Fulham Gardens Primary School

Principal: Tony Varbaro

DIARY DATES 2020

TERM DATES

TERM 1

28 Jan – 9 April

TERM 2

27 April – 3 July

TERM 3

20 July – 25 Sept

TERM 4

12 Oct – 11 Dec

LAST DAY OF TERM

FRIDAY 25TH

SEPTEMBER

1:30 DISMISSAL

TERM 4 COMMENCES

ON MONDAY 12TH

OCTOBER

GOOD LUCK

PORT ADELAIDE

FOOTBALL CLUB

WISHING

EVERYONE A SAFE

AND RELAXING

HOLIDAY BREAK

THANK YOU As we head into the upcoming school holiday break, we take this opportunity to

acknowledge and thank our community for its support and being part of the difficult

journey of navigating safely through unusual and challenging times. Our ability to

work together and maintain a safe, supportive and positive mindset and actions will

continue beyond term 3. The uncertainty can be frustrating, however the certainty

of our actions is critical.

GOVERNING COUNCIL LETTER Dear Parents/Families/Carers Of Fulham Gardens Primary School.

I am a Parent and Secretary of the Governing Council at this school and I am deeply

concerned about student and pedestrian safety during pick up time.

I have witnessed on more than one occasion parents or children nearly being hit by

motorists acting selfishly. The school has acted in the best interests of all students

by blocking off the staff and dental clinic carparks and staff supervising these areas

to prevent cars entering and exiting with little regard to those around them.

I realise it’s a minority who choose to disregard the rules. It only takes 1 careless

driver and we have a tragedy.

I’m not going to stand by and let that happen.

Staff has willingly come out to monitor the carparks and in turn cop verbal abuse

from drivers. This is not acceptable and the issue would be easily solved if everyone

was prepared to park and walk a short distance to meet their children.

As adults, we need to set a respectful and healthy example to our young people.

PLEASE, calmly park your car and walk into the school and greet your treasured

kids.

Let’s start afresh and do the right thing for our Children....we all have responsibility

in making our world a kinder and safer world.🙏

PASTORAL SUPPORT WORKER UPDATE. THANK YOU

A big thank you to Grange Baptist Church for gifting our children with an

opportunity to say thank you. Children were able to choose someone special to

give their biscuit to. It was the father’s day weekend and the special biscuits, if

they made it home could be given to anyone special. Mum, dad, carer,

grandparent or even a sibling. Sarah Anderson our pastoral support worker has

also been working with students across the school with friendships and

relationships. Sarah is with us 3 days a week and is building strong working

relationships with students and staff.

FACILITIES INFORMATION UPDATES Over the next couple of weeks, a new playground will be installed in the area next to

the oval and Japanese Garden. This will provide our older students with some

additional recreational opportunities to be actively engage in lunch and recess

activities. The design concept for this area was inspired by year 5/ 6 and 7 students

who were seeking alternative equipment to meet their physical capabilities.

NEWSLETTER 10 ~ TERM 3 2020 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

MINILIT & MACQLIT PROGRAMMES These two programs provide explicit opportunities to practice and develop literacy skills. The feedback from students has been positive and the results very pleasing.

L I T E R

A C Y I M P

R O V E M

E N

T

I liked Minilit, because it taught me things I didn’t really understand. Helen

It is fun to learn, because I always learn new sounds and every time I got back to the classroom I got my spelling words correct. Alexis

It’s fun because you

can learn new things, new sounds and new words and I feel good, because if I don’t know

a word it will help me with my reading Mia

LOVE IT

It makes you smart and helps you with reading,

I feel good. Blake

It’s fun, because you get to use new words and sounds and it helps

me with my reading. Ahvi You can read these things, and learn about

the books. It’s really fun. Joseph

I love Macqlit, I feel like I have improved a lot. Its fun and there are unique ways for us to learn it. Toby

THANK YOU TO OUR GREAT TEAM OF SUPPORT

STAFF. YOU DO AN AMAZING JOB SUPPORTING

STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND PARENTS …..THANK

YOU!

FGPS AND HENLEY HIGH UKELE DAY

FULHAM

GARDENS

PRIMARY

SCHOOL

A morning of

collaboration

with the Henley

High music staff.

Joining our staff

and students to

engage in new

Learning.

Thank you to

Gaby Freer, Sera

Gagliardi and

Rick Whitehead

for pulling this

amazing

opportunity and

future pathway

for our students.

I felt pretty good

about doing

Ukele with the

High School. I

liked how Henley

High School

students helped.

It was mutual

learning. Jason

R U OK DAY

IT DOESN’T TAKE

MUCH TO ASK

AND REALLY

LISTEN

You don’t have to be an expert to keep the conversation going when someone says they’re not OK. By knowing what to say you can help someone feel supported and access appropriate help long before they’re in crisis, which can make a really positive difference to their life. There are lots of free resources at: https://www.ruok.org.au/join-r-u-ok-

day along what to do after you have asked “R U OK?”

Listen with an open mind…...take what you hear seriously.

Encourage action…so there is positive action.

I think interoception is a really good thing especially

for R U OK day. I think it is because if you are not

feeling ok, you learn how to calm your body down and

be in control. London

I think it was great to celebrate RU OK DAY, because

if someone wasn’t feeling ok you could ask them. You

don’t have to just ask it on the day, you should ask it

all the time. You are showing that you are being

respectful and caring for them. You can even sit with

them to make them feel comfortable. If they don’t

answer, sometimes that can mean they are not feeling

ok. Anke

It is very important to check in on friends because

some people may not be OK, keep checking in and be

a good friends. Eve.

It’s really good to know what people’s feelings are to

see when they are and aren’t ok. So you can help

them Seb

IF THEY NEED EXPERT HELP Some conversations are too big for family and friends to take on alone.

If someone’s been really low for more than 2 weeks - or is at risk - please contact a professional as soon as you can.

R

U

O

K

R

U

O

K

Check In Pop a reminder in your diary to call them in a couple of weeks. If they're really struggling, follow up with them sooner.

You could say: "I've been thinking of you and wanted to know how you've been going since we last chatted."

It was a good day, because if someone was hurt you could check in with them and make friends with them William

ANOTHER SIMPLE MESSAGE IS IF U R NOT OK,

DON’T BE AFRAID TO SHARE THESE FEELINGS

COOKING

Food is the way to one’s heart and soul and

speaks every language. How can you resist

eating foods from diverse cultures .

We got to cook nana bread and other Indian Foods. I liked it when we cooked because we learnt new things. Jade

Seaturtles and Dragons completed term 3

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen learning with a

special cultural dish from the heart. Thank you

again Mrs Moudgil ❤️ for sharing your secret

Samosa recipe. You created another WOW

moment for the children which they will always

remember.

FOOD GLORIOUS

FOOD

The cooking was

fun, because we

could watch her so

our hands didn’t

get tired

Faye

GOOD LUCK PORT ADELAIDE. The Port Adelaide Football Club has over many years supported our school with clinics and well being programs. It is exciting that a SA team is in the AFL finals and achieved great success. I am sure we all wish the club all the best.

COOKING

The varied cooking activities have

been part of

our Cultural Week celebrations and valuing our community diversity.

Pandas exploring South African mince dish,

‘Bobotie’ with a rocket, spinach and apple salad.

MATHS

WELL

DONE

In QuickSmart Maths during Term 3 our students have been working on their automatic recall of number facts. They have been challenging themselves to master the language of multiplication and division. Our team is proud of all the student’s achievements and efforts this term. Congratulations to Joel who has officially finished the program.

QuickSmart is really good and amazing. It is great to learn maths. Joel I go to quicksmart maths to help me improve. Zoe

It’s alright, but we miss out on other good stuff. It has helped me. Keara.

HOLIDAY SAFETY MESSAGE

As we head into the school holiday break, we ask

our community to be vigilante. If you see or hear

anything unusual within the school grounds,

please report it to the local police. We also hope

all our families stay safe as well. We look

forward to seeing you in term 4