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Brighton Primary School Newsletter
SCHOOL VALUES Care and Respect; Achieving Success; Responsible Learners; Environmentally Aware
August 24 Term 3 Week 5
From the Principal
Dear Students, Parents, Families and Caregivers,
Sincere thanks to Mike Delean and Renee Book, who took on the Principal
and Deputy Principal roles respectively, while Sue Gaardboe and I were on
leave for the first 3 weeks of this term. I have always appreciated the will-
ingness of leadership staff and other teaching staff to take on new challeng-
es and responsibilities while others are absent. Thanks Mike and Renee.
On my return from long service leave it was very exciting to see our Learn-
ing Area 1 redevelopment almost complete, with the construction of our
new staffroom, and new STEM space, new ‘breakout areas and the renova-
tion of three of our Junior Primary Classes. Special thanks to Lucy Freeman,
Ashlyn De Haas, Amy Kelsh and Diane Donaldson whose classes were locat-
ed in our Art Space and Library for the first 6 months of this year while our
STEM renovations took place. Also to Rachel Snewin, our visual arts/
performing arts teacher who has been located in the wet area of Learning
Area 3 for this time. Rachel will move back into her space after we have
renovated this area.
Early next term we plan to hold an official opening of the STEM space
where we will invite Department For Education personnel, members of the
government and our Governing Council.
Ian Filer
Principal
Our Vision Engage…...Imagine…...Create…...Innovate
BOOK WEEK WRITERS WEEK AWARDS
‘Find your Treasure’ was this years theme and 2018 Overall Winners
with every Book Week celebration the highlight is Yr R
the ever popular Book Week Parade. Congratula- Jay
tions to all students and staff who eagerly partici- Socr (Soccer)
Yr 1-2
pated, dressing up in characters, and joining in Penny
with our parade. The Very Brave Boy
Yr 3-4
Samika
Escape
Yr 5-6
Max
Attack of the Mutant Zinger Burger
Yr 7
Josh
The Backline
Growth as a Writer
Yr R
Lexi - Gus
Pepe - Koala
POSITIVE PARTNERSHIP Jaxon - Pup
Positive Partnerships - Working together to support Tori - 3 Cats
school-aged students on the spectrum Riley - The Rainbow
Earlier this term, Educators from Brighton Primary Yr 1&2
School attended a 2 day Professional Learning Pro- Mason - Yum
gram for teachers and school leaders of school-aged Tayne - The Magic Door
students on the spectrum. The aim of the program Scyles - The Pig
was to improve the educational outcomes for stu-
Harry - Harry’s 59 Storey Tree House
dents on the autism spectrum. A particular focus for
our school team from attending the program, is to Sam - The Friendly Fox
raise awareness of students on the autism spectrum Oliver - The Flying Goat
in our school and foster an inclusive school culture Yr 3&4
through productive partnerships between school, Jackson - The Fight for Treasure
home and the Charlie - The Day Tim Broke the Scooter
broader communi-
Jasmine - The Rise of the Blue Ninjas
ty. To begin our
Chloe - The Wolf Girl
journey, I have in-
cluded information March - The Process of Making a Book
about a 2 day Akshari - The Magic Potion
workshop that is Yr 5&6
free for parents Bailey - The Beast Success
and carers run by Ethan - New York is Falling 2
Positive Partner-
Matthew - Get Out Monkey
ships. Please read
the information Ryder - The Catapults Gruff
below and register Ollie - Crocs and Boots
if you are interest- Kaleb - The Boy in the Polka Dot Pyjamas
ed. I am happy to Yr 7
answer any ques- Leler - Detective Jack
tions or queries Morgan - Moon
you may have.
Jamison - Demonic Dog
BLOG UPDATE ART OPEN NIGHT
As part of our drive to improve communication It has been necessary to reschedule our Art Open
between school and home we are developing a Night to Tuesday the 25th of September for several
blog. This will replace the current newsletter and reasons including absent staff, a class out all week
will be used to communicate all our news and in- and importantly our week 9 staff meeting, held on
formation. We will encourage all families to sub- Tuesday, has a very important literacy focus.
scribe to the blog, which will enable you to receive I am very much looking forward to Rachel and our
notifications of new posts. We are currently build- teachers showcasing their students talents as bud-
ing the blog, and expect it to be in use by the be- ding artists.
ginning of next term.
STEM CONGRATULATIONS CHARLOTTE
STEM in Action at Brighton As we celebrate this years Book Week it was very
The term STEM is an acronym standing for Science, fitting to recognize our own author Charlotte Archi-
Technology, Engineering, and Maths. STEM educa- bold. Her recently published book ‘Mallee Boys’ took
tion refers to a way of teaching those four disci- away an Honour Award at this year’s annual Chil-
plines in an integrated and applied approach. We dren’s Book Council of Australia awards in the older
often teach by integrating different curriculum are- readers category. I highly recommend Charlotte’s
as, but in STEM we need to apply that knowledge
book to you, suitable for older students, as she ex-
to a problem or situation that we want to be able
plores the life and adventures of young adolescents
to improve. Our new STEM renovation has provid-
growing up in a Mallee town here in South Australia.
ed us with some lovely spaces to enable us to do
our STEM learning across year groups. Below is a A FABULOUS read!
brief description of some of the STEM activities
you will see in action across the school for the re-
mainder of the year. GOOD LUCK MICHELLE AND KEHREN
Reception These students have been working on their problem Today was Michelle Cox’s last day before she begins
solving skills and will begin a STEM challenge to do
with fairy stories in Term 4.
her maternity leave with her baby due later in Sep-
tember, while next Friday will be Kehren Clovicko’s
Year 1 Finding a solution for how to care for baby chickens last day before she begins her maternity leave.
when they hatch from the eggs we are about to incu-
bate.
Kehren’s baby is due early October. To both Michelle
Year 2 These classes are doing an integrated Science unit and Kehren we wish you all the very best during this
based on natural resources, culminating in an enquiry very special time.
around our composting system in the school.
Year 3 Monarto zoo are developing habitats for endangered
animals, and so are our students.
Year 4 How do we reduce the amount of waste going to land-
fill from the school?
Year 4/5 Room 4.3 will be solving the problem of what to do
with the chicks we are hatching once they are old
enough to survive without heat.
Year 5 This STEM project will be revolve around the school
values of care and respect.
Year 6 A problem from our local Council: How can we in-
crease urban infill and trees while reducing heat islands
in our council area? This year group will also be work-
ing on a problem related to growing plants in the LA5
courtyard area.
Year 7 Designing cost effective garden solutions for courtyard
spaces.
CONGARTULATIONS JAMIE PLAYGROUND UPDATE
Congratulations Jamie Meredith who was recently Just to keep you informed, our small committee of
appointed as a coordinator in STEM, working one Teachers and SSOs has meet a number of times
day per week, in collaboration with our Assistant over the last 3 months. We have all researched ide-
Principal, Sue Gaardboe. Jamie will help drive the as and tabled possible ways forward to ensure the
implementation of our STEM initiative until the project is complete to a standard that we expect
end of this year. and our grant of $150,000 is used wisely. We have
consulted with students via a visual survey for R-3
Good luck Jamie! and a survey monkey for 4-7 students to ensure
student voice is a key driver in the project. Recent-
AUSLAN CLASSES ly, we established an agreement with LCS (they
have made a number of playgrounds in the Ade-
To anyone interested in Auslan classes they are laide parklands and in metro schools) to draw up a
being held at Brighton Primary School starting schematic of the area so that we can put the pro-
next week. For more information please contact ject out to tender for quotes. LCS will have this de-
the school. veloped in the next fortnight and ensured us that
the project can be completed by early December,
however the bark chip playground area will be out
of action for 8 weeks. We are expecting to update
Governing Council at the next meeting with hope-
fully some rendered drawings after we collate all
the student data so it can inform the playground
design.
Jamie Meredith on behalf of the Playground Rede-
velopment Committee
Jamie Meredith
Year 7 Community Educator
Brighton Primary School
SAPSASA CROWS CLINIC
SAPSASA Basketball On Tuesday 14th of August our Year 5-7 students
Brighton Primary School was recently represented were visited by 9 Adelaide Crows Players, one of
in the State School Sport SA Basketball by Jordan which being our local hero Rory Sloane. The session
and Mr. Lindsay (Team Manager). The team com- was organised through our partnership with Glenelg
peted in the Combined National School Sport FC and as a reward for our 6/7 Boys multicultural
Championships which were held in Darwin, North- Team who won the district competition in early term
ern Territory from 11th to the 17th August. The 2. The Crows players ran two 40 minute clinics with
team performed well considering a tough year 6/7 students and then followed up with a ques-
start against championship winners Queensland tion and answer session in the hall with students
and an unfortunate loss to NT by 2 points. from years 5-7. Our students had a marvelous time
The team improved as the tournament progressed at the clinics and had plenty of fun with the players
with wins against NSW and ACT and giving the Vic- and our students asked some fantastic questions of
torian team a scare by only trailing by 8 at half the players. It was a great afternoon for our school
time. In the final game they had a chance to rectify students.
the loss against NT and won convincingly by 25
points to claim 4th position. Jamie Meredith
Jordan represented Brighton Pri- Year 7 Educator and AFL Ambassador for Brighton
mary well and performed to a Primary
high standard in his games. Un-
fortunately, he suffered a broken
finger and missed the final few
games. Apart from the games the
team had a chance to see the lo-
cal wildlife with a visit to Adelaide
River to view some crocodiles on
an educational excursion, which was a valuable
and exciting experience.
Aaron Lindsay
SAPSASA Rugby
Last week Mack and Felix represented South Aus-
tralia in the Australian rugby League School Cham-
pionships at Victoria Park.
Felix captained the team and did a fantastic job
SCHOOL DISCO
speaking for SA in the opening ceremony. Don’t forget to get tickets for the AWESOME Bright-
The boys played 7 matches in 7 days coming up on Primary School Disco is on Thursday 30th August.
against some very tough competition from the (Don’t forget it’s a student free day on Friday 31st
Eastern States. They did a great job representing august)!
the state and made some good friends. All tickets need to be pre-purchased by Friday the
24th of August by filling out and returning the flyers
that have gone home with students. If you didn't re-
ceive a flyer you can get one from the front office.
Cost is $5 for an individual
State Championship Cross Country ticket or purchase a family
We wish Jordan a fantastic run this Saturday ticket for 2 or more children
(25/8) in the State Championship Cross Country for $10.
event being held in the Sunshine Coast. Congratu-
lations on your success to date Jordan, and we Its time to party, people!!!
look forward to hearing all about it on your return.
BASKETBALL NEWS NETBALL NEWS
Basketball Yr 4/5 Gold Netball Yr 3 Black
I thought this week I would include an action shot Year 3 Black have been lucky to have played Sunrise
as we already have submitted a team photo previ- for the past 2 weeks, and whilst we did not win, the
ously! This is the always impressive Oscar team are developing their passing skills and trying to
Matthew and Aspen. This week due to other com- run to space. We have now played a full cycle of posi-
mitments we were left with only 5 players to play tions, meaning that every player has played a full
but that didn’t stop them from taking out a win. game in each position. This means for the rest of the
After a great start we shift- season our players will get an opportunity to choose
ed the focus on sharing the and share their favourite part of the court (mid court,
ball around and ensuring goals or defence) to play in. Well done team, you all
every player on the team should be very proud of yourselves and each other.
had a shot at the bas- Thanks to Jo and Nat for helping out so often at train-
ket. All the points scored ing and on game day, I appreciate your support.
at this game were a team
Jan-Marie
effort and we couldn’t be
prouder as coaches. Netball Yr 4/5 Black
Year 4/5 Black are a very solid team that really are a
Thanks Adrienne and Darren joy to coach. The players flexibility, dedication to
their positions, willingness to learn, and most of all,
Basketball Yr 1/2 Black have fun is a testament to this group of players and
Our team are steadily progressing in confidence friends. As coaches, we love their encouragement of
and team work. They are all having a go at drib- each other and awareness of their opposi-
bling down the court and passing to their team- tion. Thanks to Ali, Nic, Adrienne for helping us out
mates. We are focused on involving everyone by on game day too - you're all champs!
maximising ball and game time exposure; throw
ins are shared and "bounce! bounce! pass!" is our Jan-Marie and Bec
catch cry from the side lines. We've even scored Netball 2018 End of Season Presentation
since the last newsletter - in both games! The date has been set - Wednesday 20 September
Thanks to Adrienne, Darren and Max for helping 2018 from 6pm in the school hall. More details will
train our little champs! be sent home to your child.
Jan-Marie & Chad
DISCO FATHERS DAY COFFEE TRUCK
Basketball Yr 4/5 Black
We welcome all dads to come and buy a half price
This term continued with more winning streaks. On
coffee (pay $2) when you drop your kids at the
Tuesday we played Paringa Park boys which was a
school disco next Thursday 30 August. You can say hi
competitive game in which all players played really
to fellow dads in our community. Mums of course
well. Congratulations team!
you are very welcome as well. Coffees are available
Shelley and Rhiana for $4.00. The coffee truck will be there from 6.00-
730pm. Dads to get a half price coffee, approach the
Boys and girls interested in an out of school choir. Parents and Friends Representative to obtain your
ticket. Limit of one ticket per dad.
YOUNG ADELAIDE VOICES
If you are interested in going and checking out Happy Fathers Day!
Young Adelaide Voices, there's a flyer in office box- From Parents and Friends.
es and at the front office. 5 - 10 year
olds rehearse Wednesdays 4:30 at Halls of Wesley
FESTIVAL CHOIR
Uniting Church Kent Town. You can regis- Festival Choir will be performing in concert 12 on Fri-
ter to come and try at their website day night 28th of September. Tickets go on sale 9am
http://www.youngadelaidevoices.asn.au/our- Monday August 6th from Bass. All tickets $35 plus
choirs/come-and-try $8.95 per transaction. Start organising so you're
ready to buy the best seats!
SCHOOL INFO COMMUNITY INFORMATION
Diary Dates 2018 THANK YOU
Thank you for the generous contributions made by
SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY Brighton City Meats and Brighton Foodland for our
31st August
year 7 astronomy night.
3rd September Student Free Day COME N TRY
10th September Book Fair
10th September National Week of Deaf People
PH: 8296 3614
FAX: 8296 7180
TTY: 8358 3189
CANTEEN: 8298 4093
Email: brightonps.info@schools.sa.edu.au
Website: www.brightonps.sa.edu.au
Student Absence: 0428 937 348 (sms only)
SCHOOL QUIZ NIGHT
CAROUSEL FRUIT AND VEG
ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS The owners of Carousel Fruit and Veg would like to
offer the Brighton Primary School Community 10%
Next week will be the last chance to purchase ‘hard off of your shopping when you mention that you
copy’ Entertainment Books through the school. are from or have children at Brighton Primary
There are 8 books left in stock which can be pur- School.
chased through QKR!
Digital versions can still be purchased through the
link provided below. There is no limit on Digital
memberships.
https://www.entbook.com.au/161b614
The cost is $70.00.
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