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

dl.0120.admin@schools.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

Page 3

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