Term 4 Week 8

Tamryn Hope Caitlin Term 4 Week 9

Trinity Olivia Chelsea

Term 4 Week 8

7th December 2017

TERM 4 Week 9

11/12/17 Yrs R – 2 Movie Day Excursion

13/12/17 Year 7 Graduation

15/12/17 Graduation Assembly

15/12/17 Early Dismissal 2:15

TERM 1 2018 Week 1

29/1/18 School Returns

Assembly Roster Week 8 Room 1 Week 9 Graduation

Assembly

Transition thanks

This week we have concluded our Transition visits for the year. Many thanks to Ann-Louise Whttaker and Gaynor Furnell for all their work welcoming our forty-eight 2018 Reception students and their families to East Para Primary School. It was a busy time, with lots of new people to meet, new places to learn about and new information. It was great to see the existing Reception/Year 1 students helping our new students to learn about classroom routines and where to play in the yard. Thank you! Last Day of the School Year

On the last day of the 2017 school year, Friday 15

th December, the Year 7 students are invited

to bring or wear a white t-shirt which they can get signed by other students and teachers.

The final goodbye to the Year 7s will take place at the whole school assembly at 1:45p.m. in the school hall. The Year 7’s will enter the hall in a procession, sing one song from their graduation and also showcase a dance. It is a lovely way to farewell our graduating students. Please be in the hall, seated for a prompt 1:45 p.m. start!

Please note that we have an early dismissal at 2:15 p.m. on the last day. Premier’s Reading Challenge

On Monday 4th

December our students were presented with their Premier’s Reading Challenge awards for the year. Congratulations to all the students who have been successful with the reading challenge in 2017. Thank you to Cheryl Jackson and Sharon Gibb for their organisation of the P.R.C. at EPPS and the presentation ceremonies which enabled the students to celebrate with and acknowledge each other.

Thank you too, to the mums and dads, grandmas and grandpas, who together with our teachers support their children to enjoy and value the importance of reading in our lives. Disco

I would like to express my sincere thanks to our Governing Council who supported the school disco which was held yesterday. The members of the Governing Council provided supervision and cooked the bbq tea for the school community. Thank you – Richard, Brigitta, Angela, David, Fiona, Michelle and Renee for your generosity and support! End of year excursion

A very special thankyou to Aaron and Fiona for their organisation of our end of year excursions.

Ros Frost

Hi everyone,

Firstly, the two discos and Governing Council BBQ were hugely successful. Thank you to all who supported the event. The students were very well behaved and witnessing the primary students participate in the ‘Birdy Dance’ was definitely a highlight.

The money raised will go towards our nature play area, which is underway with the rocks being placed last week and the students already making good use of them.

Secondly, on the following page is a copy of the insert that will go in the students reports when they go home on Wednesday next week.

They will have your child’s name, their year level, teacher’s name and room number for 2018.

Included is information regarding the process to follow should you wish to discuss your child’s placement.

Please note that unless you make an appointment on the days and at the times provided, we will not be available to meet.

Aaron McPherson

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.

Dr Suess

………………………………………………………………..

will be in Year ………….…… in 2018.

Teacher……………………………………………………..

Room…………………………………….

*Please note that if enrolments alter there may be a need to make

adjustments to student placements.

**If you would like to discuss your child's placement, Aaron McPherson (Assistant Principal - Wellbeing) will be

available from:

8:30am to 12:30pm on Monday 18th December and 12:30 to 3:30pm on Tuesday 19th December.

You will need to contact the school and make an appointment through Sue or Linda prior to these days.

Aaron will not be available unless you have an appointment.

Premier’s Reading Challenge Presentation On Monday the students attended the presentation of the PRC certificates, medals and awards, with like year level groups in the Library. We had lots of excited students getting their awards and it was great to see those students who received the ‘Reader for Life’ Award, who had completed the challenge each year of their Primary Schooling. We hope they keep this tradition going into their High School Years.

Special thanks must go to Mrs Gibb who does all of the administration work for this challenge, and ensures our data is entered each year so that the students receive their awards.

We don’t have our final participation percentage but it would be great to see that grow in 2018 towards that magical 100% participation.

The teachers chose some students who they felt went above and beyond the challenge for some special awards.

The East Para Rock Band has been busy over the past month or so of weekends. They have played at a Fundraiser for the Red Kite Foundation at Seaton, The Mawson Lakes Xmas Fair and the Salisbury Xmas Parade last Saturday. Not to mention performing at the Instrumental Music Night last Wednesday night.

It has been a great year for Joel Cooke and myself working with eight students; Charlie Stewart on Drums, Tahlia Mickel on Keyboard, Bailey Maitland on Guitar, Keira O’Brien on Bass and vocalists Alana Christie, Chelsea Ellis and Leila Basic with our resident rapper Aleysha Moores.

Having a rapper in the band has allowed us to perform a lot of songs that we have not done in the past. It has challenged Joel’s talents in transposing songs into forms that a live band can play and broadened our set list.

Sadly we say goodbye to our Year 7’s and wish them well, hoping that they will keep rocking at high school.

AUDITIONS FOR 2018 : East Para Band will be holding auditions once more in the first week of school. If you are interested in being in the band, please see me in the Office before the end of this year for a chat about what the process will be.

The call is out to vocalists, drummers, guitar & bass players.

Sue Legierski / Joel Cooke

School holiday fun with the Adelaide Thunderbirds!

On 15 and 16 January Netball SA are holding our popular Adelaide Thunderbirds School Holiday Clinics for

boys and girls aged 5to 16.

The Adelaide Thunderbirds straight shooter Sasha

Glasgow and new recruit Kaitlyn Bryce will be in

attendance along with Netball SA accredited coaches.

All profits from our school holiday clinics go directly back into developing grassroots netball in South

Australia.

Early bird discount: Register before 10 December 2017

to receive a 10% discount!

Recently some children came across some

people that did not have a home to go to for

food, shelter and support. Not having known of

this unfortunate common issue before, the

children wanted to do something to try and help.

Discussions were had at home about what we

could possibly do to help these homeless people

of Adelaide during this festive season.

If you would like to help Room 20 help the

Adelaide homeless, we will be collecting during

Week 9. We would love to collect socks (new),

underwear (new) and unopened non-perishable

food items. These food items can include things

like canned goods, packets of pasta, boxes of

muesli bars, ready-to-eat canned meals etc.

We will then liase with Ieshia our school Pastoral

Care Worker and donate the items to a local

church where people in need can get help.

Thank you all for your support, and we'd love to

see as many items as we can.

Drop off point - Room 20

Matches Played 1/12/17

Netta 8 Red East Adelaide defeated East Para 6-0

Good try girls. Netta 8 Blue East Para had a bye Primary 9 Comets defeated East Para 7-4

A great effort by everyone. Primary 10 East Para had a bye Sub Junior 3 East Para defeated Magill 18-8

Well played everyone. Sub Junior 6 East Para drew with St Joseph Tranmere Blue Fantastic game by everyone. Sub Junior 6 East Para defeated Trinity gardens 14-4 Maroon Great sportsmanship by all players.

REMINDER: All borrowed school playing tops must be returned to your coach at the end of your last match for 2017.

Marie Moores: Netball Coordinator 0431 620 039

Just a few examples of the

fabulous Art Work on display in

the Art Exhibit from Rooms, 31,

33 & 34.

Our Library staff have been busy finishing the stocktake of our books. If you have any books at home, please return them ASAP as accounts will be sent out shortly.

During Weeks 4, 5 and 6, the upper primary school students have been looking at the key components that

make up a PE lesson. Students have been shown teaching planning techniques, lesson plans and developed a

series of teaching activities to teach our Reception and Year 1 classes. In Week 7 Room 31 and 34 students put

their lesson plans into action running mini lessons. An outstanding preparation and effort during the lesson from

Year 7’s Nicole C, Aleysha M and Lucas (pictured to the right) who took photos of their student Ruby as she was

learning and presented a book and certificate to her at the end of the lesson. Truly amazing teaching and caring

of Ruby’s wellbeing, well done!!!!!

This year our SAPSASA program was very successful. We sent 341 participants to carnivals throughout the year which included Athletics, Cross Country, Boys and Girls Soccer, Netball and Football. We had 14 students selected to a represent the Salisbury East District Team which competed against other districts in the State Carnival.

Name District Sport

Name District Sport

Aleysha M Cross Country

Jenny S Soccer

Aleysha M Soccer

Aleysha M Netball

Lelia B Soccer

Jonela Z Netball Chelsea E Netball

Ryan F Football

Jenny S Netball

Chris T Football

Amber Z Netball

Jayden McD Softball

Brianna M Netball Rachel D Netball

Jayden McD Cricket

Maddy O’L Netball

Vance S Cricket

Our major team accomplishment included winning the Division One and Division Two Netball District Carnival (a first for the school).

I’d like to thank our principal Ros Frost and the Governing Council for ensuring SAPSASA is given time to run and is a part of the culture at East Para. I would like to thank upper primary teachers Maddy Gebert and Em Huzzell for their presence at district carnivals.

I would like to say a big thank you to all parents/caregivers who volunteered to coach and/or transport students to carnivals in 2017. Without this assistance, the SAPSASA program would not be able to provide so many students an opportunity to play a SAPSASA sport.

Finally to the students of East Para Primary, each year our passion and commitment to this program grows. I am proud of each student who represented the school this year and each of you displayed our RITCHR values at each carnival.

SAPSASA Cricket

Jayden McDermott and Vance Saler participated in SAPSASA cricket a few weeks ago.

They both did very well taking 4 wickets each over the 4 days. Both made runs as well. Even though the team did not win a match all the players did really well and learned how to act as a team in a short amount of time.