Term 1, Week 10, 6th April 2017
Settlers Farm Campus R-7
Phone: 82806866
Fax: 82806403
School Email: [email protected]
www.settlersr7.sa.edu.au
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE
Principal News
Year 6 & 7
Aquatics Recount
Student Leaders
News
Aboriginal parents
Morning Tea
B05 Robot
Construction
OSHC School
Holidays Program
Car Boot Sale
COMING EVENTS
TERM 1
LAST DAY
TERM 1
Thursday 13th
April
‘Casual Clothes Day”
Gold Coin Donation
14th April
Good Friday
Public Holiday &
School Holidays
TERM 2
School Resumes
Monday 1st May
NO SCHOOL
Monday 12th June
Queen’s Birthday
Public Holiday &
Tuesday 13th June
Pupil Free Day
Dear Families,
Here we are one quarter of the way through a school year – this is week 10 out of
40 weeks! I hope that families are gearing up for fun, happy and safe school
holidays. Please don’t forget that on the last day of school we finish at 2:05pm.
For the first three weeks of term 2 I have been nominated to step into the role of
Education Director. Jo Sayers will be the Principal of this site during my absence
and we will be backfilling her deputy’s role during that time. As Education Director
I am still responsible for Settlers, as well as numerous other sites, so Jo and I will
be in close communication during this time.
Although quiet, the car boot sale on Sunday was a success. Thank you to all of
the staff who supported the day either through donations or working on stalls.
Thank you to the community members who came through on the day. It was
perfect weather. Next term’s fundraising event is the disco. The governing council
has decided this year’s fundraising will further improve the grounds.
Hopefully over this week and next, families have had, or made a time to have,
interviews with teachers. I highly recommend that students attend the interviews
with you and talk about their own learning. This is an opportunity for sharing how
your child is travelling in their learning and it is also a time for common
understandings (student, teacher and parent) on the ‘where to’ from here. Staff
have been building student’s understanding of the intention of lessons and the
success criteria so that students can set their own personal learning goals.
Taking control of their learning is a vital component of being lifelong learners and
being prepared for all of their future options. If you have not yet made a time for
an interview or missed the one you had booked, then please speak with the
teachers individually to reschedule.
Tanya Oshinsky
Principal
Jo Sayers
Deputy Principal
Students with Special Needs
Maureen Williams
Student Wellbeing
Senior Leader
Sarah Crosby
Improvement in
Teaching & Learning
Senior Leader
Ann Shepherdson
Innovation in
Teaching & Learning
Senior Leader
Paula
Mulholland
Kindergarten
Director
Jan Hutchison
OSHC Director
At this time of the year the transition process for students moving from year 7 to
year 8 begins. Year 7 students will bring home their forms in week 1 of Term 2. Starting Secondary School
(‘transition’) packs are distributed to all Year 7 students. These materials are intended to help students and their
parents understand enrolment procedures in order to correctly complete their ED176 form and/or apply for special
interest programs. Parents of these students must complete the form and supply any relevant documentation to
the school by Friday 26 May 2017. Parents can access enrolment information at www.sa.gov.au, which provides
key information about the Year 7/8 Transition process. To access this information please select ‘Enrolling in High
School’ by using the search function. Maureen (Senior Leader) or your child’s class teacher can also support you
through this process.
At the beginning of each term we put a term planner out with the first newsletter of the term. At the beginning of
this year the assemblies may not have been organised in time for when this term’s planner was published. Term
2’s planner will therefore be published in week 2 of the term. For forward planning I have included the dates and
times of the Term 2 assemblies (all in the hall) here:
K-2 Assemblies – Week 2 Thursday 11th May, Week 4 Tuesday 23rd May, Week 6 Thursday 8th June and Week 8
Tuesday 27th June – please note that these assemblies alternate between Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:15am.
They alternate so that the two Kindy groups have an opportunity to attend at least 2 assemblies a term.
Year 3-5 Assemblies – Week 3 Thursday 18th May, Week 6 Thursday 8th June and Week 9 Thursday 29th June –
all assemblies are held at 2:15pm.
Year 6-7 Assemblies – Week 5 Friday 2nd June and Week 8 Friday 23rd June at 2:30pm. A Cyber safety session
has been organised for year 6/7 students on Friday of week 1 in the hall.
All of our Pupil Free days and School Closure have now been endorsed by Governing Council. Some further dates
to be aware of include: Tuesday 13th June, Monday 4th September and Monday 16th October are the remaining
Pupil Free Days for this year. A School Closure is planned for Wednesday 29 th November, after the Summer
Celebration on Tuesday 28th November. We will also be celebrating 30 years as a school in the afternoon of the
Summer Celebration – more information about this will be coming out closer to the date. Graduation for our year 7s
this year will be on Thursday 14th December. We are booked into Waterworld as a whole school excursion in term
4 with the date to be confirmed.
Kind regards, Tanya
RESPECT
RESPONSIBILITY PERSONAL BEST
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During Week 7 (March 2017) E01, E03, E04,
G02 & G03 went to West Lakes Aquatics Centre.
On the 15th of March, E03 and E01 went to
West Lakes Aquatic Centre. We left school
at 8:30 sharp and we arrived at roughly
9:00.
We went through a safety talk led by one of
the instructors and were placed into 8
diverse groups, 2 for each activity.
There were 4 activities, sailing, snorkeling,
surfing and kayaking. Group 8 and 7 did
kayaking first, group 6 and 5 did sailing, 4
and 3 did surfing and group 1 and 2 did
snorkeling.
Overall the day was a lot of fun for all 8
groups!
But sadly we had to leave West lakes at
around 4:00 but we get to go to West lakes
again next year!
Written by Jai Muhlback E03.
On Friday 17th March, the year 7 students from G02 and G03 went to Aquatics at the
Westlake's Aquatic Centre. The most important thing that we learned on that day was
the safety rules relating to activities on the beach and the lake.
Some of the really exciting things were snorkeling, kayaking, sailing and surfing.
At kayaking the exciting skill that we learnt was how to make a raft, how to protect
yourself in an emergency and how to do 360 degree rotations in the water.
We snorkeled in the lake and saw many fish. We surfed on the beautiful Tennyson
Beach. Some of the students in our group managed to catch a wave for a few seconds.
When we did sailing we all got to learn about the parts of the sailing boat and we also
got to steer the boat. At the end of the session, we did man over board. What an
amazing day!!! Written by Mathew G02
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In week 7, the year 6 and 7 classes participated in numerous activities at the West Lakes
Shore Aquatics Centre. The activities we participated in were surfing, sailing, snorkeling
and kayaking. Before every activity, our instructors taught us about the equipment we
were using and how to use it safely. They also explained to us what to do in an emergency,
but luckily, it didn't occur. We also learnt a number of safety tips to do with water
activities that we could use in future. I'm sure everyone had a great active day.
By Klara G02
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West Lakes Aquatics
On the 18th of March we
went to the West Lakes
Aquatic centre. We learnt a
lot of things including
kayaking, canoeing, Boogie
boarding and sailing. The
most valuable thing we did
was learn about water
safety, in water safety we
learnt about how to call for
help and what to do in an
emergency. We also talked
about three words STAY
WETT HELP. Starting with
STAY, it stands for stay
with your equipment and
keep calm. Secondly was
WETT, It stands for
Weather, Equipment, Tell
someone and Take a buddy.
Finally we have HELP,
HELP stands for Hazards,
Entry and Exit, Landmarks
and Plan. P.S our personal
favorites were Boogie
Boarding and kayaking
By Joshua and Kaleb E04
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Wednesday 10th May
Lorraine, Louise & Rebecca’s Year 5 Bilby classes will be holding
a Mother’s Day Stall on Wednesday, 10th May.
There will be lovely gifts priced from 50c to $6.
Gifts include bookmarks, flowers, notepads,
biscuits, sweets and mugs.
Buy mum a great present!
B05 Year 5 Designs
Did you see B05’s Design and Construction Robots in our front office?
B05 students have designed and constructed the robots to do the student’s least favourite job.
Eg. wash dishes, clean and tidy bedrooms, sweep floors, tell the time, make beds, clean
benches, paint walls just to name a few.
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HARMONY DAY PHOTO
Harmony day assembly was hosted by our assembly team.
Here are some photos-
All of the student leaders are working very hard on organising their teams
and making their ideas a reality. I.T is fixing up the computers around the
school, The Kitchen group are preparing the kitchen for use and the key
holders are setting up a new message for our phones! That is only a few of
the things that our Student Leader Committees are involved in!
-TTTW (Toranie, Teagan, Tyler & Willow)
YUMMY!!
The Canteen Committee has asked us to inform you that sushi rolls are
now available at the Canteen for $3.20 each.
Teriyaki & Tuna are available.
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Here are some comments from our 6/7 students about their
Aquatics experience:
Dylan Norris commented that aquatics was a great educational activity, he
loved doing kayaking and boogie boarding.
CJ Lazarus believed that the aquatics activities were overwhelming and
brilliant fun, he cherished doing boogie boarding.
Mia Walters explained that the aquatics excursion was a good experience
and the activities she learnt were fun and exciting.
Owen Bradford remarked that he loved it, and his favorite was the
kayaking.
Emily Le Leu told us she adored aquatics and her favorite activity was
surfing because she had the opportunity to learn how to surf.
Kylah Adams exclaimed that it was entertaining and her favorite activity was
kayaking because she enjoyed struggling to get onto the kayak.
Aboriginal Parents Morning tea Tuesday 28th March 2017
On Tuesday 28th March, 2017, the Aboriginal parents met at
Settlers Farm Campus for a morning tea. It was a time to
discuss their child’s learning goals and aspirations. The
parents enjoyed getting together and look forward to the
next meeting in term 2, along with future parent workshops
that are being planned.
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Settlers farm Governing Council Grounds Committee are interested
in your feedback on our school grounds.
If you missed filling out the survey on sports day and would like to
have a say in how we can continue to improve our school grounds,
please take a few minutes to complete the survey by
using the link below.
https://surveyhero.com/c/a17f227
Thursday 13th April
LAST DAY TERM 1
EARLY DISMISSAL 2.05PM
Gold Coin Donation
We are raising money for our school
Students may wear
(appropriate) casual clothes.
How to subscribe to the
newsletter mailing list for parents.
Send an email to the following email address:
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The subject and body of the email should be blank apart from adding the following text exactly as written to
the body of the email:
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After approximately 5 minutes you should receive an email with instructions to confirm your address by
clicking on the link contained within the email.
The subscription request will then be approved by the school and the parent
will receive a confirmation email once approved.
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Hello, my name is Rachel Mulligan and I am the new Pastoral Care Worker,
providing a Wellbeing Service at Settlers Farm Campus. Pastoral Care
Workers offer a unique dimension of care and support to all members of
the school community. I will be a positive role model and I bring compassion, understanding and
provide practical, ongoing support to students and families. My role includes working alongside
and complementing other welfare and wellbeing staff in the school.
As the School Pastoral Care Worker, I will be available in the yard at break times, will work
alongside teachers and students in the classroom, and I will be an extra resource to teachers
to support extra-curricular events and activities. I also provide a connection to local churches
and various other agencies.
I will be at the school on Tuesday and Thursday and I can be contacted by students through
the front office. Parents and care-givers can contact me through the school front office or via
email: [email protected]. I am really looking forward to assisting the school
staff to provide the best outcomes for students and their families.
PARAFIELD GARDENS
HIGH SCHOOL
OPEN NIGHT
Wednesday 12th April, 2017
BBQ Tea from 5:30pm
Tours from 6:00pm - 7:45pm
If you are unable to attend, please call Jenna English on 8258 9855 and we will
arrange an Individual tour at a time convenient to you.
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Parenting after Divorce and Separation
Separation and divorce can be a stressful and challenging time for parents and children. It can put
children at risk of emotional and behavioural problems, poor academic achievement, and ongoing
relationship problems. Parents may also experience increased depression, anxiety and stress.
It is important that families have access to evidence-based preventative interventions. Researchers at
the University of South Australia and The University of Queensland are developing an online
intervention to support parents during this transition. They are encouraging parents to have an input
into what is important to go in the program and what their needs are. Interested parents can learn
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Car Boot Sale
On Sunday 2nd April Settlers Farm Campus held a Car Boot Sale.
We had fourteen stall holders as well as a jumping castle, cake sale,
bbq, lucky dip and Easter raffle. Thank you to the community
members and staff who supported the day and to the fundraising
committee; Ann Sheperdson, Val kamilow, Rachael Richardson and
Lisa Muhlback.