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From next week all teachers will look gorgeous when on yard duty! They
will be wearing fluorescent vests which will greatly assist students to
see us across the yard and oval.
Please find attached to this newsletter details re these sessions. Both
will be held in the school hall.
Congratulations
to the following students who have received Principal's Awards, for
demonstrating our school values. They are Emily Molnar, Shaun Lapere,
James Canny, April Bartel, Robyn Campbell, Josh Cryer, Alison Jesshope,
Jasmin Ford, Chelsea Ainscow, Karlia Vinall, Josh Blanks, Brooke Taylor,
Shane Martin, Sam Bauer, Kiara Allen, Kate Moore and Saghe Price.
Please remember to call in or phone us to update your personal details
e.g. phone numbers, place of work etc. Your child/ren may be ill or
injured and having incorrect details on our database delays the process
of contacting a parent or caregiver.
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 BOOK
WEEK
In the Resource Centre - Monday 21st to Friday 25th August.
NEW BOOK SALE -- Friday 25th August.
8.30 -- 3.45pm |
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Supplied by Mostly Books from the Mitcham Shopping Centre. We
receive 10% commission from the sales.
No rainchecks. Cash or Credit Card only.
(Books can be previewed on Thursday)
Second Hand Books
will also be on sale on Friday for 10c & 20c each.
THANK YOU
To Scott Vanderham for donating "The Ultimate Book of Cross
Sections" to the Resource Centre
PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE
This closes on 6th September, which is only 3 weeks away. 81
students have completed it so far, so hurry and get your forms
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The children in Mrs Bailey's Yr. 1/2 class have been learning about
Fairy Tales. The children read a Big Book about Cinderella, and
learnt about writing a diary. The children then wrote a
"Cinderella's Diary" about the day after the ball. Here are some of
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Dear Diary,
The ball has passed. I had such a wonderful time with the Prince. I
wonder if he will every find me? I lost my slipper at the ball. I
wonder if he has found it? At the ball I actually got to dance with
the Prince. Isn't amazing? When the clock struck 12, I only just
remembered what my fairy godmother said. I wish I could dance with
him again.
I kept my glass slipper in my wall with my jewellery box. My
stepmother and stepsisters don't even know about me going to the
ball anyway. They are so furious that they didn't get a chance to
dance with the Prince. As soon as they got home they made me go to
bed. It is just not fair. |
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By Elenore |
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Dear Diary,
I wish I did not have those mean stepsisters and the ball was
wonderful. However, everything is back to normal and I lost a glass
slipper but I had the other one to myself. |
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By Jake |
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Dear Diary,
I went to the ball. Everyone thought I was a Princess from another
town. The Prince asked me to dance. My stepmother was embarrassed
because she wanted her girls to dance with the Prince. My fairy
godmother's magic disappeared when I got home. The next day a
messenger came to see who's lost a glass slipper. It was mine. |
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By Tyson |
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Dear Diary,
Last night I went to the royal ball. I had to get my stepsisters
ready as usual. I asked if I could go to the ball. My stepmother
thought I was being ridiculous.
When they went to the ball, I was feeling sad. A kind looking woman
appeared. She said to me, "what's wrong dear?" She told me what to
get. I had to get a lizard, a pumpkin and six mice. She turned my
ugly dress into a gold dressing gown and my old yucky slippers into
pretty glass slippers. Then I was ready to go to the ball. Before
I went, she told me to come home at midnight. Then I set off.
The Prince just got there when I did. He was just about to ask
someone when I walked in. He picked me and we danced all night.
When the clock struck twelve I ran out and when I got home the magic
stopped but I lost a glass slipper. I kept the other glass slipper.
The messenger came to me and gave me the glass slipper to try on and
it fitted me and I became princess. |
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Following up on some requests, I have contacted a Drum Teacher who is
willing to teach individual lessons at Happy Valley School, after school
hours.
Drum Teacher:
Simon King
Cost:
$20
half hour individual lesson on school drum kit or electronic drum kit
that he will supply.
Minimum number to start:
5 students.
When:
After school hours on a day to be determined.
Age
Group:
Junior Primary or Primary students.
Please let Barb Williams know as soon as possible if you are
interested. We need one more student!
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Mrs Johnson's class have harvested some vegetables from their plot
in the Edible Garden. Using the cauliflower and parsley they had
grown, they made cauliflower fritters. All the students tried the
fritters and loved them. |
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Thank you to all the parents who helped with the cooking and a big
thank you to Michelle Rowe for all the time and effort she puts into
her children's class plots.
Here are some reports from the children about their cooking session.
First we had to put our names on the plate and then we lined up and
got our fritters. We grew the cauliflower and the parsley in our
garden. The cauliflower fritters were very nice. I ate them with
tomato sauce. |
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By Sacha |
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I thought that the cooking was nice and that it was the vegetables
that made it yummy. The cauliflower came from the vegetables that
we grew in the edible garden. The best bit was eating the
cauliflower fritters. |
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By Taylah |
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Today we made cauliflower fritters and I liked it. I have never had
one before. The cauliflower came from the edible garden. The
ingredients were 850g. of cauliflower, 2 cups of self raising flour,
1 garlic clove crushed,
1/4
cup of flat leaf parsley leaves chopped, 1 cup grated cheese, 2 eggs
lightly beaten, olive oil for shallow frying and fruit chutney to
serve. |
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Today we made cauliflower fritters. After we made them we got to
try one. The cauliflower came from the edible garden. Before we
got to eat some we had to put our name on our plate. Then they got
put on our plate. Then we let them cool down before we ate them. |
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Get
in early for Christmas!
The
fundraising Committee is currently running our Beanie Kid money raiser.
Orders need to be at school by Friday August 25th. You should
have received a flier with the list of Beanie Kids available -- if you
did not receive one please let us know!
Did you know?
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Hot Dogs are Gluten free, no MSG, no Sodium Nitrate, and no fat.
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Pizzas have only 4 grams of fat, no MSG.
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Chicken Burgers are made to School Canteen Assoc. and FOCIS
regulations. -- Burger, lettuce, tomato, mayo.
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Valley Burgers are meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato, mayo/sauce.
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We will be introducing Yoghurt tubs, Custard tubs, Fruit & Jelly
tubs next term ready for the hot weather. Check the menu next term.
If you would like something included on our menu, please come in see me
in the Canteen or phone 8322 6579.
Helen
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SAPSASA NETBALL
We
would like to say thank you to our coach, Carol Mitic and to everyone
who played in our Netball team. We had a great time playing and if we
could we would like to say thank you to Mr. Francis for organising all
of our matches. Thank you also to the parents that came to our games.
The boys that played for our team were Jack Reynolds, Scott Paterson,
James Canny, Ben Wilden, Michael Ross, Mitchell McDonald, Tom Hall,
Adrian Mitic and Cale Hutchings. We ended up winning the SAPSASA
Knockout Competition and got a medal each and a shield for the school.
OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS
NETBALL
The
netball season is over half way through and it is great to see how much
all the girls have learnt. We have two teams this year, a year 6 team
and a team in the year 5 competitions.
The
year sixes are having a very successful year having only lost one game.
The girls are having a great time, (except maybe the morning it rained
the whole time) and their skills have improved noticeably.
The
team in the year five competitions is a mix of year fives and year
threes so they have been struggling with goals against the bigger
girls. And to make things a little more complicated, the team has had
players with both broken arms and feet!! Both the girls and parents
enthusiasm has been wonderful though. And hopefully next year we will
have even more players and can field another team in a more suitable age
group.
Wendy Nicolle
HAPPY
VALLEY FOOTBALL
It
has been a great season for football; plenty of wins and a few losses.
Only two games remaining, so if you haven't seen your child play this
season this is your last chance to see them in action.
The
6/7s are playing their SAPSASA Grand Final on Friday out at St Peters
College. If any parents are available for transport, can you please ring
me and I will contact their coach and advise him of who will be
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Presentation will be held at the School on the 23rd September
at 11.00am. Some parents have been going around to other parents on game
days looking for a donation towards the Coach's presents. Please give
them a donation, as Coaches are hard to come by.
Again a big THANK YOU
Simon Brandenburg
Happy Valley Football Delegate
83223531 or 0407 798 930
RUGBY CARNIVAL REPORT
Last term, seven year 7 students participated in a rugby carnival at the
Hallett Cove R -- 12 School. We left the school car park at 9:00am
sharp to get to the oval by 9:15am. First we went to Hallett Cove
Sports Park. It was meant to be there according to Mr Francis but he
was wrong. It was actually at Hallett Cove R -- 12.
When we finally arrived at the R -- 12 School, we put on our Guernseys
that they supplied for us. Then we got straight into our first match
against Braeview A. The match went for 16 minutes and we won 32 - 18!
When we finished we had a 5-minute break, then we played Braeview 1. We
defeated them 22 - 16. We had 10 minutes off before the next game.
We
played Coorara A who we also defeated 22 - 16. After this we had a
50-minute break when we watched other teams play and practised for our
next games. We then played Hallett Cove and we also won that game 22 -
26. 40 minutes after that we played Coorara 1 and we won that one
also. The score was 28 - 12.
We
went into the grand final and in the grand final we lost to Coorara A
that we had beaten before. The score was 12 - 24. We did really well
considering we only had seven players. Every other team had at least
nine players.
At
the end we had a presentation and we were given a runner up trophy.
Afterwards Scott, Jack P and Dylan were given a sportsmanship award,
which was a little soft rugby ball and Mitchell H., Rowan and Michael R.
received an invitation to try out for state rugby. We arrived back at
school at 2:45pm.
By Rowan & Jack
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The
City of Onkaparinga is now recruiting members for its new community
leadership program, Leadership Onkaparinga. The program is open to
residents who are either volunteers, members of community groups and
organisations or who are interested in developing their local
communities. Leadership Onkaparinga is jointly funded by the Office for
the Southern Suburbs and Council and is free to participants. It
comprises 10 sessions over a six-month
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period and also provides an (optional) opportunity for participants to
gain accreditation in two national competency units at Certificate IV
level. Applications close on 20 September. More information is
available from Susan Smalldon, Community Leadership Officer on 8384 0039
or 0420 360 243 or www.onkaparingacity.com
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WASH WIPE AND COVER -- PROTECT YOURSELF AND OTHERS
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"Boys
Behaving Badly?" Workshop
Name ___________________________________ Eldest Child's Name
_______________________________
I
would like to come to the "Boys Behaving Badly?" workshop, facilitated
by Linda Hale, on Wednesday August 30th at 7.00 pm.
Signed ______________________________
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