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9 Ward Street, Salisbury Heights, SA 5109 Phone: 08 8258 7299 Fax: 08 8281 5861 Email: [email protected]

Friday 27th March Principal: Katherine Holman Deputy Principal: Terry Minos

Diary Dates 2020

From the Principal – Katherine Holman I would like to take this opportunity to thank both

the SHPS staff and our school community. It has

been a difficult time but lovely to watch our

community come together in such a calm and caring

way to support and help each other. We have had

amazing support from our Governing Council and

community in regards to the procedures we have

implemented to keep our community safe. In these

uncertain times, we will continue to respond as new

advice comes to hand and work as effectively as we

can whilst maintaining communication with our

community.

We have been developing a range of resources in

our endeavour to provide continuity of learning.

There will be four Pupil Free Days from the 6th to

9th of April inclusive for teachers to further develop

these resources. Teachers will be in communication

with parents and carers in relation to expectations

for learning at home.

This will vary for different age groups. Further

instructions on how to access home learning will

continue to be provided.

Please make sure that you are monitoring your

child’s internet access during this time.

Many families have made the choice to keep their

child(ren) home during this period of uncertainty

and we fully respect your decision to do so.

As a result we are receiving a high demand for

teachers to provide personalised learning programs

and support for students at home whilst still

providing face-to-face teaching for students

attending school. Our staff are amazing and have

been working above and beyond to support

students’ wellbeing and learning both in and out of

school.

Whilst schools remain open, it is unreasonable to

expect teachers to provide daily face-to-face lessons

and personalised learning programs for families

who are choosing to self-isolate. To assist you in

supporting your child’s learning at home, families

have had a list of useful websites & online

resources previously sent out. Teachers have also

made some work packs that are available on

request.

Additionally, families are encouraged to access the

Department’s new easy-to-use website Our

Learning SA via the following link Our Learning

SA or address at:

http://www.education.sa.gov.au/OurLearningSA

Term 1

Week 10

30th March –3rd April School as normal

April 1st Academic Improvement

Week 11

April 6th Pupil Free Day



April 9th Pupil Free Day- End of Term 1

April 10th Good Friday Public Holiday

Due to precautionary measures assemblies on Wednesday mornings have been cancelled until further notice. All Academic Improvement awards will be presented in your child’s classroom. At this stage due to the amount of absences Academic Excellence awards have been cancelled.





This site provides parents / carers with resources

and guidance to support learning at home and

students with opportunities to work independently,

with learning materials and activities across all

learning areas organised by year levels.

Families that are already implementing learning

from home please make sure you balance your time

together and try to provide opportunities to have fun

and enjoy your time as a family, as well as

completing learning tasks.

Additional Cleaning

The Department have given us increased cleaning.

We now have cleaners in the morning wiping down

touch points such as door handles, key boards and

work surfaces and then our normal cleaning after

school. There has also been increased time allocated

to this service to allow cleaners to wipe over

surfaces.

Contact Details

Please make sure your contact details eg email

addresses and phone numbers are up to date so we

can maintain contact.If you have not joined up to

class See Saw apps or Class Dojo please do so as

this will allow us to transition to home learning

should it be required. Please continue to read all

communication from the school.

Pupil Free Days – OSHC

OSHC will be open for the Pupil Free Days and the

vacation period dependent on current Health

Advice. Bookings will be essential to ensure we can

meet the required staffing ratios.

Swimming Refunds

Money will be refunded in full however we have to

do that via EFT. This will require 319 individual

transfers. We will send out information for you to

provide those details for us soon. We appreciate

your patience.

Keep safe and once again thank you for your

ongoing support.

Kind Regards,

Katherine and the staff at SHPS.

FINANCE

Do you still owe School Fees?

Statements will be posted home to all families who

have not yet paid their school fees.

For all families who are struggling financially due

to the COVID-19 effects on business and jobs:

Go to School Card Online and read the

information concerning FORM B –

Hardship: for Self Employed and Change

of Circumstances. (See “Applying for

School Card” Flyer with this newsletter) If

you fit the criteria please consider applying

and if you are deemed eligible it will cover

your child’s 2020 M&S fees.

If you have already set up a PAYWAY

agreement with us (direct debit from your

bank account) and feel you can no longer

support this amount please ring me to

cancel, make adjustments or change your

setup. This also applies to families with a

personal part payment agreement.

We are still open to take payments anytime of the

school day. Simply ring the Finance Office

doorbell, we will speak to you through the intercom

and we are letting one person in at a time. You can

also choose to ring and make a credit card payment

over the phone, email us with your credit card

details, if your child is still attending please send

with your child or you can put information in the

silver payment chute anytime of the day. It is not

too late to set up a part payment agreement with us.

Swimming Refunds for Reception to Year 5

We are still waiting to hear final directions from

the Department Site Financial Services. I will be

informing you as a priority as soon as I get the ok

to put this process in place. I am sorry for the delay

and would like to thank all families for their

patience and support during this difficult time.

Please look after yourself and others, stay safe and

healthy and don’t hesitate to contact me anytime

during the school day.

Thank you,

Sue McKee


Simple steps to help stop the spread!

The best way to stop the spread of illness is

to practice good hygiene.

We encourage children and staff to:

• wash their hands regularly,

particularly after using the toilet and

before eating

• use alcohol based sanitiser

• wipe down frequently touched

surfaces

• cover a cough or sneeze with a tissue

• avoid touching their eyes, nose and

mouth

• stay home if they are unwell, so they

don’t spread infections to others

• consider getting the annual influenza

vaccination.

The SA Health ‘Stop the Spread’ webpage

has more information about preventing

illness.

Canteen News – Mandie & Lynette

Week 10 Special- $5.50

Weeks 10: Butter chicken with basmati rice

Salad of the week - $4.50

Week 10: Mediterranean tuna pasta

No Cash

From Wednesday 25th March until further notice we

will only be accepting online orders from our QKR

app. The new cut off time on the QKR app is 9am.

There will be no Recess or Lunch over the counter

sales.

Notice from CommBank School Banking

The health, safety and wellbeing of our

communities and our people is our first priority.

Due to the rapidly developing situation with

coronavirus, School Banking has been temporarily

paused from now until further notice. Please don’t

bring your deposit book with your weekly banking

into school and we will notify you when banking

will recommence.

Crossing Monitors- Term 1

Week 10 Cooper Rowlands & David Pyatt

Social Responsibility Awards

It was terrific to celebrate our students who

received awards for Social Responsibility at Week

8 assembly.

These awards recognise children who use all their

Program Achieve Keys and Habits of the Mind.

These children are reliable and we can depend on

them to be an asset to the classroom and show

‘Excellence and Care’ towards their class mates

and school. The children who received this award

were very excited. Congratulations to…..

Jenna Yeatman Jasmine El Jawhari Chilli Di Fava

Jada Smith Kailee Smith Jaxon Evans

Annelise Launer Lily Hegan Mckenzie Mack

Vanessa Schultz Chloe Dawson Neil Haythorpe

Jaxon Davis Scarlett Manto Aria Waldon

Angelo Tsalamangos


Science In Room 9

In Science the students in Room 9 have been learning about weathering and erosion.

Weathering is the breaking down of big rocks into smaller and smaller rocks. This can take millions of years. Erosion is the process by which the broken down pieces of rocks are carried away by wind or water.

To simulate weathering, which occurs naturally in nature, a number of experiments were conducted. Before the experiments were carried out students were challenged to predict the outcome of each experiment. These experiments included the simulation of:

1. The effect of acid rain on limestone rocks.

2. The breaking down of rocks caused when rocks collide with other rocks.

3. Weathering caused when rainwater enters crevices in rocks and then freezes at night when the temperature drops below freezing point.

4. The effect of water on rocks containing iron.

EXPERIMENT 1

This experiment was to demonstrate the effect that acid rain has on limestone. I predicted that the chalk would

produce a small eruption as there are small traces of sodium bicarbonate in the chalk. After the small eruption had

finished I further predicted that the chalk would ever so slowly start to weather and erode, in other words it would

break down (weathering) and small particles would be carried away (erosion).

What actually happened was that bubbles started coming off the chalk. This was the small eruption that I had

predicted. After that, small particles of chalk began breaking off the chalk.

This happened because vinegar contains ascetic acid, a mild acid, which soaked into the chalk and started to break it

down. In nature rain water can become acidic when carbon dioxide dissolves in it and forms carbonic acid. When

acidic rainwater falls and stays on rocks, some minerals in the rocks may react chemically with it and cause the rock

to weather. Limestone and chalk are particularly susceptible to this type of chemical weathering.

- By Phoebe C.

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EXPERIMENT 2

This experiment was to demonstrate weathering caused when rocks (or rock

particles) collide with or rub against other rocks. To do this six sugar cubes were

placed in a jar and students took turns shaking the jar 10 times each. After every 10 shakes the contents of the jar

were emptied out onto dark paper. Any chunks of sugar were returned to the jar for further shaking. By doing this

we were able to observe the changes that the sugar cubes went through during this process. Before we started

shaking the jar I predicted that the sugar cubes would break down into small pieces.

After the first student shook the jar 10 times she poured the contents of the jar onto black paper. Some sugar

crystals and sugar dust had broken off the sugar cubes and we noticed that the edges of some of the cubes had

started to chip off. As more students repeated the shaking and tipping out process, more and more of the sugar

cubes broke away. The corners and edges of the sugar cubes gradually wore away and the cubes became smoother

and more spherical.

This experiment is an example of physical weathering. The sugar cubes became smoother because particles broke

off when the sugar cubes impacted with each other and the side of the jar. In nature wind, water and waves pound

on rocks and wear them away. Prolonged action causes larger rocks with rough surfaces to smoothen. In creeks,

rivers and the ocean water carries sand and other debris and smashes them against larger rocks. The resulting

abrasion causes rocks to weather. – By Jake G

The above photos show students taking it in turns to shake sugar cubes in a jar and emptying the contents of the

jar onto black paper.

The photos above show what was left of the sugar cubes and all the

particles that had broken off during the experiment.

This photo shows how smooth

and rounded one of the sugar

cubes was at the end of the

experiment.


EXPERIMENT 3

EXPERIMENT 4

This experiment simulated the effect of water on rocks containing iron. Before we tipped water into a bag containing

steel wool I predicted that the steel wool would absorb all the water because usually wool is a material which

absorbs water.

A couple of days after we added water to the bag containing the steel wool we observed that the water was

changing colour. Each day the water became darker and darker. The reason is that the iron in the steel wool was

going rusty and the rust was discolouring the water.

This happened because the iron in the steel wool was reacting with the oxygen in the water (H2O), a chemical

reaction known as oxidation, and was corroding (going rusty). In nature, iron can rust when exposed to the oxygen

in the air or water. This is an example of chemical weathering.

- By Lily H

This experiment simulated weathering caused when rainwater enters cracks in rocks and then freezes at night when the temperature drops below freezing point. For this experiment we filled two plastic cups with water up to a black texta line on the sides of the cups and placed them in the freezer. Before we carried out the experiment I predicted that when the water froze, the sides of the cups would crack. When we removed the cups from the freezer we observed that the ice in the cups was above the line in both of the cups. This is because the water had expanded when it froze and turned to ice. In nature when rain water runs into cracks in rocks and freezes, it expands and this can cause rocks to crack further and eventually pieces of rock can break off. This is an example of physical weathering. - By Cooper H.

Steel wool in a bag before water was

added Steel wool in a bag one week after water was

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