join them if you would like to be part of this group,

or speak to Andrea Clark if you would like more

information.

Save the Date!

Just a reminder that our first parent workshop is

scheduled for April 6th at 7pm in the library, and will

be run by Louise Galanos, a local counsellor &

well-being consultant. This is the first of a series of

workshops looking at building children’s emotional

maturity and looking at resilience, emotional

regulation & readiness to learn. We hope to see

you there.

Governing Council

The Tanunda Primary School Annual General

Meeting was held last night. The AGM provides an

opportunity for the principal and governing council

chair to share information about the school’s

progress over the past 12 months, and enables the

election of a new Governing Council. A copy of

the 2019 Annual Report was tabled and approved

at the meeting, and has been uploaded to our

website. Hard copies of the Annual Report are also

available from the front office on request.

There were three parents whose term on council

had ended, and who have stepped down. These

are Lauren Schmidt, Josie Zander,& Susie Farley. I

would like to acknowledge the invaluable

contribution that these parents have made to our

school community over a number of years,

particularly in relation to fundraising, our uniform

shop and grounds redevelopment projects. Thank

you all so much – we will miss working with you and

extend our sincere thanks for dedication and hard

work.

Our 2020 Governing Council consists of the

following parent representatives:

Principal’s Report

It feels like the term is flying by and it has a busy

fortnight since the last newsletter. Many thanks to

all our families for their attendance at our Parent/

Teacher interviews and to the staff who

conducted over 400 interviews during the week.

Our new “Parents at Tanunda” group met for the

first time last week, to discuss different fundraising

and school event ideas. The “PAT” team have

proposed a number of different activities for this

year, and will meet again on Wednesday March

18th at 9.00am in the staffroom. Please feel free to

# 4 MARCH 12 2020

Important Dates

TERM 1 28th January – 9th April

Week 7: Fri 13th March

9th March– 13th March Cross Country Challenge

Run

Week 8: Mon 16th -Thurs 19thMarch

Fri 20th March

16th March– 20th March SAPSASA Tennis/Cricket

Hockey Clinic

Japanese Culture Day/

Harmony Day

Week 9: Fri 27th March

23rd March– 27th March State Swimming Carnival

Week 10: Wed 1st April

Fri 3rd April

30th March - 3rd April

Boys 9-a-side

SAPSASA Athletics

Week 11: Thurs 9th April

6th April– 9th April

Colour Run

End of Term-Early Dismissal

PUPIL FREE DAYS & SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY

2020

Friday 1 May—Pupil Free Day

Friday 4 September—School Closure Day

Monday 7 September—Pupil Free Day

Monday 23 November—Pupil Free Day

Vicky Ireland

Trudy Harvey

Elizabeth Kraft

Andrew Clark

Trent Murch

Mel Partington

Kerrie Fox (re- elected)

Amy Hull (newly elected)

Hannah Filsell (newly elected)

Robert Zander (newly elected)

The role of the parents on the committee is to rep-

resent the views of our parent body. Please feel

free to approach them to discuss any ideas, sug-

gestions or concerns you would like raised at the

council meetings.

Our office bearers for this year are:

Chairperson: Andrew Clark

Deputy Chairperson: Kerrie Fox

Treasurer: Trent Murch

Secretary: Trudy Harvey

Yard Redevelopment Project

As promoted through our newsletter last year, we

have initiated a large yard redevelopment project

which incorporates upgrades to our courtyard ar-

ea, vegetable garden and disability unit play-

ground. Staff, students and governing council

were consulted in relation to the proposed designs

below.

Merit Awards

Term 1 Week 6

Merit Cards: Victor A, Lavinia A, Zarah A, Bobbie

B, Kasey B, Zac B, Sadie A, Kobe W, Nicholas H,

Alana S, Harvey A, Brady P, Mia WElise M, Noah S,

Tylah S, Isabelle Z, Jesse B, Latisha M, Archer M,

Karina W, Brock T, Nate Z, Jana T, Dexter S.

Science Award: Ella W, Sophie M, Nate Z, Summa

S, Austin C, Rhys F, Amalia E, Vienna K, Lucy M,

Jamie H, Jazmyn Y, Maddison J, Evelyn T, Harrison

H, Sam W,

Stage One of this redevelopment project involves

upgrading the courtyard area, and our plans

have been submitted to the Department of Plan-

ning & Infrastructure for approval. Once they

have been approved, we will be able to put the

project out for tender.

We will continue with our 5c Fundraising Drive,

which will go towards Stage Two which is the Disa-

bility Unit Yard upgrade. I will keep you updated

in relation to these planned projects through fu-

ture newsletters.

Kind regards,

Michelle

TDU staff and students would like to

thank Mrs Margaret Bishop for her

kind donation of mobilo.

18th March, 2019

RESOURCE CENTRE NEWS

Check out the new books on display in the

Resource Centre!

The Premier's Reading Challenge is well

underway with some students already

completing the challenge. There is still

plenty of time until it finishes on the 4th

September.

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UNIFORM SHOP

The Uniform Shop will be open on

WEDNESDAY mornings

Opening times are

8:30am to 9am

COMMUNITY NEWS

Bread Tags

Last year we collected well over 15,000 bread

tags to support ‘Bread Tags for Wheel-

chairs’. 'Bread Tags for Wheelchairs' has been running in

South Africa since 2006. The organisation collects

bread tags which a plastics company, Zibo, buys for a

small amount per kilo. The tags are then recycled and

the proceeds are used to provide wheelchairs for the

needy. Our class is collecting again! Please collect your bread

tags and send them to school with your child and

place them in the plastic bin located in the art room by

Mrs Clark's and Mrs Parson's class - Room 12. Looking forward to seeing how many we get this year!

Mrs Clark & Mrs Parsons and the Year 2 students of

Room 12