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Ardtornish Newsletter

Term 2 Week 9 - 29th June 2018
​Ph: 8264 8099 - Email: [email protected] - OSHC: 8369 4069
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No 10

In this issue

  • Many hands make light work!
  • Excursion/Incursion Update
  • Canteen Roster
  • Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disabilities
  • SRC Casual Clothes Day
  • Last Day of Term 2 – 2.15pm Dismissal
  • Ardtornish Children’s Centre Update
  • Welcome Back Tracey
  • SwimVac Golden Grove
  • Code Camp
  • Boys Netball
  • Pedal Prix – Sock Fundraising Day
  • School Banking
  • Room 18 - Zoo Snooze
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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 
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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.
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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;
  • the number of students receiving adjustments to enable them to participate in education on the same basis as other students
  • the level of adjustment provided to students
  • student’s type of disability if known
Under the model the definition of disability is broad and includes learning difficulties, health and mental health conditions.
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

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​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
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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.
 Read below for Tracey’s introduction.
Hello Everyone, I hope you have been enjoying this glorious winter sunshine. I am so happy to be back as your Pastoral Care Worker at this great school and I look forward to getting reacquainted with you all.
As always I will offer a safe, confidential space where people can come and share what is on their mind. I will listen, support, encourage and offer resources or referrals where needed.
My working days are Tuesday and Thursday. If you feel like a chat or you would like to talk to me about your child, you can contact me by phoning the school on 8264 8099 or emailing me at [email protected].
A parent consent form for each child will be coming home very soon, please complete and return to the classroom teacher as soon as possible even if you have completed one previosuly. This will enable us to keep accurate records of the level of suppport you are happy for your child to receive if the need arises.
Tracey Cooper
Pastoral Care Worker 


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SRC Casual Clothes Day

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

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​ 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.




Room 18 - Zoo Snooze

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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

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