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School Magazine 2018 If you wish to order a Magazine for 2018 please return the reply slip to the Front

Office.

All families who pay their school fees will receive a Magazine for free as well as our

graduating class of Yr 7’s.

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From The Principal

Smartar Goals Meetings this Term

If your child is on a Negotiated Education Plan all families should have received a letter to book their

meeting through Dawn Pietersen in the office.

Meetings begin in the next fortnight.

Please ensure you phone in if you wish to have a

meeting.

Wakakirri

It was an amazing effort!

I’ve included a few photos in this newsletter.

A huge thanks to the 110 students, parent and staff

committee and teachers -Mrs Brown and Ms delaine.

Term 3 , Week 6

Term 3

Monday 23rd July—

Friday 28th September

Friday 31st Aug

Assembly rms DU & 25

Fathers Day Open Morning

Friday 11th September

Governing Council Meeting

6pm

Monday 17th September

Interview Week

Friday 21st September

Assembly rms 5 & 9

Friday 28th September

Term 3 Ends

2:10 finish

Newsletter 13, 2018

Bookweek

We had a brilliant parade,

assembly and week of activities.

Thanks to Louise, Michelle and Liz as well as committee members for

their efforts.

I’ve included a few photos in this

newsletter!

Fathers Day Open Morning

Tomorrow is an Open Morning for Fathers, Special persons or Carers of our students. We start with a Special Assembly in the gym from 9:15 am and then rooms are open and we end with a tasty morning

tea. We hope you can attend!

Choir Performance

Our choir is performing at the

Festival Theatre on Sunday 22/9.

Thanks Mr Willmott and the 36

students for their efforts this year.

See you at the concert!

Parent Questionnaire

Parents will receive a School satisfaction survey in the next

fortnight.

There will be two types of ways to

reply- on line or on paper.

Your feedback is appreciated and will guide us with our planning

going into 2019.

Interviews

Interview Week is 17/9 to the 20/9. If you’d like an Interview please contact your child’s class teacher or go online

www.schoolinterviews.com.au to

book a time that suits!

Can you help?

We need some help moving all the

bark!

If you have some time to spread some bark around the gardens in our new carpark please contact

Brenton.

Hand Heart Mind

12/9 is our Yr 6/7 Hand Heart

Mind Expo. It is in the Gym !

Our Yr 6/7’s will be showcasing

their work.

It is open from 9:00am.

All welcome!

Conclusion

I hope you are able to assist your children with their weekly

Homework tasks.

Please see your class teacher if

you require further clarification.

Year 3, 5 & 7 students should receive their NAPLAN results in the

next fortnight.

Welcome back from Maternity

Leave to Ms Balog in room 19.

Hope to see you all at the Colour

Run in Week 7.

See you around the

school.

Regards,

Brenton Conradi

PRINCIPAL

F R O M T H E P R I N C I PA L

Wa k a k i r r i

K i d s’ S h e d N e ws

The Kids’ Shed is really coming together. An ever growing number of students, of all ages have been to the shed to build something, or simply marvel at what others can do when given the opportunity and shown how

to in a safe way.

Students are learning how to use basic hand tools and observe Safe Operating Procedures in a work shop. They really enjoy wearing safety glasses and dust masks while hammering, sawing, glueing, clamping,

drilling and constructing.

The shed has also provided resources that have enabled some of our Year

6/7 students to work on their Hand, Heart and Mind Projects.

Projects so far include, a skateboard deck, repairs to a bike, pencil cases, a table, bedside table, a soccer game, our own work bench, a chopping

board and various timber sculptures.

Thanks everyone for the broad support you are giving to the Kids’ Shed including donations of nails, timber and some tools. Special thanks to Koby Hewitson and his dad for the generous donation of large boxes of new

nails.

Please feel free to visit the shed for a look and maybe be even help with

a small project.

Term 3 has been a busy and exciting time at Blakeview with lots of fun and engaging learning opportunities. Room 5 Receptions enjoyed taking part in the Adelaide Crows school program. They especially loved Claude Crow and participating in

the skills training sessions.

Another recent highlight was Book Week with the theme “Find Your Treasure”. Students in Room 5 enjoyed dressing up as range of “treasured” characters including pirates, super heroes and many more. The display and photo prop in the library proved to be a big hit with all students taking turns to have their photo taken as a pirate. Students participated in a number of Book Week activities, including designing and creating our own treasure

maps with our Room 18 buddies.

We were also fortunate to have an art lesson with local artist, Ann Shannon. The students learnt lots of tips and t r i cks and loved us ing watercolours to create their own

masterpieces.

Challenge Question: Can you name one of the 2018 Book of the Year

winners?

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M A L PA

We are excited to have the Malpa program running at Blakeview Primary School this term. Malpa is an Aboriginal term meaning friends/journeying together. Malpa students are known as Young Doctors. For thousands of years the Ngangkari – the traditional Aboriginal healers in Central Australia – have passed on their skills to young children. The idea of children being “doctors” is deeply embedded in Indigenous culture and life. Respected community members to teach the traditional ways and the contemporary ways of creating healthy communities. The Young Doctors become health

leaders to their peers and their community.

The program has not been running for long at B l a k e v i e w Primary School, but so far, we have learnt lots of things! We have looked at old ways and new ways of healing a w o u n d , a n d w a s h i n g h a n d s / s t a y i n g

germ free.

We used a special light to show us the germs on our hands – it was a bit gross and surprising to see how many germs are on our skin, and how

important hand washing is.

Fixing a wound in old and new ways.

Looking at Germs on our hands

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W h a t ’ s o n i n O n k a p a r i n g a

Onkaparinga block is a productive little Bee Hive with some sensational learning and growth from all our students. Teachers are working hard to provide stimulating, engaging and outcomes focused learning which is allowing all students the chance to demonstrate their learning. Our SSO team have been engaged in some fantastic small group work with a focus on numeracy and literacy, and the results are

speaking for themselves.

Classes are displaying the students Maths and Literacy goals which is a great opportunity for students to assess where they are now in their learning, and where they want to be. Students take ownership of their learning and it is exciting to see how many students are

setting personal challenges.

The magic of book week was upon us and the theme this year is “Find your treasure”. Some stupendous books were available from the library and Room 21 and 22 did some creative and engaging work which is beautifully displayed in our Onka hallway. Make sure to come and have look and see if you can get a recommendation for a new book! Room 23 have produced some fantastic Picture Book Investigations which look in depth at the structure of a text. Thank you to all the staff and students who dressed up, what a fun

day.

There has been some amazing cross curriculum work being done by some 6/7 classes with Geometric Art. Students are using their knowledge of 2D shapes, lines and symmetry to create art pieces. In room 20 the students have also been doing some Visual Arts focusing on texture and how it can create d i f ferent m e a n i n g a n d

interpretations to art.

We have also looked at how much sugar is in drinks and discovered that too much sugar can be harmful for your body, and we discussed that water is the best drink for us to be having. We have also been lucky enough to have a guest visit from Glynis Sumner from SA Dental. Glynis spoke to us about what a tooth is, how important it is to brush our teeth and how food and

drink can affect our teeth.

We are looking forward to having more guests and some exciting days ahead in the Malpa program, we will keep you posted

here….!

See our display in Onkaparinga block.

Thankyou Glynis from SA Dental Our healthy snacks!

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The Arts Drama Year R-7 Liz MCFettridge

During the first semester I had three Reception classes and a Year One class for Drama. We looked at how we can use our expressive faces and body language to show our feelings without the need for words. When our confidence gained we used language.

Semester One Reception students:

1). Scared 2). Sad 3). Surprised Year One students’ from Semester 1 and Semester 2 and Year 2/3’s playing a co-operative warm up game.

4). Angry Year 1’s using friendly greetings. Year 2 /3’s partner co-operation.

The Year 2/3, 3 and 4 classes are beginning Drama lessons with mime to understand the importance of expression, mainting focus and using body language effectively.

Year 3’s co-operative warm up. Year 4’s performing with a prop. Year 5’s reading their new scripts.

The Year 4/5 class are exploring effective improvised role plays, using their voice, body, movement and language to sustain role and relationships and create dramatic action.

Year 4’/5’s improvised scene. Year 6/7’s performing a scene for their peers from their scripted play.

The Upper Primary classes have scripted plays to learn. They are developing skills and techniques of voice and movement to create character, mood and atmosphere.

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