Snapshot Week 4 Term 2

Friday 22 May 2020

Attendance at School

On advice from SA Health, the Department for Education now expects that all public school

students, who are well and not considered vulnerable to COVID-19, will attend school.

Students are required to attend school unless they are:

Feeling unwell

Have a chronic medical condition, or compromised immune system, and are not able

to attend school on advice from their medical practitioner

Live in a household with others that are deemed vulnerable to COVID-19 and are not

able to attend school on advice of their medical practitioner

Have been diagnosed with COVID-19, or have been required to self-isolate by SA

Health

Parents should maintain the 1.5m physical distance between themselves and other adults

(parents and teachers) at all times, including school drop off and pick up.

School of Languages - Holiday Program

As part of the government’s Languages in Schools initiative, the School of Languages has

expanded the cross-sector R-7 Languages Alive! program. The July 2020 program will provide

students with interactive language learning opportunities in a range of languages, including

Auslan, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Ngarrindjeri and Spanish. Sessions will be held on

Tuesday 7, Wednesday 8, Thursday 9, Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15 July 2020. The cost is

$10.00 per student, per day (FREE for School Card or Health Care Card holders). To book

tickets go to https://www.ticketebo.com.au/languagesalive/

Week 5 Crossing

Monitors

AM

Muskaan

Riya S

Sofia T

PM

Wania W

Maggie W

Thomas S

Learner Profile Awards

Well done to the following students for demonstrating the IB Learner Profile of ‘Thinker’.

Thinkers use critical and creative thinking skills, and make reasoned, ethical decisions.

Where do we take Sustainability at Rose Park Primary School?

COVID-19 has affected many things but it has not wavered our mission and efforts to make

Rose Park Primary more sustainable.

With the support of all staff and the leadership team, internal and external bins have been

rolled out to all classrooms, common areas and outside. The staff and children in all year

levels have participated in educational sessions delivered by Carole Gordon from Bin Shift.

Cleanaway continue to assist management in external waste reduction and redirection.

The twilight sustainability community picnic evening in March this year gathered families,

showcased a variety of stall holders, and culminated with the official opening of our Green

Thumbs Garden. The second hand school uniforms sold that evening also raised $800 for

sustainability initiatives at the school.

We are now planning – what next?

Where should we focus our sustainability efforts next and in this context where should we

spend the $800 raised?

We'd welcome your thoughts and ideas – please click here for a quick survey on

Sustainability at Rose Park to help you share them. It only takes 2-5 minutes! We are keen to

hear from as many parents as possible and also keen to have your involvement with our

sustainability group moving forward.

From the Rose Park Primary Sustainability Group

Year 2 Term 2 Update – ‘Sharing the Planet’ (Transdisciplinary Theme)

Rather than jumping on a plane, our Year 2 students have been traveling the world in the

safest way during COVID 19 times. We are inquiring into ‘Australia and the world are

interconnected.’ We have questioned:

How is the world divided into parts? For example; continents, countries, states and territories,

cities and towns. (Function: how does it work?)

What are the similarities and differences between countries of the Asian region? (Perspective:

what are the points of view?)

How is Australia’s culture and society influenced by people of Asian heritage? (Connection:

how is it connected to other things?)

The most popular food in Indonesia is… fried rice. It has vegetables, spices and rice of course.

A popular activity is a cooking school. I have not been to Indonesia but I think it would be

really fun there. - Angela Rm 12

Ping pong and badminton are the top two sports in China. Fried ice-cream is a popular

sweet dish from China. - Harvey Rm 12

We have learnt so much stuff in Inquiry - like how Singapore has food and how it's made, the

different animals and how fast they go. I love cricket from India and Australia has cricket too!

- Akhila Rm 6

I used a Venn diagram to show how India and Australia are connected. They both have

English as the official language. Australia has kangaroos and the Opera House but India has

the Taj Mahal. - Sam Rm 6

I was surprised to learn that Hong Kong has one of the largest Australian communities, with

around 100,000 Australians living there. -Jack Rm 11

Australia and Thailand have some similarities, one of them being that they both have the

same colours on their flag. - Hettie Rm 11

Year Book

With new technology such as Seesaw facilitating the availability of a digital portfolio for every

child’s learning throughout the year, and at no expense to families, the school will no longer

produce an annual Year Book. We are currently exploring options for the sharing/sale of

photographs for sporting teams and school performances.

Seesaw is a is a simple way for teachers to share what's happening in their classrooms and to

communicate quickly and easily with families. Teachers can also share examples of student

learning; creating a digital portfolio.

Family members can access their child’s learning through the Seesaw app as long as their

child’s class is active. After a class has been archived by a teacher, family members will

have 60 days to download a .zip archive of their child’s journal (step-by-step instructions can

be found on the Seesaw Help Centre). This journal will include images, videos, voice

recordings, and captions for free. When a class is archived, families are notified with

instructions on how to download the .zip archive. After a class has been archived for 60

days, family members will no longer have access to the class.