STRADBROKE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Koonga Avenue, Rostrevor, SA 5073 Excellence and Achievement in a Supportive School Environment Principal: Telephone: Fax: email: website: Out of School Hours Care: Director: CRICOS Provider Number: Anne Lamont 8337 2861/8337 5349 Student Absence Ph: 8365 5621 8337 0041 [email protected] www.stradsch.sa.edu.au 8365 5677 Rebecca MacQueen 00018A 13th November, 2014 STRADBROKE MUSIC NIGHT 2014 Come and see your friends perform NOVEMBER Fri 14 th Thurs 20 Fri 21 R-7 Fun Run Piano Scholarship applications due Materials & Services Poll due Fun Run/Walk collection day for sponsorship forms and money Orientation Visit for 2015 reception children Stradbroke Music Night, Rehn Hall, 5.30pm – 6.30pm Thank you Morning Tea for Volunteers th st Tues 25 th Come and meet the teachers teaching music around the school Come and hear some great music st 5.30pm - 6.30pm Friday 21 November in Rehn Hall Gold coin donation to UNICEF. FUN RUN/WALK DECEMBER st Mon 1 – Fri 5 nd Tues 2 th Fri 5 th Mon 8 th Wed 10 th Year 4 & 5 Swimming Lessons JP Christmas Sing Along, 6pm Yr 7 DVD Money is due Yr 4-7 Swimming Carnival Year 7 Graduation End of year reports sent home Last day to order 2015 year 7 windcheater FUN RUN/ WALK Tomorrow Friday 14th November There will be a one day collection day for sponsorship forms and money, th Thursday 20 November. Please do not send the forms / money in before this date. If you can help the fundraising committee collect and count the funds raised please contact Tanya Scanlan. Congratulations Sports Day Winners: Koonga House Health Hustle Cheer Chant winners: Leabrook House th Tomorrow (Friday 14 November) is our Fun Run/Walk. All Stradbroke students will participate and the junior, middle and upper primary students will have different courses to complete their “Fun Walk / Run”. The children are getting very excited about this special fundraising event. STRADBROKE HIGH ACHIEVERS Congratulations to the following children who have excelled at art. They will have their colourful pictures on display in the annual Children's Art Exhibition at the Campbelltown Library from 1 - 26 November. The children attend Audrey Emery's Monday after school art classes at Stradbroke School. For information and bookings phone 8337 6837. Sam and Jordan South, Chris and James Wen, Cleta Du, Alabama Rowe, Neisha Gredden, Elouise Dunn, Joshua and Tsamaya Gooding, Asher and Ryan Ramesh, Montien and Eutien Boey, Vivi Wu, Tahlia Cargin-Rowe, Surekha Ruwanpura, Irina Bal, Erika Shaw, Yasmin Toy, Dennis Wang, Cherry Shan, Lauren Bateman, Katie Schubert, Elijah and Daniel Klopf, Aura Menashe, and Jasmin Baker. ICAS HIGH ACHIEVERS Congratulations to Luca in Year 2 and Sidath in Year 7 for being awarded the ICAS Medal for the highest scores in South Australia and the Northern Territory for Maths (Luca) and Spelling (Sidath). Vicki Clonan from the University of NSW presented their medals at our school assembly. Excellence and Achievement in a Supportive School Environment -1- A MESSAGE FROM CAMP QUALITY Dear Parents, The Camp Quality Puppets have been invited to perform at th Stradbroke on: Wednesday 19 November. 1.45pm: R-2 classes 2.20pm: Year 3-7 classes. We are an educational program, using puppets to deliver a fun and positive message about supporting children living with cancer and other serious illnesses. The program is free; there is no charge to the children. The information shared aims to help children heighten their awareness of the need to care for and support others who may look, or be a little “different”, particularly because of physical problems, such as hair loss, because of cancer treatment. In each class all of the children drew a self-portrait and these will be assembled as a whole school banner to mark this special occasion. During the week every class participated in the Cultural Infusion performance ‘Cool Capoeira’. On Thursday morning during ‘Multicultural Idol’ children presented wonderful cultural items in songs, poems and plays. In culmination of the week’s celebrations a whole school Multicultural assembly and parade was held on the Friday in Rehn Hall. Thank you to everyone who was able to support and participate in this community event. Congratulations to the wonderful Year 7 UNICEF Ambassadors for their vital contribution and leadership in the Multicultural Idol and assembly. Please feel free to join us at the performance if you’re able to. If you’d like more information about the program, please do not hesitate to call the school or Shannon Mackowski, Primary School Program Coordinator on 8410 5555 or 0431 042 438. FLEXI MOSAIC TABLE The mosaic table top has been completed by the Flexi artists and Carol Hill, mosaic artist, and it looks great. Thank you Carly and the Flexi teachers for this wonderful project. Bench seats will be installed later this term. SPECIAL PERSONS DAY IN THE OPEN UNIT th On Thursday 6 November Reception classes in the Open Unit welcomed Grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, Aunties and Uncles and other people to Special Persons Day. RESOURCE CENTRE Premier’s Reading Challenge Congratulations to all students who completed the Premier’s Reading Challenge earlier this year. The awards have now arrived at school and will be distributed via classroom teachers shortly. We had approximately 620 students participate and would like to thank families and staff for supporting students during the Challenge. End of Year Next week is the last week for student borrowing from the Resource Centre. With the end of year quickly approaching, it’s time for students to start searching for their library books so th that they can be returned by the end of week 7 (Friday 28 November). Accounts will be sent home for lost or damaged books after this time. We prefer books are returned so please search thoroughly. If you have any queries please come and see a Resource Centre staff member. Continuing music students: Please come and see Resource Centre staff to extend your loans for the following year. Thank you from the Resource Centre Staff. Children and adults shared some stories about life at school. Then the Reception students entertained their visitors with songs and morning tea. It was a special celebration for all involved. PUPIL FREE DAY th MULTICULTURAL WEEK In Week 3 we enjoyed a wonderful time of celebrations to mark the occasion of Multicultural Week. This was celebrated with the theme of “Every face has a place”. Multicultural music was played and enjoyed every day throughout the school. On the Pupil Free Day on Monday 10 November staff participated in a training and development day focused on analysing student achievement data. In the morning Ray Yeulet guided us through an in-depth analysis of NAPLAN data from 2011-2014. Following this we explored reading assessment data (running records and PAT-R Comprehension) to determine the progress made by every child in the school. The Site Learning Plan for 2015 will be developed using the information analysed. Excellence and Achievement in a Supportive School Environment 2 IBPYP EVALUATION Last week we hosted a three day visit by IBPYP Evaluators. The evaluation involved visiting classrooms, observing learning, discussions with staff, students, Governing Council and families and reviewing policies and documentation of learning. It is an intensive and rigorous process carried out every five years and provides us with authority to offer the Primary Years Programme. Thank you and congratulations to Sue Thalbourne, our PYP Coordinator, for her leadership and months of preparation leading into this visit. Preparation for this evaluation began in 2013 and the evaluators commented on the high quality of the documentation, the positive learning and community culture and the collaboration and professional learning of staff. In addition to this they commented on the high degree of support and satisfaction parents had with the programme. We will receive a formal report form the International Baccalaureate Organisation which will include commendations and recommendations. From this we will develop an action plan to enable us to continue to develop the PYP at Stradbroke. th Yr 4/5 Basketball played on 5 November 2014 Stradbroke Strikers 18 defeated East Marden Leopards 12 Good team game! Coach’s award: Fred Smith th Yr 4/5 B Basketball played on 5 November 2014 Stradbroke Kookaburras 31 defeated SPX Sharpshooters 24 Fantastic ‘on the edge of your seat’ game. Well done Kookaburras top effort from all players. Also thanks to Vincent for filling in coaching. th Yr 4/5 B Played on 12 November 2014 Stradbroke Kookaburras 34 defeated LPL White 20 Awesome game Kookaburras! Fantastic team effort by all players. Well done th Yr 6/7 Basketball played on 27 October 2014 Stradbroke Allstars 24 defeat by Trinity Trojans 34 Tough game against a strong and tall opposition. Coach’s award: Ryan Ridgeway for intensive play and Peter Minervini for going in hard. rd nd Christmas Lunch 2 December 2014 We are excited to offer this special lunch treat again to our students and staff. We hope all classes have fun sharing the Christmas lunch together which may be different to what they traditionally have at home. Order forms will go home with every student at the same time as this newsletter. Orders th need to be returned to the canteen no later than Friday 28 November, if you need another form, please collect one form the canteen. Sports day 2014 - Thank you to everyone who helped in the canteen last Tuesday, it made the day run so smoothly. Kate Majewski, Canteen Manager Yr 6/7 Basketball played on 3 November 2014 Stradbroke Allstars 34 defeated East Marden Boys 30 Fantastic game to coach and watch! Great Job! Coach’s award: Darcy Richards for his speed and pressure, Michael Lombardi for his strong rebounds. Netball Stradbroke Sugar-gliders Fri, 31st Oct. Defeated East Adelaide 10-2 Coach's Awards: Olivia for great leading around tall opposition and Alicia for good running and great goals! Cricket st Stradbroke Kanga played Dernancourt Saturday 1 Nov 2014 Stradbroke 14/51 with average of 3.64 & Dernancourt 4/65 with average 16.25. st Week 6 am pm Week 7 am pm Deweni Perera (FR4), Bandon Phathapangna(FR4), Judson Richards (FR4) Jordan Richter (FR4) Declan Ryan (FR4), Connor Smart (FR4) Thomas St Vincent (FR4) Durant Tindale (FR4), Blake Bastick (FR5) Emily Baldasso (FR5) Charlize Buckley (FR5), Darcey Farmer (FR5) Yr 4/5 Junior Cricket played on 1 November 2014 Stradbroke 24.6(av) defeated ST Joseph’s 13.6(av) The team played a great game, especially in their bowling. The batters did well in the in difficult conditions. Coach’s award Jordan Barnett: Best all round performance. SAPSASA NEWS Congratulations’ to Jett May and James Woods who won Gold Medals at the SAPSASA Cricket Carnival last week. SPORT Basketball th Yr 2/3 C Basketball played on 4 November 2014 Stradbroke Storm 6 defeated by East Marden Lions 20 Awesome game, with fantastic team effort. Good try Stradbroke Storm. Also thanks to Josh for filling in coaching! th Yr 2/3 C Basketball played on 11 November 2014 Stradbroke Storm 1 defeated by LPL Yellow 14. Stradbroke Storm played a fantastic game against a tough team. Great team effort! th Yr 4/5 Basketball played on 29 October 2014 Stradbroke Strikers 29 defeated Linden Park Grey 10 Great team effort! Coach’s award: Grant Excellence and Achievement in a Supportive School Environment 3 Excellence and Achievement in a Supportive School Environment 4 SPORTS DAY RESULTS 2014 1st KOONGA nd 2 FOREST 3rd MORIATTA 4th LEABROOK Winner Health Hustle / Cheer Chant: LEABROOK 1083 points 1042 points 961 points 918 points RELAY RESULTS Yrs 7 Boys/Girls 1st Koonga 2nd Forest 3rd Moriatta 4th Leabrook Yrs 4/6 Girls 1 Leabrook 2nd Koonga 3rd Forest 4th Moriatta st Yrs 4/6 Boys 1 Koonga 2nd Forest 3rd Leabrook 4th Moriatta st Yrs 3/5 Girls 1 Moriatta 2nd Leabrook 3rd Koonga 4th Forest st Yrs 3/5 Boys 1 Moriatta 2nd Forest 3rd Koonga 4th Leabrook st INDIVIDUAL SPRINT AGE GROUP RESULTS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 1 st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 8 Years Old Alicia Bawden Asher Ramesh Emily Worley Jed Van de Loo Amy Youn Nathan Ferres Natasha Lawton Vaarun Murugadas Tara Nanni Lachlan Tripodi Chloe Lynn Tasshveen Prem Kumar Jenna Cooper Hafiz Valiyff Jasmine Schofield Luke Valenti 9 Years Old Talia Cargin-Rowe Brad Telfer Coco St Vincent Charlie Fountain Daisy Harshazi Antony Palazzo Kristi O’Donnell Andre Konecny Nicole Schubert Arsh Akash Pattnaik Lauren Koschade Atheon Petropoulos Andrea Lim Dion Crisci Katie Schubert Tyler Pahl 10 Years Old Maya Radcliffe Artyom Makagon Ellie Campbell Mackinnon Cargin-Rowe Bama Rowe Ryan Lewis Dominique Van Zyl Christopher Van Zyl Chiara Panetta Jordan South Ayla Luckhurst Nikolas Mavrotsoupakis Cindy Jiang Noah Rooney Ebony Morton Nicholas Beatrice 11 Years Old Rita Zhiltsova Blake Bastick Sara Lefevre Peter Minervini Kiyah Rumsby Oskar DeLuca Emily Best Matthew Brent Samadhi Chandrasena Tyson Sammells Claudia Berlingeri Luke Olds Darcey Farmer Taehyeon Kang Elise Baker Dino Macri 12 Years Old Ella Fabrizio Adam Di Cola Antonia Gelekis Rory Dowdell Chloe Kahl Jack Adamson Charlie Pearce- Cane James Kim Fotini Tatsis Georgian Costi Jemma Barber Kieran Baker Jasmine Olds Jacob Campbell Amber Newton Sione Latu 13 Years Old Renee Mignone Sakib Khan Brooklyn Morgan Matt Darrington Renae O’Donnell Jett May Alannah Aldenhoven Sam Telfer Lily Anfiteatro Jacob Campbell Eden Menashe Yannik Hansen Isabella Rosmini David Katonin - INSIGHTS Building parent-school partnerships WORDS Malcolm Dix Oh, so serious! When Malcolm Dix found himself taking life too quickly and too seriously, he decided to take a dose of his own medicine. Everywhere I go I hear from parents that they are too busy, too stressed, and have too much to do and not enough time. Many social observers say parents seeing themselves as ‘time poor’ is at epidemic levels, a belief that is only compounded by technology that enables us to be connected 24/7. At one point I personally had to take some time to stop and honestly reflect upon my own life and that of my family. It didn’t take long for me to see that I too had become caught up in the ‘busyness’ of life. I knew that for the sake of my kids and my family, I had to make a change but it requires a day-in day-out conscious level of commitment – a commitment to practise joy, fun, patience, forgiveness, silliness, bad dancing and reflection. Currently I’m doing seven things to calm my life down and that of my family while trying to create more space for my children to simply enjoy their childhood. (Some of the following I’m sure you already do but it’s taken me a while to figure them out). My strategies to slow down and not be so busy are as follows: 1 Eat together as a family at the table at least four nights a week There has been more and more written about the importance of families eating together and the positive effect it has on children and adults alike. I have to say I’m enjoying it. 2 Avoid watching the nightly news 5 Exercise together I’ve stopped watching the news and to my surprise the sky never collapsed as I had feared. I’m a much happier man not watching the oh-so-depressing’ news. I exercise with my kids at least four times a week, usually at the local park kicking the footy, throwing a frisbee, running with our dog and so on. I have realised that the best way to get them all moving is by moving myself too. 3 Turn off the TV and sit around an open fire I’ve constructed a simple fire pit in our innercity backyard and every second weekend my partner, the kids and I toast marshmallows, listen to funny songs, talk and look up at the stars. Who needs to go camping to enjoy the outdoors! My eldest boy (13 years old) is also learning to set a fire and his younger brothers are learning a lot about flames, hot coals and what happens to marshmallows when they are left in the fire for too long. Meanwhile my 16-year-old daughter will stare at the flames for an hour thinking about who knows what … but for me this is better than seeing her staring at social media or watching mindless television. 4 Dance together I’ve made the conscious decision to start dancing in the kitchen with my kids at least three times a week. I can’t dance to save myself, however I have three boys and if they are ever going to learn to dance and be comfortable with moving their bodies, I suddenly realized I have to lead the way. This parenting caper sure can be humiliating at times, but we wouldn’t have it any other way. 6 Explore nature together I’ve started spending more time in nature with my kids by taking them to the river, the hills, lakes, nature parks. I keep it local, with the occasional longer drive on weekends. I contacted my local council and found so many fun things to do as a family in my local area that I never knew existed … who would have thunk it! 7 Limit your own social networking I have severely reduced my time spent on social media such as Facebook, Twitter etc. My personality type could disappear into social media and never come back so I knew I had to significantly change my ways and, once again, it’s all about positive role modelling for my kids. So there you have it, my strategies for simplifying and calming my family life. As a result I’m happier, less stressed and far more ‘present’ for everyone which, in turn, is having a positive effect on my kids. Malcolm Dix e from Michael Grose. Join Stay one step ahead of your kids with great ideas & expert advic b.com.au. You’ll be so glad you did. Michael’s NEW Parentingideas Club today at parentingideasclu © 2014 Michael Grose parentingideas.com.au 2014 Stradbroke School Swimming Championship Nomination Form The Stradbroke School Swimming Championship will be held on Friday 5th December at the Payneham Swimming Pool from 1pm - 2.30pm. The 2014 Stradbroke School Swimming Championship will have the same structure as last year. This year’s swim events will all be 50m except for the 100m freestyle boy/girl School Champion race. We are now asking for nominations from students in Years 4-7 for the School Swimming Carnival. If your child is interested in nominating for any of these events please complete the form below. Your child needs to be able to confidently swim 50 metres. As many students attend swimming lessons we would appreciate any times you have for them swimming the 50 metre distance. Student name:………………………………………………………. Class……………… Year level.……......... Birth date (eg.10.02.03)………… ……………… School House team………………………………… 50m freestyle approx time……………….. 50m breaststroke approx time……………….. 50m backstroke approx time……………….. 50m butterfly approx time……………….. We will be inviting the fastest 5 boy and girl swimmers from the 50m freestyle races to swim in the 100m School Champion race. Results from our School Championships will be used for the selection of our 2015 SAPSASA swimming team for Term 1. Please return this nomination form to Debbie Bishop at the Front Office by Friday 28th November 2014. Parent/ Caregiver signature…………………………….
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