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STRADBROKE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Koonga Avenue, Rostrevor, SA 5073

Excellence and Achievement in a Supportive School Environment Principal: Tanya Scanlan

Telephone: 8337 2861/8337 5349 Student Absence Ph: 8365 5621

Fax: 8337 0041

email: dl.0923.info@schools.sa.edu.au

website: www.stradsch.sa.edu.au

Out of School Hours Care: 8365 5677

Director: Rebecca MacQueen

CRICOS Provider Number: 00018A

1ST March, 2018

PUPIL FREE DAY

Knowing where you are now is the best way to move forward and is integral

to the growth of a teacher. The recent Pupil Free Day provided opportunities

for teachers to reflect on their practice and improve their teaching–

regardless of their career stage. Lee Watanabe Crockett, an educational

consultant, spoke with educators from all sites in our partnership about his

passion for the planet and impact we are having on it; and how this in turn is

having an effect on our students and the skills they will need for the future.

Students will need essential skills like creativity, problem solving, critical

thinking, and collaboration. Skills such as remembering and understanding

information is not enough. Our students need to be able to create, evaluate

and analyse their learning. We learnt about 10 shifts of practice that support

future focused learning. This formed a framework for teachers to reflect on

their work as educators and identify one shift to focus on to develop and

enhance their practice. The work we started on this Pupil Free Day will

continue enhance the learning program at Stradbroke School.

SENIOR EXECUTIVE & STUDENT VOICE

Stradbroke School has a newly appointed Senior Executive and Student Voice

team for Semester 1 2018. The job of the Student Voice and Senior Executive

team is to represent the student body in decision making at Stradbroke

School. Years 1 to 7 students meet on even weeks for the Student Voice

meeting, where school wide suggestions and issues raised in class meetings

can be discussed and actioned. Senior Executives (year 6/7) also meet with

myself on odd weeks to continue and deepen our insights, strategies and

ideas. We will begin 2018 reviewing the work that the Senior Executive and

Student Voice teams did last year with Rachel on reducing school yard rubbish

and deciding together, “where to from here?”

Stradbroke’s Twelve 2018 Senior Executives are:

FR3: Charlie Sproule and Odessa Katakasi

FR4: Abigail Papps and Caleb Scott

K3: Kahlia Sweet and Onkar Shukla

K7: Luke Valenti and Jasmin Baker

L5: Dakota Parish Ryan and Oxford Katakasi

2018

MARCH

Fri 2nd Yr 3-7 Assembly 9.00am

Wed 7th Governing Council AGM

Fri 9th R-2 Assembly 9.00am

Mon 12th Public Holiday – Adelaide Cup

Fri 16th Yr 3-7 Assembly

Mon 19th–Tues

27th

Parent/Teacher/Student interviews

Wed 21st Governing Council

Fri 23rd R-2 Assembly 9.00am

Fri 23rd Family BBQ night

Mon 26th Yr 6/7 Aquatics – (Group 2)

Fri 30th Public Holiday – Good Friday

APRIL

Mon 2nd Public Holiday – Easter Monday

Tues 3rd-Mon 9th Yr 2-3 Swimming – ARC

Fri 6th MSP School Photos

Fri 13th Whole school Assembly 11.30am

Early Dismissal 12.00 noon

Public Holidays Monday 12th March

Friday 30th March

Monday 2nd April

Governing Council

AGM Wednesday 7th March

6.30pm

Stradbroke School Staffroom

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Stradbroke’s Semester One Student Voice team is:

F1: TBA K1: Nicola Conte

F2: Caitlin Daly K2: Azat Safiullin

F3: Tenara Molligoda K5: Hannah Polglase

F4: TBA K6: Eutien Boey

F5: Grace Mercorella K8: Kahlia Roberts

F6: Lucy Henderson L2: TBA

FR1: Amelia Bice L3: Lyla Watson-Woods

FR2: TBA L4: Claudia Bruno

FR5: Louis Holland L7: Iliana Edginton

FR6: Dana Castro L8: TBA

HOUSE CAPTAINS

Congratulations to the 2018 Stradbroke House Captains. Their

role is to represent the student body in whole school events

and activities as well as run the Play at Lunchtime (PALs)

activities for younger students. House Captains also support

the Senior Executive Team when needed.

Forest

House Captains Emma Norris

Lucas Hillyer

House Vice Captains Chloe Calicchia

Kosta Gouthas

Koonga

House Captains Kristi O’Donnell

Montien Boey

House Vice Captains Matilda Jewell

Lukas Frizell

Leabrook

House Captains Ayla Gamtcheff

Benjamin Leong

House Vice Captains Alicia Marcoionni

Dennis Wang

Moriatta

House Captains Alyssa Costanzo

Tasshveen Prem Kumar

House Vice Captains Alannah Jennings

Ryan Bronzin

ENGAGING ADOLESCENTS-PARENT COURSE

The Engaging Adolescents course will be held at Stradbroke

School across three Wednesday evenings in March and April.

This course is for parents/caregivers. It helps

parents/caregivers to develop skills for resolving teenage

behaviour problems.

If you are interested, please come to the Front Office and

collect a flyer and return by 14th March with $15 to secure your

place. The cost for the course includes an Engaging

Adolescents parent pack.

GOVERNING COUNCIL

STRADBROKE SCHOOL GOVERNING COUNCIL

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

6.30PM, WEDNESDAY 7TH MARCH 2018

All families are invited to attend the Stradbroke School

Governing Council AGM on Wednesday 7th March at

6.30pm in the Stradbroke School Staff Room. A free crèche

will be available in Kids’ Zone from 6.20pm. Please contact

Kids’ Zone by Wednesday 28th Feb to make a booking.

Booking is essential.

THE READING REVOLUTION AT STRADBROKE

One of our site priorities at Stradbroke is Independent

Reading. This is a term used in educational settings, where

students are involved in choosing and reading material (fiction

books, non-fiction, magazine, other media) for their

independent consumption and enjoyment. Instead of students

reading because they have to, independent reading gives

students a chance to read because they want to.

• Try the following to help motivate your child to read on their

own:

• Let them choose – your child will be so much more motivated

to read on their own if they choose books that they’re

interested in.

• Set reading goals – give your child something to work towards,

for example, they can aim to finish a book before the end of

the week, or learn five new words from a book they are

reading.

• Regular reading time – designate a special time after school

when your child can read without being disturbed. Setting a

regular time will help them get into the habit of reading

regularly, and it will soon become a part of their normal daily

routine.

• Be on hand to help – make sure you’re around if your child has

any questions about words they can’t read or don’t know the

meaning of. If they are having trouble with a word or sentence,

try to give them hints to see if they can work it out themselves,

instead of simply giving them the answer.

• Let them tell you all about it – like most people, when you

finish a book you want to tell people about it and share your

thoughts. Discuss your child’s book with them and ask them

questions that will help their comprehension, like ‘Who were

the main characters?’ ‘What did you think when…’, ‘What was

your favourite part?

ENROLMENTS FOR 2019

If you have children already at Stradbroke and you have a pre-

schooler beginning school next year, please contact the front

office and collect an enrolment form. Places are only reserved

when an official enrolment form is completed.

URRBRAE OPEN DAY

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SPORT FOR SCHOOLS – COLES VOUCHERS

Coles Sport for Schools is on again. If you, or anyone else you

know, shops at Coles we will be very happy to receive any Sport

for Schools vouchers you are given. Vouchers can be given to

the Front Office. A collection box is located at Student Services.

All vouchers need to be returned to the school by Friday 11th

May. The vouchers will be swapped for new sports equipment

for the school.

BOOK YOUR SCHOOL INTERVIEWS

Parent/Teacher/Student interviews at Stradbroke School will

be held between Monday 19th March and Tuesday 27th

March. Bookings can be made online from Monday 5th March

from 3pm. The system is easy to use, quick and minimises

timetable conflicts. Information about how to log on to make

an interview time is provided with this newsletter. Class

teachers or front office staff will be available to provide

assistance where needed. Bookings close on Wednesday 14th

March.

STRADBROKE HIGH ACHIEVER

Congratulations to Talia Cargin-Rowe who has been selected

to represent SA at the Australian Junior Championships for

Athletics. Best of luck Talia.

DCSI CHECKS

The DCSI (Department for Communities & Social Inclusion)

screen is the criminal history screen required for all employees

and volunteers in schools who volunteer for an excursion,

camp or sport coaching. The fee for a DCSI screen for

volunteers is paid for by the school. The screen can take up to

three months to be processed so we are encouraging

volunteers to plan ahead for this year. Please see Anona or

Kathy in the Front Office to initiate the process.

SPECIAL INTEREST IN MUSIC 2018

ICAS

International Competitions and Assessments for Schools

Your child is invited to participate in ICAS in 2018.

ICAS provides an opportunity for all students in Years 3 to 12

to gain a measure of their own achievement in an external

testing situation. It provides teachers, parents and students

with comprehensive reporting of results in the areas of Digital

Technologies, English, Mathematics, Science, Spelling and

Writing. The tests are an excellent preparation for national

tests and the student report is useful for highlighting your

child’s strengths and weaknesses.

All students receive a certificate and an individual student

report indicating which questions they answered correctly and

their score compared with the rest of the students tested. The

certificate and individual student report are also suitable for

your child to include in a portfolio.

Certificates are awarded for each year level as follows:

• High Distinction to the top 1% of entrants

• Distinction to the next 10% of entrants

• Credit to the next 25% of entrants

• Participation to all other participating students

A UNSW medal is awarded when the highest score in each year

level in each state in each subject is judged to be sufficiently

meritorious. Students must sit on the official sitting dates to be

eligible for a UNSW medal.

The entry fee per student is as follows:

Digital Technologies Yr 3-7 8th May $9.00

Science Yr 2-7 29th May $9.00

Spelling Yr 2-7 13th June $12.00

Writing Yr 3-7 14th June $18.00

English Yr 2-7 31st July $9.00

Mathematics Yr 2-7 14th August $9.00

All of the above $66.00

If your child is interested in participating in one or more of the

tests, please collect a parent letter and permission slip form

Student Services or one can be downloaded from the school

website www.stradsch.sa.edu.au All consent forms and

payments must be in by Friday 16th March.

MODBURY HIGH SCHOOL OPEN NIGHT

CANTEEN

MENU: The Term 1, 2018 Canteen menu has been available

on the schools website, Skoolbag App and the Qkr App since

the start of term this year. Please take the opportunity to

have a look, down load or print it for home. If you are unable

to do any of these things, please let me know and I will send a

hard copy home with your child. I am still receiving numerous

orders with incorrect prices and money for lunch orders, or a

lack of detail of what your child would like to order. As

detailed on the back page of the menu, the correct money in

the bag is always appreciated. IOUs are no longer acceptable

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and children who tender insufficient money will be supplies

with an alternative lunch to the value of money supplied.

Qkr App: When creating your child's "profile", please make

sure you select the correct classroom. There have been a few

orders sent to the incorrect classroom because of this error. I

am unable to change any of your details as it needs to be

done on your device.

FRIDAY SUSHI: As requested, we are now offering

"vegetarian" sushi along with chicken and tuna $1-50 per

piece.

VOLUNTEER ROSTER: Thank you, as always, to everyone who

helps in the canteen. We have had a higher than normal

volunteer cancellations over the last couple of weeks due to

student illness, and I really appreciate everyone who has filled

in at short notice. If anyone is available on the following

dates, please let me know: (tomorrow) FRIDAY 2nd MARCH or

FRIDAY 9th MARCH.

Thank you,

Kate Majewski,

Canteen Manager

TRAFFIC MONITORS

Week 5 am Rohan Harding, Natasha Lawton,

Benjamin Leong

pm Adelaide Catalano, Lucas Hilyer,

Alannah Jennings

Week 6 am Rami Loku Marakkalage,

Tishan Rajakuruna, Renad Abas

pm Tyson Tuckwell, Ayla Gamtcheff,

Alyssa Costanzo

SPORTS

All sports registrations need to filled in and taken to Student

Services or Finance office by the end of week 5.

Soccer and Football registrations now available from Student

Services

SPORTING SCHOOLS

Tuesday 3.30-4.30pm Wednesday 4.15-5.15pm

Rec – Yr 3 Yr 4 -7

Sporting Schools will start in week 4 of Term 1 2018.

More player needed in Yr4-7

Registration forms are available from Student Services.

Forms due by end of week 5

Please Note: If you are registering your child for the

Wednesday night program run by Kids’ Zone and your child is

not enrolled in Kids’ Zone, a parent/caregiver will need to

remain at the session for supervision.

BASKETBALL

Striker Coaches –Matt McCloud

Stradbroke 28 def Rostrevor 18

REDS

Special thanks to Luke Valenti and Jarrad McCloud for

standing in for our team straight after completing their own

game.

CRICKET

Kanga Cricket Coaches – Aaron Carn & Kate Holland

Stradbroke Def Rostrevor

college

Kanga Cricket Coaches – Aaron Carn & Kate Holland

Stradbroke Draw Kings Baptist

NEWS After some consideration and thought I have decided to

move the C grade cricket team training to Wednesday

afternoons after school

Thanking you

Coach -Aaron Carn .

FOOTBALL

If your child is wanting to play AFL football, develop their skills,

build confidence in a team and let off energy running around

the field, the Year 2/3, 4/5 or 6/7 Stradbroke AFL Football

Team is the team to join. Registration forms will be available

from Student Services in Week 4 (next week). Games kick-off

on Saturday mornings, Terms 2 & 3.

WINTER NETBALL

We are currently looking for any year 6/7 and

year 2/3 students who would like to play

winter netball if you are interested please

come and collect a registration form from

Student Services.

NETBALL

Sub-Junior 5 Coach: Gail Short

Stradbroke

Lightning

Strikes

21 Def Burnside 10

Game played on 16 Feb 2018 The Strikers really worked on

their basic skills and improved both footwork and teamwork

in this game. The whole team played well together. Coaches

award goes to Carmen for some great defence in the circle

and Hayley for showing honesty and integrity at the game.

Sub-Junior 5 Coach: Gail Short

Stradbroke

Lightning

Strikes

22 Def St.Josephs

Tranmere

10

Game played on the 23 Feb 2018 We finished our draw on a

high note with another great game. Congratulations to all

the players for a great season - we'll keep our fingers

crossed for the semis.

Coaches award goes to Nateisha for consistently awesome

shooting - both in this game and throughout the season and

Tara for never giving up in all her games this season and her

great aerial skills. Special mention goes to Hayley's

parents, Darrin and Donna for their support at the

games and being dependable scorers even when Hayley

wasn't playing - thank you!

Primary 6 Coach: Gail Short

Stradbroke

koalas

8 Def Stradbroke Blue 4

After a long break, bye and cancellation due to hot

weather, the girls were excited to get back on the court.

This was reflected in their game with the whole team

pulling together. There were some great defensive skills

and excellent passing.

Well done Koalas.

Game played on 15th of February

Netta Coach: Nardia Symonds

Bluebirds 11 Def Trinity Gardens

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This course is being run by a Parentshop® licensed practitioner. www.parentshop.com.au

• An end to the arguing and yelling! • It saved our lives • Simple, sane, effective •

Learn:

Some common ground shared by parents & reasonable expectations to hold about adolescents

New understandings of adolescence

A three-option model & flow chart for decision-making

Self check-in, first - for parents

Building relationship with your teenager and making the best of your non-crisis conversations with them

Skills for tough o versatio s for ha dli g those pro le s you just a ’t ig ore

Parents will receive an Engaging Adolescents Parent Pack

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Please register me for the Engaging Adolescents Parent Course on 7th March, 14th March & 21st March from

6:30pm-8:00pm in the Music Suite in Koonga Building. Enclosed is $15 for the course materials.

Name:-……………………………………………………………………………………………. Pho e No:- ……………………………………………………….

Child’s / Childre ’s Na e:- …………………………………………………. Class / Classes:- ………………………………………………………….

What parents have said… A step dad recalled an incident at the weekend with his 12 year old step daughter. He said that the input he had received the previous week from the course helped him keep his cool and brought a more favourable outcome.

A single Mum who had presented as quite anxious on the first night told the group in week 2 that she had made an appointment with her 15 year old son during the week and had a far more favourable discussion with him than would previously have been the case.

Who’s running it?

The trainer for this course is Christina Sapio who

completed Pare tshop’s Engaging Adolescents training

on 28th October 2014

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A three-session program for parents and carers

at Stradbroke School

Music Suite – Koonga Building

on Wednesdays 7th March, 14th March & 21st March 2018

at 6:30pm – 8:00pm.

Cost: $15 per person (Fee must be paid by Wednesday 14th March 2018 to secure your place)

STRADBROKE SCHOOL PARENT/TEACHER/STUDENT INTERVIEWS MON 19TH MARCH – TUE 27TH MARCH

Dear Parents,

Parent/Teacher/Student interviews at Stradbroke School will be held between

Monday 19th March and Tuesday 27th March

The appointment times are between 3.30pm – 7:15pm.

You can now book interviews at times that suit your family best.

Follow these simple instructions. Go to: www.schoolinterviews.com.au

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Enter THIS school event code.

Then follow the 3 simple steps.

When you click finish, your interview timetable will be emailed

to you automatically - check your junk mail folder if you do not

receive your email immediately.

You can return to www.schoolinterviews.com.au at any time,

and change your interviews - until bookings close.

For pare ts that do ’t ha e access to the internet at home, at work, at the local library, at a frie d’s house or o their phones, parents can contact class teachers for assistance.

Interviews are strictly 15 minutes and spaces are limited. If you require more time, please contact your hild’s

teacher directly to make alternative arrangements.

You can change your interview booking, any time prior to the closing date, by re-visiting the

www.schoolinterviews.com.au website, and using the event code. Remember to use the same name and email

address, you used when you made your original booking.

If you wish to change your interview times after the closing date, contact the school directly on: 8337 2861

We ould lo e to hear hat you thi k a out o li e ooki g. If you get ti e, li k o the o ta t us utto o the www.schoolinterviews.com.au website, and leave some feedback - anonymously if you wish, but please include the

s hool’s a e a d su ur .

BOOKINGS CLOSE WEDNESDAY 14th March at 3pm

BOOKINGS OPEN MONDAY 5TH March at 3pm

Strad roke S hool Fa ily BBQ

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE!

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Your support will e greatly appre iated!

Sausages $ Veggie urgers $ Dri ks $

I e rea s $ fro i e rea a Fairy floss $ Slushies $