Term 1, 2024
Little Amal's Visit
One Little Girl, One Big Hope
Our school was honoured to host Little Amal. Whilst the event lasted just over an hour and she made a profound impact on our students and staff. Little Amal is a 3.5 metre tall puppet who has been travelling the world trying to highlight the urgent needs of refugees, immigrants and asylum seekers. Little Amal has visited 15 countries, spreading the message of hope and compassion for displaced people everywhere. She visited Adelaide as part of her world wide travels and we were the only Australian school to host a visit. We had a number of special guests attend our school to also be part of the event.
ASSoE is proud of the work we do and we are
honoured to have had the opportunity to join
Little Amal in her walk.
We also want to send a message of hope and
compassion to the millions of children fleeing
war, violence and persecution around the world.
Thank you to all of our students and staff who
participated in the event and ensured that Little
Amal felt welcomed and loved.
Little Amal was welcomed by class 17 and 29 drumming excitedly ... Mr Adam Nanou beautifully playing the violin. Little Amal was amazed by all of this and also by the students blowing bubbles for her ...
Little Amal walked to the oval to kick the footy ... She seemed to be having fun! She was also meeting students and staff, waving at them, shaking hands, hugging and dancing ...” (Class 35IB)
Lunar New Year
ASSoE ceelebrated Lunar New Year on Friday 9th February. Students made lanterns, played music and engaged in crafts.
Harmony Day
On the 21st of March, our school celebrated Harmony Day with a whole school assembly and an event at lunch time. Students where able to dress in cultural clothes or casual clothes. $380 was collected. The Student Representative Council decided that the money will be donated to the Little Amal fund to support people of Gaza.
SA SRC Summit
On the 22nd March we had three students Noor Dlem (13TB), Amir Ebrahimi (3AB2) and Sekou Sheriff (28TA2) who were selected due to their high leadership and interpersonal skills represent our school at the SA SRC Summit at the Adelaide Festival Centre. They will meet each term to further develop their leadership skills. These students are in a team that will focus on student voice and issues of free public transport for all young people in SA. Well done to these students.
SRC Student Leadership Day
On the 20th March, Carly Squire (ARA Youth Engagement Officer) facilitated a leadership forum with our SRC students. The sessions focused on extending student leadership and team work skills, as well as further working on students interpersonal and engagement skills with each other as a group of leaders. Fatima a former student of ASSoE attended as a guest speaker focusing on resilience and goal setting.
Student Wellbeing Team
Futsal
Congratulations to our junior futsal team who went through the term undefeated including the final vs Woodville High School. It was a great team effort from a group of players who learnt how to maximise their individual skills by playing together as a team. Well done!
Mr Tom Ellenbroek
SAPOL Workshop - The Law in Australia and the Role of Police
On Thursday 22nd February, Senior Constable Pavlos Economou, a
representative of the SA Police multicultural team gave an introductory talk and interactive session to all Intermediate classes about the Law and the role of police.
Homegroup Activity (class 39TB)
The other day, I asked students to assist in making ASSoE a safe space for LGBTQA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer & Asexual) individuals through activities like badge making and event planning. Some students seemed uncertain, considering their cultural and religious backgrounds.
However, Martin, being proactive, volunteered to host an informational session about LGBTQIA+ during Homegroup. All students participated by asking questions and engaging in discussions. It was an educational experience for the students, helping them understand concepts like Australia being a free country where individuals are not persecuted for their LGBTQIA+ identities.
Mr Alex Sirenko
Gardening
Class 33FB2 collected parsley and broad bean seeds as part of their Gardening activities. They also packaged these seeds for future gardening purposes.
Term 2, 2024 Dates
- Monday 29/04/2024
Student Free Day - NO school
- Tuesday 30/04/2024
FIRST day of Term 2
- 18-24/05/2024
CIS Visits - Thursday 06/06/2024
Governing Council meeting - Monday 10/06/2024
Public holiday - NO school - Tuesday 11/06/2024
Student Free Day - NO school - 12-14/06/2024
High School visits
(Transition students) - Friday 05/07/2024
LAST day of Term 2