Snapshot Week 3 Term 4 1 November 2019
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Snapshot
Week 3 Term 4
1 November 2019
Remembrance Day
On Monday 11 November (Week 5), Rose Park Primary School will
hold a Remembrance Day Service from 12:10 – 12:30pm. Mr. Ken
Duthie, Vietnam and Malaysia Veteran and School Military History
Officer will be a special guest speaker for the service. We will be
offering a prayer as part of this service. If you do not wish for your
child to be involved in this whole school event, you’re welcome to
collect them from school prior to our service. Families are welcome to attend.
Staff Information 2020
We are excited to share the news that two members of our Leadership Team, both Rebecca Weber
(Deputy Principal) and Kim Copeland (Assistant Principal) are pregnant and both due to take
Maternity leave towards the end of Term 1, 2020. The positions will be advertised internally this term,
enabling all current staff to apply, therefore utilising the opportunity to build leadership density and
capability across the school. The successful applicants will be assigned roles in Term 1 that will enable
them to have handover from the leader along with mentoring whilst also supporting school wide
objectives. The Deputy Principal nominee will take on the library role, and support all classroom
teachers with their Units of Inquiry along with preparation for our IB school evaluation in July 2020. The
Assistant Principal nominee will take on a Special Education teacher role, also supporting the
development of ‘One Plans’ for students with disabilities.
Congratulations to Michael Porter and Sarah Cole for winning ongoing Permanent Teaching Positions
at Rose Park Primary School commencing January 2020. This is a such a positive for our school
community and we know they will continue to be outstanding educators in their ongoing role
supporting student learning.
Week 4 Crossing AM PM
Monitors Hyeon B Lilah H
Katie R Nathan A
Matthew W Kaiya C
Year 3 Camp—Aldinga
Students in Year 3 classes thoroughly enjoyed their camp at Aldinga Beach last week!
Belle – “When everyone had got sunscreen on, we lined up to
walk to the beach. It was a very long walk and it was
sooooooo hot! When we got there everyone got into their
groups and had a scavenger hunt. After that, the staff let us
put our feet in the water as a special treat. The water was so
cool and nice on a hot day”.
Stephen – “We did a cultural pop up session. This session was
with Uncle Tamaru, he taught us Kaurna art and symbols. Hr
drew a picture with symbols and it told a story, it was quite
interesting”.
Henry – “Uncle Tamaru taught us about the land of the first
nation people in a patient voice and told us about his mother.
He told us how she would never talk to a white person since the
white people took away eight of her children”.
A big thank you to our many parent helpers. The children were
extremely impressed with Sam Wallis-Smith’s secret talent; he
can play the digeridoo!
Second hand Chromebook sale
On Monday, Dec 9 (Week 9), we will be facilitating with a second hand Chromebook sale for
Parents/ Caregivers in Year 7 who wish to sell their Chromebooks. Further details will be sent to
parents in the near future via Edsmart. While the school is not directly involved in the sale, we do
recommend that devices for sale meet the following criteria: charger cord, no missing keys, and an
undamaged screen.
Chess School SA
Congratulations to all chess players who participated in the Interschool Chess State Finals held at
Tyndale Christian School. Rose Park came 6th out of 13 schools - an amazing effort! A special
congratulations to Yutian Yu, in year 6, who came 2nd in the individual standings. We look forward
to continuing to build participation in chess at Rose Park.
Site Improvement Plan Goal: To develop effective writers What's happening in Year 4? Year 5 students have been learning about reviews and their purposes. Students have been provided the opportunity to be reflective inquirers and discuss the various forms of review and the language associated with each. The pictures below show students engaging in a ‘flat chat’. A ‘flat chat’ is a written conversation where students discuss, evaluate and critique a text by posing questions, providing comment and responding to their peers thoughts in a collaborative environment. Brad Schutz, Belinda Monaghan & Caitlin Petrou Parents & Friends Fundraiser The Parents & Friends Committee, in conjuction with Lambrook Wines, are holding a fundraiser. All money raised will go towards the purchase of Soundfield Systems for the school. 'A soundfield System amplifies the teacher's voice to a comfortable level above any background noise to ensure all children in the class can hear well. Background noise has also been shown to reduce in classrooms where a soundfield system is used.' Lambrook Wines, Capital Brewing Co. beers, and Antipodes spirits will be available for purchase directly from the supplier, and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the school. Please download the order form here Lambrook Wines Fundraiser. All order forms can be submitted to the school office, or to Lambrook Wines, and payment must be made directly to Lambrook Wines (payment details on order form). The Parents and Friends committee thanks you for your ongoing support.
Science News
The Year 6/7’s have been busy in their Science lessons, not only
putting their engineering caps on creating models of power
plants using equipment from the classroom, but also selling
different energy sources in
presentations to their classmates.
Putting their best persuasive skills on
display, groups worked hard to
pitch their product to their class in
order to win the vote on the
question “What form of electricity
should Australia invest in over the
next 50 years? Students have
showed their fantastic creativity and debating skills to sway
students to pick their product.
The Year 1’s also practised their
engineering skills recently; creating
spaghetti towers
with marshmallows.
They investigated
the differences
between cooked
and u nc ooked
spaghetti and
looked at what properties they had. They had to
work in groups to problem solve and find a way
to get their towers freestanding and as tall as
possible.
Musical - Ali Baba & the Forty Bongo Bandits
The Year 4/5 Musical – Ali Baba and the Forty Bongo
Bandits was a huge success. The production was
excellent, with the characters dazzling us with their
costumes, wit and sensational acting. Well done to all
of our students involved. Special thanks to our Year
4/5 teachers, Janet Parkinson and Hayley Collier for
making this possible and providing the students with
the opportunity to perform on the big stage.
Janet Parkinson & Hayley Collier
Year 6/7 Digital Technology Rotations Within the theme, How We Organise Ourselves, and looking into "How Digital Technologies are Shaping Our Future", our Year 6 and 7 students have had the opportunity to develop their coding skills and using formulas/ graphs in a spreadsheet. Classes have rotated between teachers over the last 2 weeks, having gained experience with the following: Mr Cubbin - Spheros: Mr Hutchinson - Google Sheets/ MS Excel: Mrs Lygo - Ozobots: Mr Michell - Scratch: Mr Porter - Micro:Bit. Shown are images of students creating a personalised pedometer (Micro:Bit), investigating implications of autonomous vehicles (Ozobots) and exploring the use formulas and graphing in Google Sheets and MS
Thank you to everyone who supported Bogan Bingo, we raised just over $9,000 which
will be used to purchase sound field systems for the classrooms. A big thanks to the
following people and businesses who generously donated products and services for
the silent auction, raffle and wine grab.
Acler EFM Vic Park Morgan Knight
Adelaide Central Markets Fine & Fettle Morrison Lygo
Adelaide Kids Yoga Frewville Foodland Ms Burrell
Andrew & Missy Welch Guthrie Wines MYND Tribe Fitness Studio
Arkaba Hotel Helen Moyes Norwood Swim School
ASSA ABLOY Hentley Farm Orso/Willmotts
Athletes Foot Burnside Village Hume Taylor and Co Parklands Dental
Be Clean Services Ivy Room Parkside Hotel
Betrothed Bridal Janakie Hopkins Plant Twerp
Big 4 Port Willunga Holiday Janet Parkinson Realm Vintage
Park Justin Phillips Consulting Robbies Chop Shop
Brad Shutz Karsan Hutchinson Silk Laser
Cinquante Jewellery Kim Copeland Stones throw
Coccobello KX Pilates TennisEd
Commissary Lambrook The Sorted Home
Corner Store Cafe Life Personal Trainers Vickery Wines
Creative Collective Interior Little Sparrow WD Wines Pty Ltd
Design
Michael Porter White Picket
Dan Murphy’s
Moka European Zach Curnow
Dulwich Bakery
Dulwich Butchery Palient designs Zara Lygo
Patisserie
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