Dear families & friends, 

Inquiry

Our inquiry this term, ‘Animals survival depends on us’, started with our excursion to Gorge wildlife park. This inquiry will take students on a journey of understanding how humans impact both negatively and positively on animal survival and whether or not animals do depend on us for survival.

Learning Summary Reports & Conferences

Learning summary reports were sent home with students on Friday of week 9 and we are part way through our conferences. Laura will arrange Conferences for her class on her return. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to read reports and meet with class teachers to support their child's learning journey with us. 

Naplan

We have received our Naplan results for all our Year 3 and 5 students. We were very pleased to see we have maintained a ‘strong’ level in all areas for our year 5 students. Year 5 students also all demonstrated medium and upper progress in Reading and Numeracy. Our very small year 3 cohort (only 5 students) were Strong level of proficiency in all areas apart from Grammar and Punctuation. 

P.A.T. (Progressive Assessment Tests)

We are currently getting ready to run our annual PAT assessments in Reading and Mathematics. These assessments are crucial in our planning and involves all our year 1 – 6 students. These assessment will run as part of the students literacy and numeracy learning program in the last few weeks of term. 

Pupil Free Day

Our pupil free day allowed the time for staff to complete some mandated training in the Departments new Culturally Responsive Framework, as well as have rich and deep discussions about student support and progress along with some valuable whole team planning. 

Traffic update

Thank you to Ken (Adelaide's dad) who has been communicating with our local MP Claire Clutterham (pictured) since she was elected as the member for Sturt. As a consequence of this, Claire came to meet with Ken and I at the front of the school on Wednesday morning (13th August) to observe and discuss traffic management and safety. Claire witnessed first hand some of our concerns and has agreed to support us around our ongoing quest for a proper crossing for families and students to increase safety for all. 

A big thank you to Ken for persisiting and coordinating this meeting and to Claire for giving us her time and ear to listen to and observe our ongoing concerns. Fingers crossed she can help us make our road safer for everyone! 

Events

We have a few events coming up so keep an eye out for information: 

• Book Week dress up parade and celebration - Friday 22nd August
• Sports Day - Thursday 4th September
• Colour Fun Run - Thursday 4th September (at the end of sports day)
• School Closure Day - Friday 5th September
• Auslan Choir Performance - Thursday 18th September (day and evening)

Cheers Skye 😊

One of our students favourite events is back this year, the School Colour Fun Run! It's our school's major fundraiser and we are hoping to raise $5000 to put towards our Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) and  Kitchen Garden programs. Look out for the parent letter  (a copy is below) and booklet which will be given out on Friday 8th August, these explain the Colour Fun Run and how to set up an online profile for your child so they can start their fundraising. The actual Colour Fun Run itself will take place at the end of Sports Day on Thursday 4th September. It is a great way to finish the day.  We would like to encourage you and your child to be involved and support our wonderful community.

If you have any queries please contact Kelly, who is the Event Co-Ordinator.

If you would like to book an appointment for your child with the Dental Clinics for Schools who will be visiting our school on Monday 15th September, please apply online or fill in the form that your child will receive. Information is provided below. 

Join Karissa and other families at Playgroup each Thursday 9.00am - 10.30am. 

Sensory play and fun at Playgroup :)

Please come along to Breakfast Club and enjoy some warm toast or a treat if it is one of our special breakfast theme days, such as Fairy Bread Friday!

Breakfast Club is open from 8.30am to 8.50am, Monday to Friday in the OSHC kitchen. All students and their families are welcome, just drop on by (there is no need to book a place). 

Breakfast may include:

• Toast and various spreads
• Fruit
• Cereal
• Yoghurt
• Milk
• Tea/Coffee (for adults)

It's a great opportunity to have a bite to eat and socialise with other students/families. 

Thank you to Claire and Stanley for their help.

We are now looking for students to join the Breakfast Club 'crew', to help prepare and serve breakfast.  If your child is in P1/P2 and is interested, please have them speak to Kelly.

If you are interested in your child attending piano lessons at school, please contact the tutor Kat Mustanow, her details are;

Email: kmustanow@gmail.com

Ph: 0422754947

Congratulations to Oliver (P2) for winning the Code Club Australia coding competition. Oliver spent many hours creating his winning game.

Oliver: Last term we had a coding club. When I heard about a coding competition I decided to enter and make a Flappy Bird inspired game. My game was called 'Penguins Learn to Fly' and it won the competition. I feel really happy about winning and I won a laptop for the school which I get to use and a bag full of Code Club prizes.

Children’s Book Week is The Children's Book Council of Australia's (CBCA) key highlight national event of the year and this years theme is 'Book an Adventure'. Our school will be celebrating Book Week on Friday 22nd August with a parade on the green. Your children are encouraged to dress up as their favourite book character and parents are welcome to stay and watch the parade. 

2025 is also a milestone year for the CBCA as it celebrates 80 years of Children’s Book Week! For 8 decades, CBCA has been dedicated to inspiring young minds to journey through the countless worlds that books offer.  

Their feature artist for the year, Jess McGeachin, has brilliantly captured this adventurous spirit in his artwork, which features a whimsical map filled with imaginary characters. Jess’ illustration invites young readers to embark on fantastical journeys, inspiring them to travel through the worlds that books open up. As an award-winning Australian picture book illustrator, Jess’ work encourages children to imagine, explore, and create their own adventures.