Hallett Cove School

✨Congratulations to Year 9 student Rylee Williams who won second prize in the 2024 Eden School Prize!✨

The Eden School Prize is an essay competition open to Year 8, 9 and 10 students in South Australian government schools who want the opportunity to share their ideas about the world they live in. It is funded by the 1956 John Joseph Eden bequest and embraces the notion of making the world a better and happier place. This year students wrote essays on the subject: How does music make the world a better place?

Rylee's essay was judged by Department for Education Humanities and Information Technology officers and awarded 2nd place. Rylee will receive $750 for her efforts.

Congratulations Rylee! and congratulations to all students who entered their essays!

🧲🧬It's National Science Week!👩‍🔬💥

Keep your eyes peeled for some exciting activities across the school this week!

✨This week we have been celebrating our amazing School Services Officers (SSOs)!✨

Often working behind the scenes our SSO's work hard to keep our school and community running. With roles ranging from admin, finance, student services and first aid to wellbeing, library services, IT, maintenance and student and classroom support, every single one of our team plays a vital role in supporting our students and community.

💐On behalf of the entire HCS community, this week we say thank you to our outstanding SSOs!!💐

Upcoming events at Hallett Cove School:

Further details of events and a calendar for the whole school year can be found on our website: https://hcs.sa.edu.au/calendar/

Please do not hesitate to contact the school on (08) 8392 1020 or [email protected] should you have any queries

✨Our Junior School students have also been getting in on the Book Week action by getting cosy in our Resource Centre with our Magical Evening. ✨

We had pyjamas, special guest readers, a guest magician and hot chocolate for a toasty and magical night in!

Our Year 7 cohort participated in our inaugural Poetry in Action Day as part of our Book Week celebrations this week.

The day began with a performance from the Poetry in Action team which delved into the different types of language students can use to create powerful poetry.

The day continued with a range of activities, including writing haikus by our Japanese garden, immersing ourselves in our sensory room and creating book spine poetry in the Resource Centre.

Our students had a great time getting creative and finding new ways to express themselves.

❄️The 2024 Snow Trip has arrived back from Mount Hotham and students and staff are still defrosting!❄️

Students had a great time learning new skills on both ski's and snowboards and had amazing blue skies all week with ideal conditions. With many memories made and new friendships formed between Hallett Cove School and Modbury High School, as the bus journeyed back to Adelaide, the students were filled with a sense of accomplishment and joy.

The 2024 Snow Trip has once again been a fantastic adventure, blending thrilling activities with meaningful connections and creating lasting memories for everyone involved.

DADS LOOK AWAY!

Our wonderful Parents & Friends Committee are once again holding a father's day stall for our Junior School children next week. Check out when your child should their pocket money to treat dad.

Your child's teacher will es**rt them to the stall during class time to pick out something extra special for dad!

Gifts will range from $1-5 and we will have a range of items available with everything from keyrings to mugs.

All money raised will be used to fund education improvement projects across the school.

Swipe to see when your child should their pocket money to treat dad. If your child misses their day to buy presents, we will have extra time allotted on Friday for them to pick up something special.

🩸 Join Team Hallett Cove School R-12 and Make a Difference! 🩸

Staff at HCS have saved 78 lives so far this year with blood and plasma donations.

We’re inviting all community members of Hallett Cove School to roll up their sleeves and donate blood to Australian Red Cross Lifeblood. Your donation could save up to three lives!

Be a hero and join the Hallett Cove School R-12 team. Whether it’s your first time or you’re a regular donor, your contribution matters.

📅 When: Anytime you can!
📍 Where: Any Lifeblood donation centre. (Marion or Noarlunga are the closest)
🏫 Team: Hallett Cove School R-12

Let’s show our community spirit and make a lasting impact. Every drop counts! 💪

To join the team, go to 'Account' on the Lifeblood app, select 'Team' and enter in Hallett Cove School R-12.

For more information or to register with our team, visit lifeblood.com.au/blood/donate-as-a-group or email [email protected]

🔴🟡🟣The Colour Run is back at Hallett Cove School!! 🟠🟢🔵

Mark your calendars for Friday 27 September (last day of Term 3)! This fundraising event is not to be missed!

Check your emails for details!

✨A reminder of our Magical Evening celebrating Book Week tomorrow!✨

🍓🥦Ms Fletchers Year 12 Child Studies students invited a local childcare centre to share an extra special lunch and learn all about healthy eating! 🥕🥝

The childcare children worked closely with their Year 12 buddies to make yummy salad wraps and tasty strawberry and banana smoothies that they all ate together at a very fancy table.

There were full tummies and smiling faces all round!

Our Year 5/6 students have been practicing their knowledge of hiragana, one of the Japanese writing systems.

During their Japanese lessons, students have been working hard to prepare for their hiragana assessment task. Students enjoyed learning a rap to learn the mnemonics for each hiragana and they worked in small groups with flashcards and a variety of hands-on activities to strengthen their recognition of hiragana.

Our 2025 High School Subject Selections process has commenced with with subject information sessions scheduled for each year level throughout the week.

All parents/caregivers of high school students will have received an email with more information regarding subject selection.

All eligible students have received an email with their web preferences login.

If you did not receive an email, or have any further questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch via [email protected] or on (08) 8392 1020, option 4 for years 7-9 and option 3 for years 10 and 11.

What an artistic evening! Our SALA Art Exhibition and Competition last week attracted nearly 200 families over the evening to walk though our display.

We had 185 artworks on show in static displays and walkthrough installations and families loved how professional the exhibition was setup and seeing the collaboration across the year levels. Well done to our creative students!

Congratulations to our Art competition winners:
R-3 Jasiel Neuling 4D construction
4-6 Mia Dawkins ‘Fairy’ drawing
7-9 Malika Steytler ‘Landscape’ watercolour painting
10-12 Abigayle Lee ‘Hanging Out’ pencil and markers drawing

Thank you to all the teachers and staff who helped curate the exhibition and worked with students to create their pieces.

Upcoming events at Hallett Cove School!

Further details of events and a calendar for the whole school year can be found on our website: https://www.hcs.sa.edu.au

Please do not hesitate to contact the school on (08) 8392 1020 or via email at [email protected] should you have any queries.

Book Week 2024

A huge thank you to all the families who helped make our Book Week Parade a spectacular event.

The theme for 2024 is ‘Reading Is Magic’ and many of our staff and students enjoyed dressing up as magical and mythical characters.

The Gym was the perfect venue for everyone to gather and join our parade to showcase the vibrant colours and costumes to make the day a huge success.

Well done to all students and families who participated in the celebrations. We look forward to more Book Week activities in Week 5.

Last Thursday, Hallett Cove School sent an enthusiastic squad to participate in Round #1 of the Year 9/10 Statewide Knock Out Futsal (5-a-side Indoor Soccer) Competition held at Seaford Recreation Centre.

Despite a slow and shaky first game and one loss to Cardijn, the boys were fantastic - in their behaviour, their brand of futsal and motivation to perform their best.

Everyone played their role superbly, especially our reserve Goalkeeper (J Byrne) who got a last-minute call up to the starting 5 due to illness of our no. 1 GK (E Pridham).

Through their hard work, their 'TEAM' focus and determination, they earned their spot in the FINALS finishing second overall to a very strong and polished Cardijn.

RESULTS:
Vs. Woodcroft - 5:1 - win
Vs. Aberfoyle - 13:0 - win
Vs. Cardijn - 4:2 - loss
Vs. Reynella East College - 5:1 - win
Vs. Seaford - 7:5 - win
Vs. Willunga - 5:0 - win

Well done to all that participated in this great day! We are looking forward to competing in the FINALS Round, held at St Clair on Monday 26 August (Week 6, Term 3).

⚓️Our Year 5's had a fantastic time last week at the SA Maritime Museum!⚓️

Our students learned about the early encounters between Aboriginal Australians and various traders and explorers, discovered what life was like on board for travellers coming to Australia in the 1840s, and even explored a Ketch. They were curious, asked insightful questions, and shared their knowledge with enthusiasm.

A big thank you to all the volunteers for helping out on the day and making this experience so memorable!

❄️The 2024 snow trip has started with an amazing few days! ❄️

Lots of sun, snow and smiles!

Snowboarders and skiers are learning lots of new skills and everyone is enjoying the challenge of lessons.

🔴🔵🟡Reminder!! Don't forget to grab your Epic Showdown Canteen Special!! 🔵⚫️

Orders close Wednesday 14 August for delivery on Friday 16 August!

🏎⚡️The coolest kid on the block⚡🏎

Last Friday Jack was on top of the world as he pulled through the fog and up to the school in a very sleek McLaren Artura.

Jack won the once-in-a-lifetime ride to school from SAFM and was accompanied by their Black Thunder team. His class greeted him in the car park to plenty of cheers and open mouths!

The over half a million dollar car certainly turned plenty of heads and what a memory for Jack!

✂️💄Some of our Hair and Beauty students were introduced to the world of the beauty industry at TAFE SA Adelaide campus last week where they heard about the opportunities available and pathways into the industry.

They got to use their salon skills and try some new beauty ones. 💄✂️

🚀🌟Select students from Years 9 and 10 participated in an exciting tour of Lot Fourteen.

Students explored the Australian Institute of Machine Learning, the Australian Space Discovery Centre, and the Optus Cyber Security division. The two-hour visit was packed with information, and the students left with a new perspective on the wide range of career opportunities available in these cutting-edge fields.🌟🚀

This term we have introduced a Maths Problem of the Week in our high school, designed to engage and challenge students in mathematics. Students are presented with a problem in the morning notices and the first person to present the correct solution, including their reasoning, to Mrs Davis receives a prize.

Congratulations to our recent winners, Charlie Wade, Zach Kennedy and Michael Anderson, who have demonstrated their successful problem-solving abilities.

We look forward to seeing more students participate in these weekly challenges. Who will be our next maths victor? Stay tuned and keep solving!

Last week our middle school students had the opportunity to see Brainstorm Productions presenting their student wellbeing live theatre performance ‘Sticks & Stones’.

This production explores different forms of bullying and aggression and encourages respect, assertiveness and conflict resolution at school, at home and online.

The incredibly engaging show of only two energetic performers explored the influence of peers, family, social media, YouTube and Video games on attitudes and behaviours. They cleverly demonstrated the role of the flight or fight response and how this energy can be channelled inter positive pursuits.

It provided our students with practical strategies for emotional regulation, assertiveness, conflict resolution, resilience, help-seeking and breaking the cycle of violence.

We recently had our second Staff vs Students challenge for the year and this time we were testing brain power in the inaugural Cove Quiz!

Questions ranged from pop culture to general knowledge and both teams put up a good fight! We’re ashamed to say the student teams definitely had the upper edge in the pop culture round but ultimately, the staff team took home the gold! (Metaphorically of course).

It’s now 2-0 to the staff this year but there’s still plenty of time for the students bring it back before December!