Compton Primary School Newsletter

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Web Site: comptonps.sa.edu.au

Shared Values – Respect, Perseverance, Resilience, Kindness

PRINCIPAL – Bec Keeley 87251723 GOVERNING COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON – Nikki O’Dea 87255265

WHAT’S ON

WEDNESDAY: Drinks Day, Hot Lunches

THURSDAY:

FRIDAY:

MONDAY: Muffin Monday

TUESDAY:

WEDNESDAY: Drinks Day, Hot Lunches

THURSDAY:

FRIDAY:

MONDAY: Muffin Monday

TUESDAY:

IMPORTANT DATES

July

Friday 3RD

Casual Day

End of Term 2—Early dismissal 2:25

Welcome to week seven!

I hope all of our families have enjoyed a

lovely long weekend together.

Restrictions

Thank you to all our families who continue to

follow our current restrictions at school. I

understand that it is a long process but

keeping everyone as safe as we can is

paramount. There are no changes at this

current time but I will keep you informed if

any of the restrictions are lifted.

X-Country

Congratulations and well done to all the

students who took part in the x-country run

last Thursday. Students came out and gave

it their all as they ran around the oval,

covering the distance of 1000, 1500, 2000

and 3000 metres, dependent on their age.

Runners will receive a certificate for their

participation and effort. You can see the

fun they had on our video on Facebook.

Make sure you find and like our Compton

Facebook page to get special notes,

COMMUNITY NEWS ATTACHMENTS

NIL

09/06/2020

TERM DATES FOR 2020 Term 1 28th Jan – 9th April Term 2 27th April – 3rd July Term 3 20th Jul – 25th Sept Term 4 12th Oct – 11th Dec

reminders, photos and videos of what is

happening at school.

Year 7 Transition to High School

At this point in time, we have been told that

the 2022 transition is still on track and the

time line hasn’t changed due to the

Coronavirus pandemic. We will give you

more information as it comes to hand.

Oval

We have asked students not to go down

onto the oval or to the Indigenous Garden

in the mornings before school. Now that the

early morning frost is setting in, kid’s shoes

and socks are getting really wet, really

quickly!

Illness

Please continue to make sure that your

child/ren are not sick if they are attending

school. Any sick child/ren will be isolated in

the office and you will be asked to collect

them immediately.

Lunch Day Popcorn

If you are noticing strange popcorn kernels

in your child’s lunch box – do not worry! The

6/7s have been putting drinks day popcorn

directly in student’s lunch boxes. This means

no paper bags and it saves the students

from washing up so many plastic cups! Mrs Keeley

NEWSLETTER ATTACHMENTS

NIL

Lucky Book Orders Due to Covid-19 we didn’t get our usual issue 3 order forms. If you would like to order from Issue 4 please download the “Loop” app from the App store. Fill in the details and it will be sent to the school for distribution. Order before 25/6 as orders after this will incur a postage fee. Please see Bett if you need any help with downloading the loop app.

Community Connections

Richard Hill Why did we choose him?

We chose Richard Hill because while

his occupation is quite well known,

he isn’t. The Pioneers are a popular

topic and we believe their beloved

coach should be too.

Favourite food?

Steak or Fish.

Where is your favourite place to go

on holiday?

North Queensland (Cairns and Port Douglas).

What is your occupation?

Basketball Coach.

What I inspired you to choose your job?

I was inspired by my old Football coach, the legendary

Jack Oatey.

What did you have to do to get where you are today?

Work hard, continue to learn and develop skills. Try and

get better every day.

What skills and qualities do you have?

Relationship building, knowing what it taked to win and

talent identification. Individual development and team

building. The ability to have empathy and inspire.

How do you make a difference in the community?

Trying to set a good example and providing young men

with the opportunity to grow and be their best. Showing

that you can be successful in a Regional environment.

Student Leadership News

Welcome to Week 7! Hope everyone’s still staying safe! You might noticed some recent additions to our Drinks Day menu. We’re working on some new ideas to widen the range and give you a greater selection of options. Students participated in Virtual Cross Country last week, via our school oval. It was great to see so many of our students all participating in such a fun event, especially considering the current situation. If you have any suggestions or ideas, don’t be afraid to let us know or contact the Front Office! Have a good week! —Your Leadership Team (Will, Malcolm, Ashiah and Olivia)

MIDDLE PRIMARY 4/5

UPPER PRIMARY 6/7

Drinks Day

Every Wednesday the Year 6/7 Class run a ‘Drinks Day’ shop at the beginning of lunch. Items available are:

NEW Bulla Frozen Yoghurt $2.00c

Fruit boxes $1.10c Icy Poles $0.40c Muesli Bars $0.50c Sultanas $0.50c

Popcorn $0.50c

Hot Lunches – Every Wednesday

Orders can be made via message on Facebook or Email to betty.lennerth10@schools.sa.edu.au then payment can be made on our website. www.comptonps.sa.edu.au If you don’t know your family ID just put your family name. Fried Rice $3.50 Beef Lasagne $3.50 Veg Lasagne $3.50 Twista Pasta $3.50 Pizza Singles $2.50

Muffin Monday

Sara Lee Choc Chip Muffins and Blueberry Muffins are available to order for Recess EVERY Monday. Only $2.20 each! Payments can be made at the Front Office by the Friday PRIOR to Muffin Monday or online at www.comptonps.sa.edu.au Online payments need to be completed by Sunday and please message your order via our Facebook page.

Around the Classrooms

Last week in Maths we moved onto Chance

and Data. Students are ‘comparing observed

expected frequencies and interpreting and

comparing a variety of data displays’. This is

always a favourite unit of students as we end

the unit with a Probability Carnival!

In English we are writing our final Narrative.

Students were given the picture below and had

to write a Narrative using the 7 Steps to

Writing. Can you think of any stories you

would write?

Mrs Kramins and the 6/7 Class

We are LEGO Masters!! This week as part of our

Design and Technology learning the middle primary

class have been following a series of design briefs.

Some of the design briefs have been:

Design and build a marble maze.

Design and build a robot.

Design and build a pencil pot.

Design and build a boat that floats.

Students worked in small groups to create the

success criteria. They had to think about what the

build would need to include in order to be successful.

Prior to building students had to plan their design and

consider the purpose for the build. After the building

process each student had to reflect on their builds

and evaluate. It has been a very creative week.

Students have let their imaginations run wild!

UPPER PRIMARY 6/7

MIDDLE PRIMARY 4/5

Miss Hamilton and the 4/5 Class

A fun filled session of Design and Technology

learning.

The task in groups of 4 was to design an outfit that

would be suitable to wear to an awards night. Groups

needed a model to showcase their design at the end

of designing and making time.

Students only had the following materials in their

making to use –

*Newspaper * Sticky tape * Wool and ribbon *

Scissors *

At the end of making the outfit was modelled to the

class on the runway. The 2/3 class reflected about

their experience in detailed writing. Mrs D and the 2/3 Class

We have had our student teacher Jasmin Dowdell

working with us learning to be a teacher which has

been very exciting.

We are working on improving our book making books

and as a group have created a rubric so we can have

specific goals for our books. Some of the things on

our rubric include quality pictures, sounding out

words, full stops and capital letters.

We are having a strong number focus for the next few

weeks. we have been working on improving our quick

recall of addition and subtraction facts and also

working on problem solving with these 2 operations.

We also had a week working on length- the best

activity was measuring our lolly snake in lots of

different ways!

We have begun to look deeper at the dance

curriculum and have learnt some dances and talked

about some of the elements of dance.

Miss H and the R/1 Class

JUNIOR PRIMARY 2/3

JUNIOR PRIMARY R/1