Dear families & friends, 

It has been another busy and amazing year at Felixstow. In yet another topsy turvy year, our team has again taken on all the challenges thrown our way with commitment and compassion. I am so grateful to be in a community that remains strong and supportive through all the changes and challenges.  

 It was wonderful to have so many families joining us for the End of Year celebration, I am sure you would agree it was a lovely evening full of smiles, laughter and fun. Thank you everyone for making it such a wonderful night for our children and for each other.

Farewells: 

Firstly we want to say farewell and thank you to Milan who bravely stepped into the reception/ year one class this term for one day a week and then for the last two weeks full time for Tuula. He even survived swimming week with our littlest learners. I am sure we will see Milan around with us in the future doing some relief work again. Thank you Milan for jumping in this term.

We also sadly say farewell to Kamal. Kamal has been with us now for 4 years, since 2019, teaching our PE & Health program.  In his time with us he has developed our amazing sports days, built great connections to our local sporting facilities and clubs, arranged countless sports clinics, won many sporting schools grants which has meant we have been able to replace and upgrade our sporting equipment and of course become a strong part of our Felixstow family.

Kamal has decided to leave us and venture into the world to do some travel and exploration. We of course hope he finds his way back to us some day in the future. We will still see Kamal around and about doing some relief work before he heads off on his adventures. I am sure that you will all give him a warm farewell and thank him for everything he has brought to our community.

Thank you Kamal and we wish you all the best for your future and we hope to see you again.  

 2022 Achievements—We have many highlights and achievements this year including:

• Learning expos came back
• Primary camp to Wirraway
• Sports Day
• Aquatics & Swimming
• Book week celebrations
• recarpeted our Resource hub again after flooding!
• Excursions to performances, cultural centres, parks, movies, and local community areas
• Another strong year of learning and growth seen in our NAPLAN & PAT results
• Kitchen Garden winning 3 awards at the Royal Adelaide Show
• Our continued progress and recognition as a ‘Deep Learning’ Global Competencies
• The collaborative and respectful way we have all managed the continued disruptions of Covid

Along with many, many other achievements along the way!

Well done everyone on another great year at FCS!

 Volunteers—We thank all our volunteers that have worked with us this year. We were able to bring more and more of you in as the year has gone on and we are hoping to continue to increase our volunteer involvement next year, so if you are keen please contact Di or Gillian to learn about becoming a volunteer. Each volunteer must have from RAN training (online), a current DCSI clearance.

 2023 class arrangements—A letter would have come home with your child last week outlining class structures.

The class structures for 2023 will be as follows:

• Juniors team: Tuula and Nicole—with a Reception/Yr 1 and a Yr 2 group.
• Primary team: Steve and Laura will work together with a yr 3/4 and a yr 5/6 group.

 2022 Leavers—It is that time again where we farewell our leavers and some of their families. We have watched them grow, we have laughed and cried with them and challenged them to be the best version of themselves they can be. We know they are ready to take on the next challenge with strength and pride in themselves. We wish them every success in the future.

 As we head into the holiday season please stay safe and enjoy many peaceful and joyful moments with your loved ones and we will see you all on Monday 30th January for Day 1, 2021.  

Cheers Skye 😊

Leavers Art

Uncle Cedric is a Ngarrindjeri and Narrunga artist who worked with the Year 6 leavers each week to help them create their leaver's artwork. 

They were each given a section on the canvas and asked to create a space which represented themselves. A combination of symbols and words were used to show things they loved, things they will miss and who they are.

Fundraiser

At the start of Term 4, Di worked with the Year 6 student's to start up a fundraiser while learning about math's and finance. They were tasked with deciding what items they could sell that would offer them the best profit.

They decided on selling hot chips and raised a total of $115.00, all of which was donated to the Ronald McDonald House.

"Felixstow Community School, you are the reason we are able to keep these families together tonight -  to give them comfort, and special moments together, before facing another stressful day. And for this I say thank you, from the bottom of my heart" - Barbara Ryan, Chief Executive Officer Ronald McDonald House

Dear Felixstow students and families,

Premiers Reading Challenge (PRC)

Congratulations to 45 of our students who participated in this year’s PRC!

For our receptions it was their first time participating and as such they all received an award.

There were seven students' who received additional awards for submitting more than one form which was above and beyond the requirement!

Daniel, Ella, Kevin, Niamat, Stella, Thomas and Tori received a certificate as well as a $5.00 Scholastic book voucher.

Resource Hub Student Monitors

Our student monitors were all awarded certificates of appreciation as a thank you for the time they volunteered up during their break times to help support the running of the Resource Hub.

Thank you to Amelia, Elene, Eva, Hannah, India, Joelle, Niamat, Oliver, Raghuveer, Zahra and Zoe J.

We plan to continue with the Resource Hub student monitor program next year, so keep an eye out for it being advertised at the beginning of term 1, 2023, if you are an interested student.

South Pacific School Aid Project

We have put together a collection of guided readers and books recovered from the resource hub flooding to send off to the South Pacific.

The South Pacific School Aid Project sends dozens of pallets of books and educational equipment to schools throughout the South Pacific and even as far as Nepal, it is an organisation we love being able to get behind!

Top 10 Borrowers of 2022

Thank you to all of our families for your support over yet another eventful year! From those who volunteered at BBQs, donated books or assisted with covering books after the flooding, every bit is greatly appreciated and helps us to keep this good thing running!

Kind regards

Kelly

Resource Hub SSO