stradbroke school newsletter...2014/04/14 · chairperson: michael caruana deputy chairperson: phil...

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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: [email protected]

website: www.stradsch.sa.edu.au

Out of School Hours Care: 8365 5677

Director: Rebecca MacQueen

CRICOS Provider Number: 00018A

14 March 2019

STRADBROKE SCHOOL GOVERNING COUNCIL AGM

Thank you to the parents and staff who attended the Stradbroke School

Governing Council AGM last week. The Governing Council comprises of nine

parent representatives elected for a term of 2 years. We are pleased to

announce the parent representatives elected at the 2019 AGM:

2019-2021

Bianca Hu Michael Caruana Andrew Silis Jennifer Bartold

Catherine Earl

2019-2020-Special one year term

Kylie Summerton

Thanks to Anna Ricci, Phillip Walters and Adele Steel for their contribution to

Governing Council over many years. Your commitment and effort is

appreciated.

Special acknowledgement and thanks to Steve Hastwell, retiring Governing

Council chairperson. Steve has been a great advocate and spokesperson for

public education and our school. Most importantly he has been a valuable

voice for our parent community.

Thank you also to the parent representatives elected at the 2018 AGM and

continuing for the second year of their term:

2017-2019

Jo Brown Audra Edington Laura Potter

2019 Teacher staff members – Jane Angove and Catherine Zola.

Congratulations to our Governing Council office bearers for 2019;

Chairperson: Michael Caruana

Deputy Chairperson: Phil Walters, Treasurer: Jo Brown, Secretary: Audra

Edington.

There are also six sub-committees that work with the Governing Council:

Facilities, Sports, Uniform, Canteen, OSHC and Social & Fundraising. If you

would like to volunteer for any of these sub-committees please phone Anona

or Kathy in the Front Office. The contribution of parents is always

appreciated.

2019

MARCH

Thu 7th, 14th & 21st 1-2-3 Magic & Emotion Coaching

(2-11 years) Parent Course

Fri 15th Yr 3-7 Assembly 9.00am

Mon 18th–Fri 22nd Parent/Teacher interviews

Tue 19th School Photo Day

Wed 20th Governing Council

Thu 21st Harmony Day

World Down Syndrome Day

Fri 22nd R-2 Assembly 9.00am

Family BBQ 5.00pm

Wed 27th Engaging Adolescents (11-18 years)

Parent Course

Fri 29th Yr 3-7 Assembly 9.00am

APRIL

Mon 1st – Fri 5th Year 2/3 Swimming – ARC

Tue 2nd Principal’s Tour 9.30am

Wed 3rd & 10th Engaging Adolescents (11-18 years)

Parent Course

Fri 5th R-2 Assembly 9.00am

Fri 12th Whole school Assembly 11.30am

Early Dismissal 12.00 noon

Parent / Teacher / Student

interviews

Monday 18 – Tuesday 26 March

Online bookings are now closed

Please contact your child’s

teacher directly for any

remaining interview times.

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WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY and HARMONY DAY

Next Thursday 21 March is World Down Syndrome Day and

Harmony Day. To celebrate the diversity of all students and

their families at Stradbroke School, we would like students to

wear either orange clothing (for Harmony Day) or bright

colourful socks (for World Down Syndrome Day) or both on this

day.

SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB

All Scholastic Book Club orders are due by Friday 22 March

2019. Preferred payment method is via the Loop on Scholastic

website.

RECEPTION - YEAR 3 SWIMMING LESSONS

The Year 2 and Year 3 classes will be attending Department for

Education swimming lessons at The ARC Swimming Centre in

Campbelltown from Monday 1 April through to Friday 5 April

(Week 10, Term 1).

Reception and Year 1 students will attend swimming lessons

from Monday 29 April to Friday 3 May (Week 1, Term 2), also

at The ARC Swimming Centre.

MSP PHOTO DAY – TUESDAY 19 MARCH

Please ensure that all online orders are processed before

midnight on Monday 18 March. Only cash, cheque and money

orders can be placed inside the envelopes. Credit card

payments are only available via an Online Order. Family photo

envelopes are available from the Front Office. Online orders

for Family photos is NOT available.

TRAFFIC MONITORS

Week 8 am Emma Nilsson, Isobel Short, Sebastian

Torchio

pm Sara Corradini, Bilal Al-Naemi, Erika Shaw

Week 9 am Leo Jiang, Lucas Joseph, Jarrad McCloud

pm George Sfyrios, Hayden Shields, Kiana

Watson-Woods

SAPSASA SWIMMING

Last week on Tuesday 5 March, we had 13 students represent

Stradbroke at the Torrens River SAPSASA Swimming Carnival.

Kaelan, Lucas, Ava-Rose, Jarrad, Holly, Hayden, Emerson,

James, Manuth, Erika, Boseok, Samantha, and Charlie

represented our school. Stradbroke came 3rd in the swimming

carnival out of 7 schools. We had a number of students place

in the top 3 for their events with Boseok coming first in 50m

backstroke, and Emerson coming first in 50m freestyle,

butterfly and backstroke. Boseok, Emerson and Jarrad have

made the Torrens River Swimming team and will represent

Torrens River at the State Swimming Carnival on March 28 at

Marion.

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 will take part in a Community Service program.

The main aims are:

• To encourage responsible citizenship in the world outside the classroom

• To increase students’ sense of responsibility and self esteem

• To allow students to use talents and skills developed beyond the classroom.

Students are given the opportunity to be leaders in numerous

ways including as house captains running the PALS

programme, volunteering in the library, being on traffic duty

and assisting in the canteen. These hours are logged and then

recognised.

An additional recognition of students in Year 7 is to have their

name on the school’s honour board which is situated on the

wall in the breezeway between the main office and Koonga

buildings. This privilege is awarded to students who not only

complete the expected number of hours but also demonstrate

natural leadership, are an asset the school community and

display the characteristics of the IB learner profiles.

Congratulations to the following students who have completed

their hours for 2019:

Year 6 Year 7

Amelie Harding Samantha Michalitsianos

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

The award-winning team at Pelican Productions brings another

of the world’s best loved musicals, ‘The Little Mermaid JR’ to

audiences this March.

It will be starring one of our students, Liam Holland - as King

Triton in the Flounder Cast - who would love to see some

familiar faces in the audience!

The Little Mermaid JR is playing at the Arts Theatre, Angas

Street, March 22 - 24. Tickets are on sale now through

pelicanproductions.com.au Adults $35, Concession $30 and

Children $25.

Congratulations to Oliver Farnan who has been successful in

gaining a position in the SA Schools Concert Band for 2019.

Congratulations to James Wen, Mark Mason, Chamath

Chandrasena and Johan James who have been successful with

their auditions and are now members of the Primary School

Guitar ensemble.


CANTEEN

THANK YOU! I would like to say a big "thank you" to the

wonderful parents and Year 7 Canteen volunteers who helped

serve last week during our successful Pancake Week. It is

always extremely popular, and at times sticky, and could not

be done without your help.

FRIDAY LUNCH TREATS: We are

really excited to reintroduce

BUTTER CHICKEN ($5.00) on

Fridays, starting tomorrow 15

March. There have been a lot of

requests for the popular lunch

choice to us and also at the INDIA

TO YOU restaurant on Forest

Avenue, Rostrevor.

Qkr: If you haven't already done so, please check your child's

class details on your app and correct any errors. Please

remember that the cut off for any orders / changes /

cancellations is 9.00am.

VOLUNTEER ROSTER: If anyone is able to help in the Canteen

on the following dates: Thursday 21 and 28 March, Friday 29

March, Thursday 4 and 11 April, it would really be appreciated.

Kate Majewski

Canteen Manager

ECOWARRIOR REPORT

Did you know that all snap lock bags, silver lined packets (like

chips), biscuit wrappers, such as Tiny Teddies, and muesli bar

wrappers can be recycled?

Hi, we are the K234 class. We are known as the K234s because

we are in K2 and we are year 3/4s.

During the first week of school, Kylie, our teacher, asked us on

Seesaw to write some of the things that we would like to do in

our class in 2019. One of the responses was from Katarina, who

said that she would like our classroom to recycle soft plastics.

As the K234s believe that looking after our environment is

really important, we decided that we would have a bag

dedicated to collecting all the soft plastics that we were

otherwise throwing into landfill. Katarina said that she was

happy to drop them off at a Redcycle point when it filled up –

which she did on the weekend. We are up to our second big

bag of soft plastics recycling.

We know that Mr. Byford’s Year 4 class also collect soft plastics

to recycle, but we’d love every class at Stradbroke, and every

Stradbroke family to also collect and recycle soft plastics. It’s

really easy to do. Firstly you need a bag or a box to collect the

soft plastics in. Then you need a volunteer who is happy to take

the recycling to a Redcycle point when it fills up. The Redcycle

points can be found at the front of any Coles or Woolworths

store.

For more information about soft plastics recycling, please visit

the REDcycle website. https://www.redcycle.net.au/what-to-

redcycle/

Thanks for helping us to keep our planet healthy �

SPORT

Soccer and Football registrations for Term 2 and 3 are now

available from Student Services. Registrations close tomorrow

Friday 15 March 2019.

BASKETBALL

Year 2/3 Coach: Paul Searston

Stradbroke

Phoenix

32 Def Sunrise 0

Another strong performance and good sportsmanship

shown by the team led well by Mitchell.

Game Played: Tuesday 26 February


St Peters Knights 16 Def Stradbroke

Phoenix

12

Great team effort lots of hustle and energy shown by all

players in narrow loss to top team.

Game Played: Tuesday 5 March

Year 4/5 Coach: Tasha Tindale

Stradbroke

Scorpions

45 Def East Marden

Bouncers

4

Coaches award to Lyla for a fantastic goal.

Game Played: Wednesday 6 February


St Davids Scorers 18 Def Stradbroke

Scorpions

17

Coaches award to Bailey for excellent defence.



Stradbroke

Scorpions

38 Def Trinity Terriers 2

Coaches award to Sieon for awesome dribbling.



Stradbroke

Scorpions

27 Def SJP Wildcats 6

Coaches award to Lachie for shooting under pressure and

being awarded two free throws.



Year 4/5 Coach: Jacqui Edwards

Rostrevor Red 36 Def Stradbroke

Legends

12



Stradbroke

Scorpions

34 Def SPX Slam

Dunders

3

Coaches award to Jayden for great layups and great passing

to team mates.

Game Played: Wednesday 6 March


East Marden

Avengers

22 Def Stradbroke

Legends

20

A really close game with everyone putting in 100%.



SPX Allstars 15 Def Stradbroke

Legends

10

A really close game with everyone putting in 100%.



Stradbroke

Thunder

46 Def Stradbroke A 29

High scoring match, good team work. Everyone is playing

their role and improving each week.

Game Played: Monday 25 February


Stradbroke

Thunder

26 Def Athelstone

Rebels

21

Amazing effort by new team to defeat top team. Every

player is improving each week. Special mention to Thomas

and Jett.

Game Played: Monday 4 March

TENNIS

Both Division 9 Standard Ball teams have had a great season,

finals are fast approaching in what could potentially be a

Stradbroke showdown with the Garfi brothers Federico and

Simone going up against Daniel Steel and Harry Esposito.

Our girls Kemi Odusanya (Orange Ball Div 3) and Kalina

Stefanov (Standard Ball Div 1) have showcased some strong

tennis winning over 70% of their singles.

Green Ballers Joshua Lepore, Jason Kang, Zarek Fraser and

Jayden Lau have combined forming a dream team in Division 3

sitting top of the ladder, ready for finals.

Young hot shot stars Jordan Wong, Hayden Shields and Aidan

Chia are striving for top place in the remaining few rounds to

claim the Division 1 Orange Ball Premiership, currently sitting

2nd.

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This course is being run by a Parentshop® licensed practitioner. www.parentshop.com.au

• An end to the arguing and yelling! • It saved our lives • Simple, sane, effective •

Learn:

Some common ground shared by parents & reasonable expectations to hold about adolescents New understandings of adolescence A three-option model & flow chart for decision-making Self check-in, first - for parents Building relationship with your teenager and making the best of your non-crisis conversations with them Skills for tough o versatio s for ha dli g those pro le s you just a ’t ig ore

Parents will receive an Engaging Adolescents Parent Pack

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

Please register me for the Engaging Adolescents Parent Course on 27th March, 3rd April & 10th April from 6:30pm-

8:00pm in the Music Suite in Koonga Building. Enclosed is $15 for the course materials.

Name:-……………………………………………………………………………………………. Pho e No:- ……………………………………………………….

Child’s / Childre ’s Na e:- …………………………………………………. Class / Classes:- ………………………………………………………….

What parents have said… A step dad recalled an incident at the weekend with his 12 year old step daughter. He said that the input he had received the previous week from the course helped him keep his cool and brought a more favourable outcome.

A single Mum who had presented as quite anxious on the first night told the group in week 2 that she had made an appointment with her 15 year old son during the week and had a far more favourable discussion with him than would previously have been the case.

Who’s running it? The trainer for this course is Christina Sapio who

completed Pare tshop’s Engaging Adolescents training on 28th October 2014

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A three-session program for parents and carers

at Stradbroke School

Music Suite – Koonga Building on Wednesdays 27th March, 3rd April & 10th April 2019

at 6:30pm – 8:00pm. Cost: $15 per person

(Fee must be paid by Wednesday 22nd March 2019 to secure your seat)

What’s happening in Arts lessons?

This term we have started with music-rich units in all years R to 5, and I am delighted to share some of our work in this week’s

newsletter.

Do you know what a cabasa is? Ask your Reception student; they have all been learning about instruments and the sounds they

make. We have also been singing lots of action songs and counting songs.

Year 1 students have been learning about beat and rhythm. We listened to In the Hall of the Mountain King and noticed how the

music speeds up. Then we acted it out! Now we are creating a frieze (below) showing the trolls chasing Peer Gynt.around the

mountain tunnels.

Year 2 students have been learning about musical pitch. They have learned about pitch patterns and can play The Blue Danube

Waltz on tuned percussion. Now they are composing their own music to go with a poem.

The Blue Danube Waltz

by Johann Strauss

Two Gs and two Es

Two Gs and two Fs

Two As and two Fs

Two As and two Es

Some Cs and some Gs

Some Cs and some As

Now millions of As, lots of Es

3 Cs, are you ready? And C, C, C

Is Joseph, Dominic or Georgia holding

the cabasa? And what are those other

two instruments?

Archie and Cormac practising Blue Danube Waltz

Year 3s have been singing. As part of our literacy focus, they have been making innovations on the song My Aunt Came Back.

We have talked about rhymes and half-rhymes, syllables and scanning (fitting syllables into a pattern) and each year 3 class

came up with its own version of the song. Here is K5’s version:

Oh my aunt came back from Ballarat

And brought with her a furry mat

Oh my aunt came back from Alice Springs

And brought with her two golden rings

Oh my aunt came back from Manly Beach

And brought with her a big red peach

Oh my aunt came back from holidays

And brought with her an angry face

Oh my aunt came back from the science show

And brought with her a telescope

Oh my aunt came back from Adelaide Zoo

And brought with her two kangaroos

Oh my aunt came back from Melbourne town

And brought with her a funny clown

Oh my aunt came back from Ballarat

And brought with her a cute black cat

Year 4s have been working hard learning to play recorder. They have also been learning to decipher those lines and dots that

make up music, and realising that it’s like reading- the more practice you do, the better you get!

Year 5s have been working on Cuban Sounds, and learning why Cuba, in the Caribbean, shows both African and Spanish

influences in its Rumba music. Now they are planning and rehearsing their own group versions of this form of music.

Penny Kitchen

Performing Arts Teacher

William, Sophie, Ali and

Dominic demonstrating

different sizes of recorder.

Year 4s are learning to

play descant (the white

one in the photo)

Mieka, Lily, Jack, Alyssa, Asha and Olivia with our Cuban

Sounds instruments

Friday 22nd March 2019

Disability Policy and Programs Parent Forum You are invited to a Parent Forum for parents or carers of a child or young person with a disability on Friday 22nd March 2019 hosted by the Department for Education.

Please come and join the Director, Disability Policy and Programs, Ian May, to hear the presentations and have your say in the discussions and workshops:

The new directions for 2019 The Inclusive Education Support Program – the newly approved funding model Workshops (you can attend 2) including: Bullying a whole school approach Social Skills strategies First time attendees Visit Special Education Resource Unit Interoception Post School Options – hot topics Anxiety and mental health Deaf Culture

WHEN: Friday 22nd March 2019 9:30 am – 10:00 am Register/tea/coffee 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Parent Forum

WHERE: Special Education Resource Unit & Fulham Gardens Primary School

Performing Arts Centre 72A Marlborough Street, Henley Beach SA 5022

HOW: Register for the forum at https://register.eventarc.net/e/42380

If you have any queries please contact [email protected] at the Special Education Resource Unit or by Phone (08) 8235 2871.

A light lunch will be provided for registered participants. A map of the site and parking areas is attached

A detailed program will be forwarded on confirmation of your booking.

Location and access to the Special Education Resource Unit (SERU)

Location and access to the Special Education Resource Unit (SERU)

SERU Entrance & Reception

PERFORMING ARTS AND MEDIA CENTRE

Parking and Registration Parking is available in Northey Avenue, Marlborough Street and surrounding streets. The entry to the conference is via the Special Education Resource Unit entrance and reception office from Northey Avenue. You will be greeted at SERU where you can sign in before being shown through to the conference room in the grounds of Fulham Gardens Primary School. Buses The H33 bus travels to and from the city via Marlborough Street. Stop 27 is the closest bus stop to SERU.

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