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9 Ward Street, Salisbury Heights, SA 5109 Phone: 08 8258 7299 Fax: 08 8281 5861 Email: dl.1177.info@schools.sa.edu.au

Friday 1st

March Principal: Katherine Holman Deputy Principal: Terry Minos

Diary Dates 2019

Assembly Class Items for your Diary

Term 1

6 6th Sports Day Captains Present Health Hustle

7 13th Harmony Day Assembly- Vince

8 20th Swimming Week- No Assembly

9 27th Rm 1, 3 & 4

10 3rd Rm 26, 28 & 31

11 10th Awards

From the Principal – Katherine Holman

Thanks to all those parents who attended our AGM on

Tuesday the 19th of February. The session on supporting

your children to be the best readers they can be was very

informative and interesting. Thanks to Cristy Hart who

stayed back to present the session. Cristy is very happy

to run another session that will be a bit longer and

expand on specific strategies for interested parents. We

will send an expression of interest form home in the near

future and if we have enough interest we will schedule

some sessions.

It was fabulous that we had so many people stay for the

AGM. Thankyou to the brave new parents who

nominated to join the Governing Council.

Congratulations to the following people who are either

continuing their service or are newly elected and form

our 2019 Council. We really appreciate your interest and

commitment to support the effective running of the

school. Congratulations to the people who were elected

to the Governing Council Executive positions.

Governing Council 2019

Executive Positions

Chairperson : Betty Wilson

Treasurer : Kerrie Timm

Secretary: Kellie Scurrell

Members: Alison Lehman, Matt Grace, Joti Prasad,

Holly Collins, Sheree Brozyna, Rebekah Artone, Emily

Hosking, Ellie Davidson, Laura Jenke and Amy

Kuskopf.

Staff Rep: Tania Woolgar

Principal: Katherine Holman

Terry Minos: Deputy Principal (no voting rights)

Sue McKee: Administration Manager (no voting rights)

Thanks to the retiring members Robyn Garner, Lynette

Keen, Elizabeth Burke and Sarah Dolman for their time

and commitment. A special thanks to Sarah for her work

as Chairperson.

If there are any community members who missed the

AGM but would like an opportunity to be on the

Governing Council please let me know and I will

nominate you to the Governing Council.

Term 1

March 6th Year 6/7 Aquatics payment due

March 8th School Materials & Service Fees- 2019 Due

March 8th Year R-5 Swimming payment due

March 11th Public Holiday- Adelaide Cup

March 13th Harmony Day

March 15th Yr 6/7 Aquatics

March 18th Swimming Week

March 19th Governing Council

March 22nd School Tour

March 25th Interviews

March 27th Social Responsibility

April 1st Catch up Interviews

April 3rd Academic Improvement

April 5th Sports Day

April 10th Academic Excellence

April 12th End of Term 1- 2pm Dismissal

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School Materials & Services Fees 2019 – Sue McKee /

Finance Officer

2019 Materials and Services Fees invoice for $350.00

and School Card Information was sent home with your

child in week one.

Due date for payment is next Friday 8th

March, Week 6

2019.

If you wish to arrange to use our PayWay system for part

payments (this is a Direct Debit Payment Plan which is

set up by the school) information and Application Forms

are available from the Finance Office or Front Office.

Payment of School Fees can be made in person by cash,

cheque or credit card at the Finance Office or through

your child’s class payment bag. You may also pay over

the phone by Credit Card.

School Card: If you think you are eligible for School

Card please collect a 2019 Application Form from the

Front Office or Finance Office or you may choose to do

it online.

You must re-apply each year for School Card. It does

not carry over from last year.

Please note the Annual Income Limit for 2019.

Eligibility for School Card Assistance is dependent

upon the combined family gross income for

2017 – 2018 Financial Year being within the following

School Card income limits:

The Finance Office is open Monday to Friday 8:30am-

9:30am and again from 2:30pm-3:15pm. For any other

queries please contact Sue McKee.

Commonwealth Student Banking Award Winners

Week 4: Room: 6

Week 5: Room: 9

Banking day is Thursday. Joining up is easy to do online

or you can talk to our wonderful volunteers in the library

on Thursday mornings from 9:00am

Spare Clothing - Front Office Staff

Last year had seen a larger than normal amount of

students requiring a change of clothes whilst at school. If

your child is supplied with a change of clothing from the

Front Office, we ask that you wash the items that were

borrowed and return them to us as soon as possible.

We are desperately in need of donations of certain items

of clothing for our sick room emergency supply

cupboard. If you have any of the following items of

clothing that are in good condition and you wish to

donate them to us, we would be very appreciative:

Navy Track pants/ Leggings Sizes 4, 6 , 8 , 10 & 12

Undies (Girls & Boys) all sizes required

School Polo Tops: 6, 10 & 12

Please leave clothing at the Front Office. Many thanks.

Canteen News – Mandie & Lynette:

Bi-Weekly Special

Weeks 6 & 7: Sushi - 3 varieties $5.50

Salad of the week - $4.50

Week 6 – Ceaser Salad

Week 7 – Lentil Salad

Due to Sports Day being at the end of Term 1, there will

be NO SAUSAGE SIZZLE ON THE LAST DAY OF

TERM. Instead we are having Sausage Sizzle in Week

2, Term 2 to coincide with the Showdown. Forms will

go home last week of Term 1 and payment due by the

end of Week 1 in Term 2.

GROW WELLBEING PROGRAM

Student Wellbeing Leader - Amber Arruzzolo

Just a reminder for any families that have expressed

interest in accessing the program that reminder letters

went out last week regarding the information that is

needed. It is essential that permission forms are filled in

and copies of Mental Health Care Plans are provided to

the Front Office. There will be a waiting list for any of

these expressions of interest where paperwork hasn’t

been returned.

This program is set to start in the next two weeks so it

will initially be directed at those families that have

already given the required information. We look forward

to offering this service to our families here at Salisbury

Heights Primary School.

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Program Achieve Assembly Awards – Amber Arruzzolo

The following students received Program Achieve

Awards at assembly….

Week 4

Getting Along Rm Organisation Rm

Vincent Kennison 34 Olivia Gladwin 6

Jade King 34 Dakota Pitasi 6

Anabelle Pilkington 34 Olivia Manto 33

Ashley Bain 28 Ryan Pawleski 33

Makayla Rimmer 28 Paige Ralston 33

Kayley Marks 4 Kailee Smith 33

Logan Roberts 4 Ryder Freer 34

Rhys Gow-Smith 1 Ashton Smith 34

Hayden Paul 3 Aria Waldon 4

Daniel Dean 31 Lewis Power-Barnes 4

Jada Smith 11 Ashleigh Anderson 1

Josiah Nguyen 11 Blake Barnard 3

Room 7 Angelo Tsalamangos 26

Whole class for Caitlin Penney 26

looking out for each Sophia Daniele 11

other in the yard. Josie Manto 11

Addison Chartres 32 Chelsea Thomas 35

Sophia O’Connor 32 Daniella Gower 13

Riley Lang 35 Persistence Rm

Kali Blaess 13 Nate Wenske 4

Resilience Rm Bianca Busch 4

Zach Spartley 4 Lennox Chantrelle 1

Emily Payne 4 Noah Piperni 3

Eli Boyd 1 Tyler Heritage 10

Jett Lillywhite 3 Tahlia Nelson 10

Joel Hammer 10 Ruby Petherick 32

Jackson Gallyer 7 Jay Smith 32

Liam Turner 13 Kaihain Smiley 13

Confidence Rm

Rex Ryan-Isaac 4

Sienna Sawford 4

Gabriella Bull 1

Grace Bird 3

Shelley Roberts 31

Thomas Westlake 13

Crossing Monitors- Term 1

Crossing Monitors

Week 6 Lucy Bastin & Paige Den Hartog

Week 7 Darcy Kelly & Andrew Bartolo

Week 5

Getting Along Rm Organisation Rm

Muhammad Khorami 26 Tahana Chantrelle 31

Ashim Sunawar 26 Leah Wayne 1

Grace Douglas 32 Riley Cope 3

Ameya Hera-Singh 35 Jada Smith 11

Saidie Manson 1 Katie Turnbull 34

Charlotte Mitchell 3 Ellen Edwards 34

Jett Thompson 11 Arrayah Kerrigan 4

Djeyla Salkic 4 Bentley Smith 4

Alexis Hosking 4 Chloe Dawson 13

Lachlan White 13 Confidence Rm

Bailee Kelly 6 Darcy Kelly 31

Hannah Thompson 33 Michael Rafferty 35

Phoenix Fletcher-Bonnet 33 LJ Pepper 1

Resilience Rm Charlie Hegan 3

Jyrelle Nguyen 28 Mikayla Cogzell 34

Peter Lycett 28 Levi Humble 10

Ethan Farrelly 1 Brooklyn O’Connor 10

Sarah Timms 3 Jett Rider 10

Lewis Power-Barnes 4 Room 10-

Shaivi Kashyap 4 Whole class for

Thomas Westlake 13 fabulous Guided

Shaun Culjak 6 Reading

Persistence Rm Amelia Walker 4

Ella Jarvis 32 Finn Gladwin 4

Madison Rimmer 32 Tyler Sealey 13

Chase Rogers 32 Olivia McAdam 33

AJ Crago 1 Phoebe Clark 33

Mckenzie Mack 3

Joshua Westlake 11

Lucas Wilson 11

Casey Redpath 4

Lincoln Edge 4

Lilly Stewart 13

Your local Neighbourhood Watch group meets

regularly in the Salisbury Heights Primary School.

Please join us at our next meeting on

Tuesday 19th

March, 2019 at 7:30pm

for 1 hour to discuss safety concerns in our

community.

New Members Welcome

Contact Area Coordinator: Lesley: 0415 355 414

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Sports Day Update

Congratulations to the students who have been voted as House Captains for 2019. As Sports

Day is only 5 weeks away they have a big job ahead of them in first learning the Health

Hustle and then teaching the whole school. I wish all teams the best of luck in the coming

weeks and I’m looking forward to working alongside such a great bunch of students to make

Sports Day run as smooth as possible.

-Mr Ward

Captains: Hope Boldog & Lincoln

Mychajliw

Vice Captains: Makayla Rimmer &

Cooper Walton

Captains: Sophie Wilton & Sari

Barilla

Vice Captains: Vincent Kennison &

Amelia Adamson

Captains: Jyrelle Nguyen & Shelley

Roberts

Vice Captains: Aidan Tape &

Ebonee Styles

Captains: Chloe Shaw & Andrew

Bartolo

Vice Captains: Mia Williamson &

Mikayla O’Brien

Meteors Suns

Comets Stars

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Community News

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More information is available from the Front Office

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Flyers with more information are available from the Front Office

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Descriptive Writing in room 33

In Room 33, we have been using description bubbles to write

creative and detailed descriptions. We know descriptions are a

really important part of narrative writing. We will use the skill of

writing effective descriptions in our narratives in the coming weeks.

A trio of dark grey, chubby monkeys, who live at the Adelaide

Zoo, were cuddling together on a leafy branch. The

compassionate parents were protecting their diminutive baby

from the freezing cold weather. By Room 33

The diminutive, golden orange dragonfly with transparent and

fragile wings is resting calmly on an arched, delicate leaf in Utah,

in Zion National Park. By Room 33

The singular, microscopic dragonfly with transparent, petal like

wings was grasping onto the delicate and arching leaf in Zion

National Park. By Paige.

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A petite dragonfly with transparent wings and an arched shaped

body is sitting on a flexible leaf in Utah, in Zion National Park. By

Ryan

The singular, ruby golden dragonfly with transparent, yellow

golden wings is calmly resting on a perched, arched, flexible leaf

in Zion National Park. By Olivia M

The beautiful, delicate and fragile dragonfly rested on a thin leaf.

The dragonfly’s lovely colours of orange and red shone brightly in

the light of Zion National Park. By Joey

In Zion National Park there is a beautiful, fragile dragonfly that lies

on a delicate leaf, with its transparent wings out and its calm

orange body watching and waiting for its prey. By Sienna

The slim, golden brown dragonfly with transparent wings was

resting calmly on a delicate pale green leaf in Zion National Park.

By Kailee

A singular, snow white polar bear with fur that looks like a

transparent cloud of fluff was having a peaceful snooze in New

York in the beautiful Central Park Zoo. By Caiden

The huge polar bear with snow white, transparent fur is resting

calmly on a smooth, black and grey rock in Central Park Zoo, New

York City. By Cameron

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Using our descriptive writing skills, we wrote this narrative as a class.

A Day in the Life of a Diminutive and Starving Squirrel

Early in the morning, a solitary falcon with turquoise, piercing eyes,

was skimming the top of the trees, hunting for prey. Meanwhile, a

starving, diminutive, bronze coloured squirrel with a bushy brown

tail was scavenging for mouth-watering nuts in the gloomy forest.

All of a sudden, the snow white falcon with claws as sharp as razor

blades swooped down and picked the petrified and surprised

squirrel up by his silky tail.

'Oh no, I'm done for!' thought the trembling squirrel.

Out of nowhere, a singular, territorial and substantially sized eagle

with golden, outstretched wings recognised that the falcon, who

was ready to eat his dinner, was grasping a horrified squirrel with

his extra pointy claws.

Out of the blue, the outraged eagle swooped in from the really

cloudy sky to save the petite squirrel, who was starting to feel faint.

As the eagle glided down, he physically and fiercely attacked the

falcon, who was forced to drop the relieved squirrel back into his

natural habitat, where he was thrilled to see the breath taking

views of his home.

Later, the massive eagle explained to the falcon

'It's good you dropped the harmless squirrel, it's not good to eat

other animals! Go somewhere else!’

The squirrel was delighted to be safe and was thankful to the kind

eagle for rescuing him. After his dramatic day, the squirrel

decided to go back to foraging for delicious, crunchy acorns on

the forest floor.