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Adelaide Street, Magill 5072
T: +618 8331 9422 | F: +618 8431 5572
E: [email protected] | W: www.magillschool.sa.edu.au
ABSENT SMS: 0427 016 460
RESPECT
EXCELLENCE
HONESTY
RESPONSIBILITY
February 23rd 2018 Term 1, Week 4 Number 2
NEWSLETTER
REMINDER
ASSEMBLY Friday 23rdFebruary Rec - Year 2, 9.30am Year - 3-7, 11.40am
All welcome!
DON’T FORGET PUPIL FREE DAY
Monday 26th February
SCHOOL PHOTO DAY TUESDAY
13TH MARCH
SCHOOL TOURS Tuesday 27th February
9.30am-10.30am Tuesday 29th May 9.30am-10.30am
Tuesday 21st August 9.30am-10.30am
Tuesday 13th November 9.30am-10.30am
Bookings essential!
Uniform Management
Services 8363 5255 or 0409178994
NORWOOD SHOP Extended hours open every
Term 1, Saturdays from 9.00am - 12.00pm
PARENT PARTICIPATION AT MAGILL
Parent participation is important at Magill School. Our staff and students enjoy parents attending events such as assemblies, parades, acquaintance nights etc. These occasions are an opportunity for us to showcase the wonderful learning that happens every day at Magill School.
Parent participation is also important in partnering with school staff to help guide the school’s directions and programs for the future. There are a variety of ways that parents can get involved, such as; Governing Council, committees, volunteering.
At our Annual General Meeting (AGM) we elected new members onto our Governing Council for 2018. They join our continuing members to make up a full complement of councillors this year. At our first meeting, later in the term, we will decide on official positions.
WINTER NETBALL AUSSIE RULES FOOTBALL
SOCCER REGISTER NOW!
Continuing Members 2018 the final year of their
2 year tenure
Newly Elected Members
for 2018
Alison Vickers
Barrie Trelor
Bijal Acharya
Hyoung Jun Choi
Jo Adler
Kelly Bonser
Kelly Madden
Lisa Morgan
Marianne Idiculas
Wayne Cunningham
Alison Chapman-Obichukwu
Angela Benedetti
Sarah Raja Segaran
Weili Deborah Koh
Wendy Harris
These Governing Council members are representative of all the parents in the Magill School Community and at times will seek your feedback about important decision that they make.
Another way that you can get involved is to join one of our Governing Council Sub-Committees. These committees meet about twice a term and make decisions about particular programs and advise the Governing Council. The sub-committees are:
If you are interested in joining any of these committees and want further information, please email me [email protected]
Finance
Out of School Hours Care
Education
Fundraising
After School Sports
Assets
SCHOOL CLOSURE
Friday 31st August
The staff and Governing Council are keen to receive your feedback, answer any questions and listen to your concerns. Please feel free to contact teachers (I believe your child’s class teacher has already provided their school email address). If you wish to contact the leadership team please email us at: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW?
A reminder to parents ……..Staff car parks are not to be used by parents. This includes Admin carpark (Adelaide street), OSHC car park (Magill road), Penfold carpark (Penfold road) and Dental carpark (Park street). Parents are not to park in these carparks when picking up students from after school activities e.g. dance classes, sports practice and OSHC. For the safety of our students do not park in any staff car parks, they are for staff only. Students are not permitted to walk through these car parks.
NO PARKING IN STAFF CAR PARKS WINTER NETBALL
Registrations for Winter Netball are now open. This sport is played during Terms 2 and 3.
Please download the registration form from the Magill School website and return to school with payment no later than Tuesday 27th February 2018. First match begins on Saturday 5th May 2018.
SOME IMPORTANT REMINDERS
MEDICATION
Please ensure your child’s medication is up to date. If your child
has a health care plan, check that it is current.
NUT AWARENESS
Magill School has a NUT AWARENESS POLICY to prevent allergic
reactions for students with allergies.
LOST PROPERTY
The lost property is located in the foyer of the Resource Centre.
Remember to name everything that comes to school.
STUDENT PERSONAL DETAILS
If at any time there are any changes to your current student’s details, please let us know via the front office or email. It is very important that we have the correct information in case of emergencies. Please update your parent/guardian one and two email addresses as more school information will be forwarded this way and keeping you informed.
FINANCE OFFICE HOURS
8.30am - 9.15am 2.45pm - 3.15pm
Foster Carers can be single, couples, people at home, working full-time, part-time or studying. Free training and ongoing professional support (including 24-hour assistance) is provided. Find out more at one of our upcoming information sessions: Wednesday 11th April, 6.30-8.30pm St Bartholomew’s Ministry (Next to Church) 77 Beulah Road Norwood SA 5067 For more information or bookings call Linda on 8131 3456 or visit www.anglicaresa.com.au/foster-care
PARKING YOUR VEHICLE
Parents please be considerate of residents when parking your
vehicle. The school has received complaints from frustrated
residents. Parking across driveways and over yellow lines is
illegal. The council patrols the area regularly and are taking
photos of vehicles and will issue fines to offenders. The above
photograph was taken by a resident and sent to the council.
Registrations for Soccer are now open. This sport is played during Terms 2 and 3.
Please download the registration form from the Magill School website and return to school with payment no later than Tuesday 14th March 2018.
First match begins on Saturday 12th May 2018
SOCCER
AUSSIE RULES FOOTBALL Registrations for Australian Rules Football are now open. This sport is played during Terms 2 and 3.
Please download the registration form from the Magill School website and return to school with payment no later than Tuesday 6th March 2018.
First match begins in mid-May, date to be confirmed
UNIFORM MANAGEMENT
SERVICES UMS
UMS current opening hours are as follows: Magill School site - Tuesday 2.30pm - 4.00pm Norwood UMS store - 9.00am - 5.00pm
1/6 Montrose Avenue, Norwood Online everyday Extended hours open every Saturday from
9.00am - 12.00pm for Term 1. Contact number:8363 5255 or 0409178994
RORY’S SCHOOL LUNCHES CANTEEN MANAGER - ADELE
2018 Menu can be found on the Magill School website and on Rory’s School Lunches website. Details on how to download the app can be found on and Rory’s School Lunches at www.rorys.com.au Online orders need to be submitted by 8.50am. Lunch bag orders can also be placed via the class room lunch box. Canteen is open from 8.50am.
SPECIAL INTEREST PROGRAMS 2019
Wednesday 21 February 2018 at 7.00pm Middle Campus Resource Centre Morialta Road West, Rostrevor We are proud to offer three Special Interest Programs:
Accelerated STEM Program Students complete middle schooling in two years with a focus on inquiry and integrated Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) learning. Italian Immersion Program Students undertake an integrated program in Italian and Humanities. Rowing Program Students study rowing as a physical education subject and participate in Rowing Regattas.
SCHOOL STREAM APP FOR PARENTS
For more download details go to:
https://www.schoolstream.com.au/download
FREE APP
INFORMATION EVENING
CHINESE BAR CHINESE NEW YEAR TRADITIONS
Chinese culture is filled with holidays and celebrations. Among them is the biggest the Lunar New
Year, In China and Taiwan, offices and schools close for a week. More than 3.5 billion people, in the
world’s largest human migration, are expected to travel so they can ring in the occasion with their
loved ones. February 16, 2018, marks the first day of the Year of the Dog. There are some important
traditions for Chinese New Year.
CLEAN UP
Scrub every nook and crevice of your home to rid yourself of the rubbish and bad mojo of the
previous year. Think of it as a very early spring cleaning. You must complete your work by New
Year’s Day, and then stow away your broom, mop, vacuum cleaner and cleaning products. Because
if you wield these tools on the first few days of the New Year, you will sweep away your good
fortune.
PUT YOUR HOUSE FINANCES IN ORDER
If you borrowed money from family or friends last year, pay them back before the start of the New
Year; any outstanding loans will bring you misfortune. The same goes for unresolved arguments or
grudges, so make peace.
BEAUTIFY YOURSELF…
A haircut and a new outfit - red is the most lucky colour, but if it isn’t your colour, just be sure to
stay away from the unlucky shades of black and white. As with cleaning, trimming your hair in the
first days of the New Year will result in snipping away good fortune, so groom accordingly.
BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME
Decorate your clean, sparkling house with a bowl of oranges or apples, or with live plants (avoid
white flowers; they are associated with funerals). It is also customary to hang up signs with Chinese
sayings and the character (fu)福,which means good luck. However, if you choose the latter, display
them upside down; this signifies that success is coming.
FEAST WITH YOUR FAMILY
The most important night for getting together is New Year’s Eve. That is when you gather with your
nearest and dearest for dinner, eating dishes like fish (always served whole), dumplings and sticky
rice cakes. Because New Year’s is a time when young adults are expected to bring home their
boyfriend or girlfriend for inspection, in the past few years an industry of boyfriends and
girlfriends that you can rent for the holiday has increased in China.
SET A POSITIVE TONE FOR THE YEAR
According to Chinese superstition, whatever you do during the New Year’s period will characterize
the 12 months to follow. So no crying, no arguing, and no borrowing money for the first two weeks,
unless that is how you were hoping to spend your days.
BE A GIVER
According to tradition, hong bao）红包 - or red envelopes - containing a significant amount of
money which are presented to children, unmarried adults, and seniors on New Year’s Eve. However,
technology has blown the custom wide open, and now people of all ages and relationships both
send and receive their（hong bao）红包 via text message. The funds, often as little as U.S. $2,.00
can be deposited into mobile payment accounts.
The Premiers Reading Challenge is underway and many students are already filling in their forms with books that they have read. In 2017 at Magill School from our Resource Centre, 22,982 books from the PRC booklist were read. What an enormous number. Listed below are the top 10 reads from 2017.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: the long haul borrowed 141 times
Mega weird borrowed 140 times
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick rules borrowed 132 times
Weir Do. 4, Super weird borrowed 114 times
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: the ugly truth borrowed 113 times
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: old school borrowed 109 times
Totally weird! Borrowed 105 times
The 13 – storey treehouse borrowed 103 times
Cabin fever borrowed 101 times
Double down borrowed 95 times
Happy reading this year.
PASTORAL CARE AT MAGILL
We are already well into the term, but allow me to add my word of welcome to Magill School for 2018. I’m Kat Edson and I am the Pastoral Care Worker here at Magill. There are a number of different facets to my role however the main ones include support and encouragement within our school community and working alongside leadership and staff for the prevention and promotion of well-being. It is such a unique role where I have the opportunity to be involved in many aspects of school life and help out where possible. I will be at the school on Tuesdays and Fridays (at least for the first two terms), and can be contact via the office or via email. My email is [email protected] If you have any questions around my role or how I can support you and your family while at Magill, please don’t hesitate to contact me. I look forward to journeying through another successful year with you all. Kat Edson
IDENTITY
Our class did the VIA survey
to find out our character
strengths. We all had some
of the same traits but
everyone had them in a
different order. We also had
our photos taken to create our self
portraits. Using white paper we ruled grid
lines very faintly in pencil to copy the
photo by each grid square. We learnt a bit
about shading for effect. The final product
looked amazing.
HASS/GEOGRAPHY
For the last couple of weeks, and for the
rest of this term our class will been
studying “Water In The World”. In
learning teams we have mind-mapped
our ideas by drawing a circle with the
topic “Water in the World” written in the
middle. We did subtitles with topics and we wrote
what we knew about water and problems or issues
to do with water. We also learnt some vocabulary
used when describing water. In Visual Art we drew
pictures of taps with lines creating water movement
and colourful patterns and things that symbolize
water. The class enjoyed using creativity and our
imaginations.
