Volume 10 -  21st June 2007
Week 8 .... Term 2

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Inside this issue............
Music Night, Port Adelaide players visit, Literacy & Numeracy Week, School Uniform, Disco, Principal's Awards, Bike-a-thon, Pedal Prix, World Vision, Fund-raising, Volunteer Needed, Hunger Banquet, Eftpos, SAPSASA, Sport, Resource Centre, Kooka. Cafe, OSHC, Southern Chess, Parent Club, Chandlers Hill Kindy, Comm. News

          PUPIL FREE DAY AND SCHOOL CLOSURE
It was advised in an earlier newsletter that our school closure would be on Monday September 10^th, to coincide with the Aberfoyle Park High School closure.  We have since been notified that this day is District Athletics Day, which affects quite a number of our children.

Therefore Governing Council has now approved Friday September 7^th as our School Closure day. 

We are also required as a school to train in the new Child Protection Curriculum. In order to access Department personnel for this training we have asked Governing Council to approve Friday August 24^th, for a Pupil Free Day as this is the only date available.  Please put these two dates in your calendar.

 Friday August 24^th -- Pupil Free Day
Friday September 7^th -- School Closure.

After our visit from three young Port Adelaide Football Club players, on Tuesday, it seems a good time to reinforce the message which the players gave our Year 3 - 7 students. Their main focus was about healthy lifestyles and the importance of maintaining a healthy life for all of us, and for those who want to play sport as well. It was great to hear from these young men who were such positive role models.

Two of their messages were:

• Make sure we get enough sleep, and

• Make sure we eat a good breakfast. (One of them told us that he has 8 Weetbix each day!)

They really stressed the importance of getting plenty of rest and how this enables football players to get the benefits from their extremely intensive exercise regime.

Andrew Fuller, who some of the Junior Primary staff are going to hear next week, has a great website with helpful hints for parents. This is what he has to say about making sure that our children have a good breakfast.

"If your Mum ever said have fish or eggs for breakfast because it's brain food, she was right! As long as it's medically safe to do so, a breakfast that is high in protein (think cheese, milk, bacon, eggs) and lower in carbohydrates (think cereal, orange juice and toast) promotes concentration and learning. Also encourage your students to drink lots of water -- the brain runs on it!

Students who don't eat breakfast are not only more likely to gain weight; they will also have to work harder than others to do well at school."  Andrew also has lots of good advice about how we can optimise learning environments.

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This year's school Music Night will be held on Tuesday 7^th August.  We would like all Choir students to be available on that night and all instrumental music students whose teachers feel they have reached performance standard.  This will be a real celebration of musical achievement in our school!

Three Port Adelaide Power players visited the Primary assembly this Tuesday to share information about healthy lifestyle choices including balanced lifestyles, healthy diet, being active and non-smoking. Power player Damon White, and Ryan Williams (Central Districts) and Gavin Grose (North Adelaide), who are yet to make the AFL side, shared experiences and answered numerous questions from students.

Georgie and Corey introduce the Power players

After the assembly students were given the opportunity to collect autographs, and meet the players personally.

Damon White signing autographs.

On Wednesday Roger James and Josh Francou visited with some other players to run football skills clinics for students. The weather held, in spite of some threatening clouds and a few raindrops, and a fun time was had by all. 

Being shown the finer points of kicking.

Shooting for goal.

The bump bag was a real hit!

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We are currently making some exciting plans for this week which is from 3^rd - 6^th September. We have applied for grant monies and are hoping to organise the program as follows:

We will be inviting community members to share how they use numeracy every day. We hope everyone will get involved.
                                                         Stephanie Kakoschke

Now that the cold weather has really arrived, some students have been wearing warm but inappropriate clothing.  We are speaking to students who are out of uniform, and we need to remind families about our Uniform Policy.

The wearing of the school dress code is required.  The school colours are GREEN and GOLD.  All students are to choose apparel from the following Dress Code.

Students are encouraged not to wear expensive, high profile, named sneakers. 

The wearing of jewellery is not permitted, except for sleepers, studs and medical alert bands.

While most items are available from the school, they can of course be purchased from stores.  Trousers and track pants includes any long pants e.g. leggings.  Green tracksuits may be worn all year.

The Parent Club has made it possible for parents to buy school uniforms at a reasonable price.  These prices can vary, so a current list of all items and prices can be collected from the front office. 

The Uniform Shop is on the Southern side of the Resource Centre building.  Door 12, Unit 3 and is open on
Wednesday afternoons                        3:00 -- 3:30pm
Friday mornings                                    8:30 -- 9:30am
 

We will be having a school Disco this Friday June 22^nd, in the School Hall.  A number of students are helping with the planning and organising.
The times will be:
Year Level:
Reception -- Year 3:      6.00 -- 7.15pm
Year 4 -- Year 6:           7.30 -- 9.00pm
Year 7:                         7.30 -- 9.30pm.

Tickets will be on sale during this week, outside the Resource Centre.  There will be a canteen on the night with drinks, including spiders, and snacks.

Students need to be dropped off and collected from the Hall.

We would really appreciate help from any parents who are available on the night. Please remember we are unable to allow any other children apart from our own Happy Valley students.
 

We had a large number of students presented with awards at our assembly this week. They include Leah W., Adam D., Mystara H., Sarah F., Maddy G., Lucy V., Caleb D., Martin S., Ben B., Luke S., Daniel M., Luke S., Ben B., Daniel M., Ben R., Jake T., Kristi G., Callie S., Claire D., Mark L., Nathan B., Georgia B., Daniel R., Lauren T., James B., Rebecca J., Shane M., Chloe S., Gemma B., Sophia E., Rachel M., Daniel R., Hannah V., Mitchell M., and Elliot T.

On Sunday 17^th June, the Pedal Prix squad headed down to Mary Bywaters Kindergarten in Reynella. We met at 9:30am for a 10:00am start. We split into three groups and headed off at different times. Our group was the second group to leave.

We went along the old railway line which is approximately 13km to Noarlunga Downs. We stopped at a bridge and had a small rest. After approximately 5 minutes we headed back.

When we got back there was a 'sausage sizzle'. Every rider received a cold drink and a sausage. We completed the Bike-a-thon around 11:45 after riding approx. 26km. It was tiring and everyone's legs hurt, but it was fun!

By Shannon G. & Courtney N.

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Wheel-athon

We have decided to have a "Wheel-athon" as our next main fundraising activity. This will replace the "Obstacle-athon", which we have had for the last few years.  It will be held in Week 2 of next term, on Tuesday July 31st. For the Wheel-athon, students will be able to bring bikes, tricycles, scooters, skate boards, blades, etc. All students who bring their 'wheels', will need to have a helmet in order to take part. Sponsor forms will go home before the end of term -- this will enable people to get sponsors during the holidays.

Quiz Night

Advance notice! Our Quiz Night will be on September 22nd, the Saturday of Week 9 next term. Information about booking tables will come home early next term. In the past we have had excellent support from families for this event. We will again be asking for donations for prizes, either vouchers or other suitable items. We will also be asking local businesses to donate. If you have any connections, please let us know.

I am currently updating the school's asset register which involves identifying equipment and checking the serial numbers etc.  This is a two person job so I would really appreciate a helper.  It will probably take 25 hours to complete the task but the hours can be spread over different days and weeks depending on the availability of the volunteer.

If you would like to help, please call in to the Resource Centre any day except Wednesdays and have a chat.

Recently, the student teacher in Bob Beaton's class held a Hunger Banquet in the Hall.  Details were published in the last newsletter. 

As a result $61.55 was raised and forwarded to Oxfam Australia.

At long last, we have moved into the 21^st century and now have an EFTPOS machine in the finance office.  This will greatly improve the efficiency of payment processing.  Unfortunately, the school is no longer authorised to accept telephone or mail payment of invoices and at present, we are not able to accept debit cards.

Credit card payments can also be made via Bizgate over the internet from the school's web page.  The only necessary detail is your child/children's education department identification number at the top right hand corner of any school invoice.  Using this number, parents can make any number of payments on one slip, e.g. OSHC, school fees, sport fees etc.

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It is hoped that in the near future, both EFTPOS and Bizgate will be available to parents who prefer to use their debit card to make school payments.

REMINDER
The final payment for families on the instalment plan is due on Friday 27^th July (the end of the first week after the school holidays).  All other material and services invoices outstanding at that time will be forwarded to the debt collection agency for further action. 
                                      Andrea Roberts -- Finance Officer

Four of our students -- Jack Spacie, Tom Hall, Leah Wright and Courtney Nicolle recently represented the District in Football and Netball.  Here are snippets from some of their journal entries.

 FOOTBALL -- By Jack Spacie
Day 5 -- Friday 8^th June
I woke up tired again and felt like my legs had fallen off.  It was the last day of the carnival and we had to be there by 9:00am. Even though the game didn't start until 10:30am.  Before our game started we watched the aboriginal school boy's team -- they were called the All Stars and they were very cool.  Most played without footboy boots and some just played in their socks.  If they got a goal a couple of the kids did back flips to celebrate.  They were so athletic.

Our game started and our opposition Lower Eyre Peninsula was not small.  They kicked the first goal and they were off.  There was a huge guy in their team and he didn't look like a year 7 -- he killed us.  The final score was 11 goals to our 4 goals 1.

After our game there were presentations for the gutsiest player in our team -- it wasn't me, it was a kid called Braden who won it.  Then there was the big presentation for the team who won the whole carnival.  City South won it for Division 1 and Lower Eyre Peninsula won it for our Division 2.

Jack Spacie and Tom Hall

NETBALL -- By Leah Wright
Wednesday 6^th, I woke up very sore and tired, my arms were aching and my legs were basically numb.  I did the usual thing packed my bag and we went to school to get Courtney.  We left school at around about 8:45am we got stuck in traffic and I got very stressed out with mum.  We finally got to ETSA

Park and Courtney and I ran in because we were so late. 

My first game was at 9:45am, Court 11 and we played Lower Eyre Peninsula.  This game started off very hard and they beat us in the first quarter and we were even in the second quarter.  Then in the next half we beat them easily.  We won.

We watched the other Southern Valley team and went to see my Auntie Mandy's team that she was coaching.  I had lunch (chips and gravy) again.  Yum!  I got ready to play my last game for the day which was against Hills.  They were really rough especially in the last half because they were losing.  We won thank goodness!  Now I was really sore and tired after this game.  Mum took us back to school to meet Wendy.

Thursday 7^th, I found it very hard to get out of bed this morning I was so sore and very tired.  Once again I got my bag ready and mum took me down to Aberfoyle School again to wait for Deb.  I was very excited because our second game was the one we had to win to get the gold medal.  I knew we could do it but everyone had to work together.

Deb got there at 9:30 today because we had a late game.  Our first game was at 10:50 on the indoor courts again, against Salisbury West.  This team was a little bit rough but my team was too good, so they were getting fired up. We won that one.

I had lunch which was fruit salad and a red powerade.  My second was at 1:45 and court 23.  We played against Adelaide South East and this team was really rough.  When they went for the ball they would elbow you, and bump you, they were really getting fired up.  We won against them by 3 which was really good. 

This day was really good because my auntie Rebecca, my gran and my grandpa came out.  My grandpa has come out every day so far so I think I'm very lucky.

NETBALL -- By Courtney Nicolle
On Monday the 4^th of June, I had my first day of District SAPSASA Netball.  We played down at ETSA Park.  The people in my team were Leah (from our school), Kayla, Maddy (from Hub Primary), Joe, Hannah (from Braeview), Rachael, Amber, Anna (from the Campus) and Zoe (from Hallett Cove).  So we were all from around our district area.  We had a really good team because we also all got on very well, it was great.

Our first game was at 9:45am and we played on one of the indoor courts.  I was off the first half of the game and then went on as WD in the 2^nd half.  At the end of the game the score was 18 - 36 our way.  We were all so happy how our first game had gone.  We then watched our 2^nd team and they also won.  So both our teams had had a great start to the day.  We cheered so much.  Both our teams had played against Elizabeth.

Our 2^nd game was at 12:40 against Central Eyre Peninsula and the game was out on one of the outside courts.   I played

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a full game in WD.  We won again and the score was 19 - 49, so we won by a fair bit.  It was a great day and I was really looking forward to the rest of the week.

So then we got to Friday, which was the last day of SAPSASA.  We were all so happy but sad because it would be the last day of playing together.  We had an early game so it was at 9:40am, I got to play a full game but it was in WD, which was ok but I don't normally play WD, I normally play WA or C.  We went against Tea Tree Gully on an outside court.  We didn't play as well as we had done during the week because we were so excited and couldn't settle down.  We still ended up winning but it wasn't by as much as we probably could of.

Once the game had finished we were so excited because we had won the whole carnival and we were going to get a gold medal.  We felt so proud of ourselves because we hadn't just won the carnival but we had won it in Division 1A, which is as high as you can go.
 

Leah Wright and Courtney Nicolle
 

The Sports Committee would like to acknowledge and thank parents and families for the following -- crowd behaviour, transporting, volunteering for jobs, co-ordinating the sports, marking lines, canteen and managing.

Without the great support from parents and excellent sportsmanship of the students, Happy Valley wouldn't be the great school it is so THANK YOU.

NETBALL
We had a great weekend of netball!   The year 7 team won again, all players are improving well. I am proud of their sportsmanship and team work.

The year 6/7 team were beaten in the end but are starting to find the positions they are most comfortable in, which is being reflected in the scores. 

Thank you to Heather Jesshope for taking on the role of coach for this team and thank you to the other parents for their support, especially Mrs Kneebone for helping out this week.

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collecting bread bag tags for a charity fundraiser.  If you can help we have a marked container in the OSHC room for these.

Roxanne Longbottom -- Director
8322 2411 or 0417 898739

SPOT THE MATE AND ROUND THREE
As always the annual "Spot the Mate" night was a great success with players and parents puzzling over numerous boards set up to mate in one or two moves.  Thank you so much to all the parents who turned up early to help with setup, and stayed on to crew the tables.
ROUND 3
Back to the serious business of competition, and our juniors coming off the back of a strong win, went down narrowly 2-3 against a combined debutante team called Searise.  Jacob Bondarenko made it two in a row, while Aiden Whitmore and Austin Gordon survived well to stalemate.

Junior Team -- Aiden, Sam, Deayana, Austin & Jacob

The seniors recorded their first win for the season with a sweet 4-1 victory over Woodend which is coached by former Happy Valley Principal, Brian Marshall!  Jacob Parker remains undefeated while Adam Davidson, Laura Smith and Luke Szeitz all opened their accounts.  Luke came from behind under countdown conditions to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.  Well done!  A special mention to Jesse Hommelhoff who executed a blinder of a victory in seat one.

Senior Team -- Laura, Jesse, Luke, Jacob & Justin

ROUND 4
When:              Tues. July 3^rd
Where:             Woodcroft College
                        Juniors to be seated by 6:15
                        Seniors                         7:15

Mark and Yvonne Smith -- Co-ordinators
0418 137777 or 0419 811539

Don't forget to collect your Kyton's order next Wednesday after 2:30pm in the school hall.  Thank you to everyone involved and to all those able to purchase.

We had a successful new parent morning tea last Friday and we would like to welcome all the new parents and their children to the school.  Maybe we will see them at Parent Club next term.

Next meeting is on Wednesday 4^th July at 9:00am in the Long Room.  Everyone welcome -- see you there.
                                                Karen Erlandsen - Secretary

Adjacent Happy Valley School
Education Road, Happy Valley SA 5159
Telephone:  8381 7493    Fax:8322 8761
Email: kindy.director@chandlerkgn.sa.edu.au

"Our philosophy is to offer every child a happy caring environment with opportunities to learn through play"

Chandlers Hill Kindergarten is now taking enrolments for Terms 3 and 4, 2007.  Places for Pre entry, half and full day Kindergarten sessions are available.

You are welcome to come and visit, or contact us, at the above address for more information about our kindergarten programme.

SCIENCE OUTSIDE THE SQUARE -- Free Event:  Shed Loads of Science.  "Science Outside the Square" is an activity involving footy, the Crows, health, nutrition, fitness and agility.  Venue is the Crows Shed, Brebner Dr. West Lakes.  The date for your diary is Sunday 15^th July. 1:00 -- 4:00pm.  NO COST but bookings are essential.  Register with Bass on 131 246 or www.bass.net.au
SWIMVAC -- School Holiday Programme.  To book call Morphett Road Swimming School, Ph: 8296 2442.
SCHOOL HOLIDAY INDOOR SOCCER CLINICS during the July School Holidays at The Hub Recreation Centre or Marion Leisure & Fitness Centre.  For bookings or more information phone 8270 3900.
SACA JULY SCHOOL HOLIDAY CRICKET CLINICS
The South Australian Cricket Association July Cricket Clinics are being held from July 16th-20^th 2007 in the Indoor Centre at the Adelaide Oval. The clinics offer both individual and group coaching for boys and girls of all ages. All coaching is done by SACA accredited coaches.
Get in quick as places will fill fast.
For prices and more information you can visit www.cricketsa.com.au and download a brochure or phone Shaun Seigert on 83003838.
FOOTBALL FOCUS HOLIDAY SOCCER CLINICS at Pasadena High School.  Register on-line at www.FOOtballFOCUS.com.au or contact Jason Hayhurst on 8325 3878.  soccer@footballfocus.com.au

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