Week 11 Term 1 – Wednesday 11 - Ardrossan Area School · 2018. Our Student Representative Council for 2018 are: Carly Whittaker, Crowley Flynn, Layla Black, Logan Sims, Lily Colliver,

Nikita Badari at the YP Art Exhibition Opening with her award winning artwork “Lit”, completed in 2017 as a Year 10 Visual Art student.

YP Art Show 2018 CONGRATULATIONS to A.A.S ART PRIZE WINNERS &

PARTICIPANTS

Congratulations to all students who entered artworks into the exhibition: Kobe Brind; Carly Whittaker; Shaun Harvey-Johnson; Logan Sims; Bella Chapman; Zabi Lack; Zaiya Cross; Isabelle Teakle; Deearna Bond; Anastasia Gorden; Charizzma Orchard; Ebony Wheare; Leah Rowe; Nikita Badari and Jasmine Smith. Ardrossan Area School students received the following awards: Senior School Award: First Prize winner - Nikita Badari with mixed media artwork, “Lit”. Middle School Award: Second Prize winner - Charizzma Orchard with an acrylic painting, “Where Water Meets Sky”. Primary School Award: First Prize winner - Zaiya Cross with an acrylic painting, “Floating Sun”. Two of our students, Ebony Wheare and Nikita Badari have received offers from community members to purchase their artworks. This type of feedback is very affirming for the young artists and also well deserved. Teresa Crowe, Visual Art Teacher.

Ardrossan Area School Open Afternoon The AAS Open Afternoon was held on the 13th of February from 2pm-3:30pm. The Open Afternoon was held to give parents and community members the opportunity to see what goes on every day in the classrooms and for parents to speak to teachers. One parent commented ‘it was a great pleasure in attending Open Day. We were impressed with what we observed in the classrooms’. By Sienna Bond

Term 1, Week 11 Newsletter: Special Edition As a project this term in English the Year 8 Class have been working to produce the week 11 newsletter. This version of the newsletter includes information about events that have occurred across the term. As a class we were responsible for writing articles, collating photos and developed the format for the newsletter. We also conducted interviews with members of the school community to add more information to our writing. This project has helped us learn more about writing for publication.

Mollie Rowntree & Ebony Wheare

Week 11 Term 1 – Wednesday 11th April 2018

SANTOS Athletics Congratulations to the ten Ardrossan representatives who competed at Mile End yesterday as part of the Yorke Peninsula combined team. Yorke Peninsula finished 5

th in the C2 Division.

AAS Student Highlights: Kimberley McKibbin: 1

st - U14 80m Hurdles, 3

rd -

Triple Jump Ebony Wheare: 2

nd - U14 High Jump, 3

rd -Long Jump

Charizzma Orchard: 4th

- U14 Javelin Angus Clifford: 1

st - U14 200m

Archer Rowntree: 2nd

- U15 Javelin, 3rd

Shot Put Roger Bowden: 3

rd - U15 100 m Hurdles

Brodie Hellmanns: 1st

- U15 200m Caleb Poulter: 2

nd - 4x100m U16 Relay

Jessica Lee: 1st

- Open Javelin, 2nd

- Discus Andrew Lawless, Physical Education Teacher.

Principal’s News

From the Deputy’s Desk

Our new Oval Nature Play space is taking shape. Thank you to Janet Edwards, Chivonne Anderson and Olivia Colliver for offering and/or donating paddock rocks for the sandpit construction. A huge thank you to Simon from Climbing Tree Consultancy and Matt and Jed from Escape Creations (who have been working tirelessly in the heat this week!) for designing and constructing the play space. Work is due for completion in Week 2 of Term 2. Margaret

This week we have Parent/Teacher interviews across the school with full written reports also for year 7 to 12 students. R to 6 interviews provide information to parents on how their child has settled into the school year and the progress they are making in relation to the achievement standards. Students in these year levels will be provided with opportunities to set goals based on the feedback they receive. The timing of the year 7 to 12 written reports and the accompanying interview opportunity is to provide students in these year levels with comprehensive information at the mid semester point enabling them time to respond to feedback and improve their learning outcomes and achievements before the completion of semester one. If you have been unable to attend an interview this week, please feel contact the school to arrange a meeting or a phone conversation with your child’s teacher/s. In recent weeks we have had a number of students coming to the Front Office wanting to sign out to attend appointments or go home due to illness stating they have texted or called a parent to arrange this. We have also had parents calling the school stating they have text or called their child to come to the Front Office to be picked up early. I remind parents and carers that communication should come through the Front Office. Front Office staff will then inform students or parents and teachers of any arrangements requiring students to leave school early. Students should not be receiving or send texts or receiving or making calls during the school day. Similarly, we ask parents of bus students to please contact the school if their child will not be on the bus. Again, Front Office staff will communicate this information to the appropriate bus driver. Staff and community members have reported their concern at the number of students crossing Second Street without using the crossing. Similarly, students are riding their bikes through the intersection of Second Street and West Terrace without adequately checking for oncoming cars. The crossing on Second Street should be used by students to cross this road rather than walking across at other locations on the street or riding through the afore mentioned intersection. Congratulations to our Primary Festival Choir students, Mrs Schwartz, Mrs Brooks and Mr Jonn Gorden on their A grade assessment. This is an outstanding achievement made even more impressive considering this year's assessment was 3 weeks earlier than usual. Further congratulations to our Primary and Secondary athletes for their efforts at the Combined Southern Yorke Sports Day last Thursday and the SSSSA Championships held this Tuesday at SA Athletics Stadium. Keep an eye on our Facebook page to see our student results. This Friday is the last day of term 1. Students will be dismissed at 2pm following a whole school assembly. I wish all of our students and staff a safe and happy 2 week break. Karen Bond

Student Representative Council The SRC has already been hard at work with its representatives for 2018. Our Student Representative Council for 2018 are: Carly Whittaker, Crowley Flynn, Layla Black, Logan Sims, Lily Colliver, Archie Teakle, Matilda Teakle , James George, Zaiya Cross, Zabi Lack, Caitlin King, Felicite Lack, Kimberly McKibbin, Roger Bowden, Rebecca Haynes, Caitlin Linke and Amber George.

Justan Brooks During Term 1 the SRC have been working on making the King Ping courts a welcoming place for all students by creating consistent rules which have been generated in consultation and through feedback with classes. We have also been working with home groups on potential improvements that can be made around the school. We have been able to develop our leadership skills and have gathered feedback about other schools through attending the Halogen Leadership Conference.

Bianca Holdsworth SRC President

Primary Interschool

During Week 10, on Thursday the 5th of April 26

R-7 students from Ardrossan Area School

attended Central Yorke School to participate in

the Primary Interschool Sports Day. Overall AAS

finished 4th and there were some great individual

results. Four students won their individual events,

which was a fantastic achievement. Nathan Rowe

Secondary Interschool On Monday the 26th of March representatives from

Year 8-12 travelled to Central Yorke School in Maitland

to compete in the Secondary Interschool Sports Day.

There were some great individual results with Jasmine

Smith, Brodie Hellmans, Roger Bowden and Caleb

Poulter winning events. As a result of Secondary

Interschool eight AAS representatives were then

selected to compete at the SSSSA Championships

meet on Tuesday April 10th. Calvin Perrie

Term 1

Secondary Interschool On Monday the 26th of March representatives from

Year 8-12 travelled to Central Yorke School in Maitland

to compete in the Secondary Interschool Sports Day.

There were some great individual results with Jasmine

Smith, Brodie Hellmans, Roger Bowden and Caleb

Poulter winning events. As a result of Secondary

Interschool eight AAS representatives were then

selected to compete at the SANTOS Athletics meet on

Tuesday April 10th. Calvin

Perrie

Festival Choir The 2018 Festival Choir consists of students from year 5, 6,

and 7. There are many upcoming performances for the choir

including: Dinham Wing Hospital Visit, Magic Millions

Rehearsal, Festival of Music and the AAS Performing Arts

Concert. The rehearsals are held each Tuesday by Mrs

Debbie Schwartz the conductor, Mr Johnny Gorden the

pianist and Mrs Lori Brooks as the supervisor.

Towards the end of the year the choir students will have

the opportunity to attend the Festival of Music Performance.

This is a very large performance held at the Adelaide

Festival Theatre and involves many other schools from

Adelaide coming together for the big performance with

about 400 students on the stage. Songs such as Dare to be

Square, Glorious, Stomp Box and Colour My World will be

performed. Emma Whittaker and Megan Purnell

Ardrossan Area School Sports Day On March the 8th the school participated in Long Run for Sports Day. It was a good morning with lots of students participating and even some teachers! There was a record broken by Matilda Teakle for U10 Girls Long Run.

On the 16th of March Ardrossan Area School held its annual Sports Day at the Ardrossan Football Oval. It was great weather to start off with but got a bit wet and windy just in time for the team events in the afternoon. The day was very successful with ten different records broken across seven different sports. For this article, we interviewed almost all the Receptions and enjoyed listening to their answers about their first Sports Day at AAS. All the Receptions were excited and indicated they had been practicing different events in preparation for Sports Day. When interviewed everyone loved long run except for Crowley who unfortunately tripped over at the beginning of the race. The receptions enjoyed practicing running, football kick, T-ball, throwing balls, throwing bean bags, long run and long jump. Sports Day demonstrated the rivalry between Yorke and Vincent but there could only be one winner. By the end Vincent got over the line to win for the 5th time in a row. We spoke to the House Captains after Sports Day. Bianca Holdsworth, Yorke House Captain said “There was great, friendly competition between Yorke and Vincent, we’ll beat Vincent next year. Go Yorke!” and Corey Masters Vincent House Captain said “Sports Day was an exciting day that ran smoothly with lots of competition”

Kimberly McKibbin and Emma Whittaker

Senior Choir

The Senior Choir is a group of enthusiastic singers taught by Mr Nathan Wright at Tuesday lunch time. We have a few fun songs we have learnt during term one including We Still Call Australia Home and Good Morning Baltimore. It is allocated for years 8-9 and includes eight students. The choir is supported by Mrs Lori Brooks and Mrs Deb Schwartz. We will have many upcoming performances throughout the year.

Megan Purnell and Emma Whittaker

Saxophone Ensemble

On Friday mornings Mrs Lori Brooks and the

Saxophone Ensemble rehearse. We have many exciting

performances such as Balaklava Eisteddfod, AAS

Performing Arts Concert and Presentation Night. The

ensemble members are Georgia Lodge, Jemma

Torsney, Megan Purnell, Alanna Herd, Jasmine Smith,

Sara Hillier and Courtney Lodge. The ensemble will

also be participating in other performance types such

as busking. Megan Purnell

Term 1

YP Concert Band Each Wednesday after school Roger Bowden, Jasmine Smith, Jemma Torsney, Georgia Lodge, Alanna Herd, Jorja Winen, Megan Purnell, Anastasia Gorden, Sara Hillier, Courtney Lodge, Sebastian Gorden, Olivia Ephgrave and Leah Rowe, travel to Central Yorke School with Mrs Lori Brooks and Mr Nathan Wright for a rehearsal from 3:30-5:00pm. Mrs Debbie Schwartz is the conductor of the band and Mr Tim Tuck is the manager. We have 12 new and exciting songs to share with the community. Band members think that the YP concert is great because they get to mix with other students and have a different variety of music to play.

Megan Purnell

Hockey From the 16

th of to the 27th of April

Archer Rowntree and Bradley Stone will compete in the under 15’s SA State Hockey team that will be held in Wollongong, NSW against all other states. Good luck boys! By Mollie Rowntree

Port Adelaide Football Club Visit On Monday the 12

th of February Justin Westhoff, Riley

Bonner and Kane Farrell came to Ardrossan Area School for a visit. They talked about how they became elite footy players and they also let us ask questions about what it is actually like to be an AFL player. Students learnt a lot from the players including ‘the process and structure of the player’s day’ and that ‘they eat breakfast, lunch and sometimes tea at Alberton Oval’. By Calvin Perrie and Nathan Rowe

Year 7 Aquatics

Ardrossan Tennis

On the 5th of February Jorja Winen, Courtney Lodge, Jack Winen and I played in the annual inter-association match. We all played well but unfortunately the

team lost by 4 sets.

By Mollie Rowntree

SYP Basketball Carnival On the 10

th of March, Angus Clifford, Jack Crowell, Tyson Crowell, Jay

During, Aiden Erfurth, Thomas Williams and I participated in the SYP Basketball Carnival. The carnival was held in Adelaide and played at a number of stadiums. The teams were U12s, U14s and U16s. In the U12s team they had a really close game against Barossa Valley but just went down in the end by 8 points. My team, the U14s won 3/5 games and qualified for the grand final but unfortunately we lost. In the U16s team they won every game and got into the finals but lost in the knock out round. Overall the carnival was an enjoyable and fun experience for all participants. Ebony Wheare

New Staff

To commence the 2018 school year Ardrossan Area School welcomed four new teachers: Mrs Kimberley Black R/1 class, Mr Andrew Mills 5/6 class, Ms Lorraine Diaz 7-10 English and Mr Greg Witcomb 8-12 Mathematics. I briefly interviewed each of the four new staff members to learn more about them and their personal interests. Mrs Kimberley Black’s favourite lesson to teach is English, dogs are her favourite type of animal and in her spare time she enjoys watching AFL football. Mr Andrew Mills is a keen AFL enthusiast who enjoys teaching physical education. Ms Lorraine Diaz favourite breed of dog is the Pug (she even owns one), she loves reading books and one of her recent favourites is The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. In his spare time Mr Greg Witcomb enjoys taking long walks. If he could go anywhere in the world he would travel to Germany. By Olivia Ephgrave

Term 1

On the 5th and 6th of February the Year 7 Class went to Port Vincent to participate in an aquatics camp. Students’ indicated their favourite activities at the two day camp were knee-boarding and sailing. Students developed a variety of skills at the camp relating to water safety. Elsa Yuni said she learnt ‘how to sail a sail boat’.

By Nathan Rowe and Calvin Perrie

R-2 Swimming Junior Primary students participated in three water safety sessions early in Term 1. Students developed their confidence in and around the water. They also had the opportunity to learn survival and rescue skills which are important to ensure safety in the water. By Olivia Ephgrave

Reception/Year 1 K Black

Cain Younger – for putting in a great effort ‘to have a go’ at writing by himself Scarlett Sims – for increased confidence ‘to have a go’ in all learning areas

Year 1/2 K Eglinton

Xander Day – for improved effort with Home Learning tasks Imogen Ryan – for being a fantastic buddy to our new student

Year 3 P Clark

Kyle King – for outstanding effort when creating his own stories Lily Colliver – for being an effective and supportive class leader

Year 4/5 D Sims

Thomas Williams – for producing an entertaining series of comic books Matilda Patching – for increasing her work ethic to complete all learning tasks

Year 5/6 A Mills

Bella Chapman – for successfully completing spelling units with care and accuracy Kaylah Heard – for her persistence in completing written tasks with detail and accuracy Isabelle Teakle – for always completing tasks with care, precision and neatness

Ardrossan Area School Phone: 88373025 Fax: 88373131 Text absences: 0427 016 460 Email: [email protected] Visit our website @ www.ardas.sa.edu.au School Star App (free) available on your mobile devices

Success…Respect…Fairness

Merit Cards Week 11, Term 1

Diary Dates: 11

th April R-6 Interviews

11th

& 12th

April 7-12 Interviews 13

th April Author Visit & Workshops

13th

April Whole School Assembly Hosted by Year 8 13

th April Last Day of Term, 2pm Dismissal

30th

April – Term 2 Commences 15

th-17

th May NAPLAN

Halogen Leadership The Halogen Leadership Conference is designed to educate young leaders and provide inspiration for Australian youth. The program helps to build and strengthen leaders in the school community. Caitlin Linke, Felicite Lack, Rebecca Haynes and Bianca Holdsworth attended The Halogen Leadership Conference for secondary students and Isabelle Teakle, Jake Clifford, Zabi Lack and Zaiya Cross attended the Primary Conference.

By Sienna Bond