140 Bicentennial Drive

Golden Grove 5125

Phone: 8289 3137

Fax: 8289 3138

Email:

dl.1848_info@schools.

sa.edu.au

Website:

www.goldengps.sa.edu.au

SMS: 0416 906 270

Inside this issue

Principal News Award Winners

Sports News Book Week Opera Australia

Kelly’s News Disco Pics

Coming events

01/09/17 Year 7’s at GGHS

07/09/17

Crazy Hair Day

08/09/17 Show Day - School Closure

11/09/17 Governing Council Meeting

7pm

12/09/17 Wave Warriors at

Entertainment Centre Defence Kids Club

13/09/17 SAPSASA Boys Football

OPENING DOORS TO UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES

Golden Grove Primary School

NEWSLETTER OUR VALUES

RESPONSIBILITY-EMPATHY-SELF WORTH-PERSONAL EXCELLENCE-COLLABORATION-TRUST

140 Bicentennial Drive Golden Grove 5125

Phone : 8289 3137

Fax : 8289 3138 Email :

info@goldengps.sa.edu.au Website :

www.goldengps.sa.edu.au

Term 3 Week 6, 31st August 2017

Dear Parents,

A preliminary analysis of our school’s 2017 NAPLAN results

indicates very strong results. In particular, there is notable

improvement in the areas currently being targeted through

our Site Improvement Plan.

GGPS Year 7 Mean Score averages are higher than both

S.A. and Australian Mean Scores averages in all areas

(Numeracy, Reading, Spelling, Grammar & Writing).

GGPS Numeracy Mean Score averages are higher than SA

Mean Score averages in all Year levels 3, 5 & 7. These are

encouraging results in response to our ongoing

improvement agenda in Mathematics.

GGPS Mean Score averages are higher than our own

historical averages in Reading and Numeracy in all Year

levels 3, 5 & 7.

More GGPS students achieved results in the Higher Bands

in Reading and Numeracy in all Year levels 3, 5 & 7. Again,

encouraging results which affirm our current work to

increase the intellectual stretch provided for students.

NAPLAN individual reports will be distributed to students

tomorrow.

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HATS ARE BACK Spring is nearly here! Our hat policy requires

all students to wear hats in all seasons except winter. Students

have been reminded about the need to find their hats soon!

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REMINDER: Our School Captains will begin collecting

donations for BACKPACKS 4 SA KIDS next week. So, if you are

having a spring clean, please consider making donations to

this worthwhile charity. ______________________________________

All students are invited to join in Crazy

Hair Day on Thursday 7th September.

Gold coin donations will support our

W o r l d V i s i o n

Sponsorship of

Patricia.

SAPSASA Girls Football Carnival

On Wednesday 2nd July we took a team of girls to the SAPSASA Football

carnival.

We played Fairview Park in the first game where we had lots of shots on

goal. It was quite windy and we had some trouble converting, but we still

won by a couple of goals.

In game two we played Ardtornish and just managed to sneak home in a

tight contest by 2 points.

Game three we played Surrey Downs. At this stage the girls were playing

some very good attacking footy. We won by 5 goals.

In game 4 we played St Davids, where we got a couple of goals early, in

the first half, then we kicked one goal into the wind. They fought back

with 2 quick goals and we hung on to win by 5 points.

The last game we came against Ridgehaven who were also undefeated.

After a tight first quarter, Ridgehaven broke away to win by 4 goals. Daisy

M was fierce at the contest all day and Riley was fantastic in defence.

Rachael, Imogen and Bailey were superb at tackling. Shakeya, Zoe,

Caitlin and Lara were very damaging in our forward line, with Shakeya

kicking 8 goals for the day. Lauren B was super in the ruck for us. Ashleigh

took the ball and ran the lines many times, and Kayley, Ella and Kate

showed great versatility at both ends of the ground.

Overall we finished 2nd. Many thanks go to Kelly for her support and all

the parents who came and supported us on the day.

Bruce Pearce

Kelly’s News Have you ever had the experience of simply shaking your head at your child’s behaviour, feeling like

you must be from different planets – nothing they do or say makes sense to you! If so, please let me

assure you that you are not alone! I think every adult has experienced this at some stage with a child

that they live or work with. Interestingly, I think children sometimes go through the same thing when

looking at the adults in their lives. Children can feel that there are times that no one else really

understands them and the feelings that they are having and that can be a real challenge. These are

the times that I have been reminded of the movie “Freaky Friday” – if you’re as old as I am you

remember the original with Jodie Foster as well as the 2003 version with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay

Lohan. It’s the story of a mother and her teenage daughter who switch bodies for one very interesting

and memorable Friday.

If you have a child in upper primary years, I would encourage you to set up a date and watch it

together. You may be surprised at the conversations that take place afterwards! It’s a great lesson in

the value of empathy – literally walking in another person’s shoes and experiencing life as they do. It’s

not really realistic to expect our kids to understand and practice empathy without modelling it to them

first and the best place to start doing this is within our own family. What does this look like? We can start

by letting the other person know that we are here for them no matter what. Practicing active listening

is the next step – listening attentively and asking questions to help us understand what is being felt. It’s

important at this stage to remember that showing empathy doesn’t involve being judgemental or

problem solving. Finally, doing or saying something that will help the other person feel better is a great

way to be empathetic. Why not give this a try sometime this week. Like any life skill, the more we

practice the better we get and the more natural it becomes.

Parents in Education week promotes and highlights the importance of parents being engaged in their

child’s learning and education from birth through school, and to provide practical advice for parents

on how to support their child’s learning.

Please join us for a FREE and informative evening with

Dr Justin Coulson

As we learn strategies for:

Assisting our children to develop RESILIENCE

And how we can build stronger connections with our children

Friday 22 September 2017 7.00pm- 9.00pm

Golden Grove High School, Dame Roma Mitchell Building

Register attendance online: https://www.decd.sa.gov.au/pieweek

Dr Justin Coulson is one of Australia’s leading parenting experts and is a

highly sought-after international speaker and author. Justin has a PhD in

psychology and has written multiple peer-reviewed journal articles and

several books including ‘21 Days to a Happier Family’ and ‘9 Ways to a

Resilient Child’.

In addition, Justin writes a weekly parenting advice column for Sydney’s

Daily Telegraph along with articles in The Advertiser, appears regularly

on The Project, the TODAY Show, Studio 10, Mornings, and a large

number of radio stations around the nation, and he is the parenting

expert at kidspot.com.au.

You can find Justin on Facebook: ‘Dr Justin Coulson’s Happy Families’ or

at www.justincoulson.com

Choosing new books for the Library

HB 4’s Newspaper hats

HB6 getting ready to share Escape to

Everywhere collage story they created

with Receptions in HB11

Amelie sharing her story with Phil Cummings

Phil Cummings

HB18 students show off Story people

covers to share their favourite story

The rain and cold weather didn’t deter large numbers of

students attending our annual Disco on Friday 18th August.

The Fundraising Committee would like to thank all of the

parents and staff that made it happen. Also thank you to our

families for your continued support.

Hi Everyone,

Just a note to let you know

that I am here to support

Defence families by

assisting your child

when a member is

absent from home,

and to manage any

challenges they may

be having with

learning outcomes.

Don’t forget … we have

three Defence Bears that

haven’t been away on

course or deployment for a

while.

If you would like to take a

bear, and email some

photos for the school

newsletter, that would be

great.

Kerry Mayes

Defence School Transition Aide

Posting to another location Yes No

Discharging from Defence Yes No

Going away on Deployment Yes No

If you have answered ‘yes’ to any

of these questions, please let me

know the details of your posting,

date of discharge, or deployment

dates as soon as possible.

*******

Tuesday, 12th September

12:50pm in OSHC Computer Room

DEFENCE FAMILY HELPLINE

For ADF members, partners and family

members who require assistance with

managing deployment, posting and

relocation, support services in the

community, assistance during a crisis or

emergency and referral to a

Local Defence Community

Organisation Office.