TERM 2, WEEK 6 June 2019

Gawler & District College B-12

A Message from Julie

Junior School

NEWSLETTER

TERM 2, WEEK 6

June 2019

“Reading is a conversation. All books

talk. But a good book listens as well.”

Mark Haddon.

DIARY DATES………

WEEK 6

Positive Parenting Program Workshop 1

Wednesday 5 June: 9.15am–11.15am

PUPIL FREE DAY (NO SCHOOL)

Friday 7 June

Ph. (08) 8522 2622 Barnet Road, Evanston,

South Australia 5116

Term 2 is certainly flying by! We have already celebrated many special

events including school photos, Mother’s Day stall, First Aid training for

students and staff, National Simultaneous Story time and special recess,

Biggest Afternoon Tea, Blue Building excursion to ‘Possum Magic’

performance and NAPLAN!

NAPLAN

NAPLAN tests for students in Years 3 and 5 were held over Weeks 3 and

4. Students have been supported in the participation of the tests in a

calm and professional way by our teachers and SSOs. Results will be

delivered to the school and forwarded to families toward the end of

Term 3.

School Uniform

Now that the winter cold and wet weather is here, please remember to

dress your children in school uniform. This includes our school colour

code windcheater jackets and jumpers. Please note that hoodies are

not part of our school uniform. If they need to wear non-colour code

jackets for warmth then they need to have no large logos or other

slogans on them please. Remember to always use a marker to NAME all

jackets and jumpers (which often get taken off during the day) so

clearly named items will make it easier to return to you. We currently

have a lot of lost property in the front office.

Remember Friday is a School Pupil Free Day

This Friday is our Pupil Free Day and staff will be attending on-site training

session around moderating and assessing students learning against

Australian Curriculum standards. Teachers will be working collaboratively

to compare and discuss and also moderate student work samples. This

helps ensure consistency across year levels in our school when

allocating grades for our students.

Kind Regards,

Julie Stockdale- Head of Junior School

WEEK 8



Book Fair

Wed-Fri 19-21June

VIP Day

Thursday 20 June

WEEK 7

QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY - PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Monday 10 June



JS Special Lunch

Friday 14 June

MEET THE

STAFF

Michaela

Selway

After I finished high school I didn’t

know what job I wanted to have! At

first I thought I’d like to work on

submarines until I worked out that I

don’t particularly like the things that

eat you in the ocean. Then I thought

that I’d like to work in a big office in

a Law Firm in Adelaide. I tried that

out but when the highlight of your

day is going to buy the Christmas

decorations and not your actual job

I knew it wasn’t going to work out.

Finally, I went to help some students

at a school and it turns out that I

really enjoyed it. I liked it enough to

go to University for a long time and

here I am, teaching today! It’s okay

to try different things and see what

works for you! Nearly ten years later I

still love my job. There is something

about teaching that is just magic!

Along the road of life I have lived in

lots of places across South Australia

but my family and I are now Gawler

locals. I have two children and

neither of them want to be

teachers! Sigh!

JUNIOR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP

Julie Stockdale Head of Junior School R-6 [email protected]

Jody Burton Assistant Head of Junior School

Natalea Jenkin

Wellbeing Coordinator

Kerryl Dale

Literacy Coordinator

Annie Stephenson

Learning Support Coordinator

Students experienced the Welcome to Country,

delivered by Jack Buckskin and a welcome

dance was performed while he played the

digeridoo. Many stalls provided information and

opportunities for the children to experience

different parts of our community including an

Ambulance, Wildlife and Health. They also were

able to paint rocks and canvases, enjoy the

photo booth and get out their energy on a

jumping castle. We all had a great day.

As part of

Reconciliation Week

our ATSI students

invited a friend to the

Gawler Community

Fun Day.

Each year we take the

students so they can

experience ATSI culture

and speak with

community members

about the Kaurna way.

Our Junior School is looking

forward to our first

2019 Special Lunch on

Friday 14 June.

Notes will be going home this

week.

$5.00

Hotdog and Fruit Box drink

mailto:[email protected]

On Thursday 23rd of May, the Junior School hosted a very successful

Biggest Afternoon Tea for the Parent Community. Ms Valley and the choir

welcomed everyone with their beautiful singing voices. Parents and family

members were then treated to a lovely spread of tasty goodies all served

by our wonderful year 5/6 students. Everyone had a chance to catch up

over a cup of coffee. To finish the afternoon, the guests were treated with

a special dance about friendship by Miss Peta’s and Miss Georgie’s

classes. Thanks to our special guests for attending and raising funds for

such an important cause!

Order your NEW 2019/2020 Entertainment

Book or Entertainment Digital Membership

now. You’ll receive hundreds of valuable

offers for everything you love to do, and help

our fundraising at the same time!

Visit our Junior School Front Office to view the

display book. Orders can be made at school

or online.

Online order page:

https://www.entbook.com.au/160v991

We are excited to be taking part in the

2019 Woolworths Earn & Learn program.

During the previous campaign, we were able to purchase some great

resources with the points we earned, thanks to you.

From now until June 25th 2019, you can collect stickers at Woolworths

that go towards Earn & Learn points. For every $10 you spend at

Woolworths (excluding the purchase of tobacco, liquor and gift cards),

you will receive a sticker. These stickers can then be given to your

children to collect on a special sticker sheet. Once it is completed, they

can simply bring it back here to school or you can drop them into our

local Woolworths collection box.

The more points we earn, the more we can redeem from a choice of

over 10,000 educational resources including mathematics and English

resources, art & crafts materials and much, much more!

We are grateful for your support and look forward to a successful

program. If you have any questions, please ask at School.

Class 4:12 with Ms Annie & Mr Singh

This term in classroom 4:12 we have been visiting the Agricultural area to

see the animals. The students have been to see the goats, alpacas, sheep,

cows and chickens. They have been feeding the animals and learning

about how they grow. Our class has been looking at what animals need to

stay alive and healthy. They have been growing in confidence and now

some of our students are patting the animals to feel their fur.

Mathematics- Subitising We have also been exploring new learning in mathematics. Our class has been

using 5 and 10 frames to subitise a group of counters. This is when you are able to

look at a group of items and know exactly the amount without counting. Similar to

using a dice and knowing the number without counting the dots.

Room 42:3 years 4/5 have travelled

back in time when only the

indigenous Australians were living in

Australia.

We travelled back over 66 000 years

ago when Australia was surrounded

by land bridges, which made it easy

for Aboriginals to travel in and out of

Australia without the need for of

boats.

We travelled back 41 000 years ago

to the time of ‘Mungo Man’ and

found out that it was one of

Australia’s earliest inhabitant.

When travelling back in time we

were introduced to all the different

tribes spread across Australia. In

total there were over five hundred

tribes which all together spoke over

250 different types of languages.

When we travelled back in time we

looked at which tribe lived in the

same area as we do. They

discovered that the Kaurna people

lived where we are today.

Travelling back in time was

exhausting, but the one thing we

must remember is that the Kaurna

tribe were the original custodians of

the land and we as Australians must

acknowledge their history and

culture.

Australia’s Land Bridges

A pink alpaca with a short neck

made a brief appearance much

to the delight of many.

Our Reception classes made

these amazing Alpacas from

the book.

At Recess time we made our

own maracas.

On the 22nd of May each class in the Junior

School simultaneously read Alpacas with

Maracas by Matt Cosgrove. This annual

event, facilitated by the Australian Library and

Information association utilises an Australian

picture book and aims to promote the value

of reading and literacy. Our children enjoyed

the story and were visited by our very own

alpaca’s thanks to Mrs. Bolton and her Year 9

students!

National Simultaneous Storytime

TERM 2, WEEK 6 June 2019

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