Road Crossing Monitors Term 4, Week 2

Connor W, Alex S, Danny H (Reserve: Charlie W)

Term 4, Week 3 Cheyanne O, Michaela W, Tara D

(Reserve: Lilly B)

The annual Middle School market has now been running for 10 years. It’s a great way for the Middle School students to mix and provide for the primary students – and they love it. This year, for the first time, we invited parents to come and have a look as well. Thank you to the JP parents that came in to explore the market with their children.

This year our year 7s made all the craft

items, the year 8s cooked all the yummy goodies, whilst the year 9s organised and ran the games.

Keeping with tradition, students were given tokens to play the games and buy the food. This kept costs to the families at a minimum.

Well done to the middle school team – teachers and students – on another great school event.

By the MS Markets Admin Team

Upcoming Events:

Week 1 Friday 16th October

Anti-Poverty BBQ

Week 2 Thursday 22nd October Taiko Drumming Years 5-8

Friday 23rd October Casual Day “Paint it Red”

Week 3 Wed 28th to Fri 30th October

Year 5/6 Camp

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Term 4 has started well with students quickly settling into their final period of formal school learning for 2015. Students have reflected on their academic achievements, have set some goals in terms of their learning and are working their way towards achieving them. This term is like all others in that it is jammed packed with learning opportunities – both within and extra to the curriculum: exams, transition activities, swimming lessons, camps and End of Year Assemblies are just a few of those and the term promises to be a positive one!

The year 12s are coming to the end of their year with the completion of major Art Works, practice exams, final major assignments and the general stress of finishing a milestone in one’s life. The importance of good study skills and time management, healthy sleep and nutrition and limiting social events and paid work w ill be necessary over the next few weeks to ensure students achieve their best. Thank you to all teachers who dedicated time over the holidays to support students at this crucial time.

At the end of Term 3 we asked parents to participate in a survey to help us in our quest for continuous improvement. Thank you to the parents who have returned their surveys. In order for the survey to be valid we need another 30 families to respond. We have kept the survey open for an extra 2 weeks in the hope that surveys can be returned to school by tomorrow (Friday 16th October) for inclusion in the collation. (We are hoping that the paper surveys given out at interviews are sitting on kitchen benches waiting to come back but if not; please drop into the front office so that we can print off another). Your views are extremely important to us and we thank you for helping us in this way.

It is important to focus on the good things that are happening so that we can keep doing these things and expand on them. A summary, but by no means an exhaustive list of the good things that happened in Term 3 and the recent holiday break are the following:

• A substantial decrease in behaviour incidents • An extremely successful Tournament of Minds

team – a competition designed to stretch

Working Bee One way to make consistent improvements to our school facilities and environment is for us to host an annual working bee. This year the Governing Council has elected Sunday the 18th of October – we hope many people will be able to be involved.

students to think well and work as a team • 8 Middle School students attended Youth

Workshops at Flinders University • Science week activities that extended all

learners in Years 3-9 • Choir performance in Adelaide • Hospitality Market evening • Outdoor Ed camps • Tour to Japan with 17 students and 4 adults

as chaperones • Japanese Homestay • Year 3/4 Camp • A hugely successful Reading Evening at the

Library • An expanded Market Day to include parents,

where students excelled • Year 9 $20 Boss program that required

students to set up their own business • Early Years excursion to the Zoo • Aboriginal Cultural Day in the park • An increase in the number of students

participating and excelling in National Competitions

I am incredibly proud of what our students achieve and hope that you are too!

I am also proud of all staff at Moonta Area School who go above and beyond each and every day. This year, 5 of our teachers were acknowledged by the parent community and were nominated for the SA Public Teaching Awards. Congratulations go to:

• Caroline Hutchins • Fiona Ryan • Anneleise Couch • Mailyn Thomas • Sally Hackett

It is wonderful to be a part of such a vibrant Educational Community!

All the best for the last educational stretch of 2015!

On Thursday 17th September, Riley Williams and I travelled to Government House in Adelaide to attend a Youth Leaders Reception hosted by the Governor of South Australia, His Excellency Mr Hieu Van Lay.

As Senior School captains, Riley and I were fortunate to attend this special function.

His Excellency Mr Hieu Van Lay, Mrs Lay, Minister of Education and Child Development Mrs Susan Close and government advisors greeted and then joined the leaders of each school for refreshments in the main hall of Government House. At the beginning of the ceremony, his Excellency addressed the audience and inspired us with a motivation speech. He told us to find opportunity in times of hardship, and never to be discouraged by our age. He also reminisced of the hardship he had been through as a young boy, and how he had overcome each and every one of them to be where he is today. The Governors speech was very motivational and engaged each student to think about their future and the hardships they would face.

After receiving advice from The Governor himself, The Minister of Education, Mrs Close, spoke about her life and her journey to success. Mrs Close highlighted the importance of hard work in achieving your goals. Riley and I were then taken on a guided tour The Government House and were told about the history of the House and about past and present Governors.

Riley and I were honoured to attend the reception on behalf of Moonta Area School as it was a once in a lifetime opportunity. We learnt many valuable lessons about life and how to overcome difficulties that we may face. We would like to thank the school for this opportunity and also Wendy Williams for taking time out of her day to drive us down to the reception.

By Adele Andrew MAS Captain 2015

The Year 8/9 teams travelled to Jamestown to play 5-a-side Indoor Soccer on Wednesday the 16th of September. We were up against seasoned players from Balaklava and Jamestown.

Our girl’s team pulled off an amazing effort to go down 3-4 in the last 30 seconds. Nickala Smith was a star in defence and in goals while Jess Bones also saved at least 5 attempts on goals in the second half. Caitlan Young, Bethany Legg, Ruby Markham, Brooke Keywood and Ellen Paterson switched it up to make sure the midfield and front lines held plenty of opportunities. Over the game the girls became a formidable team!

Our boy’s team had 2 games – both against teams who had been playing together for many years. William van Riet, Tom van Riet and Ryan Mulholland all had a turn in goals – all made some specky saves! Reggie Clarke used his superior ball skills to steal, weave and score on many occasions. Kane Drewett, Cameron Turner and Tyler Moore used speed and agility to pass, steal and defend. The boys played well, however went down to both teams 7-8 and 5-9.

A great day had by all. A special thanks to Adam Moore who helped manage teams and transport us all there!

Kane Drewett, Ruby Markham, Reggie Clarke, Cailtlan Young, Tom van Riet, Brooke Keywood, Ellen Paterson (with ball), Nickala Smith, Bethany Legg, Ryan Mulholland, Cameron Turner, William van Riet, Tyler Moore, Jess Bones

The 2014-2015 Celebration of Employment Awards was held on Saturday night the 10th October at the Wallaroo Sporting Club with 175 community members attending.

There were many nominees in all categories on the night and I am pleased to announce Nicholas McPeake Year 11 Moonta Area School student, was the winner of the School Based Apprentice of the Year.

Nicholas is currently undergoing a Certificate 3 in Bricklaying /General Construction commencing this year on 25/2/2015.

Nicholas will gain credits towards his SACE for modules completed through Trade School and will have completed a substantial amount of the Trade School requirements when he completes his Year 12.

Congratulations to Nicholas for his outstanding efforts as a student and School Based Apprentice.

The 2015 ひらがな Hiragana / カタカナ Katakana Ribbon Challenge

Several students in years 3-7 have been working hard to achieve ribbons. Students are given a selection of Japanese characters to master in order to achieve a ribbon. I would like to say ありがと

うarigatou thank you to all of the students who had a go, keep up the practice and がんばってganbatte good luck for next term.

The following students have achieved:

The White Ribbon of the ひらがな Hiragana Challenge: Abby Prout, Alexa Northey, Ayden Aurisch, Bella Cini, Bella Luciano, Chloe Oxspring, Emma Prout, Kaitlyn Reynolds, Katlyn Moore, Kennie Dunlop, Kym Donley, Marcus Moore, Matilda Carruthers-murray, Sheridan Scott, Tyson Cowley and Zeke Stock

The Yellow Ribbon of the ひらがなHiragana Challenge: Ashleigh Groom, Emily Gow, Kloe Appleton, Logan Polley and Ziyu Yang

The Green Ribbon of the ひらがなHiragana Challenge: Graycie Dall, Leah Drew, Asha Johns and Mackenzie Jones

The Blue Ribbon of the ひらがなHiragana Challenge: Christina Cocks, Lily Steele, Asha Johns and Mackenzie Jones

The Black and final Ribbon of the ひらがなHiragana Challenge: Kadra Raunic

The following student has achieved the Brown and final Black Ribbon of the カタカナKatakana Challenge: Savannah Shields

よくできましたYokudekimashita Well done Stacey Golding

VALUES SURVEYS Thank you to all families that took the time to fill out Values Surveys. Congratulations to the Prout family (Abby and Emma Prout) who won our family raffle, a FAMILY PASS to the cinema, kindly donated by STATEWIDE CINEMAS.

Robyn Paterson

CLASS STRUCTURES FOR 2016 During term four we begin looking at our class and staffing structures for the following year. In order for us to do that accurately we need to have an indication of likely enrolment numbers.

If you plan on leaving MAS for the 2016 school year we would appreciate it if you could let us know. We are more than happy to meet with you to discuss the educational needs of your child.

If you are aware of any families wanting to enrol their children for next year please encourage them to let us know as soon as possible.

THANK YOU UNITING CARE COUNTRY SA

Thank you to Uniting Care Country SA for their kind donation to support our Lunch program and Breakfast Club. With support such as this, we are able to assist students and families to ensure all children have access to a healthy breakfast or lunch.

This donation was made possible by generous members of our local community.

Kris Strauss-Scott (School Counsellor)

To secure your copy, please fill out the tear off section and forward to the Front Office with $22 (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 Wednesday 18th November, Week 6

2015 School Magazine Order Form - $22.00 (INC GST) Name: _________________________________________________ Class: _________________

If you are a community member, please write down your contact number: _________________________________ We will ring you when the magazine is ready for collection.

I would like to order ___ copy/copies of the 2015 School Magazine. Enclosed is $ _________________

Signed: ___________________________________

ANTI-POVERTY BBQ “swap a can for a snag”

On the hill, lunchtime

Friday 16th October

Daymap Parent Portal – Email address

Student(s) Name: _________________________________________________________________

Home group(s): __________________________________________________________________

Parent Name: ____________________________________________________________________

Current email address: ____________________________ @ _____________________________

Moonta Area School is currently in the process of setting up the Daymap Connect Parent portal.

Daymap Connect harnesses the power of the Daymap Learning Management System to bring communication in the school community full circle.

By using Daymap Connect, parents gain their own identities in Daymap to assist you in staying informed about school matters and individual student progress. It is accessible from any computer that has Internet Access.

In order for parents to access the portal we require current email addresses, please fill out the slip below with your current email address and return to the school by Monday 26th October, Week 3.