Student Wellbeing Leader News

Eyre Avenue Whyalla Norrie 5608 (08) 8645 8303

Term 2 Week 6 wwwlongstpssaeduau dl1133_infoschoolssaeduau

JUNE

Monday 10th Queens Birthday

Public Holiday

Tuesday 11th 2nd Reception

Information Session

Friday 14th Boys Basketball

Friday 28th Girls Basketball

JULY

Friday 5th Last Day of Term

210pm finish

Monday 22nd First Day of Term

Please SMS us on 0499 444 438 if your child is going to be absent You need to include your childrsquos name room

number and the reason for their absence (eg family or illness)

Earlier this week Miss Knapton Mrs Janssen and

myself attended a training on a new phonics

program that Long Street will be implementing

next term This program is called Read Write

Inc and is a literacy program that encompasses

Phonics (sounds) Reading (comprehension) and

Writing This section of the program is for

Reception - Year 2 students with the second

phase being Read Write Inc Spelling and Read

Write Inc Comprehension giving a focus program

for our Year 3 - 7 students For those students

who are still struggling with phonics after Year 2

there is a program called Read Write Inc Fresh

Start that will assist them to develop further We

are looking forward to participating in this training

and to sharing what we learn with other staff

members If you would like any further

information about this program please feel free to

come and see me or to speak to your childrsquos

teacher

Thanks Jodie Turpin

Swimming lesson fun Senior Leader News

I firstly just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who has helped to support our school disco We look forward to seeing as many faces tonight as we can Please see the flyers for more information As always our focus remains on improving our school percentage for attendance By now you would have received an attendance percentage to date letter If you have any questions or concerns about your childrsquos percentage please call Lisette who will set up a time for you to come and meet with me Also if you would like some help in improving your childrsquos attendance please donrsquot hesitate to contact me Kate and the team from the Smith Family will be attending our week 9 assembly and staying for a meet and greet in the STEM room afterwards If you are already affiliated with the Smith Family this is a great opportunity to come and touch base with them about your child(ren)

If you are not and would like some more information about the services they can provide come along and have a chat Please donrsquot hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns about your childrsquos socialemotional needs Warm Regards Rhiannon Day

Miss B How long have you

been teaching

11 years

What is your

favourite subject to

teach

The Arts

What do you like to

do in your spare

time

Keeping fit dancing

and hanging out with friends

What countries have you lived in

South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe and China

If you could choose anywhere in the world to

visit where would you go

Zambia

Recent netball carnival

Our new e-Newsletter on

Skoolbag

Community Information

News from the Principal

Recently at the Governing Council meeting I raised the exciting news about some major facilities upgrades which are currently at the costing stage The COLA (covered outdoor learning area) has been engineered and will be sent to tender before the end of the school term This facility will provide some exciting opportunities for student learning and social gatherings where we can develop skills and make new relationships This facility will also provide curriculum opportunities and a space to host outdoor assemblies and ceremonies The triple portable

will also undergo a major facelift by repairing all exterior damage then repainting this building the same colours as the rest of the school Interior toilets will also undergo a facelift with small repairs being completed before internal painting can commence to all toilet facilities (excluding Foyer B) I am also delighted to inform community that we recently purchased 165 iPads for staff and students This purchase will allow students to access the internet and research projects whilst using apps that support a variety of curriculum areas

A huge thank you to Miss Smith and her helpers for their persistence in ensuring that the iPads were ready and working before purchasing such a large amount of units These items will be in operation by term 3 with all going well Please ensure students are well covered during the winter months The weather recently has been extremely cold especially in the mornings Bryan Rotherham Principal

Week 3 Award Winners

Room 1 Kade Wright Aston Griffin Room 2 Ascha Edmondson Charlotte Templeton Owen Southern Caius Pike Room 3 Ava Upton Summer Hall Room 4 Maci Turner Jayden Moore-Crofts Room 5 Ruby Upton Charlotte Edwards

Room 6 Sarah Camplin Nate Jonker Rhyleigh Connor-Grantham Aiden Johnson-Fowler Room 10 Dean Somerville Kiara Mattner Charlize Gilbert Isaiah Edwards

Week 3 Award Winners

Room 11 Aleisha Davidson Sam Chambers-Cummings Liam Green Lylah Dix Room 12 Sofie Collier Raiden Macintyre Damien Wilksch Lilly Evans Room 13 Sophie Papadontas Matthew Lapham Hannah Dunbar Madison McDonald

Whatrsquos Happening in Room 11

In Room 11 we have been learning about Mr Squiggle We watched a couple of episodes and really enjoyed how he transformed lines and shapes into drawings

As we enjoyed this we wanted to try and make our own artwork during visual arts that are based on Mr Squiggle designs

The students also became interested in how Mr Squiggle moved so as a class we decided to create our own marionettes

using boxes and string by utilising our new STEM space We then had to write up the procedure on how we made our puppets during literacy