St Leonards Primary School

Newsletter 12, Term 3 Friday, 29 July, 2016

Diary Dates

Week 2

Tuesday, 2 August

ICAS English

2:00pm New Enrolment Tour Friday, 5 August

Bike Ed – Yr 5-7

Scholastic Book Club orders due Week 3

Monday, 8 August – Friday, 12 August

Life Education Van Tuesday, 9 August

7:00pm Governing Council Meeting Thursday, 11 August

Scholastic Book Fair Friday, 12 August

Scholastic Book Fair

From the Leadership Team Welcome back to Term 3 Wow, there have been lots of exciting developments happening over the past few weeks. St Leonards has been identified as a STEM works school. STEM What does this mean I hear you ask? STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. We will be funded up to a million dollars to help facilitate this. This is a big win for our school and will allow us to continue the excellent work we have already started in this area. I will be attending a meeting with DECD on Monday to find out more. New Students Welcome to our new students Anna Z in Room 12 and Alex Z in Room 7, who have started with us this term. We hope you enjoy your experiences at our school. We are very proud of our culture and our environment. Student Teachers We also welcome a number of pre-service teachers who will be working with during Term 3. We hope you enjoy your time at St Leonards. Flinders University Sarah Gobbie - Ellen Barr, Room 8 Aaron Charlton - Dennis Moyle, Room 9 Sonia Djuric - Judy Ireland, Room 10 UNI SA Jenna Brown – Sonya Winter, Room 5B Jalna Anspach - Dennis Moyle, Room 9 Edie Tester - Shelley Sayers, Room 5A Amanda Drinkwater - Judi Brown, Room 7 Natalie Nemer - Graeme Smith, Room 4 Emily Nchani (Social Work Student) – Di Hannagan, Wellbeing Curtin University Caroline Fitzgerald - Stevo Jurkovic, Room 11B Communication We have a number of communication avenues at school. These include class Facebook pages, the School Facebook page, newsletters via email (hard copies available from the Office), SMS text. Please utilise these methods of communication or talk to any of our staff if you need help. We are looking forward to a fabulous term. Dave Henty-Smith, Principal Barry Stewart, Deputy Principal

St Leonards Primary School Jervois Street, Glenelg North 5045 Principal: Dave Henty-Smith Deputy: Barry Stewart Website: www.sleonrdsps.sa.edu.au Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/St-Leonards-Primary-School/643629105782299

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, 12 August, 2016

Reminder

All volunteers present during school hours are required to sign in at the Office and collect a visitor’s sticker that is to be visibly worn while on school grounds. Thank you

Thursday, 11 August and Friday, 12 August

In the Library

Library News Scholastic Book Club Please note that orders for Issue 4 are due by Friday, 5 August.

Please make sure you write your child’s name and classroom number on the order forms and return them by the due date or visit the Scholastic website and order online. Book Fair We will be holding a Book Fair in the lead up to Book Week in Week 6. The dates for the Book fair are Week 3, Thursday 11 and Friday 12 August. This is a great opportunity for families to support their child/ren’s love of books and enrich our library as a percentage of sales from the Book Fair will provide new books to the school. Book Week St Leonards will be celebrating Book Week in Week 6 (Monday, 29 August – Friday, 2 September) and the theme is “Australia: Story Country”. In the coming weeks, classes will be reading the Shortlisted Books and be involved in many activities that complement the books and the curriculum. Stories and information books about our country and the people in it help connect us to our past, and inform us about different ways of life that make up Australia. Premier’s Reading Challenge We are now heading towards the finishing line with all Premiers Reading Challenge forms due back by Friday, 9 September. Thank you to those who have already returned their form. Currently one third of the school has completed the Challenge and will receive either a certificate or medal at an assembly in Term 4. Family Borrowing Cards

Family borrowing has been running since the beginning of Term 2. Cards allow families to borrow from the whole library, including DVDs, (Big Books and Teacher reference excluded).

If you would like a family borrowing card, leave your details with me at the Library. Please include the names of all famlily members who will be using the card and your enrolled child’s name for reference.

Kelly Peterson, Library SSO

ICAS During Term 2 students had the opportunity to take part in the ICAS Science and ICAS Digital Technologies tests. We had 17 students participate in ICAS Science and their results include three Distinctions, three Credits, two Merits and nine Participation awards. In ICAS Digital Technologies, nine students took part and their results include two Distinctions, one Credit, two Merits and four Participation awards. Congratulations to all who participated.

School Banking New School Banking Rewards now available! Exciting new Term 3 Rewards with an Outback Savers theme are now available, while stocks last! Backtrack Eraser Pen Jump and Skip Rope For every deposit made at school, no matter how big or small, 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 Tuesday.

Advance Notice

School Closure Day

Monday, 5 September

Crows Visit

On Thursday, 28 July the Crows Football Club presented a special assembly promoting “Growing and Gratitude” and the “5 Habits of Happiness”. The students enjoyed a visit from Claude the Crow and

everyone received a “Crows in Schools” activity book.

Crows Visit

After the assembly, students from Reception – Year 2 took part in football clinics; the children rotated through three different skills based activities including goal kicking, tackling bag and relay games.