TERM : 3 ISSUE : 2
Thursday, August 31st 2017 MOONTA AREA SCHOOL
UPCOMING EVENTS
Week 6
Thursday 31st August
R-6 Performance –
Too cool for bullies
Week 7
Monday 4th –
Wednesday 6th September
Year 5/6 Camp - Errappa
Monday 4th –
Thursday 7th September
Year 11 Outdoor Ed
(Moolooloo)
Thursday 7th September
Parent Info Workshop
“Raising Kids with Grit”
6:00-7:30pm
Friday 8th September
Week 8
Wednesday 13th September
School Socials
Thursday 14th September
Festival of Music – Choir
Friday 15th September
R-6 Religious Ed
Week 9
Friday 22nd September
R-12 Assembly
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Wow – we are in the second half of the term
already!
Japanese Homestay
This was a wonderful experience for the Japanese
students and for us all! This year’s group was
especially grateful for the opportunity to be with us
for the 2 weeks and described how much fun they
had while learning a different language and
visiting our vast country.
Thank you to all families who hosted students and
all students who welcomed our visitors into their
classes. Janine Bennett and Tamra Stringer will be
looking for families interested in hosting next year’s
students in the coming weeks. Please see one of
them if you’d like to be a part of this exciting
prospect.
New Student Welfare and Behaviour Support Policy
School staff and Governing Councillors have been
working solidly throughout the year to revise our
School Behaviour Policy.
Big picture agreements that have been reached
to date are:
•Policy and practice will aim to understand all
behaviour and respond to it in constructive ways
•There will be a firm and fair approach when
responding to misbehaviours
•There will be an emphasis on students taking
responsibility for their behaviours and making
things right when needed
•Logical consequences will be applied - clear,
concise and complementary to restorative work
•Students engaging in minor misbehaviours will be
supported to get back into their learning as soon
as possible
• When students are not able to settle in a
reasonable time frame, and continue to disrupt
the teaching and learning program or are
putting the safety of others at risk, parents will be
asked to collect them
If you would like to have a look at the draft policy
please go to our website, go to the Curriculum
page and then click on:
“MAS Behaviour Policy *DRAFT*”
http://moontaas.sa.edu.au/documents/mas-
behaviour-policy-draft.pdf
Pupil Free Day Friday 8th September
To support us in building the school culture that
underpins this policy Bill Hansberry has been
coaching us with Restorative Practices and will
work with us all again next Friday.
As we all know – what we do in school works
much better when we work with families. Towards
this end Bill will also be facilitating a parent
workshop as follows.
Bill Hansberry: Raising Kids with Grit Being the Best Resilience Coach for your Kids so
they can navigate life's ups and downs.
Thursday September 7th, 6:00-7:30pm, Moonta Library
(Supper provided)
This workshop covers what the research teaches
us about parenting in a way that teaches kids to
think their way through the many problems life will
throw at them. This style of thinking has a fancy
name – resilience. Bill will talk about the key
ingredients to building resilient thinking styles and
will touch on the important role restorative
practices plays in helping kids to be resilient.
I hope to see lots of you there
On Friday 18th August, Student Voice Executive and
Mrs Jane McCauley attended the Vietnam Veterans
Association of Australia Copper Coast Sub-branch
wreath laying ceremony to commemorate Vietnam
Veterans Day. The ceremony took place at 11:00am
at the War Memorial, Moonta. School Captains
placed a wreath on behalf of Moonta Area School
staff, students and families.
Jane McCauley
(Student Voice Teacher)
Thank you for your generous support
of the many events taking place in
the library this term. The costumes
children and staff wore on Friday last
week were amazing. A BIG thanks to
Ms McCauley and the Student Voice
team for organizing the casual day.
The Book Fair was well supported with
popular books selling out quickly. We
will let you know when the library
receives the books families have
ordered online. At this stage over one
hundred students have completed
the Premiers Reading Challenge,
which closes on Friday 8th
September.
しろ
White Ribbon
Nathan Visconti
Liam Visconti
Will Gow
Abby Braley
Henry Anderson
Monique Sneddon
Isaac Johns
きいろ
Yellow Ribbon
Rielly Jurgens
Maeve Cockshell Monique Sneddon
みどり
Green Ribbon
Dakota Edwards
Bella Osborn
あか
Red Ribbon
Tyson Cowley
Charlotte Keleher
Lilly Cockshell
ひらがな
hi ra ga na
Ribbon Challenge!!!
In addition to regular classwork, the following students from years 3-6 have been working hard, and
achieved their next ribbons by memorizing a selection of Japanese written characters:
日本語ニュース!
よくできました! (Yokudekimashita), well done to all of our award winners and あり
がとう(arigatou), thank you, to all of the students who had a go, keep up the
practice and がんばって(ganbatte), good luck, for the rest of the term.
JAPAN TRIP & SCHOOL-WIDE PAPER CRANE PROJECT!!!
In just a months time 15 of our Moonta middle and high
schoolers are heading to Japan for 11 days! Amongst some
pretty spectacular experiences in Tokyo, Hiroshima, Osaka
and Kyoto these October school holidays, our students will be
visiting our Japanese homestay visitors at their school in Tokyo,
and taking MAS’ collective efforts of paper crane making to
the Children’s Peace Memorial in Hiroshima.
As of Monday our paper crane tally is at 240 plus Port
Broughton’s 140, so 620 to go! There is still plenty of time to
contribute, but the countdown is on! See Mrs Swan for paper if
you’d like to keep making some in your own time!
Happy language learning everyone!
Mrs Swan P.S. WHAT’S ON IN JAPAN THIS MONTH?
Every year in August, people throughout Japan hold Fireworks Festivals, or
はなび まつり ha na b i ma t su r i
, to celebrate the height of their summertime. Every town has
their own version of varying size and grandeur, some combined with religious
and historical events. The largest, held in Nagaoka city, includes a procession
of 500 people in full samurai armor! It also features a range of dances &
traditional music and the breathtaking firework displays regularly attract over
600,000 people. Here at Moonta our R-3 DSC students got into the spirit by
making their own paper fireworks!
From Tuesday week 2 till Tuesday week 4 Moonta Area School
played host to nine Japanese high school students and their tour
guide from Meiji Nakano Hachioji High School near Tokyo. The 15
& 16 year old visitors were here to experience our Australian
country, school and family life. It was an amazing opportunity to
learn from, and share cultures, whilst building international
friendships. Our visitors participated in an emersion program
designed to help them with their confidence in English speaking
and interacted with many of our R-6 classes during their
Japanese lessons.
We’d like to say a huge thank you to staff, students and host
families who contributed in some way to the resounding success
of our homestay. Our visitors had a fantastic time, and that was
down to everyone’s collective efforts across the school, and it is
most appreciated.
Thank you also to Mrs Peters and her year 11 Information
Processing and Publishing class: Baden Northey, Amy Rhodes,
Ryan Shields, and William Van Riet, who did a terrific job of
producing the photo slideshow DVDs for both our Japanese
visitors and their Moonta host families.
Thanks, Mrs Swan & Mrs Bennett!
日本語ニュース!
Will Drogemuller: Having a homestay student is easier than I
thought and they speak English better than I thought. It is good
learning about the way they live and the way they spend their
time. Having a homestay student is a good experience and I
highly recommend getting involved in the program next year.
Patrick Fry: Hi my name is Patrick Fry and my family had a
homestay student – Soichiro Baba stay with us for 2 weeks. It was
good because we got to learn about life in Japan and Soichiro
got to learn about Moonta. He taught us origami, Japanese
card games and magic tricks. He really liked our food, playing
football and looking at the stars. At times it was awkward
because it was hard to talk to him but mostly it was really good
fun.
Karli Nicholas: I was lucky enough to be a part of the 2017
Japanese Homestay program. I had Mako Uemura stay with us
for 2 weeks. I found it to be an awesome experience. I learnt
about a different culture and made a great friend out of it who I
will stay in contact with. Our family has been involved with the
program before with my older brothers having a student stay
with us twice before. Each time I have found it to be a very
rewarding experience. The students learn from us as much as we
learn from them and it’s a load of fun with challenges along the
way. If anyone is thinking about being involved next year I would
say go for it you will love it.
Brichelle Cross: I found that having a Japanese exchange
student was an amazing experience, not only have we made
lifelong memories but also lifelong friends. Showing them our
amazing beaches that are just in our backyards, to going to
Latitude in Adelaide as a group, teaching them Aussie slang
such as “throw a snag on the barbie” and how to properly eat
vegemite on toast were my favorite. I highly recommend it to
anyone who is second guessing it, you won’t regret it.
Libby Adams: Having a Japanese homestay student was
amazing. We made lifelong friends with people that we will
hopefully see again. It’s a privilege to have them at your home
because not only are you learning about them, but they get to
learn about the Australian culture. I would recommend this
amazing experience to anyone that is thinking about being
involved in the future.
JAPANESE HOMESTAY 2018 - Expression of Interest Reply Slip
(*Please return to Mrs Swan or front office*)
Our family is interested in the possibility of hosting a Japanese high school student for 2 weeks
in early Term 3, 2018 as a part of next year’s homestay.
____________________ __________________________ ____________________
Parent Name/s Student Name/s & Class Daytime Phone No.
Signature: _____________________ Date: __/__/__
Girls from Moonta Area School travelled
to Kadina to showcase their abilities in
the Northern Yorke SAPSASA Basketball
Carnival. We had a number of year 7
girls and boys pull-out due to an
excursion, which resulted in us
withdrawing the boys’ team. We had
enough numbers to fill the girls’ team
with thanks to a couple of year 5s and
a year 4 stepping up to fill the void. Our
girls’ team consisted of: Asha Johns,
Sheridan Scott, Gabby Fawkes, Hayley
Durdin-Dodman, Matilda Carruthers-
Murray, Kloe Appleton and Scarlett
Hatcher.
We played 3 games for the day against Kadina Memorial School, Harvest Christian School and St Mary
Mackillop. The girls battled wilfully all day despite being considerably younger and undersized
compared to our competition. We didn’t win a game; however, this team will be able to stay together
in SAPSASA for at least another year, holding us in good stead for a big improvement as most players
from other teams will move into high school. I was extremely impressed with the way the girls didn’t
drop their heads and stayed united as a team despite the great adversity they faced. Well done girls!
Students from the Primary District
Special Class had a lesson on
what happens to the all the
cans, bottles, metal and paper
that is recycled at YP Recycling
Kadina.
Bernie showed the class around,
taking them through from how
deposits on bottles and cans are
calculated and paid to
customers, to how items are
variously crushed, squashed,
smashed, compressed, weighed
and loaded onto trucks to
recycling centres in Adelaide.
Students were thoroughly
engrossed by Bernie’s clear and
interesting explanation of every
step, peppering him with
questions about every aspect of
the processes.
Bernie was extremely generous
with his time. At the end of the
tour Bernie led us to YP
Recycling’s lunchroom, where
much to the students’ surprise
and gratitude he had provided
Tim Tams, juice and bananas he
bought for their recess.
The District Special Classes’ visit
to YP Recycling was part of its
weekly excursion program, when
students visit local cultural and
community sites. Students learn
about budgeting, shopping for
cooking lessons, community
safety, local history and
geography and independent
living skills.
(Left) Bernie from YP Recycling shows
Jamieson, Samuel, Monique and Hayley
from the 3-7 DSC all there is to know
about recycling.
Moonta students recently had the
opportunity to travel to Port Pirie to
compete in a STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering & Maths) competition with Mr
Hackett.
Two junior teams and two senior teams of
four members each were given challenges
against other schools to design and
construct devices to solve specific
problems, such as transport, throwing
objects and protecting fragile items.
The competitions were held in the Northern
Festival Centre and went for one hour per
challenge. Points were awarded in different
categories including teamwork, originality
and the success or failure of the students’
solutions.
Our teams performed well, with our junior
teams being particularly successful with a
2nd and a 4th position. All students received a
reward for competing and represented the
school with an excellent display of
teamwork and sportsmanship.
Students were: Marcus Moore, Brock
Elsworthy, Hudson Schonfeldt – Kennedy,
Nathan Visconti, Katlyn Moore, Shae van
Duin, Gabby Fawkes, Sheridan Scott, Rex
Leach, Matt Scarce, Chloe Rosynski, Zoe
Sims, Brayden Dunlop and Brodie Harrison.
Thanks to Tamika King and Daniella Fawkes
for providing travel for students on the day.
Neil Hackett
Chloe being interviewed by ABC Radio Marcus, Hudson, Sheridan and Gabby
discuss strategy
Nathan, Brock, Shae and Katlyn creating their devices
Success! Rex, Chloe Matt and Tara’s Catapult.
National Science Week was held in Australia
during week 4. The 2017 theme was “Future
Earth”. Some classes chose to celebrate
science during week 4 and others may choose
to at a later date.
Mrs Hettner’s class and Miss Dayman’s class
explored UV rays for Science Week. We
experimented with UV beads and UV paper.
The beads and paper changed colour when
they came into contact with UV rays.
Miss Harris and Mrs Crosby’s year 3 classes
investigated the topic of ‘South Australia’s
Energy Issues’. In English we learnt about non-
renewable fossil fuels like coal, gas and oil. We
also learnt about renewable sources of
electricity like solar, wind and water. We learnt
that there are pros and cons for both.
In STEM we used batteries and solar panels to
power globes, buzzers and motors. We made
brush bots and switches and used the ‘Makey
Makey’ and ‘Little Bits’ kits to creatively use
circuits.
An open morning was held on the Friday
morning and many parents and relatives came
in to work with their children on a variety of
projects. The students loved the week’s
activities and the open morning was very
successful. Thank you for the excellent support.
Primary School Festival of Music performance is
almost here! On the 24th of August, our Year 5, 6 &
7 choir students of Moonta Area School attended
the Woodville Town Hall Rehearsal in the lead up to
their big performance at the Entertainment Centre
on the 14th of September. This years’ performance
will be different to every other performance, this
year approximately 900 students will be performing
on the same stage at the same time!
Our rehearsal at Woodville Town Hall was an
opportunity for the 900 students that will be
performing on the same night to come together
and rehearse. The acoustics of this rehearsal were
amazing and the excitement levels were high. The
students are working very hard to learn all the
songs and choreography. Their hard work will pay
off soon and we cannot wait for their big
performance in September.
Early Years Nominations:
Rec L Hettner Lachlan Williams
Rec C Dayman Kye Smith
Rec/Year 1 Barb & John Bella Nelli
Year 1 B Wenzel/D Richards Lachlan Davey
Year 2 C Hutchins Jude Mills
Year 2 A Mills Liam Weatherly
Primary Nominations:
Year 3 K Harris Maeve Cockshell
Year 3 K Crosby Bree Williams
Year 4/5 T Inns Kayleb Chambers
Year 4/5 F Ryan Indie Sherriff
Year 5/6 M Thorpe Gabby Fawkes
Year 5/6 R Hall/B Ingham Ashleigh Mobbs
DSC K Paterson Harley Ettles
Winner: Lachlan Williams Winner: Bree Williams
COPPER COAST BMX CLUB
Copper Coast BMX Club is hosting Round 5 of the State
Series on Sunday 3rd September. Practice from 9am, racing
starts at 11am. On Saturday 2nd September is a State Series
warm up meet with Old School Racing with racing starting
at 12:30pm.
Come along and check out the changes to the track. For
more information or to nominate for either day, contact:
Andy on 0419800399 or Lee on 0439505284 or email:
(Please note: this event was postponed from 12th & 13th
August due to rain.)
Yorketown Road - Edithburgh
MOONTA TENNIS CLUB
JUNIOR REGISTRATION Thursday September 7th
3.30 pm – 5.30pm
At the Moonta Tennis Club Courts
$50 Non-refundable deposit will be required at
registration
Hotshots 4 yrs-9 yrs; Juniors 9 yrs-17 yrs
Please bring a racquet
Phone: Anthony Galley (0431689577)
Kathy Buck (0427091189)
Week 7
Ayden A, Alexa N, Sheriden S (Reserve: Lucas W)
Week 8
Tyson C, Gabriella F, Dwyte D, (Reserve: Alexa N)
Week 9
Montana G-H, Telethia B, Tiffani G, (Reserve: Asha J)
BREAKFAST CLUB
Open daily 8:15-8:45am (next
to the Music Room)
All students R-12 welcome.
Cereal, toast, juice and Milo
available.
A donation of 20c or two
(empty) cans is appreciated to
help with costs.
Thank you to the many
churches, organisations and
individuals who donate items,
money and time to make this
service possible.
LOST PROPERTY & PRE-LOVED CLOTHING
Unclaimed lost property is washed at the end of the term
and offered for sale through our second hand clothing
pool. Named property is returned to the owner so please
label all clothes and hats.
Second hand clothing is available from the Breakfast
Club area every morning from 8.15-8.45am.
How can you give the gift of time?
By being a volunteer at Moonta Area School
We are looking for people with time and skills to share,
such as; Arts and crafts; cooking; reading; project work,
gardening; lunch time activities (sports); helping out in the
Canteen or Library.
Volunteering is a wonderful way to make a difference in a
student’s life, meet new people, share your skills and to have fun.
Moonta Area School will be holding a Volunteers Information and
Induction session on Thursday 7th September (week 7) 9:30am.
Please register your interest by phoning Rachael on: 88252088.
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MAS UNIFORM
In 2018, Moonta Area School will be introducing a new
windcheater. We have a uniform committee made up of
Student Voice Representatives, staff, parents and
Governing Councillors. The committee is looking at the
design, cost, quality for a new windcheater, and will then
investigate t-shirts and other items. If you would like to
provide any input about the school uniform, please email:
LEAVING OR ENROLLING FOR 2018?
During term three we begin looking at our class and
staffing structures for the following year. In order for us to
do that accurately we need to have an indication of
likely enrolment numbers. If you plan on leaving MAS for
the 2018 school year we would appreciate it if you could
let us know. We are more than happy to meet with you to
discuss the educational needs of your child. If you are
aware of any families wanting to enrol their children for
next year, please encourage them to let us know as soon
as possible.
SCHOOL PHOTOS 2018
We are in the process of booking a photography
company for our School Photos and Student ID
cards (Year 7 – 12) for 2018. We used the services of
Advance Life Photography in 2017. Feedback would
be appreciated if you liked the product that was
provided, value for money or any other comments
before the end of term Friday 29 September, 2017.
Please email [email protected] or
leave feedback at the front office. Thank you.