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Chess Club 2019
Chess Club has now concluded for 2019. Several of us will travel to Tyndale Christian School for the term's Interschool Tournament next Monday.
Last night we had our last meeting for the year and Zander won our in-house Term 3 tournament! Well done, Zander. We said farewell to all our wonderful Year 6 and 7 players too. We are grateful to their contribution over the years and we hope they will keep playing chess.
If you want to be part of the Chess Club next year, be sure to come and see Mrs Vice in Week 1, so you don't miss a spot!
Wear Red For Heart Foundation Day
Choir Breakfast
North Wing Update
What a great week for a concert! Our Year 5, 6 and 7 students and teachers have been rehearsing flat out for weeks now and tomorrow night will be the presentation of their play, “A Not So Terrible Parable,” a fresh take on the classic Bible Story, the Good Samaritan. If you would like to book a free seat, please log on to your PPN Flexischools account and do so. It is going to be great!
Other things that have happened around school this week include the demolishing of 130 Nelson Road (the house on the corner of Wright Road and Nelson Road). This marks the beginning of the construction of a connecting road that will enter in through our current church car park entry, provide a pick up and drop off zone and then exit on to Wright Road. More information will come, but this is an exciting development for us, allowing parents to drop off and pick up children without having to battle the constraints of the back car park. There will be some very inconvenient restrictions placed around the back carpark next term as realigning and resurfacing work occurs there, but I will let you know more about this as we make alternative plans and the time gets closer.
I am also including an article you might find helpful on cyberbullying – one of the challenges facing our young people in this age of social media. There are some practical hints on how to help our kids in this article, but speaking from a pre-social media person’s perspective, one of the most helpful things I have done is to create an account of my own and seen how privacy settings, chat components and sharing works in an app. It has given me some insight into how it all works.
“Cyberbullying of children and teenagers is one of the greatest fears facing parents today. The thought of their child being subjected to heinous words, threats to their physical safety, as well as their social and emotional wellbeing, is something no parent wants their child to experience.
Most of the bullying behaviours we now see are happening from behind a keyboard, playing out in social media feeds and gaming chat rooms. It is little wonder parents feel overwhelmed and out of their depth, especially when for most, online is an environment that is relatively unfamiliar.
So what can we do to help our kids avoid these types of behaviours, as well as give them the skills to deal with cyberbullying behaviours should they be exposed?
Remind them of all of the things they have control over: While it may not feel like it, we have a lot of control over what happens online. We can determine who we talk to, what we ignore, what we share, how we comment, who we follow, who we block or hide from our feeds. All of that, helps us determine who is allowed to play a role in our online experiences and ultimately what behaviours we accept on our feeds
Give your child time away from the screens: Everyone needs a break from screens. We want to encourage regular times when a child doesn’t need to be tethered to their device. Building a wider community away from the screens helps a child or teen build their sense of self worth. Keeping devices away from the dinner table also gives them a break from being socially switched on and allows the to connect with family without a device. Removing devices at night helps their active brains to switch off, and prepare for sleep.
Role play possible responses: Discuss with your child whether they should respond to bullying or nasty online comments, If they do, then consider how they could respond. Consider the statements or types of people they ignore, block or report.
Regularly check the privacy settings: Every app, game and social network has a settings button that enables you to determine how positive an experience your child can have on that platform and how much control they have. Visit these settings regularly to look at the options available.
While nothing is guaranteed particularly when it comes to the online world, we can certainly be taking steps to help our kids. We can give them skills, encourage positive behaviours and thinking that allow them to minimise their exposure to the bullying behaviours of others.
If your child is being cyberbullied you can also access the reporting tool at esafety.gov.au
Have a great week with your kids,
Mark B
We are living in a world that is full of problems. We have problems in our world, in our communities, in our schools, in our churches, in our families, and even in our own minds. If you are loaded down with problems right now, the good news is that God is bigger than your problems.
One of the songs that our students love to sing in chapel is God’s love is bigger than a burger. The words of the song go like this:
God’s love is bigger than a burger, and it’s bigger than a mouse. Bigger than an elephant, and bigger than a house. Bigger than a bus, and bigger than a tree. Bigger than a mountain, bigger than the sea.
What about a cloud? Bigger! What about the sky? Bigger! What about the earth? Bigger! What about the moon? Bigger! What about the sun? Bigger! And what about the stars? Bigger! Is anything bigger than this big love? Er…no!
The point of the song is that nothing is bigger than God’s big love for us, not even our problems.
When John, who was one of Jesus’ original 12 disciples, wrote the book of Revelation he was faced with a lot of problems. The Roman Emperor Domitian has exiled him on the island of Patmos. The Romans and Pagans were persecuting Christians for their faith, and within the Church there was infighting and a huge increase in apostasy and false teachings. From a human perspective it looked like Christianity was not going to make it out of the first century.
As John struggles with all of these problems, Jesus comes to him and assures him that he has nothing to worry about because God is bigger than all of these problems. Jesus reminds John that even though things seem hopeless, that the world is in God’s loving hands (Revelation 1:17-20).
Whatever problems you may be facing right now, I pray that you will be encouraged by the truth that God is bigger than your problems, and that he is holding you in his loving hands.
God bless,
Roland Talamaivao-Amituanai
Chaplain
Class Placement Considerations
We are currently working on class placements for 2020. There are many factors that go into making decisions about class placements and we use a program to try to balance the many competing demands. We are unable to guarantee requests will be granted, but if there is some extenuating circumstance you would like considered for your child, please email Mark Borresen (markborresen@ppn.sa.edu.au) by October 18, 2019.
Uniform Shop
Changeover of season for uniform is fast approaching! The Uniform Shop will be open daily for the first 2 weeks in Term 4 from 3:00pm - 3:30pm for single items only.
If you require more than a single item please book an appointment by ringing the Front Office. Limited appointments available so make sure you get in early.
Monday - Thursday, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Friday, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
There is a new phone number to contact the Uniform Shop directly: 0449 567304
Book Week Bake Sale
Animals at School
This year, I have been appointed animal officer at our school. There are a few rules and information to remember to ensure that our school is a safe environment for all students.
Animals are not permitted on school property at any time except when
· An application for an animal visit has been filled out one week prior to the planned visit to a class.
· Approval has been granted for an animal/ bird to visit under controlled circumstances for show and tell.
· The classroom teacher has arranged for a visit by an animal for educational purposes and forms of the impending visit have been completed and approved.
Our priority is to the safety of our students. Please follow the approved protocols. i.e. an animal is contained appropriately at all times during an approved visit.
Please use the following email for a request for an animal visit. A form will be sent to the appropriate class teacher.
melaniewegener@ppn.sa.edu.au
Thank you for helping us keep our children safe at school.
Regards
Melanie Wegener
Animal Officer
Year 3 & 6 Service Project
Music Recital
Year 5-7 Concert
Entertainment Book
Entertainment Books will only be available for two more weeks. We are down to the last 2 copies of the book here at the school. Entertainment memberships are going 100% digital next year, so these last 2 books we have, are the last ones we will ever sell of physical Entertainment Books, so if you were still wanting to purchase your copy, time is running out.
Prescott College
My OSHC School Holidays
Ingle Farm Squash School Holiday Clinics
Salisbury School Holiday Program
Athletics Holiday Clinic
Little Athletics
