Alawa Primary School Newsletter

Welcome to Week 9!

As you are all aware Sandy Cartwright will be on leave for the next 2 weeks. During this time we will have some relief staff working to take on some duties. Next week we have arranged for our teachers to have collaborative planning time together so we will have our usual relief in to cover some classes.

PUBLIC HOLIDAY: As you are all aware next Thursday has been declared a National Day of mourning for her Majesty the Queen. There will be no school on this day.

STUDENT LED CONFERENCES

Our Student led conferences began last night and it was wonderful to see many families sharing in their child’s learning journey. If you have missed out and/or would like to have a longer conversation, please get in contact with your child’s teacher and organise another time.

NAPLAN: Our individual reports for NAPLAN have just arrived. We will be providing you with a copy of these at the Student Led Conferences. If you will not be attending, you have the option to pick them up from the front office or they will be posted out on Friday.

BOOKWEEK PARADE: We have a fantastic assembly planned for this Friday in the muster area. We would love to see you join us. The word is out that many teachers will also be dressing up. There will be fantastic prizes for each year level. We also have prizes for families and teachers. Please join in the enthusiasm and excitement.

Have a lovely week.

Gen Donohue [Acting Principal] 

Brat pack will once again be offering care for students on our Staff Professional Development day, Friday 21st October. 

For all bookings please contact Brat Pack direct:

http://thebratpacknt.com.au/

Muster is held at Alawa after each recess and lunch break - this gives us an opportunity for everyone to settle from playtime, share any celebrations and work on consistency of messages and expectation.

Each week we allocate class points during Muster time recognising those students who were ready and waiting to go back to class calmly and quietly after break times. The winning class from each 3 weeks will receive ice-blocks from Ms Cartwright and get to choose 5 songs that will play before our bells for the following 3 weeks.

The class with the most points in Week 8 of Term 3 was....Year 1 Bullock with 129 points!!!

Students at Alawa receive raffle tickets [house points] for their attitude and behaviour in the playground and out the front of the school at the end of the day. These are then counted on a Friday along with the points for students in full uniform, wearing house shirts etc.  At the end of each term we also include the points earnt through the recycling project and water bottle checks.

In Week 8 of Term 3 Goyder was ahead of Finnis and Manton with 2525 points!!! 

In the lead for the year we still have Finnis with 79386 points!!!

ART

In art this term, all students have focused on creating class displays for our recent performance night. Transition students created Australian windchimes, Year 1 Wilson created lions to represent Ghana, Year 1 Bullock created poi balls for New Zealand, Year 2 Ward made Vietnamese lanterns and fans and Year 2 Riley Smith created South Pacific leis and tropical birds. The Year 3-6 classes spent weeks applying paper to balloons to make hanging paper mache displays. Their designs were then painted onto their balloon, representing countries and geographical areas including The Caribbean, South Africa, Greece, India and China. A very big thank you to Steph Cockfield, Mr Dean and all the class teachers and students who proudly helped install the artworks for the night. 

PE

Year 3-6 students have been learning about AFL, hockey and tennis this term, with Year 1 and 2 students also doing activities from the Kiddo program. In AFL students learnt the key parts to a handball, a drop punt and other specialised kicks such as torpedoes and snaps. Students have been practicing tennis under the muster area focusing on forehand and backhand hits, whilst also learning about how important hand eye coordination is when playing tennis! We have been using the new tennis nets thanks to the Federally Funded Sporting Schools Grant [coordinated by Ms Tamra].

We have two gala days on the last day of term and wish our tennis and volleyball teams well!

Jen White [ART & PE Teacher] 

BOOK FAIR IS HERE 😊

This year our Book Fair Theme is Paws for Books – Come. Stay. Read a Great Tale.

Last week all of the classes came through the library to discover what is on offer at our Book Fair. Monday morning was the official opening of the Fair. Please come and have a look around our beautiful library to see what is on sale and spend a few minutes reading a book with your child. We have fiction and non-fiction books, graphic novels, posters, pens, diaries, activity kits and much more. Our opening times are listed below. I look forward to seeing you there.

Book Fair Location:          Library Conference Room

Book Fair dates:               Week 9 September 12th – 16th

Shopping hours:               Monday – Friday: 8am – 8:30am,  

                                            Monday, Thursday, Friday: 3pm – 4pm

                                            Tuesday and Wednesday: 3pm – 6pm [During Student Led Conferences]

Thank you to those who have volunteered to help out as it has been awesome to have an extra set of hands. If you would like to help out over the next week with sales or packing up on Monday morning,  please let me know.

**Don’t forget: our Book Parade on Friday morning at 8:40am. If you are having trouble thinking about a costume, check out the websites I listed in the Week 3 Newsletter for some inspiration. Mum and Dad we would love to see you dressed up as your favorite character too.**

Miss Sacha [Library and ICT Manager]

Now that we are into the build up all students are learning what the build up is and how this season affects our native plants and animals. They love the story of how the yellow flowing Kapok seeds signal to the freshwater crocodile that it is time to dig up its eggs because they are hatching.

Transition have finished their farm treasure hunts and are now learning about different bird homes. They will soon to be building their own. Year 1 have made a stunning rock mosaic for the new Zen Garden outside the kitchen and there is another mosaic on the way. Year 2 have completed one of 2 beautiful Bali style wind chimes made out of farm grown bamboo. You may have seen it hanging in the tree on the concert night. Years 3/4 are working on growing and harvesting produce and making wicking garden beds. Year 4/5 are collecting goods for the weekly market stall and sorting the recycling of cans, bottles etc to help bring money back into the farm. A collection of year 5/6 students are working on making a range of things for the farm such as a Bail hut for chickens as well as a bee hive and possum homes. Other 5/6 students continue to work hard on garden and animal care.

Thanks to those parents who have been coming to help during class times. Your assistance is very much appreciated and your children also love to see you there.

We would really love donations of any outdoor paint you may have lying around for our craft projects and pool fencing to protect our fruit trees from the goats. 

Linda Conder [Farm Teacher] 

Our Mission is to provide the Alawa School community with delicious healthy meals and snacks and to create meaningful links to our kitchen garden program. We will do our best to ensure we order the same products as advertised but occasionally have to change due to stock availability.

Cafe Specials Weeks 6-10

LUNCHTIME SPECIALS:

Available every day lunch only:

- mini beef burgers  $3.50

- spaghetti bolognaise small serve $3.50 or large serve $5.50 /Gluten Free Spaghetti $6.50 [Wed and Thu only]

Wednesday – Asian paw paw salad -  $5.50, Small $3.50

Thursday – Beef Nachos - Large size $5.50, Small $3.50

Friday – Homemade Chicken burger - One size $5.50

A reminder that our school Cafe is open Wednesday to Friday ONLY. Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. 

Order online at www.quickcliq.com.au