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Indofest at Poonindie

Parent Teacher Interviews

TERM 3 DIARY DATES

Congratulations Ethan Franklin Well done to Ethan Franlkin who has been invited to The Australian Mathematics Trust Awards in Adelaide at Westminster Senior School on the 16th of October. Ethan achieved outstanding results in the Australian Maths Competition and scored in the 100th percentile for his year level and was awarded a high distinction. We all hope that Ethan enjoys the event. “I liked the competition because some of the questions are challenging. I like that you have to work out which questions to answer first based on how many points they are worth. I started with the easy ones because they were quicker and you still get points for them and that gave me more time to work out the harder ones at the end that are worth more points” Ethan Franklin. Junior Primary Vocabulary The Junior Primary Class have been hard at work putting into practice the new learning from the BIG 6 professional development day we hosted a few weeks ago. Alfie learnt that ploy means to have a plan. Bryn explained that his word was delirious and it meant that you are kind of all sleepy and dizzy and Jarley’s word was gloom and it means dark and spooky. Have a good week, Ashleigh.

Ungarra Primary School Newsletter Term 3- Week 9- 2017

Principal | Ashleigh Ferguson Address | c/ Post Office Ungarra SA 5607

Telephone | 08 86888029 Fax | 08 86888058

Hi everyone, I hope you are all looking forward to the upcoming holidays. We have been very busy over the past few weeks with Indofest, Outdoor Classroom Day and Milo Cricket. Today we will be hosting Cummins Area School for kitchen and garden lessons. Looks like the weather will be perfect for the day. Thanks to Ben, Kyrie, Jamie and Justin for starting on fruit tree enclosures. Indofest Students enjoyed their time at Poonindie for Indofest. Students were involved in traditional dance, music, cooking and art. Thank you to Penny Ellin for organising the event and to the staff at Poonindie school for hosting the day. Outdoor Classroom Day Children enjoyed Outdoor Classroom Day which celebrated outdoor learning. The Junior Primary Class created facts and opinions based on their outdoor English lesson, worked on taking safe risks on an obstacle course and learnt about perimeter when constructing paddocks outside. The Upper Primary class enjoyed the challenge of cooking outside for their kitchen lesson. Milo Cricket On Friday some Upper Primary students travelled to Port Lincoln to be involved in Milo Cricket. All the students put in 100% effort and showed good sportsmanship. Mr Rowley’s group showed great persistence and team work on the day. Thank you to Mr Rowley for organising the event and umpiring on the day.

We played four games all up and we got defeated in two games and two games we won. It was a very fun and an exciting day. I learned how to catch the ball better—Monique Puglsey.

We went to Kirton Point school oval and played four games. I learnt how to be a better sport from the day and I enjoyed it—Declan Phillis.

29th Sept Last day of term, 2.30 dismissal

and early bus run.

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Shark Teeth

Sharks have the ability to regrow their teeth.

Sharks teeth are in rows and they grow out

towards the mouth. Teeth in the outer row

become worn and fall out or get pulled out when

biting. They have the ability to replace their teeth

by moving the row behind. Sharks that eat

different types of prey need different types of

teeth. Different sharks have different shaped teeth

for different reasons. In my opinion sharks look

scary and are lucky to have extra teeth.

“Sometimes we read and write fact and sometimes

we read and write opinions. The

bold parts of our writing are facts

and the italics part is our opinion.”

Charlotte, Indy and Keira.

Attendance—Every Day Counts

Reading Comprehension—Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion and Se-

quencing

OUR TARGET—95% ATTENDANCE

The JP’s sequencing Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

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News from the Kitchen and the Garden

Kitchen News….Students have been continuing to practice planning, taking

initiative, independence, as well as their team, organisational and problem solving

skills in their kitchen lessons. Last week they cooked wood fired pizza for our

Outdoor Day.

The upper primary students enjoyed hosting the 8 Cummins students in week 5 and

sharing their pasta making knowledge with them. The Cummins girls were devo that

they had to miss last week’s visit due to an

excursion at their school but they re-joinined

us today for an outdoor lesson. Students

made Lemongrassade, Thai Pumpkin Soup,

Tzatziki, Falafels, flat breads, Couscous Tabouli

and had chocolate pudding oranges in the

pizza oven as a special treat. The rain was

testing but it was worth it when we got to eat.

Next week there are 37 year 5/6’s coming for

a final visit on Wednesday.

Garden News….Things continue to be a bit quiet in the garden, and bad

weather and other events and have impacted on garden lessons. The garden is

running so smoothly that there are not too many jobs to do at the moment. The

worm farm is up and running and the worms are very happy in their new home.

When you are in next, head down to the garden and have a look. Thanks to Kyrie who helped last week to have a bit of a tidy up

and for also picking up items for the working bee. Apologies for not being at the working bee but becoming a Granny takes

precedence. We have lots planted (broccoli , cauliflower,

cabbages, carrots, onions, leeks, beetroot, peas, lettuce &

fennel) but it is all very slow, and the mice ate seeds we

planted in the hot house. We will attempt to try again,

hopefully we have sorted out the mice. Hopefully we will

have some unique and interesting vegies to show off later in

the year. I have ordered some glass gem corn from Amazon,

looking forward to seeing how that goes. The purple broccoli

is just starting to develop heads so it will be interesting if that

tastes any different to the green variety.

Thanks to everyone who supported the raffle and curry

night. I have ordered new trolleys and garden forks, still

have a few more items to track down, will wait until they are

on sale. Thanks to Ben, Kyrie, Justin and Jamie for all their

hard work on Monday to prepare for the fruit tree enclosure.

The chocolate

orange puddings

going into the

oven

FAREWELL FROM AVRIL

We arrived at the sheep pavilion at 8.15 and Wednesday the 6th of September, ex-

cited about the day’s events. We met up with Geoff Gale owner/exhibitor of the

Galaxy Park Stud and he introduced me to the other SAMM exhibitors.

My first sheep was class on wool and I was lucky enough to be awarded first place.

It was an awesome feeling and boosted my confidence. I then went on to help

Campbell Lawrie from Lawral Park Stud. Campbell shoed me how to prepare the

sheep by washing their faces, clip daggy wool and picking the straw off them. I

went on to be awarded another 6 first place ribbons.

Its was a fantastic experience. The skills that I learnt on the day will help me down the track as I

pursue and agricultural career, with sheep being the main focus.

I give my thanks to Geoff, Campbell and the SA Sheep Expo committee. It would have been nice to

stay for another day and do the Junior Judging. Iam looking forward to the next SA Sheep Expo in

2018.

COREY’S EXPO SCHOLARSHIP EXPERIENCE

This year I went to the Adelaide royal show 2017. It was a very fun week. I went with my pony Venus and

my other friends pony called Prudence. I also had other peoples ponies to ride. I rode a Shetland called

Muppet and a little pony called Sugar. They where every cute little ponies.

It is really fun the Adelaide Show. I did really well on Prudence but it was really disappointing because my

horse Venus went sore in her feet, so I didn't get to start her and I was very upset.

After all my classes I went on all the rides with my friends that live in Adelaide and that was really fun. I

really enjoy the Adelaide show because I meet new friends and I get to see my older friends which is really

good.

BIANCA’S ADELAIDE SHOW EXPERIENCE

Well, the time has come to say goodbye to everyone at Ungarra Primary School and the Ungarra community. This will be my last newsletter

article for Ungarra Primary School.

The School has been more than a work place. It has been about the staff, students, parents, families and community members. I would like to

take this opportunity to give a BIG THANKYOU to you all for your acceptance and support. You have made my time at Ungarra Primary

School as the Pastoral Care Worker a memorable one. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be part of this special place. The School is

fortunate to have such great students, staff and the support from the parents and community members.

I have enjoyed getting to know you all and am sad that I am leaving. However, life is full of change, as the students will recognise as they move from Primary to High School to University or employment.

I want to take this moment to let you know that even though I have only been with you three terms; a shorter time than I had anticipated, I have learnt a lot from everyone. I have been fortunate to secure a new position at Ceduna School with 100 staff and 500 students, as the Pastoral Care Worker in term 4 and will continue with my studies. I am looking forward to this new challenge and to starting a new phase of my career. I hope that everyone achieves what will make them happy. All the best for the future. I will continue to pray for you

all.

Avril Luke

PRINCIPALS AWARDS

BIANCA EVANS

DECLAN PHILLIS

ASHLEE PHILLIS JED FAUSER

YASMIN FAUSER

For completing Multipli-

cation in Quicksmart

Outstanding behaviour at Indofest

& displaying respectful behaviour

during the rotations

Being an independent problem solver &

great tem member when constructing the

Dinosaur Ants

Consistent

achievement and

effort in English

Consistent and

outstanding effort

Thank you to Graham Pugsley who has

been volunteering his time to teach the

students how to build a workbench from a

recycled pallet. The students are really

enjoying working with him and learning

how to build. This fits in perfectly with the

reduce, reuse, recycle work that that

Upper Primary students have been

learning in science with Miss Smith.

Thanks Graham!

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Last week we had fun with emotions which involved making stress balls,

painting pictures of how we feel, making playdough faces and singing songs.

We breathe in, we breathe out—up to 100,000 times a day. Our lungs do an

important job. Below Mila show off the lungs she made this week as well as

her and Jayden’s transition information for next term.

Right: Dane was immediately drawn to the tractor book and enjoyed looking

at all the farm machinery and Below right: Callan show off his straw

painting which required a lot of lung work.

Thanks to Sofia and Tammy for helping.

Next week kids will have the opportunity to make a plaster footprint so

please bring along a small plastic container big enough for their foot.

Term 3 “Our Amazing Bodies”

Week 10 25th Sept Our Limbs Kyrie/Erina

Pooled lunch

KIDZ BIZ—WEEK 8-9 TERM 3 2017

Don’t forget our Toy fundraiser catalogues of which a percentage of sales

assist our centre with much needed resources each year. Please get your

orders in online or in paper form to me by week 9 (18th September) and

select Ungarra Playcentre as the recipient for the

credits.

Thank you to those parents who have already given me their certificates.

If your child attends in the afternoons and you still need to do the train-

ing, here is the link to the online Responding to Abuse and Neglect train-

ing . https://rantrainingvolunteers.e3learning.com.au/

Last chance this

week to earn

credits for our

centre

Next week local Pharmacist Tiffany Hibble

will be coming out for half an hour to talk

to parents about common childhood

illnesses. Please bring a pooled lunch to

share and Kyrie and Erina are rostered on

for the afternoon.

SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY NEWS

TERM 2 P&F MONDAY LUNCH & FRUIT ROSTER

If the dates are unsuitable, please swap and advise the school

who will be coming in. Monday lunches are to cater for 42.

Bread rolls and toastie ingredients are provided by the school

and parents are welcome to put in a docket for their soup

ingredients.

There is a booklet on the kitchen bench giving instructions if

needed for the preparation of lunches and number to cater for.

Week 10 Miriam hot potatoes

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DROP OFF POINTS IN THE SCHOOL

OFFICE, UNGARRA CAFÉ AND

WOOLWORTHS

BRING HOME A BIG BROTHER OR SISTER AND BRING FRENCH, ITALIAN OR SPANISH CULTURE

TO LIFE!

Why not volunteer to host an international student from France, Italy or Spain next year? We have a small group of delightful students coming to Australia for 11 weeks to immerse in local Australian culture, experience our High schools, sports, environment and lifestyle. All these international students are around 15 or 16 years old, speak excellent English, have their own spending money, cover all school expenses, and we arrange all aspects of their program. They are looking forward to joining an Australian family for a short term cultural immersion stay. It’s fun and interesting to help these young people achieve their Australian dream. If you would like to know more, please email your interest to ICM on info@icm-education.com.au or call Georgie or Anja on 1800 500 501, or visit our website www.icm-education.com.

Nomination Form for Rowan Ramsey

2017 School Community Award

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Please return to the school by Friday 22nd Sep-

tember

PASTORAL CARE WORKER (Previously known as “School Chaplain”)

UNGARRA PRIMARY SCHOOL

Schools Ministry Group in partnership with the Tumby Bay Inter Church Council are seeking expressions of interest for this 12-13 hour per week position, commencing Term 1, 2018.

The positions exist to offer social, emo-tional and spiritual support to students, staff and the school community.

For more information or to request a Job and Person Specification, including details on “How to Apply”, contact Philip Brice at Schools Ministry Group on 8378 6806 or mail@smg.asn.au

Closing date: Wednesday November 20th – 12

noon