term 1 week 10 2015.pub - Golden Grove Primary School
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term 1 week 10 2015.pub - Golden Grove Primary School
OPENING DOORS TO UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES Golden Grove Primary School NEWSLETTER OUR VALUES RESPONSIBILITY-EMPATHY-SELF WORTH-PERSONAL EXCELLENCE-COLLABORATION-TRUST Term 1 Week 10, 2nd April 2015 Inside this issue Principal News Sports News Award Winners Kelly’s News Canteen News ANZAC Day Update Medication Management Policy Coming events 03/04/15 Good Friday Public Holiday 06/04/15 Easter Monday Public Holiday 10/04/15 ANZAC Day Assembly HB 2 Term 1 Ends 2:10pm Dismissal 28/04/15 Term 2 begins 22/05/15 School Disco Principal Wendy Moore Dear Parents, Term 1 is coming to a close and it has certainly been a big term. Thank you to all parents who attended interviews with teachers during the past two weeks to share student learning progress. While interviews are offered formally at the conclusion of Term 1, parents are reminded that we welcome your queries at any time of the year to ensure that you have the information you need to support your child/ren. We’ve enjoyed several extrac urri c ul a r activities this term but our core business of teaching and learning in classrooms has also been very productive. With a strong focus on literacy and numeracy at our school, our Site Improvement Plan outlines strategies for implementation in classrooms throughout the year. This will improve the way in which we accommodate individual learners and track progress. An example of this has been the work of teachers this term in year level teams to identify strengths and weaknesses in writing (of a particular genre). Once teachers had identified common weaknesses, they worked together to plan learning activities to lift the quality of writing across their particular year level and will reassess again next term. Congratulations to the GGPS SAPSASA Football Team! District Champions 2015 140 Bicentennial Drive Golden Grove 5125 Phone: 8289 3137 Fax: 8289 3138 Email: dl.1848_info@schools. sa.edu.au Website: www.goldengps.sa.edu.au SMS: 0416 906 270 Term 1 concludes next Friday 10th April. As a measure of respect, students are required to wear their school uniform on the last day of term as our final assembly will be dedicated to Anzac Day and will be a formal occasion. Sports News SAPSASA District Softball Congratulations to Mikyla Payne, Sarah Fry, Matt Price and Alex Galpin for being selected in the TTG District SAPSASA Softball team. They all enjoyed a week of Softball with the girls winning 4 games and the boys winning 9 games. Luckily for the boys this meant that they won the carnival and received a winner’s medal for their efforts. Well done on a successful week. Little Athletics On the 21st and 22nd March, a number of students from our school qualified for, and participated in, the State Little Athletics Championships at Santos Stadium. Congratulations to Bridget Grant and James Upton who both received a Silver medal and to Emilaya Ellis who won 3 gold and 2 silver medals. SAPSASA District Swimming Carnival On Thursday 26th March, Holly Blundell represented the Tea Tree Gully District in the SAPSASA Swimming Carnival. She managed to gain a place in the finals of the 50 metres Freestyle, Backstroke and Butterfly, winning a bronze medal in the Backstroke. Congratulations Holly! Stephanie Portlock Our School Captains on Sports Day Sports Vouchers In March 2014, the Premier, Hon Jay Weatherill MP, committed to provide a sport voucher to the value of $50 for every primary school student in South Australia. The vouchers can be used to subsidise membership or participation fees for a sporting activity or program which involves a weekly match or training opportunity for at least 10 weeks. The vouchers can be found on the website: www.sportsvouchers.sa.gov.au. To redeem the Sports Vouchers you can complete the voucher and present it at a “Sports Vouchers” registered club. Some registered clubs require online registration and many have already incorporated the redemption of the Sports vouchers into their online systems. You can use the website to search for a registered club in your local area and each voucher is for one child per year. If you don’t have a computer at home, you can go to the local library where you can make use of free access to the internet. If you require any additional information or assistance please email: [email protected] Kelly’s News I am going to be away from school for the first five weeks of Term 2. I will be leaving a number of information packs that parents will be able to pick up from school if needed. Packs that I have available: The Great Domino Trade Day! Missing any dominos from your collection? When: Tuesday lunchtime Where: in front of HB10 You need to give one to get one FREE! Bring your spares to either Katie in HB24 or Ms Davis in HB10 to join the fun! working through family breakdown and separation dealing with children’s anxiety resources for dealing with teasing and bullying responding to difficult behaviour (community organisations to contact) working through grief and loss helping children work through anger management issues Please be aware that the Parent Helpline is a telephone information service for parents in South Australia. You can call 1300 364 100 for the cost of a local call within South Australia. The Women's and Children's Health Network Parent Helpline provides telephone information and support at any time 7 days a week, or you can visit http://www.parenting.sa.gov.au/ for more information. I hope everyone has a safe and happy holidays – see you in Week 6! Kelly Johnston Canteen News The last half of this term has been an extremely busy one for all, with swimming week and Sports Day following each other. Without our amazing volunteers, the canteen would not have been able to supply the children with their swim packs and the amount of lunches, coffee and cake etc. on Sports Day. This wonderful group of people worked tirelessly in these 2 weeks, some who do not have children still attending our school! Because of their efforts, we took a record amount of $3,000 on Sports Day. A big heartfelt thank you to the following lovely ladies. Jodie Hoffman Karin Wheaton Denise Scotford Kate Reynolds Alicia Schlueter Saskia Lemerande Suzie Weatherall Nicole Lampshire Teresa Cowie Jetty Aarden Wanda Cook Jenny Sams Karen Glynn-Roe Zena Weaver Gene (Adam Pritchard’s Grandma) Karen Smith for organising class parents for the Peters Van and Vanessa for her kind donation of packets of chips Anzac Day Research The library has a display on Anzac Day to support student learning in class. We would like to thank parents who have loaned us resources. Matt Holloway shared a large number of interesting items from his career in the navy and army with help from his children Will, Emma, Sophia and Mya. The display has raised many thought provoking questions from students. We hope that it has helped make this special centenary year, one to remember and learn from. You are invited to Golden Grove Primary School’s 100th Anniversary of ANZAC DAY CEREMONY Friday 10th April 2015 at 9:00am on Hard Play 1 ANZAC day, the 25th April, is about remembering the brave men and women who have served our country in times of war. The Ode of Remembrance: They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. at the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. HB2 will be presenting the ANZAC day ceremony this year. ANZAC day is commemorated on the 25th of April each year. This year it will be in the school holidays, therefore we will be commemorating on the last day of the term 1. Australia & New Zealand Army Corps Golden Grove Primary School Award Winners This weeks awards were given for our School Value PERSONAL EXCELLENCE MEDICATION MANAGEMENT POLICY DECD First Aid and Medication Management Policies require schools to store or supply medication to students only if the following important conditions are met: All medications to be administered at school must be accompanied by a Medication Authority form and a Health Care Plan for each medical condition. Forms are available from the school or Health Care professionals. All medications require a separate Medication Authority form. (Only one medication per authority) All Health Care Plans and Medication Authorities are current for 12 months only and are reviewed annually. (Although every effort is made to contact parents if medications/plans are due to be updated, this is the parents’ responsibility.) All medications to be administered at school must be in the original medication bottle or container and clearly labelled. Labelling must include the name of the student, dosage and time to be administered. The first dose of new medication should not be administered at school. The student should be supervised by an adult family member or a health professional when the first dose is administered in case of allergic reactions. Medication to be administered at school must not have passed the expiry date (under no circumstances will expired medication be administered). If a child presents with an emergency and the medication or plan is out of date, an ambulance will be called. All of the above conditions are required to be met for any and all medications. This includes but is not limited to: Prescription medications such as Antibiotics, EpiPens, Asthma medication etc. ‘Over the counter’ medications such as analgesics (panadol, heron etc), anti-inflammatory medication (ibuprofen, nurofen etc), as well as vitamins, supplements, topical creams/lotions etc. Please note: Except for diagnosed conditions that require regular medication (asthma, allergies etc), most medical conditions/complaints will not require the administration of medication during school hours. For example, medication that is required to be taken 3 times per day can be taken before school, after school and at bedtime. For short term medical conditions (cold/flu, virus/ bacterial infections etc.) we ask parents to give careful thought as to whether or not their child requires medication to be taken at school, and if they are unwell enough to require medication, consider if they are in fact well enough to be at school at all. If it is decided that it is in the best interest of the child that medication is required then Medication Authorities and any relevant care plans must accompany the medication to school. This above information also applies for all camps and excursions.