Term 2 Week 6 - 2020

Term 2

8 June - PUBLIC HOLIDAY 9 June - Student Free Day

15 June - Assembly 1.45

15 June - 6.15 Canteen 6.30 Finance 7.00 Governing Council Meeting

3 July - Pyjama Day (Raising funds for the Salvation Army)

3 July - End Term 2 2.15 dismissal

*Please note that Assemblies are online events and can be accessed via our School Facebook Page and Google Classrooms.

Diary Dates

A Note from Principal - Adam Wilson

Making the hard call

Warning: Story about the Wilson family…

My eldest daughter asked me if she could download Tik Tok on her iPad. We monitor all downloads and any new app needs to be approved by an adult. So given her interest in this app, I decided to do some research and I downloaded it myself. Without instantly sounding like my parents—I could not believe some of the things that young people were doing. Yes, I found it entertaining, but after further research I was not surprised when the recommendations were that the app was for ages 13+. So it was at that moment when I needed to make the call to my daughter and let her know that she was not allowed to have this app. Every family is different and I respect others decision to allow their children access, but for my daughter it was a decision that I felt was needed for my child.

As you can imagine my decision was not taken too well and it took several opportunities to have my daughter ‘re-like’ me. Sometimes as parents we will need to make decisions that our children do not understand. These moments are hard and although it is not pleasant when our children don’t like us, in the end it is these decisions that can protect, nurture and educate our children until they are old enough to make a better informed choice on their own. There is a fine line between being your child’s friend and making the call to be the responsible adult. Uniform Feedback Thank you to those who responded either in writing or via the link on our Facebook page. Governing Council have met and discussed the feedback and have decided to have 2 types of jumpers. The first will be the same material as the current jumpers. The second will be a more expensive jacket that will have material that is more durable. The two designs will be very similar.

As for feedback on the design, Governing Council will continue to look at the samples provided by the company. Feedback has been to reduce the amount of yellow on the design due to it fading and looking dirty. We look forward to bringing you the final design in the coming weeks.

Miss Martin’s Yr 3/4

students have been

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enclosures. They are at the

end of the design phase and

are now working on building

their designs. Stay tuned

for the final products in our

next Newsletter.

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Decision Making Committee Outcomes When Submitted

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Pyjama Day - Organised by Lachie Cugley with help of his siblings while working from home. Students wear their pyjamas to school for the day and, if able to, donate a gold coin in support of the Salvation Army who help local people living with hardship and disadvantage.

APPROVED

Friday 3 July (Last day of

Term 2)

Lachie Cugley

Odd Shoe Day: Wear odd shoes to school, for fun.

Not Approved: Date class and more information required

TBA C Goode

Book Fair - The book fair will not be going ahead in 2020 due to COVID restrictions and a suitable date not being available.

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STORAGE SPACE REQUIRED

Due to the new building development at the school we currently have an issue with a limited amount of storage space. If anyone has any room to store this item until early 2021, dimensions 3 x 1 x 2m high, please contact the front office.

Decision Making Committee Principal Approvals When Submitted

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Footy Colours Day—To celebrate the 2020 season having a Round 2, coinciding with a ‘celebration day’ that the year 6/7’s are doing Wednesday of Week 7. Students across the whole school can choose to wear footy colours on that day.

Wednesday10 June

Ellie Packard

You may have noticed lots of orange bunting and workmen on school grounds. They have been installing a new drainage system so that our school does not flood when it rains. This is only the beginning of the work that will take shape this year. Our new building is set to begin by the next holidays causing some disruption to classes. We look forward to the end product though.

School Improvements

Denise is looking for items to prepare gifts for the Father’s Day Stall in September. If you are able to save and pass on the following items to the front office it would be greatly appreciated.

Baby food jars Large metal or plastic lids - not pull ring lids (e.g: milo, peanut paste, beetroot, tuna).

Small jars with lids Scrap wood pieces (square or circular)

Old nuts and bolts Screws

Wire Old photo frames

If you have a sewing machine/over locker and are willing to help re-sew the seams on bean bags can you please contact the school. We have 28 bean bags for our corn hole games that need to have their seams reinforced to hopefully prevent them from splitting.

Canteen News

Sewing Help Needed

Overdue Books

The Library has a number of overdue books at the moment. It would be great if families could have a good look at home and return any SNPS books. Students with overdue books are not able to borrow until the books are returned. If you have received information about an overdue book for your child and are unable to locate it, please contact Amanda in the Library by phone or email Amanda.Fullerton562@schools.sa.edu.au

Repurposing Materials

Examples of their creations so far.

Jade and Jesse-Fay - repurposed socks made into stress balls.

Ella and Zuwema - repurposed shorts made into a bag.

Jorja, Alana, and Maya - repurposed skirt made into a car bag.

Isaac and Eli - repurposed towel made into bath poufs.

Lily and Cianna - repurposed t-shirt made into a bag and items.

Year 4/5 Technologies