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Ardtornish NewsletterTerm 2 Week 9 - 28th June 2024
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No. 11
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In this issue
Diary Dates
July 4th – Jump Rope for Heart 5th – Last Day of Term 2, 2pm Dismissal 7th – Dance Showcase 22nd – First Day of Term 3 24th – Grounds Meeting 3.15pm 29th – Yr 3-5 Swimming (all week) 3.15pm Finance Meeting Road Crossing
Monitors Wed 26th June – Tue 2nd July Kai W, Nathaniel B, Lisa R Wed 3rd July – Friday 5th July & Mon 22nd & Tue 23rd July Isla G, Sienna H, Rylee B Wed 24th July – Tue 30th July Rhea V, Molly H, Armaan S Please arrive by 8.25am 
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Beginner Band Workshop: Building Musical Skills
Back: Isabelle C (Work experience) Mrs O'Dea, James S, Dylan S, Lisa R, Lily I, Sarah Y - Middle Standing: Emily Mc, Luba M, Darius O - 2nd Row: Sara R, Archer W, John M, Ainsley H, Oliver W - Front Row: Ben Mc, Lucas M, Kai W, Warrick O, Ayden G, Alice W, Sofia
Learning to play an instrument is a valuable investment in a student's intellectual development. The skills and abilities acquired through playing a musical instrument are transferrable across a wide range of academic pursuits. Participating in orchestral settings, further enhances these skills. Therefore, the twenty beginner music students at Ardtornish, in their first or second year of instruction, were fortunate to attend a workshop at Modbury High last week to experience what it is like to play in an ensemble.
Being part of an ensemble differs significantly from regular lessons where individuals control their sessions. As ensemble players, students are challenged to concentrate fully and synchronize with the group. Students played various instruments including flute, clarinet, saxophone, percussion, trumpet, and trombone, and experienced the challenges and rewards of engaging in a collective performance. Each student had a unique part to contribute to the overall harmony; mostly! Learning to count bars of rest was essential to their success, while they watched for their sections opportunity to take the lead. The workshop also taught students patience, as they waited for the conductor to work with different sections, and synchronize them, so the ensemble produced a cohesive sound. Looking ahead, I anticipate inviting these beginner students to join our school band later this year. This will effectively double our band's size and improve its sound! Special thanks to Anna for transporting our instruments, and to Kym, Danielle, and other parents who accompanied us on our walk to Modbury High, on a day that threatened us with rain, and supported our "performance" at the end. Anne O’Dea - Music Teacher 
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CANTEEN ROSTERTuesday 2nd Chloe & Sovereign
Wednesday 3rd Robyn C Thursday 4th Anna M & Jess Friday 5th Victoria, SUBWAY MEAL DEAL Tuesday 23rd Abbie & Molly Wednesday 24th Deb M Thursday 25th Jess C Friday 26th Bianca B Thankyou to everyone who has expressed interest in volunteering in the canteen, please remember to complete your working with children check and RRHAN-EC training. If you need any help please come to the front office.
Students who were in a group photo should have received a letter like the one below in their school photo pack. If you would like to place an order you can go online to the MSP website via this link https://orders.msp.com.au/ordering/access and enter the shootkey it will then list all the group photos that the child is in. Please note: each student has an individual shootkey (even if there are 2 children in a family who had group photos, they both have a separate shootkey).
Last day to order is Monday 15th July. 
Assembly- Friday 5th July: 9.30am
Traffic Incident Update
We would like to inform you, that when a student crossed Lutyens Avenue on Wednesday they suffered an injury in a motor vehicle accident and was taken to hospital by ambulance. Luckily, they only experienced some bruising and a few scrapes and were released from hospital the next day. We understand that such an incident can be distressing for other students and their families, if they witnessed the event or hear about it. If you have concerns that your child may have been impacted by this incident, please do not hesitate to contact Natalie Hall (Wellbeing Leader) or Mark Hansen, Principal. Such an incident is a good reminder to us all of how important it is to continually reinforce road safety procedures with children. It is therefore timely that early next term all students from R-6 will be involved in the RAA 'Street Smart Program' to learn more about road safety. Mark Hansen 
Congratulations
Congratulations to the Boys Sapsasa Football Team, equal winners of the Tea Tree Gully Sapsasa Football Carnival for 2024. They were undefeated all day, sharing the win with St Francis Xavier’s. Thanks to Damien Crispin and Hayley Collier for coaching and managing the team. 
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For our upcoming dance showcase we are looking for any donations so we can hold a raffle on the day. If anyone has any new items they are able to donate. i.e, Chocolate, tupperware, candles, beauty, sporting products, it would be greatly appreciated.
Please bring to the front office by 2pm Friday 5th July. Thank you 
We are noticing a lot of students wearing non-school uniform clothing eg. Black pants, different colour jackets, blue jackets when not a year 6.
Students are required to wear:
Before School Reminder
There is a staff member on duty from 8.35am (when the first bell goes) until the second bell at 8.50am which indicates that students should be moving to their classrooms. Junior Primary - before school junior primary children can play on the junior primary playground or the hard court alongside. Students can shoot hoops and play in this area or wait with their parents or guardians near their classroom. The sandpit and oval are out of bounds. Primary children can play on the courts. The oval is out of bounds before school. 
KIDS KITCHEN: THE IDEAL ACTIVITY THIS SCHOOL BREAK!
Kids Kitchen caters to children aged 4 to 12 years old and will run from Tuesday 9 until Friday 12 July 2024. These sessions are held in TAFE SA's commercial kitchens with state-of-the-art equipment, at our Regency campus. All ingredients are supplied. Classes fill quickly: BOOK NOW 
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This term students in Room 11 learnt scientific drawing skills. Firstly, they attempted to draw an elephant from memory. Then they learnt a series of techniques used by Jenni Thurmer, a SA Museum illustrator, to improve their illustrations and make them more accurate.
Students studied photographs of elephants to help them better understand the correct proportions and details needed to do an accurate drawing. You can see by their second drawings of the elephant, how much they improved through using this process. To learn more about the SA Museum Scientific Illustration resource click on this link
https://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/getDocument/8l4w3z96
Students studied photographs of elephants to help them better understand the correct proportions and details needed to do an accurate drawing. You can see by their second drawings of the elephant, how much they improved through using this process. To learn more about the SA Museum Scientific Illustration resource click on this link
https://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/getDocument/8l4w3z96
