Ingle Farm Primary School 26 February 2016

Email: dl.1162.info@schools.sa.edu.au Phone: 08 8262 4864 SMS Text: 0416 906 278

NEWSLETTER Valuing Difference, Celebrating Learning, Working Together

mportant Diary Dates Term 1

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

A message from Vanessa

News from Room 7 and 8

Message from our Aboriginal

team.

Assembly news.

School Dental numbers

Homework

All classes have now begun formal homework. Homework is that

‘compound’ word that evokes a wide range of responses and

emotions! Many of us base our thoughts on homework around our

own experiences at school. At Ingle Farm, staff accept there is unlikely

to be and homework structure that works for all families on any given

night.

Each class will have slight differences in format however the

expectation is that as primary school educators we are providing an

opportunity for students to work on their organisational and time

management skills at home to complete tasks over a weekly or

fortnightly time frame. These organisational skills are expected in high

school and serve well as life skills in any chosen career!

We ask that you promote opportunities at home to support your

child(ren) to use time efficiently within other home commitments to

complete set tasks. We also remind you that tasks set for homework

are to encourage students to practise or complete skills that have

been taught at school. The teaching and learning that occurs at

school can be consolidated at home through practise and revision.

If your child(ren) experience difficulties, please talk to teacher/s so

that concerns can be resolved quickly. Teachers are experienced,

qualified professionals who provide students with new learning at

school in a planned, sequenced manner with expectations of each

individual student’s achievement potential. We appreciate feedback

about how successfully your child(ren) manage their homework

routines. Student communication books or diaries are a great way to

keep in touch with teachers regarding homework clarifications,

successes and records.

Sight Words

Families often ask for copies of lists we use for our students when they

are first learning sight words in the early years. Our sites use the Oxford

list. There is an online version that may be helpful for homework

activities.

http://www.oxfordwordlist.com/pages/

As the new school year is now well underway and class relationships

and routines are in place, I look forward to a settled and learning

focussed partnership with you to ensure we collectively support each

of our students to achieve at the very best of their ability.

Warm Regards

Vanessa Mortimer

Principal

PLEASE SEE BACK PAGE FOR IMPORTANT DATES

From the Principal

Dear Families

Thank you for the many

families who shared

Acquaintance night with us. It

was great to see students

touring family members

represented across the site.

Students did a great job of

introducing family members to

our 2016 staff team.

A big thank you to staff and

family volunteers who

coordinated and cooked a

fantastic barbeque. Many

thanks also to Laura our

canteen manager for opening

this event.

Congratulations to our new

Governing Council members

who nominated at our AGM

during Acquaintance night.

This group meet next

Wednesday evening at

6.30pm. Formal roles will be

announced in the next

newsletter. If you were unable

to make it on the night, please

make sure you read class

newsletters as a guide to your

child(ren)’s curriculum areas

and ways you can support

their success for Term 1. Staff

appreciated the opportunity

to meet families and share

information.

Ingle Farm Primary School 26 February 2016

Email: dl.1162.info@schools.sa.edu.au Phone: 08 8262 4864 SMS Text: 0416 906 278

WHAT JOLLY

PHONICS LOOKS LIKE

IN RECEPTION

Rooms 7 and 8 join

together every morning

to practise Jolly Phonics.

So far we have learnt the

sounds s, a, t, I, p, n, c, k,

e, h, r, m, d, g and o.

There are 42 sounds to

learn.

Each sound has an

action and a catchy

song that we sing

together.

As a whole group, we

brainstorm the different

words that either start

with that sound or have

that sound in them. We

practise letter formation

in the air and learn about

which part of our mouth

we use to produce the

sound correctly.

Each day we have a

craft activity linked to the

sound of the day. Some

activities have included

Rooms 7 and 8 coming

together to have a

shared Teddy Bears

picnic lunch and kite

flying on the courts.

In the Pink Unit we have

Jolly Phonics display

boards with all 42 sounds

on show. As we learn

each sound we

complete an activity to

display next to the sound.

SPECIAL CUDDLE TIME WITH OUR TEDDIES

Whole group brainstorming different words that start with the letter ‘r’.

Room 7 and 8’s TEDDY BEARS PICNIC

This is our Jolly Phonics display wall in the Pink Unit. It shows all

the sounds we have learnt so far and the amazing activities we

have made to go with each sound.

Ingle Farm Primary School 26 February 2016

Email: dl.1162.info@schools.sa.edu.au Phone: 08 8262 4864 SMS Text: 0416 906 278

Kite Flying ‘k’

Reception students flying their kites out on the courts to the Jolly Phonics ‘k’ song.

Ingle Farm Primary School 26 February 2016

Email: dl.1162.info@schools.sa.edu.au Phone: 08 8262 4864 SMS Text: 0416 906 278

Keep your kids smiling SA Dental Service

Have you received a letter from Medicare about the Child Dental Benefits Schedule? The School Dental Service is a Child Dental Benefits Schedule provider. Dental care is FREE for ALL babies, pre-schoolers and most children under 18 at the School Dental Service. Please call now for an appointment. Modbury GP Plus Dental Clinic Phone: 7425 8700

CANTEEN

Now open 5 days!!

Manager : Laura Nichols

Phone: 08-8260-6238

Opening Times

Monday to Friday

9:00am to 1:30pm

Ingle Farm Primary School Out of School Hours Care

And Vacation Care Ingle Farm Primary School

PO Box 423 Ingle Farm SA 5098

Ph: 8262 7208 Mobile: 0434 308 814

Fax: 8349 7837 Director: Karen Willis

E-mail: karen.willis204@schools.sa.edu.au Open Times

Before School: 7am to 9am After School: 2:45pm to 6pm Vacation Care: 7am to 6pm

PINK UNIT ASSEMBLY Term 1, Week 3 assembly was run and

presented by half of the classes in the

Pink Unit. The other half of the classes

will run and present later in the year.

The assembly was hosted by brave

Year 3 students in Mrs Carn’s class

from Room 13, who did a fantastic

job pushing through technical

difficulties with the microphone!

Miss Cherie and Mrs Fedele’s two

Reception classes joined together to

sing Mr Clicketty Cane as they have

been learning the sound ‘c’ in Jolly

Phonics.

Mrs Mac’s Year 1 class presented

work about themselves as they have

been learning about using adjectives

in their writing.

Mrs A’s Year 2 class presented clocks

they have made in class and shared

information they have learnt about

an analogue clock.

A MESSAGE FROM OUR ABORIGINAL EDUCATION TEAM

We would like to welcome all our Aboriginal families.

We currently have 26 Aboriginal students at Ingle Farm and

look forward to meeting with students and their families.

In the Nunga room this year there are two new but familiar

faces.

Annette Buckskin has come back to the school after a long

break and is very keen to catch up with all students and

families. Annette will be working on Mondays, Tuesdays and

Thursdays.

Rita Martucci has been teaching at Ingle Farm for many years

as a class teacher and a specialist teacher and has now

taken on the role of Aboriginal Education teacher. Rita’s work

days are Thursdays and Fridays.

We plan to get families and the wider community involved in

some exciting projects so stay tuned and be ready to visit us.

Regards

Annette and Rita

Important Dates to Remember

Student Free Day: Friday 11th March

SAPSASA Knock Out Cricket: Tuesday 1st March

Adelaide Cup Day: Monday 14th March. Public

Holiday