15 September 2023: Week 8 - Term 3

Kaurna acknowledgement

Niina Marni. As we feel the earth beneath us, the wind around us and the sun above us, we acknowledge the Kaurna people, the traditional owners of this land. We pay our respects to past Elders and will work with present and emerging Elders to protect and care for this unique land of ours. We also extend this respect to other First Nations peoples.

Principal's Report

Dear Families

Year 1 Phonics Screening 2022 -2023

The Year 1 Phonics data screen was introduced five years ago to enable early identification of those students who had not developed a strong understanding of the relationship between sounds, letters and words. Having a strong foundational understanding of our phonics system is a predictor of reading success as students develop. Students who do not achieved the Standard of Educational Achievement (SEA) are referred for Literacy Intervention eg Fast Phonics. The 2023 results have shown an improvement of 9%, up from last years results; 115 Year 1 students achieved SEA, with 11 requiring additional support.

Where we are in place and Time – Throughout History migration changes communities

Our PYP curriculum is concept driven and our Year 4 learners have been exploring the Concepts of ‘Change’ and ‘Perspective’ relating to the convict colonisation of Australia. Our Year 4 classes have been creating historical narratives this Term that reflect the migration of convicts from England to Australia. Students have incorporated the information they have researched into their narratives, including the reasons for being transported to Australia and the conditions the convicts faced. Students selected crimes that they found fascinating, everything from stealing (larceny), highway robbery and murder. The students identified the petty crimes, that as children, they could be sentenced for; theft (usually apples or bread to prevent their families from starving). Many of the convicts were captured by the Bow Street Runners, London’s first professional police force before being transported to face the horrors of a 250 plus voyage to Australia.

Enjoy the reading….

John Winston by Liam 

My name is John Winston I’m 10 years of age and I am short with knotty messy, brown hair and dirty ragged clothes. I have blue eyes and I am living on the streets. I am a nice but shy and skinny person, I am depressed because my dad was trying to steal food so me and my mum wouldn't have to starve but he was caught by the Bow street runners and sent to the rotting hulks. I haven't seen him since.

With my dad gone I had to steal the food for me and my mum. Usually I get away with my theft but this day I got caught by the public and held down until the Bow Street Runners came. Then I saw my mum in an alleyway looking at me crying I knew that life wasn’t going to get any easier I was taken to the Old Bailey feeling hopeless. 

The judge raged

 “FOR THEFT OF ONE APPLE I SENTENCE YOU TO 7 YEARS TRANSPORTATION TO THE NEW COLONY’’ BANG!!! 

As his gravel landed on the wooden stump.

 First I got taken to the horrible smelling hulks, it was scary on the hulks as there were no nice people there only big dangerous men. Within a day I became so sick, my clothes were infested with fleas so I had to burn my clothes and I was left cold for the rest of my sleep. I slept on an uncomfortable straw mattress, I fell asleep hearing the soldiers drink their rum and chat, while the convicts were starving and vomiting it was hard for the convicts to even live in this condition. I woke up in the morning seeing a big line of all the convicts on the hulk. I lined up as well and I later realized we were getting off the hulk. It was my turn to get on the little boat which would sail back to London and we would be then be taken to 1 of the 6 convict transport ships.

I was taken to the Alexander we set sail soon after I boarded, all I ate for the first 3 out of 8 months was gruel and very little water. The captain of the Alexander was Duncan Sinclair who acts nice around others but when he is alone with the convicts, he is the most, mean, cruel and evil Captain ever! I didn’t know what he was like he seemed nice at first but then he became more evil by the month. I was put to work and received my first rations and I was able to get dried beef, butter, bread and disgusting peas and that would keep me from starving.

The ship didn’t smell too good as well and when I needed to go to the toilet, I had to go in the privy it was gross! Every night I slept on the dusty ground and rats waking me up in the middle of the night with their tails in my face.

I woke up every day I work so hard for no money cleaning the deck and with 1 little mistake I could get brutally beaten by soldiers, and there were massive fights with all the convicts the weather was stormy and made the ship rock from side to side it wasn’t fun at all on the ride to Botany Bay I felt so sick and lonely I still had to work the rest of my 8 out of 10 hours and I still have to do this for another 4 months…….As time passed I became used to this life and it was natural, and soon I gained trust from the evil captain and each day he would he would give me a 10 minute break of 5 minutes on the deck breathing fresh air and getting exercise and the other 5 minutes eating or resting below deck.

After another 4 months the Alexander and The First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay. It looked like another world, it looked amazing and so different from London. I had no idea what we were going to do with all this land. At first, I thought convicts were going to build a new London and life wasn’t going to get any better until I saw the land with all the animals, lots of trees and mountains and a few lakes. So now I think life will get better. 

The captain yelled “ALL CONVICTS WILL BE BUILDING HUTS UNTIL THE NIGHT’’

Just as he spoke, we all switched focus from the amazing view straight to building huts. That's when I realized it was just as I expected, but I had no choice I just had to listen to the captain and build the huts……

A few years later I am now permanently living in living in Botany Bay I own a farm and mainly sell fresh fruit and veggies for a low price because I know what its like to not afford food.

John Badson’s story 'Bound for Botany Bay' by William 

My name is John Badson. I Have short brown hair and my skin is clean and I have blue eyes. I am 13 years old and I am not poor. I weigh 86 pounds, am 6.2 feet high and am a nice person. I live with my mum, dad and brother in a house. I have 2 mudlark friends.

The crime I had committed was a highway robbery. I stole 987 shillings and also killed 3 runners before getting caught. I waited at Newgate Prison for my trial. I felt very guilty.

I went to the Old Bailey and the judge sentenced me to death then commuted to life sentence to the penal colonies of hard work and labour. I thought it would be fun to go to a new place but I should have known that we were going there by a fleet of ships.

I waited in a stinking Hulk until London had enough prisoners. I was rowed there along with two rough guards. It was completely disgusting not to mention the beds and overflowing privy bucket. I felt very sad because I knew I would never see my kind family again nor my friends. Many people were sick and coughing. My bed was very uncomfortable and it had a lot of fleas in it. After a while I made a nice friend called Arthur. He stole two apples, 6 linen handkerchiefs and 7 bed sheets for his family. He was sentenced to fourteen years of transportation.

I went on the HMS (Her Majesty's Ship) Sirius with my friend Arthur. It was horrible on the ship. The privy bucket tipped on top of my bed too. I ate salted dried pork and beef, stale bread and disgusting butter, rotten fruit, vegetables and gruel. On the ship, I got dysentery and my tummy was actually about to kill me, it was so painful that I would have preferred to die. Captain Arthur Phillip was very kind and let us have Rum. We were allowed to have a lot of bonus rations.

It was really bad on the ship. I got really sick and vomited. People lined up and pushed in to go to the privy bucket. It overflowed and my friend Arthur and I were always last because we were the smallest.

  A big storm came and two convicts were blown overboard. I was really scared and I held on very tightly. Arthur Phillip was very nice and let us up for exercise whenever the weather was good. At Christmas time, we got a lot of rum and chocolate. Everybody was happy.

Finally we went on land. Arthur Phillip went looking around on a small ship and said it was safe. I rushed onto land and I hugged the land. I had missed it for a long time. I ran off the boat really fast carrying my axe and immediately started working. That night, I slept under the stars with my friend Arthur. I got pardoned at the age of 26 years and 149 days because I was always following instructions.

I actually liked it there. My family came two years after my pardon. I found life there and made my own family there. I got fresh food and water. Overall I loved the trip to New South Wales.

Early Years Assembly Awards:  Friday 15 September 2023

Congratulations to all the students listed below, who demonstrated the Learner Profile Attributes this past fortnight in R-6.

Fiona Voigt, Principal

Staffing News

Welcome to Linden Park Primary School

We are fortunate to have three new staff members join our dedicated team at Linden Park Primary School, please welcome:-

• Derryn Jones, Groundsperson 
• Linh Duong, Classroom SSO
• Cameron Moore, Classroom SSO

Numeracy News

Dear Families,

Last term I had an article in the Newsletter about Multiplicative thinking and why it is so important. I posed a problem that could have been solved in two different ways.     

Please see below:

• A muffin recipe requires 2/3 of a cup of milk.
• Each recipe makes 12 muffins.
• How many muffins can be made using 6 cups of milk?

A solution which added 2/3 repeatedly to find that this can be done nine times to get six cups and then added 12 nine times is indicative of additive thinking.

A solution which determined that nine recipes could be made on the basis that three quantities could be made from two cups of milk and then multiplied nine by twelve to get 108 muffins is indicative of multiplicative thinking.

I wonder how you solved it? Or your child/ren in Year 3 or up? Was additive thinking or multiplicative thinking used?

This term I would like to discuss problem solving strategies. That is, the different ways to try and tackle a problem when you don’t have any idea of how to solve it!  This is what students need to draw upon when attempting to solve challenging tasks. A lot of our students fall back to using a number sentence or sum to solve a problem. This is just one of ten different problem-solving strategies I encourage students to use! These can be viewed below:

Some problems lend themselves to certain strategies in favour of others.  Take the following problem, for example:

• Alex is four years older than Benji.
• Chloe is twice as old as Benji.
• If Chloe is two years older than Alex, how old is Benji?

This problem is best solved by either using 'guess and check' or 'draw a diagram'. 

So, I’ll leave you with this problem below:

• Jon has interlocking blocks to build a tower. 
• He has blue, yellow, green, and red blocks. 
• He repeats the pattern 'blue, yellow, green, red' over and over again. 
• What colour block would be at the 39th position?

I wonder which problem-solving strategy/ies you will use?

MULTIPLICATIVE THINKING Prepared by Dr Dianne Siemon, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education, RMIT April, 2005.

Josh McGuire, Numeracy Coordinator

Wellbeing News

National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence

Friday 18 August

On Friday 18 August (Week 4), LPPS acknowledged the National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence. 

As a school, each class contributed to a collaborative artwork taking a pledge to stand up to bullying. The artwork is now on display in the foyer of the front office.

Screen Time - How much is too much?

With screens being a regular part of our everyday lives, at times it can be challenging to establish a healthy balance between online and offline activities.

The eSafety Commissioner has useful information to support parents and carers with managing the online world.

But, how much is too much?

The consensus is that a range of factors impact the suitability of time spent online, such as the type of content being consumed, family routines, your child’s age and maturity. 

More importantly, experts suggest that the quality and nature of what your child is doing online is equally as important as the quantity. 

The eSafety Commissioner suggests parents and carers look for the following signs to recognise if screen time is having a negative impact on your child and/or family: 

• Less interest in social activities like meeting friends or playing sport.
• Not doing so well at school.
• Tiredness, sleep disturbance, headaches, eye strain.
• Changes in eating patterns.
• Reduced personal hygiene.
• Obsession with particular websites or games.
• Extreme anger when being asked to take a break from online activity.
• Appearing anxious or irritable when away from the computer.
• Becoming withdrawn from friends and family.

(Information sourced from the eSafety Commissioner website: https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/issues-and-advice/screen-time) 

The eSafety Commissioner offers free webinars for parents and carers, equipping families with the knowledge, skills and tools to support their children.

For more information: https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/webinars

Jane Angove, Student Wellbeing Leader (Acting)

Learning Journeys

Learning in the Primary Years Programme (PYP) provides many formal and informal reporting opportunities for students to demonstrate how they have developed and applied their knowledge, conceptual understandings, skills and learner profile attributes through the inquiries they undertake.  Learning Journeys provide an opportunity for parents to experience the PYP in action. As communicators, students are able to verbalise and demonstrate their knowledge on what they have learnt. They lead the journey and share what they have collaborated, investigated, researched, inquired and designed. Last week the Year 3 students shared their journey and this week the Years 2 and 4 completed theirs. The Learning Journeys were held face-to-face in the classroom, where students conversed with family members to explain their thinking.

Year 2 Learning Journey

How we express ourselves - 'People communicate through different art forms'.

The ways in which we reflect on, extend and enjoy our creativity; our appreciation of the aesthetic; the ways in which we discover and express ideas, feelings, nature, culture, beliefs and values.

Year 3 Learning Journey

Sharing the planet - 'Living things rely on sustainable choices for survival'

Rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite resources with other people and with other living things.

Year 4 Learning Journey

Sharing the planet - 'Throughout history colonisation shaped communities'

The relationships between and the interconnectedness of individuals and civilizations, from local and global perspectives; personal histories; orientation in place and time; homes and journeys; the discoveries, explorations and migrations of humankind.

Nicole Scrivener, Deputy Principal

Music News

By:  Margie Hopgood, IM String Teacher

On Wednesday 16 August, string students from Linden Park PS attended a String Workshop at Marryatville High School, joined by students from the surrounding primary school IM DfE string programmes. This was facilitated by the IM String faculty in collaboration with the Marryatville High School Music faculty. Using a slightly different format, this workshop was based on 'The Big Rehearsal', which is an annual event hosted by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.

The secondary students were seated sprinkled in amongst the primary students, essentially creating an orchestra of mentors and students. The orchestra was approximately 80 strong, which was very exciting to both see and hear. This is a wonderful annual opportunity which we provide for our students and is a focus of our string ensembles within each primary school. The ideas of practice, preparation, working as a team and finally enjoying the hard work with a performance are the foundations of music making. To see the excitement of students rehearsing and performing is also worth the effort and early morning rehearsals for the students and String teachers!

Thank you to parents and family members who encourage and support their children to become the best musicians they can be. It's definitely a team effort!

Linden Park PS Music Gala Evening

In Week 6, the Linden Park Primary School Ensembles came together to celebrate our music community for our annual Music Gala!  

We welcomed families, friends and community members at the beautiful Burnside Town Hall Ballroom to celebrate the achievements within our Music Program.  

This included the Year 6 Festival Choir, Beginner Strings, String Ensemble, The Beginner Band and Continuing Band.   

The evening provided our students with an opportunity to perform for a live audience and showcase their talents beyond the classroom. It was a thoroughly enjoyable night. 

Thank you to our IMS Teachers, String Teacher Margie Hopgood, Percussion Teacher Peter Matzick, Woodwind Teacher Ruth Woerner and Brass Teacher Sarah Butler. The night would not have been possible without their dedication and commitment.  

We congratulate all our music students involved and thank them for their achievements and involvement in Music at LPPS! 

Vanessa Buttery & Alice Combe , Performing Arts Teachers 

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School Sport SA (SAPSASA) District Athletics Carnival

On Wednesday 6 September, the Adelaide South East District Athletics day was held at SA Athletics Stadium, Mile End. We took a team of 39 Years 4-6 students to compete in various track and field events. On a beautiful day for athletics, we had some wonderful results across all ages and events. The students had a great time being able to put their skills on show against other school participants and had a wonderful time mixing amongst the other competitors.

The students had been working extremely hard over the course of the Term 3, arriving at school at 8:00am to practise their skills on some cold and frosty mornings. The relay teams gave up multiple recesses and lunches to work on their baton change-overs. Students’ had been working tirelessly on their communication and smooth exchanges and it was time to put it all together on the biggest stage. There was some outstanding competition but in spite of this, Linden Park students were able to achieve an excellent result overall.

Linden Park Primary School’s Athletics Team finished in second place overall out of 14 competing schools, scoring 29 field points and 19 track points for a total of 48 points.

A huge thanks to Harry Slee for all of his help with organising the team, to all the parent volunteers for assisting with supervising the students on the bus and volunteering at the events, and to all of the families who made a huge commitment to bringing the students out to trainings and gave them the best possible opportunity of performing their best.

A special thank you also to teachers Kate Low and Erin Williamson for giving up their time over the past month to hold training sessions for the students before the carnival. Another huge acknowledgement to our students for the excellent behaviour and conduct during the day. They certainly competed and acted in the appropriate way for a major sporting event including acknowledging other participants at the end of their events. The amount of support they had for everyone in the team during each other’s events was outstanding.

A final special shout out goes to students William B, Murphy P, Emily B, Jeremy X, Oliver D. and Noah S. who have all been selected for the Adelaide South East District team to compete on Tuesday 19 September 2023. 

Congratulations to the following students who finished top three in their events:

TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS: 

• Oliver D:  1^st 10yo 200m, 1^st 10yo Long Jump, 2^nd 10yo 100m
• Lara T:  2^nd 10yo 1500m, 3^rd 10yo 200m, 3^rd 10yo Discus
• Charlotte C:  3^rd 10yo 800m
• Eddie R:  2^nd 10yo High Jump, 2^nd 10yo Discus
• Leo S:  2^nd 10yo High Jump, 3^rd 10yo Discus
• Emily B:  1^st 10yo Discus, 2^nd 10yo Shot Put
• Gianluca Z:  2^nd 11yo 200m
• Elina Y:  3^rd 11yo Long Jump
• William B:  2^nd 11yo Long Jump
• Jeremy X:  1^st 11yo Discus
• Murphy P:  1^st 11yo Discus
• Yuta N:  3^rd 12yo 200m
• Aditi N:  3^rd 12yo High Jump
• Leah L:  2^nd 12yo Long Jump
• Mia K:  2^nd 12yo Discus

RELAYS:

• 1^st 10yo Boys: Oliver D, Adit R, Leo S, Noah S
• 2^nd 12yo Girls: Angelina A, Mia K, Leah L, Savithi W
• 3^rd 10yo Girls: Cindy C, Alexa K, Yuan T, Lara T
• 3^rd 11yo Boys: William B, Thisum G, Nicholas N, Gianluca Z

Geoff Mills, PE Teacher

LPPS - ASE State Soccer Carnival

In Week 5 of Term 3, Linden Park Primary School proudly had four outstanding students represent the Adelaide South East District at the State School Sport SA Soccer Carnival. The exciting event unfolded at Services FM Stadium in Gepps Cross, spanning three action-packed days.

The Adelaide South East District, comprising of local primary schools in the area, witnessed a remarkable achievement as our students secured their spots on the team. Among the selected athletes, we would like to congratulate Abby R Jiorjana P and Amelia N, all from Year 6, for their well-deserved position in the girls’ team. Additionally, Gianluca Z, a talented Year 5 student, earned his place in the boys’ side.

We extend our congratulations to Abby, Jiorjana, Amelia and Gianluca on this remarkable accomplishment.

Harry Slee, Sports Coordinator

Eastern District Tennis Association Champions

Congratulations to students Martin K. (Year 6), Harry Y. (Year 6) and Evan Y. (Year 3) all from Linden Park Primary School who were in the team which won the EDTA Juniors Yellow Ball Division 6 Team Championship on Saturday 9 September 2023.

We would also like to congratulate Oliver D. (Year 4) as he also celebrated winning a championship in the Division 9 Team Championships.

Congratulations boys on a tremendous achievement!

Harry Slee, Sports Coordinator

LPPS Debating team finishes Top 4 in the State!

Congratulations to the LPPS Year 6 Grey team who have finished the debating season finishing as one of the top four teams in the state.

The journey to this prestigious accomplishment began a fortnight ago when Dinithi K, Sriya D, Kiaan P, Mahad A, and Neil I. triumphed in the quarterfinals.  Their success propelled them into the semi-finals, held on Thursday 7 September 2023 at Nazareth College. In this intense showdown, our team faced off against Pembroke School in a debate with a captivating theme ‘That the Government should tell the public if there are aliens'. LPPS Grey embraced the affirmative stance.

Although the competition was fierce, Pembroke School secured a narrow but well-deserved victory, as determined by the adjudicators. This marks the end of a truly remarkable season for LPPS Grey in the debating arena. To finish among the top four out of 130 participating teams is nothing short of extraordinary. What makes this achievement even more exceptional is the fact that our students were competing in a Year 6/7 competition, putting them against full teams of Year 7 students week after week.

Dinithi, Sriya, Kiaan, Mahad and Neil should be incredibly proud of their efforts across the season. They are concluding their schooling at Linden Park Primary being the first team in two years to qualify for the finals.

Their remarkable journey in the debating season is a testament to their talent, hard work, and teamwork. Once again, congratulations to the LPPS Year 6 Grey team on this incredible accomplishment, and we look forward to seeing the great heights you will reach in the years to come.

Harry Slee, Debating Coordinator

Adelaide Striker Visit – Early Years

On the bright and sunny day of Friday 15 September (Week 8), our R-2 students had a fantastic opportunity to welcome some special guests onto our school's oval. The Adelaide Strikers cricket team paid us a visit to conduct an exciting clinic that left everyone in high spirits.

Under the clear skies, our enthusiastic students eagerly took to the oval for a day of cricket-filled fun. The day's activities focused on enhancing their skills in batting, bowling, and fielding, all while basking in the warmth of the sun.

What made this day even more remarkable was the presence of not one, not two, but five talented players from both the Adelaide Strikers and the SA Redbacks. These professional athletes generously lent their expertise to guide our students through the clinic, making it a memorable experience for all.

As we looked around the oval, it was great to witness so many of our students revelling in the joy of playing cricket alongside their friends. It was a day filled with learning, and pure enjoyment, leaving us with great memories of a beautiful day spent on the field.

Harry Slee, Sports Coordinator

Room 25 - Learning Snap Shot

In our Unit of inquiry 'Where We Are In Place and Time', we have investigated how the journey of the First Fleet came about, including significant events before, during and after the 252 day long voyage, and also its impact on the First Nations people of ‘New Holland’.

We then inquired into South Australia and how it was established as a free settlement in 1836. Unlike the other Australian colonies, there were never any convicts transported from Britain to the shores of South Australia.

Lucas S. has conducted further research into Colonel William Light, who was South Australia's first surveyor-general. He has presented his findings in the form of a slideshow. 

Lesley Kong, Teacher

By Lucas S.

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