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Term 4 Hawker Area School Calendar

31 Oct 2024

Updated term 4 Hawker Area School Calendar. Please disregard last email due to error.

Term_4_Hawker_Area_School_Calendar.pdf

Regards,
Daren O'Neill
Principal
daren.oneill253@schools.sa.edu.au

Hawker Family Fun Day

31 Oct 2024

Please see below the Hawker Family Fun Day Flyer.

Hawker_Family_Fun_Day.pdf

Regards,
Daren O'Neill
Principal
daren.oneill253@schools.sa.edu.au

2024 Term 4 School Calendar

31 Oct 2024

Please find below a link to the Hawker Area School Term 4 Calendar.

Yellow_Illustrated_School_Calendar.pdf

Regards,
Daren O'Neill
Principal
daren.oneill253@schools.sa.edu.au

School Community Award Nominations

27 Oct 2024

Please find attached to this message the nomination form for the Rowan Ramsey School Community Awards for 2024. As the form states Nominations are open to a staff, parent or community member who has “gone the extra mile” dedicating and volunteering their time and skills to the school.

The award will be presented at our Presentation night on Tuesday December 10^th 2024. If you would like to nominate a staff member, parent or community member for this award please fill in the details and get the form to the school by email or delivery to the front office, as per the instructions on the form. For those that need it extra forms are also available for filling in at the front office.

School_Community_Award_Nomination_form_2024.docx

Regards,
Daren O'Neill
Principal
daren.oneill253@schools.sa.edu.au

Pupil Free Days Reminder

27 Oct 2024

A brief reminder that the school has the following Pupil Free Days planned and approved for term four:

Monday November 4th – SA Curriculum Workshop and a review of our area of impact focus, wellbeing, followed by planning for 2025.

Monday November 18^th – An Inclusive Practices Day. Staff will be completing Professional Learning in Self Regulation in preparation for a program delivered in 2025 by the Self Regulation Service from the Department for Education. There will also be a workshop on One Plans, following on from new information and advice on these.

Regards,
Daren O'Neill
Principal
daren.oneill253@schools.sa.edu.au

Where Red for Daniel!

24 Oct 2024

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Day for Daniel this Friday 25th October.

Gold coin donation to wear RED to support the Daniel Morcombe Foundation. All donations will be sent directly to the Daniel Morcombe Foundation to support child safety.

School is Back

22 Oct 2024

I am glad to say that Hawker Area School is back and functioning today. After four days of the power outage it was a case of checking things over this morning. All our electricals are operating, most importantly our air conditioners and fridges for students and staff and running water all over the school now. The same can’t be said for other families in our district, this includes four members of our staff and many of our families, so we hope that they can get their power issues sorted out soon as well.

Our attendance has been lower than usual today as I imagine some families are still sorting out their own needs with food and other services now that power is back in the township at least. We look forward to the rest of our students returning tomorrow.

Regards,
Daren O'Neill
Principal
daren.oneill253@schools.sa.edu.au

School Closure at Hawker Area School

20 Oct 2024

At this stage Hawker Area School and Kindergarten will be closed on Monday the 21st of October and Tuesday 22nd of October due to power outages as a result of the storm on Thursday 17th of October.
Staff will not be at school and all students and children are to remain home.
If power is restored before Tuesday we will reopen as usual and information will be communicated to you via usual means.
Thank you all for your understanding.

Regards,
Daren O'Neill
Principal
daren.oneill253@schools.sa.edu.au

Welcome to Term Four

13 Oct 2024

Term 4 starts tomorrow with the launch of the Positive Behaviuor for Learning Framework, and we also welcome some new staff to the school. In addition to this our IMS students start with lessons at the start of the first day, so please get your students to bring along their instruments. 

We have some new staff starting at school from tomorrow, as well as some staff who commenced near the end of term 3. John Connelly, will start working as a classroom support SSO. Polly Smart is returning to more regular work four days a  week as the teacher librarian. Mija Reynolds will be coming in to work in the SWAN room on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Jodi Swan is working five days a week in the Front Office after starting on a few days near the end of last term. Derek Cooper is working at the school in the grounds area. Kaila Mason and Peter Russell also started during last term, Kaila working in classroom support, mainly in the SWAN area and Peter Russell in classroom support and working as our Bus Driver in the afternoons. 

From the beginnig of this term our two Bus Drivers will be Helen Wagner (mornings) and Peter Russell (afternoons).

Regards,
Daren O'Neill
Principal
daren.oneill253@schools.sa.edu.au

Support Services for NDIS families

10 Oct 2024

Please see below the promotion for support services for Aboriginal and Non Aboriginal families in remote areas, a type of service we dont always get in this region. I have also inserted a link to a printable copy of this for interested members of our community.

WARA_YINDI_SUPPORT_SERVICES_Posters_Portrait_.pdf.pdf

Regards,
Daren O'Neill
Principal
daren.oneill253@schools.sa.edu.au