Settlers Farm Campus R-7 Term 1, Week 4, 22nd February 2018

Dear families,

Thank you for your patience and assistance moving around our closed off main yard for the first few weeks of this term. The fences are have now come down and the students are now able to take advantage of our new under cover area for both learning and play times. It truly is an impressive structure as you can see in the photos. We are nearing the end of our STEM Works project and all of the upgrades have been well received by staff, students and community that have had the opportunity to see these areas. The builders at all times have been very accommodating and have tried their best to ensure minimal interruption to the school. The delay in sheeting for the outdoor learning area was unfortunately out of their control otherwise this would have been completed in January before the students returned to school.

At our first Governing Council meeting for the year the following dates have been approved for this year’s Pupil Free Days and School Closures; Thursday 29th March, Term 1 Week 9 – Pupil Free Day (attached to Sports Day on the Wed and Easter) Tuesday 12th June, Term 2 Week 7 – Pupil Free Day (June long weekend) Monday 6th August, Term 3 Week 3 – Pupil Free Day Friday 7th September, Term 3 Week 7 – Pupil Free Day (week of Royal Show) Wednesday 28th November, Term 4 Week 7 – School Closure (day after Summer Celebration) Hopefully this early information will help you plan around these dates. If care is needed our OSHC service operates for the full day on these dates.

Our AGM for Governing Council is in 4 weeks on Monday 19th March at 6:30pm in the staffroom. All members of the community are welcome as you do not need to be a member of Governing Council to attend this meeting. If you would like to be on Governing Council a nomination form will be coming home in a couple of weeks. You are more than welcome to nominate yourself on the form, or someone can nominate you. Governing Council is a great opportunity to be involved in decisions about strategic directions for the school, including finance and facilities. Meetings are semi-formal and offer the opportunity to be in the forefront of what is happening around the school.

Tryout for the Festival Choir for our year 5 to year 7 students begins this week. Students have until the end of this term to decide if they want to remain in choir until the performance at Festival Theatre in September. This is a fabulous event each year. This year we are trialling a signing choir as well for the year 3 and year 4 students. Both choirs occur on a Wednesday: the senior choir is facilitated by Ira Henkel and the Auslan choir will be facilitated by Louise Nickson. I am very much looking forward to the performances during the year.

At the beginning of each year we remind families about attendance expectations and procedures: School begins at 8:45am in the classroom. It is a DECD requirement that students not in class at 8:45am be marked as late when they arrive or absent if away. Many of our teachers open their classrooms before 8:45am to meet this expectation. The morning music is played at 2 minutes to 8:45am so that students have the time to travel back to their classrooms to begin the day. Students arriving late with their parents may go directly to the classroom until 9:30am. Students arriving late without a parent must come to the front office to be signed in for the day. Students should remain at school until 3:05pm which is the end of our school day. It is not acceptable, according to DECD attendance policies, for parents to pick students up early so that they can pick up other children from other sites. This is an attendance issue that we are obliged to report. On the odd occasion when it is unavoidable to make appointments for your child after school, it is part of DECD procedures that your child must be signed out at the front office before being collected from their classroom. Birthdays are also not deemed to be an acceptable excuse for non attendance. Hopefully this information provides clarity around attendance expectations.

Kind regards, Tanya

Phone: 82806866 Fax: 82806403

School Email: dl.1851.info@schools.sa.edu.au

INSIDE THIS

ISSUE

Principal’s News

Acquaintance Night

Photos

Aboriginal Parents

Morning Tea Photos

Woolies Earn and

Learn Prizes

School Crossing

Monitors

Parking around our

school

Election Day BBQ

School Photo Day

SFC Phone Apps

Sports Voucher

COMING EVENTS

TERM 1

Aquatics Years 6/7

2nd, 8th & 9th

March

PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Adelaide Cup

Monday 12th

March

Friday 16th March

Student Leader

Conference

Saturday 17th

March

Election Day BBQ

RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY PERSONAL BEST

Tanya Oshinsky

Principal

Sarah Crosby Deputy Principal

Students with Special Needs

Maureen Williams Student Wellbeing Assistant Principal

Ann Shepherdson

Innovation in Teaching & Learning

Assistant Principal

Nicole Blackmore

Improvement in Teaching & Learning

Assistant Principal

Paula Mulholland

Kindergarten Director

Jan Hutchison

OSHC Director

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Tuesday 13th February 2018

Aboriginal Parents Morning Tea Friday 9th February 2018

On Friday 9th February, 2018, the Aboriginal parents met at

Settlers Farm Campus for a morning tea. It was a time to discuss

their children’s learning, plans and aspirations for 2018. The

parents enjoyed getting together and look forward to catching

up again in the future.

Introductions of

staff in the Hall

Interoceoption

Room

Volunteers

Needed

SFC BBQ

Cooks

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“I would like to thank Woolworths for all of this

amazing equipment. We are truly grateful. It has

been great doing the Woolworths stickers every

year as it is extremely beneficial for our school. It

helps make sure our school is a happy and safe

learning environment. It also makes sure we have

an updated set of equipment. We are very grateful

for this opportunity. Thank you.”

Kyla Lockwood (School Student Leader)

On Tuesday 20th February, Mike from Woolworths Paralowie delivered our Woolies Earn and Learn Prizes! Two students were chosen by their peers and teacher to

represent their class and collect the prizes. Everyone was extremely excited !! A BIG thank you again to the SFC families on an amazing job collecting the Woolies Stickers!!!

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SCHOOL CROSSING

MONITORS

Recently Settlers Farm Campus took part in School Crossing Monitor Training conducted by

the South Australian Police. This involves students in years 5, 6 and 7 being trained by

Road Safety Educators from the SA Police Road Safety Section. After the training is

complete the student will receive a Certificate of Authority issued on behalf of the

Commissioner of Police which, under the Road Traffic Act authorises the student to work

as a school crossing monitor. The certificate authorises the student to stop traffic using a

stop sign, as well as give reasonable directions to pedestrians for the safe and efficient

movement of traffic at or on the crossing as is necessary.

The training involves learning how to safely stop vehicles at a school crossing and

perform safety assessments on when it is safe for children to cross the road (this in-

cludes asking the monitors to check that all vehicles have stopped prior to pedestrians

walking onto the crossing). The session also includes safe sign handling techniques and

positioning within the crossing.

It is extremely important that all people (including parents) use the crossings and

become good road safety role models, by following the School Crossing Monitor’s

directions, not only for their safety but the safety of all students and road users.

Road safety is everyone’s responsibility.

Thank you

No Dogs on School Grounds

A reminder to all families and friends that dogs are not permitted on school (DECD) grounds unless authorised by the principal. This forms part of a dog owner’s responsibilities and the laws that apply to dogs.

If you are walking your dog to school, please arrange to meet your child / children outside the school gate.

Officers may be called if a dog is seen on the school grounds.

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BUS ZONE

You must not stop

within a bus zone

at any time. This

zone is for public

buses only.

NO STOPPING

You must not stop

in a ‘No Stopping’

area at any time.

Drop off or pick up

is not allowed even

for the briefest

time. A yellow

unbroken curb line

is the same as a

‘No Stopping’ sign

and the same rules

apply.

NO PARKING

The same rules as

the above ‘No

Parking ‘sign,

however this only

applies during the

days and times

shown on the sign.

NO PARKING

Drop off and pick

up only. You must

not queue or wait

here. The driver

must wait with the

vehicle.

OBSTRUCT DRIVEWAYS

A vehicle must not obstruct the

entrance way or crossing point to

a property , even if it is your

own.

RESERVES, FOOTPATHS &

VERGES

It is an offense to drive or park on a

reserve, footpath or dividing strip and

can cause an accident, injure a person

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Sausage in Bread or Can of Drink $2 each or 3 for $5

Fruit boxes $1 each

Can options:-

Pepsi, Pepsi Max, Sunkist, Solo, Lemonade

Raising Funds for

Settlers Farm Campus R-7

Saturday 17th March

Barassi Street Paralowie

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Held on Monday 19th March

Master School Portraits will be taking our school photos again this year.

Photo Envelopes will be sent home with your child shortly.

All envelopes and money for the photos

MUST BE RETURNED ON THE DAY OF THE PHOTOS.

This year the photographers are offering Family Photos.

This will be in the School Hall from 8.30am to 9am.

Please note: late orders will incur a surcharge of $15.00.

Catch-up Photo Day will be held on Wednesday 21st March

Please take time to read the relevant information on the MSP payment

envelopes & remember these helpful points:

Don’t Seal envelopes inside each other. You can pay for all children

in one envelope however each child needs to have their own

envelope on photo day.

Family envelopes are available at the school office upon request.

Please enclose correct money as NO Change is given—cash, cheques

and money orders only. Credit card payments can only be made

online.

Please feel free to visit our web site

www.msp.com.au

For photo enquires Phone: (08) 8132 1148

or

Email: enquiries.adl@msp.com.au

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SFC PHONE APP

School Star App

Keeping parents and the community informed is very important to SFC, and we regularly upload contents to our School Star Application. You will receive up-to-date current information, newsletters and important announcements within minutes of the school releasing the information.

Click here for: School Star Instructions.

iPhone users:

1.Open the App Store on your iPhone by tapping its icon.

2.Search the App Store for “MGM School Star”.

3.Tap the button that says “+GET”, then “INSTALL”.

4.If asked, enter your Apple ID password.

5.The “INSTALL” button will turn into an indicator that shows the progress of the download.

Once the download has finished, tap “OPEN” to launch School Star.

Android users:

1.Open the Play Store on your Android Phone by tapping its icon.

2.Search the Play Store for “MGM School Star”, and tap the search result in the list.

3.Tap the button marked “INSTALL”.

4.The “INSTALL” button will turn into an indicator that shows the progress of the download. Once the download

has finished, tap “OPEN” to launch School Star.

After you register a new account, School Star will automatically detect your school and configure your news feed.

We hope you enjoy using School Star. We look forward to improving our communication with you.

Qkr App (pronounced “Quicker”)

Our Qkr phone app allows parents and carers to pay lunch orders, excursions, uniform, school fees and more from their phone! Pronounced “quicker”, you can now order and pay for items without having to line up at the payment window or worry that your child will forget to put their lunch order in the box. Simply search for “Qkr! By MasterCard” in your app store (you don't need to have a MasterCard to use the app). Then find “Setters Farm Campus” and register. It is very quick and easy. Instructions for app downloading and ordering click here: Qkr Instructions

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Canteen – Help Needed!

Our canteen volunteers are currently too few in number and we urgently need help. If you would

like to offer some time (between 8.30am to 2.00pm) to the canteen on a weekly, fortnightly or

casual basis, please contact Carol or Cheryl in the canteen – they would love to hear from you!

A Criminal History Check is required and you must also attend a

Volunteer Induction Course.

All volunteers will receive a free lunch and cup of coffee.

How to subscribe to the

newsletter mailing list for parents.

Send an email to the following email address:

listserv@lists.schools.sa.edu.au

The subject and body of the email should be blank apart from adding the following text

exactly as written to the body of the email:

subscribe SFC_PARENTDL

After approximately 5 minutes you should receive an email with instructions to confirm

your address by clicking on the link contained within the email.

The subscription request will then be approved by the school and the parent

will receive a confirmation email once approved.

As per policy, hats need to be worn

for any outdoor activity at school

from the Beginning of Term 1 until

the end of Term 1. Students should

not share hats and the occasional

wash is advised. School hats are

available for purchase from Trish in

the cash office for $11. Externally

purchased navy hats are fine so long

as they are broad brimmed.

Our lost property is overflowing.

If your child has misplaced a jacket or

drink bottle please come and collect

from outside the front office.

To help us return your child’s lost

clothing, please name your

child’s clothing

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Wednesday 28th March

(back up day is Tuesday morning 3rd April )

TIME: all day

Come along to watch your child and feel free to join in with the activities.

Be part of the baton relay after lunch!

On the day, your child MUST bring sunscreen to reapply during the day,

sandshoes, a hat, appropriate clothing in their team colour if possible

and a bottle of water.

The canteen will be open all day for purchases.

Hope to see you there!

We are now collecting Coles Sports for Schools vouchers!!

You can drop your vouchers into SFC front office.

How does it work? Step 1

For every $10 spent at Coles, you will receive one Sports for Schools

voucher.

Step 2

You then bring the vouchers into Settlers Farm Campus R-7, placing them

in the collection bin in the front office.

Step 3

Every voucher you donate to our school can be redeemed for leading

brand sports equipment.

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W H A T I S T H E S P O R T S

V O U C H E R S P R O G R A M ?

The Sports Vouchers program is a

Government of South Australia initiative

administered by the Office for Recreation and

Sport. The program provides an opportunity

for primary school aged children from

Reception to Year 7 to receive up to a $50

discount on sports membership/registration

fees. The purpose is to increase the number of

children playing organised sport by reducing

cost as a barrier to participate in sport.

W H O I S E L I G I B L E F O R T H E P R O G R A M ?

All South Australian Primary School Aged Children, meaning if the child is attending or is eligible to

attend primary school. Remember it is ONE VOUCER for every primary school aged child per

calendar year. To find your nearest provider please use the ‘Find a Club’ tool.

How does the program work?

There are currently two methods of claiming a voucher. The method depends on the provider’s system.

Some sports and providers have online registrations, claiming the voucher has been integrated into their

systems. If the provider does not have the voucher integrated into their online registrations, you’ll need

to download the voucher. Once completed, take the voucher to an approved provider to receive a

discount on the fees when you register at the provider. Providers access the secure Voucher Portal to

redeem vouchers and receive reimbursement.

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