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Term 4, 14th Oct – 13th Dec Newsletter Term 4, Week 5

Term 4, 14

Dear Families,

I wish to thank and farewell, Ms Sally Davidson for covering for Ms Lois Paterson for the last 4 weeks. Sally has easily assimilated into our school and professionally continued the learning program for Room 7. Her calm but firm manner has enabled her to build respectful relationships with her students and to maintain a rigorous learning program. We also farewell, Preservice teacher, Ms Linda Cooper, learning under the expertise of, Ms Jacky Vogelsang. On behalf of our Wallaroo PS family, I wish her well in her future studies. We have appreciated, Linda’s involvement and her contribution to the care and education of our students. It is with mixed emotions that I announce that I’ve won a Principal position at Risdon Park Primary School, Pt Pirie, beginning January 2020. Please be reassured that I’m committed to working closely with the incoming Principal when appointed to ensure a seamless transition. I have absolutely loved my six years at Wallaroo Primary School and will leave with fond memories of our incredible and fulfilling journey together. An opportunity presented and the time was right for me on a personal and professional level to take on the challenge of another school. I’m excited to be embarking on a new adventure but at the same time sad to be leaving a school that I’ve built such a strong attachment to. The relationships I’ve developed with the children, staff and families will always be close to my heart. I’m so grateful for the opportunity to lead a school with such potential and for my own personal growth that has occurred over the years. We have an amazing staff which gives me great confidence that the current improvement will be sustained. During the remaining five weeks I will dedicate my time into placing things in order to ensure the school is organised for the coming year. Before the conclusion of the school year, I hope to have the chance to thank you in person for the opportunity to be a significant part of your child’s education because this is what I love to do. I appreciate your encouragement, words of support, constructive feedback and our casual informal interactions.

Warmest regards and best wishes,

Julie

WALLAROO PRIMARY SCHOOL

Hughes St, WALLAROO SA Ph: 08 88 232 190 Fax: 08 88 233 244

Email: dl.0459.info@schools.sa.edu.au

November: Thursday 21st - Kindy Transition Friday 22nd – Year 7 Full Day @ Kadina MS Monday 18th – PUPIL FREE DAY Monday 25th – Book Club money and orders due

Celebrating our star readers! What an amazing day!! Congratulations on completing the Premiers

Reading Challenge and Beyond the Challenge. Special thanks to Mrs Di Seddon for coordinating the

celebration for our students and WPS staff for supporting this event. A heartfelt thanks to Andrew

Bruce for volunteering his time to drive the bus and KMS for supplying the bus. What a fun filled

day of surprises and adventure.

Congratulations! Congratulations to the following students on demonstrating one or more of our school values. The students were presented with their awards at our Week 4 Assembly. Sarah Coombe, Eathin Thompson, Hamish Moyle, Tristan Birch, Parka Launder, Izzy Turner, Noah Launder, Adam Dempster, Malaki Turner, A’edan Barnes, Shyann Launder and Blaine Miles.

Certificates were also awarded to

Tyson Hallett and Connor Launder for

their progression in Quick Smart

Maths.

Rear: Blaine, Shyann, Sarah, Eathin, Noah

and A’edan

Front: Parka, Hamish, Izzy and Malaki

Absent: Adam

Once again Ashton Scholastic is promoting reading with a ‘Star Reader’ initiative, and have given our school prizes and

certificates to be handed out through the year. Each assembly one student from each class will receive a certificate, bookmark

and sticker from their teacher in recognition of reading success. Also at each assembly Mrs Seddon will award one student from

the school for their reading with a gift bag and certificate.

Term 4 Week 4 Assembly winners

Room 1 Baileigh Foster Room 3 Alyssa Wall

Room 6 Dakota Mercer Room 7 Saxon Vines

Room 8 Noah Launder Room 9 Rubin Hall

Mrs Seddon Adam Dempster

Congratulations to these students and thanks to Ashton Scholastic for their generosity.

Room 7 Maths & English

Whilst Lois has been away recovering from surgery I have had the pleasure of teaching the students in Room 7. The

last few weeks, in Maths, we have been discovering how to take survey’s and plot the information into a bar graph

where the information can be interpreted. We thought of brand new flavours of ice-cream and then conducted a

student survey as to which flavour students would like to have invented. In English we have been learning about the

structure of information reports and have put this knowledge into practice by creating our very own information

report posters about different countries. Whilst these are still a work in progress there are some amazing facts and

information that we have discovered. – Mrs Davidson and Room 7.

Deadly Thinking On Tuesday of Week 3 and 4 this term we were a part of the Deadly Thinking run by Nigel Raymond in Kadina. We were in a group of 4-6 boys from different schools. We worked through a booklet. The program was about thinking deadly about our life. We learned how important it is to have a list of 5 people we could go to if things weren’t going so deadly. Then we talked about different things we might have to deal with in life such as; In Relationships we learned that you may fight or argue with a friend or partner but it is the ability to talk about it and then love them again that’s important. If you want a good relationship with your family you need to spend time talking to them this may include watching a movie or having dinner together. In Anxiety and Stress, we learned anxiety can take over if you worry too much. The signs of Anxiety includes things like not being able to think straight, tummy upsets or worrying about small things lots. We learned about sleep. Sleep is really important to stay healthy and calm. Teens need between 8-10 hours of sleep. Some people also have trouble getting enough sleep because when they have had a bad experience, they sometimes dream about it and cannot sleep. Depression is a really serious thing. Sometimes you can tell if someone has depression by signs such as,

Nothing is funny anymore

They look sad or moody

Want to always be by themselves

Not talking to anyone

Trying to stay away from everyone If you know someone with these signs try to talk to them. Ask them if they need help.

Self-harm is when someone starts to hurt themselves because they may be feeling low or flat. Some people harm themselves so badly they need to go to hospital. We learned about bullying. There are different versions of bullying such as physical, verbal or cyber bullying. If you are bullied physically you should tell someone you trust or try to stay away from those bullying you. If cyber bullying is occurring on the computer or device the easiest thing is to stay off or spend less time on it. Smoking, alcohol and drugs. Smoking is awful! We learnt that it can shorten your life by 10 years and no matter what it is terrible anyway. Alcohol is not good at all. If you have too much you can become an alcoholic and that will not turn out well. Illegal drugs are not good but some are good. The good drugs (medicine) can heal or help you live well. Our favorite part of deadly thinking was playing the didgeridoo. The best thing about playing was the raspberry noises, it was hilarious! Our second funny thing was when we went to the park. We almost fell off the train. It was all fun and we learned a lot about ourselves and others. Connor and Brodi.

Room 6 visited Sarah and

Nathan Clifford’s Bee Farm

last Wednesday to support

them in their Bee Project

research. A fascinating

trip!

Room 9 Music in Action

WEEK MON TUES WED THURS FRI 6

NOV 18th

PUPIL FREE DAY

NOV 19th

NOV 20th

NOV 21st

Kindy Transition 8.30-3.00

NOV 22nd SRC Casual Day Year 7 Full day @ KMS

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NOV 25th

R - 7 Swimming

NOV 26th 6.00: Governing Council

Dinner

NOV 27th

NOV 28th

Newsletter

NOV 29th

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Dec 2nd

DEC 3rd

DEC 4th

DEC 5th

DEC 6th 9.00am Assembly

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DEC 9th Year 7 Graduation

DEC 10th Twilight Assembly full dress Rehearsal

DEC 11th

Twilight Assembly

DEC 12th Newsletter

Reports home

DEC 13th SRC Casual Day

Early Closure 2:00 pm

TERM 4 PLANNER FOR PARENTS