Prescott Primary Northern eNewsletter

New Touchpanels

During the holidays, Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2 classrooms were fitted out with the latest Touchpanels by Clevertouch. These units replaced the previously installed projector/whiteboard combination that just weren't keeping up with the demands of the teachers and students in the classroom. Prescott Primary Northern was the first school in SA to take delivery of the new Clevertouch Panels. Already the feedback from students and teachers has been enthusiastic.

North Wing Update

Welcome back to Term 3 for 2019! I hope the mid-year break provided you and your families with great opportunities to create some more wonderful memories together. We have another busy term coming up with things like Choir this Saturday morning at Para Vista Seventh-day Adventist Church, Learning Expo next Tuesday evening, School Photos, Science Week, Book Week, Upper School Concert and our Year 7 Exhibition night. I hope you are able to join us for some of the events and share in the school lives of the children.

Over the break, I spent a little time reflecting on opportunities - Opportunities both taken and missed. This new term will bring lots of opportunities our way. I am often drawn to focusing on missed opportunities and wondering about the “what ifs”, but the more I experience life, the more I realise that too much time spent bemoaning the opportunities I let slip, only hinders me having the awareness to grasp the ones before me. I read this amusing, yet meaningful story that illustrates it well.

“The story is told of a young man who wished to marry the farmer's beautiful daughter. He went to the farmer to ask his permission. The farmer looked him over and responded, "Son, go stand out in that field and I'm going to release three bulls, one at a time. If you can catch the tail of any one of the three bulls, you can marry my daughter." The young man stood in the pasture awaiting the first bull. The barn door opened and out ran the biggest, meanest-looking bull he had ever seen.

He decided that one of the next bulls had to be a better choice than this one, so he ran over to the side and let the bull pass through the pasture out the back gate. The barn door opened again. Unbelievable. He had never seen anything so big and fierce in his life. It stood pawing the ground, grunting, slinging slobber as it eyed him.

Whatever the next bull was like, it had to be a better choice than this one. He ran to the fence and let the bull pass through the pasture out the back gate. The door opened a third time. A smile came across his face. This was the weakest; scrawniest little bull he had ever seen. This one was his bull. As the bull came running by, he positioned himself just right and jumped at just the exact moment. He grabbed...but the bull had no tail!”

I hope this term is one on which we grab the good opportunities that come our way and also, one in which we have the wisdom to discern the good opportunities from the not so good.

Have a great week with your kids,

Mark B

How Big Is God?

One of my Year 3 students asked me this week, “How big is God?” What a great question, but where do you start? Well, I started with the universe.

Sometimes it is easy to forget how big God is. We can make the mistake of thinking of God like we think of the time Jesus took on human form and walked among us on earth.

I began by showing the students a YouTube clip that compares the sizes of the biggest stars that have been discovered in our universe. It is a fascinating clip that demonstrates the magnitude of God and his creative power.

The clip shows ‘VY Canis Majoris’, the biggest star ever discovered in our Milky Way. This star is so big, that if it was in place of the Sun in our solar system, its surface would extend past the orbit of Jupiter. It is approximately 1,976,640,000 kilometres in diameter. That’s nearly 2 billion km across.

Our Sun is just one star among hundreds of billions of stars in our Milky Way Galaxy.
If you were to count only the stars in the Milky Way, 1 each second, it would take you 2500 years.

If we could shrink down our Solar System (Sun, Earth and all our orbiting planets) to fit on the palm of our hand, the Milky Way Galaxy, with its 200 – 400 billion stars, would span the width of North America.

God is far bigger than we can ever comprehend. Isaiah 40:25-26 says;

“So who will you compare me with? Who is equal to me?” says the Holy One. “Look up toward the sky. Who created everything you see? The Lord causes the stars to come out at night one by one. He calls out each one of them by name. His power and strength are great. So none of the stars is missing.” (NIRV)

So, how big is God? …….. God is big enough!

Big enough to create not just our world, but an entire universe that is larger than we can ever comprehend.

Big enough to call each of us by name.

Big enough to take care of our smallest needs.

Big enough to hear and answer every prayer.

Is your faith big enough to accept God’s magnitude? Even when your faith is small, God is still big!

God is big enough for each and every one of us!

Chaplain Phil

Luke, Lucas, Mehaan, Ezriela, Yansh, Suhav, Taliyah, Finley, Darcy, Karman, Freeman, Mila, Alexander, Jad, Kathryn, Sienna, Aditya and Secure (absent)

Rhianna, Kout, Jia, Samarveer, Linitha, Ran, Zade, Felicia, Ared, Michelle, Charlotte, Micah, Jaiden, Sam, Nethra, William, Blake, and Vinuk.

First Choir Performance for 2019

The first Choir performance of the year is this Saturday 27th July at Para Vista Church, 10:00am. The children have been practicing very hard. All are welcome to attend.

Learning Expo 2019

Our annual Learning Expo is coming up quickly. It will be held on Tuesday 30th July, from 6.30pm-8pm. Come visit your child/ren’s classes as they display and present some of the projects and learning they have been doing so far in 2019. Below is a table outlining the theme and locations of each Year Level’s Expo displays.
We look forward to seeing you there!

Year Level:	Learning Expo Focus:
Foundation	Mr Mackay’s class will have a variety of Math's stations for families to try with their child, in Room 4. Mrs Frear’s class will have a variety of English stations for families to try with their child, in Room 5. Mrs Daian’s class will have a variety of Nature Play stations for families to try with their child, in Room 9.
Year 1	Health theme – specifically Fire Safety, in Rooms 1, 2 and 14. There will be activities ongoing throughout the Expo.
Year 2	Each Yr 2 class will have their own focus: Mrs Watson’s will be on Visual Art in Room 11; Miss Truscott’s will be on Science in Room 12; and Mrs Pridmore’s will be on Thinking Skills and Reading Comprehension in the old IT1 room, bottom of the Discovery Centre.
Year 3	Science: a focus on heat, in Rooms 28 and 29. Presentations and displays will be ongoing throughout the whole of the Learning Expo.
Year 4	Mrs West’s class will focus on learning Maths through a variety of fun and interactive games in Room 33. Mr Harris’ class will focus on Science demonstrations, specifically relating to forces and surface changes in Room 32.
Year 5	Mrs Charity’s class will be hosting an evening on The Arts in Room 41. Mrs Davis’ class will be hosting an evening on "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?" in Room 40.
Year 6	The ARTS: Drama, Media Arts and Visual Art displays, in Room 43. Presentations and displays will be ongoing throughout the whole of the Learning Expo.
Year 7	Science: a variety of science exhibits will be showcased throughout the Expo, in the Discovery Centre. Presentations and displays will be ongoing throughout the whole of the Learning Expo.

School Photos

School photography day is coming up very soon - Tuesday 6th August. Group and portrait photographs can be purchased by following the link below or by using the envelope.

Important Information:

School photos purchased online DO NOT require envelopes returned to school*
Don’t forget to order your sibling photos now.
Late fees/additional charges will be applied for purchases after photo day.
Photos will be returned to your school for distribution approximately six weeks after photos are taken.
Past years’ photographs including sports, co-curricular and representative groups available at school’s advancedlife & your advancedyou photo sites (follow the link below)
*Sibling photographs must be ordered either online or by order envelope prior to the day of photography. A photograph will not be taken without an order. Sibling photographs only apply to children enrolled at the school.

Advancedlife would like to express our appreciation to Prescott Primary Northern for placing your trust in us. Please remember we offer a 100% money back guarantee on our products to ensure your peace of mind. We would also love to receive your feedback or resolve any issues you may experience as fast as possible, to ensure your satisfaction. If you have any questions, comments or feedback relating to your advancedlife experience please contact us at-

enquiries@advancedlife.com.au

Prescott Primary Northern

School Photography Date: 6/08/2019

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