St Leonards Primary School

Winter has arrived at last with a wintry blast over the past few days. This reminds us to make sure that we rug up and keeping children them nice and warm. 

SeeSaw

SeeSaw is a platform for learning which links families with their child's teacher.  It allows students to share work directly with their parents and caregivers.  On Wednesday 23 June, we will be running a session helping people connect to the App.  We will send out further information as the date approaches. 

Reconciliation Week 

Last week saw the final days of our reconciliation celebrations for 2021. You may have noticed our new mural on the quadrangle wall by artist Tjimari Sanderson-Milera.

We are really excited about our new piece of art, recognising the First Nations people of the area.   

We also held a special assembly, run by our Ambassadors, before creating an outline of the Aboriginal flag on the oval. 

Supporting Students

From time to time, we experience confrontations and issues at our school.  St Leonards prides itself on listening to our students and offering them well-being support if they need. Some of our students are still learning how to cooperate and get along with each other. This can be challenging for them at times.   If you feel you need to reach out, please contact your child's teacher as the first port of call or Heid Bevan, our Wellbeing Leader. 

Reports 

Unfortunately, due to an external Telstra issue, our report writing software has been unavailable for the past two weeks. This thankfully has now been resolved.  As a result, we will now be sending out reports at the end of Week 1, Term 3.    

Events

Have you got your tickets? 

Last night we held our annual Ladies night and on the 17th of June we will have  our annual Mens night at the Glenelg surf club.  Please consider popping along and mingling with some of the fantastic people we have in our community. Tickets available on QKR 

Safety around the school

 We have several drop-off and pickup zones around the school indicated by signs.  We strongly encourage all parents and caregivers to use these areas. These are not parking areas and can attract a fine from the council if inspectors do spot checks. 

Dave Henty-Smith - Principal

Kathy Baker - Deputy Principal

Heidi Bevan - Wellbeing Leader

Week 8

• Public Holiday - Monday 14 June
• Pupil Free Day - Tuesday 15 June
• Men's Night - Thursday 17 June

Week 9

• SAPSASA AFL - Yr6 - Monday 21 June - Wednesday 23 June
• SAPSASA AFL - Yr7 - Wednesday 23 June - Friday 25 June
• Music is Fun - Whole School Incursion - Wednesday 23 June
• Seesaw Workshop for Families - Wednesday 23 June
• Assembly - Friday 25 June

Upcoming Events

Crazy Hair Day - Gold Coin Donation - Friday 2 July

2:05pm Early Dismissal - Friday 2 July

Reminder

We request that all absences, late arrivals and early leaving messages are either sent through our dedicated sms number 0436483127 or phoned directly to the school on 8294 9811.

Please include the student's name, room number and reason for absence eg family,  illness, appointment etc.

Lost Property

There are a large number of lost items in a box in the Art Room, mostly made up of drink bottles. If you are missing a drink bottle (or two) or lunch container please come and have a look.

We are also finding a large number of jackets around the school. Named items are returned in the class boxes or can be found at the Office. 

Second Hand Items

With the colder weather having an extra jacket or two is a great idea and we have plenty of second hand ones in most sizes available for a gold coin donation (please remember to put your child's name it as soon as possible). See the Office staff if you are interested.

Donating Pre Loved Uniforms

If you have any uniform items in good condition that you would like to donate to the school please remove your child's name from the items and hand them into the Office. we greatly appreciate these donations.

 Central meeting place: Representing the school as the spot where all students are coming to learn

Brown Pathways: Representing the different journeys of students but also different places from which students travel/come from

Blue Dots: Representing the Patawalonga River water ways that is an important area for Kaurna people

Sun: Representing new beginnings and growth

Red Concentric circles/pathways: Representing the story of Tjilburke and the Journey he took. The stops along the way are  Tulukdangga (KingtsonPark) to complete the smoking, Karildlla (Hallet Cove) where tears made fresh water springs,  Patpangga (Rapid Bay) the burial cave, Burkungga, place of the hidden fire

100 orange dots representing 100 school years at St Leonards