Two Wells Primary School Newsletter

Our School Values

Be Safe Be Kind

Work Hard Did you know…?

An analysis of more than

9.9 million students found

that only those students

who read 15 minutes or

more per day made

accelerated reading gains.

Students who had less than

15 minutes of daily

engaged reading time saw

below-average reading

gains, putting them at risk

of falling behind their

peers. Students who read

between just over a half-

hour and an hour per day

saw the greatest gains of

all.

2019 Term Dates

Term 3: Mon 22nd July -

Friday 27th Sept

2.05pm finish

Term 4: Mon 14th Oct -

Friday 13th Dec

2.05pm finish

Term 4 Swimming

The Water Safety and Education Program (previously

known as swimming lessons) will again be running

early term 4. Students in years 3-5 will attend in week

2 and R-2 students attending in week 4. Invoices for

students in years 3-5 will be sent home before the end

of this term, giving families plenty of time to pay.

Invoices for R-2 students will be sent out week 1 of

next term.

Planning for 2020

In preparation for the 2020 school year we will soon

begin allocating students to new classes so it is very

important that we have accurate numbers of students

continuing at Two Wells in 2020. If you are NOT

returning to the school next year (this is not including

year 7 students moving onto high school in 2020)

please contact the front office ASAP.

We have a large number of enrolment enquiries at the

moment so any additional information from current

families will support us to identify exactly how many

students will be returning and therefore how many

classes we will need.

Early next term, class teachers and leaders will begin

student placements for the following year based on

the needs of the child. If there is anything you would

like us to consider when placing your child in a class

for 2020 please email me on

dl.0444.info@schools.sa.edu.au or call 8520 2277.

David Toomer

Acting Principal

From the Principal…

Over the next three weeks students from Years 2-7

will be undertaking the annual Progressive

Achievement Testing (PAT) in Maths and Reading as

required by the Department for Education. Teachers

will be using the data from this diagnostic testing to

further improve their planning and programming to

optimise student learning outcomes.

Science Night

And what an awesome night it was! Students and

families were exploring the huge variety of science

activities spread around the school. Thank you to all

the staff, parents and community members who

volunteered to help out on the night. We really felt

the sense of community and we’re very proud to put

on an event that is so well received year after year.

Reading

On Tuesday, our staff continued their training in

Teaching Reading Strategies with Katrina Spencer.

The Reading goal from our Site Improvement Plan

(available on the school website) is; To increase

achievement in reading R-7. Our 2019 targets are:

• For the cohort enrolled in reception in 2019,

70% of students will reach level 5 or above

Running Record benchmark.

• Identified students in 2019 will move from

below standard to achieve PAT-R Standard of

Educational Achievement or above.

I encourage you to talk to our teachers about your

child/ren’s reading and their progress in becoming a

‘balanced reader’. Although reading levels are

important, you might like to refer to the ‘what do

good readers do?’ on page 3 for strategies to help

support your child/ren’s reading.

Uniform Shop reminder

The Uniform Shop is open on Monday and Thursday

mornings 8:45am to 9:15am.

Newsletter reminder

We no longer send paper copies home. Newsletters

are available through the Skoolbag app, the ‘Two

Wells Primary School Page’ on Facebook, on our

school website and via Dojo. There will be a limited

number of paper copies held in the front office.

Term 3, Week 7, 6/9/19

17/05/19

LEADERSHIP TEAM

Acting Principal

David Toomer

Acting Deputy Principal

Tarnya Adams

Student Wellbeing

Leader

Zoe Evans

Gawler Road

Two Wells SA 5501

Telephone: 8520 2277

Fax: 8520 2583

Email :

dl.0444.info@schools.sa.edu

.au

Thank you to ALL the students who got involved with Jump Rope for Heart! A huge thank you for the effort skipping and fundraising for the Jump Rope for Heart program this term. This year with the Junior Primary alone, we raised an incredible $3012 and this money will all go towards vital heart research and education programs. We’ve loved seeing so many smiling faces skipping around the school and in P.E lessons. Our Jump Off Day was a huge success, you can see a few action photos from the day below. Congratulations on a very successful year of skipping and fundraising, keep up the good work and keep active! Our focus is now set on the next big event for the term which is Sports Day. We have been practicing our Sports Day activities, organising our House Teams and building morale. Make sure you come and support our children and the House Teams on Sports Day which is the last day of the term! There will be more details out soon. Kurt Ferguson (P.E Teacher)

BRAINWAVE This term, all classes are learning about the anatomy of their brains;

how they function, how stress affects the brain and ways to de-

escalate.

In week 10, we will be hosting BRAINWAVE. All classes will be

presenting what they have learned during the term. Classes will

send out invites to their intended audience and present their

learning in fun and interactive ways.

Are you reading at home?

Every time you support your child/ren at home to read a book or listen to you read a book counts. Did you know that as

children build fluency and phrasing (one aspect of becoming a balanced reader) they build up the number of words they

can read? A general guide is that at 8 years they can read 80 words per minute, 10 years 100 words and 12 years 120 words

per minute. As children become more confident readers, they build their vocabulary, fluency and comprehension.

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Term 3: JP Resilience Group

Well done to the students for completing level 1 of Resilience and Wellbeing. It has been wonderful

to watch the students learn and grow throughout the program.

We are all very proud of the progress that has been made throughout the 3 terms. While it hasn’t

always been easy, we believe the positives far outweigh the negatives. I look forward to running this

program again in 2020.

Congratulations to our graduates:

Rosaleigh Evie Ashlynn

Christopher Hayden Axel

Emmanuel Hugo Kaleb

Ethan Ellenore Jaylen

Blayte Alira Cody

Thank you to our wonderful adults for their support:

Yvonne Michelle

Sue Karyn (term 3)

Angelique (term 3) Jodee (term 1 & 2)

Pam (term 1 & 2)

We ask that you talk to your children about the journey they have been on these past 3 terms. We

hope you enjoy reading through this journal with them.

Kind Regards

Zoe Evans

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week 1

Mon 22/07/19

Week 2

Mon 29/7/19

AFL Crows Presentation

Science Alive

Excursion Year 7’s

Week 3

Mon 5/8/19

Assembly 9.15am

Week 4

Mon 12/8/19

Science Week

GC 7pm

Mobile Science R-7

Newsletter

Week 5

Mon 19/8/19

Bookweek

Flip Out excursion

Rm 13 and 24

Bookweek

Parade starts 9.15

Week 6

Mon 26/8/19

SSO Week

Choir - Magic

Millions

Father’s Day Stall

(in Parent Room)

Assembly 9.15

Jump Rope for Heart

Jump off

Adelaide Oval

excursion Rm 28

Week 7

Mon 2/9/19

School Closure

Day Pupil Free Day

Newsletter

Week 8

Mon 9/9/19

GC 7pm

Week 9

Mon 16/9/19

Camp leaves

Year 4-6

Camp Returns Choir - Festival of Music Assembly 9.15

Week 10

Mon 23/9/19

“Brainwave”

Sports Day

End of Term Early

Dismissal 2.05

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