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Ardtornish NewsletterTerm 2 Week 9 - 29th June 2018
Ph: 8264 8099 - Email: [email protected] - OSHC: 8369 4069
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No 10
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In this issue
Diary Dates
July 4th – Island Dreaming Performance, SAPSASA Touch Footy, Krispy Kreme Delivery 5th – Casual Day 6th – Last day of Term 2: 2.15pm Dismissal 23rd – First day of Term 3 26th – SAPSASA Basketball Championships 6/7 29th – Pedal Prix 30th – 6.30pm Finance August 1st – SAPSASA Girls Football Carnival 6th – Governing Council 7pm Road Crossing
Monitors Tue 24th July – Mon 30th July Samantha M, Crystal H & Scarlett G Tuesday 31st July – Mon 6th Aug Owen W, Teagan P & Lia K Tue 7th Aug – Mon 13th Aug Karah G, Maddie C & Marissa H Please arrive by 8.25am |
Many hands make light work!
Last Saturday morning we had another successful Working Bee. We really appreciate the following people giving up their Saturday morning: Paul, Michelle, Barry, Charlie, Josh, Sarah, Ryan, Ethan, Jasmine, Amanda, Lucas, Logan, Geoff, Jane, Michele, Helen, Daniel, Liz, Tori, Karly, Craig, Mark, Deb and Sharon.
There are new log seats in the JP playground, a frog pond, a garden table, trees and bushes trimmed, poles put in the ground, a stand for our windmill and weather station, sand pit cleaned, bird houses put in trees, sinks cleaned, a new wall painted and lots of mulch spread around the JP oval. A special thank you to Kym and Vali Harding (ex Ardtornish parents) who donated pots for us to use around the school. Although the garden is being used by many classes, we hope to have an official opening celebration early in Term 4.
In addition to our wonderful garden, we now have a new Student Garden Manager, Craig Reynolds. We welcome Craig and his gardening and outdoor education expertise to Ardtornish. Here is Craig’s first ‘Garden Update’.
It is a pleasure to be working with your children in the Garden. Having worked in schools for 40 years your children are the most thoughtful and well behaved students I have ever had the pleasure to work with. I would like to thank Sharon McAskill, Jane Moore, Liz Gehling and Paul Day for the huge effort they have put into making the student garden a reality. It is their vision and determination that has created such an amazing garden. Classes have focussed on planting their class plot with vegetables and some have been busily potting plants for use later or to sell at the spring fete. I am hoping that parents can help with donations from home. Besides the garden learning that our students will undertake, the garden is also a place where we will be doing Art. We would appreciate donations of any plastic garden pots, bottle tops (plastic), bags of potting mix, ribbon, wool, jute, rope, nylon twine, ice cream containers and any useful garden ‘bits’. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the parents who assisted us at the recent working bee.
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Canteen ROSTER Tuesday 3rd Michele S
Wednesday 4th Mary-Anne R Thursday 5th Simon S, Emma S Friday 6th Emma S (Subway Meal Deal) Tuesday 24th Michele S Wednesday 25th Michele S Thursday 26th Emma S Friday 27th Stacey C, Rhonda P Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD)All schools are required to collect information about the numbers of students that they provide adjustments to under the Disability Discrimination Act (1992) and Disability Standards of Education (2005). From 2018, this data will be used as the basis for national funding. The NCCD involves the collection of;
If your child is identified for inclusion in the Collection, the required information will be included in this year’s data collection. If you have any questions about the data collection, please contact [insert contact person at school] on [insert phone number]. Further information can be found at: http://www.education.gov.au/nationally-consistent-collection-data-school-students-disability. School Banking
Ensuring your children learn sound money management skills and the importance of saving when they are young will help set them on the road to financial success. These skills are crucial for achieving financial independence and improving their opportunities and standard of living for the future. Our school banking day is Thursday.
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New Term – New Program
We have a focus on infants and young children next term with a number of sessions including a three week trial of Yoga for Mums To Be on Tuesdays at 10am from 31 July, a Baby Sensory Play session on Monday morning in week two and Melissa is back with her five week Making Music program starting Mondays from 6 August. Baby Playgroup will be on Mondays and Thursday mornings and our next, free, eight week Circle of Security will commence on Thursday evenings from 2 August. There is a crèche. Philip Altmann is offering three options for Mindfulness a five-week Coping in a Busy World course on either the Wednesday mornings 9-10:15 or evenings 7-8:15, or a three week Mindful Men course on Thursdays from 23 August. First Aid for Mums and Dads will run in Late September. Most sessions are free or at low cost further concessions available. For more details drop in or see our Facebook page. School HolidaysWe will be running a Vacation Play Activity on the Wednesday of week two – with a BBQ at a venue to be decided – as long as it does not rain! See our Facebook page for updates and links to sites with holiday activities for children. Also check out the Tea Tree Gully Library school holiday program at goo.gl/KHe4GM 
Welcome Back Tracey!
We are delighted to welcome Tracey Cooper back to Ardtornish as Pastoral Care Worker. Many of you will already know Tracey as she previously held this position. Tracey’s knowledge of and strong connections with our school community will ensure a seamless transition back into the PCW role.
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SRC Casual Clothes Day
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Theme: Sport/Soccer & Pj mash up. You can come as one or all three!
Week 10, Thursday 5th July. Money raised will go to line markingon the courts. Gold coin donation. Sunsafe clothing still applies. No make up/body paint or soccer boots. 
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TTG Christmas Tree Festival Craft Workshops
Thurs 12th & Thurs 19th July (during the school holidays) 10:00am-3:00pm To be held at Tea Tree Gully Uniting Church hall 592-600 Milne Rd, Banksia Park Christmas Tree Festival - Many churches...one location |
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Pedal Prix - Sock Fundraising Day
On Friday 3rd August (week 2, term 3) Pedal Prix will be selling socks during week 2 next term. They will be raising money to upgrade and or add to their race day equipment and maintenance on the pedal prix bike.
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Room 18 - Zoo Snooze
We all really enjoyed the Zoo Snooze because…
We got to see the monkeys that made the sounds and the meerkats that looked around. Tianee
We got to see the Lemurs and the penguins. Tate
David, the zookeeper, helped us look at cool animals. Sam
I like animals and I really liked sleeping at the zoo with all my friends. Lily
We got to see the monkeys in the morning that made a funny sound and the Siamangs that ran around in their enclosures. Jasmine
I really liked going into the bird enclosure and seeing the bird keeper feed all the birds and patting the tawny frog mouth. Kira
We went into the Envirodome where we got to see lots of animals and I also liked the monkeys. Michelle and I had a joke that one of them was my brother! Cooper T
When the lions were moving around we had a joke about me getting fed to the lions. Noah C
I got to see the lions and tigers. Jay
We got to sleep there and see lots of animals. I really liked the birds. Kobe
When we went to see the monkeys in the morning they made a cool sound. Sonia
We got to go into the Vets room to see around and what they used. They used plastic to make different shapes for the oxygen mask to put over their mouth to get them to go to sleep. Chelsea
I enjoyed sleeping with my friends and seeing my friends after hours. Asten
I enjoyed looking at all the animals and going on a night walk because we saw lots of possoms. Gargee
I liked seeing the Siamang monkeys because they were making a noise that sounded an ambulance. Kaitlyn
I liked seeing the meerkats and penguins and going on the night walk. Gemma
I liked going in the reptile house to see the snakes and lizards, going into the petting zoo and the playground. Charli
I liked going to see the rainforest and seeing the birds and the echidnas eating food. Kai
When all the meerkats were sitting on a log and posing for a picture, I thought it was cute. Charlotte
The night walk was creepy because it was dark. Noah M
I liked the Zoo Snooze because you get to sleep there. Declan
I liked the man wolves because I like wolves and they look cool. Riley B
We got to see the monkeys that made the sounds and the meerkats that looked around. Tianee
We got to see the Lemurs and the penguins. Tate
David, the zookeeper, helped us look at cool animals. Sam
I like animals and I really liked sleeping at the zoo with all my friends. Lily
We got to see the monkeys in the morning that made a funny sound and the Siamangs that ran around in their enclosures. Jasmine
I really liked going into the bird enclosure and seeing the bird keeper feed all the birds and patting the tawny frog mouth. Kira
We went into the Envirodome where we got to see lots of animals and I also liked the monkeys. Michelle and I had a joke that one of them was my brother! Cooper T
When the lions were moving around we had a joke about me getting fed to the lions. Noah C
I got to see the lions and tigers. Jay
We got to sleep there and see lots of animals. I really liked the birds. Kobe
When we went to see the monkeys in the morning they made a cool sound. Sonia
We got to go into the Vets room to see around and what they used. They used plastic to make different shapes for the oxygen mask to put over their mouth to get them to go to sleep. Chelsea
I enjoyed sleeping with my friends and seeing my friends after hours. Asten
I enjoyed looking at all the animals and going on a night walk because we saw lots of possoms. Gargee
I liked seeing the Siamang monkeys because they were making a noise that sounded an ambulance. Kaitlyn
I liked seeing the meerkats and penguins and going on the night walk. Gemma
I liked going in the reptile house to see the snakes and lizards, going into the petting zoo and the playground. Charli
I liked going to see the rainforest and seeing the birds and the echidnas eating food. Kai
When all the meerkats were sitting on a log and posing for a picture, I thought it was cute. Charlotte
The night walk was creepy because it was dark. Noah M
I liked the Zoo Snooze because you get to sleep there. Declan
I liked the man wolves because I like wolves and they look cool. Riley B
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