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Student Free Day 9 June, 2017

OSHC will be available phone Nicola on 8396 3148

From The Principal

Term 2 Week 2 Newsletter No. 7

12 May, 2017

Principal : Mary Ttikirou Deputy: Maria Appelt

Dear Families, Welcome to Term 2! We have had a positive start to the term with staff and students well into the busyness of teaching and learning. We would like to welcome Nathan Clarke who will be sharing a class with Katie Blyth as well as taking specialist PE with students in Room 12.

Crows Visit In week 1 we had a Crows visit that focussed on ‘Growing with Gratitude’ where the children learnt about 5 Habits of Happiness. Here are some comments from students about this visit.

Something I liked; It was the first time ever I had the confidence to go up in front of the

school without getting scared or upset – Sierra We learnt about the five things to build a happy life and how to have

an attitude of gratitude was number one You have to think about something you have achieved to make

yourself happier – Riley Random acts of kindness means helping someone Operation Home means help at home Positive reflection means thinking positive - Jasmine

Fitness At the end of the week we started our whole school Fitness program. Some of the activities offered to students include:

Folk Dance Yoga Cross Country Get Fit Circuits Skipping Powerwalk football Softball skills Zumba Poison Ball Dance

Assembly Tuesday 30 May beginning at 9:10am

All welcome Please note change of day due to fitness

DIARY DATES TO

REMEMBER:

15 May—Governing Council 6.30pm start

16 May—Cyber Parent Meeting years 4—7

17 May—Sporting Schools Volleyball Learning Community C

22 May—The Hive information night 6 –7pm

26 May—Sorry Day

29 May—Reconciliation Week

30 May—Assembly 9 June—Student

Free Day 12 June—Public

Holiday

Community News Birdwood Farm Day The Birdwood Farm Day will be held on 21 May. Cost $8 per adult / children free. For more information visit www.birdwoodfarmday.com Workshop—Understanding the Boy Cod.e ParentingSA is holding a free workshop Tuesday 30 May. To register or view webcast visit www.parentingsa.event brite.com.au Zumba with Suzanne Suzanne is holding Zumba classes at the TTG Athletics Club on Monday and Wednesday nights. For more information phone Suzanne 0413 875 365

Fitness starts at 9:00am on Monday, Wednesday and Friday’s and provides an excellent way of preparing for the school day, getting our heart rate and fitness skills up. Activities will change in 5 weeks where students will have an opportunity to engage with students other than those in their class and work with other teachers. Fitness at Modbury = FUN Here are some comments about Fitness from students Karen - I like the whole thing - i liked the power yoga Lachie V - The yoga was good, it made us feel calm Saphira - I liked the star jumps with Ms Sian Ryan - I liked fitness. I liked the game we played. I liked putting the

numbers around the outside of the circle Rehan - I needed to catch a ball with a racquet and i played island

games. I liked it. Dakota – I liked that we worked with different teachers and kids Felicity – I liked that we connect with older and younger students Lojeen - I liked that we worked in small groups Yousef - It was lots of fun

NAPLAN NAPLAN has just been completed by the majority of our Year 3, 5 and 7 students. Congratulations to all the students on working hard and completing what can be a difficult and stressful time for some. I wrote a letter that was read to the students just before they sat their first test with a strong message about remembering that this testing is a small snapshot of what we know about them as learners. As a school we look to recognise the strength of our learners and use these to build on new learning. NAPLAN results traditionally are released in September, as a staff we will look at the results of our students and combined with all the other data we have, plan for building on strengths and needs for all students.

Upcoming Diary Dates

Reports home on Wednesday 5th July (Week 10) Open Night – Tuesday August 15th (Term 3)

Sports Day new date – Friday September 29th (last day of Term 3)

Watch out for more information on these upcoming events.

OSHC News Some exciting news is happening in OSHC. We are having drum lessons every Wednesday this term for an hour run by Adrian the

drumming man ( Grumpy ). If you would like to join in the fun you will need to be enrolled in OSHC, enrolment forms can be picked up from the front office or the OSHC room located in the OSU. If you have any questions contact Nicola Evans on 8396 3148. Snack and fruit are provided.

Modbury Community Group Mothers Day Stall We would like to thank members of the Modbury Community Group for their hard work in organising our wonderful Mothers Day Stall. We hope that all mothers have a great day on Sunday. Karen, Marisa, Michelle, Sonia, Lionie and Amanda sold a variety of items to the students for their mothers and grandmothers. Thank you to Di (Nathan’s grandmother) and Nellie (Lachlan and Zac’s grandmother) for their wonderful contributions to our stall.

Photos School Photos have just arrived! We will endeavour to send home the photos by the end of the week! If you have any queries or concerns please speak to the admin staff. Group photos of Wakwakurna, Inbarendi and choir are available for purchase for $20.00 from the front office.

As part of the Crows visit the younger students took part in a training session run by the Crows. Here are some pictures of this session.

Students in Room 14 have written some messages for their mothers for Mothers Day.

Here is a selection of them.

Uniform Update

We have just received a shipment of new winter jackets. Small sizes are now available for purchase from the front office. The price of the jackets are $25.00 each.

Dear Mum,

Happy Mothers Day, I love you more

than my bubble gum. You are the best

mum ever in the world and I am your best

child (ha-ha). From Sarah

Dear Mum, I hope you have the BEST Mothers day ever! You’re the best mum EVER! You shine brighter than the moon and you smell better than a beautiful red rose! Love from Rebekah

Dear Mum,

I think you’re the best mum in the world. I

love you more than my bey blades. Thank

you for cooking my food!!!! Ruben

Dear Mum, I love you so much. I feel like I never want to let go of your hand. I just want to say I love you more than the whole earth and all the crunchies. You are the best mum ever and whatever you tell me to do I will do it forever. From Lojeen

Dear Mum I hope you have a GREAT Mothers Day ever! You’re the best mum in the whole entire world and you shine brighter than the sun and the twinkling stars in the night sky. Simarpreet

To my Dearest Mum, I love you very much because you are the sweetest mum ever. You are the best mum ever. Felicity

Dear Mum I love you more than anything. You are the best mum ever. Happy Mothers Day from Heath.

Dear Mum I think you are the best mum of all. I like you the best because you hug and cuddle me. Dirk

Dear Mum, Happy Mothers Day. You are brighter than the sun. I love you more than chips. I love you more than you can imagine. I wish you knew how much I love you. Love from Summer

Room 6 Photography

In room 6 we have been learning about photography with Ms Paula. Over Term 1 and a few

weeks into Term 2 we have been working towards sharing our photography to our

community by displaying photos in the Tea Tree Gully Library.

Our learning was more than just taking photos,

it was an experience to learn and create some-

thing spectacular! We had to study lighting,

positioning and use editing tools to make an

OK photo into a brilliant photo.

Everyone had a different perspective on what

Modbury meant to them and therefore every

photo was unique in its on way.

We had to think about our connections to Modbury and

take lots of photos. We had to consider location,

angles, perspective and even the weather! By taking

these things into consideration it made our photos the

best they could be.

We had Paul visit from the Tea Tree Gully TAFE who

shared some of his photography knowledge and invited

us to view the TTG TAFE photography studio. Also,

Ian from Rising Sun Pictures visited, he critiqued our

photos and suggested different ways to edit using the

iPads.

Some photos had some really good quotes like

this one:

“You’ll always hit a stump in learning, but

sometimes it is that little stump that makes you

a lot smarter.” Tryphena

Olivia

Tryphena

Kody

Olivia

Here are some of the photos and feedback that we have taken.

After we took our photos we gave each other

constructive feedback. Then we embraced our

feedback and improved our photos by using our

editing skills.

We will soon display more of our photos in the

school library. Our class is also hoping to enter our

photos in the Royal Adelaide Show in September

2017.

We learn in different ways not just

with pen and paper

There is always something behind the scenes

that you don’t necessarily know about.

You will always grow bigger when you try

Althea

Angelina Jayden

Charlie

You can make common learning

individual.

Here are some more photos taken by students

including the meaning or reason for the photo to

be taken