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30 August 201830 August 2018

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Student Achievement

Well term 3 has certainly lived up to its’reputation as a fast paced term full ofexcitement.

WAKAKRIRI:

Congratulations to our Wakakirri team whoagain prepared and presented a

spectacular performance. The commitment and dedication ofstaff was evident in the quality of the performance and ourstudent’s performance on the night was an outstandingexample of striving for excellence and delivering nothing butyour best. Well done to the cast on winning the "Spirit ofWakakirri" award and congratulations to staff; Kelly Perry,Danae Jewell, Karyn Hardstaff, Georgia Spargo, DanniRobbins, Tina Day and Di Mitchell for winning the "Best Hair &Makeup" award and for their commitment of time and energy.Photos and full story later in this edition.

BOOKWEEK:

Paralowie’s love of dressing up and showcasing our passion forreading was again evident at our annual Book Week parade.Lots of bright colourful costumes representing the theme“Finding Your Treasure” were on display and the parade aroundthe gym looked fantastic. I would like to thank all the parentswho took time out of their day to attend the parade and showtheir support for their children. It was not only the children whowere actively involved but plenty of staff took the time to getinto character and join the students in their parade. Thank youto Janet Cassidy and the Resource Centre team for organisingand promoting the event.

SHOWCASING STEM AT PARALOWIE:

It is not only our R-6 school that has been impressive. Paralowieentered a junior team and a senior team in the NASSSAEngineering Challenge competition. Both teams were excellent

ambassadors for our school and performed well on the night.Congratulations to our junior team who won a third place inthe junior division. Thank you to Mary Agrios for her support ofthe teams and for her commitment to ensuring the students ofParalowie have the opportunity to showcase their STEM skills.

Building Works

The redevelopment of the E building as our R-6 STEM learningspace has been completed and we are now able to moveclasses back into the ground floor. Nicole Sander our R-6 digitaltechnology teacher has already been moving equipment intoplace and we expect the facility to be delivering STEM learningwithin a few weeks. I am sure there will be plenty of articles toread about the exciting projects being undertaken by studentsin this space.

It has also been confirmed that Paralowie will be includedin round one of the Building Better Schools initiative. I hada meeting with the project officer and we are focussing ondeveloping the following spaces; a new dedicated juniorprimary learning facility; an expansion of the current middleschool building to cater for the increased number of Year 7'swho will come to Paralowie under the Year 7 into secondaryschools initiative; an expansion of the Wellbeing Hub to caterfor the increased level of service we can offer from this spacebut also to include learning spaces for the Positive Educationprogram and the relocation of our very valuable CommunityCentre; the building of a new performing arts space adjacentmusic to allow for the expansion of the dance and dramaprograms.

PETER MCKAYPRINCIPAL

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STUDENT FREE DAY AND SCHOOLCLOSURE DAY

School will be closed for students on this Friday 31stAugust, staff will be involved in Training and

Development all day.

On this coming Monday the 3rd September theschool will be closed due to the Governing Councilapproved Show Day - NO staff will be in attendance

at school on this day.

WAKAKIRRI 2018 SUCCESS

Paralowie R-12 School receive 7 PerformanceAwards including the ‘Spirit of Wakakirri’ and‘Individual Make-up & Hair’.

Wakakirri is Australia’s largest Performing Arts event for schoolsand involves creating a story/dance which reflect student’sthoughts, ideas and aspirations. Paralowie R-12 School’s 2018Wakakirri journey began near the end of Term 1 when 160students registered to audition for the production. 65 studentswere selected and rehearsals started with students practicingevery Thursday after school and Friday lunchtime.

This year’s story focussed on Animal Conservation.

Paralowie R-12 School chose to tell this story because wehad heard and seen in the media stories of people harminginnocent animals in the wild. After researching on the internet,we decided to focus on African animals as it is the home to theworld’s most iconic wildlife.

The Wakakirri team travelled to the Adelaide EntertainmentCentre on Tuesday 14th August to prepare for theirperformance. Performance Day was spent rehearsing on thestage, having hair and make-up done, designing and creatinggood luck posters for the other schools, supporting otherschools during their rehearsals and eating pizza for dinner,before getting in costumes for the final show.

Many students spoke of the butterflies in their tummies asthey waited to perform that evening. There were many smiles,nerves and words of encouragement to be shared. We couldn’thave been prouder of the 65 students as we watched theirperformance on stage. Their enthusiasm, teamwork andpassion for the story/dance was clearly evident and appreciatedby the audience.

A special thank you to the staff, families and friends who cameto support the students that night!

A very special and huge thank you to the 2018 Wakakirri team:Kelly Perry, Danni Robbins, Danae Jewell, Georgia Spargo,Karyn Hardstaff and Tina Day for giving up your time to cutmusic, choreograph, sew costumes, make hand props andprovide the students with the opportunity to be a part ofWakakirri in 2018. It is because of you that Wakakirri was anexperience the students will never forget!

Chookas!KELLY PERRY

TIRKANTHI NEWS

Naa marni! (Hello everyone)

SAASTA

By HAYLEY PUMPA – YEAR 10 SAASTA STUDENT

On August 17th 2018, myself and my SAASTA academystudents travelled by bus to the University of South Australiaand to the AAMI stadium aka Adelaide Crows headquarters. Onarrival we were instructed to follow staff into the Uni after beingsplit up into stage 1 and stage 2 groups. My group was stage1.

Stage one was led to a room filled with sports equipmentand a large computer. We were all very confused until wewere given an introduction from the Uni SA people about whatthey were doing. The Uni SA people asked for a volunteerand eventually Jarrell was chosen. The experiment was to testhow much air is going into the lungs when running. Jarrellwas asked many questions and instructed to put a plasticdevice in his mouth while running as well as a heart monitor.Jarrell passed the average male level during the experiment anddid extremely well. The second experiment conducted was onJeremy Wanganeen who was instructed to breath outward intoa device for as long as possible to test his body fat percentage.Jeremy was placed underwater in a tank and lowered in andheld underwater while they tested and measured his breathing.Jeremy’s body fat percentage was only 10% meaning he is verylean.

After the two experiments we had a light morning tea and aftera short walk around we headed back to the Uni and ontoanother bus headed for AAMI stadium. At approximately 12pmwe arrived and were greeted by ‘Uncle Eddie’ or more formallyknown as Eddie Hocking. Eddie was the first Aboriginal personto play for the Adelaide Crows during the 90s. Eddie told usabout the team and our plans for the afternoon. We beganby heading into the Crows Shed – a huge room filled withgrass and training materials. We did physical testing such as,the flexibility testing, kicking skills, 20m sprint, vertical jump aswell as running vertical jump. After some physical testing weheaded on a tour of the Crows Headquarters, exploring manysections such as: the hang out rooms, lunch room, physio

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pools and rooms, change rooms, coach’s rooms, games room,meeting rooms and much more. We had a big lunch of sushi,sliders, chicken and more! After lunch we went onto the ovaland did drills such as, goal kicking, passing, scratch matchesand handballing.

We also visited a room of computers where the Crows Legacyplayers play computer games, such as, Overwatch, World ofWarcraft and many other computer games. We found out theCrows sponsor an online gaming team called Legacy. TheLegacy team compete all over the world and get paid forplaying video games all day. We had the opportunity to sign upif we wanted too.

During our trip to AAMI stadium we learnt all about AFLX (ashorter and faster version of AFL). I personally had never heardof it but after this excursion I have found something new andfun about football. Myself and my academy as well as others(Playford and Mark Oliphant students) were taken into theCrows Football watching room. In this room we watched a fewshort videos explaining AFLX and the rules etc. we were evengiven a paper explaining it. This was extremely educational aswe have an AFLX carnival for SAASTA and by learning more wecan train properly and efficiently so everyone understands thegame rules and how to play.

I truly enjoyed the SAASTA excursion and I believe my academydid too. We all trained hard and behaved perfectly. Thisexcursion was informative, fun, educational and somethingimportant for older Aboriginal students to keep engaged andmeeting other Aboriginal students along the way. The excursionallowed myself and my academy to interact with other studentsfrom other academies. I think this will greatly support us forSAASTA shield as we will see faces we know and have alreadymet our competitors.

STAFF POLO DESIGN WINNERS

In Reconciliation Week last term, we organised a whole-schoolt-shirt design competition. Year 11 student, Allira Williams, hasbeen organising the process for her Community Studiesproject, and will be working with designers to produce staff poloshirts. Here are the Top 10 designs and we’ll announce the finaldesign for the shirts as soon as they’re ready. Congratulationsto everyone involved!

ABORIGINAL EDUCATION STRATEGY

The Aboriginal Education Strategy for 2018-2028 is currentlybeing developed and we had the opportunity to involve threeof our high school students in the discussions about what’simportant for them. The Aboriginal Education Strategy is allabout: improving learning outcomes for Aboriginal children andyoung people; better attendance and retention rates ofAboriginal students; and training to make sure teachers andleaders are culturally responsive. The students had the followingthings to say:

Allira Williams: ‘It was educational and a good experience tobe part of’

Hayley Pumpa: ‘It was informative for Aboriginal students, andinspiring to hear the stories from the Aboriginal presenters. Thechips were very good!’

ALLIRA WILLIAMS, HAYLEY PUMPA, JEREMY WANGANEENALLIRA WILLIAMS, HAYLEY PUMPA, JEREMY WANGANEENAND TOM PUTNAM ENJOY THEIR DAY AT THE ABORIGINALAND TOM PUTNAM ENJOY THEIR DAY AT THE ABORIGINAL

EDUCATION STRATEGYEDUCATION STRATEGY

STEMSEL EXCURSION

Some of our Year 6-7 students were part of the STEMSELExcursion at Lake Windemere on Thursday 16th August. TheParalowie Team’s challenge was to design a hat that can keepyou cool in the sun. Our team successfully coded a circuitboard to turn on a ‘fan hat’ as soon as it went outside – set to4.75V. We had a coding team and a design team and they allworked well to create a product which was in the Top 4 overall!

WORKABOUT CENTRE AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Current Opportunities! There are options such as: Gettingyour L’s, Work Ready Course, Girls Try a Trade, A Taste ofHospitality, Barista, Hair and Beauty, White Card. We haveSpace School applications open soon for the October schoolholidays, and a Dental Assistant Traineeship available for 17year-olds. Also, students can apply to receive financial supportthrough the Workabout Centre and Wyatt. Please speak toTom if you’re interested in any of these opportunities.

THINGS COMING UP

In Week 8 it’s Multicultural Week, and in Week 9 we have theMarni Wingku excursion to Adelaide University! We will also beworking on an exciting mural with Marra Dreaming, which willgo onto our new Primary STEM Centre. Pizza night this term willbe on Tuesday in Week 9 from 3-4:30.

Please speak to any of the Aboriginal Education Team if youhave any questions about your child’s education.

NAKUTHA (SEE YOU LATER)THE ABORIGINAL EDUCATION TEAM

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R-6 NEWS

YEAR 5/6 CAMP

At Arbury Park Outdoor School, students, parents and teachersfrom all parts of South Australia, go to live and learn together, inan active and exciting camp experience.

The school is a purpose built residential facility, situated on32 hectares near Bridgewater in the southern Mount LoftyRanges, 23 km from Adelaide. It is a state-wide service of theDepartment for Education and commenced operation in 1976.

Paralowie R-12 Year 5/6 students attended Arbury ParkOutdoor School for a 3 day Positive Education camp. Thestudents were involved in lots of activities to support each otherand work as a team to build on their relationships with eachother and the staff.

The activities they participated in were Freshwater Life, MissionSurvival, Animal Survival, orienteering, group hikes, night walks,nesting box making, Earth Art and Fresh Water Life.

These activities were all run by specialist teachers who haveexpert knowledge in outdoor education and the environment.A residential experience at Arbury Park promoted cooperation,wellbeing, and ecologically sustainable ways of living.

Students were provided full catering for the duration of a campprogram - which was amazing and informative. The staffpromoted healthy food choices that comply with the Right BiteHealthy Eating Strategy program. That is, mostly green andamber rated foods, with plenty of fresh unprocessed foods.

Overall, we were very lucky to access a variety of beautiful,engaging and accessible outdoor classrooms, including pondsand wetlands, stringybark forest, open woodland, and thenearby Cox Creek and Heysen walking trail. We hope to attendArbury Park in the near future.

ELLISHA SCORDOR-6 STUDENT WELLBEING

R-6 INDONESIAN

Term 3 of Indonesian in the R to 6 classes has started well.The students are learning about food and how markets areimportant in the Indonesian culture. They will be learning aboutthe Indonesian names for different food items and making theseduring the term as paper mache!!. Recently we have beenhaving a fun with competition between some classes with afood chant and recording the fastest times. I have included theexpected behaviours and consequences in this newsletter sothat you are aware of this process in the Indonesian classroomas it may be different than your child’s main classroom. Theseare displayed in the room and referred to when needed.

Listed below are the food words. This term we will be focussingon words with a Star Wars influence.

Salam hangat (warm regards),

IBU LISA, BU LA VENCE (LISA LA VENCE)R-6 INDONESIAN TEACHER

WOODWORK COLLABORATION

Over the past three weeks Miss Forde and Miss Tegan’s Year4 classes have been collaborating with Mr Ngo and his Year 10and 12 mentors to create string art.

Students in Year 4 used their skills with shading to painting theirboards. We were then fortunate enough to go into the highschool tech building and nail pictures into the wood. Finally, wecreated lovely art using wool, by wrapping it around the nails.

Quade said: “Doing the woodwork was really fun. I reallyenjoyed it because I didn’t hit my hands and I got to know MrNgo.”

JESS FORDE & TEGAN OXLEYYEAR 4 TEACHERS

BOOK WEEK PARADE 2018

Held in the junior gym on Friday 24th August, the 2018 R-6Book Week Parade was enjoyed by many spectators. Parents,grandparents and some high school classes came to watch theR-6 students parade in their costumes, ‘high-five’ their peersbefore watching the eagerly expected ‘teacher performance.’

The performance was based on the 2018 winner of the picturebook award titled ‘A Walk in the Bush’ by Gwyn Perkins. Ofcourse, the teachers spent many hours rehearsing…not! Theplay was enjoyed by all who watched it, even Mr. McKay.

LEARNING HUB TEAM – RESOURCE CENTRE ANDLIBRARY

1. Susu biru - blue milk

2. Es krim - ice cream

3. Sandwich - sandwich

4. Rebus daun - boiled leaves

5. Kueh - cake

6. Pisang - banana

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TEACHERS AWARDS 2019 – NOMINATEAN OUTSTANDING TEACHER!

SUPPORTED BY COMMONWEALTH BANK

We’re delighted to announce that nominations for the 2019Commonwealth Bank Teaching Awards are now open

Offered through a partnership between the CommonwealthBank and national charity Schools Plus, the Awards recogniseand reward great teachers who are delivering transformativeand measurable outcomes for their students.

Teachers who inspire curiosity, engage with their communityand encourage their students to believe in themselves.

We believe there are great teachers at every school across thenation and they deserve to be recognised.

Nominations for the 2019 Commonwealth Bank TeachingAwards are now open.

So, if there’s one, two or even three great teachers workingat your school, make sure you put them forward for the 2019Commonwealth Bank Teaching Awards.

https://www.teachingawards.com.au/

Nominations close 27 September 2018

CELEBRATING SCIENCE WEEKThe theme for National Science Week in 2018 is GameChangers and Change Makers. The theme inspiration camefrom three significant celebrations in 2018:

PARALOWIE SCIENCE WEEK EVENTS

BRAIN BREAK QUIZ: the events held at our school tocelebrate science week kicked off with a Big Morning Tea,challenging the staff with a Brain Break Quiz. The whole schoolquiz was a hit with a many students taking on the challenge.

SCINEMA: a lunch time event showcasing short sciencethemed documentary films

ENGINEERING CHALLENGE: on Tuesday 31/7/18 night eightschools in the NASSSA with staff and students participated inthe Engineering Challenge held at Salisbury High School.

Our Year 8 students who won third place in the junior divisionwere: Christian Clark, Lauren Manuel, Teija Barber.

In the senior division Year 10 students, Bandana Basnet andNicholas Sammut competed and are to be commended for

not giving up, even when the competition looked tough. Theyhad no winning place but there is always next year.

Our students definitely appeared to enjoy themselves.

Student comments:

Lauren - I liked it because I got to be creative and I got to workwith other people.

Teija - I liked the lollies and the biscuits.

Christian - I got out of the house and I wasn't bored.

Special congratulations to Gawler and District College whowere the overall winners on the night.

SCIENCE FAIR: This was open to the whole school toexperience science where the students in the senior and middleschool mentored the younger students from the primary school.We made Elephants toothpaste!

SCIENCE WEEK SCHOOL BBQ: Students got involved withthe serving and preparing the BBQ for all. What a great way toend the week.

Student Comments:

Stamili Hamisi 9F - I made sherbets. I got to experiencescience with the younger students.

Shukriya Esmatullah 9F - I helped the primary students makethe milk rainbow.

Patrick Bigga 9F - I helped with the BBQ and I liked theatmosphere.

Lilly Lay 9F - Working with the little students and teaching themthe science of how to make milk rainbows was fun.

STEM GIRLS CLUB: The girls visited SA Water in the citywhere they learnt about the different careers open to them inSA Water, they filtered and tested the acidity of our Adelaidewater.

EDUCATION PERFECT SCIENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018:Paralowie students have access to the Education Perfect (E.P)learning platform at school and home 24/7. Students competedin the 2018 E.P. Science Championships and were 6th overallin SA out of 53 schools. 26,783 questions were answered.Global ranking 256th. Category ranking 111th (501-1000students)

Congratulations to the following students:

Amber Shultz – silver awardNatalie Moaga, Toby Clarke & Sasa Radinovic –bronze awardBilly Spowage & Christian Clarke - Credit award

SHE LEADS: Is a leadership developmental program for youngwomen to develop their skills in confidence and inspire them topathways for future success. Twenty young women from Years10 and 11 had their first session last week. The program isrun by women from YWCA Australia and also guest speakersfrom different careers meet with the girls to share their story andknowledge. This is an eight-week program with a graduationceremony at the end of the course.

MARY AGRIOSSCIENCE COORDINATOR

• 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’sFrankenstein (genetic engineering, biotechnologies,prosthetics, bionics, genetic modification, brainenhancement and ethics);

• 40th anniversary of the birth of the first IVF baby(genetic engineering, biotechnology,nanotechnology);

• International Year of the Reef (coral reefs and thescientists who study them).

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STUDENTS FROM YEARS 7 – 12 ENJOY THEIR SCIENCESTUDENTS FROM YEARS 7 – 12 ENJOY THEIR SCIENCEWEEK IN 2018WEEK IN 2018

YEARS R-6 SCIENCE WEEK ACTIVITIESNational Science Week is a time to acknowledge thecontributions of Australian scientists to the world of knowledge.It's also a great opportunity to encourage an interest in sciencefor kids, and to interest them about the world and universe welive in. This year, the theme was Game Changers and ChangeMakers. Our students had the opportunity to participate in arange of fun and exciting activities and challenges that involvedAR technologies, robots, and of course, fun and messy scienceexperiments.

Many of our middle and upper primary classes also had theopportunity to attend a science fair organised and run by ourhigh school science faculty. The various events certainly hadsomething for everyone and the enthusiasm, willingness to takeon a challenge and fun the students showed was infectious.I would personally like to thank all staff and students for theirinvolvement and I for one cannot wait to see what’s going tohappen during Science Week in 2019!

PLEASE ENJOY THE PHOTOS BELOW OF STUDENTS FROMPLEASE ENJOY THE PHOTOS BELOW OF STUDENTS FROMTHE JUNIOR SCHOOL ENJOYING THEIR SCIENCE WEEKTHE JUNIOR SCHOOL ENJOYING THEIR SCIENCE WEEK

ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES

SCHOOL SPORT

Open Boys Knockout Volleyball

The open boys team competed in the first round of theknockout competition against Cedar College on Monday 30thJuly. In preparation for the upcoming SA Schools VolleyballCup, the boys took a convincing victory, winning all 3 sets. Theteam will play off in finals on the 13th September.

Team: Mitchell Slater, John Rallos, Jarrell Sutton, KasperMunro-Lynch, Nathan Farah, Cameron Young, Andrew Deakin,Raymond Chy.

Open Boys Basketball Carnival

Paralowie took 2 Open Boys teams to the basketball carnivalon the 1st August at Parafield Gardens Rec Centre. Our teamshad several tough opponents in Salisbury East, Craigmore, St

Columba, Playford, Salisbury High, Gawler and Hope ChristianCollege.

Overall Results:

Team 1 (Pool A) – 2ndTeam 2 (Pool B) – 4th

Team: Penndara Keo, Darcy Naseli, Jarrell Sutton, BrysonCraig, Mikko Gotch, Logan Nathan, Tyson Sutton, BrodieMortimer, John Heng, Ash Barrett, David Pielago, KasperMunro-Lynch, Mitchell Slater, Samuel Porter, Tyrone Nepe,George San Miguel, Tanner Lewko.

8/9 Boys Basketball

Paralowie took 2 Year 8/9 boys teams to the basketball carnivalon the 8th August at Parafield Gardens Rec Centre. Both teamshad many tough opponents but played some excellentpassages of basketball across the 5 games.

Overall Results:

Team 1 (Pool A) – 6thTeam 2 (Pool B) – 5th

Team: Adam Deakin, Tylah Appleton, Sunday Onen, DamienHun, Manish Chouhan, Dunhill Torion, Patrick Bigga, AliHussaini, Shaylum Nash-Wilson, Ramadan Taha, TresoreNdolimana, Jake Tucker, Nathan Clavell, Ashton Wheldale,Martin Irambona, Peter Tran, Doren Chum.

Weekly Sport –Indoor Soccer (Round 1)

Paralowie travelled to Craigmore in the first round of the weeklysport – indoor soccer tournament. The Year 8 boys begantheir weekly sport campaign with a 6-2 win. The Year 9 boysstruggled against a strong Craigmore side going down 6-0. TheYear 8-10 girls had a strong start with a 3-3 draw to finish offthe day.

Final Scores:

Year 8 Boys – Paralowie (6) def. Craigmore (2)Year 8-10 Girls – Paralowie (3) drew to Craigmore (3)Year 9 Boys – Paralowie (0) def by Craigmore (6)

Open Boys Knockout Soccer

Paralowie’s Open Boys’ soccer team played in the secondround of the knockout competition on Tuesday 14th Augustagainst Banksia Park International High School. The boys wereswitched on from the start, creating many opportunities in thefirst half but Banksia scored within minutes of half time to putthe scores as 1-0. Banksia came out firing in the first half andadded multiple goals to the scoreboard. Our team fought hardin the second half pulling a goal back but BPIHS were toostrong and organised all around the park.

Final Score:

Banksia Park 5defeatedParalowie 1 (Bishal Chawan)

Weekly Sport – Indoor Soccer Round 2

Paralowie travelled to Salisbury East High School for thesecond round of the weekly sport – indoor soccer tournament.

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The Year 8 boys started the day with a solid 4-1 win followedby the Year 8-10 girls team who fought hard to the final whistlebut going down 2-0. The Year 9 boys rounded off the afternoonagainst a tough opponent in Salisbury East who put 6 past ourboys.

Final Scores:

Year 8 Boys – Paralowie (4) def. Salisbury East (1)Goalscorers: Eric Bisanukuri (2), Sakhi Sultani,Namatullah DarwishiYear 8-10 Girls – Paralowie (0) def by Salisbury East (2)Year 9 Boys – Paralowie (0) def by Salisbury East (6)

Ten Pin Bowling

Paralowie took 23 students (2 girl’s teams & 3 boy’s teams)to Salisbury Bowland on Friday 17th August to compete inthe Northern Zone Ten Pin Bowling Carnival. Paralowie boys’Team 1 scored a combined total of 1301 placing them secondoverall. Paralowie girls’ Team 1 scoring a total of 920 placingthem second overall in the girl’s competition. Overall schoolresults saw Paralowie place second with an average of 203.3.Big congratulations to Andrew Osborne who took out the BestIndividual results with a score of 361. Fantastic effort by allstudents.

Girls Team 1 - Laitiah Huynh, Kaycee Carey, Chelsea Rundle,Khal Adam Khan.

Girls Team 2 - Katherine Gabison, Mary Rallos, Ida Nguyen, VyLe, Linna Tran.

Boys Team 1 - Anthony Beckett, Michael Vozzo, DeclanHanley, Alex Berlemon, Andrew Osborne.

Boys Team 2 - Enes Sahinovic, Jake Vozzo, Manoj Chouhan,David Pielago, Brendan Pheuisiri.

Boys Team 3 - Cameron Bibl, Jayden Bibl, Damien Hun, ZainalSiddik.

Open Boys 5-a-side Soccer

Paralowie took 2 teams to the Open Boys 5-a-side soccercompetition on Wednesday 21st August at Salisbury East HighSchool. The division 1 boys had some tough competitionagainst schools such as Salisbury East, Craigmore, Playford,Salisbury, Temple and Mark Oliphant. The div 1’s werecompetitive and came 5th overall. The division 2 boys startedoff the day with 5 convincing wins before losing their last 2games before finals. Our div 2 boys finished with a 2-1 winagainst Playford to progress into the grand final. The grandfinal saw us play against a tough opponent in Craigmore. Ourboys were ready and raring to go and played some convincingsoccer to come away with a 6-1 win in the grand final.Congratulations to both teams. Thank you to Patricia Maio,Damien Hun, Kelly Nguyen and Isaac Ochan on assisting onthe day.

Division 1 Team: Emir Sahinovic, Bishal Chawan, CahillSharrock-Creed, Enes Sahinovic, Zac Dewett-Spears, AliSiddik, Brendan Pheuisiri, Jordan Aartsen.

Division 2 Team: Farhan Hussaini, Siampi Phaipi, Ali Sultani,Zulfiqar Haidari, Jawid Zahidy, Rajab Ali, Purna Rai, Ruben Rai.

KELLY BARLTROP7-12 SPORTS MANAGER

SOCCER TEAM HELPERSSOCCER TEAM HELPERS OPEN BOYS DIVISION ONE TEAMOPEN BOYS DIVISION ONE TEAM

5-A-SIDE SOCCER TEAMS5-A-SIDE SOCCER TEAMS20182018

OPEN BOYS DIVISION TWOOPEN BOYS DIVISION TWOTEAMTEAM

GIRLS BOWLING TEAMGIRLS BOWLING TEAM BOYS BOWLING TEAMBOYS BOWLING TEAM

ANDREW OSBORNEANDREW OSBORNE

MIDDLE SCHOOL ROUND UP

SUBJECT SELECTION EXPOS

All students in Years 7-11 are involved in some way towardsselecting their subjects for next year. This process enables allstudents in Years 8-11 an opportunity to select some subjectsthey are interested in exploring further. Subject Expos were held

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to provide further examples of the subjects in Arts, Tech, PEand Home Economics and the subject leaders provided adviceand examples of what is expected in each unit.

SUBJECT SELECTION DAY

All students in Years 7, 8 and 9 booked a 15 minute timeslot with their Home Group teacher for Subject Selection DayThursday 30th August. Students were sent home with a sheetfor parents to choose a time slot. During this 15 minutes,students presented to their parents their subject choices for2019 and also presented a portfolio of work samples thatshowcases their learning journey so far in 2018. We are hopefulthat this formal – interview style – activity will be an opportunityto think to the future about job interviews, pitching and ideabeing confident to speak openly.

SAPOL SPEAKING WITH MIDDLE SCHOOLSTUDENTS

Kylie Fielder from SAPOL was invited to speak with Year 7and 9 students about the complex and potentially dangerousworld of online activity. Kylie went into detail about the potentialrisks associated with popular social media sites and onlinegaming. Personal experience, videos and statistics were clearlydelivered and the students were visibly moved by some of thecontent. We are hopeful that all students can make some saferand more positive changes in relation to this ever expandingaspect of our lives. We ask all parents and caregivers to monitoronline activity, ask questions, set limits and report concerns andissues to SAPOL or school staff if a serious matter arises.

KRYSTAL ROUSSOUNIS AND KYLIE FIELDERKRYSTAL ROUSSOUNIS AND KYLIE FIELDER

BEN ABBOTTSENIOR LEADER MIDDLE SCHOOL

NASSA DEBATE COMPETITION ROUND 5Friday 24th August was the final minor round of the NASSSAdebating competition. The topic of this round's debate was that"Space exploration is not worth the cost."

Paralowie B was scheduled to debate Salisbury A, but theywere a last minute forfeit so Paralowie B got the win andadvanced to the Quarter Finals.

Paralowie A came up against Salisbury B.

Our three speakers: Peter Tran, Amanda Kube and RhyleeWeir delivered a stellar debate and came away with anotherwin.

Rhylee Weir won the best speaker award for his solid rebuttalsand clear delivery.

So both Paralowie A and Paralowie B have made it to theQuarter Finals. The topic of their next debate will be that: Thatdemocracy is the best form of government. Both teams are onthe affirmative side of this topic.

There is a very short turn around and they now need to havetheir debate prepared by Wednesday 5th September.Considering, they will miss a lot of school due to our subjectselection day, student free day and school closure day, theycertainly have a challenge on their hands.

Please wish our two teams the very best heading into a toughfinals campaign.

KELLY HOLMES AND AN NGO

FUNDRAISING FOR THE ZAHRAFOUNDATION

Small pink or purple pig money boxes have beenplaced around the school.

Students are raising money for the Zahra Foundationwhich raises awareness of violence against women.You can drop a donation into the front office if you

like.

COMMUNITY CENTRE NEWSOur Community Hub activities are up and running. Parentshave joined a number of activities; English conversation group;Australian Citizenship lessons; Computing for beginners;Playgroup for under 5s; and a new Garden Project which isgetting underway just in time for Spring! We recently celebratedthe Eid Festival with a delicious morning tea with a range ofbeautiful cultural foods. Playgroup has been a hive of activitywith kids enjoying the learning activities and having loads of fun.

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We recently hosted a group of 25 leaders from Queenslandwho were investigating the benefits of establishing CommunityHubs in schools. It was great to be able to share our story, andimportantly the benefits for parents in our community.

If you would like information about any programs in ourCommunity Centre, please call in, or telephone Mary Jo or Seliaat school on 8182 7222. We look forward to meeting you soon!

MARY JO BELLEW & SELIA MRKIC

PARENTS AND FRIENDS UPDATE

Fathers Day Raffle

The P&F Raffle - drawn on Thursday 30th August at the R-6Assembly. Thank you to all the families that supported thisvery successful fundraiser. And a very special thanks to allour sponsors. Please support these local businesses who havegenerously provided prizes for the raffle, especially toAUTOPRO at ELIZABETH (Special collection of accessoriesand car cleaning products), and the ROYAL ADELAIDE SHOW(Family Pass), and also to parents who contributed items. Thissupport is very much appreciated.

Congratulations to the Parent Group who worked really hard togather support from local businesses and organise all the workbehind the scenes to provide yet another successful fundraiser.Special thanks to Kez Lombardi and Liz Goodwin who led thisfundraiser so capably.

Sports Day BBQ

Our next fundraiser will be on sports day. We look forward toproviding sausages and drinks for students on the day, andour special bacon and egg sandwiches (always popular!) forparents and staff. Don’t forget to get your order in! If you wouldlike to assist on the day, the parent group would be grateful forany help with serving, cooking and setting up.

AEROSOL SPRAYS

Students are reminded that allAEROSOL SPRAYS are BANNED at

school.

They are a health hazard to studentsand staff when sprayed within school

buildings.

This could lead to hospitalisation in the case of severeasthmatics.

THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE ROLL-ON PRODUCTSTHAT CAN BE USED

AEROSOL SPRAYS will be confiscated.

CAR PARK SAFETY!

PLEASE REMEMBER that our car parks are extremelybusy each morning and afternoon. This affects howmany of our parents are able to gain a car park. Wesuggest that you park on the street and instruct your

children to walk the short distance to and from the car.

TAKE AWAY FOOD AND USING UBEREATS AT SCHOOL

A reminder that at Paralowie R-12 School we do notallow take away food, either by using family members or

Uber Eats to deliver it!

If a student has take away food in the school they will beisolated in the front office to eat their lunch.

EARLY MORNING STUDENT SUPERVISION

We need to make sure parents are aware that eventhough the front gate is open at 7.30 am, yard duty does

not start until 8.20 am. Therefore students on schoolgrounds before this time would be unsupervised.

TWELVE25 SALISBURY YOUTHENTERPRISE CENTRE

17-19 Wiltshire Street Salisbury SA

Twelve25 is holding a series of workshops and activitiesfor young adults on gaming and photography. Please

click on the following links for more information.

CHILDREN’S UNIVERSITY SCHOOLHOLIDAY PROGRAMS

Wednesday 3rd October – Adelaide Zoo

Time: 10.00am-2.30pmMaximum students: 25-30Cost: $9.00 per student

Students will experience an animal engagement activity,followed by a Zoo-Educator led session on how zoos

design enclosures for animals. The program willconclude with an Inquiry trail during which students will

undertake an observation activity.

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Thursday 4th October – Adelaide Oval

Time: 10.00am-2.30pmMaximum students: 50Cost: $8.00 per student

A visit to Adelaide Oval offers a valuable and stimulatinglearning experience for students from Primary School allthe way through to Tertiary studies. Hence it is a popular

excursion location for education groups.

The School Holiday Program offers:

A ‘Behind the Scenes’ Guided Discovery Tour

LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARKINGREGULATIONS

We urge parents to read the important information aboutparking regulations around school grounds.

CHEERIO NETBALL CLUB SEEKINGPLAYERS

Cheerio is one of the oldest teams in the AdelaideMetropolitan Netball Division competition, please check

the link below for more information

BEDWETTING

Bedwetting is common in children and cancause anxiety around the time of sleep overs

and school camps

Parents – you are not alone in this dilemma and help isavailable!

An effective program is available on DVD, it addressesthe cause and offers practical and achievable methods

for children to achieve a positive outcome

Please log onto the following website:

http://www.bedwettinginstitute.com.au/

COME N TRY KIDS TAEKWONDO

FREE this Friday 31st August at Salisbury North PrimarySchool Gym, see attached poster

• ‘Virtual Reality’ Cricket Gaming

• A fun range of activities in our Media Centre

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