HORIZON NEWS Term 4 Week 2

Year 12’s Farewell Assembly:

School life is rapidly coming to an end for the Year 12 class of 2020 and

they are working steadily on final assignments and for some, preparations

for up-coming exams. This Friday they will have their final farewell

assembly starting at 2.00pm. Due to COVID restrictions, we are asking that

only parents of Year 12 students attend this assembly (along with our Year 6

to 11 classes). Please park in the Horizon Centre carpark and enter through

the east doors to the foyer, where you will be required to sign in and use

hand sanitiser and social distancing. We thank you for your understanding.

Staffing Changes:

We wish to advise our school families that there will be some staffing

changes from next week (Week 3).

Mrs Hollie McPharlin will be leaving to go on Maternity leave. We wish both

Mr Jason and Mrs Hollie McPharlin God’s richest blessings as they prepare

for the arrival of their first child.

Mrs McPharlin’s work load has been distributed to our current teachers to

enable a smooth transition for students. The role of Home Group teacher will

be shared by Mr Clinton Baker and Mrs Terry Edmunds.

Book Week – ‘Curious Creatures’ – Friday 30th October: The Book Week Parade/ Dress Up Day will be held on Friday 30th October.

We encourage all Primary students to dress up on this day.

Guidelines for Dress Ups:

Respectful of school ethos.

Students are to dress appropriately with no unsuitable, violent,

gruesome or offensive representations.

No sharp objects.

No witches, wizards, warlocks.

Choose books where the content is suitable for primary school aged

children.

Please be considerate of religion, culture, nationality, disability and

gender when choosing costumes.

Ensure costumes sufficiently cover the student’s body.

Costumes should allow a student’s participation in class activities,

including PE.

We look forward to a wonderful celebration about Books.

There will be a special Assembly held on Friday at 9am in the Horizon

Centre. Due to COVID, only parents are able to attend and will need to

park in the Horizon Centre carpark, sign in at the foyer and use hand

sanitiser and social distancing. We thank you for your understanding.

Scholastic Book Fair:

The Scholastic Book Fair will be held in our school library from Tuesday 27th

to Thursday 29th October. Due to COVID restrictions the book fair will only

be available to student from 9am to 3pm. Parents are still welcome to

purchase books (from the catalogue which has been sent home with Primary

students) via eftpos over the phone. We thank you for your continued

support.

Diary Dates:

Year 7 Long Walk to Water

Friday 23rd October

Year 12’s Last Day

Friday 23rd October

Scholastic Book Fair

Mon 26th to Fri 30th October

Primary Author Visit

Tuesday 27th October

Casual Clothes Day &

Bandana Day

Thursday 29th October

Year 8/9 Sport SA

Basketball

Thursday 29th October

Girls’ Cricket

Friday 30th October

Book Week Parade

Friday 30th October

Year 10 Economics Market

Day

Tuesday 3rd November

Kindy Transition

Wednesday 4th November

Children’s University

Graduation

Thursday 4th November

Year 11 Outdoor Ed Surfing

Friday 5th November

STUDENT FREE DAY

Monday 9th November

SACSA 3/4 Basketball

Wednesday 11th November

Dinner Theatre

11th & 12th November

SACSA 5/6 Basketball

Thursday 12th November

HORIZON NEWS Term 4 Week 2

Bandana Day and Casual Clothes Day – Thursday 29th October:

Bandanas will be sold in the front office from this week. Bandana Day is officially the 30th of October

but our school will be holding it the day before, on the 29th of October. This coincides with our casual

clothes day in Week 3. Therefore, it will be a bandana theme casual clothes day.

Normal bandanas are $5 and the premium bandanas are $15.

All money raised goes to Canteen – supporting young people affected by Cancer.

Car Park – Drop Off and Pick Up Zone:

In the interest of our student’s safety, we ask that if your child is not waiting in the carpark to be

collected that you park your car in the designated parks rather than wait in the pickup zone. The

pickup zone is not designed to have more than 3 cars waiting in this area, and causes significant

congestion. This will make for a much safer car park experience for all. We thank you for your

understanding and cooperation.

Horizon Canteen:

We are very pleased to see the progress of our new canteen. It is very much looking like it will be

ready for the start of Week 3. This means that our canteen menu will go back to normal as of Monday

Week 3.

Our wonderful canteen staff are working hard to support our school families with a limited menu,

available at recess and lunch, from the administration block during this time. We thank our canteen

staff and our volunteers for the great work they are doing.

Mike Clisby

Principal

HORIZON NEWS Term 4 Week 2

WEEKLY BIBLE READING

Our Weekly Bible reading program continues for

Term 4. This week’s Bible reading comes from:

Matthew 24: 1-51, the destruction of the temple.

The day and the hour unknown.

DRUM LESSONS AVAILABLE Available during certain lesson times, or after school. Please contact Nick Lawrie to book or for more information: 0481 462 284 ADELAIDE PLAINS GIANTS LITTLE ATHLETICS Balaklava High School Oval Mondays 4.45pm-6pm 12th October – 5 April 2021 Ages: 3-17 year olds For registration details please email apgiantsla@yahoo.com or join the Facebook page too, “Adelaide Plain Giants Little Athletics” or call Adele Linke 0430 793 224