A message from Margie
It must be Thursday!
We love Thursday afternoons when we get bread delivered from Baker's Delight most weeks. This is the delightful sight that greets me each week, as I get ready to hand out the bread. Thank you Baker's Delight for your kind donation, and the Vince family for delivering it to us! 🤩🍞🥯🥖
RAP postcard summary
We were thrilled with the school community response to our Reconciliation postcards- thank you! The RAP working group will be meeting soon to consider how to integrate your voices into our Plan. The postcards will be displayed in the gym for the remainder of this term (along with our Reconciliation graffiti wall and the giant Aboriginal Flag made by students) and you are most welcome to come in at any time and have a look. Thank you to Jess de Campo for collating the postcard responses. Here's what you said:
What is reconciliation
To families at UPS, reconciliation is about respect, recognition, honour and repair. Our community talked about the need to acknowledge a fuller sense of Australian history, come together and celebrate all cultures. Families wanted to acknowledge both Aboriginal land and Aboriginal culture and heal relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.
Why is it important?
Many families said that reconciliation is important because it’s the right thing to do: because of fairness, equity, truth and respect. Families said that respect is important and that we need a shared understanding of our history. A number of children thought it was important to mend hurt feelings and to make sure everyone feels included and important.
What actions can we take at UPS to support reconciliation?
Some suggested actions were to “make culture visible” by inviting Aboriginal elders and presenters into the school to work with the children, teach indigenous culture and perspectives all year, invest in staff professional learning and to teach Kaurna language.
Some people wondered what a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) actually was. A RAP is a formal statement of commitment to reconciliation, which includes actions for the school community. Others asked whether they could see could see a copy of the RAP and the answer is ... yes but not yet! We are in the beginning stages of developing the RAP, but we will be very happy to share it with the school community once it is completed. The statements written in your postcards will help us shape the RAP, so once again we would like to thank you for your contributions. You can follow this link to learn about the process we are following to develop our RAP: Narragunnawali - Reconciliation Action Plan . Stay tuned for more info!
Basketball and volleyball
It has been great to see the students in Years 3-6 engaging in basketball in PE lessons with Troy, and volleyball at lunchtimes. Here are some photos of them practising their skills.
More colour run photos for you!
We just can't get enough of the Colour Run fun. :)
Commissioner's Digital Challenge
Each year the SA Commissioner for Children and Young People offers a free digital challenge for our students. The Challenge is easy to achieve and can be done on any internet-enabled device. Some activities do not even require a device! Students can learn design thinking (Space to Dream), digital thinking (Learn to Speak Robot) and challenge and systems thinking (Zoom Out). This is a great challenge for kids to complete at home. Follow this link to complete the challenge before 30 September Commissioner's Digital Challenge (commissionersdigitalchallenge.net.au)
Imagine Uraidla postbox
The Imagine Uraidla postbox is now overflowing with our students' vision about the future of our district. Classes have been sharing ideas and even creating 3D models of how they imagine Uraidla could be in the future (see photos in Round the classes section). We have found this to be an inspirational topic for the students, and we thank Imagine Uraidla for the opportunity to involve authentic student voice into this community project.
Please come in! 😎
It's been great to welcome parents and other family members in to the school yard at the end of the day. I notice a few people have been hesitating at the gate, and I'm not surprised since it's been so long since we've been able to gather inside! We really would like to shift the gathering and waiting spot to inside the school grounds. This will also be safer for kids crossing the roadway, and should relieve the traffic congestion in this space.
So please... COME ONE IN!
Have a great fortnight everyone!
Margie