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9 June 20179 June 2017

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Uniform

There is no doubt that the winter weatherhas arrived! I would like to ask parents,carers and guardians to support us inmaintaining a high standard of presentationto our community by ensuring your childrenare maintaining their correct uniform code.The arrival of the colder weather has seen

an increase in the number of non-uniform jackets, non-uniformlong bottoms and warm head wear being worn by students. Weunderstand that when walking to and from school studentsneed to stay dry and warm and therefore may be wearing anon-Paralowie outer jacket or head protection of some kind butwe ask that these items are removed once inside the schoolfence and in particular when in classrooms. Teachers arefollowing the Governing Council endorsed school uniform policywhen asking students to remove these items and not having togo into lengthy explanations about why will allow more time forteaching. Please support us by letting your children know thatyou support the school’s position on this matter and willsupport the school should we need to follow up on a student’sdecision not to follow a teachers instructions.

‘Leggins’ are also not part of our supported uniform code. Iassume they are warm but I ask that they are not worn as theouter layer. By all means wear them under another piece ofclothing, just not on the outside. Your support in this matter willalso be appreciated.

Reconciliation Assembly

Wednesday 31st May 2017 saw our Aboriginal Education Teamdeliver another amazing reconciliation assembly. One of ourIndigenous students welcomed and led the assembly in theKuarna language. Local Kuarna man Alan Sumner spoke andperformed. I would like to sincerely thank the AboriginalEducation Team for the work they put into organising the event

you will find a more detailed report about the assembly later inthis newsletter.

Maths Olympics success

For the fourth year in a row now Paralowie has again excelledin the local Northern Areas Maths Olympics. Each year thenumber of teams from other northern area schools hasincreased and each year the Paralowie students have risen tothe occasion to continue to gain a place in the top 3 schoolsdespite the increasing competition. A first and a second werethe rewards for this year’s efforts. Congratulations to all thestudents who participated in the event and a big thank you tothe staff who spent time preparing and coaching the studentsand then gave up their evening to ensure the students weresupported throughout the event. A more detailed articleappears later in the newsletter.

Car Parks

Safety is a major concern for us at school, especially in the carparks at 3pm. Please drive slowly and carefully as most of ourcar parks are tight. Could please ask you to talk to your child/children about NOT walking through the car park on the roadway until they get to their car, instead they could use paths,walk around the back of the carpark or on the garden and alongfence lines until they reach their car.

PETER MCKAYPRINCIPAL

2017 PLAIN ENGLISH SPEAKING AWARDSUCCESS

It is with great pleasure that I announce that Gareth Bailey hasbeen selected to represent Paralowie R-12 School in the PlainEnglish Speaking Award Semi-finals to be held at Unley High onJune 18.

In Term 1 Year 11 student Gareth Bailey signed up to competein the prestigious Award. This public speaking competition hasbeen running since 1977 and sees competitors from around

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Australia speak on a topic of their choice in front of a panel ofadjudicators.

Gareth worked tirelessly to prepare his 8 minute speech on the“Decline of Globalism” demonstrating a great depth of politicalknowledge and flawless presentation skills. He was then given 4minutes to prepare for a 3 minute impromptu speech on “Thereis no time like the present.”

Gareth competed against experienced students from St Peter’sCollege, St John’s Grammar School, Cardijn College andWestminster School in the first Heat on May 15 at LegacyHouse. He received a great response and useful feedback forfuture competitions.

We wish him luck as he prepares for the Semi-final event inJune.

ALANA ATTWOOD

WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING IN R-6?The R-6 School has had a busy and productive start to term2, with many fun and engaging learning experiences happeningacross our school. We have also had the pleasure of welcomingback Carlee Tredrea after the birth of her new baby daughter,Ava.

School Performance

All students from reception to Year 6 were lucky enough towatch a Brain Strom Production called ‘Being Brave’. Theperformance helped students to look at ways of being resilientto help them deal with grief and loss. Many classes have alsoengaged in follow up activities to further students’ knowledgeand understanding, as well as link with our schools PositiveEducation initiatives.

Pupil Free Day-Staff Learning

During the recent Pupil Free Day our staff were involved intraining and development opportunities based aroundmathematics. The training was designed to help further improvethe teaching and learning outcomes in all R-6 Classrooms.

Reconciliation Week-Tree Planting

In week 5 many of the Primary School classes engaged infun and interactive Reconciliation Week activities. These rangedfrom Indigenous art to native Australian tree planting in theschool’s community garden. All the students would also liketo thank Tom Putnam our Aboriginal Education Coordinator fororganising so many fun activities.

Dress Code

Lastly, as we move into winter I would like to remind parents/caregivers that students still need to be in full school uniform,including the Paralowie school jumper. If students need a newjumper they can be purchased through our R-12 School officeor second hand uniforms can be purchased through Mary Jo inthe Community Centre.

Kind RegardsKIM COPELANDR-6 SENIOR LEADER

EL2 GardeningBy Ella Harrison and Christina Holder

On Thursday the 1st of June, EL2 got the opportunity to walkover to the community garden to do some gardening. As aclass, we planted around 50 new plants. Some were trees andsome were smaller than the rest of the plants. There were about6 different kinds of plants. We worked in groups of 3 or 4people and worked together as a team to do our gardening. Toplant the new plants we had to dig a hole and then squeeze thecorners of the plant to get it out of the container. Next, we hadto put the plant into the hole and cover it with soil. We had toremember not to make a volcano out of the soil otherwise theroots would go into the sunlight and die. Each group plantedaround 10 plants and then we got to walk around the gardenas a class. In the community garden there was beetroot, snowpeas, garlic, tomatoes, capsicum and strawberries. We had areally good experience and a lot of fun!

R-6 Assembly

During 2018 we have been learning about Character Strengths.Each assembly we focus on 1 of the 24 character strengths.Teachers chose one student from each class who have beenshowing the traits of the particular character strength. Thistime we focussed on Friendship. We have lots of excellentexamples of students being great friends in the yard, class andduring specialist lessons. The next character strength we arefocussing on is….Judgement!!

Looking forward to seeing our next lot of award recipients.

CARLEE DECELIS

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HEAD LICEIt's the season for head lice again. Please read and followthe school guidelines so we can ensure that we minimisethe spread of head lice this season. Thank you for yourcooperation.

‘HEALTHY EATING GUIDE’ INFORMATIONFOR PARENTS & CAREGIVERS

MIDDLE SCHOOL UPDATEHello everyone!

Term 2 has been a productive and busy time for our Years 7, 8and 9 students.

NAPLAN

We started the term with NAPLAN preparation and the Year7 and 9 students handled the tests in a very responsible andmature manner. We hope to see positive results and especiallypatterns of growth in the areas of literacy and numeracy.

ASSEMBLIES

Our Middle School assemblies have been a wonderfulopportunity to focus on our school values and spend timethinking about two topics so far – racism and kindness. Allhome group teachers have been using the PBA (PositiveBehaviour Awards) system to identify students who go that littlebit further to demonstrate a willingness to help others, improvethe school and / or do excellent work in class and improve. Wealso identify students who demonstrate Character Strengths.This is a global reference of 24 ‘strengths’ that all humansshould aspire to reaching and valuing each and every day. Thecomplete list is:

Staff nominate 3 students from their home group whodemonstrate these strengths and it is a very rewardingexperience to be able to acknowledge outstanding studentbehaviour. You can do your own character strengths surveyhere:

https://www.viacharacter.org/survey/account/register

KEYS TO SUCCESS

We have a very strong focus on using data in the MiddleSchool to drive success. All home group teachers are activelyinvolved in conferencing with their students one on one aboutattendance, punctuality, behaviour and academic results. Wewant students and families to know that regular attendance,commitment to succeeding and behaving with a growth andpositive mindset are the keys to a successful and employablefuture. To all parents and caregivers – please support us bymaking sure your children arrive by 8.40am, are organised andready to learn and are thinking about future pathways – wherewill I be in 10 years time??

TRANSITION – PRIMARY TO SECONDARY

Paralowie School has a strong reputation for an extensivetransition program and we have been working with studentsfrom Burton, Lake Windemere, Salisbury North, Riverdale andSettlers Farm Primary Schools. In term one, Year 6/7 studentsand their teachers arrived for a morning of ‘practical lessons’.Our teachers in the areas of Science, Technology, Arts andPE offered a hands on lesson aimed at providing a learningexperience the visiting students may not get at their primaryschools. We had an excellent group of Year 9 ambassadorswho visited the schools in term one and helped buildexcitement about starting high school hopefully at ParalowieR-12. These students also helped each day to organise thevisiting students and take them to their lessons. We arearranging another visit in Term 2 and we hope to see morehappy, enthusiastic students next time.

BEN ABBOTTSENIOR LEADER – MIDDLE SCHOOL

1. Wisdom and Knowledge: creativity, curiosity,judgment, love of learning, perspective

2. Courage: bravery, perseverance, honesty, zest

3. Humanity: love, kindness, social intelligence

4. Justice: teamwork, fairness, leadership

5. Temperance: forgiveness, humility, prudence,self-regulation

6. Transcendence: appreciation of beauty andexcellence, gratitude, hope, humor, spirituality

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Want to encourage positive behaviourchanges in kids?

A Parent Workshop is being heldfeaturing Mark LeMessurier, Counsellor, Mentor

and Parent CoachCheck details at the link provided

FINANCE NEWS – Material & ServicesCharges 2017

Thank you to families who have paid, or madearrangements for 2017 Materials & Services (M&S)charges.

We wish to advise that 2017 M&S charges are nowoverdue unless instalment arrangements have beenmade with the Finance Team or a School Cardapplication has been submitted.

Payment options for those still to make payment are asfollows:

School Card 2017 forms and details are available fromthe Finance Office. A form must be filled in each year andat each school that your children attend.

Please contact the Finance Officer if you have anyquestions regarding Fees.

MATHEMATICIANS CORNER

Mathematics is the Science of Pattern and Order

Last newsletter we explored Mastering Number Concepts withlearning to count on and then backwards by ones, starting atany number, first to 5 then 10, 20 (Reception), 50, 100+ (Year1 onwards) and so on, as they progress through school.

The next mastery stage in the developmental continuum islearning to Skip Count in groups of 2s, 5s, 10s starting at anygiven number such as 3, 7, 16, etc. (as they progress thoughschool - 20s, 50s, 100s, 1000s etc.).

Why is this important?

Skip counting is essential as it lays a mathematical foundationfor developing a student’s ability with other mathematical skills.Skip counting is important in the development of fluency used inmany different practices such as telling time or counting money.

You can help develop your child’s fluency (instant recall ofnumber facts) by asking them to count on by 2s/5s/10s firststarting at zero. As your child masters these skills, increase thedifficulty by asking them to start at an odd number and not atzero.

If you would like additional information or resources to use athome, you could ask your child’s teacher or come and see me.I am more than happy to help you out with resources.

Kindest regardsJENN YOUNG

Amazing Numbers from Adam Spencers BIGBOOK of Numbers

Number 1

Did you know that:

You might think that the first digit in any of these numbers isjust as likely to be 3 or 7. However, Benford’s Law says thatthe first digit will be 1 about 30.1% of the time. 2 about 17.6%of the time and so on. This is really amazing! Benford’s lawis used to catch out people submitting fraudulent tax returns.More information at the link below:

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/BenfordsLaw.html

Number %

1 30.1%

2 17.6%

3 12.5%

4 9.7%

5 7.9%

6 6.7%

7 5.8%

8 5.1%

9 4.6%

• Direct Debit (forms available from the school)

• Direct Credit – Paralowie R-12 School BSB:065-122 Account No: 11026365 (REF: familycode)

• Credit Card via telephone/mail

• Cash/Cheque/Money Order/EFTPOS

• 1 is not a prime number, it is also not a compositenumber. In this case 1 is a very special number andany number multiplied by 1 will remain the samevalue. For this reason, 1 is called the ‘multiplicativeidentity’.

• Benford’s Law or the First-digit Law.Physicist Frank Benford noticed something amazingabout naturally occurring sets of numbers. If you take500 cities from around the world and list theirpopulations, or all the countries around the world andlist their areas, or look at a front page of your localnewspaper every day for 5 years and note everynumber that occurs on these pages, these lists followan interesting pattern.

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2017 PARALOWIE DEBATE SQUADTerm 2 has seen Paralowie’s newest Debate Squad alreadycome away with back-to-back wins and the highest scores yet.It’s shaping up to be a fantastic year of growth and team work.

We welcome back past members of the Debate Squad:Rachael Morrissey, Rayme Truong, Miguel Valdrez and PauloValdrez. Introducing the newest members: Masoumeh Rahimi,Kelly Nguyen, Kathy Gabison, Khal Adam Khan, Kaitlyn Lee andChelsea Gray.

This year we have two teams, Paralowie A is captained byRachael Morrissey and Paralowie B is captained by RaymeTruong. Both teams have already demonstrated a high level ofenthusiasm, team work and commitment to the Squad and wewish them luck in this year’s competition.

The first round of debates were held at Paralowie School inWeek 2 and 3 to accommodate a postponement on the topic“That today’s kids are growing up too fast”. Paralowie Ademonstrated early success with well-structured argumentsand flawless presentation. In Week 3, Paralowie B built on thefeedback and success of our other team to present a range ofdetailed rebuttals and arguments. Special mention goes to allour team members for achieving scores above 93 and RachaelMorrissey for getting a starting score of 97.5.

Congratulations to our two new members Kaitlyn Leeand Kelly Nguyen

for winning joint Best Speaker awards.

The Round 2 debates were held at Salisbury East High Schoolon the topic “That we should shift the date of Australia Day.”This controversial topic meant our teams worked harder thanever to come up with innovative arguments and rebuttals. Thework paid off as Paralowie A beat Para Hills B and Rachaelsecured another high score of 98. Unfortunately Paralowie B’scompetition forfeited but they were able to get some practise inagainst Gawler and received some really valuable feedback.

The next debate is in Week 6 on the topic “That people shouldhave a license to be a parent.” We wish both teams good luck.

ALANA ATTWOOD AND KELLY HOLMES

2017 Debate Squad:

Paralowie A: Rachael Morrissey (captain), MiguelValdrez, Chelsea Gray, Kathy Gabison, and Khal AdamKhan.Paralowie B: Rayme Truong (captain), Paulo Valdrez,Kaitlyn Lee, Kelly Nguyen, and Masoumeh Rahimi.

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER SUPPORTGROUPS

Please check the link for available Support Groups in the areafor parents of ASD children.

TIRKANTHI NEWS

Naa marni!

What an action-packed term we’ve had so far, and it’s onlyWeek 5!

Footy Challenge

On May 12, Steve Newchurch and Tom Putnam took a groupof students to AAMI Stadium to play in an Aboriginal footballcarnival called the McLeod Challenge. Both the girls and theboys played extremely well, with the girls winning 2 out of 3 oftheir matches (only losing 1 match by 1 point), and the boysmaking it through to the semi-finals.

STEM Club Excursion

On May 17, we had our first Aboriginal STEM Club excursionfor the year, which involved 20 students, along with Mary Agrios(Science Coordinator), Robyn Marsland (Tirkanthi SSO) andTom Putnam, participate in some activities at the MawsonLakes UniSA campus. Students completed a water filtrationchallenge, whereby each group had to create a water filter, andstudents came up with some impressive designs! Students alsohad a tour of the university campus and sat on the world’slongest bike, which was built by UniSA students and seats upto 20 people.

Kaurna Language Program

The Program is well underway and we have a regular weeklygroups of Year 5-8 Aboriginal students learning about Kaurna

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language and culture. It’s great to see so many studentsparticipating in the classes and wanting to know more aboutour first Australian languages.

Reconciliation Week

This event runs annually from May 27 toJune 3, and the theme for this year is ‘Let’sTake the Next Steps’. In 2017, we reflect ontwo significant anniversaries in Australia’sreconciliation journey: 50 years since the 1967 referendum,which was when Australians voted overwhelmingly to amendthe constitution to include Aboriginal people in the census andallow the Commonwealth to create laws for them; and 25 yearssince the historic Mabo decision, which recognised the rights ofAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditionalowners of their land. We’ve had lots planned for this year’sReconciliation Week and we’ll add all the photos and updatesto the next newsletter.

NAKUTHA,THE ABORIGINAL EDUCATION TEAM

STEM INQUIRY SHOWCASE - INVITATIONWe would like to extend an invitation to ALL parents andParalowie community members to come along to thisspecial STEM Inquiry Showcase on Tuesday 4th July, andsee the fantastic work being done by the students.

Many people think that STEM learning is all about Science,Technology, Engineering and Mathematic subjects; but this isnot true. STEM is a state of mind and a way of thinking that canbe applied to all subject areas.

This term, students work will be displayed in Paralowie’s firstever STEM Inquiry Showcase. Parents, guests from the OrionPartnership, Paralowie Admin team and school staff are invitedto come along and explore the amazing work these studentshave done.

This term in Year 8 HASS, Ms. Jewell, Mrs. Attwood and Ms.Holmes’ classes have been learning about Medieval Europe.Students have selected their own inquiry questions and havebeen using a range of problem solving skills and critical thinkingto answer their unique questions. Students are using theirlearning from HASS and applying it to another subject area,demonstrating the cross-curricula links of STEM learning.

Mrs. Attwood’s class will be presenting their learning usingmathematical concepts and skills that they have developedin Mr. Kelly’s Maths class. Ms. Jewell’s class will be usingscientific understanding they have gained in Mr. McKerlie’sScience class to make sense of their research. Ms. Holmes’class will take their research and present it using the skills theyhave learnt in Mrs. Robertson’s Digital Technology class.

EVENT DETAILS:

When: Tuesday 4th July 2017

Where: The Middle School Unit, Paralowie School

We hope to see many of you there to celebrate the hard workof our Paralowie students.

Thanks,

ALANA ATTWOOD, DANAE JEWELL, STEVEMCKERLIE, LORRAINE ROBERTSON, DANIEL KELLY& KELLY HOLMES.

DREAM BIG - DRAMAThis term in Drama students from Years7-12 have been challenged, entertainedand educated about the Arts in the 21stCentury showcasing innovation, creativethinking and multimodal literacies.

The students have had a variety ofopportunities to appreciate and participatein the arts; as audience members at the Festival Theatre forMatilda the Musical; viewing dance and acting classes;participating in Set Design classes at the Adelaide Centre of theArts Lights Square Adelaide; and as audiences members for theDay with the State Theatre Company watching 1984 by GeorgeOrwell at her Majesty’s Theatre.

The Year 8 Drama students have also participated in the Artsfor All Program as part of the DREAM BIG festival previously theCome Out Festival for young people.

The students went to see a physical theatre production calledJump First, Ask Later featuring Parkour techniques.

Many of the students also participated in a Silent DiscoWorkshop and they attended the Adelaide Museum. All thestudents showed outstanding behaviour on each of theseexcursions and it was an absolute pleasure accompanyingthem in experiencing the world of theatre.

As teachers we have also enjoyed sharing the positiveoutcomes of Learning in the Arts which has highlighted theirenthusiasm and display their joy at attending the variousexcursions.

ANNA WATT, JAYNE MICHELMORE-PRICE ANDATLANTA JEFFRIES (STUDENT TEACHER).DRAMA TEACHERS

• Session 1 - 3:30 to 4:30pm

• Networking break- 4:30-5:30 pm

• Session 2 - 5:30-6:30pm

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ATTENTION R-6 STUDENTSEARLY BIRD READING IN THELIBRARY

EVERY Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday8:20-8:40amEveryone is welcome! Comeand read to an adult,read independently orcomplete a Lexile quizSee you there.

Miss CARLEE

SCIENCE NEWSThe Paralowie Aboriginal STEM club program for this termgave the students a taste of,” A day in the life of a universitystudent at the University of South Australia”. Our strongpartnership with the universities has strengthened over theyears since the Paralowie STEM Clubs began, helping us enrichour STEM program. We appreciate the fantastic team effortby the Paralowie R-12 Tirkanthi Centre and our communitypartnerships, which enables us to further support our students.

The Paralowie Girls STEM club ran its second day this termand the girls immersed themselves into the journey of “wastewater” (everything that goes down the water drains). Theworkshop at SA Water in the city, focussed on the challengesscientists face on how to problem solve to re cycle the wastewater using the science, maths and engineering processes.The activities the girls enjoyed the most was on the scienceof smell. They learned about the special nerves in the nose todetect chemicals, bacteria multiplication, anaerobic digestersproducing gasses, UV radiation, and the chemical processesinvolved in treating our sewerage.

The second half of the day was to investigate how theBiodiversity of plants ensures a resource for new food cropsand medicines. Students discovered how plant life balancesecosystems, protects watersheds, mitigates erosion,moderates climate, and provides shelter for many animalspecies.

The girls looked specifically at the biodiversity (interspecificdiversity) among food crops and the biodiversity (intraspecificdiversity) within a crop. Fruit is seasonal and they searched forthe different varieties within a species. - intraspecific diversity.

Science Year 7-12

The science faculty has been busy preparing the Year 8-10exams. We are moving forward by placing exams online andthe students will be given an invitation code by their classteacher to use the Education Perfect online learning program tocomplete their exam. The exams will be held in week seven andresults will be included in the term two report. The exams arespecifically written by our science faculty and reflect our schoolscience program. The exams are only a small yet important

strategy of reporting and assessing students progress.Students will be given guidance and strategies by their scienceteacher on how best to prepare for the exam which is a lifelongskill they will be developing.

Education Perfect is an online learning tool which ALL sciencestudents have access to 24/7, at home and school. Scienceteachers have every student logged into the program. There areevents which involve, “Fun activities and challenges” for thestudents.

The Education Perfect Year 7-10 Term 2 Science Study andRevision Challenge is on! The top class in every school thatcompetes and answers over 1000 questions by the 23rd Junewins a $100 Pizza or Sushi Party. It’s completely free to beinvolved.

MARY AGRIOSSCIENCE COORDINATOR

PARALOWIE MUSIC STUDENTS DREAMBIG IN 2017

In Week 4, Year 9 and 10 Music students had the opportunityto participate in a variety of Dream BIG workshops, includingSilent Disco, ‘Jump First, Ask Later’, and Song Recording Slam!

Year 9 Music students went to the Festival Theatre andexplored aspects of Positive Education and culturalconnections by participating in a Silent Disco workshop.Students found themselves dancing in the moment to a greatselection of music, all in the privacy of their own Bluetoothheadphones!

Students then saw the cultural production “Jump First, AskLater” – a parkour performance telling the stories of 6 firstgeneration Australians, and how their love of movement and theArts has had a positive impact on their lives. It also showedstudents how the Arts ties in with different cultures, and howmusic and movement can be expressed in many different ways.

Year 10 students attended a song recording workshop atcommunity youth centre Northern Sound System called “SongRecording Slam!”. This session involved recording drums andsynth sounds, creating and recording vocals, and creating amusic video. This workshop was full of great memories,including our very own copy of the song and video to keep andbring back to school! Students had a great time, and it wasfantastic to see everybody participate and contribute towardour final product!

Student Testimonials:

“The staff were really nice and were supportive for whatwe wanted to do” – Chelsea“I liked everything about the studio and it was a funexperience” – Riley

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“I loved it and the people that were there were lit. Highlyrecommend to people who like music” – Marika“The whole place was absolutely amazing. The workerswere so friendly and welcoming. Highly recommend!” –Kaitlyn“I liked everything about the excursion” – Jayden“We did a cool crab dance #withbryson” – Bob“It was exhilarating!”

Northern Sound System offers a variety of free youth programsfor youth aged 12-25, designed to have students from thenorthern suburbs experience different aspects of the musicindustry.

Monday 4-6pm: Check 1, 2 (hip hop recording andhangout session)Wednesday 4-6pm: Girls To the Front (all girl rocksession)Thursday 4-6pm: Bangers n Mashups (remixing, dj-ingand hangout session)

For more information, go to the link below.

http://www.northernsoundsystem.com.au/

TERM 2 CALENDARPlease download the calendar here. Copies are also available

from the Front Office.

2017 NATIONAL EXCELLENCE INTEACHER AWARDS (NEiTA)

ASG NEiTA is one of the only independent NationsAwards Programs where early childhood and schoolcommunities – individual parents, school councils,committees of management, parents associations,secondry student councils, and community organisations– can publicly recognise and encourage inspirationalteachers, directors and principals who are committed toexcellence in education.

This is your opportunity to nominate outstanding teachersand leaders in your community that are making adifference to children’s education.

For more information please call or visit the link below1800 624 487 or to nominate a teacher go to the linkbelow.

http://www.asg.com.au/nominate

http://www.asg.com.au/neita

Closing date for nominations is 3rd July, 2017.

SCHOOL BELL TIMESSchool commences at 8.40am

Recess commences at 11.05 and finishes at 11.25amLunch commences at 12.55 and finishes at 1.35pm

School finishes for the day at 3pm

SCHOOL POLICIES REMINDERS

UNIFORM: Some students occasionally wear jackets orother non-school uniform clothing to keep warm. Whilstthis is a reasonable idea to and from school, it does notfit into our school uniform policy. Once on the schoolgrounds and especially in class, all students need to bedisplaying full school uniform. Students and parents arereminded that navy, black and blue denim are the onlycolours permitted as the lower part of their uniform e.g.jeans, track pants, shorts and skirts. NO leggings arepermitted at all.

HATS: As part of our Sun Smart Policy, ALL studentsin Reception to Year 6 are required to wear a hat in theschool yard, if they are not wearing a hat they will bedirected to a shaded area. Hats are available in the frontoffice for $11.50.

MOBILE PHONES: All student phones must be turnedoff in all classes starting with Home Group at 8.40am.Students can turn their phones back on for recess, lunchand straight after school. This ensures students and theirteachers maintain their focus on teaching and learning.Parents are welcome to ring the school on 8182 7222 ifyou urgently need to contact your child.

AEROSOL SPRAYS: Students are reminded that allAEROSOL SPRAYS are BANNED at school. They are ahealth hazard to students and staff when sprayed withinschool buildings. Students spraying aerosols has resultedin staff and students requiring urgent medical treatment.This can lead to hospitalisation in the case of severeasthmatics. THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE ROLL-ONPRODUCTS THAT CAN BE USED. Any student bringingAEROSOL SPRAYS to school will have them confiscated.

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