Prospect Primary School

Creativity Success Respect

FORTNIGHTLY NEWS

Principal: Mrs Lynne-Maree Hastings 27 Gladstone Road, Prospect SA 5082

phone: (08) 8344 5696 fax: (08) 8344 2993 web: http://www.prospectps.sa.edu.au

emails: dl.0368.leaders@schools.sa.edu.au dl.0368.info@schools.sa.edu.au

COMING EVENTS

MAY

Tuesday 17th

Pupil Free Day ————————————————————

Wednesday 18th

AGM 7:00pm ————————————————————

Tuesday 24th

RAN training

6:00pm (Staff Room) ————————————————————

Friday 27th

Assembly 9:05am ————————————————————

JUNE

Friday 3rd

Reconciliation Assembly

9:05am ————————————————————

Friday 3rd

School Disco ————————————————————

Tuesday 7th

School Photos ————————————————————

Wednesday 8th—

Friday 10th

Rooms 7, 8 & 9 Camp ————————————————————

Friday 10th

Assembly 9:05am ————————————————————

Monday 13th

Queen’s Birthday Public

Holiday ————————————————————

Tuesday 14th

Pupil Free Day ————————————————————

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FROM OUR DEPUTY PRINCIPAL

Dear Parents and Carers,

We hope all our Prospect School mothers had a lovely Mother’s Day and were treated to breakfast followed by volunteers to do the ironing, cook tea and wash the dishes. My treasured memories are the handmade cards and presents I received when my two boys were at school. NAPLAN NAPLAN is a nationally developed program, involving tests for Year 3, 5 and 7 students. It covers Reading, Writing, Language Conventions and Numeracy. Students are sitting this test this week Tuesday 10-12 May. NAPLAN provides a snapshot of your child’s progress; it is another way of finding out what students are able to do. Students have been given an opportunity to become familiar with the Test genre before this week and teachers have worked with their students to lessen their anxiety around the tests. Children who are absent for the tests cannot catch these up after Friday May 13th. Individual NAPLAN reports are expected to be ready for distribution to families in September 2016. GOVERNING COUNCIL AGM A reminder that our Governing Council AGM is on Wednesday 18th May at 7pm in the Staff Room. Please send in your nominations by 5pm on the day. PUPIL FREE DAYS Please note that there are two Pupil Free Days this term. Tuesday 17th May - teachers will be involved in training on “Teaching Reading Comprehension” and Tuesday 14th June- Adelaide Prospect Partnership will be sharing practice in relation to Mathematics. OSHC are now taking bookings for these two days.

Kind Regards,

Christie Butler

(Deputy Principal)

Newsletter Term 2 Week 2 Thursday 12th May 2016 Page 1

PUPIL FREE DAY

TUESDAY 17TH MAY

NO SCHOOL ON

THIS DAY

RAN TRAINING

TUESDAY 24th

MAY

6:00 - 6:45PM

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NATURAL MATHS

This term Ann Baker, a well-known mathematics educator

who specialises in mental computation and maths problem

solving is working with the Adelaide Prospect Partnership,

including many of our teachers. She presents students with

real life problems that relate to her life and which really

capture the attention of and engages students.

Ann Baker is very much about letting ‘students do all the thinking’ and ‘all the learning’. She places great

empathises on children working through problems on their own or with a partner with limited direction

from the teacher.

As teachers, Ann reminds us that we are not telling children what to do or how to solve a problem.

Instead we should only ask questions that require them to reflect on their thinking and decision making

e.g. What do you think you need to do and why? What would happen if? Why did you choose to do it

like that? Is there a different way? Would you do it differently next time? How did

you get that number?

Children don’t learn from telling they learn from ‘doing’. Children are more likely to

remember something when they experience it for themselves rather than when they

are ‘told’ and expected to remember or repeat. Problematised situations are a great

approach to teaching mathematics as they require students to think and communicate

mathematically and learn and apply and trial a range of mental computation strategies.

The inaugural PPS Hot Shots Competition took place in term 1. It was played on

Thursday afternoons for 7 weeks and made available for Year 3, 4 & 5 students.

40 students took part in the competition which consisted of 10 teams of 4

students. It was fantastic to see such a big turn out to our first competition and I

can only imagine how big our next competition in term 4 will be.

Congratulations to Alex, Cody, Kosta and Fletcher from The Flaming Reds who

won the competition in term 1.

Miriam Bourke

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MOTHER’S DAY STALL

Scholastic Book Club

Orders are due by

MONDAY 16TH MAY

- NO CASH ORDERS

HOST FAMILIES WANTED

Host families are needed for a group of Korean children (Aged 10-12 years) arriving at the

beginning of Term 3 and staying for 3 weeks. They will be arriving on Tuesday, 26th

July

(After the school holidays) and will be leaving on Saturday 13th August.

The general experience for families who have previously been hosts has been very positive and

rewarding. A monetary allowance and support is provided to assist with the accommodation of

the students during their stay.

The visitors will attend school and participate in daily classroom programs as students of our

school, as well as participating in organised excursions that will provide an opportunity to

explore Adelaide and surrounds.

We would really appreciate anyone interested to contact Michelle or

Front Office Staff at the school as soon as possible for more

information or to register their interest.

Thank you!

Michelle Hutchens

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DISCO - HELP WANTED

Disco - Volunteer Help is required at the disco to ensure the night runs smoothly. Please email

fundraising committee volunteer, Pat Bezzina, with your availability for Friday 3 June at patb@live.com.au

School Hours - Hall set up anytime from 10am to 3pm (advise us also times you are free)

Junior Primary Disco 5:15pm-7:15pm (Help wanted) Includes pre-selling, disco and set up for Upper Primary Disco

Upper Primary Disco 7:15pm-9:30pm(ish) (Help wanted) Includes pre-selling, disco and clean up after disco

HISTORY SNIPPET - EXTRACT FROM SCHOOL JOURNALS

16th November 1921: “It was suggested that the school band should parade streets some evening with several adults in attendance and collect for band fund.”

28th November 1977: A Year 3 child lit a fire in Room 14. Children were evacuated and fire brigade called. Police investigated. Fire Brigade arrived without ladder because it fell off when the vehicle hit the bump at Braund Rd—Myrtle St intersection!

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PLAY, LEARN AND GROW PLAYGROUP

The aim of Play, Learn and Grow Playgroup is to

provide a welcoming, safe and fun play space for

your children.

Session Times: Wednesday from 9:00am – 10:30am

in the Performing Arts Building.

Sessions are held during school terms only.

Fees: Gold coin donation. This will go towards purchasing new toys and supplies for the

Playgroup.

Don’t forget to bring along a piece of fruit!

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MOTHER’S DAY STALL – FRIDAY 6 MAY

A big thank you to volunteer parent Marketa Berryman, for co-ordinating our successful Mother’s Day fundraising stall this year. A whopping $1150 was raised with funds going towards the upgrade of our school grounds. Many hands make light work so a special thank you also to the following volunteers:

Preparations: On the stall:

Amy Thompson Tania Moxon

Amanda Walsh Kathy Nixon

Priya Singh Amanda Walsh

Lili Eldic Lili Eldic

Lisa Rubessa-Paikos Rebecca Cook

Emma Comley Sarah Margan

Christel Crowther Emma Comley

Nola Bellenger Marketa Berryman

Marketa Berryman

SCHOOL DISCO – LET’S GET OUR DANCING SHOES ON!

Friday 3 June 2016

Where – Prospect Primary School Hall

Theme – Circus

Entertainment – DJ Magic Mike!

Junior Disco – 5:30pm doors open with lock down from 6:00pm-7:00pm*

Senior Disco – 7:30pm doors open with lock down from 7:45pm-9:00pm*

Entry Cost – two wrist band pricing options available

1) $6: Entry only

2) $10: Entry, 1 slice pizza, 1 drink, 1 tattoo & 1 glow stick

Where to buy – front office

Wrist Band – will be sent home to students (colour coded to reflect their entry)

*Doors are open for early purchasing of food, drinks etc and visiting inside the hall prior to the lock down. Lock down is for our student’s protection and is only for teachers, and RAN + Police clearance checked volunteers. Please see the front office if you would like to find out more about how to organise your police clearance and organise your RAN training.

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TERM 2 CALENDAR

RAN-Responding to Abuse and Neglect Training Part of the Child Protection induction for volunteers Ring Front Office if attending.

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat-Sun

1

2/5

3/5 4/5 RAN Training 6pm Staff Room

5/5 RM 18 Zoo Snooze

6/5 Assembly 9:05am Mother’s Day stall

7/5-8/5

2

9/5

10/5 RM 18 Walk

11/5 Rm 17 Zoo Snooze

12/5 Newsletter RAN Training 12 pm Staff Room RM 11 Zoo Snooze

13/5 14/5-15/5

3

16/5

17/5 PUPIL FREE DAY

18/5 Governing Council

19/5 20/5 21/5-22/5

4

23/5

24/5 RAN Training 6pm Staff Room

25/5

26/5 Newsletter

27/5 Assembly 9:05am Strings Workshop @ Klemzig

28/5-29/5

5

30/5

31/5 ICAS Science Test

1/6 2/6 3/6 Reconciliation Assembly 9:05am **Disco**

4/6-5/6

6

6/6

7/6 School Photos RM 18 Walk Deadly Australians

8/6 RM 7,8,9 Narnu Camp

9/6 Newsletter Footsteps RM 7,8,9 Narnu Camp

10/6 Assembly 9:05am RM 7,8,9 Narnu Camp

11/6-12/6

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13/6 QUEEN’S

BIRTHDAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY

14/6 PUPIL FREE DAY

15/6 Deadly Australians Performance in Hall RM 7

16/6 Footsteps

17/6 18/6-19/6

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20/6 21/6 22/6 Governing Council

23/6 Newsletter Footsteps

24/6 Assembly 9:05am 11:30 School Tour for new parents

25/6-26/6

9

27/6

28/6 29/6 30/6 Footsteps

1/7 Music is Fun Band 1:50-3:05pm

2/7-3/7

10

4/7

5/7 RM 18 Walk

6/7 7/7 Newsletter Footsteps

8/7 Assembly 9:05am

END OF TERM EARLY DISMISSAL

2:15PM

9/7-10/7