Dear Parent/Caregivers,

Book Week Parade

Today we celebrated Book Week with a parade of characters from our favourite books. It was great to see so many of our children involved, with a great deal of effort going into the costumes by parents and families. We thank you all for this tremendous effort. I'd also like to thank parents for the dilgence with QR codes, masks and social distancing. It made for a great morning. 

It was also fantastic to see so many staff involved. Check out the photos below!

Curriculum

Staff have been developing their understanding and the application of Learning Intentions (LI) and Success Criteria (SC) in their learning programmes. LI and SC are high impact strategies that support student learning. Students should be able to articulate what they are learning and why. I encourage families to regularly discuss with children the learning occurring at school.

COVID 19 Update

As the situation with COVID-19 evolves, the Department for Education continues planning and operating in line with advice from SA Health to support the safety and wellbeing of staff, students and the broader community.

The following measures remain in place until further notice as directed by the Department for Education:

• Continue to limit the number of parents on site, and when on site they must wear a face mask and practice physical distancing.
• All adults (including staff) must COVID-SAFE check in each time they enter the site.

In line with these directions, we will continue with students being dropped off at the school gates.

Although unfortunate, in 2021 we will not be able to have parents on site for Sports Day on Friday 10^th September. After careful consideration and consultation, we established that we would be unable to safely and effectively manage the event with parents on site.

Sports Update

It’s great to see so many students representing our school in a variety of SAPSASA events.

Our girls Knock Out soccer team has progressed through to the semi-finals. All the best!

Mr Staker is currently selecting a team to participate in the Port SAPSASA Cross Country Carnival to be held on Tuesday 14^th September.

The following students have been selected in the State SAPSASA Athletics carnival to be held on Tuesday 21^st September: Jack F-S, Bernard R, Campbell H, Matilda H.

Good luck to Sarah M who was selected to participate in the Year 6 Port SAPSASA Soccer team and will play next week in the State SAPSASA Championships.

Mr Staker has also selected a girls football team (AFL) to participate in the Crows Cup on Tuesday 15^th September.

Lastly, congratulations to Rhys, Joel, Iris and Serina who played for Port in the recent SAPSASA Soccer Carnival. 

AFL MAX Get Healthy and Have Fun Camp - Room 19 and 22

We are excited to provide the opportunity for our year 4/5 classes to participate in an overnight camp at AFL MAX on Wednesday 22^nd September to Thursday 23^rd September. (Term 3, Week 10).

Payment for the camp is due by Wednesday 15^th September.

Second Hand Uniforms

If your family has any pre-loved school uniforms in small sizes (4-10) the school would appreciate it if you could donate them to the front office. 

Upcoming Diary Dates