Issue 18, 24 June 2016

St Peter’s Woodlands Grammar School Inc. A Co-educational Anglican Primary School ABN 93 863 669 897

39 Partridge Street, Glenelg SA 5045 administration@spw.sa.edu.au www.spw.sa.edu.au

Telephone (08) 8295 4317 Facsimile (08) 8295 2820 Absentee Line (08) 7221 6221

OSHC 0411 298 878 Camp Australia Admissions (08) 7221 6217 Feedback to the Principal hlindquist@spw.sa.edu.au

From the Head of Early Learning Over the past week, there have been parents and grandparents visiting the Early Learning Centre as part of the Learning Journeys in each ELC Room. The children have loved showing their special family members their explorations and discoveries, and sharing the many aspects of their days in the ELC. It is wonderful to see the grown-ups immersed in the world of their children – including singing and dancing at the end of the day! Similarly, the Year 2 and Year 3 students celebrated their Grandparents’ Day yesterday, with a wonderful Chapel service. The Year 3 students took their visitors on tours of the school, and spoke of the history of the site and how it has changed over the years. The ability to express their knowledge and understanding, and answer questions was outstanding. Lastly, we must make mention of the performances of the many students involved in the SPW Band and Instrumental Ensembles who showcased their skills on Tuesday evening. Congratulations to them all, and thank you to their teachers.

Gemma D’Angelo School families, Staff and Old Scholars please join us in supporting this year’s Annual Appeal. The Annual Appeal program continues until December 2016; however you may like to take advantage of the tax benefits by donating to the Building or Scholarship Funds before the end of the 2015/2016 financial year. Donations to the Building Fund will enable us to create Nature Play Spaces in the Bowen Garden vicinity. Our target is $40,000. If every family in our school community was to donate $100 we would achieve our goal.

Donations to the Scholarship Fund will help us to create several more scholarship opportunities for students to have an education at SPW. All donations no matter how large or small will be greatly appreciated; together we can achieve our goals. To support the Foundation please fill in the grey The Joy of Giving brochure that was sent home recently. For further information please contact Karen Schaumloffel in the Development Office P 7221 6202, E kschaumloffel@spw.sa.edu.au

Inside this issue From the Head of Early

Learning The Joy of Giving, Annual

Appeal Sports News Finishing Time on Friday 1

July Chaplain’s Chat Canteen Uniform Shop PFA News SRC Update PMA Maths Challenge The Arts The Week Ahead

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The Joy of Giving—Annual Appeal

Sports News SPORTS DAY At the moment the weather is forecast to be dry on Wednesday. However, if this changes, a decision will be made on Wednesday at 7.30am and a message will be entered on Skoolbag and the SPW website. SPORTS DAY ASSISTANCE This is an urgent call for parent/caregiver/family and friends to form relay teams to run against the students and staff at this year’s Sports Day. Please form your own teams of 4 (girls and boys only, no mixed) and start training. RUN CLUB WEDNESDAY 29 JUNE Please note that Wednesday’s Run Club has been cancelled. ATHLETICS COACHES APPEAL Could any parents/caregivers etc who have experience in coaching or participating in Athletics and would consider helping prepare the school team in Term 3, please get in touch with me. The school team is preparing to compete in the District Athletics Champs on Thursday 25 August (Week 5).

Huw Bowen PE & Sports Coordinator

Finishing Time on Friday 1 July Please note that the children will finish at the usual time of 3.15pm next Friday, the last day of Term 2. Term 3 will commence on Tuesday 26 July. Chaplain’s Chat CHAPEL Congratulations to the Year 3s who presented a very moving service for Year 2 and 3 Grandparents’ Day on Thursday. ADMISSION TO COMMUNION SERVICE WEEK 9 In the Chapel service next week we will baptise one student and admit 12 to taking communion. Baptism and Communion are the two central “sacraments” of the Church, so this will be a special celebration. Sacraments are visible signs of the invisible love of God at work in people’s lives. Everyone is welcome to attend. ANGLICARE CLOTHING BIN The SPW Anglicare Clothing Bin is located at the rear of the chapel. All donations are always gratefully received, but during this cold weather, any used clothing, shoes, blankets, linen (clean and bagged) will be especially welcome. NOTICES FROM ST PETER’S GLENELG ANGLICAN CHURCH, TORRENS SQUARE, GLENELG St Peter’s Day celebration This Sunday, 26th June, the congregation will celebrate St Peter's Day. Fr Andrew and Mthr Julia will lead a Celebratory Communion service featuring a drama performance by the Sunday Kids and special music. After the service there will be lunch of soup, bread and cheese, with St Peter's fish 'n chips for children plus face painting and a Scavenger quiz. Everyone is welcome. Polling Booth St Martin's Church at 45 Hastings Street, Glenelg, a parish church of St Peter’s, will be a Voting Station on Election Day, Saturday 2 July with a BBQ and Cake Stall. Come along and vote and support the church fund-raising. A PRAYER FOR END-OF-TERM TEACHERS “Everything on earth has its own time and its own season” Ecclesiastes 3: 1

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Huw Bowen hbowen@spw.sa.edu.au 0481 133 295

Dear Lord, Please protect me from over-working And thus making myself useful to no-one, Including myself. Amen

Mother Julia Denny-Dimitriou School Chaplain

Canteen THANK YOU The assistance of Theonie Stathopoulos and Sandy Wallace in the Canteen this week has been very much appreciated. If you are able to help out at any time, please contact me in the Canteen.

Rosy Elphick Canteen Manager

Uniform Shop GOOD NEWS The sports jacket in all sizes is now in stock. PLEASE NOTE Please note that due to the Sports Day on Wednesday 29 June, the Uniform Shop will be closed on this day. Also, the Uniform Shop closes for the school holidays on Friday 1 July and reopens on Tuesday 26 July 26, normal hours, 1.30-4.00pm.

Tiona Ryan Uniform Shop Manager

PFA News MIDDLE PRIMARY MOVIE NIGHT Remember to book your tickets for the movie night on Friday 1 July. This will be a lock-in event, commencing at 6.30pm at the new Glenelg Cinema. We will be showing "The BFG" and children will get popcorn and water included in their $20 ticket. Bookings are now open www.trybooking.com/LVWU JP DISCO Please refer to the flyer in relation to the JP disco which will be held in Week 2 of Term 3. MONDAY NIGHT BARBECUES Next Monday will be the last Sausage Sizzle this term. Thank you to all who have assisted throughout Term 2. Next term we are looking for parents from Years 5 and 7 to assist with the Monday barbecues. They are easy to run; they are all set up and you will just need help to cook and serve. Please email pfa@spw.sa.edu.au or look for the sign up sheet at the Shelter Shed. Barbecues will commence with school sport in Week 2. SOCCER BBQs Would all Team Managers please ensure you have helpers for your allocated timeslots as this helps us to share the tongs. It is a great fundraiser and the monies go back into supporting your children’s sport. Thank you in advance. COFFEE VAN Don’t forget to stop by the coffee van next Friday, 8.15-9.00am near the JP play equipment (Cudmore Building). Great time for a coffee and chat. ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS A new book commenced on Wednesday 1 June—it’s not too late to purchase one. The PFA are offering ‘fundraising with Entertainment’. 2016/2017 Entertainment Books

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are available for sale at $65, providing over $20,000 of value. You can order books or digital membership online at https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/ order books/160p940, or purchase a book at the Finance Office. $13 from each book/membership sold goes to the PFA funds. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Sharon or the PFA. Thank you for your support. CONTACT pfa@spw.sa.edu.au

SRC Update—Win a Backpack Raffle, Week 9 The SRC would like to say a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who has donated to the Pack a Backpack Day to be held in Week 9 of this term. We have been overwhelmed by the generosity of many people. Please remember that donations can still be brought to 7KR, 3BS or the Chapel. Please refer to the list at the back of the Weekly or posters around school for ideas of what can be donated. Remember, every little bit helps. Please donate and help us make this an awesome SRC event. BACKPACK RAFFLE As part of our Pack a Backpack initiative we are also holding a Backpack raffle where children could win one of 2 Crumpler Squid backpacks. Raffle tickets have already been sent home with children. All children have to do to enter this raffle is share information about Backpacks 4 SA Kids with someone they know. This person must not be a student of SPW. Completed tickets can be placed in the box outside the ELC, or Front Office at school. WHAT INFORMATION CAN BE SHARED? In South Australia, over 2500 children between the ages of newborn to 17, live in ‘out of home’ foster care and other emergency shelters. Imagine the stress and anxiety a child endures as they are taken away from their home… no belongings, no comforts and no home. The backpacks provide by Backpacks 4 SA Kids help to relieve some of the uncertainty children face when they are removed from their family, often in traumatic situations and without the opportunity to take any personal belongings along with them. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Kerry Ramsay on kramsay@spw.sa.edu.au or Barbara Saunderson on bsaunderson@spw.sa.edu.au Thank you for supporting the SRC in their work for Backpacks 4 SA Kids. Primary Mathematics Association (PMA) Mathematics Challenge 2016 The PMA Mathematics Challenge is back for 2016. The Mathematics Challenge is part of events organised by the Learner Activities Sub-Committee of the PMA with the aims of: Promoting mathematics and numeracy in school and preschool communities

around South Australia; To further develop students’ appreciation of the scope of mathematics and

numeracy and their creative thinking skills; To address the goals and challenges of the Government’s B-12 Numeracy and

Literacy Strategy including ‘Great Start – Strong Foundations – Powerful Learners’.

This Challenge is designed so that all learners have the opportunity to participate at a school level and it can provide a focus for mathematics and numeracy celebrations.

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The Maths Challenge is open to all students from Foundation to Year 7. However, as this is an extra-curricular activity, there will be limited opportunity for students to work on their investigations during class and set homework time. This means that students will need to be ‘self-directed’ in their project and will need to spend extra time working on it at home. Students are encouraged to come to The Hub on Thursdays at lunch for any assistance. For more information, please speak to your child’s teacher, Tassie Mangos or Angela Doan to collect a consent form which includes more information. You could also refer to the PMA website:www.primarymathematicssa.com. Interest needs to be registered by Friday 29 July.

Tassie Mangos and Angela Doan Coordinators Primary Maths Challenge

The Arts Congratulations to the students who performed at our Band and Ensemble Soirée. The Chapel looked beautiful and the students performed beyond their years. It was a great way to end the term creating beautiful music in the Chapel. A reminder next term our Junior Musical will be performed in Week 5. We are presenting 'Cinderella and Rockerfella'. Rehearsals are going well and we look forward to sharing this special show with you. Ticket details will all be available next term. CO-CURRICULAR MUSIC ACTIVITIES FOR WEEK 9 MONDAY- There will be no show choir in Week 9. We will recommence Monday

of Week 2, Term 3 TUESDAY - There will be no SPW Band in Week 9. We will recommence Tuesday

of Week 1, Term 3. Junior Musical Tuesday 3.15pm to 4.30pm is for the entire cast. Chapel Choir will rehearse as normal in Week 9. WEDNESDAY - There will be no Junior Glee in Week 9 (but we will be performing

in Assembly 2.30pm on Tuesday of Week 9). We will recommence Wednesday of Week 1, Term 3.

Percussion Ensemble will meet as normal at lunch time. THURSDAY - Flutissimo will rehearse as normal at lunch time. Chapel Choir and Band will meet in the Chapel at 8.15am as normal. FRIENDS OF THE ARTS COSTUME ROOM CLEAN UP On Friday 22 July (the last Friday of the school holidays) we will be holding a clean up day in the costume room to sort costumes and label all the tubs. We would love assistance with this task. We will be there from 9.00am to 5.00pm. Please email me at mdelaine@spw.sa.edu.au to let me know if you can help. Thanks in advance.

Mark DeLaine Head of the Arts

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Fr iday

Canteen

LEONIE HUGHES, JO MINTERN

SHIELA MAYFIELD HELP REQUIRED SANDY WALLACE JO MINTERN

School

Uniform Shop Hours 1.30pm-4.00pm

Learning Journey, Torrens Room

Uniform Shop Hours 1.30pm-4.00pm

Whole School Assembly —2.30pm, Junior Glee performing

Uniform Shop Hours 8.00am-10.00am

Playgroup (Nutter Thomas), 9.00am

Sports Day, Years 3 to 7, SA Athletics Stadium

Uniform Shop Hours 8.00am-9.00am 1.30pm—4.00pm

Chapel Service—Admission to Communion and Baptism, 8.45am, Chapel

Coffee Club, 8.15-9.00am Uniform Shop Hours

1.30pm-4.00pm End of Term 2, 3.15pm

Extra & Co C

urricular

Show Choir Yrs 3-7 (Music Centre) 8.15-8.55am

Year 3 High Jump lunchtime Games Club F-7—12.50-

1.30pm (The Hub) SSoE Girls—12.45-1.25pm SSoE Boys Development

Squad—1.30-2.20pm Netball Specialist School,

Development Squad, 1.30-2.20pm

MP Sport 1.30-2.20pm JP Sport 2.25-3.05pm UP Sport—3.20-4.20pm SSoE Senior Boys—3.30-

4.20pm Netball Specialist School

Senior (including Yr 5 training) - 3.20-4.20pm

SPW Band—8.15-8.55am (Music Centre)

Yoga (Yrs 3-7) - 12.50-1.30pm (Baddams)

Lego Club (F-7) -12.50-1.30pm (The Hub)

Chapel Choir—12.50-1.30pm (Chapel)

Junior Musical Rehearsal, 3.15-4.30pm—ENTIRE CAST

Run Club—8.15-8.55am (McKenzie Oval)

Junior Choir F-2, 8.15-8.45am (Music Centre)

Percussion Ensemble—12.50-1.30pm (Music Suite)

Chess F-7—12.50-1.30pm (The Hub)

Year 5-7 Netball Matches (after school)

Chapel Choir & Band—8.15-9.30am (Chapel)

Flute Ensemble—12.50-1.30pm (Chapel)

Lego Club (F-7) -12.50-1.30pm (The Hub)

Debating Practice—3.15 - 4.30pm (4NP Classroom)

Years 3-4 Netball Matches (after school)

Beach Run Yrs 3-7—8.15-8.55am (Meet at bottom of Pier Street)

Games Club (F-7)—12.50-1.30pm (The Hub)

Netball Specialist School Matches (after school)

______________________________ SATURDAY MATCHES 8.00am Soccer, Yr 3-7 8.30am Football, Yr 3 9.30am Football, Yr 4-5 10.30am Football, Yr 7

PFA

PFA Sports BBQ—Sausage Sizzle after school, 3.15-4.00pm

PFA MP Movie Night (see flyer)

2016 Term 2 Week 9 Monday 27 to Friday 1 July

The Week Ahead Contact Us Front Office 8295 4317 administration@spw.sa.edu.au

Student Absentees 7221 6221 absentees@spw.sa.edu.au OSHC 0411 298 878 Camp Australia Finance Office 7221 6229 finance@spw.sa.edu.au Canteen 7221 6216 Rosy Elphick, Manager relphick@spw.sa.edu.au Website spw.sa.edu.au

St Peter’s Woodlands Grammar School Inc 39 Partridge Street Glenelg SA 5045 A Co-educational Anglican Primary School

St Peter’s Woodlands is an IB World School

accredited in the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program (PYP)