Suzie Sangster - Principal

Adrianna Kyriacou - Deputy Principal

Reece Freak - Assistant Principal

12 Robsart Street

Parkside SA 5063

T: 8271 2437

F: 8373 3075

E: dl.0328_admin@schools.sa.edu.au

W: www.parksideps.sa.edu.au

OSHC

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Building a Learning Community

In this issue,

From the Principal

From the Deputy Principal

An Update from the Maths

Coach

From the Finance Office

STUDENT ABSENCES

Maitidli News

Newsletter

R . E . A . C . H .

Respect Enthusiasm Achievement Cooperation Honesty

Week 5 - 27th February, 2020

Please click on the image below

to access our Facebook page:

Reminder Dogs are not permitted on school grounds.

Student Leaders 2020 Last Tuesday morning, we held the Student Leadership and House Captain selection. Year 7

students delivered a three-minute oral presentation outlining what they would bring to a

Student Voice Leadership position. Our panel members of Miss Segat, Ms Fuss, Mr Cefai, Miss

Reena and two Year 7 students, made selections based on the presentations. Both Year 6

and 7 students were able to apply for House Captain positions. The panel members used a

selection criteria process to make their final decision.

Congratulations to our following leaders:

Umbrellas in the Library!

Reminder:

All students need

to wear their hats.

MARCH

Tues 3rd AGM 7:00pm

Wed 4th GRIP Leadership Day

Fri 6th Assembly 9:00am Mitchell 1

School Clean Up Day

Mon 9th Adelaide Cup Public Holiday

Fri 13th Parent Rep Meeting 9:00am

Tues 17th Governing Council 7:00pm

Fri 20th Harmony Day

Assembly 9:00am Bradman 2

Diary Dates

Annual General Meeting 3rd March Please join us at the AGM next Tuesday at 7:00pm in the Library. The Annual Report

will be shared and new Governing Council members will be elected.

Student Voice Leaders

Student Voice Presidents Jameson and Hosham

Student Voice Vice Presidents Kristina and Abir

Fun Day Leader Aryan

Canteen Committee Leaders Miranda and Rose

Sustainability Committee Leaders Evelyn and Vidhi

Fundraising Committee Leader Yahia

Peer Support Leaders Adith and Lachlan

House Leaders

Kenilworth House Leaders Hugo, Aleisha and Jack

Young House Leaders Ruby, Annabelle and Bhavi

Castle House Leaders Alex, Layla and Ollie

Robsart House Leaders James, Ned and Izzy

From the Principal

Parkside Primary School Newsletter

Our Student Voice Leaders and I will attend the GRIP leadership conference next Wednesday at the Convention

Centre with student leaders from schools across the State. All leaders will be presented with their badges at next

Friday’s assembly.

Parent Teacher Discussions On 23rd March, teachers and students will meet with parents to discuss the learning so far this year. Staff will be

available for late interviews on Tuesday, 24th March. The attached link will take you to an online booking sheet:

www.schoolinterviews.com.au (enter the event code zqdjw)

On Leave As you read this newsletter, I will be interstate for a few days to attend my nephew’s wedding. I will return on

Tuesday, 4th March ready for the AGM. Adrianna will be Acting Principal in my absence.

Suzie Sangster

Principal

From the Deputy Principal

Year 7 to High School Transition Last week, I attended an information session on the upcoming Year 7 to high school move. At this session, it was

expressed that there would be regular communication with families over the next 18 months. Please find a link to

the latest information provided to all families, including an email address if you have any questions:

Year 7 to High School Parent Update Week 5, Term 1 2020 (PDF, 220 KB)

Play is the Way Wellbeing Update What do parents need to know?

Parkside has been following this methodology for two years. We are now entering our third year and our focus

will move into the 3Rs model: Reflect, Repair and Restitution.

Students work through a series of 6 Key Concepts with the Golden Rule underpinning them all, “Treat others as

you would like them to treat you.”

There are posters for these 6 Key Concepts and they are visible around the school. Parents can purchase their

own posters for their fridge at home.

Parkside Primary's Vision At Parkside Primary School we provide an inspirational, diverse and creative environment where students are challenged

to become confident, capable and productive contributors of society.

Students are the masters of their own wellbeing and behaviour. Asking them these questions will support the

reasons behind their decisions:

Am I doing the right or wrong thing?

Am I making a strong or weak decision?

Are my feelings in charge of actions or my thinking?

If you would like some more information, please feel free to contact me or visit the Play is the Way section of the

school website. I asked some students what they enjoy about Play is the Way and this is what they have said:

How has ‘Play is the Way’ helped you?

“It helps in games when we are trying to work as a team or having group discussions and the teacher can say,

"which Play is the Way concept is that?" It helps because it is an easy way to understand concepts like treating

others as you'd like to be treated. It is a great way of teaching us to be kind and respect others. Yay for Play is

the Way.”

“It has helped kids in our school so they know what bullying is and why you shouldn’t do it.”

Adrianna Kyriacou

Deputy Principal

An Update from the Maths Coach

Dear Parkside Families and Friends,

Our students are now 5 weeks into their mathematical development for 2020, and whilst they are seeing games,

problems, and rotations in their day to day learning experience, what should excite all involved, is the deep

knowledge teachers have behind these activities - knowledge of where each of the students are, and where each

of their next learning steps will be. Deep questioning, knowledge of the Big Ideas in Number and techniques to

support and stretch all students have all been part of the 2020 mathematical development for Parkside classrooms.

Staff began the year in training around questions to make students think and reason deeply in maths. These

questioning techniques, or Talk Moves extend students thinking past basic ask and recall habits. Many classrooms in

our school practice Number Talks before diving into a subject matter in a lesson, and these talks require students to

mentally solve or estimate a problem before discussing their thoughts. Talk Moves are an excellent way to enhance

these conversations, and could be used to prompt questioning on tasks at home, in the car, or between siblings.

At the core of our teaching is the Big Ideas in Number. The Big Ideas in Number (read more about it at

www.ppsmathsathome.com) for staff, stakeholders and students to develop in primary school are - in order: Trusting

the Count, Place Value, Multiplicative Thinking, Partitioning, Proportional Reasoning, and Generalising. Our teachers

plan, teach, and assess our students with these benchmark concepts in mind, knowing that giving students a firm

grasp of fundamental developmental stages will push them beyond rough and rushed misconceptions. Our entire

staff will have further training on each of these Big Ideas as the year passes, and our upper primary team has

already begun working with Dr. Di Siemon on developing knowledge on Multiplicative Thinking. Further parent

workshops on these Big Ideas will be run in Term 2 and 3.

Reaching every student’s needs and actualising their potential is our goal, and all teachers across the school make

use of maths rotations to do this. Typically run 3 lessons a week, teachers have a rigorous cycle in place, one of pre-

assessment, grouping, creating tasks that address common misconceptions, and then reviewing progress. Teachers

supplement this cycle with problem solving and explicit teaching of fluency. Students in this cycle rotate between

working with the teacher in a small group, practicing fluency, exploring concepts in games, and using technology

with maths. This rotational cycle is constantly being refined, as teachers are practitioners of course, but it is

considered best practice due to the excellent improvement students show through these cycles.

I encourage you to check out our school maths website for parents, www.ppsmathsathome.com for more

information on the above and a wide range of other helpful directions for your mathematical parenting. Keep an

eye out for Term 2 and 3 workshops for parents and, if you have any questions or suggestions for me to consider,

email me at reece.freak18@schools.sa.edu.au.

Kind regards,

Reece Freak

Assistant Principal (Maths Coach)/Year 5/6 Teacher

From the Finance Office

Dear Parents / Caregivers,

Thank you for your prompt payment for the Year 3 camp (ZooSnooze).

Excursion Levy payment $60.00 is due 28th February unless you have handed in an options form which was sent

with the invoice.

If you would like to pay Materials & Services Charges (fees) off in instalments, you need to fill in either a Direct Debit

form or an Instalment form, which can be obtained from the Finance Office.

For Parents / Caregivers who believe they may be entitled to the School Card, this can be accessed online.

Regards,

Pat Hamilton

Business Manager

STUDENT ABSENCES If your student is absent from school, you need to communicate this directly with the Front Office, using one of the

following options:

Ring 8271 2437 press 1 and leave a message on the Absence Line

Skoolbag notification

In person, if you are dropping off other siblings

Email dl.0328_admin@schools.sa.edu.au

You are most welcome to notify their teacher as well, as long as the Front Office receives the notification.

LATE ARRIVALS All students arriving after the bell must come through the Front Office to sign in and get a Late Slip for their teacher.

FAMILY HOLIDAYS An exemption form must be completed when a student is going to be absent for 3 or more days. The form is

available at the Front Office.

SkoolBag

Skoolbag is our primary tool for communicating with our families about events that are happening within our school

community. It is available for download and installation on most devices. Information on how to download and

install is available on our website:

https://www.moqproducts.com.au/skoolbag/installation-instructions/

You may also come to the front office if you need assistance.

Maitidli News

We would like to take the time to congratulate the new Student

Voice Canteen Committee Leaders, Miranda and Rose. The girls

are working towards forming the new committee of students

who will be volunteering in the canteen this coming year.

We would also like to thank all the students who have given up their

recess or lunch times to help out in the first five weeks of school.

We had a bumper crop of strawberries delivered to the

canteen from the kitchen garden this week. Look out for our

special sorbet flavours next week.

More exciting news! From Monday, we are switching to reusable forks and spoons in an

effort to reduce our plastic waste. Lunch orders will include metal forks where necessary. Ice

cream cups and sorbet will have metal spoons. Sorbet will be served in returnable small

cups. All students will be encouraged to return their forks and spoons directly to the

canteen, or place them into the class lunch crate for washing up. All sorbet cups should be

returned to the canteen. Please join us in discussing this change with your child and

encourage return of our cutlery.

DID YOU KNOW? We have a new food waste collection point below the small window at

the canteen. Any leftovers can be placed into the green container for composting. We also

have a crate where Thursday sushi containers can be returned to the canteen for washing

and recycling, along with any plastic ‘sushi fish’.

Ash, Carrie, Viann and Angela

Canteen Staff

Thank you to this week’s Maitidli

Canteen Volunteers

Preeti Patil Leslie High

Olivia Gowans Kara Birch

Julie Wilson Lee Ho

Anna Wade Cassandra Ramirez Estevez

Rachel Bell Sally Sanders