INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Principal’s Report

SFC Book Week

What’s Happening in G01

& C03

PE & Health at SFC

Sarah’s Snippets

Term 3 Planner

COMING EVENTS

Book Week Performance Big Dreams Friday 30th

August

Parafield Gardens High Yr 7-8 Meet

n Greet Tuesday 3rd

September 2-3pm SFC Staff Room

Aquatics Yr. 6-7s Monday 9th &

16th September

Last Day of Term Casual day

Early Dismissal Friday 27th September

Term 4

Pupil Free Day Staff Moderation

Monday 14th October

Back to School Tuesday 15th

October

Swimming R-2 Wk2 3-5 Wk3

Colour Explosion Fundraiser

Wednesday 6th November

Settlers Farm Campus R-7 Term 3— Week 6 , 29h August 2019

Dear Families,

Bookweek In week 5, we celebrated the wonders of reading with our bookweek activities and parade on Tuesday. Our book week theme this year was reading is my secret power! What does it mean when we say reading is my super power? It can mean different things for different people. Your reading super power might be finding information out about your favourite topic like dinosaurs or pug dogs. Reading might be your super power because you can escape into a different world and meet weird and wonderful characters. It might be your super power because by reading you can be the best learner that you can be because reading is so important in all of our subject and learning areas. We thank Christina, Colleen and everyone else who lead and participated in our Bookweek activities. Our library was transformed into a hub of reading activities and a set for Readers Theatre which was performed by students and staff. The library looked amazing and we enjoyed the many activities that delve into books this week.

Decodable Readers We are pleased to announce the introduction of decodable books to our Reception unit. This is part of an ongoing focus on the Big 6 of Reading, in particular Phonological Awareness and Phonics. Decodable books are simple books which have been especially written for beginning readers. They are based on the letter sounds which have been introduced to students. At Settlers Farm Campus, these are the 44 English sounds introduced through Jolly Phonics. These books enable learners to continue practising to blend (read) and segment (spell) words in order to be able to automatically recognise words quickly and effortlessly. This enables learners to read independently, quicker and experience reading success. Thank you to Jackie, our Literacy Coach, for leading the use of decodable readers at SFC.

SSO Week This week we celebrated SSO Week and acknowledged the wonderful work that all of our SSOs do to support our students, their learning and well-being. Our SSOs are of part of so many areas of our school including learning programs, curriculum support, in the office and library. We thank them for making SFC a great place to be!

Staffing News We congratulate Lisa Simpson who has won the position of Maths Coach for the rest of 2019 while Brooke begins maternity leave. We wish Brooke all the best with the birth of her baby and busy times ahead. In term 4, Lisa will be teaching in K01 Monday to Wednesday with Ben Noske teaching the class on Thursdays and Fridays. Liam Wytkin will be teaching in D04 full time from week 9 this term to the end of the year. We welcome back Nicole Pavlou to the PE teacher role on Monday, Thursday and Fridays and Ben will continue teaching PE on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Baby news from Eleni At 2:22pm on the 14th of August 2019 Chris, Thomas and I welcomed our precious little boy to the world: our angel Vasilios Savva, weighing 3.41kg and 49.5cm. We are so overwhelmed with love and Thomas is already the best big brother to our Vasili.

Kind Regards, Leanne

Phone: 82806866 Fax: 82806403 School Email: dl.1851.info@schools.sa.edu.au

www.settlersr7.sa.edu.au

RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY PERSONAL BEST

Leanne Trewartha Principal

Michael Kerrisk Deputy Principal

Students with Special Needs

Nicole Blackmore Assistant Principal

Improvement in Teaching & Learning

Tania Dal Zotto Assistant Principal

Student Wellbeing

Kristian Allen Assistant Principal

Student Wellbeing

Sonia Magon Assistant Principal

Learning Design Assessment & Moderation

Paula

Mulholland Kindergarten

Director

Jan Hutchison OSHC Director

Carol Phillips Canteen Manager

REMINDER!!

Hats are to worn

from Monday, 2nd

September

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Sarah’s

Snippets

Some students have recently started some life

skills lessons with me to learn how to cook

nutritious meals. Our goal is to include a whole

lot of vegetables in the dish and make it yummy

and appetizing! I have even been presenting them with some unknown fruit and

vegetables for them to try and much to their surprise they liked almost all of them!

The picture above is the rainbow selection we tried in the first week.

Kids WILL eat vegetables if they are presented in a way that is appealing to them.

Nutrients found in vegetables are essential to maintain health and wellbeing. Cutting

vegetables into small pieces and mixing them in the main meal often works. Eating

raw (or even frozen) vegetables is a great habit and making delicious smoothies is

always a popular option. If your kids don’t like vegetables, don’t give up on them! Be

creative and have fun spending quality time cooking together. Get them involved

as early as possible, even my 3 year old loves mixing or pouring ingredients in.

What is Happening in G01 & C03?

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Making sandwiches and kebabs using the five healthy

food groups.

Parafield Gardens High School would like to invite you to …

Meet n Greet

Questions and Answers about High School Year 7-8 Transition Processes

Year 7s to HS

Tuesday 3rd September 2:00-3:05pm

Settler’s Farm Primary School Staff Room

Afternoon Tea will be provided Feel free to come and go as you please

Any questions or queries: Jenna English 0437817746

Jenna.english772@schools.sa.edu.au

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Father’s Day Family Night Thursday 29th August 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Father's Day Family Night Come on down between 6:00 & 8:00pm and have some fun at our family night. We will have an African drumming work-shop, wildlife display, karate demos, Scouts, Games, Ozito doing a DIY with the adults (limited spots available) Face painting, kids DIY, light refreshments available. Book in to avoid disappointment! Visit our website for booking:https://www.bunnings.com.au/stores/sa/parafield

Disability Policy and Programs Parent Conference

The 2019 Parent Conference is coming up in term 3 for parents or carers of children/young people/students with a disability.

When: Wednesday 25 September 2019

Venue: Hilton Adelaide, Victoria Square, Adelaide

Program:

8.45am to 9.30am – pre-conference session

9.45am to 2.15pm – conference and workshops

2.15pm to 3.00pm – post-conference Q&A

Workshop strands:

Building capacity and knowledge to support parents

Listening to experiences: Successful role models

To register, click on this link: https://register.eventarc.net/e/43331 For more information, contact: Libby Brown, Manager, Special Education Resource Unit (SERU), phone 8235 2871

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Parafield Gardens High School Visit

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Parafield Gardens High School Visit

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Parafield Gardens High School Visit

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Parafield Gardens High School Visit

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Parafield Gardens High School Visit

K01

Parafield Gardens High School Visit E04

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

Governing Council Meeting 6.30pm

Book Week

Governing Council Meeting 6.30pm

Settlers Farm Campus R-7

TERM PLANNER

Phone: 8280 6866

TERM 3 - 2019 Weeks 1-10

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22/7

23/7

24/7

6/7 SAPSASA Basketball

25/7 26/7

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29/7 30/7 31/7 1/8 Newsletter K-2 Assembly 9.15am

2/8

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5/8

6/8 3-5 Assembly 2:15pm

7/8

8/8

9/8

SAPSASA Girls Netball Boys Football

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12/8 13/8

14/8

6/7 Assembly 2.30pm

15/8 Newsletter

16/8

PUPIL FREE DAY Staff PD

Formative Assessments

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19/8 20/8 Book Week Parade 9.15am

21/8

22/8 Volunteer Induction 3.30pm K-2 Assembly 9.15am

23/8

SAPSASA Girls Football Boys Soccer

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26/8

27/8

3-5 Assembly 2:15pm

28/8

29/8 Newsletter

30/8 Book Week Performance

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2/9

3/9 4/9

5/9 K-2 Assembly 9.15am

6/9

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9/9

10/9 11/9

6/7 Assembly 2.30pm

12/9 Newsletter

13/9

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16/9

17/9

3-5 Assembly 2:15pm

18/9

19/9 20/9

10 23/9 24/9 K-2 Assembly 9.15am

25/9 26/9 Newsletter

27/9 Last Day of Term 3-Casual Day Gold Coin Donation to Kickstart for Kid’s Happy Day

2:05 Early Dismissal

Parafield Gardens High School Visit

E01

Aquatics Yrs. 6 & 7’s

Aquatics Yrs. 6 & 7’s