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Cnr Flinders St & Ayawarra Cr, Alyangula, NT, 0885—Ph 8987 6366—Fax 8987 6014—PMB 3, Alyangula, NT, 0885

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Issue 1 6 February 2013

Every Child, Every Day

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Welcome to all our students, staff and parents of the Alyangula Area School learning community to the new 2013 school year. It’s been a pleasure to see all the students returning with fresh faces and many with new school uniforms. There is an excited buzz in the air which promises an outstanding year for our school. There are a number of new staff that have joined us this year, which I would like to welcome to our School. All of these new staff are both highly skilled and enthusiastic to join our Alyangula Area School team and become part of our learning community. There are also many new students who have joined us this year whom I would also like to welcome. In order to help new families to settle in we have a 2013 Parent Handbook which is available at the front office. This handbook attempts to provide parents with information on all aspects of the school. I encourage parents to either email [email protected] or come into the front office and ask for a copy. To begin the strong relationships and communication between home and school, which is essential for our students learning, the school will be holding a Meet and Greet afternoon on Tuesday 12th February between 3.00pm until 7.00pm for Preschool through to Middle School. This is an opportunity to meet your child’s classroom teacher and hear about their expectations and routines for their class. Please see the timetable for the Meet and Greet in this newsletter. An important part of our school culture is ensuring that all of our community is aware of our Motto, Vision, Mission and Values. The ‘motto’ of Alyangula Area School is:

WE LEARN FOR LIFE VISION Our school will provide quality teaching and learning programs to enable all students to become fully engaged learners in a dynamic and innovative educational environment. MISSION Our mission is to provide an education as good as that which the students will receive at any other high calibre school in Australia. We do this by:

Creating and maintaining a warm, secure learning environment Creating and nurturing the desire to learn Developing student’s abilities in all curriculum areas Developing skills in communication, imagination, appreciation, self-expression, creativity, social awareness, tolerance, adaptability and

flexibility. Focusing on:

Pedagogy and curriculum Facilities and physical environment Positive student behaviour and recognition of learning Information and computer technology Parental and Community involvement and support

VALUES Respect Integrity Professionalism Excellence Accountability

At the end of 2012 a School Wide Positive Behaviour committee was formed, this included school staff and parents. This committee looked at our current school values and felt that they were not student friendly and especially difficult for Early Childhood students to understand. A survey was developed for students, staff and parents of which some parents have already contributed to however I would like to encourage all parents, staff and students to drop by the front office and complete the survey which takes just a couple of minutes. The proposed new school values are: Respect, Safety and Excellence. These values would be very easy for students to understand and would become the basis for explicit lessons in class. It was felt by the committee that these 3 values would encompass all aspects required to ensure our learning community is a successful one. Jo Jefferson

http://www.det.nt.gov.au/teachers-educators/school-management/enrolment-attendance/every-child-every-day

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Alyangula Area School Newsletter

Danielle Slocombe Margaret Syme Melissa Moore

Year 2 Years 3/4 Years 5/6

Ben Slocombe Jye Moore Mr Hogan

Assistant Principal School Maintenance Primary Science/Library/PE

Welcome Back

Carlee Adderson Tamra Caruana Kerry Strijdom

Admin/School Support School Support School Support

The Alyangula Area School is publishing a Groote Eylandt telephone book for easy

accessibility to Groote residential and business phone numbers. This is a fundraising

initiative for the school and the phone book will be valid for 3 years.

The Telephone Guide will be sold for $5

Please fill in the form below if you would like your details to appear in the Guide, and

return to the office at Alyangula School or email to [email protected] by

LISTINGS FORM

Name……………………………………………………………………………..

Address…………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………….Postcode……………………………...

Ph ( )…………………………………………………………………………...

OR Mobile……………………………………………………………………..

$5.00 Canteen Specials

Friday February 8th

Fried Rice

Friday February 15th

Stir Fry Noodles


Uniforms available for purchase on Wednesdays

Jumping castle for hire $100 per day

Back to School vouchers are available at the office. These can be used for Book packs, uniforms, MSU D&T fee & calculators. The vouchers are only valid for Term 1, see letter attached.

Scholastic Book Club due back Monday 11th Feb

Price List

Shirts (Primary & MSU) $30 Book pack (Tr—MSU) $70

Shirts (Preschool) $25 Resource pack (Preschool) $50

Skirts $28 D & T material fee (MSU only) $55

Shorts $28 Calculator (MSU only) $25

Knit shorts $16 Voluntary Contribution (per year) $100

Sport Shirts $25 Voluntary Contribution (per term) $25


Welcome to our new Teachers All of our students and teachers come from a diverse background and Middle School thought it would be a good idea to ask our

new teacher’s four questions.

Where have you come from?

What was your last school?

What is your first impression of Alyangula?

What do you miss the most?

Mrs.Syme

Emu Park on the Capricorn Coast near Rockhampton

Berserker Primary in Rockhampton where I taught Science, English and IT across the school.

Friendly people.

Nothing I have always enjoyed working in a remote community and this is one school that I have always wanted to teach at.

Mrs. Slocombe

Mornington Peninsular.

Rosebud Primary on the Mornington Peninsular.

Love it, welcoming and friendly people. Fish delivered to our door and waiting for my first fishing trip.

Missing our wider family, our boy’s cousins and 24 hr. servo.

Mrs. Moore

Mildura

Mildura West (400+ students) where I was responsible for Reading Recovery and Literacy Leader.

Excellent neighbors, friendly community, tropical environment where we don’t need to request water for the school oval.

Community events.

Our property where we had orchards of apples, oranges, avocadoes etc. Growing your own tomatoes and day trips to the

river.

Mr. Slocombe

Mornington Peninsular, Safety Beach (it was called Shark Bay but they changed it as no one would swim there).

Elizabeth Murdoch College, Langwarrin, Frankston.

Friendly welcoming community, consistent weather and great pool and facilities.

Cricket Club and mates, family, 24hr servo and fish and chips.

A message from our new Assistant Principal

Alyangula Area School Community,

My name is Ben Slocombe and I am the new Assistant Principal at Alyangula Area School. My wife, Danielle and two boys, Ethan (5 years) and Lenny (18 months) have been in Alyangula for two weeks and have been made to feel very welcome within the community. I thank you all for this.

I developed my educational philosophy in Pre School, Primary and Secondary schools. I believe in developing strong educational relationships with students, staff, parents and school communities, which combined with clear student driven teaching practices result in engaging and relevant learning. I merged relationships, engaging and relevant learning with student wellbeing on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, indigenous and Darwin communities of the Northern Territory and the international, multicultural classrooms of Singapore.

My primary role is to ensure the students health, wellbeing and educational needs are meet and that school is a happy and safe learning environment for all.

Please feel free to stop and chat whenever you see me and my family around town.

Ben Slocombe


2013 School Calendar -Term 1

Wk 2 Assembly Friday 8th Feb AAS Assembly MS2

Wk 3 Meet and Greet Tuesday 12th Feb Classroom

Wk 4 Assembly Friday 22nd Feb AAS Assembly MS1

Wk 6 Assembly Friday 8th Mar AAS Assembly 5/6

Wk 8 Assembly Friday 22nd Mar AAS Assembly 4/5

Wk 9 Easter Hat Parade and Raffle Draw Thursday 28th Mar

Wk 9 Public Holiday Friday 29th Mar Good Friday

Wk 10 Public Holiday Monday 1st Apr Easter Monday

Wk 10 Assembly Friday 5th Apr AAS Assembly 3/4

Term Dates for 2013

Semester One

Term 1 Tuesday 29 January – Friday 5 April (Students resume Wed 30 January)

Term break Monday 8 April – Friday 12 April

Term 2 Monday 15 April – Friday 21 June

Semester break Monday 24 June – Friday 19 July

Semester Two

Term 3 Monday 22 July – Friday 27 September (Students resume Tues 23 July)

Term break Monday 30 September – Friday 4 October

Term 4 Monday 7 October – Friday 13 December

Meet and Greet Alyangula Area School would like to invite all parents to meet their child's teacher.

Each teacher will be hosting a 30 min session in their classroom on Tuesday 12th February

Preschool 3.00pm Yr.3/4 5.00pm

Transition 3.30pm Yr.4/5 5.30pm

Yr.1 4.00 pm Yr. 5/6 6.00pm

Yr.2 4.30 pm Middle School 6.30pm

Please note teachers will be sticking closely to these times as we realise that some families will

need to attend more than one classroom.

Arky Rose

Arya Sant

Jorja Slaughter

Kendra Strijdom

Abby Stringer

Jarrod Turley

Sam Whittle


Flynn Caspar

Indy-Lee Collins

Ruben De Lange

Nicole Dreyer

Abigail Eun

Lachlan Fitzsimons

Bronte Hobbs

Kayla Krigbaum

Seth Krigbaum

Nakarin Macaulay

Sophie Milroy

Talon Morris

Arky Rose

Congratulations

Sam Whittle 100% attendance in 2012

Kayla Krigbaum Seth Krigbaum

Nakarin Macaulay Jorja Slaughter

Jarrod Turley


Mitch Allwood

Aliyah Assan

Jude Bradbury

Kiera Bruce

Alyssa Caruana

Mitchell Collins

Macy Cuthbert

Eli Davey

Joe De Lange

Jai Donnelly

Brock Emmett

Deegan Emmett

Elsie Fitzsimons

Ethan Fitzsimons

Isaiah Gamez

Sofia Gamez

Bryce Garrahy

Jaxon Garrahy

Arya Morris

Cody Patullo

Shonnaye Patullo

Amity Pearce

Kaitlyn Ross

Trevor Stanway

Stella Sandy

Jesse Slaughter

Blake Stevenson

Rene Strijdom

Thomas Stringer

Kiara Sutton

Caitlyn Turley

Emma Turley

Harry Warden

Sam Warden

Lachlan Washington

Walter Winton

Nathan Yaksich

Amber Grove

Charli Grove

Sharmeka Harrington

Dakota Hobbs

Tama Iwikau

Emily Johnstone

Chloe Jones

Joseph Jones

Andrew Knott

Thomas Knott

Jayden Langford

Bi Lobo Rocha

Shanobi Marocchini

Grace McColm-Monaghan

Olivia McConachy

Riley McConachy

Bella Milroy

Jackson Moriarty


Scouts and Cub Scouts resumes Wed 6th Feb, please meet at the covered assembly area.

Looking forward to seeing everyone in their uniforms.

New families always welcome! Contact Geoff Knott for more info - 0418 605 771

http://www.scouts.com.au

1st Alyangula Scout Group

Every Wednesday night at Alyangula Area School

CUBS (7.5yrs to 11yrs) 6pm - 7:30pm

SCOUTS (11yrs to 14yrs) 6:30pm - 8pm New Location

Active After School Program

The Active After School Program will resume on Monday 11th of February – Week 3, running Monday,

Wednesday and Friday from 2:30pm – 4:00pm during Term 1 of 2013.

New forms will have to be filled in for all families as some information maybe different e.g. contact details,

medical info etc. Please see the school office for the form which is to be returned to Barbora at the GEMYDU

office at the ASEC hall.

Please note that this program is for students who are 5 years old and above.

For more information contact: Barbora Ramlah, GEMYDU Coordinator, ph; 08 89876739

After School Care

Currently the Alyangula Early Childhood Centre is investigating the viability of running After School Care at

Alyangula Area School. This would be a service that parents would need to pay for, which is licensed with

qualified staff. Parents would be able to claim the Childcare Rebate for these fees as per normal child care

facilities and programs. This program would be able to cater for all students enrolled at Alyangula Area School

in Transition to Year 10.

If this program was successful in getting enough interested parents and places, this service would then replace

the current Active After School Program. The Active After School activities would become part of the After

School Care Service.

Please contact Michelle Leonard on 89877075 to register your interest.

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