Dear Families,

I am not sure if it comes with age or not but the terms really seem to fly by!!!

As we look back on Term 3, we begin to realise how many exciting events happen in our school on top of our daily routines. Some of these have included:

Sports – Netball, Soccer, Cross Country, Book Week, Excursions including Art Gallery, Aboriginal Performance, School Photos, STEM Opening, Parent Cyber safety workshop, Footy Colours Day, Discos and many others.

Thank you to all the staff and parent volunteers that have supported our programs throughout the term.

Staffing Information

I would like to congratulate the following staff who have won permanent teaching positions at Largs Bay from next year:

Daina Wilson, Chelsea Bernardi, Georga Tyson & Lia Taylor.

Staff Professional Development

We are regularly supporting staff to expand their knowledge and expertise in particular curriculum areas. For the past few years, teachers have been using a spelling program called Words Their Way. One of the co-authors of the program, Chris Killey, visited the school this week and demonstrated some of the teaching skills associated with the program.

Both the teachers and students thoroughly enjoyed the sessions and this learning will be taken into future teaching of spelling at Largs Bay.

Class Placements 2019

Early next term, we will begin our class placement process for 2019.

With close to 600 children next year, this is a complex and time consuming exercise, as we take into consideration such things as mix of students, composite and straight classes, boy / girl ratios, friendships, educational and social aspects, class size, etc.

Our teaching staff are very experienced at placing students based on these and other factors.

If you have any special requests or relevant information, I ask that you put it in writing to me, no later than next Friday 26th October (Week 2). Please note that this does not include specific teacher requests.

While requests will be taken into consideration when planning, it is not always possible to meet all of these.

Thank you for your on-going support.

OSHC Award

Marcus Room 33

For always showing OSHC values, for being super helpful and polite and for always demonstrating strong leadership in being a positive role model for all at OSHC.

Outstanding Achievement Awards – Term 3

At the end of each term, two students from each class are nominated by their teacher to receive the Principal’s Outstanding Achievement Award. The winners can be found in this newsletter.

Congratulations to all of them on such a successful term.

Room 3 Olive Excellence in all areas of literacy.

Room 3 Callum Excellence in all areas of the curriculum.

Room 4 Charlotte Excellence in all areas of literacy.

Room 4 Taijae Excellence in reading.

Room 5 Alyssa Excellence in all areas of the curriculum.

Room 5 Koby Excellence in maths and reading.

Room 5a Hannah Excellence in all areas of the curriculum.

Room 5a Jackson Excellence in reading.

Room 10 Jack Excellence in all areas of the curriculum.

Room 10 Shelby Excellence in all areas of the curriculum.

Room 11 Hayden Excellence in demonstrating the school values

Room 11 Cassady Excellence in demonstrating the school values

Room 12 Zoe Excellence in all areas of the curriculum.

Room 12 Liam Excellence in all areas of the curriculum.

Room 13 Lexi Excellence in all areas of the curriculum

Room 13 Thomas Excellence in all areas of maths.

Room 14 Ebony-Rose Excellence in all areas of the curriculum.

Room 14 Finn Excellence in reading.

Room 16 Evelyn Excellence in English.

Room 16 Xander Excellence in all areas of the curriculum.

Room 17 Devyne Excellence in demonstrating the school values.

Room 17 Riley Excellence in persistence in his learning.

Room 19 Anika Excellence in and persistence in all areas of the curriculum, while upholding the school values.

Room 19 Dash Excellence in his growth mindset approach to all learning areas.

Room 20 Blake Excellence in always demonstrating the school values.

Room 20 Kenzie Excellence in her growth mindset approach to all learning areas.

Room 22 Isabel Excellence in demonstrating the school values.

Room 22 Leeo Excellence in all areas of the curriculum.

Room 23 Cillian Excellence in demonstrating the school values in his learning.

Room 23 Gracy Excellence in demonstrating the school values in her learning.

Room 26 Stella Excellence in all areas of the curriculum.

Room 26 Nash Excellence in Literacy

Room 27 Oscar Excellence in Literacy, Numeracy and Science.

Room 27 Matilda Excellence in her growth mindset approach to all learning areas.

Room 29 Seavy Excellence in all areas of the curriculum.

Room 29 Max Excellence in demonstrating all of the school values, particularly respect.

Room 30 Maddie Excellence in all areas of the curriculum, while upholding the school values.

Room 30 Joshua Excellence in all areas of the curriculum and in his role as a school leader.

Room 31 Jake Excellence in all areas of the curriculum.

Room 31 Aiko Excellence in all areas of the curriculum.

Room 32 Jack Excellence in all areas of the curriculum

Room 32 Annalise Excellence in all areas of the curriculum, while upholding the school values.

Room 33 Marcus Excellence in all areas of the curriculum.

Room 33 Tully Excellence in all areas of the curriculum.

Term 3 Outstanding Attendance Award

I am very pleased to announce that we had 46 perfect attenders for Term 3. Following the draw, I would like to congratulate Cooper W from Room 5. As the winner, Cooper takes home a $20 Westfield voucher as well as the Outstanding Attendance Certificate for the term.

Enjoy the Break

On behalf of all the staff, I hope you enjoy the break with your children and we look forward to seeing everyone back safe and well next term.

School resumes on Monday 15th October.

All the best

Mike

Community Notices

Semaphore Surf Life Saving Club

SA Metropolitan Fire Service

Port Adelaide Enfield Libraries

Lefevre Community Stadium

Holiday Program

Blitz Mini-ball

Lefevre Community Stadium

Cricket Blast

Port Canal Shopping Centre

Holiday Cooking Classes