NEWSLETTER

Student Leadership Council

Student Leadership Council (SLC) is designed as a platform for students to develop student agency and leadership in all year levels across the school. Reception – Year 6 students are elected by their class using their agreed processes. The year 5 and 6 students have the option of applying for SLC Mentor or Peer Leader roles through written application and presentation to a panel run by the Principal, PCW and Deputy. SLC mentors work with an assigned SLC leader R- 4 to help develop leadership skills, support planning and enact on ideas. Peer Leaders work to plan and set up activities for all students to participate in at recess and or lunch times.

All SLC leaders work as a team to support whole school events, plan fundraising ideas to support charities that are important to them and enact on feedback from students raised during class meetings.

We hope to finalise SLC by the end of week 4 and announce in the next newsletter.

Children’s University

We are in our third year of participation in Children’s University. We are offering this to students in Year 3 -6.

Through University of Adelaide, CU aims to nurture aspirations and develop a love of learning. Children and young people enrolled in CU are issued with a Passport to Learning which records their individual learning journey. After the first 30 hours of learning, children are rewarded for their participation at a graduation ceremony held at the University of Adelaide or a prestigious venue in regional areas. Children can graduate multiple times depending on the hours they accrue.

The most important principles of CU are that participation is voluntary and activities must take place outside the normal school day during lunch, after school, weekends and holidays. All CU learning is designed to inspire children to think about their futures with a greater knowledge of the careers and professions that they could aspire to.

Last year the students celebrated their graduation in the magnificent Bonython Hall and got to experience what it feels like to graduate from university.

If your child would like to participate please look out for the note that will go home in the next few weeks.

Willkommen zum Deutsch in 2023 (Welcome to German in 2023) My name is Heidi Shields and I am the German teacher at Angaston Primary School. This year I will be on-site Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. It has been exciting to welcome students back to our German/Health classroom, and I’m looking forward to continuing to foster a love of language. This year we continue to build on our basic oral language skills, using vocabulary building activities, as well as reading and writing tasks. Responding to and creating texts will also provide opportunities to use our knowledge and skills. I hope that we may share our learning with you in some form over the year. Alles Gute, Frau Shields

Hello parents and caregivers of students at Angaston Primary School. My name is Mr. Matt Bradley and I am the Health/PE teacher at Angaston PS. This year students will be covering their fundamental movement skills of balance, throwing, catching, kicking etc in the junior primary years using various types of equipment, and in the middle and upper primary classes students will further develop their fundamental movement skills by using various forms of equipment in different sports involving throwing, catching, kicking, and striking. Some sports that will be covered include Athletics, Football, Netball, Cricket, Lacrosse, and many others. Students in Year 4 to 6 will also have many opportunities to try out and represent the school and the district in various sapsasa sports. In Health all students will learn about a healthy lifestyle through testing their fitness levels, nutrition, wellbeing and safety in various formats. Yours in Sport Mr. Matt Bradley

My name is Nicole Taylor and I am the Teacher Librarian at Angaston Primary. I thoroughly enjoy my role running the Library and promoting all things reading and books. We are so fortunate to have such a great Library space at A.P.S. and families who value and support reading. I thank you for your continued support. Class teachers have elected to do borrowing of library books and take-home readers with their own classes this year, so please direct queries regarding borrowing/returns/overdues to your child’s class teacher in 2023. The Library space continues to be open before school and lunchtime every day, and I encourage your children to visit outside of lesson times and spend time too. We enjoy a lively and inviting library at break times J As well as my Librarian role, I teach History/Geography to each class. This is a part of the HASS (Humanities & Social Sciences) subject. I look forward to working with students of all ages to delve further in to personal, local and Australian history and places this year. Please email me at Nicole.Taylor516@schools.sa.edu.au if you have queries about the library or HASS. I look forward to a great year of curiosity and reading in the Library. Nicole Taylor

My name is Emily Brown and I am the Performing Arts teacher at Angaston Primary school. You will also find me in the classroom on Mondays and Tuesdays teaching year 5/6. This is my third year running the Performing Arts program and I am so excited to see what we achieve this year. In term 1 we will be focusing on dance, specifically exploring cultural dances from around the world. Students will also be given the opportunity to choreograph their own dances independently and within a group dynamic as well. Throughout the first weeks of school, it has been wonderful seeing how excited students are for their lessons, and their willingness to have a go. It's going to be a fun year!

What a wonderfully book-ish start to the year in the Library!

Students have stepped right back in to plenty of borrowing and the Library has been abuzz with their continued enthusiasm for reading.

This year there has been a change to borrowing routines. Classroom teachers have chosen to manage borrowing of library books/readers with their classes on visits to the Library. In the past, most classes had borrowed during their specialist lesson with me. Going forward, if you have a query about borrowing, returns or lost books/readers, please communicate with the classroom teacher, as they will be managing this side of the Library routine.

I am continuing to teach the History part of HASS (Humanities and Social Sciences) from Reception to Year 6. I am also adding Geography to my lessons for the Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 classes.

The Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC) has launched and students will have received a PRC form to write their books on. Usually the PRC asks that students read 12 books to complete the Challenge and earn a medal. This year there is an option to read 20 books to celebrate the 20th year of PRC! Students who read all 20 books will receive an extra certificate alongside their usual medal for the year. The extra 8 books are free-choice and don’t need to be PRC stickered books.

The Book Week theme in 2023 is “Read, Grow, Inspire”. Families who visited the Library on Acquaintance Night were given a little packet of seeds to remind them of the theme and encourage them to grow, and read to, plants. Thank you to all who dropped by to see our Library space and say hello.

Hi, I’m Nat and I am the Pastoral Care Worker (PCW) here at Angaston Primary School. Can you believe, I have been here for a little over a year and half already and it’s no secret … I LOVE THIS SCHOOL. The location, the teachers and of course our beautiful students.  

 What do I do? 

 I provide support to the students by listening and taking an interest in them, being involved in their daily lives, facilitating activities and seminars and being a positive role model.  

 I’m also there for the staff by being a supporting resource, providing a listening ear, encouragement, friendship and support their personal wellbeing. 

 I’m not just here for the school, I am here for families, by being a person of contact, listening and caring, providing support in times of crisis as well as being a referral to support services. 

 And of course, our community by being a link between churches, the wider community and the school community. 

 A little bit about me… 

 I live in Williamstown with my little family – my husband Woody, 12-year-old daughter Mia and our 2-year-old Kelpie Rowdy. I love camping and shopping but my real love is cooking and feeding people. It’s my absolute passion and allows me to be somewhat creative. I love how food creates connection and conversation – and we all know I love a good chat. 

 I’m looking forward this year to working with you all again, meeting new students and families, as well as nurturing and supporting existing connections.  

 Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays are my days at school and I can’t wait to see you all. 

 If you want a chat contact me via email nat.wood883@schools.sa.edu.au otherwise I can be contacted via the Front Office or your Class Teacher.  

 Have you had a chance to see our CUP OF KINDNESS yet? Every student and teacher wrote something kind on a love heart for someone in the school, whether it be a friend or a teacher. We did it to celebrate kindness and to mirror our school motto Be safe, BE KIND, Work Hard. 

Here’s to an amazing 2023. 

Blessya 

NAT x  

The Uniform shop is open Monday & Tuesday 8:45 to 9:00am and Thursday 2:45 to 3pm. Purchasing of uniforms outside of these hours during the term is not available, including hats.

Order forms are also available from the Front Office.