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RESILIENCE PERSISTENCE CONFIDENCE ORGANISATION GETTING ALONG

CMB Miller Street

Springton SA 5235

Phone: (08) 8568 2254

Fax: (08) 8568 2162

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.springtnps.sa.edu.au

Principal: Michael Kerrisk

11th May 2017

Springton Primary School

Premier’s Reading Challenge

Just a reminder to all parents that the Premier’s Reading

Challenge has started at our school and the reading finish

date is 8 September 2017. On that date all participants have to

have read 8 books from the Premier’s Reading Challenge list

and 4 books of student’s own choice. (not necessarily PRC). At

the end of the qualifying period the students who have

succeeded will have their name forwarded to the Premier’s

Department and medals are awarded to all successful

participants. Our school has a very good participation record

and it is important for all of us to have a 100 % participation

and success rate. If you have books at home which you think

may be on the list of recognised books then you can check this

on their website: www.prc.sa.edu.au or talk with me.

On this same website you will find games, colouring in posters

and all sorts of goodies. Try it. Work on it together. It can be fun.

During the month of May you can join the “Read Aloud More in

May Challenge.” Parents or older siblings are encouraged to

read out loud with the younger ones for at least 10 minutes per

day. If you would like to keep a record of your daily readings I

have some forms in the library which you can take home.

The entry forms are kept at school in the library but parents can

add/fill in any items on Wednesdays or Thursdays while I am

there.

Your child knows what the PRC is and most are eager to finish

early. Your support and talking about it at home is a great

opportunity to encourage reading.

Principal’s Report

Welcome to Week 2!

Amy Taylor

I would like to welcome preservice teacher, Amy Taylor to

Springton. She will be working in Classroom 1 for the next four

weeks as part of her third year practicum experience. Amy is

studying through the Charles Darwin University. We hope she

enjoys her time with us and learns lots!

Cross Country

Next week is Cross Country on Wednesday, May 17 at

Angaston. Good luck to all our cross country runners. I’m sure

you’ll have a great day.

External School Review

All state government schools are externally reviewed every four

years. This process is to ensure high quality in our public sector

education system. Springton Primary’s next review is coming up

very soon from May 22 to 23. Two reviewers, Vonnie Dolling and

Sheree Mader, will be visiting and spending time in the school

chatting with staff and students and observing our systems and

processes to provide feedback on how we are going. They

would also love to have an informal chat with parents. If you

are interested, please let me or one of the teachers know

when you would be available on those two days.

Biggest Morning Tea

Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea is on Tuesday, June 6 at

10:00am. We’d love to see as many of you as possible come

along for a cuppa, scone and a chat! There will even be a

raffle. Please bring along a gold coin donation to go towards

breast cancer research. There is no requirement to bring a

plate but if you wish to, it would be much appreciated.

History Month

History month is here. To mark the occasion, Springton Primary

has joined with Friedensberg German School Museum to set up

a history exhibit which goes from 1:30 – 4:30 on Wednesday,

May 31 and is open to all. Our students have already been

practising writing with old-fashioned pen and ink which they

found very interesting! They have lots of questions for what

school life would have been like for students between 1861

and 1913. They will use these questions as a starting point to

design a model using the 3D printer as part of the Torrens

Valley Partnership 3D Printing Project.

Pupil Free

Finally, I would like to remind everybody that Friday, May 19

next week is a pupil free day.

Kind Regards,

Michael

01/05/2017 Term 2 begins

9-11/05/2017 NAPLAN

17/05/2017 Cross Country

17/05/2017 GC Mtg

19/05/2017 Pupil Free Day

02/06/2017 Jump Rope

07/07/2017 End Term 2 Early Dismissal

24/07/2017 Term 3 Begins

14-18/8/2017 Book Fair

20-26/8/2017 Book Week

08/09/2017 PRC deadline

29/09/2017 P Be Active Challenge end

http://www.springtnps.sa.edu.au/

http://www.prc.sa.edu.au/


Other News

Community News

Community News

COFFEE & CHAT

There will be 2 Coffee and Chat times for all parents, grandparents and friends who are interested, on Monday 15th May and Monday 26th June from 9am till 10.30. Join us for a relaxing time of getting to know one another, general chit chat and some helpful hints on parenting. Multipurpose Room

Coffee & scones

Look forward to seeing you.

Dorothy (PCW)

REMINDER: Biggest Morning Tea June 6th in the Library


MRS T’S TIPS

Hi Mums & Dads,

Trust all who are reading this and are Mums ‘enjoy their

Mother’s Day’ or ‘enjoy ensuring their Mother feels

much loved’ on Sunday 14th

.

Article by Michael Grose

Besotted-ness, fatigue, joy, fulfilment and doubt are just

some of the feelings that I have witnessed in my

daughters in their early years of parenting. No doubt any

mothers reading this can add plenty more.

Over the last few months I’ve conducted a series of

parenting seminars on the topic of raising independent

children. The main message of raising children to be

self-sufficient rather than to overprotect and spoil them

has been in some ways at odds with what is seen as good

mothering. That’s because the notion of protectiveness

aligns more with mothering than fathering.

However you can be a protective mum and still raise

self-sufficient, independent kids – you just need to know

when kids need protecting and when they need to work

things out for themselves. Mothers attuned to their kids

and who are confident in their own abilities and instincts

generally get the balance right. In a way, they know

when to be a mum and when to be a parent.

Mothering is emotional and instinctive

Being a mother is not always rational, as parenting is

often made out to be. The emotion attached to

motherhood drives you to fight hard to protect your

children, work assiduously to right any wrongs on their

behalf, and exhaust yourself looking after their physical

and psychological well-being.

As I’ve been reminded watching my daughters raise their

own children, mothering is relational rather than rational.

You may grow out parenting by making yourself

redundant, but mothering is something you never grow

out of. You are a mum for life.

Kids want their mothers, not their parents

Kids of all ages say, “That’s my mum!” They don’t say,

“That’s my parent!” (They may say that when they are

annoyed or embarrassed by you, but that’s another

story.)

Boys and girls of all ages generally love their mothers

unconditionally, whereas they merely put up with their

parents, particularly during adolescence. They can live

without their parents, or so they think, but deep down

they know they can’t live without the one person who

has a blind spot for them, overlooking all their faults.

That person, of course, is their mother.

When kids of all ages get into emotional difficulty or

their lives become too hard, they generally go looking

for their mums. They only look for their ‘parent’ when

they want some money, or want someone to get them out

of a jam!

As Mother’s Day approaches it’s worth remembering

that it’s mothers and fathers, real women and men, who

raise kids. Parenting is a managerial, twentieth century

construct. That’s why we have Mother’s Day (and

Father’s Day) rather than Parent’s Day.

I hope you have a good one!


Springton Primary School Lunch Menu Term 2 2017

All Lunches $2:50

Monday 8-5-17 Ham and cheese toasties

Friday 12-5-17 Beef and vegetable soup



Friday 26-5-17 Hot meat rolls

Monday 29-5-17 Ham cheese toasties



Friday 9-6-17 Spaghetti Bolognese


Friday 16-6-17 Soup and bread




Friday 30-6-17 Spaghetti Bolognese


Friday 7-7-17 Soup

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