Pupil Free Day Term 4 — Week 8 Monday, 5

th December

Special Events Volunteers’ Morning Tea 6/12/16 10:30-11:30am (Multi-Purpose Room) Sport Presentations: Basketball and Cricket 8/12/16 5:00pm (Courtyard)

From the Principal

The class placement process is nearly completed. Student numbers dictate that we will start 2017 with 11 mainstream classes and 2 Special Classes. The placement process is complex as we try to ensure that all students are placed appropriately for continued success into 2017. We will provide information about 2017 student placement on December 9

th. Please be aware that adjustments to

class lists, once announced, will only be considered for extreme circumstances. If changes are made, there is a domino effect altering the integrity of the sound criteria we use in the best interest of all students. It is important that our students build resilience in positively managing changes that they need to face, both at school and in life in general. Thank you, in anticipation, for your understanding and acceptance of what we believe to be in the best interest of everyone.

Governing Council Thank You I wish to sincerely thank our 2016 Governing Council members, Glyn Roberts, Kendra Dunning, Heather McFarlane, Lee Steer, Cindy Paton, Simone Morrison, Adam Stone, Danielle Jeffries, Leanne James (Terms 1 and 2), Kathy Smith, Andrea Scrimshaw, Riki Duncan, Jo Elliott, Kate Georg, Stephen Dash and Di Brinkworth and staff members Sarah Magnusson, Annette Reid, Lydia Callaghan, Judy Smith and

Charlene McGrath, for their commitment

to our school community. Governing Council members and Sub-Committee Convenors have offered us support and sound advice and have been actively involved in the life of the school. Their support and hard work is valued and appreciated. Please consider nominating to join our Governing Council in 2017 as it is a very rewarding experience.

We acknowledge Parental/Caregiver involvement in sub-committees, class-rooms, the Resource Centre, the Canteen, sporting activities, on school excursions and in a myriad of other activities. We value the presence of parents/caregivers at assemblies and special school functions to celebrate with the staff and students our achievements.

All teachers and support staff are to be congratulated on their commitment to providing students with the best possible opportunities to reach their full potential.

Tas Ktenidis Principal

2016 TERM 4 W e e k 6 Hub News

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Relationships and Friendship Responsibi l i ty Respect

CLASS PLACEMENTS for 2017

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this issue From the Principal P.1

Library News, Canteen News, SRC News P.2 Sport News, Volunteer Morning Tea

Music News, IT News P.3

Diary Dates, Of Interest P.4

LIBRARY News Book Returns Just a reminder to check at home for any items that your children are no longer using and return them as soon as possible. All items are due back by Thursday, Decem-ber 1

st at the latest, so there

will be no more borrowing after that date as we will be stocktaking.

Stocktake If you have time to help us with our end-of-year stocktake, please contact Teacher/Librarian, Marie van Rensburg, as soon as you can, so that times can be discussed/determined. As we need as many hands as pos-sible on deck, your help will be greatly appreciated.

Marie van Rensburg Teacher Librarian

HUB GRUB News Christmas Donuts Orders are due back by Wednesday, November 30

th.

If you have not received an order form, please collect one from the Canteen. Donuts will be delivered fresh on the day by Flagstaff Bakery. No late orders will be accepted.

Term 4 Lunch Orders When ordering, please give a second choice as we are starting to run our stock down for the end of the year.

Christmas Dinner To all our wonderful canteen volunteers, past and present, we are having an end-of-year Christmas dinner at the Hub Tavern on Friday, December 9

th at 6:30pm. If you would

like to join us, please let us know in the Canteen, so that we can book.

Trish Brewer & Andrea Thain Canteen Managers

SRC News

Donation to Cancer Council At the Week 5 R-7 Assembly, Matt from the Cancer Council of South Australia came to our school to congratulate us on the amount of the money we successfully raised from discos and casual days this year. $500 was donated to the Cancer Council on Friday. This money will go towards helping research to find a cure for cancer, helping schools to learn about staying safe from the sun outside and help-ing people fight cancer. On behalf of the school, we were proud to support the Cancer Council of South Australia in 2016.

Christian B SRC Treasurer

VOLUNTEERS Special Morning Tea We are having a special Morning Tea on Tuesday, December 6

th as a way of thanking

and acknowledging all of our wonderful volunteers who have assisted in a variety of areas within the school during 2016.

Invitations began going out to volunteers (via class teachers) this week. We very much appreciate your invaluable help and look forward to seeing you back in 2017.

SPORT News Sport Membership Forms 2017 This term, membership forms for Out of School Sports (Basketball, Cricket, Soccer, Netball and Pedal Prix) will be distributed during Weeks 7 and 8 to any interested players wishing to participate next year. Alternatively, feel free to collect a form from the Front Office.

To help with planning, we would appreciate it if all forms could be returned to the Front Office no later than Monday, December 12

th (Week 9).

Sarah Magnusson Deputy Principal

On behalf of the Out of School Sports Committee

IT News Skoolbag App

Our school now has our own Skoolbag iPhone and Android App to help us communicate more effec-tively with our parent/student community. We are asking parents/students to install our Skoolbag School App. To install it, just search for our school name, Aberfoyle Hub R-7 School, in either the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. For Windows users search for Skoolbag in the Windows Store and install the app and then find your school. Please note it must be a Windows 8.1 or 10 device.

To subscribe to receive newsletters or notices, use this link:

https://skoolbag.com.au/webplugin/?schoolid=2415

Music News

Hub’s Got Talent Finalists’ Fair Performance Here are the finalists of Hub’s Got Talent who sang and played at the Fair. We congratulate them on their confident performances.

Janet Parkinson Dance/Drama/Media Teacher

Laila W & Aimee T

Hayley H

Lauren L & Ruby D

Kiana D & Madison R

Kane F, Will Mc, Mitchell L & Teacher, Tom Helps Indi G & Tarlia J

Seth K

Of Interest

ABE RFOY LE HUB R -7 S CHOOL

2 9 J e a n e t t e C re s c e n t ,

A b e r f o y le P a rk S A 5159

Phone: 8270 5055 Fax : 8370 5763

E mai l : d l . 0536. i n fo@school s .sa. edu .au

Websi te : www. ahs. sa. edu .au

25/11 2nd

Kindy Transition Visit 9-11:00am R - 3 Assembly 10:50am (Multipurpose Room); Canteen Committee Meeting 2:00pm (Staff Room)

28/11 Rooms 1 & 2 Excursion (Movies)

29/11 Finance Committee Meeting 5:30pm

2/12 3rd

Kindy Transition Visit 9-1:30pm

5/12 PUPIL FREE DAY

6/12 Volunteer’s Morning Tea 10:30 - 11:30am (Multi-Purpose Room)

8/12 Year 7 High School Orientation (Aberfoyle Park High School) Early Years Final Assembly 2:00pm (Hall) Summer Sport Presentations - Basketball & Cricket 5:00pm (Courtyard)

9/12 Year 4 - 7 Final Assembly 10:50am (Multi-Purpose Room) Semester 2 Reports go home

14/12 Governing Council Meeting 7pm (Fudd’s)

DIARY DATES: November/December