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TERM 2

8/5/18

Debating at Pembroke

11/5/18

Assembly

Parent Workshop

SAPSASA Cross Country

13/5/18

Mother’s Day

14/5/18 - 18/5/18

Naplan Week

15/5/18

Governing Council Meeting

16/5/18

Ramadan begins

21/5/18 - 23/5/18

Scholastic Book fair

25/5/18

Assembly

11/6/18

Queens Birthday Holiday (No School)

Issue: Week 2

Term 2, 2018

IMPORTANT

DATES

NEWSLETTER

Principal

Gael Little

Ph: 08 8337 1411 LEARNING MATTERS ~ ATTENDANCE MATTERS 1

Empathy Respect Community Excellence

Ph: 08 8337 1411

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From the

Principal

LEARNING MATTERS ~ ATTENDANCE MATTERS 2

NEWSLETTER

Create space Children benefit from organisation. Create a special space for doing things like homework and try to make homework a calm experience.

Be available to help if your child has a question If you are helping your child, try to make it a positive time that you share together and minimise stress related to homework. Focus on building their confidence, rather than ‘having the answer’.

Talk to your child’s teacher about homework and find out about your school’s guidelines It’s good to have rules about homework, but it’s confusing for children to be expected to do more or less than asked at school.

Welcome back! We hope that all families had a wonderful break and enjoyed time with friends and family. Time away from our everyday tasks can be very restful. We have another busy term ahead with only 10 weeks of intensive learning until mid year holidays.

Thank you to all families that helped to collect Coles Sports vouchers for our school. We have managed to collect over 29,000 vouchers to help us purchase some new Sports equipment.

Praise your child for their effort and persistence when they are doing homework

Empathy Respect Community Excellence

Continuing on from last term we have a few more tips from the following article which has been written by the Department for Education for families. Tips 1, 2, 3 and 4 were added to Term 1 newsletters. Please see below for Tip 5. You can also find it on the Department website if you wish to read ahead of time or if you have missed any tips.

www.decd.sa.gov.au/sites/g/files/.../helping_children_learn-primaryschool

Tip 5: Create a good homework environment

There are a couple of important things you can do to get the most out of homework. One is building your child’s confidence and the other is to support them to learn on their own. The ways to help them will change as they get older.

Ph: 08 8337 1411

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From the

Principal

ABSENCE - SMS 0407 949 271

Please add this number into your contacts

East Torrens Primary School is moving forward with the times and becoming

more efficient in communicating with families and the community. We have

installed a new system which will support us with attendance, absences and

many other administrative tasks in an instantaneous manner.

ABSENCES: Families will still need to notify the school of any absences and a

message will still be sent to your phone for unexplained absences. The new

phone number for families to message is 0407 949 271.

LATE ARRIVAL/EARLY DEPARTURE: Families will still need to sign in and out at

the front office as usual.

VOLUNTEERS: Any volunteers will also need to sign in and out at the front office

where a badge will be printed and must be worn while on school grounds.

SMS: You can send a message to 0407 949 271 notifying the school of your child's

absence.

Oliphant

Science

Awards

Is your child interested in science? The Oliphant Science Awards

offer a broad range of topics which children can explore through

robotics, photography, writing, crystal making, poster design,

investigations and game making. Although, this is an

extra-curricular activity students are welcome to seek feedback

and guidance from myself, to ensure that their entry is of a high

standard and meets all of the requirements. If you feel that your

child would be interested in participating, please ask them to see me or contact the front office,

so that I can organise a registration form.

You can find further information at http://www.oliphantscienceawards.com.au.

Go to ‘Event Info’ and ‘2018 Award categories’ to find out about the various topics and

categories.

Rebecca Graves

IELPC News

Wellbeing

Leader

Ph: 08 8337 1411

Principal

Gael Little

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Congratulations to all the students who have achieved 95% and above for their attendance in Term 1. Our attendance has significantly improved over the years and currently we are sitting on an average of between 93% to 94%.

I would like to emphasise the importance of arriving to school on time in the mornings. This is a critical time where children see their friends in the morning and have a run around. We have yard supervision from 8.30am every morning. Students then go into their classrooms at 8.40am where they prepare themselves for learning. If you are finding it difficult to get your child to school in the mornings please come and see me.

Student Class Representatives Congratulations to all the students who were nominated and are now representing their class. We acknowledged all the students in SRC at assembly in our first assembly this term.

H22 - Remy L and Zoya P H23 - Ellie E and Zach B

M2 - Jordan B and Laura A M3 - Tahlia D and Fares A

M4 - Abuzar M and Jasmin C M5 - Anahjot (Anahat) S and Bing Hong (Galen) H

M6 - Kate N and Arnav K M7 - Jannat S and Sigurd H

M8 - Richard M and Guneet K M9 - Anahat S and Samarbir A

M10 - Aaradhya G and Kai Jie (Kenneth) J R12 - Pariz Z and Adela R

R14 - Mady S and Fiona F R15 - Luca O and Stella M

R17 - Bijou C and Ahmed A

Our Senior Executive Leaders were announced and congratulated in Term 1 but we would like to acknowledge them again. They are Rain L, Catlin M, Ali H, Fariha Z, Asghar M, Bhuvnesh S, Fawaz H from R13 and Aidan H from R15.

Martha Pampoukidis

Wellbeing Leader

Dear Families,

Welcome back to Term 2. I hope you had an enjoyable break.

We have started the term with six classes and with continuous enrolments are likely to reach a 7th

class soon.

Please welcome the following new students and their families to East Torrens:

Arhaan MOAZZEM (M10) Payoja RAJENDRAN (R14) Aarav LUTHRA (M5) Gurleen BHULLAR (M5) Zijie (Jerry) ZHAO (M9) Roshan RANKIREDDI (M5) Zainab MUDAR (M10) Andres FLORES MANTILLA (M7)

Wendy Olsson Senior Leader IELPC

Wellbeing

Leader

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Principal

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Attendance Matters At East Torrens Primary School

Term 1 - 2018

CLASS Above 95% 100%

M1 Michael C

William E

CLASS Above 95%

Attendance

100%

Attendance

M2 Josie B Laura A

Shayla C Phoenix B

Harshika D Harman K

Abhitaj G Alfaiz K

Dylan H Aayan N

Diljot K Serena R

Thomas T Imelda T

CLASS Above 95%

Attendance

100%

Attendance

M3 Fares A Zahra K

Sylas B Samara S

Tahlia D Jenny S

Jiatong L Harjapneet S

Jamillah T Riley S

Kyan W Aelwin T

CLASS Above 95% 100%

M4 Jasmin C Ian K

Om D Kristy L

Mario D Maya N

Tyson D Sophia R

Ahmed F

Anton S

Gurshan S

Retaj S

Destiny S

Omar Y

CLASS Above 95%

Attendance

100%

Attendance

M5 Galen H James J

Silja H Lucas J

Catherine L Jessica T

Mushta Q Arnav V

Anahat S Hesara V

Connie Z

CLASS Above 95%

Attendance

100%

Attendance

M6 Ennee G Brian J

Marlaa G Sammy R

Aarnav K

Deeco K

Seoyoon L

Emilie L

Jonathan L

Kate N

CLASS Above 95%

Attendance

100%

Attendance

M7 Rannivir G Siwon C

Sigurd H Chiruhas D

Chen Y Long L

Jannat S

Jerry Y

CLASS Above 95%

Attendance

100%

Attendance

M8 Guneet K Jenny J

Safa K Kiana Z

Chenxuan L Mark L

Stacy M Richard M

Osborn W Gabriel M

Thesali R

Aarav V

Stacy W

CLASS Above 95%

Attendance

100%

Attendance

M9 Andrew D Samarbir A

Trung D Mahir A

Lucas L Arden D

Rhea M Heidi H

Anahat S Nicole H

Aaliya K

Pete N

CLASS Above 95%

Attendance

100%

Attendance

M10 Omkar D Ayin C

Aaradhya G Andric D

Aashrith G Kenneth J

Evelyn J Alisa L

Emma L Haiping W

Alex L Andy W

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Attendance Matters At East Torrens Primary School

Term 1 - 2018

CLASS Above 95%

Attendance

100%

Attendance

H22 Jad A Alexander C

Nicole B Aidan H

Jaydan C Summer J

Vanya J Issabelle S

Remy L

Joshua N

Zoya P

CLASS Above 95%

Attendance

100%

Attendance

H23 Mara A Heath M

Javanna B Teegan T

Ellie E

Carly K

Felicia M

CLASS Above 95%

Attendance

100%

Attendance

R17 Ahmed A Bijou C

Zeinab A Elena G

Max B Carson H

Adeline G Tina L

Ferdos N Mari-Anne L

Lily S Daniela P

Connor T Joshua T

Shyla W

CLASS Above 95%

Attendance

100%

Attendance

R12 Sachee G Bradley M

Rhys H Melati N

Vanessa K

Harsimran K

Manreet K

Jiaqi L

Sampath M

Ahmad M

Kartavya M

Georgia M

Nikola N

Pariz Z

CLASS Above 95%

Attendance

100%

Attendance

R13 Fawaz A Buffy B

Rain L Sarah F

Koby M Eunna K

Amberli P Caitlin M

Rahul S Zuber N

Bhuvnesh S Luca N

Qaid V Alyosha R

Igor Z Allen S

Fariha Z

CLASS Above 95%

Attendance

100%

Attendance

R14 Fiona F Sarah D

Kajsa H Elena G

Mady S Fiona H

Lina L

Pushkar M

Andy M

Thi N

Pushkar S

Patrick S

Prada S

Sara S

Sophie T

Saien Y

CLASS Above 95%

Attendance

100%

Attendance

R15 Aidan H Stella M

Tony K Luca O

Iztinab R

William T

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Community

Information

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Opening Times

Tuesday

8:30am - 9:30am

Wednesday

2:00pm - 3.00pm

Friday

2:00pm - 3:30pm

East Torrens Primary School Canteen will be open every

WEDNESDAY at RECESS for drinks, ice blocks and chips.

E.T.P.S CANTEEN 2018 PRICE LIST

Term 2 Special Lunch

Days

Week 3 Tuesday 15th May

Week 6 Tuesday 5th June

Week 9 Tuesday 26th June

21st - 23rd May 2018

Resource Centre

Term 2 Planner 2018

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Term 2 Begins Lacrosse Carnival

SRC Assembly

7 - May 8 - May 9 - May 10 - May 11 - May

Debating at

Pembroke

Assembly

Parent Workshop

SAPSASA Cross-Country

14 - May 15 - May 16 - May 17 - May 18 - May

Sunday 13th

Mother’s Day

Special Lunch

Gov. Council Meet Ramadan Begins

M1/R15

Swimming Walk to School Day

NAPLAN

21 - May 22 - May 23 - May 24 - May 25 - May

School Tours M1/R15

Swimming Assembly

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR

28 - May 29 - May 30 - May 31 - May 1 - June

Vincent Tarzia visit to R12

Reconciliation Day

ICAS Science Test

Debating at

Pembroke

Biggest Morning

Tea

M1/R15

Swimming

4 - June 5 - June 6 - June 7 - June 8 - June

Special Lunch

M1/R15

Swimming

R12 Excursion

Assembly

11 - June 12 - June 13 - June 14 - June 15 - June

Queen’s Birthday

Holiday ICAS Spelling Test ICAS Writing Test

18 - June 19 - June 20 - June 21 - June 23 - June

Gov. Council Meet

Debating at

Pembroke

Assembly

25 - June 26 - June 27 - June 28 - June 29 - June

2 - July 3 - July 4 - July 5 - July 6 - July

M1/R15

Swimming

Assembly

End of Term 2

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