Term 2 Week 4 24 th May 2017 ASSEMBLY DATES Friday 9 th June Friday 7 TH July Principal Ali Colbeck Deputy Principal Greg Doig Assistant Principal Lisa Gray Business Manager Michelle Collins OSHC Program Director: Belinda Filkin Bookings: 0438 761 656 DIARY DATES MAY/JUNE 24 th -25 th 23A & 23E Narnu Farm Camp 29 th – 2 nd Reconciliation Week 26 th National Sorry Day 2 nd 25A & 25B Migration Museum Excursion 5 th -9 th District Netball & Football Week WILLUNGA PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Where Tradition and the Future Meet Website: www.willungaps.sa.edu.au Email: [email protected]247 Main Road Willunga 5172 Telephone: 08 8556 2234 Fax: 08 8556 2398 We are currently finding many ways to involve our students in the learning process at Willunga Primary. Our fabulous STEPS dispositions (artfully illustrated after consultation with all classes), are a focus each fortnight with students recognised at assembly and with a certificate for demonstrating this disposition. We are also working to make sure that the dispositions and effective practices are making an impact in each classroom. We do this through student led walkthroughs. Once a term students from years 3 to 7 visit all classes to look for methods being used to involve students in the learning. Our second walk through showed some improvements from first term, especially around students understanding how to be successful within a lesson and students understanding why they are learning the concept. Each week Leaders meet with a group of students from Reception to year 7. These students bring work samples and discuss what they have been learning, why they think they were learning it and how they know when they are successful. This information is displayed in the staff room as a discussion point. Some great student feedback includes: I am challenging myself with harder work I knew I was doing better because I was improving I enjoyed the investigations in science as they were fun and interesting The learning would be helpful in the shops if I am buying multiples The teacher wanted it to be a bit more challenging for me We are building stamina in our classroom Some people couldn’t do it, but they just couldn’t do it YET When I ring parents during my weekly client opinion survey, it is great to hear that some of this language is also being used at home. Ali Colbeck Principal SMS Absence: TEXT ONLY 0408 727 632 Must include student’s name, date, reason, class
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WILLUNGA PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER...Knockout Netball On Friday 12th May, we played against Tatachilla College in the knockout netball. We played at Tatachilla on their indoor courts
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matching the right cheese and sausage flavours will be
our Taste Test Challenge.
When I was in primary school I remember singing the
song ‘I Can Sing a Rainbow’. My friend and I thought
it was odd and didn’t make sense as it has the words
in it “listen with your eyes”. I realise now that it does
make sense to ‘listen with your eyes’. Whatever you
find yourself busy doing, cooking tea, on the
computer, cleaning, if your children talk to you, try to
remember to stop and ‘listen
with your eyes’ as well as your
ears. It definitely makes your
children feel you are really
listening to them.
OSHC News
Reminder, there is a student Free Day on Tuesday 13th June. OSHC is open on this day so if you require care, please let us know. You can call or leave a message on 0438761656 or come in and write your child’s name on the list. Currently on our program, we are looking at “Flags around the World”. We have researched a variety of flags, focusing on their colours and patterns. Discussions have been formed with the children, sharing ideas and
suggestions in designing their own flags. The children have used their imaginations and creative skills in making their own, which are on display in the OSHC room. Also the OSHC “Floor book” is now on display in the school’s front office. If you have a moment, please take a look and leave a comment. Belinda Filkin, - OSHC Director
WAY2GO
Our school has joined with the Department of
Transport Planning and Infrastructure in the program
to investigate and promote safe active transport to
school. Over the next few weeks we will be
conducting student, parent and staff surveys about
current transport patterns as well as additional
facilities that may be needed to improve active
transport (walking, scootering, cycling etc.) in our
community. From the survey results we will work
with officers from DTPI and the local council to
investigate issues and opportunities for our wider
school community. If you have any questions or
ideas, please speak to our staff reps –
Pete Murphy or Greg Doig
VOLUNTEERING AT WILLUNGA PRMARY We value volunteers at Willunga Primary. All volunteers
who provide ongoing assistance with education and
care sites and settings must be provided with the
Responding to Abuse and Neglect – Education and Care
(RAN-EC) induction session for volunteers. The RAN-EC
induction outlines volunteers' child protection
responsibilities and provides guidelines on protective
practices.
This session can be undertaken online at
https://rantrainingvolunteers.e3learning.com.au/
After you have completed the training, please make a
time to see a Leader for a brief Induction. A copy of
your certificate will need to be provided to the site.
Volunteers attending overnight camps will or
volunteering in a way NOT directly related to their child
will also require a criminal history screening. This can
be arranged through Michelle Collins in the finance