24 June 2022: Week 8 - Term 2

Principal's report

Dear families,

We are almost half way through the year; with so much achieved and yet so much more to be done.

The OSHC service is having an opening after the recent refurbishment and consultation is underway to rename the building which houses Music, Performing Arts and OSHC.

Sadly we have cause to formally honour and acknowledge the significant impact Roberta Spreadbury had on our community. Governing Council are hosting the planting of a Linden tree.  For those who had a connection to Roberta, you are welcome to join us on Monday, 4 July when the tree will be planted.   If you are wishing to attend, please contact the school for additional information dl.0647.info@schools.sa.edu.au

School Reports

Mid-year reports will be shared with families by the end of this term with student reports published on the parent portal https://sentral.lindenpkr7.sa.edu.au/portal by 4.00pm on Wednesday, 6 July 2022 (Week 10).  

The grades are indicative of where your child is progressing and tracking in relation to their expected achievement at the end of the year.  The end of year report reflects student achievement across the whole year. At Linden Park Primary School your child’s learning is based on the unique blending and strengthening of two curriculum frameworks, the Australian Curriculum and The International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme. The Australian Curriculum identifies what is to be taught and the quality of learning that is expected (achievement standards) at each year level. The IB PYP framework allows for the use of local curricula.  Student achievement is reported against the Achievement Standards for each year level of the Australian Curriculum.

Reception students receive indication of the expected progress within the areas of the curriculum and overall indication of achievement for the subject. The guides are a pre-cursor to the five point A-E scale that is used for students after they complete their Reception year. The guides are: • D Developing understanding demonstrated for the time of the report • S Satisfactory understanding demonstrated for the time of the report • C Competent understanding demonstrated at the time of the report. For Years 1 – 6 students, the achievement levels are A – E and attitude is defined as Consistent and Positive, Satisfactory and Developing.

We remind families that a C grade reflects that your child is demonstrating a satisfactory level of achievement for what is expected at their year level.  In other words, they are making expected progress and are learning at a level where they can move into deeper learning of the curriculum.

Spotlight on Learning:   Our year 4 students have been learning about the first fleet as part of their inquiry, "Where we are place and time".  Exploring the Central idea; Throughout history migration changes communities.  Students have used their understanding to craft historical narratives as part of their trans-disciplinary studies.  The following reports have been compiled by Annabelle B. Attached is her example and that of Hazel B. (Room 27).

Fiona Voigt, Principal

By Annabelle B. (Room 27) .....

In inquiry we learned about the First Fleet.    We wrote a fictional story about a made up convict child. Our class novel “Meet Grace” gave us plenty of ideas of what life was like in London in those times. We also read many books from the library that gave us information about convicts and why they were transported to Australia. All of the year 4 students went to the Maritime Museum for an excursion, which also gave us ideas.

We had to plan our story first before we could publish it.   Once printed, we could paint the paper with coffee to make it look old.  We then created a book cover and then hole punched it and tied it up with wool into a booklet.  We each researched and made a “Tickets of Leave” which convicts were given for their freedom. 

Our class is now building models of our chosen First Fleet ship. We had to research the length and height of our ship and divide these measurements by 10 so we could make it to scale.  The next step is to paint the hulls, create sails out of wooden skewers and white paper, add the rigging using string and maybe even an anchor.     

The Premier’s Reading Challenge

The Premier’s Reading Challenge is a literacy engagement program that was introduced by the Premier in 2004 to:

• Encourage students to read more books and enjoy reading
• Improve literacy levels.

The Challenge requires students to read 12 books between the beginning of the school year and early September.

To complete the Premier’s Reading Challenge students need to read 12 books between week 1, term 1 and week 7 term 3.

Many students have already completed the challenge and have handed back their completed forms to their teachers. The teachers collect their entire classes’ forms before handing them to the library team. The library team would love to see more students complete the challenge this term -a term early!

A reminder that reception to year 6 students must read 8 books from the Premier’s Reading Challenge booklist and 4 personal choice books.

Our students can also access e-books from the Wheelers e-book platform via our School Library website.

Andrea Kipperman & Russell Hanson, LPPS Teacher Librarians

Casual clothes day (last day of Term 2)

At the beginning of this term the SAC received a letter from a student in Year 4 suggesting that the school has a special day where we dress up as our dream job.    The SAC loved this idea.

We would like to invite all of our students to dress up on the last day of this term as what they would like to do in their dream job.

If you choose to dress up, please bring a gold coin donation.    All monies raised will be going towards buying oversized games for our students to play with when they are at Mariner.   We also will need to buy a lockable weather proof tub to put the games in.

Theme:  Dream job

When:  Friday, 8 July (Week 10)

****** Gold coin donation ******

SAC (Student Action Committee) 

SA Knockout Competition– Boys Netball

On Monday 20^th June, our Year 6 Boys Netball team played their first round matches against Marryatville Primary School and Pulteney Grammar at Marryatville Primary School. Over the past three weeks, the boys had been training at lunch times against our Year 5/6 Girls Netball team. A great way to prepare for their first games.

We were scheduled to play the host school, Marryatville in the first match of the day. It was time for the boys to put all their training into a real game. It was a super quick contest with the ball moving back and forth like a tennis match. LPPS might have been moving too fast for our own good with some costly turnovers resulting in some easy goals for Marryatville PS. At half time we were down by a few goals and at the main break, the boys needed a reminder that they were playing netball and not basketball. In the second half, the nerves had settled and the boys played some exciting netball. Myles, was impressive in C working hard all game to control the pace of play. Tomas I and David W were also standouts in defence. It was a tough task coming into the final quarter, with the boys down by 9 at the ¾ time break. Max T and Alby T continued their great decision-making and intercepting but unfortunately we ran out of time and the final score was 16-7, a win to Marryatville PS.

Linden Park PS vs Pulteney Grammar to end the day and we needed to win convincingly if we were going to have any chance of making it through to the second round of the knockout competition. Massimo B moved into GD and played a great team game, making life very difficult for his opponent. Nate T was moved to C and proved to be a great linking player between our defenders and our shooters, setting up some nice opportunities for our team. George P moved into GA and the combination between him and Oliver S was crucial as we begun to put some goals on the board. We did all we could to stay with Pulteney but when the final whistle went, we were down 9-27.

It was an enjoyable day with this group of boys who represented our school with class. Unfortunately, we did not make it through to the second round. We got better and better as the day went on and the boys should be proud of their efforts. A big thank you to all the boys and to Amanda Kidd and Dave Prosser for assisting on the day.

Harry Slee, Sports Coordinator

Match report - Red Lions

It was 1-1 at half time but the mighty Red Lions stunned everyone as they sailed out of reach in the second half after a stirring half time chat from our stand-in coach.    Within minutes the boys had raced to 5-1 then cruised along as our defence of Vincent, Diego, Zach and Nandan put up a great barrier.

Mark captained the team today which saw four spectacular goals from Cristiano and two from Massi with help and assists from Ashley, Seth, Mateo and Van.

St Joseph’s 2  -  LP Red Lions 6

Well played Lions!

Year 3 - Science workshop

This week the year 3 students attended a science workshop where they were guided through a variety of experiments that had a focus on heat.   

The learning activity linked to our current Unit of Inquiry - How the World Works! 

Claudia McEntree/Harry Slee (Room 16)

Last day of Term 2 - Early dismissal

Remnder:  On the last day of Term 2, Friday, 8 July

school will finish early @ 2.10pm.

Volunteers

The Student Learning and Well-being Committee (SLWC) are looking for parent volunteers to join the committee for 2022. 

The role of the SLWC is to work with the school leadership team in achieving the School's strategic plan for student learning and well-being. 

Volunteering is a great way to get involved to support your child's learning and well-being development and to voice your ideas about what we can do better.

The committee meets twice per term, usually the week before the Governing Council meetings to discuss and provide updates around activities and actions related to learning and well-being. 

If you would like to join the committee, please email LPPS  dl.0647.info@schools.sa.edu.au 

 John Wang (Chair, Student Learning and Well-being Committee)

OSHC - July vacation care

Mark LeMessurier: Workshop - Term 3

Community notices

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.