The Golden Vine

From the School Leadership Team

Congratulations - Vicki Kahl 

Congratulations to VIcki Kahl, our GGOSH Director who was acknowledged by the Rotary Club of Salisbury with a Pride in Work Award on Monday evening. We are thnakful for the dedication that VIcki gives to her role and the care she has for our students and staff, as well as for the quality of the programmes that the students enjoy across before and after school care and vacation care. Vicki is a deserving recipient of this award and I am sure that you will join me in congratulating her as you see her around the school. 

 

Farewell and Thank You, Evie

This week, we say farewell to Evie Donoghue, our School Counsellor, who will be concluding her time with us on Friday and taking up a teaching role at another school. 

Evie has been an  valued part of our team, bringing warmth, compassion, and a  commitment to the wellbeing of our students. Her ability to connect with children and provide support in times of need has been greatly appreciated.

We thank Evie for all she has brought to our school and wish her every blessing in her new role. She will be greatly missed by students, staff, and families alike.

 

GLOW Week

We hope you have had some excited talk in your house about GLOW Week coming up in Week 9 (Monday 23 June - Friday 27 June). GLOW stands for Growing, Learning, Owning and Wondering!

We will be putting aside the whole of the week to give students the opportunity to do a 'deep dive' into a hands-on area that they are interested in. This will include activities including fishing and survival skills, knitting, gymnastic, drama, cake decorating etc.

 

A reminder about the following changes for the week: 

  • Monday 23 June - whole school assembly at 9.00am in the Worship Centre to launch GLOW Week 
  • Monday 23 June - no afternoon assembly 
  • Friday 27 June - whole school Closing Service and Chapel at 8.50am in the Worship Centre 
  • Friday 27 June - whole school Assembly for GLOW Week Presentations at 2.00pm in the Worship Centre - followed by classroom / activity visits 

Eisugakkan - Homestay Families Needed  

Year 5 students from Eisugakkan School, our sister school in Japan, will be visiting Golden Grove Lutheran Primary School from Thursday 24th to Sunday 27th July. During their stay, the students will have the opportunity to experience Australian culture and connect with our students. On Saturday 26th July, the school is seeking  homestay families to host the visiting students, providing them with a unique and memorable experience. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to engage in cultural exchange and offer a warm welcome to these young visitors. If you're interested in hosting, please contact us via email - office@goldengrove.sa.edu.au

 

Eisugakkan Camp 

Year 5 and 6 students are invited to a joint camp at AFL Max with the students visiting from Eisugakkan. The camp will be a one night adventure from Friday 25 July to Saturday 26 July. A permission note and information has been sent home. If you would like your children to be involved, please return the consent form by Thursday 26 June. 

 

Volunteering in the School 

We appreciate many families giving of their time and expertise to volunteer in the school, whether it be with our school canteen, P & F Events, school camps, GLOW Week or classroom assistance. A reminder to please ensure that your WWCC details are up to date, along with RAHN and VSC training. Further information on our volunteering requirements is available from our website. 

 

A few reminders

Please be reminded of some of our key events coming up: 

 

Term 2

Monday 23 - Friday 27 June - GLOW Week 

Monday 23 June - GLOW Week Launch 9.00am - No assembly in the afternoon

Thursday 26 June - Principal's Tours 

Friday 27 June - Closing Service 8.50am

Friday 27 June - GLOW week presentations - 2.00pm 

Friday 27 June - Term 2 concludes 

 

Term 3

Monday 21 July - Term 3 commences 

Thursday 24 July - Eisugakkan students visiting from Japan 

Friday 25 July - Saturday 26 July - optional camp with Eisugakkan students at AFL Max for Year 5/6 students 

Saturday 26 July - Sunday 27 July - Eisugakkan students homestay - volunteer host families needed please 

 

Our full school calendar can also be viewed on the school website. 

 

Will Wallace 

Principal 

Progress Reports

How is your child progressing? How do you know?

These are important questions to ask as parents and caregivers and important questions for us to consider as a school, so that you fully understand your child’s progress. We aim to involve you in your child’s learning journey and do this through communicating and showing student work 

  • in Toddle 
  • Teacher/Parent Interviews
  • Celebrations of Learning/Exhibition for Year 6
  • An end of semester progress report

Progress reports they will be viewed through Toddle and be released this Friday afternoon. Parents can contact the office to request a hard copy if needed. 

 

Using Toddle as an online portfolio, enables parents and caregivers to:

  • View student work
  • To see results of student’s self, peer and teacher assessments that show how children are progressing against the achievement standards and building knowledge and understanding in units of inquiry. 
  • To understand what learning tasks require of children
  • To know what students are doing well and where there is opportunity for growth.

 

The Semester One Progress Reports offer a teacher’s on-balanced judgement of how a child’s learning against the year level achievement standards. We include these achievement standards in our report, to reflect on what a student knows, understands and can do. An on-balanced judgement is used because classes have been learning from the achievement standard content but have not completed all the learning that is required by the end of the year. Teachers address parts of the achievement standard as they are planning learning. If a student is assessed as being ‘competent’, it means that they are right where they should be. They are meeting their year level standard. 

 

Parents can contact teachers with any questions related to progress reports. We pray that they will provide an overview of how your child’s learning is progressing and identify challenges and future areas of growth.

 

Jayne Zadow

Director of Teaching and Learning, PYP

GLOW Week

Next week is our 2nd ever Glow week and it promises to be another amazing week of fun, community and learning. I love the time that is spent interacting with the students in different ways through the various activities. Having a small group where I can spend quality time is such a great way to spend the last week of term.

What do you have time for in the holidays? I hope you can find the time to do something fun and different where new learning happens and relationships continue to grow and strengthen. This could be as simple as a new playground, a walk along the Torrens or going somewhere different.

Whatever you do make the most of it. Be in the moment with your child, take the time to talk in different ways and explore more about what makes them tick. Kids grow up and change quickly so savour the moment and spend the time wisely.

Every blessing when the holidays begin.

For ideas around Adelaide check out the following – 

https://playandgo.com.au/adelaide-school-holiday-ideas/

 

Tim Kriewaldt

Deputy Principal