28 January 2025 | Back to School

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 Welcome

Dear Parents, students and families,

Welcome back to 2025, a year that will no doubt be exciting and engaging.

We welcome 60 new Receptions and an additional 55 learners from Years 1-6 to our vibrant community on the first day of school for 2025 - Tuesday 28th January.  

I remind you that yard supervision at Linden Park Primary School begins at 8:35am each morning. This ensures that your children are safe and supervised before the school day officially starts. The school day commences with the bell at 8:50am, so please ensure your children arrive in time to settle in and prepare for a productive day of learning. 

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Joining our Team
Phil Nicolle, joins our Year 5 team in Room 34, with experience across a range of contexts, including international, remote SA and local schools. 
Andrew Pipprell, joins our Year 3 team with Rob Moss in Room 16. 
Tash Turner, joins our Library team. 

We welcome back the following staff: 
Kate Bowers - PE Reception - Year 2 and one day a week in Room 27
Olivia English - Reception, Room 10
Lesley Kong - Year 4, Room 26
Henry Nicholson - Year 6, Room 38
Hilary Perryman - Year 2, Room 3
Tina Farmassonis - Technologies and one day a week in Room 13
Aidan Delaney - Year 6, Room 39

Site Learning Plan - Strengthening our learners
Our Site Learning Plan will have a strong focus on Wellbeing in response to our Wellbeing & Engagement data. As a school we are still committed to maintain the rigour of academic excellence but acknowledge the importance of developing our learners’ resilience so that they can navigate the challenges in a world of ever-increasing change. Wellbeing is one of the four Areas of Impact of the Public Education Strategy that guides the work of all public schools.

Relationships are key! 
We recognise the importance and power of establishing positive and respectful relationships right from the beginning of the year. All classes will engage in the SEEK Week program, designed to form the essential agreements which build connections and guide the expectations for all members of a class. SEEK, (Social, Emotional,  Education and Kindness) Week enables students and staff to get to know each other in a purposeful way, exploring self and social -awareness and management skills.

NDIS Service Providers
To enable staff and students to establish the relationships and learning routines that will support them to learn and thrive over the course of the year, external service providers are not scheduled to start therapy/sessions until Week 3 of the school year. This enables time for the required service agreements to be established, personnel checks to be completed and scheduling to take place.

The partnership between external service providers is one that school values in meeting a child’s needs but is based on mutual understanding and respect rather than expectation and demand. Space for service providers to work is at a premium, given we are restricted in the spaces available for therapists to work and meet the requirements around duty of care.

Change of Yard Duty placement 
After review of the after-school supervision at the end of day, we are relocating a member of staff to monitor the exit outside of the gym away from the left-hand side of Highfield Avenue. The Gym gate has a significant number of children who are often waiting for extended periods of time. The Primary playground remains out of bounds.

The Highfield Avenue duty was originally located to supervise Durham Avenue when this was used as a collect point. The school crossing on Highfield Avenue will be supervised with crossing monitors; any children not collected from Highfield at the end of the duty at 3:25 will be escorted to the office as is current practice.

Uniform Shop
The School Uniform Shop will be open at the following times in 2025.

Week One, Term One 2025
Tuesday 28th January - 8am to 9.15am
Wednesday 29th January - 8am to 9.15am and 2.30pm to 3.45pm
Thursday 30th January - 8am to 9.15am 
Friday 31st January - 8am to 9.15am 

2025 School Fees

Dear Families

• Materials & Services (M&S) charge           $490.00 per child
• Less                                                                 -$200.00 M&S Rebate
• Excursions Charge                                       $170.00 per child

All charges must be paid before 31 March 2025 unless you have been granted approval for a Payment Plan or have applied for School Card.

School Card

Please note that if you had a School Card in 2024 you will need to reapply for the 2025 School Card. School Card applications are accepted online, sa.gov.au/education/schoolcard. If your application is approved and you are deemed ‘Eligible’ for School Card, it will cover Material and Service Fees only ($490).

However, it does not cover the Excursion Charge of $170, which is still required to be paid separately.

For any queries or concerns, please contact finance via email

dl.0647.finance@schools.sa.edu.au        

Thank you, Sue Gaden, Finance Manager

School Parking

A reminder to all parents/carers - when dropping off and picking up students the No Parking (kiss and drop off zones) are for parents to park, help their children out of the vehicle and then move on quickly to allow the next person to do the same. 

If you wish to walk your child into the school, you must not park in this area. Please see the following brochure 'Parking in Burnside' for more information.