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2011 Music ConcertCongratulations to all students who performed at our recent School Music Concert, you should all be very proud of your effort and success. I would like to thank the staff and parents of Maitland Area School for their continuous support of the Concert Band and choir programs. We are so fortunate to have the assistance of talented, passionate staff, community members and most of all wonderful parent support. Many thanks to the following community members who donate their time to support us – Diane Morgan, Belinda Wundersitz, Di Wheare, Ray Roy, Malcolm Kinch and Linda Kinch. I would also like to thank our talented and supportive staff - Sarah Townsend, Vanessa Secomb, Star Derrington, Joanne Shepherd, Tim Tuck, and school chaplain Kelly Whitakker. Finally, a big thank you to the school staff who supported us on the night selling refreshments (Bron Polgreen and Sarah Wescombe), selling tickets (Beth Hector and Pat Hasting) and 'wrangling' the students (Helen Moloney). SAPSASAEarlier this year we were selected to play in the SYP SAPSASA Cricket Carnival. This was held last week, 7-10 Nov, in Adelaide. On Monday we played at Westminster College against Lower Eyre Peninsula. We got them all out for 47 runs and made over 150 runs to win the game easily. Tuesday we played at SACA Park 25 against North Eastern. We had another big win. Wednesday we were back at SACA Park 25. The game against Mid North was much closer and we won by only 10 runs in a very exciting match. Wednesday afternoon we caught up with the SYP tennis team at the Beachouse, Glenelg for a bit of fun. On Thursday the number one country side, SYP, played the number one metro team, Western, for the Neil Brook Shield. We batted first and made 169 runs. We bowled and fielded well to get them all out for 122, winning the game and the shield by 47 runs. It was a great week and we have made a lot of friends through our SAPSASA experience. Thanks to Mr Field for coaching and our parents for taking us to trainings and games IMS Brass VisitThe Instrumental Music Service 'Brass Group' visited our school on Tuesday November 15. The group performed in the PAC to students from Years 3-7. They were very entertaining, impressing the audience with a medley of movie tunes, music from the middle-ages and an inventive story-piece based on the tale of the Tortoise and the Hare. They demonstrated how brass instruments work, showed a variety of ways to create new - and unusual - sounds and shared their love of playing music. A secondary aim of the visit was to encourage students in Years 5 and up to consider learning a brass instrument. If your child is interested, please contact IMS teacher Deb Schwartz at the school for more information. Remembrance DayOn the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month 1918, after 4 years of continuous fighting the guns fell silent on the Western Front. Today; 93 years later we celebrate this day as Remembrance Day. It is a day that we honour the men and women who have died in the line of duty for Australia. War Memorial CeremonyAs part of the Remembrance Day celebrations the Year 4 class was honoured to attend the service at the Maitland War Memorial. It was a special experience as many knew a person who had served or is still on active duty today within the armed forces. It enabled them to remember those people in the minute silence and then honour them by laying a wreath. School AssemblyThe remainder of the school honoured the special day with a Remembrance Day assembly in the Performing Arts Centre. Special images reflecting the themes of the day were projected on the screen. SOSE teacher Pat Hasting then explained the reasons behind the ceremony. Primary School Captains Jackson Moloney and Ebony Short finished with the reading of the Ode to the fallen. |
Super 6 CricketOn Tuesday 25th November Maitland Area School had 3 teams of girls participate in the Super 6 Cricket day held at the town oval. The Girls Super 6 carnival is organised by SACA and 15 teams from schools throughout the district competed in a round robin competition. Our Year 5 [6 Chix] team was coached by Fiona –Lee Colliver, Year 6 girls were The Super 6 Chix , coached by Chelsea Koch and Ali’s Angels comprised of Year 7 girls coached by Ali Adams. All the girls did a fantastic job and represented our school brilliantly. Special congratulations to the Year 6 team who finished 2nd in the competition for the day.
LandscapingIf you have visited our site recently you will notice that work is well underway with our landscaping project around the artificial turf and Performing Arts precinct.
Many of the larger trees have been planted (thanks Victoria!) and the irrigation is underway (thanks Fred Brokenshire and Gav Schilling). Now that the area has begun to take shape we can envisage more what it will look like when completed, especially as our new Aboriginal art murals have now been mounted on the library wall. A big thanks goes to Trevor and Sean, our groundsmen, for all the work that they have put into the area to date. Nude Food DayOn Thursday the 10th November the R-7 classes of Maitland Area School celebrated Nude Food Day. Our students were asked to bring a healthy, non-packaged lunch to school. Any orders from the canteen were also in minimal packaging. Nude Food Day was a chance for our students to come together and learn what they can do for their health and the health of the planet. An event like this can give all of us a taste of the benefits, ease and fun involved in packing a healthy lunch! Mrs Moloney visited classes and gave stickers and a raffle ticket to students who participated.A special thankyou to Mrs Polgreen in the canteen who donated three lunchboxes as raffle prizes.These lunchboxes are available for purchase from the canteen.Lunchboxes can be used on a daily basis for lunches brought from home or for canteen-ordered lunches. Using these lunchboxes also assists with less waste reducing the number of brown paper bags in our bins School UniformAt last week's Governing Council meeting school uniform was discussed, particularly in relation to the changes that were introduced this year. It is timely to remind parents that the wearing of black shorts and pants are approved.
We seek your support in ensuring that the shorts are of an appropriate length and that all items do not have excessive branding in the forms of stripes or logos. We have also noticed a number of students are now wearing large, pointed ear rings. I would like to remind parents / caregivers that our policy outlines that only studs or sleepers may be worn due to health and safety reasons. Homeclass teachers will remind students of uniform expectations in the first instance, then remind parents / caregivers by a note in the diary. Follow up will come in the form of a reminder letter from Tim Schwartz (Governing Council Chairperson) and myself. During the consultation last year it was determined by a clear majority that we, as a school, believe that school uniform is important in a students identity as a student at Maitland Area School and in order for staff to be able to identify who are students are in the school yard. Once again we seek you support in this. |
