Alawa Primary School Newsletter

Welcome to Week 7

Our café continues to serve up some tasty meals and snacks. Our links with the farm produce allows us to make some delicious curries and sliders, just to name a few. It is a simple process to order online using QuikCliq so please view our café menu and enjoy our café service with Yenni in the canteen.

2022 Enrolments: It is that time of year when we begin looking at enrolments for next year. Please ensure you have informed the front office if you have a younger child beginning school next year so they are on our enrolment list. We will begin interviewing new families/students to our school in a couple of weeks. If you already know that you will be leaving Alawa next year please contact your classroom teacher or the front office.

NAPLAN: Our individual reports for NAPLAN have arrived. We will be providing you with a copy of these at the Student Led Conferences in Week 9. If you are not attending these we will be emailing them out to you.

What is the SRC up to? Just a reminder that this week we will be setting up our Father’s day stall.  Gifts will be available on Wednesday after school as well as Thursday and Friday before and after school. Please get in early for gifts for Dad or for Father figures. They range in price from one to five dollars.

I cannot wait for our Whole School Performance this week. We have some super activities and wonderful voices to keep you all entertained.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Kind regards,

Genevieve Donohue, [Assistant Principal]

Students at Alawa receive raffle tickets [house points] for their attitude and behavior in the playground and out the front of the school at the end of the day, as well as having a go at the weekly quiz. 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 6 of Term 3 Manton is ahead of Goyder and Finnis. 

Goyder is in the lead for the year!

Tomorrow night, Thursday 2nd September will be our whole school concert evening. The theme this year is ‘Our Territory Home’ and the Preschool has a real treat to share with you for our performance. We our doing a song based on a well-known children’s story but with a Northern Territory/ Alawa Twist . The Preschool children have been enjoying practicing our song with our Visiting Artist Sara Storer and are underway making special artworks for our performance and learning accompanying actions.

It’s going to be a wonderful evening which begins at 5pm with fun activities and food available to purchase. Families can bring a rug or a chair, have dinner and  soak up the Alawa atmosphere. The performance begins at 6:15pm and different classes will be performing an original song about an aspect of our unique territory lifestyle, which the students have co-written with Ms Storer. 

The preschool team look forward to seeing all our Alawa Preschool Families at this fabulous whole school event.

We hope you have a great week! 

Alice, Emma and Kelly and Flor [Preschool Team] 

We had such a fun week at Play Group this week. It was so great to be back and playing with our friends and our caregivers. This week we enjoyed playing inside with playdough, squeezing and squishing, cutting, and creating. We also loved the Fire Station and drawing tables.

We visited the farm and fed Tilly and Barbara and the chickens. We absolutely love exploring the Farm, walking through the maze of vegetables and trees. In the Preschool yard we clambered on the play equipment, built with the large wooden blocks and painted on the easels. We also shared a biscuit. This week we’ll make some scones to share so come along and join us then.

Miss Maria [Playgroup Coordinator] 

Reading for pleasure unlocks the power of information and imagination and helps children discover who they are. Here’s what you can do to help children develop stronger reading skills and a love for reading:

·      Set the example. Let children see you read.

·      Have a collection of books in your home. Update this collection routinely to keep up with changing tastes and reading skills.

·      Support our school’s Book Fair. Allow your children to choose their own books to read.

The theme of our Scholastic Book Fair is Reading Oasis: A cool place to discover hot books!

It’s a fun reading event that brings the books kids want to read right into our school. It’s a wonderful selection of engaging and affordable books for every reading level. Please make plans to visit our Book Fair and be involved in shaping your child’s reading habits.

Book Fair dates: Week 9 September 13th – 17th

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

                                   Monday, Thursday, Friday: 3pm – 4pm

                                   Tuesday and Wednesday: 3pm – 6pm [Come see us when you attend Student Led Conferences]

We look forward to seeing you and your family at our Book Fair! Remember, all purchases benefit our school.

Sacha Evans [Library and ICT Manager] 

Hello from the Tek Interns! We are rocking our new shirts!

This term we have been focused on coding and robotics.

We have had fun meeting in the STEM and Science rooms, programming Bee Bots and making resources for the teachers to use in Year 1 and Transition. Some of us Tek Interns have been invited into Transition to help teach the students all about how to code and later in the term we hope to be helping the year 1s to program the Bee-Bots around a map.  We will also be doing some coding in Scratch Junior and other apps ready to support the younger grades.

Feedback from our class teachers has been nothing but positive. “They are so helpful in class by being responsible for ICT devices, helping to assist other students with ICT issues and helping to teach peers new skills.”  

We look forward to sharing our coding with you later in the term.

Bronwyn Cleary [Tek Interns Co-Ordinator]

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 dependent 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 Condor 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 4-10

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- Roast chicken and gravy roll - one size only $5.50

Thursday – Beef and vegetable Chilli con carne - Large size $5.50, Small $3.50

 Friday – Beef or jackfruit Taco - 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