February 26th February 26th February 26th February 26th 2016 2016 2016 2016 Issue: 2 Diary Dates March March March March THURSDAY 3rd Room 6 excursion - Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo TUESDAY 8th Year 7’s - GRIP Leadership THURSDAY 10th Room 5 excursion - Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium FRIDAY 14th ADELAIDE CUP HOLIDAY THURSDAY 17th Assembly 2.20pm in Hall FRIDAY 25th GOOD FRIDAY MONDAY 26th EASTER MONDAY MONDAY 21st ELC Advisory Commiee mtg 5pm First Governing Council mtg 6.30pm Ph: 8231 3100 Mob: 8231 3188 Email: [email protected]. edu.au Website: www.sturtstcs.sa.edu.au Sturt Street Community School Newsleer Issue 2 February 2016 Sturt Street Community School Newsleer Issue 2 February 2016 Respect Integraon Diversity Excellence 1 Dear Parents, In 2016 a major focus across the school and our partnership is teaching students about Mindset, metacognition and the functions of our brain. Last year staff participated in a series of workshops to learn more about this important research and we are currently enrolled in a course from “Mindsetworks” to build on our knowledge. It is important for you to be aware of what it is, why it’s important, and how you can support it! What is mindset and why is it important? Mindset is a simple idea discovered by world- renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck from decades of research on achievement and success—a simple idea that makes all the difference. Her research has focused on why people succeed and how to foster success. Dr. Dweck realized that there are two mindsets: a fixed mindset and a growth mindset. In a fixed mindset, people believe their basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are simply fixed traits. They spend their time documenting their intelligence or talent instead of developing them. They also believe that talent alone creates success—without effort. They’re wrong. In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting point. This view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment. Virtually all people who have achieved top performance had these qualities. Research shows that people with this view reach higher levels of success than people with fixed mindset beliefs. Teaching a growth mindset creates motivation and productivity in the worlds of business, education, and sports. It enhances relationships, and increases achievement. During the year we will be supplying parents with more information about how you can support a growth mindset in your children. You can find out more information about the fascinating research on growth mindset by watching the following video from Carol Dweck or by reading her best-selling book “Mindset”- How we can learn to fulfil our potential. Professor Carol Dweck 'Teaching a growth mindset' at https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=QmMJXvUmRh0 Cultivating the Growth Mindset Alongside this students will also be learning about the latest research on the functions of the brain by participating in an online “Brainology” course designed by Carol Dweck from “Mindsetworks.com”. The goal of the Brainology ® program is to help students develop a growth mindset so that they think of their intelligence as something they can develop through study and learning rather than as something fixed, so that they thereby increase their sense of self-efficacy and motivation to learn. We approach this by teaching students how the brain functions, learns, and remembers, and how it changes in a physical way when we exercise it. In addition, the program provides a practical set of skills for tackling academic challenges by showing students how to apply this knowledge to their schoolwork. Structure of the Program The Brainology ® program is designed as an online, challenge-based, interactive, multimedia, instructional program. Darrin Briggs - Principal
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February 26th February 26th February 26th February 26th 2016201620162016 Issue: 2
Wednesday March 23rd @ 3.30pm – 4.30pm School Hall “Play Is The Way” is a practical methodology for
teaching social and emotional skills using guided play,
classroom activities and an empowering language -
behaviour education using wisdom, not force. This
program is implemented across the school as the
foundation to our behaviour management. The school is
bringing the founder of this program “Wilson McCaskill”
to work with teachers and students and he will be
offering a free parent workshop in the School Hall on
Wednesday March 23rd @ 3.30pm – 4.30pm.
Please take this opportunity to hear from this
inspirational and thought provoking educator. A free
crèche service will be offered through OSHC.
School Closure Days for 2016
The School Council has approved the following closure days for 2016: Term 2 Week 3 Tuesday 17 May - Sheena Cameron professional learning on reading comprehension.
Term 2 Tuesday 14 June - Partnership Day
Term 3 Monday 25 July - Partnership Day
Term 3 Monday 5th September - Royal Show Day
Term 4 Monday 7th November - Site Review Day
Welcome to new students to Sturt
Street Community School
Trish
Young
Room 1
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SCHOOL NEWS
LIBRARY NEWS
Opening Hours
The library is open in the mornings from 8.30-
8.45 for borrowing and returning. Families are
welcome to visit during this >me to browse
and borrow from the collec>on.
Premier’s Reading Challenge
The PRC is a reading program which was
started in 2004 by the Premier of South
Australia to encourage reading in all school
aged children. All students at SSCS are able to
par>cipate in this challenge. The challenge is
to read 12 books before September 9th, 8 of
which must be on the PRC booklist. Class
teacher shave been given the Student Reading
Record Sheets which they will either distribute
to students or keep in the class.
Volunteers
If you have some spare >me and would like to
volunteer in the library please come and visit
us in the library to see how you
can be of assistance.
Sue M and Sue L
The Library Team
School Banking Day Reminder Don’t forget that Friday is School Banking day and students
should bring in their weekly deposit to the Finance Office for
processing.
For every deposit made at school, no ma1er how big or small,
students will receive a silver Dollarmites token. Once students
have individually collected 10 tokens they can redeem them for
an exclusive School Banking reward item in recogni>on of their regular savings habits.
Thank you for suppor>ng the School Banking program at Sturt Street Community School.
ADELAIDE HIGH SCHOOL -
SPECIAL ENTRY
Adelaide High School is South Australia's Special Interest Language School. Each year up to 60 students are accepted into Year 8 through the Special Language Program. These students are committed to study 2 languages other than English at least until the end of Year 10. Students who are part of the Special Language Entry program may select 2 languages from the following languages currently on offer in our cur-riculum: French, German, Italian, Japanese, Manda-
rin
Chinese, Modern Greek, Spanish. Special Language
entry is based on:
• The applicant's most recent school report • A Confidential Primary School Report including
Year 7 and Language teacher comments • Performance in a series of aptitude tests held
on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 • f shortlisted, performance in interview held
form Wednesday, May 17 to Friday, May 19, 2016
Applications forms are available from the Adelaide High School website www.adelaidehs.sa.edu.au OR Adelaide High School OR the Front Office at school and must be to Adelaide High School by WEDNESDAY APRIL 13,
2016.
Payment for Language tes>ng is $60 (GST inc). This is
non-refundable and covers the cost of administering
and marking of ACER tests. (the school is required to
pay ACER for test papers and marking).
More informa>on is available at the Adelaide High
School Open Night, Wednesday March 23, 2016
5.30 pm - 8.00pm
DOLLARMITES
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NEWS FROM ROOM 3 & 4
Room3&4
LearningtogetherR3(Year1)andR4(Year2)learnedabout
theLunarNewYearinweektwo.
WelearnedhowtheVietnameseand
ChinesepeoplecelebratetheirLunarNew
YearandChineseNewYear.
Picturedaresomeexamplesofour
learningexperiencesinwritingnumbers
inMandarin,andmakingcollageforthe
cherryblossomandthedragon'shead.
WeareveryfortunatetohavePreschool
learnerstoshowcasetheirdragondance
inReception,Year1&2classrooms.
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