St Leonards Primary School Newsletter 14, Term 3 Thursday, 3 September, 2015

Diary Dates

Week 8 Monday, 7 September

School Closure Day Tuesday, 8 September

7:00pm Governing Council Meeting Thursday, 10 September

10:30am Australian Girls Choir Visit Friday, 11 September

Choir Performance, Festival of Music Week 9 Friday, 18 September

Assembly – Music and LOTE

6:00pm – 8:30pm Music Night

From the Leadership Team NAPLAN By now, if your child participated in the 2015 NAPLAN testing, you would have received your child's results. While the results overall from St Leonards showed some pleasing trends as well as identifying areas for improvement, it should be stated that this test is only one part of a child's overall education. While there is no doubt both literacy and numeracy, the skills tested in NAPLAN, are vital in a student’s development, there are many other areas that jobs of the future will need. These include 21st-century skills such as collaboration, creativity and problem solving. Examples of these skills are part of the Australian Curriculum and are called the general capabilities. The capabilities include Literacy, Numeracy, Information and Communication Technology, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social Capability and Ethical Understanding and Intercultural Understanding The general capabilities encompass the knowledge, skills, behaviours and dispositions that, together with curriculum content in each learning area and the cross-curriculum priorities, will assist students to live and work successfully in the 21st century. They ensure that children have a strong sense of identity and wellbeing, are connected with and contribute to their world, are confident and involved learners and are effective communicators. The teachers at St Leonards are well versed in these areas and strive to continuously develop and educate students for life in the 21

st

Century. Book Week Last Friday’s dress up day was a fantastic day of celebration for our entire school. It was tremendous to see so many students dressed as their favourite character, some very historical fashions and some new and trendy ones. Students were excited all day in anticipation of the grand parade at assembly. Staff also joined in the fun and added to the fun. Congratulations to Sonya and support staff for the organisation and the extra work to make it happen. Thank you to our parents for putting in the effort to help make a great event. Dave Henty-Smith and Barry Stewart

School Facebook Page

Our school Facebook page is a great way to

stay in touch with what is happening

at St Leonards.

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Reminder

Pupil Free Day Friday 4 September

School Closure Day Monday 7 September

St Leonards Primary School Jervois Street, Glenelg North 5045 Principal: Dave Henty-Smith Deputy: Barry Stewart www.sleonrdsps.sa.edu.au

School Values

Respect Responsibility Cooperation

Encouragement Integrity

OSHC available

Booking and consent forms are

available from OSHC and the

Office.

Telephone: 8294 9811 Fax: 8295 2568 SMS Absences: 0427 016 460 Canteen: 8294 7893 OSHC: 8294 1990 Email: dl.0391.admin@schools.sa.edu.au Next Newsletter: Friday, 18 September, 2015

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SLPS Bullying Preference Survey 2015 We have recently conducted our annual survey based upon assessing the student’s views towards bullying and playground behaviour at St Leonards. The questionnaire contained twenty individual items covering three areas. The tendency of the student towards:

Being a bully

Being a victim

Acting in a pro-social manner in support of others.

The resulting scale provides a weighted average for each key area. (Never 0 -1, Once in a while 1-2, Pretty often 2-3, Very often 3-4) The questions were presented in a ‘mixed manner’ and then collated together to provide an indication of the whole school picture.

Weighted Average: Tendency Figures

2014 2015 Trend

Bully = 1.02 1.02 unchanged

Victim = 1.88 1.48 down

Pro-Social = 3.29 2.93 down

The results for 2015 survey reflect well upon the school’s programs, with a very low tendency to bully indicated. The tendency towards ’being a victim’ was also low and has dropped since last year. The very pleasing aspect of the survey was that the pro-social tendency (helping others) continues to be high, although slightly lower than last year. During Terms 2 and 3 we have collected the students’ thoughts on what they would like to see available at recess and lunchtime (this builds on a similar exercise last year). Student class representatives held discussions in class seeking the input of the student group and these ideas were then filtered through the Student Representative Council and will be used to inform future actions in this area.

These actions build upon the improvements to the playground areas and the provision of alternative clubs, materials and activities at recess and lunch, particularly successful recent additions have been the Lego Club, Minecraft Group and sand play areas.

If you are able to offer any other opportunities or suggestions to improve the student’s experiences at recess and lunch, please email us with your thoughts. Graeme Smith, Wellbeing Coordinator

SAPSASA Athletics Last Thursday, 27

August, St Leonards

Primary School sent 17 students to compete in the South West District SAPSASA Athletics Carnival at the Athletics SA Stadium. Our students demonstrated excellent behaviour and a high level of resilience and responsibility attending their events on time and remaining focused. We were VERY successful on the day, coming First in the Small Schools Division. Congratulations to the following students who placed in their events: Travis F Albertine K Holly S Hamish J Halle A Elly B At this stage, selections for the district representatives for the South West team have not been confirmed. I would like to thank our amazing group of volunteers who helped make this day possible. Thank you to all the wonderful parents who assisted with transport and supervision during the day. Thanks must also go out to Mr Schwarz for the tough job of making the selections and to Mr H-S for coming along for the day. Kirsty Wirth, PE Teacher

Wakakirri Commemorative Storybook 2015

A big congratulations to the Wakakirri team for winning the award for Best Original Story (for SA region).

We are excited to announce that our performance of “Don’t Worry” has been awarded a spot in the first annual Wakakirri book of short stories. The book will include a compilation of written stories as well as photos from the night generously donated by Winkipop Media. Parents wishing to order a copy can do so at the Office. Go to Trybooking and search Wakakirri or use one of these links http://www.trybooking.com/INEI or http://www.trybooking.com/149508 Books cost $39.50 and are on sale for a limited time. Enter promotion code: WAKA2015 before Wednesday, 10 September to receive a 15% discount.

Contact Sophia at publish@schoolyardstories.com.au

(03)9527 6606 for more information.

Kareena Savva, Drama Teacher

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The Oliphant Team 2015 This year St Leonards PS entered the South Australian Science Teachers Association’s Sir Mark Oliphant Award in Alum Crystal Growing. After 20 weeks of careful experimenting we were lucky in winning the Year 3-5 crystal competition.

ICAS On Tuesday, 16 June, 12 students participated in the ICAS Spelling Competition. We congratulate all students on their results.

Participation: Merit: Kayleigh D Lachy W London F Hamish J Credit: Lily M Rory E Chloe R William B Distinction: Liam M Erin M Haysan M Cody M

Vacation Care The Vacation Care program for the September/October school holidays is now available. Programs and booking sheets are available from the Parent Information rack, OSHC and the school website. Please call on 8294 1990 or book in person to avoid disappointment.

Connie and Steve, OSHC

Mr Olaf

Ehvart and parent helper Sandy,

coordinated our schools

entries.

Edited By

Marney R

Kayla won 1

st prize,

Bellkiss won 3rd

prize, Ryan was highly commended and Abby did great work.

BOOK WEEK 2015

Fence Signage Do you own or do you work for a

Doctor's surgery Dry cleaner

Physio Accountant

Lawyer Beauty salon

Dance company Gardener

Real Estate Agent Butcher

Builder Fruit shop

Gym Bakery

Restaurant Corner store

Camping or fishing store Electronic store

Florist Furniture shop

IT specialist Take away shop

Clothing or Shoe store Personal trainer

Tiler Hardware store

Removalist Mortgage Broker

Travel company Home wares supplier

Hairdresser

Don't miss this chance to secure your spot on the St Leonards fence line with a professional, custom made sign to promote your business and/or thank St Leonards families for supporting you. Soon we will be seeking support from outside our school community so be quick and return your order form and represent your industry. Register your interest now by emailing janelleyarwood@yahoo.com.au and request a new form to be sent to you. Alternatively, drop into the Office today.

Year 6/7 Excursion to the Magistrates Court

On Monday, 17 August, Room 11 and 12 went on an excursion to the Art Gallery and Magistrates Courts. In the Art Gallery we saw some amazing art pieces. There was one piece of art where there were two horses stitched together hanging from the roof. After the Art Gallery we walked to the Magistrates Court. When we arrived we waited outside for Peter (the guide). When we came inside we had to walk through a metal detector then we walked to the court room for some role playing. It was so much fun! We also got to watch some real court cases in action.

It was one of the best excursions we have had so far.

Emma D and Mackenzie E

Moon Lantern

Festival

The Holdfast Partnership

Invites you to participate in the

Moon Lantern Festival

Tuesday, 15 September

6:00pm for a 6:30pm start

Meet at Wattle Reserve, Wattle Ave, Hove – where

students will light up their lanterns and walk to the Brighton

Jetty, lighting up the night.

Lanterns can be purchased for $4 from the Office

(batteries not included). $1 from every lantern sold goes

to raise funds supporting the construction of a

kindergarten in Cambodia built with the help of Brighton

Secondary students.

For further information contact the Office on

8294 9811

Parent/caregivers are required to accompany primary

and kindergarten students.

Please note that whilst the lanterns were purchased for $3

externally, the sale price of $4 allows $1 per lantern to be

donated.

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