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GOAL SETTING MEETINGS - WK 6

Have you made a time to see your child’s teacher? www.schoolinterviews.com.au code: c78wz

From the Principal

Term 1 Week 5 Newsletter No. 03

1 March 2019

Principal : Mary Ttikirou Deputy: Maria Appelt

Dear Families,

Parent Engagement is important at Modbury School P-7!

In 2019 we will continue to seek ways to strengthen relationships and build

opportunities for all parents to connect with our school. Although parental

involvement and parental engagement are often used interchangeably,

there are differences.

It is proven that student achievement in learning is fostered when both parents

and schools work together to facilitate a supportive, rich learning environment

in both the home and school. Building positive parent school relationships is

the starting point. Next week’s teacher parent /student meetings will help

foster these important partnerships. Teachers will look to continue to build on

the information shared at these meetings in different ways. It is our intention

that all families will have engaged with their child’s teachers in some capacity

in the next week.

Parent Involvement refers to activities that take place at school such as

volunteering, meeting with teachers, attending school events, engaging with

Skoolbag, Facebook page, Playgroup and parent-teacher meetings/

interviews.

Parent Engagement refers to schools enabling parents to take their place

alongside educators in the schooling of their children. As a staff we will be

developing strategies to support authentic parent engagement and invite

your feedback.

Along with this, the Modbury School Governing Council will be involved in

discussions this year to support the development of opportunities for greater

parent engagement in the schooling of your children. Essentially, the outcome

we are looking for is that the power and authority be shared by educators and

parents with ideas to be mutually determined and beneficial.

If you have any feedback for the Governing Council, please forward your

comments via email dl.0272.admin@schools.sa.edu.au or a note to the office

for the Governing Council Members.

Pancake Breakfast / Assembly

Special thanks to the Modbury School Community Group and volunteers that

supported the pancake breakfast on Wednesday 27 February. Additional

thanks to Trinity Church Modbury for their ongoing support of these events

providing hot beverages.

Learning Community B (Rooms 8 & 9)

During week 2 in Learning Community B we were

given a STEM challenge. We had to work in groups

mixed with year 3s and 4s. Our task was to make a

car that could hold a koala teddy and also roll or

drag along a flat surface.

We each plan on our own. Then we worked with

our group to decide which plan and ideas would

be best. After that it was time to build.

It was challenging because we were only able to

use the materials and only had 40 minutes to build.

After the time was up, we had to present our final

car to the class and test if it could

1) support koala

2) roll or drag

This helped us work collaboratively with each other

and CONNECT with others.

The task allowed us to CREATE ideas and put them

together to design a car.

It was a CHALLENGE having only certain materials

to use and a time limit and putting our ideas

together.

CHALLENGE : CONNECT : CREATE

Materials we could use were:

Straws

Popsticks

Bottle tops

Rubber bands

Learning Community B (Rooms 8 & 9)

CHALLENGE : CONNECT : CREATE

Newspaper

Pipecleaners

Blutak

plasticine

paper clips

metal clip

String

Help us Save Bubbles

the Port River Dolphin!

In Learning Community B we are trying to help the

Port River Dolphins because we care about them

and their habitat. This term we are learning about

sustainability and the war on waste. We think that

pollution is an issue everyone in the whole world

should be worried about because we need to look

after our environment and not harm it. It is important

to us because we need to keep our atmosphere

clean, pollution can kill wildlife both on land and in

the ocean and we don’t want to live in a world full

of rubbish.

We have learned that when we litter and the wind

blows all the rubbish gets blown into the creek. After

it is blown into the creek the water washes the

rubbish down into the ocean. When it gets to the

ocean, the plastic rubbish often looks like sea

animals such as jellyfish. Sea creatures like turtles

and fish eat the rubbish and this makes them sick

and sometimes die.

We are learning about ways to reduce, reuse and

recycle waste. We have decided to collect

recyclables to raise money to adopt a dolphin that

lives in the Port River called Bubbles. The money will

help provide an information centre, a CCTV

camera, water testing equipment and a vet to help

sick or hurt dolphins.

For more information about the dolphins please go

to: https://adopt-au.whales.org/

This Sunday 3rd March, is Clean Up Australia Day, we

would love it if you would go to a nearby park or

creek and pick up some rubbish to help reduce

pollution in our environment.

If you bring fruit boxes or plastic bottles

like pop tops to school, please help us by

bringing them to LCB when they are

empty so we can recycle them.

So far we have collected 809 recyclables

in 10 days and are getting close to our

first goal. Once we have $100 we would

like to see if we can raise more money to

adopt the other dolphins in the Port River.

Please take action

and join us in our

quest to CLEAN UP

Modbury school

and the local

community!

Remember to

always put your

rubbish in the

correct bins.

WHAT IS THE SPORTS VOUCHERS PROGRAM?

The Sports Vouchers program is a

Government of South Australia initiative

administered by the Office for Recreation,

Sport and Racing.

The program provides an opportunity for

primary school aged children from Reception

to Year 7 to receive up to a $100 discount on

sports or dance membership/registration fees.

The purpose is to increase the number of

children playing organised sport or

participating in dance activities by reducing

cost as a barrier.

From 1 January 2019 several changes have

been made to the program, including the

vouchers being increased from $50 to $100

and all forms of dance are now eligible.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM?

All South Australian primary school aged children,

meaning if the child is attending or is eligible to

attend primary school (Reception to Year 7,

even if Year 7 is based at a high school).

Remember it is one voucher for every primary

school aged child per calendar year.

To find your nearest provider please use the ‘Find

a Provider’ tool on

www.sportsvouchers.sa.gov.au

HOW DOES THE PROGRAM WORK?

There are currently two methods of claiming a

voucher. The method depends on the providers

system. Some providers have online registrations,

claiming the voucher has been integrated into

their systems.

If the provider does not have the voucher

integrated into their online registrations, you’ll

need to download the voucher.

Once completed, take the voucher to an

approved provider to receive a discount on the

fees when you register.

Providers access the secure Voucher Portal to

redeem vouchers and receive reimbursement.

Does you child want to try a sport? Do they already participate in

sport? Did you know that the South Australian Government provides

Sports Vouchers to children who are Primary School aged to assist

families with the cost of sports.

Go to www.sportsvouchers.sa.gov.au to find out more.

Pancake Breakfast

& Assembly

27 February 2019

Community C (Rooms 6 & 7) presented role plays about ‘Rude, Mean and Bullying Behaviour’

demonstrating different behaviours so students understand what they mean.

The plays will be presented in individual classrooms over the coming weeks.

Congratulations to our Award Winners!