Diary Dates

Fri 29th Sept

Last Day of Term

1:30pm finish

Mon 16th Oct

First Day of Term 4

Mon 6th Nov

Pupil Free Day

13-17th Nov

R-5 Swimming Week

Fri 1st Dec

Family Fun Night

Principal: Yunni Seindanis Deputy Principal: Scott Mathews OSHC Director: Carol Sheehan Phone: 8346 1541 Fax: 8340 3239 www.allenbyps.sa.edu.au

We are very close to the end of another fantastic

Term. As Principal it is amazing to see how much

we have achieved over the past three terms. A

specific well done to all students that participated

and represented Allenby Gardens or House Teams

in SAPSASA competitions, the Festival Choir, Fun

Run and Sports Day. I am looking forward to

another busy term ahead with still so much to

cover.

Even though I was unable to be there in person

for Sports Day last week, I have still received

some great feedback from the day and by all

accounts holding the day at Allenby Gardens

Reserve was a huge success and there was even

a little sunshine shared on the day. A huge

congratulations to this years winners of BOTH

the Sports Day AND Values Shields—HEYSEN—

well done for an all round good effort.

Congratulations to Mawson, Longmore and

Spence too— I have heard that all teams put in a

fantastic effort on the day.

STEM

The Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths

building works is now well under way and on

schedule for opening next year.

It is very exciting to watch the development take

shape with some major changes already visible.

2018 CLASS PLACEMENTS

We are now commencing planning for 2018 classes. Although staffing hasn't been completed yet I am offering parents the opportunity to communicate information which will help the Leadership Team and staff to make decisions regarding class placement for students. If you would like to express your interest, please send a letter addressed to Yunni Seindanis marked “Confidential 2018 Class Placement”. Letters need to be received by

Friday 27th October I would appreciate the following information included in the letter:

Children who your child gets on well with socially and would work well together

Children who your child has difficulties with and would be best separated

Strengths and interests that your child has Letters from previous years will not be taken into consideration as friendships and interests do change over time. Please do not request teachers as there have been many changes to the year levels that current teachers are going to be working with next year. Students will be asked to select 4 friends who they would like to be with. Depending on suitability according to teachers we will try to organise classes so that each child has at least 1 or 2 friends with them. Teachers will talk to children about making sensible requests based on friendships which enhance learning, not those which hinder learning.

ALLENBY GARDENS PRIMARY SCHOOL

Preschool – Y7 Newsletter No. 5

Tues 26th September 2017 91 Years ~ 1926 - 2017

Yunni Seindanis

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Our school, our community, our future

RESPONSIBILITY EXCELLENCE HONESTY CONFIDENCE

DATES TO REMEMBER Friday 29th September

Last Day of Term

1:30 pm Finish

OSHC facilities are available but you need to book in

advance

Monday 16th October

First Day of Term 4

Monday 6th November

Pupil Free Day

OSHC facilities are available but you need to book in

advance

Friday 1st December

Family Fun Night

Family Fun Night

Friday 1st December

Our Annual Family Fun Night will be held on

Friday 1st December

If anyone is interested in holding a stall at the Family

Night/Fete

* The cost will be $40 to hold a stall – to be paid in

advance

* Stalls are available indoors (the gym) and outdoors

You will need to donate something for a raffle

You will have a 2 x 3 site indoors or a 3x3 site on the

asphalt and around the buildings

* No hot food stalls – the school will manage this

Some ideas for stalls – Nutrimetics, Avon, Tupperware,

Organo Gold, Thermomix, Amway, Neway, Enjo, Art &

crafts, Christmas Stall, Homemade jams, Bric a brac,

Tarot Reading, Coffee Cup Reading, Novelty items,

promoting a business/club – these are just to name a

few, BE CREATIVE!!

Please contact or email Michelle at the Front Office

michelle.yiannicou931@schools.sa.edu.au with the

following details

¨ Name and phone number

¨ Association to the school

¨ Description of the stall

We are also looking for a list of volunteers that are able

to help over the coming weeks and also on the night

itself—many hands make for a more successful event so

please contact Michelle in the Front Office if you are

able to lend a hand.

Call 8346 1541 or email

michelle.yiannicou931@schools.sa.edu.au

HAVE YOUR SAY!

SPORTS DAY!!!! Sports Day last week was a major event on the

Allenby Gardens PS Calendar. We would love to hear

what your thoughts about the day were.

If you have any feedback about how the day went, if

it was successful or if there were any issues, how the

first time in House Colours played out, the days

events, timing of the day, using the Allenby Gardens

reserve or any other comments you may have.

Please contact Michelle at the Front Office on

8346 1541 or email

michelle.yiannicou931@schools.sa.edu.au

We look forward to hearing

from you!

Swimming Week

Make a note in diaries that this years Swim-

ming Week will be

13th—17th November 2017

Forms and full information will be sent to families at the

beginning of next term—cost of swimming will be $33.00 per

student

TISSUES

All class teachers would be very grate-

ful for donations of boxes of tissues

for their classrooms.

Commonwealth School Banking

Remember Banking Day is Wednesday each week. Complete your book, add your money and give to the class teacher on Wednesday mornings For anyone that uses the Commonwealth School Banking facility kindly be aware of the following points: Please make sure you complete the details of your

deposit on both the DEPOSIT SLIP and the STUB in your bank book (if it is not completed we will return the book and the money will not be banked that week)

Please write your account number on the deposit slip

Please make sure the money enclosed matches the amount entered on the deposit slip (if there is a discrepancy we will return the book and the money will not be banked that week)

The school is unable to provide you with an account balance - please contact your local Commonwealth branch for this information

We cannot accept foreign currency We can only accept one deposit

per child per day Thank you for your understanding

Payment of Fees

We would like our families to be aware that they

are now able to make a payment of their school

fees via EFT—Electronic Banking.

Please contact Tina Nikou—Finance Officer on 8346

1541 who will be able to provide you with the

school’s account details.

CHANGE OF DETAILS

Please remember to notify the Front Office of any change of details for students

Mobile Numbers

Home Numbers

Work Numbers

Change of Address (please provide proof of

new address)

Emergency Contacts Information

Change in medical conditions—any

medical conditions such as allergies and asthma need to be notified and medication to be kept in

the Front Office

It is important that we keep our students records up to date

HATS AND UNIFORM

The weather will be hotting up next term and we have

noticed that a number of our students are missing

their school hats.

So a timely reminder for all of our children to stay

sunsmart. They should be wearing their hats at recess

and lunch and also during any outdoor lessons

otherwise they will miss out—No Hat No Play.

Hats are available to purchase from the Front Office

for $15.00 (cash only please).

Also a reminder to families / students that Allenby

Gardens Primary School has a school uniform code of

Gold and Navy Blue.

Again, a number of students have been wearing a

variety of different colours this term and whilst we

appreciate the colder weather requires more layers,

we still request that our students stick to the colour

code.

Our uniform shop offers a full range of school

uniforms and are happy to help. Order forms are

available from the Front Office and shop times will be

published at the beginning of next Term.

SAPSASA NEWS On Tuesday 12th September, approximately 35 students represented our school at the SAPSASA District Athletics Carnival at Henley Athletics Club. The attitude and participation levels were fantastic and the students demonstrated outstanding personal qualities in competing against schools from our local area. I would like to congratulate all students for being the best they could be and representing our school with pride. Some individuals who achieved outstanding results on the day were: Sophie E - 1st in 10 year old Shot Put Elli C - 1st in 11 year old High Jump, Shot Put and Discus Aiden S - 2nd in 11 year old Shot Put Danila B - 1st in 10 year old Discus and 3rd in Long Jump Kaitlin - 1st in 10 year old 200m Kosta - 2nd in 13 year old 100m and most of our relay teams were awarded with 1st, 2nd or 3rd ribbons. Overall, our school came 2nd in our Division. Well done to Mr K and the students involved. In addition Elli C also won silver medal for shot put, representing the Western District in the SAPSASA State Finals.

More Sports Day Photos

On Friday 20th October (week 1 of Term 4) we're encouraging all students and staff to wear red to school, in an effort to raise awareness of dyslexia. (No gold coin donation required, just wear red). 10-15% of Australians are dyslexic, and have persistent difficulty with reading, writing and spelling on a daily basis. On Light it Up Red Day we'll be celebrating and empowering those in our community who struggle with dyslexia. Look out for buildings around the city, including Adelaide Oval and Pulteney Grammar School, who will be lighting up their buildings during the month of October. You can add a Light It Red for Dyslexia twibbon to your Facebook or Twitter profile picture here too : https://twibbon.com/support/light-it-red-for-dyslexia?fref=gc&dti=1593751450906842