Term 2 Week 4, 25th May 2017

Dear Parents,

PUPIL FREE DAY – STAFF LEARNING

During the recent Pupil Free Day, our staff were involved in training and

development opportunities to further improve teaching and learning.

Teaching staff attended a conference with staff from Greenwith, Wynn

Vale & Keithcot Farm Schools. The conference was facilitated by

Professor Dylan Wiliam from University College London and was based

on the principles and practice of assessment for learning.

Our SSOs attended a professional learning session led by Autism SA to

build skills and understanding around the needs of students with

autism.

DRESS CODE

Our students adhere to our school’s Dress Code with a high degree of

consistency and we greatly appreciate parental support with regards

to this.

The dress code at Golden Grove Primary School is designed to give

students a sense of belonging, unity and pride. This enables them to be

easily identified as members of our school, both while at the school

and also out in the community. The code also minimises competition

between students to wear more expensive and fashionable clothing,

whilst encouraging equity amongst students. It is designed to be

practical in its application to a wide range of physical activities and

weather conditions and ensures students observe health, and safety

standards (policy).

Inside this newsletter is an updated copy of our school’s Dress Code.

There are two aspects I would like to clarify;

The school dress is “navy/red/white check dress as sold in GGPS

Uniform Shop”. Dresses previously worn (red & white or blue & white)

were phased out of our Dress Code in 2015.

Socks, like all other items of clothing, are to be free of logos, pictures

etc. and are to be plain navy, red or white. In the past we have not

been overly concerned about small logos on socks. However, certain

socks have recently become exclusive items of clothing worn by

groups who are seen by other students as ‘clubs’ and this goes against

the sense of belonging that a dress code encourages.

Kind regards,

Wendy

Inside this issue

Principal News Award Winners Sports News Kelly’s News Kindy News DSTA News Medication Update QKR

Coming events

26/05/17 Year 7 Aquatics

29/05/17 Middle School Footsteps

05/06/17 JP & MS Footsteps

Principal Wendy Moore

OPENING DOORS TO UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES

Golden Grove Primary School

NEWSLETTER OUR VALUES

RESPONSIBILITY-EMPATHY-SELF WORTH-PERSONAL EXCELLENCE-COLLABORATION-TRUST

140 Bicentennial Drive Golden Grove 5125

Phone: 8289 3137

Fax: 8289 3138

Email:

dl.1848_info@schools.

sa.edu.au

Website:

DRESS CODE POLICY

RATIONALE The Golden Grove Primary School Governing Council, in consultation with parents and students,

has developed a school dress code which all students are expected to follow. This involves the wearing of

school uniform or clothing in the school’s colours (red and navy) and the wearing of hats in line with the recom-

mendations of the Cancer Council (September – April inclusive).

The Dress Code at Golden Grove Primary School is designed to give students a sense of belonging, unity and

pride. This enables them to be easily identified as members of our school, both while at the school and also out

in the community. The code also minimises competition between students to wear more expensive and fash-

ionable clothing, whilst encouraging equity amongst students. It is designed to be practical in its application to

a wide range of physical activities and weather conditions and ensures students observe health, and safety

standards.

Golden Grove Primary School operates a Uniform Shop that is staffed by volunteers a number of times during

the week. Uniform items can also be purchased outside these times by completing an order form and leaving it

at the office.

ACCEPTABLE

Tops – Plain red or navy polo shirts, t-shirts, rugby tops, windcheaters, jackets, skivvies

Pants/Skirts/Shorts – Plain red or navy track pants, cargo pants, shorts, skorts, skirts, leggings

Dresses – Navy, red & white check dress as sold in GGPS Uniform Shop

Hats – Plain red or navy legionnaires, broad brimmed or bucket style sun safe hats

Accessories – Red or navy scarves and gloves

Hair accessories – Red, navy or white decorative hair ties, scrunchies, head bands. Plain hair ties in black,

brown or blonde are acceptable and not classed as decorative.

Footwear - Should be appropriate for students to participate in physical activity. Shoes should have a back

in them for support eg sneakers, and not have raised heels.

Socks – plain navy, red or white

Clothing that is not Golden Grove PS uniform clothing but is navy/red in colour is acceptable but needs to

be plain eg. No stripes, logos, pictures etc. Winter coats / jackets for outdoor wear in school colours are en-

couraged.

UNACCEPTABLE

Clothing, including socks, with brand names, logos, pictures or designs

Tops without sleeves

Denim / jeans (blue or coloured), Jeggings

Baseball caps

Red/white & navy/white check dresses other than the school agreed design

Clothing/footwear that precludes students from undertaking general curriculum activities

Shoes with high heels, no back strap, thongs or roller shoes

Short sleeved tops with non school colour long sleeve top underneath

Clothing that is black, royal or light blue, burgundy or other variations of navy &

red that does not match our designated colours

Decorative hair accessories that are non school colours, may interfere

with the wearing of a hat or be deemed as inappropriate for school.

JEWELLERY

As the excessive wearing of jewellery can become a safety issue, jewellery is limited to the following:

Sleepers or studs in ears only. No dangly earrings or other visible piercings.

Watch

No other jewellery unless for medical purposes eg Medic Alert or cultural significance (parent note required)

MAKE UP

No make-up or coloured nail polish. Acrylic or false nails must be clear and not exceed to length of the

fingertips for safety reasons

ACTIONS

Staff are responsible for reminding students about wearing clothing that meets the Dress Code of Golden

Grove Primary School

A sticker may be placed in the Diary / Communication Book of students who are not meeting this code. This is

to be signed by a parent / caregiver.

Leadership team will contact parents at the request of teachers should Dress Code issues remain unresolved.

SAPSASA Soccer Carnival Oh so close!!!

On Tuesday the 16th May we took 27 students to the District Soccer carnival. One boy’s team and

one girl’s team. Both teams played exceptionally well, with the boys finishing the day with 3 wins and 1

loss. The girls won 3 games and drew the other. Results were as follows

Boys

Golden Grove 4 defeated Pedare 0

Golden Grove 2 defeated Highbury 1

Golden Grove 0 loss to SFX 2

Golden Grove 14 defeated St Agnes 0

There were lots of outstanding efforts with Calum and Zac scoring lots of goals up front. Our defence

was fantastic with Daniel, Will, Jordan. L, Bailey and Michael continually clearing the ball, from

opposition attacks. In the mids we were led well by Harry the Wizard, Joshua, Brandan, and Jordan.

Caleb and BJ set up lots of plays up forward, but the courage award for the day has to go to Oscar

Davis who withstood a barrage of shots on goal only to concede 3 goals all day as goal keeper.

Girls

Golden Grove 3 defeated Pedare 0

Golden Grove 3 defeated Highbury 1

Golden Grove 0 drew with SFX 0

Golden Grove 10 defeated St Agnes 0

The girls came into this tournament having not won a game last year and were keen to make

amends. We had 3 goal keepers who swapped into forwards throughout the day, scoring lots of

goals for us, they were Zoe, Shakeya, and Bailey. Our mids, Daisy, Kayley, Ella F, Rachael, Kara, and

Alex did a fantastic job driving us into attack lots of times. These girls did lots of hard running ,which put

pressure on the opposition. While our defence, Riley, Cindy, Ella, Ashleigh just stopped everything

coming in from the opposition. Ashleigh went forward in the last game scoring lots of goals as a striker.

Play of the day must go to Bailey who curved the ball into the net to score a goal from a corner kick.

Overall the girls finished 2nd to St Davids, while the boys may also have finished 2nd or 3rd, (results still

to be confirmed)

Thanks again to all the parents who transported students to the carnival. Special thanks, to Paul Jones

who coached the boys, and did an exceptional job, and to Kelly Johnson who assisted. A big thank

you to Becky Jones whose organisation of notes and information made it possible for all the students to

attend.

Regards, Mr Pearce

Look for the helpers

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to

me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”

This is a quote from Fred Rogers, who is well known in North America as ‘Mr Rogers,’

the creator and host of an educational TV program for pre-schoolers. It’s a useful one to

have in our parenting tool box whenever our children are exposed to news and events

that are frightening and can’t be easily explained. There are children in our community

who will have difficult questions for us about the events in the UK this week and we

may struggle at times to know how to talk to them about the fears and worries they could

possibly experience. Reminding our kids that no matter what happens, there will be

people who are helping those affected can be comforting. We can be thankful that we

have dedicated emergency services personnel and we also know that in many instances

complete strangers will rush to assist anyone caught up in such an event. Fred Rogers

has a page on his website for parents who want ideas to help their children through these

sorts of troubling times:

http://www.fredrogers.org/parents/special-challenges/tragic-events.php

The ABC news program for school aged children, Behind the News, has created a

special page on their website to help kids to process their feelings when at times like this

the world can seem to become overwhelmingly scary. There are links there for parents

and also a link to direct young people to the Kids Helpline, which can be accessed if kids

need to talk to someone about anything that’s troubling them:

1800 55 1800

http://www.abc.net.au/btn/topic/upsettingnews.htm

The SECRET of

BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE

In Kids

There is a reason for your child’s behaviour.

How behaviour works.

It takes an intelligent plan to manage kids wisely.

Mark Le Messurier

Counsellor, Mentor and Educator Parent Coach Developer of “Whats the Buzz” and Author of Parenting Tough Kids and Raising Beaut Kids

Mark’s books will be available for purchase on the night

www.marklemessurier.com.au

Wednesday 21st June 2017 7.00pm- 9.00pm

Golden Grove High School, Dame Roma Mitchell Building Entry Gold Coin (Optional)

R.S.V.P. by 19/6/17 Register through eventbrite: https://marklemessurier2017.eventbrite.com.au

Or via Kelly: kelly.johnston931@schools.sa.edu.au

Golden Way Partnership Building Better Outcomes for Learners

\

We are accepting enrolments for 2018 now.

Please visit one of our friendly staff, email dl.4695_leaders@schools.sa.edu.au

or call 8289 2788 to enrol your child.

With the colder weather on the way and likelihood of illness increasing, we would like

to remind parents and caregivers of the following requirements relating to medication

at school.

Except for diagnosed conditions that require regular medication (asthma, allergies

etc), most medical conditions/complaints will not require the administration of medi-

cation during school hours. For example, medication that is required to be taken 3

times per day can be taken before school, after school and at bedtime. For short

term medical conditions (cold/flu, virus/bacterial infections etc), we ask parents to

give careful thought as to whether or not their child requires medication to be taken

at school, and if they are unwell enough to require medication, consider if they are in

fact well enough to be at school at all. If it is decided that it is in the best interest of

the child that the medication is required the Medication Authorities and any relevant

care plans must accompany the medication to school.

On Friday 19th May, years 4-7 Defence students from Golden Grove and

Greenwith Primary schools, attended a Power to be Positive program at

the Port Adelaide Football Club. Former Port Adelaide captain, Russell

Ebert, took the students on a tour while player #30, Joe Atley, and Power

Community Ltd staff, Cassie and Ben, interacted with students as they

learned about their different strengths and goal setting. The Power

players were back from their game in China, so students were lucky

enough to see them throughout the tour. Paddy Ryder #4 was kind

enough to pose for a photo while students were viewing the indoor

swimming pool. Students were able to have a kick of footy on the oval

as they learned about teamwork and using their strengths.

Thank you to Defence Community Organisation for implementing this

valuable program, and thank you to Defence Health for supporting our

Defence families by donating money to transport students to the venue.

Power to be Positive

QKR -New Online payment option

Golden Grove Primary

School

Award Winners