NEWSLETTER
Issue Number 5
26th March 2015
DIARY DATES
MARCH
Friday 27th
Harmony Day
 Assembly 9am
 Multicultural Evening 5.30pm
Tuesday 31st
Norwood Morialta High School
Open Night 5.30-7.30pm
APRIL
Wednesday 1st
Adelaide High School
Open Night 5.30-8.00pm
Glenunga International
Information Night 6.30-7.45pm
Thursday 2nd
Glenunga International
Open Day 10.45-12.45pm
Friday 3rd
GOOD FRIDAY
Monday 6th
EASTER MONDAY
Friday 10th
 Assembly 9am
 Last Day Term 1
 Early Dismissal 2.15pm
Monday 27th
Term 2 Begins!
You can contact us:
Dear Parents/Caregivers
Firstly, congratulations to all of our students for their fabulous spirit and enthusiasm, which
made for a wonderful Swimming Carnival last week. Millbrook proved to be worthy winners
and our House Leaders worked fantastically as a team, supporting the other students and
teachers. A big ‘thank you’ goes to everyone who was involved in making the day such a
success: Joe for a huge amount of organisation behind the scenes and his leadership on the
day; our teachers for their creativity and energy in leading many different events; our hardy
volunteers, Helen, Karen, Nadine, Hilary, Mara and David who joined me in the pool to
support our younger students; our SSO team who headed down to help with anything extra
that needed to be done; and the many parents who came along to cheer, score and
applaud. The Burnside venue provided plenty of space and shade and their staff team
commented on the high level of professionalism that was evident in the program.
We have been very busy this week with 3 way interviews. These provide a special
opportunity for your children to discuss their learning with you and I am sure that you
would have heard plenty about reflection, goal setting, peer feedback, successes and
challenges. The students are buzzing with all sorts of achievements as we reach the end of
term 1 and this is a wonderful time to reflect on how far they have come already this year.
Our musical Shakespeare Rocks! for years 5-7 is underway, involving a very committed
group of students who are meeting during lunchtimes. An initial cast has been set and we
will ‘grow’ parts from there. Our team includes the following students;
Patrick, Amelie, Emma, Edward, Stefanie, Wei-E, Ashleigh, Tina, Thomas, Leila, Matilda,
Isabella, Siobhan, Nicole, Nikita, Sarah, Jocelyn, Tya, Sasha, Drew, Ruby G, Candace, Sammi,
Saskia, Audrey, Daisy, Emily, Stefanie, India, Shriya, Harriet, Amilia, Ben, Francesca, Maeve,
Perry, Louisa, Ruby and Aeriel.
At this stage we are looking at week 4/5/6 of term 3 for two performances. If your child’s
name is not on the list and should be, please let me know urgently.
Finally, our site has been notified that it will undertake an External Review process in Term
2 Week 8. This will involve interrogation of our achievement data as well as many other
aspects of our teaching and learning, governance and management processes. More details
will follow early term 2.
Telephone:
8362 4666
Fax:
8362 0102
Email:[email protected]
Web: www.norwoodps.sa.edu.au
Enjoy a wonderful Harmony Day and I hope to see you at Multicultural Night later this
week.
Nicola
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Reminder
Reminder—
—NPS Going Green in Term 2!
Beginning Term 2, our newsletter will be ’paperless’.
Please advise the front office of your email address if you
wish to receive newsletters electronically (if you don’t
already do so). Alternatively they can be accessed via the
Skoolbag app, or smart devices can scan the QR code.
Please contact us on tel 8362 4666 or Email
[email protected]
Department of Education and Child
Development T/A South Australian
Government Schools
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OPPORTUNITY
Norwood Residents Association Inc
wish to invite the Norwood Primary School community to a free public meeting and a light supper.
The Story of the Norwood School Great War Memorial
presented by local historian, Denise Schumann
Don Pyatt Hall,
George St, Norwood
29 April 2015, 7.30 p.m
This talk will unravel the secrets behind the construction of this unique war memorial designed by the
Headmaster of the Norwood Public School and built by the children themselves.
It is important to note that at the time the obelisk was constructed,
Commonwealth legislation proscribed that all funds that may have gone to the
construction of public memorials be directed to the war effort. This legislative
response in 1916 was not only economic in its intention but also political as the
government set about trying to control and manipulate public sentiment following
the disastrous events at Gallipoli and the high rate of Australian casualties on the
Western Front. The enormous loss of life in the Battle of the Somme led to a decline
in enlistments in Australia and to an outcry against the introduction of compulsory
conscription.
It is against this backdrop that Denise Schumann will explain the motives and the
inspiration that led the Norwood school community to erect a war memorial
regardless of government regulations.
All are welcome to attend what promises to be a great evening of local history.
RBL/ICT at Norwood Primary School
The Year 6 students at NPS are currently participating in a Global project titled, ‘A Week in the Life’.
Students from Bulgaria, Nepal, Thailand, United States of America, and New Zealand are also collaborators in this
project, which centres on exploring Geographical issues.
So far students have introduced themselves to each other, both as individuals and as a collective group. On
Monday afternoon Room 13 and 14 were involved in ‘meeting’ the students from the American Pacific
International School in Chiang Mai, Thailand through a Skype call. Students had the opportunity to ask each other
questions and generally get to know about life from another perspective.
Check out this link to see the other schools involved in this project:
http://aweekinthelife15-1.wikispaces.com
And here to see our multimedia ‘Handshakes’:
http://aweekinthelife15-1.wikispaces.com/Class+Handshakes
This week students will be introduced to their small research teams. Each team will be allocated a specific issue to
explore, at both a local, national and global level.
We will look forward to sharing our learning with you.
To find out what other year levels are doing in RBL/ICT sessions please refer to the blog:
http://powerfullearnersatnps.edublogs.org
Feel free to leave any comments or suggestions on the blog. Please just use your first name to model safe internet
practices.
Daniela
Governing Council Report
Hello boys and girls, parents and guardians. Time has
certainly flown by and Governing Council has already
had met for the second time this year.
Parent & Friends Group has welcomed Hilary Crees as
their new representative and Damon Ind has joined the
NOSHC committee. We would like to extend a warm
welcome to them both.
School Footy 2015
A reminder that Norwood Primary School
footy begins in Term 2.
Auskick and teams practice will be on
Thursday afternoons on Norwood Oval
from 3.30-4.30.
Auskick - Auskick is the footy program for Reception and
Grade 1 players.
Registration is online at
www.auskick.com.au. Be sure to take advantage of the
voucher offer to subsidise fees.
Teams - If you have not yet registered for teams (Grades 27), please do so at the school's front office by Thursday 2
April.
We look forward to a successful year for Norwood Primary
Footy.
Call me on 0408 823 113 if you have any questions.
Haemish Middleton
Director of Football Operations
Of great news is the decision to initiate a collaborative
project between our school and Adelaide University
which will result in master plan concepts for the future
development of our grounds.
We are also submitting a grant application to attract
funds, which we hope to be used to resurface the grass
area by the OSHC building and upgrade other spaces.
Also in an effort to benefit the environment, the school
is looking at carbon reduction initiatives. Mooted to
begin with, is an audit of the school’s energy
consumption.
Governing Council agreed that school will be closed on
19th May for staff training purposes.
The next GC meeting is scheduled for 11 May.
Please feel free to pop-in, or share your thoughts on the
new initiatives at email
[email protected].
Adrian Leong on behalf of Governing Council
High Performance Tennis School Holiday Clinic
High Performance Tennis is offering your child an
opportunity to improve their skills, hand-eye
coordination and footwork while
staying active in the holidays in a
professional and supportive
environment. The program will cover
all the strokes, drills and match play.
When: Tuesday April 14th - Friday
April 17th
Registrations close Tuesday April 7th
Registration forms available in the school office.
High Performance Tennis Term 2 Coaching Program
Registrations are now open for Term 2 coaching
program. Commencing Tuesday April 27th and running
for 10 weeks.
ANZ Hot Shots group lessons and private lessons
available.
For further information or to book a place in the
Holiday Camp and/or Term 2 coaching program contact:
Domenic Marafiote - Director M: 0412 752 116
E: [email protected]