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From the Principal

Lockleys Primary School NEWSLETTER

Respect Belonging Caring Commitment

Lockleys Primary School 29 Elston Street, Brooklyn Park, sa 5032 Principal: Maureen Davidson Website: www.lockleysps.sa.edu.au Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lockleysprimaryschool/ Term 1

Thursday 14th February, 2019

Diary Dates

Reminder Hats for Term 1

Week 3 R-5 Swimming Week Friday 15th February Year 6/7’s Grange Golf Club Australian Open

Week 4 Tuesday 19th February Fundraising Meeting 6pm Wednesday 20th February Year 6/7 Aquatics Whole School Kooyonga Golf Program commences Thursday 21st February 1st M&S Instalment due

Acquaintance Night BBQ It was great to see our families who braved the weather on Tuesday night to join us at our Acquaintance Night BBQ. Families were able to enjoy spending some time with class teachers and discovering more about the learning experiences that will challenge their children this term. These events strengthen the connections within our school community in particular between the classroom teachers and caregivers. These positive connections are absolutely vital. I would also like to thank our amazing staff who prepared the meal for our families, your passion and dedication continue to impress.

AGM—Governing Council 2019 Thank you to those who attended our Governing Council AGM. We have elected the following office bearers for 2019: Welcome to our new members Sarah, Phil and Vinod. Chairperson: Lea Nancarrow, Treasurer: Philip Lynch, Secretary: Vinod Natarajan

We also have a Fundraising Committee, if you are interested in joining this committee as a parent/community member, please contact the school or any of the convenors.

2019-2021 School Priorities Our staff have been busy developing our new Site Improvement Plan in consultation with the Education Department. We will share this document with you once it has been approved. We will have two major goals: To increase the number of high achieving students in numeracy from

Years 3-7. To improve student achievement in writing across the whole site. Whilst we have focussed on Years 3-7 in our measures, these priorities are the focus for every student across R– 7. Kind regards Maureen Davidson

Reminders 24th March Bunnings

BBQ– Help required M & S second

instalment due 28th of March Premier’s Reading

Challenge Term 1

Congratulations to this Weeks Award Winners

KATJA WERNER - EALD My name is Katja Werner and I will be working with EALD students every Monday and Wednesday. I have a background in learning and teaching languages. I was born and raised in Germany and learnt English at school.

English was my favourite subject so I studied teaching English as a Foreign Language at Uni as well as German. This is my 13th year of teaching, many of your children might remember me doing some relief work in their class last year. I'm thrilled to be joining the Lockleys family and to be working at such a caring and dedicated school.

INTERNATIONAL STUDY TOUR

We welcome our Korean Study Tour students, Cindy, Jun, Paul, and Scott. These students have travelled to Adelaide to experience our Australian culture and education. We thank the following families, the De Jonge’s, the Natarajan’s and the Burfield’s who have all provided wonderful home stays for these students. In Term 3 we have the opportunity to host between 8 to 10 Korean families from the 22nd July for 3 weeks. To assist, families receive approximately $300 per week to host each student.

FITNESS CLUB Starts next week (week 4), Tuesday mornings from 8 to 8.30, meet at the Gym. Mr Pettitt will be running Fitness Club so make sure you come along and join him.

LOCKLEYS NEW SENIOR LEADERS Recently the students in our senior classes (Year 6/7) were given the opportunity to apply for Senior School and Sports Captain Leader positions. A process was completed where the students had to prepare their speeches and present to their peers, teachers and Principal. Congratulations to the following students:

SAMUEL THOMAS Hello, I have been elected as a Lockleys Leader this year and I hope I can improve the school and make Lockleys greater than any other school.

MIKAYLA BLACKMAN Hello, I have been elected as a Lockleys Leader this year along with Samuel. We promise to make the school better this year. We already have loads of ideas and we hope to have fundraisers for the school and to donate to charities. I hope we make the school better than before. STUDENT LEADERS FOR SEMESTER ONE Room 1: Iba & Mia-Bella Room 2: Harper & Lucas Room 4: Layla & Alessio Room 5: Zaylia & Armaan Room 9: Emily & Dom Room 11: Mikayla & Samuel

CANTEEN MENU SURVEY Please use the link below or scan the QR code to have a voice in who we use to provide our school food orders Please complete the survey by Monday 25th February

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HHHV9QY

ATTENDANCE Attendance and late arrival – Please advise the school as soon as possible if you need to keep your child at home. Arriving at school on time, ready to start the day is important, so thanks to all those children who are ready to go. This is the opportunity for your child to connect with others and organise themselves for a smooth start. It allows the teacher to begin the planned learning activities so all of the children can focus on what is needed. Children should be ready to go into class at 8:50 in the morning.

BREAKFAST CLUB A big thank you to Chloe who is running Breakfast Club this Term. We started last week with 15 students attending. Yesterday we exceeded last weeks attendance with a bumper crowd. Please remember to come along and enjoy a yummy breakfast with our Community, this is a free service

available for the whole family to enjoy.

Premier’s Reading Challenge Information for Parents The Premier’s Reading Challenge is a literacy engagement program that was introduced by the Premier in 2004 to encourage students to read more books, enjoy reading and to improve literacy levels. The Challenge requires students to read 12 books between the beginning of the school year and early September. How can you find out about the Challenge? All information about the Premier’s Reading Challenge can be found at: www.prc.sa.edu.au Who can participate? All students from Reception to Year 12 are encouraged to participate. What can students read? Students can read a combination of books from the Challenge booklists and books of their own choosing. The book lists are available on the PRC website. Reception to Year 7 students select at least eight books from the booklists on the Premier’s Reading Challenge website and four books of their own choice. PRC books are labelled in our library.

SCHOOL CARD 2019 School card application forms are available at the Office for families wishing to claim the school card rebate this year. Please note that if you believe you are eligible for the school card rebate annually then you must fill out a new application form each year.

BUNNINGS BBQ’S Please save these dates in your diaries: Sunday the 24th of

March Saturday the 14th of

September We will be calling for volunteers to spend a couple of hours on our Bunnings Sausage Sizzle Stand. It would be fantastic to see some new faces assisting this year along side our regulars to help share the load.

PARKING West Torrens Council have been monitoring the parking zones and limits to the kerbside parking in front of the school adjacent to the school crossing. We hope this will stop illegal parking and congestion around the school pedestrian crossing. Under the road traffic act the following rules need to be applied: NO PARKING or STOPPING AT ANY TIME You must not stop or park your vehicle in any

area where a No Stopping sign or a continuous yellow edge line applies, even to pick-up or set down passengers.

NO PARKING sign with times listed indicate that no long term parking is allowed during the times indicated on the signs (8am to 9am & 3pm to 4pm). However, you can use this space for drop–offs and pick-up but with the following rules:- You do not leave the vehicle unattended–that

is move more than 3 metres away You must complete the drop off/pick up as

soon as possible (within 2 minutes) Significant fines and loss of demerit points do apply if caught by the Council Inspectors or Police.

JAPANESE LESSONS START NEXT WEEK It’s not to late to register, see the front office!

ROOM 4 SWIMMING

Lachlan

Layla

Jasmine