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On Friday 2 weeks ago, Louise Jesshope, Natasha Meyer, Jordan Fowler and
Ben Schofield with their parents, went to meet the Prime Minister at a
morning tea organised by the Federal Member for Kingston, Kym Richardson
at Southside Christian Centre.
We arrived, collected our name tags and just milled around chatting for a
while until it started. Pastor Danny spoke and the Southside Choir sang.
Then they invited us to help ourselves to the wonderful spread of morning
tea, consisting of little cakey things (proper name forgotten), fresh
fruit, cheeses, tea, coffee and various juices. There were a lot of
people there (around 400) and there was still some food left over.
Mr Howard finally arrived and started to make his way around the room,
shaking hands as people continued to mingle. Mr Richardson then spoke and
introduced Mr Howard. Mr Howard spoke (very long) and then made his way
around the rest of the room shaking more hands. As he was leaving the
stage area Natasha and Louise quickly went over, shook his hand, said
hello and received a half a hug (extremely
proud moment) and Jordan had her photo taken with the Prime Minister. We
don't think we will ever forget it. Southside sang the same song again
and a little while later we left.
It was a great day and we were glad to represent our school.
By,
Louise Jesshope and Natasha Meyer
Jordan Fowler with Mr Howard at the morning tea.
The
Healthy Eating Committee has been meeting each fortnight throughout the
term, looking at strategies to encourage healthy eating across the school
community. The main focus of the committee this term has been to review
the school canteen menu and to support the canteen staff to provide to
students, a
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range
of low fat, low sugar food items which are nutritious, tasty and
attractive to eat.
At the
meetings, the main topic of discussion has centred around 'sometimes'
food, that is food that should only be eaten sometimes, perhaps as a
treat, and not be readily available from the canteen as part of an
acceptable, everyday meal. Foods like hot pastries, buns, chips and
lollies have come under close scrutiny. If the school, and therefore the
canteen, is going to educate students and families about the benefits of
healthy eating and healthy lifestyles, the canteen menu can be used as a
powerful means of supporting and reinforcing this message.
The
committee, which includes canteen staff, has almost reached agreement on
the new look menu, which will be available to students from the beginning
of next term. Students and families who wish to purchase 'sometimes' food
will only be able to purchase it in small portions, and in tandem with a
'healthy' addition. This approach is recommended by the government healthy
eating guidelines and gives students the message that 'sometimes' food
should only be eaten in small amounts, sometimes, while the main diet
should be made up of healthy alternatives.
Look
out for the new and exciting canteen menu for next term, which will be
distributed soon.
If you
are interested in knowing more about the work of the Healthy Eating
Committee, and having an input into the directions that we are going, you
are most welcome to come to the meetings which are held in the school
staff room at 2.15 pm on alternate Wednesdays. The next meeting will be on
21st September.
Dayna and Scott try some of the new healthy and balanced menu items.
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HAPPY VALLEY SCHOOL
HAPPENINGS |
Over
the last week there have been an amazing number of activities in which
Happy Valley students have participated. All have been accompanied with
praise for their positive attitude, effort and outstanding results.
Learning occurs in so many ways
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and so
having opportunities to learn in groups in and outside of the school
environment enables students to develop a range of skills such as
cooperation, communication, confidence and independence as well as
strengthening each child's concept of identity.
Alison, Daniel and Amelia sort through some of the donations for the
'Trash 'n Treasure' stall.
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HAPPY VALLEY WAKAKIRRI'S IN THE FINALS! |
Congratulations to all involved; students, parents and teachers. The
Wakakirri team has been selected to perform in the Finals at the
Entertainment Centre on October 20th.
Their
story dance was dynamic and full of colour and energy and everyone is
excited about this fantastic news. A few more rehearsals will really add
polish to the performance in readiness for the great event. Well done
everyone!
Last
Monday night we were entertained by music students who sang in the Choir
or played violin, recorder, keyboard, guitar, saxophone and flute. The
winter flu has kept some away but the confidence of the students shone
through. Special thanks must go to our instrumental music teachers, Jenny
Eime, Julie Kuchel, Neil Weber and choir accompanist Julie Bennett, who
guide these students week by week.
Special thanks to Barb Williams for training the Choir and organising the
night so well.
A
reminder to students: please remember to bring your instrument to lessons
each week.
Joshua
Snares and Scott Goldfinch did a great job as stage hands while Nazanin
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Five
students have been competing in an out of school volleyball competition
during this year and two weeks ago they entered their team in the SAPSASA
competition at the Marion Fitness Centre. The team was drawn to play four
other primary school teams in the Round Robin competition. Unfortunately
Cale Hutchins broke a bone in his foot before the day and couldn't take
his place in the team. The other boys, Ben Richardson, Jesse Millsteed,
Shaun Sukke and Jacob Herbert took a little time to settle in to the
competition, but once they found their rhythm, they competed well, winning
their last two matches. Well done boys for competing so well in a
non-traditional school competition!
Thirty
students from years six and seven attended a rugby tag carnival at Hallett
Cove Sports Club last Thursday. The day was run by coaches from the SA
Rugby League Association and involved a series of skill development
sessions followed by games. Our students quickly gained an understanding
of the rules of the game and applied their skills and knowledge extremely
well to their matches, scoring lots of tries.
As a
result we have been asked to enter teams into a competition in term four.
I will forward all relevant information about this competition to all
interested students as soon as I receive it.
A big
thank you must go to the parents who assisted with transport and supported
the children in their matches.
Scott Francis
Touch
Rugby -- Reporters: Year 6 & 7 students, Dayna Cox, Deni Varnhagen, Scott
Paterson & Michael Eddy
On
Thursday we played Tag Rugby at the Hallett Cove Playing Fields. Our
school entered three teams -- 1 Year 7 boy's team, I Year 6 boy's team and
a mixed year 6 &
7 girl's team. To begin the day we started learning some of the skills of
Tag Rugby and did a few activities to help us learn the game. To finish
the day we played a series of three games. Our year 7 boys won 2 and drew
1. The year 6 boys won 3 out of 3 and last but not least the year 6 girls
team won 2 out of 3.
Happy Valley students playing Touch Rugby.
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New Furniture
Mr
Graham's and Mrs Whisson's classes have recently had new desks installed
for their students. They are adjustable height tables and are a flexible
furniture option as they are suitable for any age group.
Several comments from students:
Chloee said, "The tables are really good because they can be adjusted
to our height and they have drawers underneath them."
Nicolle said, "It's good because we don't need to get out of our seats
to go to our trolley drawers."
We
know that these students will take good care of their new acquisitions.
Tim
adjusts one of the new tables
Old Furniture
As a result of this we have a range of
student tables and chairs that are surplus to our needs. If you are
interested in purchasing some please see Barb Williams as soon as
possible.
Our
two seven member teams, one presenting the Language and Literature
challenge and the other solving a Mathematics and Engineering problem,
will take to the stage at Flinders University this Sunday. They have been
discussing and practising in and out of school time and will have Friday
this week to put the finishing touches to their script, props and
performance. We wish them well on Sunday.
Tournament of Minds is open to the public and everyone is welcome to
attend. It is a real eye-opener to see upwards of one hundred primary and
secondary teams performing in lecture theatres and other rooms throughout
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five
and six students who might be contemplating TOM next year would certainly
benefit from seeing some of the results of this year's teams. See Barb
for details of times.
Chane and Toby
are busily preparing their class Lucky Dip box for Gala Day.
Our
Pedal Prix teams are approaching their main test for the year, the 24-hour
race at Murray Bridge. Last Saturday team members set up a course in the
Mitsubishi car park just on dark and practised lapping the car park course
in the dark. This gave team members valuable experience in riding in the
dark, with the help of their small light fitted to the front of each bike.
Competition amongst team members to set the fastest time at the night
practice was fierce, while committee members and parents timed, and cooked
beautiful, tasty sausages and steak sandwiches. It was a great lead up to
the main event, which will be held on the weekend of the 17th
and 18th September at Murray Bridge.
The
racetrack borders the river in Sturt Reserve and our teams' pits are
numbered 170 and 171, which are on the start finish straight facing the
river.
The
race begins at 12 noon on Saturday, finishing at 12 noon on Sunday.
If you
are not involved with Pedal Prix, come anyhow for a drive to Murray
Bridge, and see some exciting action while you cheer our teams on!
Last
Friday the choir attended a rehearsal at Magic Millions Morphettville
Racecourse, with the other schools that will be performing on our night,
September 22nd. The orchestra, made up of primary students,
accompanied the singers and we sang the whole repertoire complete with
choreography. They sounded great! I was so proud
of the Happy Valley students
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who
were focused and enthusiastic throughout the rather long and demanding
rehearsal.
This
week, on Monday, both Carmel Nicholson's and Shelley Saunder's classes
were able to move back into Unit 5, after the unit had been checked and
pronounced "fit". Thanks to the teachers and a group of parent helpers,
the move was completed by lunchtime and children had settled back in by
the end of the day. Margaret Neemann and her class will stay in T1 (former
JP German Room), for the rest of the year.
Judy Davies
With
the weather warming up, cricket season is just around the corner. This
year our school teams have the benefit of using good quality matting on
the pitch, which is on loan from the Woodcroft Cricket Club. It will be
stored in our out of school hours sports storage area and rolled out and
pegged out on the pitch on match days. To make the task possible, we need
a small trolley, which can be used to transport the matting to and from
the storage area on the edge of the oval. If you have something that
could be suitable, or you can weld and have access to a welder and could
fabricate a trolley for the cricketers to use, please contact Doug MacLean
at the school.
Breanna, Hayley
and Leon making selections for their Ice-cream stall on Gala Day.
Since the Book Week
theme was "Reading Rocks", Mrs Miller has organized for Don McColl, a
geologist, to speak to most classes about the Earth and the Study of
Rocks. These are proving to be very stimulating talks with lots of
interesting questions from the students.
Last week we
held two Book Week Assemblies (Junior Pirmary and Primary) where we were
visited by a "Mystery Elvis Rock |
Star" (the Principal seemed to be out of the school at the time!). Rock
'n' Roll dancers, from Years 5 -- 7, trained by Mrs Carn and her husband
entertained the audience in front of a book laden Stonehenge arrangement
of drama blocks. Classes presented summaries of their class novels taken
from the short listed Book Week nominations.
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MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINATION |
This
year will see the completion of the Meningococcal C Vaccination Program.
Students in Years 1 -- 5 will be offered the vaccine on Friday 4th
November. More information including a consent form will be sent home
in Week 1 next term.
Congratulations
to the following students who have received Principal's Awards at the last
Primary Assembly, for demonstrating our school values. They are --
Brendon Wilkins, Jack Spacie, Jamie Kammerman, Brett Evans, Jarrad
Tregenza, Courtney Nicolle, Brooke Taylor, Chris Squire, Tash Meyer,
Allison Nash and Cody Cox.
Summer
is just around the corner so don’t forget to order the healthy choices of
-- Salads, Rolls, Sandwiches, Quiche & Salad, Pocket Breads & Wraps,
Chicken or Turkey Burgers with salad.
Next
term we will be offering watermelon slices, oranges cut into quarters,
fresh yoghurts, custards and fruit salad packs.
A new
price list will be out next term and unfortunately due to the cost of fuel
there will be an increase in prices.
VOLUNTEER ROSTER
Mon.
12 Sept.
Tues. 13 Sept.. Katrina Allen
Wed. 14 Sept..
Thur. 15 Sept. Julie Day
Frid. 16 Sept. Karen Erlandsen
Mon. 19 Sept.
Tues. 20 Sept.
Wed. 21 Sept.
Thur. 22 Sept. Julie Day
Frid. 23 Sept. Robyn Draper
Helen King
TEA-TOWEL REMINDER
Just a
reminder that the orders for tea towels close on Wednesday 14th
September. If you would like to order, please take your money and order
form to the book room window
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before
that date. Enclosed with the newsletter is a copy of our design to see.
If you
require extra order forms, please see the front office. These will make
great Xmas presents. Thankyou for your support.
SCHOOL
PHOTOS
School
photos will be at the beginning of Term 4 so information regarding this
will be sent home soon.
Our
next meeting is Wednesday 28th September at 9.00am in the Long
Room. Please try to get to this meeting as we are finalising our Gala Day
ideas.
Nyree
Haese
-- Secretary.
Round
Six
Thankyou to all team members who battled the terrible storms to make it to
chess on August 30. It was certainly worth it for the seniors, who fought
out a 3-2 victory. Kieren Smith scored a four move checkmate, Scott
Paterson consolidated his medal chances, having dropped only half a game
all season and Scott Goldfinch won the decider.
The
Juniors unfortunately had to play against each other! Happy Valley Yellow
came out on top.
Good
luck to everyone in next week's final round!
What: Round Seven
Where: Woodcroft College
When: Tuesday Sept.13
Juniors to be seated by 6:15pm
Seniors,
7:15pm.
Coordinators:
Mark Smith 0418 137777 & Yvonne Smith 0419 811539 |
Cody, Alex and Jordan sorting through bottles and jars ready for Gala Day.
FOOTBALL
A
reminder that this Saturday the presentation for the 2/3, 4/5 and 6/7 will
be held at 12.30pm in the Happy Valley School Hall.
Cans
of drink and a sausage sizzle will be available for the players and
parents are asked to donate $2 to cover costs. Parents are also asked to
provide sweets, salads etc. to go with the sausage sizzle.
Congratulations to Deni Varnhagen for finishing equal third and Jack
Reynolds for finishing in seventh place in the Panther League Medal count.
ALL
football tops are to be returned on Saturday -- WASHED. Thank you to
everyone.
Simon
Brandenburg
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Football Coordinator and Panther Delegate. |
