"Excellence and Care"

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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 18th

October Principal: Katherine Holman Deputy Principal: Terry Minos

Diary Dates 2019

From the Principal – Katherine Holman

Welcome back to Term 4. We trust you all had an

enjoyable holiday and are rested and ready to return to

school. This term is always very busy with lots of

events and tends to fly by.

During Monday’s Pupil Free Day staff took part in

our Annual Site Self Review where we analysed our

academic and perception data in order to plan how we

move forward and continue to improve learning for

our students. It was a very positive and productive

day. Staff felt enthusiastic about the progress made

starting this term with working towards future

directions.

Thank you to all the families who took the time to

complete the online parent survey. We had a record

amount of replies (over 100). Not only did people

complete the survey but many took the time to

provide us with specific feedback. This feedback is

really important to us and when compared to the

student and staff surveys provides us with really clear

information about the areas we are excelling in as a

school and the areas that our community would like to

see some improvement in. The feedback has been

overwhelmingly positive. Out of a maximum score of

5, our school achieved a rating of 4 or above in the

majority of categories. The graphs will be published

in the Annual Report and will be distributed to the

community early next year.

Below is a summary from the analysis of the data.

Oct 25th Room 32 & 35 at Marine Discovery Centre Excursion

Oct 29th Governing Council

Nov 1st Charities Day

Nov 7th Parent Helper Morning Tea

Nov 13th New Reception Transition/ School Tour

Nov 20th New Reception Transition

Nov 20th Social Responsibility Awards

Nov 27th New Reception Transition

Nov 27th Academic Improvement Awards

Dec 3rd Governing Council

Dec 4th New Reception Transition

Dec 4th Academic Excellence Awards

Dec 6th Visit to new classes / Reports to go home

Dec 10th Christmas Concert

Dec 11th Graduation

Dec 13th End of Term 4- Early Dismissal at 2pm

Assembly Class Items for your Diary

Term 4

2 23rd Oct Room 7 & 11

3 30th Oct Room 1, 3 & 4

4 6th Nov Room 26, 28 & 31

5 13th Nov Room 33, 34 & 9- Remembrance Day Assembly

6 20th Nov Room 6, 10 & 13

7 27th Nov Room 35 & 32

8 4th Dec Awards/ Concert Seating

9 13th Dec No Item/ Assembly on Friday to Farewell Yr 7’s

Student Surveys

Highest rating

My teachers expect me to do my best

Lowest rating

Student behaviour is well managed at my school

Things to celebrate

Teachers are respectful, helpful, fair and listen to us

Growth mindset

Safe environment

Behaviour dealt with straight away

Extra activities

Fun Learning Activities

Feedback helps

Stem tasks are good

Issues to address

Stop bullying

Fence around the oval

Some specialist areas are preferred over others

"Excellence and Care"

2020 Materials and Service Fees – Sue McKee The Materials and Services Charges for 2020 have

been approved by the Department for Education and

by our Governing Council.

The charge has been set at $350.00 per student for the

2020 school year. We are very happy to announce for

the fourth year M&S Fees have not increased and

remain the same as 2017, 2018 & 2019.

If you wish to discuss the 2020 School Materials &

Services charges you may attend the next Governing

Council meeting on Tuesday 29th October at

6:30pm. It will be the first item on the agenda and is

open to all parents of the school. If you are unable to

attend you can express your views prior to the

meeting by either writing to the Chairperson of the

Governing Council or by leaving your name and

contact number with the Front Office by Friday 25th

October and a member of staff will contact you prior

to the meeting.

This information and a copy of the Department for

Education approved Watermarked Notice of Materials

and Services Charges for 2020 is included in this

newsletter. A hard copy is avaliable at the Front

Office and the Finance Office.

Thank-you for your support.

On behalf of Salisbury Heights Primary School

Governing Council

2020 M&S Fee Polling Voting Slips Governing

Council

Polling Slips were sent home via Australia Post this

week. A positive result will mean the school will be

able to recover the full amount from families who do

not pay their school fees and are sent to Dept for

Education Debt Recoveries Team as per our Debt

Recovery Policy.

Thank you to all the parents who have already

returned their voting slip it is much appreciated. You

have until Friday 25th

October (next Friday) to

return your slip and place it in the box provided in the

Front Office. Names are kept confidential. Votes will

be counted on Monday 28th October by two

Governing Council members and parents will be

notified of the outcome as soon as practical through

the newsletter, SMS and email.

Thank you for your support.

Salisbury Heights Primary School Governing Council

Scholastic Book Club

We have an order from Term 3 that has no name on

the order form. If you believe this order may be yours,

please visit the Front Office for collection.

Canteen News- Mandie & Lynette

Weeks 2 & 3

Bi – Weekly Specials $5.50

Cold Rolls- Chicken (2 per serve)

Salad of the week $4.50

Week 2: Grilled chicken & pineapple

Week 3: Tuna bean salad with lime chilli dressing

Look out for our Halloween Specials only

on Thursday 31st October.

Each lunch ordered on this day will recieve a Trick

or Treat in the lunch bag.

Staff Survey

Highest rating

Teachers at this school expect students to do their best

Lowest rating

Teachers at this school treat students fairly

Things to celebrate

ICT upgrades, Stem focus, facilities

Intervention programs- reading/ quick smart

T&D is relevant

Strong leadership support

Collaboration across year levels

Strengthening of Partnership networks

Issues to address

Continue to keep up with technology

Continued work in teams

Kids having more say in their learning

Parent Surveys

Highest rating

I can talk to my child’s teachers about my concerns

Lowest rating

Students at this school treat students fairly

Things to celebrate

Compassionate and competent Principal, teachers and front office staff

Continuously looking for improvement

Individual support for students

Excellent communication to parents

Issues to address

Parking

Website needs some work.

Online facilities for payments

Students requiring additional support

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Commonwealth Student Banking Award Winner

Week 10 Term 3: Room: 9

Week 1 Term 4: Room: 4

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

New School Banking rewards now available!

Exciting new Term 4 Polar Savers rewards are now

available, while stocks last!

Water Skimming Bounce Ball & Polar Pencil

Toppers

For every deposit made at school students will receive

a silver Dollarmites token. Once students have

individually collected 10 tokens they can redeem them

for exclusive School Banking reward items in

recognition of their regular savings habits. There are

two new items released each term so be sure to keep

an eye out for them!

Thank you for supporting the School Banking

program and remember, School Banking day is every

Thursday.

Crossing Monitors- Term 4

Week 2: Darcy Kelly & Andrew Bartolo

Week 3: Amelia Adamson & Lincoln Mychajliw

Academic Excellence Awards

Congratulations to those students that received

Academic Excellence Awards in Term 3 Week 10…

MATHEMATICS:

Tayla Scurrell Noah Wise Dylan Farrelly

Campbell Shaw Jett Lillywhite Kaihain Smiley

Benjamin Pilkington Madison Davis Cooper Blades

LITERACY :

Amy-Lee Hewitson Annabelle Toft Paige Ralston

Thomas Westlake Jenna Yeatman Jada Smith

LITERACY & MATHEMATICS:

Tahlia Nelson Olivia Penney Stirling Edwards

Kayley Marks Nate Wenske Tristan Pagcu

Layla Mattiske Amelie McArdle Mikayla O’Brien

Shelley Roberts Paiyten Simpson Mia Fatchen

Phoebe Clark Braxton Davis Tommy Gromczak

Isobel Foreman Rudraneel Saha

L.O.T.E.CHINESE:

Ashleigh Anderson Vanessa Schultz Tatjana Fafulic

Eli Robinson Bryce Fawkes Rastko Marjanovic

Poppy Kerrigan Iyla Chantrelle Josie Manto

Alera Fullarton Sophie Arruzzolo Paige Ralston

Aimee Vozlic Jenna Yeatman Anabelle Pilkington

Chloe Shaw Mitchell Zimmermann

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Class Placements - 2020

Just a reminder that this term we will be looking at placing children into classes for 2020.Teachers have not been allocated to year

levels at this stage and our staffing will not be finalised until late in the year. We hope to be able to notify students and parents of

2020 class placements by the end of week 8.

It is extremely important for our planning that we have accurate numbers, therefore we need to know of any new enrolments and

of any families with children in Reception to Year 6 who will not be attending our school in 2020. Please notify us asap if you are

leaving or enrolling a new student.

Teachers spend an enormous amount of time considering the allocation of students to classes. Teachers ask the children in their

class to nominate students they would like to be placed with. If there are no valid reasons why the children cannot be placed

together we make every effort to ensure all children are placed with at least one friend. If there has been a friendship issue

historically this information stills needs to be re-submitted for 2020 if it is still relevant.

Class structures are largely determined by numbers of children in year levels and the number of staff we are allocated for the

beginning of the year. We will be using a program called class creator which allocates students to classes for us ensuring they are

balanced.

Some of the factors we consider include:

friendship groups

gender balance

academic ability

a balance of students that show leadership skills

maturity and independence

behaviour

We are happy for parents / care givers to advise us with information, in writing, that they would like to be considered for 2020

placements. Please use the proforma provided in this newsletter. Some parents may have genuine reasons to request that a

friendship is considered when we are making placements. However we are not able to accommodate requests for groups of

children to be kept together. As stated students have the opportunity to request up to 5 friends.

We do not take requests for individual teachers or for children to not be placed with individual teachers.

Letters need to be returned to the school no later than the Friday 25th October.

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2020 Class Placement: Information for consideration

A separate sheet must be used for each child.

Please note you cannot request individual teachers. Students from years

1 to 6 will nominate 5 friends each through their class. If you are requesting friendships there can be no more

than two names. We endeavour to place students with at least one of their nominated friends.

Please note Reception students have a separate class placement form to complete. Please see the Reception

teachers or the Front Office for a copy.

To be returned to school no later than Friday 25th

October

Parents Name: ………………………………………………………..…. Contact No…………………….

Student’s Name: ………………….……………… Current Yr Level: ………Current Teacher:…………………

Information for consideration: / previous history

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Signature …………………………………………..Parent / Caregiver

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Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri

1

October 14th

Pupil Free

Day

15th 16th 17th 18th

2

21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th Room 32 & 35

at Marine

Discovery

Centre

3

28th

29th

Governing

Council

30th 31st November 1st

Charities Day

4

4th 5th

6th 7th

Parent Helper

Morning Tea

8th

5

11th

12th 13th

Transition

School Tour

14th 15th

6

18th 19th 20th

Transition Social

Responsibility

21st 22nd

7

25th

26th 27th

Transition Academic

Improvement

28th 29th

8

December 2nd 3rd

Governing

Council

4th

Transition Academic

Excellence

5th 6th

Visit to new

classes.

Reports to go

home

9

9th

10th

Christmas

Concert

11th

Graduation

12th 13th

Early

Dismissal 2pm

Student Term 4 Calendar 2019

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Room 7 has

been busy this

year and would

like to share

some of our

favourite

moments from

2019

SWIMMING

DIARIES

We had our swimming week

in Term 1. During the

swimming week our

instructors taught us lots of

things. They even took all

the groups to the deep end of

the pool to swim. It was a lot

fun.- Kaylee

Planetarium

This year Room 7 and 11

went to the planetarium. It

was very exciting because it

was my first time! We learnt

a lot about the planets and

stars in our Solar System.

They showed us the stars on

the projector. The short film

Wildest Weather in the Solar

System explained a lot about

our Solar System in detail.

Did you know it rains

diamonds on Uranus! It was

very interesting. – Jacob

Yarrow/Lachlan

It rains diamonds in

the colder planets

such as Uranus,

Neptune and some

are also seen in the

Saturn rings.

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Book Week 2019

This year’s Book Week Theme

was – Reading is my Superpower.

We all got a chance to dress up as

our favourite superhero. Our

parade was lots of fun and it was

exciting to see so many children

and teachers dress up for it. We

had Jane Jolly come to our school

and it was fascinating to hear her

talk about mixing fact and fiction

together to make a faction story.

- Amy-Lee and Chloe

Dental for Schools 2019

We had the mobile dental

van visit our school this

year. It was exciting as many

of us got our teeth checked

up. We received so much

information about how to

take care of our teeth and the

right way brushing our teeth

too. - Jai-Lee and Tayah

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Science with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students

In Term 3 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students across the school participated in Science lessons on

Thursdays with Mrs Spartley. The primary students learnt about mixtures and solutions. They conducted a range of

experiments to create their own mixtures and solutions as well as learn how to separate them. Students used a

variety of techniques such as chromatography, magnetism, sieving and hand picking. They created a poster about

what they had learnt.

The junior primary students topic was ‘Changing Landscapes’ and they explored the school to find natural, managed

and constructed landscapes. The students then created their own park to include these 3 different types. We

discussed why some natural landscapes are important to the Aboriginal people around Australia. We also observed

and discussed the weather, seasons, day and night.

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End of Term 3 School Disco

Our Junior Primary and Primary Discos run by the SRC on the last day of Term 3 were fantastic. The students had helped with the soundtracks and our student DJs did an excellent job. The money from the Casual / Disco Day will be given to a charity that supports the SRC focus of caring for the environment, animals in our environment and our community. It was a great way to finish off a very busy term.

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Preschool to School

Transition for 2020