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STRADBROKE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Koonga Avenue, Rostrevor, SA 5073

Excellence and Achievement in a Supportive School Environment Principal: Tanya Scanlan

Telephone: 8337 2861/8337 5349 Student Absence Ph: 8365 5621

Fax: 8337 0041

email: dl.0923.info@schools.sa.edu.au

website: www.stradsch.sa.edu.au

Out of School Hours Care: 8365 5677

Director: Rebecca MacQueen

CRICOS Provider Number: 00018A

12 DECEMBER 2019

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Dear Parents,

Here we are again,

December is upon us and

with it comes all the

excitement that the end of

year brings. It is a busy time

filled with the hustle and

bustle of gift shopping for

friends and family near and

far and the end of year

functions. It may mean

travelling to visit family or opening our homes to receive guests. Traditions

such as visiting Father Christmas, singing carols and decorating our homes in

beautiful lights is all part of the holiday celebrations for many families.

Life at school is also very busy. We have had the Junior Primary Christmas

sing-a-long, Year 7 Graduation, the special Christmas school lunch and end of

year class excursions and celebrations, to name a few.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff, students and parents

for their continued support. Your contribution has helped to make

Stradbroke School a strong, inclusive school community. We are lucky to have

such a rich and diverse group of students. It has been a joy to watch the

children learn and grow throughout 2019.

The new-year will bring new learning experiences, new challenges and new

fun. I look forward to what lies ahead for us as a school community in 2020.

We will be saying goodbye to a number of staff on Friday at our whole school

assembly, and welcoming a number of new teachers to Stradbroke School for

2020.

I wish you all Peace, Joy, Hope and Happiness during this Summer Holiday

season and throughout the New Year.

Tanya Scanlan

Principal

SCHOOL DISMISSAL – LAST DAY OF TERM

Please note that students will be dismissed from their classrooms after the

whole school assembly at 12 noon on Friday 13 December. Children who are

not going home will have modified curriculum activities and will need to book

into Kids’ Zone from 2.10pm. The Canteen is closed all day.

2019

DECEMBER

Fri 13th R-7 Assembly 11.30am

Term 4 concludes

2020

JANUARY

Tue 28th Term 1 commences

FEBRUARY

Fri 14th RAN Volunteer Training/site

induction

Mon 17th Pupil Free Day

Wed 19th Governing Council AGM

MARCH

Mon 9th Adelaide Cup Public Holiday

Wed 18th Governing Council

Mon 23rd Pupil Free Day

APRIL

Thu 9th Term 1 concludes

Fri 10th Good Friday Public Holiday

Mon 27th Term 2 commences

2020 Pupil Free and School Closure

Term 1 Monday 17 February

Monday 23 March

Term 3 Monday 10 August

Friday 4 September School Closure

Term 4 Friday 23 October

2020 Term Dates

Term 1 28 January – 9 April

Term 2 27 April – 3 July

Term 3 20 July – 25 September

Term 4 12 October – 11 December

School day commences at 8.50am and

concludes at 3.10pm

Congratulations to the Year 6/7 Thunder Basketball for their

Grand Final win on Monday 2 December 2019.

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TERM 3 TERRIFIC KIDS

At the end of last term the winners of the Term 3 Kiwanis

Terrific Kids Award were announced.

A Terrific Kid needs to be:

THOUGHTFUL ENTHUSIASTIC RESPECTFUL

RESPONSIBLE INFLUENTIAL FRIENDLY

IMPECCABLE CARING

These qualities align really closely with the characteristics and

attitudes of the IB Learner Profile. The characteristics we

expect IB students to display are those of a person who is an

inquirer, knowledgeable, courageous, a thinker, a

communicator, open minded, balanced, principled, reflective

and caring.

The attitudes supporting these characteristics are

appreciation, commitment, confidence, cooperation, curiosity,

creativity, empathy, enthusiasm, independence, integrity,

respect and tolerance.

Congratulations to Sarah P, Shayla Q and Jerry L they are

outstanding

ambassadors

for our school

and they

approach all

aspects of

school life in a

balanced,

considerate and

enthusiastic

manner.

END OF TERM 4 CASUAL DAY – CHANGE IN CHARITY

Due to the ongoing fire disasters in NSW, Queensland and

South Australia, the Stradbroke Student Voice Committee

have decided to change Stradbroke's donations this term from

the 2019 Vinnies Christmas Appeal to donating to the Red

Cross.

Please send a gold coin donation with your child to school on

Friday to donate to this worthy cause.

https://www.redcross.org.au/campaigns/disaster-relief-and-

recovery-bushfires

2020 TRAFFIC MONITORS

Week 1 am Francesca Di Perna, Hannah Polglase,

Nicola Lawton

pm Olivia Formosa, Kayla Ranger, Chen Rao

Week 2 am Ava Monaco, Dewmini Tennakoon,

Emerson Warren,

pm Eva Matern, Manuth Chandrasena, Kalina

Stefanov

CANTEEN

Canteen Menu 2020: Qkr will be updated prior to school

starting on the 28 January 2020.

Qkr at the end of Term 4 2019: At the conclusion of Term 4, all

class numbers will be erased from your children's profiles on

your Qkr Apps. When you place your first order for the new

school year, you will be asked to update each profile with the

new, correct 2020 class.

Volunteers: For those of you who I have your contact details, I

will text you all late January for your available days for the

volunteer roster for Term 1.

Thank you!: Thank you so much to everyone who has

volunteered in the Canteen this year. I really appreciate your

help, without such wonderful support, we couldn't continue to

offer the students of Stradbroke the variety of food, or the

special event days such as Pancake week, The Book Week

Breakfast or the Christmas lunch.

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and safe holidays.

I look forward to seeing everyone again in 2020!

Kate Majewski

Canteen Manager

2020 STUDENT MEDICATION UPDATE

It is a Department for Education requirement that we have a

current Health Care Plan for all students at our school who

need individual health care and support. All Medication

Agreements must be reviewed every 12 months. Please ensure

your child’s is up to date.

In cases where medication must be taken during the day, the

following procedures apply:

• All medications, including those purchased over the

counter, must be sent with a Medication Agreement and

a Health Care Plan. They must be in the original container

with a chemist label detailing the child’s name and dose.

• Medication is stored in the Health Centre

If your child has a medical issue that the school is not aware of,

please contact Student Services for further information.

MYP SERVICE AND ACTION HOURS

As part of their learning in the MYP, students are encouraged

to demonstrate a personal commitment to service and act to

make a positive difference to the lives of others and to the

environment. Students are recognised for their service both at

school and in the wider community. At Stradbroke the Year 6

and 7 students take part in a Community Service program.

Congratulations to the following students who have

completed their hours for 2019:

Year 6

Charlie Jewell Sienna Bruno

Congratulations also to the following student who will have

their name displayed on the honour board outside the front

office. Thank you for your dedication towards service at

Stradbroke School!

Isabella Di Marco Mila Petashvili

LIBRARY

Thankyou Volunteers:

We would like to thank

our volunteers,

especially Savita, Kirsty

and Helen for their time

and dedication this year.

Help with re-shelving, book covering and general maintenance

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of our collection is certainly appreciated by the staff, students

and wider community.

Library Monitors: Congratulations to the following Year 7

students who have completed five duties and have earned

their Library Monitor’s badge: Jerusha, Angelica, Sullivan,

Harry K, Erika, Mehar, Ella, Hannah, Celia, Mark, Aaryan,

Onkar, Daniel, Sakitha, Stephen, Scarlett, Maya, Isabella,

Simone, Jackson, Frederico, Callum, Isaac, Mila, Siwoo and

Sarah.

A special congratulations to Jackson Kake who was awarded

the Stradbroke Library Service Award for 2019.

Returns: Thank you to all families who have returned Library

books or finalised accounts. We really appreciate your support

in returning books. If you happen to come across any

Stradbroke books in the holidays, please bring them back in

2020. Every book counts!

We hope they help families to think of ways to enjoy reading

during the holidays. Don’t forget that Year 3-6 students can

access ePlatform on https://stradsch.eplatform.co/ or you can

download the app 'ePlatform' and search for Stradbroke

School. Student login and password is the same as their school

computer login and password.

Happy Reading!

Stradbroke School Library Staff

ACTION IN OU2 AND OU3

The children in

OU2 and OU3

have been

discussing

Christmas as part

of their last unit of

inquiry. As part of

this discussion

they talked about

the giving and

receiving of gifts

at this time of year. One of the students reflected on the fact

that he had a lot of toys at home that he didn’t really need any

more and he wondered if everyone has that many toys. The

talk then turned to the recent bushfires experienced in South

Australia and how some families needed to leave their homes

because of the fires and didn’t take anything with them. The

children wondered how this affected the children and the

adults. One child then suggested that they could give some of

their toys to the children who may have lost some in the fires

– to which the rest of the children agreed! Based on this the

children have taken the initiative to collect toys that they no

longer play with and they will be donated to the SA based not-

for-profit charity “Treasure Boxes” who provide essentials to

newborns, babies and children living in disadvantage within

our community. This charity seek to empower others, create a

positive change and at the same time ensure that valuable,

high quality resources don’t go to waste. The children were

able to donate a number of items to this charity and we are

very proud of them all. It demonstrates that action can be

taken even by the youngest members of our school

community!

CONGRATULATIONS K2 AND STRABROKE

As part of the Year 3/4 Unit of Inquiry, “Reduce, Reuse,

Recycle” K2 inquired into the impact that our choices make on

the environment. K2 decided to take action by collecting

unwanted Lion King Ooshies to Woolworths so that they could

be recycled, instead of spending hundreds of years in landfill.

Students from Stradbroke worked together and as a school we

collected over 1000 Ooshies! K2 then walked to Woolworths

and returned them so that they could be delivered to

TerraCycle to become new products such as playground

equipment. Great job everyone!

ROBOTICS CHAMPION!

On Thursday 28 November, Edward Stevenson from K2

competed in and received first place in the 2019 Robocup

Junior Sumo robotics competition. Edward and his team

created a robot that had to compete in a head to head battle

against robots created by opposing teams. In order to win the

competition their robot was able to push/flip their opponents’

robots out of the circular playing ring. Well done Edward!

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT - PIANO

Congratulations to Manreet Mavi who won the trophy for the

most number of piano pieces learnt for the year - 89 works

learnt AND the Independent Learner Award trophy, for 44

pieces learnt without teacher assistance. What a stellar effort!

In addition, she completed this in a short time frame having

started in second term, and having 5 weeks off for travel.

Also well done to these students who received these awards

with 3 terms of study:

Knox McAuley - Silver Award - 58 learnt

Kaelan Virag - Silver Award Independent Learner - 33 learnt

independently

Half Year Learner Awards

Maddison Mortimer - Silver Award - 44 pieces

Hannah Jammerson - Bronze Award - 40 pieces and Bronze

Award Independent Learner - 8 pieces learnt independently

Well done to all!

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PIANO/KEYBOARD LESSONS

Places are now open for piano lessons at Stradbroke in 2020,

from Year 2 onward (younger students by interview

assessment only). Students learn to read music, and gain

performance and theory skills using fun

contemporary/classical materials in a weekly lesson with a

qualified and experienced teacher and examiner. Learn for fun

and participate in performances, or take it more seriously and

do exams.

For information and bookings: call 8251 4765, visit

www.baerpianostudio.com.au or email

yvette@baerpianostudio.com.au

SPORT

Term 1 – registrations are now open for Woolworths Cricket

Junior Blasters. Commencing on Tuesday 11 February through

to Tuesday 31 March 3.15pm – 4.15pm $75

Junior Blasters is for kids new to cricket

with participants building their skills

through fun, game based activities. The

games are designed for small groups to

ensure every child gets a go, allowing them

to test and learn new skills. When they

have mastered the basics they will be ready to graduate to

Master Blasters where they can play modified games of cricket.

Visit https://www.playcricket.com.au/club-finder/club-

details?Id=15923 to register.

NETBALL

Netta Coach: Nardia Symonds

Stradbroke

Echidnas

18 Def Linden Park

White

6

Great to see the whole team playing with confidence. Good

leading and passing all along the court.

Game Played: Friday 22 November

Stradbroke

Echidnas

9 Def Walky Wildcats 0

Another strong performance by the team and fantastic

effort by everyone.

Game Played: Friday 29 November

Stradbroke

Echidnas

Bye

Game Played: Friday 6 December

Primary Coach: Nardia Symonds

Stradbroke

Kookaburras

20 Def Loreto 19

This game was amazing to watch, the girls played one of

their best games ever to come out winners against their

toughest opponents.

Game Played: Friday 22 November

Stradbroke

Kookaburras

13 Def Comets 9

Another strong performance by the team, with everyone

putting in a great effort, and running hard to the end.

Game Played: Friday 29 November

Stradbroke

Kookaburras

Bye

Game Played: Friday 6 December

Netta Coach: Douglas Jewell and

Janet Polglase

Stradbroke Koalas Def by East Para

Captain: Olivia

The children are enjoying their netball and are supportive of

each other each week which is great to see. We are looking

forward to next year!

Game Played: Friday 29 November

Stradbroke Koalas Bye

Game Played: Friday 6 December

BASKETBALL

Year 4/5 Coach: Jacqui & John Edwards

Stradbroke

Scorchers

19 Def by The Demons 39

Congratulations to Sam, Tom, Owen, Seban, Liam, Aaron,

Max and Zack on a hard fought and competitive game. The

Scorchers played well as a team, listened and responded to

game plans and put in 100% right to the end. Well done!

Game Played: Wednesday 4 December

CRICKET

Kanga Coach: Adam Clavell

Stradbroke 100 Def Magill 87

With the wet weather around, it was great to see how

committed the team were. Another all round great win by

the team. Coaches award goes to Kayra for his batting and

fielding and Oliver Firth for a great batting performance.

Game Played: Saturday 30 November

Stradbroke 128 Def Linden Park

Primary

73

The team finished off the year in style with another win. A

great effort by all and seeing 4 catches being held was

brilliant. The whole team deserves the coaches award this

week, for a great game and great season. It was enjoyable

being part of their cricket development.

Game Played: Saturday 7 December

C Grade Coach: Aaron Carn

Stradbroke Def Kings Baptist

Fantastic team effort and a big win for the team again on our

final match of the year.

Best Batting – Owen B, Advit K, Alex M, with great work also

from Liam E, Chase F, Edward S, Lachlan R & Bradley W-C

Best Bowling – Alex M, Advit K, Liam E, with Bradley W-C,

Lachlan R and Owen B.

Best Fielding – A fantastic team effort all around, Alex M,

Bradley W-C (wicket keeping), Lachlan, Liam and Edward

performing very well.

Thank you to all the parents who assisted at times during the

year and particularly Sia M. – who has once again scored

most games this year (4th year Sia has done this role).

Thanks for the awesome card team and parents. Hope you

all have a great Christmas and holiday break period.

Game Played: Saturday 7 December

∞∞Parents/CarersandOSHCServices∞∞

Looking for screen content that will be enjoyable and age-appropriate for the children in

your care during the Christmas - New Year holidays?

The range of choice has greatly increased. As well as the new releases in cinemas, there

are streaming services such as Netflix, the new Disney Plus and others.

It can be difficult to choose what will suit your child and what might not.

Australian Council on Children and the Media [ACCM] has developed a guide to what’s on,

utilising our database of Know Before You Go reviews developed over the past 17 years.

These show age suitability through our traditional red, yellow, green signals.

Where there is no ACCM review, we have provided the Australian Classification and / or

information from The Netherlands’ child-development based Kijkwijzer system.

This guide is a “work in progress”, so do check back for more reviews and updated

information over these coming weeks.

https://childrenandmedia.org.au/movie-reviews/summer-screen-selections

ADVANCE NOTICE

Special Interest Programs Parent Information Evening

Thursday 20 February 2020

7.00pm at the Senior Campus

505 The Parade, Magill

Norwood Morialta invites interested families to attend and learn more about our special

interest programs which include:

• Accelerated STEM Program – Students complete middle schooling in two years with a focus on inquiry and

integrated STEM

• Italian Immersion Program – Students undertake an integrated program in Italian and Humanities

• Rowing Program - Students study rowing as a physical education subject.

ADVANCE NOTICE

OPEN NIGHT

Wednesday 11 March 2020

5.30 pm –7.30 pm at the Middle Campus

Morialta Road West, Rostrevor

Norwood Morialta High School invites all prospective parents to join us on a tour of the

middle campus to learn more about the programs offered at our vibrant school.

MEET PARALYMPICS LONG JUMP CHAMPION

BRAYDEN DAVIDSON 

DREAM.

BELIEVE.

ACHIEVE.

ATHLETICS HOLIDAY CLINICTUESDAY 14TH & WEDNESDAY 15TH JANUARY 2020

SA Athletics Stadium, Mile End

A clinic for ANY 5-17 Year OLDS to learn and

improve their athletics skills/techniques, with

an exciting Mini Olympics competition to

achieve personal best results!

REGISTRATIONS CLOSE:

MON 6TH JAN 2020

(08) 8352 8133

littleathleticssa.com.au/holidayclinics