Transition In a couple of weeks Callan, Mila, Jayden, Freya and Ruby will be transitioning into the Junior Primary Class as they will be beginning school next year. Students in Year 3 will also be transitioning into the Upper Primary Classroom for 2018. These sessions will be:

1. Wednesday 1st November from 9am to 11:25am

2. Wednesday 8th November from 9am to 1:45pm

3. Wednesday 15th November 9am to 1:45pm

4. Wednesday 22nd November - whole day

5. Wednesday 29th November - whole day

We are all looking forward to welcoming the new Reception students to our school.

Rowan Ramsey Can any final nominations for the Rowan Ramsey School Community Award please be returned to the drop box or myself by Friday this week (20th October). Please note that the nomination slip is on the last page of the newsletter. Thank you to everyone who has already sent in their nominations. Hope you are all enjoying the beautiful sunshine this week.

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FAMILY NAME………………………………………………………… NAME:

25th October SCHOOL CLOSURE (next week)

31st October Governing Council Meeting

1st November 1st Transition visit for new

Receptions and Year 3’s

5th December School Concert

TERM 4 DIARY DATES

Ungarra Primary School Newsletter Term 4- Week 1- 2017

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

Telephone | 08 86888029 Fax | 08 86888058

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful break over the school holidays. It was great to see all the students again yesterday. We had a fantastic first day back and it was good to see the students engaged in their learning. The Junior Primary class created holiday jars and wrote ‘recipes’ for the perfect holiday. The Upper Primary Class created some fantastic holiday collages and explored elements of ‘good writing’. We also welcomed back Janet Beard to the school who is now back in the role of Pastoral Care Worker for the rest of this term.

Thanks to Miss Anderson for organising our fun end of term celebrations on the last day of term. Thank you also to Sasha and Sofia for coming in and running one of the activities with the students. Students escaped to France with Mr Rowley and Miss Anderson and ate croissants while they painted the Eifel Tower. Then they flew over to Japan and made sushi for lunch with Mrs Luke before heading over to the Philippines with Sasha and Sophia to create lanterns.

Maddie’s perfect holiday involved swimming with the fish at the

aquarium in Perth and Jarley said the best way to have fun on the

holidays was to go and watch a movie.

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Positive Behaviour For Learning

Behaviour Focus: I respect the teachers right to teach

and the students rights to learn.

“It is important to respect the teachers right to teach so

that the teachers can teach you and everyone else. It is respectful to listen to

the teacher and support the teachers. If you don’t respect the teachers right

to teach you might not know what to do and you won’t learn anything and

you won’t be showing respect.” Ben Baines

“It is important to let other students have the chance to learn in the

classroom otherwise they won’t learn anything and they will not get smart

and you wouldn’t learn anything if you were always interrupting.” Ashlee

Phillis

Writing Focus for Term 4

“Good writing is where you use describing words,

punctuation, direct speech and paragraphing. Yesterday we

looked two other kids work. We had to correct their mistakes

and work out what areas they needed to improve in. The first

one was really bad because there was no full stops and capital

letters, it was not edited and there were no paragraphs.

The second one was edited and checked over to the students

best ability and written with paragraphs and punctuation. It

was also written with describing words and conjunctions.

Good writing is not about how many pages you write. It is

about how you write it!”

Katelyn Rynne and Mitch Bellenger.

Mitch and Jed working out what elements the student

needs to improve on.

Katie and Yasmin using a

key to work out what the

student had done really

well and what areas they

needed to work on in the

future.

WELCOME BACK JANET

Hi everyone, it feels so wonderful to be back at Ungarra Primary School

in the role of Pastoral Care Worker. It was great to see all the children

and staff again when I arrived on Monday and I was warmly welcomed

by all.

During my time away I always enjoyed reading the newsletters and

keeping up with what everyone was doing.

I’m looking forward to kitchen lessons and hopefully some more

sewing with some of the older students, supporting children in the

classrooms and being available to chat to in the yard.

At this stage I will be in the school on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and

am always available for support and care for students, families and

staff. Please feel free to contact me or drop in for a chat.

PRINCIPAL’S AWARDS

KATELYN RYNNE

For completing Multiplication

in Quicksmart

NEVAEH HOLT

NICK SINCLAIR

RILEY PUGSLEY JARLEY BERRYMAN

CHARLOTTE BAINES

Showing improvement in her

effort during reading and

writing tasks

Putting in 100% effort in all

subjects

Excellent effort in designing his

board game and asking for help

when needed

Outstanding leadership when working with

students form Cummins and being a great help

and support for Kyrie and Miss Ferguson

Excellent work in Maths

and English

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KIDZ BIZ—WEEK 1 TERM 4 2017

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 training, here is the link to the online Responding to Abuse and

Neglect training . https://rantrainingvolunteers.e3learning.com.au/

The kids were absolutely rapt with our new

diggers and enjoyed putting them together

with Kyrie and Erina who helped out for the

afternoon.

Term 4 “Creatures Around Us”

To celebrate “Our Body” we finished by using our limbs and enjoying a fun obstacle course on what was a glorious day in week

10. It was a good chance to use our LIMBS which was our final body part. Tiffany Hibble came and talked to parents about

common childhood illnesses which was quite fitting as unbeknown to us it was National Pharmacy Day.

23/10/17

WEEK 2

Reptiles

(snakes and lizards)

PM

Erina/Tam

30/10/17

WEEK 3

Animals with Pouches

GROUP PHOTO 11 AM

Kyrie/

Nicola

6/11/17

WEEK 4

Cummins Kindergym

To be confirmed

Rachel/

Brooke

13/11/17

WEEK 5

Foxes and Rabbits

(Introduced species)

Sofia/Sasha

20/11/17

WEEK 6

Mammals and other local

animals

Tammy/

Rachel

27/11/17

WEEK 7

Xmas Activities/

Active Play at Hall TBC

Eden/

Miriam

4/12/17

WEEK 8

Xmas Activities/practice

School concert Tues. 5

All parents

7 for 7.30

11/12/17

WEEK 9

Winter Wonderland Exc

Presentation to children

starting school

Lunch in the park

Cummins

Beautiful weather greeted us this week for

the return of Playcentre and we began intro-

ducing our theme of “Creatures Around Us”.

Parent feedback suggests that the older chil-

dren in particular have really taken in our

STEM program. Tex is making regular com-

ment about the amygdala in his brain and

how he’s feeling.

On Monday, children made plaster casts of

their hands which will be painted next week

and I will buy more plaster for those who

were not there. They will make great

Christmas gifts.

In week 3 (30/10/17) we aim to have a

whole group photo which will be taken

at 11am. I hope as many of you can be

there as possible.

SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY NEWS

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Nomination Form for Rowan

Ramsey 2017 School

Community Award

I would like to nominate

………………………………………………………………………………

Reason

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Please return to the school by Friday

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 in-terest for this 12-13 hour per week position, commenc-ing Term 1, 2018.

The positions exist to offer social, emotional and spiritu-al 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”, con-tact Philip Brice at Schools Ministry Group on 8378 6806 or mail@smg.asn.au

Closing date: Wednesday November 20th – 12 noon

ELLISTON AREA SCHOOL 37TH WOOLSHOW

Vehicle Show and Shine Muster at Elliston Oval at 1 pm for a 2 pm start

Vintage, classic, rare, modified and unusual vehicles

Perpetual Trophy and a variety of prizes.

$5.00 Entry fee All welcome!

A NEW SECTION EWE – FINE, MEDIUM and STRONG

For Woolgrowers OUT of the Elliston district.

At the Sports Centre Saturday 28th October 2017

From 1pm

Fleeces need to be at the Elliston Area School or town oval by 12:00noon

Thursday 26th October 2017. Please include: Trading name and Fleece category.

Please phone 86879167 if you have any queries.

Does anyone have any honey they would like to donate to the kitchen?

Week 2 Laura Zucchini

slice

Week 3 Nicola Salad rolls

Week 4 Miriam Salad rolls

Week 5 Sofia Salad rolls

Rose’s Music Concert Sunday November 5th 2.30 pm

Ungarra Church of Christ All welcome, Please bring a plate of afternoon tea to share

Here is the fruit/lunch Monday roster. We are looking

to fill as many fruit slots as we can on Wednesdays

Thursdays an Fridays. Please contact the school if you

can help on a particular day—it only takes 15 mins.