Alawa Primary School Newsletter

Hello everyone,

I hope you have had a restful break and are ready for a fantastic Term 4. Like all schools we have a very busy term planned. We have many events to look forward to as we prepare to finalise 2021 as well as get ready for 2022. In the next week you will be sent home a class letter from your child's teacher giving more detail on what is happening this term.

Our Principal, Sandy will be on leave for another 2 weeks and Matt Lotherington will be in the role of Assistant Principal. Di Griffin, one of our regular relief teachers, who knows all the children very well, will backfill in Mr Lotheringtons class.

Our Senior Learning Commissioners will be presenting at a Leadership Summit next week which will take place at the Convention Centre. They have been asked to share with other school leaders what the Learning Commission is and why we have it. This will include sharing their journey in becoming Commissioner's and how they can influence change at Alawa. I am sure they will make Alawa proud.

Have a wonderful week.

Genevieve Donohue [Acting Principal of the Best School in the Multiverse]

Our 4th and final professional learning day for staff is planned for Friday 22nd October. There will be no school for students that day. Our staff will be reviewing our progress towards the goals in our Annual School Improvement Plan and developing the priorities and plans for 2022. We will also be reviewing staff and parents Perception Survey feedback to inform these priorities and our 2022 operations.

Bratpack will be available for care. All bookings to be made directly with the Bratpack team.

thebratpacknt@bigpond.com 

office: 8927 2546

mobile: 0423375089

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

There were 31 late arrivals in Transition—Year 6 in Week 10 Term 3!

The classes with the least lates for Week 10 were: Preschool Blue Group and Year 1 White with 0 lates!

In the lead for the term we have Preschool Blue Group with 5 lates!!!

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 from the activity after recess on Friday where we count the 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 10 of Term 3 Manton was ahead of Goyder and Finnis. 

Finnis is in the lead for the year!

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 day 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.

In Week 10 of Term 3, the class with the most points was... Year 2 Ward with 142 points! 

It is so nice to have our preschooler's back after the two week break. The children are really enjoying exploring the freshly arranged learning environment inside. There is a small world play area set up as a jungle scene complete with cheetahs, monkeys, lions, giraffes and more. Children have shared what they know about jungle animals, and we will be learning lots of new things and adding our discoveries to our jungle animals wall display. 

A new literacy area has been set up as a post office and letter writing station. The postie will have to collect the mail regularly from the post box as there are a lot of important postcards, letters and packages being created and posted every day. As well as writing letters, children have been folding paper and creating handmade envelopes to place their correspondence in. We have had a great start to the term.

Have a lovely week,

Alice, Emma and Kelly and Flor [Preschool Team] 

During the school holidays super star Alawa students Alexandra, Hamish, Jude, Taylah and Henry travelled to Alice springs to compete in the 2021 BMX NT Championships at Red Centre BMX Club and the final rounds of the NT series.

They had many races against other competitors from across the NT.

Taylah was named both 1st place in the tournament as well as the series for U11 girls. Alex was named 2nd place in the tournament and 1st place for the entire series for U8 girls, Henry and Jude both received a sprocket plate for their participation and Hamish was named 7th place for the series after a bit of a crash during the semi-finals.

Everyone had a great time and enjoyed the racing and staying at the Big 4 together. 

Each week the farm will have a limited number of Farm produce boxes for sale with a variety of seasonal fresh produce. 

Each box is $15 and will include items available on the day. Please note items will vary from week to week depending on what is in season. 

Orders are to be made through our Quickcliq system https://quickcliq.com.au/ for Fridays only and can be picked up from the front office at the end of the day. 

We also have Belgium Duccle chicks for sale $15 each. Contact Ms Conder to find out more details or to arrange purchase via the front office 8997 7666.  

https://www.backyardchickencoops.com.au/blogs/learning-centre/5-reasons-to-love-belgian-duccle-chickens

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.

LUNCHTIME SPECIALS: Weeks 1-4

Available every day lunch only [Wednesday - Friday]:

- Mini beef burgers  $3.50

- Spaghetti bolognaise small serve $3.50 or large serve $5.50/Gluten Free Spaghetti $6.50

Wednesday- Butter chicken with rice - Large size $5.50, Small $3.50

Thursday – Sausage roll with corn on the cob - one size only $5.50

 Friday – Chicken chow mein - Large size $5.50, Small $3.50

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

Order online at www.quickcliq.com.au