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STRADBROKE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
Koonga Avenue, Rostrevor, SA 5073
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Anne Lamont
8337 2861/8337 5349
Student Absence Ph: 8365 5621
8337 0041
[email protected]
www.stradsch.sa.edu.au
8365 5677
Rebecca MacQueen
00018A
Principal:
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26th February, 2015
KIDSMATTER at STRADBROKE
In previous years students have been elected from each class to join a
group called Student Voice (sometimes known as SRC). This year this
committee will be called “Kids’ Voices Matter”.
2015
FEBRUARY
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Fri 27
MARCH
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Wed 4
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Wed 4
R-2 Assembly, 12.15pm
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Thurs 5
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Fri 6
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Mon 9
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Tues 10
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Thurs 12
Fri 13
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Tues 17
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Thurs 19
Fri 20
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Mon 23rd - Wed
1st
Thurs 26
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Thurs 26
APRIL
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Fri 3
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Mon 6
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Fri 10
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Governing Council AGM, 6.30pm
Torrens River SAPSASA Swimming
Carnival
123 Magic Parent Workshop
Pupil Free Day
Adelaide Cup Public Holiday
School Photo Day
Engaging Adolescents Parent
Workshop
Family BBQ & official launch of
KidsMatter, 5.30-8pm
Yr 3-7 Sports Day
Engaging Adolescents Parent
Workshop
R-2 Sports Day
Parent Teacher Interviews
Engaging Adolescents Parent
Workshop
State Swimming Championship
Nominations and elections have taken place in all Yr 1 – Yr 7 classes and we
have had one ‘Kids’ Voices Matter’ meeting where the students were
buddied up and we played ‘get to know you’ games. These meetings will
take place in odd weeks on Thursday mornings 8.50-9.30 in the Music
Suite.
The year 6 and 7 students have two representatives from each of their
classes come along to these meetings and on alternate weeks they also
form a ‘Senior Executive Leadership Group’. The Senior Executive
Leadership Group meets in even weeks, Thursday mornings 8.50-9.30 in
the Music Suite. This group specifically look at how their leadership skills
can help and influence younger students within our school.
Congratulations to our Senior Executive Leaders for 2015:
Year 6 - Lathika Guruge, Claudia Berlingeri, Emma Myers, Joshua Evan,
Lewis Dally and Kiyah Rumsby
Year 7 - Jonty Leslie, Suné Myburgh, Karla Spera and Dewini Perera,
Thomas St Vincent and Chloe Sierat-Minchin
Congratulations to the following year 1-5 students who will be representing
their class at Kids’ Voices Matter Committee during the first semester of
2015.
F4 Alexios, F5 Zarek, F6 Toby, F3 Bradley, F1 Jake, M2 Liliana, M1 Cheyarn,
L6 Jennifer, L5 Siwoo, FR1 Sonja, FR2 Ashlyn, L3 Chamath, L4 Emily, L7
Adele, L8 Oxford, K1 Coco, K2 Anika & K3 Charlie.
Good Friday
Easter Monday
Last day of term
Reminder
Pupil Free Day
6th March
Today the year 7 House Captain and Senior Executives have the privilege to
be involved in an amazing Student Leadership conference called GRIP.
Some of our students will write a report highlighting what they have learnt
in next fortnight’s newsletter. www.gripleadership.com.au
Stradbroke are also investing in our year 6 Student Executives and
nominated class leaders. 21 Yr 6 students will be attending ‘Halogen Young
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Leaders Day’ on Tuesday 3 March. We also look forward to seeing and
hearing about the new learning they bring back to Stradbroke from this
opportunity. www.halogen.org.au/event/adelaide-primary
PRINCIPALS TOUR
Stradbroke School invites parents of babies,
toddlers and pre-schoolers interested in
enrolling their children at Stradbroke School to
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attend a 2015 Principals Tour on: Tuesday 17
March 6.00pm
Bookings are essential. Please contact the Front
office on 8337 2861.
Exciting leadership learning at Stradbroke School,
Rachel Pontifex
STUDENT INFORMATION
Last week a print out of student details was posted home to the address
we have on file. We ask all families to update the details and return them
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to school by tomorrow, Friday 27 February. Even if there are no changes
please sign and date the form and return it to school.
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ROAD SAFETY
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2015 HOUSE CAPTAINS
Thank you to all the families
who
are
using
the
Stradbroke School crossing
to cross Koonga Avenue
safely.
Parents
and
caregivers have a key role in
educating their children
about road safety. Children
learn about road safety
largely by experience. Parents and adult carers have
opportunities in day to day routines to discuss road safety with
children on the way to the newsagent, local shops or going to
school. Whenever crossing roads, it is an idea to talk about
when and why it is safe to cross the road with your children so
they can gain a good understanding of road safety issues.
All Year 7 students were invited to apply for the positions of
House Captain and Deputy House Captain. The applicants this
year presented their leadership skills through a presentation to
the year 5-7 House Teams. The number and quality of
applicants was particularly high, with over 50% of our Year 7
students nominating. We recognise and congratulate all of the
applicants for their commitment and courage in nominating.
Throughout the year this group of student leaders will be given
opportunities to take on leadership roles through student
voice, UNICEF Ambassadors, Open Night and many other
events and activities where our senior student leaders proudly
represent Stradbroke School.
CARPARK AND DROP OFF ZONES
The car parks provided on school grounds are for staff and
official visitors only. This includes the drive way near Flexi
building which must be clear at all times for the school bus and
the special class taxi service. The Flexi driveway is not a parking
zone or a drop off and collection area for families. This also
applies to all staff car parks. DECD guidelines require us to
minimise the movement of traffic on school grounds when
children are moving around (between 8.30am-9am and
3.10pm-3.30pm).
Traffic management around schools is complex as traffic is
extremely busy for 20-30 minutes twice each day. We are
fortunate to have a designated kiss and drop zone on Koonga
Ave at the front of the school which can accommodate up to
10 cars at any one time. The kiss and drop zone works if all
drivers follow some simple guidelines.
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The maximum waiting time in the zone is 2 minutes and
drivers must stay in their cars at all time.
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When driving into the kiss and drop zone please park as far
forward as possible. When cars park at the entrance to the
kiss and drop zone leaving the rest of the zone empty it
causes risk as cars are trying to enter and exit in the same
section of road.
SCHOOL PHOTOS
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School photos will be taken on Tuesday 10 March. All
students are to be dressed in school uniform and will be
photographed in a class photo and individually unless we
receive written requests not to photograph your child. You
only receive a copy of your class photo, your individual child or
family photo if you purchase them. Please enclose the correct
money with your photo order which needs to be brought to
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school on Tuesday 10 March. Please read the instructions
carefully on the outside of your individualised photo order
envelope. Family photo orders / envelopes are available from
the Front office. Money is paid directly to the photographer
on the day only.
MASTER SCHOOL PORTRAITS
PHOTO INQUIRIES
Phone: (08) 81321148
Fax: (08) 81321149
Website: www.schoolportraits.com.au
PO Box 3292, Norwood SA 5067
We congratulate the following students for being appointed as
House Captains and Deputy House Captains. They were
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presented at our primary assembly on Friday 20
February. With our sports days in March we will see these
students leading, inspiring and organising their house teams.
LEABROOK
Captains:
Deputy Captains:
Max Mercer
Sione Latu
Antonia Gelekis
Irina Bal
Jordan Richter
Yasshvin
Prem Kumar
Nikita Rendina
Darcey Farmer
FOREST
Captains:
Deputy Captains:
Rory Dowdell
Blake Bastick
Elouise Dunn
Parveena Kaur
KOONGA
Captains:
Deputy Captains:
James Kim
Darcy Richards
Fotini Tatsis
Sevanah
Hagidimitriou
MORIATTA
Captains:
Deputy Captains:
RESOURCE CENTRE NEWS
Our Library Monitor programme is up and running for the
year. Our monitors are Year 7 students who’ve applied for
the position with a written application. They are rostered to
work in the library for a week each term. Their role includes
tasks such as managing the borrowing and returning at
lunchtimes, helping with re-shelving of books, helping with
display work, reviewing new books and other jobs the
Resource Centre staff need assistance with. Our 2015 team
includes the following students:
Blake Bastick, Jordan Richter, Karla Spera, Eden Henderson,
Chloe Kahl, Emily Baldasso, Anthony Grotto, Ryan Ramesh,
Irina Bal, Sohniya Rajan, Jonty Leslie, Adam Rice, Ashley Tan,
Ketura Pati, Ariyana Dhillon, Sevanah Hagidimitriou, Kate
Stephens and Dalia Kadem
Once our monitors have accrued 100 minutes of service they
earn a Library Monitor badge. Congratulations to these
students and welcome to our Resource Centre team. We
appreciate your support.
With so many new families to our school we thought it would
be timely to remind everyone about our borrowing limits.
Students in Reception classes have a limit of one book at a
time. Year 1 and 2 students can borrow 2 books. All students R2 are expected to have a library bag when borrowing. Our
general rule is 'no bag, no borrowing' for this age group. Year
3-5 students can borrow 4 books and the Year 6 and 7 students
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can borrow 6 books. Year 3-7 borrowers have a higher limit on
their card but the extra spots are usually taken up with text
books like dictionaries or music books.
Resource Centre Staff
SCHOOL FEES
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Reminder: Last day for payment of school fees is Friday 20
March.
Parents unable to pay school fees on or before the due date
need to contact the school to meet with the Business Manager
(Jean McGuire) or Finance Officer (Kristen Johnston) to
negotiate an extension.
Parents may also request to pay fees by instalments. This can
be negotiated by completing a form which may be collected
from the Cashiers Office or by meeting the Finance officer or
Business Manager. If any instalment becomes overdue, then
reminder letters will be issued.
ICAS INFORMATION
International Competitions and Assessments for Schools
Your child is invited to participate in ICAS in 2015.
ICAS provides an opportunity for all students in Years 3 to 12 to
gain a measure of their own achievement in an external testing
situation. It provides teachers, parents and students with
comprehensive reporting of results in the areas of Digital
Technologies, English, Mathematics, Science, Spelling and
Writing. The tests are an excellent preparation for national
tests and the student report is useful for highlighting your
child’s strengths and weaknesses.
PUPIL FREE DAY – FRIDAY 6 MARCH
On Friday 6 March school staff will be participating training and
development workshops. R-5 teachers and SSOs will be
working with Ann Baker, a maths consultant; this workshop will
also include R-5 staff from local schools. Our Year 6-7 teachers
will be beginning a maths project with Dr Pauline Carter from
DECD, this project will include maths teachers from local
primary and secondary schools (year 6-9). Specialist teachers
will be attending a workshop at Trinity Gardens focused on
planning and programming for students with special needs.
STRADBROKE SWIMMING
Congratulations to the following students who have been
selected to compete in the Stradbroke Swimming team at the
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Torrens River SAPSASA Swimming Carnival on Wednesday 4
March. Goodluck everyone!
Jacob Campbell, Artyom Makagon, Chiara Panetta, Tyson
Sammells, Jack Sammells, Emily Best, Sara Lefevre, Josh
Gooding, Rory Dowdell, Darcy Richards, Bridie Effingham,
Emma Zbierski, Abigail Berry, Anika Younus, Meg Bouwer,
Lauren Daly, Thumith Chandrasena, Oliver Reilly, Jordan South,
Samuel South, Zac Tripodi, Harry Woods, Faisal Umar.
KIDSMATTER PHOTO
Have you seen the KidsMatter photo on the Koonga window?
All students receive a certificate and an individual student
report indicating which questions they answered correctly and
their score compared with the rest of the students tested. The
certificate and individual student report are also suitable for
your child to include in a portfolio.
Certificates are awarded for each year level as follows:
High Distinction to the top 1% of entrants
Distinction to the next 10% of entrants
Credit to the next 25% of entrants
Participation to all other participating students.
A UNSW medal is awarded when the highest score in each year
level in each state in each subject is judged to be sufficiently
meritorious. Students must sit on the official sitting dates to be
eligible for a UNSW medal. In 2014, Stradbroke had 2
recipients of the UNSW medal.
The entry fee per student is as follows:
Digital Technologies Yr 3 - 7
Science*
Yr 2 - 7
Writing
Yr 3 - 7
Spelling
Yr 3 - 7
English*
Yr 2 - 7
Mathematics*
Yr 2 - 7
All of the above
*Open to Year 2 students
19 May 2015
3 June 2015
15 - 19 June 2015
16 June 2015
28 July 2015
11 August 2015
$8.00
$8.00
$17.00
$11.00
$8.00
$8.00
$60.00
If your child is interested in participating in one or more of the
tests, please collect a parent letter and permission slip from
the Student Services office or one can be downloaded from the
school website www.stradsch.sa.edu.au . All entries must
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be in by Thursday 2 April (Week 10), 2015.
Week 6
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Ethan Fry, Anthony Grotto, Peter Grotto.
Jonty Leslie, Harry McGinty, Jesse Panfilo.
Week 7
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Ketura Pati, Jasmine Phillips, Fotini Tatsis.
Adam Rice, Judson Richards, Jordan Sparnon.
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BASKETBALL
Wanted
Thank you to Lori, Othene, Celine, June, Margaret and Andrew
who helped make the Pancake week such a success and run so
smoothly. I hope the students enjoyed it.
If there are any students in year levels 4 and 5 that are
interested in playing after school basketball. Come to Student
Services and see Mel for a basketball form.
If you collect your child due to illness prior to lunch, please
remember to let the canteen know if they have a lunch order.
Lunch orders: please place multiple children’s order and
money all in the one bag.
Don’t forget 1 lunch bag for each item ordered for lunch or
10c extra.
Thank you
Kate Majewski
WINTER NETBALL REGISTRATION
Netball
Winter season begins next term. If you are in Year 6, 5, 4, 3 or
Year 2 (turning 8 this year) and you would like to play netball
please see Mel in Student Services for a winter netball
registration form.
LOTS OF MUSIC NEWS!
Festival Choir 2015
Students planning to sing at the
Festival Centre in September need
to have their own book and CD as
soon as possible. Book and CD set
costs $15, free for school card
holders. Collect your admin forms
from Penny or the Choir
noticeboard outside Leabrook
Activity Room.
Clarinet and flute lessons with Nicola
Tuesday afternoons in Leabrook side
room (opposite L5)
See front office or Penny Kitchen for
SPORTS PRACTICES
details.
Practices are automatically cancelled if the predicted
temperature is 35 degrees or over.
Songbirds has started!
Basketball
Tuesdays 8.30-8.45 in Leabrook
Activity Room with Lia and Penny
If you are in years 2, 3, 4 or 5 you
are welcome to come and sing
with us.
Stradbroke Bombers 2 defeated by East Marden 43
Come and play with our band!
Great effort from all team members. Looking forward to a
great season.
8.30am Mondays with Penny and Tammy in the Leabrook
Activity room.
Stradbroke Bombers 3 defeated by Trinity Trojans 8
For students who can read and play at least 8 notes on their
instruments.
SPORTS
Great game boys.
Coaches award Sebastian Cole.
Stradbroke Storm 40 drew St Francis Tigers 40 on Monday 16th
February, I would like to congratulate the whole team, they all
played really well together.
Stradbroke Allstars 17 defeated SPX 15
Coaches award: Peter Minervini for stopping opposition from
scoring in the final 10 seconds.
JUNIOR SOCCER
Wanted
Junior Soccer
Under 13 Girls
Season 2015
Campbelltown City: Club address
Whites Lane (off Stradbroke Road) Newton
Contact Angelo Maio on 0412 807 739 or Linda Carpinelli
(office Assistant –Junior) [email protected] for more
information.
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