Newsletter No. 20 - Wudinna Area School

WUDINNA AREA SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER NO 20 Term 4, Week 7, 26.11.2015
Telephone (08) 8680 2263
Fax (08) 8680 2393
Box 30
WUDINNA 5652
www.wudinnaas.sa.edu.au
email:
dl.0765.info@schools.sa.edu.au
DATES TO REMEMBER
*****Student Free Day*****
Monday 30 November
Year 1 Class Excursion;
Governing Council Meeting –
6.00pm
Tuesday 1 December
Schools Ministry Group
Seminars – R-5 – 9.00am, 6-10
10.00am
Wednesday 2 December
Grace’s Art Exhibition - Library
Thursday 3 December
Presentation Night – 7.30pm
start at Apex Park
Friday 4 December
Year 7/8 Transition Parent
Meeting
Monday 7 December
Primary Pool Party 11.40am3.00pm
Wednesday 9 December
2015 school year finishes
2.25pm; buses leave 2.35pm
Thursday 10 December
2016 School Year begins
Monday 1 February
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Hopefully harvest is finished or nearly finished.
We are on the home straight and the finish line is in sight but there is still a lot going on at
school including;
 Presentation Night
 Primary Years Pool Party
 Film afternoon
 Transition meeting for year seven students
 Training and developments
 Excursions
 Visitors
 Report writing
 Art exhibition
We have some new art installations that have been created by Grace Bower and I would like
everyone to come into the school and have a look. The installations really bring some colour
and creative thinking to the school buildings. Grace will be having an Art Exhibition on
Thursday 3 December; please come into the school and have a look. Grace has done a lot of
work and the installations look fantastic.
Student Free Day
Next Monday, 30 November, will be a Student Free Day to allow staff to do training and
development with Teleah Wilson who is our Numeracy and Literacy Results+ Facilitator.
The training and development will focus on growth mindsets and transforming tasks. This is
a continuation of training that we have previously undertaken this term.
Buses
Thank you to all those people (cars and trucks included) who have slowed down to 25km or
attempted to slow down when buses are stopped on the side of the road picking up and
dropping off students.
Governing Council
Our next meeting is on Tuesday 1 December. We will be wrapping up the year and calling
the AGM for 2016. The meeting will be in the Conference Room at 6.00pm.
The Governing Council is running a bottle and can drive; could anyone interested in
donating bottles and cans please take them to Wudinna Recycling. This money is going
towards playground shade and equipment.
Please drop in and visit the school we want parents to see what is happening within the
school.
Yours truly
Ned Loades
Principal
FROM THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL – SECONDARY
Secondary Subject Award Sponsorship
Thank you to all of the people who have sponsored Academic Achievement Awards for this
year’s Presentation Night. Your continued support is very much appreciated. All of the
awards now have sponsors thanks to the generosity of a wide range of community members.
Presentation Night
A reminder to all Secondary students – Presentation Night is on Friday 4 December. It is an
expectation that all students will attend this event and that appropriate school uniform will be
worn (including appropriate footwear). Please include this in your diary of events to come –
look forward to seeing you on the night to celebrate and acknowledge the excellent
achievement of our students.
Final week activities (Week 9)
Students will continue their normal timetabled lessons until
the end of Wednesday 9 December, completing alternative
activities of relevance to their various subjects. On
Thursday 10 December, students will be engaged in
alternative activities, which will include some time spent at
the pool.
countries such as Indonesia, India, Japan and China. The
highlight at the end was the dragon puppet that twelve
older students helped to manipulate and take around the
outside of the room.
Final Reports
Semester 2 Reports will be distributed to all students in
Years 8-11 on the last day of school, Thursday
10 December.
Glenys McGuire
Assistant Principal – Secondary
FROM THE PRIMARY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Merit Cards
Congratulations to the following students who received
Merit Cards at the last assembly:
Cheyanne Savage, Luke Matthews, Lily Payne, Jorja
Habermann, Jada Coventry, Courtney Lambert, Noah
Oswald, Baden Cummings, Zack Bigg, Matilda Nettle,
Lyka Pulgo, Gabbie Seal, Cain Bartley, Kane Hogben,
Bella Porter, Tay-Lee Steele, Megan Baldock, Rani
Tomney, Emmie Sargent, Ila Greenaway, Matilda Barns,
Joey Lymn, Kye O’Brien, Marney Marshall, Mayson
Peters, Bodhi Scholz, Archie Sampson and Mia Elliott.
Artist in Residence
Dance instructor Kate Skully worked with the Primary
students and teachers last week as a part of our annual
“Artist in Residence” program. The students responded
really well to Kate’s teaching. Class teachers and students
are now working very hard to practise these dance items
that they developed with Kate. They will be performed for
families and community members at the Dress Rehearsal
on Friday 4 December at 9.45am as well as at the
Presentation Night that evening.
Primary SRC Social
The Primary SRC Social was held last Friday in Room 16.
Thank you to the SRC Reps for working well together to
organise this social. They were capably led by the
executive members. Thank you to the teachers for
supervising on a Friday night and to Craig Standley for
setting up the lights and the bunting. Thank you also to
Ryan Lymn and Jeb Nettle for being the DJs. Well done to
all students for responsible behaviour. A huge thank you
must go to Andrew Buckham for the sound system,
including setting up and taking down.
Reports
The Semester 2 reports will be distributed on the last day
of the school year.
Training and Development
Primary staff met on Wednesday after school to share
teaching strategies in Numeracy that teach and encourage
deep and rich thinking skills. It was really valuable to hear
of the different ideas and experiences. We all came away
with enthusiasm and new ideas.
Expressive Arts
The Reception – Year 8 students viewed the “G’Day Asia”
performance recently. The performance was entertaining
and informative and took the students on a tour through
Schools Ministry Group Seminars
On Wednesday next week, the Schools Ministry Group
will be presenting two hour long seminars. The students
Reception – Year 5 will attend a seminar on “The Wait for
Christmas” which includes the story of Christmas and the
wider meaning of Christmas. The message will be that
people don’t need to wait for a special day or holiday to
care for the people around us and to show kindness and
respect to all people. The Year 6-10 students will attend a
seminar on “Identity/Deconstructed”.
This seminar aims to deconstruct the common
understanding of identity and self-worth to reveal
conceptions of how our identity can be formed, including
relationships, culture and social media.
Thank you Classroom SSOs
I would like to sincerely thank the SSOs who have been
working in the classrooms this year to enhance the learning
outcomes of our students. Pat Wilkins worked with
students in both the Primary and the Secondary sections of
the school. Emma Bigg and Doug Calow worked with
Primary students. Nola Buckham, Tessa McKenna and
Emma Bigg worked with students on the QuickSmart
program. Melissa Thomson, Marlene Boylan, Cassie
Stringer, Miriam Brands and Carol Cummings worked
with students with specific needs. Thank you so much to
you all for your dedication.
Marie Elson
Primary Assistant Principal
FROM THE PASTORAL CARE WORKER
The Schools’ Ministry Seminars are next Wednesday,
2 December at 9.00am (primary) and 10.00am (secondary).
If any of the WEC Group would like to join us, sign in at
the Front Office and come have a look! In this interactive
primary school presentation, the Christmas story is shared
through dynamic storytelling, Christmas activities and
unique media. Students are encouraged that they don’t
need to wait for a special day or holiday to show love and
care for the people around them. The theme of the
Secondary seminar is – “Identity Deconstructed”. This
presentation reveals different ways our identity can be
formed, including relationships, culture and social media. I
hope this seminar will radically change our view of selfworth, build resilience and transform our relationships.
Cheers! From Carol
PRESENTATION NIGHT
The Wudinna Area School Presentation Night will be held
on Friday 4 December at 7.30pm in Apex Park, weather
permitting. We will use the new amphitheatre facility and
seating will be provided for the most part. We will use the
Wudinna Hall if the weather is predicted to be
unfavourable.
The theme will be “Dancing under the Stars”. The program
on the night will include Primary items and the
presentation of awards for Primaries, Secondaries and
volunteers.
The end of Semester 2 awards (Primary Merit Cards R-4
and High & Outstanding Academic Awards) will be
presented at the end of year school assembly, as happens
with Semester 1 awards.
Each Primary class will present the item that they have
learnt with dance instructor, Kate Skully.
The Presentation Night will be a similar format to last year
with no interval.
No tickets will be sold but there will be the opportunity for
a gold coin donation per person.
Community and family members are welcome to attend the
dress rehearsal of the Primary items free of charge at Apex
Park at 9.45am on Friday 4 December. The dress rehearsal
will take approximately 45 minutes.
Ned Loades, Glenys McGuire and Marie Elson
on behalf of the Presentation Night Committee
LIBRARY NEWS
Holiday Hours
The library is trialling some new holiday opening hours!
Holiday opening hours will commence on Friday
11 December. The library will close at 2.30pm Thursday
24 December (Christmas Eve) and reopen for holiday
hours on Tuesday 5 January.
Monday:
Closed
Tuesday:
9.30am–2.30pm
Wednesday:
9.30am–2.30pm
Thursday:
9.30am–2.30pm
Friday:
9.30am–2.30pm
The library will be closed on Tuesday 26 January 2016 for
the Australia Day public holiday. Normal opening hours
will commence on Monday 1 February when school starts.
Grace’s Wiggly Christmas
Please join us for Grace’s last Baby Bounce. It will be a
Wiggles theme. Morning tea will follow.
When: 1 December 2015
Where: Library
Time: 10.30am
Please return library items before the end on term so you
don’t receive overdue notices during the holidays.
The Reception, Year 1 & Year 2/3 classes will have their
last library lesson in Week 8.
If your child still has a Library bag borrowed from the
library please return it.
YEAR 8 AQUATICS CAMP
Last week the Year 8 class headed to Coffin Bay for their
aquatics camp. We stayed at Nyroka Scout Camp on
Tuesday until Friday before coming back Friday afternoon.
A number of aquatics activities were completed including
kayaking, snorkelling, wind surfing, paddle boarding,
sailing, surfing, and small boat handling. On Friday
morning those students who wished to go for their boat
licence completed their practical test and everyone passed
(watch out for them on the water in the holidays).
COMMUNITY NOTICES
-UNIFORM ORDER FORM - be completed and returned with payment by Monday 7 December.
Order will arrive Week 1 Term 1
Name _____________________________________________
Item
Phone Number ______________________________
Colours
Description
Cost each
(even sizes only)
Polo Shirt
SHORT sleeve 220gm Poly/Cotton, no logo
red or white
Polo Shirt
T-Shirt
LONG sleeve 220gm Poly/Cotton, no logo
LONG sleeve round neck 100% Cotton 180gm
red or white
white
Shorts
Mesh Polyester/cotton lined, unisex Basketball
black
Rugby knit with zip in right pocket poly/cotton 270gm
Black
Unisex Microfibre Short 115g
Black
**New**
Sizes available
Sport A line skirt 90% cotton/10% spandex 210gm – hidden boy-leg short, elastic
with short
waist
Track Pants
Fleecy — Polyester/Cotton (310gm) straight leg, side pockets with
zip, elastic waist with draw cord
Microfibre - straight leg, side pockets with heavy duty zips, elastic
waist with draw cord
Cargo Pants
Cotton GARBEDINE (boys) elastic waist with draw cord, 2 side
pockets
Item
Quantity
Size
4-16y
Sm-3XL
4-l6y
4-l6y
Sm-4XL
4-l6y
S-3XL
4-16y
S-3XL
2-16y
S-3XL
4-16y
$14.00
$18.50
$16.50
$8.00
$12.00
$12.50
$14.00
$14.00
$18.00
$15.50
$18.00
$15.50
4-l6y
Not avail in adult size
4-16y
S-3XL
4-l6y
S-2XL
$20.50
Black
black
black
black
Colour
Price each
$30.00
$33.00
$25.50
$35.00
Total
Grand Total
****** From Week 1 2016 we will be stocking red broad brimmed cotton surf ($11) and
microfibre bucket hats ($12) with school logo. Available from the Front Office
KITCHEN GARDEN RECIPE BOOKS
A revised edition of the Kitchen Garden Cookbook will be available for purchase soon.
Recipe books will cost $15 each and contain all of the original recipes (with some minor
adjustments) along with new ones.
A competition was held to design the cover for the new cook book. The winner was
Montana Foster. Montana will receive a free copy of the book and have the honour of her
design featuring on every book.
Recipe books will be for sale at the Wudinna Christmas Markets and Pageant Day on
Sunday 13 December. There will be a Kitchen Garden stall in the Hall. We are also
planning on providing food samples to showcase some recipes from the book.
The books will make excellent Christmas gifts. We hope to see you at the Kitchen Garden
stall. Funds raised will go toward the continuation of the Kitchen Garden programme.
If you would like to place an order beforehand, please complete the following form, place
it in an envelope titled Kitchen Garden Cookbook order and send it to Wudinna Area
School, with payment before the end of term. You can collect your books at the market
day or delivery can be arranged via students or a suitable alternative.
Looking forward to your support
Melissa Wendland
KITCHEN GARDEN ORDER FORM
NAME
QUANTITY
$15 per book
TOTAL
COST
Collect at
Market
Alternative collection
method (Please
indicate)
Bottle and Can Drive
donate your recyclable cans
& bottles at Wudinna
Recycling
Raise funds to put
shade over our
playground & purchase
new playground
equipment