and leaders representing the
60 Microsoft schools from
across Australia. One of the
exciting elements of the
training was the 21st Century
Learning Designs which are a
set of skills that are required
for life and work in the 21st
Century. Microsoft has
conducted significant research
into these skills and we will be
investigating them with staff.
A number of staff also
attended the EduTech
Congress in Brisbane. This
conference focused on
initiatives in teaching and
learning and how technology
influences our practices. Even
though it was a technology
focused conference, the main
message was about how we as
educators need to further
extend our students to live
and contribute towards a
global society. We will be
reporting back to staff in the
near future.
Our Pupil Free Day last Friday
also focused on teaching and
learning. The years R to 5
teachers and IELP teachers
attended Unley Primary School
and worked with our cluster
schools on the Australian
Curriculum, and in particular
the General Capabilities. The
general capabilities cross all
Reports and Interviews
Mainstream reports will be sent
home this Friday. From 2013,
schools are in a transition phase
from the State SACSAF to the
Australian Curriculum. This
year we are assessing and
reporting against The Australian
Curriculum in the areas of
Mathematics, English, Science
and History as well as the
general capabilities. Year 6/7
use the International
Baccalaureate Framework
which is aligned to the Australi-
an Curriculum. There is no
assigned grade for Art at this
time as Christine Lawrence has
had to take emergency leave.
Mid-year reports are formative
and the grades given are an
indicator of your child’s
progress towards successful
achievement in each of the
curriculum areas.
Interviews will be conducted
over the next few weeks and
notes should have been sent
home by your child’s teacher.
Please contact your child’s
teacher if you have not received
it. The interviews are designed
so that students, parents and
the teachers can discuss
progress and areas for growth.
Students are expected to
attend. If you require an
interview without your child
present, please arrange an
alternative time with the teacher.
A thank you from Christine
Lawrence
Many of you may be aware that
our Art Teacher, Christine
Lawrence, has had to take
emergency leave as a result of the
unexpected illness of her husband
Stephan. Judi Fox has been filling
in for her and organized a
wonderful gesture where the
children had the opportunity to
write and illustrate a card for
Christine and Stephan.
They were both very touched by
this and it raised their spirits.
Christine has asked me to pass on
a huge thanks to all of the
students for their kind wishes. At
this stage we expect Christine to
return next term although she will
be working less days per
fortnight whilst she supports her
husband in his recovery.
Staff Training and
Development
Over the last two weeks, staff
have been involved in some
wonderful training and develop-
ment opportunities. Mark Tucker,
Meagan Hart and I visited
Brisbane and participated in the
Microsoft Partners in Learning
Alumni. We met with teachers
From the Principal June 11th, 2013
Gilles Street Primary School
Coming Events
Fri 14th June
Mainstream Reports sent
home
Week 8 and 9
Mainstream 3 way
Interviews
Fri 21st June
Whole School Assembly
9:15 am - Hall
Fri 5th July
End of Term Assembly
2:15 - Hall
Monday 22/7
Beginning of Term 3
Inside this issue:
From the Principal
continued 2
Premier’s Be Active
Challenge 2
Room 12 Adventures
in Learning 3
Vacation Care
Program - July 4
Principal: Deb O’Neill
Deputy Principal: Carol West
Assistant Principal: Ginny Pryor
Ph: 8223 5184 Fax: 8223 7114
www.gillesstps.sa.edu.au
Pupil Free Day
FRIDAY 2nd August
2013 (Term 3)
OSHC AVAILABLE
….Continued on Page 2
Premier’s Be Active Challenge
Gilles Street Primary School
The Premier’s be active Challenge is a state-wide program which encourages school aged children to
be physically active on a regular basis.
Physical activity is for everyone and recent studies have shown that those children who are more physically active on a daily
basis are achieving improved results in schools.
With Numeracy and Literacy being the central focus in the majority of schools, we feel that this program has a role to play in
the overall wellbeing of the child and improvement academically.
By now parents should have received the Parent Information Sheets regarding the Challenge. This year the Challenge is being
promoted to families through schools. We have had an overwhelming response from families who have used the information
sheet to gain further knowledge about the program and register their children if the school hasn’t already done so.
In the majority of cases, your children would be achieving 60 minutes a day of physical activity, getting them to capture what
they are doing in a diary or online can get them not only in the habit of valuing physical activity in their daily routine but also
receiving a medallion as recognition for their hard work.
curriculum areas and are central to the curriculum. The year 6/7 mainstream team attended Norwood Morialta High School and
worked with our International Baccalaureate cluster on the new chapter documents in the IB. Both days were very useful and gave us
an opportunity to extend our learning through sharing with other educators.
Site learning plans.
Every year we review our focus areas and develop specific goals for review and development. These are contained in the Site
Improvement plans and usually spread over the next 3 years. The complete report was presented to School Council last month and a
report of the achievement is presented via the school’s annual report in March. Below is a summary of the areas in the report, if you
would like a full copy please request via Rod the front office.
Improved Literacy and Numeracy
Improve numeracy across all year levels
Collect data about the teaching and assessing of mathematics
Improve Early Years Literacy
NAPLaN - Literacy—continue to show improvements in Year 3 Reading
Strong Community Wellbeing
Promote a positive school community.
Implement the Kids Matter Framework.
Ensure all learning for Aboriginal Students is monitored through IELP's.
Ensure Aboriginal student attendance is at or above 95%
Ensure all Aboriginal students receive additional support through Multi- lit or intervention programmes
Empowered and Powered up learning
Explore innovative teaching practices using Microsoft 21st Century Learning Design.
Collect data about teacher pedagogy and student engagement using the Teaching for Effective Learning Framework or
National Teacher Standards
Implement the Australian Curriculum
Deb O’Neill
From the Principal continued...
Room 12 has been reading the book Boy Overboard by Morris
Gleitzman. As a part of their engagement with the story they
have designed their own dust jackets to represent the story
within.
Room 12 have been using the XBOX Kinect in Maths this term. The game Kinect
Adventures is providing the perfect vehicle for learning about mean, median and
mode. In their ‘Kinect Adventures Marvellous Maths Challenge’ students begin by collect-
ing data on their individual performances in each of the adventures. In Round 2, stu-
dents get together in teams to collate all of their results together, graph them and
find the mean, median and mode and explaining their results. The games finish with the
Championship Round, where the data is used to select the championship competitor
from each team, with the final results also collected and means, medians and modes
are recorded and explained. A very fun and engaging way to learn Maths!
Room 12 - Kinect
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Gilles Street Primary School
Room 12 - Boy Overboard
Amira
School Fees Reminder
All M&S Fees are now due in
full, unless you have made a
payment arrangement or have
submitted an application for
School Card.
Your accounts can be paid with
cash, credit card, cheque,
Bizgate or bank transfer.
Final notices will be posted in
the school holidays for any
remaining debts.
We would also appreciate
payment of any outstanding
excursions and extra-curricular
activities (such as sport, taiko,
violin etc). If you have any
questions, please contact me
Thanks - Tracey Aberlé
Finance Manager
Come Out Garden - Back at Gilles Street
Our Come Out Garden Future Garden has
been returned from the Festival Theatre
where it featured, among others, as part of
this year’s Come Out Festival Future Garden
Display. It is currently located adjacent to
the library. Please take the opportunity to
view the garden and if you have your QR
code reader handy you can share in some of
the Future Dreams of our Room 11
students. The future of the garden is yet
undecided. We will be discussing its viability
in a more permanent location or the
possibility of having it dismantled.
Venue: Recreation Centre
Gilles Street Primary School
91 Gilles Street, Adelaide SA 5000
8227 1746
OPENING HOURS: 8:00 AM—
6:00 PM
COST: $47.00 per day per child (excursions included)
For more information contact OSHC Director
Children must be signed in and out of the
Vacation Care program by the Parent/
Caregiver each day that they are attending.
Please make sure to look at the top of the
“Sign Out Book” for the day that your
child/ren are actually attending (e.g. Mon,
Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
CHILD CARE BENEFIT IS AVAILABLE
TO MOST FAMILIES
BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL JULY 2013
Don’t forget LUNCH, MORNING TEA
and AFTERNOON TEA every day!
(All food and drink must be provided by the
parents)
PLEASE BE AT
THE CENTRE BY
9:00 AM ON ALL
EXCURSION DAYS
(we cannot wait for
children arriving late.)
THIS PROGRAM IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND WE ENCOURAGE ANY LEARNING AND FUN OPPORTUNITY
LAST DAY FOR BOOKING IS 26TH JUNE 2013 WITHOUT
EXCEPTION (UNLESS BOOKED PRIOR TO THIS DATE)
All bookings are final after the closing date and no cancellations will
be accepted. Bookings not paid for and confirmed by the closing date
will be cancelled.
OPEN FOR BOOKING
FROM
TUESDAY 11TH
JUNE 2013
MONDAY 8/7/13 TUESDAY 9/7/13 WEDNESDAY 10/7/13 THURSDAY 11/7/13 FRIDAY 12/7/13
RECREATION CEN-
TRE
School Day
Art/Craft/Technology,
Cooking, Games, Electronic
Games etc
MOVIE
“Despicable Me 2”
PG - 3D
Depart: To be Ad-
vised
Return: To be Ad-
vised
Transport: Private
Bus
MARION LEISURE
AND FITNESS CEN-
TRE
Depart: 12:00 pm
Return: 4:00 pm
Transport: Private Bus
BLACKWOOD ROLLERSKAT-
ING
Depart: 9:00 am
Return: 1:30 pm
Transport: Private Bus
RECREATION CEN-
TRE
School Day
Art/Craft/Technology,
Cooking, Games, Electronic
Games etc
MONDAY 15/7/13 TUESDAY 16/7/13 WEDNESDAY 17/7/13 THURSDAY 18/7/13 FRIDAY 19/7/13
RECREATION CEN-
TRE
School Day
Art/Craft/Technology,
Cooking, Games, Electronic
Games etc
TRISKILLS GYM-
BUS
On the School
Grounds
MOVIE
“Monsters University”
G - 3D
Depart: To be Advised
Return: To be Advised
Transport: Private Bus
DUNSTAN PLAYHOUSE
Depart: 11:00 am
Return: 4:00 pm
Transport: Private Bus
RECREATION CEN-
TRE
School Day
Art/Craft/Technology,
Cooking, Games, Electronic
Games etc