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9 Ward Street, Salisbury Heights, SA 5109 Phone: 08 8258 7299 Fax: 08 8281 5861 Email: dl.1177.info@schools.sa.edu.au

Thursday 12th

December Principal: Katherine Holman Deputy Principal: Terry Minos

Diary Dates 2019

From the Principal – Katherine Holman

What a great week it has been with the Concert,

Graduation and end of year parties. The effort that

classes, the choir and the rock band had gone to was

terrific. The weather is always a concern with outside

events and this year we had fantastic weather. The BBQ

was a huge success and a big thanks to all the volunteers

who helped cook up the food. The talent we have at

Salisbury Heights never ceases to amaze us. The

confidence our children display is exceptional. Well

done to our staff for continuing to develop these

important life skills. Thanks to all staff for the team

work in preparing the students for these events.

Year 7 Graduation

This was another terrific night where our Graduating

Year 7’s were able to showcase the skills they have

developed over their time at Primary School. This year

students compered the entire show and the number of

children who were able to speak confidently in front of

the audience was amazing, a tribute to them and all the

staff that have worked with them. Many parents said

how nice the ceremony was and how talented the

children were.

The students looked great, were dressed appropriately

and were very confident. Thanks to the teachers, SSO’s

and everyone else involved in organising the Graduation.

We are very proud of our students and wish them all the

very best for the future.

Farewells

Good luck to the children and families that are moving

house and schools and thank you for your contribution to

our school community.

On behalf of the staff at Salisbury Heights Primary we

wish all of our families the very best for the festive

season and look forward to working with you again next

year. Enjoy your break and stay safe.

PLEASE NOTE:

Early dismissal tomorrow at 2:00pm

Term 1 2020 commences on Tuesday 28th

January

Dec 13th Rm 26, 28 & 31 at Elizabeth Aquadome Excursion

Dec 13th End of Term 4- Early Dismissal at 2pm

Assembly Class Items for your Diary

Term 4

9 13th Dec No Item/ Assembly on Friday to Farewell Yr 7’s

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United Christmas Lunch Each year, Salisbury City Rotaract Club and Parafield

Gardens Community Club collaborate to hold a FREE

Community Christmas Lunch. The event this year will

be held at the Parafield Gardens Community Club on

Christmas Day at 12pm until 3pm. The idea is to bring

people together who may not have anywhere to go on the

day for a shared lunch with other members of the

community. Book by calling 8182 3444.

Vacation Care Christmas Closure Dates- Carly Hendry

The OSHC / Vacation Care Centre will be closed from

Monday 23rd

December to Friday 3rd

of January 2020.

OSHC / Vacation Care Centre will re-open for 2020 on

Monday 6th

January.

Commonwealth Student Banking Award Winner

Week 8: Room: 35

Banking day is Thursday. Joining up is easy to do online

or you can talk to our wonderful volunteers in the library

on Thursday mornings from 9:00am.

Academic Excellence Awards

Congratulations to those students that received

Academic Excellence Awards in Term 4 Week 8…

MATHEMATICS:

Tayla Scurrell Lachlan Byass James Evans

Madison Davis Cameron Zimmermann

LITERACY :

Kaylee Hemmerling Hope Boldog Elly-May Battersby

Paige Ralston Layla Mattiske Scarlett Manto

LITERACY & MATHEMATICS:

Tahlia Nelson Mikayla O’Brien Kayley Marks

Nate Wenske Jaxon Evans Kacia Shaw

Olivia Gladwin Olivia Penney Rudraneel Saha

Isobel Foreman Bryce Fawkes Courtney Goodman

Thomas Burke Abhraneel Saha Aimee Vozlic

Braxton Davis Jett Lillywhite Josie Manto

SCIENCE:

Acsana Kasminina Lucas Wilson

L.O.T.E.CHINESE:

Shaivi Kashyap Sarah Timms Tayla Scurrell

Chace Quagliarella Tahlia Nelson Jett Thompson

Courtney Goodman Vasiliki Zoumis Elly-May Battersby

Ameya Hera-Singh Jacob Evans Shayla Hayes

Christopher Teeuwen Sienna Tape Ella Loria

Mikayla O’Brien Eraynd Rew-Smith Lincoln Mychajliw

Holiday School Watch

On behalf of our school community I’d like to thank

those friends and neighbours who keep a caring eye on

our school property after school hours.

During the Christmas vacation no one should be within

the school fence enclosure except students attending Out

of School Hours Care – Vacation Care Program. At

times OSHC may have one of the fence gates open to

access the oval. This does not mean that other people are

welcome to enter and be around the school buildings. If

anyone has concerns regarding the behaviour of people

on the school premises or notice any damage to property,

please notify.

Police Security 8116 9230

Police 131 444

Woolworths Earn & Learn 2019- Naomi Kennedy

A HUGE THANK YOU for all the support you gave this

year with the Woolworths Earn & Learn program. We

reached a record number of stickers for our school and

with this purchased a range of resources to support

students in STEM. This included Makey Makeys

(Middle Primary), Osmo Coding Awbie games for the

iPads (Junior Primary), filament for our 3D printer and a

range of picture books to support staff and

students.These resources will be a big support.

Early dismissal & casual day Just a reminder that Friday is Early Dismissal at 2pm

and Casual Day. No gold coin donation is needed for

this day. Please remember that we have our farewell

assembly for our year 7s starting at 1.30pm in the hall.

Please be careful during the bushfire season. If you see a fire, immediately call Triple Zero

(000).

If you see anything suspicious immediately call the

Police Assistance line on 131 444.

More information can be found on the CFS

Bushfire Information Hotline 1300 362 361

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Grow wellbeing program We welcome Dr Dianne Wepa again to Salisbury

Heights in 2020. Dianne has joined us this year in terms

2, 3 & 4 and is from Grow Wellbeing. This year Dianne

worked with students whose parents had received mental

health care plans for students and she did home visits,

one to one and group sessions.

Dr Dianne Wepa works for Grow

Wellbeing and is an Accredited

Mental Health Social Worker.

Dianne has worked as a social

worker and family therapist for over

20 years in New Zealand. Dianne is

working with families that have

mental health care plans for an initial

period of 6 weeks and the plans can

be reviewed after this time frame.

The service assists families and

students work

through a variety of issues such as:

- including school refusal and attachment /

separation issues

-parenting issues

To be eligible you must see a GP and get a Mental

Health Care Plan. Please bring that into the front office

and collect the forms from Grow Wellbeing – no child

can be seen without these. We welcome Dianne back to

Salisbury Heights Primary School in 2020 and make sure

you say hello if you see her in the school.

Amber Arruzzolo

Student Wellbeing Leader

Diary date 2020 – the carly ryan foundation Just a reminder for Week 4 2020 we have been

fortunate enough to book in times for our students and parents with the Carly Ryan Foundation. Students will

work with the foundation during the day in Online

Safety sessions and we will hold a Parent Information

session in the evening.

These sessions are sought after and extremely beneficial

for parents and students in this ‘online world’.

Leadership attended the sessions at one of our

partnership schools and we managed to get this on the

calendar for early next term. Although confronting the

information, helpful hints to family and the relevance to

our school community was clearly evident.

We will send notes out and get RSVPS early next term

but please keep the following evening free:

Week 4, Tuesday 18th

February 2020 . This will be on

the AGM night. More information to come out week 1

term 1.

Amber Arruzzolo

Student Wellbeing Leader

Season’s Wish The staff of Salisbury Heights Primary School

would like to wish everyone in our community a safe, happy and restful holiday and our best wishes

for a very Happy Christmas and safe New Year. We look forward to seeing you all again in 2020

School resumes on Tuesday 28th

January

Community News

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South Australian Chinese Awards On the 29th November 2019, Amelie McArdle from room 28 has been nominated to receive the Chinese Language Award from CLTASA. This is an annual award organised by CLTASA and made possible by the generous sponsorship of Australian Chinese Medical Association (ACMA) and the Confucius Institute of the University of Adelaide. Each participating primary and secondary school selects an enthusiastic and successful learner of Chinese as a second language from each primary and secondary school to attend a ceremony and receive a prize and certificate.

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Christmas Concert

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