Principal Julie Brown: | Senior Leader: Jennifer Conn | Senior Leader: Chris�ne Vlass | Leader of Learning: Chris Guy

Phone: 8255 2108 Fax : 8287 1561 Email address: dl.0897_info@schools.sa.edu.au

Week 5

SAPSASA Athletics Friday 21st August Year 1 Phonics Check

Week 6

JP Swimming all week Father’s Day Stall Friday 28th August

Week 7

Wellbeing and Engagement Data Collection Yr 4-7 Pupil Free Day Class management Friday 4th September

Week 8

Assembly Wed 9th Sep 2.15 – 2.55 Governing Council Wednesday 9th September 6.00 pm

UPCOMING DATES TO

REMEMBER Music Concert

Wednesday 23rd September 1:30 - 3pm

SAPSASA

Boys and Girls cricket Friday 23rd October

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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT Covid-19 We are keeping alert around the situation in the state and will continue to follow SA Health and Education Department advice. Could you please support this by ensuring that your contact details remain up to date with the school at all times. Bin Audit- KESAB completed a Bin Audit at our school this week so we can see the impact of the BinShift system. Initial findings are looking really good with a comment that it was the best sorting Jo from KESAB has ever seen at any school. This audit will also help inform our next steps moving forward as a site. Phonics Growth A major focus of our reading improvement priority is the area of phonics which we are supporting through the implementation of the Read, Write Inc program R-5 and Freshstart program 5-7 as required. After a full term of implementation we are pleased to say that we have experienced an average score growth of 20% between term 1 and 2 results. We still have a long way to go but this is an extremely positive start. I will keep you updated as the year progresses. All year one students will be assessed in Phonics over the next 3 weeks for state wide data collection using a simple, fun assessment tool. Assembly It was a pleasure to attend our first assembly since the Covid disruption. Rooms 20 and 21 did a fantastic job in running the program and sharing some of the work they have been doing. It was also lovely to hear the Choir sing. The only thing missing was parents. Our next assembly will run on Wednesday the 9th of September 2:15 -2:55pm. We will be setting up a number of chairs at each end of the gym for parents/caregivers who wish to attend. These will be spaced apart to support social distancing and hand sanitiser will be provided. Father's Day Stall- This will be run from the community room on Friday 28th of August. A flyer will be sent home early next week. Clothing/ Book Stall- We had a number of donations of child and adult clothing given to the site for the Nunga Cafe Reopening. We will be setting up trestle tables with these items at the front of the school on Monday 24th Aug for families to come and help themselves. Evacuation Practice We have recently reviewed our evacuation procedure to support the safety of all students and staff if an internal emergency was to happen. We will practise this in week 8 so if you hear 4 long bells from the school please don't be alarmed. In the unlikely event that something was to happen at school that compromised your child's safety you would be notified. Kind Regards Julie Brown

Term 3, Week 5

School Assemblies Wed 9th Sep. Parents welcome

with social distancing.

School Banking Thursday’s of Term 3

Bike Locker Please be aware if your child is using the bike locker to

house their bikes/ scooters they will be requires to supply a bike lock to secure them during the day.

School Fees are Over Due Payment plans available.

Front office staff are able to assist in setting up a payment plan. More details available at front

office.

WELL DONE AMELIA. On 26th July one of our year 6 students Amelia Price raised $3,000

for Cancer Research. Amelia was able to do this by cu�ng her long hair and dona�ng it to be made into wigs for cancer sufferers. Amelia’s hair could be made into 2 short wigs or 1 long wig.

Amelia went through Variety Team Avengers face book fund raising page where she was able to get dona�ons and raise the amazing amount of $3,000. Great effort Amelia and well done. Amelia before she had her hair cut.

Junior Primary Swimming Reminder for junior primary classes

Rooms 18 – 22 and 4-5 Students swimming commences

Monday 24th August until 28th August Please remember to bring

Towel Bathers

Underwear

Jeanette is looking for volunteers to help in the canteen on Wednesdays and

Fridays if you are interested in helping out for a few hours on these days please

contact the front office for more information.

During Literacy we have been improving

our knowledge of procedures and writing them using the correct

text structure.

We decided to put our class text into practice

We are currently growing our own beans.

We followed the procedure from our class text ‘Grow a Bean Seed in a Glass Jar.‛

Rooms 21 & 22

Breakfast Club Every school day our site hosts a breakfast club. Mrs Rigney, along

with guests from Kickstart for Kids and social work students, welcome students from 8am until 8:30am in the library kitchen. Students can choose to have toast or cereal for breakfast before

they start their learning for the day.

OSHC Hours

6.30 – 8.30am and 3.05 -6pm Approximate Fees:

Before school care $17.00 with CCS $5.00 A�er school care $24.50 with CCS $8.00

Breakfast and a healthy a�ernoon snack are included in the fees Contact:

Sandy Pengelley OSHC Director on 82556872 or the School front office for an enrolment form

Canteen Help Required The school canteen operates on Wednesday and Fridays, on these days lunch orders can be placed and we are open during lunch play. Jeanette is seeking volunteers from 9am-12pm on both days if you are able to assist, even for an hour or two, please contact the front office or Jeanette in the canteen.