

The Festival Theatre

Run 8 A short story

ly faced the direction of the

sound and bounded off in the

distance of it. I struggled with the

rubble holding me down, and I

finally pulled free. I realised that I

could now continue to shout for

Steve and Dave. I screamed their

names until my throat was hoarse

and dry. Finally I heard faintly in

the distance someone calling out

my name. There was a mound of

rubble in the way that I had to

climb to reach the sound. I knew

it was going to be tough but I

had to make it for Steve and for

Dave.

To be Continued…

By Hayden W.

A Machine rose from the debris, cov-

ered in dust and dirt. It must’ve

caused the collapse of the room, I

thought with a faint sense of anger.

The Machine rattled from side to

side. And slowly turned in a circle. I

quickly realised that it would eventu-

ally turn it’s shiny red eyes in my di-

rection, so I tried to duck under the

rubble but it wouldn’t budge. The

machine continued it’s agonizingly

slow turn, but just as it was about to

see me, a sudden explosion echoed

in the distance. The machine instant-

It would be amazing

if anybody is willing

to spend an hour of

their time on

Tuesday’s or Friday’s

to help out in the

Uniform Shop.

Uniform Shop

Every

Tuesday &

Friday!

In Term 3, there is an exciting new competition for School Bankers called PRIZE LIGHT. Loads of great

prizes to be won by making deposits.

How to enter

Students simply make three or more School Banking deposits during Term 3 for a chance to win one of

the Star Saver prizes including 50 camping kits, 90 instant cameras and 200 magazine packs.

What’s more, students who complete the fun Stargazing online activity, along with making their three

deposits during Term 3, will also go in the separate draw to win one of 50 Supernova prizes –

PlayStation 4 packs. Students can complete the Stargazing activity online at any time during Term 3 by

visiting commbank.com.au/prizelights

There is also a chance for our school to win one of 75 bags full of sports equipment, valued at $200, when at least one of our school bankers makes three School Banking deposits during Term 3. .

COMMONWEALTH BANK SCHOOL BANKING NEWS!!!!!!

New School Banking rewards now available! Backtrack Eraser Pen Exciting new Term 3 rewards with an Outback Savers theme are now available,

while stocks last! Also available are some of last year’s rewards but stock is limited.

Jump and Skip Rope

For every deposit made at school, no matter how big or small, students will receive a silver Dollar-

mites token. Once students have individually collected 10 tokens they can redeem them for ex-

clusive School Banking reward items in recognition of their regular savings habits. There are two

new items released each term so be sure to keep an eye out for them! If you would like to open a

school banking account, please see Judy or Linda in the front office.

Also, a reminder that the Flying Tail and the Mud Splat Ball are out of stock and unavailable. If you had ordered either of these reward late last term, please fill in another rewards card or on a piece of paper with your child’s details to order a replacement. Thank you for supporting the School Banking program and remember, School Banking day is every

THURSDAY.

Edwardstown Primary School

Maria Street

Melrose Park SA 5039

Phone: 8293 2753

Fax: 8297 0241

E-mail:

dl.0127.info@schools.sa.edu.au

www.edwardps.sa.edu.au

KNITTERS & CROCHETERS

Calling out for Yarn bomb contributions. If anyone has or knows anyone with spare knitted or crochet blankets we would love

them to yarn bomb a little of this years Strawberry Fair. Any spare squares, bits of crochet or knitting would be greatly appre-ciated. It would be great to see what col-

lection we can come up with.

CALLING ALL

KNITTERS &

CROCHETERS