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PARA HILLS SCHOOL P-7 NEWSLETTER

Respect Commitment Honesty

Week 2, Term 1 2019

PO Box 240 Para Hills 5096

Frances Ave, Para Hills 5096 Telephone 82642033 Fax 83961934

Email: dl.0935_info@schools.sa.edu.au

WELCOME BACK I would like to acknowledge how smoothly our first 2

weeks have gone. Students are to be commended

for the way in which they settled in and focused on

building relationships with their teachers and

classmates. A big part of student learning in these

first two weeks has been our approach to student

behaviour education, using the,‘Rational Emotive

Behaviour Education’ (REBE) program , developed

by Giulio Bortolozzo. This program is success

oriented and focuses on developing positive mental

health outcomes for students through building their

resilience, on-task behaviour and how they perceive

themselves.

It would be great if you could discuss with your

child/ren some of the things they have learned over

the past two weeks, in particular the success helper

capabilities.

A big thank you to parents/caregivers for your support and positive feedback - we look forward to this continuing. If you have any concerns at any time, please don’t hesitate to raise these with your child’s teacher in the first instance or with a member of the leadership team.

Thank you to all families who came to Acquaintance night on Wednesday night. It was great to see your children ‘showing off’ their classrooms and introducing you to their teacher. If you were unable to attend and would like an opportunity to meet your teacher, please ring to make a time or drop in after school.

A letter went home yesterday to all students informing parents/caregivers of all the Pupil Free and School Closure dates for the year. They are listed in our diary dates, with the first 2 being Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th February. Please speak with your child if you haven’t seen the letter. OSHC will be open on these days if there enough students. Please liaise with OSHC directly if you are interested.

I would also like to welcome the following staff who

are new to our school this year:

Hello my name is Mary... "Miss Mary" and I am teaching the receptions in Term 1 with Miss Lucy and Mrs. D (who works on Friday's). I am excited about teaching in Rooms 12 and 13 and being back at Para Hills again. For the last few years I

have been teaching at a school in Elizabeth.

My name is Anna Shields and this is my first year teaching at Para Hills P-7 School. For the past 6 years I have been living and teaching in the Far North of SA in a remote mining town called Roxby Downs and an Opal mining town called

Andamooka. I have enjoyed the opportunity to move back to Adelaide and teach at Para Hills, thank you to the wonderful staff, students and parents for making me feel so welcome already. I look forward to a great year.

Hello my name is Jess and I am very excited to be teaching at Para Hills School this year as a year 5/6 teacher! This year marks my 5th year of teaching. Previously I have worked with a range of year levels throughout

my teaching career and in 2016 I decided to move to London to gain teach experience and to travel through Europe. In my spare time I enjoy camping, shopping and spending quality time with family and friends.

Hi my name is Deanna and I am looking forward to starting my journey at Para Hills Primary. This is my second year teaching and I am exciting to be teaching both Digital Technologies and Year 1/2. I

have previously taught at schools in the North East and North. I look forward to meeting you all

PUPIL FREE DAYS

WEDNESDAY 27TH FEBRUARY THURSDAY 28TH FEBRUARY

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ANDY’S RUNNING GROUP Students will have the opportunity to increase their

fitness level and at the same time see how many

kilometres they are able to complete over the course

of the year. During the year ALL students will have 3

supervised running sessions on our 300 metre track.

They will receive a pop stick for each lap they

complete. At the end of the week their tally will be

calculated and recorded.

Below are the latest results:

BREAKFAST CLUB Every student is invited to our breakfast club!

When: Every School Day 8.15am - 8.35am

Where: Downstairs STEM Kitchen Area

What: Toast with spreads, fruit and yoghurt

Children that eat a healthy breakfast are happy,

friendly, are able to concentrate and have a much

greater ability to learn.

Let’s have a healthy start to everyday! Come join us!

CLASSICAL GUITAR TUITION 2019 Dear Students, Parents & Caregivers, Classical Guitar lessons will be continuing in 2019 under guitarist and music teacher Luke Bairstow. Luke is a Classical Guitar teacher working for Instrumental Music with the Department of Education. A graduate of the Elder Conservatorium of Music University of Adelaide, Luke is an experienced guitar and music teacher teaching at 6 schools in South Australia and has performed at International guitar festivals. Any students in Year’s 5 & 6 who are interested in taking up FREE weekly guitar lessons during school hours are requested to fill in the expression of interest form handed out in class and return it to the front office by Monday start of Week 3. A come and try workshop will be provided on Friday Week 3 at 1:30pm in the Guitar Lesson Room. Instruments will be provided for this session however students who possess their own guitar are requested to bring it along for its suitability to be assessed. Students will find out about the guitar lesson program, what takes place in lessons and have a try at the instrument with a short skills test. Parents and care givers are also welcome.

Room Kilometres Travelled Leading Contributor/kms

Room 2 30.6 Kms Raman 6.6 Kms

Room 3

Room 4 69.2 Kms Hady 7.8 Kms

Room 5 20.1 Kms Saverio 8.1 Kms

Room 6 63.3 Kms Monique 8.1 Kms

Room 8 70.8 Kms Sam 13.5 Kms

Room 9 11.1 Kms Katy&Myles 3.3 Kms

Room 11 19 Kms Elliott 3.7 Kms

Room 12 4.5 Kms Shayton 2.4 Kms

Room 13 1.2 kms Jayden 900m

Room 14 16.2 Kms Felix 3.3 Kms

Room 15 17 Kms Thomas 4.8 Kms

TOTAL 323 kms

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Digital Technologies –Miss Deanna Ceravolo

Welcome to Technologies! Students have begun exploring the importance of online safety through an e-

Safety unit. This unit demonstrates the importance of being cyber aware and how to stay safe when

using online platforms such as Facebook and Snapchat. If you would like more information about e-

Safety please check out: www.esafety.gov.au.

Throughout the year, our students will be using PCs, iPads and robotics to enhance their understanding

and use of digital technologies. Technologies lessons are held on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. If

you would like any further information, please feel free to visit me in the Resource Centre before school

on a Monday or after school on a Monday or Tuesday.

Japanese–Mrs Amanda Mlynowskyj

This term all students will focus on cultural

cues in Australia and Japan, and refresh their

understanding of numbers, colours and

greetings, to build a foundation for their

learning. Students will work in groups, pairs

and individually to practice and complete

tasks. Students are expected to be safe and

use their time to learn as much as they can!

R-1 students will focus on greetings, colours,

numbers and Sports Day similarities and

differences.

Year 3-4 Students will be focusing on weather

words and making a weather report.

Year 5-7 students will be learning everyday

verbs and using these to write a postcard

about their holidays.

I work Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Health/ P.E –Mr Andy Doran

Term 1 is upon us once again. Our focus for

this term is to develop Fundamental Movement

Skills (FMS) of throwing, catching, running and

jumping. All students will participating in

cricket and Athletics to cover the above FMS.

Students will also be preparing for the

upcoming Athletics and Cross-country

SAPSASA carnivals through long distance

running training 2-3 times a week.

During health, students will be learning the

possible damage that UV rays from the sun

can cause and how they can protect

themselves on hot days. They will also develop

knowledge surrounding nutrition and the

benefits of eating and staying healthy.

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WOOLWORTHS CRICKET BLAST

Junior Blasters – Ages 5-7 Junior Blasters teaches boys and girls of all abilities how to bat, bowl field and catch through exciting game-based activities with friends. Join the fun at your local centres: Mawson Lakes CC, Mawson Lakes Boulevard, Mawson Lakes Wednesday 6th February, 4:30pm – 5:30pm North Pines CC, Andrew Smith Drive, Parafield Gardens Wednesday 6th February, 4:30pm – 5:30pm Salisbury West CC, Londonderry Ave, Salisbury Downs Wednesday 6th February, 5:00pm – 6:00pm For more information and to register, visit www.playcricket.com.au.

Master Blasters – Ages 7-10 Master Blasters is an action-packed program for kids with basic skills, who are ready to play short games of cricket in a fun and social setting. Join the fun at your local centres: Pooraka Master Blaster Centre, Lindblom Park, Quinliven Road, Pooraka Tuesday 5th February, 4:30pm – 6:00pm For more information and to register, visit www.playcricket.com.au.

DIARY DATES 2019

Wednesday 20th February 9am Assembly

Wednesday 27th February Pupil free day

Thursday 28th February Pupil free day

Wednesday 6th March Assembly in Gym 9am Rm 5

Monday 11th March Adelaide Cup Day holiday

Wednesday 20th March Assembly in Gym 9am Rm 6

Wednesday 28th March REBE Open Morning 9am

Wednesday 3rd April Assembly in Gym 9am Rm 8

Wednesday 10th April Sports Day

Friday 12th April End of term 2pm dismissal

Monday 29th April Term 2 begins

Wednesday 5th June School Photo day

Monday 10th June Queen’s birthday holiday

Tuesday 18th June Pupil free day

Friday 5th July End of term 2pm dismissal

Monday 22nd July Term 3 begins

Monday 2nd September School closure day

Monday 14th October Pupil free day

Friday 28th September End of term 2pm dismissal

Monday 14th October Term 4 begins

CROSSING MONITORS

Week

Time

8:25–8:50am

2:50–3:15pm

Williamson Crossing

3 11/2/19 – 15/2/19

Rm 15 – Jacob, Seth, Luke

4 18/2/19 – 22/2/19

Rm 8 – Sam, Jasmine, Saphira