Message from the Principal Dear Parents & Caregivers,

We are gradually easing some of the COVID-19 restrictions over the coming

weeks.

As of next week we will:

move to one timetable and discontinue staggered recess and lunch play.

resume some lunchtime clubs and activities including Student Wellbeing Leaders.

introduce some sports training, however adult attendance will still be limited.

We still need to maintain social distancing amongst adults and ensure that we are aware

of all adults who enter the school grounds. We continue to ask that parents:

only come to the school if you need to and refrain from entering buildings

continue to drop off / pick up without delay and maintain social distancing from

other adults

contact the school office or your child’s teacher in order to make an appointment.

Reports and Assessment

Semester 1 reports will be available on the parent portal at the end of Week 1, Term 3. We

apologise for the delay however felt that in order to make an accurate and balanced

judgement of student progress in all 8 areas of study, more time was required to collect

and collate our assessment pieces. We will not be holding formal interviews, however if

you wish to talk to your child’s teacher about their reports, please contact them to make

an appointment.

Year 7 to High School in 2022

Next year will be the final year we have Year 7 students at Linden Park as we farewell our

Year 7 and Year 6 cohort at the end of 2021. We acknowledge the importance of

ensuring our Year 6 students have the same opportunities to be involved and to celebrate

their time at primary school. We are making plans to ensure that we have both Year 6

and 7 leadership camps, graduations, student leadership positions and a Year 6/7 Seniors

jumper. We have also been working collaboratively with teachers from Glenunga

International High School to strengthen our transitional relationships by sharing

pedagogical practices, curriculum content and student achievement data. We will keep

you updated as the year progresses.

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD)

All schools are required to collect information about the numbers of students that they

provide adjustments to under the Disability Discrimination Act (1992) and Disability

Standards of Education. This data is used as the basis for national funding.

The NCCD involves the collection of:

the number of students receiving adjustments to enable them to participate in

education on the same basis as other students

the level of adjustment provided to students

student’s type of disability, if known

Under the model the definition of disability is broad and includes learning difficulties,

health and mental health conditions. If your child is identified for inclusion in the

Collection, the required information will be included in this year’s data collection.

More information is located in this newsletter.

Deb O’Neill, Principal

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Department for Education T/A South Australian

Government Schools

CRICOS Provider Number: 00018A

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Calendar & News

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05/06/2020 Yr 7 Growth & Development Incursion

08/06/2020 PUBLIC HOLIDAY (Queen's Birthday)

12/06/2020 Yr 7 Growth & Development Incursion

19/06/2020 Yr 7 Growth & Development Incursion

26/06/2020 Yr 7 Growth & Development Incursion

29/06/2020 Governing Council

03/07/2020 Last day of Term 2 - EARLY DISMISSAL 2:10pm

20/07/2020 First day of Term 3

Keeping connected to online support—recommended resources Children and young people grow up in a highly connected world. Online

connections are integral to how they live. As parents and carers, it’s important to

help your child manage how and when they are online. While at times it may be

necessary to limit their access, it’s important to remember that their online

connections can be healthy and link them to supportive friends on social media

or to mental health information and services.

Children and young people need to know its ok to reach out to mental health

professionals when they need advice and support. We want all children and

young people to feel respected, in touch and mentally healthy. We can guide

them through complicated relationships, no matter where they happen. Let’s

work together to help them stay safe and keep connected.

The Federal Government’s esafety resources https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents

provides useful information and advice for parents and carers to help children

have safe experiences online.

Additional Mental health resources:

https://kidshelpline.com.au/

https://headspace.org.au/eheadspace/

School Fees

As incursions have now recommenced, we ask parents to please

ensure their 2020 excursion/incursion program invoice has been

paid. If you need to confirm your family’s statement of account

or are suffering financial hardship, please contact

dl.0647.finance@schools.sa.edu.au for support or help regarding

options such as Payment Instalment Plans.

LPPS Out of School Hours Care (OSHC)

Our July Vacation Program is out and open for

bookings! Due to Covid-19 we are unable to book any excursions or companies

for incursions, however, the educators have brainstormed some great ideas and

we have created a fun and engaging program here at OSHC! It is really

important that all bookings or cancellations are made through My Family

Lounge. As bookings are automatic, there will be no confirmation email sent.

Please read all information on the portal carefully and ensure no nut products

are packed. Nicole Ninos, Director—Linden Park OSHC

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Attendance Matters!

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“Every child and young person has a right to an education that develops their talent

and ability to reach their fullest potential.

Education is the pathway for children and young people to begin their contribution

to civic life. It is the means by which we develop people who are able to participate

successfully in our community.

We all have a role to ensure that children and young people get the best education

available, and this starts with ensuring that children attend school all day, every

school day.” John Gardner, Minister for Education

Attending school every day improves a child’s future life outcomes. It supports their

learning and wellbeing. It’s a parent’s legal responsibility to ensure their child goes to

school every day. As a school we have a responsibility to monitor and report student

attendance. When student absences occur they must have an explanation.

Parents must contact the school if their child will be absent with a reason via:

ringing the Student Absence line (08) 8379 3382 and leave a message

or submitting a notification on the Skoolbag app e-form or via the Linden Park Primary

School website—quicklink on the front page “Advise student absence”

If a student is absent 3 consecutive days without explanation you will be contacted

to account for the absences. Intervention with a referral to the Department’s

attendance support services will be undertaken for those students with chronic non-

attendance (where a student is absent for 10 days or more per term). We would like

to emphasise the critical importance in reporting absences and appreciate your

efforts to follow this procedure to maximise learning opportunities for your child.

If you are dropping your child off to school late /collecting them early, you will need

to sign them in/out at the front office. Parents are not permitted in classroom

buildings under current COVID-19 protocols.

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Library

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On Wednesday 27th May our classes

celebrated National Simultaneous Storytime

along with over a million other participants.

After sharing the book, Whitney and Britney

Chicken Divas by Lucinda Gifford, students

were involved in a range of activities. Some

classes designed new costumes for the singing

act, Foxy and the Chickettes, or redesigned

the chicken coop to ensure the chickens

couldn’t escape at night, some made rockin’

chicks while others became divas themselves!

The LPPS Library Team

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Yr 3 Science Incursion

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On Wednesday 27 May and Thursday 28 May our Year 3 students thoroughly enjoyed

their Fire & Ice and Making Waves incursions delivered by SciWorld. Over the two

days the children were shown a number of experiments including those that

highlighted differences between salt and fresh water, understanding different energy

types and how metal elements can change the colour of flame.

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Yr 4 Science Incursions

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On Monday, Tuesday and

Wednesday this week our Year 4

students have been learning all

about Energy and Forces through

interactive incursions delivered by

SciWorld. From the hands on

workshops and science experiments,

students have observed how forces

can be exerted by one object on

another through direct contact or

from a distance, investigated

Newton’s Laws of Motion and seen

first hand examples of kinetic and

potential energy.

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Code Club

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Our after school Year 4-6 Code Club has officially landed!

With a bit of a postponed program due to COVID-19

restrictions, we are excited to announce that we are now up

and running again.

The students have experimented with using ‘Trinket’ to build

their own robot and create their own stories with their mentor,

Mr Jan Jost. As there has been considerable interest for the

code club we have started a second group to accommodate

the more students. This second group will start with their first

session this week. We look forward to sharing with you what we learn in upcoming

newsletters.

Nicole Scrivener, Deputy Principal: Innovation & Inquiry

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Sport & Extra-Curricular Activities

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Australian Mathematics Competition—Year 4 to Year 7

We are please to announce an opportunity for students in Years 4 to 7 to register

for the Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC). The AMC is an engaging

30-problem competition that demonstrates the importance and relevance of

mathematics in students’ everyday lives and is designed to test mathematical thinking.

The competition is run under test conditions on Thursday 30th July from 3:30pm until

approximately 4:45pm. If you know in advance that your child will not be present / available ,

please DO NOT register as there are no make up sessions. Students will need to be collected

by parents after the competition. This is a voluntary competition and please consult and gain

agreement from your child before registering them for the competition.

To register: please purchase individually for each child via the QKR App or on the QKR

website https://qkr.mastercard.com/store in the School Payments menu under the

COMPETITIONS tab. The cost is $10 (GST free). Please check your receipts in QKR to ensure

you have paid and completed the purchase. Closing date is strictly Friday 19th June. No late

registrations will be accepted and there are no refunds. More information can be found on

the Skoolbag app.

CROSS COUNTRY

Those students turning 10-13 years old this year

who registered interest in running cross country

have been able to get out over the last few

weeks and practice and record a time for the

event. Students were able to run 2km or 3km

around a short course at Mariner Street Oval with

their time to be submitted to School Sport SA (SAPSASA). It also

helped with the state’s competition against Western Australia in the

‘virtual cross country’ event.

The normal SAPSASA cross country events have been cancelled for

this year. However, we have still been able to afford those interested

students a chance to run the event for the school. Well done to the

following students, all completing the course and achieving a time:

13 YO – Sam K (Yr 7)

12 YO – Angelina L (Yr 7), Callie P (Yr 6), Ke Xin Y (Yr 6), Will T (Yr 6),

Harry N (Yr 6)

11 YO – Tristan K (Yr 5), Hamish D (Yr 6), Harvey M (Yr 6), Phoebe K

(Yr 5), Annaliese P (Yr 5), Sophia P (Yr 5)

10 YO – Myles K (Yr 4), Angus S (Yr 5), Oliver S (Yr 4), Ke Rui Y (Yr 4)

Additions to run – Victor M (Yr 4)

CHESS – ROUND 3

Our A Grade online chess team defeated Mitcham PS 4

matches to 1 and lost 3 matches to 2 against PAC over the

last 2 weeks.

SCHOOL SPORT UPDATE

Sport has been missed over the latter part of Term 1 and during Term 2

which has been frustrating for many of the students I’m sure. At this

stage in Term 3, winter netball, basketball and soccer will be resuming

for one term only. Those that have not registered for basketball

already and would like to can register on QKR under the School Sport

menu by Friday 19th June. SAPSASA programs and competitions such

as knockout sports may resume in Term 3 pending restrictions. At this stage, no external

Reception to Year 2 programs will be run on-site for the rest of Term 2. Please keep an eye out

for further updates about soccer, football and our Reception to Year 2 programs on

Skoolbag.

Derek Woodcock, Out of Hours Sports Coordinator

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Student Free Day Feedback

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Did you know that teachers are also reflective learners? On Friday 29th May the LPPS

teaching staff met to develop their professional knowledge and pedagogy about

learning design, assessment and moderation. We were provided with the opportunity

to network with other teachers from schools in our partnership using video

conferencing (Webex). Teachers shared their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities

and what goals they have set themselves for the term. There was professional

conversation around the importance of assessment and learning task design.

As a PYP inquiry school, we are often using feedback to respond to our student’s

needs and personalise learning experiences. Collecting feedback is an important

part of the teaching and learning cycle. It allows us to collect information from all

stakeholders in a way that is impartial and equitable.

Research shows that without formalised feedback processes, we are at risk of only

hearing from the stakeholders who are confident in speaking up and sharing their

thoughts.

Overall, teachers left the professional development day having built stronger

professional connections, collaboratively developed task designs and set

formative/summative assessments for their students.

Nicole Scrivener, Deputy Principal: Innovation & Inquiry

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Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on

School Students with Disability (NCCD)

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What is the NCCD?

Under the Disability Discrimination Act and

the Disability Standards for Education 2005, Australian

students with disability must be able to access and

participate in education on the same basis as their peers. To ensure this, students with

disability may receive adjustments to access education, based on the professional

judgement of teachers, in consultation with the student and/or their parents,

guardians or carers The Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students

with Disability (NCCD) gives Australian schools, parents, guardians and carers,

education authorities and the community information about the number of students

with disability in schools and the adjustments they receive. The Australian Education

Regulation 2013 requires all schools to report the data collected for the NCCD to the

Australian Government on an annual basis.

What is the purpose of the NCCD?

The NCCD collects data about school students with disability who are receiving

adjustments across Australia in a consistent, reliable and systematic way. It enables

schools, education authorities and governments to better understand the needs of

students with disability and how they can be best supported at school.

The NCCD involves the collection of:

the number of students receiving adjustments to enable them to participate in

education on the same basis as other students

the level of adjustment provided to students

student’s type of disability if known under the model the definition of disability is

broad and includes learning difficulties, health and mental health conditions.

NCCD data is used:

As an evidence base, to give teachers, schools and sectors information about

students with disability and the level of educational adjustment being provided

To inform policy development and future planning to better equip schools and

education authorities to support students with disability

To improve understanding of the requirements and responsibilities of school

teams and the broader community under the DDA and the Standards

To capture the work of schools under the obligations of the DDA and the

Standards, allowing students with disability to access and participate in

education on the same basis as other students

To highlight the individual needs of each student with disability by focusing on

the level of educational support provided to them at school

If your child is identified for inclusion in the collection during Term 2, the required

information will be included in this year’s data collection. If you have any questions

about the data collection, please contact Heidi Rohrig via dl.0647.info@schools.sa.edu.au

Further information can be found at: https://www.nccd.edu.au/

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Notices

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