Full story on pages 3 and 4 of this newsletter edition

DIARY DATES

Fri 303 Good Friday

PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Mon 2 4 Easter Monday

PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Tue 34 R - 12 Student

to ParentTeacher

Thur 54 Interviews

Thur 54 Hills SAPSASA

And Athletics

Fri 64 OAS

Fri 134 End of Term 1

Early Dismissal

215pm

Mon 304 Term 2

Commences

Tue 85 Operation

To 155 Flinders starts

Mon 145 Council Meeting Tue 155 NAPLAN To 185 Years 357 amp 9

ARTICLE PAGE

Principalrsquos Report

Street Smart High

2

2018 Sports Day Results

3 amp 4

2018 Sports Day Photos

SRC Fundraising Report

5 amp 6

Year 11 amp 12 Science News

Primary - Parent Teacher Interviews

7

Information for

Parents

8

Inside this issue

Lorikeets swoop over Parrots amp Galahs to Win Sports Day

OAS Newsletter

28 March 2018 Volume 35 Folio 05

2018 Sports Day

This weekrsquos newsletter features the 2018 Combined

Sports Day

Firstly congratulations to the Lorikeets who were the

winning house Well done to all the captains and staff

for their first-rate organisation

Each of the teams were dazzling in their presentation of

colour and there was fierce competition in both the

athletic and novelty events It really is a celebration of

community participation

The staff came last in the tractor-pull again Obviously

our recruitment strategy needs some work

A big thank you to the parents who came along to

support their children in the events Your attendance

added to the colour and atmosphere of the day The

students always respond positively to your presence

Student Parent Teacher Conversations

Next Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday are our

Student Parent Teacher Meetings

These Conversations provide an opportunity to resolve

any issues that may be hampering a studentrsquos learning

at the start of the year while allowing plenty of time for

them to thrive over the next three terms

Please take the opportunity to discuss your childrsquos

progress and maximise their learning for the rest of the

year You should have received login information to

create your appointments online

The Middle School format has changed with the

students working feverishly over the past two weeks on

their presentations

Irsquom sure you will be impressed with their understanding

of their progress and their identification of the areas

where they want to improve

Caption describing picture or graphic

ANZAC ASSEMBLY

ANZAC Day falls in the April holidays this year

To ensure we acknowledge the importance of this day

we will be holding a joint ANZAC Ceremony with HCCS

on the last day of term Friday 13 April at 1200

The ceremony is open to all parents so please come and

join us if you can

Students will be dismissed from their Home Groups at

215pm

External Review

Next Wednesday we welcome a review panel to the

school to study the changes in our educational

programs over the past eighteen months

A cross-section of students from Reception to Year 12 will

be meeting with the panel to ensure that students have

a voice in the process They will also be contacting

representatives of School Council to get a parent

perspective

This is an opportunity for a fresh set of eyes to look at

what we have been doing and give us feedback about

our plans for the future

Open Night

A large number of prospective parents attended

Open Night last Tuesday listening to the school band

and having a tour of our facilities

The evening attracted well over a hundred people who

have heard about the positive progress in our academic

results and student wellbeing

It is good to see that the local community is recognising

the hard work of our staff and the partnerships we are

forging with students and parents

Irsquom looking forward to growing the Public Education

presence in the Valley based on the overwhelming

interest in our school

Regards

Bruce Oerman Principal

STREET SMART HIGH

All Year 10 11 and 12 students have a Road Safety

excursion on Wednesday 11 April

The RAA in partnership with the Motor Accident

Commission is presenting their Street Smart High Program

at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre It is a road safety

program that has a real impact on studentrsquos thoughts

and ultimately their decisions and choices regarding

road safety

All Year 10 and 11 students are expected to attend

unless they have their VET course or SANTOS

competitions scheduled on that day Free Transport is

provided and there will be no additional costs Consent

notes were given to students last week please support

your child to return their consent note to the school

Kirsty Rogers

PRINCIPALrsquoS REPORT PRINCIPALrsquoS REPORT

2018 Sports Day On Tuesday Oakbank Area School held our annual

AthleticsSports Day R to 12 in conjunction with HCCS

Secondary

Students within the 3 houses (Pink Galahs Purple

Lorikeets Orange Parrots) competed in healthy

competition in a range of activities throughout the day

The day started off a bit drizzly and grey but ended

under a perfect blue sky and sunshine

Individual Champions for the day were as follows-

Ms Keartonrsquos R1 class

Heidi Randell and Bailey Jones

Mrs Bartramrsquos P23 class

Peta Hoffman amp Jonah Cathro

Ms Mardellrsquos class

Patricia Gollan amp Jayden Barratt

Ms Feijenrsquos 56 class

Syaura Erickson amp Zac Pfeiffer

Year 7rsquos

Kaia Smith amp Lincoln Richter

Under 14rsquos

Rachel Provis and William Farnam

Under 15rsquos

Angela Symonds and Jade Schmidt

Sam Clyma and Oliver Askew

Under 16rsquos Darian Green and Seb Watson

Under 20rsquos Sophie Yeates and Noah Bell

Team Champions for the day were as follows-

Primary Sports Shield

1st Lorikeets 405 pts

2nd Galahs 390 pts

3rd Parrots 320 pts

Secondary Tabloid

Shield

1st Parrots 550 pts

2nd Lorikeets 380 pts

3rd Galahs 290 pts

Secondary Athletics

Shield

1st Lorikeets 925 pts

2nd Parrots 917 pts

3rd Galahs 763 pts

A big thank you to the following people for going

beyond what would normally be expected of them in

order to ensure that the day was successful

Mr Jon Greening The grounds were immaculate We are

fortunate to have a Groundsman who takes so much

pride in his job

Mr Josh Lloyd HCCS PE teacher who formed the link

between the two schools gave up his time for trials and

was out very early to help on Sports Day

Ms Mary Feijen who took charge of the primary area

and ensured it ran smoothly and everyone knew exactly

what their role was

Ms Emily Zaccaria gave up a lot of her time to do the

tedious job of creating every folder for each area on the

day for every single event

Parents Glenys Megson and Paul Yeates who

volunteered on the day helping to run the Athletics

events

Congratulations to the amazing number of students

who arrived on the day to get into the spirit of fun It is

always heartening to see so much Pink Orange and

Purple

Those students who spent a lot of time on their

appearance and were awarded Best Dressed were

Maddi Fox Ari Van De Velde Charlotte Casement

Cain Orbell and Tayla Alberts

Those students who were successful on the day in

Athletics events in the Secondary School will now have

the opportunity to venture to SANTOS Stadium on

Thursday 5 April and compete against students from

other schools

Successful students in Years 5-7 will represent Oakbank

Area School in a SAPSASA Athletics day on Friday 5

April here at OAS home ground advantage We wish

all students the very best in their endeavors

Finally a huge thank you to the many parents

caregivers grandparents and friends who came along

on the day to support someone special in their family

The large number of staff and students in attendance

appreciated it

Cheers

Shane Wissell

AthleticsSports Day Manager

SRC Sports Day and Harmony Day Fundraisers

SRC has raised the following so far this year

$400 on Sports Day at a food stall run by the SRC

middle school students and teacher representatives

$100 selling cupcakes and bringing a gold coin

donation to wear orange day for Harmony Day SRC

baked and iced the cakes with orange icing

Altogether we have raised $500 that will go towards our

new SRC name badges and an SRC leadership day next

term

The money left over will go into the SRC budget for

anything that students identify as needing to be done

around the school

Sam and I would like to thank all students who assisted

on the stalls

It was hard work and all involved were excellent role

models for our school

Tallis Richardson amp Sam Clyma SRC Co-Presidents

On behalf of the OAS Council I would like to thank all

the parents and students from both OAS and HCCS for

supporting the Canteen during Term 1

Marlies has worked extremely hard to provide the freshly

prepared home made items on the Canteenrsquos new

menu In addition Marlies has worked tirelessly to

provide an array special items for 50 cents and $1 for the

students at Recess and Lunch times

The support from parents and students so far this year

has already resulted in the Canteen exceeding our

expectations

Please continue your support of the Canteen and

Marlies and look out for the new Canteen menu which

will be out in Term 2

If you have any suggestions for specific menu items you

would like to be provided please email

dl0762infoschoolssaeduau

Thanks again for your support for our new initiative and if

you are able to spare a few hours per week please feel

free to volunteer your time to help out

2018 Sports Day

This weekrsquos newsletter features the 2018 Combined

Sports Day

Firstly congratulations to the Lorikeets who were the

winning house Well done to all the captains and staff

for their first-rate organisation

Each of the teams were dazzling in their presentation of

colour and there was fierce competition in both the

athletic and novelty events It really is a celebration of

community participation

The staff came last in the tractor-pull again Obviously

our recruitment strategy needs some work

A big thank you to the parents who came along to

support their children in the events Your attendance

added to the colour and atmosphere of the day The

students always respond positively to your presence

Student Parent Teacher Conversations

Next Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday are our

Student Parent Teacher Meetings

These Conversations provide an opportunity to resolve

any issues that may be hampering a studentrsquos learning

at the start of the year while allowing plenty of time for

them to thrive over the next three terms

Please take the opportunity to discuss your childrsquos

progress and maximise their learning for the rest of the

year You should have received login information to

create your appointments online

The Middle School format has changed with the

students working feverishly over the past two weeks on

their presentations

Irsquom sure you will be impressed with their understanding

of their progress and their identification of the areas

where they want to improve

Caption describing picture or graphic

ANZAC ASSEMBLY

ANZAC Day falls in the April holidays this year

To ensure we acknowledge the importance of this day

we will be holding a joint ANZAC Ceremony with HCCS

on the last day of term Friday 13 April at 1200

The ceremony is open to all parents so please come and

join us if you can

Students will be dismissed from their Home Groups at

215pm

External Review

Next Wednesday we welcome a review panel to the

school to study the changes in our educational

programs over the past eighteen months

A cross-section of students from Reception to Year 12 will

be meeting with the panel to ensure that students have

a voice in the process They will also be contacting

representatives of School Council to get a parent

perspective

This is an opportunity for a fresh set of eyes to look at

what we have been doing and give us feedback about

our plans for the future

Open Night

A large number of prospective parents attended

Open Night last Tuesday listening to the school band

and having a tour of our facilities

The evening attracted well over a hundred people who

have heard about the positive progress in our academic

results and student wellbeing

It is good to see that the local community is recognising

the hard work of our staff and the partnerships we are

forging with students and parents

Irsquom looking forward to growing the Public Education

presence in the Valley based on the overwhelming

interest in our school

Regards

Bruce Oerman Principal

STREET SMART HIGH

All Year 10 11 and 12 students have a Road Safety

excursion on Wednesday 11 April

The RAA in partnership with the Motor Accident

Commission is presenting their Street Smart High Program

at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre It is a road safety

program that has a real impact on studentrsquos thoughts

and ultimately their decisions and choices regarding

road safety

All Year 10 and 11 students are expected to attend

unless they have their VET course or SANTOS

competitions scheduled on that day Free Transport is

provided and there will be no additional costs Consent

notes were given to students last week please support

your child to return their consent note to the school

Kirsty Rogers

PRINCIPALrsquoS REPORT PRINCIPALrsquoS REPORT

2018 Sports Day On Tuesday Oakbank Area School held our annual

AthleticsSports Day R to 12 in conjunction with HCCS

Secondary

Students within the 3 houses (Pink Galahs Purple

Lorikeets Orange Parrots) competed in healthy

competition in a range of activities throughout the day

The day started off a bit drizzly and grey but ended

under a perfect blue sky and sunshine

Individual Champions for the day were as follows-

Ms Keartonrsquos R1 class

Heidi Randell and Bailey Jones

Mrs Bartramrsquos P23 class

Peta Hoffman amp Jonah Cathro

Ms Mardellrsquos class

Patricia Gollan amp Jayden Barratt

Ms Feijenrsquos 56 class

Syaura Erickson amp Zac Pfeiffer

Year 7rsquos

Kaia Smith amp Lincoln Richter

Under 14rsquos

Rachel Provis and William Farnam

Under 15rsquos

Angela Symonds and Jade Schmidt

Sam Clyma and Oliver Askew

Under 16rsquos Darian Green and Seb Watson

Under 20rsquos Sophie Yeates and Noah Bell

Team Champions for the day were as follows-

Primary Sports Shield

1st Lorikeets 405 pts

2nd Galahs 390 pts

3rd Parrots 320 pts

Secondary Tabloid

Shield

1st Parrots 550 pts

2nd Lorikeets 380 pts

3rd Galahs 290 pts

Secondary Athletics

Shield

1st Lorikeets 925 pts

2nd Parrots 917 pts

3rd Galahs 763 pts

A big thank you to the following people for going

beyond what would normally be expected of them in

order to ensure that the day was successful

Mr Jon Greening The grounds were immaculate We are

fortunate to have a Groundsman who takes so much

pride in his job

Mr Josh Lloyd HCCS PE teacher who formed the link

between the two schools gave up his time for trials and

was out very early to help on Sports Day

Ms Mary Feijen who took charge of the primary area

and ensured it ran smoothly and everyone knew exactly

what their role was

Ms Emily Zaccaria gave up a lot of her time to do the

tedious job of creating every folder for each area on the

day for every single event

Parents Glenys Megson and Paul Yeates who

volunteered on the day helping to run the Athletics

events

Congratulations to the amazing number of students

who arrived on the day to get into the spirit of fun It is

always heartening to see so much Pink Orange and

Purple

Those students who spent a lot of time on their

appearance and were awarded Best Dressed were

Maddi Fox Ari Van De Velde Charlotte Casement

Cain Orbell and Tayla Alberts

Those students who were successful on the day in

Athletics events in the Secondary School will now have

the opportunity to venture to SANTOS Stadium on

Thursday 5 April and compete against students from

other schools

Successful students in Years 5-7 will represent Oakbank

Area School in a SAPSASA Athletics day on Friday 5

April here at OAS home ground advantage We wish

all students the very best in their endeavors

Finally a huge thank you to the many parents

caregivers grandparents and friends who came along

on the day to support someone special in their family

The large number of staff and students in attendance

appreciated it

Cheers

Shane Wissell

AthleticsSports Day Manager

SRC Sports Day and Harmony Day Fundraisers

SRC has raised the following so far this year

$400 on Sports Day at a food stall run by the SRC

middle school students and teacher representatives

$100 selling cupcakes and bringing a gold coin

donation to wear orange day for Harmony Day SRC

baked and iced the cakes with orange icing

Altogether we have raised $500 that will go towards our

new SRC name badges and an SRC leadership day next

term

The money left over will go into the SRC budget for

anything that students identify as needing to be done

around the school

Sam and I would like to thank all students who assisted

on the stalls

It was hard work and all involved were excellent role

models for our school

Tallis Richardson amp Sam Clyma SRC Co-Presidents

On behalf of the OAS Council I would like to thank all

the parents and students from both OAS and HCCS for

supporting the Canteen during Term 1

Marlies has worked extremely hard to provide the freshly

prepared home made items on the Canteenrsquos new

menu In addition Marlies has worked tirelessly to

provide an array special items for 50 cents and $1 for the

students at Recess and Lunch times

The support from parents and students so far this year

has already resulted in the Canteen exceeding our

expectations

Please continue your support of the Canteen and

Marlies and look out for the new Canteen menu which

will be out in Term 2

If you have any suggestions for specific menu items you

would like to be provided please email

dl0762infoschoolssaeduau

Thanks again for your support for our new initiative and if

you are able to spare a few hours per week please feel

free to volunteer your time to help out

2018 Sports Day On Tuesday Oakbank Area School held our annual

AthleticsSports Day R to 12 in conjunction with HCCS

Secondary

Students within the 3 houses (Pink Galahs Purple

Lorikeets Orange Parrots) competed in healthy

competition in a range of activities throughout the day

The day started off a bit drizzly and grey but ended

under a perfect blue sky and sunshine

Individual Champions for the day were as follows-

Ms Keartonrsquos R1 class

Heidi Randell and Bailey Jones

Mrs Bartramrsquos P23 class

Peta Hoffman amp Jonah Cathro

Ms Mardellrsquos class

Patricia Gollan amp Jayden Barratt

Ms Feijenrsquos 56 class

Syaura Erickson amp Zac Pfeiffer

Year 7rsquos

Kaia Smith amp Lincoln Richter

Under 14rsquos

Rachel Provis and William Farnam

Under 15rsquos

Angela Symonds and Jade Schmidt

Sam Clyma and Oliver Askew

Under 16rsquos Darian Green and Seb Watson

Under 20rsquos Sophie Yeates and Noah Bell

Team Champions for the day were as follows-

Primary Sports Shield

1st Lorikeets 405 pts

2nd Galahs 390 pts

3rd Parrots 320 pts

Secondary Tabloid

Shield

1st Parrots 550 pts

2nd Lorikeets 380 pts

3rd Galahs 290 pts

Secondary Athletics

Shield

1st Lorikeets 925 pts

2nd Parrots 917 pts

3rd Galahs 763 pts

A big thank you to the following people for going

beyond what would normally be expected of them in

order to ensure that the day was successful

Mr Jon Greening The grounds were immaculate We are

fortunate to have a Groundsman who takes so much

pride in his job

Mr Josh Lloyd HCCS PE teacher who formed the link

between the two schools gave up his time for trials and

was out very early to help on Sports Day

Ms Mary Feijen who took charge of the primary area

and ensured it ran smoothly and everyone knew exactly

what their role was

Ms Emily Zaccaria gave up a lot of her time to do the

tedious job of creating every folder for each area on the

day for every single event

Parents Glenys Megson and Paul Yeates who

volunteered on the day helping to run the Athletics

events

Congratulations to the amazing number of students

who arrived on the day to get into the spirit of fun It is

always heartening to see so much Pink Orange and

Purple

Those students who spent a lot of time on their

appearance and were awarded Best Dressed were

Maddi Fox Ari Van De Velde Charlotte Casement

Cain Orbell and Tayla Alberts

Those students who were successful on the day in

Athletics events in the Secondary School will now have

the opportunity to venture to SANTOS Stadium on

Thursday 5 April and compete against students from

other schools

Successful students in Years 5-7 will represent Oakbank

Area School in a SAPSASA Athletics day on Friday 5

April here at OAS home ground advantage We wish

all students the very best in their endeavors

Finally a huge thank you to the many parents

caregivers grandparents and friends who came along

on the day to support someone special in their family

The large number of staff and students in attendance

appreciated it

Cheers

Shane Wissell

AthleticsSports Day Manager

SRC Sports Day and Harmony Day Fundraisers

SRC has raised the following so far this year

$400 on Sports Day at a food stall run by the SRC

middle school students and teacher representatives

$100 selling cupcakes and bringing a gold coin

donation to wear orange day for Harmony Day SRC

baked and iced the cakes with orange icing

Altogether we have raised $500 that will go towards our

new SRC name badges and an SRC leadership day next

term

The money left over will go into the SRC budget for

anything that students identify as needing to be done

around the school

Sam and I would like to thank all students who assisted

on the stalls

It was hard work and all involved were excellent role

models for our school

Tallis Richardson amp Sam Clyma SRC Co-Presidents

On behalf of the OAS Council I would like to thank all

the parents and students from both OAS and HCCS for

supporting the Canteen during Term 1

Marlies has worked extremely hard to provide the freshly

prepared home made items on the Canteenrsquos new

menu In addition Marlies has worked tirelessly to

provide an array special items for 50 cents and $1 for the

students at Recess and Lunch times

The support from parents and students so far this year

has already resulted in the Canteen exceeding our

expectations

Please continue your support of the Canteen and

Marlies and look out for the new Canteen menu which

will be out in Term 2

If you have any suggestions for specific menu items you

would like to be provided please email

dl0762infoschoolssaeduau

Thanks again for your support for our new initiative and if

you are able to spare a few hours per week please feel

free to volunteer your time to help out

Parents Glenys Megson and Paul Yeates who

volunteered on the day helping to run the Athletics

events

Congratulations to the amazing number of students

who arrived on the day to get into the spirit of fun It is

always heartening to see so much Pink Orange and

Purple

Those students who spent a lot of time on their

appearance and were awarded Best Dressed were

Maddi Fox Ari Van De Velde Charlotte Casement

Cain Orbell and Tayla Alberts

Those students who were successful on the day in

Athletics events in the Secondary School will now have

the opportunity to venture to SANTOS Stadium on

Thursday 5 April and compete against students from

other schools

Successful students in Years 5-7 will represent Oakbank

Area School in a SAPSASA Athletics day on Friday 5

April here at OAS home ground advantage We wish

all students the very best in their endeavors

Finally a huge thank you to the many parents

caregivers grandparents and friends who came along

on the day to support someone special in their family

The large number of staff and students in attendance

appreciated it

Cheers

Shane Wissell

AthleticsSports Day Manager

SRC Sports Day and Harmony Day Fundraisers

SRC has raised the following so far this year

$400 on Sports Day at a food stall run by the SRC

middle school students and teacher representatives

$100 selling cupcakes and bringing a gold coin

donation to wear orange day for Harmony Day SRC

baked and iced the cakes with orange icing

Altogether we have raised $500 that will go towards our

new SRC name badges and an SRC leadership day next

term

The money left over will go into the SRC budget for

anything that students identify as needing to be done

around the school

Sam and I would like to thank all students who assisted

on the stalls

It was hard work and all involved were excellent role

models for our school

Tallis Richardson amp Sam Clyma SRC Co-Presidents

On behalf of the OAS Council I would like to thank all

the parents and students from both OAS and HCCS for

supporting the Canteen during Term 1

Marlies has worked extremely hard to provide the freshly

prepared home made items on the Canteenrsquos new

menu In addition Marlies has worked tirelessly to

provide an array special items for 50 cents and $1 for the

students at Recess and Lunch times

The support from parents and students so far this year

has already resulted in the Canteen exceeding our

expectations

Please continue your support of the Canteen and

Marlies and look out for the new Canteen menu which

will be out in Term 2

If you have any suggestions for specific menu items you

would like to be provided please email

dl0762infoschoolssaeduau

Thanks again for your support for our new initiative and if

you are able to spare a few hours per week please feel

free to volunteer your time to help out

Year 11 and 12 Biology students modelling their

understanding of Mitosis and Meiosis (or what we

like to call line dancing with chromosomes)

The Year 12s are learning about Meiosis which is the

production of egg and sperm cells from our ovary

and testes cells

The Year 11s are creating a modelposter of

Mitosis - which is how almost all the cells in our body

divide to replace damaged dead cells - and

create new ones when we grow

Sarah Hill Biology Teacher

HAVE YOU LOST

YOUR I-PHONE An I-Phone has recently been found at the Balhannah Tennis Courts

If you think the phone belongs to you please come and see Gail in the Front Office to provide her with a description of your i-phone - and hopefully be reunited with it

PRIMARY NEWSPRIMARY NEWS

Parent Teacher Interviews

SCIENCE NEWSSCIENCE NEWS

INFORMATION FOR PARENTS amp STUDENTS INFORMATION FOR PARENTS amp STUDENTS

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OAKBANK SA 5243

Phone 8398 7200

Fax 8388 4718

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Games are played Friday

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Saturdays

P r e v i o u s u m p i r i n g

experience is not essential but basic

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Umpiring is a great way to earn some

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