From the Wellbeing Leader Issue 6

Term 2 Diary Dates

Thursday 4 July

Jump Rope For Heart

Friday 5 July

End of Term 2

2:10pm dismissal

Term 3 Diary Dates

Monday 22 July

First day of Term 3

Wednesday 14 August to

Friday 16 August

CAMP

In this issue

Room 8 News

2

Camp reminder

NAIDOC Week

3

Awards

OSHC Fees

4

Principal: Rachael Courtney

Student Wellbeing: Melissa Matto

Ph: 83844395 Fax: 83263519

www.ndownsps.sa.edu.au

dl.1068.admin@schools.sa.edu.au

Noarlunga Downs P-7 School

Newsletter

After lots of discussion with our students, staff and community we have

finalised our school value and vison statement. You may have already seen

them displayed throughout our school buildings. We have decided that our

vison will be;

Aim High, Achieve together

and our school value will be

RESPECT

Yourself

Others

And your

Environment

Aim High, Achieve together was already a valued part of our school vision.

We all have high expectations for our students and believe that they can

achieve. We want them to aim high for their goals and to believe in

themselves. Achieving together is around team work. Parents, students and

staff are working together to achieve the very best for our students and

families. Students have been exploring Growth Mindsets and how they can

work to develop their stamina.

Respect was a value everyone in our community felt strongly about. We

wanted a value that was simple and could easily be remembered and

embedded by our whole school community from preschool to year 7.

Early next term students will start to discuss what our vision and value mean.

They will learn how this will look at school, home and in our community. It

would be great if you could have a discussion with your child about what

showing respect looks like in your home. We will be using this vision and value

in our discussions with students when they are reflecting on their learning,

attitude and behaviour at school.

Mel Matto

Wellbeing Co-ordinator

Noarlunga Downs Newsletter Issue 6

What’s Happening In Room 8?

We have been learning about the earth and how it rotates around the sun. We

have also learned about what causes day and night.

We have looked at how the sun moves throughout the day and creates shadows.

We looked at how our shadows changed over the course of the day.

Morning shadows Afternoon shadows

Earlier in the term

we participated in

cooking lessons with

Jenni and have

enjoyed making lots

of different healthy

meals and desserts.

Camp

We still have a number of families that have yet to pay

the deposit for camp. Please remember that...

Friday 26 July 2019 (Week 1) is the due date for final

payment. This is a great opportunity for our students to

experience learning in a different environment. If you

would like to know more about the camp site we are

visiting please have a look at the Arbury park website

http://www.arburypark.sa.edu.au/

Monday 1 July 2019

Community Room at recess and lunch.

Students can stock up for the school holidays.

Bring in your old books to swap for some new reads.

Wattle seed Johnny Cakes

1 teaspoon of wattle seed

3 cups of plain flour

1 cup of self – raising flour

Pinch of sea salt

1 1/4 cups of water

50 g of butter

Golden syrup to serve

Method

Place wattle seed and flour into a bowl

Gradually add water to form a soft

dough

Cut and roll dough into small balls

Cook in a frypan until golden brown on

both sides.

Spread with butter and drizzle golden

syrup.

NAIDOC WEEK

This week we are celebrating NAIDOC

week with each class participating in

bush tucker cooking. All classes have

made Johnny Cakes with the help of our

Indigenous leaders. We have included

the recipe so that you can also make

them at home. Thank you to the parents

who joined us for the parent session.

Noarlunga Downs P-7 Newsletter Issue 6 Assembly Awards

Room Name Reason

Kindy Angel Settling in well to Preschool.

Kindy Chase Developing his assertiveness skills.

1 Savannah Using her sight words in writing.

1 Callam Great effort with math learning.

2 Nevaeh Working hard in phonics and

hearing the ‘ai’ sound in words.

2 Paul Working well in maths and using

maps to give directions.

6 Jack Reaching his reading goal and

moving to Lexiles.

6 Jacob Working on his listening skills and

trying his best during learning

7 Makalah Working hard after some time

away and writing a detailed

narrative.

7 Shontae Taking pride in your reading and

making great progress.

8 Bella Following a procedure to make

cup cakes.

8 Jai Always trying to make ‘A’ choices

in the classroom.

11 Dakota Making improvements in reading

and now on Lexiles

11 Anthony Making improvements in reading

and now on Lexiles

11 Lachlan Making improvements in reading

and now on Lexiles

11 Kayla For completing Multi-Lit

11 Leevi For completing Multi-Lit

OSHC FEES June 24 2019

Dear Parents/Caregivers

We are fortunate to have an OSHC

Program at Noarlunga Downs P-7

School.

This letter is to inform you that as from

July 22 2019 the OSHC fees will be

$29.50 per session per child.

The child care subsidy will still apply to

qualifying families.

Lyn Blackwood

Director

For and on behalf of the

NDP-7 School

Governing Council