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STRADBROKE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER
Koonga Avenue, Rostrevor, SA 5073
Excellence and Achievement in a Supportive School Environment
Principal:
Telephone:
Fax:
email:
website:
Out of School Hours Care:
Director:
CRICOS Provider Number:
Anne Lamont
8337 2861/8337 5349
Student Absence Ph: 8365 5621
8337 0041
dl.0923.info@schools.sa.edu.au
www.stradsch.sa.edu.au
8365 5677
Rebecca MacQueen
00018A
13th November, 2014
STRADBROKE MUSIC NIGHT 2014
Come and see your friends perform
NOVEMBER
Fri 14
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Thurs 20
Fri 21
R-7 Fun Run
Piano Scholarship applications
due
Materials & Services Poll due
Fun Run/Walk collection day for
sponsorship forms and money
Orientation Visit for 2015
reception children
Stradbroke Music Night, Rehn
Hall, 5.30pm – 6.30pm
Thank you Morning Tea for
Volunteers
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Tues 25
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Come and meet the teachers teaching music around the school
Come and hear some great music
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5.30pm - 6.30pm Friday 21 November
in Rehn Hall
Gold coin donation to UNICEF.
FUN RUN/WALK
DECEMBER
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Mon 1 – Fri 5
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Tues 2
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Fri 5
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Mon 8
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Wed 10
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Year 4 & 5 Swimming Lessons
JP Christmas Sing Along, 6pm
Yr 7 DVD Money is due
Yr 4-7 Swimming Carnival
Year 7 Graduation
End of year reports sent home
Last day to order 2015 year 7
windcheater
FUN RUN/ WALK
Tomorrow
Friday 14th November
There will be a one day collection day
for sponsorship forms and money,
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Thursday 20 November. Please do not
send the forms / money in before this
date.
If you can help the fundraising
committee collect and count the funds
raised please contact Tanya Scanlan.
Congratulations
Sports Day Winners: Koonga House
Health Hustle Cheer Chant winners:
Leabrook House
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Tomorrow (Friday 14 November) is our Fun Run/Walk. All Stradbroke
students will participate and the junior, middle and upper primary students
will have different courses to complete their “Fun Walk / Run”.
The children are getting very excited about this special fundraising event.
STRADBROKE HIGH ACHIEVERS
Congratulations to the following children who have excelled at art. They will
have their colourful pictures on display in the annual Children's Art Exhibition
at the Campbelltown Library from 1 - 26 November. The children attend
Audrey Emery's Monday after school art classes at Stradbroke School. For
information and bookings phone 8337 6837.
Sam and Jordan South, Chris and James Wen, Cleta Du, Alabama Rowe,
Neisha Gredden, Elouise Dunn, Joshua and Tsamaya Gooding, Asher and Ryan
Ramesh, Montien and Eutien Boey, Vivi Wu, Tahlia Cargin-Rowe, Surekha
Ruwanpura, Irina Bal, Erika Shaw, Yasmin Toy, Dennis Wang, Cherry Shan,
Lauren Bateman, Katie Schubert, Elijah and Daniel Klopf, Aura Menashe, and
Jasmin Baker.
ICAS HIGH ACHIEVERS
Congratulations to Luca in Year 2 and
Sidath in Year 7 for being awarded the
ICAS Medal for the highest scores in
South Australia and the Northern
Territory for Maths (Luca) and Spelling
(Sidath). Vicki Clonan from the University
of NSW presented their medals at our
school assembly.
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A MESSAGE FROM CAMP QUALITY
Dear Parents,
The Camp Quality Puppets have been invited to perform at
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Stradbroke on: Wednesday 19 November.
1.45pm: R-2 classes
2.20pm: Year 3-7 classes.
We are an educational program, using puppets to deliver a fun
and positive message about supporting children living with
cancer and other serious illnesses.
The program is free; there is no charge to the children.
The information shared aims to help children heighten their
awareness of the need to care for and support others who may
look, or be a little “different”, particularly because of physical
problems, such as hair loss, because of cancer treatment.
In each class all of the children drew a self-portrait and these
will be assembled as a whole school banner to mark this
special occasion.
During the week every class participated in
the Cultural Infusion performance ‘Cool
Capoeira’. On Thursday morning during
‘Multicultural Idol’ children presented
wonderful cultural items in songs, poems and
plays.
In culmination of the week’s celebrations a whole school
Multicultural assembly and parade was held on the Friday in
Rehn Hall.
Thank you to everyone who was able to support and
participate in this community event.
Congratulations to the
wonderful Year 7 UNICEF
Ambassadors for their vital
contribution and leadership
in the Multicultural Idol
and assembly.
Please feel free to join us at the performance if you’re able to.
If you’d like more information about the program, please do
not hesitate to call the school or Shannon Mackowski, Primary
School Program Coordinator on 8410 5555 or 0431 042 438.
FLEXI MOSAIC TABLE
The mosaic table top has been completed by the Flexi artists
and Carol Hill, mosaic artist, and it looks great. Thank you Carly
and the Flexi teachers for this wonderful project. Bench seats
will be installed later this term.
SPECIAL PERSONS DAY IN THE OPEN UNIT
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On Thursday 6 November Reception classes in the Open Unit
welcomed Grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, Aunties
and Uncles and other people to Special Persons Day.
RESOURCE CENTRE
Premier’s Reading Challenge
Congratulations to all students who completed the Premier’s
Reading Challenge earlier this year. The awards have now
arrived at school and will be distributed via classroom teachers
shortly. We had approximately 620 students participate and
would like to thank families and staff for supporting students
during the Challenge.
End of Year
Next week is the last week for student borrowing from the
Resource Centre. With the end of year quickly approaching, it’s
time for students to start searching for their library books so
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that they can be returned by the end of week 7 (Friday 28
November). Accounts will be sent home for lost or damaged
books after this time. We prefer books are returned so please
search thoroughly. If you have any queries please come and
see a Resource Centre staff member.
Continuing music students: Please come and see Resource
Centre staff to extend your loans for the following year.
Thank you from the Resource Centre Staff.
Children
and
adults
shared some stories
about life at school. Then
the Reception students
entertained their visitors
with songs and morning
tea. It was a special
celebration
for
all
involved.
PUPIL FREE DAY
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MULTICULTURAL WEEK
In Week 3 we enjoyed a wonderful time of celebrations to
mark the occasion of Multicultural Week. This was celebrated
with the theme of “Every face has a place”.
Multicultural music was played and enjoyed every day
throughout the school.
On the Pupil Free Day on Monday 10 November staff
participated in a training and development day focused on
analysing student achievement data. In the morning Ray Yeulet
guided us through an in-depth analysis of NAPLAN data from
2011-2014. Following this we explored reading assessment
data (running records and
PAT-R Comprehension) to
determine the progress
made by every child in
the school. The Site
Learning Plan for 2015
will be developed using
the information analysed.
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IBPYP EVALUATION
Last week we hosted a three day visit by IBPYP Evaluators. The
evaluation involved visiting classrooms, observing learning,
discussions with staff, students, Governing Council and families
and reviewing policies and documentation of learning. It is an
intensive and rigorous process carried out every five years and
provides us with authority to offer the Primary Years
Programme. Thank you and congratulations to Sue Thalbourne,
our PYP Coordinator, for her leadership and months of
preparation leading into this visit. Preparation for this
evaluation began in 2013 and the evaluators commented on
the high quality of the documentation, the positive learning
and community culture and the collaboration and professional
learning of staff. In addition to this they commented on the
high degree of support and satisfaction parents had with the
programme. We will receive a formal report form the
International Baccalaureate Organisation which will include
commendations and recommendations.
From this we will develop an action plan to enable us to
continue to develop the PYP at Stradbroke.
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Yr 4/5 Basketball played on 5 November 2014
Stradbroke Strikers 18 defeated East Marden Leopards 12
Good team game!
Coach’s award: Fred Smith
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Yr 4/5 B Basketball played on 5 November 2014
Stradbroke Kookaburras 31 defeated SPX Sharpshooters 24
Fantastic ‘on the edge of your seat’ game. Well done
Kookaburras top effort from all players. Also thanks to Vincent
for filling in coaching.
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Yr 4/5 B Played on 12 November 2014
Stradbroke Kookaburras 34 defeated LPL White 20
Awesome game Kookaburras! Fantastic team effort by all
players. Well done
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Yr 6/7 Basketball played on 27 October 2014
Stradbroke Allstars 24 defeat by Trinity Trojans 34
Tough game against a strong and tall opposition.
Coach’s award: Ryan Ridgeway for intensive play and Peter
Minervini for going in hard.
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Christmas Lunch 2 December 2014
We are excited to offer this special lunch treat again to our
students and staff. We hope all classes have fun sharing the
Christmas lunch together which may be different to what they
traditionally have at home. Order forms will go home with
every student at the same time as this newsletter. Orders
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need to be returned to the canteen no later than Friday 28
November, if you need another form, please collect one form
the canteen.
Sports day 2014 - Thank you to everyone who helped in the
canteen last Tuesday, it made the day run so smoothly.
Kate Majewski, Canteen Manager
Yr 6/7 Basketball played on 3 November 2014
Stradbroke Allstars 34 defeated East Marden Boys 30
Fantastic game to coach and watch! Great Job!
Coach’s award: Darcy Richards for his speed and pressure,
Michael Lombardi for his strong rebounds.
Netball
Stradbroke Sugar-gliders
Fri, 31st Oct. Defeated East Adelaide 10-2
Coach's Awards: Olivia for great leading around tall opposition
and Alicia for good running and great goals!
Cricket
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Stradbroke Kanga played Dernancourt Saturday 1 Nov 2014
Stradbroke 14/51 with average of 3.64 & Dernancourt 4/65
with average 16.25.
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Week 6
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Week 7
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Deweni Perera (FR4), Bandon
Phathapangna(FR4), Judson Richards
(FR4)
Jordan Richter (FR4) Declan Ryan
(FR4), Connor Smart (FR4)
Thomas St Vincent (FR4) Durant
Tindale (FR4), Blake Bastick (FR5)
Emily Baldasso (FR5) Charlize Buckley
(FR5), Darcey Farmer (FR5)
Yr 4/5 Junior Cricket played on 1 November 2014
Stradbroke 24.6(av) defeated ST Joseph’s 13.6(av)
The team played a great game, especially in their bowling. The
batters did well in the in difficult conditions.
Coach’s award Jordan Barnett: Best all round performance.
SAPSASA NEWS
Congratulations’ to Jett May and James Woods who won Gold
Medals at the SAPSASA Cricket Carnival last week.
SPORT
Basketball
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Yr 2/3 C Basketball played on 4 November 2014
Stradbroke Storm 6 defeated by East Marden Lions 20
Awesome game, with fantastic team effort. Good try
Stradbroke Storm.
Also thanks to Josh for filling in coaching!
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Yr 2/3 C Basketball played on 11 November 2014
Stradbroke Storm 1 defeated by LPL Yellow 14.
Stradbroke Storm played a fantastic game against a tough
team. Great team effort!
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Yr 4/5 Basketball played on 29 October 2014
Stradbroke Strikers 29 defeated Linden Park Grey 10
Great team effort! Coach’s award: Grant
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SPORTS DAY RESULTS 2014
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KOONGA
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FOREST
3rd
MORIATTA
4th
LEABROOK
Winner Health Hustle / Cheer Chant: LEABROOK
1083 points
1042 points
961 points
918 points
RELAY RESULTS
Yrs 7 Boys/Girls
1st Koonga
2nd Forest
3rd Moriatta
4th Leabrook
Yrs 4/6 Girls
1
Leabrook
2nd Koonga
3rd Forest
4th Moriatta
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Yrs 4/6 Boys
1
Koonga
2nd Forest
3rd Leabrook
4th Moriatta
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Yrs 3/5 Girls
1
Moriatta
2nd Leabrook
3rd Koonga
4th Forest
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Yrs 3/5 Boys
1
Moriatta
2nd Forest
3rd Koonga
4th Leabrook
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INDIVIDUAL SPRINT AGE GROUP RESULTS
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2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
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2nd
3rd
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5th
6th
7th
8th
8 Years Old
Alicia Bawden
Asher Ramesh
Emily Worley
Jed Van de Loo
Amy Youn
Nathan Ferres
Natasha Lawton
Vaarun Murugadas
Tara Nanni
Lachlan Tripodi
Chloe Lynn
Tasshveen Prem Kumar
Jenna Cooper
Hafiz Valiyff
Jasmine Schofield
Luke Valenti
9 Years Old
Talia Cargin-Rowe
Brad Telfer
Coco St Vincent
Charlie Fountain
Daisy Harshazi
Antony Palazzo
Kristi O’Donnell
Andre Konecny
Nicole Schubert
Arsh Akash Pattnaik
Lauren Koschade
Atheon Petropoulos
Andrea Lim
Dion Crisci
Katie Schubert
Tyler Pahl
10 Years Old
Maya Radcliffe
Artyom Makagon
Ellie Campbell
Mackinnon Cargin-Rowe
Bama Rowe
Ryan Lewis
Dominique Van Zyl
Christopher Van Zyl
Chiara Panetta
Jordan South
Ayla Luckhurst
Nikolas Mavrotsoupakis
Cindy Jiang
Noah Rooney
Ebony Morton
Nicholas Beatrice
11 Years Old
Rita Zhiltsova
Blake Bastick
Sara Lefevre
Peter Minervini
Kiyah Rumsby
Oskar DeLuca
Emily Best
Matthew Brent
Samadhi Chandrasena
Tyson Sammells
Claudia Berlingeri
Luke Olds
Darcey Farmer
Taehyeon Kang
Elise Baker
Dino Macri
12 Years Old
Ella Fabrizio
Adam Di Cola
Antonia Gelekis
Rory Dowdell
Chloe Kahl
Jack Adamson
Charlie Pearce- Cane
James Kim
Fotini Tatsis
Georgian Costi
Jemma Barber
Kieran Baker
Jasmine Olds
Jacob Campbell
Amber Newton
Sione Latu
13 Years Old
Renee Mignone
Sakib Khan
Brooklyn Morgan
Matt Darrington
Renae O’Donnell
Jett May
Alannah Aldenhoven
Sam Telfer
Lily Anfiteatro
Jacob Campbell
Eden Menashe
Yannik Hansen
Isabella Rosmini
David Katonin
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INSIGHTS
Building parent-school partnerships
WORDS Malcolm Dix
Oh, so serious!
When Malcolm Dix found himself taking life
too quickly and too seriously, he decided to
take a dose of his own medicine.
Everywhere I go I hear from parents that
they are too busy, too stressed, and have too
much to do and not enough time. Many social
observers say parents seeing themselves
as ‘time poor’ is at epidemic levels, a belief
that is only compounded by technology that
enables us to be connected 24/7.
At one point I personally had to take some
time to stop and honestly reflect upon my
own life and that of my family. It didn’t take
long for me to see that I too had become
caught up in the ‘busyness’ of life.
I knew that for the sake of my kids and
my family, I had to make a change but it
requires a day-in day-out conscious level of
commitment – a commitment to practise
joy, fun, patience, forgiveness, silliness, bad
dancing and reflection.
Currently I’m doing seven things to calm
my life down and that of my family while
trying to create more space for my children
to simply enjoy their childhood. (Some of
the following I’m sure you already do but it’s
taken me a while to figure them out).
My strategies to slow down and not
be so busy are as follows:
1 Eat together as a family at the
table at least four nights a week
There has been more and more written about
the importance of families eating together
and the positive effect it has on children and
adults alike. I have to say I’m enjoying it.
2 Avoid watching the nightly news
5 Exercise together
I’ve stopped watching the news and to my
surprise the sky never collapsed as I had
feared. I’m a much happier man not watching
the oh-so-depressing’ news.
I exercise with my kids at least four times a
week, usually at the local park kicking the
footy, throwing a frisbee, running with our
dog and so on. I have realised that the best
way to get them all moving is by moving
myself too.
3 Turn off the TV and sit
around an open fire
I’ve constructed a simple fire pit in our innercity backyard and every second weekend my
partner, the kids and I toast marshmallows,
listen to funny songs, talk and look up at the
stars. Who needs to go camping to enjoy the
outdoors! My eldest boy (13 years old) is also
learning to set a fire and his younger brothers
are learning a lot about flames, hot coals and
what happens to marshmallows when they
are left in the fire for too long. Meanwhile my
16-year-old daughter will stare at the flames
for an hour thinking about who knows what
… but for me this is better than seeing her
staring at social media or watching mindless
television.
4 Dance together
I’ve made the conscious decision to start
dancing in the kitchen with my kids at least
three times a week. I can’t dance to save
myself, however I have three boys and if
they are ever going to learn to dance and
be comfortable with moving their bodies, I
suddenly realized I have to lead the way. This
parenting caper sure can be humiliating at
times, but we wouldn’t have it any other way.
6 Explore nature together
I’ve started spending more time in nature
with my kids by taking them to the river, the
hills, lakes, nature parks. I keep it local, with
the occasional longer drive on weekends.
I contacted my local council and found so
many fun things to do as a family in my local
area that I never knew existed … who would
have thunk it!
7 Limit your own
social networking
I have severely reduced my time spent on
social media such as Facebook, Twitter
etc. My personality type could disappear
into social media and never come back so I
knew I had to significantly change my ways
and, once again, it’s all about positive role
modelling for my kids.
So there you have it, my strategies for
simplifying and calming my family life. As a
result I’m happier, less stressed and far more
‘present’ for everyone which, in turn, is having
a positive effect on my kids.
Malcolm Dix
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2014
Stradbroke School Swimming Championship
Nomination Form
The Stradbroke School Swimming Championship will be held on Friday 5th December at the
Payneham Swimming Pool from 1pm - 2.30pm.
The 2014 Stradbroke School Swimming Championship will have the same structure as last year.
This year’s swim events will all be 50m except for the 100m freestyle boy/girl School Champion race.
We are now asking for nominations from students in Years 4-7 for the School Swimming Carnival.
If your child is interested in nominating for any of these events please complete the form below.
Your child needs to be able to confidently swim 50 metres. As many students attend swimming
lessons we would appreciate any times you have for them swimming the 50 metre distance.
Student name:……………………………………………………….
Class………………
Year level.…….........
Birth date (eg.10.02.03)………… ………………
School House team…………………………………
50m freestyle
approx time………………..
50m breaststroke
approx time………………..
50m backstroke
approx time………………..
50m butterfly
approx time………………..
We will be inviting the fastest 5 boy and girl swimmers from the 50m freestyle races to swim in the
100m School Champion race.
Results from our School Championships will be used for the selection of our 2015 SAPSASA
swimming team for Term 1.
Please return this nomination form to Debbie Bishop at the Front Office by Friday 28th November
2014.
Parent/ Caregiver signature…………………………….