Friday 24th November

Community Assembly 2:30

Miss Newman/Mr Hoekman

Monday 27th November

Bookclub Issue 8 Due

Wednesday 29th November

Transition Visit 9:00-12:00

Thurs 30th Nov/Fri 1st Dec

Zoo Snooze Yr/3 PY9

Friday 1st December

Walkathon money due

Monday 4th December

Governing Council Meeting

7:00pm

Wednesday 6th December

Transition Visit to 12:00

Thursday 7th December

Volunteer Morning Tea

11:00am

End of Year School Disco

Early Years 6:00pm-7:15pm

Primary Years

7:30pm-9:00pm

Friday 8th December

Community Assembly 2:30

Miss T/Miss Praehofer

Wednesday 13th Dec

E/Y Cinema Excursion

Yr6/7 Aquatics Excursion

Thursday 14th December

Year 7 Graduation

Friday 15th December

Last Day of Term

Casual Day

Early Dismissal 2:10pm

From The Leadership Team

Thursday, 23rd November 2017

Issue 20

Newsletter Principal: Chris Zunis

Deputy Principal: Susie Searles Telephone: 8258 9959

Fax: 8281 5839 Email: dl.1201.info@schools.sa.edu.au

www.ghps.sa.edu.au

Gulfview Heights Primary School “Working Together to reach New Heights”

A BIG THANK YOU to all our Volunteers

In our second to last newsletter edition for

the year I would like to take this opportunity

to thank all our parent helpers/volunteers for

their commitment and enormous amount of

work in so many varied areas of our school.

This highlights the importance of a strong

home-school partnership in assisting us to

provide some quality programs for all our

students. The staff wish to acknowledge all

your work with a special volunteer's morning

tea to be held on Thursday December 7th

at 11:00 in the Resource Centre. All parent

helpers/volunteers will receive an invitation

via their child in the coming days. Please

RSVP to assist with catering. If you are

unable to attend please advise the front

office so that we are able to forward your

Certificate of Appreciation.

Volunteer Service Award

The Governing Council has requested

nominations for our Annual Volunteer

Service Award in a range of categories. A

panel of Governing Council representatives

has worked through an equitable process in

considering all nominations for this award.

Recipients for this award, along with the

Governing Council Volunteer Awards will be

acknowledged at our Volunteer Morning Tea

and End of Year Community Assembly on

Friday December 8th. Thank you to all

members of the community who have

acknowledged volunteers’ efforts by

nominating them for this award.

Classes/Class Placement for 2018

Based on current enrolments we will begin

the 2018 school year with 15 classes. The

proposed class structure is as follows:

Early Years Classes

Two Reception classes

Two Year 1 classes

One Year 1/2 class

One Year 2 class

Middle Primary Years:

Two Year 2/3 classes

One Year 3/4 class

One Year 4 class

One Year 4/5 class

Upper Primary Years:

One Year 5 class

One Year 6 class

Two Year 6/7 classes

Materials and Services Charges 2018

DECD has outlined a process for

determining Materials & Services charges

(school fees) for 2018. Each year the

Finance Committee (Governing Council)

determines the legally recoverable amount to

be charged for school fees—$310 per child

for 2018. Approval has been received by

DECD and we held a special community

meeting on Wednesday 8th November at

3.15pm. Following this meeting, the

community will now be polled before final

approval is granted.

Bushfire Information

The DECD Parent Information on Bushfire Management

brochure has been developed to provide advice and support to

parents/carers on how to prepare for the fire danger season,

and what to do in the event of a bushfire in close proximity to

our school.

Hard copies of this brochure are now available through the front

office. Additionally, you can access this brochure by visiting

the DECD website at www.decd.sa.gov.au

Outstanding Materials and Services Charges 2017

URGENT NOTICE

It has been brought to my attention that we still have

outstanding school fees owing for 2017 in excess of $14,000.

These payments are now WELL OVERDUE and compromise

our programs and planning for 2018.

Parents/Carers are requested to attend to these outstanding

amounts in full as a matter of urgency before Friday

December 1st at the absolute latest.

Beyond this date Governing Council has endorsed our Debt

Recovery Policy for 2017, which will be actioned immediately.

We thank you for you co-operation in this matter.

PE Week/Walkathon

Our whole school walkathon was held on Tuesday 21st

November as one of the final activities during PE week.

Some of the highlights included Aerobics workshops,

staff vs students dodgeball games and lots of activities

run by the Year 7 class.

Families are reminded that payments for walkathon

sponsorship are due back at school by Friday 1st

December. End of Year Raffle Baskets

Thank you to all families for supporting us in our End of Year Raffle Fundraiser. Please ensure all money is returned to the front office no later than Friday 1st December. Please return any unsold tickets as soon as possible. Raffle tickets will be drawn on Friday 8th December at the Community Assembly. Please ensure that phone numbers and names are written on the ticket stubs so that winners can be contacted if

they are not in attendance.

Each class has been asked to make up a basket full of prizes relating to a particular theme. In addition to these prizes we also have a staff “mystery” basket which means we will have

15 fantastic prizes up for grabs.

SCHOOL CROSSING MONITORS

Recently your child’s school took part in School Crossing Monitor Training conducted by the South Australian Police. This involves students in years 5, 6 and 7 being trained by Road Safety Educators from the SA Police Road Safety Section. After the training is complete the student will receive a Certificate of Authority issued on behalf of the Commissioner of Police which, under the Road Traffic Act 1961 authorises the student to work as school crossing monitor. The certificate authorises the student to stop traffic using a Stop Sign or using Pedestrian Actuated Traffic Lights, as well as give reasonable directions to pedestrians for the safe and efficient movement of traffic at or on the crossing as in their opinion is necessary. The training involves learning how to safely stop vehicles at a school crossing and performing safety assessments on when it is safe for children to cross the road (this includes asking the monitors to check that all vehicles have stopped prior to pedestrians walking onto the crossing). The session also includes safe sign handling techniques and positioning within the crossing. It is extremely important that all people (including parents) use the crossings and become good road safety role models, by following the School Crossing Monitor’s directions, not only for their safety but the safety of all students and road users. If parents have any questions about the training the Road Safety Section is happy to receive these inquiries on the telephone number 82076586. Road safety is everyone’s responsibility. Thank you Acting Sergeant Nigel ALLEN Program Co-ordinator Road Safety South Australian Police

Canteen News

The canteen recently held a very successful “Healthy Lunch Meal Deal” during PE Week. The students really enjoyed their healthy wraps, sandwiches and fruit. A big thank you to Sonya and her team of volunteers (Christine, Rhonda, Ilona, Sam, Kaye, Rachel, Marian and Margaret who helped to

prepare all the food.

A big thank you also to Hollywood Fresh who helped us by

providing us with discounted fresh produce.

OSHC News

The vacation care program is now available on the skoolbag

app and via OSHC.

School Banking

Thursday Week 8 will be the last week for school banking.

Community Noticeboard

Modbury Vista Soccer Club

invites new players for the

2018 season

We currently have vacancies for the following age groups:

U6, U10, U13-U16 and Development Squads (3-5yrs)

We also require Coaches for the following age groups:

U6, U11, U13, U16

And

COLTS (17-18)

Visit www.mvsc.com.au

All phone enquiries to the club Registrar on

0431 366 241 for more information

Our 2017 Highlights

Performing our Grease medley in the Goggleflix production was amazing ~ Charlize & Riley

The Zoosnooze was the best because we got to spend the night with our friends ~ Jaxon & Justin

Performing arts lessons were great because we had lots of fun learning new dance moves

~Rudra & Madden

In History we really enjoyed researching interesting facts about different famous people and how they

have contributed to Australia ~ Zuri, Meagan, Chelsea & Sydney

The Music is Fun concert was brilliant because it was funny and made us laugh ~ Bailey & Heath

My favourite thing this year was swimming week because we got to go to the Elizabeth Aquadome

with the whole class ~ Isaac

We enjoyed doing our Lego STEM activities because we built different creations without using any

instructions ~ Hannah & Queenie

We enjoyed Sports Day and PE week because we love sport and it is important to keep fit

~ Brodie A & Thomas

Poetry lessons were so much fun because we got to use our imagination ~ Arkena & Eleanor

Multiplication maths games were challenging and fun and they helped us become really quick with our

times tables ~ Ethan, Nicholas & Enrique

I liked handwriting lessons, they helped me write neater ~ Callan

We enjoyed word work activities because it is interesting to learn new words and their meanings ~

Nate & Charlie

I enjoyed maths lessons, especially learning about arrays and how they help us with multiplication and

division ~ Joshua

Doing fluency activities in literacy groups was my highlight because we got to read lots of funny

poems and plays ~ Brodie S

We enjoyed the Planetarium excursion because we watched a great movie about day and night

~Mikayla & Felicity

What was your highlight this year?

PY8 - Year 2/3

Year 5/6 Camp

Arbury Park and Cleland Wildlife Park

On the 1st of November the Year 5 and Year 5/6 went to Arbury Park for a 3 day

camp. We made many memories from feeding the kangaroos at Cleland Wildlife

Park to sitting around the camp fire and listening to Indigenous Australian music.