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"Excellence and Care"
www.shps.sa.edu.au
Newsletter
9 Ward Street, Salisbury Heights, SA 5109 Phone: 08 8258 7299 Fax: 08 8281 5861 Email: [email protected]
Friday 29th
November Principal: Katherine Holman Deputy Principal: Terry Minos
Diary Dates 2019
From the Principal – Katherine Holman
Reports
End of Year Reports will be going home on Friday
the 6th of December. Due to the current AEU
industrial action, reports will not include
comments. Reception to year 7 reports will include
information regarding student personal
development. Year 1 to 7 reports will also include
a grade for achievement and effort in each
learning area.
Please remember that a ‘C’ grade is the expected
achievement at your child’s year level.
As has been the case throughout the year, if you
ever wish to discuss your child’s progress in more
detail, a mutually convenient time can be made
with your child’s teacher/s.
Students will do a visit to their new class next
Friday morning. Class placements will come home
with reports. All classes are at or close to capacity
and any movement is highly unlikely.
In 2020 we will have 438 students and 16 classes:
2 Reception classes
1 Reception / Year 1
2 Year 1 / 2 classes
1 Year 2 class
2 Year 2 / 3 classes
2 Year 3 / 4 classes
1 Year 4 / 5 class
2 Year 5 / 6 class
3 Year 6 / 7 classes
We hope you enjoy the celebrations over the next
two weeks including the Christmas Concert and
Graduation.
United Christmas Lunch Each year, Salisbury City Rotaract Club and
Parafield Gardens Community Club collaborate to
hold a FREE Community Christmas Lunch. The
event this year will be held at the Parafield Gardens
Community Club on Christmas Day at 12pm until
3pm. The idea is to bring people together who may
not have anywhere to go on the day for a shared
lunch with other members of the community. Book
by calling 8182 3444.
Dec 2nd Year 7 Orientation Day at Salisbury High School
Dec 3rd Governing Council
Dec 4th New Reception Transition
Dec 4th Academic Excellence Awards
Dec 4th Year 7 Transition Visit at Golden Grove High School
Dec 5th Year 2-7 ATSI Students at Bowling Excursion
Dec 6th Visit to new classes / Reports to go home
Dec 9th Year 7 Transition Day at Salisbury East High School
Dec 10th Christmas Concert
Dec 11th Graduation
Dec 13th Rm 26, 28 & 31 at Elizabeth Aquadome Excursion
Dec 13th End of Term 4- Early Dismissal at 2pm
Assembly Class Items for your Diary
Term 4
8 4th Dec Awards/ Concert Seating
9 13th Dec No Item/ Assembly on Friday to Farewell Yr 7’s
"Excellence and Care"
New JP Playground Development
We are very excited to announce the construction of
our new playground is about to take shape.
Temporary fencing is going up on Friday 29th of
November and from Monday 2n of December
ground preparation will commence and demolition
of the old playground will occur. On Monday 9th of
December the construction of the new playground
will commence. Completion of the playground is
estimated by Thursday 12th of December then the
soft fall will go in after that. Please be mindful that
trucks will be on site and moving during the day, so
it’s important to keep safe and follow directions
when required and stay behind the safety fencing.
The area will be ready for use when you return in
2020.
QKR: New online App for School and Canteen.
We are currently in the process of implementing
this Application so you can make payments online
for School M&S Fees, Uniform Orders and
Excursions. It will also allow online ordering of
lunches etc from the Canteen. It works as an
immediate debit from your credit card. We are
hoping to have this up and running for the
beginning of 2020 and will send home the
information you will need to download the app and
enter your details. Stay tuned, further details to
follow.
Canteen News- Mandie & Lynette
There will not be any Bi – Weekly Special for the
weeks 8 & 9. Come by the Canteen to see what
we have at a discount price.
Salad of the week - $4.50
Week 8 – Tomato, Olive & Haloumi
Week 9 – No salad of the week available
BBQ End of Year Concert
We are still in need of volunteers for the end of year
BBQ on Tuesday 10th of December. Please come
and see us if you can help for 45 minutes on the
night.
Social Responsibility Awards
It was terrific to celebrate our students who
received awards for Social Responsibility at Week
8 assembly.
These awards recognise children who use all their
Program Achieve Keys and Habits of the Mind.
These children are reliable and we can depend on
them to be an asset to the classroom and show
‘Excellence and Care’ towards their class mates
and school. The children who received this award
were very excited.
Congratulations to…..
Jett Rider Stirling Edwards Ruby Petherick
Lily Daw Holly Stewart Nikolaos Tsalamangos
Grace Bird Saidie Manson Emmerson Entwistle
David Macie Annabelle Gatti Angelo Tsalamangos
Chloe Dawson Jake Green Lincoln Mychajliw
Michell Zimmermann
Academic Improvement Awards
Congratulations to those students that received
Academic Improvement Awards in this weeks
assembly they are….
Commonwealth Student Banking Award Winner
Week 6: Room: 35
Week 7: Room: 32
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
Crossing Monitors- Term 4
Yaseen Khorami Zach Spartley Tahana Chantrelle
Logan Boothey Austin Lang Rhys Gow-Smith
LJ Pepper Wil Shirley Charli Stribling
Jay Smith Joshua Grant Anabelle Pilkington
Amelia Adamson Hope Davies Lakyn Barrett-Ware
Piper Gallagher Joshua Westlake
Week 8: Zane Luckhurst & Blake Richardson
Week 9: Ryder Freer & Vincent Kennison
"Excellence and Care"
Vacation Care- Carly Hendry
The Vacation Care Program is out now and OSHC
are now taking bookings. Please note that the last
day to make cancellations without incurring the
same days fee is by 6pm on Friday the 6th
December.
Come and join the fun we have plenty of in-
house activities including a Tie Dying workshop
where children make their own T-shirt or pillow
case (sorry the pencil case wraps are not available
now). Three amazing challenge days brought to us
by Jump Easy, with inflatables, water game 'Bust a
balloon', bowling, slam dunk castle and light up
physical interaction games that keep score, come
and challenge a friend! We also have Carnival
Knights visiting with a performance of 'The
Unicorn and the Dragon', and Magic Mike with his
popular Magic workshop and the all new Laser tag
at OSHC.
There will also be a great day focusing on
sustainable practices and Bees, with a visit from
Hanni Bee, and our local Hayes Honey family here
to teach us of the importance of bees and about the
process of making honey. Children will then be able
to make their own Bees Wax sandwich wrap to take
home and Hayes Honey products will be available
for sale to families on the day.
Excursions include, The Beachouse, Tunz of Fun,
Adelaide Aquatic Centre, Gawler Cinema to see
'Spies in Disguise', Xtreme Inflatables now with
Water slide and to two separate productions from
the Australian Classical Youth Ballet, performing
'The Wizard of OZ' & 'Seussical Jr' (a Dr Seuss
production).
Get your program from OSHC and make your
bookings on the booking form, or call OSHC if you
require any further information on 8281 1700.
Community News
"Excellence and Care"
”
While learning about Life Cycles in STEM, we were very lucky to observe and study fifteen
chickens “hands-on”.
We followed their growth and development with interest from when they hatched in the
incubator until they were taken to their new homes at 1-2 weeks of age.
This experience was much enjoyed by all of us in rooms 11 and 7.
Room 11
“HENNY PENNY HATCHINGS
"Excellence and Care"
CINQUAIN POEMS - REFLECTIONS OF 2019 by ROOM 11
CELEBRATIONS
Halloween and Christmas
Spooky, pretty, scary
We love to celebrate having fun and
with presents
Special Days.
By Alera, Jada and Josie
SWIMMING
Floaties, water
Swim, dive, float
Safety so you don’t drown
Water Confidence!
By Chase G, Cooper and Oscar.
BTN
News, information
Exciting, sad, happy
Makes us think and want to talk
about it
Current Events.
By Josh, Kiera and Sophia.
THE PLANETARIUM
Planets, constellations
Orbiting, shining, rotating
Our amazing Solar System, part of
the Milky Way
The Universe.
By Cameron, Filip and Jett.
CHICKS
Fluffy, soft
Flapping, chirping, loving
We feel happy that the chicks feel
safe
Chickens!
By April, Jake and Lily.
SPELLING
Sentences, handwriting
Better, neater and quicker
Neater handwriting, better spelling
Completed.
By Ben, Caleb, Kai and Lucas.
REFLECTION
Excursion, Life Cycles
Space, chickens, interactive
All exciting, fun and amazing
Happy.
By Brody and Nikita.
LEARNING
Fun, enjoying
Reading, writing, challenging
Work hard and be rewarded
School.
By Josiah and Oliver
POSITIVES
Growth Mindset, Program Achieve
Thinking, believing, progressing
Feeling good about learning
Success.
By Adam, Chase. H., Dakota and Jesse.
"Excellence and Care"
3D Printing Competition Winners
During Book Week this year students were invited to enter a 3D printing competition to create their
own learning super hero. Here are the winning entries a long with the print which was created in Makers Empire and printed using
our 3D printer.
"Excellence and Care"
Parents of Students in Year 7 in 2020 ACER Test
The Assessment Day for the Ignite Test is Saturday 22nd February 2020
Is your son or daughter gifted? The Ignite Program is a selective entry program for gifted students entering Year 8 at The Heights School. Within the Ignite program there are opportunities for students to be accelerated, and participate in a range of enrichment activities to extend and stimulate their adept minds. They study, and form friendships with other like-minded peers, in a caring and nurturing environment.
We continue to be one of the leading schools across the Northern Region, with outstanding SACE results. In 2016 our students achieved the highest SACE scores across the Northern Region. In 2017, 20% of our Stage 2 students received an ATAR score of over 80. 11% of these students scored above 90, with our highest achieving an ATAR score of 98.8. In 2018, 98% of students who applied for university positions were offered their first or second preference. In 2019, The Heights School staff are mentoring a student who is currently studying first year University (through the Headstart program at Adelaide University) whilst completing their SACE on campus at The Heights.
If you believe your child would thrive and benefit from the Ignite program, please complete an expression of interest form for your child to sit the ACER test conducted at The Heights School
Expression of Interest Forms are now available on online via http://www.theheights.sa.edu.au/ignite.html Additional enquiries can be directed to Michelle Crush (Ignite Services) at The Heights School on 82636244 or via email: [email protected]
Please note that students can only sit the test once. If a student sits for the assessment then he/she cannot re-sit the test the following year
so we strongly recommend only sitting the test as a Year 7 student