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A Message from Deb …

We wish you all a relaxing and happy October break. It has been a very busy end of term with 3 significant student events over the last few weeks. Congratulations to Diane Toole, Mrs Wood and our fabulous choir of 58. Similarly our Taiko Drumming ensemble entertained the masses. A number of my Principal colleagues who were in the audience that night commented on the quality of their performance. The event that saw the majority of our school population dancing their hearts out was the disco lead and coordinated by our Student Ambassadors. What I love about Goodwood kids is how they like to participate and give things a go. They just like being kids! This is so refreshing when there is so much peer pressure and commercial influences out there. As a result of this event the ambassadors raised just over $1000 for the Starlight Foundation!!!! Good Patch Community Connections Congratulations to our Goody Patch Community Gardeners on raising $400 last Saturday when they held a plant sale on the footpath outside our gym.

The best part of being a Principal ….Mathematicians???

Well on this occasion it was our reception mathematicians who came to visit my office to share some amazing mathematical calculations they had been investigating. Sacha had a problem. All her peas had fallen on the ground and she needed to count them to check they

were all there. They s h a r e d m a n y different ways of doing this. One student counted by

20’s and found there were 120 peas. We were able to talk about this being an efficient strategy to calculate this kind of problem.

Parent Feedback Survey We will be sending home a survey for parents to

complete to provide us with feedback about all aspects of the school environment. Letting us know what we are doing well and constructive ideas for change are welcomed. Thank you in advance for completing this.

Sustainability … our children’s future

Last week during a parent tour I was asked about Sustainability and how our school supports our student’s skill development in this area. Olivia S (Student Ambassador) spoke to these parents passionately about their Inquiry Unit on investigating ethical manufacturing of clothes. The parents were most impressed. Then as we walked through classrooms we were immersed

in sustainable houses being created by 4M and 5M. A true reflection of Goodwood Primary living and breathing purposeful learning for their future. The Australian Curriculum places emphasis on Sustainability as a priority for study that connects and relates relevant aspects of content across learning areas and subjects. Cross-curriculum learning is fundamental to:

understanding the ways social, economic and environmental systems interact to support and maintain human life

appreciating and respecting the diversity of views and values that influence sustainable development

participating critically and acting creatively in determining more sustainable ways of living.

Through the priority of Sustainability, students develop the knowledge, skills, values and world views necessary to contribute to more

sustainable patterns of living.

Thanks again for a very productive term 3. Kind regards

Deb Brassington , Principal

Important Dates Friday 29 September Last Day Term 3—Early Dismissal 2.15pm

Monday 16 October STUDENT FREE DAY—staff PD Tuesday 17 October—Term 4 commences

Tuesday 17 October—Buildings and Grounds Committee Meeting 7.30pm

Wednesday 18 October—Assembly 16N Maria G 2.30pm Sunday 22 October—Goodwood Road Opening

Monday 23 October—RSPCA Cup Cake Day Wednesday 25-Friday 27 October—8M/19E Camp

Term 3, Week 10, 27 September 2017

Student Free Day Monday 16 October

Term 4 commences Tuesday 17 October

M&S Fees for 2018 All parents/caregivers are invited to attend the next Governing Council Meeting in Week 3 next term, on Monday 30 October at 7.30pm, to discuss the fees. Please refer to the proposed fees on this page.

Great Achievements

Goodwood Primary School Choir performs as part of the Festival of Music

On 13th of September, our Goodwood Primary School Choir performed on stage at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre as part of the

Public Primary Schools Festival of Music. Our choir was made up of fifty-six Year 6 and 7 students who had trained weekly with our highly-skilled choir trainer, Gay Woods, since February. This year, for the first time in many years, the choir was made up of over one thousand students returning to the past, when the choral festival was known as The Thousand Voice Choir. In our concert, thirty-six schools were represented in the combined choir!

The Primary Schools Festival of Music, an official state icon, is a public school-based music education program. It is a collaboration between DECD and the SAPPS Music Society, which gives all SA public primary students the opportunity to perform at a prestigious venue. Each year, the Festival of Music brings together public primary schools from across SA for fabulous concert performances. This year, the Festival started with a big bang, as an ‘Arena Percussion Group’ opened the concert while

all 1000 students filed onto stage. Five of our students represented our school in this percussion group. The commissioned work was entitled ‘The Nutcracker and the Mouse King’ which was a series of five songs based around the popular classical composition ‘The Nutcracker Suite’, and the concert ended with the pop song ‘Live Louder’.

Outstanding musical, orchestral, choral and dance item performances were also showcased between choir songs, demonstrating the musical talents of students around the state. It was a spectacular event that our students enjoyed being a part of. I’d like to thank the parents and teachers who assisted with supervision at our off-site rehearsals – Thi Xa, Lesley, Jen,

Bec, Amanda, Graeme and Catherine. A big ‘thank you’ also goes to our students for their dedication, commitment and hard work over the last seven months. I am extremely proud of the way they represented our school at the off-site rehearsals as well as during the performance at the Entertainment Centre. They always conducted themselves in a responsible and professional manner. Our choir will perform two songs from our Festival repertoire at the Week 10 assembly. Diane Toole

Taiko Ensemble Congratulations to our students from the Taiko Ensemble who performed at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre as part

of the Festival of Music..

Great Achievements

Disco fun!! What a great

night the students had last Thursday. Thank you to staff and

parents who volunteered to help make this

night a memorable one.

Gravity Light By Kaitlin Amanda Mohais

Recently I have researched a device called a Gravity Light. This device simply works by lifting a 12kg bag full of weights to a high point above the ground. As you let the bag go, it drops very slowly and a small bulb illuminates. It uses kinetic and potential energy, converting it into light. Kinetic energy is the energy from being in movement and potential energy is the energy from potentially falling from a height. In the Gravity Light it uses transformations of all three types of energy; potential, kinetic and electrical energy. It was invented for people who cannot afford or access electricity. When released at its highest point, the light will last for approximately 20 minutes. This device uses a pulley which is one of the six simple machines. Greg Ludvigsen had inspired me and my dad to investigate this topic. Deb Brassington allowed us to use the school as the background location and Liam McComb taught us about pullies and the six simple machines, he also showed me how to publish a video that I had done for this project. My dad bought the device and helped with the setting up and building it. The main part of researching was up to me. This was a very interesting topic that I am sure others would like to investigate more about, so if you are interested just let me know. I would be happy to teach you more about how it works and how the bag doesn’t drop straight to the ground.

Great Achievements

Sustainability at Goodwood Primary… Classes 4M and 5M have been creating sustainable houses.

Transition Visits

Our Preschool children had their first two transition

visits in weeks 8 and 9. They experienced a

tour of the school including the Goody Patch. What fun they

had...

Some of our reception students loved going back

to kindy and having a play… Where has that

time gone!

Term 3 Week 8 Assembly

Congratulations to these students who received awards.

CONFIDENCE

Ibrahim A

Joel C

Sebastian N

ACHIEVEMENT

Olivia C

PERSISTENCE

Fleur S

Sebastian S Joe S

ORGANISATION

Brody M

Adeline S

GETTING ALONG

Elsa M Mackenzie S

Community News

Goody Patch Plant Sale Thank you to Graeme and the Goody Patch Committee for volunteering their time setting up a plant stall on Goodwood Road last week. Plants will be on sale again today after school under the Plane trees.

Community News

You are invited to attend an exclusive Adelaide Strikers

Girls' Holiday Clinic at Adelaide Oval!

Date: Saturday 7 October

Time: Sign in from 11:30am, clinics run from 12:00pm –

3:00pm

Where: SACA Indoor Centre at Adelaide Oval

Cost: FREE!

Who: Any girls aged between six and 16 are invited to

attend!

What to expect:

- Specialised coaching catering for different ages and

abilities

- Meet WBBL Adelaide Strikers players

- Unique opportunity to train in the Adelaide Oval

Indoor Centre

Complimentary Adelaide Strikers two-game general

admission memberships (one adult and one child)

- Lunch provided

REGISTER NOW

What: Adelaide Come ‘n Try Spring School Holiday

Program

When: Monday 9—Friday 13 October 2017

Where: Adelaide CBD & Park Lands

Who: Sports Fans

Sports on offer include cheerleading, aquatics, korfball,

basketball, kung fu, lacrosse, lawn bowls, life games and

touch football.

For more information and all enquiries please visit

the Come ‘n Try website.