wonderful opportunity for students to develop a

range of skills: independence, organisation,

perseverance, resilience and leadership. I know our

year 6 students are really looking forward to this

experience but there is also some apprehension.

This apprehension is also transferrable to our year 6’s

going to High School at the end of this year.

Attached with this newsletter is a letter from

Nuriootpa High School which provides updated

information relating to some of the questions

students and parents may have concerning the

transition of year 6 students to High School at the

end of the year. This information is not only relevant

to this year’s year 6 students but also to the

following years. I would encourage all families to

read the information, if you have any questions

please don’t hesitate to contact either Nuriootpa

High or Tanunda Primary.

Principal Position

Many of you would be wondering about the

process relating to the Principal appointment at

Tanunda Primary. Over the past few weeks the

selection panel which is made up of our Education

Director, Governing Council representative, Peer

Panellist (a Principal of a similar sized school) and

our Australian Education Union representative, have

met to work through the selection process. The

panel did not ‘recommend an appointment’. This

will mean that the position will need to be

readvertised again. This process will take some time

which in turn has implications for other positions

within the school. I will continue in the role as Acting

Principal and Steve Cornish will continue in the role

as Deputy Principal for Term 2. We have appointed

Heidi Mebberson as our year 6 teacher for Term 2 in

Room 20. Heidi comes to the school with significant

teaching experience in a variety of year levels.

Heidi will be on site in the coming weeks to meet

Principal’s Report Welcome to our week 9 newsletter.

Year 7’s to High School

Our year 6 students are in their final year of primary

school. They are participating in activities that

would usually only be for our year 7s’, including:

Leadership opportunities, special seniors clothing

and camps. In two weeks’ time our year 6 students

will be travelling to Arbury Park in the Adelaide Hills

for their environmental camp. Camps provide a

# 4 MARCH 25, 2021

Important Dates

TERM 1 27th January – 9th April

Week 9:

Fri 26th March

22nd March– 26th March

State Swim Championships

Week 10:

Mon 29th-Wed 31st Mar

Fri 2nd Apr

29th March– 2nd April

Yr6/7 Softball

Good Friday

Week 11:

Mon 5th March

Tues 6th-Thurs 8th April

Fri 9th April

5th April– 9nd April

Easter Monday

Year 6 Camp

Early Dismissal 2:10pm

PUPIL FREE DAYS & SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY

2021

Friday 11 June—Pupil Free Day

Friday 3 September—School Closure Day

Monday 6 September—Pupil Free Day

EARLY DISMISSAL

There will be an early dismissal on Friday April 9th @

2:10pm for the purpose of end of school term. Only

students who have returned their green permission

form will be permitted to leave early.

If you have lost or misplaced your child/ren’s form

please request a new form from the front office.

the students and to plan for the term ahead. I

know that our Tanunda Primary School community

will provide a warm welcome to Heidi.

Happy Easter

With this being our last newsletter before the

Easter break I would like to take this opportunity to

wish all families a safe and happy Easter. Please

use the break (if you’re not having to work) to

spend time with your children playing games,

reading books, having conversations, relaxing

and generally enjoying each other’s company.

Happy Easter.

All the best

Nick Wuttke

Merit Awards

Term 1 Week 7

Merit Cards: Angus P, Mackenzie L, Matilda L,

Dawson W, Angus W, Gracie S, Thomas E, Parker S,

Mai H, Maya S, Max R, Wade L, Amalia E, Lucy B,

Evie U, Lachlan W, Jayce G, Hunter F, Jordan L,

Tyler E, April H, Eva M.

Term 1 Week 8

Merit Cards: Eliette H, Lewis H, Isabelle S, Hamish

L, Olivia C, Edward A, Porsche K, Chase M, Vivian O,

Hudson S, Cooper B, Calais W, Amber M, Eli F, Max P,

Harvey D.

Japanese Awards: Darcy M, Eli F.

Ride 2 School Day

On Friday the 19th of March we had ride to school. If you rode your bike to school that day

you may have seen our School Leaders taking photos and handing out some stickers.

There was an impressive number of students and

parents riding and walking to school that day.

Later that day we had some student leaders take

some tallies so we could figure out how many

students participated in the days event. We had a

total of 263 students walk, ride their bikes or

scooters to school on this day. What a great

result by all!

Amity and Lara—Student Leaders Room 1

Halogen Leaders Day

On Wednesday 17th March our student leaders had the opportunity to attend the Halogen Leaders Day.

There were four amazing and inspirational speakers who all provided the students with personal stories

and tips to help assist them in becoming effective leaders at our school. All speakers spoke of their

journeys and paths they undertook to get to the position they are currently in. They spoke about adversity

and challenges that they faced along the way and how they overcome them. All of the students had a

great day and below are some of the reflections and a few snapshots

from the day.

At National Young Leaders Day my favourite part was listening to all of

the speakers talking about their stories and life. A piece of advice I heard

from the day was “You don't fail until you stop trying" that made a big

influence on me because when I fail sometimes I give up so it gave me more confidence to keep trying.

On the day something else I heard was being a leader is making people feel welcome and comfortable, I

think if we start doing that to new students or just any student around the yard it will help them enjoy

school more and trust us more. A speaker that I learnt from personally was Josh Pyke because he never

gave up and kept trying, because of that be became a very successful musician and the person he is today.

The National Young Leaders Day for me was a very enjoyable and informative experience, I am very

grateful that I got to go there.

Patience

On Wednesday, the 17th of March went to national leaders' day. At the start I was a bit anxious to see

what this experience would be like, but I ended up enjoying it very much. I learned various life lessons, but

my favourite lesson was with Josh Pyke a famous songwriter and author. He told us that if you don't get

something right it doesn't mean you failed it means that you fell short. I believe that I could take this into

everyday life whether it is now or when I am older as it is a good mindset that I can see myself and others

using. I also think that this lesson is a good one to put into action for our school as it teaches a good

mindset and to get back up again. I hope to be a leader who can be helpful to people and can be easy to

talk to. I think it would be a good idea that we influence others with our lessons learnt from the speakers

such as the one by Josh Pyke and other speakers. If I can model this to other kids in our school it will be

helpful and motivational to continue to improve wellbeing in our school.

Sophie

I have taken various pieces of advice from the speakers at Halogen Leaders Day. The one that will affect

the way I think is from Laura Hodges and Australian basketballer. She had set so many goals for herself

and explained how important it is to always have something to work towards. I feel like that is a very

important thing to do so you always have a plan and something to aspire to. I believe that listening to

people speak that have had an interesting background is important because this gave us an insight into

different backgrounds and life experiences and how they have overcome challenges in life. I think we

should have more guest speakers come to our school to help inspire students.

Taylah

The halogens Leaders Day was a blast. There were many students from lots of different schools, we

started off the day by having an excellent dance tutorial by Ezra and Dean from the dance curriculum.

Then we had a remarkable life story told to us by the Honorable Hieu Van Le who is the governor general

of South Australia. His story really stuck with me. He needed to say what he thought or the boat that he

was travelling in would not have made it to safety. His story as a refugee was an incredible story.

The Honourable Hieu Van Le wasn’t the only brilliant speaker, there we also had Josh Pyke who told us

his story on how his music career wasn’t all smooth sailing and how his kids had a big impact on him and

his writing. All in all, it was a spectacular day and on of the best experiences I have ever had.

Savannah

2021 Instrumental Music Legends!

Instrumental Music at Tanunda Primary School is in full flight and we have had a great start to the year.

We welcome back our continuing music students:

Emmy A, Sienna F, Karina W, Sophie E, Sophie S, Francesca M and Edward A.

And a huge WELCOME our brand new Woodwind and Brass musicians to our program:

Alana B, Matilda F, Mai H, Tilly Mc, Sophie H, Amalia E, Bella F, Evie L, Grace P, Harper M, Jennifer S, Tilly S,

Emma Mc, Laura K, Makayla H, Sydney K, Zac A, Harrison C, Maya Shobbrook, Natalia P, Oliver B-H, Grace

C, Hamish H, Hugo N, James H and Paige J.

We hope you enjoy your music education and the learning of how to play your chosen instrument. These

students not only learn the skills that are specific to their instrument but all the other non-assessed skills such

as perseverance, team work, problem solving, discipline, persistence, commitment and dedication.

To see what is happening in our musicians Bigger Better brains please click on:

https://youtu.be/R0JKCYZ8hng

There’s a party of fireworks going on in their brain when learning to play a musical instrument!

Every Tuesday, students have a 30 minute instrumental lesson with either Mr. Jacob Staehr (Brass) or Mrs.

Sonia Samain (Woodwind). Throughout the term students get together for a Band session, where they

learn pieces of music to play altogether to audiences.

There will be plenty of performing opportunities for these students throughout the year. One special event

is held in term 4 - the annual Barossa Valley Combined Primary Schools Concert Band workshop, where all

of our primary school instrumental music students from around the region come together for a massive

workshop and concert. Also, the continuing students will have the opportunity to attend the annual IM

Camp. Students from all around the country areas of South Australia get together in Melrose or Port Hughes

to play music together in a massive concert band.

We look forward to performing to the Tanunda Primary School community at various times throughout the

year too.

Sonia Samain – DfE IM Woodwind Specialist

Beginner Saxophones Continuing Flutes

Beginner Clarinet Beginner Flute

Beginner Trombone Beginner Trumpet

Continuing Trombone

Continuing Woodwind

Harmony Day

As well as ride to school day we also celebrated Harmony Day. Harmony Day is a great day

to recognise and celebrate the cultural diversity and amazing things about our country.

Throughout the week classes worked with their buddy classes to create some beautiful

designs on their handprints. We turned these into mini gardens around the school. Our

school looked like a sea of orange on Friday as many children embraced the celebrations

of the day. And came out in force in all different shades of orange and multicultural

outfits. It was a great day to reflect and be grateful after the past year of the fabulous

school we go to and the amazing country we get to call home.

Ms Ally—Wellbeing Coordinator

UNIFORM SHOP

The Uniform Shop will be open on

WEDNESDAY mornings

Opening times are

8:30am to 9am

COMMUNITY NEWS

2021 Barossa

Vintage Festival

We need you!

If you would like to be a traffic/ COVID

marshal for the Parade, help set up the

Vintage Festival Ball, throw a few hay

bales at the Ziegenmarkt, assist with

surveys during the Festival, or many

other activities in the lead up and dur-

ing the Festival, we’d love to hear from

you. Many of the opportunities are for

one event for 2-3 hours only!

For further information, please contact:

Elaine Wilson

Mother’s Day Parents at Tanunda (PAT) are running a special fundraiser to spoil Mum this

Mother’s Day with a choice of some wonderful goodies.

Please fill in one form per student

Qty………. CHOCOLATES @ $3 (from Barossa Chocolate Company)

Qty……….. Lucky Pick @ $5 (3 lucky picks available -you could get a compact

handbag mirror, fluffy socks or keyring)

Please return your form & payment to the front office by Wk 11 Wednesday 7th of April

Child’s Name…………………………………………………Room No……………

Total Cost of Order $………………………

Goods will be delivered to classes in Week 2, Term 2 Friday 7th of May

(Strictly no late orders – No additional goods available after the order date)

Year 7 to High school Update from Nuriootpa High School

As part of the transition process, Nuriootpa High School will share information and updates in weeks 4 and 9 of each term with the feeder primary schools.

Open Days – these were held on Monday March 22nd and Tuesday March 23rd. There was very high attendance and it was great to talk with our new students and their families and answer some questions they have. We also did tours of the school. During the last 2 weeks we have also visited the local feeder schools with their ex-students. For parents/carers who would like the information from the Open Day and the Student Information Brochure, please go to our school website and look in the Transition Information Documents. Here is the hyperlink:

http://www.nurihs.sa.edu.au/school_info.htm

Curriculum Planning and Student Learning – this is ongoing faculty work. A Partnership Approach to this work will also be happening during terms 2 and 3.

Staff Planning

The Personnel Advisory Committee have been working on determining the teacher and SSO vacancies that we will have for 2022. We have also met with the department’s staffing officers as part of this process.

As a school we are also looking at:

• leadership implications for the increased student numbers

• non-curriculum SSO implications – this includes ICT, Finance, Science, ….

• Curriculum budgets - Materials and Services charges do not fully cover the Curriculum budgets – we are considering how much we need to cover this with the increased number of students?

Note that Curriculum SSOs are funded via a different bucket of funding.

Facilities Planning

There are currently 4 parts to our Facilities Planning for 2022. These are:

1. Year 7 to High School – this comprises:

a. a multi-purpose building housing performing arts, music, art and physical education

b. a technical studies room

c. increasing the capacity of the Hospitality Centre.

Progress with respect to these buildings is discussed fortnightly. At the Buildings Meeting on Tuesday, week 8, the following information was provided, noting that the focus is now on the Multi-Purpose Building. We continue to ask if the Hospitality Centre can be a separable portion (can it get handed over before all of the work is completed on the Multi-Purpose Building and Tech Studies building?). Work over the next 2 weeks will be:

a. Drama/Multi-Purpose Building

• Footing excavation

• Form, reinforce and pour slab

b. Tech Studies - Nil

c. Hospitality Building

• Structural steel

• External wall framing

• Roofing

2. New double room Inclusive Education facility – we understand that the tender process is completed and we will soon know the successful tenderer. It is aimed to have this facility on-site early term 3, 2021.

3. Upgrade to our 2 Home Economics classrooms – this is funded by the school. We are now going to tender for this process.

4. Additional 4 dual buildings to allow us to cater for the number of students enrolled at our school. These buildings will re-place two triple blocks of classrooms, of which we have only been able to use one of these as a classroom. We are unsure

when these buildings will be delivered as they are currently being used as part of the ‘decanting process’ at other schools while their new buildings are happening.

5.. Rate of Work vs Planned

Current works are tracking OK, however there may be a lag between the slab being poured and structural steel being erected. The shop drawing process has pushed out the fabrication of the steelwork.

Budget Planning for 2022 – The Business Manager has begun a very draft budget for 2022. Topics that we are currently look-ing at are:

o ICT requirements for the new buildings – this includes a conversation about data projectors vs TVs.

o Establishment grant for the new 8 classrooms. As part of modular building projects a furniture allowance is sent to the school for $4,200 per classroom. Wireless Access Points and Air Conditioners are provided as part of the building scope of works. This means that we will need to pay for TVs/projectors any other items needed.

o Working with the groundsmen on re-locating their ‘office area’

o Storage once transportable buildings moved

School Community – the Barossa Partnership is developing transition plans to be discussed at the partnership meeting in week 9. During weeks 7 and 8, we visited local feeder primary schools. Ex-students from each primary school accompanied us on our visits and did an amazing job.

Capacity and ceilings in 2022

The school enrolment capacity for 2022 is 1368. Nuriootpa High School is recommended to have the following enrolment ceil-ing provisions for 2022: Year 7: 228 students Year 8: 228 students.