HAS Community Library
Premiers Reading Challenge STEM Design Challenge
During their library lessons this term, the students in Foundation to Year 6 took part in the STEM Reading and Design Challenge.
To enter the competition, the F-2 students and I read the book, A is for Australian Animals by Frané Lessac. As the Western Quoll (Idnya) is being re-introduced into the Flinders Ranges, the students drew a quoll and decorated it in the style of Romero Britto. The 3-6 students and I read the book, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Dangerous Animals by Sami Bayly, after which, they designed an invention that would help humans deal with a particular dangerous animal of their choice.
The completed work has been sent to Adelaide to be judged. All students will receive a participation certificate.
National Simultaneous Storytime
It was finally time for the event of the year, Spike couldn’t believe it—THE GREAT RACE was here! The other sloths said it couldn’t be done, but Spike didn’t care, she was ready to run!
And on Wednesday May 24, it was finally time for the whole school to gather together in the library and listen to Mr Brendan Bevan read to us about Spike, the sloth, who followed her dreams.
After the story, we played Capture the Flag on the oval, which was led by the 7-12 class.
SRC organised a casual clothes day with a sporting theme to fit in with the sporting theme of the book.
Storytime for pre-school children & their parents/carers
is held in the Library every Thursday during Term time @ 9:00 a.m.
Book Week 2023
August 19-25 (Week 5, Term 3)
Theme: Read, Grow, Inspire
Book Fair will be held in Book Week
Student Representative Council (S.R.C)
On the last day of May, Mayor Ken Anderson attended our school to present to our SRC members their badges at our SRC induction assembly.
Prior to the ceremony, Ken chatted with the SRC and provided opportunity for them to ask questions and find out a bit more about his role as Mayor of the Flinders Ranges Council.
At the assembly, attended by parents, staff and students, Pjay Milera provided the welcome to Country. After speaking to all in attendance, Ken presented each SRC member with their badges.
I would like to thank Ken Anderson for coming, for sharing with the SRC members and for presenting the badges at our assembly. Thank you, too, to all who were able to attend and support the SRC representatives.
Ailsa Green and Stef Teague
SRC Representatives for 2023
Back row: Ken Anderson, Angus McInnis, Harry McAuley, Lachlan Hilder, Madi Hately, Emily Wallis, Ailsa Green
Front row: Pjay Milera, Archie Morgan, Lily Morgan, Ollie Du Bois, Rowan Bevan
Absent: Annabelle Allen, Stef Teague
Digital Technology (F-6)
We have been working on the collection and processing of data for most of Term 2 and using different features of the software on our iPads to do this.
Did you know that data can be numbers, text, sound and images, but that, for the most part, data in itself means very little, until it is processed to create information?
For example, the table below means very little. We can see text and numbers that do not seem to be related.
However, when we process the information, as in the next table, we understand what the data means.
