Term 3 Week 1 3/08/2017

DATES TO REMEMBER

7/8 Year 4/5 Basketball Challenge 8/8 Governing Council 7pm 9/8 SAPSASA Basketball 11/8 Assembly 10:15 21/8 Book Week 22/8 School Tour 2pm

IN THIS GRAPEVINE From Michele Art Gallery Excursion Student Social Workers LAP Abby’s Gift Canteen Roster Fundraising

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Festival Music Choir Concert

Bookweek Performance Super Duper R- 3

Book Week Author visit James Phelan Yrs 4- 7

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MONDAY 14 AUGUST Book Week Author Visit

James Phelan Yrs 4 - 7 WEDNESDAY 22 AUGUST Book Week Performance

Super Duper R - 3

55 - 63 Concord Drive, Old Reynella SA 5161 Phone: 8381 1493 Principal: Michele Russell Fax: 8322 2939 Deputy Principal: Sharyn Darrell SMS: 0416 905 323 Assistant Principal: Matt Simmons dl.0379.info@schools.sa.edu.au Governing Council Chairperson: Amanda Carne www.reynellaps.sa.edu.au OSHC Director: Linda Brooks OSHC Phone: 8387 7483

I trust you all enjoyed a relaxing break with your children and they feel energised to start another term of engaging learning. We have a few new staff members for this term: Sharyn Darrell is deputy principal taking over from Karen Matthews

who has been appointed to Willunga PS Cameron Parsons is taking Rob Mallee’s year 4/5 class while he is on

long service leave Nadia Allen is taking Cinzia Giglio’s year 4 class while she is on long

service leave Karina Matson is working as an SSO supporting student learning

We are working very hard with our students to shift our mindsets and give everyone the best opportunity to make great progress and be successful. Our Mindset for Learning is being embedded across our school and to support and consolidate this even further we are introducing “Mindset Morning Tea” with Ms Russell every month. This is an opportunity to acknowledge those students who are consistently demonstrating our mindsets: Resilient, Responsible, Focussed, Reflective and Collaborative. Students will be nominated by their class teacher who will give them a special invitation. Our first Mindset Morning Tea will be on Monday 7 August at 10.30am in the library. "The school's best ally in the task of nurturing a student's innate 'urge to learn' is, first and foremost, the parents," saysBernie Poole. Parents play a pivotal role in building a positive mindset for learning in their children. We know that praising the process, children’s effort or strategies creates eagerness for challenges, persistence in the face of difficulty and improved performance. When you are talking with them about their learning, take the time to appreciate the effort they have put into their work, ask them about what strategies they used and value their choices, thinking processes or persistence. Children need to hear comments such as “You worked hard to get that right!”(effort), “That was a good idea to tackle the hardest task while you were fresh!”(strategy) and “You recognised the first few steps were the most important but then after that you were right,”(action). This type of praise, also known as encouragement, helps kids develop the belief that success has more to do with what they do than innate smarts and talents. Ask them about what didn’t work, how they struggled and talk with them about how to use mistakes as an expected part of learning.

Providing your child with honest feedback about their performance not only helps them improve, but also promotes a positive mindset. We often shy away from giving feedback for fear of harming self-esteem. Confidence can be maintained by being sensitive to how we provide feedback. For instance, focusing on two or three things kids do well before giving constructive feedback is one way you can keep young a learner’s head up while giving pointers about better performance. Building a strong partnership between the home and school is crucial if we are to encourage our students to be successful learners, citizens and people. At our last Assembly Nat Cook, local member for Fisher, presented our school with two new flags. Peter Dinan from Credit Union SA presented us with a cheque for $7000. Our Landscape Action team

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accepted the cheque on behalf of our students. This money will be used to improve our school grounds.

Michele Russell Principal

ART GALLERY EXCURSION On Wednesday 26 July D1 and D6 went to the most amazing place ever, the Art Gallery in the city. First we got on the bus and got driven to the city. We had to walk about 5 minutes when we got to the entrance so we walked through the Fish Gate. Then we sat down to eat recess. After recess our class was split into two groups. Our guides showed us around the Ramsay Art Prize exhibition. We saw Forgiving Night for Day, eight TV screens singing, it was awesome. We Built This City was a huge tent made from salvaged smaller tents all sown together, all of us had a turn in it! Soon we went into a studio and sat down. After the guides showed us some photos about Gladys Reynell. Next we did a little warm-up by doing some sketching in our looking log. I copied the sheep painting. We also looked at some of Gladys Reynell’s paintings. Finally we did an activity by using movement lines and covering

them with geometric shapes. This was one way Gladys created her art work. My favourite part was copying the pictures because everyone got to have a go at being an artist. At first I was nervous about doing it but I just did it! By Hadley and Lachlan

Feedback…..What did we learn?..... I learnt that even though the tent wasn’t a picture it is still Art work. I also learnt that some artists paint their emotions. Mia I learnt about contract. You should keep trying until you get it. Art can help express your feelings. Hadley It took 4 years to create the huge quilt. The pottery tells different stories. Gladys signed her work with a G Elizabeth Gladys Reynell used geometric shapes in her movement art work Lyla Pottery can be your diary Jack

CANTEEN ROSTER

WK 3

Monday 7 August Denise Steer

Tuesday 8 August Karina M

Wednesday 9 August Nikki

Thursday 10 August Help Needed am

Friday 11 August Bianca/Kylie

WK 3

Monday 14 August Denise Steer

Tuesday 15 August Karina M

Wednesday 16August Nikki

Thursday 17August Help Needed am

Friday 18 August Bianca/Kylie

URGENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Deb and Amanda are always looking for

new volunteers for the canteen.

It only takes an hour or two a week.

Coffee and a laugh supplied.

Drop in and see us!

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A FISH TANK DONATION

FOR L.A.P. PLEASE CONTACT TANYA STEPHEN

IF YOU CAN HELP

ABBY’S GIFT Abby's Gift would like to send out many thanks to families who donated non perishable foods for families staying at Ronald McDonald House Adelaide. Families who stay at RMHA are unable to access food assistance through main stream charities. Happy to announce that project 'Abby's Gift Winter Warmer' have collected enough food so the emergency pantry is overflowing now and will last up to our next 'Abby's Gift Christmas Hampers'. To learn more on how you can help by Facebook 'Abby's Gift' or via email abbysgift2012@gmail.com

Hello Parents, Staff and Students, My name is Lambros, and I am currently studying my masters in social work at Flinders University. You will be seeing me around Reynella Primary School as this is where I am currently doing my placement for the following semester. I have a huge interest in personal development and mindfulness, and I enjoy working with people to help assist them to recognise their strength and figure out which solutions are available to them. I believe we can all learn so much from children and I look forward to using the following theories such as strength and solution based theory, empowerment theory and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help assist the students that may be suffering to reach their full potential with the time that I have here at Reynella. Please don’t hesitate to say hello or talk to me in the yard and I’ll try my best to answer any questions you may be having. Kind regards, Lambros.

Hello, I am Lina, a master of Social Work student at Flinders University. I am doing my first placement here to learn and practice. You probably will see me around for the rest of this semester, trying to connect what I have learnt and put theories into practice while hopefully making progress to assist people to make a little difference. I am quite interested in working with children and families with a focus on attachment theory and art therapy. I do believe parents are the first and best teachers for the children and arts have the magical power to heal wounds. Please feel free to come and say hello if you see me around in the yard make friends with me. Cheers, Lina

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