MAGILL WHOLE SCHOOL AGREEMENTS IN LITERACY Dates to Remember

Term 1, Week 10 Number 5 7th April 2016

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MARK IN YOUR DIARY Thursday 7th April School Photos Friday 27th May Pupil free day Tuesday 14th June Pupil free day Friday 2nd September School closure day Monday 5th September Pupil free day

Friday 8th April Share a coffee with friends before the 9.40am Assembly

Ferguson verandah

NO PARKING IN STAFF CARPARKS

TERM 1 PLANNER NOW ON WEBSITE

RESPECT

EXCELLENCE

HONESTY

RESPONSIBILITY

At Magill School, we are aiming to develop a systemic and cohesive approach to teaching the

fundamentals of Literacy R-7, in an effort to improve the learning outcomes for our students.

In 2015, Magill School teaching staff agreed on the extension of Jolly Grammar to include all of Year 3

(previously R-2) and Words Their Way spelling program to be taught in Year 4 and 5. Teachers also

developed an agreed-upon definition of Literacy and Literate Students, which will provide the

foundation for further whole-school approaches for 2016. An updated R-7 Genre Map was also

developed with many links to cross-curriculum areas. This document will continue to guide the

teaching of writing and ensure future consistency across the school. Teachers also agreed to embed

the Teaching and Learning Cycle for teaching writing into their practice, and use Composing Written

Texts across the Australian Curriculum as a reference for teaching the key grammatical aspects of the

various genres.

In 2016, we are aiming to continue the development of whole-school agreements in spelling to include

Year 6 and 7 classes. Teachers will demonstrate a shared understanding and consistent approach to

teaching spelling with an aim to see an improvement in our students’ end-of-year spelling results. As

a staff we have recently conducted professional development around the moderation of student

writing. This was an extremely valuable experience in which staff engaged in professional

conversations with their fellow year group colleagues around strengths and areas for improvement of

their cohort of students. We are also in the initial stages of investigating and researching programs

available around the implementation of teaching explicit reading strategies. This is an exciting area

that we are looking to continue to develop and grow in the coming years.

We look forward to continuing our

development of whole-school

agreements in Literacy to further

grow and consolidate your child’s

learning.

Guy Walmsley

(Coordinator TfEL – Engagement and

Achievement – Literacy)

Monday 16th May Governing Council 7.00pm

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

REMEMBER END OF

TERM EARLY FINISH

2.05PM

The staff and Governing Council are keen to receive your feedback, answer any questions and listen to your concerns.

Please feel free to contact teachers (I believe your child’s class teacher has already provided their school email address), leadership and our Governing Council chair Jo Adler. If you wish to contact either Jo or the leadership team please email us at:

jmadler71@gmail.com

Di.Fletcher777@schools.sa.edu.au

Daphne.Schumacher560@schools.sa.edu.au

Mary.Sachs626@schools.sa.edu.au

ANYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW?

PLEASE CHECK THE LOST PROPERTY IN THE FOYER OF THE RESOURCE CENTRE AS UNCLAIMED ITEMS WILL BE DISPOSED OF AT THE END OF THE TERM.

REMEMBER TO NAME YOUR CHILD’S BELONGINGS

CASUAL DAY

SCHOOL FEES School Fees are due at the end of first term unless you have set

up a payment plan with the finance office.

Please note those wishing to receive School Card assistance for 2016, will still need to re-apply even if you were approved in 2015, as approval is only for the current year.

NOTE BIZGATE CLOSING NOTE School and OSHC online payments will be changing as Bizgate is closing. You can continue to make your online payments from the links on the Magill School website. When the new payment system is up and running the link will direct you to our Commonwealth Bank payment portal. You will then be able to proceed with your payment by following their easy steps. Bizgate will still be available up until the change over happens.

Jackie French visits Magill School on May 3rd

Remember

If you want a signed copy of a Jackie

French book there is still time to order

from the Resource Centre.

Books need to be ordered by next

Thursday April 14th.

On Friday 8th April, students will be able to come to school in casual clothes to help raise money for Beyond Blue. Students participating can bring a gold coin donation and are encouraged to wear blue clothing, to support this fundraising event.

STARTS NOW! STARTS NOW!

The Premiers Reading Challenge for 2016 has started well and already some students have returned the form to the Resource Centre. Holidays are a good time to sit and read. Make it a real challenge and read something that you have never read before OR an author that is new to you. That’s the fun part of reading - finding new books. It’s also good to pass on the word if you have enjoyed a book – tell someone else about the story. That helps with your comprehension of what you have read. Or re read a story that you have read before to your parents or a listener to practice again so that helps with your fluency. Reading is a passion for life. Congratulations to the following R-2 students who have recently completed the Challenge. Penfold 2 – Erika, Jackson, Zane, Joshua. Penfold 6 – Florence, Eric, Alannah. Penfold 8 – Manoli, Ophelia, Ivan, Garlok, Nikhil, Kaylee, Jennifer, Sorcha. Penfold 9 – Jayson, Elijah, Kate, Lara, Zaina, Laura, Shivank, Kyanna, Audrey, Yenumi, Ella, Charles. Penfold 12 – Sidney, Chelsea, Ghazi, Zoe, Alyssa, Max, Christina, Joel, Georgia, Mitchell. Penfold 13 – Abby, Holly, Chanho, Sanuth. Penfold 16 – Yiana, Oneli, Amanda, Raul, Anoska. There is still lots of time to complete the Challenge and return the forms to either Deb or Mrs Gilligan by September 9th. Happy Reading.

The Premiers Reading Challenge update

YEAR 7 GRADUATION SURVEY Over the past few weeks, all Year 6 and 7 students, parents and carers were surveyed to obtain their feedback and perspective of the

Year 7 Graduation. The associated graph outlines the results obtained for your information. More time will go into the planning of this

event early next term. A sincere thank you to everyone who participated and especially those parents and carers who wrote extensive

comments and suggestions.

Thanks,

Mrs Gemma Viselli.

Notes and sponsorship forms have already been sent home. Please help us to fund more equipment to support the new initiative of

STEM. STEM involves integrating curriculum areas of Science, Engineering and Mathematics. One of the new aspects of learning is

coding as this is a skill that our children need in the future. The funds raised this year will go to support this developing learning area

and may include lego robotics as well as items identified by teachers implementing STEM. Please

support the Walkathon.

The Life Be in It Day was a resounding success where students worked on cooperating, movement and enjoyment. The theme was

being connected and working in a team. The games provide a purposeful way to learn about staying connected and working

collaboratively to achieve an outcome.

A very big thank you to the Fund Raising Committee for their tireless efforts during 2015, and as a result raised $27,000. This money

will be spent on some large projects throughout the year.

Some of the items include money for the projector in the gym so that students and teachers can use IT to present their learning, 2

play race cars for R-2 students, Madonna microphones for performances, update Reception courtyard with plants/ artificial grass

etc., oven for Year 2 unit, pin up boards for Ferguson building, planter boxes for area between Murray and Ferguson, new BBQ hot

plate and lastly funded the Life Be In It Day for all students R-7.

For 2016 the events that have been planned include Walkathon Term 1, Pancake Day term 2, Spellathon and Sausage sizzle term 3

and a sausage sizzle to be held on the night of the R-6 Concert.

REMINDER STUDENT SAFETY AND

STAFF CAR PARK

A reminder to parents ……..Staff car parks are not

to be used by parents. The dental clinic has

reported some parents parking illegally in this

staff car park.

For the safety of our students do not park in any

staff car parks. Students are not

permitted to walk through staff car parks.

Thank you for your

support with this matter.

MUSICAL MAESTROS

Congratulations to these talented

students for successfully gaining a

position in the Primary School’s

String Orchestra.

Georgia Zhang, Erin Goh, Min-En Seet,

Emily Anand, Justine Tan and Vina Jang.

Well done girls!

OFFICE HOURS 8.30AM - 4.00PM

STUDENTS ENTERING THE SCHOOL GROUNDS AFTER THE BELL OR LEAVING FOR APPOINTMENTS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A

PARENT WHEN SIGNING IN OR OUT OF THE SCHOOL.

大家好da jia hao! (Hello everyone!) Magill students had a fabulous term learning Chinese

mandarin with their teachers. Here are some highlights of this term.

Reception & Year 1:

Celebration of Chinese New Year, making Red Envelope, making monkey masks and singing Happy New Year song.

Learn how to sing heads, shoulders, knees and toes in Chinese.

Learning about the 12 zodiac animals.

Learn Chinese basic greetings and make posters.

Learn how to say name and age.

Learn numbers.

Year 2 & Year 3:

Celebration of Chinese New Year, making Red Envelope, singing Happy New Year (Chinese song) and 12 Zodiac

Animals (Chinese song).

Students’ hobbies, express “like” and “dislike” in Chinese.

Review Chinese numbers and students finish a “100 chart challenge” in Chinese.

Learn four seasons and weathers, and make posters of seasons.

Year 4 & Year 5:

Celebration of Chinese New Year, making Red Envelope, wrote Red Couplets, etc.

Introduce yourself in Chinese using 5 sentences (Hello. My name is …. Very nice to meet you. I am an Australian.

Goodbye.) Practise oral speaking with peers and role play.

Learn vocabularies of sports, countries, farm animals, safari animals, etc.

Art activities: drew the Great Wall of China and painted Beijing opera face masks.

Use Google Translate and Microsoft PowerPoint to organise research and files about Chinese culture.

Year 6 & Year 7

Celebration of Chinese New Year, making Red Envelop, Chinese New Year celebration, research.

Start the topic of school by designing a Magill School map for 2016, learn vocabulary of school facilities.

Learn the song: Mud Doll, and create the lyric booklet.

Outdoor activities: Foot shuttlecock.

2016 TERM 1 CHINESE LANGUAGE HIGHLIGHT

STUDENT COUNCIL

R-2 Leaders and Deputies

P2 York, Erica and Olivia

P3 Chloe, Hugo & Zach

P6 Eliza, Jack & Isla

P8 Grace, Zac & Benithi

P9 Sally, Alex & James

P10 Ethan, Estelle & Jack

P11 Loki, Jeslie & Max

P12 Georgia, Massimo &

Chelsea & Remy

P13 Zoe, Alex & Ben

P14 Lily, Xavier & Lazarus

P16 Tyler, Abigail &

Alyssa

Students have a voice and a contribution to make to their school. It is important that they be given the opportunity to

express their views on issues of concern to them in the school. It is equally important that they are listened to and

encouraged to take an active part in promoting the aims and objectives of the school.

Student Voice plays an important part in the day to day proceedings of Magill Primary. Magill has 3 Student Councils each

representing a section of the student body R-2, 3-5 and 6/7 so as to: cater for a wider range of student needs, increase

student involvement and participation and support students working through democratic processes to bring about change

and deal with issues which they deem as important for their school and wider community.

This year we would like to commend all students who nominated to be a part of their Student Council and to congratulate

the students who were voted in by their peers as representatives of their classes.

3-5 Leaders and Deputies

M1 Eann, Chloe & Cameron, Olivia

M2 Mia, Emmanuel & Gabby

M3 Ioanna-Maria, Sam & Billy

M4 Zara, Felix & Jeordi

M5 Anudha, Holly & Yujie

F1 Matti, Charlotte & Kiran F8 Sam, Charlotte & Yiyang F9 Aleksandar, Taliya & Xavier F11 Bianca, Riku & Ava F12 Jordy, Jason & Ava

Leaders Day is a program designed to support Student Council members from R-7 in developing their understanding and recognising their personal potential as a young leader. This occurs through participation in a wide range of activities that specifically cover the building blocks of effective leadership. Activities focus on:

The identification and exploration of leadership skills

Organisational and time management skills

Problem solving and team skills

Treating others fairly and displaying empathy

Being positive and enthusiastic

Being responsible and reliable

In week 5 of this term the Student Council members all met in OSHC for a Leaders Day. We were very lucky to have Mr Vincent Tarzia MP come to speak to us about leadership and the importance of Student Councils. He was a student leader when he was at school. We played some ‘Icebreaker’ games so we would all feel comfortable working with each other. We then got into mixed small groups and had to share information about what we thought about our school and what we were hoping to achieve as leaders. We watched some clips about what some children had done at there school and in their communities to bring about the change they wanted to see. After recess we moved into small mixed groups and discussed and recorded what makes an effective leader. We had a great shared lunch together that we had all provided. In the afternoon we talked about scenarios that could happen in the yard and problems that could arise with our peers and how we as leaders could help support others. The day was a great experience and we learnt a lot about leadership. 3-5 Student Council

LEADERS DAY R - 7 STUDENT COUNCIL