Mawson Lakes School ~ Cooperation – Pride – Quality – Respect ~
Term 1, Week 9 29th March 2019
School Administration
Garden Tce, Mawson Lakes, 5095
Principal: David Cowles
Deputy Principal: Sue Lemmer
Assistant Principals: Karen Post Phil Parsons
Business Manager: Christina Cannon
Mawson Lakes School Gov. Council
Chairperson: Simon Lemmo
Secretary: Tracy Fitzjohn
Treasurer: Peter Richings
Email: [email protected]
Library
Mawson Centre, Main St, Mawson Lakes
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.mawsonlakes.sa.edu.au
Out of School Hours Care
Contact: Cyndi Sapwell, Director
Phone: 0401 121 318
Email: [email protected]
2019 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
29th March : Student free Day 1st April-5th April: Parent/Teacher Interviews Wed 10th April: Walk-A-Thon Thurs 11th April: Walk-A-Thon Back up day 12th April : End od term 2pm Dismissal/Gold coin donation
A word from the Principal …
It’s hard to believe it’s the last newsletter for the
term! It’s been a very busy term to date. Here’s some
of the things we have been involved in, in term 1:
● AGM and new Gov. Council elected
● School acquaintance night
● Bike Education
● School photos
● Harmony Day
● Lots of great gatherings!
● Lots of great ‘Powerful Learning’
We still have a few more events to conclude the term including:
Pupil free day- The Big Six of Reading
Walk-a-thon fundraiser- colour run!
3-way interviews next week!
Don’t forget 3 way interviews (teacher, student, parent(s) are being
held next week, Mon-Fri. By now you should have gone online and
booked an interview time with your child’s teacher. These interviews
are a really important part of our reporting process with home, so
hopefully you have taken a minute to book in some times. If not you
can still book in a time but please speak to your teacher.
Upcoming walk-a-thon fundraiser
Our walkathon fundraiser is coming up on Wednesday the 10th of
April. This year we are trying something new in terms of a ‘colour run’,
where the more money a student raises, the better the prizes they
get. Of course the ultimate goal is for us to raise as much money as
possible for our school. We are getting together our student’s/ staff
‘wish list’ of things they would like to put the money raised towards.
In the past some of these things have included: STEM equipment, na-
ture play, ICT equipment, improvements to playground/ bike rack
areas etc. We are aiming to raise a total of $15 000K as a school, so
make sure you and your family and friends get involved with sponsor-
ing your child for the walk-a-thon!
Last day of school is Friday 12th of April. As this is the last day of term,
it is an early dismissal at 2pm. I would like to take this opportunity to
wish all families a great school holiday break. First day back of term 2
is Tuesday 30th of April; Monday 29th is a pupil free day (staff training.)
David Cowles
Principal
Mawson Lakes School
Fri 29th Mar: Pupil free day
Harmony Day
Harmony Day was celebrated on Thursday 21st March in week 8. Celebrating Harmony Day is a way of acknowledging the di-versity of people in our school and nation. At Mawson Lakes Primary School we have approximately 45 different cultures represented . Students celebrated their cultural diversity by wearing orange on the day or many students decided to dress up in their own national costume. Many students brought in dolls dressed in national costumes that were shared within the class. Students were also encouraged to bring in a variety of ethnic food which again was shared by all the class and buddy class. It was a fun and exciting day had by all!
STEM Professional in School
STEM around the school
Learning how to make a game in Scratch with block coding
Using Python to code Building an EV3 Mindstorm What happens to rain when it hits the ground?
HASS and STEM integration
Port Power STEM in Footy Heart Rate Monitors
Coding in footy Buoyancy
We are lucky to have Andrew
who we teamed up with through
the CSIRO STEM professional in
school’s program. Andrew has
been working with some of the
year 2 classes focussing on the
moon, stars and sun. The
students had many questions for
Andrew and learnt a lot.
WANTED iPads/iPhones/iPods in good working condition
Bike Education 2019
As a part of our “Safe routes to schools program” students in W21, W22, W23 and TR9 have been doing Bike ed. They have been learning about how to fit their helmet properly, how to check if their bike is roadworthy, and a little bit about how to best secure their bike. In the last few sessions, students have been riding on the roads around the community and demonstrating what they have learnt about the road rules.
We have learnt that you need to scan, signal and scan back before you want to change direction or make a turn so that the traffic knows what your intentions are. You need to make sure that you are always in your bike lane, and that you stay safe.
Community News
Rebekah McIntosh
Violin Teacher
Private Tutor
Years 4—Adult Students
Violin hire available
Mawson Lakes
Ph-0401000368
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