Colour My World

The end of the year is

approaching quickly as is our

end of year performance,

Colour My world. Tickets will

be on

sale

from

next

week.

We

will

also be selling copies of the

Whole School Photo taken

for our Off the Wall celebra-

tions.

Parent Opinion Survey

A reminder to the random

sample of parents who re-

ceived the Parent Opinion

Survey. Your opinions are

important to us so to have

your say please complete the

survey by the closing date,

Monday 18th of November.

From the Principal November 15th, 2013

Gilles Street Primary School

Coming Events

Friday 22 November

Whole School Assembly

9:15 hosted by Room 12

Thu 28 November

School Performance

‘Colour My World’

Royalty Theatre 1:00 pm

Wed 4th December

Sports Presentation

Night

Tue 10th December

Year 7 Graduation

Fri 13 December

End of Term 4

Inside this issue:

Remembrance Day

SRC Fundraising

Awards

2

Vacation Care Info

3

2014 OSHC Expression

of Interest 4

Principal: Deb O’Neill

Deputy Principal: Carol West

Assistant Principal: Ginny Pryor

Ph: 8223 5184 Fax: 8223 7114

www.gillesstps.sa.edu.au

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Next Door

We are experiencing some

delays to works on the land

next door. We are still

expecting the area to be

surfaced with grass by the end

of the year.

Special Donation

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donation of a Front Row-To-

Go all-in-one sound system to

assist students with hearing

difficulties. The system was

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Come to the Fair! The annual Book Fair will be held in the

Library from Thursday 21st to Wednesday

27th November. We will be open for sales

before school each morning.

Why not take advantage of this ideal

opportunity to do some early Christmas

shopping, while at the same time

supporting your

child’s literacy. Pro-

ceeds from sales will

purchase new books

for the Library.

presented to Room 6 by

Dom BerGinti on behalf of

the Lions Club of West Ade-

laide and Lions Hearing Dogs

program. The system was

funded by the legacy from

Beth Klugh. The system will

be put in place in the JP in

2014. Deb O’Neill

All classes are now in production and rehearsal

mode for our school performance ‘Colour my

World.’ Students are learning about performing

arts and the detailed process of putting a show

together, from a walkthrough this week at The

Royalty Theatre to Technical and Dress

Rehearsals. The performance will be at 1pm

Thursday 28th November. Tickets go on sale

next Monday the 18th at $10 each.

“‘The audience will be mesmerised!’

Director, Val Zogopoulos

Copies of the Whole School Photo will also be

on sale at the Royalty Theatre for $10 each.

The Melbourne Cup is an

iconic Australian event. Our

class looked at what it meant

to Australians. This year the

Melbourne Cup took place on

Tuesday the 5th of November

and was attended by an ex-

traordinary amount of people,

104,000 in total. All of them

came to watch 24 horses

battle it out to win the covet-

ed Melbourne Cup trophy.

Jockey Damien Oliver, riding

Fiorente was this year’s winner

of the Melbourne Cup.

Trainer Gai Waterhouse has

been in the business for 21

years and this was her first

ever win of the Cup. Gai Wa-

terhouse held back her tears

as she made the acceptance

speech she had waited all her

life to deliver.

Hope you enjoyed your

Mel-

bourne

Cup as

much as

we did.

By Ana

and

Jimena

Rm1

Damien Oliver returns to the scales on

Fiorente after winning the 2013 Mel-

bourne Cup. Photo: Pat Scala

The 2013 Melbourne Cup

Remembrance Day 2013

The Australian Geographic ANZANG

Nature Photographer of the Year Exhibition

To the year 6/7’s of Gilles

Street Primary, Remembrance

Day is a part of our culture

and Australian history. To us,

this special day in our year can

be both emotional and

inspirational. It is a time when

we take a minute to think of

those who died while serving

during the wars that Australia

was a part of. These soldiers,

nurses, officers and everyone

in between made the supreme

sacrifice for us and also their

families. It is a time to under-

stand conflict all around the

world and think of the people

who had to cope with the

ordeal of living without their

loved ones.

Written by Amira and Dylan

after attending the

Remembrance Day commemo-

ration with the year 6/7 classes

at the West Terrace cemetery

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Gilles Street Primary School

Viewing this exhibition of

nature photography was a jaw

dropping experience. On the

22nd of October, Bu Val’s class

went to this beautiful

exhibition at the South

Australian Museum. It was filled

with photography that was

spectacular. There were so

many categories; from animal

behaviour to black and white

and junior photography. I loved

every bit of it, even the snake

photos. Every detail could be

seen in the images. It was a

breathtaking experience.

By Jessica SW

To see the winning photograph

and other featured photos scan

the

code.

Amira and Dylan with The Minister of

Veterans Affairs, Jack Snelling and 4

survivors from World War 2 prison of

war camps, including 96 year old Bill

Schmidt who was interred in Changi,

Singapore (2nd in row).

Amira and Dylan

laying a wreath

on behalf of our

school

community.

St. Luke’s

SRC has decided to do some fundraising to send to an NGO

to help the thousands of Philippino victims of a devastating

typhoon. We will join forces with Angela and her wonderful

class, from Room 4, for a monster cake stall next Tuesday 19th

November at recess. Bring along your gold coins to buy some

treats!

SRC has invited all our Philippino students to attend our next

meeting to discuss what other fundraisers we could take part

in and to decide on the NGO ie Save the Children, World

Vision, Red Cross.

Other plans for Term 4 are to continue our creek clean up,

organise a handball knockout competition, create our QR

code SRC trail for new students, Christmas donations and a

couple of fun recess and lunchtime activities. We also raised

$400 for CANTEEN - Young People Living with Cancer.

Room 5 Angas - Confidence, Lea -

Getting Along

Room 12 Darcy, Ling Yi, Angel

Spanish - Rooms 11 & 1,

Akash Rm 6, Saskia Rm 5, Aarushi

Rm 4, Jingle Rm 1, Lauren Rm 19,

Tahn Rm 12 & Niklas Rm 13

Bre

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ing

Ne

ws

!

St. Luke’s is a city community centre. St. Luke’s is a

15 minute walk from our school. At St. Luke’s we

eat and work for three hours. When we get there we split into groups -

cooking, craft, mosaics and wool.

In the mosaics group we get tiles and smash them with a hammer. We wear

safety goggles and cover the tiles with a sheet. We are making butterflies for

Walyo Yerta to put on poles.

Gilles Street Primary School

VACATION CARE

OPEN FOR BOOKINGS from

18th November 2013

Programs and Enrolment forms will be available

from OSHC office on or after

18th November 2013

Last day for booking is 4th December 2013 (unless booked out prior to this date)

Completed enrolment form with 2 weeks fee payment must be

returned to OSHC Director at the time of booking and no later than

4th December 2013 WITHOUT EXCEPTION.

Dates for school holidays are:

16th – 20th December 2013 - OPEN

23rd Dec 2013 – 3rd Jan 2013 - CLOSED

6th – 24th January 2014 - OPEN

$47.00 PER DAY PER CHILD (excursions included)

Child Care Benefit is available to most parents. For more information, please see Director

To avoid disappointment please book early.

Bookings not finalised by 4th December 2013 will be cancelled.

Out of School Hours Care EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR AFTER SCHOOL CARE

FOR YEAR 2014

ALL CHILDREN MUST BE REBOOKED

Due to the high demand for After School Care (ASC) places, we are taking expressions of interest from Parents/Caregivers

needing care for their children during the 2014 school year.

OPEN FOR BOOKING: Monday 18th November 2013

THIS IS A TEMPORARY BOOKING ONLY (not the enrolment).

Bookings MUST be finalised and ENROLMENT FORMS returned, by the end of the first week of the 1st term 2014

(please include any changes that you may have). Enrolment forms will be available from OSHC office.

Our centre is approved for 90 places and they will be allocated on a first come first serve basis strictly observing priority of

access guidelines set up by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations displayed on the entrance

door in the Recreation Centre. WE CANNOT EXCEED THIS NUMBER.

Please fill in the expression of interest form below and send it back to OSHC before Friday 13th December 2013 (if we are not booked out prior to this date).

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

I/We ………………………………………………………………………… will need ASC for my/our child/ren for the year 2014.

Contact Phone:……………………………………………………..

Child/ren Name: 1……………………………………... 2……………………………………………

3 ……………………………………. 4……………………………………………

Days needed:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Single Parent Studying Single Parent Working

Both Parents Studying Both Parents Working

One Parent Working/One Studying Respite Purposes

At Risk/Referral Parent Disability

Child Disability Other

Respite Care

I/we have booked the care for our child/ren according to my/our needs at the time.

I/we have been advised (at the time of booking) that in the case of my/our need for care changes, additional places may not be availa-

ble.

I/we understand that if I/we don’t need all places booked I/we can cancel them in the first week of first term with no cost incurred.

Signature…………………………………. Date:……/……/ 20……

Office Use Only

WE CHARGE FOR ALL BOOKED DAYS, SO PLEASE, MAKE SURE THAT ON THE FINAL

ENROLMENT FORM YOU BOOK ONLY THE DAYS THAT YOU NEED.