Principal’s Report It was again a privilege to be a part of our annual Sports Day. The students demonstrated impeccable sportsmanship, not only to those in their house team but to all students. This Sports Day was another example of how our wonderful school community comes together to celebrate the achievements of our students. Thank you to everyone who supported the day in any way, particularly to Tony O’Connell for his organization, Matt Crewe for all his work to prepare the grounds, and to Charmaine and the PVG for their efforts. The students can very proud of the way they participated and the house captains for their efficient organisation of their teams and events.

Lion’s Art Competition Recently our Year 6s and 7s were

invited to participate in the Lions’

International Peace Poster contest.

The theme for this year was

“Journey of Peace”. The students

had to create a piece of artwork

that represented their

interpretation. There was a

criteria they needed to

follow. The artwork was

judged by local Lions’

members, Jenny Hinze and

Jeff Hoare, and local artist

Dagny Strand. The judges

were very impressed by the standard of work,

announcing Pip Crewe as the winner.

Ebony Wurst also received an

honourable mention for her

artwork. Jenny, Dagny and Peter

Muller came to the school to do

a presentation to Pip and Ebony

and to provide feedback on

everyone’s art work in

preparation for next year’s

competition. Pip’s artwork will

now be judged at state level and

if she wins, at a national level. We look forward to

participating in this again next year and thank the Lions

Club for providing our students with the opportunity to

be part of this competition.

RESPECT AND RESPONSIBILITY

PENOLA PRIMARY NEWS

Issue 17 8th November 2019

Governing Council Chairperson: Mark DeGar is 11 Riddoch Street Principal: Anna Copping anna.copping393@schools.sa.edu.au PENOLA SA 5277 Improvement and Pedagogy Coordinator: Olivia Thomas Phone: 08 87372300 Numeracy Improvement & School Management Coordinator: Tony O’Connell Fax: 08 87372877 Intervention and Student Wellbeing Coordinator: Karmel Finch

Calendar of Events Term 3

November

Wednesday 13th School Photos

Thursday 28th Foundation/Year 1 & 2 Sleepover

December

Monday 2nd Start of Year 7 Camp Week

Tuesday 3rd Big Breakfast

Tuesday 10th Concert

Wednesday 12th Year 7 Excursion

Thursday 13th JP Games/Disco

Friday 14th End of Year—Assembly

Pip’s Artwork Ebony’s Artwork

Canteen News

Wednesday 13th November lunch orders won’t be available and the canteen will be closed at lunch time. The canteen will be open at recess.

A huge thank you goes to Pat, Colleen (Charmaine’s

sisters), Sue (Charmaine’s mum) and Trish Wooding

for keeping the canteen going while Charmaine has

been away. Without your support the canteen would

have closed during this time. We really appreciate

your time and effort. Thank you. We look forward to

Charmaine returning.

Canteen Duty Friday 15 November—Sue Bell Friday 22 November—Stacey Walters Friday 29 November –Alex Lambert

Munchies Monday 11 November Tara Batt Sally Skeer Kylie Gartner Ashlee MacKenzie Monday 18 November Nicole Reeves Trish Brand Louise Perry Monday 25 November Laarni Krause SusanSharman Lucille Bailey Mel Catlin

Community News

Sports Day 2019

On Friday, 1st November Penola Primary School students enjoyed their annual sports day, competing for the

coveted Tanya Skeer Memorial Shield. There was a bumper crowd in attendance to support the kids who

looked splendid in their brightly coloured sports tops.

A mild to warm and slightly overcast morning provided ideal conditions for the 8oo metre and one-lap events. The tabloid events, team games, championship races and the ever-popular relays were all keenly contested throughout the day. From Foundation through to Year 7 the kids battled hard to earn every point that they could to help bolster their team’s score. The Rymill team could not contain its collective delight when it was announced as the 2019 winner of the shield, after finishing third behind Dickson and Gordon the previous year. The battle for the shield was an absorbing one throughout the day, with all 4 teams holding the lead at different stages. Going into the relays at the end of the day, Rymill held a narrow 2 point lead over Gordon, and was 10 and 16 points in front of Dickson and Woods respectively. Whilst Dickson managed to win 4 of the 5 relays, Rymill did just enough to edge out its main rival 162 points to 160. The Rymill house leaders, Emily Rowntree, Ebony Wurst, Ned Skeer and Arlie Shadbolt accepted the shield on their team’s behalf. The Gordon Bannister Cup event (tug-o-war) was full of grunts, grimaces and gut-straining, and despite Gordon’s imposing looking team, it was eventually won by a very determined Rymill outfit, comprising Emily Rowntree, Ebony Wurst, Ned Skeer, Arlie Shadbolt, Anna Copping, Toni Cadzow, Corey Shadbolt and Katherine Hunter. The Gordon team was unanimously voted as the winner of the Max Croser Team Spirit award. All house leaders demonstrated a high level of organisation, initiative, problem-solving, and attention to detail in both the lead-up to and on the day. In addition to the terrific leadership that had been on show, the tremendous enthusiasm and sportsmanship that competitors from all teams had displayed helped to create a great atmosphere and numerous proud moments. The individual competitions were also keenly fought with great sportsmanship displayed on numerous occasions. Trophy winners on the day were:

At the end of proceedings, principal, Anna Copping thanked many people including: the house leaders who

had done a terrific job both in the lead-up to and on the day; Matt Crewe for again presenting the grounds in

impeccable condition; the hardworking Parent Club and volunteers for providing lunch and refreshments

throughout the day; the Penola and Districts Little Athletics Club for the use of their equipment; Kerry Dent,

Dione McDonald and Mel Catlin for volunteering to be chief scorers; and to the staff members who put in a

great deal of time and effort to help prepare the kids for the day.

SENIOR BOY CHAMPION JACK SHARMAN DICKSON

SENIOR BOY RUNNER UP THOMAS CURRIE GORDON

SENIOR GIRL CHAMPION PIP CREWE DICKSON

SENIOR GIRL RUNNER UP EBONY WURST RYMILL

JUNIOR BOY CHAMPION BEN COPPING RYMILL

JUNIOR BOY RUNNER UP FINN SKEER RYMILL

JUNIOR GIRL CHAMPION CHARLIZE BAILEY DICKSON

JUNIOR GIRL RUNNER UP KIARA EPIHA GORDON

JUNIOR GIRL S CHAMPION Runner-up– Kiara Epiha JUNIOR GIRL S CHAMPION– Charlize Bailey

JUNIOR BOYS CHAMPION Runner-up– Finn Skeer JUNIOR BOYS CHAMPION – Ben Copping

SENIOR BOYS CHAMPION Runner-up– Tomas Currie

SENIOR BOYS CHAMPION – Jack Sharman

SENIOR GIRLS CHAMPION Runner-up– Ebony Wurst SENIOR GIRLS CHAMPION– Pip Crewe

A big Thank-you to Christy Radford from With Love Photography for the amazing Photos.

Gordon Bannister Cup Winners Rymill

Anna Copping, Toni Cadzow, Corey Shadbolt, Katherine Hunter, Ned Skeer, Ebony Wurst, Emily Rowntree and Arlie Shadbolt.

Sports Day Winners Rymill

Emily Rowntree, Ebony Wurst, Arlie Shadbolt and Ned Skeer.

Japanese Cultural Day On Thursday 7th November 2019, the Open Access Teachers from Adelaide came to visit and held a Cultural Day in our school gym. The students created nature pictures using nature collected from outside, made Onigiri (Japanese rice balls) and played games. The students demonstrated their leadership and initiative and showed their creativity while using their Japanese knowledge. The students had an awesome time, making special memories whilst extending their Japanese learning and vocabulary.

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happa

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Thursday 7th November 2019

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Japanese Cultural Day Thursday 7th November 2019

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14/10 15/10 16/10 17/10 18/10 PINK DAY

2

21/10 22/10 Choir practice

23/10

Choir Festival @ Mt Gambier

24/10 25/10

3

28/10 29/10 30/10

Championship Day

31/10

200 metres

1/11

Sports Day SHOW DAY

4

4/11 SAPSASA Cricket & Tennis Week

5/11

OPEN DAY

6/11 7/11

Japanese Visit

Cultural Day

8/11

5

11/11 12/11 13/11

School Photos

14/11 15/11 Camp Quality Puppets Assembly—Yr 4

6

18/11 Hot Shots Tennis

19/11

Scienctatic Performance

20/11 21/11 22/11

7

25/11 26/11 27/11 28/11

F/1/2 Sleepover

29/11 Assembly—Year 3

8

2/12 Yr 7 Camp Week

3/12 Big Breakfast

4/12 5/12 6/12

9

9/12 10/12 CONCERT Whole School Transition

11/12 Yr 7 Excursion

12/12 JP Games/Disco

13/12 Last Day of School Assembly at 1.30pm–Staff

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