ENewsletter

Principal Updates

It was terrific to see so many smiley faces back on deck at school, last week - everyone got settled back quite quickly and engaged in their learning. Class teachers are sending letters home by the end of this week outlining the main aspects of their programmes for this term as well as outlining the usual expectations and providing a heads up about with upcoming events. These will be shared with families via email as usual.

Year 3/4 Camp

Initial notes went home last week for parents / carers of students in Years 3 and 4 regarding their camp to The Territory Wildlife Park for September 8th and 9th. Please ensure you return your intention to the office within the timeframe, so we can proceed with our planning.

Year 6 Orientation Day at Dripstone Middle School

On Thursday 11th August all Year 6 students are invited [and expected to attend] to Year 6 Orientation day at Dripstone Middle School. They will be accompanied by Mrs Baines and Mrs Wedel.

Alawa Student Commissioners

Yesterday the Alawa Student Commissioners participated in the launch of the video.

I have tested positive with COVID over the long weekend so unfortunately will be in isolation all this week - not feeling too bad so will engage as much as feasible from home via web meetings etc. I am still available via email.

Have a great week,

Sandy Cartwright [Principal]

Assistant Principal Update

Welcome to Week 2. I hope you had a lovely long weekend. I certainly enjoyed another lovely break with my family and friends. The children were super excited to be back with their friends and quickly engaged in learning. Term 3 is certainly a time of the year where the children all know the rules and routines of a classroom and quickly settle into learning.

It has been a very busy week this week with several teachers away as well as our Sandy our Principal. Fortunately she has not been too unwell at this stage and of course still working as much as she can. All staff are working together to continue all activities and learning and run a super school. Any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to get in contact with me.

PEP Talks: Sandy and I will be visiting each class in the next couple of weeks for our PEP talks. This is an excellent time that we have with each of the classes to focus on our school values, this term events and having a Growth Mindset. Due to the fact that our ALLE tools have been updated we will also have a strong focus on what they are and what they mean with our learning. These include: Collaborate, Communicate, Problem solve, Persist and Reflect. You will notice that the early years classes will be coming home with little badges which shows we are focusing on Collaborate this term. After viewing the feedback from the children last term the focus for early years is how we can identify what we are good at and how we can improve. This includes, looking at the word walls, setting goals, asking for help, practicing at home and at school and many more ideas that we brainstorm together.

Have a lovely week and enjoy another fabulous long weekend with our holiday next Monday.

Kind regards

Gen Donohue [Assistant Principal]

Farewell to Heather Briant

After over 20 years at Alawa Mrs Heather Briant has now officially retired.

Heather has been a huge part of the Alawa Community and her commitment to our school a shining example for all.

We will be celebrating Heather and her many contributions to our school community on Friday 5th August with a light afternoon tea.

We invite those families that know Ms Briant to come along and join in on the festivities so if you would like to attend please RSVP by Thursday 4th August to Miss Tamra - tamra.caruana@education.nt.gov.au or 8997 7666

Have you read the newsletter this week: A quick question

I will sneak a little quiz question into the newsletter each week. If you are a student and know the answer send me an email to have the opportunity to earn 20 bonus house points.

Week 2 question: Can you name the 5 ALLE Tools for the 21st Century Learner?

Sandy Cartwright [Principal]

Volunteers wanted: Can you sew?

We are seeking a volunteer or 2 to put together some curtains for our cupboards in the student kitchen.

We will provide all the material we just need your skill set to deliver some fresh new curtains!

If you are interested in helping out please contact the front office on 8997 7666 or alawa.school@edcuation.nt.ogv.au

*Please note all volunteers are required to hold an ochre card when working with children. A copy of our volunteer policy can be found HERE

Events calendar

Wednesday 27th July	NED Mindset show	1:45pm-2:30pm
Friday 29th July	Assembly hosted by the SRC School sports - Years 3 - 6 - Hockey and AFL	8:40am 9:30am
Sunday 31st July	Deckchair cinema fundraising night - Minions - Rise of the Gru	6:30pm
Monday 1st August	PUBLIC HOLIDAY - Picnic day	All day
Friday 5th August	School sports - Years 3 - 6 - Hockey and AFL	9:30am
Tuesday 9th August	RAAF Hot air balloon visit	9:30-12:30pm
Wednesday 10th August	Preschool Road Safety premier movie night	TBC
Thursday 11th August	Year 6 Orientation day - Dripstone Middle School	8:30am - 1pm
Friday 12th August	Assembly hosted by Year 4/5 Lawrence School sports - Years 3 - 6 - Hockey and AFL	8:40am 9:30am
Monday 15th August	School Council meeting	5:30pm
Wednesday 17th August	Transition Parent Information morning	8:30am
Friday 19th August	Book Parade assembly hosted by the SRC Hockey and AFL Gala days	8:40am All day
Tuesday 23rd August	Year 5 attending the Science Fair at Dripstone Middle School	11am - 1:20pm
Friday 26th August	Assembly hosted by Year 3 Block School sports - Years 3 - 6 - Volleyball and Tennis	8:40am 9:30am
Thursday 1st September	Young Achievers day at Dripstone Middle School Whole School Performance night	5pm
Friday 2nd September	School sports - Years 3 - 6 - Volleyball and Tennis	9:30am
Thursday 8th & Friday 9th September	Year 3/4 School camp to Territory Wildlife Park	All day
Friday 9th September	Assembly hosted by Year 5/6 Baines School sports - Years 3 - 6 - Volleyball and Tennis	8:40am 9:30am
Tuesday 13th & Wednesday 14th September	Student Led Conferences	3pm-6pm
Friday 16th September	School sports - Years 3 - 6 - Volleyball and Tennis	9:30am
Monday 19th September	School Council meeting	5:30pm
Friday 23rd September	Assembly hosted by Transition Hughes Volleyball and Tennis gala days Last day of Term 3	8:40am All day

Honour Awards

16 students will be presented with an Honour award and an Honour Distinction Award will go to Miss Jorja Besic this week at assembly, Friday 29th July.

Asha Hughes	Greta Upadhyaya	Ruby Althouse	Henry Vidins
Toby Bowden	Jed Carpenter	Flynn Hayward	William Hubbard
Paige Hughes	Callum Davey	Isabella Heermeyer	Tilly DeGennaro
Frankie Jeffery-Kent	Eleanor Farquhar Walker	Aislin Vickery	Lucas Cooper

This makes the award total for 2022 thus far 91 Student Honour Awards.

This means that 910 Alawa Merits have already been redeemed for the Honour Awards.

We are certainly proud of all our students for their ongoing positive attitude towards learning and their time at school.

Deckchair Cinema fundraising night

Tickets are selling fast for our Deckchair cinema fundraising night!!

Tickets will sell out for this popular movie night so jump online and get your family pass now for only $40 [2 adults 2 children]

If you are a fantastic baker and would like to help out with either donating or selling on the night we will also be holding a sweet stall to help raise funds. Please contact Ms Tamra if you are able to help out - 8997 7666.

https://www.deckchaircinema.com/movie/minions-the-rise-of-gru

NED's Mindset Mission

Our school is hosting NED’s Mindset Mission, a live streaming school

event. An engaging performer takes our students on an interactive

educational journey filled with storytelling, illusions, yo-yo tricks and humour.

NED’s message and memorable friends inspire students, promote academic

achievement, and support our school goals.

Never give up Encourage others Do your best®

Our school received this programme at no-cost because another school community has paid-it-forward to us. Now it’s our turn—you can help by purchasing a NED-messaged yo-yo and accessories. A yo-yo is both a mindset tool and tangible reminder of NED’s message. While learning to yo, children will make mistakes, try again, and improve. Read more at www.MindsetMission.com/yoyos

*Items will be on sale at the front office from 25th July-8th August.

Learning Commission

Last Term the Federal Government Online Formative Assessment Initiative team visited our school and met with our Student Commissioners to unpack with them what they feel they need in terms of assessment and how to make their learning and feedback more meaningful. This is to inform the Federal Government Education agenda. During the visit a recording was made and this has now been compiled after visits to a few other NT schools and will be presented to education ministers and senior government officials this Friday.

Yesterday we had the opportunity to view the video and provide feedback.

Once again Alawa Student Commissioners shone with their ability to articulate their thinking, take ownership of their learning and showcase their skills as 21st Century learners.

Stay tuned and we will share the video via Facebook in the coming week.

3/4 Camp Payment Schedule

Our initial letters and information have gone home about our exciting camp for our students in Years 3 and 4 to The Territory Wildlife Park on September 8th and 9th.

Permission notes will be sent home in the next fortnight. The payment of $150 and permission notes will need to be received no later than 26th August. Payment secures our booking and is needed to purchase food supplies. If payment is difficult by these dates, please come and speak to us directly or contact the Principal Sandy Cartwright.

There will be 3 payment instalment dates throughout the lead up time to camp. Please take note of these suggested instalment dates below.

First Instalment	Friday 5th August	$50
Second Instalment	Friday 19th August	$50
Final Instalment	Friday 26th August	$50

Volunteers needed: Breakfast club

This term we are asking for parent volunteers to assist teachers with Breakfast Club. This will be particularly important during Weeks 7 and 9 when teachers are busy with our whole school performance preparations and student led conferences. Volunteer support is required from 7:50 until 8:20 each Thursday morning and involves set up, preparing toast, serving cereal, cutting fruit and packing up.

Mr Wilson will be at breakfast club each week to help coordinate any support. If you are interested in helping, please let Mr Wilson know by visiting his classroom in Year One or via email at nathan.wilson6@education.nt.gov.au [don’t forget the 6]. You can also use this QR code to add your name to the breakfast club roster for Term 3. Just remember to mark the week you will assist.

Class Points

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 1 of Term 3 was....Year 1 Wilson with 71 points!!!

House 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 1 of Term 3 Manton was ahead of Finnis and Goyder with 2232 points!!!

In the lead for the year we still have Finnis with 62012 points!!!

Attendance: Term 2 at Alawa

As can be seen from the graph to the side we had 45% of our students attend less than 90% last term - this is very serious and detrimental to the students learning.

In fact we even had 18% attend less than 80% - this means 57 children missed more than 10 days of school through the term. Now we know COVID and Influenza was a significant contributor to these statistics - they are not the full story.

Attendance

Primary School Average for Week 1 Term 3: 85.86%

It will be terrific seeing more of our families attend daily.

The class with the highest attendance for Week 1: Year 5/6 Henderson with 95.80%!!!

Lates

Arriving late for school has a significant impact on your child’s learning and engagement in the education program.

There were 17 late arrivals in Transition—Year 6 in Week 1 Term 3!

For Week 1 the classes with the least lates were: Year 1 Bullock, Year 2 Ward, Year 4/5 Griffin and Year 5/6 Henderson with 0 lates each!!!

Library news

Book Club Issue 5 went home with Students last week. If you have missed getting one you can head online and view and order from the catalogue on the Book Club LOOP site scholastic.com.au/LOOP. You will find some of this years CBCA Shortlisted books on Page 7 of the catalogue. The Picture Book of the Year and Early Childhood shortlists are available as sets and are well worth looking at with the option of buying all 6 books in each of these categories saving you $25-$30 on each set.

In this Issue there is a very exciting offer to help you grow your home library or stock up on Christmas Gift options.

Place your Issue 5 order on LOOP to select up to 3 FREE BOOKS. To qualify all you have to do is spend over $30 and you can select 1 FREE book, or spend over $50 and you can select 2 FREE books or over $70 and you can select 3 FREE titles from a special online list. The list of free books will display after you create your order and head to the checkout. See www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP for more information.

Orders are due back by Thursday the 5th of August. You can view the catalogue and order online through the Scholastic Bookclub website at scholastic.com.au/LOOP, download the LOOP app From Google Play or from the App Store or return your order form and payment to the office. Spare catalogues will be available at the office if you miss out.

Please feel free to give me a call if you have any questions.

Miss Sacha [Library and ICT Manager]

Playgroup news

Playgroup will resume Friday Week 3, Friday 5th August from 9:30am in the Preschool.

Miss Maria [Playgroup Coordinator]

Quickcliq: Important information

We would like to advise you that from Monday 1st August 2022 QuickCliq will no longer be accepting or processing orders placed outside of the QuickCliq online ordering platform, commonly known as ‘late orders’.

Any parent who contacts QuickCliq requiring an order after your canteen’s specified cut off time will be informed that they cannot accept the order and to contact your canteen directly.

For any further information please contact the front office on 8997 7666.

Cafe

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 1-5

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 – Homemade Pork dumplings - $5.50

Thursday – Chicken and Jackfruit Curry - Large size $5.50, Small $3.50

Friday – Homemade Roast Pork rolls- One size $5.50

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

Order online at www.quickcliq.com.au

Alawa Primary School Newsletter

Week 2