T/A South Australian Government Schools

CRICOS Provider Number: 00018A

Dear Parents

TERM 2 STUDENT REPORTS

Term 2 reports are an important part of our communication with families.

The reports provide a comprehensive overview of how your child is

progressing half way through the year. Reports will be sent home in Week 10.

These reports are part of a year wide communication process. These include:

Term 1 - Acquaintance Night and 3 way interviews, Term 2 - reports, Term 3 –

interviews if requested, Term 4 - end of year reports.

PUPIL FREE DAYS THURSDAY 23 AND FRIDAY 24 JUNE

A reminder that the school will be closed next Thursday and Friday with staff

undertaking an International Baccalaureate two day workshop on assessment

with an emphasis on how we use Formative assessment with Dr Michelle

Cafini from Rivercrest College in Victoria. This area was listed in our Primary

year’s evaluation in 2015 and has been included as a priority in our 2016 Site

plan.

SPORT PRACTICE

Parents are reminded that student supervision at school sports practice is the

responsibility of parents. Our coaches are parents who have kindly

volunteered their time to support school sport. It is not their responsibility to

manage behaviour and mind younger siblings. If your child is booked into

OSHC at the same time as sport practice, please ensure that they check into

OSHC. If you are unable to be at sports practices please ensure that you have

organised another parent to supervise your child at that time.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE TIME FROM SCHOOL

We still have students arriving at school as early as 8.00am. Staff do not

commence yard duty until 8.30am so students are unsupervised. Similarly we

have children waiting as late as 4.00pm to be collected. We accept there are

times when parents get caught in traffic or a meeting. When this occurs we

please call the office with an estimated time of arrival as many students

become anxious when they are the only students left.

The school has an excellent Out of School Hours programme that is very

reasonably priced once rebates are factored in. Please consider this option if

your child is regularly early to school or late being collected.

PHIL GREAVES

PRINCIPAL

339 Main Road, Coromandel Valley, SA 5051 Tel: (08) 8278 3693 Fax: (08) 8370 2436

email: dl.0104.info@schools.sa.edu.au URL: www.coromandps.sa.edu.au

COROMANDEL VALLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL “Developing global learners in a caring community”

NEWSLETTER 10 16 JUNE 2016

Important Diary Dates

JUNE

Friday 17/6

Spelling Comp

Tuesday 21/6

Governing Council Meeting

Thursday 23/6

PUPIL FREE DAY

Friday 24/6

PUPIL FREE DAY

Tuesday 28/6

RAN Training – 5:30pm

JULY

Friday 1/7

Sharing Assembly

7pm Cluster Disco

Friday 8/7

LAST DAY TERM 2

2:10pm Dismissal

Monday 25/7

FIRST DAY TERM 3

UNIFORM SHOP HOURS

Monday - 3:00pm – 3:45pm

Friday - 8:15am – 9:00am

Community

Lottery Books

Only 15 books left to sell.

Please email Kristen at

kristen.gordon461@schools.sa.edu.au

if you would like a book to sell.

Books to be returned by the last day

of term 2. Hamper raffle will be

drawn first assembly back in term 3.

DYSLEXIA

Dyslexia is a lifelong learning disability that predominantly affects a child’s ability to learn to read and write. A child with

dyslexia will often make slower progress than their peers when learning to read and write, even when teachers provide

special assistance.

It is estimated that 5-10% of the population are dyslexic. This means that teachers are likely to have 1-3 children with

dyslexia in each class. On average more males are dyslexic than females. Children of dyslexic parents are more likely to be

dyslexic themselves.

Please contact the school if you have concerns after reading through the check list below.

In Preschool

• delayed speech

• chronic ear infections

• did not crawl

• mixes the sounds and syllables in long words

• enjoys hearing reading but does not respond to

wanting to read

• severe reactions to childhood illnesses

• constant confusion of direction - left/right, up/down

• late establishing a dominant hand

• difficulty learning to tie shoelaces

• poor sequencing eg coloured beads

• trouble memorizing their address, phone number, or

the alphabet

• can’t create words that rhyme

• can’t tell which word is “odd” in a group of words

• thinks and acts quickly

• enhanced creativity/aptitude for 3D/ construction

• sociability

• a close relative with dyslexia

In Primary School

• continued difficulties from pre-school list

• slow, non-automatic difficult to read handwriting

• letter or number reversals past the end of first grade

• extreme difficulty learning cursive

• slow, choppy, inaccurate reading/poor

comprehension:

• guesses based on shape or context

• skips or misreads prepositions (at, to, of)

• can’t sound out unknown words

• unusual spelling

• often can’t remember sight words (they, were, does)

or homonyms (their, they’re, and there)

• difficulty telling time with a clock with hands

• trouble with math, memorizing multiplication tables,

sequence of steps, directionality

• difficulty finding the correct word when speaking

• difficulty copying from board

• difficulty taking down oral information

• disorganised - bedroom, backpack, desk

• dreads going to school - stomach/headaches; may

have nightmares

Southern District Junior Soccer

Association Inc. Certificate of

Carnival Participation - Under 11s

Parents & Friends

There has been a great start to the 2016 fundraising effort, with more

than $8000 already being raised – well on the way to this year’s target of

$15,000, to be used for a student kitchen (to be built in the OSHC hall).

Sports Day, bulb orders, the Mother’s Day stall and 5c Fridays have all

been strong contributors to the total.

Work is well underway in planning a new JP playground facility to utilise

the funds that were raised last year. The school is looking at a

comprehensive playground facility that can be rolled out in several phases

over the next couple of years. Further information will be available in the

coming weeks.

5c Fridays

Both students and teachers have developed a healthy sense of

competition about P&F’s latest initiative – 5c Fridays. Week 9 will be the

last week of 5c Fridays for this term, with the winning class receiving their

pizza lunch in Week 10.

Community Lottery

There are still more than 15 Community Lottery raffle books available for

families to sell. The Community Lottery provides a healthy injection of

funds into our fundraising every year, and we are keen to ensure we can

sell the full 100 raffle books that we have been allocated. If you are able

to sell a raffle book, please contact the front office.

Girls’ movie night

Put Saturday, August 6 in your diary for the P&F Girls’ movie night at the

Capri. Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie will be screening, with tickets just

$15 and full bar service. Information on how to buy tickets will be coming

soon.

SPORTS NEWS

Girls Football

Last Friday our first ever girl’s football team braved the wintry conditions for their first knockout match against Braeview

Primary School. Damien Venning has been working hard with the year 6 & 7 girls to develop their skills and capably

coached our girls. Unfortunately the visiting team was too good

for us on this occasion but it was obvious that all involved had a

great time. We would like to thank Damien for his support and

the time he puts in to developing school sport.

LEARNER PROFILE & ATTITUDE CERTIFICATES

Congratulations to the following students who received recognition for their efforts at school to learn in a positive and

productive manner.

Weeks 6 & 7

Nick W. Thinker Ethan P. Communicator Keegan F. Open minded

Kane S. Thinker Brooklyn B. Thinker Callan C. Thinker

Cassie E. Risk taker Poppy T. Communicator Harry M. Communicator

Lucy W. Knowledgeable Alex M. Thinker Leya D. Communicator

Callum C. Risk taker Toby J. Knowledgeable Kitara L. Inquirer

Imogen D. Principled Joe A. Knowledgeable Grace O. Risk taker

Lucy H. Caring William M. Thinker Alyssa T. Risk taker

Caden G. Knowledgeable Fletcher H. Communicator Lily S. Reflective

Bronzyn M. Risk taker Levi C-K. Risk taker Heidi B. Inquirer

Ami T. Communicator

~ COMMUNITY NEWS ~

Aussie Outback Adventure Night – Saturday 18th June, 5-7pm. BBQ tea, bush crafts, and marshmallows around the campfire.

For families with school aged children. Cost: $10 per family. At Blackwood Hills Baptist Church, 72 Coromandel Parade,

Blackwood. For further details visit www.bhbc.org.au or contact Deb Potter on 0422 504 667 or Kirsten Read on 0405 310 274.

Ambassadors Soccer Camps will be running in Hawthorn from the 19th

– 22nd

of July. This is a great opportunity to learn the

skills of soccer in a supporting environment. The camps are focussed on boys and girls aged 6-12. More information and

registration can be found at www.soccercamps.org.au If you would like further information please phone Gerry Doyle on 0408

695 888 or email Gerry.doyle@tonkin.com.au

Thank you for supporting

Coromandel Valley

Primary School

2015/16 BOOK IS NOW EXPIRED BUT THERE IS STILL TIME TO PURCHASE YOUR NEW 2016/17 MEMBERSHIP.

HURRY BECAUSE STOCKS ARE LIMITED!!!

Coromandel Valley Primary School Contact: Kristen Gordon Phone: 8278 3693 Email: kristen.gordon461@schools.sa.edu.au.au

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Join us for ‘A Night of Hope’ – 7.00pm Saturday 25 June (doors open 6.30pm) A rare opportunity to hear the inspirational story of a former Ugandan child soldier,

Grace Arach, with performances by award-winning Australian singer/songwriter Levi

McGrath.

Free entry - get the word out... invite your friends!

Click here for more info or visit www.corouniting.org.

David Buxton Pastor (Children & Families)

6000 STAIRS

Hi my name is Niamh and I am a year

7 student. On the 3rd of July I will be

taking part in the Stadium Stomp -

climbing the 6,000+ stairs of the

Adelaide oval stadium, in order to try

and raise money for my chosen

charity, Little Heroes. Little Heroes

does a great job with supporting

seriously ill children. I will be one of

the youngest to take part in this

event since 12 is the minimum age to

participate. The goal I would love to

raise is currently $250. I would be so

grateful if you could sponsor me to

do this and make an online donation

at

http://stadiumstomp2016ao.gofundr

aise.com.au/page/NiamhHegarty

Alternatively, I will leave a collection

tin at the front office if you would

like to make a gold coin donation.

Thank you in advance for helping me

to raise money for very sick children.