Term 2 Week 4

24th May 2017

ASSEMBLY DATES Friday 9

th June

Friday 7TH

July

Principal

Ali Colbeck

Deputy Principal

Greg Doig

Assistant Principal

Lisa Gray

Business Manager

Michelle Collins

OSHC Program

Director: Belinda Filkin

Bookings: 0438 761 656

DIARY DATES

MAY/JUNE 24

th-25

th 23A & 23E Narnu Farm Camp

29th

– 2nd

Reconciliation Week

26th

National Sorry Day

2nd

25A & 25B Migration Museum

Excursion

5th

-9th

District Netball & Football

Week

WILLUNGA PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Where Tradition and the Future Meet

Website: www.willungaps.sa.edu.au Email: dl.0744.info@schools.sa.edu.au

247 Main Road Willunga 5172 Telephone: 08 8556 2234 Fax: 08 8556 2398

We are currently finding many ways to involve our students in the learning

process at Willunga Primary. Our fabulous STEPS dispositions (artfully illustrated

after consultation with all classes), are a focus each fortnight with students

recognised at assembly and with a certificate for demonstrating this disposition.

We are also working to make sure that the dispositions and effective practices

are making an impact in each classroom. We do this through student led

walkthroughs. Once a term students from years 3 to 7 visit all classes to look for

methods being used to involve students in the learning. Our second walk

through showed some improvements from first term, especially around students

understanding how to be successful within a lesson and students understanding

why they are learning the concept.

Each week Leaders meet with a group of students from Reception to year 7.

These students bring work samples and discuss what they have been learning,

why they think they were learning it and how they know when they are

successful. This information is displayed in the staff room as a discussion point.

Some great student feedback includes:

I am challenging myself with harder work

I knew I was doing better because I was improving

I enjoyed the investigations in science as they were fun and interesting

The learning would be helpful in the shops if I am buying multiples

The teacher wanted it to be a bit more challenging for me

We are building stamina in our classroom

Some people couldn’t do it, but they just couldn’t do it YET

When I ring parents during my weekly client opinion survey, it is great to hear

that some of this language is also being used at home.

Ali Colbeck

Principal

SMS Absence: TEXT ONLY

0408 727 632

Must include student’s

name, date, reason, class

Sue Camac’s News

Masterchef for the 6/7’s has

started! Name That Ingredient

was our first challenge. This year

matching the right cheese and sausage flavours will be

our Taste Test Challenge.

When I was in primary school I remember singing the

song ‘I Can Sing a Rainbow’. My friend and I thought

it was odd and didn’t make sense as it has the words

in it “listen with your eyes”. I realise now that it does

make sense to ‘listen with your eyes’. Whatever you

find yourself busy doing, cooking tea, on the

computer, cleaning, if your children talk to you, try to

remember to stop and ‘listen

with your eyes’ as well as your

ears. It definitely makes your

children feel you are really

listening to them.

OSHC News

Reminder, there is a student Free Day on Tuesday 13th June. OSHC is open on this day so if you require care, please let us know. You can call or leave a message on 0438761656 or come in and write your child’s name on the list. Currently on our program, we are looking at “Flags around the World”. We have researched a variety of flags, focusing on their colours and patterns. Discussions have been formed with the children, sharing ideas and

suggestions in designing their own flags. The children have used their imaginations and creative skills in making their own, which are on display in the OSHC room. Also the OSHC “Floor book” is now on display in the school’s front office. If you have a moment, please take a look and leave a comment. Belinda Filkin, - OSHC Director

WAY2GO

Our school has joined with the Department of

Transport Planning and Infrastructure in the program

to investigate and promote safe active transport to

school. Over the next few weeks we will be

conducting student, parent and staff surveys about

current transport patterns as well as additional

facilities that may be needed to improve active

transport (walking, scootering, cycling etc.) in our

community. From the survey results we will work

with officers from DTPI and the local council to

investigate issues and opportunities for our wider

school community. If you have any questions or

ideas, please speak to our staff reps –

Pete Murphy or Greg Doig

VOLUNTEERING AT WILLUNGA PRMARY We value volunteers at Willunga Primary. All volunteers

who provide ongoing assistance with education and

care sites and settings must be provided with the

Responding to Abuse and Neglect – Education and Care

(RAN-EC) induction session for volunteers. The RAN-EC

induction outlines volunteers' child protection

responsibilities and provides guidelines on protective

practices.

This session can be undertaken online at

https://rantrainingvolunteers.e3learning.com.au/

After you have completed the training, please make a

time to see a Leader for a brief Induction. A copy of

your certificate will need to be provided to the site.

Volunteers attending overnight camps will or

volunteering in a way NOT directly related to their child

will also require a criminal history screening. This can

be arranged through Michelle Collins in the finance

office.

SAPSASA News

Congratulations to the following students who have

been selected in the Onkaparinga South teams for the

upcoming carnival week.

Netball – Abby T, Bree M, Phoebe C and Tallula B

Football – Alex M, Johnny F, Keely D

District Trials – Soccer and Hockey

Interested students should have already received

their trial information from the office which was to be

returned direct to Kevin Barclay our district

convenor. If you haven’t received a form or have

forgotten to forward to Kevin, please see Mr Doig

ASAP.

Knockout Netball

On Friday 12th May, we played against Tatachilla

College in the knockout netball. We played at

Tatachilla on their indoor courts which is a bit

confusing with so many different lines. It was a tough

game, we were winning in the first few minutes of the

first quarter as we were using the ball well.

The biggest difference was the passing, catching and

interception skills.

In the end Tatchilla won 23 to 7.

All the girls tried hard, gave it their best shot and had

fun.

Thanks to Mel for coaching us.

Phoebe and Tallula

Golf SA Southern District

Last week Golf SA held a Come and Try golf

experience at Willunga Golf Club.

The day consisted of skill development and 9 holes of

a short course.

Congratulations to all these students who have been

invited to return to the Willunga Golf club to attend in

a qualifying 9hole event for SAPSASA golf on 15th June,

where qualifiers will be invited to play at the Adelaide

shores club later this term.

Riley B, Isabelle W, Ameya A, Skye R, Dylan F, Luka W,

Jack M and Liam J.

Linda Hodgson Junior Golf Development Coordinator

My Golf

Boys Knockout Football

On Tuesday 23rd May we played against Investigator

College at the Willunga Oval .We had done some

training sessions with Mr Crate and were ready to go.

The game was rather intense from the start with lots

of pressure and everyone going at the ball. It was a

bit congested and we dominated the play with around

70% possession in the first quarter. We were up at

quarter time.

In the second quarter the match evened out and the

scores were still close.

After half time we got slower and Investigator’s

forwards started to lift. We were lucky that they

missed some easy shots in front of goal.

Mr Crate asked us to lift for the last quarter and give it

everything we had but it wasn’t enough. We had

plenty of the ball in the last quarter but their defence

lifted as well.

The final score was Investigator 6 goals 8 behinds to

Willunga 3 goals 4 behinds.

Thanks to Mr Crate for coaching, parents for

supporting and the Willunga Football Club for the

guernseys, change rooms and post pads. We all

enjoyed ourselves.

Keely, Seb & Alex

SCHOOL UNIFORMS Need tracksuit pants for winter? We have pants at the

clearance price of $5, there are limited sizes, have a

look in the front office.

Don’t forget we have zip jumpers with the school logo

for $22 to keep warm in the cooler weather.

House Points

The following students were awarded 5 house points

for their demonstration of STAMINA in learning.

JARBADA

Grace

Kaitlyn

Elliot

Mika

Eve

Branson

Mollie

Guen

Jack

Riley

Willow

BAXENDALE

Callum

Ethan

Tayte

Owen

Zac.B

Max

Noah

BASSETT

Leah

Will

Jazmine

Brock

Aiden

Zen

Maya

ATKINSON

Caleb

Elizabeth

Scarlotte

Aiden

Nikita

Jasmine

Monique

Shakya

Max

Makayla

Oriana

LOST PROPERTY There is currently a large amount of lost property

located in the coloured wheelie bins near the Finance

Office window.

Please ensure that all items of clothing, lunch

containers, water bottles etc. are clearly labelled to

help lost items being returned.

Please have a look next time you pass by.

At Willunga Primary School we have been fortunate

to receive food supplies from

The donations mean we have been able to supply

breakfast, lunches and fruit for some of our

students. Unfortunately Kickstart for Kids are no

longer able to deliver supplies to the school as

often.

We are looking for donations of fruit from members

of our community, so we can provide students with

fruit (brain food) at all times. Now is the time when

citrus fruits are in season, so if you have any to

spare, please drop them off to the front office to

help keep our fruit basket full.

STUDENT FREE DAY

Tuesday 13th June

OSHC Available

Phone: 0438 761 656 to book