Ingle Farm Primary School 27 May 2016

Email: dl.1162.info@schools.sa.edu.au Phone: 08 8262 4864 SMS Text: 0416 906 278

NEWSLETTER Valuing Difference, Celebrating Learning, Working Together

mportant Diary Dates Term 1

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Message from the Principal

News from two of our classes:

Room 18, Room 18’s student

teacher Kristofer and IELC 2.

Message from the Principal Dear Families

Term 2 is now in full swing. I would like to acknowledge families for attending

interviews over the last few weeks. This is a valuable opportunity for us to work

with you to share your child/ren’s successes, strengths and future goals. These

conversations will be followed up by written reports at the end of Semester 1.

These will be sent home at the conclusion of this term.

I thought it may be helpful to share with you the Australian Curriculum areas

that provide the content for us to shape your child/ren’s learning journey.

The Australian Curriculum

The body responsible for developing the Australian Curriculum is the Australian

Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA).

What follows is intended to offer a brief description of the organisation of the

Australian Curriculum.

Curriculum Organisation

The Curriculum is organised with separation of content however, weaving its

way through the content in all learning areas is a series of key threads, to be

of value to Australian students, citizens and the country as a whole. Learning Areas General Capabilities Cross Curricular Prorities

-English -Literacy -Aboriginal and Torres

-Mathematics -Numeracy Strait Islander histories

-Science -Information and and cultures

-Languages communication -Asia and Australia’s

Chinese at IFPS technology (ICT) engagement with Asia

-Health and Physical competence -Sustainability

Education -Critical and creative

-Design and thinking

Technologies -Ethical Behaviour

-Humanities and -Personal and social

Social Sciences competence

History -Intercultural

Geography

Civics and Citizenship

Year 3-10

Economics and Business

Year 5-10

-The Arts

For more information you are invited to access the ACARA website. See

http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au

Learning areas naturally provide differing opportunities for the incorporation

of various General Capabilities and the inclusion of the Cross Curricular

Priorities.

This may help as you talk with your child/ren about their learning. Kind Regards

Vanessa Mortimer (Principal)

Principal

Pictures from IELC

ZOO VISIT

Important Dates to Remember Reconciliation Week Assembly: Friday 27th May 9:30am in

the gym. Families welcome. Reconciliation Week: 30th May – 3rd June

SAPSASA Boys Soccer: Tuesday 31st June – 1:30 at Ingle Farm Primary Aboriginal Students excursion to Ingle Farm East: Thursday 2nd June

Ingle Farm Primary School 27 May 2016

Email: dl.1162.info@schools.sa.edu.au Phone: 08 8262 4864 SMS Text: 0416 906 278

Intensive English

Learning Centre 2

ROOM 28 ADELAIDE ZOO EXCURSION

As part of our IELC theme

for Term 2, the students

have been learning about

Australian animals. All IELC

classes have been

developing their

knowledge about living

things, which coincides with

writing information reports

as part of this term’s writing

genre. For some students,

this was the first time visiting

the zoo. They loved seeing

all the wonderful animals

and their excitement was

evident throughout the

day. Here are some of the

things our students said

about the visit to the zoo.

“I like the Giraffe and

Hippo” – Gazal.

“We loved the lion because

It was big and the king of

the zoo. We heard him roar

loudly” – Mahdi, Zahra,

Shayan and Japja.

“I like to watch the panda

eating bamboo” – Micah.

“I like seeing the panda,

snakes and spiders” – Polina

“I liked the reptiles, snakes,

frogs and hippos because I

have never seen them.” –

Niranju

ADELAIDE ZOO We would like to thank all the teachers and helpers

whose patience and care made the day such a

success. The students had a blast!

3, 2, 1…PANDA!!!

We saw the zoo keeper feeding

the sea lions. Look at the Giraffes!

Ingle Farm Primary School 27 May 2016

Email: dl.1162.info@schools.sa.edu.au Phone: 08 8262 4864 SMS Text: 0416 906 278

News from Room 18 This term the Year 4/5s and I have had the

pleasure of having Mr S, a third year University

student teacher, in our class. He has

developed positive relationships with students

around the school and made invaluable

contributions to learning. Good luck with your

future endeavours Mr S, you will be missed!

Mel Smith and the 4/5s in Room 18.

From Mr S

Room 18’s Student Teacher

Throughout life one aspect is always constant,

and that is learning. As a third year University

student learning to become an educator, I

was blessed to be placed at Ingle Farm

Primary School under the watchful eye of Mel

Smith and the Year 4/5s of Room 18. The staff,

students, parents and wider community of

Ingle Farm Primary School have been helpful

and friendly in assisting me to further develop

my skills and attributes in my journey to

become a teacher. Over the past few weeks

Room 18 students have shown persistence

and dedication for their learning. The

students have been developing their

persuasive text and expressive reading skills in

English, their mapping skills in Mathematics,

and creating a script on the beloved movie

“Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” in

the Arts. Every day the students of Room 18

show not only academic growth but also

personal growth, and it is a great experience

to be part of this. In my time at Ingle Farm

Primary School, even though it has been short,

I have enjoyed every minute of it and I can’t

convey my appreciation to Ms Smith, the

students, staff and families on providing

guidance to myself and I wish them all the

best for the future.

Kristofer Sjostrom

UniSA Student Teacher – Room 18

Mr S, Lawriance, Kathleen, and Redah listening to

Caleb read during reading groups.

Kathleen putting landmarks on her treasure map.

Zac ruling a grid for his treasure map.

Caleb drawing a compass on his treasure map.

Ingle Farm Primary School 27 May 2016

Email: dl.1162.info@schools.sa.edu.au Phone: 08 8262 4864 SMS Text: 0416 906 278

CANTEEN

Now open 5 days!!

Manager : Laura Nichols

Phone: 08-8260-6238

Opening Times

Monday to Friday

9:00am to 1:30pm

Ingle Farm Primary School Out of School Hours Care

And Vacation Care Ingle Farm Primary School

PO Box 423 Ingle Farm SA 5098

Ph: 8262 7208 Mobile: 0434 308 814

Fax: 8349 7837 Director: Karen Willis

E-mail: karen.willis204@schools.sa.edu.au Open Times

Before School: 7am to 9am After School: 2:45pm to 6pm Vacation Care: 7am to 6pm

Keep your kids smiling SA Dental Service

Have you received a letter from Medicare about the Child Dental Benefits Schedule? The School Dental Service is a Child Dental Benefits Schedule provider. Dental care is FREE for ALL babies, pre-schoolers and most children under 18 at the School Dental Service. Please call now for an appointment. Modbury GP Plus Dental Clinic Phone: 7425 8700

Script writing with Mr S Areti, Mohammed, Melissa, Riddhi, Dylan,

Minh, Jorja and Abdu have been specially

selected to apply their creative thinking skills

to produce a play script for the movie “Willy

Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” With

guidance from Mr S (aka Willy Wonka) they

have produced scene descriptions and

character scripts in preparation for the class

production of the Roald Dahl classic.

Minh and

Jorja

doing their

script

writing for

“Willy

Wonka”.