Hallett Cove East Primary School

20/9/19  Sports Day

26/9/19  Knockout Soccer Final

27/9/19  Last Day of Term - 2:05 pm Early Dismissal

14/10/19 First day of Term 4 - welcome back to school

15/10/19   6W and 7E will be attending an overnight camp at Narnu Farm on Tuesday 15 October returning to school on Wednesday 16 October (Term 4, week 1). Students will be travelling to and from Narnu Farm by coach and staying in the camp accommodation.

22/10/19 Japanese Celebration and Open Day

25/10/19 World Teachers Day 

4/11/19  Pupil Free Day please note OSHC will be available for care, please make a booking

6/11/19  1st Transition Visit for 2020 Reception Parents Only - 9:00 - 11:00 am

13/11/19  2nd Transition Visit for 2020 Reception Students - 8:45 - 10:15 am

20/11/19  3rd Transition Visit for 2020 Reception Students - 8:40 - 11:30 am

27/11/19  4th Transition Visit for 2020 Reception Students - 8:40 am - 12:05 pm

27 - 29/11/19  Year 6/7 Aquatics

4/12/19  End of Year Concert

4/12/19  Year 7-8 Transition Visit for Mitcham Girls High

5 & 6/12/19  Year 7-8 Transition Visit for Hallett Cove R-12 School

12/12/19  Year 7 Graduation

13/12/19 Last Day of Term - 2:05 pm Early Dismissal

For all of your 2019 Sports Day information and Programme please click this link

Sports Day is a much anticipated day on the school calendar, a great deal of planning and practice goes into making the day the very best it can be for all.  We welcome students and their families to come along and enjoy watching and being involved in the activities.  As always we will have a BBQ on the day with bacon and egg sandwiches and the traditional sausage sizzle.  The canteen will be open to serve a variety of foods and beverages including Helen's famous cappuccinos and hot donuts.

To make the day even more successful we would appreciate help with early morning  set up, end of day pack up, bbq volunteers and canteen helpers.  If you can spare anytime at all please leave your name and details with the front office staff.  Your help will be very much appreciated.

Dear Parents/Caregivers,

THE GOVERNING COUNCIL HAS ENDORSED MONDAY 4th NOVEMBER FOR THE FINAL PUPIL FREE DAY FOR 2019. TEACHERS WILL BE MODERATING LEARNING AND UNDERTAKING TASKS FOR THE REPORTING PROCESS. PLEASE CONTACT OSHC IF YOU REQUIRE CHILDCARE FOR THAT DAY.

NAPLAN RESULTS

NAPLAN results are due out within the next week. I will contact families via Skoolbag with information about how to collect them as soon as they arrive. While we have not received any comparative data, as an “online” school we have received our general school data for this year’s assessment already. At first look it appears we have done well particularly in general achievement and I look forward to receiving the comparative data about this and other more specific elements of our achievement. More information about our achievement will be made available in future newsletters once this is determined.

STAFFING NEWS

Congratulations to Nick Marks who has won the ongoing primary teaching vacancy. His well-earned placement will bring consistency and experience to the school’s programs.

As of next week, Jenny McFadyen will be reducing her hours and will only work on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. Henny Smith will replace Jenny, Jo Berry will support Henny and we welcome new SSO Maddi Govan who replaces Jo in class programs, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

A number of teachers are currently on leave or will have leave in the next 2 weeks and affected families have been notified of their replacements.

WELL DONE TO STUDENTS ON EXCURSIONS

Over the year we have many classes that go out on excursions. Teachers are often told verbally that our students are very well behaved and engaged in the programs. Occasionally we also receive written feedback. In the next section there is a copy of an email I received after our Yr 6/7 students attended an excursion to the Adelaide Show. Well done to these students and in fact all our students for always showing our values and excellent behaviour when out in the community on excursions.

JAPANESE CELEBRATION AND OPEN DAY – TUESDAY 22nd OCTOBER

Please save Tuesday 22nd October in your diary to be available to come to school and participate in a wonderful school event. We will be having a day of Japanese activities and celebrations including a picnic and the classrooms will also be open for a part of the day for families to visit. We are just organising the final schedule and this information will be available shortly.

END OF YEAR CONCERT – WEDNESDAY 4th DECEMBER

This year we are trying something new!! We are going to have a twilight concert to be held on our oval on Wednesday 4th December. While final details including timing and structure are still being organised we are planning for the concert itself to begin at 6pm. So please save this time and date in your diary as well. More information including a much clearer timeframe will be provided early next term.

FRIENDLY REMINDER REGARDING SUPPORTING PROTECTIVE BEHAVIOURS

I remind all parents that it is inappropriate to interact with children other than your own for any reason other than a friendly hello as you pass. Students are being trained in protective behaviours and we seek support from our families to help ensure that they can learn to effectively keep themselves safe.

This also applies if you have concerns in relation to other children and your child. These concerns need to be raised direct with the teacher not with students.

NEW IRRIGATION SYSTEM

On October 1st we are expecting works to commence to upgrade our oval irrigation system. It is expected to take until early November to complete. The oval will be unavailable for any use during this time. The Japanese celebrations will be held in other areas of the school.

COMING EVENTS

SPORTS DAY – FRIDAY 20th SEPTEMBER

JAPANESE CELEBRATION AND OPEN DAY – TUESDAY 22nd OCTOBER

WORLD TEACHERS’ DAY AUSTRALIA – FRIDAY 25th OCTOBER

PUPIL FREE DAY TERM 4 – MONDAY 4th NOVEMBER

END OF YEAR CONCERT – WEDNESDAY 4th DECEMBER 

Anne Rathjen

Principal

Subject: Students at the RA Show

 Dear Ms Rathjen,

Following my recent retirement, I took the opportunity to act as a volunteer at the current Royal Adelaide Show. Yesterday morning, Tuesday Sept 4, two of us volunteers were at a stand on the Yellow Brick Road and served many students wearing their Hallett Cove East Primary School uniforms.

My colleague and I could not be anything but impressed by your students. Not only were they neatly dressed in their uniforms, but they behaved with great courtesy and, without exception, used impeccable manners. They were a credit to your school and their parents. We noticed this positive approach from the very first students who came to our stand and it continued throughout the morning, and there were lots of students who we saw.

Please accept this congratulations to your school community from one who was most impressed.

Yours sincerely,

Lawrie Cresp (Retired Deputy Principal Oakbank Area School, previously DP at Norwood Morialta High and Murray Bridge High)

Would you like your child to develop playground resilience and wisdom?

The Highway Heroes program: Connecting 4 Friendships develops skills in making and maintaining friendships as well as deal with the "unfriendly" behaviour they may experience during playtime.

Students will learn:

* friendly and unfriendly behaviours

* ways to invite positive connections with others

* recognise the importance of body language

* how to deal with play/hang out refusals

* to identify rumours and gossip and what to do about it

* to identify and use positive tools and strategies to deal with small and big playground issues

If your child is in Year 4-6 and you would like your child to participate in this program please email Evie Donoghue (evie.donoghue503@schools.sa.edu.au)

Sessions will be held each Wednesday (3:10-4:00pm) in term 4 for 5 weeks (5 sessions).

Student places are limited.

8W is learning about the importance of sustainability and recycling, and are participating in the Lids4Kids drive.

Did you know that lids from milk, water and soft drink bottles and bread tags can be shredded and made into filament for a 3D printer? This filament can then be made into prosthetics for children needing a hand or an arm.

We would appreciate it if the whole school community could help us to collect the lids to help these children.

Please can you drop off the clean lids to 8W or the front office.

Thanking you all in advance for your support.

Karina Galloway and the students of 8W

As you may have seen in recent newsletters, we were lucky enough to win a grant thanks to the City of Marion to reduce waste at HCEPS.

So far we have purchased compost caddies for each learning area, and more compost bins and supplies so food waste will no longer be going to landfill. A great start.

We are hoping to go even further – to reduce the number of single use wrappers we are seeing in our bins, mainly from chip and muesli bar packets and cling wrap – but to do this we need your help and support.

We are teaching our students alternatives to single use wrappers, which could mean bees wax wraps or cooking slices or muffins at home. On Wednesday the 4th of September we held a  workshop on how to make beeswax wrap, students, teachers and parents attended the workshop.

The workshops were enjoyed by all who attended, we continue our journey on enhancing our whole school community's knowledge on the importance of nude food.

Cheers,

Nick Marks

Jett had a great week in Canberra with the State Under 12 School boys  football (soccer) team. The boys played great football all week, and leading into their final game, were undefeated. In a challenging final game, SA went down to Victoria 2-0. Other results during the week were wins vs NSW 1-0, WA 1-0, ACT 2-1, NT 3-0, NSW Invite 5-2, and a draw vs QLD 2-2. The boys came second overall to Victoria, coming home with a silver medal. On the Wednesday all teams joined together for an educational excursion to the AIS. 

SPORTS DAY IS COMING, if you have any spare time at all we would love your help cooking the BBQ or serving in the canteen.  Please leave your name with the administration staff if you can volunteer some time to help out on the 20th September, the more the merrier. 

NEW WINTER MENU

Please note the canteen Winter Menu has been updated please click here to view the latest menu

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