Please visit this blogpost on a smart phone or tablet device so that you can download and read the epub interactive book about “Starting at Colonel Light Gardens Primary School” with your child.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/starting-at-colonel-light/id1053820863?ls=1&mt=11

If you have an android device, you may like to download the free book directly from here (see link below) It is 14MB in size and may be slow to load

Starting At Colonel Light Gardens Primary School

Our free Ancestry subscription runs out at the end of September. If you would like to come in and trace some of your ancestors, please come to the Doolette computer suite anytime between 1pm and 4pm on Sunday 20th September.  You’ll need some names, dates and places to get yourself started.

Louisa Guest

DISCO TICKETS

Disco tickets will be sold this week at lunchtime Mon, Tues and Wed

Wed after school tickets will also be sold 3:10pm – 3:30pm

The last chance to buy disco tickets will be on Thursday at Recess time.

Year 5’s can choose whether the attend the years 2-5 disco or the Year 6/7 disco

The disco is this Thursday

The years 2-5 disco is 5:00pm – 6:15pm

The Year 6/7 disco is 6:30pm – 8:00pm

Hi everyone,

One of our Anzac Centenary activities is for Room 3, a year 6/7 class, to “knit” socks for the troops.  We need about 30 sections of 100mm stormwater pipe, cut into sections 6cm in length.

We are going to make large tomboys with the pipe.  It is needed for Friday 11th September.

Donations of wool would also be gratefully received.

Some of the children would also like to learn to knit or crochet and this requires 1:1 or 1: 2 support!  Are you a keen knitter/crocheter or do you know someone with some time to spare?  If yes please contact the class teacher, Heather Frances, at heather.frances678@schools.sa.edu.au for more details.

If you can help out with the stormwater pipe, please let me know ASAP at louisa.guest741@schools.sa.edu.au.

To see the latest learning activities that we have filmed for the project, please visit http://clgpsanzac.edublogs.org

Thanks,

Louisa Guest

Assistant Principal

You are invited!

As part of our Anzac Centenary Project, we have secured a free subscription to all Ancestry.com records so families can research their military and other ancestors from the time of WWI.

We are offering families 6 workshops to access these fantastic records:

Monday 3/8       5-6.30pm

Sunday 9/8         1-4pm

Sunday 23/8       1-4pm

Monday 31/8     4-6pm

Thurs 17/9           5-7pm

Sunday 20/9       1-4pm

If you wish to attend, please complete the slip attached and email or deliver via the front office to Louisa Guest ( louisa.guest741@schools.sa.edu.au ) by Friday 31^st JULY 2015

Numbers will be limited.

Please contact me with any questions!

Louisa Guest

Assistant Principal

RSVP to invite to use Ancestry 

DUPLICATE REPORTS

Most split families are happy to receive one report for their child/children. However, in some cases, it may not be possible to do this. If you would like to receive two copies of your child’s report, please can you print this form and return to Adele Egarr via your child’s class teacher by Friday 19^th June.

Adele will need to know the name of the child and class and if both reports will be sent home with the child or if we need to post a copy of the report to the other parent. In this case, please provide the details for the other parent in case we do not have them on file.

If you have made this request previously, we still have those details on file. This note is for NEW students/ families to CLG since Jan 2015 or family circumstances have changed since Term 4, 2014 reports went home.

DUPLICATE REPORTrequest form

BINNERS ARE GRINNERS!

VOTE FOR THE SCHOOL IN THE 2015 MESSENGER COMMUNITY GRANT AWARDS

You and your friends can help the school win $1000 to install bins at the playground entrance between C.L.G.P.S. and Mortlock Park.

Who wins? The finalist with the highest amount of votes.

How to vote  Go to www.communitygrants.net.au, click on SA, register to vote and allocate your 10 votes to our project – ‘BINNERS ARE GRINNERS – Help keep Colonel Light Gardens Primary School and Mortlock Park clean and green’ or scan the QR code to go straight to our project page!

Voting closes June 21 2015

so log in now and spread the word amongst family and friends.

Following the success of last year’s “Parenting Styles” workshop, the CLGPS Governing Council is offering a second parenting workshop by Mark Le Messurier.

Wednesday 24th June 2015 7pm-8.30pm

CLGPS Gym

This workshop will sell out fast so purchase tickets early – see details at the end of this blog post.

Mark Le Messurier is a well-known teacher, counsellor and author of 11 books. He is the co-author of BOTH ‘What’s the Buzz? friendship/ social skills building programs now assisting children (4 to 14 years) in schools and organisations around the world – http://www.whatsthebuzz.net.au/  He regularly presents at conferences and is a recipient of an Australian National Excellence in Teaching Award. Mark works in schools and in private practice in Adelaide with young people he affectionately calls ‘Tough Kids’. He is the architect of the ‘Mentoring Program’ now running in many Catholic and state schools throughout Australia to support vulnerable students

Practical ideas to build healthy, resilient young people

What is this thing we call resilience?

The term resilience is used in mental health to describe a person’s capacity to cope with changes and challenges, and to bounce back during difficult times. The focus of Mark’s work, and this very practical seminar, is to show parents how to be the BEST resilience coach for their children.

Why is resilience in human beings such a prized quality?

Resiliency is such a prized quality as it positions individuals for the inevitable challenges that await them in the future. While the interplay of genetics and environment on resiliency are complex, there is much we can do to steer our children in healthy, more resilient directions.

So, come on, take the challenge with me; let’s explore what you can realistically do to improve your children’s happiness, resiliency and mental health. There’s a lot you can be doing. So often it is the simple easy to remember strategies that engage children to think realistically and logically, that transforms behaviour and sets up healthy, resilient lives

To purchase tickets for this workshop, please click on the link below and read the instructions

Please download and print this pdf to purchase tickets

If you have any questions please email Louisa.guest741@schools.sa.edu.au