A reminder that school finishes tomorrow (Thursday 14th April) at 2:10pm.

We have 2 Pupil Free Days at the start of next term so students return after the holidays on Wednesday 4th May.

As the term comes to a close we are very excited to welcome Rob Warncken as Principal for the next 5 plus years.

Rob is currently the Deputy Principal at Craigburn. He was Assistant Principal at Coro from 2008 until 2014. With this experience behind him, he will be fully committed to the school and community.

I'd like to thank Janita Bentley for working in RG and 2G this term part time.  I'd also like to thank Emma Bishop for all the work she has done with 6OS as I step back into the classroom next term.

Adele Taylor continues to work in 2O for term 2 and Emma Niland has started back in RG.

I'd like to thank each and every staff member for their work and support this term, they have done an exceptional job in trying conditions.

Finally, as I resume my role as Assistant Principal and classroom teacher, I'd like to extend a sincere thank you for all the support I have received this term from many parents and community members.

We would like to gain some information from your perspective on the recent interviews held online with your child's teacher/s.

Below is a link to a survey that will be relevant until Tuesday 26th April at 11am.

https://forms.gle/aBnFhSAgHwUWXinA6

Thank you in anticipation of your response.

There are building works happening at the front of the school next term from week 1. This work will impact our kiss and drop zone which will be closed while the work is happening. Access will still be available to pedestrians from the front of the school.

During this time Frank Smith Park will be open in the morning and afternoon for parking. Entry to the school will be via the gate at the back of the oval. In the afternoon students who would normally wait at the front steps will wait at the back of the oval to be collected. The teacher on duty will change from the front to the back of the school. It is important, for their safety, that students remain in the school grounds until they are collected by a parent or caregiver. In the case in inclement weather the students will wait under the COLA.

If you do not normally use the church car park please do not start using it at this time as this will clog up an already busy area. A reminder that the church is NOT a kiss and drop zone. We expect that this building work will be happening for the whole of term 2.

You may like to test the time it takes you to come to school via Frank Smith during the holiday break. We apologise for any inconvenience but it is of the utmost importance to keep our students safe when we have work happening on site.

Sue Matthews

Business Manager

Every one of our year 6 students is seen as a leader at our school, and many opportunites arise during the year for them step up and use their leadership skills. SRC representatives and our year 5s will be given the opportunity to show what they have got.

Below are the names of those year 6 students who applied for and won official leadership responsibilities.  You will see and hear from them throughout the year.

Communications - Elyssa, Jesse, Eliza, Ruby

Healthy Living - Maddy, Austin, Aston, Emily

Literacy - Lucy, Millie, Griffin, Ella 

Reconciliation - Elsie, Emily, Marley, Quincy  

SRC Executive - Flynn, Chloe, Imogen, Caden

Student Wellbeing - Heidi, Lyly, Bella, India

Technology - Darbi, Logan, Lucas, Archer   

On Friday we celebrated another successful Sports Day.  

To begin the day, we all met on the oval, where the house captains warmed their teams up with the Health Hustle and Chants. Children, staff and visiting family members, all dressed up in team colours, made a great scene. 

We then move off to the tabloid events. It was great to see students showing off their sporting abilities, having fun and participating in healthy competition. It was also terrific to see the impeccable behaviour and sportsmanship displayed by our students. 

After lunch, we had our championship events: the sprints, the relays and tug-of-war. 

The Wallabies won the R-6 relay as well as The Captains’ Relay. 

Wombats took the honours in the Year 6 tug-of-war and the Kookaburras managed to win the Captains’ 4-way tug-of-war. 

We finished the day off with the presentation of the trophies. Congratulations to the Kookaburras on winning the Attitude Trophy and to the Wallabies for winning the Championship Cup for the second year in a row. 

A big thank you to the following groups of people: 

• The Sports Committee: Mrs Mueller, Mrs Trengove, Mr Philp, Mr Johnson for giving up much of their own time to help me with the planning, organisation and running of the day.  
• The rest of the Coro staff who helped to prepare their classes, set up equipment, paint lines, administer first aid, score, run events, take photos, and do the multitude of jobs in the front office. Sports Day truly relies on the efforts of the whole school. 
• The House Captains who worked hard on many jobs in preparation for Sports Day. They helped teach the school the Chants and Health Hustle, set up and pack away equipment for the tabloid events and organised their teams for the sprints and relays. 
• Families for coming and making the day special for the children. 

• And last, but not least, all the children for their great sporting attitude and wonderful enthusiasm throughout the day.  

We hope everyone enjoyed the day! 

Bernie De Lyster 

Sports Day Coordinator 

CVPS’ Writing Competition

It was wonderful to see so many enthusiastic young writers, eagerly entering the Scrambled Egg Easter Writing Competition. We received over 50 entries!!!  WOW!

Congratulations to everyone who entered! They were all amazing, and the Literacy Leaders had a very hard time deciding on the winners. Thoughtfully they considered each one and used their criteria; looking for sizzling starts, exciting endings and all round captivating stories.

Our winners were: 

	Years R-1	Year 2	Years 3-4	Years 5-6
1st Prize	Maddie (RL)	Ellia (2D)	Freya (4B)	Lucy (6OS)
2nd Prize	Amelia (1P)	Emerson (2D)	Henry (3M)	Oliver (5B)
3rd Prize	Eliza (1TT)	Nariah (2O)	Gemma (4T)	Eliza (6M)

Our happy winners!

Did Someone Say “Book Tasting”!

Many of the CVPS classes have been enjoying the unique experience of book tasting at our very own Literacy Café. Students have had the opportunity to ‘taste’ entrée, main and dessert and enjoy the flavours of many new and interesting books. The excitement of the session has been highly energising for everyone! There have been numerous students walking out with a ‘doggy bag’ containing at least one of the ‘meals’ that they enjoyed best!

Premiers Reading Challenges

 We have so many children that have been busily reading and bringing in their challenge sheets early. The closing date for this is 4th of September, so you still have plenty of time to continue enjoying those books.

Keep an eye out for the STEM challenge and Indonesian challenge that will be taking place again this year.

Great Book Swap

Early next term the students at CVPS will be taking part in the Great Book Swap. Students will be asked to bring in a good quality book, that they have really enjoyed and think someone else would like too.

All the donated books will then be displayed, and on the day children will be able to bring a gold coin donation to buy one of the donated book. All donations will go to the Indigineous Literacy Foundation to raise money for books for many indigenous communities. The idea is to swap a favourite book in exchange for a gold coin donation. We are raising money for the Lungkura house.

Get a book ready to bring in and support this great cause!

What a wonderful term of science fun and learning we have had!

Reception students have been looking at how objects move.  We have watched worms wriggling, rolled objects down a hill and made our own marble maze. Year 1 students explored light and sound with a highlight being constructing a musical instrument to use in Performing Arts lessons later this year.  Year 2 students have been immersed in simple machines, constructing Rube Goldberg Machines, pulleys, levers and inclined planes.  Year 3 students experimented on how heat can change the state of matter.  Year 4 students explored the properties of materials.  They used this knowledge to design and construct their own face mask and recorded their justification of material choices. The Year 5 students have walked into a dark classroom each lesson whilst we explore light and shadows. Very timely, the Year 6 students have been learning about the cause of natural disasters and how scientists use data to predict such events.  During classroom inquiry lessons (with classroom teacher), students have taken this knowledge to construct a disaster proof house for a particular climate area. 

Sarah Todd

Science teacher

Over the past 9 weeks, Archie (pictured below) has been visiting Mrs Govett’s, Mrs Melbourne’s and Mr Long’s Reception classes every week. Archie has been sharing his stories about developing social skills and friendships. The students have helped Archie solve social difficulties and friendship issues that they may face in their lives. Some of the topics discussed have included:  

• Meeting friends and discovering differences 
• Joining in 
• Sharing and taking turns 
• Cooperation 
• Waiting 
• Making it better 
• Winning and losing – ‘gracefully’ 
• Fact or opinion? Staying friendly over different ideas 
• Working with feelings 

Archie had some help in the classroom discussions and activities from Pastoral Care Worker Jenni Forder. Archie and Jenni would like to thank the wonderful Reception classes for their participation in What’s the Buzz, and we look forward to completing the 16 week course in term 2. Here are the classes with their What’s the Buzz Halfway completion Certificates. Well done!! 

Jenni Forder

Pastoral Care Worker

Following on from my Bush Blitz field research expedition from late last year in the Eyre Peninsula, there was a grant available to increase biodiversity within your school community.

I applied with the intention of increasing the native bee and butterfly diversity at Coro.  It would mean that I could teach students at school the scientific skills I learnt whilst on my field trip.  Firstly, teaching students how to do an area survey, to then identify species and log these onto iNaturalist and ClimateWatch then researching native vegetation and doing some planting onsite. 

I was successful in receiving the grant and I plan on building a team of students to be “Butterfly and Bee specialists”.  These students will be invited to attend an excursion to the South Australian Museum and State Herbarium to broaden their understanding of the species found in our school area and the types of “food” (vegetation) that we should be planting.

We will collaborate with a native landscaping specialist, Trees for Life, Insect Investigators and Butterfly Conservation SA. 

The project will commence in Term 2 with plant purchasing, planting, mulching, irrigation, hotel construction and signage making as part of the ongoing project phases.

If you would like to assist in the project, please contact me on Sarah.Todd476@schools.sa.edu.au.

Sarah Todd

Science  Teacher

Term 1 in the kitchen-garden  

On Mondays and Fridays throughout term 1, students from RG, 1TM, 2O and 4B have enjoyed spending time in the school kitchen-garden with assistance from our volunteer Sonia Potts. 

Students have fed the worms in the worm farm and used worm ‘wee’ to nourish the plants. They’ve discovered beneficial bugs and some that are pests.  Students have harvested strawberries, cucumbers, tomatoes and herbs.  

Students from 4B helped harvest and prepare cumquats from the tree growing outside their classroom which was later made into jam.  We then made soda water scones which the students enjoyed with cumquat jam and cream. Yum!! 

We’re now preparing for winter, raising seedlings with the Woolworths seedling kits.  We’ve also had a generous donation of seedlings, seeds, soil and watering cans from the Activities Coordinator at Bunnings Edwardstown. 

Watch our garden grow! 

Jenny Tucker, SSO 

On the 18th March our Year 5/6 boys took on Hawthorndene Primary.  

We batted first and made 5 for 76 off our 20 overs.  Archie (14no) Tyler (7no) and Eamonn (3no) topped scored.

We then bowled Hawthorndene out in their 20 overs.

Leo (including a catch) and Lucas did a great job wicket keeping for the first time.

We got 4 runouts, 2 wickets to Finn and Cody and 1 each to Tyler and Archie.

Everyone enjoyed the afternoon.  Thank you to Nikki and the Merritt's for transporting and supporting.  

Well done boys. 

In Week 8, Southern Heights and City South districts held their annual combined Swimming Carnival.   

Well done to all our students, who represented our school and swam very well.  

A special congratulations to: 

• Lily Z. who placed third in 100m freestyle. 
• Max L. who placed third in 50m breaststroke. 

Mr De Lyster 

PE Teacher