Newsletter Greenwith Primary School – Week 5
`. Greenwith Primary School Newsletter Issue Number 19 Thursday, 13th November 2014 Address: 1500 Golden Grove Road Greenwith SA 5125 Phone: 08 8289 8100 Fax: 08 8289 7555 Term 4 – Week 5 Email: [email protected] Website: www.greenwith.sa.edu.au Remembrance Day Assembly A big thank you to our wonderful Defence School Transition Aide (DSTA) Deb Thompson for organising another fantastic Remembrance Day Ceremony and to all the students involved with speaking, singing and performing. You all did a fantastic job. We would also like to thank and acknowledge the Catafalque Party from Bravo Company 7RAR. Principal: Deputy Principal: Assistant Principal: Assistant Principal: Governing Council Chair: Class Parent President: Rick Bennallack Lausanne Cheers Robyn McLachlan Jacqui Bowen Renée Seymour Paula Glacken Uniform Shop Opening Times Tuesday: 8.30am – 9.30am Wednesday: 2.30pm – 3.30pm Diary Date: END OF YEAR SCHOOL CONCERT Tuesday, 2nd December 6.00pm-7.30pm More details to come in Week 6 Inside this Issue Leadership News Around The School News Remembrance Day Class Photos Class 301 Presentation End of Year Concert Dates to Remember 17 Nov 18 Nov 20 Nov 21 Nov 25 Nov 2 5 8 8 9 10 Dec 11 Dec 12 Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Christmas Choir Singing @ Viceroy Aged Care Kindy Transition 9-11:30am Music is Fun Year 3-7 Cricket Clinic Volunteer Morning Tea @ 11am End of Year Concert End of Year Excursions Year 7 Graduation Lunch Year 7 Graduation @ 7pm Christmas Choir visit to Village Aquatics 801 & 802 Aquatics 804 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL 12:30pm Finish Campus Volunteer Thank You Morning Tea Thursday, 25th November In the staffroom 11:00am Invitations will be handed out shortly From The Principal Remembrance Day One of the highlights of the school year at Greenwith is the annual Remembrance Day Ceremony as highlighted on the front cover of this newsletter. At Greenwith, Remembrance Day takes on additional significance due to the large number of students attending our school who have parents presently serving in the defence forces. I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of staff, students and all who attended to thank Deb Thompson our Defence School Transition Aide (DSTA), for all her work in planning, organising and running this special event. The ceremony was very moving and the students were extremely respectful. Well done Deb! 2015 Classes Teachers and leaders have been very busy this term constructing our classes for 2015 from the information we have received about who is coming and going. At this stage we anticipate having 24 classes. We still have vacancies in a few year levels. This year we also had 24 classes. 17 of the classes were single year level classes and the remaining 7 were mixed or composite year level classes. In 2012 we had 20 single year level classes and 4 mixed year level classes. I often get asked what determines the ratio of single and mixed year level classes? The main reason revolves around student numbers. For example if we have 75 Year 4 students we can construct 2 classes of 30 with 15 remaining. The school does not get funded to have a class of only 15, therefore it will require at least 1 mixed year level class to fill up the remaining places. As a government school we can’t cap the number of students in each year level. If a student lives within our zone and they wish to come to our school then we need to accept their enrolment. Therefore even if we have enough students to fill 3 classes and more students move into the area, we would need to make arrangements for them at our school. From an educational perspective, the research is clear that students can be just as successful in a mixed year level class as they would be in a straight year level class. In fact the research shows a number of advantages in being in a mixed year class. At smaller schools most classes are mixed. We also know that parents often like the option of a single year level class. Even though the research shows it makes no difference to students. The introduction of the Australian Curriculum has made the teacher’s role in a mixed class more challenging by ensuring they are covering the year level specific curriculum. This is why over the last few years at Greenwith, we have constructed classes to have as many single year level classes as possible. In 2015 the numbers are indicating that all 24 classes will be single year level classes. This could still change. If it does happen it will only be for 2015. We will have 3 classes of every year level. Kind regards Rick Bennallack 0412 261 231 CORE AWARDS 301 302 304 305 306 309 310 401 402 404 405 Miss McCabe Miss Davies/Mrs Bowen Miss Richardson Miss Tsaousoglou Mrs Cousins Mrs Komoll/Mrs Byles Mrs Stevens Mrs Zito Ms Agar Mrs Nappa/Mrs Trimboli Mrs Halliday Madeline C Liam C Ella B Ajay V Imogen H Jaxon Y Satine C Mary T Makenzie H Ross C Georgia G 406 407 1301 1302 1303 1304 1305 801 802 803 804 Mrs Slater Miss Jury Miss Schina Mrs Staporski Mrs Deluca Mrs Wright/Mrs Poppleton Mr Stott Mrs Marshall Mrs Hoffmann Mrs Schmidt/Mrs Stanhope Brian Plush Kaitlyn F Lilli S Mahalya R Ellie B Mckenzie W Jake B Ronan S Bree G Sarah F Patrick S Callum T This term our writing focus is procedural texts. We made yummy fairy bread and then recorded the steps we did. We also used pictures and placed them in the correct order.
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