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A Message from Deb … Welcome back to term 3. We hope everyone is settling back into routine. This term is panning out to be a very busy one with many reasons for celebration.

First up congratulations to our Taiko Ensemble who have been selected to be Assisting Artists for the 2017 Festival of Music concert. These students are Mia, Sophie, Yashika, Navya, Ginger, Gracie , Emily, Olivia, Adiba, Lila, Abby, Raidah and Claire. Some children are also in the Percussion Troop, so Goodwood is well represented this year at the Festival of Music.

A special congratulations to 12C on their fundraising efforts for Alzheimer’s Australia. Last

Thursday they were able to do the Goodwood to Bay walk, the major event to contribute to their fundraising program. In total they raised $1161.90.

School Photos

Monday 28 August (week 5) is the date for school photos. Envelopes will be sent home soon. Please ensure you read the information. No money or envelopes are to be sent to school prior—ONLY ON THE DAY OF PHOTOS. Family envelopes will be available from the front office.

Reception and Year 1 parents During weeks 3 and 4 (7th – 18th August), our school will be participating in a phonics screening check trial for students in Reception and Year 1. We will be sending out a letter to you

later this week. The purpose of the screening check is to track and monitor student progress in phonics and will be carried out by your child’s class teacher. The data will then be sent to the department as part of the trial. Should you wish your child’s data not to be sent to the department, please inform your child’s teacher or fill out the return slip on the phonics letter that will be sent out later this week.

National Tree Day—Crows visit

Congratulations to Bebe P, Lucy T and Yolinda R who submitted an entry in the competition to get

the Crows Team out to our school on National Tree Planting Day. Once again our children, Preschool to Year 7, demonstrated fantastic behaviour while the team was here helping some children plant trees and shrubs around our school and during a massive poster signing event. Thank you to our fabulous student ambassadors for greeting the Crows players on arr ival and for their achievements in helping

coordinate the event. Well done! Check out some of the photos on page 5.

Student Free Day and Closure Day Governing Council has approved the following:

Thursday 31 August—Student Free Day Friday 1 September—School Closure Day

OSHC is available both days—BOOK NOW

Our Open Night will be Wednesday 30 August 5:30 –6 Preschool 6pm—7pm Reception—Year 7

Important Dates

Friday 4 August Wear a Beanie Day to School Day—Gold Coin Donation

Friday 4 August Parent Tour 9am

Monday 7 August Governing Council 7.30pm

Tuesday 8 August SLW meeting 5.30pm

Tuesday 8 August 4M & 5M excursion

Friday 11 August Walk a Mile in Your Boots

Friday 11 August 11C excursion to Botanic Gardens

Monday 14—Friday 18 August Science Week

Tuesday 15 August Goody Patch Management Meeting 5.30pm

Wednesday 16 August 12C assembly Marella /Amy 2.30pm

Monday 21 August Book Week Parade 9am

Friday 25 August 6M Zoo excursion

Friday 25 August Peggy Williams Incursion

Term 3, Week 2, 2 August 2017

Master Plan for our Yard Spaces You may have noticed that our flying fox on the wooden play ground is broken. There are also other areas around the school that desperately need a face lift. A group of teachers and parents are going to create a draft plan for

how we want our yard spaces to be in the future. We will keep you informed through the newsletter.

Car Parking in the Middle of Hampton Street South

PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN

THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD TO WAIT TO COLLECT OR DROP OFF YOUR CHILD.

Unfortunately people are putting their own children and the children of other families at risk. We understand, that during winter people like to stay dry and minimise the distance for them or their child to walk. However, everyone getting to and from school safely has

to be a priority. So… how about you park a street away and walk with an umbrella to school. Provide your child with a raincoat. Thank you in anticipation for your cooperation.

Lost Property

Why have I laid out our latest unnamed good quality lost property??? It astounds me the amount of lost property accumulated each week. Here is what our lost property box looks like after three days.

Please reinforce with your child the importance of taking care of their property. Thank you.

Inquiry Learning Staff are committed to using teaching and learning approaches which promote Inquiry Learning. This week 6 staff members will be attending training with Kath Murdoch on ‘Leading for Inquiry Learning’. Kath is an Internationally renowned consultant. Reading her book, The Power of Inquiry, provides a sense of why we value this approach. Here is an exert from the book: “How can we create learning environments that cultivate

curiosity and grow young people as confident, capable and creative inquirers? How can we ensure that our teaching nurtures rather than diminishes the sense of wonder with which we are all born? How can we become better inquirers as we teach? How can we help our students grow as thinkers, collaborators, self-managers, communicators and researchers as they inquire?” Attending this training will build on Goodwood Primary’s work over many years and add value to our work. Catherine Murch’s role as Assistant Principal Teaching and

Learning supports our work in this area. Kind regards

Deb Brassington, Principal

Friday 4 August Wear a Beanie to school day

Students are encouraged to wear a beanie to school and please bring a gold coin donation. Money raised will go

directly to the Hutt Street Centre for the “Walk a Mile In My Boots” fundraiser.

Friday 11 August Walk a Mile in your Boots Fundraiser

Classes 3M, 8M, 19E and 12C Students who have registered to participate in this event

will be meeting at school at 6.30pm. They will catch a tram to the city and commence the fundraising walk from

Victoria Square. Detailed information will be sent home to the relevant

classes.

Book Week Parade Monday 21 August at 9am

Dress up as your favourite character

Inquiry Based Learning Each term different classes work with me for Inquiry Based Learning. This term it is the Year 3 and 3/4 stu-dents turn. My role in this, is to plan collaboratively and teach alongside teachers, model formative and summa-

tive assessment strategies and to model pedagogy. The year 3-4 teachers have developed units of work based on the cross curriculum priority ‘Sustainability’. Their inquiry lessons will focus on one aspect of this. Ms Swinburne’s class have a Science focus [energy] and Janet and Bron-wyn’s classes have a Geography focus. In conjunction with the content learning students are developing their skills: · to participate in a community of inquiry · in metacognition · in critical and creative thinking

· in collaboration · in giving and receiving feedback Catherine Murch

Online Safety

SAPOL Visit I organised a visit from SAPOL representatives, Janet and Kerry, to talk to students in year 5, 6 and 7 about online safety. The presentations were tailored for the age groups and addressed the following aspects: Apps and age limits Accessing sexualised content ‘Grooming’ Privacy Sharing information Legalities Rights and responsibilities Online bullying. Some of the information was quite eye-opening for both students and teachers and stimulated some deep thinking about our online behaviours. The most important messages given were: The internet is a great place but you need to know how to protect yourself If it doesn’t feel right, don’t do it and let an adult know Think before you press send The apps students are using are for 13 year olds and above You can be charged and arrested with a criminal offence from the age of ten Teachers have a legal responsibility to report inappropriate and offensive online behaviour to

police.

If your child is in year 5, 6 or 7, it might be a good opportunity to continue the conversation at home. I am planning to organise a parent session either later this year or early next year and hope that you can all attend! Below are two useful links. They have information about the apps students are accessing.

https://www.thinkuknow.org.au/parents-portal https://www.esafety.gov.au/esafety-information/games-apps-and-social-networking Regards Catherine Murch

Technologies in Term 3

Digital Citizenship This term, classes in Technologies will work on concepts of Digital Citizenship (including cyber safety, netiquette, and online sharing and collaboration). These ideas will be integrated into our learning across the term, using a platform called Edmodo. Edmodo is a free and secure learning network for teachers, students, and schools. It provides a safe way for teachers and students to connect, share content, access homework, participate in discussions, manage due dates, and receive class information. Unlike other social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, Edmodo is a tool strictly for educational purposes and we will be enforcing the following guidelines: Students will be required to use appropriate grammar instead of texting language Edmodo does not allow private student-to-student messaging - the site will be used to discuss school-related content only, and the teacher will monitor all Edmodo activity. No put-downs or sarcasm toward another’s ideas. All school rules and consequences related to bullying and harassment apply. Edmodo is accessible to Teachers, Students and Parents at any time on any device through the Web. Parents are able to view what their child shares on Edmodo through a unique child code. This will be sent home with your child when their account has been created. You can learn more about the Parent Account by going to the Help Center at support.edmodo.com and clicking “Parent Resources.” Reception to Year 2 students Students in the early years will explore data and systems this term. They will learn to recognise and utilise patterns in data and explore ways to sort and represent data. Students will recognise and explore digital and design systems. They will undertake and share related design challenges. 4M and 5M As well as continuing our work in Digital Citizenship, Technologies for 4M and 5M will incorporate design challenges that integrate with work that the classes are doing in IBL around sustainability.

We will also be investigating concepts of data and systems. 6M This term, we will be exploring the world of energy, force and motion using the LEGO WeDo robotic kits. We will use the devices to learn about digital systems and peripherals. 8M and 19E The 4/5 classes will be exploring concepts of data and systems

through digital, interactive worlds. This will involve a design challenge to access the virtual reality. 3M will work on knowledge of systems, data and skill development with technology tools this term. Using a virtual learning platform, they will examine the main components of digital systems and how they connect together to form networks to transmit data. They will acquire and store different types of data, and use a range of software to create information from that data. 11C will complete our 'smart home' automation challenge this term. We will also delve into the world of data, unpack what it is and what we can do with it. This will involve investigating how digital systems represent text, image and audio data in binary. 12C We will also delve into the world of data, unpack what it is and what we can do with it. This will involve investigating how digital systems represent text, image and audio data in binary. 12C will also work on skill development with technology tools and will begin a project showcasing their skills at the end of the term. Questions or comments? Please contact liam.mccomb673@schools.sa.edu.au

Great Achievements

Making Strong Connections Preschool to School…. Last Wednesday the Junior Primary students got together with the Preschool children to have a catch up. The Junior Primary students ran a mock assembly to show the preschool children how assemblies are done at school. We sang the National Anthem and learnt how to sit quietly and listen to people speaking in the microphone. We also sang a few sing-a-long songs. It was great to work together.

Crow support National Tree Day What a fabulous opportunity for Goodwood Primary School and Preschool to meet the Crows Team and plant trees and shrubs to help our school environment.

Initiative Alive and Well at Goodwood Primary

Congratulations to James W and Patrick E, with assistance from Henry M and Braithan M on the successful first day of the card club! These boys came up with an idea to run a card club to teach younger students and provide a space for experienced players at lunch time Thursdays. They negotiated possible supervision with Ms Swinburne, submitted a written proposal to Ms Murch and organised start up sets of cards for new players. They even had sign in sheets and extra resources to support the activity. Their first session was well attended and it looks like it might grow! Well done boys you have demonstrated excellent initiative, organisation and collaboration. Ms Murch

Great Achievements

GOODWOOD HOCKEY NEWS Congratulations to the 7 Goodwood Primary School students who represented the Adelaide South East zone at the SAPSASA Hockey carnival held in the second to last week of Term 2.

All GPS players thoroughly enjoyed playing in their 10 games throughout the week, and Ginger and the boys get to try out for these teams again next year.

The boys (L-R Mack D, Josh B, Finn J and Jaime S) finished 8th in their Division 2 competition.

The girls (L-R Mia A, Ginger F and Sophie G, plus a few happy team members) won their last game in a very exciting finish to the tournament, scoring a short-corner goal after the full-time whistle had blown (yes, this can happen in hockey!). This win secured their equal 2nd place in the Division 1 competition, a fantastic result.

Great Achievements

Congratulations to 8M on presenting

at assembly in week 10 last term.

We were also entertained by 4M and 5M…. very groovy!

Well done to11C and 12C on their dance performance.

Congratulations to 8M and 19E for their efforts collecting food for FoodBank.

Great Achievements

Congratulations to 13N on a very successful expo where they shared their work on

their homes and family.

18N Taking Turns Deb enjoyed working with 18N recently where the children had opportunities to

practice taking turns.

Community News

Term 2 Week 10 Assembly

Congratulations to these students who received awards last term.

CONFIDENCE

Adam C Sam C Ali K Slade N Milly W Clio T

RESPECT

Patrick E

ACHIEVEMENT

George M

Kiara M Reuben S Aafreen B

PERSISTENCE

Duncan S

Tom B Tom Z Ebony N Raj S Ruby S Axel K Thomas T Mack D Fareesha K Nate G Xavier C

ORGANISATION

Basil S

Owen T Reuben V Esther P

GETTING ALONG

Jenu P Navya K Marcus C

Lily B

Traffic Monitors Students have now had training to be crossing monitors. This is a very responsible job and we thank them for their

commitment to this role.

Remember:

› Be at school before 8:30 AM and head out

to the crossing as a group at 8:30 AM. The reserve

should also be at school before 8:30 AM.

› Wear your hats if it is a hat wearing day. Do not take

your bags.

› Stay focussed on your job.

› Stay on duty until 3:30 PM at the end of the day.

Head Monitor Reserve

Week 3 Finn J Skye S Emily W

Week 4 Abby S Braithan M Lila T

Community News

SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL JR Ginger F, a year 6 student at GPS has a role and would love to see some familiar faces in the audience! Enter the magical world of Dr Seuss in this fantastical musical extravaganza. Narrated by The Cat in the Hat, follow the story of Horton the Elephant who discovers a speck of dust containing tiny people the ‘Whos’ whom he must protect facing ridicule from a number of naysayers and various dangers along the way. Ultimately a story of the triumph of friendship, loyalty, family and community, Seussical The Musical Jr will leave your imagination buzzing as only Seuss can. Don’t miss Seussical The Musical Jr as it hits the Adelaide stage September 15th to17th, playing at the Norwood Concert Hall, 175 The Parade, Norwood. Note, Ginger is only on 16th September PM show and both shows Sunday 17th. Tickets are on sale now through www.pelicanproductions.com.au.

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