It's that time again!

Crows and Power showdown doughnuts are now available to order on Qkr! at $4.00 each, with orders closing at 1pm on Wednesday 26th July (Term 4, Week 1).

Orders will be delivered to the classrooms on Friday 28th July in time for recess. May the best team win!

Please be aware that as we are coming to the end of the term, some menu items will be unavailable. This happens at the end of term 2 and term 4 and we thank you for your understanding. We would also like to thank you for your continued support of the canteen as well as our fantastic volunteers. 

Have a wonderful weekend.

 - Anita, Ann and Kerry

The white cupboards with all lost property are located in the Tutt building. We encourage you to check this regularly for your child’s misplaced belongings.

The benefit of this system is that you will receive an SMS when your child’s clothing is placed in the lost property cupboard.

School Disco Information

Our next fundraising event is a School Disco – Friday 16^th June.

Casual Day Fundraiser - Friday 30^th June

This term our SRC casual day will be raising funds for Heart Kids, which is an Australian charity dedicated to supporting families impacted by congenital or childhood acquired heart disease. We have several Heart Kids in our school community.

On the day we’ll mix it up with our dress theme - Kids dress up as teachers and teachers dress as kids! 

Please see below the upcoming important dates and school events for Term 2 2023

Throughout Terms 1 and 2, Year 1 students have been identifying similarities and differences between family life in the past to their lives today.

On Monday 29^th May, Year 1 students participated in a Toy workshop conducted by the Australian Museum of Childhood. The visit links in with our history learning, as well as our science focus on push and pull forces.

In small groups, students explored a range of toys from the past - including puzzles, push and pull along toys, colonial games and musical instruments. Through persistence and perseverance, students investigated how the toys worked and then had fun using them. They also explored what materials and joining techniques were used to make them and discussed how this has changed over time.

For the rest of the term, students will engage in the STEM design process and design their own toy and be able to explain or even demonstrate how it works.

Here are some highlights from the visit:

T2 – "The jack in the box jumped up really slowly and it scared us a little bit."

"There was a horseshoe and a ring, and you had to get the ring off."

"I liked the challenging bits - like throwing the ring on the clown."

T4 – “Some of the games were challenging.”

“The Jack in the box made us jump.”

“The woodpecker bird that wobbled down the spring was amazing.”

 T7 – “Alan showed us some toys from the olden days.”

“We loved trying things that we had never seen or used before.”

“It was lots of fun.”

T8 – “There were SO many toys!”

“We loved hearing about toys from the past. The woodpecker and snake were awesome!”

I have had a lot of fun introducing our Reception students to Kimochis; a family of cuddly critters and a big bowl of emotions.

Kimochi means “feeling” in Japanese, Kimochis are toys with feelings, designed to help children feel happy, safe, confident, compassionate, and successful, help them establish and sustain strong friendships, help them get along with each other, and become resilient.

Kimochis are a proven system for helping students grow and transform by dealing skilfully with their feelings. Research documents that when instruction in building social, emotional, and behavioural skills is provided at a young age, there is a positive effect on how children problem-solve and interact with their peers later in life. Our Reception students have been learning how to recognise and manage emotions, demonstrate care and concern for others, establish positive relationships, make responsible decisions, and handle challenging situations constructively.  Each week I introduced a new Kimochis character and a story, we played games to help us understand that all feelings are okay.  We also learnt how the characters supported and helped each other and learnt some strategies for regulating our emotions.

In the next week or so students will be presented with Kimochis certificates which I am sure they will be proud to share with you.

Below is information on each of the characters so you can talk to your children about which Kimochis character they are most like and also which character you are like.

If you have any questions or comments about this program, please contact the school office on 8271 2227.

Julie Asher-Ellis

Parents and carers of children and young people with disability are invited to a free parent forum on Monday 19th June 2023.

In this forum, you will have the opportunity to hear about Special Options processes and managing transition changes.

For more information go to http://web.seru.sa.edu.au/parent-forum/ OR to register your attendance click on the link provided. https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/parent-forum-19-june-2023-registration-645097533087

National Simultaneous Storytime

On Wednesday 24^th May, classes participated in National Simultaneous Storytime. This is an annual event where children across the globe read the same story at the same time. This year’s book was The Speedy Sloth by Rebecca Young, and it was read by over 2 million kids around the world.

Some classes listened to Rebecca read it live from the Sydney Zoo and followed an art activity, while others watched a recording of the staff at Singapore Zoo read it to their resident sloths Indigo and Bubba. After reading the story, classes participated in a number of activities.

Collage Competition

 -We ran a school-wide competition with students creating collages or drawings of animals running a race, and we received many great entries! Mr Greenshields had the tough job of choosing four winners. The lucky students were: Jacob from M3, Chloe B from G1, Frankie from G7 and Zoe from N7. Thank you to all the students who participated!

Yours in reading,

Vasi and Sunyoung

The Uniform Shop is located next to SA Dental on the south side of the school and has changed it's opening times commencing Week 5 Term 2 2023.

Shop opening times are as follows :

Tuesday mornings - 8:30am to 9:30am

Wednesday mornings - 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Mitcham Primary School uniform orders can be placed anytime via the Qkr! app and items purchased will be delivered to your child's classroom. Images of our school uniform items are available for you to view on the QKR app. Please refer to the Mitcham Primary School Dress Code for more information.

QKR! (pronounced "quicker") has been set up for you to easily make online payments to Mitcham Primary School. To download the Qkr! app, visit the App Store on your mobile device.

For more information on using Qkr! on your device, refer to the Guide to Qkr! 

Children’s oral health is important. Unfortunately, dental decay is still a significant problem for many South Australian children. Dental decay can affect a child’s wellbeing and quality of life. It can lead to pain and many lost hours at school – however it is also a preventable disease.

All children from 0-18 are welcome to attend SA Dental and there are no out-of-pocket costs for most families. However, current data reflects only 45% of eligible children are accessing dental care and many families are unaware that SA Dental is available to them. Please see attached information.