Hawker Area School Staff

Hawker Area School and its staff are committed to providing quality learning experiences in a safe environment and giving students every opportunity to achieve their personal best. We also encourage students to reach their full educational potential whilst shaping their own positive school culture and equipping them to make positive contributions in the wider community.

Hawker Area School recognises that all teachers are vital sources of support and, together with families, are the foundation to the success of all students. The core subjects offered at the school are English, Mathematics, Science, HASS (Humanities and Social Sciences), Art, Health and Physical Education.

Our staff keeps abreast of best practice in teaching through ongoing professional development to not only effectively deliver curriculum but also engage and inspire students.

Absent - Julieanne Ashenden, Rachel Sinkinson-McInnis.

Hawker Area School Staff


Principal - Mr Daren O'Neill	Business Manager - Mrs Julieanne Ashenden	Middle School Leader - Miss Hayley Brown


Middle / Senior School Leader - Mrs Sharon Bates	Junior Primary School Leader - Mrs Amanda Hilder	Science / Maths School Leader - Mrs Lidia Szlezak


Music / Languages School Leader - Mrs Sasha Andersson	Design and Technology School Leader - Mr Travis McDonald	School Service Officer / Kitchen Garden Specialist - Mrs Joelle Sharples


Work Education & Student Pathways Coordinator - Mrs Susan Barclay	Teacher Librarian / AET School Leader - Mrs Ailsa Green	ICT / School Services Officer - Mr Steve Green


Pastoral Care Worker PCW - Mrs Stefanie Teague	Community Library Assistant - Ms Rosie Luckraft	School Service Officer - Mrs Deb Youle

School Service Officer - Mrs Leonie McKenzie	ACEO Aboriginal Community Engagement Officer - Ms Letisha McKenzie	School Service Officer - Mrs Rachel Sinkinson-McInnis

School Services Officer - Mrs Lauren Johnson	School Services Officer - Miss Esther Eager	School Service Officer - Mrs Ani Indriani

School Service Officer - Mrs Barbara Webb

Student Leadership

'SMaSH' - Hawker Area School Student Representative Council.

(Students Meeting at School at Hawker)

Our SMaSH committee meets twice a term. The meetings are designed to review information from classes including suggestions for school activities, policy changes and fundraising. This structure of student leadership within the school will assist students to further develop their leadership skills, voice their opinions, share their concerns and promote school spirit.

This is also the forum for general students’ grievances to be discussed.

Each year the SMASH Committee raises hundreds of dollars for various charities by taking part in selling merchandise and organising casual days at the school.

Student Representative Council 2019

2018 Bandanna Day

World's Greatest Shave 2019

Latest News

SRC Car Wash

01 Dec 2021

Dear Parents and Caregivers

The SRC for it's last fundraiser for the year will be running a Car Wash this Friday December 3rd from 9.30am to 2.30pm.

Details below:

Bookings can be made by contacting the Front Office on 86484003.

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

SRC Car Wash

26 Nov 2021

Dear Parents and Caregivers

The SRC for it's last fundraiser for the year will be running a Car Wash next Friday December 3rd from 9.30am to 2.30pm.

Details below:

Bookings can be made by contacting the Front Office on 86484003.

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

Headspace Visit

23 Nov 2021

Headspace will be visiting today and tomorrow to work with our Year 6 - 12 students, covering a variety of mental health topics. They will arrive this afternoon and work with the class from 2pm until the end of the day.

Tonight, in the Multipurpose Room a session for parents and carers of any child in our community can attend a session from 6.30pm until 8pm. We have some bookings for this, with sufficient numbers attending this will dictate the content that can be presented. Any member of the community can attend, booking by contacting the school on 86484003 to confirm this will assist the presenters.

Tomorrow morning the Headspace Team will have their final session with our students.

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

Pupil Free Day Reminder

19 Nov 2021

Just a reminder that next Monday November 22nd is a Pupil Free Day at Hawker Area School. Enjoy the chance for a Long Weekend!

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

Headspace Visit Student and Parent Workshops

15 Nov 2021

An education team from Headspace will be visiting Hawker Area School next week on Tuesday and Wednesday November 23rd and 24th to workshop with our Year 6 - 12 students on issues focusing on understanding Mental Health issues and exploring ways to cope. This event is not on our calendar at the moment as it has been only recently confirmed.

A workshop is also available focusing on Supporting Young People, this will be available to any parent or adult in our community who considers themselves to be a carer of young people in our community. The schedule for the visit will be:

Tuesday 2 - 3 pm: Session 1 with our Year 6 - 12 students.
Tuesday 6.30 - 8pm: Session for parents and others in the community in the Library.
Wednesday 9 - 10am: Session 2 with our Year 6 - 12 students.

To help in planning parents or members of the community are encouraged to contact the school on 86484003 to confirm attendance on Tuesday night this will assist the presenters as numbers attending will dictate the content that would be presented. Regardless of this all are welcome, late attenders included.

Any questions can be directed to the front office on 86484003.

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

Remembrance Day Ceremony

10 Nov 2021

With the expected inclement weather tomorrow there may be changes to our Remembrance Day ceremony. We will be looking at the weather tomorrow morning and depending on the situation one of three situations could happen:

the event remains at the Memorial.
we move the ceremony to Hawker Area School.
the ceremony is cancelled.

Please keep an eye on the Hawker Out and About Facebook page tomorrow morning for further updates.

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

Congratulations Jimmy!

10 Nov 2021

Congratulations to Jimmy Morgan, one of our Year 5 students at Hawker Area School who has won the Space to Dream Challenge design competition as part of the Commissioner's Digital Challenge. Jimmy's design for a NEW AND IMPROVED FIX BOT was recognised as the top rated 3D design for 2021 across South Australia. Jimmy completed this task as part of the Digital Literacy class where he is taught by Ailsa Green. First prize for Jimmy's impressive work is a 3D Printer, donated to the school by Makers Empire.

As part of the design brief Children and young people were challenged to design a toy or gadget for someone their age who is ‘moving to Mars’ using a design-thinking process.

Jimmy in his entry stated:

My object is called Fix Bot. This is a new and improved version of the design I created last year. Fix Bot fixes things. It has a parachute, iron filings for making screws, electric screwdriver and drill, a battery charger, laser eyes, welding tongue, paint to put where you want Fix Bot to weld or cut and a screen for programming. The Fix Bot is controlled by a remote control with three buttons, one to come to the owner, one to go back to its charger and one to power off. The Fix Bot is designed to fix spacecrafts.

By Jimmy, Year 5, Hawker Area School

The Space to Dream exhibition will be travelling to various regional locations throughout South Australia next year, including the Hawker School Library during April and May! Details of the locations to be visited can be found at https://commissionersdigitalchallenge.net.au/exhibition/ .

Jimmy’s design has been 3D printed at a larger scale and is now on display in the front window of the Australian Space Discovery Centre along North Terrace as a way of attracting visitors to come inside. The smaller scale version sits along with the other 20 top-rated designs as part of the Exhibition in the Space Discovery Centre’s Endeavour Room. The exhibition runs through until 31 January next year.

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

TERM 4 School Calendar

08 Nov 2021

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

FYI - TERM 4 School Calendar - EDIT PRESENTATION NIGHT is the 7th not the 6th.

Hawker Area School Calendar Term 4

Regards,
Admin

November 3 Newsletter

03 Nov 2021

Click here to view the November 3 Schoolzine eNewsletter!

Pupil Free Day Tomorrow

31 Oct 2021

Just a reminder that tomorrow is a Pupil Free Day at Hawker Area School. We also have another Pupil Free Day on Monday November 22nd.

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