Flaxmill School P-7

NEWSLETTER

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Flaxmill Primary School

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Welcome to Term 4! We will continue to follow COVID-19 restrictions and look forward to a suc-

cessful term. Term 4 excursions and incursions will go ahead but new guidelines will need to be

followed.

R-5 Swimming Program—Monday November 2nd to Friday 6th November

Reception to Year 5 students will participate in the swimming program at Noarlunga Leisure Cen-

tre. Payment and permission form need to be returned to the front office by Friday, October 30th.

Parents will be unable to attend due to COVID-19 number restrictions at the swimming centre.

Year 6/7 Aquatics—Monday 16th November

Year 6 and 7 students will be participating in aquatic activities at the Port Noarlunga Aquatics Cen-

tre. Payment is due Friday 6th November. Please remember to return consent and medical forms

to the front office.

Year 6/7 Graduation—Thursday 10th December

Our Year 6/7 graduation ceremony will be held at Flaxmill School in the gymnasium. The ceremony

will begin at 5.30pm and conclude at 6.30pm. After the ceremony the graduating students will

have a celebratory dinner at Café Primo.

Unfortunately due to COVID-19 restrictions the following guidelines need to be followed:-

Graduating students can only invite a maximum of 2 guests. To control attendee numbers,

we will be asking guests to RSVP to the event. We must have an attendee list with contact

details to enable contact tracing if necessary. Department for Education COVID-19 forms

will need to be filled out on the night.

Staff attending the event has been limited to year 6 and 7 classroom teachers and the lead-

ership team only.

Students at the dinner will have individually served/plated meals.

Friday 23rd October 2020

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80 Flaxmill Road,

Morphettvale SA, 5162

Ph: (08) 8382 3057

Fax: (08) 8382 9996

www.flaxmillps.sa.edu.au

Ph: (08) 8200 2516

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Recycling Facts from Room 13

8.2 million tonnes of Australia’s food waste ends up in landfill

Australians produce 400 kilograms of waste per person each year

Recycling just one tonne of paper saves 13 trees

Aluminium products are 100 % recyclable

Reducing our plastic consumption is critical to reducing plastic pollution

Glass bottles can take 4000 to one million years to decompose

2.5 million plastic bottles are thrown away every hour in America

Enough plastic is thrown away each year to circle the earth 4 times

Cardboard can be recycled up to 8 times

End of Year Concert

Unfortunately our end of year concert is cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions. Students will participate in various school

based activities to celebrate their successes.

We understand the disappointment these guidelines may cause families. The above restrictions need to be followed to ensure

the health and safety of our school community. We would like to thank all families for their continued support and understand-

ing.

Class Placement 2021

Our class placement process has started. Thank you to the families who have submitted a class placement slip. Every year we

organise the following year’s class groupings to meet the learning needs of students. When planning classes, consideration is

given to estimated enrolments, Reception intakes, class numbers and gender balance. When allocating students to classes,

teachers take into account peer groups, special needs, learning styles and balance of class groupings. Every effort is made to

place students with at least one supportive peer that they work well with. Teachers will be facilitating a process where students

nominate 3 supportive peers.

We ask parents not to request a specific teacher, our staffing will not be finalised until 2021.

Please let us know if your children will not be attending Flaxmill next year.

Flaxmill Leadership Team

Important Dates

Term 4 (12/10/20-11/12/20)

October Monday 26th Pupil Free Day

November Monday 2nd-

Friday 6th

R-5 Swimming

Noarlunga Swimming Centre

Monday 9th-

Friday 11th P.E. Week Monday 16th Year 6/7 Aquatics

Port Noarlunga

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National Bandana Day

Friday 30th October 2020

Bandana’s are available to purchase from the Front Office to support

Cancer Research for young people and adolescents.

$5 cotton or $15 premium

Finance & Uniform Office Hours

Monday to Thursday

8:30am-9:15am

Monday to Wednesday

2:30pm-3:15pm

FRIDAY—CLOSED

Aberfoyle Park High School

Information Evening

For students and parents interested in the Aberfoyle

Park High School Year 7 and 8 IGNITE program fro 2022.

IGNITE is a specialist program for students with high intellectual.

Aberfoyle Park High School is the official Department for Education

school for gifted students in the southern metropolitan area of Adelaide.

Come along to our information evening to learn more about the structure

and philosophies of the program, characteristic so of gifted learners and

the selection process.

Register your interest in attending by emailing

ignite@aphs.sa.edu.au with your child’s name, current school, year

level. Please also advise of the number of attendees as places are limited.

12 NOVEMBER 2020 6.30—7.30 pm

ABERFOYLE PARK HIGH SCHOOL

STEM CENTRE

ENTER THE SCHOOL VIA TAYLORS ROAD

Reminders!

R-5 Swimming $26.50

Please return forms and payment no later than Friday 30th October 2020

Year 6/7 Aquatics—$20

Please return forms and payment no later than Friday 6th November

2020

Environmental Action Group

Facts

Over 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic has been

made since mass production stated in the

1950’s

Only 9% has been recycled

The remaining 91% sits in landfill, is in our

oceans, or has been burnt

An estimated 8 million

tonnes enters oceans

every year.