Term 4—Week 6-9

COMMUNITY NOTICES SPLASH ACTIVITIES IN JANUARY: Beginning on News Year’s Day there will be something new and amazing to do every single day in January

culminating with Australia Day celebrations on the 26th. Most activities will be free allowing plenty of fun and affordable entertainment throughout the summer with something to suit everyone on offer. For more information contact Michelle Chambers at the Visitors Information Centre on 08 8539 1142.

Murray Bridge Library: Sunday Sessions are back! Lego Club @ the Library: 6th & 20th November + 4th December. Author Talk & Craft with

Carrie Gallasch: December 2nd.

Murray Bridge Blue Light Disco: Friday 23rd November, 5.30-7.30pm at The Station Youth Centre. $5 entry. Pay at the door. Entry fee includes

sausage sizzle and water. 5-14 year olds. DJ, Dancing, Prizes, Canteen, Fun! Lock in event. NEW!! Photo Booth!! Take your photo with your friends in the photo booth! Enquiries to Murray Bridge Police Crime Prevention Section—85356020.

Hahndorf Softball Club QUIZ NIGHT: Saturday 24th November @ Hahndorf Football Clubrooms. Doors open at 7.30pm for 8.00pm start. To book

email: president@hahndorfsoftball.com.

VACSWIM: Online enrolments are now open! Close Friday 7th December. For more information contact your local swim centre.

WALLIS CINEMA MT BARKER: Kids Movie Disco December 14th. Supervised lock in. Movie showing: The Grinch (G). 7-12 year olds.

WK Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat Sun

6

November 19th Kindy Transition

November 20th Kindy Transition

November 21st November 22nd November 23rd

Whole School

Assembly @

2.30pm

White Ribbon Day

Nov

24th

Nov

25th

7

November 26th

STUDENT

FREE DAY

November 27th Kindy Transition

November 28th November 29th November 30th Dec

1st

Dec

2nd

8

December 3rd

Moorundi Health

Checks

December 4th December 5th

Volunteer

Morning Tea

December 6th December 7th

Whole School

Assembly @

2.30pm

Dec

8th

Dec

9th

9

December 10th

School Council December 11th Year 7 Graduation

December 12th

Just2Deadly

Awards

December 13th C7, C8, C9 + C10

Tree Climb

Excursion to

Adelaide

December 14th

Year 7 Farewell

School dismissed at

2.10pm.

Dec

15th

Nov

16th

WHOLE SCHOOL ASSEMBLY AWARDS: November 9th UNIT 4 Ethan For showing enthusiasm and challenging himself. Keely For showing persistence with her times tables and completing extra work at home. UNIT 5 Nakkita W For overcoming challenges that she has faced settling into a new school. Her brav-ery and courage is outstanding! Jayden For being that amazing quiet achiever in the classroom. His mature approach to his learning is reflected in the fantastic work he produces. Lachlan M For being a respectful and trustworthy member of our class. He brings happiness and inclusivity into the classroom. C1 Callen For a superb effort in using onomatopoeia in his short stories.

C1 Jeremy For a fantastic effort in always applying himself 100% in creative writing. C5 Jayda For putting in an amazing effort with her reading and being a kind and caring class member. C6 Maddison For being brave and always having a go at writing independently. Thomas For working hard on all tasks and taking his time to complete his work. C8 Aurorah For making great improvement in reading this year. C9 Mya For showing resilience and persistence with her schoolwork after breaking her arm.

C9 Brody For displaying persistence with his spelling. Jhennie For showing enthusiasm and improvement with her spelling. C10 Somaya For showing great persistence when writing an explanatory text. Korreesha For showing great persistence when writing an explanatory text. Lily For confidently matching positions on maps with given information. SPECIAL AWARD From Mrs O’Shea (Guided Reading) Camden (C1) For being respectful and helping a peer to get her chair off the pile and putting it at the table for her.

54 Joyce Street, Murray Bridge Sth. Aust. 5253 PH: 08 85322155 FAX: 08 85310083

E-mail: dl.0950.info@schools.sa.edu.au Issue 19 20/11/18 Week 6 Term 4

DIARY DATES NOVEMBER Fri 23rd Whole School Assembly @ 2.30pm Mon 26th STUDENT FREE DAY Tue 27th Kindy Transition DECEMBER Mon 3rd Final Kindy Transition Moorundi Health Checks Wed 5th Volunteer Morning Tea Mon 10th School Council Tues 11th Year 7 Graduation Dinner Wed 12th Just2Deadly Awards

Our absence hotline

number for text only is:

0476 857331 OR ring our office number

8532 2155 (you can leave a message after

hours)

If your child is

going to be absent,

please use the school

mobile number as above.

Thank you!

NEXT WHOLE SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

This Friday 23rd November 2018 2.30—3.10pm in the Gym

MBSPS is a

NUT AWARE SCHOOL

2018

Monday 26th November: STUDENT FREE DAY

2019

Monday 25th & Tues 26th February

STUDENT FREE

DAYS

Well done to everyone

who participated in

this year’s pageant.

You were all

amazing!!

FROM THE PRINCIPAL DIRECTIONS FOR 2019 Every year during term 4 we reflect on the work we have done over the last 12 months and explore ways that we can improve. Our Student Free Day next Monday will see us looking backwards and planning forwards. In 2019 our focus as a school will be continuing to develop a con-sistent approach to classroom management, and our on-going journey towards being a strong school community that is responsive to current research about the brain and how relationships help us all to learn. In addition to this we have identified 3 aspects of literacy and numeracy which we will be focusing on throughout the year. These im-provement foci are: Improving the skills of teachers in using information

collected while listening to children read to design the next steps in student learning

Improving the skills of teachers to help their students develop a broad vocabulary

Improving the skills of teachers to help children make the shift from concrete representations of mathematical concepts to abstract representations.

As a school we have identified a number of actions and targets that will help us to improve these specific aspects of our teaching, and we will be reporting on these regularly throughout 2019. YEAR 7’S IN HIGH SCHOOL The government has advised that year 7s in Murray Bridge will be based in High School from the beginning of 2022. The Education Department is doing considerable work around facilities and curriculum to ensure that this shift will be as smooth as possible. This means that our current year 3 cohort will be attending year 7 at Murray Bridge High School in 2022. RESPECT AND RIGHTS While the vast majority of our parents and students are consistently respectful and positive in their interactions with staff, there have been several incidents recently where parents have been aggressive and threatening. This kind of conduct is unacceptable and will not be toler-ated. While we want our parents to be advocates for their children it is important that they see us modelling appropri-ate ways of resolving problems and addressing conflict. Open, honest and solution focussed communication is es-sential. Any person being threatening or aggressive will be asked to leave. All threatening and aggressive behaviour will be reported to the Education Department and to the police, and legal advice will be sought. Staff have the right to a safe workplace, free from threats, violence and ag-gression, and parents who are unable to adhere to this expectation may find that they are no longer welcome at school.

STUART KITTO Principal Safe; Kind; Ready

SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING:

Monday 10th December @ 7pm in

the staff room Parents are invited to come along and dis-

cuss and approve 2019 School Fees, as per

above Notice of Materials and Services

Charges. This is the standard legally recov-

erable fee set by the Department for Edu-

cation. In lieu of attendance at the meet-

ing, parents/caregivers can express their

view in writing to the Council Chairperson

prior to the meeting.

MBSPS YEAR 7 GRADUATION

DINNER

Tuesday 11th December 2018

(Week 9)

Please complete the tear-off slip and

return with payment by this Friday

23rd November.

OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS Please pay all money owing for school

fees and musical instrument hire as soon as possible before the end of term.

Thank you to those who have already done so.

Jude

ATTENDANCE “Missing 1 day of school a week adds up to almost 3

years by the time your child finishes school.

Every day matters”

Wednesday 21st—Friday 30th November 5 Fish Fingers + Juice $3.50 save 50c

COMING UP

MILKSHAKE DAY Friday 30th

November

$2.00

(choc, strawberry or caramel)

**PLEASE NOTE**

Due to only 3½ weeks left of school, the

Canteen will be running stocks down

therefore some items may be

unavailable.

ANNETTE THOMSON (Canteen Manager)

$1 Day Specials Wed 21st— SPRING ROLLS

Tues 27th—GARLIC BREAD

Wed 28th—HASH BROWNS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Amelia (U4) 22/11/18 Ava (U2) 22/11/18 Kur (C1) 22/11/18

Jackie (C6) 26/11/18 Jax (C3) 29/11/18

Honey (C7) 1/12/18

LIBRARY NEWS - LOST BOOKS!! We have a number of books that have not been returned to the Library. Could all families please have a good look around at home to see if you have any of these, to avoid being charged a replacement fee.

A reminder that ALL BOOKS

need to be returned to the Library by Friday, 7th

December 2018.

SECOND HAND CLOTHES Are you leaving our school? Do you have any

MBSPS uniforms that you would like to donate for

our second hand cupboard? If so, please drop them

into the front office. Any donations will be

gratefully appreciated.

LOST PROPERTY Please check the box outside A1 for lost items of

clothing. Any unclaimed items will be washed and

given to charity at the end of term.

L ast week in our Peer Support session in Stronger Together we looked at the impact of how

working together as a team with similar beliefs, can provide a barrier to bullying. When

everyone is focussed on promoting positive behaviours that respect diversity and individu-

al need, bullying can be reduced. Activities that focus on building the strength of teams and awareness of the responsibilities of bystanders assists in a whole of school approach. Parents

could talk with their students who are undertaking the program about how they could help oth-

ers who are not experiencing good relationships.

T he final session in our Stronger Together Peer Support module will summarise skills learnt

in previous sessions and provides an opportunity to plan to implement further initiatives

across the school. Students will be able to identify personal and whole of school goals to further address bullying and build their own resilience. Ask students what they have

learnt and what else they would like to learn about having good relationships. Contact us with

your ideas.

Thank you to all the participating students, the Peer Leaders, and staff and you as parents for your

support.