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Our Quiz Night will be next Saturday. Many thanks to all those who have booked tables for the evening.
Please bring your donation to the front office, early next week, so that the committee can get them ready for the night. Many thanks -- we really need your help!
On Friday 3rd June the school participated in the Ecoliving Expo at the Wayville Showgrounds. Parents and students established a display focussing on all the environmental projects that the school is involved in -- the Panalatinga Reserve, the propagation area, the paper and food scraps recycling programs, the edible garden and the wetland area. The photographic and video display was managed by groups of students throughout the day, who acted as information guides for visitors to our display. Our presentation received a lot of favourable comment and through it we were able to make contacts with a number of others who are involved in conservation and environmental education. Thank you to the parents who were involved with the display and transporting students -- Judy Hardwick, Kaye Dennert, Judy Tester, Gina and Tim Ray-Zwar, Marie Szeitz and Janet Veljkovic. Well done to all the students who acted as guides and information givers at the display, you were great ambassadors for the school. Special thanks to Wendy Nicolle who was first approached to involve our school and coordinated the whole project. Excellent work Wendy!
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On Tuesday evening approximately fifty students performed at our first Music Night for 2005. It was pleasing to see the students' confidence and skills developing as they sang and played to an appreciative audience. Violin and recorder students played in groups, keyboard students performed individually and an aspiring band of three year five students entertained us with a 12 Bar Blues and a composition by one of the students. During the evening two pieces played were composed by the students themselves showing a great deal of creativity. The other was a piano solo. The Choir sang two brackets with soloists having a last opportunity to sing before their auditions on Wednesday. A guitar solo, vocal trio and percussion presentation of a variety of drumming rhythms completed a varied program. Well done to all students for your involvement and for your excellent audience manners.
On Wednesday the 15th of June, Savannah, April and I attended a Strings Workshop at Christies Beach Primary School. The teachers were Sandy, Mrs Eime, Mr O’Donnell, Mr Russell and Mrs Fletcher. It was from 9.00am to 12.30pm. The pieces we played were; Andante, Turn Again Whittington, Grace, Tango, Morning and Hot Stacatto Rock. Mr Russell taught a mystery piece and it was jazzy and fun. I have been playing the violin since Year 2. The whole experience for the third time was fantastic! By Janice Davidson
Thank you to all parents who made time to come to our interviews over the last weeks. There was an overwhelming response, with most teachers reporting that they have met with all or almost all parents in their class. Again, thank you for making the time to come and discuss your child's progress -- it is really important that we work together in supporting your child's/ children's learning.
We have had news that Josh will be discharged from hospital in the next few days. At this stage, we are planning for him to return to school on Thursday June 30th. Josh will be in his intended class, with Mark Inglis. Initially he will stay for part of the school day. We are planning to provide some sessions for students across the school to learn about disability awareness with a teacher from the Outreach Teaching Service, who provides such programs. |
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We will also be making opportunities for students across the Year 6 and 7 classes to talk about disabilities with staff from Novita.
Our school's Internet is now under the new EduConnect system. This is a much faster and more comprehensive system but with its speed of access it is also easy for students to quickly accumulate sizeable downloads. To give all the chance to do the schoolwork needed we have set each student a monthly quota for his or her Internet downloads. We all understand how valuable and important the Internet can be, but the school does need to keep the cost at a fair and reasonable level. We are achieving this by setting monthly download quotas. Once a student has exceeded their quota they cannot access the Internet until the following month. We believe this monthly quota will be more than enough for students to complete their schoolwork. Our message is to be a careful and smart Internet user, to monitor any usage and to only download topics set by the teacher. Parents and students need to be aware that Internet access while at OSHC is also debited to the student's monthly Internet account. There is an option to buy some extra Internet usage at the bookroom. This may apply to some older students who wish to do a special or more detailed project and use up their allocation or Internet uses at OSHC. In this case they may wish to see Mrs. Roberts before school and buy $1, $2 or $5 worth of Internet downloads. This extra 'time' will be in addition to the usual quota and will remain valid, if not used up, until the end of the school year.
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will buy 12.5 Mb of downloads Our message is to be a clever Internet user. Only search what you need. Think carefully about what you download. By being a clever user, students will not need to purchase extra downloads Mr. Draper ICT Coordinator
The Happy Valley School weather station is pleased to announce that THE DROUGHT HAS BROKEN! 60mm of rain has been recorded by chief meteorologist, Mr Jones! Every day Mr Jones reads and records the indoor and outdoor temperatures, rainfall, wind velocity and direction from the equipment that was installed several years ago. All of this information is accessible to students on the school's Intranet where there is a "go to" button for students to check each day's update. |
A Happy Valley weather report will go to Channel Nine on 29th June to be broadcast by Keith Martyn at 6:25pm in the weather report. So be watching!
Congratulations to the following students who have received Principal's Awards at the last Primary Assembly, for demonstrating our school values. They are -- Amy Adams, Leah Wright, Amelia Vardas, Chloe Selin, Lachlan Johnson, Tyson Medved, Katie Walton, Jordan Goudy, Chris Clarke, Sarah Ellacott, Kurtis May, Eden Williams, Teea Price, Joshua Snares and Scott Goldfinch.
How are you going? Congratulations to the 25 children who have handed in their completed forms already. Reading needs to be finished and forms handed in to the Resource Centre by the end of week 7 next term -- 9th September, 2005. MS Readathon has begun. Don't forget that you can use books you have read for both lists. Wanted A kind person who is able to come in and help re-shelve books in an alphabetical or dewey decimal order -- first thing in the morning is best. Bookclub $6.00 student vouchers can ONLY be redeemed AFTER you have ordered three times i.e. ordering from June, July and August issues.
The Shop For Your School promotion finishes on Sunday 26th June. Don't forget to put in your receipts from any store at Marion including Movies, Dinners and Take Aways. Supermarket receipts are worth 5 points for every dollar spent. Ask relatives, friends and work mates to help Happy Valley win some great prizes. I would like to thank all the families who have supported us in the Shop For Your School promotion. Georgie Goldfinch |
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On June 1st our school's cross-country team competed in an event at Sturt Gorge, directly behind the Flagstaff Hill Primary School. Students ran either 2 or 3 kilometres depending on their age, on a very challenging course. Each of our 10 runners competed with distinction and special congratulations must go to Leah Wright for winning the 11 year old girl's event, Ben Richardson and Kieran Clarke for placing second in their events and to Alexandra Wilson for her third place in the 10 year old girl's event. Thank-you to the mums and grandparents who cheered on all of the runners and to those who provided transport to and from Flagstaff Hill.
Well done to everyone who took part in last week's Spot The Mate evening. The players were faced with a room full of games, which were just one or two moves away from Checkmate. It was a fun night and thanks to the parents who helped supervise. Next week it's back to normal.
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on Tuesday 21st June at Woodcroft College. Mark and Yvonne Smith -- Coordinators 0411 202010
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If you have not received your Kytons order form yet, please ask at the front office or speak to a Parent Club member. Don't forget to have your orders in to the Bookroom window by the 21st June. Thank you to Mr Jones' students who helped the Parent Club oil the new furniture at the beginning of Term 2. Our next meeting is Wednesday 6th July at 9.00am in the Long Room. All are welcome, especially children. Come and have a coffee. Nyree Haese -- Parent Club Secretary.
OSHC advises that we will be having our Quality Assurance Validation visit on Wednesday 22nd June, Thursday 23rd June and Friday 24th June. The Validator will be talking to staff, children and parents about our OSHC service. Please remember OSHC is SunSmart. Children still require a hat for outside play. As stated in our SunSmart policy -- "A Legionnaires or broad-brimmed hat" is recommended. |
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