Upcoming Events: Week 7
Friday 5th September
Year 12 2nd Raffle Drawn
Week 8
Monday 8th – Thursday 11st
September
R-6 Parent/Teacher Interviews
Monday 8th September
4:30 p.m. DMC
Friday 12th September
Pupil Free Day
Please view the complete Calendar on the back page.
Wow, what a wonderful school community! Over the last 2 weeks I have been impressed again and again with the learning experiences provided and products created as a result of this experience. In the next newsletter, you will see and read more about Science Week which culminated in the Expo enjoyed by many on Friday last week. Kerry Crosby, with a team of dedicated students, ran demonstrations of chemical reactions all day, while students enjoyed looking and asking questions about scientific investigations on display in an adjacent classroom created by students across all year levels of the school. The displays showed deep learning about topics varying from how much sugar is found in a 350ml bottle apple juice compared to a can of coke….almost the same!!! To a car crash simulator – on average those texting had 17 accidents compared to 3 of non-texting drivers in a prescribed time
Role this year: Assistant Principal
Last Schools: Wallaroo PS, Moonta AS, and Yorke District Office.
Years Teaching: eek!! 30.
Special Interests: Coaching and playing softball (Masters these
days). Cooking (I did a cooking class in Tuscany recently). DJ on
89.3 Gulf FM.
What you are looking forward to this year in regard to teaching: Seeing Moonta Area School community using their values, bursting
with pride, and supporting each student in their life journey
period. Congratulations go to all staff and students for committing to this project and creating such awesome displays of the learning! To add to the excitement and excellent learning opportunities, the choir travelled to Adelaide to rehearse for their big performance at the Festival Theatre in a few weeks, after performing at the Kadina Show. The Band will be performing at the Royal Adelaide Show this Friday – another first for our students – hats off to Nathan Hamdorf and his pupils! Other exciting learning developments include but are not contained to, our NAPLAN Results - congratulations to all staff and students! This year we have improved significantly in all but one aspect (writing). That means that in Reading, Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation and Numeracy a majority of our students are surpassing the National Minimum standard. Individual results will be sent home in the coming week. Please contact the school if you would like to discuss your child’s results. Year 9, 10 and 11 students and their families participated in a course counselling information session last week. Parents and students have been invited to attend interviews with home group teachers next week to finalise course choices for 2015. If you were unable to make this information
session and would like to make an appointment please call the school and ask to speak to Sam Schultz. Secondary student reports will be coming home at the end of the term and interviews for parents of children in reception to Year 6 are available next week. There is still a chance to book an interview if you have not yet done so by calling the front office. Pupil Free Day Friday 12th September Our last Pupil Free Day for the year is shaping up to a very productive day. Staff will be participating in a range of training sessions. SSOs will focus on the new version of Word, supporting students with Autism and mentoring students. Teaching staff will concentrate on The Australian Curriculum. Thank you for supporting our professional learning.
Moonta Area School recently held its course counselling and parent information evening for students who will be entering years 10, 11 and 12 in 2015. Students and their families were given information packs and a presentation with all the relevant information required to make informed subject selections for the coming year. After each presentation all guests were invited to have some tea, coffee and nibbles in the Library where they could also seek further advice or information from many of the senior school teachers who were in attendance on the night. Students and families who were not able to attend the sessions will receive the information packs through students home groups and are encouraged to talk to their teachers or call the school if they have any questions regarding their subject selections next year. Those students who are entering into year 11 and 12 next year will also need to ensure they made a booking for a course counselling interview through their home groups. Course counselling interviews will be held on Wednesday 10th September for students moving into
year 11 and on Thursday 11th September for students moving into year 12. The interviews are 20 minute sessions that can be used to check students subject selections with a teacher and family member and discuss career options and other implications of their selections. Students and their families are encouraged to have discussed and selected subjects prior to the meeting which can then be reviewed. If these dates or times are not suitable for you or your family please contact the school to make alternative arrangements. We look forward to guiding students and their families through this important and exciting period of their schooling lives. Important dates Year 10 into 11 Course Counselling Interviews:
Wednesday 10th September 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Year 11 into 12 Course Counselling Interviews: Thursday 11th September 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Only days to go and what a great effort the students have put in! A fantastic number of students have completed the challenge in the last week. Their names are listed below: Emma-Lee Chamberlain, Jasmine Crocker, Kurt Daddow, Callum Gibson, Leilani Gummow, Brandon Humphrys, Maddie Musolino, Seth Osborn Mataya Pollard, Kadra Raunic, Mia Riddle, William van Riet, Nickala Smith, Nick Stewart, Tom van Riet, Michaela Woodward and Tahlia Woodward, Alisha Bones, Rachel Bones, Shakaya Buckskin, Jyden Buckskin, Patricia Drover, Tayla Etheridge, Shannon Daly, Curtis Jolly, Latrelle Jolly, Eliza Lawrence, Kaitlyn Reynolds, Tyreese Scott, Renee Smith, Hudson Schonfeldt-Kennedy, Belle-Paree Schonfeldt-Kennedy, Kyleasha Scott, Maddison Shields, Shelly, Webb, Jamelia Webb, Lochlan Appleton, Tom Cockshell, Harley Ettles, Jaxon Fulton, Dexter Goncalves, Lily Graham, Ashleigh Groom, Tyrese Jolly, Tahj Madigan, Kadence Murphy, Breanne Peters, Austin Shearer, Bailey Shearer and Marshall Todd. Dexter has completed 4 forms for ‘Beyond the Challenge’, Kadence has completed 3, Liana 5 and Rebecca Stock, a whopping 16.
Peyton Bagshaw has completed Beyond the Challenge four times as well as the initial challenge and Saffron Knibbs has gone Beyond the Challenge twice.
The lucky winners of the Meg’s Bookshop vouchers are Callum Gibson Year 8, and Ashleigh Groom, Year 5.
Reading for the 2014 Challenge finishes 5 September 2014
Well-being and Mental Health Information
Evening at Moonta Area School.
Monday 22nd September, 6 – 9 p.m.
Speakers include:
Sarah Blunden – Sleep Paediatric Psychologist
Rick Thompson Clinical Practice Consultant at SA Health.
Topics discussed:
Moods, binge drinking, effective communication, sleep, bullying and harassment.
Creche for under 13 years old available.
Light tea and refreshments provided. No cost.
A great opportunity to learn about these topics and
ask questions.
All Welcome.
For more information contact (08) 8825 2088.
Road Crossing Monitors Term 3, Week 8
Lui D’Aprile, Charlie Warren, Decklan Waters
Term 3, Week 9 John Stone, Kyran Spencer-Teague,
Brayden Spencer-Teague
2014 School Magazine Order Form - $20.00 (INC GST)
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To secure your copy, please fill out the tear off section and forward to the Front Office with $20 (inc GST) per copy. There will be limited spares. If you don’t order and pay, you may miss out on this terrific offer. Orders are due back to school by Friday 21st November, Week 6 .
You may be aware that our school is in the initial stages of implementing a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) program for year 7 – 12 students. Why are we promoting BYOD? The federally funded Digital Educational Revolution (DER) program, which provided significant funds for schools nationally to purchase devices (such as laptops, desktops and tablets) and to establish infrastructure (such as servers, networks and WIFI connectivity) has now ceased. Whilst it is unfortunate that this funding has discontinued, our school needs to be innovative and proactive in its drive to move our education system into a 21st Century model of teaching and learning. Access to technology is vital in a future-focused leaning environment and we strongly believe that BYOD can facilitate this.
Considerations We recognise that just like uniforms, supplies and extra curricula activities; a laptop for student use represents a significant investment for families. Although our school will continue to maintain the devices that we currently have for student use, these are becoming ‘tired’, many have been damaged and it’s not financially viable for us to upgrade these. BYOD ownership options for: 1. Use an existing device that the student uses at
home – provided it meets the minimum specifications (as shared with students in a ‘blue booklet’ earlier this year)
2. Purchase a new, pre-used or refurbished device from a reputable seller.
3. Purchase a school recommended device. Our IT Team are exploring options to provide students with a small choice of devices which include the Microsoft Office suite of programs (such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
4. Lease a device from a reputable company.
We appreciate your ongoing support and encourage families to support this Year 7-12 initiative.
The following proposals will be discussed at the meeting to be held on Monday September 8th: Proposal One: Partnership Pupil Free Days 2015 Proposal: Staff to engage in professional learning for Australian Curriculum. Date: Term 2, Week 7, Tuesday 9th June & Term 3, Week 8 Monday 7th September Proposer: K Amos on behalf of Partnership
Proposal Two: Year 6 Day Excursion to Adelaide Proposal: Visit Magistrates Court, tour Parliament House with Steven Griffiths Requirements from home: Packed lunch & drink bottle Cost: $5 per student Date: Week 9, Wednesday 17th September Proposer: M Thorpe
Proposal Three: 3-6 Swimming Lessons Date: Term 4, Week 7 Mon 14/11 – Week 8 Wed 3/11 Proposer: H Skipworth
Proposal Four: R-2 Swimming Lessons Date: Term 4, Week 8 Thurs 4/12 – Week 9 Thurs 11/12 Proposer: H Skipworth The following proposals were approved at the meeting held on Monday 25th August: Proposal One: Rap-Unzel Proposal:. JP and Primary students to watch performance by NZ Playhouse (touring theatre group) Date: September 5th 2014 (Friday, Week 7) Cost: $4.50 per student Proposer: R Dalziel
Proposal Two: Bot Farm 2014 – Rise Of The Appliances Proposal:. 7-12 students to watch performance by NZ Playhouse (touring theatre group) Date: September 5th 2014 (Friday, Week 7) Cost: $4.50 per student Proposer: R Dalziel Proposal Three: The Little Bad Wolf Proposal:. R-6 students to watch puppet performance by School Performance Tours Date: September 11th (Thursday, Week 8) Cost: Proposer: R Dalziel
Notes: Can the performance be scheduled for the afternoon to avoid morning literacy times? R Dalziel to follow up.
Proposal Four: Sacred Stone (Band) Seminar Presentation Proposal:. 1 hour presentation followed by band performance during 1st Break Date: 23rd September 2014 (Tuesday, Week 10) Proposer: K Schulz Proposal Five: Sammy D Foundation Presentation Years 6-12 Proposal:. Presenters to run 3 x 1.5hr workshops about safe partying and bullying Date: 24rd September 2014 (Wednesday, Week 10) Proposer: K Schulz Proposal Six: Sleep Seminar for Years 5-12 Proposal:. Presenter to run 3 x 1hr workshops about the benefits of sleep Date: 22rd September 2014 (Monday, Week 10) Proposer: K Schulz Proposal Seven: Mental Health Seminars Year 6-12 Proposal:. Presenter will run 3 x 1.5hr workshops about anxiety, depression, adolescent development, binge drinking and eating disorders. Date: 22rd & 23rd September 2014 (Monday & Tuesday, Week 10)
Proposer: K Schulz Proposal Eight: Bring a Fruit/Veg Proposal:. JP Students to bring a piece of fruit or veg from home to share Date: Week 6/7 Proposer: B Ingham Proposal Nine: Old MacDonalds Farm visit for Rec Classes Proposal:. Old MacDonalds Traveling Farm visit from 12pm – 3pm to fit in with reception classes learning or term themes. Date: 25th September 2014 (Thursday, Week 10) Cost: $6.50 per student Proposer: S Hier Proposal Ten: Senior School Graduation Dinner at Coopers Ale House, Wallaroo Date: Thursday 4th December Proposer: Olivia Northeast (Formal Committee Rep)
Bears Basketball Club Registration Night. Wednesday 3rd September. Venue – Copper Coast Sport & Leisure Centre. Juniors - 3:30 p.m. / Seniors – 5 p.m. All players must register on or before Registration Night. Fees apply to all grades. 30% non-refundable deposit required. BBQ fundraiser. For all enquiries or to register call Lauren – 0457 367 014
or email – [email protected] Moonta Basketball Club Registration Night. New players welcome. When: Wednesday 10th September. Where: Moonta Football Club. Time: 4 – 7 p.m. Registration Cost: $50 (to be paid on the night and taken of fees). Also calling for all coaches If you are unable to make registration please contact Adele on 0417 869 807. Like us on Facebook to keep updated.
Week 8
Monday 8th – Thursday 11th September R-6 Parent/Teacher Interviews Monday 8th September 4:30 p.m. DMC Tuesday 9th September Senior Rock Band perform at Adelaide Show Friday 12th September Pupil Free Day Sunday 14th September Tournament of the Minds - Adelaide Week 9
Tuesday 16th – Friday 19th September Year 10 OED Buskwalking Camp
Week 9
Wednesday 17th September Choir – Festival of Music Friday 19th September 9 a.m. R-12 Assembly Week 10
Monday 22nd – Friday 26th September Well being Week Monday 22nd September 6 – 8 p.m. Well-being and Mental Health Information Evening
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During Book Week, our R-6 students invited a special person to read. We were lucky to get a little bit of sunshine. Thank you to all friends and family
who were able to visit.
