Alyangula Area School

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Address:

PMB 3

Alyangula

NT 0885

Australia

Ph: 8987

6366

Fax: 8987

6014

Email: alyangula.admin

@ntschools.net

School Council

Meeting 2

Sun Set Markets 2

MSU 3

Books in Homes 4

Book Fair 4

Halloween 5

Music 5

Mummification 6

Inside this issue:

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Wednesday 11th November 2009

7.30pm—9pm

ASEC HALL

Everyone is invited to attend our

annual school concert

Program of Events Along with several individual and band performances, each class

will be performing an item on the night. They are listed below

but will not necessarily be performed in this order:

Preschool: starring the “Around the World” Europop Dancers fresh from the 2009 Eurovision tryouts. Transition: “Feeling Hot” by the Caribbean Cuties. Year 1: “I got a feeling” by the Black Eyed Peewees. Years 1/2: “Home Among the Gum Trees” . Years 2/3: Men at Work! Years 3/4: “The CC Shuffle” - hot diggety line dancing demonstration by a travelling troupe of toe tapping, heel kicking dancers. Years 4/5: Moscow Circus Year 6: “Teenage Christmas Carol” MSU: Advance Groote Eylandt Fair and Deadly Teenage Sins

☞ All students will need to be at the ASEC Hall by 7pm to prepare for their performances.

☞ Parents wishing to assist with class performances can contact their child’s teacher.

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Upcoming Events

SUNSET MARKETS Hosted by AAS

Sunday 8th November

3pm—7pm

Anindilyakwa Art Centre

Stall registration $10

Ph: 8987 6366

School Council Meeting

Thursday 12th November

7.15pm

Staff Room

Everyone is welcome to attend.

Middle School Formal

Friday 4th December

6pm—11pm

Dugong Beach Resort

$25 pp

Dress: Formal

Tickets to be purchased from the Front Office by 20th November to

confirm catering.

Year Book

Thanks to everyone who sponsored a

page in the 2009 year book and

supported this project. The book is

complete, orders have been placed and

we are looking forward to viewing the

end product.

Jumping Castle

The Jumping Castle has been damaged yet again and is not available for hire at present.

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Science and Maths Middle School News

In year 6/7 science the students are currently exploring different energy types and how these

energies relate to each other. The students are currently running a series of very short

presentations in which they demonstrate experiments and models. In year 8/9 science the

students are currently exploring the different qualities of light. They are designing workshops

in which they teach each other the laws of optics. Topics include the laws of reflection,

colours, and the use of light in technology.

In year 8/9 maths the students are currently investigating consumer behaviour and

demographic information of their peers in middle school and upper primary school. They

have designed a questionnaire and asked hundreds of questions in order to get an idea of

what the chances are that a student in Alyangula middle school will have a certain liking.

Home Economics

Home Economics has begun in Middle School for this term. We will be covering a range of

topics including cooking, nutrition, money management, time management and textiles and

design. So far we have made pancakes and fried rice and have great cooking plans for the

weeks ahead. We are planning a restaurant evening for parents later in the term and the

students are busy preparing and planning for that night. We hope to see you all there.

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Books in Homes

The Australian Government through the Department of

Education, Employment and Workplace relations is

generously funding a Books in Homes Australia

Programme to several schools in the Northern

Territory. This programme commenced this term and

will continue in terms 1 and 2 of 2010. Each child will

receive 3 books each term to bring home in a library

bag.

Students had the opportunity to view a mix of picture

books, novels, non-fiction, drawing books, how-to-

books, Indigenous themed titles as well as special

interest books. All primary and middle school students

have chosen their books, and orders have been placed

for students who were absent at the time.

The Preview Pack of books has now been donated to

our school library - that’s 144 new books each year

added to our shelves. The students will receive their

books in approximately 4 weeks.

The programme also incorporates a reward incentive

initiative, giving students an opportunity to earn extra

books every fortnight for simply being “Caught Being

Good”. Classes are also being encouraged to enter a

Comprehension competition in the book catalogue and

receive at the very least an Achievement Certificate.

There are also 10 major prizes distributed among the

NT schools.

We are very excited to be receiving this opportunity to

encourage reading at home across all ages.

Fun Run Prizes

The prizes from the fun run have been

arriving and we hope to have them all

here ready to hand out by the end of

this week.

Thanks to all the students for their

patience and once again for their huge

fundraising effort. Money raised will

be used for classroom projects and to

upgrade the IT facilities across the

whole school.

ALYANGULA CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS PARTY

COMMITTEE

SANTA PHOTOSSANTA PHOTOSSANTA PHOTOSSANTA PHOTOS

Photo shoot will be held at the Photo shoot will be held at the Photo shoot will be held at the Photo shoot will be held at the

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Sunday 8Sunday 8Sunday 8Sunday 8thththth November 2009 November 2009 November 2009 November 2009 Call Louise Massey on 8987 7071 to book your place.

Each image will cost $5 and is available as

a 6x9” print or on CD.

All money raised goes towards the Children’s Christmas Party.

Thank you for your support!

Book Fair

Saturday 7th November

9am—11.30am

Town Arcade

Money raised will go directly to purchasing new

books for the School/Community Library

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Money raised by the SRC will be donated to our World Vision Sponsor Child.

HALLOWEEN FREE DRESS DAY

FRIDAY 30th OCTOBER

The SRC ghouls and goblins are hosting a free dress day this Friday for a price.

$1 - for those in fancy dress

$2 - penalty fine for those not in fancy dress

$2 - Face painting at recess & lunch. ALLOWEEN

Work Experience

I recently did work experience in the Alyangula Area School music room with

Simon Pedder. This was a fantastic experience and I learnt about the great

things that Simon does for the school. Simon works for the NT Music School

and is an instrumentalist teacher. I sat through many lessons that Simon taught.

It was so amazing to see the amount of potential the students have. Simon explained a lot to me

about music that I would not have known otherwise. During this experience I realized that

being in Simon’s position is not as easy as it appears and there are many frustrating aspects of

his job. For example, it is very stressful when students do not practice because they do not

consolidate the information that they learn during their lesson. This is a very important part of

learning about music. Especially if the students want to improve. While observing classes with

Simon, I learned various techniques that I could apply to my own music skills.

Simon is also the teacher to a handful of Vocational Education Training students, otherwise

known as VET students. He teaches these students everything they need to know about the

music industry, music theory, performing and a wide range of other branches of music. I am so

grateful to Simon for giving up a lot of his time to answer questions and

guide me through processes. Also a big thanks to the students of the school

for letting me sit through their classes and observe their work. I have had a

fantastic time and wish everyone all the best in their music subjects.

Chloe Rayner

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School Calendar Wk 4 Pool Fun Day—for

students with 100%

Attendance in term 3

Thursday 29th

October

11am—12:30

and

12noon-2:30

Wk 4 School Assembly

Hosted by: Year 1/2

Friday 30th

October

8.10am

Wk 4 World Teacher’s Day Friday 30th

October

All day

Wk 5 Early Childhood

Assembly

Hosted by Year 1 &

Years 2/3

Thursday 5th

November

8.15am

Wk 6 Variety Concert

Whole School

ASEC Hall

Wednesday

11th

November

7:30pm—9pm

Wk 6 School Assembly

Hosted by: Year 1

Friday 13th

November

8.10am

Wk 8 School Assembly

Hosted by: Transition

Friday 27th

November

8.10am

Year 3/4 - Chicken Mummification

It has been an exciting start to term 4 for the year 3/4 class at Alyangula Area School. The

class has been undergoing a unit on ‘Around the World’ and where else should they begin

their travels than…Ancient Egypt. The students have be learning about the ancient culture

and traditions of the Egyptians, the Nile River, famous queens and pharaohs, mummification

as well as writing letters in hieroglyphics.

To get the feeling of being in Ancient Egypt it was important that students had a first hand

experience of mummification and what better way to do that then by excavating mummified

chickens buried by year 4/5 two years ago.

3/4 along with the original students who mummified the chickens spent a good 30 minutes

digging holes on the back oval, until the burial ground was found. Armed with paint brushes

and enthusiasm, 3/4 became archaeologist extraordinaires’. After carefully removing the dirt

and worms from the carcasses, it was amazing to see how well some of the chickens had

stayed intact, two years after the mummification process.

The next day students completed a recount of their find. Well done to 3/4 and students from

Middle School for all their hard work and enthusiasm. Next stop…….South Africa.

Cayley Nowell