From the Principal ROSE PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL

Rose Park Primary School Newsletter
ROSE PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER Week 1, Term 4 2013
17 October, 2013
Alexandra Avenue, Rose Park, 5067
Phone: 8331 7521 Fax: 8332 0052
Email: [email protected]
CRICOS Provider Number: 00018A
“A learning community encouraging achievement and embracing diversity”
From the Principal
Diary Dates
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21-23 October Year 6/7 Camp
26 October – Old Scholars AGM
29 October – Musical Rehearsal
30 October – Matinee & Evening
Performance
31 October – Evening Performance
1 November Musica Viva Year 3-7
4 November – School Photo Day
6 November – Parents & Friends meeting
7pm in the Staffroom (OSHC provided)
8 November – Charities Day
13 November – Principal’s Tour @ 9am
15 November – SAPSASA Beach Volleyball
20 November – Mini Matsuri, Japanese
Shared Lunch
21 November – Sports Presentation Night
22 November – Reception Transition
29 November – Reception Transition
3 December – School Picnic
5 December – Volunteers Morning Tea
6 December – Reception Transition
9 December – Year 7 Graduation
11 December – Year 7 Graduation Dinner
13 December – Early Dismissal @ 2.30pm
End of Year
28 January – Term 1 2014 @ 9 am
Dear Families
How exciting it has been to come back to school this
week and see the students playing on the new
artificial pitches. My thanks to Diane Winterling for
following the project through during my absence, and
while there are still some finishing touches to add, the
project has been an outstanding addition to the school.
I also repeat the thanks to Jane Richards from the last
newsletter and the work she put in with Burnside
Council – a wonderful contribution from her to ensure
the success of the project.
I also note the landscaping on the western side of the
school is complete. This project as a part of our
“Come-out“ theme has been the work of Wendy
Goodson and Chris Narroway, and has really added
a new feature to the school. I hope you take some time
for a walk through the area and a short pause in the
peaceful garden setting that has been established.
Another great project, and well done.
And finally, the new front fence was started on
Wednesday, and should be finished shortly – we have
waited some time to approve this project – the final
result I am sure will further enhance the beauty of our
school.
Late news: a new roof for the transportable building
to stop the leaking that occurs with the box gutter
arrangement has just been approved – our two
reception teachers will be delighted and it will make
the verandah area a more usable space for our
students.
Traffic Monitors
Week 2, 21 October 2013
AM: Jay Daniliuc, James Nyvlt, Elise
Leone
PM: Solomon Cox, Cassie Elflett,
Samuel Fernandez
Week 3, 28 October, 2013
AM: Tilly Connors, Peter Makris, Will
Daniel
PM: CJ Jones, April Duffy, Reilly Cooke
OSHC outsourcing
Camp Australia has been the successful tender with the
outsourcing of the OSHC, as many parents would have
known through the correspondence this week. This
process has taken many months and has been
meticulously followed through by DECD as part of our
school being a first in the state for this type of
outsourcing process. Camp Australia will be meeting
with the current staff shortly and we expect a smooth
transition to the new service.
Acting Principal
Many thanks to those who wrote their support with the
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announcement of my continuing in the role of principal
for the next 7 years. It is an honour to be the principal
of such a great school, and I am looking forward to
the next steps in what has been so far an exciting time
of change for Rose Park. That said, Diane Winterling
as acting principal let nothing slip during my work in
Canada, and it is really reassuring to know I can have
this time out of the school and with Diane and the
professional staff we have, things just keep moving
smoothly.
I will provide a brief report of my work in Canada to
the next Governing Council meeting and some dot
points in the next newsletter.
use today have evolved from instruments in ancient
times. I learnt that in a group you have to compromise.
Sophie Curyer, Room 8
Brett Darcy
Principal
The 2013 exhibition was a very successful and enjoyable
event for all of the year 7 students. The highlights were
teaching the younger students, working as a group,
making posters and models , looking at how others
presented things and being able to do most of the work
ourselves. I learnt lots of things during the exhibition,
including lots of things about ancient musical instruments
and how to play some of them and when the instruments
were used. I also learnt lots of things about ancient
musical theatre and general ancient music.
Sarah Thompson, Room 10
The 2013 exhibition was great fun, it was very
interesting and I enjoyed every minute of it. The
highlights were communicating to other people, it made
me feel important and involved. The games this year was
also one of the main highlights and all the stations
looked neat and colourful. I learn many new things
involving new information about medicine, qis, yin and
yang, herbs, medical treatment and remedies.
Heidi Li, Room 10
IBPYP
It has been wonderful to welcome our students back
after their break and of course a special welcome to
our brand new students and their teacher Jo Ferguson.
Our last newsletter acknowledged the efforts of our
Year 7 students for their exhibition and in this
newsletter I have included some of their reflections.
The 2013 exhibition was interesting and exciting. The
highlights were definitely meeting different people and
learning heaps of interesting things. Even though we
were telling parents about transport, they taught us a
few things too. I learnt a lot of things and not just about
the work, about other people too. This year’s exhibition
was a lot of fun and I learnt a lot about team work.
Julien White, Room 10
I thought that the interactive parts of the exhibition
made it fun to learn. The feedback area was a good
idea. I learnt that working in a team can sometimes be
hard and that it is hard to complete things when student
free days, public holidays and sport get in the way.
Overall the exhibition was a different experience. It was
hard all the way through but turned but good at the end.
I would like to thank all the teachers and my friends for
helping me.
Cassie Elflett, Room 9
The 2013 exhibition was fun and interesting. I thought
the groups worked very well together. The highlights
were talking to children and adults, explaining about
medicine and teaching kids the basic facts about
medicine. I learned that Ancient Egypt, China and India
believed in bad spirits getting inside your body and the
doctors would give you a nasty drink. Overall I found
that people had a lot of fun on the day and leading up
to it. I would like to thank the teachers for helping set
up.
Matilda Bonney Seacome, Room 10
I thought the exhibition was a great experience and my
group did really well. I was proud of them. The
highlights were the attitudes of everyone because
everyone was so nice, meeting new people and playing
games, in particular quoits. I learnt it can be really hard
to work as a team for such a long period of time.
Overall it was great fun and I enjoyed it a lot. I’d like to
thank the parents for coming and the teachers for
helping.
Nathan Rees, Room 9
Diane Winterling
Deputy Principal and
IBPYP Coordinator
The 2013 exhibition was really fun and interesting. The
highlights were getting the kids to do our quiz and
working with my group. I enjoyed taking photos in the
music group and the games at the sports stall. I learnt
about the Chinese and Roman army and I also learnt
many things from the parents.
Matthew Green, Room 8
Reports
OSHC News
VACATION CARE PROGRAM
The 2013 exhibition was a lot of fun for everyone
because we got to do things we were interested in.
I learnt many new things about music in Ancient
Civilisations including many of the instruments that we
Our last Vacation Care as Rose Park OSHC &
VacCare was a great success.
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Application for all private lessons for clarinet,
saxophone, flute, drums, recorder, voice, super singers
or guitar (acoustic or electric bass) will be included on
school based information sent home in Week 5.
OSHC BOOKINGS
Please ensure that if you require any After School or
Before School bookings you write a note in the
OSHC communication book or call through on 8361
2679.
DECD Instrumental information was distributed last
term and if you would like to access this programme or
have not received this information please contact me
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE as this needs to be sorted
very soon.
Rose Park Primary School
Out of School Hours Care
Direct Deposit Payments
ALL YEAR 5 students in 2014 are expected to return
their instrumental choice information NOW.
If you have internet banking,
you will now be able to pay
your OSHC and Vacation Care
Account by Direct Deposit.
Not sure what’s available? Confused? Please contact
me
[email protected]
Rose Park Primary School
OSHC & Vacation Care
Account Details
Minimum
year
level
3
BSB: 105-010
Account Number: 113 487 140
Lodgment Reference: ( Ensure you enter your OSHC
Billing Account Name)
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5
Please Note: Payments will Not be Processed without
the OSHC Billing Account Name entered.
Please record your receipt number.
Payments may take up to a week to process
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Make a Booking today and support your local OSHC
We would like to thank all families for your continued
support over the years.
Available
tuition
Private
DECD/IMS
Recorder,
violin,
viola,
cello, drums
Acoustic guitar
Clarinet, flute
Voice,
flute,
clarinet,
trumpet,
trombone
DECD IMS Whole of year
level
tuition
for year 5
Saxophone,
Electric bass
Recorder
Drums,
guitar
Violin
Viola
‘Cello
Yes
Voice
Flute
Clarinet
Trumpet
Trombone
Saxophone
Scheherazade
The primary year’s musical Scheherazade is on in
Week 3. Can hardly believe it has crept up so quickly.
There are 2 evening sessions Wednesday and
Thursday at 7.00 and 50 tickets available for the
Wednesday afternoon session. Tickets at $10 are on
sale.
I hope you can make it.
Music News
I hope you all feeling refreshed after a fantastic
holiday and looking forward to a busy, rewarding
term.
Mini Concerts
All reports were positive about the mini-concert series
so far and congratulations to all students involved.
Mini concerts this term will be held in the music room.
Voice with Louise O’Reilly including Super Singers
combined with Christy Wilkins’ private flute students in
Week 4 from 7 pm on Thursday 8th November.
Recorder students taught by Ros Kelly will be held on
Thursday 14th November at 7pm.
The amazing costume committee has performed
miracles generating costumes and the props crew has
worked tirelessly over the holiday to add those
finishing touches.
Friday Week 2 is final costume check so please
bring all your equipment.
Music: Count Us In.
On Thursday 31st October out school will be taking
part in an Australia wide singing event called Music:
Count Us In. Come play and sing along with us in the
hall at 12.00. MCUI is Australia’s biggest school
initiative. With support from The Australian
Instrumental Tuition
Are you looking to enrol for instrumental tuition for
next year please read the information below?
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Government, it has run since 2007 and is all about
celebrating the value of music education to students’
development, whoever they are, wherever they are. It
involves more than 600,000 students, teachers - and
often parents – from schools all over Australia who
sign up to learn, rehearse, and then perform the same
song, on the same day, at the same time.
UNIFORM SHOP
Opening times
The Uniform shop is open on:
Tuesday Mornings 8.15 – 10am
Friday Afternoons 2.00–3.45 pm
Order forms available from the
Front Office
Musica Viva in Schools
During term 3 and 4 students across the school have
been working with Musica Viva in Schools ipercussion
repertoire and learning about the use of percussion
and technology to create music. On 1st November the
performing group Rhythm Works will be presenting
their repertoire live – performing and interacting for
all classes in Year 2 - 7. This will be paid for through
class excursion levy. You will receive information about
this performance and payment ($7.50) if necessary
through your class structures.
Sports News
Year 6/7 Girls Netball Premiers
Saturday September 14 was an exciting day as the
Rose Park Sub Junior 3 team played in the Grand
Final against East Adelaide. At the end of every
quarter the scores were close and at the end of the
nail-biting final quarter Rose Park had won 26-24.
Michelle Thompson has coached the girls throughout
many school Netball seasons over the years and we
thank her for encouraging and improving the skills and
game of the girls. Thank you for Millie Curyer for her
assistance and guidance with the team too.
Congratulations to Sarah Thompson, Sophie Curyer,
Zosha Camac, Emily Logue, Charlotte Cardone, Tilly
Conners, Elise Leonie, Darci Fry and Tayler Price.
Photographs of ensembles
On photo day our ensembles will all be photographed
so if you would like a copy please let me know.
Ensembles should bring their instruments where
applicable. Photo day Monday 4th November
Chris Narroway
Parents & Friends/Fundraising News
There will be and Parents & Friends Meeting on
Wednesday 6 November in the Staffroom @ 7pm.
The next Cake Stall and Pre-loved Uniform Sale will
be on Friday 29 November, 2013.
Please note that the Uniform Shop do not sell any
preloved uniforms. Preloved uniform sales will only be
once a term on the Cake Stall Day.
School Notices
Lost Property
We are only in Week 1 and already there is lots
of lost property in the cupboard! We have
returned labelled clothing and containers to class.
Please check in the Lost Property Cupboard
situated on the veranda of the portable building
for any lost property.
Just a reminder please label all items clearly with
the student’s name so we can return it, including
preloved items.
Thanking you
Front Office Staff
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Congratulations Alex!
MILO T20 Blast!
Next term the SA Cricket Association are offering
“MILO T20 Blast”, which is an active new sports
program that gives kids the chance to play exciting
games of T20 cricket. The 8-week program is for
boys and girls aged 7-10, and its non-stop
involvement for participants – everyone gets the
opportunity to bat, bowl and field!
The cost of this program is $99, which covers all
equipment, the guidance of qualified SACA staff,
and a T20 Blast t-shirt & Adelaide Strikers cap for
each player. The program starts in week 3 of term
4, and the following centres are near you:
Congratulations to Rose Park Year 2 student Alex Holt.
Alex plays for the Glenunga Football Club in the under
9 competition - a year above his age group. Alex
received runner-up for the Team’s best and fairest,
and was his team’s leading goal kicker for the 2013
season.
Walkerville T20 Blast
Time: Monday evenings, 5:30-7:00pm
Location: Walkerville Oval, Smith St, Walkerville
Golden Grove T20 Blast
Time: Wednesday evenings, 5:30-7:00pm
Location: Harper’s Field, One Tree Hill Rd,
Golden Grove
Community Notices
Kensington T20 Blast
Time: Wednesday evenings, 5:30-7:00pm
Location: Ford Oval, The Parade, Kensington
Gardens
MILO in2CRICKET Program
MILO in2CRICKET is the national grass root program
for cricket in Australia, with the aim of introducing kids
in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 to the great
Australian game. It provides children with an
opportunity to learn new skills and meet new friends in
a fun, safe and interactive environment.
For more information or to register, go to
www.T20BLAST.com.au. You must register
beforehand to attend.
Your nearest Centre/s will be run at
See you there!
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Adelaide Oval i2C Centre, starting Friday 25 of
October at 5:30pm
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Payneham CC, starting Saturday 19 October at
8:30am
Gaza CC, Gaza Sports and Community Club, starting
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Friday 1 November at 5:30pm
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Hectorville CC, Daly Oval, starting Wednesday 16
October at 4:00pm
Learn about athletics in a fun environment
For children aged 3 – 17 years
Run… Jump…Throw…Be Your Best
Cricket this season will be a very popular sport with
the Ashes coming down under. By registering and
paying for the Program not only will you enjoy some
great cricket fun this Ashes Summer but every
registered child receives an in2CRICKET Participant
Pack including bat, ball, t-shirt, bucket hat, backpack,
drink bottle and other goodies! They will look just like
their Aussie Cricket heroes!
Meet Fridays @ 5.50pm.
Optional training, Mondays 4.30pm or 5.30pm.
Register now for the 2013/14 season, or “Come
and Try” ($5)
South Parklands, cnr. South Terrace & Peacock
Rd, Adelaide
To find out more details about your nearest Centre
and to register for this season log on to
www.in2cricket.com.au and type in your post code.
www.adelaideeagles.org.au
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