Fulham Gardens Primary School Principal: Tony Varbaro

DIARY DATES

2019 TERM DATES

TERM 1

29 Jan – 12 April

TERM 2 29 April – 5 July

TERM 3 22 July – 27 Sept

TERM 4 14 Oct – 13 Dec

WEST LAKES

SHOPPING CENTRE

CHOIR

PERFORMANCE

SUNDAY

1ST DECEMBER

ASSEMBLY DATES

MON 2ND DEC

SPECIAL

PREMIER’S

READING

CHALLENGE

PRESENTATION TO

EACH CLASS

END OF YEAR

CONCERT

WEDNESDAY

4TH DECEMBER

YEAR 7

GRADUATION

WEDNESDAY

11TH DECEMBER

END OF TERM

DISMISSAL 1:30

FULHAM GARDENS

PRIMARY SCHOOL

CHRISTMAS CHOIR

AT

WESTLAKES MALL

The school choir will be singing at West Lakes Shopping Center on Sunday 1st Dec

at 11am and 12pm in front of Target next to Cibo. We invite everyone to come

along and support this enthusiastic group of students. Many thanks to Nicole Gray,

Mafalda Mailei and Sera Gagliardi for supporting our team of enthusiastic students.

PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE STATE CEREMONY

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Once again our students shine after a very special invitation to attend an award

ceremony as recognition of our school’s high participation and completion rate in

the Premier’s Reading Challenge. A great photo opportunity with the Hon Premier

and Hon Minister for Education. Students were escorted by Mafalda Maileli who

oversees our student leadership program.

Lucia and

Dylan were

very proud

Fulham

Ambassadors

who

attended the

special

Premier’s

ceremony

END OF YEAR PERFORMANCE

WEDNESDAY 4TH DECEMBER

5pm BBQ Fundraiser 6:30pm PAC Xmas Xfactor

NEWSLETTER 23 2019 Aiming for Excellence. Powerful & Engaged Learning for Life.

successful learning** including others **responsibility** honesty** respect Phone: 8356 3726 Fax: 8235 1249 E-mail: dl.0934_info@schools.sa.edu.au

VOLUNTEERS MORNING TEA

Singling out one person to be the recipient of

our Volunteer of the year award is never easy.

At Fulham Gardens Primary School, we value

the enormous contribution all our volunteers

make. It is the collective contribution and

effort that makes our school a wonderful

environment to be in. David Tillsley, we

thank you sincerely for all that you do and

award you Volunteer of the Year

AMAZING VOLUNTEERS

THANK YOU MORNNG TEA

PATIENT POSITIVE CARING

NURTURING DEDICATED HAPPY

COMMITTED KIND FRIENDLY

AMBASSADORS

To the team of

supporters

from the local

churches we

say thank you

for your

ongoing

support and

community

connections.

To

KICKSTART

FOR KIDS we

say thank you

for your

amazing

support and

we look

forward to

strengthening

our

partnership in

2020 with

some exciting

opportunities

to be

announced

soon.

To Julie and

Marissa a

huge thankyou

for your

continued

support in

managing our

canteen and

providing an

amazing

service to our

students.

The cards

presented by

our early

year’s

students

certainly

showed some

artistic talents

and the words

of thanks were

sincere and

reflected how

much the

volunteers are

valued. SIMPLY BRILLIANT

KITCHEN & GARDEN TIME

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The kitchen garden

program has

featured very

prominently in

2019. We are very

excited about a

2020

intergenerational

community

connection with an

organisation that

supports the

elderly.

Hugh was a very good helper in

harvesting some zucchinis

ITALIAN DONUTS ( ZIPPOLI )

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A traditional Italian

cooking delight is

the donut which is

part of an Italian

Christmas sweets

menu. London’s

Nona graciously

gave up some of

her time to help us

prepare and cook

zippoli.

BACK TO SCHOOL

DAY

FOR

BRIDGET MERRETT

A collaborative initiative between The South

Australian Primary Principal’s Association and the

Department for Education is the opportunity for

staff in Central Office to spend a day in a school

and to gain operational insights into a normal

school day. All staff spent time with Bridget

Merrett, Senior Communications Adviser

(internal) Department for Education to exchange

ideas around communications and future

possibilities. Bridget is now a Fulham Gardens

Primary School Ambassador

STUDENT SUMMARY REPORTS Staff has spent a considerable amount of time

working on end of year summary reports, Outlining

student progress and achievement. These will be

distributed in week 9 along with class placement

letters.

NATIONAL SCHOOL

CHAPLAINCY PROGRAM

UPDATE All schools across Australia recently submitted

applications to continue or begin their

involvement with the National School Chaplaincy

Program from 2020 to 2022. Unfortunately

Fulham Gardens Primary School was

unsuccessful. This sadly means Sally

Henderson’s placement in our school which is

tied to the funding will cease at the end of 2019.

Student wellbeing and that of our community

members will continue to be a priority and we

will continue to seek ways of ensuring this

continues so students, staff and parents and

supported. We will formally farewell Sally at the

end of the year.

NEW RECEPTION CHILDREN

VISIT

What a special

moment for our

new 2020

reception

children. Their

transition into

school involves

3 extended

visits so as to

orientate and

familiarise

themselves

with the class,

the school and

other students.

On this visit,

they were able

to enjoy a

special moment

in the resource

centre and

spend some

time with

reading and

books with Mr

Del Bono.

LOST PROPERTY.PLEASE LOOK

The amount of lost property grows daily and we

have a mini tub filled with an assortment of

jumpers, tops, containers and drink bottles.

Please pop in and have a look and claim what

could be that missing item.

2020 CLASS PLACEMENT The class placement process is never an easy

process. We aim to ensure placements factor in

student learning, social and emotional needs and

parent requests. I am hoping that all staff will have

been appointed by the time classes are finalised.

TARANATHA ART EXHIBITION

Flavia: Today we went to the art gallery to visit

the Tarnanthi exhibition which showcases

Aboriginal Artwork from around Australia. I learnt

about different styles of Aboriginal Art work

including print making, realism, dot painting and

totems. I enjoyed looking at the artwork and

finding stories behind it.

Manha: It was interesting learning about how modern

Aboriginal Artists have changed techniques to make new colours and learning how each piece of art has its own story. After looking through the art gallery we got to participate in our own printmaking workshop to

make our own shapes. That was really fun.

Hayley: There was one artwork about milk fish that was my favourite. There were painted sticks with a

projector showing milk fish. If you lay down on the

floor the milk fish swam around you. It was very cool. I enjoyed learning new things about artists and trying

new experiences in artwork.