BERY PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL

We are a Learning Community that values…

PRIDE ~ INTEGRITY ~ RESILIENCE

Principal Web www.newberypkps.sa.edu.au Fax (08) 8733 2377

Stuart Miller Email dl.0970_info@schools.sa.edu.au Phone (08) 8733 2864

SMS Attendance 0434 077 091

Term 2 – Week 9

26th June 2018

Newbery Park Primary School

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Portfolio Performance Reviews Week 10.

All students will receive an A-E report this term which will form a part

of our reporting process. ALL A-E reports will be discussed and can

only be collected at your child’s portfolio performance review. A

reminder that these are taking place in week 10; if you have not

made an appointment as yet, please make contact with the front

office.

These are extremely valuable reviews of student achievement,

learning goals, learning strategies and learning attitudes. Our

teachers have not only been working with your child to achieve

their goals, but, to provide greater purpose and learning direction

with the use of Learning Intentions and Success Criteria. In a nut

shell, Learning Intentions provide a purpose for the lesson with

Success Criteria providing information to the student about what

they have to work towards / do to achieve the required standard.

Goal setting, Learning Intentions and Success Criteria is language

which we would like all our students to be familiar with and to know

how use these elements of their learning program to help them to

have growth in their learning. Parents and families talking to their

children about their learning are encouraged to discuss goal

setting, learning intentions and success criteria at home. Over time

your child should be able to convey what and how they are

learning. Your conversations support your child by consolidating

and re enforcing what they are learning at school.

These portfolio reviews will see the implementation of SOLO

(Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome) or otherwise known

as growth ladders (fancy names for an assessment grid). These grids

incorporate Learning Intentions, Success Criteria and Goal Setting.

They are new to students and staff. We look forward to these having

a real impact on student achievement as they are a very powerful

feedback and goal setting tool as part of the assessment process.

Ask as many questions during the meetings as you need to so that

you can start to understand these ‘growth ladders’.

Kind Regards,

Stuart Miller

PRINCIPAL

DATES TO

REMEMBER

2018

27th June

Room 11 visiting Millicent

North Kindy

28th June

Room 10 visiting Millicent

High School

3-5th July

Portfolio Review Meetings

4th July

Facilities Meeting at 4pm

6th July Early Dismissal 2.20pm

23rd July

Term 2 Begins

TERM DATES 2018

TERM 1

29th January – 13th April

TERM 2

30th April – 6th July

TERM 3

23rd July – 28th September

TERM 4

15th October – 14th Dec.

BERY PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL

We are a Learning Community that values…

PRIDE ~ INTEGRITY ~ RESILIENCE

School Disco

On Wednesday 13th June, the SRC organised and held our annual

school disco. It was, once again, a great success with the majority

of students attending and participating in dancing, singing,

games, competitions and having lots and lots of fun. A big thank

you to our SRC students who helped organise the disco as well as

staff and parents who supervised throughout the night. There

were some great costumes worn on the night and lots of fun

had by everyone. Here are some photos from the night.

Nathan McDuff & SRC

BERY PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL

We are a Learning Community that values…

PRIDE ~ INTEGRITY ~ RESILIENCE

Room 6 Forestry Excursion

Last week we travelled to the Honan-Woolwash Biodiversity Corridor. We all rugged up for our adventure. The weather was kind and we managed to plant all of the seedlings by 12 noon, just before the main storm hit. When tree planting, we had to dig a hole deep enough for the roots of the plant. Sometimes a big shovel was needed. Then we tipped the plant upside down suddenly, to dislodge it, careful to catch it of course! The seedling was carefully patted into the ground so that air did not reach and kill the roots. The rain should help to pack the soil and help with this process. A tree guard with a stake was hammered in over each seedling to protect it. We reused these from other excursions that we had been on. Most of the plants from the previous planting had taken well! We noticed a kangaroo trail so we avoided planting along that as it might get hopped on. We were pleased to do our bit towards environmental sustainability. FUNGI…… We were excited to find a lot of fungi in and around the trees. The pinky-red specimen is called “Stinkhorn”. It smells like old meat and is attractive to some animals. They then spread it’s spores around, which then grows in new places.

BERY PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL

We are a Learning Community that values…

PRIDE ~ INTEGRITY ~ RESILIENCE