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Newsletter No 19 15th November, 2019

From the Principal’s Desk

Last week we were announced as one of 2019's most innovative schools in Australia. This is fantastic recognition for our work especially as we are up among many prestigious private schools. Well done

Prospect North! You can read the announcement online. https://www.theeducatoronline.com/…/revealed-innovat…/267956

Pupil Free Day On Monday our staff met and did a review of the year. Our journey travelled both in data and in our student development. There was lots to be proud of and still areas for development. We worked on our Site Improvement Plan which is a literacy and numeracy action plan for continuous improvement. Every school has to set measurable goals for improvement. Our 2 areas of focus are mathematics and writing. This year our NAPLAN results saw a huge improvement in writing and a steady improvement in our high band maths students. Our Reading results

continue to be high and well above some of our neighboring schools. Visitors from NSW and United Kingdom Our students have been welcoming visitors to our school and helping them to unpack student agency and what it means for learning. Part of the school tours are to look at how we scaffold learning for students from such diverse backgrounds. Many of our students shared their learning journey and showed the visitors how they track and monitor their progress. Connect Coach and Take Charge Next year we have a free parenting course running during term 1. It goes for 6 weeks and will be run by trained psychologists. You will get practical tips to use at home to help make life calmer, easier and happier for everyone. Please see the flier later in the newsletter and contact them directly to enroll. We are hoping to see a great turn out for our Birthday celebrations on Friday night, fingers crossed for the weather.

Marg Clark

Term 4 2019 14th October – 13th December

November 18th First Reception transition visit

22nd 85th Birthday Celebrations 5pm-8pm 25th Second Reception transition visit

December 10th Year 7 Graduation

12th Reports sent home 13th Last day 2:15 finish

First Lego League On Saturday November 2nd, both of our school’s First Lego League robotics teams headed for an early start to compete in the SA Regional Championship at Pedare College in Golden Grove. There was a field of over 30 teams competing for awards in the various categories of Robot Game, Robot Judging, Research Project and Core Values. Our two teams, Interfusion and Synergetix are a blend of rookies and more experienced students but all were keen to continue the school’s tradition of success in this competition that has over 38,000 teams worldwide.

Both teams had to present an innovative Research Project where they presented a solution to a problem based on the year’s theme of City Shaper. Interfusion presented a concept of rooftop gardens for high rise buildings, while Synergetix solved the woes of the new Royal Adelaide Hospital car park with a technology-based parking system controlled by a smartphone app. They also had to meet with judges to explain their robot design, mission strategies and show off some of their coding. After the final Robot Games were wrapped up, the judges needed some time to finalise awards and decide who would be offered one of the eight spots for the National Championship in Melbourne later this month. Both teams experienced success with Interfusion winning the Programming Award in the Robot Design category and Synergetix winning the Team Work Award in the Core Values category. An amazing effort but more news was still to come! Both teams were invited to be among the eight teams to compete at the National Championship (South Division) in Melbourne on November 24th! Congratulations to our students, who were exemplary all day, showing that any child regardless of background, can shine if given the opportunity.

First Lego League Junior Expo 2019 On Friday November 8th, we held our third Junior Lego League Expo in our Gym. FLL Junior is a program where teams of students from Years 2-4 participate in a season based on a theme culminating in an Expo celebration. During the season the teams learn about the season’s themes, plan and build a Lego model that solves a human problem and record their learning on a ShowMe poster. Teams also design their own team name and wear a team designed t-shirt. At the Expo, the teams show off their designs to each other as well as family members and participate in fun activities before receiving a certificate.

This year, Prospect North had 8 teams participate in the Boomtown Build season. We were joined at the Expo by 9 other teams from other schools and community groups for an exciting showcase. Each team were reviewed by invited adult Reviewers to explain and answer questions about their model design.

The STEM Ministry and senior FLL team members helped run the activities for the Expo and all students had a great time participating and viewing each other’s posters and builds. Thanks to the parents who attended and supported our growing event.

Remembrance Day On Monday November 11th, a group of 24 year 6/7 students attended a Remembrance Day ceremony at the Enfield RSL. It was a moving service, with our students laying a wreath on behalf of the school.

Movember As November arrived, you may have noticed some of the male staff members faces have changed. Gone are the beards and stubble and new are the freshly shaven faces. Movember, a month where men all around the world try their best to take a stand against cancer by raising awareness and raising money for cancer research. You will find Mr. Cailes, Mr. Judson, Michael, Jack, Maurice, and Mr. Drake also known as, The Gentlemen of Prospect North, making a stand against cancer and trying to raise money in order to further research for a cure. The Gentleman of Prospect North have joined the Movember cause and have a team donation page at: https://moteam.co/the-gentlemen-of-prospect-north?mc=1 If you would like to make a donation, please feel free. You can also take notice of the progression of each one of the faces as they slowly grow mustache magic. Keep an eye out for some Movember themed activities later in the month!!

Scholastic Book Club A big thank-you to all parents who have purchased this year from the Scholastic Book Club. The final catalogue for the year has now been distributed and orders are due no later than November 22nd. If you are purchasing items that you prefer your child not to know about, let us know. We will then contact you when the order arrives, rather than giving it to your child.

The Premier's Reading Challenge is a literacy engagement program that was introduced by the Premier in 2004 to encourage students to read more books and enjoy reading to improve literacy levels. The Challenge requires students to read 12 books between the beginning of the school year and early September. Some students have participated every year since the award began. This year we had a total 235 students complete the Premier’s Reading challenge! 61 students receive participation certificates for their first year of participation.

64 students receive Bronze Awards for two years participation.

32 students receive Silver Awards for three years participation.

33 students receive Gold Awards for four years participation.

25 students have participated for five years, and have achieved the Champion Award this year:

We would also like to congratulate the following 6 students who have achieved the Legend Award this year, for six years participation:

Bella Payton Sitaram Harsha Andy Mahee

This year, we also congratulate the 9 students who have achieved the Hall of Fame Honour, meaning they have participated in the Premier’s Reading Challenge for seven years.

Danial Anh Tina N Ryan L Chelsea C Rafael Abbie Daisy Sarah Y

A big congratulations also goes to 5 students who achieved the Reader for Life Honour, for participating in the Challenge for 8 years.

Bhavya Amy D Amy G Jenna James

Congratulations to all the students who took part in the 2019 Premier’s Reading Challenge! We hope that you continue to participate and read for enjoyment in 2020!

Please join us as we celebrate Our 85th birthday

Friday November 22nd 5pm-6pm: Classrooms open for learning showcase

6pm-8pm: Festivities outside

85th Birthday Celebrations

ON STAGE 6.00: Welcome

Mosaic Reveal Choir- “Children of the World” Dance Crew Opening

6.10: Room 0, 1, 2 Dancing “Mr Clickity Clack” & “Home Among the Gum Trees”

6.15: Room 3, 4, 4a “Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer”

6.30: Rm 9-Studio 14 Spanish Dancing “Tsadik Katamar”

6.35 Choir- “Get on Your Feet”

6.40 Dance Crew- anime

6.45 Rm 0-Rm 8 "Txulalai"

6.50: Choir- “We are Christchurch”

7:00: Dance Crew Finale

7.15: Senior Studio Christmas Play “Who Stole Santa?”

7.30: Music/DJ Altra

8:00: Goodnight

JUMPY CASTLES – PETTING ZOO – FOOD STALLS –

PERFORMANCES – COFFEE VAN – OLD FASHIONED

GAMES

Students in Rooms 3, 4 and 4A

were very excited to have baby

guinea pigs in the classroom!

Students used the design thinking

process to learn about guinea pigs.

The immersion stage gave them

the knowledge to design and make indoor and outdoor enclosure models. The final outcome of this

process was to have 2 guinea pigs for our classrooms. Later, an outdoor enclosure will be made using

ideas from the models that students made.

As part of the school’s 85th birthday celebrations Rooms 3, 4 and 4A

have been learning about the history of the Secret Garden.

To help learn about the history, we had a guest speaker, Jenny Smith,

who is a former Prospect North Primary School teacher. Together with

colleagues and former students, she designed and created the Secret

Garden. Jenny told us there used to be a Secret Garden in a different

location!

Students had many interesting questions that they wanted to ask

Jenny ....she did an excellent job in answering them! We learnt that

it was made in 2009. We looked at photos from that time and worked

out where it was taken and took another one in that same spot to

see the change. What a difference!

Lulu and Coco

Rooms 3, 4 and 4A

Guinea pigs

Secret Garden History

Always hungry! About 17cm at 6 weeks

Then Now Then

PROSPECT NORTH DEC-JAN 2019/20 VACATION CARE

PROGRAM

For Bookings Please Phone 83442818

VACATION CARE WILL CLOSE AT 6.00pm ON FRIDAY

20th DECEMBER AND WILL REOPEN ON MONDAY 6th

JANUARY AT 7.30am

WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH ALL OUR FAMILIES A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY

HAPPY NEW YEAR. WE HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY AND

LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN THE NEW YEAR

MONDAY 16/12/19

$54.00

TUESDAY 17/12/19

$58.00

WEDNESDAY 18/12/19

$54.00

THURSDAY 19/12/19

$58.00

FRIDAY 20/12/19

$54.00

ITS BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE

CHRISTMAS

GET CRAFTY FOR CHRISTMAS

Cards & Decorations Snow Globe Ornaments

CHRISTMAS

COOKING

Ginger bread biscuits

Cheesy Christmas Puffs

& More

EXCURSION

BIRDWOOD MOTOR MUSEUM

& BEERENBERG

FARM STRAWBERRY

PICKING 9.00am – 4.00pm

TURN BACK THE CLOCK

WEDNESDAY BACK TO THE 60’S Learn some crazy

dance moves from the 60’s

The Mashed potato The swim The Pony

ART/CRAFT Flower Power Head

Bands Tie Dye

COOKING Rainbow Cake

MOVIE ON THE BIG SCREEN

Mary Poppins

EXCURSION

PICCADILLY CINEMA

NORTH ADELAIDE THE ADDAMS

FAMILY 9.00am – 1.00pm

ART/CRAFT Pipe Cleaner Spider rings

COOKING Bug Balls

WATERSLIDE ON THE SCHOOL OVAL

RIDE THE GIANT DOUBLE LANE WATERSLIDE

AFTERNOON TEA PARTY

BRING A SMALL PLATE TO SHARE

Snack: Scones Snack: Tin Fruit &

Yoghurt

Snack: Mac &

Cheese

Snack: Crackers

Platter

Snack: Tea Party Food

MONDAY 23/12/19

TUESDAY 24/12/19

WEDNESDAY 25/12/19

THURSDAY 26/12/19

FRIDAY 27/12/19

CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

CLOSED

CLOSED

MONDAY 30/1/19

TUESDAY 31/1/19

WEDNESDAY 1/1/20

THURSDAY 2/1/20

FRIDAY 3/1/20

CLOSED CLOSED

CLOSED

CLOSED

CLOSED

MONDAY 6/1/20 $54.00

TUESDAY 7/1/20 $58.00

WEDNESDAY 8/1/20 $54.00

THURSDAY 9/1/20 $58.00

FRIDAY 10/1/20

$54.00 WET & WILD DAY

BRING ALONG YOUR WATER

PISTOLS BATHERS & TOWEL

FOR SOME

SUMMER FUN PLAYING

WATER GAMES ON THE OVAL

EXCURSION

ELIZABETH AQUADOME

9.00am – 3.00pm

Relax the day away and keep cool at the pool

MOVIE ON THE BIG SCREEN IN THE GYM

TURN BACK THE CLOCK

WEDNESDAY BACK TO THE 70’S Learn some crazy

dance moves from the 70’s

The Hustle YMCA

The Bus Stop

ART/CRAFT Paper plate peace

symbols Disco Balls

COOKING

Microphone Cake pops

MOVIE ON THE BIG SCREEN

Charlotte’s Web

EXCURSION

PICCADILLY CINEMA NORTH ADELAIDE Shaun the Sheep

Farmageddon 9.00am – 1.00pm

cCoo

ART/CRAFT

Pom Pom Sheep

COOKING Marshmallow

Mousse

POTTERING AROUND

MAKE A PINCH POT OUT OF CLAY

&

DECORATE A CERAMIC PLATE TO TAKE HOME

PARACHUTE GAMES IN

THE GYM

Snack Crackers, Salad

Platter

Snack: Tin Fruit &

Yoghurt Snack: Spaghetti

Snack: Fruit Platter

Snack: Crackers, Salad

Platter

MONDAY 13/1/20

$54.00

TUESDAY 14/1/20

$58.00

WEDNESDAY 15/1/20

$54.00

THURSDAY 16/1/20

$58.00

FRIDAY 17/1/20

$54.00

Every Body Sing

Tra lalala

CHOOSE YOUR FAVOURITE TUNE

AND SING THE DAY AWAY

ART/CRAFT CD Suncatchers

COOKING

EXCURSION

WEST BEACH MINI GOLF

+ A WALK ON THE

BEACH TO PADDLE OUR FEET

9.00am – 2.00

TURN BACK THE CLOCK

WEDNESDAY BACK TO THE 80’S Learn some crazy

dance moves from the 80’s

HAIR CRIMPING

RUBIKS CHALLENGE

COOKING Carrot Cake

MOVIE ON THE BIG SCREEN

The Fox and the Hound

EXCURSION

LATITUDE GREENACRES

9.00am -1.00pm

COOKING Choc Fruit Frozen

yogurt Bark

SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS Exploring Air

pressure

BUBBLE BLOWING

STREET SUP In the gym

10.00am – 12.00

COME AND TRY PADDLE BOARDING ON

LAND

BALLOON GAMES In The Gym

Snack: Crackers Platter

Snack: Fruit Platter Snack: Pizza

Snack: Crackers Platter

Snack: Nachos

DUE TO UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL THE PROGRAM MAY BE

SUBJECT TO CHANGE

For Bookings Please Phone 83442818

MONDAY 20/1/20

$54.00

TUESDAY 21/1/20

$58.00

WEDNESDAY 22/1/20

$54.00

THURSDAY 23/1/20

$58.00

FRIDAY 24/1/20

$54.00 JAPAN DAY

SUMO WRESTLING

COOKING Sushi

Bolo Cookies

ART/CRAFT Origami Kimono’s

Japanese Fans Koi Salt Art

Japanese Games

Fukuwarai Cats Cradle

EXCURSION

SA BASE CAMP NINJA KIDS

ROYAL PARK 9.00am – 1.00pm

BECOME THE NEXT

NINJA WARRIOR

ART/CRAFT Pipe Cleaner

Ninjas

TURN BACK THE CLOCK

WEDNESDAY BACK TO THE 90’S Learn some crazy

dance moves from the 90’s

The Macarena The Cha Cha Slide

ART/CRAFT Troll Doll Magnets Pokémon Origami

Bookmarks

COOKING Tic Toc Tea cup

biscuits

MOVIE ON THE BIG

SCREEN The Lion King

EXCURSION

PLASTER FUN HOUSE

SALISBURY 9.00am – 12.30pm

CHOOSE YOU OWN PIECE TO DECORATE

AND TAKE HOME TO KEEP

WATERSLIDE

RIDE THE GIANT DOUBLE LANE WATERSLIDE

ART/CRAFT

Pencil Toppers

COOKING FOR AN AUSSIE AFTERNOON

TEA PARTY

Mini Pavs Damper

Cheese & Vegemite Scrolls

Sausage Rolls

Snack : Fruit Platter

Snack: Crackers,

salad platter Snack: Pasta Bake Snack: Crackers,

salad platter Snack: Tea Party Food