Please note that the date of our Footy Pie Day has changed to the 19th of August to coincide with the Showdown.
Commencing next week we will be collecting goods for the Foodbank Food Drive. They are in need of tinned soup, tinned tuna and rice but any long life products are welcome. Donations can be placed in classroom collection boxes.
Mark Le Messurier, is an Adelaide educator, child mentor and parent coach that has devoted his life to improving the wellbeing and mental health of young people. Mark has extensive experience working with parents and providing them with practical strategies to… Continue Reading →
The world today is so different from how many of us grew up. Our children are constantly being bombarded with social media, online pressures and trying to make connections with their peers in an online world. The constant access to… Continue Reading →
At this week’s assembly we had some special visitors from Foodbank. Greg Pattinson and Eleisha Golding came to thank the school for our efforts in the Foodbank drive last year. We did such a good job of collecting food for… Continue Reading →
Below is a short video from David regarding school reports at Unley Primary School.
This term, Room 11 students have had many opportunities to explore and discuss history. We have been looking at how life was different in the past, focusing on changes to life at home, school and toys/games. A special part of… Continue Reading →
Susan McClean, a well known guru in cyber safety, is presenting the positive benefits of technology as well as what parents need to know. Tuesday evening, 28th of June at Magill Primary. .
Thanks to everyone that supported our SRC pyjama day fundraiser today. It was great to see all the colourful pyjamas, dressing gowns and oodies out in the yard. It was certainly a good day to be all rugged up in… Continue Reading →
The year 4 students in room 19 and year 3 students in room 24 have recently been fine tuning their coding skills using the Sphero RVR robots. Using a visual coding language on iPads, the students are able to send… Continue Reading →
The sun was shining on Saturday morning, and we had lots of willing helpers at our playground working bee. With lots of wheelbarrows, shovels and rakes, (not to mention a small excavator) the team removed 2 large skips of soil… Continue Reading →
Last Friday, we farewelled Jordan Fraus from Room 23. Jordan, one of our year 3 teachers, is soon expecting her first child. We wish her all the best for this exciting new stage of her life and look forward to… Continue Reading →
On Friday our staff gathered in one space together, for the first time in a long time, due to COVID-19. It was a great day of learning and sharing with a focus on building the capacity of our staff to have… Continue Reading →
Today the year 5 students had a visit from Senior Constable Dave Garner to deliver a road crossing training session. The students found out about the responsibilities of the job and the equipment they need to use if they volunteer… Continue Reading →
On Friday 3rd of June 40 children from Unley represented the school, participating in the SAPSASA cross country day. All the children pushed themselves to do their best. Some children had never participated in a SAPSASA event before and were… Continue Reading →
Thanks once again to the Community and Fundraising Committee and our volunteers for their stellar organisation of last week’s sausage sizzle lunch. It was the perfect fare for a cool winter day. All up we sold 474 sausages and 368… Continue Reading →
As always, our industrious facilities committee is looking for ways to improve our school. We currently have our sights set on the Wattle street playground and need your help. On Saturday, June 18th we are holding a working bee to… Continue Reading →
Room 17 has been busy investigating the word RECONCILIATION as part of our spelling inquiry this week, as it is Reconciliation Week! We learned that Reconciliation means ‘To restore friendly relations’, in their words ‘to become friends again’. We noticed… Continue Reading →
In Week 4, Room 2 visited the Forktree Project in Carrickalinga www.theforktreeproject.com The Forktree Project is run by Liz and Tim Jarvis, parents of Jack in our class, who are very passionate about our environment, climate change, biodiversity and sharing… Continue Reading →
In the lead up to Reconciliation Week, students in Room 23 have been learning about what the important event signifies. As a class, we explored the significance of the 1967 referendum, the Mabo decision and how the week is an… Continue Reading →
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