ANGASTON PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Dear Families,

Despite all the COVID interruptions with student and staff absences, we are going to finish the term next Friday knowing we have made progress with teaching and learning. Next Friday students and staff will be able to go home for a well-deserved break, catching up on sleep, spending time with family without the routine of school, before returning on Monday 25th July for Term 3.

 Pupil Free Day

Tuesday 14th June was a Pupil Free Day. Staff spent the day participating in professional learning covering the Teaching and Learning Cycle/Learning Sprints, and Teacher Clarity, with a particular focus on the importance of Feedback, Learning Intentions and Success criteria to support students to meet their goals.

 Next term our pupil free day is on Tuesday 6th September with a school closure day on Monday 5th September. Our school closure day aligns to all schools in our partnership including Nuriootpa High School. 

 Week 5 we celebrated National Reconciliation Week – Be Brave Make Change. Students spent time in classrooms learning about our First Nations people and unpacking the theme of reconciliation. We are using the Reconciliation Week activities as a platform to begin authentic conversations and learning in relation to First Nations people as reflected in the Australian Curriculum, and in particular History. We are starting with an edible indigenous garden to complement our cooking activities. Obviously this will all take time but right now we have consulted with a local gardening group, students and staff. We have Kelvin Jean and a parent volunteer Kristy Meyer also working with students to create the space which will also include a small fire pit to act as a gathering place/storytelling space just outside the library. Art work will also be a feature. We are really looking forward to seeing this project evolve to support teaching and learning.

 Angaston Primary school has been selected by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) to participate in this year’s NAPLAN Item Trial. The purpose of the Item Trial is to evaluate potential NAPLAN test questions (‘items’) for use in future NAPLAN tests.

About the Item Trial

·         The Item Trial is being held in approximately 700 schools across Australia between Monday 25 July and Friday 26 August 2022. The trial test starting date will vary across each jurisdiction; however, the trial test completion date will remain the same for all jurisdictions.

·         Schools are carefully selected to ensure that a range of student backgrounds and abilities is represented.

·         The Item Trial is about testing the questions, not about testing the child or their ability. The child’s results are not reported.

·         Children will sit two Item Trial tests. These will be, for example, a Reading and a Numeracy test, a Writing and a Conventions of Language (spelling, grammar and punctuation) test, or two Writing tests.

·         All selected students are expected to participate in the Item Trial, unless they have been exempted or withdrawn from NAPLAN tests. 

Barossa Co-op. We would also like to thank the Barossa Co-op for their recent donation of $500 to the school. The money will be used to support student needs.

Kickstart – breakfast program. The school has re-registered with Kickstart, and we are hoping to have breakfast club up and running early term 3.

Mid Year Reports. Teachers are currently completing mid year written reports. These will be sent home in sealed envelopes on the last day of term. Yr. 1-6 students will be graded in all curriculum areas with a written comment for English and Maths, and a general comment. Teachers use written comments to provide information about students’ engagement and progress against the achievement standards.  

There is no requirement for schools to assign A to E grades when reporting on Reception students. Teachers use the Foundation (F) year Australian Curriculum achievement standards as a reference point for reporting on student progress, including written comments for English and Maths, as well as a general comment.

Since the last newsletter we have had two whole school assemblies which were well attended by families. It is great to see you back in the school.

Week 7 Assembly was hosted by Mr Burne’s Year3/4 class who shared some interested maths facts, and Mrs Tempest/Mrs Hearnden’s class shared their Recount writing in relation to Reconciliation Week activities. They were great assembly hosts and we enjoyed hearing about their maths activities and favourite reconciliation week activities. Thank you. 

Our last assembly for the term this morning was hosted by Mrs Gniel’s Reception class and Mrs Goudie/Mrs Shields Yr 3/4 class. They did a fantastic job hosting the assembly as well as sharing their Little Red Hen performance, and beautiful art work. Thank you.

Congratulations to the follow students who received Encouragement Awards at the last two assemblies.

A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in! Robert Orben

Lynda Fitzpatrick-Brown

The State Government has provided a $100 rebate to all eligible parents and caregivers that have paid or are responsible to pay their child’s Materials and Services Charge. The $100 discount will apply to each of the 2022 and 2023 school years. Any students who are approved for School Card in 2022 will not receive the rebate.

All eligible parents/caregivers should  have received a statement which clearly shows the $100 rebate.

There are two options in regards to the rebate:

Option 1: Leave the $100 credit on the system and apply it to any future expense eg, uniforms, camps, excursions, book club ,SAPSASA etc. If you wish to apply the credit to any expense incurred you need to notify us that you wish to do so. This can be done in person, over the phone or by simply writing on an invoice that you have received “please apply the credit”.

Option 2: If you wish to receive the rebate as a refund please email the school at: dl.0242.finance@schools.sa.edu.au  with the following details:

Account Name:

BSB:

Account Number:

Email Address for remittance:

If you have any further queries please feel free to contact  Kim Oag in Finance on 85642215..

 Kind Regards

Kim Oag

Finance

Angaston Primary School.

On Thursday of Week 6, 6 of our students represented the Barossa and Light Sapsasa District at the annual State Cross Country Championships held at Oakbank racecourse.

Our students put in a fantastic effort in cold and wet conditions and represented the school and the Barossa extremely well. There was around 2000 students from across South Australian involved and it was great experience for all involved. All of our students ran 3km which is a huge effort and you should all be proud of yourselves. Great work by T. French, O. French, Harvey W, Ruby H, Cohen M and Flynn C. A special shout out to T. French who finished in an incredible 2nd position for his age group in the state and has been selected to trial for the state cross country team for his efforts. Well done mate well deserved.

 Well done to all involved, everyone at Angaston PS are extremely proud of your efforts. 😊  

Thank you to those families that have paid the Materials & Services charge of $303 for 2022. The Materials and Services charges are now overdue and need to be paid to avoid debt recovery action by Department for Education. Applications for School Card assistance are still able to be made so please apply online at www.sa.gov.au under the heading Education, Skills and Learning. Please contact the Front Office if you require any assistance.

Payment can be made:

·          via the school bank account BSB 105-021 Account number 104147940 - using your family code or invoice number as the reference.

·          via Cash, Cheque, Eftpos or Credit Card at the Front Office between 8.30 – 9.30am and 2.30- 3.30pm.

·          via Credit Card over the phone between 8.30-9.30 and 2.30-3.30pm.

Any current Direct Debit Payment Plans will continue.

Please contact Kim Oag on 85642215 if you require any further assistance.

 School Card applications for the 2022 school year are now open.

School Card A This is the most commonly used school card application. Use this form if you are liable for your child’s school fees and you're not:

• self-employed
• a migrant who arrived in Australia after 1 July 2019
• receiving Veteran’s Affairs benefits
• applying for a foster child in your care.
  

School Card A – apply online

The Department for Education administers the School Card scheme.

School card assistance is available to:

• dependent students from 4 years of age receiving full-time schooling at a government school
• independent full-time students in years 10, 11 or 12 at a government school
• adult re-entry students undertaking subjects to complete their SACE.

To be eligible to apply for school card assistance, the applicant:

• must be liable for their child(s) or their material and services charge
• must have a combined family gross income within the school card income limits (in the table below).

Eligibility is not dependent on any family member receiving any Centrelink benefits or Family Tax Benefits.

Number of dependent children

Combined gross family income limit for the 2020/21 financial year

Gross weekly school card income limit

Combined gross family income for both partners, if partnered on 30 June 2021, includes all the following:

• gross salaries, wages and allowances from their employers
• taxable Centrelink pensions, benefits, allowances
• non-taxable or tax-exempt pensions, benefits, allowances (eg Disability Support Pension, Carers Pension)
• gross interest and dividends
• benefits from the Department of Veteran’s Affairs
• supplementary income as identified in the supplementary tax return
• fringe benefits (eg provision of a car, entertainment expenses)
• foreign income including pensions and employment
• business or partnership income from self-employment (includes depreciation).

Combined gross family income does not include any amounts received for:

• Family Tax Benefits Parts A and B
• child maintenance payments
• the TPI component of Veterans Affairs benefits
• carer allowance.

Parents, caregivers or independent students who are approved for School Card assistance are not required to pay the materials and services charge.

Eligibility for School Card does not automatically roll over each year. Persons seeking approval for school card assistance must apply each school year.