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Ardtornish NewsletterTerm 4 Week 7 - 27th November 2020
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No 22
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In this issue
Diary Dates
November 30th – 7pm Governing Council December 2nd – Christmas Stall 2nd – 4th Narnu Farm Camp 19/20 4th – Morialta Excursion Rm’s 11,12,26,27,28,29 8th – Waterworld Rm 7/8, 30/31, Year 7 Graduation 9th – Wizbang Rm’s 21 & 22 10th – Wizbang Rm’s 18 & 24, Waterworld Rm 9/10 11th – Assembly (Staff & Students Only), LAST DAY OF SCHOOL 2.00pm Dismissal Road Crossing
Monitors Wed 2nd Dec – Tue 8th Dec Minela S, Cooper T, Sonia D Wed 9th Dec – Fri 11th Dec Kobe G, Jess F, Kamryn M Please arrive by 8.25am |
We’re in and it's Wonderful
On Monday 23rd November, twelve classes smoothly completed their move to a new room thanks to the many hours of work undertaken by teachers, and SSO's over the past week, as they packed up equipment and organised materials.
Removalists arrived on the Monday morning to shift desks and heavy furniture and students pitched in to carry lighter items to finish the move by recess time. The rooms are amazing with great lighting, soft flooring, huge interactive televisions and highly effective air conditioning. Parents cannot as yet visit rooms, due to COVID restrictions, but be assured the kids and staff love them. Understanding the End of Year Reports The Australian Curriculum achievement standards form the basis for assessing and reporting on learning. The standards describe what students should typically be able to do, know and understand at the completion of a subject at each year level. When assessing student learning, teachers must consider the achievement standards in their entirety, and take into account the student’s broad development of understandings and skills, rather than focussing on the achievement of individual elements of the curriculum. The end-of-year report summarises a student’s achievement across the whole year with a grade from A to E. At an A level students are demonstrating their learning to: a high, deep or outstanding level while at level E students’ are showing a: beginning, initial or limited level of understanding. The challenge for teachers is to assign one overarching grade level to an achievement standard that consists of a number of very different elements. The challenge for parents is to understand why a particular grade level was assigned. Because the final grade level must reflect the student’s overall learning against the complete Achievement Standard some parents might possibly be surprised by the grade their children receive based on their own, more limited personal, assessment of their child’s competency. For example a parent might question why their child, who knows all their timetables and who regularly gets all their ‘sums’ right might still be assigned a D in maths. This scenario can occur because maths encompasses many more elements than just numbers & although numbers might be a child’s strength they may be struggling to understand other elements of the maths curriculum such as geometry, measurement, or problem solving. If your child does receive a grade level lower than you might have expected, you can discuss with their teacher what elements of the year level standard they are yet to master. The standards can be viewed online at http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/ Reports come home on Wednesday in the last week of term. |
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Canteen Roster
Tuesday 1st Michele S Wednesday 2nd Mary-Anne R (Christmas Stall) Thursday 3rd Ling C, Natasha H Friday 4th Rhonda P, Stacey C Tuesday 8th Michele S Wednesday 9th Mary-Anne R Thursday 10th Tui M, Deneice P Friday 11th Kellie F, Nicole I (Subway) 
January School Holidays Basketball Skills Camp
These January School Holidays at the ARC, Adelaide Community Basketball Association in conjunction with the Norwood Basketball Club, are running our skills camp over 4 days! • Monday January 18th 2021 • Tuesday January 19th 2021 • Wednesday January 20th 2021 • Thursday January 21st 2021 Each session is suitable for beginners through to Representative League kids aged 6 & over and will be capped at a maximum of 80 participants. Improve your game and learn from our All-Star coaching line up featuring NBL1 players CJ Turnage, Georgia Thomson and Jordan Wilson. There will be plenty of new skills being taught and fun to be had! Time: 9am to 3.00pm each day Location: The ARC – 531 Lower North East Road Campbelltown What to bring: Ball, water and food for the day Cost: • $60 / day • $110 for 2 days • $160 for 3 days • $210 for 4 days These camp days are a great way to improve your child's skills, while making new friends and having fun! Click on the link to register Basketball Skills Camp 
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Well done to the 5 boys who represented Ardtornish Primary School in the 2020 State Primary School Championship at Holdfast Bay Bowling Club on Saturday 14th November. All the kids have come from Hope Valley Bowling Club junior programme and all represented the school very well.
Results Kobe J - Runner up 2nd place in the singles Cameron J - 4th place singles Elliot W-B - Made last eight in singles Jack M - Won a medal for the Triples Harry B - Won a singles game after 1 lesson Everyone should be very proud of the way you bowled. 
Thank you so much Ardtornish! Look at all your donations for our Christmas casual day for NECAP (North Eastern Community Assistance Project) this will go a long way for families in need at Christmas time.
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Year 8 Preparation Day was a blast. We had 240 Year 7 students from 6 primary schools come together for a fun day of getting to know others attending the same high school next year. This special event facilitated by the wonderful Life Matters Team acknowledging that life is full of change, challenge and choice. Through interactive activities, big oval games and awesome music from the Hope Downloaded band we learned how to get through this exciting but sometimes worrying time of transition. The Year 8 Preparation Day is an initiative of the local Pastoral Care Workers in our quest to encourage and support our young people on their journey to high school.
Here are some of the comments from our Year 7’s.
How was the event helpful?
What was your favourite part of the day?
Thankfully we are able to keep the cost to parents low due to the generosity of the local businesses who donated the sausages & bread etc.
A big thank you to over 25 church volunteers who gave their time and talents with jobs like helping out with the games and activities, cooking, baking, serving and cleaning. The event would not be possible without them.
Here are some of the comments from our Year 7’s.
How was the event helpful?
- I made new friends.
- It helped me to make new friends and made me less worried about starting high school.
- I learned more about high school from the Q&A and group chat with high school staff.
- I met someone who plays basketball and likes cars, just like me.
- This event helped me overcome my fears of making friends and being in a new environment.
- I was really nervous about starting high and the people who go there, now I feel more excited.
What was your favourite part of the day?
- The band.
- Group activities.
- Sitting with my new friends listening to music.
- Tug of War.
- The singing and dancing to the band.
- I enjoyed it all.
Thankfully we are able to keep the cost to parents low due to the generosity of the local businesses who donated the sausages & bread etc.
A big thank you to over 25 church volunteers who gave their time and talents with jobs like helping out with the games and activities, cooking, baking, serving and cleaning. The event would not be possible without them.
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