Wow what a busy week we have just had....as we enter the final weeks of Term 2.
Masterchef
Another fantastic opportunity for children's in Years 4,5 and 6 co-ordinated by the very talented and creative Mrs Sullivan. See further for details and celebrations and the reveal of the very secret special judge. Congratulations to the team from Year 4/5 Griffin who took out the top prize for the event: Alexandra, Jaxon, Jackson and Caspar. A second Masterchef will be offered later in the year.
Sports Day
Our annual Sports Day was a blast as always and so much colour and fun and energetic activity. Great team spirit and sportsmanship displayed.
Congratulations FINNIS!
And of course to the staff team who won for the FIRST time ever The Alawa Cup - very impressive persistence Mr Lawrence!
Huge thanks to our organising team:
Jen White | Jed Henderson | Ana Bernardino |
Jarrad Lawrence | Nathan Wilson | Ros Solien |
Tammy Zairis | Tamra Caruana | |
Extra special thanks as well to our parent volunteers for the morning setup as well as at the events during the day.
Kane Taylor | John Ronayne | Daryl Lehmann |
Andrew Wedel | Felicity Wedel | Erica Garcia |
Morgan Vidins | Andrew Lehmann | Randall Cook |
Michael Negrete | Claire Keily | Mary Finlay-Doney |
Maths Symposium
A small group of our older students were invited to attend the annual Maths Symposium for students in Years 5 and 6 across the work of schools who all follow the Meaningful Maths Approach. Jesse, Ameliah and Hien Thuc have let me know they really enjoyed the challenges and opportunity to connect with students from the other schools who also thrive on extending their mathematical thinking and reasoning. Thanks to Ms Katie for driving them to and from the event.
Launch of Friends of Sport Scholarship Program
What an honour it was for 4 of our very lucky students to be invited to Parliament house last week to attend the launch of the Friends of School Sport NT scholarship fund. Caspar, Will, Georgia and Miguel did an excellent job of representing our school and showcasing our Alawa School values. This is a fantastic initiative set up by the Friends of School Sport NT to help students financially across the Territory and enable more children to attend advanced sporting programs. Special thanks to Mr Randall Cook for allowing Alawa Primary School to take part in helping to promote this opportunity to our community.
Click here to see video staring some of our super star students!
Progress Reports
Tuesday next week reports will be emailed home to all families. Additionally for students Years 3-6 they will also have their reports emailed to them. Please take the time to review with your child and make contact with your child's class teacher if you have any queries or concerns.
Note: For those children going on camp their reports will be emailed out Monday 20th.
Upcoming events
Thursday this week a group of our Year 6 students head to Dripstone Middle to engage in the Young Achievers program Day 2 and then Friday 17th of our very talented students head to the regional Track and Field Carnival with Ms White and Ms Katie
Next week great excitement as our Year 5 and 6'sa head off to camp in Katherine with Mr Henderson, Mrs Baines, Ms Bates and Ms Katie + some very supportive parents.
Alawa Harvest Cooking program
Have you booked in for your child if they are in Years 3-6? Fantastic holiday fun.
Cheers & have a terrific week,
Sandy Cartwright [Principal]