Welcome to Week 8 of Term 3 and Happy Fathers' Day to all our dads, granddads and father figures for yesterday. We ran a Fathers' Day competition for our students and asked them to create something as a dedication. The creation could be written, drawn, built or composed - the only rules were it had to be original and be the work of the creator.  We had an amazing range of entries, so many that we had three runner up prizes and the winner. The runners up were Xzander, Ava and Anna and the winner was Jacinta who earnt her dad a book and a bucket of Maltesers.  Thank you to all of our students for entering and all our of our dads for the important roles you have in our lives.

We have some short term staffing changes - congratulations to Ms. Christine MacLean is acting in the position of Wellbeing Leader in Mr. Richard Kemp's absence who is acting as Deputy Principal at Coorara Primary School for the remainder of the term. We welcome Ms. Lauren Whitbread who is teaching Ms. MacLean's Year 4/5 class for the remainder of Term 3 and Ms. Katy Abbott is working in Year 3/4 Yates class for the remainder of Term while Ms. Mel Yates is absent.  Both Lauren and Katy are familiar with Pimpala Primary School, the students and the school routines.

It is disappointing that our School Closure Day this day does not allow us to attend The Adelaide Show but we have a 'Pimpala Show Bag' to give away anyway. To win, please send through the best item you have ever received in a show bag to  dl.1059.info@schools.sa.edu.au or drop your entry into the Administration Office. Entries must be submitted by 9.30am this Thursday September 10, 2020 to be considered and the winning entry will be selected by a panel of guest judges.  The contents of the Pimpala Show Bag is a secret but there should be something in it to please everyone!

Kind Regards

Penny Wilde

Principal

We have planned  Principal Tours on:

A reminder of the School Closure Day on Friday, 11th September, 2020.  POSHC will not be available for care on that day and there will not be any staff members on site.

The students are getting ready for Sports Day, which will be held on Friday 18th September.  

A reminder that due to COVID-19 restrictions in relation to physical distancing we are unable to have any adult spectators on site for the day's events. We understand that this is a disappointment for many families but are determined to make it a great event.  We are keen for the students to have fun and the program of events will be planned to encompass the whole day.  Students are encouraged to wear their team's colours and look forward to a fun and exciting event.  Our student Events Assistants will be on board to take plenty of photos and capture the moments as they occur and we will share these in future newsletters.

A special lunch will be held for students on Sports Day and more information is available in this newsletter.

Given the restrictions on schools with COVID-19, the Colour Fun Run will not take place on Sports Day and has been moved to 2021, COVID-19 restrictions permitting.

We thank you for your understanding.

Don't forget to order your Special Lunch for Sports Day - Friday, 18th September!  For just $6.00 you get a choice of a chocolate donut, coral cake slice or gluten free chocolate muffin for recess with a BBQ Sausage hotdog at lunch time.

You can pay via the Qkr! app and complete the lunch order form online.  Or you can pay at the Finance Window, Monday to Friday from 8:30am - 9:15am.  The order form must accompany the cash payment for ordering purposes.  Phone payments are also accepted from 9:15am to 3:00pm.

Orders must be completed by 9am on Thursday, 10th September. No late orders will be accepted and no refunds.

Planning is continuing for 2021 and we are looking at possible class configurations for next year.  We need accurate numbers for each year level to plan the best possible scenarios.  Consequently, we would like to know if you are planning to leave the school but also need to know if there are other families looking to enrol in our school.  

We are also checking to ensure we have all students and their siblings listed correctly.  If you have had a child recently, or if you are not sure whether you have lodged an enrolment form for any siblings, please check with the Administration Office.  We don’t want to miss anyone! Please ring the Administration Office as soon as possible with any updated information regarding enrolment or sibling details.

An important part of  our process in the continual journey of improvement is seeking feedback. Each year the school specifies goals for site improvement and every three years schools are reviewed by an external panel as part of the improvement process.  School also seek feedback from students, parents and caregivers and staff every year. The 2020 School Parent Engagement Survey is open today until Friday 25 September 2020 and is for all parents and caregivers of students enrolled in a South Australian public school.  

This is how it will work this year:

• parents/caregivers of students will be sent a link (unique to our school) via email or SMS directly from the survey tool.
• all parents/caregivers will be asked the same questions at each school.
• data collected from survey responses will be provided to schools in October.

To access the survey for Pimpala Primary School, please follow the unique link below:

This is a great opportunity for you to provide valuable feeback and we encourage your participation where you can.  Please contact the Adminstration Office if you have any difficulties or do not receive your link.

This year we have introduced Aussie of the Month at Pimpala Primary School which recognises personal endeavour, achievement and contribution to the community and reflects some of the values we share as Australians, such as fair go, mateship, respect and inclusion.

Aussie of the Month is a primary school recognition program, that's been running for more than 20 years and is delivered by the same network that presents the Australian of the Year Awards.

The Australian of the Year Awards profile leading citizens who:

• are role models
• inspire us through their achievements and community participation
• challenge us to make our own contribution to the community

Aussie of the Month reflects similar values, and encourages:

• an appreciation of the diversity and depth of personal contribution
• achievement possible within your school
• concern and consideration for all members of the school community

Each month, the school staff will nominate students for Aussie of the Month and then one student will be selected by the Principal Advisory Committee (PAC) to receive this special award and celebrate their commitment to the Australian values we embrace at our school.

The first student to ever receive this award at our school for the month of August was Ariehonor from 3/4. Arie received our Aussie of the Month award for:

Contributions to the school in the areas of classroom and playground where she demonstrates care and concern for others by including them in genuine ways.

She received a certificate, a special badge and a great pencil pack as recognition of her award.  Congratulations to Arie!

Pimpala students are welcome to come and have brekky at Breakfast Club!

Come along and join Quyen and Pei, our Social Work students, in the kitchen for breakfast. The kitchen is open from 8:30am to 8:45am, Monday to Friday on regular school days.

There are a number of food options including weetbix, canned fruit, fresh fruit, toast and yoghurt.  Feel free to come and have breakfast as a great way to start the day.

On the 25^th of August, the Senior netball girls played in round 2 of the School Sport SA knockout Competition. Winning results would see them progress to the next stage, finals at Priceline arena.

The first of two games was against Happy Valley Primary. A tightly contested 1^st quarter saw Pimpala lead 4-3 at the first break. From there, the girls took control of the game with strong defensive acts and sharp shooting. Jasmine and Shaylee were rock solid in stopping Happy Valleys shooters, and kick starting our attacks by forcing turnovers with their excellent pressure and rebounding. Maddy T was active playing in Centre, creating deflections and running hard all game. Emma made her mark on the match with consistent and accurate shooting. The final score, Pimpala finishing on top 29-8.

The 2^nd and final game saw Pimpala face Mclaren Flat Primary. Both schools having beaten Happy Valley, meant that the winner of the final game would progress to the finals. Pimpala rose to the occasion, getting on top in all facets of the game. Ayrlia was strong playing Goal Keeper. Cejay, Chelsea and Abby played a great game through the mid court, linking up the defence and shooters. Lily grew in confidence throughout the game and Maddy C played well in a new role. Another strong performance from Pimpala saw the girls victor 29-11.

Pimpala proceeding to the finals on Thursday week 10 (24/9) at Priceline Arena where they will compete against 5 other schools from across Adelaide. An extremely exciting time ahead as this is the first time Pimpala will participate in a knockout finals day since Mr.Smith had hair on his head!

A special thanks to Trish and to Grace Mart for umpiring on the day and to Trish for coaching the team. Go Pimpala!

SRC NEWS

In a previous newsletter, we asked for our school community to help us in collecting bread tags to support South African foundation, Bread Tags for Wheelchairs. During our SRC meeting this week we collected and counted all of the bread tags from each class. As a school we collected a total of 5,183 which weighed 1.912kg. This means that we only have another 196.749kgs to go in order to reach our goal of 200kg. We are aiming to collect 200kg worth of bread tags which will help fund one wheelchair.

Here is a list of classes and their achievements.

Congratulations to our winning class this month - Mrs Idzikowsiki’s class with a whopping 2,215 bread tags.

Miss Pullman came in second with 630

Mrs. Lang came in third with 532

Mrs. Lewis had 392

Ms. Power had 333

Mrs. Stanley had 200

Ms. Birss had 145

Mrs. Wickham had 144

Mrs. Thomas had 123

Ms. Howlett had 89

Ms. MacLean had 85

Ms. Yates had 81

Mr. Burns had 70

Mrs. Rigney had 34

Ms. Currer had 32

And lucky last we have Mr. Branson with 29

As a whole school we did such an amazing job and we can’t wait to see how many we get next meeting.

Each fortnight the Executives will be awarding the class that raises the most bread tags and will be giving the winning class a certificat. If you would like your class to win this make sure to let all of your family and friends know about the bread tags and hopefully they will support your child’s class and this

Thank you for all of your donations, hopefully we can get even more next fortnight.

Regards

SRC (Student Representative Council)