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Ardtornish Newsletter

Term 4 Week 3 - Friday 4th November
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No 19.

In this issue

  • Children’s Week Activities
  • Canteen Roster
  • Sports Day Sausage Sizzle
  • Ladies Evening
  • Welcome Cathy
  • NAPLAN Reports
  • Ardtornish Children’s Centre Update
  • Sports Day Information
  • Engaging Adolescents
  • Yr 6 Murraylands Aquatic Camp

Diary Dates

November
8th – Boys cricket state carnival
10th – Sports Day
16th- Tennis state carnival
17th – Taiko Performance
21st – Crossing Training
 
December
5th - PUPIL FREE DAY
6th - Student Leadership
        Celebration
7th - Christmas Stall
8th-  Kindy Transition,
        MHS, GGHS &
        BPIHS Yr 6 Transition
9th - GGHS, BPIHS Yr 6 Transition,
        Kindy Transition

Road Crossing
Monitors

 
Wed 2nd Nov – Tue 8th Nov
Angeline K, Ava B & Evie C (Mon),
 Mikayla N (Tue, Wed, Fri), Mikaela B (Thur)
 
Wed 9th Nov – Tue 15th Nov
Isabella C, Ruby C, Martha W-B
 
Wed 16th Nov – Tue 22nd Nov
Caleb B, Ben G, Jacob L
 
Please arrive by 8.25am


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Children’s Week Activities

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Children’s Week is celebrated nationally and includes Universal Children’s Day, which falls on the fourth Wednesday in October. It’s a week to celebrate Children’s rights, talents and citizenship.
This year’s theme is 'Children have the right to food, clothing and a safe place to live so they can develop in the best possible way.'
The SRC are hosting a range of activities for Children’s Week, starting on Monday October 31.
  Monday
  • F-2 Bean bag throw at the side of the gym at recess. A prize could be won for getting the bean bag in the cup.
  • Music and Games at lunchtime -Listen to music and play games on the oval.
   Tuesday
  • Free Fruit – We gave out free fruit, apples, bananas and oranges in the courtyard at recess time.
  • Staff vs Student Irish Softball Game Lunchtime - Students who are drawn out of the raffle from Year 3-6 will be able to join in the staff VS students game. (This was rescheduled to next week due to the weather.)
   Wednesday
  • F-2 Bean bag throw at the side of the gym at recess. A prize could be won for getting the bean bag in the cup.
  • Years 3-4 handball competition on the courts at lunchtime.
   Thursday
  • Free Fruit - We gave out free fruit, apples, bananas and oranges in the courtyard at recess time.
  • Years 5-6 handball tournament on the courts at lunchtime.
   Friday
  • Casual Clothes Day – Free Event,  students to dress up as a teacher or wear casual clothes.
  • F-1 disco which is circus themed. $1 to enter the Gym at the beginning of lunchtime. 
  • AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES 
  • Yrs 2-4 Mexican Fiesta disco in the gym - starts at 4:15pm and ends at 5:45pm, $4 entry fee.
  • Yrs 5-6 Scary Night theme disco in the gym - starts at 6:30pm and ends at 8:30pm, $5 entry fee.
 
Please remember for after school discos an adult is required to drop off and pick up.
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Canteen ROSTER

Tuesday 8th             Michele S
Wednesday 9th        Michele S
Thursday 10th          SPORTS DAY – Nicole R, Ling C, Tui M, Deneice P
Friday 11th               Deborah M, Sonoko F-G                                                                          
Tuesday 15th           Michele S
Wednesday 16th      Robin C
Thursday 17th          Maleah S, Nicole R
Friday 18th               Jenni F, Sharon D, Dianne B
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NAPLAN Reports
 
NAPLAN Reports for Year's 3 & 5 can be collected from the front office by a parent. If you would like your child to bring it home you can send a text message to the school mobile 0447467152, giving permission for your child to take it home. 
Please include child’s full name and class number.
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Please note: the canteen will be CASH ONLY on Sports Day.
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Ardtornish Playgroup
The school’s Lutyens Avenue Playgroup is currently not in use, and we are taking expressions of interest from families interested in forming a playgroup at the site. For more information give me a call and I can assist you and any of your friends to start-up a group.
A Free Two Evening Course
Building Your child’s Coping Skills at Modbury North Kindergarten, 19 Burragah Ct, Modbury North, 5:30-7:30pm Wednesday 9 and 16 November. Light meal provided. Topics to support your parenting include: What is resilience? Understanding stress for children and young people. The benefits of ‘considered risks’. How parents can help to build resilience. There may still be come creche places left. Register with Catherine at 8264 3025.
Baby Playgroups
Tuesdays and Wednesday mornings and CaFHS Early Parents Groups return, and a new Clinic is now available on site.  
Free Webinars to support parents of school aged children I watched Kirrilee Smout’s first of three weekly webinars, Helping children manage worry and anxiety, and recommend to anyone interested in her insights into managing impulsive behaviour, register at https://developingminds.net.au/webinars for the last seminar Calm and Co-operative Kids on 9th November at 7pm.All three webinars can be accessed after the events via the Calm Kids website for a small fee, or for free if you have a Health Care Card.
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Ardtornish Children’s Centre ProgramTo view the Centre’s  program see our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ArdtornishCC
A Farewell
After an 11-year stint I am leaving my position as the Ardtornish Children’s Centre Community Development Coordinator on 18 November. My sincere gratitude to the local communities for their support and interest in the Children Centre Family and Community programs. Yours is a generous community.
A special thanks to the many parents who have provided tips, time, and energy to keep our programs viable and manageable, and to the Ardtornish PS staff, especially Mark, Deb, Cathie, Vanessa, and Paul, for their unflagging support for all that we have done over the years. Thanks also to the staff and community team at the Tea Tree Gully Council, and the TTG Community Services Forum for their insights.
None of what I have done would be possible without the progressive and enlightened leadership of our director, Heather Fuss. 
I am unsure of what the future holds for the community programs at the Centre, but the on-site playgroups, CaFHS groups and clinic, midwifery, Early Years OT and Relationships Australia’s programs will continue.
 
My very best wishes to all.
John Buckell
Community Development Coordinator
8264 9828
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Thankyou to everyone who purchased a bandanna and raised money for Canteen. We purchased 261 bandannas which raised a total of $1306.00.
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​In Week 1 of Term 4, the Year 6’s from Room 6, 4 and 8 attended the Murraylands Aquatics Camp.
We had an amazing time and were able to participate in six aquatics activities. We tried paddle boarding, knee boarding, skiing, kayaking, catamarans and small boat handling. Some of us had never been to the River before, so this was a huge learning curve and so much fun!
We saw different wildlife including snakes, pelicans, ducks, sulphur crested cockatoos, swans, and 1,000,000 mosquitoes. We even saw a bearded dragon.
We had a great time building our tents and setting up our camp. We played hide and seek, wink murder and spotlight. We had a great time hanging out with our friends, eating delicious food and surviving on minimal sleep.  It was an awesome camp!
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