NEWSLETTER Week 6 Term 4 2017

An IB school valuing, supporting and inspiring a community of lifelong learners

Department for Education and Child Development T/A South Australian Government Schools CRICOS Provider Number: 00018A

Principal: Phil Garner 4 Seymour Street, Eden Hills 5050 Phone: 8278 5355 www.blackwoodps.sa.edu.au

Deputy Principal: Kris Robson

Important Diary Dates ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Wednesday 29th November

2018 New Reception 2nd Transition Visit 9.15am – 11.10am

Friday 1st December JP Assembly Rms 9 & 10

2.30pm Ashby Hall

Blackwood Christmas Pageant

Whole School Event

Christmas Tree Festival Blackwood Community

Centre 1st -3rd December

Tuesday 5th December Finance Committee Mtg

Staffroom 5pm Governing Council Mtg

Staffroom 6pm

Wednesday 6th

December

2018 New Reception 3rd Transition Visit 9.15am – 1.10pm

Friday 8th December

Year Rec/01 Zoo Visit

Wednesday 13th

December

Years 01-07 Transition Morning Visit

Thursday 14th December Year 07 Graduation

Friday 13th December

Last day of Year 2pm Finish

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Dear Parents and Caregivers,

New Receptions Visit Our School A very warm welcome to our new reception students and their families. We will have 53 new reception students beginning their educational journey with us in 2018. Wednesday saw the first day of their transition days at Blackwood Primary School. It was lovely to see so many eager and excited little ones keen to begin school. By all reports they had a wonderful time getting to know their new teachers and new friends.

We are all very proud of the maturity and bravery displayed by our current students, Bella, Lexi, Harrison, Reuben, Saksham, Bahar, Amy, Tim and Marshall who greeted our new students and their families upon arrival. A great job, well done!

We look forward to getting to know our new families and working closely with them in the near future.

Volunteers Morning Tea

On Tuesday we held a special morning tea to thank all our wonderful volunteers in our school. Over 50 people attended, sharing in a wide variety of delicacies provided by our staff. The list of volunteers and their roles in the school is amazing. Thank you for your dedication and commitment to our school. Your efforts are truly making a difference in the success of our school.

Thank you Thank you to our wonderful school community who have supported us at two recent events; Bluearth Sports Day and the Colour Run. Both of these events were highly successful and you can read more about each of these later in our newsletter.

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Blackwood Christmas Rotary Fair Thank you to all the parents that supported our cake and coffee stall at the Blackwood Rotary Fair on Sunday. Your donations of cakes, slices and homemade biscuits helped make the day a huge success. A big thank you to our Parents and Friends Committee who organised the stall and to all the wonderful helpers who supported on the day. A great community event! Thank you everyone.

2017 Blackwood Christmas Pageant The Blackwood Pageant is our last event of the 2017 calendar. This year we are Float 10 close to the front of the procession. Please consider being involved in this event. It is a great way to celebrate the end of the year and be an active part of the school and Blackwood Community. Please return the note sent home by the Wednesday the 29th of November.

Room 3 Assembly On Friday of Week 5 Room 3 hosted the Primary Assembly. It was a very busy assembly with exciting performances of ‘Rocket Sam’ from Big Sing and ‘When I Grow Up’ from Mixed Berries. While everybody performed really well, soloists Nicholas, Sebastian, Flynn, Dorothy, Marshall and Riley did a wonderful job singing for Big Sing and Nathan, Chrishanya, Max, Sabine, Ruby and Michelle sang beautifully for Mixed Berries. Ruby and Michelle did an exceptional job of singing even after the music cut out due to technical difficulties – they blew everyone in the audience away with their professionalism and talent. The rest of the assembly was filled with a look back at all the learning throughout the year with Room 3’s Little Big Learners. Hosts Sabine and Tom interviewed little big learners Mae, Jacob, Wamui and Aimee who took us through a showcase of all the talents and work that Room 3 has produced throughout the year including recorder playing, PE stunts, weather reports in Japanese, poetry, posters, a TV ad skit, a song written and performed by members of the class and a reflection on the traditions and volunteering achievements of families in our class. To top off an action packed assembly Mr. Garner, James and Sensei Sakumoto presented awards for achievements in learning, Children’s University and the hirigana competition. Everyone did a fantastic job on the day including our technical support from Aastha and Marci who managed to fix our faulty technology several times. Well done everyone!

School Information

Student Absence 8278 5355

If a student is late or absent, please ring the

office on the above number before 9am

or

SMS Text to

0427 016 460

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TUESDAY

*** Term Uniform Shop

Opening Hours Monday 8:15 – 9:15 Wednesday 12:45 – 1:30 Friday 8:15 – 9:15 3:00 – 3:45

Ph: 0401 913 830

*** KickStart Breakfast

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

& Friday 8:30am Outside the Canteen

***

Lost and Found Ensure all items are clearly labelled so we can return

them to you and check the lost and found cupboard

for missing items.

*** BPS Playgroup

Thursdays 0 – 4 year olds 9am to 11am OSHC Room

***

School Tour Days We offer school tours for

new families & new students.

Contact Reception on 8278 5355 for the next tour date and to book.

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Rememberance Day On the 11th day of the 11th month two our our students - Jasmine and Esther attended the Blackwood Memorial to commemorate the sacrifice people made during the war.

Blackwood PS 2018 Diary

Congratulations to our Year 6 student Araminta in Room 4 who has won our 2018 Student Diary cover competition. Araminta used her creativity and originality to come up with this winning design. We had over 70 entries this year from students, ranging from year 1 to 6. Well done to all the students who entered a design.

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Assembly Awards

Congratulations to the following students who received Primary Years Program (PYP) Attitudes Award Certificates.

Room 1 Oliver Inquirer Sharing excellent thinking skills during our excursion to the library and museum.

Owen Inquirer Sharing excellent thinking on our excursion to the museum and library.

Oliver Thinker Completing a very detailed energy efficient house for his sharing the planet summative task.

Connor Thinker Completing a very detailed energy efficient house for his sharing the planet summative task.

Room 2 Daniel Reflective Understanding his strengths to support his learning and personal development.

Kane Inquirer Developing his skills in research and working independently.

Hugo Thinker Using critical and creative thinking skills in maths.

Ollie Risk Taker Exploring new ideas and strategies throughout the curriculum.

Room 3 Caelan Open Minded Sharing ideas from creative points of view in group work and class discussions.

Mackenzie Inquirer Consistently taking and interest and asking questions of guest speakers.

Challum Reflective Focussing and working with Cathy to improve his learning.

Lily Principled Creating a group to clean up our school in their break times.

Mitchell Inquirer Persisting with his learning and improving steadily.

Hamish Risk Taker Overcoming his concerns and attempting challenging tasks.

Room 4 Daniel Knowledgeable & Thinker

Thinking about how to solve challenging problems in maths and teaching others.

Jasmin Risk Taker Giving all learning a go, bravely talking in front of others and stepping outside her comfort zone.

Harry Reflective & Thinker

Thinking deeply about his learning and improving through reflection.

Nduati Thinker & Risk Taker

Thinking creatively and critically to solve problems and try new strategies on Bluearth Day.

Mitchell Caring Helping others when they are stuck in their learning & on Bluearth Day.

Mikenzie Caring Being encouraging of other teams on Bluearth Day.

Jasmin Thinker Thinking critically about how to get her team across in the Parkour Challenge.

Room 6 Shantae Inquirer Being organised and keeping on track throughout her PYP Exhibition.

Veniss Inquirer Investigating a large amount of information for her PYP Exhibition.

Daniel Open Minded Getting actively involved in school events such as the Colour Run and Bluearth Day.

Suhani Risk Taker Working on improving her leadership skills.

Tahlia Knowledgeable Continually improving her times-tables and her reading.

Amelia Risk Taker Stepping up in her role as House Captain this year.

Jonah Balanced Stepping up in his role as Vice House Leader.

Room 7 Xavier Principled Always putting energy into everything he does, meeting all challenges to a very high standard.

Montana Risk Taker Putting time and effort into her Exhibition work and being very successful.

Room 8 Danielle Communicator Persevering with her writing task and achieving her pen license.

Joshua Thinker Putting a lot of thought and effort into his Information Report.

Immy Risk Taker Taking risks with her maths and English tasks and learning new skills.

Andiswa Principled Being an honest and trustworthy student in the classroom and yard.

Finlay Inquirer Demonstrating an interest and desire to learn new things in all subjects.

Room 9 Billy Risk Taker Jumping into the learning pit in writing with wonderful results.

Daniel Caring Displaying kindness and patience towards his peers in learning.

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Room 10 Ella Reflective Reflecting on your learning goals and showing commitment to improve

your reading skills.

James Communicator Speaking to an audience more confidently and answering questions during ‘Sharing Time’.

Room 11 Aakash Caring Being a thoughtful and caring friend to our new classmate.

Rhys Knowledgeable Sharing his wealth of knowledge, ideas & questions with his class during our UoI lessons!

Room 12 Lucas Open Minded Always accommodating all of his classmates and being inclusive.

Felix Risk Taker Always attempting any new tasks or activities and contemplating new ideas.

Room 13 Sanad Reflective Being able to reflect on his learning and move positively to improve.

Duksh Inquirer Being curious, asking deep questions and seeking to find out more.

Jump Rope 2017

Throughout 2017, the Blackwood Primary Hip Hoppers

have delighted audiences with their skipping skills and

encouraged other schools to raise money for the Heart

Foundation, through demonstrations at varying schools.

Recently 7 students from the demonstration team entered

the State Jump Rope Competition which was held at King

Baptist School. The team competed in the quick step,

double-unders, double dutch and free style events for

individuals, pairs and teams of four. What a fabulous job

they did representing Blackwood Primary School! We

managed to win 20 medals between 7 students, with all

students winning at least two medals. Congratulations to

the following students on their results:

Event Name Result

10-11 Pairs Quick Step Kimiya and Alicia Bronze

12-13 Teams Quick Step Emilia, Jonah, Shantae, Abbey

Bronze

12-13 Teams Double Dutch Emilia, Jonah, Shantae, Abbey

Bronze

14+ Quick Step 30sec Toby Silver

14+ Quick Step 1min Toby Gold

10-11 Pairs Double Unders Kimiya and Alicia Bronze

10-11 Freestyle Individual Alicia Silver

12-13 Freestyle Teams Emilia, Jonah, Shantae, Abbey

Gold

17+ Freestyle Individual Toby Gold

Congratulations to all skippers, in both the competition team and the demonstration team, on your

efforts throughout 2017 and thank you to everyone who helped out throughout the year.

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Undoukai – Japanese Sports Day. Japanese Sports Day is held biannually at Blackwood Primary School. This year Undoukai was held on November 7th. We were lucky with the weather.

We began the day with year 3-7 students meeting in the hall for an assembly starting with the Japanese national anthem. Satomura sensei organised year 7 students to announce video clips of events in Japan and our own students demonstrating balancing activities taught by Mrs Fuller in PE lessons.

Beginning with ‘rajio taiso’ (radio exercises), the events are a combination of traditional Japanese sports day activities, such as ‘balls in the basket’ (tame ire) and ‘pole races’ (taifu no me) and the summer festival activity ‘balloon and fish fishing’ ( yoyotsuri). Other activities were ‘bottle relay’ and a ‘dressup relay’ in which students had to tie a hachimaki around their head, put on a happi jacket and wear geta (Japanese wooden ‘thongs’).

The sports day gives our students a chance to use the language in context and to experience a different culture through physical activity as well as having fun.

しろ ぐみ かった おめだとう。This year the white team won.

Statewide Hiragana Competition

(Left) Congratulations to the Ramen Ninjas (aka Ayesha, Amelia, Veniss and Aastha) who made it through to the semi-finals of the Statewide Hiragana Competition held on November 20 at the EDC in Hindmarsh.

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PE Week at Blackwood Primary School What a busy and fun week we all had. Throughout the week fun activities included Wheels activities , Cricket and Tennis clinics for some classes, a teachers vs Year 7 student volleyball match, a guess the staff member quiz, and our Bluearth Day (in the rain). These activities were all run by the House Leaders, Mrs Fuller and school staff. Some of the staff member quiz questions are below. Can you guess the staff member who:

Completed in a Walkathon from Whyalla to Iron

Knob?

Completed in two marathons?

Was a House leader of Rosewall when she went to Blackwood Primary School?

Rode 60kms in the Amy Gillet ride and 50kms in the Ride Like Crazy ride?

Was in the newspaper for being the stroke of a rowing 4 that rowed 100 km down the Murray

River? (Over a few days of course!)

Went spelunking in Waitomo caves NZ where they abseiled into a cave, flying foxed into pitch

blackness, jumped in an inner tube into an underground river, floated to a waterfall which they

climbed out of?

Survived an over with Shaun Tait bowling? Did not get out!

In India, Kerala did 149 continuous Salutations to the Sun in unison with 40 other Ashtanga Yogis.

Took 2 hours, was in high humidity and there were no drink breaks?

Played basketball, indoor netball and touch football in their first year teaching in the country,

sometimes all on the same night?

Has a real passion for long distance running where she ran at the opening ceremony for Santos

Stadium and represented South Australia?

When they were 10 won a gold medal in the State 4x100-metre relay. In their team was Ryan

"Fitzy" Fitzgerald?

Hint: Mr Garner, Mrs Deed, Mrs Grigoris, Mr Wyskamp, Ms Gulliver, Ms Thompson, Mrs Follett, Jodie, Mrs Robson, Mrs Sutton, Liz

The Bluearth Day will be remembered by everyone as it was postponed a day because of rain then held a day later in more rain! All students seemed to enjoy the fact that we were still able to play in the rain. The day was won by Fraser. Some reflections by the students about Bluearth Day were: • People were supportive and a good sport, people

supported other teams , everyone cheered even for the

people coming last, everyone got to participate

• Enjoyed playing Storm the Castle because it was

challenging playing in a limited space

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• Barry is a great game because even if you don’t get to hold the ball you can still play a part by

stopping the other team, it was fair and fun

• We all tried our best

• Everyone was happy because it was fun

1st Fraser 2100 3rd Bradman 1960 2nd Rosewall 1975 4th Thomson 1930

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Results of the Poll for 2018 Material & Services Charges After the Governing Council meeting dated 31st October 2017, all our families were posted information and voting slips about making the 2018 Materials & Services Charge legally recoverable. Thank you to the many families/caregivers who returned their votes, the response was one of our highest ever. The result was overwhelmingly (93%) in favour of making our Materials & Services charge of $365 for 2018 fully legally recoverable. Invoices for 2018 will be issued early next year.

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Parents & Friends Committee Well its nearly the end of the school year and P&F events are coming to an end. We’ve had lots of fun with our events this year and we hope to continue into the new 2018 school year. The success of our events is thanks to the students and their families of our school community. We couldn’t have done it without your help! Parents & Friends are excited to announce that our TOTAL fundraising achievement for this year is approx. $20,000 and we’d like to thank everyone for all the support in achieving this great outcome. The money is being used to finish the final stage of the redevelopment ‘Parkour’ Playground which our students can enjoy for many years to come, so watch this space for updates! But for now, here are some of the things that P&F have been doing to achieve our goal……

CUA Colour FUN RUN What an amazing day we all had at the Blackwood Primary School CUA School Fun-Run! Congratulations to all our students, parents and teachers who got out there and made our day such a blast! Thank you to main event organiser Craig Seckerson and to the helpers on the day, Cindy Mckee, Amy Jennings, Laura Wolfe, Kate White, Rebekah Rogers, Trudy Grant and Donna Harris that helped with the setting up of our event, with special thanks to CFS Eden Hills, Sturt Police, Edinburgh Army Unit and Channel Nine Adelaide News for attending our fun run.

Christmas Rotary Fair – Karinya November 19th @ Karinya Reserve, Eden Hills The weather was perfect for the rotary fair this year. P&F held their usual stall of homemade cakes, slices, cupcakes, tea and coffee. Thank you to all who donated yummy baked goods to our stall and helped run a successful day once again for Rotary Fair this year.

P&F Meetings

ALL PARENTS AND FRIENDS

WELCOME

Upcoming events

Blackwood Christmas Pageant 1st Dec

Christmas Tree Festival 1st - 3rd Dec

P&F Contact: 8278 5355 Amy or email dl.0565.pandf@schools.sa.edu.au